uncovering corruption on behalf of taxpayers joanne heper never imagined she'd become a whistle blower. >> i was looking into over $10 million the city had paid out in last ten years for privately owned stores supposedly damaged by the roots of city trees. >> heper says she saw redóoó fl. >> and i a sauls statements and things that didn't make sense. >> she says the alleged worked like this. plumbers would go to the homes and tell the owners to file a claim, take the money from the city and give it to the plumber to install the sewer. >> it's outrageous we're paying claims that should not be paid

>> saying his company replaced 60 or 70 sewer lines with homeowners using a city program that ended in 2010. that was around the same time heper says she denner herrera was given a report of the findings. he closed the investigation and subsequently fired her. . >> i was shocked i can't say how shocked. >> the city attorney's office released a statement reading in part these are baseless allegations of wrong doing from a disgrunteled former employee. >> i am not disgrunteled i'm saddened that he did this and that i had to take this step. >> she wants an independent investigation and her job back. the city has 45 days to respond. if they don't settle, the attorney says they're prepared to sue. in san francisco, tiffany

wilson, abc7 news. >> and an 11-year-old boy expected to survive after being shot in the chest in antioch in an apartment complex at i and west 8th street. that is where abc7 reporter vic lee joins us live with the latest. >> this is river town place the apartment community. the 11-year-old gregory kent was shot this morning. he lives in oakland with his parents, but he has been staying here with his aunt during the summer. police say gregory kent was shot in the chest the shooting surpriseed and shocked neighbors. >> no one heard the bullet or anything. >> he was calm. he was. >> he wasn't yelling or anything. he wanted to make sure everything was going to be okay. >> he was air lifted to a hospital where he is listed in

stable condition. his jury is not life threatening. his aunt says he was playing outside and ran into the house and said he'd just been shot by a friend who run off. neighbors here believe it may have been an accident. >> kids can get a hold of funs and one thing can lead to another to where they're showing off or anything can happen. and the gun misfires and someone is shot. >> they're not saying if they know who he is. neighbors tell us they don't know the identity of the shooter. >> two people were shot this afternoon just blocks from san francisco general hospital. one is a child. someone drove the two to the emergency room, then took off. injuries considered to be minor. >> a man is under arrest and police are looking for three suspects in connection with a

fatal shooting in winsor the 31-year-old was arrested on suspicion of accessory to murder. the 15-year-old was shot in the chest and died in the hospital three others were hit in arms and legs. three other suspects have been identified. police believe this shooting is gang related. >> an evacuation order has been lifted from napa county. >> it's just 30% contained. >> laura anthony is live with the latest on this fire. laura? >> this is the anderson family home. the fireplace is the only thing still standing. if you go to touch it, it's

barely there. these folks feel like they were lucky to not be hurt and envelope to lose their home. peter and christine anderson found nothing but rubble when the family vacation home had been standing. the house and that of a neighbor were both a total loss likely co$s3med in early hours of the fire tuesday. flames roared down hillside toward buck's canyon road. >> doesn't look good. i built this house with my dad me, my brothers and dad in 1962. and have a lot of memories here. >> christine anderson took time to take pictures at the spot where her father-in-law is buried. >> my job to stand next to peter and comfort him. make him feel better.

his loss is far greater than mine, i'm sure. because of the memories for him. >> the andersons aren't sure whether they'll rebuild. and they say the decision will be made as a family, with time. >> i have two brothers and a sister. chances are we'd be able to get insurance on it again because it's isolated. >> it's not as bad as we thought it would be. >> a few miles away, this ramirez family was having a different experience, allowed to return home this morning. >> we got a call we can come back in. we can only, if we did, we can just stay and only leave in the morning if we had to go to work or something. >> the family is settled in but with active fires to the north they, and the families were told they should be ready to leave again, necessary.

>> this is what is making residents feel nervous a plume of smoke behind me the fire moved through this area these fires we understand, the smek we're seeing today as they fire operation by cal fire and other agencies here, that means that they're actually setting those fires intentionally, trying to have the fire burn unto itself. i can tell you from being here that it's better situation than it was in the last couple days. >> firefighters from five alameda county teams headed to napa county this morning to relieve some of the crews on the front lines two day days. this is video from this morning. teams from oakland, livermore,

pleasanton, and hayward we'll have coverage of the fire on air and online. our coverage continues now on twitter on abc7 news bay area. >> in southern california a fire burning destroyed two homes and threatened hundreds of others. the 100 acre fire began this morning near highway 78 and 200 homes have been evacuated tonight the fire is being evacuated. >> the oakland a's will be staying at the coliseum a lease just approved today despite instructions to rejeft. wayne? >> it was complicated but what matters is not how it begins but how it ends. this deal made by joint powers authority. there are the people that

control the coliseum. take a look at the past and now, the fore seeable future in oakland. >> great. >> what matters is that there is a 10-year deal including a rent drop from $1.75 million to $1.25 million in the last year. and the authority will pay a million dollars per year to upgrade much-needed maintenance. >> i think it helps us to keep a team with a history of the city that have a staff here in the city of oakland and keep the team here playing in our city >> but the authority insists this is not just about dollars and cents. have you to measure of value of

a deal beyond that. there the authority said it could not have afforded to do that. >> now, a's in part of the deal will pay for $10 million and maintenance f they leave we get to see the score board. >> if they build a new stadium in oakland they're off the hook. and on this site it has that flexibility. a's agreed to lower amounts needed from any outside developer making a deposit from $0 million to $10 million. >> maybe reducing amount of the deposit for a raiders deal allows for more flexibility. >> a's have a new future and

fans are happy. >> having a major league team is prestige and oakland can use that. >> san jose mayor says he is confident a's will end up in the south bay. san jose waiting for a court decision on major league baseball's exemption and says the city use that had to keep a's out of the south bay. >> we're having a hearing on our lawsuit against major league baseball and i think the court will rule in our favor. >> remains to be seen. reid says lou wolf says he wants the team in san jose. >> still to come a night of summer fun turning into terror. how five girls were injured by a fire pit. >> the problems, back up and why

it's so bad tonight. >> i'm spencer christian. this 4th of july going to bring us weather ranging from warm to hot the accu-weather forecast is coming up in just a moment. >> and preparations underway right now for tomorrow's big 4th of july celebrations around the bay.

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holiday weekend traffic research is nur way this, is a look at traffic. a live look. as you can see, people heading to the lower deck of the bay bridge. traffic is not moving much.

and is better on 101 south. taking a look at traffic maps you can see spots in red are those problem areas now. >> there are shut downs continuing until king street the road isn't going to reopen until monday so going to be a long weekend in and around that part of town. jonathan bloom is live with the latest. >> workers finished tearing a hole in the freeway now, the slow part. forming a concrete and rebar to last another 50 or more years. it's kind of peaceful, but that is because traffic is directly below us.

they're not fans of the traffic. >> five miles per hour, bad. >> just tons of people. >> instead of a cruise, a scenic tour with close friends who might have forgotten manners. >> running red lights turning right. yes. then blocking lanes. yes. >> predicting the mess, giants asked fans to take cal train. >> the train is >> workers were pounding away, they weren't the only ones update with a front row seat, adam gould set up his camera to shoot this time lapse. >> there is sparks falling. you know? cranes picking up equipment. and setting it down. >> there is other work going on. caltrans used a closure and trim

trees. >> you can accomplish them a lot as far as maintenance goes. >> now, the most important task, filling in that giant gap. >> i tell people is easy to think of these as solid objects. the fact they have a lot of moving parts. >> there are dozens of hinges. that is what they're building here. when done, all you'll see is a black line at the road. adam gould is likely to see more sparks fly. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> in campel, five members of a soft ball team gathered around a fire pit suffered burns when it suddenly ex-plowed on the backyard of a home just after okay. the girls were roasting marshmallows over the natural

gas pit w out warning it just blew up. chunks of burning tile and lava rocks hit the victims. we've used this 50 times in the four years it's been here. never a problem before. and talking with the fire chief, and police they never heard of such a thing. >> two girls taken to the hospital and have been released. >> fire works are ready to shine in san francisco. there will be 10,000 fire works making it largest show in northern california. they will launch from two barges. and one of the largest parades in the bay area takes place in alameda, starting at 10:00 in the morning near alameda civic center. it's three miles long making it

one of the longest in the country. that means they'll see 170 floats and 2500 participants. one is michael finney, this year's grand marshal. >> will be fun. >> visit us online for a guide to july 4th activities here in the bay area, including parades and big fire works shows. we have information on the events where you can see some members of the abc7 news team. >> yes. >> we're at alameda county fair grounds. >> i'm going to be out, too. doing 4:00, 5:00, 6:00 p.m weather section. i'm going to be here. >> someone has to hold the fort down. >> taking a look at sunny skies around the bay area on this 4th

of july evening. a silver of low clouds there. gusts up to 24 miles per hour in san carlos now. and here is a view looking at way off in the distance, low clouds and fog. 61 in san francisco. 65 oakland. and here is a lovely view of new, blue skies over the bay. 69 in napa. low to mid-80s in fairfield and livermore, another view you can see blue skies over the bay and inland areas. some low clouds are working inland. patches of fog continuing to move in overnight.

sunny for the area and hot inland. hot air will bring us a big warm up starting saturday, continuing into next week. so look for clear skies around the bay and inland there will be fog at the coast trying to work over the bay. most displays beginning at and temperatures in spots 50s and 60s so mild in areas here is a look at locations that are having fire works displays. low to mid-60s in san jose.

pick your spot and determine how you want to dress. overnight, look for fog near the coast and some low temperatures. mid to upper 80s. low to mid-60s on the coast. mid-60s in and around san francisco. here is the accu-weather forecast. heating up sunday and monday, highs into upper 90s and 80s around the bay. >> thank you, spencer >> patel over immigration again >> what is being called ground 0 in the fight.

protestors plan to demonstrate as another bus of immigrants is due to arrive in the southern california city of murietta. residents blocked buses tuesday. eric swalwell joined for a hearing in texas today the panel focus theed on the wave of unaccompanied children arriving from latin america. >> he asked a young boy he said he had come for a better life.

>> texas governorq rick perry says the federal government needs to return people. >> allowing to remain here will only encourage the next group of individuals to undertake this very, very dangerous and life threatening injury >> texas put state law enforcement along the border to heighten security. >> dozens of people became america's newest citizens today. u.s. citizenship and immigration service swore in 79 of america's newest citizens in great america amusement park. california congressman mike honda spoke about honor, commitment and the power of the vote. the theme repeated itself often. >> better live in america. and just able to vote. >> it's been a while. so this is my dream come true.

>> adding more voices to phone shall voters to help decide policy in this country. >> still to come a record breaking day on wall street. big job numbers but what does it mean for your money? >> developing news on the east coast.

good evening, we'll start on the east coast. hurricane arthur has just grown to a category 2 storm. winds hitting 100 miles per hour. storm warnings up along east coast as far as cape cod. as hurricane arthur makes it's way up the east oeft, vacations are packing up and leaving. drivers are stocking up on gas,

lining up after a mandatory evacuation was issued today ht of people are planning to ride out the storm. >> as long as we stay away from waves we should be okay. >> they predict it will strengthen as it smacks outer banks with 1009 miles per hour winds tomorrow. >> we want you to be prepared >> arthur left behind a danger for millions of holiday beach growers >> movement is going to create a lot of wells with red flags along 500 miles of store

displays have been postponed and in boston, moving up one day, to today to avoid a 4th of july wash out. kirk hawkins in nag's head, north carolina. this is a look from space it's a large storm about 150 miles across. this photo of the storm was tweeted from the international space station. >> several east coast cities are making quick changes because of hurricane arthur. and several events will be cancelled or postponed. the dow jones industrial average giving many americans a reason to celebrate the dow reached a milestone,

closing above 17,000. remarkable day on wall street. the optimism came a report showing the economy added 288,000 jobs in june. however, here in the bay area that is tempered. david louie is looking at who is doing well. >> it's lunchtime in san jose. people are looking for lunch. more workers, more customers, more jobs. just over a year ago, downtown had about 75,000 businesses. >> we have 84,000. that is led to food and low sure sector. >> latest numbers show government created most jobs, 1600 followed by health care and construction.

still, are jobless . >> i think it's starting to recover. i don't know where it was in 2008. >> it's because your jobless friends give you that sense of feel something >> yes. yes. >> the almost of surprise could create a set back. >> there is a situation in washington. the fed, if job growth continues the way it has been, will increase rates. it's hard to know how the economy can respond to that. there is a surprise, whether europe, or something in the middle east. >> another issue some thought might hurt recovery was raising the minimum wage last year, however, jobs grew after this put $400 more in paychecks each month. there is room for improvement.

there are still 680,000 americans who have given up looking for work. >> it's graduation day for 38 recruits. the honorary graduate pinned a badge on his 8-year-old. he is suffering from a grave illness. >> okay. what do you want to do as a police officer? >> the new officer vowed to protect, honor, serve communities and families including emilio. >> what a sweet kid he says he wants to work oakland a's game. >> nice. >> coming up, it's being called an act of revenge

>> we're hearing from family members of a palestinian teen killed in response to death of three israeli teens >> what they're

>> 200 u.s. military advisors now on the ground in iraq. u.s. defense secretary says they're establishing a joint operations center with iraqis in baghdad but not involved in combat operations. and military officials say isis made progress and rapid advances in it's efforts to take over that region but now stretched in abilities to control the land taken >> family members are pleading for justice after a palestinian boy was kidnaped and found dead near jerusalem. family members believe he was murdered in retaliation for the killings of three israeli teens this week. >> he fought back tears speaking how his 16-year-old cousin was found mohammed. >> it wasn't fair. had nothing to do with him.

nudge of this had anything to do with him. >> his body found badly burned on wednesday. this is a picture during happier times when he visited mohammed last year. >> it wasn't an adult. this is a child. >> his family moved here to escape the palestinian-israeli conflict. they believe mohammed's killing was retaliation for the death of three israeli teens whose bodies were found on wednesday. >> why is he the victim? because wrong place at the wrong time? or he was just vulnerable? a little child? 90 pounds. >> he was heading to a mosque when three men kidnapped him his body has not been returned to the family. >> they didn't receive the body. they promised to give it to them yesterday. no body, yet >> the family is demanding justice but also praying for

peace. >> i don't want retaliation i don't. that is not going to make anyone grow. they have to live in peace. >> memorial services are being held tonight in sacramento. >> well, just ahead here, gearing up for holiday travel without paying irritating and pricey checked bag fees. >> which is the best fit for you?

starting july to one the fee on a domestic nonstop flight will cost $11.20. also, the cap dropped so a trip with stops could see the tsa fee on each leg of the itinerary. >> oh, brother. gearing up for summer travel, are you packing the right luggage? consumer reports partnered with 7 on your side for a report on buying the right carry on bag. carry on luggage is the way to

go. what kind you get it has to fit in the overhead bin. >> this will get you on owe most carriers. >> size matters inside and out. inside should hold a lot the outside, staying as small as possible. avoid protrusions like exterior pouch that's can put you over size limit. and be aware that some handles take up a lot of room inside of the case. so check before you guy. consider wheels. spinner wheels can be pushed along. >> spinner wheels are vulnerable to breaking off. make sure they're attached with

screws >> if you prefer dual wheels they should be set far apart. before you guy, open the handle all the way and give it a shake. it should be firmly attached but no wiggling or rattling as you pull. and there is a skipper. a cheap skipper with render the bag useless. many bags come with a warranty but check the fine print. carry on luggage is the way to go these days. >> sure is. a lot easier. tough to wedge bags into overhead. >> yes. >> i try. >> timew3 to check on weather >> yes. hurricane arthur causing problems for weekend planners it's a category 2 hurricane

spinning along north carolina winds at 100 miles per hour. gusts higher but moving towards north, northeast. that is good news, tomorrow, a hot day. warm tomorrow, but not hot. hot weather is expected over the weekend. by sunday, and on monday, highs in upper 90s to near 100. upper 60s on the coast. then, temperatures moderate later in the week. >> so hot days thank you. >> good beach weather. >> yes. it's only our giants can do better. >> sure. >> cardinals taking matinee and series. and 20-year-old canadian made history today in wimbledon z

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giants and cardinals with madison baumgartner, winner takes a series in the defense. 49er head coach with his wife, sarah in the front room. bumgarter put himself in a hole, early. two run got good aim. to a cardinals fan. no help on defense. so next batter john jay taking advantage. and two more with five innings and five runs. finally got defense in the fifth. cards still scored seven runs. sixth inning, one slapped down

right field line. waved home. >> we knew it's not acceptable. you know? we've got to find a way to get through this, push harder and regroup. >> going to find a way to keep pushing forward. >> semi finals 20-year-old eugenie became the first from her country to make it to grand slam in her championships. had to get a taste and probably contributed for a win.

able to win the rally and match. the canadian said she would considered a date with justin bieber may have changed her mind. >> he's been in trouble recently. so i'm not associated with that at the moment. if he cleans up his image? someone is shaking his head, no. >> and who took care of belichi belichick, after a tight first she won a straight set and will have experience factor. should be a good one. pga tour on the tour's favorite stop over, west virginia. we have a local flavor.

a tie with former cal bear. on track with our leader carting eight birdies. only a stroke behind. web.com tours nova he's blocked fairways up. and nice shot, dude he started walking towards the green. too much. >> that is it. that is it. >> thank you so much, shu. >> join me tonight at 9:00

the drought situation getting worse in california. why the government is more concerned tonight. >> then at 11:00 a palestinian teen kidnapped and killed and the death is sparking riots. what his heart broken relatives in the bay area are saying tonight. >> you can see all abc programming go to watch abc's app and you can watch france and germany. >> and tonight thoughts about what matters. much of the bay area, country and world has been consumed by world cup fever, we've seen fantastic match ups and surprise wins and a gut wrenching defeat.

true confessions i'm not a big soccer fan, i wish i was but that changes every four years when the world cup rolls around and i pay attention. it's like the olympics. who watches bobsledding the rest of the time? but unlike olympics soccer is huge all year, every year the most-popular sport on the planet. somehow, americans don't get it for the most part. not enough scoring for our tastes. many can't seem toin vest a couple hours to watch a game ending in a scoreless tie. sure, hockey is low-scoring but we have the violence. that is our loss the world cup is magical in the way it units people. what matters is a sport that is just plain fun. share your thoughts on world cup. follow me on dan ashleyabc7. >> that will do it for this

edition of abc7 news. >> from all of us here. we appreciate your time. we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00. >> have a good night.

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