a motorcycle crashed and investigators say it might be related to the shooting scene. >> the crashed motorcycle caught fire shutting down three eastbound lanes for a time on the west side of the tunnel there is no word on his condition. we'll stay on top of the story for you and our coverage continues now on twitter. >> good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> carolyn johnson is off. other top story a month after the horrific limo fire on the san mateo bridge we've learned findings of a criminal investigation into that incident. >> it's a story you're only going to see on abc 7 news. >> abc news reported investigators determined the cause of the fire. it was rupture of air springs like this wuchbl we have now learn that had the chp wrapped up it's review. sources with knowledge of the investigation tell us their conclusion no criminal charges

will be filed against anyone. the chp wanted to see if anyone was criminally negligent. they focused on the driver and the owner of the company. sources tell us at the end of july the chp decide there'd was no evidence to press criminal charges against the two men, then, suddenly brown's eflt straifrked wife, rachel hernandez brown said the two argued on his cell phone before the fire as he was driving. >> i'm sure cohave saved them. you know? he was too busy on the phone. >> hernandez brown charged her husband was playing music to loudly and not paying attention. investigators renewed their probe of brown. sources tell abc 7 news the chp reviewed a cell phone record determining that he had not been on the phone with his

wife during the fire and that interest there was no other evidence to charge him criminally. the confusion -- conclusion sthait was the result of a failure. the stretch limousine bursed hoo flames. the fire killed five women. four others survived by crawling out of a narrow open together driver's compartment. this video shows the fire started in the rear of the limo. witnesses say the back was low to the ground source was knowledge of the probe told us the air springs in the rear of the limo somehow deflaited setting off a domino affect that led to the fire this, man services a garage that services limousine autos these are air springs so

the weight of the car. the car drops down. the car with the weight bounced down too hard. ended up hitting the gas tank which is in this spot, here. it might have hit the gas tank. then, you see it will create a spark. >> the spark likely ignited the fire. >> some breaking news out of sacramento this, afternoon a judge dealt a major blow to california high speed rail project. judge kenny ruled california's high speed rail authority failed to comply with financial and environmental requirement that's voters were promised. proposition 1 a required the agency to identify funding for the first segment of the project and clear all environmental hurdles

a judge revoked parole for a person police say is a person of interest in the death of sandra coke. randy alana is accused of violating terms of parole, one term insolved a restraining order preventing him from contacting sandra coke. investigators say they dated years ago and they believe he was with her the night she disappeared. coke's family created a found raise money for her teen-aged daughter. sup pofrtd supporters hope to raise $100,000 if you'd like more information or to donate we've posted it on our web site abc 7 news.com. mer than a dozen sexual assault charges have been filed against a former schoolteacher, joseph martin facing 109 counts of molesting students. these charges are the results of two more victims, allegedly, to come forward.

13 boys all former students in martin's fifth grade class at woodside elementary are claiming their teacher molested them. >> the husband of former congress woman gabrielle giffords joined in an unusual gun event. mark kelly fired at clay target and talked up the need for background checks. mark? >> the congressman mike thompson heads the committee and has a bill that doesn't yet have enough votes so mark kelly came here to draw attention. >> it's hot like arizona. >> mark kelly has been campaigning for stricter gun controls theer back congressman thompson's call for universal background checks he described himself as a gun owner and ever since his

wife was wounded he has been advocating for gun laws already in place in california. >> 40 p% of gun sales done without background check that's doesn't make sense. >> by come owing to the shoot they're trying to reach out to gun owners and the bill has plenty of support in congress but only three rinz signed on >> background checks are more popular than capitolism and italian food. >> we didn't have to go further than napa gun store to find a own dwlaer disaagree autos it's going to disarm law abiding citizens. they don't obey the law.

>> cell yes says criminals have been stwhopd tried at a gun store. >> which is where background checks are required. >> how many went to get a gun the next day? no idea. but i bet it's a lot. >> if it doesn't he says it will be a issue at 2014. >> owners of a dog that attacked a 10-year-old boy are speaking out to abc 7 news the family lives next door to the young victim. they met nick smith at a local park. saying hunter killborn was at her home visiting her son and says her 2-year-old pit bull named julz jumped on hunter after he fell on their stairs she's grief stricken and paying for hunter.

>> we did not intentionally hurt this child. it's hard and i'm worrying about my family1ñlsñ safety and people judging us because we're pit bull owner autos pit bull, jewels being held in an animal control shelter ask will be put down next week. hunter has undergone two surgeries and recovering at uc davis medical center. her son was bitten in the arm trying to pull the pit bull away. >> from n.marin county the man accused of murdering four women gave closing arguments in his own trial. joseph naso representing himself. >> he needs an attorney. >> larry believes his sister was murdered by naso. he was in the courtroom when the killer began closing arguments. >> we were not allowed to record audio. he complimented the jury

saying you remind me of a wedding reception, something old, something borrowed and something blue. at times the 79-year-old rambled and repeated himself. saying the case against him is weak. naso charged with murder of four women including 18-year-old roxinerogash. dna evidence linked him to the crime but he says i may have had sex with her but i didn't kill her. he then told the jury evidence is like the weather. it is always changing. >> it's going to be up to the jury to decide are these musingings of a misunderstood old photographer or is this the scheme of a serial killer. >> he is was trying to count on the testimony of witnesses and so called rape journal. >> the man is done for just trying to confuse the jury now. he's buying time. he's just pissing people off. >> larry wants justice for his

sister he needs to go to prison and be treated the way he treated the girls. >> t minus 18 days until the new bay bridge opens to traffic. here it s a live look at construction. that section will begin to come down as soon as the new one goes online. wayne? >> we did a lot of looking today. a lot of fact checking here are contests back in the 19 30s when they first built the bay bridge both spans cost $700 million so what do you think it will cost to knock down just eastern span? 70 years later? $300 million

>> easy come, easy go. we're still sentimental in the case of the eastern span's last active day autos we're just videotaping saying this is probably going to be the last time over this bridge. >> eastern span weney knew you well. and in a week and a half pictures will be just as historic all. bridge took three years to build. eastern span will take three years for tear down. and not easily according to project pr man. >> it's going to be complicated. >> deconstruction will take place by three different contractors working from the top right down to the level at the bottom of the bay. piece they take off is likely to be the last put on.

>> it's standard the same way workmen pulled down the bridge between 2005 and 2007 w bay bridge there will be environmental concerns lead paint, gasoline on the road, none may fall into the bay. as to what might remain... >> we want to leave a little for history. >> the spokesman showed us one possibility. a park in place of an approach. >> dumb question. >> yes. >> will the new memorial will be seismicly snound. >> yes. hates nowhere to go. >> except history book books and photo files. wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> well, we're now just 1 frtz opening of the bridge. it will last up to four days

and will reopen by tuesday the diafter labor day. >> still to come not in our neighborhood. the san francisco residence want their picture perfect neighborhood back and want tour buses out. >> neither rain nor snow will keep rain away but what about a freeway accident? >> i'm sandhya patel. this system delivering subtropical moisture now but may be bringing us showers and thunderstorms. your weekend sfkt coming up. >> and a battle to change california's laws he's looking to you for help.

breaking news. an amber alert in the bay area for a parental abduction out of nevada. the children a 9-year-old and 3-year-old. the suspects are the 3-year-old's father and the mother both children. the children were in state custody. the couple may be driving a dark blue forward mustang with nebraska plates or a temporary plate police believe they may be heading to mexico. >> people who live in san francisco alamo square relish the setting and back drop of the skyline. it's gorgeous but sharing painted lady was thousands of tourists and tour buses every day is driving them to push

for a ban. >> good evening to you. residents here have heen residents successfully ban tour buses from their areas. and people here hope to do the say tour buses polluting while they idle and clogging intersections tourists looking for a snap shot. >> used to be a sleepy area. >> the painted ladies have been on tv and move eyes now the homes with this city skyline are one of the city's most upon lar attractions. neighbors urged the board to ban tour buses or place heavier restricks on them. >> it's a residential district. who and resources are

irreplaceable wex believe pollution and overtraffic is a problem. >> residents complained loud buses sparked in spots and making it unsafe. owen live ntd area 40 years and says it's gotten worse since tuesday buss have been prohibited in other area autos the volume has gone up. >> the city put restricks on the maximum volume of bus systems about a dozen companies joined force as greeg not to1gzrç go through anymore. the few that do don't stop but slowly drive and allow tourists to snap photos but say it's out of town companies are breaking rules and taking advantage of our local treasure. >> reach out

>> they have to say don't block driveways and turn off mics. >> a planner considering new drop off locations and present the new plan for the board to consider at a later date n san francisco abc 7 news. >> we can see it's windy out there. >> yes. it's nice. >> yes. it's sea breeze coming in around this time of the year and we're going to keep summer micro climates going. showers and there is a thunderstorm threat we'll talk about in just a moment. right now summer pattern with fog near the coast and ke we do have clear skies. look at san francisco, notice the fog. it's shallow going to remain confined to the coast and bay because of this

76 half moon bay with fog around. you can see golden gate bridge just swallowed by fog there. temperatures 81 in santa rosa. 77 in nef vatto mid-80s livermore and concord. here is a view from our camera. and parts of the golden gate bridge here. mild to warm, hot inland sunday there is a thunder threat beginning sunday night continuing into monday. initially the are thunderstorm possibility could mean higher fire danger so we'll be watching that. if we get anything we'll start to get showers with it if materializes. we'll continue to see high clouds. low drops down here into the

weekend then starting to see that unsettled pattern developing next week monday, tuesday, and into middle of the week wednesday we'll see the best chance of showers. in the sierra nevada northern california mountains we'll see that pattern here. it's a slight chance but we're going keep an eye on it for you. temperatures mild. numbers low to mid 60 as long the coast parts the north bay into upper 50s. tomorrow afternoon, 83 in the south bay. high clouds los gatos. 87 degrees. 81 mill pad ease. 75 in millbrae. coastal spots going hang on to fog. 70s downtown. in the north bay 89 in santa rosa. 88 novato. 74 sausalito. 77 oakland. 79 newark.

inland all warm in the low 90s. accu-weather forecast temperatures trend higher thund nearing triple digits inland get ready for a cool don monday through wednesday. slight chance of showers best possibility of thunder wednesday. >> that is a big change. >> accusations of cheating in the america's cup race autos angry words today

it's easier driving back on the sunol grade than this morning. a mail truck overturned at 5:00 a.m. closing three lanes of i 680 carrying 30 tons of mail that had to be off loaded before the truck could be pulled up and moved and it took seven hours before the lanes were back open. the driver said he hit debris on the freeway causing his brakes to lock. >> a top official of year cell's america's cup team is firing back at rivals accusing him of cheating. he is at the center of a scandal after admitting three year cell 45 foot catamarans used to win recent races were illegally modified however, he denies knowing anything about the illegal dift. skippers of teams say the denials are absurd claiming he

had to know. he calls allegations slander. >> i do think it's not right someone implies the team of 130 people are somehow implicated in this when we see it was a few individuals involved in this. >> he refused to say what happened with the boats and who was responsible and says oracle boss is angry not only that the boats were modified but top lieutenants are being accused of cheating. >> there is more still ahead here at 6:00. including day of rage in egypt. deadly violence and gun battles between warring groups. >> new allegations about nsa spying program. is the agency breaking its own rules? what one lawmaker from the bay area says needs to be done. pages of vogue what. she's

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there has been blood shed in streets of cairo and other cities today with at least 60 people killed in fighting nationwide. supporters of ousted president mohammed morsi took to the streets in what was called a friday of anger clashing with counter demonstrators. night fell in egypt. the crowd dispersed when a massive fire still burned in downtown cairo. today, to yous of demonstrators took to the streets a response to violence that killed hundreds. egyptian military responded with a show of force, tanks lined up in the coastal city and in cairo's tahrir square. security forces used live ammunition to contain crowds. the obama administration is

keeping an eye on the situation the u.s. is heavily invested there. ñ every year set aside for egypt. yesterday, president obama says violence must stop. >> jipgs people deserve better than what we've seen over the last several days. >> a white house advisor told abc news the further egypt heads down a violent path more difficult for the obama administration to maintain its level of commitment. president obama said egyptians need to step up and take control. >> we've been blamed by supporters of morsi. we've been blamed by the other side as if we're supporters of morsi. >> president obama said that blame game needs to stop. it won't help egypt get back on the path to stability.

>> and we want to tell but a amber alert for a parental abduction out of elco, nevada. 3-year-old father and the mother of both children. the children were in state custody. the couple may be driving a dark ford mung yaft. >> a bay area lawmaker tells abc 7 news increased oversight is needed to reign in an irresponsible national security agency. the nsa reports they have broken aand representative speier says the nsa abused it's power. >> if you need that kind of

surveillance bet a warrant. go to court and get a warrant don't go a secret court that never sees the light of day. and don't do it under a guys of it being necessary for foreign intelligence when in fact you're spying on u.s. citizens. >> speier does agree there is a need for some internal surveillance done legally because of what she calls home grown terrorists. >> a bay area father lost two children when they were killed by an impaired driver is fighting to change california law. he wants limit on medical malpractice lawsuits raised and wants doctors to undergo drug and alcohol testing. >> it's three issues. >> leaders say the prospects of changing limits of the medical malpractice awards is dimming. since 1975 reform act damages

in california for doctor negligence have been limited to $250,000. net zero pioneer is now turning efforts a ballot measure trying to convince people a life is worth more than a quarter million dollars. an amount so low lawyers often refuse to take case autos the moflt you can collect is $250,000 but you can't get to court for are 250,000s sodz they're tl is the catch 22. that needs to be adjusted for inflation. >> a decade ago micra limb yitd how much pac could receive after suing doctor he says overprescribed medication to a woman ended up driving impaired and ran over his two children kim killing troy and aalana. it would require testing of doctors and mandate the medical profession use a state data base keeping track of prescriptions but the main component is raising $250,000

ceiling to $1.1 million and allow it to adjust for inflation. >> huge wind fall for trial lawyer autos dr. faul finney is president of an opponent of changing micra says all that would do is drive up costs. >> will increase meritless lawsuits increase lawyer fees and health care costs. decrease access to care and won't do anything to improve quality of medical care. >> as pac gathers signatures it will likely spur an expensive campaign. establishment and lawyers have deep pockets. lawmakers can aindividual the ballot fight if bringing parties together and come up with a solution before the session ends. >> yahoo chief executive is

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richard just wanted a wrist watch he could read without wearing glasses and found just the right one. >> it's a very large watch. soy bought it. >> this had a >> it would start losing time. seriously. >> he noticed the watch started running slow, then, very slo. then, final blow. >> this is a picture of what it should look lichblgt he was just wleft a hole. >> the watch stops. it's beent i was very happy about that. >> once again, richard had a watch he could read without glasses but the watch started

running slow then very slow. then... he guessed it. >> the stem fell. >> richard thinks the stem sticks out. it also bends that piece until it snaps off. >> i went back and said i wanted a refund. >> the store offered another replacement watch. richard said he thought would he contacted 7 on your side. the store really stepped up. it gave a full refund of $151 plus a $50 gift card. telling us it's our intention to offer great customer service we're pleased he's happy with the outcome. and prior to this we had not

experienced any issue was this patch. >> now i'm a member of the group. >> we're glad you're part of it. now if you can't get money back let me know bit. go to abc 7 news.com and look under 7 on your side. >> we'll spring into action. >> thank you very much. >> the president wants u.s. combat troops out of afghanistan by the end of the year. >> violence there is far from w control. experts in northern california revealing what

afghan army and police are now taking the lead in combat operations against the taliban but in this case the administration is not declaring victory or saying the violence under control. tonight eric thomas takes a

look at y it's america's longest war and in many ways frustrating. >> when driven out of kabul, and their military forces were deveeted it would have been a good time to leave. >> that happened a decade ago. we did not leave. he's a former green beret and an expert in fighting insurgency says nation building was difficult. >> helping set up television stations this is you're talking about lifting society. where most don't have access to electricity. >> in iraq david petraeus ran a classic campaign. supporting the government,

protecting populus and paying insurgents to lay down arms. that is not the way things worked in afghanistan. >> by my count we've had 11 u.s. commanders in afghanistan during 12 years at war. >> retired army general would know about that. and commanded forces from 2003 to 2005. >> no business could survive that kind of turn over. we're doing this in the middle of a war. >> u.s. forces have now taken up a support role letting afghan forces find and diffuse bombs most troops supposed to be out of the country by the end of next year leaving

behind a small counter terror force of several thousand soldiers but;>á the obama administration is threatening to pull them out sooner because of erratic behavior by hamid karzai. >> one of the possible outcomes is having a proxy civil war erupt in afghanistan. neighbors are using forces whether taliban or other forces in afghanistan to fight each other. >> the general says that would be bad for the united states. he says best wais case scenario a new afghan president, a competent afghan defense force and troops to help guard against a resurgence against al qaeda. >> we've had nice weather. >> we do have changes coming but not until the weekend is over. gorgeous view. fog rolling in.

so this is going to continue into tomorrow. here are the highs for saturday. we'll see high clouds at times. 77 in oakland. 89 santa rosa. fog lingering into afternoon. hotter weather sunday inland. possibility of showers and thunderstorms after midnight throughout mid week. >> thank you. >> big decision for cal football. >> that is right can you believe we're talking about college football now? >> yes. >> bears selected a starting qb and a true

good evening, cal football team opens in just two weeks against northwestern. head coach naming jared goff the starting quarterback today. a four-star recruit here in the bay area recruited by jeff

tedford. big guy and consistent in the passing game. the competition has helped young daughter back prepare for the season. >> we're both improving every day. you and know he's a great quarterback. you know just we're try just trying to do our job. so that is what we're trying to do. pretty much. >> giants and marlins are two teams at the bottom of the national league in runs scored. would you not know it by what's happening tonight. giants taking ral tallahasseents to south beach. giants looking like they'd run g. add three more in the second a base hit. combining for seven runs batted in and four innings. then, in the 4th now an 8-4 game. hector sanchez does it again.

so all 11 runs came off the starter but the bins have come back. having lost 19 of 24 phillies today fired their long time manager. winning the world series in 2008 but last few years a steady decline. thrilling finish in the opening round. chula vista in a scoreless point with gross point michigan. chula vista with three in the top of the 7th. here is the final out of an 86 pitch. seven innings. no hitter what. a day for that young man. cheel chula vista wins their opener. the united states started slowly finished fast day one

of the cup. this event patches top womens' golfers behind after this morning's shot competition. afternoon four-ball michelle wie in colorado chipping in for birdie. they take their match two and europe is leading with two round two in north carolina he misjudges everything. he's a pr. this is what you do when you're a professional. >> that is what he does. officially no putts he's 10 shots off the lead.

three season football 49ers in kansas city. game is in progress. right now kansas city leading 13-6 there in the third quarter. alex seven of 16. and drew breeze and company with a touchdown at the half. one bright spot matt flynn with a td toss. saints leading at the half. we'll have football highlights tonight at 9:00 and 11:00. >> thank you. join me tonight on cable channel 136789 coming up... >> true creation. apple. >> first of movie, now this, steve jobs bigger than life but that z that mean a statue in his honor must be as well. >> a frightening shark attack off maui. you'll hear from the california man who jumped in

the water to save a woman's life that. will do it for this edition of abc 7 news. >> from all of us here, thanks for watching. we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

this is the "jeopardy!" teachers tournament! for the deciding game, here are the three finalists -- a high-school chemistry teacher from charlottesville, virginia... ...a high-school world-history teacher from chicago, illinois... ...and a high-school a.p. english teacher from montgomery, alabama... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. ladies and gentlemen, as you all know, this tournament final is a two-day total-point affair. the dollar figures you see

in front of the contestants right now will be added to whatever they earn today to determine our $100,000 winner. let's get rid of those dollar signs now. and we'll go to work in the jeopardy! round. and we'll go to work with these categories. we start off with... good place. each correct response will require two words, and those words will be exactly the same, except for one letter. alex: and, kate, you get to go first again. i'd like differs by a letter for $200, please. michael. what is slalom and shalom? that's it. differs by a letter -- $400.