to serve an eviction notice on a home in gainsville avenue. things escalated dramatically from here. our reporter is near the scene with new developments on this. nick. >> reporter: this neighborhood is usually quiet. that's what residents have told us off camera. what we don't know is if anyone is inside that home. we've seen robots move in. we've watched canine units move in but we've not seep any movement inside of that home. take a look at this video from sky 7 hd. our cameras were over the scene minute this started. we watched members of the swat team moving toward that house on gainsville avenue. weapons drawn, prepared to spring into action. we've heard police call over the loudspeaker several times come out. this is the hey the police department. you are being ordered to vacate the premises now. since then we've seen robots come in and out belonging to the

county bomb squad. they give eyes and ears to places that may not be safe. the sergeant confirmed with me that there are members of the police department, swat team and bomb squad here at the scene. we have learned alamita sheriff deputies tried to serve an eviction notice just before 10:00 a.m. once inside the house deputies saw what was described as suspicious notes. now members of the sheriff's department backed out the home and placed calls to the swat team and bomb squad. ho homes on either side were evacuated but right now there is no shelter in place. we've seen no residents moving around the area just to see the action on the street. we will come back here live. you can see that that special response unit has not moved. two second before you came to me we watched the dogs move in once again. we know if those dogs go in and come out, they are deffitly

trained smell anyone inside. that is why we don't believe there is anyone inside just now. we've not had a chance to confirm that with police. we will continue to work this scene and provide the latest information also on twitter. in heyword abc 7 news. >> that's been going on for several hours now. thank you so much. well, officials now say a car that went off the side of the road was responsible for a grass fire late today in east san jose. the fire broke out near sierra road. officials say a car lost control and went 20 to 30 feet down an embankment and that caught the brush on fire. you can see from sky 7 hd about 12 acres burned before the fire fighters were able to get it under control. nobody is hurt. that is the good news. the fire crews are now mopping up the area. >> a car accident toppled a car poll in napa cutting off electricity to 2700 homes and businesses. utility crews have to cut the poll in half after a silver suv

slammed into it. the driver crashed into the poll around 6:00 this morning. the silverado trail between 3rd street and suasa lane is not expected to reopen for at least another hour or so. the good news is no one was hurt. the driver was not been sited or arrested. >> san francisco police have released a picture of a suspected car thief who they say is responsible for a serious crash that sent six people to the hospital, including himself. investigators say 25-year-old anthony wisner was driving away from police in a stolen mini van about 10:20 last night. the driver ran a red light slammed into a taxi. the crash also damaged the window of an apartment building. i can't imagine. it had to be going really fast. there's glass all over the place. there's brick damage.

>> the bicyclist is sadly on life support. evan else involved had nonlife threatening injuries including the woman in the mini van. she was cooped by police and was not arrested. >> tonight a prominent civil rights attorney is asking the justice department to investigate a string of shootings by police officers specifically hispanic men shot by cops. it happened a few months ago when an officer shot a man carrying gardening shears. our reporter is in the newsroom. the attorney wants answers about whether there's a pattern of racism here, that's right four officer involved shootings of hispanic men since the beginning of the year. were they justified or not? that's the question the attorney has. he wants the justice department to give him the answer. >> what we want here if nothing else is unjustified shootings stop. we want the killings to stop. >> attorney john bures is asking

the special litigation unit of the justice department to investigate whether the four officer involved shootings deaths reflect a pattern of excessive force against latinos. there had been large rallies and marchs in the wake of the shootings. at least one turned violent. that was after the shooting in may of a gardener which was captured by both cell and security cameras. they show two officers with guns drawn following him as he walk down the street holding a back pack and garden shears. the officer yells commands. his taser functions. as one officer moves to the side. multiple shots are fired. this is a close overview of a security camera before the shots are fired. the officer fire at him before he moves back. >> the community is not trusting the local police department. we're here in san francisco because we feel that we will get more justice here than we will

out of there. >> reporter: the most recent fatal officer involved shooting happened july 1. he was killed when police say he used a cell phone to simulate a gun. his father sees it another way. >> it sounds like it is kill now and ask questions later. the police chief told us by phone that a federal probe would find no wrong doing. >> i'm very proud of the record of the police department with respect to our commitment to social justice and equal treatment under the law. >> the chief says he will send the findings of his department's own investigation into the shootings to the district attorney and the department of justice for their review. abc 7 news. >> oakland raiders owner mark davis shows he is serious about finding a new home for his team even if it's not in oakland. davis visited san antonio texas where he met with local leaders

and toured the alamo dome. no word on how serious davis might be in reloeskticating the franchise to texas. the raider are in the final year of their lease in oakland. davis has often stated that his preference is to build a new stadium at the site of the current coliseum. >> one final vote is all that remains tonight for approval of the new coliseum lease for the oakland a's. the board of supervisors voted unanimously to extend the a's lease for another ten years. the vote comes after 14 months of often very contentious negotiations to keep the team in oak town. the final step approval by the joint powers authority. that vote is set for next wednesday. we will keep you posted. >> well, today's site are yocit say the drought has forced them to destroy thousands of acres of

citrus trees. farmers may have to remove them. today they called for a water bond to be placed on the november ballad saying it will pay for storage. >> you can't conserve if if you don't have it. if we don't store water there's nothing to conserve. you can't recharge unless you have water to recharge with. i'm worried that agriculture may not survive this tragedy that we see here today. >> the citrus farmers say without that bond the loss could be $3 billion over the next five years. >> one supervisor in san francisco says the city could be doing much more to save water during this drought. our reporter is live to explain. lee ann. >> well, dan, supervisor wiener will call on a number of city agencies to discuss ways to improve our efforts, our water

conservation efforts. we could see big changes coming our way. >> right now we're doing great. >> reporter: the san francisco public utilities commission showed us this diagram of the city's water usage. the dotted black line is the 10% voluntary conservation target. >> this red line represents what our actual usage is. >> reporter: slightly lower than expected. still water conservation will be on the agenda when the board of supervisored reconvenes in september. scott wiener says much of the focus will be on expanding the city's recycled water program. for example, the public utilities commission has one recycling facility and will have another in four years. >> we're behind where we should be in terms of water reused and water recycling. there's no reason for us to use anything but recycled water for example to water landscaping. >> the plan is to eventually have certain areas like golden

gate park use only recycled water. it currentedly uses well water. there has been concern that all the construction of apartments in the city will increase the command for water. the puc project even with the bay area population growing it won't happen. >> it's grown by about 4% but conversely, water use has deceased over that period of time to the tune of 17% less consumpti consumption. that's due to increased conservation efforts and efficiency within plumbing fixtures. changes to building codes. >> still supervisor wiener is proposing that multiunit buildings will have individual water meters so they will know the amgt ount of water they are using. >> if they are not seeing their own water usage it will be harder for them to conserve. >> demanding individual water

meters would require a building code amendment. in san francisco, abc 7 news. >> still ahead, helicopter rescue on a bay area cliff. coming up two teenagers cling to the side of a mountain getting the scare and ride of their lives. we will show you what happeneditious also the desperate the hunt for a contagious california man. the disease he has and how police finally track him down. >> if you think it cannot happen to you, you're wrong. >> the danger of leaving your child in a hot parked car. our reporter teamed up sclees i exclusively with consumer reports to find out whether ♪ ♪ [ barks ] whoo! mmm! ♪

♪ oh, yeah [ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. start exploring at followyournola.com. [ woman ] and i love new orleans! let's go back to that breaking news. that huge water main break that is flooding the ucla campus. people are having to wade

through some two feet of water to get around. the break started around almost two hours ago. the pavilion where the bruins play have sustained serious damage. emergency crewsq>cíz prepared a in case they need to rescue people who get stranded. some ucla students have taking advantage. they are kids having fun with it. they use their boogie boards to try to slide through the gushing water. we're on the story. we will keep you updated here at 6:00 and our twitter feed. >> then there is this dramatic video. the chp led a dramatic rescue. the whole thing was caught on video. officials say two teenagers were stuck on a cliff on the rodeo beach. they were only wearing shorts on friday. a helicopter crew used it to pull them up to the air craft. you can see how narrow that cliff was. the helicopter landed on the beach. they were reunited with the families and no

>> a 4fresno man had been diagnosed with tb in march and skipped out on his treatment by county helm d health officials. he was highly contagious. the potentially deadly contagious disease can spread through the air. >> you know kids dying because they were left in hot cars made headlines this summer so can technology help poirnarents avo this tragic mistake. >> it's a bigger problem then many people know. 44 deaths. >> it's stunning actually. >> i know 44 children died last year from heatstroke inside cars. accidentally leaving a child has happened to a hospital ceo, a preacher typically because of fatigue and distractions.

consumer reports looked into the danger and how we might be able to avoid it. >> when his son bryce was just nine months ol. the change in routine and emergency phone call at work led to the unthinkable. lynn didn't realize, instead of dropping bryce off at the babysitter, she left him in the parking lot and went in to work, i couldn't believe i could forget my own son and how that is possible. the next thing i thought was how am i going to tell my husband that i killed my son. >> the office temperature that day only 66 degrees. on an 80 degree day engineers found even with the windows partially open. the temperature jumped to 108 degrees in minutes. consumer reports evaluated a car seat that is supposed to sense the child's weight and alert you when you turn off the car.

>> the technologies are not there. somewhat inconsistent and unreliable e this seat isn't even manufactured anymore, the consumer report says ideally technology should be integrated into the car seat or the car. >> we have bells that remind us that we're low on gas that we didn't buckle our seatbelts. why not one to remind us that we've left our child in the car. >> for now keep something you need like your cell phone in the back seat to remind you to check on your child. >> if you think it cannot happen to you, you're wrong. i'm here to tell you that i was one of those parents that did and i made the mistake. the ultimate price. >> okay. now all of that is really important. here is the big take away. car seat up quickly. 20 degrees in 10 minutes. children have especially vulnerable to heatstroke because their body temperature rises three to five times faster than adults. leaving a child in a car for just a few moments can be

dangerous. >> i can't imagine. you come back from shopping and you get in your car. you know how hot it is. >> well, getting information about vehicle recall is going to be just a few click as way soon. a new government website is set to launch august 20th that will allow consumers if a vehicle has any unrepaired recalls. the site is safecar.gov. despite opposition from auto makers they will have to display it when searched by vin or identification number. >> our meteorologist is outside with beautiful weather today. >> it is warm out there. >> it is indeed. dan and sheryl beautiful day here in the bay area. the humidity has gone down just a little bit. temporarily blue skies toward the bay but i am still watching clouds around the rest of the region here. we will be seeing a lot more cloud cover tomorrow. i will explain in a moment.

some build ups out over the water as you look at our visible satellite picture and in the sierra nevada we're seeing more than just build up. thunder storms have been developing from mamoth up to the south lake tahoe area. thunder storms with heavy rain could lead to flash flooding which is why a flash flood is in effect from mammoth lakes to bridgeport tomorrow morning from noon to 10:00 p.m. also in mount shafta until 11:00 tonight. you've already seen lightning strikes in that direction. that's what the biggest concern is along with the dry h÷pñfield. beautiful view from our emery cameras watching the monsoon flow coming in. 71 in oakland. 80 san jose. 63 in half moon bay. all the way to the upper 90s inland. these clouds we don't typically see here. it's the subtropical connection.

87 in sand santa rosa. this is what it looks like along the coastline. a little breezy. fog, covering parts of the golden gate bridge. it will be with us as we head into tomorrow. partly cloudy tomorrow and wednesday. continued to be hot on wednesday. remember the tropical storm yesterday, it has fallen apart. we're seeing the outflow of moisture into southern california some of this is toing to head in our direction. in the form of extra clouds for your wednesday. so we will call it high clouds filtering the sun for wednesday afternoon providing a little higher humidity. tomorrow low to mid-60s inland. upper 50s around the coast and north bay. we will see some fog in the morning. a warm day in the south bay. 90 in san jose.

95 morgan hill. 66 in pacifica. 70 degrees in downtown san francisco. very mild day looking at 77 in the sunset district. north bay mid to upper 60s. 89 in santa rosa. napa. 78 in oakland. 86 freemont. those high clouds will to move through the inland east bay. the east will be with us. 98 in livermore. 100 in brentwood. a look at the 7 day forecast. a lot of you have been talking about this humidity on social media. when will the stickiness go away. still a few high clouds up there on thursday. mid 60s to mid 90s. we lose the humidity by friday. temperatures will fall a little bit. mid-60s to mid-90s as we hit the

weekend. back to our stable southern pattern with a wide range of temperatures. we're losing the humidity. >> thank you so much. looking at computers all day can really be a pain on your eyes, right? what instead of putting on your glasses, you could put glass on your computer. we'll have that story next. >> and the future of plug in vehicles. new at 6:00, a look at what's hot and not. just how safe you'll be driving one of those things. that's at 6:00 wit

breaking news in san francisco. a federal grand jury has returned a new superseding criminal indictment against the deadly pipe line explosion in 2010. this indictment accuses officials of obstructing the federal ntsb investigation that began immediately after the explosion. it also charges them with 27 counts of knowingly and willfully violating the federal

natural gas pipe line safety act. for its record keeping over the strength and integrity of the underground natural gas line. now we have called them for a response. we have not held back from the utility. >> we will have more later tonight. with the cost of rent rising in san francisco. some residents say rental services are partially to blame. >> this group protests outside an apartment building in mason and grenich streets today. they say landlords are renting as vacation rentals. they say it unraveled the fabric of the neighborhood and make it's harder for long term residents to stay. >> because this elevates the cost of rent while it reduces the rental stock. >> i think what's happening is in particular is happening tli

o throughout the city. >> there are a lot of vacancies near hotels. that's what they were built for. that's where they can go. if they want something that looks like home than they can stay home. >> they say it can help neighbors when a disaster helps. the company says that the white house today explaining how officials can tap into their network to help disaster victims find places to stay if their homes are destroyed. >> i think we all know that staring at a computer screen for hours isn't good on our eyes. a project can change that. researchers are developing algorithms to kpecompensate for people's eye problems. that allows them to see the screen clearly without glasses or contacts. the displays could help people with more serious visuals that

cannot be corrected by glasses. still to come they are the men everyone loves to hate. talking about umpires who call the baseball games. >> in the bay area some heard laughter instead of booing. we'll have that story for you coming up next. >> and you're looking at the faces of the some of the young people who perceived disney abc youth services awards to recognize their volunteer work. 10-year-old will raised money so his local foot bank coud bank t reusable banks. >> the application dead line is thursday. we have more information for you at abc

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[ whistling ] [ male announcer ] discover your new orleans. start exploring at followyournola.com. [ woman ] and i love new orleans! . >> coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. tonight why thousands of these fishes are blowing ashore and dying. >> after the rim fire we will show you what's being done to revitalize the area.

>> michael finny helps a north bay couple get a refund for school taxes they did not have to pay. it's a lesson that may save you some money as well. >> the swat team started clearing the scene in heywoord. >> if you are going to the giants game you might want to applaud the umpiring crew. >> they paid a visit to young patients at the children's hospital in san francisco. the umpires went room to room building kids a build a bear animal and outfit. >> all of these community even though they are not home to me, they provide for me and my family. the very least i can do is come and see if i can spread just a little bit of joy. >> nice. well this is the 9th year major league baseball umpires have been meeting with patients at children's hospitals.

>> they've made 94 trips. tonight we say the umpires are safe. >> thanks welcome to "world news." tonight, saving yosemite. firefighters unleash torrents of water to protect an american treasure. ancient sequoia trees in danger, as families are turned away by dense smoke and flames. a major health alert. a big change tonight about skin cancer. why it's getting worse and what america's top doctor says you need to do right now. taken. the young victim who mysteriously vanished for nine months faces her accused kidnapper in court. and seconds to spare. the stunning video of two women trapped on a bridge with a train bearing down. how they escaped. good evening to you on this tuesday night. as we come on the air, a treasured part of america the