moving to remove and replace the turf >> whatever the reasons, niners are wasting no time ripping out the grass. you can see the turf has been removed. we don't know if the same variety will replace it. fans taking a tour were sup priced. >> it's weird to see the field coming up that fast. i mean, i know it's going to be sawed. >> the chargers have been assured the field will be game ready. >> we're going to go for a normal pregame routine. and it's no different than any other games. >> two niners suffered injuries, both involving slips on lose soil. the coach moved to the practice field instead. earthquakes and broncos on sunday. so what is the problem? the sod contractor has been told

not to talk to us. we turn to another major sod grower, the grass farm. the owner doesn't grow the variety but speculates the grass doesn't establish a strong root system. >> maybe they didn't push so it may have needed more time. >> normal sod has five 8th attached. additional soil will help anchor the sod to prevent slippage. >> an east bay homeowner is having turf trouble tonight. she's paying the price in the neighborhood. laura anthony joins us tonight with that story. laura? >> hi, cheryl, there is a new law aims to prevent this kind of punishment of homeowners and

east bay mud is condemning it, but it's still happening the homeowner replaced her lawn with drought resistant plants and is now being fined for doing that. >> you'll see very little ground cover and plantings as they mature. >> fran says she's just trying to do her part to offset the drought. replace her lawn with new landscaping. but her homeowner association still wanted grass. >> i think that they're probably not in tune with the current best practices of environment. >> she says plants included mint and spruce, but no lawn. he appealed and now, hoa is

fining her $50 per month. a letter stated quote it will look better with turf. >> since i did do it, they imposed the $50 per month fine until such time as i complied with the request. >> she is battling with the hoa. >> east bay mudd, we think it's what you should be thinking about doing. >> we visited four homes but got no comment. >> if we have regulations then either we follow them or don't. >> this resident did tell us. >> it's because of the situation we're in. i can understand why she's doing it. but we have regulations. >> i think that maybe they're not looking at broader picture

>> she believes perhaps some neighbors need to catch up with reality of the drought. laura anthony, abc7 news >> investigators in mill valley are puzzled over an apparent murder suicide. victims found next door to each other near strawberry shopping center. both men were found dead in their backyard, separated by a fence. neighbors say one man had a gun at his feet. neighbors say the couple is out of town. >> i haven't heard any yelling or anything like that. it's a quiet neighborhood until yesterday >> deputies remain confident nobody in the neighborhood has a cause for concern. the hit and run death of a 2-year-old caused grief for the child's family and the arrest of an aunt who was baby-sitting her

that night is polarizing family members in the two camps vic lee is live with the story. vic? >> sad story indeed the family's split over the arrest of the aunt. some say a driver is at fault. others say the aunt. now, she was arraigned on child endangerment, arrested on tuesday after police reviewed video camera video of the hit and run. >> the fatal accident happened friday night when her aunt was at mission with a and brother. >> he almost brought her, refused to walk with her. she returned to where her brother was left in the middle

of the street. >> the driver hit myanana and never stopped. >> she belongs to everybody. she's now part of everybody. >> this hair dresser, his 2-year-old's paternal great grandmother and grateful for the support the family received. today, gauge stopped during her arraignment on charges of child endangerment, pleading not guilty. the judge set bail at $50,000. outside of the courtroom, her attorney said her client is not the guilty one. >> i don't think it's right to have someone in custody accused of a crime when someone else is responsible for it. >> the case has torn the family apart. >> you don't think it's irresponsible? >> no. no. she'd probably kill herself if she knew she did that. >> she took my granddaughter

from here. >> the only thing both great grandmother as agree with is that this never should have happened. vic lee, abc7 news >> a suspect in a fatal hit and run is now in custody. police say a 25-year-old turned himself in yesterday. investigators say he was driving a black sedan that hit and killed a man sunday night. the victim could ultimately face felony charges. fire investigators released a report on a house fire. a woman and her toddler son died and this report mentions flammable materials piled in front of the heater and pipes along the wall. in may a investigator reported

finding three smoke detectors. >> an overnight fire destroyed two apartment buildings in oakland neighbors say they heard two loud pops before flames sprang up from the back of the buildings. you can see just how intense the fire got. residents had to run, some carrying family members down the stairs to safety. this morning their belongings were scooped into a dump truck. >> now, they burned everything. nothing. no glow, no nothing. >> they lost everything. investigators say they found fire works behind buildings. 33 residents now have to find a new place to live. damage estimated at $900,000. >> another big bank forced many homeowners into foreclosure and contributed to the financial collapse. nick smith joins us with more.

nick? >> $16.65 billion is the amount bank of america settled with the justice department for in their part in the mortgage crisis. but homeowners here in richmond is asking how much of the money will make it here, to them. >> my lawyer stopped them from putting me outside. >> he is fighting to hold onto the place she's called home since 1990. she fell behind in the mortgage dur owing a battle with cancer. now, her income is stable, the bank won't give her a modification. >> agreements were astronomical you're going to pay 2, 3 times what the home is worth to keep it. . >> the payments have more than tripled. >> 1703.27. >> she's hoping the record settlement reached between bank of america and justice department of more than $16.65 billion will have a trickle down affect to

underwater homeowners into need, like her. >> i want to be clear. the size and scope of the agreement goes far beyond the cost of doing business. >> california will recover $300 million in damages to reimburse the state pension funds. this brings to an end toxic mortgage securities from the bank. >> this can put people back up close so they don't have to struggle. >> melvin willis is with ace. >> it would go to help give relief to struggling homeowners that need it, today >> part of the settlement, bank of america acknowledged it shaded truth and entered the agreement understanding that it does not on solve the bank from

facing possible criminal charges. >> still to come, california capitol punishment policy. will it be be enforced again? >> complications of a controversial caltrans construction site. >> summer season winds down, temperatures about to bounce up i'll have the accu-weather forecast coming up in just a moment. >> and we'll take you through sfo's lost and found department. wait until

attorney general harris decided to appeal a ruling that declares california death penalty un-constitutional. last month a judge in los angeles decided the death penalty takes too long to carry out making it arbitrary and unfair. harris opposes the death penalty but promised voters she would enforce it and says the decision should be reviewed because it is not supported by the law, and undermines important protections nobody has been executed in california since 2006. >> caltrans tonight says a judge's decision could teal yeah the opening of a controversial freeway project by a year. it's the highway 101 bypass. environmentalists are trying to force caltrans to scale down the project, paving over protected

wetlands they claim there hasn't been environmental review of the dirt for the project. a judge now blocked caltrans from moving the dirt until a hearing on september 8th. >> a billionaire may be forced to negotiate with the state over restoring access to martin's beach in half moon bay. if the governor signs it, it would force him to negotiate with the state lands commission the bill says if the commission cannot reach an agreement, it has to consider buying the access road. multiple organizations have sued him and lobbied for the bill. he blocked a private access road to the beach in 2008. he says he st not need permission to close the road. >> a common travel concern is whether the airline is going to lose your luggage. but travellers can be quite

forgetful. >> people tend to lose a lot of it here known as tsa line. this year, passengers are left behind 20,000 items and claimed only 2500 of them. >> we have got about 200 square feet. >> leonard davis keeps track of the stuff. tsa keeps a tally of the items since january 1st of the year. 907 lap tops. 30 pairs of shoes and 84 pass ports. 357 memory sticks. >> we have to catalog items and

reunite item was passengers we have to maintain it for a period of time. >> usually they stay 30 days at airports and many items go to landfills more valuable ones get auctioned with proceeds going back to the federal government. >> what is the dividing line? >> that is a >> every time they come here, it's the first thing we face. >> miracles do happen at sfo. you lose it, they find it and keep it until you slow down to claim it. >> nice watch. someone left it at the check point. give you $20 for it. >> put it back on the right there. >> don't confuse the item. >> at sfo, wayne freedman abc7

news. >> people need their shoes. >> they might. >> it's good to know. >> i'll take you over to the weather wall. >> these weather shoes are made for walking. we see mainly sunny skies over basically the bay area, including much of the coastline. this is a live view from our east bay hills camera. a dramatic view of areas of low clouds beginning to work over the bay. it's 66 degrees in san francisco. 77 in san carlos. 84 gilroy. check out golden gate bridge. blue skies above. and low clouds and fog at this hour but not right now. 79 degrees in santa rosa. 85 fairfield.

83 in concord. you can see low clouds covering most of the base. we'll see partly, patchy fog overnight. partly cloudy. a little cooler tomorrow, but mild to warm conditions this weekend. that pattern continues into next week. today, areas of circulation and coastal eddy that pulled clouds away. allowing for sunny breaks along inland areas. we'll see a return of low clouds and a shift in pattern, a cooler sea breeze that will be a mainly sunny day. shifting south ward just a bit. one is hurricane lowell.

they'll produce a southerly swell that is resulted in a marine statement sunday afternoon and evening there is a possibility of the southerly swell. and chaotic mixed swell, meaning it will originate in different directions overnight, clear conditions inland but there will be clouds near the coast. especially south of the golden investigate. temperatures upper 50s to around 60. tomorrow, highs from upper 70s to low 80s 79 in redwood city and mountain view. 65 on the half moon bay. so coast will be cooler tomorrow than today. up in the north bay, highs 82 in santa rosa. and 79

warmer pattern saturday, and about 80 next week. temperatures are warming up. >> yes. there you go. >> thank you. >> well, just ahead your chance to getting gently used musical instruments at a dees yents

>> businesses buying new ones and gap, the san francisco based clothing retailer today reported better than expected profits and raised outlook for the rest of the year. sales were off, at gap stores and banana republic but old navy chain did well. and walmart today announced a dramatic price cut on last year's iphones you can buy iphone fiveçó $79 and >> if you're in the market for a musical instrument, a program at berkeley you can consider. hundreds of instruments from pianos and keyboards will go on sale tomorrow, it's part of a partnership with rockly family

foundation to bring brand new instruments into the cal music program every year. >> this is a perpetual event every year tochlt start off with, this is when we get things going on. we have instruments here to different universities. >> it kicks off tomorrow, you do need to schedule an appointment. the final sale day is sunday, from noon until 5:00. >> still ahead tonight a perfect of interest caught on camera. >> and an africa aid worker is home, and healthy after fighting off the ebola virus >> and follow up on the death of robin williams. tonight hi

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of an atlanta hospital today saying he is thrilled to be alive and well. the story of his survival. >> a buzz greeted doctor kent brantly. >> today, it's a miraculous day. >> the doctor turned ebola survivor using his time to say thank you. >> through care of the missionary team in liberia, use of an experimental drug and expert ease in resources of the team, god saved my life. >> a direct answer to thousands and thousands of prayers. >> the director of the infectious disease unit assuring the public brantly is not contagious. >> dr. brantly has recovered. and that he can return to his

family, to his community and life. without public health concerns. >> missionary worker was discharged with out fanfare. they were working in a field hospital when they got sick. both given a drug called z map thrown to the u.s. then driven to emery hospital the disease claimed lives of 1300 people. with the right care, about 40% of the patients survive. >> dr. brantly says he and his family are going away to take more time to recover, and the doctor says there is strong evidence once a person recovers they're immune to that strain. in the newsroom abc7 news.

>> a bay area doctor is back in sierra leone tonight as part of a medical team battling eboa he sent he said there is a dramatic difference since there six ago. >> when i think i can do is certainly not only teach trainers and restore because i feel like that is what people are lacking here. people are scared to walk through this ebola ward. >> he says every doctor in the country has to be supplied with the items. >> and a u.s. official tells

associated press reporter james foley's captors were demanding $100 million euros a second official says the ransom was sent to foley's parents. foley's former employer said they issued the demand last year. the pentagon did attempt a rescue mission but they weren't where sources indicated they would be. >> united states is stepping up assaults on isis militants the u.s. conducted a series of air strikes iraqi forces have taken it back and air strikes are part of a campaign to create a safe perimeter around it. there is concern isis could attack the dam and flood cities downstream. san francisco police have released new video that could help solve the murder of brian

higgins. abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom has details >> this is the man police are looking for. >> it's a dash cam video. this is prior to him being found unconscious. >> they described the person as a white man in his 20s wearing a gray hoody and red tee shirt. images spread through the castro district. >> i asked, and showed it to customers. nobody knows anything about him. >> to all of us that knew him by feather >> truly an artist. everything he did was being artistic and making art.

>> police admit they're out of options and they say l is more video that shows them without a douth brian higgins was murdered. >> he's seen beginning to assault mr. higgins on the side >> it's baffling to neighbors who say feather had no enemies >> he was peaceful, part of the solution. in this neighborhood. >> a problem with crime some say is creeping into a safe part of the city. >> it's getting worse. >> it leaves investigators almost no way if he was unlucky or targeted. >> finding the man could prove just as difficult as finding meaning in this tragedy. >> we need to feed the artist in

us. that is what feather would want. >> a san jose grandfather is recovering after two men tried to rob him as his wife and grandchildren looked on the man, who did not want to be identified was standing outside of his suv in lancaster, northeast of los angeles and says two men approached him and demanded money. he pushed them away and tried to get back into the vehicle. >> she opened the door. i got in. they tried to pull the door open and i overpowered them. they shut the guns through the window. >> the grandfather received minor injuries from broken glass after a shot was fired. his wife and grandkids were not harmed. >> police are trying to track down vandals targeting stores in the willow glenn neighborhood you can see something hitting a glass door, then, a second hit, there it goes and another window

shatters the owner found a metal ball on the ground. >> i think it's just kids, wasting time, costing people money. you know? i'd like to find out who it is. at this point it's just going to cost money. >> a table was thrown through a starbucks window in a lincoln avenue, the bevmo had front windows smashed in. >> new details on a final resting place of robin will yichls. abc7 news obtained his death certificate. it shows williams was cremated and that ashes scattered in san francisco bay off the coast of marin county. he committed suicide inside of his home monday of last week. his remains cremated the following day. he was struggling at the time of the death and in early stages of

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santa rosa, today, 67. 16 degrees up from yesterday. moffett field, one degree cooler than yesterday but most locations did warm up today. tomorrow, state wide looking for warm to hot conditions and highs

into 90s in chico. and in the bay area, low to mid-60s on the coast. mid-80s inland. here is the accu-weather forecast. nice mild to warm pattern in for the weekend by mid week, we'll see low 90s inland, low 80s around the bay. >> thank you. >> larry beil is here with sports. not so sunny skies today >> i didn't know if there is a line there. but nowhere. giants won their appeal and set to resume tuesday's game. do you want to guess what happened? another rain delay. look how pretty tonight. they did play.

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>> giants did today going to rain again. turns out merely delaying the inevitable. this time, in spectacular fashion after another two-hour delay in a near empty wrigley field, sit game on. so 2-0, cubs and top of the 6th,

giants down 2-1. very good innings struck out the first five batters so top 9, 2 men on. gregor blanco, looking to strike three from hector rondoen. then, next batter, a rocket, the final out. two days after starting this game, giants lose again 2-1. three and a half back in l.a. tonight. and they did a secret poll of 82 players alled nfl confidential asked to fill in the blank. i'd only play for blank if they doubled my salary. on the field, oh, the raiders preparing for their dress

rehearsal tomorrow night at lambo this, is where starters will get the most playing time. expect to see a lot of aaron rogers going to give a good idea of the strength of the offensively, they're top ten offense, quarterback is a tremendous player with good skilled position players to get the ball to. >> concord delasalle high school catapulted to magsal fame. the school and program now immortalized on the silver screen with a new movie opening in theaters when telling the story of the spartans... >> we try to approach football

we want to teach our kids how to be humble and not boastful, things like that. >> the movie picks up after the winning streak at the changed anything. our approach to everything is the same. >> former head coach is played by jim kavisel. >> michael chickless and terry are twin brothers. >> we hit it off right away. yeah. we're sim rar. we're excitable. the coach and terry worked together like salt, and pepper. you know? just different but fundamentally, philosophically they're the same.

>> credo that they preached to their players is a concept of spartans for live. a philosophy bonding young men that strap on the helmet. >> i'm proud of the efforts and the commitments our kids have put in through all of the years and i think we'll be having a good job of honoring those players in type for programs but i'm happy about that. >> they have an amazing program. abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply hardware. i remember someone on campus telling me if you think bob latiser is a good football coach, you ought to take his religion class. >> nice work. thank you. >> join me tonight at 9:00 on coffee tv 20. the strange substance that could change the way helmets and shoes are made. it's designers here in the bay area. that is at 9:00. >> then, at 11:00 racking up fast track tolls for trips you never took.

commuter's never-ending nightmare costing hundreds of dollars until michael finney got involved. and that is it for this edition of abc7 news. >> i'm cheryl jennings from the entire abc7 news team, have a great evening.

this is the "jeopardy!" battle of the decades. let's meet today's former champions from our second decade -- she was a pop music critic living in san jose, california, when she appeared on "jeopardy!" in season 13. she's now working in elearning in evanston, illinois. please welcome... [ applause ] he was a business manager when he won the tournament of champions in 2003. he's now a writer and editor for the honda campus all-star challenge. from chamblee, georgia, please welcome... [ applause ] and he was a musician and transactions lawyer, when he won the 1999 tournament of champions. he's still a musician and now a licensing executive from fort thomas, kentucky, please welcome...

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