>> the 13-year-old took a turn for the worst suffering a heart attack. staff revived her. doctors say she is brain dead. >> my daughter walked in her happy, smiling and healthy to get her tonsils removed now, you want to tell me she is dead? >> the family claims children's hospital is pressuring her to remove her from life support. >> only thing they said is that coroner is looking for her. how can you be looking for something with a heartbeat and a pulse? how could you be looking for temperature that sfil has a temperature. i touch her, she is warm. >> in a written statement the chief of pediatrics say we're reruing the case and our hearts go out to the family we want to support them during this difficult time the family says for now, they won't leave her bed side, hoping for a miracle. in oakland abc7 news. >> a driver could face seven years in jail for causing the death of a teenager in san

francisco crash. prosecutors say the 58-year-old was driveing at speeds up to 80 miles per hour on pine street she collided with a minivan this, young man was on the way to school and died at the scene. his mother was injureed and lapseed into a coma. his sister suffered broken bones >> offender being is charged with gross vehicular manslaughter and two counts involving reckless driving with serious injuries. >> reportedly she told police her car may have malfunctioned. abc7 news learned investigators did not find mechanical issues. >> police say a man was not wearing a helmet when dieing after hitting something while riding a motorized

media partner reports no other vehicles were involved. >> 15 homes are lost to flames a wildfire continues to grow. you can see the flames are creeping closer to more houses the home of the fire chief is among those cared by flames. temperatures say lack of rain are making it a tough fight the cause of the fire is still being investigated but officials believe it started on a hiking trail. >> this is another example of how it's year round. >> now, the fire is burning, as i said in rugged steep terrain. in monterey county. the last

major fire happened in 2008. a lightning-sparked fire burned 250 square miles weefrm having a dry spell. and here in the bay area, another winter spare the air day has been called. that is ten in a row. >> we'll talk about the weather. you can see high clouds are passing through. it's mild and humidity 33. winds calm which is why we're not seeing much of the snow drifting this way. as clouds continue to roll in, some smoke layers may drip north overnight. you can see how dirty air is from our camera.

you know when we can breathe easier, and when major changes are coming. which can have you reaching for umbrellas. >> the asian investigating a fire at richmond refinery is calling out chevron for major safety problems. that fire spent thousands of people into the hospital. now the board recommending major changes to the way refineries are regulate add cross california. laura? >> when this fire happened last year, california had just seven inspectors and that number has gone up a bit but not high

enough make sure it's >> implements could have previeded this incident oocht >> in a lax regulatory environment. >> we found that chevron repeatedly over ten years, failed to effectively apply safer design principles and upgrade piping. >> in an earlier report they found management ignored employee warnings about corroded pipes that burs in the august, 2012 sending smoke across richmond and areas. latest draft report addresses going forward.

>> there would be addits and inspecks conducted. to elements. >> the united kingdom which has 100 inspectors and called a safety case model. >> it's hard for us to inspect everyone of our refineries but we do know what happens when you drive a system to failure as what happened at the chevron plant. >> this board will be in richmond for final adoption. in richmond abc7 news. >> san francisco police captured a man accused of stabbing his father and stealing his ipad today. this took place on the 25 floor of a high rise on market

street. police say they had been arguing for days it appears the younger man attacked his father with a box cutter. the father claims his son is mentally unstable. 150 guns off the streets tonight. police report a gun buy back netted 127 fire armz including 75 handguns, 68 assault weapons. that buy back funded by money collected from donors over the internet. >> a delta jet slid over a runway in wisconsin this afternoon. this is a photo of delta flight 385 that went off the runway after arriving in madison, wisconsin from minneapolis. passengers and crew were not injure asked still trying to figure out what went wrong, but as you can see, clear

weather must have been a factor. >> a watery mess after a hot water pipe burst this morning. this airport has been moving passengers and luggage around all day. >> it was a hot, wet mess at san jose international airport. a main water line broke in this breezeway. >> this is about 180 degrees

triggering the sprinkler system. >> it took about an hour to get water turned off. by then it was a flooded mess and passengers from eight airlines were forced to go to terminal b. grab luggage ask take it with them. >> we're going theer catch a blue bus to take it down to terminal b. and there was a go through security there. then had to ride back. and go up to our gate. >> one flight was cancelled and there were a few delays. one worker told us there were frustrated travellers. >> i mean i travel every week. so... it's a party at the airport. >> a lot of equipment was in the

area of the break. and airport officials say they're still assessing damage. >> 49ers lost an attempt to host college national football championship game. one of the reasons a shortage of hotel rooms. organizers cited a lack of a track record. will host the super bowl in 2016 a family refuses to give up hope to find loved ones lost in the idaho wilderness >> and a powerful pull of sneaker waves and danger you need to watch out for. >> plus, new yorkers uber irate.

loyal customers accuse the san francisco car service start up of ripping them off. abc7 news yes you did. yes you did. no i didn't. no i didn't. did not. yes you did. [ male announcer ] find some peace this holiday.

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waves they call them this, is the stuff surfers live for and learn to fear. waves moving fast, one after another. >> like looking at the side of a house made of water. moving house. >> when he went to the beach he expected action and got more than that from these battering rams >> it can lead to disaster. all the more reason for marin county fire captain to keef an eye on beaches and people today. >> this is not normal for this beach. it creates a fast moving wave.

>> you might remember last new year's day when it swept charlie skwad out to see. it can happen in an instant. phil has been out here most of his life with aun eye on the water. >> i have seen waves have hit almost to the top of the rock over there. >> it takes only expert respects these waves all of us should. >> family and friends will take over the search for a missing san jess yeah pilot after professional rescuers stopped looking for him and his four passengers the pilot, dale smith radioed his plane was having engine trouble december #. moments later his plane vanished from air traffic control radar

the plane went down in a rugged area now covered with snow. volunteers have paid their own way to get to idaho. some have bought heavy winter clothing. >> a neighborhood will replain maine closed after health inspectors shut it down. krathon's bakery received orders to close last month. inspectors say they found unsanitary conditions and then, the bakery reopened but closed again last week after inspectors say they found roaches and rat droppings. it could reopen, maybe after department hearings next month. >> well, new at 5:00 loyal uber users in new york city accusing the service start up of gouging over the weekend are you ready? rates for a single ride went up eight fold in that market during saturday's snow storm. users plained a short ride to mid town

manhattan cost as much as $90. uber says the high pricing was meant to incentivize drivers to go give a lift in bad weather. >> i wonder if it's worth bad publicity. >> tesla plans to introduce an electric car that will sell in the $20,000 range, expected to debut at 2015 car show in detro detroit. analysts believe it's important for the palo alto-based company to turn it into a household brand. and say it has to do a better job and 30,000 sales per year in order to remain profitable. >> wick observatory faces an your honor certain future tonight. our media partner

reports that the university of california plans on cutting fund together observatory and converting 125-year-old facility into a museum. it's home to six telescopes and made contributions to the field of astronomy over the years. discoverying and tracking asteroids and planets. 100 faculty and students gelt data from this observe tory. now, they're looking for nonuniversity sources to help under write operating costs so it can stay open. >> all right. busy, busiest of the year and if you were there, you know, they suspect 6 million customers to visit and they're preparing to process, get this, 650 million pieces of mail just today. and from thanksgiving to new year's eve

they say they'll deliver 15 pieces, billion pieces of mail the number of packages is increasing to about 420 million, up 12%. >> wow. that is holiday related a follow up to a story brought to you on friday when a tech company began renovating a school. chip making company took 1500 employees to the middle school and learned how to paint and reservice blacktops. it really sparkles new mrant, planters available. >> nice thing to do. >> there is time to enter win 7,000s thdz week contest and you can help fight hunger in the bay area. and sxr you'll be entered

to win $7,000 we'll announce the winner thursday night on abc7 news at 11:00. >> that is going to be nice. >> yes. >> all right what. a change. last week we're griping how cold it was today, short sleeves weather. >> yes. winter time. >> i know. it's mid december we've had record temperatures both oakland airport and santa cruz. the weather should be fantastic if you want to head out to say hello to him and donate. and help needy families check out our highs today. santa cruz,

yorked morgan hill, 71 degrees down sieshgd air quality hasn't been good. same weather pattern giving us glorious sun sets now. 56 in oakland. 60s from redwood city to san jose. and a beautiful view of the full moon looking towards the bay. 58 santa rosa. it's 52 in petaluma. temperatures into 50s and above normal highs tuesday, tenth spare the air has been issued meaning wood burning is banned a slight chance of showers wednesday into thursday morning that is when we're expecting

improvement in our air quality. high pressure trapping pollution so once again, tomorrow, poor air quality we'll see one more mild day and then, we'll see a shift in wind. wednesday morning low clouds and fog. and see breeze picking up, could see drizzle, light showers but this doesn't have a lot of moisture. so that is what we'll be keeping an eye on. this snot going to be a major storm but enough to clean out air. looking overnight tonight full moon at 1:28 a.m .

skies. 67 palo alto and mountain view. 65 on the coast. beautiful day in downtown san francisco. 64. north bay upper 06s around santa rosa. east bay communities 67 oakland. taking a look at the accu-weather forecast, cooler weather thursday, breezy, temperatures recovering and winter arrives saturday morning. >> thank you. >> still ahead, attitudes at altitudes a new ranking of bad airplane behavior. what drives frequent flyers crazy. >> tonight middle income workers

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>> good luck, everybody. thanks for joining us. >> from welcome to "world news." tonight, out of the shadows, a big blow to the secret spy program the white house has called crucial to the fight against terror. caught in the act, exclusive video, an airport sting that caught baggage handlers red-handed stealing from your luggage. and holiday mega mania, the lottery jackpot worth more than half a billion dollars. are the new odds making it almost impossible to win, or can you increase your luck tonight? good evening to you on this monday night. we begin with a high stakes face-off over security and spying in america. it's about the nsa and that controversial campaign to collect information on the phone