we have breaking news in san jose. a fatal accident at san jose city college. sky 7 hd shows you the area writ happened. officials say a front loader ran over and killed a pedestrian. it happened near the school's fine arts building. >> we don't know if the victim was a student but classes were not in session. they're in the process of replacing underground water valves this, is part of a campus construction pro jechblgt a representative for

the construction company preston pipeline says the driver has 35 years of experience. cal osha tells abc 7 news they're part of the investigation. good afternoon, everybody, i'm larry beil. >> i'm cheryl jennings. >> a body found in vacaville has been identified as a 50-year-old missing oakland resident sandra coke. police made that grim announcement. investigators say they were limited in what they could reveal including the cause of death but said 56-year-old randy alana is considered a person of interest. alana is a registered sex offender. coke disappeared just over a week ago. she worked as an investigator for the federal public defend years office. >> coke's familyb4i released a statement reading quote the coke family is devastated by the loss of our beloved san dra. she was a loving shining

light in the family. she devoted her professional life to helping the poor and those enduring difficult childhoods. all of us will miss her beautiful, giving spirit. >> this was the largest seizure of club drugs in the history of the san francisco police department. >> officials found a huge quantity of ecstasy which may have been destined for the outside lands festival. vic lee joins us live with the story. vic? >> part luck good, timing and good police work that led to this huge amount of ecstasy. it's such a big case, police are considering handing it over to the u.s. toush. -- attorney. >> the narcotics have a street value if excess of $1.5 million. >> this is what officers confiscated. ecstasy, called molly. 23 kilos of powder. 30,000 pills. and 30,000 dollars in cash.

it happened sunday morning. a tenant on an apartment called police at about 9:00 a.m. saying someone tried to break into the billing. responding officers say a broken window and a blood trail. following to it another apartment where he live ease answered the door, officers observed his hand bleeding. >> they twont see if someone else was hurt and saw steven terrell. police found something else. >> in the apartment officers observed double bags containing suspected narcotics and froze the apartment. sometimes, you do get lucky. and in this instant we're lucky. >> investigators believe it may have been headed to the music festival. >> that was abc 7 news vic lee

reporting on one of the biggest drug busts in san francisco history. >> yes. >> we have new details now about a murder that led to a standoff in a police shooting in sunnyvale. the coroner has identified the woman whose body was found inside of her home as a investigators believe she was stabbed to death by michael nehez. police say they shot michael nehez when he charged at officer was a kitchen knife. >> 350 city workers in hayward walked off the job for day one of a planned three-day strike. staff, library assistants and maintenance workers are protesting the proposed labor contract. the union says the city's refusal to negotiate in real negotiations asking workers to take a 5% pay cut. the city argues they have not made concessions to restore

hayward's financial health. things got heated when a striking employee was taken to the hospital after being hit by a van driving aconsiders thettf4e. the union sent these photos to abc 7 news. employees injuries are considered minor. police say the driver was at city paul haul to get a building permit. a 10-year-old antioch boy attacked by a pit bull is set to undergo more surgery tomorrow. hunter fillborn's mother says the boy was awake but feeling nauseous and rung a fever. he was mauled sunday morning visiting friends in a house on receda drive in antioch. the dog has been quarantined for a week. a fund established by a family friend raised 2400ses today help with medical costs. >> plans to open the new bay bridge got ab$.ç boost with the federal government approving that temporary fix. >> here is a live look at the new eastern span where they

threatened to delay the opening in a month. >> in a letter the federal highway administration says it was impress bid the level of expertise used and no reason to delay the bridge. the commission is just one of three agency that's needs to sign off on the work and word when the bridge will open. >> we're not going to open up the bridge until we are told by engineering people it's the right time to do so. this information is important krblting bit to that decision. >> the temporary fix involves installing steel plates in the area of broken bolts to help prevent movement during an earthquake that. work expected to take about a day. >> the person killed in a party bus accident on interstate 280 sunday night has been identified as a 38-year-old adam lund qift from san francisco. he was aboard the van that veered off the freeway and hit

a free. police arrested the driver, a 43-year-old from daily city on kounlts including drunken driving, man slaughter and hit and run. he's expected to be in court tomorrow. >> a bill closing a loophole allowing gun owners to convert a rifle into a assault weapon advanced in the state assembly. gun manufacturers can use a bullet button allowing own dwrorz detach the image scene, under the bill rifles would only be allowed to have 10 round image scenes. >> california law banning possession and sale of shark fin is going to court tomorrow opponents will have ninth circuit court of appeals to review a lower court ruling which upheld the ban. the ban infringes on chinese

cultural traditions, they say. last not justice department filed a brief backing those claims supporters say arguments lack merit. groups estimate up to 73 million sharks are killed each year for fins. >> the annual a kickoff in san francisco city college turned into a pep talk this, morning for worried staff members. the chancellor of the california community colleges was there to address challenge as head for city college of san francisco. fighting a decision to strip accreditation. uncertainty sent enrollment plummeting. teachers are fighting for their jobs. >> we want people to understand that this school is still open and still accredited. and we're going to fight like hell to keep it that way, pemplt -- -- permanently. >> the chancellor presented a road map with almost 250 points they need to address if they want to stay open past this school year. >> mid august starting to feel

like summer now. >> yeah. but taken all summer to get here, right? spencer? >> we have a warm wave we've got sunny skies all across the by area now. warm weather on the coast skpin lnld. sheer live view nlt golden gate. it was blanketed and blue skies now, temperatures 66 degrees in san francisco. 75 oakland. 61 in half moon bay. you can see clear skies there. 85 in napa. concord, 91. livermore, 97. over the bay, we'll take a look at our first forecast this evening we'll be mainly

clear just patchy low clouds will develop near the coast. mainly sunny skies. a few lingering low clouds, temperatures early morning low 50s up to about 58 degrees or so by afternoon tomorrow, the warm pattern will really settle n 66 at the coast to have 94 or 95. warmth arrived. >> comingúvfñ why some parents say a back to school ad from jc penny is sending the wrong message. >> coming up, a dog's amazing survival story in san francisco bay. how this little puppy was rescued and new at 4:30... >> two groups going to push for immigration reform. one by caravan, others on foot. i'll have the story still to come. >> live look at the afternoon commute. it's smooth sailing on the san

mateo bridge. traffic headed back towards the east bay. and if you're going towards the peninsula, it's clear

jc peb penny under fire for a back to school television ad >> the ad features a voiceover from a mother says the boy's clothes could make or break

him for the year. some parents say the spot promotes bullying and puts pressure on cash-strapped parents. jc penny says the ad was not intended to promote bullying chlgt the ad is no longer part of the campaign. >> $11 billion merger between u.s. airways and american airlines isn't taking off smoothly. justice department challenging the merger. attorney general holder says the deal would bring higher air fare, higher fees and fewer choices. u.s. airways and american say they will use all legal options to fight the challenge to their merger. shares plunged as did other share autos more business news. billionaire carl icon takes a large bite out of apple.ñwi# marisa mayer tops another list. >> good afternoon aiflt person

familiar says the stake is worth more than 1dzs billion. apple confirmed ceo tim cook had a quote, very positive conversation with icon. shares jumped on the news to close up nearly 5% but are down more than 20% this year. in south korea lg launched hundreds of balloons and lg challenges attendees to bring them down. a number pechl showed up with weapons including spears and bebe guns. 20 people ended up with skbrir injuries and lg says it's halted similar upcoming events. facebook agreed to acquire mobile technologis. the terms of the deal not immediately disclosed but the company plans to join facebook at head quarters in menlo park. stocks closing higher today,

halting a two marisa mayer is the second highest paid female executive in the u.s. earning $36 million last year training own oracle's cfo. also found highest earning women at s and p companies earned an average of $5.3 million, about 18% less than their male counter parts. larry, cheryl, back to you. >> thank you. a berkeley couple looking for owners of a lost puppy. they found the puppy swimming in the middle of san francisco bay. the black lab mix recuperating after the frightening ordeal and her husband hauled the log

n at the time it was shaking and scared and suffering from mild hypothermia. >> just cold last night. he was, they said the water was chop yi. was amazing that they found her. and they got a right tomorrow. >> she's not quite home, yet. the dog had a nice collar on but no id tag or microchip. groden and her husband may consider adopting the puppy but prefer to reunite the dog with its own family if they can find it. >> lucky to be rescued. >> spencer promised us warmth. >> i delivered. >> yes. >> it's warm out. can you believe it's 98, 97 degrees in livermore already? in places still heating. upper 90s inland. here is a look at sunny skies across the region. a little silver of coastal clouds and not even touching

all of the coastline. looking over the city of san francisco, our first forecast features are these. patchy low clouds tonight and another warm day tomorrow. like today, we'll see a little bit cooler weather towards the end of the week before warming up again. a hot air mass southeast and right now, it feels like hot air is sorlt of winning the power struggle. overnight, clear skies, widely scattered patches of low clouds. mainly clear. low temperatures into mid to upper 50s so pretty pleasant typical overnight period for this time of the year. animation start agent 5:00 in the morning we'll see just patchy low clouds at the beginning of the day giving way to brilt sunshine for the

remainder of the day. high temperatures in a range from low to mid 6 ows or mid to upper 60s at the coast. 70s and 80s around the bay.u so tomorrow afternoon, sunny and warm again, high temperatures ranging from mid-80s in sunnyvale to low 90s at places like morgan hill, 92 tomorrow, peninsula, a range from 75 at san mateo to 84 redwood city and mountain view on the coast mid to upper 60s. 64 pacifica. 67 half moon bay. downtown san francisco, we'll rise to 72 degrees tomorrow, at least temperatures will. sunset district a high of 66 degrees up in the north bay wide spread warmth, 87. mid-90s in clear lake. east bay highs 80 in oakland.

inland east bay will see highs in 90s, 94 in livermore and antioch. 92 at fairfield here is a look at the accu-weather forecast. so this warmth starting to taper off a little bit gradually friday. by saturday, we'll see highs into upper 80s that, is mild. and then, temperatures bouncing back sharply to mid-90s inland sunday and monday. and during this period will be mild on the coast as well as nice beach weather. up next oprah's apology. sort of. éç she regrets talking about a run in over a purse she had at a high end store in switzerland. >> new at 4:30 camera used to keep a toddler safe was used for something else. what the hacker did is a warning for parents. >> let's check traffic here at 4:20 this, is the skyway.

it's jammed up in both directions. oncoming traffic go together lower deck of the bay bridge. they're topping out at about 3.5 miles per hour. in either di

oprah winfrey says she's sorry for the media storm in a

posh boutique she claimed was racism claiming a clerk row fused to show her a $38,000 hand bag claiming it was quote, too expensive. however, the boutique's manager says it was just a misunderstanding and had nothing to do with racism. win free says an apology wasn't necessary but says what happened is an example of income a place where people do not expect you to be. >> speaking of oprah she has a movie premier. >> oprah winfrey looks like she can be the queen of the big screen. we caught wupt star last night. forest whitaker plays the white house butler, oprah plays his wife w so much attention around the film could acting be her new call something. >> i've got other things to do, i've got a network to run.

if something shows up that is as stimulating as moving that, you know allows me to try to open heart space for people the way think movie does i would say yes to that. >> catch the butler in theelters friday a cross town lilly collins struck a pose at the black carpet premier of her new adventure. it's from the popular book series being turned into movies. >> it would be a dream to do more, i can at this point have to wait owe-to-see how the first one does but it's amazing. >> production starts next month but you can watch "city the bones" next wednesday. for more music, movie and tv news go to otrc.com. i'm rachel smith in langs. >> coming up at 4:00 road to citizenship. groups launching a campaign to support immigration reforms. >> also, you've got to see this bizarre roof top apartment and one government

crack down to get rid of what it considers an eye sore. >> and we're going to enproduce to you ocean's 16. these power ball millionaires see their luck turn around after super storm sandy. >> more sail? how one school district is hoping to get the most out o

a coalition of groupses plan to hit the ready to campaign for immigration reform. >> that will leave from san jose home of a family producing a legendary civil rights activist cesar chavez. david louie is live at our lady of guadalupe church with the story. david? >> this is where some people going on that march are having and saying mass right now. supporters believe this is the perfect time to get/u5íñ attentn of lawmakers so they're going to march ot office of kevin mccarthy. the 22 day journey starts here outside of the chavez family home where workers took shape. hundreds will make their way to bakersfield to rally outside of the district office of congressman and house majority whip kevin mccarthy. >> he was having to decide,

having to choose between going with their parents or country that is not right. >> this county worker and others joining her walk and ride for 22 days and hope to enlist other supporters. chavez sees similarities to the way his brother organized mars to support farm workers. >> he used to do his own mars. the idea of what they're trying to do. and at the same time, something people to bring friends. >> there are other group that's will converge on labor day. a separate group leaving in the morning for a two-day bus drip trip to bakersfield. they hope leaders will recognize their support could result in future votes.

>> only reason we're having immigration reform conversation is because of the high number of latino that's came out to vote in 2010. the majority in favor of the president who was support yi of immigration reform. >> dozens of palestinian prisoners getting a first taste of freedom. palestinians celebrated after israel began releasing prisoners. gtwill gesture comes as israelies and palestinians are set to begin peace talks tomorrow, most prisoners were accused of deadly attacks and their release is painful for israelies who view them as terrorists. >> police are investigating exactly what led to a fan plunging to his death in a braves game last night in turner field. the 30-year-old fell 85 feet from upper decks during a game that had been delay bid rain.

investigators looking into whether slick conditions were involved. his dad blames stadium construction saying railings at turner are field are just too low to protect people who are stall taul like his son. >> more than a dozen states forecast to have severe flooding today. it's been bad in colorado we're learning a teen-aged girl died after being caught in heavy rain in colorado springs. abc news has more. >> another direct hit for ñ the area devastated begins to get pounded. this woman swept away managed to survive. but a 17-year-old did not. she, too, got caught in the down pour under a bridge. >> she was probably

overconfident of what she can do. >> john collins was killed picking this highway home that turned into a raging river. >> my friend told me to stay home instead of looking for him. >> the damage is wide spread from colorado to the northeast. >> we live where extreme weather is not the exception, it's the rule flash floods damaged homes in philadelphia and new jersey but there is relief on the way. forecasters say eastern colorado will dry out with warmer, drier days in store for the mid west and east coasts. abc news, los angeles. >> it appears a sink hole

swallowing up a villa in a florida resort is not getting bigger. officials say the resort say engineers determined there is no reason to believe it will grow. but with b.a third of the 24-unit building collapsed nobody was injured. >> it appears appreciate getting to a man ordered reolish the building. it's made up of fake rocks but trees and bushes are real. others complained claiming it made the high rise unsafe but officials did nothing. the government saying it was built without proper permits. now, he says he will take it

down. >> they called themselves2ñykj ocean's 16. some of the workers now millionaires were down on their luck after super storm sandy hit. from maintenance workers to millionaires. office pool winners introduced themselves tuesday for the first time. nine women, seven men in ocean county, new jersey. >> now,, i just started shaking. i'm just stairing and didn't know what to do. >> they work together in county department of vehicle services. for years whenever the jackpot climbed they bought tickets. finally they cashed in. >> just a miracle. shocking after 34 years and almost retiring last year, this happens.

>> theirs had been one of three winning tickets of the power ball jackpot. another ticket sold in new jersey has not yet been claimed. third winning ticket bought by this minnesota man. they call themselves ocean's 16. they didn't have to pull off the las vegas heist as the gang fame famously did in the film. many of them had been down on their luck victims of hurricane sandy. darlene ricko lost everything. >> buy me, my daughter back 6e home. >> each get $3.8 million after taxes. >> i got up, walked down to the hall, opened up the bedroom door and had to wake my poor husband up, who was longer poor. >> that is the way it's supposed to work. >> i love it. >> people who need it get

money. >> yes. >> still ahead at 4:00 new way parents can determine their children are safe at a young age. >> why the first lady is making a cameo in a hip-hop video. >> the moment when a mother panda is reunited with her cub after a month apart. >> looking over the bay not a cloud in the sky. how long this warm weather will last in my accu-weather forecast coming up. >> spencer, speaking of the golden gate take a look at this. no fog. you can see the bridge is forgis chamber of commerce day out there. traffic

11 friends in a stunt in a backyard pool that ends in spectacular fashion. because this is... with authority. >> woah. >> nearly a million people watch th.d crazy swimming$n=h÷ l dunks. we don't know how manies they had to take. watch this guy here, follow him around. all right? handing the ball off. then comes around

there he is again. he ditches a skateboard then comes around. >> my goodness. >> it is out standing. >> or a basketball team? >> we had a seven player dunk this summer but that was 11. so, next level. >> i can't compete with that but doi have a cute pet story. >> okay. >> a ginlt panda was reunited with a cub after a month apart. >> the cub born a month ago but zoo cooper -- keepers removed her that the mother might accidentally kill her or eat her but today the panda showed motherly instinct. >> well, for now the cub going to live in an incubator but zoo keepers will let them meet regularly. >> oh. >> and spencer christian checking on the weather.

>> this afternoon nice finger of fog moving through that disappeared. we'll have clear skies you can see now. a silver of fog across the bay area. national weather picture we can see mainly dry conditions from the mid atlantic into gulf coast a line line of showers, maybe thundershowers. northeast, boston and new york coming in cooler than average. highs 91 and steamy conditions in dallas. 99 salt lake city. 110 in newark. california going to be sunny, warm tomorrow, mid mid 90s in chico. sacramento 102 in fresno. 110 in palm springs. here in the bay area, our little warming trend continues. we'll see high temperatures on the coast into upper 60s in spots tomorrow. 70s to low 80s around the bay. low to mid-90s inland. so not hot but closer to this

seasonal norm we've been in the last couple weeks or so. >> coming up next coca-cola launches a campaign to defend an ingredient in the diet soda. >> warren buffet's sweets auction. all you can eat chocolate fest. >> why buying nail polish is going to be more difficult and baby monitors

i new snud study suggests brain scans could help diagnose displexa early in children. researchers gave 40 kinder gardeners a test. when scanning the kids' brains they found those performing poorly had differences in an area involved with language and speech. experts say findings suggest brain scans could help identify children with displexa to get help earlier.

>> do your kids fight a lot with each other? that may help lower risk of divorce. each additional sibling decreases divorce risk by 2% with effect leveling off after seven siblings. researchers say growing up with brothers or sisters helps develop all of those negotiating skills. ability to consider others views and hopefully, talk through problems. >> coca-cola says it plans to release a print ad tomorrow defending safety of artificial sweeteners claiming diet drinks can help people manage weight and point to evidence showing aspertame is safe. coke launched a campaign to try to stop declining soda sales. >> a star studded cast and first lady michelle obama

teamed up to put together songs with an antiobesity message. >> the collection is set for release next month. rapper doug-e-fresh and dr. oz are featured. the music aimed at kids from minority groups. it's in support of the first lady's let's move campaign. >> wow. >> he's a mystery no more. two weeks ago a priest appeared seemingly out of nowhere at the moment a 19-year-old was badly injured and asked rescuers to pray with her, he said a prayer then disappeared just as quickly. he vanished some wondered whether it was a miracle. a sketch was drawn up and more than a week later the priest emerged. he doesn't think he performed

miracles just thinks he did what any priest should do. >> if i were in an accident and heard a priest drove by, i would... get him for that. >> well, father dowring credits the rescuers who pulled the woman from the wreckage. he is glad to hear she's recovering. >> someone paid $118,000 to eat bonbons with warren buffet. that was the highest bid before the auction closed for a tour of a see's candy factory in los angeles with buffet. the billionaire won't give the tour but will shake hands, take a photo and show the winner the quote, only acceptable way to eat a bonbon. his company own's see's candy

and has for years. buffet is committed most of the wealth to charity auctioning off a launchen for glide foundation that has gone for more than $1 billion. so -- $1 million. so $118,000 for bonbons is a bargain. >> maybe why n.your world. >> yeah. >> that is a scheme michael finney warned parents about two decades ago. >> now, it's more hive tech and scarier. >> this is a good warning. you may remember i told you hackers were spying on families through baby monitors. ykyykh

calling his daughter names. >> said wake up "[ bleep ]. >> he unplugged the deskpris believes someone figured out the name by looking at the name placard on the wall but remotely controlling the camera and microphone. gilbert's daughter was born deaf and didn't hear a word. it's unclear who did this. >> it's going to be a lot harder to buy nail polish remover from one retailer. cvs will require to you show id. that is because an ingredient in nail polish remover is being use bid some to make home-cooked meth. the drug store chain is limiting amount you can buy if you purchase with other products that also contain meth-making ingredients. it's good news-bad news for americans trying to make ends meet. let's start with good news. percentage of those late on their credit card payments is

at the lowest level in 20 years. just more than one half of 1% of users are at least 90 days late on payments. that is like i said good news. now, bad, just 69.3% of families making at least $64,400 can aferd a home this, is the first time this has dipped below 70% since 2008. analysts say rising home prices and increased mortgage rates are to blame. coming up how do you watch net flix and hulu? i team up with consumer reports to test set top boxes to find out which ones deliver the best service. >> a lot of people want to see that. >> yes. this is a good report. >> yes. see you then. >> we have more ahead coming up. oakland school district looking for potential buyers. how koit bring big bucks to schools. >> i'm dan ashley coming up at

5:00 poll hollywood's a list on a mission. >> give us our rights back so we can protect our children when they're too close. what can can we do? we can call the police. >> how halle berry and other stars want lawmakers to clamp down on paparazzi. and items that fans leflt behind at outside lands. if you left stuff behind you better

at 8:00 two hours of extreme weight loss followed by body of proof then, join us for abc 7 news at 11:00.3eg8k the question is the oakland unified school district sitting on really hot real estate? tomorrow the board will vote on a plan on how to best manage its assets. abc 7 news here now with a

preview. >> oakland unified is one of the largest property owners in that city. any time new homes are built a school would be put nchl the school district owns 108 properties on 525 acres of land. what the board wants to do is decide if the school district should sell the district closed some schools then you have the administrative offices at 1025, 2nd avenue that. building almost sold to a developer back eat. the community octobered and reets yees lent -- waits flooded. there was so much damage it's been closed for months now. the district owes $65 million from a loan it had to take out

in 2002 because of financial mismanagement. so what they want to know is how to get the biggest bang for our buck. >> they held a special set of hearings in april and may. we heard from unions and spokesman from the development community they said you've got great properties there. i'd happily enter into a lease with you another option is so-to-sell. -- is so-to-sell. in december the school district and superintendent will come back with ways to implement this plan and how to make it a reality. no schools will close. none of the properties are >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. abc news at 5:00 begins right now.

>> thank you very much. breaking news where a college kproux jekt turns deadly for a passerby. >> bay bridge fix. people in charge talking about the chances of now opening the new span on schedule and just a few weeks. >> live on the roof of the kgotv broadcast center i'm sandhya patel. summer heat is back. how long will it stick around? find out, coming up. >> tragedy in the south bay a piece of heavy machinery backs over and kills a pedestrian. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings. abc 7 news reporter is going to be joining us live from san jose with more on this story. school is not in session yet but officials trying to determine whether the victim is a student. lisa? >> grief counselors are herek s

and here is what we do know. you're going to be looking at video officials say a person was walking behind the building and the vocational studies center this morning. a large piece of equipment, a front loader backed into that person. the area is under construction and the front loader filled with a load of dirt. the driver hit the pedestrian. that officials not releasing a lot of information ask won't say if the victim was male, female a student or a visitor but they do say this incident has shaken their community. >> nudging is more important to us. than tiivl safety and well beig of our students, faculty, staff and visitors to campus. this was a tragic accident. >> the driver works for