>> abc7 news starts right now with breaking news. >> that breaking news is from richmond. crews are responding to a gas leak. this is a live picture from sky 7h. it is overhead on marine bay parkway. you can see it and it is spewing from behind a work truck. pg&e is be working to cap the leak. >> they are working to evacuate people from the area. the extent of the evacuation is unknown. our reporting continues on twitter. follow us with breaking news

alerts. >> good morning. our other top story this morning, a familiar message came from oakland leaders sparked by the latest murder of a 66-year-old woman known for her love of animals. >> we are joined by our reporter. what are they asking for? >> members of the community are asking for one thing: an end to the violence, saying enough is enough. judy salamon was gunned down on wednesday. on thursday there was a vigil in her honor and today the memorial grows for judy salamon. the city council members were calling for an end for violence and push for answers behind her shooting death. the 66-year-old was shot dead blocks from where she lived. she joins with neighbors who wanted to get private patrols. some were frustrated for not having an opportunity to share this with members of the oakland

police department. the captain who planned to be here at the meeting this morning was called away because of a planned demonstration throughout oakland tonight by protesters of the police department. some gathered here today and believe that the antipolice demonstration distracts from fighting crime in oakland. >> they really want to make a name for themselves? they would work with me. they would work with city council. they with work with our neighborhood on turning this around. >> frustration was the theme of the day. judy salamon was driving on fern street in the neighborhood when she was shot in the head. investigators have not released details about the crime but have said they are using surveillance video to put together clues. coming up later on abc7 news i will have more information about their efforts to hire private security and what that meant. was it simply someone to patrol the neighborhood? how much would it cost?

who would foot the bill? >> thank you. santa clara police are vetting a reported rape at a young woman's apartment complex this morning but questions remain in the deepening mystery after a search for a suspect. abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at the apartment complex. amy? >> it caught our attention when application say they are not hooking for anyone. we asked, what does that mean and they said they don't have anything to go on at this point so they do not have anything to look for. they are still here on the scene, though. they are canvassing the area looking for people to talk to, interviewing anyone who heard anything and looking for any evidence they can find. they say they got a call there had been a sexual assault at 4:00 this morning here in santa clara. they say that the call came from a woman, a young adult. it came in that he had a box cutter or a knife but police say they are still investigating. they are being very careful

about what they say because the case is just so new. >> we tread lightly on all the assault cases. we will talk to everyone involved. we will talk to any witnesses. a lot of the evidence and things that are going on, we will talk note of all the details and put them together. if anyone saw anything in the area around that time, in this area, you are urged to call the police department. >> look at this screen, it is torn from the frame. the initial report said he came in through the window. police say that is one angle they are studying and they are focusing on that as for residents of the complex, we spoke to several. they did not know what happened and they dodged the crime tape on the morning walk but they did not know why it was there. they didn't hear anything. they didn't know what happened. police say they are trying to figure out what happened but they say this is a very serious allegation and it is a high

priority for them. >> thank you, amy. we just confirmed two men arrested in a disturbing case in lake county will be in court next week. authorities say they held a teen girl as a same slave and forced her to work at their marijuana "grow" operation. katie marzullo? >> the men are scheduled to be in federal court here in san francisco on wednesday morning. right now they are facing drug charges, including the use of a minor in a drug operation. the criminal complaint alleges that the kidnapping, rape and torture of the little girl. under arrest are ryan baletto who police found in a trailer there was a large marijuana grow and authorities found a thousand marijuana plants, mostly more than 6' tall. also, 22 weapons were found.

that is not the worst. agents found sexual bondage equipment, a noose and a wooden rack used to immobilize a person and 4' long metal toolbox which air holes. investigators have found the 15-year-old alleged victim who said she was kept in the box for three days at a time and forced into sex acts and helping trim the marijuana plants. at the house, agents found ryan baletto's girlfriend and five children including a seven-month-old baby and 17 guns and in a gun safe, a ponytail of human hair. ryan baletto and patrick pearmain may have had more victims. >> fremont police are looking for a home invasion robber who escaped after a stand off in a family home. the members went door-to-door looking for the man on porter street. the area was on lockdown for hours after the man broke into a home around 6:00 pepper spraying

the woman when she opened the door. her husband rushed to the door and class what a struggle. the couple and their children escaped. >> tonight, mosquito fogging is underway in east san jose after mosquitoes tested positive for west nile virus for the first time, ever. the spraying will take place near 680. the santa clara county control says crews will fog at 11:00 p.m. with a goal to control mosquitoes that carry the virus. >> happening today, astronauts on the international space station are testing technology to allows them to control a robot this mountain view. scientists say in the future, the system will allow astronauts to remain safely aboard the spacecraft while using robots to explore the moon. the same technology could enable doctors to remotely perform surgeries using a robot. >> new this morning, an art

sold out with the one day prices going for $200 right now going up. >> still ahead, the man accused of kidnapping three women for a decade agrees to a plea deal and what he will face. >> a dramatic rescue of a fisherman off the new york coast and what he used to stay alive for hours when he was lost at sea. >> here is a look where we follow protecting news from richmond where there are evacuations because of a

>> an update from breaking news on the gas leak in richmond, we were over the leak moments ago and that was the picture on the parkway with more pg&e crews arrive on the scene to work on that and cap the leak in that 3" line. five apartment complexes are under evacuation orders and are close. our report continues on twitter, follow us for breaking news alert at abc7 news bay area. >> ohio kidnapping suspect has pleaded guilty to 937 charges against him in a deal that will avoid the death penalty. in exchange, the prosecution says the 53-year-old will be sentenced it life in prison without parole plus a thousand

years. he is accused of holding a three women captive in his home for a decade. this morning the judge asked him if he understood the information given to him by his attorney. >> some things that i don't comprehend because of my problems throughout my years pretty much, yes, i understand what they have been telling me. >> he was arrested in may after one of the victims was able to escape and get help. he for get to lock the door when he left the house. >> new this morning from washington, dc, the lincoln memorial is closed this morning after the discovery that someone vandalized the landmark splat stepping green paints on the statue of president lincoln. the park police believe it happened before 11:00 our time and they checking surveillance to get a description on the vandals. the memorial will be closed until the park service can clean up that paint.

>> fisherman is doing just fine this morning after a dramatic rescue off the coast of new york. john aldridge was in the atlantic for 12 hours with no life jacket using rubber boots to stay afloat drifting 40 miles. crews from five states searched 780 square miles before finding him. >> he did suffer hyperthermia but he did not lose his sense of humor. amazing. >> the sunburn is not something we have to worry about right now. >> not here. this is always the area that clears out last. you can see the clouds from the emeryville marina all the way back to the golden gate bridge. if you are on the water we have a small craft advisory. both seems are in town so i have the baseball forecast and the gilroy festival and tahoe will have thunderstorms and we have a

cooling trend, a lot to talk about. >> garlic, gar lib, garlic. >> not so special delivery caught on camera, the video of workers tossing boxes is viral. >> everyone, this is the abc7 news traffic reporter, i am leyla gulen for you commuters, drive the smart way check out abc7news.com/contest right now and you could drive away with a brand new smart car. we will announce the winner on friday, august 2, on only news. be smart. enter now. we have the best alternate

>> really out rageous video on youtube, fedex workers in new york city tossing packages like frisbees. the situation is completely unacceptable and the female driver no longer is working for fedex. the video was taken two days ago in midtown manhattan and you can imagine quickly shared online. >> happening today, the smell of back lick is more abundant around gilroy. the gilroy garlic festival kicks off today. the food and activities feature everything garlic and music and wine pavilion and events for the kids will attract more than 100,000 visitors. and the co-host of an abc show will host the chew down and they have raised $9.5 million for local nonprofit organizations.

>> today, later this afternoon, the drive could be tough with five major events scheduled for this evening in the bay area including a giants game at at&t park, an a's game in oakland, the band in concert and two big concerts, jay-z and timberlake at candlestick park and john mayer, which is 140,000 people trying to get somewhere by 7:00, on top of the usual friday night drivers and add that to the critical mass...stay home! >> it will not be raining, though. it will be nice, right? >> yes. the only precipitation we may get this weekend is drizzle at the coast in the morning. it will be dry. but it will be cooler. >> now a look at the small craft

advisory if you kicking off early and headed to the story if you have a boat, watch out from 2:00 to 9:00 on the bay waters and, also, the delta community with west win at 15- to 25-knots with night arrival delays at sfo of an hour and 20 minutes. 24 miles per hour fairfield so that is a nice sea breeze and that is going to bring us the cooler weather as we head through the weekend. this is 87, and the h.p. pavilion has a lot sunshine and the cooling trend that begins today will last through the weekend and china mass on -- climax on monday. this means extra clouds and cooler weather at night and still, monsoon moisture down to the south right now we watching, with a possibility that it could come at us sunday into monday but right now i do not have rain in the forecast. walnut creek is sunny.

680 looking south to the san ramon valley is the east bay inland neighborhood is closest to average and the rest of us are around one to four degrees cooler and the cooler weather is coming your way, also, and the air conditioning is probably not going to be needed after today if you even need them today. in the upper 70's in sunnyvale and low 80's for the rest of the south bay and los gatos deeper in the santa clara valley and morgan hill mid-to-upper 80's and 72 in santa cruz, not the best. 73 in san mateo and near 80 for the rest of the peninsula, and half moon bay is the warm spot and daly city is 59, and mid-to-upper 60's if downtown, and south san francisco, and sausalito. upper 70's near 80 through the north bay valley and only around 60 at your beaches. berkeley upper 60's, and low-to-mid 70's for the east bay shore and the mid-80's to near 90 degrees in the east bay valley and that is as warm as it gets. the first game, because this is how they come, 7:05 is first

pitch at the cove, 62 dropping to 57. at&t park is 59 to tart -- start and we will drop town to 57 or 56. for the concert, jay-z and timberlake about the same temperatures and you have the breezes to worry about. the gilroy garlic festival, temperature in the low-to-mid 80's, i wonder how much, exactly, garlic ice cream they will sell. thunderstorms possible in tahoe today and tomorrow with highs in the throw mid 80's. look at the changes, one to two degrees cooler on saturday, sunday, and by monday, we are well below average and we will stay that way tuesday, and a slow warming trend on wednesday and thursday with a lot of cloud cover in the morning and sunshine in the afternoon this weekend. >> great. >> you know where people get the great forecast by watching us any time anywhere, and they can

use the live stream now available in the bay area, and we are the first local station and abc is the first broadcast network to bring a live stream of the local news and the favorite abc tv shows so you never have to miss a minute of the news and shows you love. you can bring abc7 with you wherever you want to be brought to you by abc, comcast, charter communications and all at no additional cost. you can enter your tv provider and account information to log in and get the life stream or seven to download the app. >> this bear in maine has a bad itch. a homeowner in milford says he has been using this pine street as a back scratcher. the homeowner says he has been reporting wildlife for 10 years and this bear is one of the many images he has captured over the

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>> this afternoon at 4:00, oakland-based kaiser permanente's republic station is on the line facing criticism from customers on sky roberting

costs. at 5:00, the former police officer who pepper sprayed students at occupy protest wants big bucks and he things he should be paid tonight at 5:00. >> now friday's "purr-fect" pet and we are introduced to the new friend. >> we have best selling. >> their here from the friend spca. tell us about grapefruit. >> this is grapefruit, a three month old kitten, beautiful boy, a little bit like frank zappa. available for adoption. >> tell us about your book signing? >> tomorrow i will at the spca in san francisco between 2:00 and 4:00 and i will be reading from this and autographing copies. >> about your cat and how it affected your life? >> like racing in the rain for

cat lovers and it is a fund read if you like cats and have wondered what the cats were thinking. >> i hope everyone can make it. nice to have you. >> thank you. >> back to you? >> thanks, mike. >> thank you for joining us today. >> would wants to be a millionaire is next. clear

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