demonstration supposed to be organized by occupy oakland. they say they are demonstrating today in solidarity with people in ferguson, missouri. >> the bay area and oakland has seen public demonstrations that have boiled over but equipment used in these demonstrations are getti getting fresh scrutiny. >> what happened in 1990s, local police jurisdictions have been aroued to ask and receive military-grade weaponry. >> the aclu issued a report called war comes home. according to aclu, the use can harm the relationship police

agencies should have with the communities served. >> is this necessary? does it under cut a key police goal, which is ensuring trust with the community it serves? the commander say they make efforts to communicate before thinking of rolling out equipment. >> if you start with a philosophy you're going to support peace of the protests, i think good things flow from that. >> images of armored personnel carriers are powerful. >> people are talking about images of a tank. those are frightening images i don't know what would precipitate that. >> police departments can apply for equipment and can get brand new items. it's a program just reauthorized by congress. >> minority leader nancy pelosi

is one of the five that voted to continue this program. >> aclu would like communities to have a public hearing when local departments acquire the equipment. in oakland, abc7 news >> in santa clara county, five people tested positive for the disease and one is still in the hospital. we're live in mountain view. that is an area with a high concentration of infected mosquitos >> yes. it is. that is why they've notified they will do a fogging here. santa clara county health officials say three men and two women tested positive for west nile virus. >> get things and headache,

fever and they may not be with it. >> health officials expected a bad summer after seeing a spike in dead birds. the location of nearly 700 bird carcasses. by comparison last year, they found 88. >> this is the record-breaking year for a long time. >> officials say they have been concentrated in santa clara, and mountain view. >> slightly concerning. >> ann miller spends time outside walking dogs >> i wasn't sure how serious this was. >> five people have been infected so far this year. >> that is not good. >> it's not panic time. it's awareness time. >> wes palmer recommends cleaning outstanding water near the home the new mosquito colony can hatch in as few as five days and increased the number to 16 this

year. >> i'm glad they're on top of it. >> they're also trying to establish what caused it to spike. >> we think that it could be because of the drought. and also, the motorcycles he recommends covering up if you go outside and dusk or dawn. >> well, a wild scene on highway 4 this morning, captured in this video that is a taxi cab that had been car jacked moments before. and is traveling west. other drivers going to the right. here is a picture tweeted by patrol. two drivers forced to swerve into the median and an suv

collided and overturned the police believe she might have been on drugs when she stole the cab. >> san francisco police are defending their traffic control last night's long-awaited concert at candle stick park. some fans found themselves stuck in the street outside instead. vic lee is live there now with what went wrong, and why. vic? >> reporter: this is a copy of darren's $850 tickets he never got to use them. he was stuck in gridlock on one road here. there were 60,000 people inside of the stick. but a lot of people out here waiting to get in. many of them never gotccuu

signals to turn red or green. but time to get cones in place. >> vta completed a pocket rail to whisk passengers home. >> we have buses coming from bart and fremont and so don't just look at how to drive there or take the train. >> the majority of the fans will be driving to 11 eyes stadium. only 20% are expected to take

public transit the unknown is how long it will take lots to clear afterwards. >> if i told you people will be out of here in two hours boy like to think so. so it's hard to tell. >> residents are now holding their breath, they have red stickers. >> should be better because i'll be able to use that sticker and get in and out of the area, so should be all right, i hope. >> now if you're going to the game from the east bay check out this map. amtrak's train goes to the stadium. and you can per use the roads before you leave tomorrow or

during your drive and see the traffic conditions. we have a link on abc7 news.com with realtime maps with routes on our traffic page. >> another traffic warning eastbound bore number two closes again this weekend and done at night but closures begin at 8:00 tonight, tomorrow, sunday and won't reopen until monday at 7:00 a.m the next closure scheduled for august 28th, a thursday to replace aging bridge hinges it will affect your friday morning commute into the city. >> still ahead a mystery m marin. surveillance video of someone who has been dumping hundreds of

kittens. >> what may be the most extensively studied meteorite in the country. >> sunny skies, mild to warm conditions. the accu-weather forecast is coming up. >> post office automation sends a package around the country back 14 times.

>> today, the marin humane society released video of people who continue to drop off cats in the middle of the night. here is the surveillance video in novato. people in the suv left behind 24 cats a spokesperson says it's the fourth time in 18 months this happened it's not ill lowell but a spokesperson says it has to stop. >> our guess is that they're not spaying and neutering the cats. maybe friends and neighbors don't know the person has this many cats. part of loving an animal means spaying and neutering them so you don't end up with 100 homeless cats. >> adoption fees of $100 have been waved to help them find

homes. >> teachers in a san francisco school are upset and angry after thieves stole thousands of dollars worth of technology at ghen park school yesterday. because the school had just finished an orientation, many doors were unlocked >> they looked like parents someone spread joy and love to us and someone took them from us. >> a departing teacher gifted those last year. >> the fight over the control of the san francisco water front heated up today. supporters want the commission

to drop a lawsuit seeking to block prop b which is passed in june the lands commission maintains it's owned by the state and can only be managed by the port authority. >> it doesn't mean they have ability to pull the rug out from the people. >> the commission insists local measures cannot interfere. san francisco city attorney says he will defend prop b's height limits. >> nasa revealed origins of a meteor that was found by a woman after bouncing off her house. they concluded they're probably 470 million year old fragments

to a theetor. unbelievable. they think the fragments came from a rock about 14 weighing 176 pounds. >> that is cool. >> spencer is here with the weather. >> it was easier to calculate the weather. warm is the operative word and sunny skies. some areas looking at western sky, it's 66 degrees in san francisco and oakland. san jose, 79. gilroy, 79. 63 in half moon bay. more temperature readings right

now. fairfield coastal fog, mild to warm and a pattern of mild weather continues into next week. producing a breeze, a mild breeze. over the weekend no weather worries if you have outdoor activities planned. this is going to give us nice, calm weather. fog over the bay and inland. then, 89 in morgan hill.

peninsula, highs at and downtown san francisco, 68 tomorrow. 66 in the sunset district. north bay highs 81 in santa rosa. 82 napa. east bay highs oakland, 73. 80s in castro valley and fremont. here is the accu-weather forecast. and we talk about a steady pattern. this is it. on the coast mid-60s and that is not much of a change. >> yes. >> coming up next have you taken

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in missouri tonight a friend of michael brown, the teenager killed by police confirmed the two did steal something from a veengs store just before brown was shot. here is surveillance video showing the clerk stopping two people, police say the man in the red hat is brown. he pushes the clerk, and then walks out. police say he took a $50 box of cigars. today, brown's family says

police released the video to draw attention away from the shooting. >> whatever that took place there had nothing to do with an individual getting down on his hands and knees, raising his hands in the air and saying don't shoot. this is a universal call for i surrender. i can hear my cousin's voice saying don't shoot. >> the police chief says the officer didn't know the teen was a suspect. he was stopped because they were walking down the middle of a street, blocking traffic. another protest is scheduled for tonight. his family has called for no violence and are pleased the federal government has begun an investigation into this shooting. >> an austin grand jury indicted texas governor rick perry for abuse of power the republican governor accused of carrying out a threat to veto $7.5 million for state public integrity unit.

he announced he'd veto funding if the da didn't resign following her drunk driving conviction. the veto drew a complaint. a indict against fed-ex claims a number of addicts died after receiving shipments of illegal prescription drugs. prosecutors added a charge of money laundering. fed-ex was indicted for knowingly shipping illegal drugs from two online pharmacies. fed-ex is fighting charges >> former vice president al gore filed suit against al jazeera news network for $500 million now claiming al jazeera withheld tens of millions of dollars in

payments. gore's attorney saying al jazeera wants to give itself a discount on the price agreed to nearly two years ago. >> sea world in san diego is making changes to help keep and care for killer whales, but will the changes go far enough to satisfy hours after the announcement, crowds began pouring in. most people just learning about the fan. >> these are pictures of what will be the killer whale's new home the tank will hold double the siesz of what shamu and others swim in now. and a new viewing wall.

>> it used to be going close to fish and see whales everyone feels like they're part of the whole thing. >> it's going to be exciting. >> sea world is promising $10 million for research we asked if it's an attempt to quiet criticism that came came from the "black fish" documentary. >> our hope is that their excitement will drown out the voice of the criticizers. >> the harshest critic, peta issued a response that reads in part what could save it is the recognition that it need not make larger tanks but turn them out in seaside sanctuaries to feel and experience the ocean again, hear families and one day, be reunited with them a bigger prison is still a prison. adina bennett doesn't agree with

how whales are treated. >> i feel they should be let go. >> construction is expected to be completed in 2018. >> just ahead here tonight an fran skyline of the future. center piece of the

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you've seen it. driving into san francisco, you can't help but notice construction cranes. much of the park is a plan to redevelop a neighborhood south of market street. what is rising are thousands of new homes, offices and hotel rooms. >> this is a view only on abc7 news thanks to graphic designers at steel blue. the terminal will will being a

transit hub and a park but this san francisco isn't just to dream. it centers around this site. >> we hit a next milestone of building a train box. >> dennis turson is the project manager of the new trance bay terminal project. >> some day we'll have tracks running through here. >> below the streets is under way. >> bright and lots of windows. >> the center piece will be a huge glass column.

and will affect here. this fall, the center will rise above the ground. it is stlat slaited for completion in 017. >> will be the tallest building west of chicago. >> it will be 1070 feet tall. >> this is an unprecedented time. >> you can see how busy it is between bay bridge and market street. two dozen lots are planned.

>> we went to three architects and asked them to give us their vision. >> hokal developer tmg properties wants to build towers. if doing it right, we'll be tall wrest residential eunice on the west coast. >> if built will be part of a neighborhood taking shape. >> a grown up san francisco for 21 century. >> eric thomas, abc7 news >> coming up next, a package traveled across the country 14

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posting jail house mug shots and charging hundreds or thousands of dollars to take them down the bill does not address a similar practice involving compromising photos. >> you may be traveling this summer but we're sure you haven't gone as far as a gift mailed to new york that never arrived. >> it did rack up >> it does happen. this package lost for months in a mailing loop for 40,000 miles, no one could stop it. but 7 on your side did. >> laura is amazed the box mailed months ago look like a box. . >> i thought it would be round

by now. >> the package just got back after flying back and forth across the country 14 times in three months. >> i calculated it traveled 40,000 miles. >> around the earth more than once. >> once, two thirds times, i think >> it was a birthday gift sent to her god daughter in brooklyn. the package went unclaimed the post office shipped it back to san francisco. and it entered the postal vortex. >> they called it looping. >> arriving in san francisco, a machine read address and shipped it back to brooklyn. >> in brooklyn they'd say no. then, back and then back, and then, back. >> laura tracking it online bouncing from one coast to another.

>> to san francisco, up to nushing. back to kerny. >> the postal service told her it would ship the box back and forth forever. >> someone must pounce and a guy with a big neck. >> laura wondered if 7 on your side could catch it. >> if it's in automation it's like a needle in a hay stack. >> james says this rarely happens and why this got stuck is a mystery. >> we did our best. >> this isn't our first case like this. last year, roger toms ordered a camera lens that looped for a month. because a clerk entered a wrong mail code.

and the postal service put everyone on alert. someone in new york pounced. >> there was a card, too. just remembered. >> gift looks perfect. she plans to send them off. >> i'm going to get a snail with a backpack and gps. >> she did resend it and get this, she sent it by priority mail. this time, the post office delivered it safely. so if you have a problem click on the sections tab, select 7 on your side. and you can reach me there. >> thank you >> sure >> spencer christian probably

has been around the world 14 times >> weather looks looping. same weather day off day. state wide another sunny day interior locations across california. in the bay area, warm day. mid-60s on the coast. and sunday, football comes as broncos at the game time. warming up to 79. so sun screen is recommended we're going to have sunny days ahead high temperatures near 90

inland. >> thank you, spencer >> let's talk baseball. >> that is right. >> yes. a live shot on sunday >> right. >> get rest here >> yes. >> right. >> in sports of son of a famous raider hoping to become a member of the silver an

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first ever game sunday afternoon against broncos. they had a chance to practice to get used to the site line. niners need to mark their territory and he's looking forward to the game. >> exciting for the players and everybody. >> yes. i think he's excited. >> raiders play their second game tonight when hosting devoit.

now, the son of another famous raider is trying to make the team. >> gorge atkinson was signed by raiders as a free agent. >> it's a dream come true. you though? >> you have to earn your job here. >> definitely. you know? during my career there have been always comparisons i am my own player. i have to put my own work in. >> george set a record for 236 and blessed with speed

he knows his ticket he grew up working at raider training camp. and wants to follow in his dad's footsteps with the raiders. >> today against atlanta got shelved he had given up six six games. freddie freeman made it 5-0 braves. he wasn't the only athletic having problems. in the 4th, a second out.

so he was running. >> monique davis pitching for a team out of philadelphia, the 13-year-old allowed just two hits over six innings and did not walk a batter. >> second round of the lpga championship. today fired from the bunker and it goes in. and this sports report has been brought to you by orchard supply, hardware. >> yes. >> okay.

>> thank you. >> tonight sky 7 hd on the way to a propane leak a forklift punctured a tank from a market. >> they say they may just have to let it bleed out into the air until the tank is empty. >> join me at 9:00 we'll update that story. and what firefighters pulled out of the richmond water treatment plant. >> when is flying the american flag considered un-american? >> and finally tonight we suffered a trauma this week. robin williams and one of our own suddenly gone.

i watched "mrs. doubtfire" for the first time in 25 years just because. we lost a super star. and learned about what a kind and decent man he was. many stories about his generosity. a man who lived in many ways an ordinary life style around his home in marin z learned that all is not as it appeared with a man who seemed up beat. the man with a 1,000 watt personality and mind was living with unimaginable darkness and pain. he wanted us to laugh when he was hurting. in life robin williams did so much good with his money and fame. perhaps what matters in death is how it will help others cope with depression and addiction. a subject cheryl jenning as

dresses in a special edition of "behind the headlines". now, i'd love your thoughts on robin williams and his death or maybe a favorite movie or memory. follow me on twitter. >> that is it for this edition of abc7 news. >> from all of us here, we appreciate your time. see you at 9:00 first impressions are important. you've got to make every second count.

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this is the "jeopardy!" battle of the decades. please welcome today's former champions from our first decade. he was a new york city cop when he won five games in 1990. today he's still a new york city cop and is completing a doctorate at the john jay college of criminal justice. please welcome... he won the 1988 tournament of champions while working for the state department. he now owns a company offering courses on intelligence to the government and the private sector. from reston, virginia, please welcome... and she was a junior at grinnell college when she won the 1993 college championship. now she's an attorney living in cranberry township, pennsylvania. please welcome... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" --

alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to today's match. if you were watching yesterday, you'll recall that tom nosek defeated leslie shannon and richard cordray. leslie is going to receive $5,000 in cash. but richard cordray will not. he is a federal appointee. he is the director of the federal consumer financial protection bureau, so he's not allowed to receive the money. but to show that he was a great team player, he paid his own way to fly to los angeles to compete in this tournament. now, frank, mark, and phoebe -- they don't have to worry about that. they will accept the money and enjoy it. [ laughter ] all right, good luck. let's go to work. what are the categories for this first round? here they are. that should bring back some great memories.