>> kgo tv news. >> teams in the water and dogs on the ground in the search if a missing oakland woman who disappeared on sunday if vallejo behind six flags. >> good morning, the shift in search locations from east bay to the north bay comes as a new "person of interest" is brought to light in the disabotherrance of sandra coke. and now kira, what do you have?

>> the search resumed at 8:00 this morning and we are three hours in. authorities searched if five hours. they are not saying what brought them here but they are saying that a registered sex offender who used to date sandra coke is now a "person of interest" in the disappearance. >> the her is take the search to the water scowing for any evidence of missing oakland woman sandra coke. they said the dense vegetation could make this search difficult. >> any clothing she may have been wearing, we have a clothing description, and shoes, clothing, anything that looks like it could be a crime seen. author using dogs, and ground searchers and all terrain vehicles to fine the criminal defense investigator who vanished. her car was found in a park lot in north oakland with two cell phones found one in emeryville

and one in richmond. authorities are type limited -- tightlipped about the shift in search locations. >> we have other steps and areas do look into but right new we are sending and focusing on this specific area. >> police say coke was last seen with this man, 56-year-old register sex offender who was charged with murder in the past. the two dated 20 year ago. he has been this custody since tuesday and is being held without bail. >> he is a "person of interest" and is currently in custody for an unrelated offense. at this time in the investigation he only is a "person of interest" because they were then to each other. >> sandra's family sent this statement to us this morning reading in part "we are enormously grateful for the efforts of everyone to find sandra, we want to do everything we can at this point to help

that search." deputies say they are prepared to continue the search until they find sandra coke or until they are certain she is no longer in this area. >> we are learning more of the man being questioned in coke's disappearance. according to a sex offend are registry is considered a high risk offender convicted of rape and kidnapping. our media partner reports that in 1983 he was acquitted for the murder of a woman he had known since elementary school. in 1988 he pleaded no contest to the killing of a fellow inmate and is being held if parole violation. >> the bay area is facing another strike threat from bart workers with talks resuming and the governor is watching the situation and could impose a 60-day cooling off period.

joined with more. the negotiations were scheduled to get underway at 10:00 a.m. this morning and we have seen both side going to the caltran building behind me and this is actually the second day of negotiations since the governor's board of inquiry hell the hearing on wednesday in oakland. the unions said they think they can get this done with concerted negotiations this weekend, bart, eastern, wants the governor to grant a 60-day cooling off period and the district told the board of inquiry that the two sides are still $100 million apart on the main economic issues and the unions say it is significantly less than that. bart lead negotiator told us this morning that talks are fence but cordial. >> i don't raise my voice or yell or scream and they don't, either, it is a polite relationship. everyone is trying to do their job. >> we are ready to negotiate and see to we can get any kind of deal. hopefully, the district is

seriously opposed to a strike and comes to the table and negotiates. we were at the table all day yesterday and they were there foe 25 minutes. >> the board of inquiry is a panel appointed by the governor and is expected to issue their report as soon as today and the governor, then, has until sunday for decide whether to grant the cooling off period. so far, the unions have not issued another strike but they did put out a resolution release late yesterday saying that things don't go well today they may issue a 48-hour strike warning this evening. in oakland for abc7 news. >> happening now in the south bay police are investigating a triple shooting in east san jose, that happened next to a basketball court outside an apartment complex near midfield around 4:00 a.m., and officers arrived the victims were gone. police say two men and a woman showed up in local hospitals with gunshot wounds and they are

not life threatening injuries and the shooting was too close to home. >> we are not safe at our own house, if a bullet goes through a window, there are a lot of families that live here. it is shocking. shocking. just shocking. >> police have not made any arrests and they are asking for witnesses to come forward. >> man was in court to answer charges in the assault caught on surveillance video. the prosecution believes that he kicked a robbery victim in the head june 30 at market street during pride weekend celebrations. two or people have been arrested in the case. porter bailey is on probation for grand theft in alameda county back in april. >> santa cruz sheriff arrested a man on child molest ace charges and believe he could have hurt a number of children. the 57-year-old is accused of molesting a 14-year-old boy and a second victim and has been a

foster parent for 16 years and volunteered at local elementary schools and has been involved with youth activities in the community. the santa cruz sheriff is asking for help from the public in identifying other child victims. >> a san francisco entrepreneur featured on oprah is due in court on domestic violence charges. this is video of the man during the 2008 interview with oprah about the secret to his mull -- multimillion dollar success. he was arrested at his luxury home. the d.a. said he is charmed with 45 counts of domestic violence including assault with a deadly weapon which was a pillow. he posted $125,000 bail and the tone denies the charges calling them over blown. >> high school students are retaking advance placement exams this morning because their initial scores were thrown out. this is after a court canceled a hearing in redwood city yesterday over a lawsuit filed

by parents and the school district. they wanted a local judge to force the college board to re-instate the original scores. the college board threw out the scores because of the way officials did the seating called them seating irregularities in may, facing each other in a circle account board wants the case moved to a federal court. >> this is much more ahead including the growing wildfire in southern california destroying homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate. >> give away going on right now, and why

>> in southern california a massive wildfire growing if riverside county burning 85 miles east los angeles. 1,600 firefighters are battling the fire. it is jumping from home to home since it started two days ago. 26 homes and one commercial building are gone. it destroys 16,000 acres, several small mountain communities are under mandatory evacuation orders and five firefighters and a resident have been hurt. the fire, now, is about 25 percent contained. >> hundreds of kids are now ready for the start of a new academic year because of a charity's efforts giving out needed school supplies. and new to san jose with the story. >> a lot is happening.

this is by appointment only so it will be busy all day as students are reaching for their favorite backpack off the walls. organizers say the economy is improving, the heed for school supplies continues to grow. school starts next week for many students in san jose. being ready for the first day of class is not a given for some. that is why sacred heart community service has been giving away backpacks and school supplies for 11 years. >> this makes you excited to go to school? >> yes. >> why? >> look cool on the first day? >> i am a single mom so it's great for the children and myself. >> the first year in 2002, 150 backpacks were handed out and this year 2,462 were donated the many are starting to get jobs but often it is not enough.

>> we talking about the difficulty of meeting rent that has been going up partly because although they getting jobs, they are probably underemployed. >> organizers say the recent state-wide test scores showed a slight job and the gap for low-income students is widening with the flies today helping them now in class leading to a better life years down the road. >> i have advanced classes and i need on get special binders and notebooks. being able to get these without having to pay is pretty cool. >> sacred heart community service is taking care of the students' practical need. each child gets socks and, also, a gift card to pay for shoes. >> meteorologist mike nicco ahead with the forecast that is still looking gray. >> were they looking for umbrellas, too, to stay dry? that is what we have had, a lot of drizzle.

i promise there is sunshine to be found and warmer weather and so many things going on i will try to have a forecast when we come back. >> also, drives be warned the eventful weekend in the bay area including a major music festival kicking off right

>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> happening now, president obama is getting ready for a white house news conference before he starts vacation. he is likely to talk about the decision to cancel a summit with

russian president putin after moscow granted asylum to n.s.a. leaker edward snowden. he could face questions of the terror threat that led to a global travel warning. he will depart for eight day vacation with the first family at martha's vineyard. we will carry the news conference hive in a special report starting around noon. >> thousands of music fans are pouring into golden gate park to kickoff the first day of the music festival including paul mccartney headlines and 9" nails and features outstanding food and wine. the tickets are all sold out. >> if you are headed into the city you will have a lot of company because it starts at noon at golden gate park and thousands of 49er fans will descend on candlestick park with

the giants playing the baltimore orioles at 1:05 and the south america's cup semi finals are at the embarcadero. everyone is urged to leave cars at home and take mass transit. >> for all the evens, if you are looking for warm weather, it will not happen. >> bundle up. especially this evening. it will be cool rapidly. everyone, take a look at show you what is going on, we will try to have a forecast for everyone. here is the outsidelands festival, still in the 50's at noon with more sunshine this afternoon and top out at 61. by 9:00, with paul mccartney, could be drizzle. do we have rain? no, and no drizzle, with breaks in the cloud cover. in the north you can see the lightning coming from the thunderstorms and we have the high fire danger through this evening, with red flag warning

to our north. if you are headed up that way, keep an eye around the storms which have had hail in them. you can see the area of low pressure not so pronounced as yesterday and it is opening up and weakening and still pushing that onshore flow into the neighborhood and keeping us partly cloudy today and with temperatures running mostly in the 60's and 70's for highs, we do not have much more to go but san francisco we are at 55 and 59 at half moon bay, and hayward, and you can see 60's elsewhere and 73 in antioch and a look from emeryville you can see we are definitely cloudy in this part of the bay and i promise you, they will open up and become partly cloudy with the cool breeze keeping up six to ten degrees cooler-than-average and the next couple of days, it will be cloudy but the drizzle will dwindle. today, 80 in fairfield and antioch and livermore and the

low-to-mid 70's elsewhere and the low-to-mid 60's in the coast into san francisco. now, games, first, baseball, at at&t park, and baltimore orioles in town to take on the giants at 58, and dropping down to 56, drizzle is possible toward the end of the game, and we will head across the bay over to the coliseum and we have the cowboys taking on the raiders at 7:00, 63 degrees and dropping to 58 and by 11:00, the possibility of drizzle. we do not have drizzle for the evening hours and that is in the san jose jazz summer fest and 72 at 5:00, and dropping down into the 60's rapidly as we head into the evening hours and the breeze will taper when the sun does set. so, as far as the america's cup is going to be in the 50's and breezy on the ocean, and a look at the clouds, tonight, temperatures are running in the 50's and here is the seven-day forecast, it is a show climb a

couple of degrees tomorrow, and one or two on sunday, one or two on mondays one or two on wednesday, by wednesday, i see 90's inland and 80's around the bay and mid-60's at the coast and the bet we pat of the seven-day forecast forecast to get us back to summertime levels. >> check out this beautiful little kitten. from the humane society. we will talk to emily in a minute.

>> abc7 news begins with breakings news. on the amber alert for missing san diego teen, authorities in idaho say they is found a car the blue nissan mapping the description of a vehicle believed driven by james deimagine i don't, the suspect, accused of kidnapping 16-year-old hannah anderson and possibly her 8-year-old brother but they say it is also possible the brother may could be the child's body found in the burned out home in san diego county along with her mother's body. a news conference is scheduled to begin in a few minutes and we will have more on the breaking news on abc7news.com. >> coming up at 3:00, on "katie" the cast of madmen and at 4:00,

ad ifed it man surrenders to police after he admits murdering his wife. how he used social media to confess. at 5:00, star testing in california under the microscope with officials at schools where students may have used social media to cheat. >> we will lighten it up with "purr-fect" pet. >> mike? >> you can't have this one, this one is mine. i'm kidding. he is fund. >> he is so much fun. so taffy is a little boy who is just full were antics and playfulness and love as you can tell. so he is a couple months old but ready to go home to a new home with maybe another cat or maybe his brother who also is available for adoption. be prepared for a lot of antics. >> he is cute!

do you have a lot of cats right now? >> we do, cats and kittens, it is the season. we have a waiving of adoption fees for cats and kittens all month long, until the end of the month. >> tell me the unusual animals you may have. >> well, we have hermit crashes -- crabs, they were property in because the guardian could not care for them and we have lots of chickens we assisted with a rescue. >> what do people need to do? what are your hours? >> 10 to 5:30 tuesday through >> he is lovin' this. >> have a great weekend. thanks for bringin' him in

today. >> he is fun. >> that does it for us. from all of us at abc7 news thanks for joining us.

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