large build, last seen wareing a white and played shirt. he may have been injured. they are not searching. thatry searching with helicopters and dogs, police did find the car they believe the suspects were driving, not far away is a red mustang older model with a tan convertible roof. police are describing the suspect or suspects as armed and dangerous they are encouraging them to lock their doors. back live, it is worth noting, this is not the first time this jewelry store has been hit or for that matter this mall, mr. catania told us they hit it before. they are worried that bad guys think that this neighborhood and this mall in particular are shocked. now they know, he says, we shoot back. live in benefit net, wayne

freedman, abc 7 news. northbound highway 17 near bear creek road is still closed tonight after a huge big rig crash. one person was killed and at least seven others injured and the damage is incredible abc 7 reporter david louis is live with the latest. >> reporter: you can imagine what it's like to close a major road like this for over nine hours. as you can see the cal-trans cruise have cleaned up the lanes just before 8:00 this morning. >> that gives us a hint that maybe it won't be too much longer before they able to open this freeway. it started when a big rig triggered a series of crashes. patrice moore travels here. this is what her prius looks like now after it was struck with a run away trailer. >> the cars and it's going

sideways. it was coming closer to me. i just, as soon as i stopped look at in the rear view mirror, i was ready for impact. i knew it was happening. >> reporter: she said she was sore, several others had to be taken to hospitals. one is in critical condition as one vehicle after another got hit or smashed into the guardrail t. driver got tangled up with the big rig. the truck driver told chp his brakes failed. >> he experienced a brake fade coming down a 6% grade approximately, was unable to control his speed at which time he started hitting vehicles on the guardrail. >> reporter: the rig jackknifed and smashed knew a guardrail t.chp elite multidiscipline investigation team was called in to document and analyze what happened. they found tires that came off their action els along with scattered debris and cracked windshields. they said the rig is knew and went through a safety thick this morning. >> i have been in there before. i believe he checked everything,

okay. everything, anything, if anything has, he has to report to us. but it's routine. >> reporter: the big rig driver has worked for the trucking company three months. the chp dez it u.s. is dot appear drugs or alcohol were involved. patrice moore says this is one day she won't forget. >> this is life changing. thank god i'm okay. >> reporter: the highway patrol is suggesting that people avoid highway 17 if at all possible all day long. but they have been allowing cars to use a by directional split of the southbound lanes in order for people to go one lane each direction. that soon will be over. they are estimating highway 17 on both sides will be back to normal sometime after 36:00. we'll keep you posted. we are live on highway 17, david louis, abc 7 news. >> david, again, thank you. nine hours and counting now

since this tragic accident left one person dead, several injured. that's the most important thing t. side effect has been terrible. this is a dive trial at our traffic map. you see from 17 going down from campbell to the sum, the red indicating traffic is moving very slowly. it's been like this for hours. >> police in santa cruz now believe a woman accused of a homicide went online looking for illegal defense tips after a google executive died of an apparent heroin overdose. he faces manslaughter charges, hayes died on board his yacht after under surveillance showed him injecting him with heroin. they say they are reopening a case similar linked to this her boyfriend died of an overdose two days before hayes' death. >> they will gather tonight at 36:00 for a candlelight vigil.

her father reported her missing on this day last year. he says he left her in the back of the car. he went in the score. when he came out, shelves gone. she still has not been found. webb, the only person of interest in her disappearance committed suicide two months ago. friends and family said good-bye to one of six people killed in a deadly rampage in santa bar brachlt one of the first victims elliot roger killed. he is visiting his friends from fremont in the apartment they shared when that murder spree began. abc 37 news reporter joins us, where he talks with chen's family today. >> reporter: for the parents of george chen had a prepared statement which they read to us just before the service here. they want police to be more vigilant. they want gun laws tightened. perhaps more importanttally they want parents to be more vigilant of their children, more attentive to their needs.

if they drift into the dark sides, they're know about it before. >> you start in life you touch a lot of hearts. i pray that no parents wherever it's unbearable, unimaginable pain we are suffering. she was only 19 and i will never have a chance to serve him on his 20th birthday. it hurts my heart. >> reporter: they buried their son's ashes today in a buddhist service attended by family and close friends. his parents said george was everything to mem them, a sweet child, bright and giving. >> he was a veteran of since he was about 39-years-old. he works with me to cook for the home. there is two working homeless center. >> reporter: wong said they would now devote themselves to help prevent more senseless killings of young innocent

lives. >> where we think it can happen to any other children, we cannot sleep in the night. we think we have to do something. it's a mix for us to do something. >> reporter: they ask other parents to address warning signs of violence in their own children, loneliness, anger, hatred t. same symptoms exhibited by the derangeed killer of their son and six others. this was their prayer. >> to the victim's family, we urge that parents will make great efforts to raise compassionate children who care about others. >> reporter: children, just like george. >> the chen family has set up a memorial page for him on facebook. they'd like people to visit that page and leave their thoughts on thousand to prevent violence. we have la living on abc37 news.com. medical marijuana supporters are rallying on the sensorys in san jose tonight.

organizers are giving out vouchers for free medical evaluations so new patients can get a so-called cannabis card. they're also collecting petition signatures for a referendum that would put the issue before the voters many dispensaries say security, location and how they grow marijuana will force them out of business. well, the comes two days after a new law legalizing recreational marijuana use went into effect in washington state so will california follow washington's lead? >> the administration has indicated a willingness for other states to experiment to some extent i think we are all interested to see how it works. >> the states the ones she is referring to are washington and colorado. right now, those are the only two states where recreational marijuana is legal. the sec night of meetings ability a proposed update of a chevron refinery is about to get under way t. company says it

will make it safer and cleaner. opponents aren't so sure about. that reporter laura anthony is live with the story. lawyer remarks awfully late night last night. do you expect the same thing tonight? >> reporter: well not quite as late tonight, all the public speakers finished what they wanted to say last night. tonight is actually the planning commission's turn. this is as you said the second night in the public hearings t. planning commission will basically then have to decide whether to improve this approve this environmental report or ask for changes and send it back to chevron. last night hundreds packed into the cafeteria here standing their ground on this project. 130 of them have submitted speaker cards and the meeting itself went well past 11:00. chevron made its case, saying their $1 billion modernization would replace equipment with new technology that will hold the lid on greenhouse gas and other

pollutants. the attorney general is actually calling for something more than that, no physical increase in greempb house gas emissions. >> it's an alternative that littles the project. we are look nook the alternatives to understand what its impacts are on our operations and we're considering it. >> reporter: now tonight the meeting begins an hour earlier at 35:30 t. public sporgs completed. once it is, the planning commission will hold its hearing and ask questions, et set remarks eventually deciding whether to certify the environmental report again as is or ask for a modification. once the environmental report is certified, it will be sent onto the city council. in richmond, laura anthony, bc 7 news. lawyer remarks thank you. in santa rosa tonight the community gets a chance to sound off about the decision to clear with sheriffs deputy in the andy lopez shooting. ed on monday they said no

charges the will be filed. tonight supervisors shirley lane and a law enforcement task force will listen to the public ability how the tragedy affected them and how the community can move forward. >> that forum will be held from 6:00 p.m. to 38:30 tonight at santa rosa veteran's hall. san francisco can do more to wep help workers in the city. a special task force investigated wage taskles a. report was presented to the board of supervisors, neighborhood safety committee this afternoon. it recommends hiring more staff at the office of labor standards enforcement to audit businesses accused of ripping off workers. it also called on the city corner to prosecute vialss, wage theft includes not paying the minimum wage or overtime. >> all different kind of workers experience sectors to people who work in offices and don't get paid overtime. we think the most serious forms happens in low wage industries.

>> a study done found that 50% of workers at china town restaurant were paid less than minimum wage. we have breaking news for you right now in the santa cruz mountains of the area. northbound 17 lanes have been closed for nearly nine hours, have just reopened according to california highway patrol. remember these people one person was killed sadly. several others injured. >> that roadway has been shut down all day for the investigation. they had to clear the wreckage that now just reopened. >> all right mother more to come a. growing problem for obesity. what one bay area company is doing to try to find a solution. plus, a man donates a kidney, gets much more in return. how his selfless act rekindled his career. and this weekend's world cup match is making history. the two of a kind fan like for the others. >> abc

he's a musician with a dream who walked away from his big break to save an ex-girlfriend in a follow up right now, wayne freedman reports the batman sacrifice opened doors that until now existed only in his dreams. [ music playing ] >> it's one of the last places we might expect to find a recording studio, what looks like a shack next to a chicken coup, for daniel burdenic it's the music pouring from within that matters. >> six weeks ago, did you envision this? >> no, i didn't think i'd be in here. >> reporter: you might remember daniel and his ex-girlfriend from a story last month. she needed a kidney transplant

and from all the do is nors in the world, daniel turned out to be a perfect match possibly because they had a child together. they had broken up because he wanted to spend more time on his music then ironically to ease sabrina's pain, daniel gave up a music tour that might have changed his career. >> it's the biggest moment in my dreams so far, i have been doing it 13 years. >> you gave that up? >> yeah. >> roh. >> reporter: a few weeks ago, a perfect match became a perfect transplant. sabrina is recovering. her daughter hope knows she will have her mom and dad for a long time. >> you can do fate blood, because of him he is giving me my life back. >> reporter: but what about that tour daniel sacrificed? >> it seems like i got paid back tenfold. >> reporter: the twist is daniel spent years trying to get a

fraction of his music career, mostly spinning his wheels, after his selfless act, after the transplant, after all the publicity, people started coming out to help him. a voo radio station in fresno wants to play his music. >> without this publicity i guess things wouldn't be as hyped. >> reporter: even the recording studio in which he worked this day was donated. his news and career has more potential than if he had gone on that tour. breaks don't happen, they're made, sometimes in the most round about of ways. >> in times that are rough, it gets rougher. when it rains, it pours, that usually in the end something good happens out of something bad. >> a happy ending to the man who named his little girl hope. abc 37 news. >> a great story. coming up at 6:00, a different gesture of selflessness, nearly a decade

ago, grieving parents donated the organs of a son, now the mother returns to gift to the very same father by giving him her kidney. the remarkable story on abc 37 news at 36:00. all right, health news now, more than half adults of school age kids are overweight or obese. that's according to a few report released today by alameda supervisors. among the key findings, obesity leads to a diminished quality of life for many residents the cost of the county and the bild billions of dollars expected to rise, makers of the popular made for tv version. >> it's supposed to create healthy drinks. >> we talked exclusively with consumer reports. >> this is unique, consumer reports says the nutribullet

pro-3900 could pose a safety risk. this evening we take a look. >> even the toughest ingredients don't stand a chance. >> reporter: the makers say its machines turn ordinary food into super food. consumer reports is calling it the pro 3900 a don't buy. a problem has discovered during consumer reports standard durability tests for blenders. in that test, seven large ice cubes are placed in an empty container and crushed. that's repeated 45 times. the blade on the nutri-bullet pro-3900 either cracked or broke on two super models. >> a broken fragment could easily go undetected and accidentally be consumed. especially since this product is designed to drink right from the container. >> reporter: nutribullet says it's proikt is not designed as an ice crusher. consumer reports durability test a% use of the product because it

does not include any liquid, nowhere does the company caution users they must add liquid when using ice. so major retailers, like target and best buy even say the nutribullet pro-3900 can be used for crushing ice. >> understand the purpose isn't to see how well a blender crushes ice. it's a stress test to see if blenders will hold up over time. plenty of other blenders didn't have a problem, including the original nutribullet. >> if you own the bullet, consumer reports recommends you stop using it. >> if you are in the market for a personal blender, consumer reports recommends the $90 nutri-ninja that reported well including on that durability test. >> michael, thank you. let's focus on the weather forecast. >> we are enjoying it. >> you are bad. you have as to pull me inside. hi there there is a nice breeze

blowing across the bay here. low clouds again pushing across the bay. this really is not what we typically see as far as the strong manner influence. temperatures inland have been rung cooler than average this time of year. that's all about to change. let me show you. we will talk about the warm-up in just a moment. we do have the marine layer around. it's fairly deep. along the coastline, socked in. the clouds dil did pull away briefly to allow pacifica and halfmoon bay to get up into the mid-60s. in sierra nevada, we have been seeing thunderstorms firing up. in the lake tahoe area we seen a little rain. >> that since stopped. because of those thunderstorms and the moisture moving northward, there are red flag warnings that begin at 11:00 p.m. tonight from the central sierra to northern california. they run until 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. depending on the area t. dry lightning could set off fires. that's the big concern.

there is a big chance in napa county there could be an isolated thunderstorm. there are no warnings for that area. right now sea breeze is pretty strong. this is normal gusting to 30 at fairfield 20 in nevada. livermore, a beautiful view as the clouds are stacked up. 65 right now in san francisco it is 69 in oakland. 76 san jose. 63 in half moon bay. by the way, one of our warmest locations, livermore only 55 today below normal. antioch with 82 degrees. san jose is sunny, 70s, santa rosa, napa, fairfield, current lotly 80 degrees in livermore. comfortable weather. here's a view of the golden gate bridge. spotty morning drizzle is possible. we warm it up this upcoming weekend. so here's why we are looking at the red flag warning for parts of california. an area of low pressure draws up the moisture. the monsoonal moisture. >> that continues into tomorrow

with the heating from the sun, it could trigger some thunderstorms. for under the influence that low is what's been pushing the low clouds well inland and providing us with the drizzle we saw this morning yesterday morning. we could see patchy drizzle again tomorrow morning during the compute. most areas starting out cloudy, a few exceptions. temperatures in the 50s. grab a jacket when you leave home. for the afternoon, nice weather, comfortable, 80 degrees in san jose. 78 santa clara. on the pens larks 78 redwood city. breezy along the coast. 68 downtown sfraerngs daly city clouds linger. same thing in the north bay, 61. 75 in santa rosa out towards the east bay. 72 in oakland. hercules inland spots nice and mild and sunny. as you look at the accuweather 7-day forecast, we warm up gradually over the weekend. low- to mid-60s, our hottest day is monday 96 inland, 60s on the

coast. that's the summer spread we're used to on microclimate, a 30 degrees spread and that will be returning as we hit the early part of next week. dan, cheryl. >> sandy, thank you. still to come here, a bizarre mixup. >> how men born in the 1,800s were ordered to sign up for collective service this year. so why are we so obsessed with turbo? card with a new volkswagen turbo. t 0 because there's nothing more exhilarating than a powerful ride. and you can get that in places you might not expect. like the passat. and also in the fun-to-drive jetta. in fact, volkswagen has sold more turbos than any other brand over the last ten years. that is a lot of turbo. hurry in and you can get a $1,000 turbocharged reward card

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ton surface-to-surface missile. it's all a part of the collection the auction is expect told raise some $10 million. 14,000 pennsylvania pen have been sent notices to register with selective service. okay. eefrs the problem. they were born in the 1,800s. the agency realized the error, they say it originated at the dmv which sent the record for men born in 1893 an 1897 instead of 1993 and 1997. >>:00. well, there is a historic twist this weekend to the world cup finals. for the first time ever both seems have frances from argentina, america's benedict hails from germany. for his part, pope frances says he would not bay pray for an

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coming up on abc 7 fuse at 4r50e6r7b8g9s school district is forced to abandon an office building. what they left behind will start him you. the giants break few ground with a ballpark policy that bans cultural insensitivity. tonight the head dress incident that led to it. that's all coming up in half an hour on abc 37 news at 6:00. >> we'll see y then. an ice cream parlor is gearing up. >> they are celebrating the 120th anniversary. they will be holding a special july 20th at their piedmont

location. >> friendly's opened in oakland. it is is well known, it made a welcome to "world news." tonight, texas standoff, the gunman disguised as a deliveryman on a deadly rampage, the police chase through city streets and the teenager who may have helped stop an accused man from another attack. spy scandal, a top cia spy in hot water tonight for spying on one of america's key allies. the summer curveball on the way, how a monster storm on the other side of the world is about to bring a big chill to millions of americans here at home. and the giant superstar who decided to take some time with his kids, about to mount an epic comeback tonight. a good evening to you on