live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. good morning, i am cheryl jennings. >> i am kristen sze. >> parents react to this morning of the details of a mom accused of assaulting a boy she believed was bullying her daughter. that mom, delia garcia-bratcher, has a restraining order against her. amy hollyfield has the story from olivet charter elementary school in santa rosa. >> i was shocked. very, very shocked. parents are reacting with surprise at the news that another mom was arrested over the week and accused of

confronting a 12-year-old boy on campus and putting her happens on his throat and telling him not to bully her daughter anymore. the school district is also reacting. >> we are planning to have our school psychologist to check with both of the students and see how they are doing and respond to their needs. >> parents received a written explanation of what happened and a remainder of the visitor policy. the mom in question is out of jail on bail and under court order to stay away from campus. >> my youngest daughter gets bully weekly because she has a tooth condition and the kids make fun of her. >> watch are your kid being bullyied is awful. >> this is the wrong approach but i have been there, i have wanted to say my peace but i haven't. >> the school says they do not ignore the reports. >> we were not away of the

allegations. we will investigate them. we have a bullying policy. we will follow and investigate and get to the bottom it. >> oakland police are investigating a shoot near kaiser permanente hospital. we were on the scene that happened at west wind lodge. police are questioning a friend of the victim who shot back at the suspect. the victim is expected to recover from his wounds. santa clara prosecutor announced they will ask for the death penalty against this man, garcia torres who is believed to have kidnapped and murdered sierra lamar in 2012. he faces attempted kidnapping charges stemming from a separate attempted carjacking. a jury must fine him guilty of murder and then agree that he should be executed before he goes to death row. we know the identity of a

man who fell to his death off a popular rock in the berkeley hills, the body of 22-year-old from concord was on a trail 100' yesterday afternoon below grizzly peek. he was on a graffiti-covered rock. his honda was packed nearby and there was an open case of beer, second fatal accident from the same rock in two years. a registered sex offender is facing charges for assaulting a woman outside a south bay shopping center. they caught michael garcia a known trance yen, committing the crime. they hear the woman screaming behind the plant shopping center on saturday afternoon and found garcia attacking her. garcia was living in a facility that helped find permanent housing for the homeless. witnesses say the victim has stayed in the same facility. california firefighters are finally getting the upper hand on the fires that have destroyed

dozens of homes and forced thousands to evacuate. arson is suspected behind a string of fires that broke out. cool weekend temperatures contributed to the progress. 47 homes were destroyed. the governor says the state is proposing for the worst fire season ever. the united states brought cybercrime charges against foreign officials accused of hacking to gain trade secrets. our reporter says that six american industries were targeted by chinese hackers including nuclear power, solarred and steel. >> the charges are unresolution determined. >> this is a case alleging economic espionage by members of the chinese military. >> today the justice department indo ited five chinese military officials accusing them of computer packing and economic espionage. >> the u.s. government says the chinese used unauthorized access

and e-mails to steal sensitive information from six american companies including alcoa and the steelworkers union and solar world, the first time they have accused another nation of internet hacking. ought range secrets stolen in the case is significant. it demands an aggressive response. >> united states intelligence officials have believed the chinese government was engaging in a state-sponsored campaign to hack into united states business interests to gain unfair economic advantage. >> conducted for no other reason than to advantage state-owned companies and other interests in china at the expense of businesses in the united states. >> this focuses on economic espionage but last week the defense secretary hagel was asked if he was confident that united states drones and warships will not be hacked. >> i'm not confident of anything

in this business. >> the five military officials are now considered international fugitives but it is unclear if they will be taken into custody. this action by the u.s. government is sure to strange relations with china. the increase in tolls to ease the rush hour traffic on the bay bridge may not be working exactly as planned. there could be other factors that explain the increase in drivers. matt keller joins us from the toll plaza with the story. matt? >> it is simple. you commute hours at 11 a.m. and you get a $2 discount to cross the bay bridge but it may not be big enough incentive to keep people off the roads during the height. during the morning every minute counts from 4:59 a.m. when it hits 5:00 a.m. when it jump $2 to $6 p.m. same for 3:00 p.m. and 7:00

p.m. >> i am late so i got caught. i don't is a choice. >> the pricing what implemented in 2010 to release traffic. four years later this is more traffic. the metropolitan transportation plan says it was putting in place the early stages of the great recession. the jobs came back. so did the cars. >> we have more people working in the bay area. there is a lot more traffic. it is not just on the bay bridge. it is elsewhere on the freeway system. it is on the transit systems. that is the number one driver of demand if the transportation systems all around the bay area. >> the average of cars before the congestive pricing was 125,000. it went down the first year to under 124,000 vehicles. now that the economy is revving up, so is traffic. two weeks ago 184,000 went over

the bay bridge 6,400 more compared to when the pricing plan went into place. meant transportation spokesman said the plan has worked pushing a few hundred drives outside the height of the commute. is this a punishment for those who work the traditional 9:00 to 5:00? >> i get why. but it is penalizing those that have to be at work at a certain time. we don't have the nextibility of choosing what time to come in. >> it is more punishment to people because people have no other option but to commute over the bridge so they have to pay the price. >> there are no plans to change the congestive pricing plan but expect in the next couple of years for the cash lane to disappear like it did on the golden gate bridge. matt, thank you, san francisco police are reporting 24 arrests during year's 103rd bay to breakers race and 1 tons

of trash. police say the arrests were due to public intoxication despite a strict "no alcohol policy." >> an oregon judge could strike down the voter approved ban on same-sex marriage. a judge is going to issue the ruling in less than an hour. four gay and lesbian couples argued it is unconstitutional. not judge agrees, same-sex marriages could begin immediately in the state. supporters of same-sex marriage say they are putting the issue on the november ballot just in case they are not ruled in their fair. >> selfies and 149 other new words make their way into the webster dictionary. we will look at the most used new words. the show stopper on the music awards that is that was a

controversy. a look outside. meteorologist mike nicco is next with

♪ looking for someone new ♪ 'til you came >> jennifer lopez performed last night but made history. she became the first woman to

take home the icon award. ♪ i never should have ♪ asked to you do anything >> robin thicke did "get her back," an appeal to his wife to get back together. the couple has been estranged since february. other winners included justin timberlake who took home seven awards and a 16-year-old who got top new artist and top rock song. >> some say the late michael jackson stole the show last night at the billboard award. >> the king of pop was brought back to life in a ground-breaking he low gram performance of "slave to the rhythm," from "mence -- "escape." his brother was the only member of the jackson family in the audience. >> it is like he was with us.

i got teary eyed. i thought he was there for real. >> a debate. was the hologram of the real and deceased superstar or an impersonator in a lot of debate. if you want to share what you think go to our facebook page and join the conversation. >> happiest place on earth is now a more expensive place with disney raising the prices over the weekend ahead of the memorial day hole day to day single day tickets to disney or california adventure are $96 now up from $92 for guests ten and older. disney suspended the popular southern california passport that is a discounted annual pass for the locals to try to reduce crowd size. attendance has been up largely because of the success of this based on the cars movie

franchise. disney is the parent company of abc7. if you do not get a pass for the ride early, forget about it. meteorologist mike nicco has a cooler start to the work week. >> our temperatures have been cooling through today. today probably a low water mark but as we see things change that means storms in the forecast and i tell you what it means for power danger and a big warming trend that could push temperatures back to nearly 90 bit week. >> a car stopped near 580 may have helped give a kitten a jump on his nine lives

covering los altos, petaluma and all the bay area this is abc7 news. >> i never felt like you were trying to get to know me. do you have any idea, like, what religion i practice? my political views? >> remember this, last season on identity bachelor," the former contestant said goodbye to pro soccer player and it was. >> it's okay. >> okay. >> it's okay. >> it's okay. >> don't say "okay" ever again. >> i say that again. it just comes out. >> it's bad. it is annoying. >> now she runs to the new

"bachelorette," with 25 men vying for her affections. sadly, the new season begins on a tragic note after she said good by to a contestant and adventure are he died from injuries suffered in a paraglading accident. this season is dedicated to him. >> he travels the world and did incredible things and that was the impact he left on all of us and something he will always leave on us and we you proud of that and proud to show that to the world. >> the season premiere airs monday night at special time at 9:30 right here on abc7 news. california chrome can wear a nasal stripe after the devoice was cleared for belmont made by the company that manufacturers breathe right strips for humans. he has worn it while running the tuck derby and preakness

believing to improve airflow. >> cats do have nine lives and we have proof. this picture was tweeted of a kitten this morning, which was rescued when it jumped into the wheel well of a stopped car and another driver adopted the kitten right on the spot. >> it feels cooler. we will go to mike nicco on the roof. mike? >> a steady breeze. good morning, everyone, from the roof of the broadcast center, where the winds are the big story so far and how they are dropping our temperatures. breezy. you can see the swirling air mass clouds off the oregon coast and off the northern california coast an upper low pressure or area of colder air that will set

create 9 instability. you can see the showers up there. that is coming our way over the next 36 hours and you can see it is creating thunderstorms so we see those north of this area, moving away from us and will continue to move away. the best chance of seeing anything is northeast of us. we will focus on the wind. they are at 20 miles per hour at sfo. these are sustained winds not the gusts that are up around 25 to 30 miles per hour. and the east bay valley is breezy at 15 at livermore and 14 in novato and calmer around san jose and nine miles per hour. as we head through the afternoon, the winds are going to pick up speed, increase the forward velocity keeping us below average temperature wise. overnight they will calm down and that will allow us to fall back to the same type of levels we had this morning. right now if you are headed out 59 at half moon bay and san francisco, low-to-mid 60's in many other areas and a trio of 67's in concord and fairfield and napa at 69 and los altos at

68. in mount tamalpais we have had gusts at 65 all morning. the high clouds are skirting and it will be cooler. isolated storm spots tuesday and wednesday and above average weather for the weekend. upper 60's in many areas to low 70's down south where leg the warmest at 73 and mid-to-upper 60's on the if lanes and redwood city at 6. upper 60's along the cost and mid-60's downtown and south san francisco and sausalito and upper 60's to low 70's through the north bay valley and mid-to-upper 60's along the east bay similar and upper 60's to low 70's in the east bay valley. a far cry from the records we had last week. upper 40's to mid-50's is where we will settle tonight. at 12:00, through the afternoon, it is quiet and the low tracks closer by midnight with spotty showers developing across the higher elevation continuing through overnight and through

tomorrow. tomorrow is the best bet for a scattered or isolated thunderstorm. the ground is relatively dry but the air is going to be cool and there will be moisture in the air so the fire threat is not going to be so high but when we get beyond this on wednesday, 70's at the coast and 80's at bay and 90 inland are possible. interesting weather coming our way and we will keep you advised spencer and sandy will be here today to keep you through the evening. more than 150 new words and phrases have been added to the webster's college at dictionary. many of the words stem from social media like selfie. and spoiler alert. hashtag, and fracking. and tur ducken which is with tof

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