teacher for students. that predates work as a police officer. investigators believe some abuse happened here at this facility, much of it, elsewhere. all of it related to a job working with kids. >> the majority believe this is something special. >> investigators say it happened before 2007 before richard mccloud became a hayward police officer. mccloud accused of sexually abusing several 12-14 year old girls over a nine year period when he worked as a teacher in a after school program. >> nothing was forced or anything. it was built on being a friend, mentor, i'll take care of you. there was some fondness with these young girls. >> the 38-year-old mccloud worked at the kid zone after school program. accusations including sexual intercourse span from 19998 to

2007 when he left to to become a police officer. >> we're upset. upset. >> tim barry is the general manager for livermore area recky skbraigs park district. >> we'll see what the outcome is. we already do a lot with our employees background checks, fingerprinting and training. >> investigators say there is no indication mccloud continued to abuse after he became a police officer. mccloud is in the santa rita jail on $750,000 bail n livermore abc 7 news. >> we're following breaking news now. a team has converged on san francisco fisherman's wharf. the fire department says investigators are checking out the second floor of a building on beach street and there are hotels and apartment buildings in that area and there are victims at this point it's not clear what is affecting them. emergency crews have set up a

triage area and we do have a live report coming up. >> officials say a 20 foot boat carrying 2000 pounds of mexican marijuana cap sized today but not before most pot was off loaded. sky 7 hd was over a beach today, investigators say the boat washed ashore about 11:00 this morning. and investigators say it's likely the boat came from mexico headed to the east coast. they believe the suspect abandoned the boat and pot after the boat cap sized. >> developing news in oakland. police and sheriffs deputies want to find out if two people were targeted when someone fired into an ac transit bus. the gunfire wounded two people around 2:20 this afternoon. the driver just going for a few more blocks to get away

from the shooter. both victims we're told are expected to survive. >> we're learning more today about the bomb accused of speeding in san francisco and slamming her car no a minivan killing a high school buyboy and injuring his mother and sister. tonight we're hearing from his father for the first time. heather? >> his father called his son an exceptional child who brought joy to awful thinks family and friends. he did not mention the woman accused in the accident that killed him. 58-year-old jenny chu booked on gross vehicular manslaughter and released on $300,000 bail. the 16-year-old kevin san was killed when his mother's minivan was hit where a memorial has sprung up. police say jew was driving erratically, doing 80 miles per hour when the mercedes suv plowed into the van. police say drugs and alcohol

do not appear to be involved but the investigation is still going on. and should be presented to the district attorney sometime tomorrow. san's father spoke to reporters through an interpreter his cousin, outside lincoln hool high zoom where san was a junior. >> every day his family wakes up and wishes it was just a nightmare and we can still hug and see kevin's warm smile, none of what happened makes any sense. we cannot recount why anyone would be driving 80 miles per hour in the streets of san francisco. >> we know people of san francisco will do their best for justice and the family. >> the impact refused together because of the high speed because that gives us time to move the vehicle to see i know seat belts were used if they weren't. whether malfunction.

that takes time. >> the dmv says jew has a spotless driving record, she was not hurt in the crash. san's zper mother were critically injured and his father says his swif in a coma and asked for people to keep her in their prayers. we talked to a neighbor had in jew's neighborhood that says she's just shocked by what happened and can't believe her quiet, unassuming good neighbor could possibly be responsible. in the sunset district abc 7 news. >> heather, thank you. >> oakland now holds the dubious distinction of having the highest robbery rate in america. statistics show nearly 11 people were robbed for everyone thousand residents last year that, is head of other sniz the top three. police say robberies up 24% from this time last year, eight investigators case a growing case load. >> officers are doing, going

out there every day and working to try to push back this crime rate. problem is that we have so few resources and officers. >> police point out many thieves target people with smart phones and other gadgets. >> california compiled statistics on school truancy for the first time ever. the results are not good. last year a million students were considered truant. one in four and that as economic impact. abc 7 news has the details. students as young as these skip school for several reasons. >> they don't come to school because their parents can't get them to school sometimes. work schedules get in the way. sometimes, just life gets in the way a. >> last year a million

students have three or more unexcused absences. 250,000 missed 18 or more school days. information given by 550 schools, zprikts put together by office of california attorney general harris. school districts received government funds based on attendance whchl a skud stooudent misses school the district doesn't get the money a cording to harris last year schools lost $1.4 billion to truancy. >> i like school because i can american. >> in san francisco parents get letters and calls when their kids are absent. >> the we have ravels so if they come two weeks on time every day they can win sometimes this $25 gift certificate or improved attendance lunches. a number of studies point

out a chronic truant is likely to turn to crime. >> children as yaungz five years old who are missing enough school so they will have a serious set back in terms of ability to be educated adequately. >> five years ago then district attorney introduced a campaign to educate parents and n.neighborhoods with the high truancy rate. san francisco yun yied physical -- unified school district has seen an increase across the city. they'd like to spread that campaign throughout the state. >> still today california is one of four states that does not have a system to collect students attendance records. >> police in santa cruz revealed a body is that have a man who vanished in 2009. dna tests confirmed that

elias sorkin was found three weeks ago. detectives believe it was due to a marijuana deal that went bad. >> all though elasi was a victim in thrk his family was a victim. and the ability to bring that closure to the family is important to follow through. >> the two men are now in prison after being convicted of murdering the 29-year-old resident. >> we have pictures from yesterday's explosion inside of a apartment. you can see huge flames coming out of the roof of the building. the blast cause bid three men apparently extracting hash oil for marijuana. the men using butane gas and fumes ignited when reaching a pilot lighter of a water heater. the men were burned and remain in the hospital tonight with life-threatening injuris. >> a new round of investigations in oakland in what is becoming a last ditch

effort to avoid another bart strike. a spokesperson for bart management says there has been incremental progress but negotiations focused on issue was just one union. there was no talk today on the bigger issues such as bay and -- pay and benefits. both sides remain part on the topics. >> some gray skies and muggy weather. spencer christian is here to let us know if more rain is on the way. >> that muggy weather is winding down now. you can see we have no more showers showing up. so what is coming our way next? i'll have the forecast coming up in just a moment. >> not only wot affordable care act change the industry, it means opportunities for silicon valley. coming up the way start ups think they can play a big role in the system. >> taking calls now if you have questions about the affordable health care act. dial in. 7 on your side has a group of experts on hand z.to answer questions. >> number to call is on the screen.

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the program through affordable health care kicks off tomorrow as you may have heard and rings a concern whether an overtaxed system can handle this new wave of patients. david? >> technology had a owe

profound impact. now, the health profession turning for tech help as several hundred thousand people started signing up tomorrow for a health care act coverage. >> california is facing a doctor shortage. by estimates reaching 17,000 two years from now. >> we have a shortage of primary care act. i'm hoping technology is going to allow a tool to make time with them more productive. >> that is why these entrepreneurs have arrived in silicon valley. dr. david wong also runs a start up called direct term tolling. doctors consult patients online. >> this enables to give access to patients quicker no, wait times no, need for the patient to take time off from work. >> today's connections will

enable beam to connect medical experts via keyboard driven mobile devices. many discussions focus on getting smart phones in both directions. some technology will be behind the scenes such as helping doctors decide what tests to order its changing medicine but there is a lot of confusion in the community so we have a tool to help them select the test for patients and place an order. >> the challenge for entrepreneurs is to attract investment capitol in millions of dollars and making a case for care providers and patients. >> tools for technology all of those things together can help patients who won't know how to manage care are important to develop. >> open enroll many begins for

someone that needs to sign up for health care insurance. >> michael finney is here to help get questions answered about covered california. michael? >> you guys we are taking questions from now up until 8:00 here in the seven on your side office about questions anyone has about obama care. affordable care act. there is a number to dial and talk about going to the source for information here in california, this whole law is being implemented by california -- excuse me, covered california and peter heads it up. >> are you ready? >> we're ready and it's exciting. and historic coverage. >> now how is goiting to work here when in washington right now they're having a huge fight in large part over this?

>> this is funny. california ready to go. now if you look around here there are people from a dozen organizations that are answering the phones we have on the phone naacp. korean center, young inadvicibles. this is about expabd panding health care coverage in california. it's about californians getting coverage for california. >> next year at this time what will people think? >> how did we have a statement nation that didn't have health care that is a right? that is what's happening. january one, health care is a right not a privilege. it's a big deal. >> peter lee, thanks for joining us from covered california go to the web site. it's fabulous and easy to navigate. if you want to talk to someone

give us a call here reporting live i'm michael finney. >> thank you. a coast guard issued a warning to anyone headed to the beach or going into the water, strong rip currents making for treacherous conditions. national weather service issued a rough advisory until 9:00 tonight with 10-15 swells and coast guard wants beach goers to watch out for sneaker waves what are higher and stronger and can reach up farther on the beach. five people were kill add long the northern california coast. >> it's not the kind of thing you want to look at. >> no. stay away from coastline. be safe and careful. >> yes. >> things will come down over next 24 hours and maybe return again, sheer look at clearing skies and still clouds around. but spotty precipitation we

had earlier up in parts of the north bay tapered off now we have low clouds along parts of the coastline but our skies are getting sunnier. once again we have a beach hazard throughout evening hours of the north bay coast so stay away from the coastline first of all because of the possibility of strong rip currents sneaker waves avoid outcrops and jetties. how about this live view this, is dramatic from our camera on the east bay. we still have low clouds around ask adding lots of color and texture to the sky. what and san jose, 70 los gatos, another beautiful view from our sutro camera over san francisco. part of the cities obscured view of it by low clouds filtering in. 70 degrees in santa rosa. 68. 74 antioch and livermore.

one more live view and we can see forecast features clear overnight. sunnier dryer and a big warm up coming our way at the end of the week. this is a frontal system that continuing to swing through now. but it's fizzling and didn't receive much rainfall. only a couple hundredths of an inch. starting athe 7:00 low clouds passing through during overnight hours but sunnier, drier tomorrow and a lovely afternoon coming our way. we'll see low pressure that will give us a dry wind pattern by the end of the week.

that is going to warm us up. clear skies low humidity and tomorrow, sunnier and mild in the south bay with highs mainly into low 70s there. mid-60s on the coast and downtown. high temperatures in the north bay tomorrow, will be in the low 70s, east bay highs around 70. inland east bay highs into mid-70s. here is the accu-weather forecast. notice how we warm up towards end of the week. 90 degrees by saturday low 70s on the coast that is beach weather. >> enjoy it, thank you. >> governor brown about to go down in california history books. what he's done that no other what he's done that no other governor ♪

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some -- . >> cause td by a bear repellent. you heard right. cheryl? cheryl? cheryl i'm now being told that all of this commotion was due to bear retell pelent. people thought, police thought it's due to pepper spray asks he z.they have confirmed it was bear repellent. we just saw a 4th person being transported in an ambulance to the hospital. beach, powell streets are closed this happened at the radisson hotel on firnerman's wharf. they complained of a strong smell. the officer arrived on the scene he said he saw 12 people, 12 people who are overcome, 12 people down was the word used.

because not pepper spray, but bear repellent. it could be something else. they thought but now, they're saying that it's bear repellent. people smelled something strong and complained of their throat, very scratchy. among four people transported i saw two of them were elderly. we're being asked to move away and i will do so, again, everything the investigation seems to be through and everything seems clear at the moment. i'm live from fisherman's wharf abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> governor brown will make history this week when becoming california's longest serving governor, he took office at age 36 and became the nation's youngest governor. today the 75-year-old is in the middle of his third term

thousand now the nation's oldest governor. the service will exceed the late governor earl warren. >> we're just hours from the first government shut down in decades. and neither side is backing down in that showdown. a last minute move by the president to try to come to a resolution. >> at fordable health care act, obama care, have you questions, let me tell you, we have answers. give us a call right now. >> also, would you be willing to pay for perks on the next flight? conveniences air lines are

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president obama's health care reform law. sit likely the senate will reject the house bill. president addressed the nation about that delay and then called leaders for house and senate this afternoon to talk about options. the president says it will throw a wrench into economic recovery. >> office buildings will close, paychecks will be delayed and vital services depended on will be ham strung. >> house rinz will only agree to a new spending bill if they can delay the implementation of the health care reform law its time for the senate to listen to the american people like the house listened to the american people and to pass a delay of obama care. >> shutting down the government is a dangerous game. republicans are playing it. >> an abc news poll found 63% of americans disapprove of the

way republicans are handling this debate. 56% disapprove and 50% disaprauf of the president's handling of the federal budget. >> how will this impact us tomorrow? if this ship down takes place? >> all they wanted was to visit san francisco and take a vacation. >> where are you going snom. >> alcatras. >> well, maybe not at all. >> this law is not ready for prime time. the house has done work putting the american people's heart earn prod gres at risk is the height of irresponsibility. >> so goes the rhetoric as clock keeps ticking with out a federal budget 800,000 nonessential workers will find themselves furloughed. impass not stopping social security payments but do expect delays in airports as the department of homeland

security cuts back. alcatras will be among them thigh that we're living in a time when the government is a lot of turmoil it would not be the first time government is shut down but the first since december, 1995 when the president bickered with congress about medicare, public health and the environment. it lasted 28 days. the response then? >> stop being so childish about your individual goal just sit down, reach an agreement. >> same as today. >> i personalry just think it's a bunch of post you'ring. >> that ruins vacations and could spill into the rest of the economy. horn blower cruises employs 120 people. the company says their jobs are safe even so, tourists are not happy. >> so we get our money back? >> in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news.

>> stocks closed loier as wall street braces for a government shut down, tonight the dow dropped nearly 129 points. nasdaq lost 10. s and p 500 also dipped five points. apple knocking coca cola from the top spot. the consulting firm puts the value at $93.3 billion. google rose to number two spot. sur sr vair finds bank overdraft fees have hit record highs. people who withdraw money from another bank's atm pay end up paying $4:13. american airlines is hiring and says it will add 1500 pilots over next five years. that is in addition to recalling pilot that's have been furllied. -- furloughed. >> on this subject of air travel, more airlines offering perks for additional fees. some options include paying

more for a tick yait yit that guarantees an empty seat next to you z they're selling hot first class meals in coach. and once on the ground they can have luggage delivered to their home or office without fee that's airlines are currently charging experts say fares would be 15% higher. >> three researchers being aworded grants to help develop an elusive knock out punch against aids. >> for researchers the fight is about cutting off the hiv virus but unlike current therapies, they're concentrating on on two tactics. >> these are infected with hiv in green. and shown here the part cell

>> there are version that's are harmless to humans but suck up resources the virus needs to replicate and cause aids. >> so we're building the hijack the hijacker and still resources from the hijacker. >> he believes known as a part cell could act like a long term vaccine. >> we're at the beginning of building these approaches. >> these are the cells infected. >> the second project targets an affect that kills off key immune cells in the body.

his team is testing a class of drug autos to break this cycle of cell death, recruitment of new cells for new rounds of death and inflammation he believes it would work in tandem with existing drugs or perhaps produce a low-cost alternative for use in country chz have some of the highest rates of hiv infection. >> keep people alive until they can get on antiviral drug autos the team hopes to begin human trials in six to 12 months. the third member is the recipient of a new innovateor award for younger researcher making an impact in the fight against aids. the glad stone labs will receive $12 million from national institutes of health. >> well, 7 on your side gathered a panel to help you understand affordable care act. available to answer questions right now just call. take t

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penna. the penalty for the first year is $95, or 1% of your income, whichever is greater. if you have an income of $500,000 it's probably more expensive than $95 for you if you're not going to get insurance. >> that keeps going up, this has been introduced they're figuring people will forget z not understand but they start more and more? >> yes. each year, it goes up so it's 1% of income this year, then up to 2.5% and 3.5% in your next few year autos do you expect a push back on that? >> so far, the people we've been talking to who called in and people i have talked to just out and about are be excited about getting health insurance. >> what are questions you're get something. >> question questions are about what people need to do. because there is confusion we know you have to have insurance, obama care is coming so a lot of what

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>> and looks are important. a giants logo on google glass. >> it's on the face. right? anything on your head affects how people perceive you it's a field with a lot of unknowns. founders say it's going to be big in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> this is a brave new world. >> let's take a look at our time lapse view. this afternoon, clear skies except for lingering low clouds near the coastline. that is a wet area, the seven-day forecast, drier and sunnier and warming up in a

significant way by the end of the week. high temperatures up to 90 degrees. can you believe that? >> time for sports with mike shumann. >> raiders with a good example yesterday asked what a difference a quarterback can make. and spotted a 14-point lead. coach

as starting quarterback may have lasted only one game. started yesterday against redskins with terrell pryor. one man does not make a team but flynn did throw a tornado to give the raiders a lead. and flynn didn't get much else. injuries and he was sacked seven times, today, coach defended his choice. >> he wanted to play.

and this is not a play decision or a coach's decision this was a medical decision there are still symptoms there that it wasn't -- i mean we were weren't going to put him in that swailgs. that is a decision we made. patrick willis miss aid game with a pulled groin. and aulden smith, and bowan took up the slack. he took over the leadership role patrick usually handles. >> with best defenders in the game showing world wide, you

know other night i'm his biggest fan and he's like a brother to me. ask i love seeing him do great and make plays. and to see him the other night i was like wow. that is what i'm talking about. >> don't forget another edition of vernon's view sunday night. vernon's view only on abc 7. it's time to get fired up for a's. game one with a pry start. starting pitchers announced tomorrow look for a's to go with bartolo cologne. redding world -- reigning world champion giants ended their season on a high note with a walk off single to beat san diego. pens resigned. barry zito is probably gone.

>> wisdom tells you we need more talent. we're going to try to do that. i don't know how realistic the trade front is going to be. so i don't know if that is going to present itself in the off season. we'll be just as diligent that way, too. >> and we've been lucky to have a playoff team in the playoff autos join me tonight on cable. will congress take action to avoid a government shut down? we'll have the latest at 9:00. then at 11:00 why a california rocket launch over the weekend caused quite a scare, half a world away. that does it nor edition of abc 7 news. >> before we go our call center is taking your questions about the affordable

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