live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. how could such a thing happen? an elderly woman beaten up in a hospital emergency room. thanks for joining us. the family of the woman attacked and injured is speaking out this morning as the hospital examines procedures to avoid a repeat. abc7 news amy hollyfield joins us from san francisco general. amy? >> kristen, i am reporting live from san francisco general hospital. the family tells us the victim is still here and slow is scared

and she is having trouble sloping. the victim's daughter showed us pictures of the mom's injuries. she has bandageses on her arms and bruises on her neck. she says a man jumped out his bed after being told he needed psychiatric treatment and that he lunged randomly at peres who also is in her bed. he hit her in the head, in the chest and the arms with an i.v pole. official say his name is oren zebest. he is 29. we are told they have decided to drop the charge of attempted murder against him but he does face two charges of assault and a charge with inflicting pain on the elderly and is scheduled to be arraigned today. >> doctors have ordered he remain under observation inned jail so we cannot put a request in to interview him. they say they cannot do that. they cannot disturb him in the special house he is in. san francisco general hospital

released a statement saying that hospital is profoundly sorry this miss peres was injured while in our care. we take patient safety very seriously and are reviewing procedures. sheriff deputies are routinely patrolling the e.r., and those are the officers who grabbed the attacker and stopped it from happening. they will look at their procedures to see what else could be done to prevent this from happening again. in san francisco general, as they investigate that, they put new security procedures in place last month to better protect patients. this follows in the wake of the death of lynn spalding a 5-year-old who disappeared from her room in september and was found dead in the hospital stairwell two weeks later. the hospital and the sheriff deputy were found at fault. >> san mateo place are trying to

find a man soliciting a teen girl for sex. they released this surveillance video of the man they say solicited a 15-year-old girl yesterday morning around 8:30 in the morning. the foe stow from a convenience store. the girl says he appeared drunk and propositioned her in spanish, she said no and live the area. he was wearing a dark jacket and has dark hair and a thick mustache. >> firefighters are trying to determine what sparked a fire at a vacant apartment building in fremont. it broke out on mission boulevard in the city before 4:30. a homeless woman was questioned at the scene but she was not to blame. she was arrested, though, on an unrelated warrant. >> the governor is taking the ex step to deal with the continuing drought announcing emergency legislation this afternoon. he has declared a state of emergency because the state is facing one of the most severe droughts on record and met with

president obama last week about crucial federal support and the governor is calling on all californians to voluntarily reduce their water usage by 20 percent. >> dozen passengers and crew members are recovering after their flight from san francisco to hong kong hit strong turbulence as the jetliner was flying over japan and 321 passengers took off before noon yesterday. the turbulence threw people out of their seats and scattered debris everywhere. one passenger says that the turbulence lasted about two minutes and felt like a roller coaster. >> it was a massive just a moment like the plane was dropping sideways. we did not understand what was going on the we only thought that the aircraft was going down. >> the boeing 747 landed safely in hong kong. ambulances were waiting for the injured. eight people this morning are still in the hospital.

it is the second time this week a plane has hit strong turbulence. on monday, a united flight interest montana found the same problem injuring several. violent clashes between protesters and ukraine police is continuing. you can sigh the fires that have been burned for hours. it is 9:00 at the capital of kiev right now and independence store is a flaming war zone. the death toll is rise, hundreds have been injured and defy people now are dead including nine police officers. >> protesters are against the president's move to strengthen ties with russia rather than with the west. the european union is calling for emergency meeting tomorrow to decide on the course of action. >> a former contra costa county sheriff deputy convicted of setting up phony drunk driving stings is be sentenced. he was found guilty conspiracy and multiple counts of wire fraud and extortion and

acquitted of extortion linked to an allegation that he accepted cocaine from a private investigator to set up drunk driving busts. the prosecution says the targets were hen in divorce or in custody disputes. >> in santa cruz county a foster parent will be arraigned on charges of molesting four young victims the he sponsored children for 16 years. steven weissman was known to volunteer at youth arguments the four victims who step forward range in age now from ten to the mid-20's. >> this is something to think about the next time you see a house fire in contra costa county, do not be surprised if you see firefighters letting it bun. contra costa county fire officials have a new policy on the way to now handle fires at homes where drugs are being made such as this illegal pot-growing in pittsburg. the growers tamper withed

electal wiring and what could pose a danger. crews will tan down until pg&e turns off the power. >> oakland city council has delayed a vote on a "spy center," with homeland security supreme court granted will pay for the facility. the officer will be a hundred for surveillance cameras including at the port of oakland. oakland police will help run the facility. opponents fear that it will be used for widespread surveillance without search warrants. bay area olympic fans are following the progress of a young san jose figure skater in sochi, russia. the supporters gathered at the ice skating facility in san jose to watch 15-year-old polina edmunds skate beautifully in the first olympic effort. our reporter joins us with more. katie marzullo?

>> we are on the ice and if you look beyond this, congratulations, polina edmunds, you can see the other skaters on the ice right now, a young lady in red wearing a "go polina." they are practicing, practicing, practicing. they are inspired by her this morning. >> the first time i was seeing her when she was seven. >> this is the core agographer and she wanted nervously. >> my heart was beating so fast. she was not alone. >> i was happy she skated clean. that is all i wanted from her. >> dozens gathered to watch the short program, her bright yellow costume as bright as her star, a beacon to those who want to follow in her footsteps. >> it is great for the ring and the skaters because you know that is possible if you work

hard so she gets all the young skaters here a lot of help. >> from sochi, she tweeted these pictures a selfie declaring eight beautiful day and after the performance, a thumb's up. there plenty of thumb's up from the cheer, section back home. >> i was nervous. i knew she was skating clean. i know her. >> discover your ears if you don't want to know the score, 61.04 should be high enough to advance to free skate tomorrow. 24 out of 30 skateers today will do just that and inleader is rooting for polina edmunds. >> thank you, katie. >> the lead construction on the new eastern span of the bay bridge received $49 million in bonuses for the project. you can see the eastern span in the look from emeryville camera,

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a cruise nearly took a deadly woman for a woman traveling to the caribbean. a holland cruise line employee add -- admits he raped a woman and tried to overthrow her. the remain employee said he difficulty after she slighted him. holland says they have never, ever, had an insurance contents like this inned 140-year-old. >> an 84-year-old nun will spend three years in prison for breaking into a tennessee nuclear facility with peace activist as couple of years ago.

in may a jury found the sister rice guilty of destroying government property and causing $1,000 in damage. they told the judge not to spare her said she was willing to spend life in prison for the cause. >> new detail on the massive target data breach. public confidence in the big box retailer is taking a hit. the "wall street journal" reports that surveys show that the theft has knocked confidence and trust to an all time low. sales took a nose dive in december after the breach was announced. the retailer is expecting to pay billions in related charges including $1.1 billion to banks dealing with fraudulent transactions on stolen cards. there will be ultrahigh speed internet service in 34 more cities including san jose, sunnyvale and mountain view, part of the ambitious expansion

to provide competition to cable providers. google promises uses they can use the fiber service to search the internet at 100 times faster than existing broadband service. google is giving google glassware a bit of advice: it is on the screen. they included the very line in a code conduct posted online for use of the internet connected eyewear. they are urging users to not be creepy and respect others. if people have questions, don't be snappy. they are in the testing phase for developers to release new apps. >> mike nicco? >> >> we had a little bit of rain. it is gone. you can see the sunshine and clean air. talk about some summertime warmth for the weekend and another chance of rain next

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front moving through year. it laid down a little bit of drizzle, enough that was measurable and at .01 in san jose. but leg had a higher amount at .04" and napa had nothing and fairfield had nothing, harold, nothing. san francisco, slight amount only. >> you can see it has moved on and most of the clouds are gone. we have a few lingering clouds but look how clean the air is from the exploritorium here next to me all the way over to downtown oakland it is a beautiful sight. good morning to yous oakland, you are at 60 action warm spot, with fairfield and river more and -- livermore at 62. san jose is an area that will be last to clear of the clouds and you may have a passing cloud

from time to time but sun is going to be good and breezy especially an the shoreline and the coast today. a few clouds and much cool we tonight, up to 15 degrees cooler than this morning and our warmest days are going to fall on friday, saturday, and sunday. here is what happened the last 12 hours, the front is coming through with a few snow showers in the sierra but nothing significant. the sinking air is coming in and that is why it will be dry and bright through the afternoon hours. the temperatures are running in the home 60's, close to average, and some upper 50's along the coast with the weapons fattest. tonight, you can see the mid-30's inland in santa rosa, napa, up more 30's around fairfield, palo alto, morgan hill, low-to-mid 40's elsewhere, and san francisco is the warm spot at friend degrees. here is what will happen, moving forward tomorrow, you can see high clouds coming in with the sunshine and the storm tram -- track shows all of them north

until wednesday of next week so a week from now we start to on the door and thursday into friday it is trending weather. we have to wait that long, over a week, for the next possible good soaking of rain. today, temperatures are coolest and tuesday next week is the coolest. in between well hit 60 at the coast with mid-to-upper 60's in the bay and neighbors, and near 70 friday, saturday, and sunday away from the coast and cooling trend on monday and tuesday. a quiet stretch of weather the next couple of days. injury it. >> men now have a go excuse why they forget birthdays and anniversaries, whether they are 30 or 60, they are just more forgetful than women and the study did not 18, how, the reason. one area where they could outperform women is remembering names and dates but that doesn't explain why they remember dates

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