getting off easy. michael kwang's family has been in the business since 1906 selling shark fins to restaurants for shark fin soup. this morning he didn't want to discuss the case against him. >> what is the source of the shark fins? >> he has pleaded not guilty. lawyers tell me they'll challenge the constitutionality of the ban. officials say they found 2000 pounds of shark fins in his san francisco warehouse in january, a full six months after the ban took affect. it's the law he knows very well. >> i'm a fourth generation to be involved in shark fin business. >> he's one of the most-vocal opponents appearing in hearings and in a news conference sponsored by

>> now, he is charged with four misdemeanors for possession or sale of frozen and processed shark fins, raw shark tail, dried shark fin and dried shark fin for display. >> if you knew the law why the shark fins? >> the maximum penalty is a thousand dollars and 6 months in jail. not enough for some activists. >> we think this is grocery under done. >> the coordinator for sea shepherd is worried it could be simply a cost of doing business. saying thousands of sharks to have died for the shark fins. >> i understand concerns >> san francisco district attorney defends the charging decision.

>> have you to look at the legislative intent. it's clear. makes it a misdemeanor offense. there is no way to elevate the punitive end of it to a felony. it's working. it's working like we intended it to >> assembly man paul fong points out in addition to possible criminal penalties he lost supply of shark fins worth a million dollars or more on the black market. >> i'm satisfied with that because the intention of the shark fin ban is to bring awareness of the shark's plight. >> the latest research says at least a hundred million sharks die for shark fin soup. often crews lop off fins and dump the shark back into the ocean to bleed or death or drown. >> sharks are vitally important to world oceans they're in every ocean in the world they keep the ocean healthy.

with we lose them we can have problems down the line. >> from a san francisco office pete yir knight is waging a command to cut the demoneyed in china for shark fin soup using y yao ming. >> if you can see how they're killed would you still eat it >> they're seeing a 20% reduction in the eating of shark fin. >> knight tells me there are spots to run the ads and he bans soup from all official dinners. the time it took to watch the story another 660 sharks died for fins. 275,000 a day. all for soup. dan? cheryl? >> it has to deplete the supply, really. >> now another story followed by dan in the i team.

a special hearing to fight a suspension he says he did not deserve stemming from a crash between a fire truck and a motorcycle rider. you've seen the video perhaps. abc7 news has more on the story on abc7 news >> we have nothing to hide. the chief didn't do anything wrong. >> assistant fire chief and attorney arrived this morning hoping to get his eight-day suspension overturned. one top commander arrived to investigate. >> he did the best he could. and subsequently brought up charges >> fellow firefighters came to support franklin to learn why he's being defended >> we need to know more about what it is that is objectionable. about the performance.

chief franklin is one of four firefighters disciplined in the aftermath of last summer's collision between a fire rig and a motorcycle. she's in the revealed charges saying they're personnel matters. hays-white recommended terminating firefighter michael quinn who drove the truck but resigned the accident happened in june. at 5th and howard a truck was responding to a call. a 50-year-old jack frasier is on the motorcycle at the top of the screen the truck blows through a red light, sending him across howard street he slams into a fire hydrant. frasier was injured. the bhood alcohol level above legal driving limit. an investigation to see if other firefighters at the scene.

both franklin's attorney and reubenstein asked for a open hearing the fire commissioner closed this meeting saying evidence heard today would include privileged information coming up when other three appeal they're suspensions. >> reports are finding to the full commission on appeal. we've learned other three firefighters are also appealing their suspensions. they're appeals have yet to be heard. vic lee, abc7 news >> thank you very much. an emotional day in stockton. seeing the man who was responsible for the death. he faces 35 charges including three for murder, 22 for attempted murder of police officers. and misty singh was held

hostage. authorities say ramos used her as a human shield the family is just devastated. >> you're not living one day at a time. we're living one minute at a time. >> ramos may not have directly killed singh. california law allows murder charges in which someone is killed. prosecutors asking a gang enhancement charge, making him eligible for life in prison without parole. >> a vallejo girl spoke with abc 7 about the moment she was shot during a birthday party in a park. the girl took a bullet in the arm saturday evening in west oakland. abc7 news is live with more from vallejo where the girl is now, home and recovering. >> reporter: her family says she's brave and happy to be out of the hospital and home. she was celebrated her cousin's birthday when she was shot.

>> i was scared and it was stinging a lot. >> the 10-year-old shows her sling decorated with stickers and get well wishes covering a gunshot wound she got when hit by a stray bullet at lowell park. you won't see her face because the family is scared. >> the worst thing ever that could happen in my life. i would never want anyone to go through what i went through. how any child gets shot. it's just crazy. >> she was celebrating her cousin's first birthday party. across the park, police say two groups started shooting. >> sounded like loud fire works. >> alisa was hit. >> we ran. ways scared i didn't know what to do. i just ran with all of the other people. >> police say the kids were playing on the grass near 14th street and bullets started to

fly near 12th. they're investigating the possibility of a drive by. >> we need and want to have our children safe in our communities. when they become a victim of a violent crime, that is not okay. >> today, the park was empty. no kids on a warm summer day. police have made no arrests and hope surveillance video from the neighborhood will lead them to who is responsible. alisa says she's in pain but won't let it ruin summer vacation. police arrested a man accused of committing sexual assaults while impersonating a police officer. investigators say he targeted central american immigrants. they say he was misleading victims into believing he was an officer, then bring them home, and he would force them into committing sexual acts. >> the person did work as a security guard, therefore

appeared like a badge, patches and uniform. you can imagine someone new to the country, limited english would be under the impression this person is a legitimate law enforcement officer. >> authorities say he told victims they'd be deported if calling police. >> imagine this happening in your house, residents in a apartment complex have been without water since friday night. the units are located on spring house drive. the manager set up port o potties in the meantime. sergio, port o pot yeez are helpful but that is a hassle. >> owe talked with the chief safety and building inspector. he says the problems on site here at this apartment complex were so bad, that the property management had to bring in

contractors before they can find one to fix the problem. residents still have dry faus yits. they've been getting color coded flyers but not many answers about how this happened. >> it's nothing. so sorry. we have a gallon for your husband. >> some have hauled water from hot tubs to use from toilets. >> friday night we had to go get a hetel >> he and his mother care for his mother who is on dialysis. >> hotels are not cheap you know? and they refused to tell me if they'll cover the cost of our hotel fees. >> he tell meez an outside contractor only arrived yesterday the city says they discussed

sectors to monitor progress the fire department mean nose water mean nose fire sprinkler system. it's a safety concern. we tried to talk with property managers and were told to leave. >> you can't brush teeth. using rest room is fascinating. bathing with baby wipes. >> there is some good news. port o potties were installed today. this afternoon i was able to talk with the lead manager. he says contractor they were able to find expects to have the problem fixed by tomorrow afternoon around 5:00 but no further questions were answered. >> thank you. >> california attorney general demanded it. chevron is ready to comply. just ahead upgrades the oin ill did yous strie giant is agreeing to make

>> hillary clinton's talk at twitter. answering questions except for the big one. >> i'm abc7 news sandhya patel. this morning starting out with wiper weather. looking at live doppler 7 hd, sprinkles and drizzle for the morning commute. details coming up. >> a restaurant put an expiration date on a gift card. is that legal?

tonight chevron says it's a stricter set of controls we're the first to report this development on abc7 news at 5:00. work stopped with out being environmental impact it would have. chevron hopes the city council will approve the revised man now that the company made a recession. laura? >> first of two meetings here in richmond the environment community says this announcement from chef on-ron was not unexpected and they're calling it political maneuvering. chevron listened to the community and are now acting on those concerns. it's a billion dollar project.

five years after the refinery was halted the company hopes to get it restarted. >> another project, environmental superior alternative does a couple things. first limits amount of sulphur we can produce and sets a path on green house gas emissions >> proposed modernization is one the company claims will bring a thousand new construction jobs into the city. the districter standards requested by attorney general harris. asking the new project effectively reduce green house gas and other emissions. >> we're glad to see that they're willing to move a little bit. >> audra is with communities for a better environment

he says he would like to see the company go further >> stand by the planning commission decision in all conditions. without conditions we would not have supported that. >> one is reduce the number of pipes to avoid another like this one. another involving doming dozens of holding tanks. the planning commission approved the impact report with conditions next going where before the richmond city council for a hearing on tuesday night. in richmond abc7 news. >> chevron's announcement on the same day scientists reported june was the world's hottest month since records started being kept 134 years ago. saying june's average global

temperature was 61.2 degrees, higher than the 20th century average. gloenal records go back to 1880. this was the 352 hotter than average. >> didn't seem like june was particularly hot here in the bay area. >> you know when looking at picture of course that makes sense. now we haven't seen any heat recently. we've been dealing with 80s today. it's been pleasant. other than humidity. if you don't like sticky conditions another day of muggy weather coming. clouds around and sprinkle and drizzle moving out of the

picture temporarily. winds contributing to mild conditions. average temperatures into low to upper 50s along the coast. that view from our camera looking out towards the bay there. just a few clouds sh more sunshine this evening. 68 in san francisco. it's 74 in san jose. a few from our camera showing you marine layer is redeveloping. 70s in napa. 75 degrees in livermore. a beautiful view looking at blue skies and clouds get ready for 90s around here. it's going to be hot inland.

so one batch of moisture lifting northward this pushes out of here we're watching another area of moisture here. so here is what is going to happen. taking you through time, beginning tonight we'll see the possibility of some light showers or drizzle tonight in the east bay. into morning commute could see popping of just about anywhere. be aware of the fact your commute will be possibly in the slick spots. clouds around, temperatures below or above normandie pending on where you are. so places like san francisco, oakland may be. >> ier but inland is cooler.

mild start green there. temperatures above where you should be for tomorrow morning. low to mid-60s tomorrow afternoon, 79 in san jose and 73 oakland. 85 in livermore. about the same as today. accu-weather forecast with drier air mass, then getting hot. low 70s along the coastline. comfortable there. our micro climates will be back >> great news from the san francisco aids walk. the walkers including this fun group helped raise $2.3 million.

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bart says it's cracking down on people who sit or lie down on

the ground at downtown stations. primary focus will be on powell street station. bart sedz pep on the ground slow down the process, during an emergency. a person getting caught violating rules three times faces a fine and could be arrested. >> tesla getting closer to beginning production of its first suv. today shut down a plant for two weeks. during that time, workers will reconfigure the lines to increase production and make room for the model x crossover suv. tesla's plant employees will be paid during this shut down. >> the car service uber is basting the city of seoul for banning use of the smart phone app. officials say. ber is illegal under south korean law prohibiting private

vehicles for charging from transport services. seoul fined a uber driver for soliciting through the app. uber says seoul is in danger of being left behind. seoul says it plans to launch it's own taxi service app in december. >> just ahead a decision by ukrainian separatists that could clear the way for investigators to begin looking for answers into that malaysia airlines disaster. >> the growing pressure for peace in gaza after yet another deadly day of violence. >> and hillary clinton face off at facebook today, questions dozens of people wanted her to answer. stay with us. we'll be right back.

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tonight there is progress at the crash site of malaysia airlines flight 17. rebels are now cooperating with them and officials. a few hours ago handing over the

plane's black boxes, allowing investigators to take bodies they will be flown to a lab in amsterdam. investigators will have a little more safety at the crash site. rebels ordered a cease fire within six mile radius. dutch leaders are upset it took four days to make this happen. >> until my dieing day he ill not understand it took so much time for rescue workers to be allowed to do their difficult jobs thchl is the political game played with human remains and it is despicable. >> russia approved a investigation into the attack. european leaders will meet to consider harsh sanctions britain's prime minister said it would be worth the hit the nation would take because doing nothing would be worse. >> death toll among palestinians climbed to 560 in gaza.

israel announced it has prevent add tempts to infiltrate the nation. several more israeli troops have been killed in fighting bringing the number of dead to 25. >> we have concerns about the number of death asks hose of israeli life. that is why it now has to be our focus and the focus of the international community to bring about peace fire that ends the fighting. >> the secretary of state arrived to try to broker a deal >> congress is stalling on the issue of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual rights the president signed an order banning station by contractors on the basis of againer and sexual orientation. it ensures emmoi yeez will be protected from discrimination on the basis of gender identity.

a bill prohibiting discrimination did pass the senate. >> hillary lint onis making rounds today, looks like followers may have followed her to twitter headquarters they rallied in support of the former secretary of state while inside sh answering questions. she also visited face book's headquarters. abc7 news has the story. >>. hillary clinton arrived at san francisco head quarters and stopped to have a photo taken for a tweet. >> how do you think social media changed the nature of discourse between conflicting nations? what kind of affects on the day-to-day business of the state department? >> i would hope that we'd see a maturing of the use of social media not just to score poents

but try to create space for real conversations where people actually listen to each other. >> this is where she appeared online she took questions online. however, media not allowed inside one person asked do you like dogs? clinton asks yes. on a serious note she was asked about the situation in ukraine and mill yil attack on the airliner. she says she agrees there needs to be an investigation on who took down the plane. jane curry. a professor in mill science believe the comments will be welcomed. >> i think ukrainians in the west and kiev and capitol will listen because they're desperate to hear they have support from

the outside. they've gotten far res support. than countries trying to make change 20 years ago. have gone for $500. >> residents gathered demanding recognition for child refugees entering the united states. protestors spelling out what they want and expect from her. namely to grant reviewy status. >> we're talking about a democratic party says they'll do what it takes to get reform but

until now we've gotten nothing. >> as far as people on the borders they're angry they have every right to be. this is been going on too long our oerders have never been sealed. >> they say they want a more humanitarian approach. >> the enormous wildfire in the northwest is considered the worst in washington state history. today, officials confirmed a fatality. a 67-year-old man died trying to save his house you can see homes just burned to the ground. acres of trees and bushes have been destroyed. >> and still to come a man

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>> every year we buy billions worth of gift cards and every year, millions go unredeemed thankfully gift cards can never expire. michael? >> i have been reporting on this for years and years. hear from viewers a merchant won't honor a gift card because the merchant says it has expired. a walnut creek man told he had a worthless piece of paper until he told me about it. he got this gift from a good friend >> she said she hoffed the restaurant. >> a $50 gift certificate to this restaurant he got it for christmas in 2012 and hasn't had a chance owe redeem until now >> we went there to try to use it and looked at the menu. >> here is the problem. right there it says the gift

certificate expired in december, 2013. one year after it was issued. so before dining here, he asked if he could still use it. >> they said no. you can't. i said can i have extended? >> the waiter checked with the manager who checked with the owner. >> the owner said it was expired we can't honor it. >> however, he pointed out by law if california gift certificates like this one can never expire. the manager wasn't impressed. >> he said that is how we interpret it. they can have an expiration date. and there is no way else to explain otherwise >> was that $150 ask sushi rolls down the drain? >> disappointed and now, this kind of sad in a way >> we told him he was right all along. for california law most gift cards and certificates sold by

retailers can not expire they cannot include service fees there are, however, exceptions gift cards can expire if donated or given as a promotion. bank cards used anywhere, also may expire. and the law doesn't apply to gift cards sold before 1997 but the certificate, the restaurant has to honor it we contacted happy roll the owner did not want to go on camera but tells us she had no idea about the law. as soon as we explained it she agreed to honor the gift and said, thank you so much for telling me about the law. i called the customer and will be giving him had a new gift certificate this weekend. here they are enjoying sushi rolls and udon. happy ending at happy roll. the law also says if you don't use the entire almost amount you keep the remaining value on the card.

any amount under $ten can also be redeemed for cash. now, our thanks to miss kim. saying anyone else with an expired card can she'll redeem it. to see the reports online go to abc7 news and click on sections tab. there is information on how to reach me. >> terrific. >> quick. >> yes. >> just ahead here on abc7 news at 6:00. the change cal train is make toing make sure

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>> if you ride cal train you've heard garbled messages inside of the stations you're about to get relief from that. a new sound system is in the works. from clanging bells to screeching brakes there is one sound you might have missed.

>> what is that? >> this is just broken up. >> you don't know what they're say something >> not really. >> with trains crossing, commuters shuffling to and from. the sound is drowned out. and sometimes by cal train's own conductors. >> i think the place is lovely. they're able to hear they'll enjoy it. >> so there are speaker system meant to bring riders vital information. >> the fixes over $1.6 million n cases speakers are the least of the problems some stations don't have electricity. the loan speaker here will have to go.

and three other stations will be 22n't street. they'll rig up multiple speakers. the project will take six months to complete. until then announcements will sound like this. in san francisco, >> sandhya? >> thank you. thank you. >> what did you say, dan? >> what? >> here is a look at dive plopper 7 hd. sprinkles pushed out of here. another potential tomorrow morning here.

a comfortable 85 in los angeles, sunny skies after morning fog. taking a look at high temperatures into comfort zone. 70s around the bay. 68 half moon bay. most of you should see the sun. looking at the accu-weather forecast, we'll go with the drier air mass wednesday afternoon the heat starts to build. mid-90s inland hot weather going away from beaches and throughout the weekend. thank you. >> don't you love that? >> what station? what did he say?

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