the oakland side. >> things looking better here. what a difference a few hours make. at 3:00 this afternoon, we want to show you video from sky 7 hd. no cars were moving as officers were blocking the entrance to the bridge. that is something we don't see every day this, is what chp tweeted to followers. with patient, traffic has been halted. yes. it was gridlocked heading towards that is something you don't see often, something not allowed.

this, the authorities decided to shut both upper and lower decks on the eastbound treasure island off ramp. officers released some cars allowing them to go over the bridge but these traffic breaks created a mess as you've seen in both directions. i follow golden gate. and they just they said bay bridge.ing again on the saying thank you for your patience. i'm live in oakland abc 7 news. you've got a lot of patience this evening no doubt about

that. thank you. >> the bridge closures spoiled the get away for thousand who's face near gridlock conditions. take a look. traffic just crawl as long first street. one driver said it was brutal. another driver took these delays in stride. >> it's a mess. first time over and over and this is what we get caught n but it's all right. we're cool. >> traffic made it harder for anyone to leave downtown. >> and biggest one taking place at candle stick park. it's a jay-z, justin

timberlake concert. very slow going for drivers tonight but it's heavy for those cars trying to inch towards that concert. >> if you're going i'm going to guess jaizy and justin are not going to be on until much, much later. >> take your time. >> it's just going to require patience. angels had trouble and some had to take at the skyway, the cars on the right some perhaps heading to that concert patience is required. >> one mother could face 10 years in prison for a traffic accident that killed her daughter.

she faces vehicular man slaughter and other charges for the crash on the richmond parkway. police say myers was speeding and drive wougt a license when her suv flipped over. her 5-year-old was thrown from the su skpr. died. three teenagers and her other daughter were in the suv. none of the passengers was wearing a seat belt. the children were not in child safety seats. >> she'd been charged with vehicular man slaught why another count of involuntary man slaughter and four kounlts of child endangerment. >> her family attended the hearing but did not want to speak on camera. the mother sk held on $1 million bail. the judge saying she pose aids threat to public safety. >> an east oakland community is pleading tonight to try to find a way to put an end to the violence.

this just days after a beloved woman was shid shot and killed near her home. >> some so frustrated they believe hiring private security might be the missing piece. >> don't go around shooting and killing innocent people. >> dozens attended a ral yes to speak out violence that claimed the life of the popular pet sitter judy soloman. >> i hear your complaints wex need to take action but we need your help. >> her death seems to be the latest in violence. the 66-year-old shot in the head in afternoon here in the 2400 block of burns street. last week an 8-year-old was shot and killed. investigators say the little girl ran to answer the door while at a sleepover when a gunman opened fire.

the random and deadly attacks have engaged many in the community. and in judy's neighborhood it has some looking to help fix the problem on their own, hiring paid patrols to pick up the slack they say opd can't cover. >> having an official looking vehicle, what do you have to lose? >> the firm they're considering would charge $15 a month per household but not everyone believes it is the best way to go. >> you can have someone driving skup down but the police drive up and down that. doesn't -- it's not a deterrent. >> it stems down to create activity. >> the president of the local neighborhood watch told me police could do more if they weren't distracted by pro testors hell-bent on

vandalizing the sti if they want to make a name for themselves they'd work with me. work with city council, with our neighborhoods. on turning this stuff around. >> with demonstrations planned would it appear his request may have fallen on deaf ears. >> police are looking for a man who sexual assaulted a young woman in her apartment this morning. this happened around 4:00 a.m. near central park. the man may have threatened her. the woman told police he spoke broken evening wlish an accent. with possible facial hair, wearing dark clothing. >> police looking for victims of a craig's list condo fraud arresting this man, an 18-year-old for listing his condo for rent and renting it out to 16 people. police say he collected $2600 from each of them, a security deposit first month's rent

then told tenants they can move in after he made repairs. the condo owned by his family that were aun ware he was advertising it for rent. >> a family is fighting the county over seizure of their property. sonoma county expanding runways and that means moving a 73-year-old woman off her property she's owned for years. mark? >> the family tells me they knew the airport would take her six and a half acres. they just never thought would it turn out like this. the shous what real estate agents call a tear down. the land around it is butte oofl there are vernal pools in there. >> rebecca she's us around the six and a half acres her mom bought 29 years ago. the 73-year-old wanted us to just talk with her daughter. >> she's better at this.

and county has been beating us pretty bad. i don't want to miss things up she's talking about the county seizing her property under power of eminent domain. the county is offering her $135,000 for the six and a half acres. but records show the property is assessed at $406,000. >> it's been emotional rollercoaster. it's our government should be protecting us. they're not. they're just trying to take our property, steal it. >> the family's attorney says the constitution guarantees the right to let a jury decide the land value. but in eminent domain cases tax records are inadmissible. cannot be shown to the jury. >> they probably will never hear what, in my opinion is the biggest injustice in this case so far. >> the county manager can tell us about expansion he was barred from talking about the case. >> so we can't talk about

price? intloort appraised for? >> no. >> what i did say is that she was given two offers one for land, and one for moving expenses. the family attorney says expense allowance was $279,000. but he added issue here is the value of the land. real estate agent specializing in the acreage told us 350,000ses today $400,000 would be low end just for the dirt. >> about $135,000? >> i don't believe so. i don't think you can get anything fr that. >> napoli is afraid. >> this is the last part of my life. instead of getting ready just enjoying life i'm two years, i've think, i mean, end of the day, every day, every hour that is on my mind. >> trial date set for august 6th. >> still ahead tonight a new

follow up to uc davis pepper spray incidentful a police officer fired for actions now seeking disibility pay. find out why. >> talks in the bart dispute tonight. a note of optimism two sides can possibly avert a second strike. a vacation option you've

now, a soldier has become a national hero. he's a staff sargeant in u.s. army listing his hometown as antioch. there is a 3 d video of the camp his heroics made him only the fifth living soldier to be awarded medal of hon yorks the top award for braifrly. abc 7 news is live in ant yk tonight. we understand we spoke with his father. >> we did. he can barely keep emotions in check saying this isn't just great news for him and his family, it's terrific news for him where he grew up. the staff sargeant grew up here in antioch. he began in 1998 when joining

marines. he joined the army. he has a host of medals including a purple heart. his deployment and commendations for employment in iraq and afghanistan. his company position was tacked by a taliban force. he also managed to address wounds while under fire, and managed to carry that wounded soldier to cover. he then risked his life to recover a radio in order to call in help. >> this is some bragging rights. as a dad, yae. you don't get that often. he has a sister and stepsister that are both nurses and we

must have done something right as parents. can't be much prouder. >> now the 33-year-old will be awarded medal of honor by president barack obama. his family will be there to see him receive that medal. >> time running out for unions. there is some progress in negotiations but two of the major sticking points, salaries and benefits haven't been brought up yet. the union accusing the chief negotiators of being a no show. >> you can bargain with lesser empowered folks from bart.

their person is absent. >> the team is up there. the general manager is in the office. and district capable of making decision autos negotiators agreed to end a strike on july 4th by extending their current contract and have given themselves until august 4th. >> barnmy jack passed away and the medical examiner is trying to determine the cause of death this, video shows him how to hack an atm in 2010. he was scheduled to speak about hacking pace makers and other implantable device autos want to take a look at traffic out there right now in a live shot because of the problems now. this is sky 7 live over

highway 101. it's crowded on friday evening. you've got 70,000 people going to this concert. and it is brutal. >> he stopped by headquarters just hours ago. hoping to show you a picture of him with zucker emergency in menlo park. trust us he was there and is making his way to candle stick park. dho have yet another hour to go. >> timberlake, not beiber. >> yes. yes. >> it's been a long day. >> i don't want believerers out there. >> yes. really. >> this is something. >> yes. >> you will feel all

demographics. >> we've got deepening marine layer overnight into tomorrow. we still have mainly sunny skies inland areas but you won't know it from this vur. that marine layer moving inland. 69 in mountain view looking back towards bay bridge sunny skies and 82 in fairfield. 79 in los gatos. one of the views looking down

on to low skploudz these are the forecast features. low clouds and fog are spread overnight. looking at a look at the satellite image you can see a weak low pressure system approaching southern california area. and there is some unsettled weather there. that low pressure system will start at 11:00 tonight getting into early morning hours we'll see fog layer getting deeper and of course that means not only cool conditions near the coast but overnight, lots of fog pushing inland. tomorrow, sunny skies, highs into upper 70s to 80s in an

jose. 78 in redwood city. menlo park on the coast 60 in half moon bay. highs mid to upper 70s. 78 in napa. warmer weather farther north. 77 in union city. about 85 in fairfield. here is a accu-weather forecast. going to remain with us throughout the weekend and into next week. so inland loks will see highs in mid-80s through tuesday, mid-70s around the bay. then trying to warm up to more seasonal levels with highs getting into 90s. >> thank you. >> still ahead a discovery behind a basement wall leads

to something that will comfort pet owners. >> hey, everybody for commuters out there, drive the smart way. check out abc 7 news.com slash content and you can drive away with a brand new smart car. we'll announce the lucky winner are friday, august 2 so be smart, enter now. join me for laif lerts and best routes monday morning at

znga stock is now barely above $3 down 14% today alone. saying yesterday it's giving up on plans to get an online gambling license. the rest of wall street didn't move much. the nasdaq added almost eight. and another set become for apple tonight a research group reporting that apple's share of the smart phone market has fallen to lowest levels in four years. iphone sales went up last quarter but not keeping pace with the market. >> an unexpected discover behind a church wall being trance formed into a resting place for pets. this is what crews found in

north beach. by spring people will be able to place ashes of dogs, cats and birds tlchl the area will have high tech feature autos families will be able to incorporate snap shots or videos of them selfs and pets and there will be a directory just to look through the lives of pets. >> there will be a wall to honor service animals like police and seeing-eye dogs. it will have a stained glass rendering of the patron saint of animals. >> there is much more still to come tonight. a man in cleveland gets a life sentence and a thousand years in prison after admitting he held three women captive for a decade. >> trayvon martin's mother taking a spotlight making a plea to a sympathetic audience. >> and a tribute to men who

aerial castro a man who kept three women captive for a decade will spend his life in prison pleading guilty to more than 900 counts against him including kidnapped, rape and aggravated murder because he caused one of the women he impregnated to miscarriage. prosecutors are recommending live in prison without parole and 1,000 years. >> i am very good at failing and reading and spelling but i can't comprehend like i mentioned my addiction to pornography and sexual problem has taken a toll on my mind. >> castro also told the judge he'd like to visit with the girl he fathered with one victims but prosecutor says they want to make sure that that never happens. the women he held captive released a statement saying this they approve of the plea

deal. >> san diego mayor says he's sorry for his behavior in a sexual harassment scandal and plans to undergo therapy. he calls a news conference and his staff and the women he's accused of harassing saying he takes responsibility for his conduct announcing he'll spend two weeks in a clinic. >> behavior i have engaged in over many years is wrong. my failure to respect women and intimidating conduct i engage in at times is inexcuseable. >> despite apology he is refusing to stef down, elected mayor last year. the al gaigs against him come from several high profile women including his former press secretary, the former chief operating officer and a retired navy admiral. >> trayvon martin's mother got a standing ovation from introduced this morning at national convention of the urban league in philadelphia.

her son, as you know was shot and killed in a confrontation with george zimmerman. he made an apple to mother hz the audience. >> at times i feel like i'm a broken vessel. at times i don't know if i'm going or coming. but i know beyond a shadow of a doubt god is using me and god is using my family to make a change. to make a difference. my message to you is please, use my story. please use my tragedy. please use my broken heart to say to yourself, we cannot let this happen to anybody's else's child.

>> fulton called for a civil rights investigation into the death. evidence from zimmerman's trial has been turned over to the justice department. >> a former police officer who pepper sprayed students in a uc davis prot jeft now seeking help from the state through a worker compensation claim. abc 7 news found out he has a hearing next month. the former uc davis police lieutenant drew criticism in 2011 for dousing students with pepper spray now wants worker's compensation for psychiatric injury. the former marine sargeant received death threats after the video went viral. he was fired after an investigation found his action was unwarranted. >> i think it's wrong with what he's trying to do. >> ian lee was pepper sprayed. he and 20 others shared in a settlement from the university last year. the college junior hopes the claim is denied.

>> when you reward people like pike you tell people that it's okay to hurt students that. is a message we knlt send. >> walls were not returned but melissa brown specializes in worker's compensations she says they must have thought this through because more public scrutiny lie as head. >> filing a psychiatric zplimt easy. you give up your rights to privacy. >> the department of industrial relations will look at the claim august 13th if no settlement is reached koit go on for further hearing. organizers are planning a demonstration in the hopes of rejecting the claim. >> this is outrageous. he might be entitled to receive workers's compensation the idea his actions would entitle him to a payout is crazy.

>> peek made $122,000 a year. and says 60% permanent disability would entitle him to $62,000 in cash benefits but medical treatment for life. >> a local hero from the owe korean war is returning home next week. specialist first class was captured and killed in south korea in february, 19516789 his remains discovered in may ask will be flown home on monday. >> tomorrow marks 60th anniversary of the end of the korean war. vet trans will dedicate awe new memorial. seekers include pete mccloseski with two purple

hearts. >> it's one people, they were divided by mistake. probably the dumbest mistake ever made to draw the 38th parallel and invite russians to come to the north half but they're one people, not two people. >> they're looking for contributions to help complete construction. you can help out there. is a link on abc 7 news.com. >> 7 on your side is up next. michael finney showing us the vacation alternative. >>

a common european vacation choice that wasn't available until recently is now taking off. >> yes. it can set you up for adventure, let's go camping. >> you? me. all of us. have you ever thought about renting a big rv but were

turned off by costs and carbon foot print? there is an alternative out there. here it s this van from lost campers a company specializing in discreet minivans. the back et selt up with shelves, a sink, a water supply and cooler. inside there is a mattress. >> we have a full-sized bed here. but now we have seating for five. >> with a little effort a bed is set up people say it's more comfortable than a hotel. >> really? >> i i get that. >> this is a skate camper van full sized vans, artists take care of the paint job autos someone came from new zealand and we thought there was a huge hole in the market fr a product like this. >> the vans set up similar to

smaller ones but come with a mini fridge, if you want a roof top sleeping contraption. tyler williams rented one three times. >> why rent this rather than an rv? >> it's a lot keeper for one. easier. just throw our bikes in the back and just two of us and there is room. and comfortable. >> other renters go on once in a lifetime road trip. >> we have two vans got back yesterday, three months on the road. and it's a big trip. >> depending on size and time of the year you can spend $30 a day or $74 a day. these things keep your

vacation costs down. >> national parks are some of the best real estate in the world plus you've got refreightor and cook ware. you don't need to eat fast food or restaurants. you can bring food and cook. you're self sufficient. >> now, 80% to 90% are all from overseas. we have links and these agencies were release nice people. when europeans see the full-sized vans they freak out and don't want to be around something that big. and they're concerned with bears and all want to see death valley. >> huh. i guess that is why they like being on top of the van, then, right? >> there you go. >> thank you. >> good idea. >> just ahead at 6:00 middle school girls getting a lesson about robots its a camp with a

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middle school girls about robots. it's part of a plan to inspire engineer autos what do you want to be when you grow snup. >> an engineer. >> she is well on her way in this lab at uc davis she's among 15 girls learning to assemble and program robots in a one week camp. >> it's really fun. >> really fun? what have you learned? >> i learned how to program computer autos before the week, hardly any of the girls have red code. now, they're bringing robots to life. and learning the joy of debugging. >> it's frustrating because sometimes it's hard to find out where the air is. >> they hit road blocks and they knock them down z then, they just see this moment where everything works.

>> solving problems together is key and easier without boys around. >> i think boys think they're better in computers than girls. they think they know how to do it right so they're trying to teach the girls or command the gerls. >> instead only ones taking orders are the robots it listens to you. and you can make them do anything. >> the robots are called link box to teach problem solving kids need in classes. >> you can personalize learning. >> they offer ways to cause and hopes it will help the girls succeed in engineering and life. >> any problem you encounter that is the logical thinking, programming can help you solve it.

>> i can attest boys are the problem. yae. it doesn't matter what age. >> yes. >> especially those anchor boys right? we've got deep marine layer bringing us cooler weather but right now we're folk us 6 -- focusing on a tropical storm moving into the direction of the hawaiian islands. 50 miles per hour. it's really a horrific weather. so we want to see tomorrow. a mild day warmest readings inland into low to mid 08s. here is the accu-weather forecast. this warms back up into the 90s indland. >> thank you. >> another reminder of watch abc. a new way to enjoy abc 7

programming on your smart phone tab blet or computer. >> it's a benefit brought to you by abc comcast and at and tu verse. and go to watch abc live stream or you can search to down load the app. >> raiders back on the field in napa and rookie dj hayden just months ago is on the

raiders open training camp. dj hayden on the field coming back from two surgeries one in november life threatening and then a follow up abdominal operation in may. if he's the new charles woodson, woodson would be the old if hayden is the new. and help beinging kids like

hayden. >> i play the game now going on 16 years. and... you know the great thing about it is that it's still fun. you know sni still love it. and you know, i plan on having a great deal of fun this season with guy goesing to the first games. just bo what -- do what you do. and just play there. >> on offense matt flynn got first team snaps. the clear front runner coming in and you can't forget about terrell pryor. saying if he can throw accurately he can be in the mix. >> it's all you learn and at the end of the day you know i'm going to give you the truth. you know? so about being a leader you

know? consistent with that and on the field. >> wide receiver was traded to the team he beat. they're thrilled to have him. he knows san francisco defense is full of talent and expects them to challenge him during training camp you want to challenge every day. you want guys that are going to make you work because in the thaebd makes you better. and we don't have it easy. so i think that is a plus for us. >> monday, milwaukee brewers outfielder suspended for using banned substances. that anger asked stunned his friend tackers quarterback aaron rogers who came to his defense, now he feels betrayed.

>> i was shocked like i know many of you were. i was backing up a friend who looked me in the eye and denied allegations. it doesn't feel great being lied to like that. and i'm disappointed about the way it went down. >> stanford coming up off the pack 12 title and a rose bowl win. this is on defense, the key to their success last year. and they've got one goal. >> being aggressive so our offense helps us build that characteristic going up against them every day. go what we do.

>> one of the benefits is that everybody is on the same page. coaching staff working hard together one another and it's helpful for us as a younger group. >> abc 7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> you're telling me stanford is in the top nif a lot of poll autos it's remarkable. top five just about every poll out there. >> remarkable. join me tonight at 9:00 the app that just joined ranks of tech start ups drop box. >> then at 11:00 landlord from hell his first jail house interview with abc 7 news i team. you thought you had a bad landlord? this guy took advantage of his parents. that is coming up at 11:00.

>> but that does it nor edition of abc 7 news. >> have a good night everybody.

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