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after the animal had attacked his little boy, driven off the attack by the boy's father. that it actually followed them back down the hill. >> the search for a mountain lion after it attacked a 6-year-old boy, on a popular south bay hiking trail, good evening, i'm katie. the attack happened in the open space preserve near the historic pa kety winery. alisa harrington has been following this story tonight. >> this is where the attack happened and wildlife specialists are concerned about how bold the attack was. the boy is in fair condition. the lion has not been found and the search is over for the night

but will continue tomorrow morning. >> the 6-year-old boy hiking in a group of ten people. siblings and another family also with ten kids. the mountain lion attacked when the boy was in the open space. >> he did go after the head and neck. >> lieutenant boy said this happened around 1:00 in the afternoon. boit was walking ahead of the group. >> both of the fathers two of the families lunged at the lion, shouting aggressively as the attack was occurring and managed to scare the lion off. >> they carried the injured child a mile and a halfback to the winery where an am brans was called. open space preserve and connecting trails are closed off while fish and wildlife officials searched for the animal. if they find it -- >> the animal will be euthanized, because it needs to be tested for certain things, including rabies.

>> picking up a scent and lion's tracks have been spotted, at the winery, bag up clothing to look for traces of saliva. >> we get a dna profile on the cat. >> so they can track down the right animal. >> people who live in the area say the open space is a popular spot and kids are seen on the trails all the time. >> that's really frightening. my husband, goes on these trails with my son. >> at the trail head, there a sign that cautions, this is mountain lion territory and they fight back. >> the boy attacked was hiking up a large group. four adults and six other children. mountain lion experts and leslie brinkley, is an unusual scenario but there are more attacks because of the traut. >> a mountain lion pouncing on a human to put it in perspective. >> this is extremely rare. the last time a human was

attacked in the greater bay area was over 100 years ago. >> but there have been 14 attacks elsewhere in california since 1986 with mountain lions actually stalking deer. >> there are lots of deer around here, as we know. generally speaking, there's never an issue where lions are making a living finding food. >> but thissier could be different. because of the drought, according to the animal rescue group. >> animals are pushed to their limits. closer and closer to habitat, seeking out our water sources. >> saying those in spaces should carry a big stick, air horn or whistle over the next month or two. >> look up. mountain lions will climb trees. you have to be extra cautious and aware when you're out in the wild. certainly with children. keep them no further than an arm's length away and fwrup grouped up. not rambunctious and screaming.

that will draw attention of large cats. >> wildlife and game saz the boy was walking 15 foeteet ahead ofs parents. >> if you encounter a mountain lion, do not run. instead, face the animal, make noise and try to look bigger by waving your arms. throw rocks and other objects. if attacked, fight back. people at a homeless camp are get credited for getting an autistic boy back to his family. he went missing 9:00 saturday morning, wearing only a diaper. the boy most likely got away by figuring out how to use the automatic door to the garage. sergio went on the street, up and over communication hill, and ended up at a homeless camp 2 miles away. jose was the first to spot the little boy.

>> he was just naked. i was in shock. he was fine but scared. i made sure he got a blanket, food to eat. that's all. >> he then called police. authorities took sergio, who cannot communicate verbally, to the hospital as precaution. >> a wildfire that erupted early this afternoon in yosemite national park has grover to 700 acres. he is burning in the wilderness. dozens had to be evacuated from the park and in dramatic fashion. a woman received this picture from her daughter today. her daughter was hiking half dome in yosemite park, when a fire changed plans. she has since become 1 of a hundred hikers recused off the famous peak and from other locations. the fire erupted around noon in dry wilderness that hasn't

erupted in years. there are pictures like these on twitter. smoke billowing above the massive rock. the park remeans open, as do all of the roads leading into yosemite. park officials saying no one is hurt and no structures effected by the fire. >> firefighters are getting an up are hand on fire burningout side of yosemite tonight. evacuation orders of about 300 homes are evacuated. fires are now about 70% contained. let's head to our first check on weather. drew? >> hey, katie. a quiet evening right now. we will show you the stand coming up empty-handed. highs around the region today. a bit cooler than normal. san francisco topped out at 66. 4 degrees cooler than normal. still warm inland. 91 the high in antioch. the camera showing you the bay bridge, all aglow.

isolated coastal drizzle tonight. with you but we will talk about high clouds and also some rain to parts of california. all of the details when i join you with accuweather forecast in just a bit. >> thank you, drew. tuesday marks four years since the pg & e pipeline explosion. tomorrow city officials plan to update the public on recovery in the crest moore neighborhood. many of the 38 homes in the blast will be discussed. the pipeline eruption killed eight people and hurt 66 others. pg & e facees a $1.4 billion fine. criminal indictment in connection with the explosion. san francisco work crews made some progress demolishing a building destroyed by fire thursday but it is still up in the air when the street will reopen. a five-alarm fire gutted big house incorporated on mission at 22nd street. demo work continues through the weekend while the street remains close to traffic except for

muni. residents in one san francisco neighborhood say enough is enough. for the past year someone has been stealing plants right from their door steps in the triangle. the latest theft is last woke and caught on surveillance video. you can see two men on the street dig a plant out of a planter and carry it away. plant thieves hit the same neighborhood last january. they stole expensive potted plants and small tree from walter street. those tests were also caught on tape. mer said police arrested a bank robber this weekend. his undoing, they say the man tried to use his pants to carry away the stolen cash. police say 25-year-old shawn canfield robbed the chase bank on g street saturday. getting more than $2700 and police caught him nearby and shoved the money out of his pants and they all fell out of the pant leg. he said he needed money to visit

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>> you know how happy she would have been. >> brooklyn native sharing 50 with the world. joking about everything including how she wanted this day to be. >> i want a huge show business affair with lights, camera and action. >> she got that hollywood glitz and glamour she dreamed of. with guestes from whoopi goldberg and hugh jackman. >> it was a bundle of laughs. ive irreverent, off-color, just like joan's humor. >> going into cardiac arrest after a routine procedure on her vocal cords. her daughter, melissa, saying

her own good-byes. the perfect tribute to one who lived to make others laugh. >> celebrating a remarkable life as the state health department and city medical examiner continue investigating circumstances of her death. marci gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> tomorrow a federal appeals court set to have marriage bans in new york and hawaii. the court of appeals will have arguments on whether such bans should be struck down in nevada. that appear may may be dismissed. the appeals court will rule in gay marriage. a local assistant center will open tomorrow at 301 first street. the center will provide information about building permits and financial assistance, food assistance, mental health and other

community resource programs. you can find a link on abcnews.com. we are learning more about the ground water shaken loo by the 6.0 earthquake. we first reported the phenomenon last month. 200 thousand gallons of water a day are now slowing down wild horse creek. the flows were about a tenth of that before the earthquake. water officials say they are hopeful they can capture some of the extra water for you. air b and b partnered with san francisco it help the city respond with emergencies. part of the white house innovation for disaster and response recovery initiative. they work with the city of emergency management to help displaced workers when needed. they have agreed to use technology to notify hosts and guests about hazardous incidents. >> hurricane norbert pounded

mexico's peninsula today before being downgraded to a tropical storm. they created big tide and high waves in san diego. that made for good surfing. it was another story in riverside where heavy rain and flash flooding. let's go back now to meteorologist to find out how that storm is or is not affecting the bay area. >> yeah, a little bit after sky change, but that storm is creating flash flood watches spanning five states with two to six inches of rain. live doppler right now, no rain on our scan right now. clear as can be. we will take you outside to sso, nice and kwie let it. clouds along the coast. and 50s in san francisco, 58 in oakland. san carlos, 59. half moon bay at 59 degrees. on the rooftop, trees moving

just a bit with light breeze. otherwise seeing temperatures falling throughout 50s and 60s. santa rosa currently 55. nevada 54. fairfield at 60 degrees. livermore sitting at 59 degrees. we will show you, look at norburg. completely falling apart. a tropical storm winds. 45 miles per hour, moving through the northwest at 40 miles an hour. in parts of california, nevada, arizona until monday morning and noo even into the afternoon with wet weather. animation for rain through the next 36 hours. rain fall from 2 to 6 inches locally. parts of nevada, south of las vegas, you do note yellow and orange between 6 to 8 inches. we see flash flooding concern in those areas. back in the bay area though, not rain. but high clouds first of all, monday. perhaps drizzle with that fog

along the coast. but otherwise we see the sunshine with peeks of clouds here and there. no rain but still a fairly nice day throughout the bay area. overnight lows, seeing upper 50s along the coast. low 60s in inland spots. if you are headed to the bus stop, east bay locations has upper 50s to mid 60s. san francisco, clouds and fog in mid as. partly cloudy in the pay, upper 50s to near 60 is your starting temperature. have a jacket if you take it off in the afternoon. 77 for santa clara. peninsula, redwood city, 76 for mountain view. sunset district, 64. as we move north, 77 santa rosa. east bay locations in mid 70s. 70 for oak land. 74 union. inland spots in 80s tomorrow. 84 pittsburgh. 84 antioch.

86 brentwood. accuweather seven-day forecast, showing you high clouds for tomorrow. then a gradual warming trend to get you back into the 90s by friday, inland. then next weekend along the coast. >> we can deal. >> yeah. >> all right. thanks, drew. now over to the niners. >> big win in dallas. of course, raiders get buzzed by jets. and tonight, peyton manning has beat every team in the nfl except the colts. he was in cruise control until the end. coming up, highlights. >> tomorrow, terry cruz will host the new season of who wants to be a millionaire. then jeopardy at 1:30. general hospital moves to its new time at 2:00

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quarterback chris culver there, scoops it up and scores, 35 yards. so 94 seconds in the first quarter, colin kaepernick, 29-yard frozen rope. and 201 yards and two tds. an interception returning and vernon again. and cowboys stunned, and returning for six with the 49er defense. and defense shut them down. and kick on the end zone and romo three in the game and frank gore 16 carries, 63 yards passing the 10,000 yard career mark. milestone for the 31-year-old. and carlos, 50 yards on seven carries and nfl debut and first nfl touchdown right there. and jim harbaugh, season opener from san francisco, winning 28-17. >> a lot of great team play and individual plane.

and a lot of young guys in this game. and veteran players, guys that have been there before and they got battle scars. >> nice start for raiders and derek carr hosted by the jets. defense picked off by charles woodson and at least one interception every season he plays. and first td pass and carr 20 of 32 and two tds and 7-3 raiders for the jets. took the lead before halftime. shovel pass here to chris johnson. and 402-158 yards. 212 of those on the ground. chris ivory breaking loose for 71-yard touchdown. can anybody tackle here. the day from the raiders and james jones, watch this. one-handed. getting both feet in but raiders lose third straight opener.

and you could see the pressure, see coverages. and you know, i was able to see those things now. we just got get on the film and i do a better job of handling that and making sure we pick them up and you know, you can put all that on me. i got to fix those things. >> and peyton manning facing the colts and jumped out to 24-0 lead. andrew luck kicking up their heels. he finds nick. within a touchdown for broncos hold on as manning beats the only team he has in the nfl with 31-24 victory. take our final time out to rest up for our first edition of 2014 regular season opener. play through the day. what a day it was around the nfl. stick around, as we continue.

every sunday we love to take a tour around the nfl. we started pittsburgh steelers, antonio brown hunting over brown and a late field goal. franchise record 448 yards. beating the saints in overtime, 38-34. 167-yard td. shake and bake. vikings win. smith throws down defender. but aj green is pretty good himself. bobble, catch, move, score. 77 yards from dalton. bang als win 23-16.

and tampa bay where opinioners this kicker showing why the nfl and marching bands don't mix. this is at halftime. he's like, get out of my way. trying to make plays of the day, and that he did. coming up later in this newscast, both losers today. and serena williams wins her grand slam title. we will hear more, stick around. >> seems like that should all be worked outweigh before. >> yes, yes. >> thanks. >> still to come, president obama says he has a new plan to defeat isis. look ahead to this week's announcement. plus a dangerous new virus hitting kids. the common symptom parents should not ignore. and honoring world war ii veterans.

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this is abc 7 news. >> good evening, welcome back. in tonight's headlines, the search for a mountain lion that attacked a 6-year-old boy in santa clara county will be looked for again tomorrow. the boy is in fair condition tonight at the hospital. a 6-year-old autistic boy who walked away from his san jose home saturday morning is back home safe tonight. thanks to a group of homeless people living in a camp about 2 miles away. a homeless man spotted sergio zapata this morning, clothed him and called police. a park forced the evacuation of some 100 campers and hikers. it is burning between yosemite

valley and half dome. roads are closed, but the park remains open. just days after president obama's fumbling remarks about having no strategy for dealing with isis terrorists, the white house said it does have a plan to defeat them. chuck receiverson has a look ahead at this week. >> reporter: president obama will use the eve of the 13th anniversary of the september 11th attacks to lay out a plan against isis. he will explain a game plan foregoing forward. mr. obama said today that u.s. will be part of an international coalition. carrying out air strikes against isis in support of ground troops. >> we will invade and defeat isil. same way we have gone after al qaeda. >> ted cruz of texas is on the same side. >> what we ought to have is a direct concerted overwhelming air campaign to take them out. >> the u.s. has announced expanded air strikes against isis in iraq to help iraqi

forces hold on to the dam. the question now, will the u.s. and coalition forces extend air strikes to isis bases in syria. >> can they be defeated without addressing their part of the organization which resides in syria, the answer is no. how dangerous is isis to the u.s. p. >> they should be very concerned. this is some of the most significant threat the country has seen since september 11th. >> others aren't as worried. the real threat is foreign fighters from the united states and other western countries that have gone to syria to fight with them who then may come back. but they pose a threat. >> but everyone seems to agree now that battle against isis won't be easy or brief. chuck receiverson, abc news, new york. >> there is growing concern a cease-fire between ukraine government troops and russian backed separatist says in jeopardy. clashes broke out in eastern ukraine. five months of fighting have killed at least 2600 civilians

and forced thousands to flee. >> more than a dozen ukrainians and supporters protested outside the french consulate in san francisco this afternoon. the demonstration law is part after global effort to publicly denounce the military alliance between france and russia. >> almost six months after its disappearance, officials are still searching for clues to what happened to malaysia flight 370. it dropped out of the water from malaysia to beijing with 239 people on board. no debris from the boeing has been found and investigators still don't know why it flew off course. >> zooming high in the skies today, flying closest to new zealand at 2 it:30 in the afternoon, a near miss to planet earth. scientists say they didn't even

see it coming until just last week. >> tonight, a narrow miss for all of us as an astroid measuring 60 feet, roughly the same size as a small house, whizzing by earth, as close as a cosmic inch 2 5,000 miles away. this astroid so big and powerful, if it had hit the earth, the result is disastrous. >> the astroid that hit last year, which is about the size of the bomb that dropped on hiroshima. >> it is ten times closer to us than the men moon. >> it is the stuff of hollywood movies. in real life, experts say most astroids go undetected. only 11,000 discovered so far. that's less than 1% of all astroids. this astroid spotted a week ago

but scientists need a decade-warning. >> many are on the trajectory. that's enough to keep it from hitting the earth. >> close calls encouraging scientists to find more astroids before it's too late. >> a true hero's welcome for 30 world war ii veterans returning today to have a trip to visit the war memorial in washington, d.c. firefighters helped raise $30,000 to make the trip possible to thank the vets for the sacrifices they made more than 70 years ago. >> greatest trip. never seen the sole brags of the library. and the people were great. i couldn't believe it. >> honor flight said it wanted to give the vets a proper flight home. unlike the war that ended in 1945. >> the scary new virus hitting

kids across the country. what to look out for and how researchers are unlock the mysteries of body to help diagnose mysterious diseases. >> coming off of a win of a forecast this weekend, but our sky will be changing tomorrow. thanks to the tropical storm bringing a different pattern to our sky. well look at the d

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there is a lot of speculation about what tech giant apple might unveil it week. the company scheduled an event for tuesday, but so far apple hasn't said what it will announce. some say they will unveil two iphone 6 smart phones with larger screen sizes. there is also talk after wearable device. so-called i-watch. general motors has new technology in its cars. they will offer cars that will talk to etach other and can almost drive themselves at freeway speed. the super cruise will be the option on a new cadillac going on sale in 2016. other companies like google, mercedes benz and nissan have also been developing various types of semi automated or self-driving cars. a health alert tonight, more than a thousand children sickened by a mysterious

respiratory virus. it starts out like the common cold but may end in the hospital. doctors at cdc suspect it is a rare virus called human andtero virus 68. doctors say children who have asthma and those under age five are the most vulnerable. >> to go from a cold to being probably minutes way from death is, that's kind of scary. >> it can start just like a cold. so runny nose, sneezing, cough. but the wheezing you have to watch out for. >> there's no vaccine and doctors have no clue as to what is causing the rare virus to spread in the first place. >> stanford hospital has taken the step to finding the genome to patient care. they will scour patients' dna to help diagnose mysterious and complex condition. news anchor cheryl jennings has the story. about to become the sherlock

holmes of medicine, he and his colleagues at stanford hospital are being tasked to investigate diseases so miss serious, doctors haven't even been able to diagnose them. these are often patients of families who have sometimes spent years to travel to every physician they can find to try to find an answer to their problem. >> a role the stanford team is uniquely qualified for. they profiled the clinic which dr. ashley helped establish. it is a nerve center where investigators says stab lish dna, trying to pinpoint the disease. julie is hoping to learn whether her heart condition would be passed ton her young daughter. >> it would provide peace of mind for my husband and myself. >> now taking this a step further, becoming part after newly-created off or the set out by the institute of health. their mission is to diagnose diseases.

the disease network will be made up of six centers, including stanford. it launched the nih clinical center in bethesda. which examined hundreds of patients from countries around the world. the stanford center will employ genetic testing and more. >> we have a list for example, monitoring towards very, very strong. we have great expertise and infectious disease because infectious disease is one of the underlying causes of the symptoms. >> ashley believes the network will have the four finally bring answers to anxious patients p. >> idea is to bring everything we have into the very difficult cases and to the families that suffered in many cases for years. >> ac 7 news. abc 7 news. >> the team is taking advantage of making genome testing more ray fordable. pooches in madison,

wisconsin today, hundreds of canines splashing around to raise money for local police k-9 units. expecting to raise about $9,000 to cover training, vet care and all other expenses. >> a nice way to cool down, if you are somewhere hot. >> those pooches are cute. . temperatures in the 90s, cool be off. people tours cooler into monday afternoon. we will show you a dry scan. nationwide weather and what we are tracking along the east coast. an area of low pressure developing off the coast of the carolinas. there are rain showers between new orleans and down into the sunshine state, miami. afternoon thunderstorms at 80 degrees. turning right off coast of mexico and that is bringing wet weather to southern california and even arizona. bringing high clouds into the bay area. no rain unfortunately.

highs monday across california. 86 in l.a. and there's that rain near san diego, palm springs and las vegas. temperatures from 80s to mid 90s. >> accuweather seven-day forecast, sheing you high clouds tomorrow and as we head through ought week a slow warming trend. 90s inland. 80s in the bay. and 70s along coast. >> thank you, drew. speaking of -- okay. further back, both in the losing play today. and joining elite company and 18th major title

tigers in detroit, in the world series this 2012. lincecum on the hill and didn't have his best stuff. going to battle with huddy. 3-0 detroit. running up three runs in six innings of work. cabrera had a hundred plus rbis in 11 straight seasons. adding another in the seventh. giants lose. g-men fall three back in the national league west. seventh inning, houston up

2-1. two-run shot and up p-2. fifth of the year. lost the lead in the ninth. ryan cook lost with bases loaded. fernando lost, with five walks. unbelievable, a's lose two of three to astros. a's fall seven back. >> regardless, we have to find a way to create momentum. so, you know, it is nice we came back. couldn't close it out. just got go play. and keep playing and create our own momentum. >> now off to a great start. cowboys in the first quarter. first time since 1995, scoring 21 in the first quarter. quarterback chris culver, and scoops and scores. 35 yards. 49ers offense, on the field just 94 second in the first quarter. and now for colin kaepernick,

throwing a td pass. niners through for 201 yards. two tds both to vernon. first nfl touchdown. 23 at the half. passing for 10,000 rushing yards. winning it 23-17. >> a lot of great plays. a lot of great team play and individual play. guys looked around the locker room after the game and realize the young guys stepping up in the game. all of the veteran players, guys have been there before. done it before. got the battle scars. they were going to depend on what they are doing. they gave the opportunities and we took advantage. >> hollywood, all right. making it tough on raiders. derek car, defense starting strong. picks off gino smith. at least every season. first city pass on the nfl. and 7-3, raiders. two tds and debut.

and before halftime, shovel pass here to chris johnson. new york up 10-7. 402-158 yards and 212 on the ground. 771 on right here. play of the day came from the raiders. former san jose state star. one hand, drags the second foot in. raiders lose third straight opener. 19-14, final. >> we weren't consistent enough in the phase of the football game to win the game. and that where we got to get better. aeb that's where we get better as a football team. >> not my first time losing the game. not my first time dealing with adversity. and every time, you can put it all on me. because i will work my tail off and we will fix these things. >> earthquake facing portland timbers. chris, with a header. second goal of the game. 3-2, quakes.

but portland responds a minute later. the game-tying goal. game ends in 3-3 tie. u.s. open and serena williams dominates caroline woez knee yack. these two, chris everett and martina navratilova. $4 million first place check. >> need to relax more. i put a lot of pressure on myself. and i don't have to put pressure on myself. i don't have to win another title. i have my 18 bracelet now. so i'm good to good. >> final round of the bmw championship shot of the day from rory mcilroy. approach on 7, 52 yards. but eagle, 466 on the day. three-shot lead coming in.

birdie putt, they got it. hanging foreign second pga victory. next week's set at the championship. >> and coach harbaugh and on abc 7. >> interesting. >> krizy day. >> definitely. >> and that's it for tonight's abc 7 news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. thanks so much for joining us. the news continues now on-line, on twitter. facebook and all of your mobile devices. for

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