police rescued two young teen teenagers but fear there may be more victims because one man was a mental health counselor who may have persuaded others to work the streets with him. justin crestfield was arrested in june after a sting operation here. another person taken into custody a few weeks ago. investigators say they met two girls in downtown san jose, sargeant okee says the 15-year-old and 17-year-old teens were vulnerable. >> these individuals came from a group home them ran way from the group home. >> he says crutchfield worked for the mental health department as a peer counselor and says he used his position to gain their trust and giving them his business card. >> he would use it for the fact that he knew how to talk to the young kids. and how to deal with them. to present information to them that they wanted to hear.

you know? he put out that he was there to help them. and he helped them in the past. >> the girls ended up selling their bodies at busy thorough fares. our calls were not returned. vic lee, abc7 news. >> a fire in a cab company body shop sent a big plume of smoke into the sky. take a look. this video taken by a business next to the luxor cab body shop. sky 7 shows how flames shot out from the building. firefighters poured water on the building to douse the blaze.

crews were cautious because of the chemicals inside. >> there is paint and stuff that will explode if ignited. >> smoke could be seen for miles, these pictures sent to you report. the cause of the fire still under investigation. all workers managed to escape without injury >> 2500 people honored two fallen patrol officers in fresno. governor brown along with law enforcement officers took part in the memorial at the safe mart center paying tribute to officer juan gonzales and brian law. >> brian and juan were doing what they dedicated their lives to do. responding to protect those in

danger and assist those in need oochl they attended academy together. they gave the ultimate sacrifice together. and are both heros. >> both joined chp in 2008. a perfect is hes of cars escorted the families to separate burial ceremonies. >> a father of three has been killed during a street racing accident. it happened last night in fairfield. nick smith joins us live with the story. nick? >> good evening. was it road rage? drag racing? was it neither? police tell me they don't know. they believe the driver can provide them with information about the seconds before a crash killed a father of three. >> we still can't believe it.

>> the 31-year-old struck and killed on sunday, leaving behind three young boys his 11-year-old broke down. >> he was a wonderful person. he kept us safe. >> ron died at the scene of the crash just west of i 680 sunday evening. police tell abc7 news the accident happened when the drivers of this infinity coupe and a black toyota tundra started heading at high rates of speed he was making a left turn when the car smashed into his mazda. evidence fuelled investigator was more questions for the driver because did he not stop after the crash and has not come forward today sh police were back on the scene looking for witnesses >> we're trying to identify who

it can be. so we can talk about what his involvement was. >> police are trying to determine if road rage or drag racing were factors. questions only the drivers can answer. particularly one who hasn't come forward the driver of a newer model black toyota tundra. >> we need to talk to him to put the pieces of the collision together. >> the driver of the infinity remains in critical condition. those who knew, and loved, ron are struggling to understand it all. >> we just want the person to come forward. and say what happened. some kind of closure. >> a storm is coming in faster and stronger than first anticipated. what do you think, spencer?

>> a quiet weather condition at the moment but that won't last long we'll give you the satellite view. you can see first storm moving into our direction now coming in on wednesday bringing some strong winds, friday, not much of a break between the two. we're going to get a nice dose of rainfall. it's going to be a stormy period. and by wednesday, by thursday morning with a storm beginning on wednesday, but thursday morning we should see rainfall in the north bay mountain asks south bay mountains up to three inches into wettest locations and up to an inch in lower elevations. so not a drought buster but a significant amount of rain. i'll have more details in just a few minutes. >> look forward to. that thank you. >> bart is back running on schedule today. after a train derailed on friday was removed from the tracks over the weekend.

laura anthony is live with the latest. laura? >> hi, ama. a spokesperson told us they're doing a complete analysis of the development. one thing is clear from the get go. it appears the accident has many of the same qualities. they're 104 miles of track. there are two derailments in the same pot in concord within three years. >> bart's latest derailment is in the same place where another train ran off the track. an interlocking device may have failed or abc7 news learned investigators are looking into

whether the wheel axel damage theed the frog. over the weekend, bart spokesman said there is no evidence the interlocking device is the culprit. >> there is no evidence to lead us to believe this would occur. it's going take investigation >> the california public utilities commission is investigating the accident. a process that could take up to a month. >> patrol says it's been assured there will be no more bottle throwing in snoenla county. nine vehicles were hit. they had their windshields shattered. chp identified the pick up. the owner won't say when has been driving it his lawyer told officers it will

not happen again. still, the investigation remains open. >> the dalai lama wrapped up a three-day visit today with a day-long stp at santa clara university. to an invitation only gathering of business leaders this afternoon. the dalai lama used both events to call for more passion. the dalai lama says hearing a performance reminded him of the childhood love and smiles left a life long impression on him. that was the message he wanted to leave for silicon valley leaders. >> compassion brings comfort. materially brings us physical comfort. we have this mind and physical

we need north. >> the dalai lama pointed out health care is make a difference. then, that concern should spill into every business. maybe it should go together. >> be wise selfish. father than short sighted. >> that left an impression on the people who attended the morning event. >> i want to bring that perspective into the work life. or whoever i might be dealing with. holding them and human beings and people that care about their happiness. >> proestors who have shown up indicated they were not happy with him. others say they will praise his teachings of kindness. >> i don't know what how to be

happy. he taught me making others happy will bring happiness to you. >> still ahead tonight who is taking aim under san francisco pet population. >> could this machine be, want to be answers to the california drought? how it can make water out of thin air. >> later an oscar-nominated film a man forgiven for his past. >> can you have a diet delivered to your front door? i'm michael finney, seven on your side with the answer is co

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a new warning for san francisco pet owners tonight. another batch of phone shally poin onus meat balls have been found. similar looking meat balls found yesterday at la playa and balboa street a block from ocean beach. one dog died and one other became severely ill in july. a trial date set for a state lawmaker accused of a long list of corruption charges senator ron calderon pleaded not guilty to 24 counts today. his trial is set for april 22nd. if convicted he faces nearly 400

years in prison. calderon accused of accepting bribes and trips and funneling some of the money to his children and political groups his brother, tom, facing money laundering charges. a referendum to overturn the state's transgender law guarantees students in grades k-12 the right to use school bathrooms and participate in sex segregated activities that with their gender. election officers ruled only about 488,000 signatures were valid. >> brace yourself, members of the golden gate bridge district recommended a $2 toll increase. under the proposal the toll goes up $1 in april, then $0.25 a

year after that. if you use fast track you'll continue to get a $one discount but the toll rises from $5 now to $7.04 years from now. the bridge district faces a deficit for expenses linked to the operation of more than just that iconic bridge. >> we spend half of the tolls to subsidize our bus operations during xhet xhoout we remove 20% of the traffic with buses and ferries. >> the full panel could vote as soon as friday. >> one bay area county is exploring ways to deal with the drought. the supervisor joined santa clara valley district board members for demonstration of new drinking water technology, removing moisture in the air and

condenses it into pure drinking water. it's powered by electricity. >> it's an idea worth looking at. it's not the only technology we'll look at. we're not necessarily endorsing this product in the county but we're looking to make sure we can deliver services in the county. >> he says he hopes that the county will consider using the generators if the drought gets so severe we're not able to depend on our local supplies. >> it's an option to consider. >> yes. >> rain is approaching the bay area, our countdown shows it's just two days away. >> you can track it with abc7 news weather app. >> we're going to get a good soaking in the area, live doppler 7 showing mild, calm conditions now and a live view from our south beach camera looking back over the skyline of the financial district of san francisco. temperature readings into low

60s in san francisco and oakland. 66 san jose. a cool 54 in half moon bay. post sunset skies, bright towards golden gate from our emeryville camera. temperatures 68 in santa rosa. napa, 65. san rafael, 72. mid to upper 60s in fairfield. one more live view from our mount tam camera looking on to the city of san francisco. these forecast features wet, windy wednesday a chance chance of thunderstorms wednesday. there is a string of active weather days coming our way. out to see a cold front bringing us storm one on wednesday. storm risk factors here sort of a moderate risk of urban flooding meaning pooling or puddling on low-lying's

wind damage, and thunderstorms may occur as well just a slight chance of creek flooding. and driving conditions will be hazardous. friday, second storm comes through. at 8:00 wednesday morning rain approaching the coastline. by 10:00 moving on shore. by 4:00, will being for wide spread rainfall areas of heavy rain at times and hazardous driving conditions for that late afternoon, early evening commute. rain continues into thursday night and thursday morning rather. showers continuing throughout the day on thursday. and by about 10:00 thursday morning, we'll look at rainfall totals that are rather generous. wind gust animation showing strongest gusts occur late afternoon wednesday. strongest rain will fall, there will be gusts on the coast up to about 50 miles per hour. but those winds taper off

overnight wednesday into thursday. now taking you into friday, i want to show you the second storm. most of this energy aims to our south towards los angeles we'll get steady rain into this system. low temperatures mid to upper 40s. tomorrow's highs mild tomorrow. highs into mid to upper 60s to near 70s. here is the accu-weather forecast. showers thursday, more rain friday. and showers continuing into the weekend. we'll dry out a little bit monday. then, rainfall totals, i'll reit trail from 1 to 3 inches into higher elevations.

>> good and this will be a good dent in the old rainfall deficit here >> just mentioned we're in our studio and we appreciate it sticking with us. it's cool. >> yes. very nice. >> a reminder abc7 is the only place you can see oscars this sunday, march 2nd. be sure to printout a ballot and go to my picks section. >> coming up a 12-year-old beat cancer. all he got was a tee shirt? >> how he

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a north korea defector is asking for help in bringing down the he regime of kim he has been yugs them to smuggle ucb drives and dvds critical of the government which has tight control of the internet and media. >> there are engineers and

hardware developers that could make what they do more effective. we're trying to see if we can't make the balloons go to more targeted places, go further, drop more stuff. >> park wants donations of gadgets like radios. his goal is for north korean people to rise up and overthrow the government. >> a 12-year-old boy is using a battle against cancer to help other children fight the disease. he is known as the leukemia slayer. today, saying goodbye to staff there after receiving his last round of chemo. he's been getting treatments three years and now cancer-free. jacob uses social media to raise awareness, and money for childhood cancer research. on his last day of treatment jacob gave gifts to the other young cancer patients and some advice. >> any kid starting out, keep going. you're going to do a great job

just keep going. >> 50 years ago his cancer was incurable. now, children with the most common type of leukemia has a 90% chance of surviving. >> when a change that is. good for jacob. there is more still to come. the mysterious polio-like disease doctors can't figure out. there is a bay area child who has it. >> abc7 news i team investigates the death bed confession of a man claiming he was the bay area's infamous he zodiac killer. >> also a crime-fighting robot headlines a local launch festival.

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the first case in 2012 in a 2-year-old from berkeley. one arm remains paralyzed two years later. her symptoms are similar to other cases a respiratory problem, then a limb is weakened or paralyzed. researchers are concerned symptoms are not improving. >> throughout the acute onset of symptoms they may have been within a few weeks mild improvement but in cases there was actually no improvement. so this severity of the initial deficit that actually remained very concerning. >> the good news is that they say it is not spreading at a greater rate and cdc says it's not been discovered in other states. >> family members and loved ones of those who died at the golden gate bridge gathered in san

francisco city hall today this, is days after the report on the record 46 sue sides at the bridge in 2013. they're protesting the district's delay in getting a suicide barrier on the golden gate the board approved a barrier in 2008 but refused to fund it. the group says without a barrier, more people will die at the bridge the district says it's figuring out how to raise money for the project >> these numbers are a disgrace. golden gate bridge district acknowledges numbers still allows them to grow by their own board's inaction. >> we're having conversations with lots of funding agencies and trying to see if we can finalize the conversations to put together a funding plan. >> the final design has been delayed twice. >> tonight's money matters free smart phone service for everyone on the planet.

mark zuckerberg outlined the plan today, facebook will provide basic phone and internet for everyone everywhere, within w.emphasis on developing countries also, the messaging service bought last week today says it plans to add voice messaging to. a big shot in the arm for netflix giving in to demands from comcast to pay for improved video streaming of the movies. nobody will say how much it will pay but it should improve the service. and if 10:30 is too early for breakfast, mcdonalds is looking to serve egg mcmuffins and the rest of the menu throughout the day. >> entrepreneurs converged on san francisco today for the launch festival. a three-day conference where start ups unveil their new

creations. >> reporter: launch festival packs a convention hall with thousands of techies, entrepreneurs and a big robot. weighing in at 300 pounds it's a super-sized r 2 d 2 >> going to cut crime by 50% in the geo area. >> it's robo cop? >> no. this is a match up of everything great about silicon valley. >> made here in the bay area, night scope thinks of the k 5 as a friendly police robot. or a security guard. >> idea to see, feel, hear, smell, it's got 360 video. thermal imaging. night time imaging. >> add a lot of computing power and it can roam around, looking for things out of the ordinary. it's only for rent at $3,000 a month. there is a government version. >> for airports it can find chemical activity. in packages.

>> another innovation getting a lot of attention is a game controller. >> good to be walking around. it's a mind blowing experience. >> and it's simple. a slippery bowl spare paired with slippers it solves a biggest problem in virtual reality. >> it's how do you physically walk around in a virtual world? you need an omni directional treadmill. iet works for training and architecture tours and it can burn 400 calories per how, why not use it? >> everybody wears the shirt all their live. >> but this one is really wearable technology. it tracks your heart, blood oxygen and will make rec mening days based owe on them. >> tell someone to sit down because they're going to have a heart attack or sleep early because of a risk of having a cold. >> or, tell you to work out. maybe by playing video games.

in san francisco, abc7 news. >> it's been 40 years since zodiac killer began his reign of terror in the bay area. >> now, a new york man says his friend was the murderer. >> dan noyes is here with the story. only on abc7 news at 11:00. >> the zodiac killer known for taunting police and media with cryptic letters. the best friend of a man confessed to the crime says one card has a hint about the zodiac killer. >> this is the zodiac speaking. i am back with you. >> the zodiac killer sent 15 letter asks cards to newspapers and law enforcement. >> he boasted that letter he had 37 victims and sfpd had 0. >> randy kenny says his friend, louie miers was the killer. miers tried to give police a clue about his age in what has

been known as halloween card. >> the authorities just had 14 victims. and that, look for 18. >> tonight at 11:00 i've gone through possible connections to theed murder spree and the reason his friend says miers started killing. >> interesting. >> coming up next, forgiving the unforgiveable.

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>> the film tells a story of how a bay area native has overcome the seemingly unforgiveable. >> i remember arriving in los angeles just like, this is going to be great. he told his mother he was gay at 13. she threw him out of his home. tim grew up a neo nazi in southern california the two met in a hollywood alley. >> they started punching me, kicking me. he was still moving. i said something to the affect of what is wrong with you guys? don't you know how to put aç t in? >> i remember looking into that face. and i kicked him in the forehead, he was out. >> tim put his neo nazi past behind him. 25 years later they met by chance at museum of tolerance.

matthew worked there. tim wanted to speak. they ended up sharing the story together. facing fear tells how two overcame the past to become friends. >> i don't know if i canning forrive someone the way he has forgiven me >> abc news talked to the makers of the academy. >> it's touching a nerve with a lot of people. with a broad audience. >> i wanted to not focus on you know, the >> he says he hopes it will encourage others. >> our goal is here is what

happened what does it mean to you? the more they talk, the more they'll change things. >> "facing fear" will be on dvd in a couple months. >> and katie will be live in hollywood to cover the oscars on friday. >> coming up next, michael finney has a new way to stick to your diet. >> yes. having it delivered to your door step. how ! ladies, how are you? let's taste some wine. ♪

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skies. now looking at first storm arriving on wednesday. it's a strong one bringing strong winds and followed by another storm later in the week. showers thursday, then a second storm friday. may in the be as strong as wednesday but will produce wet weather. and this is a nice stretch of rain. >> thank you. >> turning our attention to sports. >> yes. we're talking about the weirdness here. >> first, denial. no. that never happened. then a clarification on the report which makes us wonder, how much longer is jim harbaugh going to be

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good evening, first 49ers said there is no truth to the report but talking about trading jim harbaugh, their coach to the browns now more of a parrsing of words

telling "the sacramento bee" the conversation didn't get very far the owner put 49ers in a vice he said over they just couldn't pull it off. so where does that leave the niners? a gm seems to have friction with a head coach. we're going to be wondering is this harbaugh's call? whether jed jed york is working on his short list. today jim harbaugh still wearing red and gold in a black sweat shirt sitting with his brother watching the nfl combine. that is blazing.

certainly not the speed. as first openly gay player to attend a nfl combine, michael sam impressed in interviews all weekend. was happy with performance and treatment in indianapolis. . >> i said i want to be known as the player. every guy here, all 300 of them see me as a player. >> coverage can be seen on nfl network through tomorrow. >> major league baseball adopted a ban banning most home plate collisions. the new rule prevents runners to

dislodge the call. it's true he deliberately initiated the contact. >> i eliminated helmet to helmet. they can't tackle high. they have to tackle low f they end up going to no collisions at home, you're going see more >> safety is the key there. the warriors open a 6-game road trip tonight. are they thrilled jermaine o'neal is back and healthy. in the mix you recally, steph curry. curry to a streaking clay thompson.

detroit has talented in josh smith. jermaine o'neal passing to one another. o'neal 13 in the first half. third quarter steve blake, new warrior. ball knocked away. and blake for three, warriors are leading 97 to 94. abc7 news brought to you by orchard supply hardware. >> that is another mystery. >> thank you. >> join me tonight at 9:00 dos and don'ts of riding bart. >> then at 11:00 an i team investigation. the zodiac killer terrorized the bay area and taunted police.

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