are adding a twist to dine and dash targeting diners. >> people will come and grab your cell phone if it's laying on the on the table. >> td thieves becoming so brazen they're snatching tip jars. the latest hit was tarantino's restaurant them. travel in groups of three and four. the captain says most arrested are as young as 15. >> i guess they're out of school. there is nothing to do in the summer. they're taking chances. >> i walked over there. >> we saw a lot of potential victims as we strolled, diners placing their electronics on tables as they ate.

this man left a cell phone on a table sets next to the street. >> you think to think you're save. >> diane johnson did the same thing with her cell phone. >> we're visiting and talking lasting. -- laughing. set it down. >> her friend is from a small wisconsin town. >> if it happened in our town we'd recognize them so they'd, we would just call their mom. >> police are advising residents -- restaurants to warn patrons if they see electronic items on table tops. >> we do. they're oblivious to the fact this could happen. so we try to advise. >> well, captain tells us they've made 13 arrests so far but you heard most of them are juvenile so back out on the streets in no time. i talked to the mayor about

this, he says police have done a good job educating residents but perhaps need to do more for tourists. >> that is a good idea. thank you. >> business and property owners met with the chief of police and the mayor today to express concerns over this week's violent protests. those demonstrations were sparked by the verdict on the george zimmerman trial. police chief says part of the problem is that he is short on officer autos last night we're able to put police officers out we're more successful at preventing violent crime from occurring that. is what we intend to do going forward. >> punish the one that's commit crimes. graffiti. breaking windows. the chief did put more officers on the street there. is no organized protest called

noirj has been called for saturday. >> anger and frustration in marin city over a police shooting that left a driver injured on july 7th when a sheriff deputy stopped a 44-year-old chalka grace on. police say grace on -- graceon tried to run over the deputy. today members of the african american community rallied behind graceon and expressed distrust of the police. >> i think it's a problem between the police and this community. that has gone on way too long. >> graceon being held in jail but has not been charged. the group opposes the police investigating the incident. they say it's a conflict of interest because the deputy's wife works for novato police. today novato police would only tell abc 7 news the case is under investigation. >> family and frinldz honored one of the young victims of

asiana flight 214 today. she died after suffering from a very serious injuries in a crash july 6th. >> it's hard to accept they need a lot of comforts and i think the prayers helped him. >> cameras were not allowed he is one of three teen-aged girl who's died in the crash. they were both found dead after the crash. >> a total of 11 people continued to recover at local hospitals. six in san francisco general. two patients under critical condition. two people listed in good condition. three hospitals are all caring for one patient each.

their conditions not critical. >> santa clara county prosecutors filed felony charges today against a ymca child care worker. the 20-year-old is accused of sexual assaulting a 6-year-old girl under his care. he fought back tears during a court hearing where bail was denied. charges against him carry a possible life sentence. he will be back in court tuesday to enter a plea. in mountain view an emply ploiy of little acorn preschool has been put on leave investigators investigate reports of a child being touched inappropriately. the school sent letters home to parents to make them aware of this ongoing investigation. the employee has not been arrested and not facing charges at this point. >> two men on trial in the gang rape of a teenager outside of a home coming dance will hear verdicts tomorrow. jurors reached a verdict today

in the case against a 22-year-old. a separate jury reached a decision yesterday but that was sealed until both verdicts could be read. the attack happened outside lich -- richmond high school in 2009. >> happening now in oakland the port reopening after a day long closure to mourn the death of a co-worker. union employees's tribute angered people and put the port operations way behind. abc 7 news is live at the port with the latest on the story. >> within past two years the gate opened up behind me. in cases we're told it's a tradition dating back to 19 30s.

long shoreman stand down 24 hours when a member dies on the job. it looks like it at first death was not from an accident. as evidence by this sleeping driver not much moved today at the port of oakland shut down by long shoreman's union. he had a medical issue driving a tractor. she died in a local hospital. >> we shut down 24 hours to investigate. the accident and mourn losses. and we lost a great union woman. joy daniel autos it's a long stand prague tra decision to take 24 hours off after someone dies on the job. in this case according to union the 45-year-old died of a seizure natural cause that's were unrelated to work at the port. >> just a matter of waiting.

>> this driver wonders in a day long shut down is appropriate in this case leaving hundreds of people losing hundreds of thousands in income. >> it's a touchy subject. you know? it's a little bit extreme. maybe couple hours or so. >> they're losing money. customers are pissed off. they're not getting cargo. there are penalties for every container. >> this afternoon announced it will open again early. in oakland abc 7 news. >> new at 5:00 just moments ago the senate agreed to lower interest rates on student loans. on the first of the month rates double to 6.8%. now this agreement ties rates

on new loans to 10 year treasury notes. senators have been try owing to get an agreement without raising the deficit. white house wants to reach an agreement by august recess. >> university of california regent as pointed the first muslim american to represent all uc students. students appointment is controversial for some in the jewish community. >> she sat qi lit yitly in her chair. >> her actions polarized thousands in the campus community and beyond. >> a woman of reasonable nets. a woman of open mindedness. >> the uc berkeley students made headlines because she will be the first practicing muslim to serve as student

regent. she is controversial because of the issues she's supported prior to that appointment. she had called on uc to boycott all companies affiliated with israeli military or israeli settlements on the west bank. uc reekent said conot vote for her. >> if you want a list countries that have human rights issues you've got probably country that's are worse than israel. >> lung promised to work with her. here is what she said about the investigation. >> i may have my own personal opinion about that situation but those have nothing to do with my work as a student reej yeent who worries some is deviciveness her actions have created in march supporting a resolution condemning a so called it lamb phobic hate

speech delivered at uc santa cruz. she says it went beyond the definition of free expression. the committee which selected her is comprised of two regents, two are jewish. >> the committee would not have selected her if we thought she was antisemitic. >> she announced she will now focus on issues that concern all students. >> i think that is the most effective form of leadership. >> she says she looks forward to working with incoming uc president janet napolitano, expectedded to be confirmed tomorrow. >> just ahead new details about what is next for apple if the company rolls out a tv service. >> san francisco does damage control. stit gets the word out about damage being dumped to the sewer system. >> also big fire burning in a

california destination forcing evacuation of a summer camp. >> live from the kgotv broadcast center, i'm sandhya patel. temperatures in areas on the rise today. it's going to start sizzling here soon. i'll have a look at the foreca

prep raigz getting underway for a vigil for a missing oakland toddler and we're learning about her mother's recent past. in april, she was ordered not to do any harm to little daphne webb after davis-webb was found passed nout a car with daphne in the back seat she admitted to mixing alcohol and vicodin. coming up we're going take you live to the vigil for young

daphne at 79th avenue and international boulevard. her father says someone took her from his suv on wednesday. >> u.s. research universities are facing a number of cyber attacks revealing millions of attempts are made each week. some are successful. as a result many campuses being forced to tighten security. >> apple is believed to be developing technology letting some viewers skip commercials. sources say apple told media executives it wants to offer a premium version including ad-skipping technology. >> san francisco public utilities commission on a mission to wipe out what it calls a serious problem urging people not to flush disinfectant wipes down the

toilet saying they're advertised as flushable they are not. they're clogging and damaging sewage system as cross the country. officials say it's an expensive problem to clean up toilet paper you can stick into water it dissolved so it floats through without a problem you stick this into a glass of water dwoitsing to take 30 minutes or longer before it starts to break down. and by then, that is what you get. >> yuck. well, the city spends $160,000 a year to throw away material cleaning out of the screens. >> well a lot of people are still having trouble finding work. hundreds turned out for the hire event sponsored by abc 7679 more than 400 jobs are available from book keeper to helicopter repair technician. among highing verizon, big 5

sporting goods, pizza hut and several radio stations. >> right now a massive firefighting effort underway in riverside county west of palm springs, crews battling a wildfire that destroyed homes and prompted evacuations. it started on monday between palm springs and hemit and grew into a monster fire. a wall of smoke hung thick over the community. the mountain fire continued in a ferocious pace burning 14,000 acres. we've never had anything like this. >> more than 2,000 firefighters on the ground in a pitched battle to get a line around the blaze. helicopters and dc 10s

triering to get the fire under control. already it has destroyed a home. >> it's scary. >> the community remain under an evacuation order. at this home all that remain saz collapsed skeleton. the property is in ruins. residents not being aloud back home but for good reason. you can see the ground still smoldering not only that, you can feel radiant heat. >> we can have it rekindled. >> there is a pose dwlaiblt has residents concerned. so far, the news hasn't been good. >> it's nerve wracking for

friends and family. they're getting ready to evacuate. >> it's been a tough fight for firefighters. they're concern that had these winds so co-shift and shift flames into homes. >> this fire spread to 14 square miles. it's just raging. 2200 firefighters are trying to battle this. it's a very bad situation. we don't have weather conditions to contribute to that. >> no. but sandhya patel keeping tabs on what's happening. >> yes. soun dow jones they'll be continuing to see the heat we'll talk about that in just a moment.

fire danger has been low but about to switch up. today, many areas warmed up. behind me, more sunshine and warmer weather across the bay area. let's check out live doppler 7 hd. and i'll show you what it looks like. most of the communities enjoying sun. temperatures up this afternoon. coastal spots came down a few degrees. that fog layer is pressing. -- compressing and becoming shallower, you can see how thin it is looking back towards san francisco. it's 68 in oakland. 78 in santa cruz. lake tahoe camera, sunshine

with 85 degree weather. record highs are possible friday through sunld. temperatures here 77 now in santa rosa. it's 79 in novato. and here is a beautiful view. you can see blue skies there. warming trend continues for thursday afternoon goising to get hot inland friday and saturday temperatures getting close to 100 degree za.z here is what's happening in atmosphere. that cool air mass moving back over pacific. humidity is heat advisories and sensitive heat warnings are up. we're going to see this, it's a hot air mass from desert southwest not as humid heading out towards northwest. we're going to feel it.

check out highs for thursday. reno 100 degrees. 112 down in palm springs. 107 in las vegas. 110 in palm springs and redding. saturday, 113 degrees in redding. so if you're doing traveling get ready for heat. temperatures low 50s to low 60s. fog may be dense so be careful out there. 88 in los gatos, peninsula you're looking at a warmer day. 76 degrees. 81 redwood city. 62 on the coast if you don't like hot weather i've got you covered. downtown san francisco, 68 degrees. 70 in south san francisco and north bay. 83 santa rosa. mid-90s clear lake. east bay up to 74 degrees a

mild, sunny afternoon. this is where it starts to get hot. checking out the accu-weather forecast you'll see temperatures heading up saturday inland. mid-60s coastside. temperatures going down just a touch sunday second half of the weekend. next week we'll have a few extra high clouds but until then get ready for summer heat. i'm sandhya patel, back to you in the studio. >> back to the heat. thank you very much. >> and just ahead their homes have been ripped apart but not by an act of nature. how these homeowners are taking action. >> then that is here, the doctor fighting a form of skin cancer with a new treatment

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40 homeowners filed claims against lake county. the residents believe county owned water pipes caused the land beneath their homes to move. an attorney says the claims are being reviewed by a third part yes administrator that was 45 days to accept or reject the claims. >> it took 15 years to build san francisco opened its new water front park. it is located south of the embarcadero. mayor lee says it was worth it. the project replaces a long deteriorating pier 36. the park has a water front

walkway including exhibits that document asian migration to the city and history of labor along the water front. >> interesting. >> coming up next do you follow the pope's tweets? >> actually i do. then,

breaking news at state fair passengers just evacuated from a mono rail. >> 20 people were on that mono rail there is no word on why it lost power. now, we will continue to follow that story and have more for you coming up at 6:00. also at that time individual grow a jewelry store hold up. owner's efforts to get answers

from police. >> and the controversial practice called fracking and debate to water it down. >> right now the catholic church offering a shorter stay in purgatory for those who follow the pope on twitter. >> the church is granting indulgences reducing the time catholics have to spend in this is "world news."

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