police handled the case, especially the chief. >> i team reporter dan noyes is here now with an investigation you'll see on abc 7 news. >> the family attorney told me before any charges are filed to allow hear to gather evidence, documents get lost, memories fade this has been a loss for the family. >> jesse shared her 24-year-old daughter with us today. a picture when she graduated from usc. the last note amelie left for her mom and her birthday picture just three days before she died. her mother found out what happened with a call from san francisco general. >> i answered they said your daughter is in critical condition and surgery. >> jesse rushed to the hospital but her daughter was gone. >> and at this point she was still warm. i could touch her hands.

they said she'd had severe head trauma and blood coming out of her ears i put a sign of a cross on my hands to remember her, forever. >> the family filed this wrongful death lawsuit today against daylight foods from milpitas and the driver a 45-year-old. attorney michael liberty says alcentar drove too fast to make a safe right turn during rush hour on folsom street. >> he failed to get into the bike lane which is proper procedure when ch is the proper procedure. >> liberty says the police report initially blamed amalie but a bicycle advocate tracked down a surveillance video showing what happened, police police changed the report saying the driver was at fault. during a photo op the chief announced the staff was forwarding the case to prurters that very day. >> that is being presented to

the district attorney today. that is the standard procedure for them to make a charging decision, if any. >> but the case has not gone to the d.a.. >> it appears inspector's reports have not been concluded. the case is not been sent to the district attorney's office. to the best of our knowledge. >> the d.a.confirmed in an e mail the case has not been presented formally. the8 office had brief discussions. the sfpd is determining how to proceed them.. the criminal cases play out, her family is dealing with their loss. scattering some ashes under the golden gate bridge. >> pouring her ashes over it was i've been divorced 10 years but when two parents lose a child, it's bringing you together in love for that child.. >> i made several calls and

sent e mail buzz no comments from the chief, the food company or the driver today. the attorney asking or for anyone who saw what happened to contact the office. >> and late today a federal jury conyou can ducted steven tanabe ofç conspiracy as well as counts of wire fraud and extortion. the bust targeted thousands of investigator clients going through divorces. tanabe scheduled to be sentenced in december. >> we're into the first evening commute on the new bay bridge. here is a look at traffic on the tunnel traffic moving into the city steadily. on the rye side of the screen you can see heavy outbound

traffic. the bridge approach is a parking lot. the cars on the left side of the screen trying to get on to the bay bridge there has been traffic on and off all day lock this, is video of the toll plaza today. about 11:00 a.m. chp says some of the traffic is from people who just twoobtd drive over nut bridge for the very first time. >> if you look, you can see the cars. drivers manage to pull up on to the shoulder which is a feature for the span. chp issued stern warnings making sure drivers know it's not okay to use those shoulders to take photos. officers made the first dui arrest overnight. >> another grand opening on

the new bay bridge. bicycles and pedestrians are allowed on the span. the group is gathering right now at the west oakland station to take a ride on the new bike path. these are live pictures of the event. abc 7 joins us now live with the story. >> good evening, those bicycles when they get here going up that way maybe three quarters of a. crew we're on today, we're out and back. >> you watch, waited and anticipated now... >> i just want to go to san francisco, now. >> it is. >> how often can you say you walked on to the bay bridge? >> any day, every day,

westbound walking distance of passing cars and almost spinning of the old eastern span, take a look. we used to drive on that? >> i'm looking from outside now. >> and you realize how old it s from outside looking in. >> new walkway lane stretches two miles along the bridge's southern side does not yet expand to yerba buena island. if you walk long enough, far enough... >> i wanted to get a rib on or something you don't get those but you do reach the end of the lichblt -- line. this will remain the end of the line until they get that out of the way. that thing also known as the s-curve. >> we'll build the rest of the bike path. >> it's just one request, however, there are others regarding old structure.

that may have less priority. >> now who got this fit. >> when you use the enough path you'll notice it's named after alexander zuckerman, 86 years old, an advocate of bicycle frtz east bay, riding on the bay bridge when closed for seismic receipt proe tro fitting. he lost his life, his family was here to honor him today. live from the eastern span of the bay bridge abc 7 news. >> how trr there are two entrances. next to the entrance to the ikea shopping center, another in west oakland. from either area, it takes two miles to get on to the eastern span. so an eight-mile round trip.

>> a lot of motorists who have driven over the bay bridge called it spectacular. some compared the new tower to driving through an open air cathedral. kind of looks like that. the biggest beauty isn't the only aspect of the project that is breath taking. so, too, is the final cost to build it. abc 7 news is live with a look at the true price of the spectacular new bridge. carolyn talking about sticker shock! >> well, yes. it works like this, you know how if you buy something with a credit card if you don't pay it off, you accrue interest and finance charges. well that is the same thing with this $6.4 billion bridge. you know the saying. time is money. the story of the new eastern span. a8buñ

>> we've got watch that. >> commuters paying lion's share accord together metropolitan transportation commission about 69% are

coming from tolls. while $6.4 million is staggering, the final final is likely to be nearly twice as high. $12 billion by the time wondz are paid off in 2054. >> that is the total package. and much the same way. that... you know if you take out a $500,000 mortgage on a home. >> same with the bridge. >> exactly. the same with the bridge. >> we can vest in the community better than it's spending that much money. >> shocked by the price tag say this new eastern span is spectacular. abc 7 news. >> a lot of people wanted to take photos and videos of the span. tracy strapped a camera capturing this video and tracy waited near the onramp in san

francisco showing she can be one of the foirs cross the span. here is the view from her helmet cam returning to san francisco during the first morning commute across the bay bridge. >> new bay bridge is becoming an attraction for amateur photographers. not far from where tourist goes to snap pictures of the skyline >> a lot of people drive together bridge people trying to cross it for the sake of doing so. abc 7 news transportation reporter on change that's drivers should ab ware of. >> there is more still to come here on abc 7 news at 6:00 nearing third anniversary of one of the worst gas pipeline disasters in u.s. history. the push by the mayor that he says could prevent a few tour

blast. >> drons not just for surveillance. how they've been helping firefighters battle that massive blaze near yosemite. >> i'm spencer christian aichl drier more comfortable day today but now getting ready for serious heat i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up. >> and a big penalty for one of the america's cup teams just ahead of the finals. how it could impact the race

next month will be the

three ear anniversary of the pipeline explosion and fire. that explosion killed eight people destroying nearly 40 homes. now, the mayor is renewing fight he believes what happened there will never happen again. >> crest moore has become a naibld of contrasts. you can see a lot of the big homes here that is that rye place those destroyed but empty lots. sort of a reminder of the awful, awful evening. residents here just want to return to normal. but it may take a while. the past still haunts them. >> what do you do when there is a boom? a jump, everybody -- what is that? what is that? you know? >> the evening september 9, 2010. a pipeline exploded causing an enormous fire in the crest moore neighborhood. eight people were killed, 66

injured, 38 homes destroyed. 17 others were badly damaged. the blast destroyed a neighborhood. >> after this work we're finding out it could have been prevent ootd mayor says he'll continue pushing for stricter regulations and reforms at the state public utilities commission which he believes has a cozy relationship with pg&e. the mayor wants utility to be fined $4 billion more than the $2.25 billion that cpuc wants to impose. today the scars are still visible. but there are signs that the neighborhood is healing. nearly half of the homes skroi destroy have had been rebuilt. of the homes damaged, almost all have been repaired.

but neighborhood is still in a state of transition. >> nice to see houses come back. also sad when you look around the neighborhood and you can see that there are substantial numbers of properties that haven't been built on. >> on monday, the city will hold a memorial service here to mark the three-year anniversary. vic lee abc 7 news. >> the massive rim fire near yosemite park is now 57% contained. this afternoon, evacuation advisories lifted for pond rosa hills in area as long south side of highway 108 but the section along highway 120 from buck meadows is still under evacuation orders. the rim fire has now burned 235,000 acres since breaking out two weeks ago. 111 structures have been destroyed including 11 homes. >> firefighters battling the blaze in yosemite have been getting help from an unmanned aircraft.

the national guard predator drone is being redeployed to send back realtime information on hot spots. >> so it appears worst is also over when it comes to threatening pouer and water supplies. three generators feeding power to the city back up and rung now they had to be shut down as the flames spread which also put the hetch hetchy reservoir at risk. but today, officials gave the all clear. >> so i can say today i can say tomorrow that our water quality is the same as it was before the fire. >> two of three electric substations in the area were damaged. there will be work needed to repair them. a full assessment can't be completed until the fire is contained but what a close call that seemed to be. >> kre. and nice they've made great pro with temperatures changing now. >> yes that. is a big part of it.

>> they're doing a heroic job. there is a thunderstorm neert fire today but not close enough to impact it. let's take a look at conditions here in the bay area. live doppler 7 showing sunny skies across the bay area. but we do have some low clouds but over near the rim fire not very, very near there is just a little spot of precipitation now. this afternoon there was a thunderstorm. this green we're picking up is smoke over the fire area. that is not precipitation. we'd like to have some precipitation falling there. back to the bay area a live view looking down on to the way. blue skies 67 degrees now in san francisco. temperatures into 07s in oakland and los gatos, 66 in half moon bay. we have temperatures in the

70s in napa, novato, antioch, concord, livermore, one more live view from our sutro tower camera showing another view of the low clouds over the bay. some patchy fog in the morning mild to warm and a hot pattern by the end of the week continuing throughout the weekend and into next week. a stream of moisture which gave us a little bit of a humid feel yesterday has shifted. following forecast animation, we'll see sunny skies building in tomorrow. and all areas from coast to inland it's going to be a warm day. continuing to forecast animation through wednesday, into thursday, into friday, we'll see a center of high pressure setting up to our north. that is going to give us a wind pattern pro dugs hotter

conditions a lot ofing throughout the weekend. high temperatures getting close to 100 degree mark in locations. during a spell of hot weather. overnight patches of low clouds locally inland. tomorrow, sunny skies, high temperatures from upper 70s to mid-80s. 84 in gill roi. pin anyone slarks highs mainly in upper 70s. mid to upper 60s on the coast and pacifica and half moon bay. 70 degrees tomorrow, 66 sunset district. north bay highs mainly low to mid-80s up to 82 at napa and sonoma. east bay, oakland high 75. 77 castro valley and fremont. friday, saturday, sunday,

close to 100 in spots. tapering off gradually. the heat going to be slow to recede. >> yes.. >> it's near -- here, thank you. >> another phone shall benefit of going green. >> incentive from lawmakers to get more people

california lawmakers

extended a program allowing drivers in fuel he fish yenlt vehicles to use carpool lanes even if driving solo. state legislature passed two piles today available for plug in hybrids and electric cars because they're often more expensive, sales have been slow despite credits. lawmakers hope access disaster lanes may persuade drivers to invest in electric cars. >> california has always been leading the way when it comes to lowering carbon foot print enticing californians to utilize the most environmental friendly vehicles. >> a san francisco supervisor wants to brighten up the city by focusing on broken street lights calling on a hearing to find out why many aren't working saying about 6,000 of the 45,000 street lights burn out each year and need to be replaced and wants utility companies to adjust street lights so they brighten up the road and sidewalk.

>> damage limited to a shipping and receiving building when fire broke out early today. sky 7 above parking lot. you can see items from gork lucas's famous studio. the fire are started just after 4:00 a.m. the sprinkler system did go off, firefighters estimate damage at about $25,000. >> well there is more ahead in our next half hour of abc 7 news at 6:00 it's been open less than a day thousands of people are driving over the new eastern span of the bay bridge you can see in this live picture but do they like what they see? >> also, efforts to fight accusations of racial profiling. new plan by police. >> and accusations of cheating in the america's cup race. the big penalty one team is going to have to pay, how koit make the race more

good evening, tonight is the first ever evening commute of the bridge. >> you can see traffic heading into san francisco there on the left-hand side of the screen. drivers are going east into oakland slowing down traffic. here is a live look chp says traffic has been fluid with the only back ups cause bid people that wanted to drive for the first time. >> and another first for those who got bike across the temporary passenger path today. pedestrian, path that, is. >> well, this new span hasn't been open 24 hours, but so far, so good. abc 7 news has more tonight on how things are going to have and reviews. >> bridge might have opened last night but plenty of people waited until today to come check it out. >> very nice.

i like the lanes, easy. now, nice part is when i return to oakland i'll have a great view. >> chp says morning commute went well. bridge tourists might have contributed to a longer than usual back up. >> so beautiful. >> this family came just to experience the bridge. >> i like it. it's open. it's, you can't tell it's a bridge. just really broad, nice. >> chp had been concerned about the new bridge being a giant cause for lots of distracted driving but officer hill was surprised by little bad behavior. >> i was just expecting people to do things we're expect to have happen. nice to see commute went well. he i was expecting the worst. >> she was 15 when the old span opened in 1936.

>> it was just like thrk everybody in a uproar. >> it's magnificent. yes. yes. you can't take it all n it's wonderful. >> demolition has begun. abc 7 news. >> now we want to know what you think of the new bridge. join the conversation. and share your thoughts. >> san jose working on a plan to put more police officers on the streets. city has been losing cops of 100 per year after pay and benefit cuts. city council members have come up with a $50 million proposal to fill vacancies restoring wage asks adding 141 new officers. the mayor thinks the city can find $30 million but may need

to impose a sales tax. >> kit allow us to restore pay cuts so it's important whether or not the public will support it is the big question. >> not everyone is in favor of the increase, residents say there are other priorities. police officer association has already given it them thumbs down. >> san jose may be the first city in the nation to document every time an officer temporarily detains someone on the curb or in the back seat of a patrol car. this is after years of complaints officers were profiling certain racial groups. >> david remembers when a police officer ordered him to sit on the curve. >> never feel goods to be questioned like that when you didn't do anything its been a

complaint police have been battling for years. one has been brought up by the independent police auditor. handcuffing and putting a detainee in the back seat of a car for a limited time. >> we saw more communities of color this issue being raised and sent many was voiced that persons felt it was demeaning. >> officer must report the result of the stop the race, whether a search was conducted and people involved and an officer will report it or call it in to a dispatcher. >> the goal of our limited detention policy just to increase transparency ask accountability within the police department. and to better our relationship with the community by doing so. >> the program put into affect by retiring chief in january. but it was quickly suspended while the operational issues

were handled. >> we didn't know what is going on. you know? to find outfit is profiling it's a good thing. >> police department did not say whit would start releasing data once collected. it will be a matter of public record. >> congressional support is growing for the president's plan to -- obama administration tried to convince lawmakers, the president picked up support from john mccain and lindsay graham. many are hesitant, including condress gres woman jo laufgren. >> serious prop snigs congress. and we need to do what we're

doing before we do it. >> one group disrupted the hearing. >> if the united states of america doesn't do this, senator, is it more or less likely that assad good i it -- does it again. do you want to answer that question? >> i don't think it's no. i think it's unknown. >> senator, it's not unknown. >> a revised resolution was submitted to the senate barring the use of u.s. ground forces for combat operations in syria. >> oracle team usa will start final twoz races behind the opponent after being penalized today. a jury found team oracle made illegal modifications to catamarans use in previous races and fined $250,000 star wing sail trimmer banned for the series and three others

face suspensions. the team lost two points, each race is worth one point, putting the team behind by two before the series begins. >> this is indeed the harshest penalty being metered nout cup history but it's -- it's appropriate. if people cheat, they should be hit, hard. >> the team says the jury was thorough is decision does not change awhat it needs to do, win nine races. america's cup finals begin on saturday. >> still ahead what could be a big clue about the next iphone. >> yes. possible hidden meaning in the invitations that went out today.

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to a big event next week. and the invite could hint at the new colors of the next iphone. the invitation seen here features a tag line this should brighten everyone's day, hmmm. rumors suggest they will unveil two new iphones. leaked images suggest it could come in blue, green, yellow, pink and white. a chinese web site had this photo of what is believed to be iphones boxed up, ready for shipping. >> more money matters now. google naming its latest operating system after kitkat candy bars. the tech giant known for naming it's systems after desserts has chosen a brand name candy for the version expected to launch this fall. kodak is out of bankruptcy but don't expect cameras. the company announced it's exited chapter 11.

and says it is now a commercial imaging company focusing owe on packages and graphics. delta airlines began service today between san francisco and los angeles. the airline is offering 14 daily flights operate bid delta connection partner compass airline autos a tiny fish is proving to be more useful than mice in treating certain genetic disorderses in people. a discovery made by a researcher looking to treat a syndrome that causes daily seizures in children. giving zebra fish and human trials will be underway shortly. researchers say they can be used to treat all sorts of conditions. >> it's kind inform a way depending on personalized medicine. your child has a gene mutation, we model that gene mutation

then look for drugs just for that child, just for that mutation. >> another advantage of the fish is that they can be bred quickly. that let researchers do 10 years worth of experiments in just two years time. very efficient. >> yes. >> coming up, the owner of the a's puts on a different act today. >> yes. how he spent the day he

the owner of the a's put on a different mat today as a volunteer serving the hungry. abc 7 news reporter explains it's a gesture to give back to a community rallying ash the winning team, and a team could soon pack skup leave. >> they're not counting hits, runs or sales. lou wolf and family are taking the day to give back. >> this is america. i don't think anyone in america should go hungry. ever. >> here they serve 800 meals

per day on average. he says he's here to set an example donating $5,000 to school supplies and giving away tickets to anyone donating $50 or more. for donating time? >> i'm not doing much hard work. people who work here are just unbelievable. a lot of them are fans, too >> soon, home run balls may not be the only thing leaving the coliseum. wolf has been looking into moving the a's to san jose. we haven't seen any plans like these for a new oakland ballpark. insisting a's can't move because of a agreement. but san jose says they should be should allowed to move and the city filed a law ut to make it happen. so wolf found himself in a

pickle. right now, wolf is focused on lettuce than pickles. >> i'm just going to enjoy the race that. saul i'm going focus on. >> an event that might not be happening if oakland didn't have the a's. >> let's get a check of the forecast. >> going to get steamier. a beautiful camera looking north you can see a finger of fog there. not very impressive marine layer but a marine layer nonetheless. sunny skies and a bit of low clouds at the coastline which may push locally inland. a warm to hot day.

89 in sacramento. a thunderstorm or two moving into nevada side. back in the bay area tomorrow, sunny skies from coast toin lnld. mild to warm with highs up to 70 degrees in san francisco tomorrow. mid to ucher 80s inland. friday, saturday, sunday inland highs in upper 90s. mid-70s on the coast and tapering off. heat going to be with us but will be slow to receive. >> yes. september. >> warmest month. >> yes. >> college football to talk about. >> yes. larry beil is here with that for use cal suffered first loss of the season. the second is a

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stanford team do kick off on saturday night hosting san jose state. the cardinal will be the last team to start this season.

stanford ranked top five this year. coming off a rose bowl win so expectation are huge but remember they barely beat san jose state last season. and the quarterback will test stanford's defense once again. >> the ball comes out quickly and accurately. it's going to be one of the guys nfl is going to come calling. >> his presence is important. not looking ba backward or forward but staying in the moment. make goods decisions then throws accurate passes so those are things outstanding quarterbacks have. >> justice served for chris mccain after reviewing this play. the junior has been reinstated to play in this weekend's home game against portland state. mccain ejected from the opener and disqualified for following

game after this hit. it's like a tackle. that is what it used to be. but technical failure after that occurred play never reviewed on field. >> the moment just have to deal with it. you know? take it like a man. overturn is what they did. so i'm excited right now about it. >> because he's going to play but this is terrible news for cal. losing junior season. you'll recall sebastian was rushed to the hospital. cal playing

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