this investigation is still in the early stages. the female victim was found on north 15th street between a burger king and the white way motel. police say officers found her just after 2:20 this morning suffering from apparent blunt force trauma. she died at the scene. police did take some witnesses downtown to interview. an officer on the scene said it's an industrial area with businesses around here. a lot of homeless people come to this area but investigators are still looking in to what the victim was doing here. the street is blocked off between charles and commercial streets. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. breaking news from south offerca where olympic runner oscar pistorius has been found guilty of culpable homicide in the shooting death of his girlfriend. like manslaughter here. pistorius was ordered to stand

by the judge as she read the verdict. he was found guilty of a firearms charge. the sentence can range from a suspended sentence up to 15 years in prison. yesterday the judge ruled pistorius was not guilty in the premeditated murder of reeva steenkamp. a shooting victim is fighting for his life at san francisco general hospital, the victim in his 20s was found near the hospital at 23rd and utah streets around 8:30 last night. around the time the victim was located officers received reports that shots had been fired. a bit earlier in the 500 block of ellsworth street. more gunshots in san francisco last night just after 10:00 shots were fired near the intercontinental hotel near howard street. at least two cars were hit by gunfire. police began escorting guests

into the hotel for their own safety. so far there are no confirmed victims or suspects. a 1-year-old boy is recovering after he was accidentally shot in east oakland. it happened early yesterday afternoon at 77th avenue in the east mott neighborhood. investigators say the boy was outside the home with family members when the gun went off. the child is in the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries and police are still trying to determine who fired the gun and whether it was legally owned. a big story for commuters. b.a.r.t. officials say they discovered flaw in 23 train wheels on 20 cars after checking all its trains following last month's incident where a wheel fell off a moving train. it came off at the pleasant hill b.a.r.t. station on august 26th shutting off service at the height of the afternoon commute. they immediately grounded 40 cars with suspect wheels. since 13 crews have tested 5,500

wheels. seven trains are still out of service. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield will have a live report at the top of the month. president obama has declared the napa valley earthquake a major disaster. it releases federal aid for napa and solano counties. the white house did not say how much money would be available but a preliminary assessment found $87 million in earthquake costs that could be eligible for federal assessment. federal emergency management agency is still surveying the damage and may recommend even more resources. dna analysis and rabies test results are expected today on the male mountain lion. search dogs picked up a scent and forced the cat up a tree in coukupecupertino not far from t

original attack site. the wardens were forced to shoot and kill the animal due to aggressive behavior. hibelgi in hiking trails are closed until they know they have the right animal. new details are emerging about what happened in the ray rice case and roger goodell is under fire as critics call for him to step down. last night the baltimore ravens played their first game since they released rice. we spoke to football fans about the controversy. >> reporter: roger goodell under fire and wraps amitt a new bombshell espn reporting that ray rice told goodell personally he struck his wife in the atlantic city elevator but goodell said he didn't know the extent of the beating until the video was released monday. some players aren't buying it. >> it could have been a better job done because if tmz can get it why can't the national football league get it. >> reporter: bye, roger one tweeted. new details about the assault a

hotel security staffers told espn when janay rice regained con,ness her first words were how could you do that to me i'm the mother of your kid. ravens owner admits the league dropped the ball. >> i speak for the league but us as the ravens that we sat back and let others do it. >> reporter: food ball fans packed shanghai kelly's bar to watch the steelers play the ravens. beer was on tap and so were opinions. >> should have known about it and if somebody had that tape and got rid of it or hid it, that person's got to go immediately. >> reporter: when rice's picture appeared on the tv during the game some people booed. >> repercussions should happen all around. >> reporter: this controversy far from over. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. 4:35. happening today state senator

jerry hill will hold a news conference to urge governor brown to sign a bill that would have the state mediate a resolution to restore public access to martin's beach in half moon bay. the governor has until the end of the month to sign or veto the legislation passed by the state senate last month. it requires the billionaire owner to negotiate to restore access to the beach. he bought oceanfront property there in 2008 and closed the public access. walnut creek's downtown parking system is leaving paying customers with tickets rather than minutes on the meter. the problem is the inground sensors which wirelessly tell sidewalk meters if a car is in the spot or not and the meter responds accordingly. however, some meters have proven to be too sensitive and they can be tripped if a truck rolls by.

that makes the meters reset to zero leaving a red light blinking indicating the car in the spot was not paid up. the city officials said they are being recalibrated. the iphone 6 and 6 plus are now available online for preorders. but the midnight debut did not go off without a hitch. the apple store went down for two hours this morning. here's the message many customers saw when they tried to place their preorder for a new had i-phone. we're busy updating the apple store for you and we'll be back soon. other preorder sides had hiccups including at&t sprint and t-mobile. we reached out to apple and are waiting to hear back. this is not just in the u.s. they had problems in australia as well so all over the world as people try to get ahold of the new iphone. >> growing pains with the new products, right? it happens. 4:37. different kind of pain from the forecast. >> not from the messenger, it's

the forecast. >> pain in the wallet is where i was going. >> okay, sure. here's a look out there this morning. you can see the fog rolling across san francisco and heading over towards the east bay. almost a replay of yesterday. our worst air quality will be inland and east bay and the santa clara valley if you were following me on twitter yesterday afternoon i was tweeting out san ramon, livermore and concord and los gatos had the poorest air quality while we were heading home during the evening hours. here's a look at the fires up to the north. a beautiful satellite image from nasa. we'll follow the wend pattern and the northwesterly wind is coming down and pushing the smoke into us along with hefty ozone because of the stagnation in the air and that's why we're having another poor air quality day. this morning we're waking up with gills and low 60s with foggy areas. hazy sunshine by noon. mid-80s inland to mid-90s at 4:00, back to mid-80s at 7:00. 72 at noon around the bay.

84 by 4:00 and 74 at 7:00 and then we'll have mid to upper 60s at the coast with partly sunny conditions. here's sue. good morning, everyone. happy friday. looking for friday light for your commute we can only hope fingers crossed. fog not an issue for your ride across the golden gate bridge this morning. two lanes right now and widen to four once the commute gets under way and the northbound direction if you are coming from san francisco, they removed the toll plaza there and their construction in zones and lots of the slowing mostly throughout the day due to that copstruction new york. northbound 880 marina to daefs, roadwork is definitely improving here. we had an earlier full closure but that's been reopened. the orange coloring on the screen is fog and we have roadwork northbound and southbound 101 through the p petaluma bridge area. back from the front lines.

the bay area doctor putting his life on hold to play a big role in the fight against the deadly ebola outbreak. and mark zuckerberg getting attention in washington. the ulteri teeterior motive facs in supporting immigration reform. and a live look at downtown san francisco from our rooftop camera. this is abc 7 news now and we'll have pictures for you throughout the morning of the bridges, golden gate and the san mateo bridge.

uss karl yvenson aircraft carrier. it set sail for the western pacific and middle east from san

diego just three weeks ago. we're continuing to follow this story and we'll have updates on twitter. ohio state highway patrol troopers have found and arrested a notorious convicted teenage killer after he escaped from a state prison. thomas t.j. lane made an unforgettable court appearance after killing three high school students in 2012. he revealed a shirt with the word killer on it and laughed and smiled as the victims' families described him as an animal and a monster. lane climbed a fence to escape but only made it 100 yards before he was captured. another sign of hope in the fight against the deadly ebola virus. a ucsf researchers said they'll need more money and resources to save lives. we've got the story. >> reporter: in sierra leone dr. dan kelly is a teacher and he's taught thousands of health care

workers how to keep themselves safe from the ebola virus. >> it was scary to see the nurses just wearing gloves only in the wards taking care of these patients who were positive. >> reporter: dr. kelly is getting some backup. his group well body alliance is joining with partners in health the leader in the health and human rights unit founded by harvard's paul farmer. >> i got one e-mail from paul saying we're in and i'm all in. >> reporter: the partnership needs better resources and connections. >> we're a half million dollar organization that has been helping a district of people but we only have 150 employees and at home there's 14,000 employees. >> reporter: and a $40 million budget. other good news the u.s. government is offing 10 to 20 medevac planes. dr. kelly said volunteers will be more willing to travel if they know they can get home if they get sick. >> what i'm trying to do with the help of other individuals is create a pipeline of u.s.

clinicians that can go over and help respond to the crisis. >> reporter: the ebola virus has killed nearly 2,300 people but dr. kelly said stories of survival and experimental drugs are giving patients hope, a hope he's starting to feel himself. >> i think we're gaining ground but we've a long, long way to go. >> reporter: if you want to help you can contribute to dr. kelly's crowd funding campaign. he's aiming for $125,000 and so far people have donated almost $87,000. we have details on our website abc 7news.com. it's 4:45 now. tonight the giants open a huge weekend series against the rival los angeles dodgers at at&t park. >> ooh, yeah. the last time the two teams squared off in late july the dodgers swept the giants and have led the n.l. west since leaving town. this time the giants are coming into the series on a roll having won 12 of their last 15 and 9 in a row at home. yesterday the giants completed a series sweep of arizona closing to within two games of the

dodgers. with 16 games left to play. san francisco leads the wild card race by four games but wants to avoid a one-game play-off obviously. tonight baumgardner starts and first pitch is at 7:15. the a's open in seattle tonight as the pressure mounts. oakland has lost 13 1/2 games in the standings in the past month and clinging to a one-game lead for the top wild card spot with only a game and a half separating the team from the mariners for the second spot. yesterday the a's' slide continued with a 1-0 loss to the white sox. first pitch at safeco tonight is at 7:10. those of you on twitter know that we were at the game yesterday afternoon and, do you know what mike was tweeting about, right? of course, the flags. are they flying? is it flapping around and it changed the game, mike. >> cooler towards the end of the game as the sea breeze kicked up a little bit. nice game. sweep also that was nice to see. it's amazing the giants were

awfully cold there for a while and the a's were really hot and it's completely changed around. >> yeah, just like the weather heating up. >> yeah. all right, good, morning, everybody, here's a look at the wind winds, sfo 13 and everybody else 8 miles per hour or less and the high pressure is dominating our weather. it's mild in san francisco from west portal and sunnyside to 76 and the mission and glen park and the ferry building at 58 along with park presidio. and it's 57 there. and also the financial district, 57. we do have a few 60s this morning. union city, 61 in walnut creek and pleasanton. tracy and fairfield 64 and check out american canyon, 51 and pacifica 55 and fog. here's a look at downtown. you can see the embarcadero center but you can't see the top of the transamerica tower or the

bank of america building so it gives you an yud how low the clouds are. heat lingers again in the forecast. the heat the key is slowly easing saturday through wednesday. a couple degrees every day and unfortunately still don't see any rain in the forecast. not even drizzle for that matter. let's talk about 100 where we'll get there today. gilroy, mid to upper 90s, morgan hill and los gatos. and sunshine in the afternoon, 78. mid-80s to 90 for the rest of the south bay and san jose mid to upper 80s. and mid to upper 60s along the coast and mid and upper 70s downtown. south san francisco and sausalito and low to mid-90s for the north bay valleys 89 petaluma the exception. mid-80s for most of the east bayshore but castro valley and fremont 88. and 80 in richmond. 81 in berkeley. 82 in oakland. the humming of the air conditioners today, mid to upper 90s midland east bay. if you are going to the game tonight looking at a temperature

of about 64 degrees at 7:15 dropping down to 61. here's the acuweather seven-day forecast, inland, bay, coast, morning clouds and afternoon sunshine and 2 to 4 degrees cooler each day through wednesday. have a good one. we're getting word from a.c.e. train and of course the capital corridor we've got both nfl teams home this weekend. the niners and the raiders both play on sunday and they're expecting the trains to be very, very busy and they are requesting that you buy your tickets ahead of time to avoid lines at the station. northbound 680 through the walnut creek area that's moving nicely here. a few brake lights as you make the turn over towards the 24 interchange. o eastbound 580 and roadwork to continue until 6:00 this morning and earlier roadwork eight 80 through san leandro picked up and no delays here.

>> thanks a lot. mark zuckerberg has not yet responded this morning to scathing words from a republican senator on the u.s. senate floor. alabama senator jeff sessions accuses zuckerberg of putting his money behind immigration reform so that he could have more low-wage foreign workers for facebook instead of hiring american workers. sessions made the comment in regard to president obama now considering offering amnesty to some undocumented immigrants. zuckerberg along with many tech executives believe current immigration policy is keeping bright scientific minds out of the u.s. it's 4:50. a drive to split california into six states is running into a roadblock. why voters may not have a say in the issue. a massive solar storm pounds the earth. the impact on technology that we all depend on. this is your exploratorium camera and the big picture showing you the bay bridge and the bay. and the smaller pictures the bay

bridge toll plaza and the bottom we've got the east bay and 680 and traffic all over the bay area for you. sue will have more checking out the maze and other spots coming up in just a few.

an initiative to split california into six separate states could be on its last legs. the initiative has over 207,000 signatures short of qualifying for the 2016 ballot and it must have those signatures by the end of business today. los angeles and four other counties have not reported their numbers to the secretary of state. the initiative, the brainchild of a venture capitalist would divide california into six states each with its own governor and legislature and two senators. more than 1,000 firefighters in shasta county battling a wildfire that doubled in size to more than 1,200 acres. evacuations have been ordered near bella vista.

the gulch fire threatens more than 100 homes and it's 15% contained. investigators believe a car fire started it but it grew out of control when it jumped a fire line. yosemite will open the half dome cables. they were shut down last sunday when a wildfire broke out. the meadow fire has burned almost 5,000 acres and is 23% contained. many trails and campgrounds near the fire remain closed but the park's main entrances and most of its attractions including yosemite valley are open. yesterday was warm and let's see if the weekend is the same way. >> we'll ease a little bit every day. if you are going to the farm tomorrow to watch army and stanford, tough game last week. bounced back. and 81 degrees and dropping down to about 79. not much of a change during the game. uv index is going to be very high just like it was last week. traveling around the state triple digits into the central

valley and palm springs. 82 in tahoe. we'll be in the 80s all weekend with sunshine. normally we should be about 75. warmer than average up in the high country. sue? >> all right, thanks, mike. good morning, everyone. happy friday. we're taking a live look at the richmond-san rafael bridge. not a car in sight. eastbound 580 at isabel, roadwork in lanes until 6:00 this morning. we do have roadwork coming off of the richmond san rafael bridge and heading towards the lane closures there so you will find a little bit of slow traffic. you can see the red sensors on canal in the westbound direction. northbound 880 at 16th and oakland also roadwork there for a few more minutes. kristen, eric? >> sue, thanks a lot. it's 4:55. a tank that was once part of a bay area collection of rare military vehicles is at the center of a lawsuit. a company owned by microsoft

co-founder paul allen finds rare and antique vehicles for his museum in washington state. vulcan war birds paid $2.5 million for a german panther tank that was auctioned off in july but the company says the tank was never turned over to it. vulcan is now suing the company which ran the auction and the foundation which sold the tank for a breach of contract. new details this morning on what led honda to issue a massive recall involving air bags. "the new york times" reports an air bag exploded in a honda accord in 2004 in alabama shooting out metal fragments and injuring the car's driver. honda and its japan air bag supplier deemed it an anomaly and they did not issue a recall or seek the involvement of federal safety regulators. "the times" reports that the other automakers were not aware of defects in their vehicles for years putting off their recalls.

today more than 14 million vehicles have been recalled over 11 automakers. a massive solar flare may effect technology on earth today and through the weekend. nasa released this image of solar flare. it is the bright white spot in the middle of your picture. they say it's likely the flare produced a geomagnetic storm that can temporarily disrupt gps signals, power grids and radio communications on earth for two or three days after the eruption. 4:57. b.a.r.t. uncovers a dangerous flaw in some of its trains. next at 5:00 a.m. we're live with the action being taken to make sure passengers are safe. trapped in the house. the caller is on the line, though. >> i can't get out! >> rattled nerves as buildings sway and crumble. the dramatic 911 calls placed in the minutes after the devastating napa earthquake. a live picture of the golden gate bridge in the big picture

there. the smaller ones showing you the bay bridge, the bay bridge toll plaza and six 80 going through walnut creek. back with more news, weather and back with more news, weather and traffic afte

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live from the kgo broadcast center this is abc 7 news. good friday morning. it's 5:00 thanks so much for joining us. let's find out what the weather holds for us today. here's mike. >> let's go up to the north bay, petaluma, rohnert park and santa rosa has been popular because of the fog developing from golf course drive up towards guerneville road about a quarter mile. it's pretty dangerous at times.