>> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> if you details today about the trouble military career of the former navy reservist who killed 12 people at the navy yard in washington, dc. there is a victim with a connection to the bay area. >> 34-year-old aaron alexis received an honorable discharge despite misconduct changes during the three years in the navy. he was starting an i.t. job at the navy yard that gave him access. among the 12 victims was a 2010 graduate of the stanford graduate school of business the father of to boys and a veteran

who worked in logistics. across the nation flags are at half staff. now to washington, dc, with the latest. >> hello from washington's navy yard where people have been coming and going all day. the essential workers are back on the job. across washington, all day, people have been taking a moment to on the victims. >> across washington today, people paid their respects to the victims of the washington navy yard shooting at the navy memorial, defend secretary hagel and other top brass layed a week. >> moments of silence in the washington national baseball game looks from the navy yard. in the united states senate, as well the among the 12 who died, 51-year-old arthur daniels, a grandfather of nine, and kenneth procter, 46, worked for the government for 22 years. authorities say the 34-year-old aaron alexis was killed in a shoot intermediate with police,

was behind the massacre. he was one of the navy's own, a contractor with access to the navy yard and a former navy reservist who received an honorable discharge. the v.a. is checking to see if the suspect received treatment for psychological issues. police are searching for a motive going through this toyota prius believed the suspect's rent am car and visiting a northbound by resident where he was staying. the f.b.i. descended on his parent's home in brooklyn. [ inaudible ] aaron alexis has a history of disturbing behavior, arrested in 2010 accused of recklessly discharging a firearm into a neighbor's apartment. in 2004 aaron alexis confessed to shooting out the tires of another man's car. >> he is a guy that has been going downhill for a number of moments or years and he could not take it anymore. >> sources say federal authorities continue to pour over the evidence including the

suspect's laptop. they are trying desperately to get to a motive. the navy secretary ordered a review of security procedures at all navy and marine corps bases following yesterday's shooting rampage. a defense department report that will be released soon indicates budget cuts affected security and reduced security measures opening the base do more risks. the investigators were concerned about the access granded to outside contractors. aaron alexis was an outside contractor. stay with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the navy yard shooting, we will have reports this afternoon on abc7 news with the latest online at abc7news.com. the breaking news alerts are on twitter. >> more oakland police officers will soon hit the streets the city is expected to receive a federal grant to hire more officers. the details are said to be

unveiled during a morning news conference in oakland. the marian kwan and formal neithers are scheduled to be there. oakland police czar demanded action to recruit additional police officers. in oakland the city council will adopt an ordinance banning potentially dangerous objects at demonstrations. the ban would prevent carrying of hammers and wrenches and heels at protests in response to violent rallies in oakland in july with a protest over the aquittal of george zimmerman. >> a different kind of gun for cash idea from the san mateo county her is getting a thumb's down from county supervisors today. our reporter is here with the details. >> the sheriff's office,

presented the idea of selling guns for money. the san mateo county board of supervisors decided today it would not be a good idea for the sheriff's office to sell old guns back to the manufacturers although it would raise $150,000 for the department. supervisors point to the gun "buy back" program as the reason they struck down the idea. >> it would be almost strange on one hand we turn around and have gun buybacks. we have confiscated or through the buy backs, in the neighborhood of 400 guns and now we turn around and say we are sending 700 guns to circulation again. that is...not the message we want. >> the captain who made the proposal is fine with the decision. >> it was a fiscally-driven idea to take care of the people's backs. we didn't come if here with our

dukes up or looking for a fight. >> the sheriff has $6 million in reserve and they are adequately funded. >> the board liked one part of the proposal to allow deputies to buy their own firearms for sentimental reasons. >> if they wanted to keep it as a personal momento of their service in public safety, i want to allow them to do that. >> that would have one amendment to it, the officer would not be allowed to re-sell the gun. he or she could keep it for sentimental value and they will write up this proposal, now, and vote on it, and that will take a month. and now a countdown of a possible strike conditions and our transportation reporter joins us from oakland with more. after a promising union proposal this morning it appears that is

going absolutely nowhere. the bart district made what it calls the final offer before the cooling-off period began yesterday at the end of the day's talks the unions made a counter proposal at $10 million less expensive than the professor offer because they are coming down on wage increase requests asking for 13.5 increase over three years down from 21 percent over three years citing the $125 million surplus and rising ridership. bart said they cannot afford that in this world of rising costs. >> there is a lot difference from where we are and they are. >> our people worked late into the night and we are talking, still, $112 million or $115 million difference. that is a lost money. >> the district is sticking with

what they have and now they saying, we don't care about the public. we don't care if the system shuts down. >> the cooling off period helps october 10 and that means the earliest it could begin is august 11 for a strike. bart is planning to put managers who are former train operators at the train controls to keep a lifeline train service in the event of a strike. in oakland for abc7 news. >> thank you. coming up the new u.c. president chooses oakland to call home and wait until you here how much it will cost. >> local high school district drops

>> the early morning fire that damage three homes in oakland started in a laundry room. an electrical problem in a him on 24th and market street is to blame. the fire quickly spread to neighboring homes. fortunately everyone got out safely. >> california president janet napolitano will move to a pricey home in oakland. the system has lease add 3,500 square' home in oakland at $10,000 a month, $2,500 less, actually, hand what they were paying for the current u.c. president's home coming from a private endowment. some officials say it would be more cost effective to fix up a

vacant mansion that housed previous presidents. napolitano's presidency begins september 30. >> the san mateo union high school district says it is no longer suing to try to get students advance massment test scores re-instate asked dropped the lawsuit against the college board that oversees the tests and threw out the tests of 224 mills high school students after discovering they were sitting too close together we during testing back in may. the district said the decisions to no longer ask? legal action allowed individual parents to pursue their own lawsuits to get the test scores re-instated. >> no matter how you cut it, leg laying gets an a+ for the traffic and weather. leyla gulen? >>guest: you probably have noticed it is cooler today, and as we look outside toward ocean beach we have a smarterring of clouds burning off this afternoon and the cool weather will make way if higher temperatures tomorrow.

will it last? i will have the seven-day forecast coming up. >> in san francisco, could team new zealand take home the america's cup today? it means a last eager fans looking for front row seats. >> hollywood child star

>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> expect to see a fierce battle in the bay starting in a couple

of hours. team usa will pull out all the stops to stay alive in trying to retain the america's cup. abc7 news reporter katie marzullo is on the green. >> it is very windy. i talked with an official from america's cup and they say all systems go until they make a decision about whether the wind will cancel the races. they would make that call closer to scheduled race time which is 1:15. there are two races scheduled for today. new zealand only needs two wins to take home this cup. that will make if a very exciting day for fans and for those people who want to look like fans. sometimes procrastinating pays off. most america's cup gear is going for 50 percent off. >> i am thing sweatshirts because they look cool and official. >> there are actual sailors along the shore, michael from portrero hill got up early to

get a front row site. >> i got here at 5:30 in the morning, like the 50-yard line and i watch on the big scream, too. >> testify collins is a big fan, guess who he wants to win? >> new zealand all the bay. he is the first to admit, it is not over 'til it's over. >> still anyone's game. anything can happen. as we have seen several times. three of the races, nearly capsized. any of those and you are out. >> how popular has america's cup been among fans? an official tells my since this all began july 4, 800,000 people have attended races here at the marina green and the second location, the pavilion, along the embarcadero. very exciting to watch. this is italy. stunning time-lapse video showing a capsized "costa

concordia" cruise ship emerging slowly from the water. it took on workers 19 hours to bring the ship to upright giving us a new view of the intense damage the ship is covered in algae and slime and been underwater for 20 months. the "costa concordia" ran aground off the italian coast in january of last year killing 32 people. the captain is on trial with charges of manslaughter calling the shipwreck and abandoningship. >> pittsburg is adopting a ban on plastic bags giving approval banning groceries and other retailers from giving customers single use plastic bags. it does not apply to restaurants or protective bags for meat and produce. customers would pay a fee for paper bags. if the council formalizes the vote it would take effect january 15.

the wind were blowing out katie marzullo's hair. >> you need a jacket and a kite today. it is windy. >> make sure you put a scarf on to keep the hair safe. we will look at some of the gusts. at sfo we are expensing up to 31 miles per hour and, also, speaking of sfo we have a low ceiling in terms of cloud layers so that is causing 55-minute delay at the airport. for arrivals, you could see your incoming passengers on the later side. we have gusts in the north bay, reaching 24 miles per hour, 17 miles per hour in novato and as we move inland, 21 miles per hour is going to be the gusts in livermore. very windy out there and i am sure you have noticed adds we look from 9 sutro tower camera to the financial district, you can see how the clouds, whatever is left of them, they are burning but we will see sunny

skies for the better part of the day and the afternoon and cooler start to today, and we are going to see a warm-up come together with the radar satellite imagery no moisture not in the forecast just yet and it is actually going to come later this week and into the weekend. as we take a look to mt. diablo, we have clear conditions in the east bay, not too much clouds just a couple of higher clouds and our current temperatures in san francisco is 58 degrees in oakland, 68 in san jose and you are in the mid-60's and los gatos, lower circuit and half moon bay, 62 degrees is the current temperature. for the week ahead when you talk about the moisture coming in, you have this weak ridge of high pressure that is coming in for the next couple of days and it is followed by the deep trough of low pressure that is going to be pushing in, the cooler temperatures and, also, the moisture. the rain will stray to the pacific northwest region and we will get a legal state of it, those as we travel to the bay

area around napa and sonoma. we could get .1". in san francisco, not too much as far as rain, maybe a little bit in monterey county. our highs today on the microclimate forecast, 78 in morgan hill and sun. 73 in san jose. 71 in sunnyvale. across the peninsula, 73 in redwood city is the high. 61 in pacifica. 69 in millbrae. headed into san francisco, 66 degrees, and 68 in south san francisco and in the north by, 75 degrees in petaluma and moving to calistoga and napa you are in the upper 90's and 80 degrees and in the east bay, 59 in oakland and to livermore at 76 degrees, 79 in brentwood. we also have cooler temperatures overnight but clear skies and the upper 50's and lower 60's, and we do have a game tonight with the oakland a's taking on the los angeles angels of

anaheim with temperatures 62 degrees and our seven-day forecast shows with that warm up together and thursday we are going to see a cool down coming over the weekend with a possibility of rain. get the umbrellas out. >> today we worried about the wind with the races. >> absolutely. >> i was on the bay on sunday and it was really windy but they didn't call the races. >> it is like wings on the airplane, they are enormous. >> they have to have some wind but it has to be the right kind. >> the movie star son of hollywood couple well and jada sounded off against america's education system on twitter. 15-year-old jaden smith is getting attention for telling 4 million twitter followers that school is a brain washing tool. he and his younger sister are homeschooled. a tweet reads if everyone in the world dropped out of hule we --

out of school we would have a more intelligent society. >> new this morning, the stores could be less crowded this holiday shopping season. research firm expected sales growth in november and december of this year to lag last year by half of a percent. shoppers are expected to bay more online and less in brick and mortar stores. improvements in the job and housing markets are not enough to get americans to spend more this year. >> coming up next, a very special paramedic who uses his training to make a special family

>> coming up at 4:00, fighting back against sagging. >> at 5, bay area researchers look at what it takes to stop the aging process. please join us later today at 4:00 and 5:00. >> paramedic from monterey county put his professional training to good use for his own family. this picture from the santa cruz sentinel shows the family with the newborn baby nathan george who could not wait to get to the hospital in santa cruz before entering the world so his parents pulled into a school parking lot.

that is where the father put his paramedic training to work and deliveredly son in the front seat of an s.u.v. what a story they have to tell. >> all that train to become a paramedic was all leading up to that one moment moment.

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