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and stealing the gas. >>reporter: thieves are actually doing much more than vandalizing cars. this is a rash of crimes that is also creating a health hazard. good evening everyone. i'm in for dan. >> i'm amma. this is a look at just a few of the 10 incidents reported so far across napa. 7 news joins us live from one location where the vandals hit. alan? >>reporter: whoever is doing this is bold enough to do it right in the parking lot of the wal-mart. now apparently the newer model cars have a lock on the gas cap or gas door or app anti-eye side fong device the crook drills hole in the tank but apparently not very good at it because they are getting gas all over the n >> napa police say they have come across scenes like this 10 times in less than a week. >> puncturing the gas tanks. and stealing the gas and then the gas is running on to the parking lot or city streets.

>>reporter: the gas thief or thieves will also slash one back tire to tilt the tank sought gas flows toward the hole. >> just kind of. >> reporter: you, you know. >> riccardo sets his back tire was slashed but his gas tank was never punctured. police say the target vehicle are mostly suvs with enough clearance to crawl under them. >> maybe too low. and just couldn't get to it because they got to the other car. >>reporter: my say it's happening all over napa at all hours of the day. happening on quiet residential streets. and in large parking lots like wal-mart and the boys and girls club of napa valley. >> to me it sims like a lot of work for what could amount to couple dollars worth of gas but that's what i understand happening now we have a big mess in our parking lot. >>reporter: police breathe suspect is driving a white mid size suv with washington plates n.nap a-abc 7 news. >> police in santa rosa are lacking for victims of man who

may have been impersonate ago police officer. earlier this month during a traffic stop police found a police scanner, crime tape, handcuffs and fake sheriff's badge all of this in a white crown victoria. police say the driver is known gang member. he was not arrested but police believe he may have been targeting drivers. in people in palo alto hashed not been charged with a crime. this is the scene earlier today from sky 7 hd. the driver says he accidentally accelerated instead of breaking while parking. about lisa joins us live from where it happened on busy university avenue. >> several window will have to be replaced at university cafe. board went up late this afternoon. all that happened hours after horrific scene unfurled right here. university cafe wasn't as busy as it normally would be on a thursday night. just eight hours after this car slammed into patrons. pedestrians.

and the front of the building. cafe regular here at the usual seat tonight right next to the crash zone. >> this is a little surprising because it's parallel parking but if it's too bad. nobody nobody wants this. >>reporter: 5 people were rushed to stanford hospital for treatment. 4 member and one woman. 2 men will have surgery tomorrow. >> hit in the lower part of their body so they had some significant orthopedic surgery with fractures of the lower extreme ty. >>reporter: 90-year-old driver is the one responsible police say. witness still can't get the sound and images out of their hands. >> if man with hip completely displaced. like war zone. there was another man next to him was bleeding. >> tire screeching. if metal crunching. like loud noise. >>reporter: you can see from the video from sky 7 hd as the driver was escorted by police

to another car for questioning. police say neither drug nor alcohol were involved. in palo alto, lisa, abc 7 news. >> bart employee say management is not doing enough to address their concerns of racism after someone drew threatening messages on employee locker and not the first time it happened. got a picture of the message written on june 27. it's an expletive followed by a threat. maintenance worker johnson when he went to management he was told go back to work. similar messages were written on locker and also in a bath room in march of 2013. group of black employee filed a lawsuit against bart last december for hostile work work environment and fewer chance for promotion. >> bart has not done its job in controlling the work environment and those who are rogue in it and racist in it feel like they can act with impunity. >>reporter: bart said it's investigating and release add statement today reading bart police was notified within an hour of the time the incident

was reported and began an internal investigation that same night. alleges that the workers were ordered to return to work is completely inaccurate. the man accused of injuring 5 people with stolen van in san francisco is charged with 10 felony charges today 6 for hit-and-run. 25-year-old anthony wise interarrested monday night. police tried to pull over the van but he took off. he went just few block before crashing at jones and post. the van struck a taxi both vehicle careen on to the sidewalk and into a pedestrians and bicyclist. woman injured inside the stolen van is helping with the investigation an not charged. >> startling move by the a's trade dead line trading cespedes trading for lester and gomes. he's the most exciting players a's had in years. he's thrilling to watch. under cont 1 moreonly 1 more year after this. so he was going to get traded at some point. bean

decided the time was now. he the hance to stack the play off rotation starting with the all star in john less material anything short of world series title is just failure this season. bean on the deal that rocked the baseball world. >> john lester case we are dealing with a guy who is one of the best in his position of the game and has been for a long time. so the given an opportunity not to pass up on. >> lester start forth a's open saturday and same day they were scheduled cespedes t-shirt day and a's going ahead with the promotion give way giving away 10,000 t shirts soon to be collector item. >> what else do you do with the shirts. >> more than half had of california is now under an exceptional drought. that's the highest level in 40 years. look at the difference from just last year when the state was only in severe drought. incorporating to the u.s. department of al agriculture the state now short an entire

year worth of rain. >> tomorrow morning volunteers plan to scoop out thousands of dead an chief from the santa cruz harbor. fish swarm the shallow water of the harbor last night. trying to escape predators. but there wasn't enough oxygen for them all. harbor master says this is a natural occurrence. happened 5 times before. authorities prepared for it. were using air 8tor to pump more oxygen into the water but it wasn't enough. now they have to scoop out what bigger fish and birds do in the eat. .> >> the birds right now doing a pretty good job of getting some of the fish that float up and male as well. sea lyon and harbor seals are gorging themselves right notch harbor boat launch will be closed until at least tomorrow afternoon. >> san francisco home for low income seniors scheduled to close after 130 years. will row main open. university ladies home was to close today after it was purchased by a private school earlier this month. it has been losing

money since endowment ran out in 2008. however assisted living company age song paid 5.7 million dollars to match the private schools offer toda today. university gave them the legal right to match the offer. they plan to renovate and expand the bed capacity. >> still to come on 7 news at 11:00. effort to bring home 2 americans with the ebola virus and where they will go once they get>> and the changes comig tomorrow to the controversial google shuttle. >> why not smile? not necessarily carry your heart on your sleeve but have a heart. >>reporter: one man effort to bring a little heart and soul to bay area commuters. >> sandhya we look at foggy morning ride for some of you but much warmer afternoon for all of you. we talk about the heat heading into the weekend but first here's jimmy kimmel. >> here's a quick preview of what we are up to tonight. >> we arrange to have you have

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double the speed. >> 2 americans infected with the ebola virus heading home for treatment as the disease spreads. more than 1,000 cases reported in guinea, lie beer why and sierra more than 700 people died. 2 missionaries from texas and north carolina are being flown to an isolation unit at emery university in atlanta to treat the virus and the plane has specialize tenths to be used to isolate patient's from medical staff during the flight. israel and hamas are now in

a 72 hour cease fire that started at 10:00 p.m. pacific time. u.s. and un release joint statement earlier today. they had assurance all parties to the conflict have agreed to the 3 day cease fire. negotiations on a more durable truce will take place during the time. civilian in gaza will also take the time to restock food smrichlt treat the injured and bury the dead. >> the 7 7 spoke to former colleague of "washington post"detained in iran since last tuesday. 38-year-old jason rice is an iran american from marin county. he and his wife an iran citizen were working as reporters when officials took them into custody in tehran. andrew worked with rice from 2002 through 2006. >> his mission was to if show americans that there is more to iran than perhaps they had been

given to understand. i think that was his main puvrment i think he did it very well. >>reporter: iran official news agency confirmed last friday that the couple was being held for questioning along with two other journalists. gaggle bust another corporate shutay have to pay up starting tomorrow. shuttle operators serving company on the planes charged 3.55 per stop as part of test program coordinated by the san francisco municipal transportation agency. mta designated legal stop for the shuttle to share along regular bus routes. >> speaking of driving. offers a moment of relief during rush hour to drivers coming into san francisco. >> the man dancing on 101 overpass remained a mystery until tonight. the tiffany has his story. >>reporter: with every brake light bloop builds. >> sitting in traffic like. >>reporter: but on 101 just before vermont street a curious trend. smiles. waves. cell phone pulled out. pointed up.

>> my god there's dancing guy holding a heart. >>reporter: that would be the san francisco native and consummate performer at work on his stage. >> can't hear the music i'm listening to or hear me talkin talking. they see this. it's universal. >>reporter: he started the overpass dance around valentine's day last year after a bad relationship. so every thursday and friday you will find him here. >> i tell people my heart beats twice. baa boom i know to goyshtion holding the home made heart he shares a simple message. >> just if be happy and love yourself. >>reporter: whether walking or driving you see him it's hard not to smile and just want to join the beat. >> fantastic. >> made me smile. >>reporter: mix of music varies. >> a little bit of rihanna. nicki minaj. >>reporter: his moves shift with his mood but his motivation won't go away. >> what i love to do. >>reporter: he plans to keep

sharing his heart dance indefinitely. in san francisco, tiffany wilson abc 7 news. >> about he's welcoming others to join his heart dance. >> back at the pedestrians overpass near 18th and san bruno tomorrow. celebration dipper tonight for the san francisco police and fire department one name victor the other the server. sf pd beat the city firefighters 27-7 in charity flag football game at the july 12th legend of candlestick event. fire chief if fire fighting staff followed through on the about east with police to serve the withining team celebration dinner. >> ended up being just the way we want it to be. you always want to finish the last game with the big win against the biggest rival on the biggest stage and at the park it's awesome. >> think greg happy about this. >> raise 15,000 dollars for each department t.a huge

rivalry between the police and the fire department. >> let's turn our attention to the weather. how hot over the next kim days. sandhya here with that. >> hot enough to make you sweat especially if you live inland. it's in the triple digit tomorrow as you look at live doppler 7hd we have some high cloud just streaming in. har harmless. we also have the fog around near the coast and even in over parts of the bay. the fog was very reason why it stayed nice and comfortable along with sea breeze. in san francisco half machine bay in the 60's it was mild. 85 in santa rosa. 75 oakland. 80 in san jose. you get in land and this is where it started to get hot. 98 livermore. 103 in antioch today t.it was up to 105 at like port ukiah 1 0sex. we are expecting a lot more triple digit temperatures tomorrow as we head towards the end of your work week. this is what you want to watch out for in the morning. fog has been really causing flux ateing visibility at times. it has been low. transamerica pyramid

the top is obscured there watch out allow a little extra time for the commute. 58 san francisco. 61 in oakland right now. 60's san carlos. gilroy half moon bay and here's our view from the camera. fog already made its way across the bay. temperatures in the 60's from napa to fairfield concord but it is in the 50's santa rosa novato and warm spot 73 in livermore. sutro tower cam are showing you some areas of fog as we look towards san francisco. look out for the fog in the morning and some high clouds around. hotter tomorrow. spare the air alert. seventh of the season and wide range of temperatures are awaiting for the weekend. if high cloud streaming in. we'll see those right on through the early morning hours. temperatures roo is tomorrow as hot air mass shifts west ward. hottest day is expected tomorrow of the next 7 days. tomorrow morning starting out pretty mild. low mid 60's and

high thin clouds fog interthe coast and it may be a little on the thick side so be careful out there. mid upper 50's for starters. then in the afternoon we are expecting the temperatures to come up quickl quickly. 100 in morgan hill. 102 gilroy and pens will 90 mountain view. redwood city and 68 in pacifica. so nice day. not too hot there. 74 downtown san francisco. and in the north bay you will really see the summer micro climate with the 60's coast side and triple digit. 92 in santa rosa. 88 in valet had. 91 san rafael out to the east bay. 88 free mont. inland areas 102 fairfield an antioch if you good to the a's game tomorrow night against the royals really a mild night great night for the ball game low 70's dropping in the mid 60's followed by fireworks. too bad cespedes is not there. accu-weather 7 day forecast. temperatures dialed back over the weekend mid upper 90's inland. mid 60's coast

then we keep you close to that next week. >> one last cespedes jab. i have been in agony all day. i didn't need. that thank you sandhya. look at some of the young people who received disney abc youth service award to recognize the volunteer work. deadline to apply for this year award is midnight. children ages 5 to 18 eligible to 7 1,000 dollars for the school or organization where they volunteer. this is 7 new news.com slash community. sta

>> interesting comments from bean talking about the

blockbuster daily sendingspedest cespedes to boston for fellow all star pitcher lester and gomes. bean said he heard last night that the tyingers were likely to get david price from tampa today so maybe he felt compelled to pull the trigger on the lester deal. this is risky. giving up dynamic player like cespedes. win 63 percent of the time this season when cespedes starts only 39 percent when he did not start. yikes. lester won 2 world series titles. proven play off ace but strictly a rental. bean said tonight very tough trading the show. >> nobody is excited about losing the guy like cespedes. there was a lot of pause on our part in going through this dea deal. but certain satisfaction to be able to get this deal. competitive for a guy like thi this. >>reporter: now cespedes tweeted tonight oakland you gave me your heart and your love. many fun winning times

a's nation thank you. new chapter for me. remember just win baby a little al davis reference there. also another tweet a's gave me my first mlb home. always great to me and my family. always grateful forever. gracias. tigers respond acquiring price. 3 way deal with tampa bay. 11 and 8 this year. will join max and justin all of whom cy young award winners which is insane. 3 guy in the rotation that won the cy young award tigers as good or better than the a's as far as starting pitching right now. acquired sam from the twins for unhappy pitcher malone. started the year with oakland. good defensive player and with cocoa crisp out for who knows how long important down the stretch. malone had asked to be traded after he was demoteled to triple a. irony going to the twins and putting him on triple a team for now at least. and the giants at the

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