building. the biggest concern is next door. our photographer will pan the apartment complex next door which is where several of the call would have come from. they have a perfect vow of what was taking place. you can see pg&e is on the scene making sure the gas line is off. firefighters were able to shut off the gas line and cut out the fire. when they turned off the gas the fire was out. issues this morning include road closing this morning and right here the area is blocked out as the fire department is cloning up. san jose police are blocking the road. we expect it to be cleared as the firefighters children up and lebanon -- clean up and leave now that pg&e is here. the white house is

confirming that a video showing of brutal murder of a free lapse american journalist is authentic showing steven sotloff beheaded. nick? >> good morning, the grizzly video is the "second message to america," from isis. the 31-year-old american journalist steven sotloff is open his sneaks and possibly the same executioner of journalist two weeks agos. experts are working to history him. some say it is the second men murdered in retaliation for airstrikes on isis targets in iraq. in a statement the national security council called this "appalling oyster. >> whatever the murders think they achieve by killing innocent americans like steven, they have failed. they have failed because americans are repulled by the barbarism and we will not be

intimidated. this unites us as a country and stiffen our resolve to take the fight against terrorists. >> rebound is in europe meeting with key allies including british prime minister cameron to discuss the strategy. in the united states critics say it is the weak foreign policy that is contributing to the rise of the terrorup. the obama administration has carried out 100 airstrikes g.p.s. isis in iraq and they holding another british journalist and is believed two american aid workers. >> news from ukraine, the president says he and russian president vladimir putin have reached an agreement on a cease-fire in eastern ukraine. forces have been fighting since april specific not released. president obama said a cease-fire is what everyone wants. >> if, in fact, russia is

prepared to stop arming, training in many cases joining with russian trips, activities in ukraine and are serious about a political settlement we all hope for that. >> two day summit with nato's 28 nations begins tomorrow in wales . aftershocks rattle the north bay including 2.6 earthquake at 3:18 this morning. centered five miles southwest of napa. there is in report of damage or injuries. public works crews are busy fixing more broken water pipes a daily countries since the earthquake ten days ago. amy hollyfield is in napa. amy hollyfield? >> there was one here on stadium

avenue at 3:30 and there are still construction markers on the street. crews dug their way to the 6" water main and wrapped it with a stainless steel clamp and restored service by 5:30. this is one of 130 water pipe leaks the city of napa has dealt with since the earthquake. >> the last weekend we have been going around on our bicycles and fining spontaneous leaks. >> the city of napa has no way of fishing out how damaged the system is from the earthquake but they do picket to see more water main breaks. each time they fix one they repressurize the lines and repressurize the lines and another weak spot ruptures. governor brown has equaled a

major disaster declaration from the president to receive federal recovery funds for napa and sonoma county and should an executive order to cut red tape and provide extra assistance to, victims. >> a san jose coach accused of having sex with a minor will be arraigned today. he was arrested last month. lopez is an aide at the san jose while. they will not say if the rim is a student. >> police officer accused of rape is facing new charges this morning. the officer from gilroy was charged yesterday with storming out of a safe way store with a bottle of vodka at 2:30 in the morning and left $20 at stand but did not pay the cashier. law bans the sale of alcohol between 2:00 and 6:00 a.m. and he is currently tree on bail on a rape charm. the prosecution says in september he assaulted a woman he escorted to a hotel room.

>> a 12-year-old boy missing in hayward is found coming hole on his own overnight. police sent out an alert yesterday afternoon after he went missing near the middle school. officers say he is doing fine and did not say why he disappeared. pg&e will appeal a $1.4 billion fine in connection with the pipeline explosion. the judges recommended the fine yesterday accusing pg&e of 3,800 violations. pg&e says a penalty is appropriate but believes it should get credit for safety improvements made since the deadly explosion in 2010. they want the money to benefit public safety. most of the fine goes to the general fund. >> a law requiring california drivers to give bicycle its more room on the road goes into effect in two weeks september 16. drives have to give bicyclist 3 feet of space when passing.

if they do not have the space they have to slow down to pass. 153 bicyclists were killed in california in 2012 making up 5 percent of total collision fatalities in the state. we check on the weather. mike? in livermore starting off at 88 and dropping to 82 for average high and from 56 to 63 and warm at 115 and as cold as 35 and we hope for quarter inch of rain. headed through san francisco or headed into san francisco crissy field is 60 and ferry building is 60. portrero hill is 57. in the financial district, 60. same in richmond 62 in palo alto and walnut creek and 59 in santa clara.

veteran in pleasanton. we starting off with knicker clouds and spotty drizzle and the sunshine will breakthrough at 11 o'clock to noon in the home 70's around the bay and mid-70's to mid-80's inland and mid-60 along the coast and a delightful evening with more sunshine than yesterday at 62 at the coast and 68 around the bay and 76 inland. >> the golden gate bridge shows the traffic is light and not too much. very early, still. headed over to san jose this drive also is move along at top speed and we do not have anything in our way but construction northbound and southbound along 880 define 280 and forest avenue with construction cries. slow for the cone zone. eastbound 580 between north flynn road and greenville you will find a couple of lanes taken away lasting until 6:00 this morning. along the westbound direction, we are seeing a slight tap on the breakthrough the altamont

pass but all if all well under 30 minutes from tracy to dublin. next, caught on camera, the trio of persistent thieves and their destructive mission to burglarize a store. >> another sign of how bad the drought is a growing problem of water theft and the hardest hit parts of california. >> this is abc7 news now looking at embarcadero on the big screen and the little screen has the golden gate bridge and bay bridge and richmond-san rafael bridge and richmond-san rafael toll

covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. good wednesday morning. a look at 4:41 at eastern span of the bay bridge with traffic doing fine. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco and leyla gulen in a

moment. we have new video. year, thieves in kansas tried to steal an a.t.m. from a gas station store. the van smashed on the doors and that is when trouble began. they pulled at it. they rocked the a.t.m. they could not budget. they smashed it again with the van. that did not work. they came away with nothing. but damage to their van. the store suffered $30,000 in structural damage. a judge in missouri will rule there to release juvenile records from michael brown. the unarmed 18-year-old was shot and killed by a police officer in the town of ferguson leading to angry roasts -- protests. petitions were filed to release records and the missouri juvenile records are confidential. the question is whether he has privately rights. the brown family return has refused to say whether he had a

juvenile record. >> a man of knowingly spreading h.i.v. to victims possibly in the bay area has been ordered not to use online dating webs. the 29-year-old is charged with a misdemeanor count of willingly spreading the virus where dozens of text showing him bragging about duping unwitting partners. it is believed he may have infected two dozen victims in san diego and fresno and possibly in san francisco. with historic drought gripping the state people are turning desperate and no one as far as breaking into fire high dramatics to steal water. here is that story. water is a precious resource especially in drought stricken california. conditions are the driest here with residents ordered only to water landscaping twice a week. the restrictions are helping the dwindling water supply.

>> we have seen a decline in the water use. >> officials have a new concern, this fire hydrant has been tampered with. the water source is one of several throughout the city sunday to be manipulated or without caps. >> we are concerned for the safety of our customers and our citizens they still have the water they need. >> someone is believed to be tapping interest remote hydrants and stealing hundreds of glop -- gallons of water shelling out up to 800 gallons a minute. they are storage tanks on the back of a pickup or a water truck and taking it to their site. >> city has been approached by some if they could use the hydrants because the wells are dry but there is a strategic policy not to do that. they need to have enough water to provide for those in the elements.

the thefts have shocked people. >> we are in a drought. times are rough. why know how you would go about that or who would think that. you would have to be desperate. now, east bay conservation technicians are cracking down on water wasters out yesterday talking to homeowners. complaints are in usually from neighbors would they think are overwatering. in january, in were 20 complaints but in august there were 419 complaints. cooler weather and no rain ahead. very dry. the fourth driest for all of us, a day of transition as we get closer and closer to the rain season. we still have to look to thanksgiving. >> we had a big change yesterday.

the clouds are back keeping the temperatures similar today. we dropped 24 degrees between monday and tuesday in santa rosa and 18 in san rafael and 96 to 78 and we had 15 degree drop in oakland at 85 to 70 and livermore, 99 to 84 we have wind from 12 miles per hour at half moon bay and 20 miles per hour in fairfield. the difference is the marine layer is 2,000' with drizzle. small craft advisory from this afternoon to 9:00 this evening. it will be blustery. from the exploritorium the clouds are going to cause flight arrival delays at sfo. slow sunshine and highs today are similar to yesterday with clouds and patchy drizzle and

warmer weather for the weekend the you can see how extensive the should cover is covering all of neighborhoods and by noon it is hazy sunshine and the cost will have more protects than yesterday. our spread is still 60's and a few 90's. we will hang out in the mid-80's and upper 70 to nearly 80 for the south bay and 70 in santa cruz and mid-to-upper 70 for most of the peninsula, milbrae is 72 at the coolest spot. mid-70's to low 80's through the north bay. we have mid-to-upper 70 through most of the east bay shoreline and berkeley is cool of the at 72 and mid-80's to nearly 90 inland. at the game today, more sunshine than yesterday and u.v. index is high warming to 72 by 2:00. seven-day outlook is steady.

a slight warming trend over the weekend with morning clouds. leyla gulen? we have trains running on time this morning. 29 bart trains are rolling. ace train one is on time. the san mateo bridge away from hayward to fosterty has if delays with clear conditions offer the water to the peninsula we are going to look at bridges the carquinez bridge and bridge and from crockett and hercules that is moving fine. along 80 eastbound and westbound between fairfield and cordelia it is clear. southbound from walnut creek to dublin is 15 minutes. 101 southbound from santa rosa for san francisco is 20 minutes.

it is 4:49. home depot is cooperating with banks and investigators looking into a possible case of stolen credit card information. this could have started in april or may and could include all 2,200 stores. that would make it were larger than last year's broach involving target which covered 40 million credit car numbers. home depot will notify customers contractually if it discovered a problem. apple is defending itself against accusations they had manage to do with the celebrity nude photo hacking scandal. happy when. apple says the celebrity hacks were not the result of a technical glitch. the hackers figured out the user names and pass word and urges everyone to use stronger pass words. the hack was reported as a flaw in the system.

sprint is lowering the rice of prepaid mobile home plan starting today best mobile customers can get up limited calls and t and a full one data bit for $35. users of video streaming service can select which facebook friends can see what they are watching. a new tool for rainy days, umbrella uses a portable light to let others know when y willing to share your umbrella. the lavish free lunches for bay area tech workers could be ending and uncle sam to blame. a stunning situation from out are space, a solar explosion and the powerful exact for us, on earth. >> you are looking at a live picture of the bay bridge and

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uber is getting a lot of interest in the car pooling interest with 100,000 people signed up for uber pool. the service launched yesterday which is a low cost alternative for those willing to share uber vehicles if you headed in the same reaction. lyft and sidecar have a similar service but uber is the fastest growing and largest and is an opening in the smartphone app. >> solar eruption happened a month ago and we have the spectacular pictures showing it unfolding. the video was posted on youtube. this is is excite because the

plasma collapses back and the sun showing the tremendous graph stational pull that can cause radio blackouts like one triggered in august during this flare. it takes eight minutes for light from the sun to get to earth now a check with meteorologist mike nicco would being hard on the forecast that includes the sun. absolutely. we will have sun. some areas later than yesterday like the south bay. this was a lot of sunshine yesterday. today we have clouds over san jose at 101 and 880. we will show you the temperatures compared to average spot on in oakland and 74 is 87 and senator ralph is 78 and san jose is 81. san francisco is three degrees cooler. we have a high fire danger to the north and the rest of the state we will be in the

mid-to-upper 90's through the stall valley and 81 in lake tahoe and 90 in yosemite and mid-to-upper 80's around the coast in san diego and los angeles. in walnut creek the drive along 680 morning and southbound you can see traffic is moving smoothly and nine minutes gets you from highway four to the 24 junction and as we take a look we do have matt on the scene of this gas-related fire southbound where there is a closing with detours in place northbound traffic not affected. 880 is running smoothly. the days of free lunch for throughs of technical workers could end. the i.r.s. is placing a perk on the list of possible review items and could determine if they should be classified as taxable fringe benefits and workers by have to pay tax on the food and the i.r.s. is more likely to go after the companies to pay back taxes.

your kid may not be tall or strong or fast but he still has a chance to become a varsity athlete at a college. robert morris university a private school in chicago is offering scholarships for students who excel at a video game called league of legends, the first university in the nation to offer gaming scholarships. the school has considered scholarships in roller derby, bass fishing and paint ball. they are trying to drive down the $44,000 annual tuition of room and board costs for the 3,200 ungraduates; two, stop the decline in enrollment. team u.s.a. is celebrating a win against new zealand in the basketball world cup but what happened before the match is what has everyone talking.

>> new zealand players performed the war dance challenge before the team's game against the united states and it caused an interesting reaction from the americans and united states players paused during their warm-up amused and intrigued. intimidated? no. no. no. >> embarrassing a spot meant to on members in the lgbt community and the silly mistakes can slip by. emamericanning details of the weekend domestic violence arrest of ray mcdonalds have teammate come to his defense. >> keeping you inform dug the commercial break, golden gate bridge in the big picture and bay bridge on the side of scene and live doppler hd and interstate 680 in the walnut creek area. creek area. all moving

live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good wednesday morning at 5:00. thanks for waking up early and joining us. first up on this wednesday morning a look at forecast. mike? good morning, everyone, on this hump day. we are waking up do more cloud cover so the possibility of patchy fog light drizzle with no rain showing up on live doppler hd. check out the golden gate bridge, so far it is clear. we have a west wind slower but over the next 90 minutes the cloud deck will start descending upon the deck of the bridge. watch out