abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. >> you are looking live at the aftermath of a violent bank robbery and high speed chase in stockton. righted now police officers are surrounding a vehicle used in the holed up in the bank of the west branch more than an hour ago, and you can see all the cop cars on your screen. one person was taken hostage. the reports are that officers chased the suspect vehicle down highway 99 to interstate 5 with suspects firing multiple rounds at officers with an assault-style weapon. >> the chase came to an end at

3:30 at thornton and wagner heights road. several people in the suspect vehicle needed medical attention and there is word of one t fatality. we will have a live report from alan as soon as we can. >> we are joined on the phone by sandy, who lives in stockton not far from where all of this is happening. what did you see and hear this afternoon? >> caller: good afternoon. i saw nothing than the low-flying helicopters over head. i was speaking to the tree trimmers in our yard and at that point the sirens were almost deafening loud. we live approximately three blocks from the hammer lane corridor, which they seem to be

traveling on. and within ten seconds i could hear rapid fire and the tree trimmers told me to run inside quickly. >> you heard a lot of gunshots. did you at any point fear for your own safety? >> caller: no, i did not. >> what do you know about the situation? police officer are keeping residents in the home and been told to stay back? >> we have not been notified by any police situation, nothing. >> okay. >> well, sandy, thank you for your time and we appreciate you talking taos and giving us insight to what you were hearing when it all began. >> our report continues on twitter. moments ago president obama announced a new hard-hitting sanctions against russia to end the insurgency in ukraine.

it targets energy farms and financial institutions as well as russian companies that make weapons. >> the president talked about iran saying there was more work to do on talks, and the president a touched on afghanistan saying the country is poised to have the first democratic transfer of power after recent elections. coming up at 4:30, we will hear what the president had to say about the escalating violence between israel and hamas. and an orange county judge ruled on a petition who was sentenced to die nearly two deck aeutsdz ago. >> this ruling follows a similar one in 2006 saying the

injectio injections. >> judges are recognizing it's beyond repair. >> it is dysfunctional? it probably is. but to shut down the system rather than fix it is ludicrous. >> california has 747 people on death row right now. at least two cars are damaged in walnut creek after a large tree fell on them. this is the view from sky 7 hd, and two cars are under the branches. this is an office park. no word on what brought down the tree, but the wind was blowing 15 miles per hour at the time the call for help came in, which was about 3:00. and the high-priced call girl charged in the death

man. katie marzullo was in court today. >> tickleman wore almost no makeup compared to last week's dark eyeliner and dark lipstick, and she was pleading not guilty to all charges, and she spoke only to answer the judge's questions about her rights. her parents were in court but left without comment. one of her attorney's had plenty to say in defense of the alleged call girl, first and foremost that she did not intend to kill the ghooogle executive. >> she had a motive, if any, to elongate and not end the

relationship. >> tickleman was a prostitute and hired by hayes and the two were on his yacht when she gave him a fatal dose of heroin and watched him die. they were consenting adults in drug use and she is thought to blame of what happened is an argument. >> she is like a wounded bird. she is not as bad as the media made her out to be. she is a sensitive kid with an addiction problem. >> there is surveillance from the yacht, and both attorneys have seen it but won't talk about it. and the judge denied a request to reduce the bail, so it stays at $1.5 million. and the lease extension is to be discussed tonight.

it's still has to be ratified by the oakland city council and the alameda board of supervisors. if the deal is not approved the baseball commissioner, bud seal kwraeg, said the a's could leave oakland immediately. coming up we will take a deal at the deal and why not everybody is behind it. in san jose police are looking for a group of people responsible for attacking a man on a park trail on monday. the man was walking with a family member after midnight on guadalupe river park trail when this happened. somebody hit the man with a sharp weapon and suffered life-threatening injures. and then a specialized hose leaked hot oil and ignited, and it start about 2:00 a.m. and was out by 3:00, and chevron says the hose failed. the company says it doesn't know why the hose failed.

chevron and the fire department says the fire was minor and there was no threat to the public, however many people lost truck in the company after a fire in 2012. critics say this may have been preventible. >> these are not accidents. these are predictable incidents that occurs when management fails to maintain the refinery at the highest conditions of safety. >> and this comes as the company is trying to get the city of richmond to approve plans for a major remodernization at the factory. we saw drizzle two days in a row, and this was just before sunrise today. spencer christian joins us. every drop counts. >> yeah, we may see a few more drops overnight tonight, and not a lot, but, again, every drop counts. this is a general weather picture. some high clouds and

medium-level clouds and low hrou clouds near the coast. meanwhile over in the sierra, we had an outbreak of powerful thunderstorms once again today and they continue to rumble right now, around 1000 lightning strikes so far and they are concerned about lightning strikes sparking fire and producing -- and the storms producing flash flooding, i should say, so a flash flood watch is in effect for much of the central sierra and points north world into parts of western nevada until 9:00 this evening, as the storms continue to rumble and produce heavy downpours. back to the feeling of less humidity. due points are several degrees lower than this time yesterday, so the area does feel less humid. here is a look from our emeriville camera. 67 degrees in san francisco right now. we have mid to upper 70s in san jose, and another live view of the golden gate bridge showing

traffic moving nicely with temperatures in the 70s in fairfield and conqucorncord. police continue to look for this woman. she is shown on the store video trying to by a beer, and then moments later the woman asked for bus money and twisted the girl's arm and stole her money bag. then she took off. the woman is african-american between 40 and 50 years old. closing arguments wrapped up today in the trial over access to a popular beach. the property manager closed the only access road to the beach, and a coalition of surfers cited the california coastal act which makes the entire coastline

public property. experts say they expect it will take the judge several wakes ee make a ruling in this case. the 49ers will cut the ribbon on levi stadium. the ceremony is not open to fans, but we will be there to bring you live reports and behind the box office looks. for months the staff has been practicing for game days and on august 2nd the stadium will host its first sporting event of any kind and that's going to be a san jose earthquake soccer match. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, the trick boeing's new dreamliner can do. the four things parents should know before their kids get behind the wheel. then, new at 4:30 -- >> i was able to see some of the children in the buses.

this is not compassion. >> the big mistake one politician made when trying to stop a bus he thought was carrying undocumented immigrants. >> and then michael finney taking your questions on facebook in just a minute. 4:12 and taking a live look at your traffic going over the golden gate bridge. on the right hand side people going north, a little slowdown there and i checked a couple minutes ago and everything was goi going smoothly, so not sure what th

we have an update on the breaking news that we brought you the start of the newscast. the robbery and high-speed chase in stockton, and police are telling us there were at least two suspects in the car and they are not telling us anything about them, and there were two hostages in the car, and one hostage taken to the hospital and the second hostage was released after the chase and was not injured. alan wang is headed that way and our live report continued on twitter @abc7newsbayarea. and then 28 of the 168 people on board were hurt and 20 of the people were taken to the hospital with two suffering serious injured.

if a jet did this with passengers on board a lot of people would be reaching for the airsickness bag. boeing released this video of it's dreamliner at an air show in england. it proved that midair acrobatics are not just for little planes. it did a touch and go and then climbing again rapidly, a move that wowed spectators at the show. the first list of used vehicles recommended at safe for teen drivers. the list includes vehicles under $20,000 which includes good crash protection and safety features. experts say injury-risks can be reduced by the type of vehicle they drive and price shouldn't be the sole determining factor. >> we realize parents are working within a budget, but we are hoping they will consider safety, and they will think

about the high crash risk that teens have and buy the most safety in a vehicle that their budget will afford. >> the institute recommends teens stay away with vehicles with high horsepower engines. they say electronic stability control is a must and helps drivers maintain control around curbs and slippery roads, and finally pick vehicles with the best safety ratings possible, and among the best recommended cars are listed. and then a $500 fine for residents that waste water. and viewers are sending us here documenting water violations. >> tiffany has the story. >> reporter: city officials say the parks and rec departments

have old irrigation pipes can lead to runoff water. runoff water means a day of water for the birds. >> i have to sit on something not to get wet. >> that doesn't make sense since california is experiencing the worst drought in decades. they are documenting violations like the park puddles. san francisco workers were spraying down sidewalks. it's activity that looks deserving of the new $500 fines. not so says tyrone with the public utilities commission. >> we have been getting the pictures for months. to be clear the work being done by public works is for public health reasons and it's being done with recycled water. >> it saves 9000 gallons of re-drinkable water a day.

>> it tells us people are taking the drought seriously, which is what we want people to do. >> not everybody feels comfortable reporting an issue. >> what do you think about reporting on your neighbors for using too much water. >> if you don't have anything else to do i suppose you can do that. >> but david pruitt feels it's a responsibility and a right. >> i still see people washing their cars. >> you can call 3-1-1 to report a violation. >> if you see what you might be a case of water wasting, you can send us a picture and we will check it out. >> share your photos by e-mailing us. while i was

about the tphau teses tea. >> that was lady gaga asking people to save water. she was learning about hour drought while shooting a video. their fashion tip for your lawn, brown is the new green. and governor jerry brown tweeted lady gaga deserves applause for california drought save our water ad, and he is a fan because applause is the name of her new hit song. >> let's check with our forecaster. >> any applause for what you have? >> i don't think so. i will applaud when something stunning happens. we are moving to a less humid pattern and that's good news. we have clouds around the bay area which will increase overnight and we might get a coastal drizzle and thunderstorms continue to rumble over the central sierra, and ocean temperatures are rising a

bit, milder coastal ocean waters may contribute to our greater possibility of some drizzle along the coast. and our camera shows clouds hovering over san francisco right now. spotty drizzle is likely overnight, and cooler and less humid tomorrow than the pattern of late and a warmer pattern begins on friday. the satellite image shows we are continuing to get the monsoonal flow in the last couple days but the moisture temperature is easing up. and then during the overnight hours, we will see clouds increase and spotty drizzle is likely near the coast but not confined to the coast and by 5:00 tomorrow morning we will be looking at mainly sunny skies inland and hazy sunshine, and clouds lingering at the coast, and tomorrow -- tomorrow morning? tomorrow afternoon, it will be less humid than today, and even at 5:00 tomorrow morning you

will see sunny skies in the inland areas, and just breaking through. overnight, look for low clouds, fog, mild conditions once again, and perhaps a degree or two cooler than last night's lows, and we are looking at mainly upper 50s to low 60s overnight, and then tomorrow afternoon again in the south bay, and hazy sunshine, and high temperatures ranging from mid-70s to upper 70s and 81 degrees at los gatos. and then 75 at redwood city, and mountain view, and low 60s along the coast, and downtown san francisco, a high of 65 tomorrow, and up in the north bay mainly mid to upper 70s, not a warm day there, but a pleasant one. 75, santa rosa. east bay high, 69. and the inland east bay we will see highs only in the upper 70s to just above 80. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast. we will warm up on friday to mid-80s, and mid-70s around the

bay, and for the next several days after that, temperatures will be in a steady pattern of mid to upper 80s inland, and with no significant warmup after that until wednesday of next week. a nice and steady pattern is coming our way, and i have got something to applaud. >> thank you, spencer. up next, the mission now underway to figure out what caused this big hole in the ground in russia. new after 4:30, a new that is blowing people away on youtube.

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the sun of 007 has made his way to capitol hill. his son is interning. he posted several pictures on

instagram including this one at the memorial. >> i like the british accent. >> thank you. russian scientists are heading to an area in siberia known as the end of the world. imagine telling your family, well, where are we going? to the end of the world to investigate a mysterious crater. >> the hole has caused a stir since it was posted online last week. experts hope to determine what caused the crater, and debunk some of the theories including that it's a ufo landing site. >> do we know it's not? >> yeah, looks deep. >> that region is home to one of russia's largest gas fields. looks a little ominous there. >> it does. a new plan that could bring peace to the mideast for a little while. the cease-fire offer that could

stop the shelling for a few hours. also, american's divisive immigration debate. plus -- >> the fear on their faces. this is not compassion. >> the congressional candidate with egg heat shields are compromised. we what's that alarm?ures. fuel cell two is down. i'm going to have to guide her in manually.

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we continue to follow that breaking news in stockton this afternoon where there has been a violent bank robbery and police chase. police are now telling us there were at least two suspects in a blue suv and at one point they had at least two hostages. we know one of the hostages was shot and let out of the car on the street and another hostage was let go unharmed when the chase ended. we know there was gunfire at the end of the chase, but we don't know the suspect's conditions. now reporters at the abc affiliate in sacramento are tweeting photos. here you see a street that police have blocked off, and this is the bank of the west branch where the robbery actually happened. we don't know if anybody was injured inside that bank. alan wang is driving to stockton and getting close and he will bring us a live report just as soon as he gets there. our updates continue right now on twitter @abc7newsbayarea.

and hundreds are dead in the on going conflict betweenish and hamas. >> today president obama said the u.s. will use all of its diplomatic resources to get a cease-fire. >> the people don't want to live like this. that's why we are going to continue to encourage diplomatic efforts to restore the cease-fire and we support egypt's continued efforts to bring this about. >> the president also stressed the need to protect civilians and avoid further escalation. >> reporter: day nine and a cease-fire between israel and hamas seems more unlikely. hamas kept up the rocket attacks and firing dozens into israel today, and israel launch its own attacks after netanyahu vowed it

would make hamas pay for not agreeing to a cease-fire. a first israeli strike killed one boy as the others fled across the beach, and a second strike killed three more. funerals were held for victims of the violence, and palestinian officials say more than 1,400 people have been wounded in just over a week. today hamas said it will continue its attacks on israel until a cease-fire deal meets its demands, and those include easing border closures and a release of hamas prisoners. the israel prime minister said the long-term goal will be a demilitarized gaza. the second of state, john kerry, met with president obama and vice president biden at the white house today to discuss the

crisis. >> let's see if we can find a way to stop the conflict. >> today the u.n. called for a six-hour humanitarian cease-fire so relief aid can be distributed. >> and the politics played a role in the selection of the university of california's governing board. despite objection from some student groups, the nomination has been debated after it was revealed he received funding from a private pro-israel group while running. it's renewal time for more than a half million undocumented young people that signed up for a presume two years ago that

puts redeportation on hold. >> david louie introduces us to a girl whose life changed. >> she came from mexico with her parents when she was 4 years old, and last month she was at the white house, and a shining example of the deferred action of childhood arrivals. the program allows her to put her immigration status on hold and to go to school and work and to have a license but a cloud h half a million others. >> if he doesn't like this. what is he going to do with us? we still don't know. we are in the shadows with that situation. >> adding to that uncertainty is the controversy over a surge of young people trying to cross into the u.s. unauthorized and thousands are being held in

government detention centers as lawmakers fail to reach a consensus on immigration reform. it's time for 70,000 to renew the application for another two years, and their fears have mostly disappeared. >> as dreamers we decided to take that risk and expose ourselves to show people we were here undocumented and we do want to be good citizens of the country as we know and the only place we know as home. >> the attorney for the community service leads workshops on the renewals. >> it's kind of a reprieve, and we just hope that something will happen in immigration reform. >> many undocumented children

from central america are being housed in shelters throughout the united states including this one. the shelter has the capacity for 30 teenagers, and the facility is run by the southwest key program, a group from texas. it's next door to a seven day church. >> it's them walking between the shelter and the park, and they are very close together in a line, and no threat to the community. >> the pastor says his church has reached out to the shelter and invited the kids to a christmas pageant. another texas group runs a similar shelter in fairfield. an arizona congressional candidate is apologizing for his major blunder during an illegal immigration protest last night. the tea party applicant.

he saw a school bus approaching and tweeted, but coming in. this is not compassion. this is the be a raw tkpwaeugs of the rule of law and included a photo of the bus and later described to a reporter what he claimed what he saw. >> i was able to see the children in some of the buses, the fear on their faces, this is not compassion. >> one problem, the kids on the bus, they were not migrants, they were running from a ymca camp, and they were not scared at all. witnesses saw them laughing and taking pictures of the media photographing them. he back pedalled when confronted by a reporter. >> i apologize. i was leaving when i saw them. >> by the way, the bus that he and other protesters waited for packed with migrant kids never showed up. >> coming up at 4:00, the pool

dunk that may feel you feeling hot. plus the classic performance these guys put on with empty bottles. and q & a just ahead. i am still taking questions on twitter and facebook. i will answer your questions here live a little later. >> and we see clear skies over the lake despite the presence of some thunderstorms nearby. i will have our local accuweather forecast coming up. and the traffic through walnut creek 680, traffic on the right going down towards san jose, south moving better than north and heavier traffic c

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beware of the fire. 12 guys, and this would be -- >> wow. >> yeah, that is spectacular. this is the fourth video from the group. multiple angles. the production -- wow, underwater as well. they have a gopro. their last video had over 1 million hits on youtube and they are at 100,000 and they will go past a million on this one. >> another group of youtube regulars are blowing people away with the remake of a michael jackson classic. ♪ ♪ >> those are the bottle boys. and how do you think they came up with that name? mouthing their way through the 1983 hit, "billy jean."

>> they began with "under the sea" from "little mermaid." >> it looks almost too perfect. that has to be dubbed, syncesyn. >> maybe they really did it, though? >> let's believe in spencer christian, even though that's a little shaky also. >> you will be impressed when i show you i can moon walk. it's a beautiful picture sent to us of a rainbow yesterday evening in antioch, as you know we had quite a bit of moisture, and less moisture today, and still cloud cover around the bay area. and then tomorrow, showers offer the atlantic coast. and most will have dry weather except across texas where there are thunderstorms possible, and

then in california, chico to sacramento, thunderstorms will once again develop in the central sierra, and here in the bay area tomorrow, after another mild overnight period, we will have lingering fog at the coast tomorrow and some high clouds as well, but it will be drier, the air will be, than in the last few days, and temperatures will range from low 60s to the coast to 70s in the bay, and up to 80 in the inland locations. >> thank you, spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a homeowner sets his house on fire and wait until you hear how he started it. >> and plus, learning manners, ama. >> what? >> increasing the competition from ride shares. >> do customers ever know what happened after they report something bad at a

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listen to this, an attempt to kill a spider inside a man's house got way out of control. take a look. he ended upsetting his entire house on fire. a seattle man used a can of spray paint and a lighter, and not a recommended form of

pesticide to try and kill a spider in his laundry room and caused $60,000 in damage. the red cross found temporary housing for the man and a woman that lives with him, and firefighters say they are pretty sure the spider did not survive. a casino maiden voyage ran aground near savannah, georgia. part of the boat's navigation system malfunctioned around midnight, and attemptmes to tow the boat was unsuccessful. everybody is okay, and the boat is not taking on water. a seattle taxi company going the extra mile to compete with ride sharing services is sending its drivers to charm school. dozens of employees packed a meeting room for a crash course in good behavior. t they wanted to create a positive

relationship with their riders. >> this is showing the people that we are actually taking our time, you know, and spending money and trying to make a change in the industry. >> so the tips include reminders about little things, like opening the doors for riders and having good manners in general and being a safe driver also helps as well. and michael finney is answering questions sent by e-mail and twitter and facebook. >> is insurance on a cell phone worth it? >> appears great question. it's really a hard question to answer because there are so many different types of insurance. so you have to make a decision yourself every time. first of all, you start with the carrier, they offer insurance. and then the phone company themselves, apple, whoever, they offer insurance, and then you go to a third party company, like square trade. the reason you have to check all

three is because the prices are wildly different. some of them can be like 30 bucks a month and others can have a deductible of $199? so a deductible? there's a lot of moving parts to this, so you can't say yes buy it or no, don't buy it. you have to compare. normally everybody will give you 30 days to make a decision, so you don't have to do it right when you are getting a phone. >> if you have a teenager, strongly consider it. >> linda g asked via facebook, when i report something seriously wrong with a restaurant like mold on the food why do they never let you know what happened. >> mold? what mold? was there mold here? what you want to do is report any serious violations like this to the health department. the county health department. they send somebody out to the restaurant and check it out and that report is public record and

you can request that report and you will know what happened. >> and then the last one comes from facebook, can a store charge whatever tax they want? >> no, no. it probably seems that way because around the bay area can you pay anywhere from 7.5% sales tax to almost 11% sales tax, and that's because the state charges 11%, and cities can charge more and taxing districts can leap on to that, and the store has to give it back if it's over taxed somebody. they can never keep it. when a bay area man cannot get a stubborn service rep off the phone. coming up, janet napolitano and student safety. what the head of the usc system

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tonight on abc 7, a san francisco couple's breakup story from cable company comcast turned out to be much harder than they ever could have imagined. on the other side an aggressive service rep. >> one couple's real-life run in with an over the top cable company employee is going rival. >> why is it you don't want the faster speed? help me understand why you don't want the faster internet? >> the tech journalists said he

decided to record the second half of the 20-minute call. >> why is it that you are not wanting to have the number one rated internet service available? >> and interrogating them? >> what sit that makes you want to change that? >> because that's what we want to do. >> why is that what you want to do? >> that's none of your business. >> all in the name of, that's right, customer service. >> what is it that you are not wanting to keep? >> this phone call is a really actually amazing representative example of why i don't want to stay with comcast. >> it has gotten more than 3 million plays. comcast says it's embarrassed by the call and will be apologizing to them. the way in which our representative communicated with them is unacceptable and not consistent with how we train our customer service representatives and while they are investigat g

investigating, they are using the very unfortunate experience to reinforce how important it is to treat our customers with the utmost respect. >> you are very welcome and have a great day. >> we do have an update on the young bay area mother that suddenly collapsed from an aneurism several weeks ago. a blood vessel bursts in her head without warning. her family contacted us to tell us she has woken up and is no longer in a coma. they say our story got the word out not just here in the bay area but across the globe. donations exceeded $100,000 in just a week. >> thank you for so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00, and abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with cheryl and

larry. >> a running gun battle breaks out with ak-47s. what started out with a bank robby and car chase ends with a hostage being shot. and does this ruling put a stop to execution? and then why oakland's mayor wants to push back a key vote until the end of the month. we are going to replace this morning's spotty showers and sprinkles with drizzle tomorrow. i will let you know what commute it will impact coming up. that breaking news is in stockton, an army of police dissented on stockton after a bank was robbed and suspects open fire on police officers. i am in for dan ashley. >> and i am cheryl.

the latest word from police is that two people are dead. one of them was a suspect. the other, a hostage hit by gunfire and thrown from the suspect vehicle during the chase. police say two other suspects are now being treated at a local hospital. >> there were a total of three hostages, all females apparently taken from the bank of the west branch held up just before 3:00 this afternoon. no police officers were injured in this chase or in the shoot-out that followed. there were three suspects in all and one of the suspects is dead, along with a hostage, but multiple squad cars were struck and homes were struck by gunfire during the chase. >> and our affiliate, tim daily, we will have a report from him in just a few moments. and then a blockbuster decision from a federal judge. let's get to that.

vic lee is in the news room. >> this is the ruling. it was a huge blow to death penalty advocates, in layman's terms, it said california's system doesn't work, it's broken and now when people are sentenced to death, he says it just means life in prison. >> u.s. district judge carney said in his order that delays of two decades or more in resolving appeals and carrying out only a few executions have created an irrational system and said it violates the eighth amendment which bans cruel and unusual punchment. jones sued the state after he was sentenced to death 19 years ago. the judge wroet, the death sentence has been transformed into one nobody could ever impose, life in prison with a