department responding to a call which later turned out to be false, police say he hit a motorcyclist and walk add cross the street to that bar n twut, a -- 2002 this firefighter received an award. then four years later honored again for rescuing a worker trapped in a building. now, he may be terminated and prosecuted for trying to dilute alcohol in his blood after his fire truck hit a motorcyclist. our sources say he apparently shed his garments before entering the club. the security camera captured him guzzling down water and he was because there were patrons in the establishment. the truck responded to a call of smoke in a building.

police say the truck hit a motorcyclist. the rider taken to san francisco general hospital with sinz. his super visor told him to stay with the truck but he left. our sources say he disappeared 90 minutes and say the video places him at the bar. he was later tested for drugs and alcohol at the fire house. it showed he had a blood alcohol reading of.13, legal driving limit is the.08. abc 7 examined the letter skk commitsers to fire quinn. she listed 15 reasons why he should be terminated among them unsafe operation of a fire vehicle drunkenness and entering an establishment that

serves alcohol. no one wanted to comment in this or on camera saying this is a personnel issue. police are ready to wrap up this case and will turn it over to da and will recommend felony drunk driving and hit and run. >> new details now on an incident that closed la guardia airport. the landing gear collapsed just after the plane touched down on the runway. the incident happened around 5:40 p.m. new york time. >> the aircraft landed on runway 4, and landing gear collapsed. the nose wheel collapsed. the aircraft skidded down the runway on its nose.

then veered skpof came to rest in a grass area between runway and taxi way. >> officials say 10 people were treated for minor injuries four transported to the hospital. members of the crew were taken to the hospital for observation. at this point it is unknown why the gear failed. investigate yordz now on the way to the scene. >> federal investigators headed to lake tahoe tonight to look into the cause of a small plane crash. the plane went down after takeoff around 11:15. the plane crashed into a wooded area. a 67-year-old died at the scene. his wife was air lifted to the hospital. the couple is from pal yes alto. crews say it's truly a miracle she survived they don't yet know why the plane crashed. >> san francisco airport

officials tell us they're not sure if the fire truck that struck a teenager after the crash of flight 214 was equipped with new infrared technology designed to detect someone in the path. she was hid ben by foam of the officials tell us the first four trucks that responded are equipped with infrared equipment. the smaller engine was not. they don't know which truck actually hit her saying the smaller engines are not required to have the sensors. >> we're hearing from the wife of limo driver orville brown. she says shaed a heated phone conversation with him before the limo scene he was driving caught fire on the san mateo bridge killing five passengers.

a mechanical problem, possible mechanical problem remains a central focus. but now, an argument between driver and his wife is being factored in as a possible distraction. at some point, driver orville brown had a heated argument. she believes he was driving at the time. >> he started to kus me out. so he turned up the radio. i told him turn it down. you know? i can't hear you anyway. i'm hanging up. >> raquel hernandez brown believes it was long before the fire but it had been a bad day for the couple. first she obtained a restraining order against him, then, they fought in a parking lot. this led to speculation he could have been distract whtd limo passenger section broke out in flames. >> i'm sure he could have saved them. you know?

he was too busy on the phone. and i know he was videotaping. >> this month hernandez brown discovered videos of the fire on her husband's cell phone. it haunts her five women died in the fire. >> i seen cars and just, you know, i see flames. >> efforts to reach the driver have been unsuccessful. a brother would only say, quote, he looks forward to the official findings of the investigation. hernandez-brown says her husband is hoping to snare a wind fall from lawsuits that will give them a chance for a new start. >> i don't want that on my conscience. not at all. i don't want my kids to have it z i'm poor. >> in foster city, abc 7 news. >> a bay area sailor is under

arrest for leading the coast guard on a slow-speed chase. the pursuit went on for hours. mark matthews standing by at golden gate with details. john mckorm yaikz on board. she was moored in richardson bay. the coast guard noticed she had no registration numbers on the bow and they stopped to investigate. the routine stop turned into a chase, the coast guard told reporters it started when the skipper refused to allow anyone on board. >> i came aup long side the sailing vessel. master said if you come on board you'll be met with violence. >> the captain cut mooring lines and then sailed away. two and a half miles out to sea the 85 foot cutter convinced the boat's owner to

allow a boarding party. >> came on board, and when the boarding officer was doing a initial talking with the master, the master lunged and attacked the officer. >> the coast guard team was able to subdue the captain, identified as david john mccormick. reportedly took an hour to read his rights because he couldn't stop talking long enough to listen. the coast guard reports he had two pass ports one from new zealand, one from ireland and told them he bought the boat several years ago and had it berthed in berkeley. but berkeley marina says they have no record of a david john mccormick. the coast guard met today with an assistant u.s. attorney. mccormick arrested for assault but more charges may be added before he's brought into court. investigators looking into the possibility mccormick may be responsible for a rash of phony distress calls.

they're checking his voice print against tape recording of false alarms that have been called in to the coast guard over several months. reporting from coast guard station golden gate, near sausalito, mark math use abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> with just two weeks to go now before a possible bart strike the unions lashing out against negotiators with no progress in site. union representatives said the lead investigator is hard to get to the table saying tom hawk will be on vacation for 10 of the 14 days. union says if you were negotiating he would be more interested in the strike than settlement. >> stipulation, deception. stall tactics not resolving problems. surface bargaining. bart says he has other commitments and say he's

negotiated 400 contracts since 1972, never found to have committed unfair labor practices saying there is nothing unusual about this time around. >> we're not to be the negotiator. and bart takes longer to get things done an average does. >> if no agreement is reached trains could stop running again as early as august 5th. >> the riders can check it out in are personment a life-sized mod yefl a new bart car will be open to the public starting tomorrow at mccharge your bart station. laura anthony has a preview. seats made of plywood and lacks finishing touches but this life sized mock up shows what it will look like.

there are bike racks on board and high tech monitors and each car will have three sets of doors on each side rather than two. >> going to have like a viny vinyl-type floor and seating we're working on the final product but it will be something we can clean, keeping cars in pristine shape. >> that will be a relief to every day riders like natalie. >> what does it look like now? >> all right. comfortable at times. dirty but now, i can see seats they're new and great. >> first thing eric noticed was smaller number of seats. >> from what i'm being told, i think it's going work out. >> bart says only about 3% fewer, more cars than the current fleet. two thirds will be american

made with final assembly in new york state. >> we have a 66% domestic content to parts coming in. the product will be assembled in the u.s.. >> there will be a series of open houses for the pub lichblgt the first cars will roll out in 2017 with replacements scheduled for 2023. the project 75% funded. the rest by bart. in oakland abc 7 news. >> we're getting june gloom in july. sandhya is next with the forecast. >> yes. we're looking at clouds around here and sprinkles how long you can count on those drops around here in just a moment. >> a grocery store chain insisting it's paid bills. the future of the markets. >> there is movement tonight to ban aerial ad banners but

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san jose based mi pueblo supermarket chains filed for bankruptcy in a dispute with the bank. that it couldn't meet the bank's nonfinancial could have nans. the company assured customers

as well as notifying employees all 21 stores will remain open for business and called bankruptcy a positive tool. >> a chapter 11 is really an opportunity to restructure the organization. to be able to restructure finances and it's our hope we'll come out of this process a stronger more competitive organization. >> making it clear that it is current on obligations and has not defaulted on paims. the bank is wells fargo only saying it's reviewing the situation. >> san francisco could become one of the first cities in the nation to restrict aerial advertising. it's a hotly debated issue that could impact the america's cup races. >> it started with concerns about visual distractions. a temporary ban will be voted on here and there is a

possibility of a permanent, citywide ban. san francisco skyline could soon be clear like of banners like this one. air sign, a florida-based company gave thus video and says about 10% of the business is in san francisco. that would disappear being debated today at city hall,. >> for the past year and a half, office fielded a number of complaints around the noise pollution and visual pollution of the advertisers. >> cam represents neighborhoods where there is lots of advertising. where alice rogers lives. she doesn't mind visual clutter. it's noise. >> affect of a migraine headache that never goes away. just banging, banging for hours. >> bud franklin is the president of aerial services. this is video he gave us of

the operation. he says he and pilots who trailed tried to change flight patterns to work with neighbors. a ban would be a financial hit and he believes a violation of free speech. >> if you can say i don't want to allow free speech then you're being used in the community well, then, all of a sudden we get more towards a authoritarian state. >> hunter has been able to prohibit this advertising since 1978. in the face of legal challenges the faa regulates air space. supervisor kim says she's reaching out to the agency to see if it will cooperate with the city n san francisco, abc 7 news. >> after more than two months on the side line the artemis team will begin sailing this

week. as you can see the team launched it's new craft named blue boat after a kristinning ceremony, crews spent the day getting it ready for racing including checking systems. artemis pulled out of the races after a crew member was killed in training may 9th. >> it's muggy out there and potential more wet. >> feels like almost east coast summer. >> humidity is up. we're getting moisture moving from the south. we can see sprinkles. right now, i'll show you what it looks like. we'll see mid high clouds moving in on live doppler 7 hd. and a little bit of green is showing up. you can see stuff rotating in and moving out. to so watching that carefully

strong thunderstorms developing. some producing heavy rain and hail there are flash flood warnings up. you can see numerous thunderstorms here. we'll be watching that for you. you can see fog down below. all other cloud cover up above. that is going to keep us into humid mode overnight tonight. temperatures 60 degrees. 71 in santa cruz. the view showing you clouds stacked up. temperatures still mild in novato. this is what your morning commute might look like. tower isn't visible for fog that is around. sprinkles possible into morning partly cloudy skies for tuesday afternoon then looking at clearing wednesday, slightly warmer weather it's

this little circulation here and way it looks noi now going to remain off shore. so for time being throughout morning you'll see blips of green. spring yelz are possible at 5:00 a.m. some of you head out of the door for morning commute. don't be sur prised if you run into sprinkles most action will be east and south of the bay area. mild start, mid-50s mid-60s. tomorrow afternoon a nice day, 82 san jose. temperatures coming up, partly cloudy skies in the south bay. 74 santa cruz. 87 morgan hill. low 80s from redwood city. coastal spots half moon bay 65. 62 pacifica. lingering fog.

north bay, upper 70s. head out towards east bay. mid-70s hayward newark. 88 in liver mer, accu-weather forecast, slightly higher temperatures. 90s not as humid. drier air will be back and low 60s to low 90s throughout the weekend thanks. >> coming up bay area student a perfect s.a.t.score. >> he's not even

a court jury could award tens of mill dwroinz a man who designed the first john madden video games. the former program for electronic arts came wupt idea to design a football video game with 22 realistic looking players he claims he should have been paid for five versions that he claims were based on the original game. electronic arts contends he was a contract worker whose work was discarded when other teams build more modern versions of the game. the madden video games generated $4 million over the past 25 years.

>> tonight money matters up and down day for net flix. profits quadrupled from last year. net flirk added 600,000 subscribers. the stock fell $20 a share. weaker than expected earnings brought more disappointment. the nasdaq added 12. mccondalds said july sales could be flat and warned of a tough year. >> and hedge fund investors are now walking away with a tidy process. yahoo agreed to buy back 40 million shares of stock which is more than doubled since they bought into the company. >> the peninsula has a lost and found tortoise tail on his hands. check out pokey the tortoise. someone found pokey telling

the owner they'd leave it at the humane society. only person is that it left pokey outside of the shelter. you know what happened. pokey walked off again and still missing. the owner is offering a $100 reward for anyone that can return pokey to the humane society. >> how fast can pokey walk? >> not very but swift in other ways. >> there is more still to come tonight. first up the british baby watch is over. how proil watchers here are celebrating the new heir to the throne. >> you know from any number of cop shows that there was a police officer a sudden death of the well phone actor. >> and ebay expands its valet service making a promise tonight to customers in

that is how word spread across london today. the royal baby arrived and it's a boy. it's big news around the world tonight. >> yes. britain spent the day celebrating the birth of a new prince. kensington palace announced kate has given birth to a baby boy born at 4:24 p.m. local time weighing eight pounds, six ounsz. a hefty little royal. william present for the birth. hundreds crowded near buckingham palace and he ruped ruped-erupted in cheer autos we have a king in waiting. >> we've been celebrating so we've been out in the pub having champagne. in san francisco, this tearoom also celebrated today. >> now we're going to have queen. >> i liz beth, prince charles, prince william then, their son, prince blank. it's amazing. >> it's exciting. third in line for the throne. you know? it's a big deal.

1k3 harry gets ousted. >> yes. pushed down a notch no. announcement yet on when the baby will be named. or what the name will be. >> yes. >> abc news will present a special edition of 2020 called royal baby heir to the throne at 10:00 here on abc 7 tomorrow night. >> we'll look for that. >> police in brazil discovered a small explosive dees vice at a shrine this week. the pope arrived to meet with young roman catholics gathering for world youth day. they say it had legal potential of causing fatality. the driver took a turn into a large crowd of eager followers a third branch of the naacp is

calling on the government to prosecute george zimmerman for the traif yn martin killing and oakland naacp didn't organize demonstrations for fear of sparking violence. >> we knew we cannot control some person who's become unruly and create vandalism. protest is positive. let the government know there are problems to address but we don't have to break your window to do it. >> naacp swril a special event to remember trayvon martin during national night out celebrations august 6th. george zimmerman is being hailed as a hero days after being acquitted for the death of trayvon martin. the sheriff's department says zimmerman and another person helped a family escape an overturned suv on interstate 4 last wednesday in the community where he fatally

shot martin last year. the first sighting of simmerman since he was acquitted in the death. >> an announcement from ebay today one hour delivery service is now available on the peninsula. we told you about ebay now last holiday season. it's popularity exceeded expectation autos it started small. ebay sent shopping valets before christmas. now for last minute gifts. >> we're dropping off these cable autos one of the things we knew was going to be key was immediate needs. >> ebay discovered most were ordering from work but not just for emergencies. >> we've seen consumers do more.

so ebay responded, adding more retailers and now, they're adding service on the peninsula to kufrt rest of skamy -- silicon valley. ebay is getting a web site. now.ebay.com. some driving around in spiffy new miney coopers you and might be seeing more of these up ask down the peninsula. >> we'll continue to expand to meet the needs from consumers amazon is building out a service. it's different is that they're building the whole back end. >> a network of warehouses built for deliveries conjuring memories of another schls they promise to bring groceries to your door step. but went bankrupt in twu twun -- twun. >> they left a smoking crater in their wake. >> that goes show you that same day delivery is really hard.

>> saying the best companies to try and now demand might just be there. >> i would say never underestimate the american consumer appetite for immediate gratification. >> actor dennis farina died today in arizona he was 69 years old according to his publicist he died after suffering a blood clot in the lungs. he was a chicago police officer who went on to play a number of cops and robber roles a detective in the law and order tv series three years and was also known for roles in movies "get shorty" and" saving private ryan". >> we'll be right back.

it's been done before, high schoolers getting a perfect score on the s.a.t.but one student who just did that just graduated from middle school. something the 14-year-old can't do to be the best at. we're not snur he used the

word average. in june he took s.a.t.and nailed it scoring a perfect 2400. his dad read results online at 5:30 in the morning. >> well, ways asleep and my dad woke me up. >> i was excited and i said, you know did you notice he got a perfect score? he said wow ask went back to sleep. >> so let's think about it. how rare to get a perfect score on s.a.t.? >> it's rare. every year about three million students take the s.a.t.. in 2012, 360 got a perfect score. of those, 83 were from california. it's not that it's never been done, it's when it happened. veron just graduated from 8th grade. >> there is always more to do. i'm going to try to do more. because i want to learn more, accomplish more. >> he's won academic awards,

spelling beacon tests and plays basketball and tennis both parents are physicians but admit their son is in a different league. >> he can just read it one time, that is it. >> did i mention he and his brother released a cd? his great grandfather worked with gaundy. >> intelligent, he's i want him to make a difference in the world. >> his heroes are albert einstein and in sports, michael jordan. >> michael jordan was a good exyampel of hard work achieving success. >> he starts high school hdz r in a few weeks he has his heart set on harvard or m.i.t.. hener has to take the s.a.t.ever again. >> i think he'll get in

whenever he apply autos i don't think high school is -- it's going to seem ped kes streen. >> i look forward to working for him some day. >> that is where we're headed. >> michael finney is up next with important advises on america's number one hoppy. >>

>> gardening is america's number one hob yeechl if you tried it you know it's not always ease he we asked our resident green thumb, michael finney on advice on how to find a good garden center. >> yes. how are your yards look something okay? >> our grass is a problem right now. >> okay. the most recent addition of consumer check book rated garden centers and there are surprises here. bay area consumers check book has been looking at quality and prices offered by newsries. and found there are huge

differences between local stores and national retailers. big stores charge 40% below average cost. >> most independent stores just weren't able to compete on price. where they do compete is on advice and quality of plants. >> one of the highest raitd for quality is this place in san francisco. >> some said they loved this place. we came out and looks like paradise. >> he's right. look at this place a mazing plants. >> i think it's wonderful. plants are beautiful. i'm sure they give help if you have questions about what will be good, where. >> he's right about that. the customer gets personal service, a lot of it, too. watch as this worker gets everything just right.

>> we have qualified folks here who are interested in guardens and garden design as well as plants so you can get help picking things out and everything from just selecting one plant frob lem spots in the garden to helping you design a garden. >> this is flora, she co-owns the place. this is a center with its own coffee bar, its own bar yeasta. who does everything like the rest of the staff. just right. >> so happy to be here every day. it's just so beautiful here. it's a beautiful place to be. >> now, here is a warning consumers check book reminds us because a store is local doesn't mean advice is going to be good. have you to check ratings.

what i love is that i can drink coffee and talk about gardening. >> give me coffee i'll look at plants. >> yes. a latte, please. >> sandhya is here. >> check out live doppler 7 right now. a lot of cloud cover. most of this is starting to move off the coastline now. chance of thunderstorms yosemite and tahoe. still going to be mild along the coast, los angeles 76. triple digits in vegas and palm springs. here in the bay area, we'll keep patches of fog into afternoon. temperatures mid-60s, inland partly cloudy conditions remaining warm in upper 80s. here is the accu-weather forecast. warmer weather for your wednesday, and then, holding there through most of the week into weekend.

a reminder, you can get up to the minute weather nfs by following live doppler 7 hd on twitter. >> another reminder for live stream is now available in the bay area. >> yes. a new way tochl peer yens any time, anywhere. enjoy your favorite newscast, tv shows on your smart phone or commuter -- computer, that is, live and on demand. >> it's a special benefit and here is what you do. go to abc 7 news.com and find out how to access abc. then go to watch abc live stream al.. >> sports tonight get ready for another round of steroid. major league baseball took down another mvp. the response, rather revealing. sports is coming up next. >> check out abc 7 news.co news.com/contest right now. you can drive away in a new smart car.

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2011 national league mvp accepted a suspension, admitting he made mistake and violated baseball's drug program. he witnesswill miss remaining 65 games, his name connected with bio again sismts he was dealt a 50 game suspension for using a banned substance but suspension was overturned. he released this statement after the suspension saying as i've acknowledged i'm not perfect, i'm realizing i made mistakes and willing to accept consequences of the actions. after taking two out of three the giants host reds tonight. tim lincecum will take the mound we'll have highlights at 9:00 and 11:00.

a's down in the second. former a chris carter extends a lead here. a broken cat single and now, it's 3-0, astros here in the 5th inning. in preparation for 2013 season, 49ers expected to contend for the super bowl title once again. collin kaepernick getting in a good workout today. you'll recall posing for the body issue and of course there was hat gate, wearing a dolphins hat. head coach says he doesn't understand what fuss is about. >> i know what his areej yens

is rye, -- lie therk lie with us. chalk that up to a slow time in the media cycle. but no him very well. i know where his allegiances are. >> yes. blame twitter. >> last week 49ers acquired tony white. he failed his physical, nullifying the trade this, is funny as a kid rory mcel roy used to practice hitting golf balls into his mother's washing machine. he tried his luck against a trash talking robot. you up for that? >> i'll give it a go. i'll try. >> i would have expected more confidence. oh... >> you know, listening to a

robot is like losing to martin kimer. eagle landed take a picture of this bad boy. >> oh, oh. tiger woods would have been home with his feet up by now. >> that is cool. >> this abc 7 sports report brought to you by orchard supply, hardware. >> he kept his cool. >> yes. >> join me tonight at 9:00, coming up then, is when you eat as important as what you eat? one thing men should doing whit comes to heart health. >> then, student ap tests tossed out. studying for months, and

tonight skpairnts students are demanding answers. >> in prime time tonight on abc 7 first its bachelorette at 8:00 then men tell all followed by mistresses and then, abc 7 news tonight at 11:00. >> that is all for now. i'm larry beil. >> from the entire abc 7 news team, thanks for joining us.

this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants -- a stay-at-home mom from las vegas, nevada... a preloader from sheridan, wyoming... and our returning champion, a software developer and consultant from lakewood, ohio... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. and welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a new week of "jeopardy!" programs. $2,199. it -- no, i don't want to explain it. you don't want to know. mary and patrick, welcome aboard.

and good luck to all three of you. we're going to work right now in the jeopardy! round. and these are the categories for today. ain't that true? alex: all right, champ, where do we start? how about animal groups for $200, please, alex? alan. what is troops? yes. animal groups, $400. alan. what are flamingos? right. animal groups, $600. alan again. what are porcupines? got it. animals, $800.