good afternoon, everybody. i'm larry beil. >> i'm cheryl jennings. ama daetz is off today. let's start with a live look outside. this is a view from the east bay. you can see it is sunny but there are heavy clouds overhead. >> we have time lapse video from about an hour ago. we saw rain clouds move through from our emeryville tower cam. we even had some reports of lightning. spencer christian is here with a look at exactly what's happening out there. sunny skies behind you. >> that's true. in fact, most of the bay area is seeing exactly what you're seeing behind me right now, bright sunshine with scattered

cumulus clouds. but we also have scattered showers and some thunderstorms. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. you can see a very active pattern here although the showers are widely scattered, we are going to a closer look at santa cruz. we just had a thunderstorm with lightning strikes there within the last 40 minutes or so, now moving eastward, that cell is, and southward. we also have reports from this storm of quarter inch hail. also up near fairfield right now, there's an area of thunderstorm activity and a cell moving through the fairfield area right now, having produced several lightning strikes and just about an hour ago, we had a couple lightning strikes in the northeastern edge of san pablo bay. so it's a very unstable air mass right now that has been made even more unstable by the heating of the afternoon sun. so this pattern will probably be with us until much later in the afternoon and evening. meanwhile, over in the sierra this weekend, central and southern sierra, above 9,000 feet, look for about two inches of snow. that would be generally in the

region from yosemite to mammoth mountain. so quite a wild weather pattern going into the weekend. i will give you a closer look at what we can expect the next couple days in just a few minutes. >> spencer, thank you. two people died today after a bus and a van collided head on in san mateo. it happened 12:45 this afternoon. sky 7 hd shows you the front of the van smashed in, terrible accident. the driver and a passenger were killed. five bus passengers went to the hospital. their injuries are not considered life-threatening. all northbound lanes and two southbound lanes of south el camino royale are closed. planes are flying in and out of chicago after the faa stopped flights for more than five hours today. >> we are learning more about the man whose actions apparently started it all. police say a contract worker for the federal aviation administration set a fire in the basement of an air traffic control center in aurora, illinois. firefighters found him in the

basement with burns and apparent self-inflicted knife cuts. >> he was lying on the ground. they attempted to get him out of the building. there was some degree of effort on their part to drag him out of the building, but he was conscious. >> the man was taken to the hospital. another employee was treated for smoke inhalation. the faa stopped all flights while they investigated. taking a live look at san francisco international airport where hundreds of travelers were stranded today because of the situation in chicago. more than 50 flights were either canceled or delayed at sfo. abc 7 news reporter matt keller talked to passengers who were scrambling to get to their weekend's destinations. >> reporter: a canceled flight represents more than just a status report on a big electronic board at sfo. for many, it's a missed opportunity. >> all the other flights are overbooked so chances are i may not get out but i'm going to sit here all day, to see if i can. i want to see my son play football tonight. >> reporter: disappointment and a sense of helplessness permeated through the minds of southwest passengers trying to

get to chicago or milwaukee. chicago's midway airport is a major hub for the airline. all the morning's flights to and from midway were canceled. ticket agents had to deliver the bad news. >> crazy. >> crazy. >> but it's good. >> reporter: people being nice? >> extremely nice. >> reporter: the full impact of the fire at the air traffic control facility will not be felt until all the airports are back operating normally. if it's not a cancellation, it's a delay but until the wheels are up, that delay can always turn into a lost travel day, maybe even a missed wedding. >> we've got i think ten other family members flying out of here to milwaukee eventually, hopefully. >> reporter: for a wedding tomorrow, huh? >> yes. big wedding. all the family's coming together and most of them are in san francisco. >> reporter: the san jose duty manager told me the best advice for today is to check with your airline and make sure there are no changes to your flight. matt keller, abc 7 news. flight radar 24.com shows the effect in our skies this

morning. you see the hole in the midwest? that reflects all of the grounded flights. more than 1,000 flights canceled and delayed in and out of chicago's two airports. a water main break has flooded part of west hollywood sunset strip. thousands of gallons of mud and water have closed off a section of that busy boulevard. the break happened about an hour and a half ago. aging infrastructure has led to a series of water main breaks in los angeles recently. you will recall just last month, a nearly century old water main ruptured near the ucla campus. that area was flooded with 20 million gallons of water. hundreds of cars and parts of the campus were damaged by that break. it's certainly been a difficult day for a lot of folks in the north bay. a one-day walkout staged by golden gate ferry captains led to headaches people trying to get to and from san francisco. >> reporter: what a surprise for some commuters this morning who were thinking a ferry ride on a friday sounded awfully nice. >> i thought i would treat myself and take the ferry this morning. i don't take it every morning

but it's always a nice thing to do. >> i was looking for an easy way out this morning. >> reporter: ferry service was shut down because the ferry captains went on strike. >> i got to get on my bike and ride to work. >> i'm surprised. i didn't know. i guess i have to go back and think about my options. >> reporter: taking the bus was an option. but a slower one than usual. it appears some bus drivers chose to support the ferry workers. >> we had 12 bus drivers call in sick starting yesterday afternoon. it was very last minute. that's a large number for us. it led us to cancel 13 bus trips today. >> reporter: bus riders tell us the commute was slower. >> i got to the bus stop, i expected the bus to be coming any minute because there were quite a few people waiting. then we kept waiting and waiting and waiting. then i read the paper and i saw the ferries were on strike. >> reporter: the ferry captains say they are sorry for the inconvenience and point out they did give the public notice. this is only a one-day strike and they are doing it on friday, the least traveled day of the week.

>> it's the last place we want to be. we want to be at work. we want to be getting people across the bay to work. but we feel like we have run out of options. >> reporter: the bridge district says it's disappointed that workers decided to strike when negotiations are still continuing. both sides are due back at the bargaining table on monday. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. more commuting woes. traffic is moving at a crawl in some parts of san francisco, especially in soma, because oracle open world will begin this weekend. the first event isn't until sunday but the setup has already begun. howard street is closed while crews build an outdoor plaza to hold the event's 60,000 attendees. you also have a giants game tonight at 7:00 at at & t park, final home stand of the season. you can expect traffic to remain heavy well into this evening. san rafael firefighters knocked down a fire very quickly at an apartment building this afternoon. it happened just after noon.

the fire started in a garage, spread to a fence and adjacent garage, and an apartment unit. it took 40 minutes to put it out. one firefighter did suffer minor injuries and crews are now trying to figure out how the fire started. a really sad development this afternoon in a story we first brought you earlier this week. one of the emaciated horses from a field in morgan hill has died, raising even more questions about why nobody stepped in earlier to help. >> abc 7 news reporter david louie broke this story on monday and joins us live now with the developments. david? >> reporter: well, as you know, as we have been reporting, so many neighbors, so many horse lovers in the morgan hill area were watching a certain pasture, seeing how emaciated the horses were and realizing they were not in the best of condition. well, now their worst fear has been realized. one of the horses transferred here to the equine rescue center has died. let's show a picture of the horse we are talking about. its name is justice. he's a 9 to 12 month old colt. he was one of 11 horses

transferred here as part of a rescue operation. he was not part of the original effort to try -- part of the original group of horses that was going to be transferred but monica hardiman, the head of the equine rescue center, insisted that he be included. the horse had a heavy infestation of parasites and worms in its large intestine. the worms robbed the horse of nutrition. it spread to the lungs. that was the finding of the veterinarian who performed the post-mortem examination. the horse was also emaciated, weighing 75 pounds lower than it should. >> this particular worm competes in part for nutrition that the horse would be getting, that the worms were getting it. worst case scenario, there are so many of them that you can get an impaction. >> reporter: is what happened to justice justification in your mind how badly the horses were treated? >> yes. that's why i felt it was very important for us to get them out of there and get them here, because i knew there was

something going on, and that we didn't know about. >> reporter: the other horses are said to be in better condition. they are responding well as monica feeds them. they will be under constant veterinary monitoring and care. three of the horses you see here are blind and have been separated from the others for safety. again, a feel for their new surroundings. the hope is to nurse them back to health slowly and hopefully they can be then adopted out in the very near future. monica definitely credits all the horse lovers and neighbors in the morgan hill area for bringing this situation to everyone's attention. the animal control people in santa clara county said the horses were not abused or they were not neglected, but now we have a case where one of them already has died of severe infestation of parasites. david louie, abc 7 news. they're making the best of a bad situation at a san francisco bar damaged by an out of control driver.

the owners of the comstock saloon posted the sign you're looking at saying walk or run, just don't drive in. here's what they're poking fun at. a driver lost control and smashed into the saloon last week. the car ran through a wall and came to a stop inside the bar. two people were injured. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a winner steps forward to claim a huge powerball jackpot. we will tell you who bought the winning ticket at this san mateo market. china has an insatiable demand. they are raising the academic bar for athletes. new recommendations at berkeley that could make getting in even harder for some. at 4:11 on friday, nobody getting away quickly on the skyway in downtown san francisco. oncoming traffic trying to he got the east bay, lower deck of the bay bridge, traffic on the right-hand side headed toward 101 south. it is a slow moving grind at this hour.

the mayor of seoul, south korea stopped off at twitter headquarters in san francisco today. he even got his own special hash tag in korean welcoming him. he posed for pictures with the company's communications chief and the vice president of global media. the mayor also met with twitter's korean employees and dm could not resist a tweet or two about his experience.

tesla's sales in china creating a mystery, where are all the cars going. more than 2800 of the luxury electric cars have been imported over the last several months but only 400 of them have actually received license plates to operate on china's roads. tesla has two theories about all this. one is a hiccup in registration rules in the fast-growing shanghai market and many chinese customers are waiting for the government to add tesla to a list of electric vehicles exempt from a 10% purchase tax. here's the other theory. the cars are being flipped for even more money because they are so popular and still in such short supply. i'm going with theory number two here. that's probably what's happening. listen to this. a bay area man who hit the $228 million powerball jackpot came forward today to claim his big prize. >> his name is vinh nguyen. he works as a nail technician. abc 7 news reporter alyssa harrington outside the winters nail salon. talk about nailing it.

he didn't waste any time getting his money, did he? >> reporter: he did not even wait 24 hours before he brought his ticket to the district office. but he chose the annuity option. that means he will get all $228.4 million but he will get it slowly over 30 years. nail technician vinh nguyen has a winning name. >> vinh nguyen? it's like he won and it's win-win. >> reporter: now he's a new millionaire. the only one to match all six numbers in a $228 million powerball jackpot. >> i would say it's a blessing. >> reporter: lottery officials will not say where he's from, but employees at stores in san mateo's shoreview shopping center say he's one of the owners of nails resort. fitting since it's just across the street from dehofs key mark where the winning ticket was sold. >> a lot of people around here work really hard for their money. it's good to see it hit close to

home. >> reporter: the salon is supposed to open at 9:00 a.m. but the doors are locked and nobody is answering the phone. neighboring shop owners tell me the last time it was open was wednesday before the winning numbers were announced. >> they're just a few doors down from us. it's hard to believe but it's great news. >> reporter: julianna gets her nails done at nails resort. nguyen is often her technician. >> very funny, great sense of humor, very nice, very down-to-earth. >> reporter: psychic, perhaps? nguyen told lottery officials he picked the winning numbers because those are the ones that happened to come to his head. nguyen has been playing the lottery for years. he bought 15 powerball tickets using money from his tips. it's easy to say his life is about to change. he should get his first $4 million check in a month. but nguyen told lottery officials he just wants to be a normal man. in san mateo, alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. >> vinh nguyen turned into he

gone. he's happy, i'll tell you that. >> congratulations. >> $220 million something. spencer christian, is the forecast win-win? we won't get the cash. how about some sun? >> we are getting some sun. i like that he locks his doors. i would lock my doors, too if i won $200 million. let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. we've got some wild and wacky weather. thunderstorms scattered across much of the bay area, especially in the north bay, where the most active weather is occurring at this moment. big storm cell moving through fairfield right now has produced numerous lightning strikes. farther to the west, we've got lightning strikes with a cell moving through sonoma, through the town of sonoma. earlier we had strikes near san pablo bay. now the storm that produced recent strikes down here santa cruz is pushing eastward out towards -- out into the morgan hill area and beyond. so look at this. thunderstorm clouds build up to

our northeast as we look from sutro tower. blue sky over san francisco right now, 67 degrees. oakland, 72. san carlos, 72. 69 at san jose. 71, morgan hill. 68 in half moon bay. check out these storm clouds, looking northward out towards fairfield. blue sky overemeryville. 74 in santa rosa and napa. 68, may in oakland. we will see isolated showers continuing into the nighttime hours. mostly sunny and milder this weekend. a strong warming trend coming our way this weekend. here's the satellite image showing the upper level low which produced the unstable air mass contributing to these thunderstorms. coming in right behind that for the weekend is a stable air mass associated with an area of high pressure that will bring us sunny and mild weekend. let's set our animation in motion starting 7:00 tonight. isolated showers through the overnight hours becoming even more isolated and less numerous

by tomorrow afternoon as we get some partial clearing at least. and this weekend, the pacific coast fog-fest at pacifica. partly cloudy in the morning, mostly sunny with a noticeable absence of fog in the afternoon hours. it will be mild at pacifica. where has the fog gone? overnight, look for partly cloudy conditions and some isolated showers. low temperatures mainly in tthe upper 50s. tomorrow, mainly sunny by afternoon and highs range from upper 60s at the coast to near 80 inland. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. a little warmer on sunday, then much warmer for most of next week, with high temperatures inland getting up as high as 90 degrees, even low 90s by thursday and friday of next week, mid 80s around the bay and low 70s on the coast. we are going from unstable conditions with thunderstorms right now to summer-like heat by the end of next week. larry and cheryl? >> spencer, thank you. up next, red-hot anticipation for abc's once upon a time, taking a spin on the

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abc's once upon a time returns for its fourth season sunday with a spin on the disney animated smash frozen. >> abc 7 entertainment reporter has a preview. >> the show is clearly made for elsa. >> reporter: the familiar characters from frozen make their way to storybrook sunday night on once upon a time. the characters who made the fictional city their home for the past three seasons were

quick to warm up to the crossover idea. >> the reason so many people watch frozen in the first place, obviously the pictures are incredibly charming and lovely and the music is amazing but also there are underlying messages of being misunderstood or needing to find a way. it's really nice to have those themes pulled into the show through the frozen characters. >> we brought them in in our own way. they're inspired by frozen. they're not walking directly from the animated feature. but i feel we are faithful to them in a way that the fans will be very happy. >> we will learn a whole new side to frozen we haven't seen before. we pick up where the movie ended. >> reporter: while the frozen story will impact most of the characters on the show, the ice princesses will not completely take over. >> you all right? >> reporter: the show stars can promise fans they will get the same type of fairytale fun they have become accustomed to seeing. >> these are stories we can all

relate to in some different way but it's really about morals and values and doing the right thing or not doing the right thing. that's our every day question in life, isn't it? >> it's always a universal theme. i think that's what drives our story and i think that's what drives people to watch it. >> reporter: abc 7 news. >> catch the season premiere sunday at 8:00 p.m. tonight in an abc news exclusive, world news tonight anchor david muir talks to the parents of a teen girl who was stabbed 19 times and left for dead. you will hear from the parents who thought their young daughter was going to a sleepover near her wisconsin home. instead, according to police, these two girls took her into the woods and stabbed her numerous times. it was all to impress a fictional internet character called sland slendender man.

>> it's really extraordinary when you hear what happened in those woods, that this 12-year-old girl had the strength to crawl out, to break free from the woods, you will meet tonight the hero who just happened to ride his bicycle past her on that path. >> you will get the complete story tonight with david muir on 20/20 at 10:00 on abc 7. before that, "shark tank" makes its season premiere with two hours of ideas and deals. then join us for abc 7 news at 11:00. watch abc to catch those shows on the go with your smartphone, tablet or computer. visit watch abc.com for details or download the pfree app. up next, the poor classroom performance at cal. student athletes in particular. and the university's new plan to help them make the grade. an important new partner in the coalition of countries fighting the extremist group isis. we will tell you who. later, a truly disturbing case of child endangerment that was caught on camera.

a mother jailed, accused of bringing her daughter along on a drug deal.

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that fire damaged the faa's air traffic control center in aurora, illinois, and grounded more than 1800 flights in and out of o'hare and midway airports. an faa contract worker is accused of setting that fire and authorities say he also cut himself with a knife. we saw the first snow of the season in the sierra today. heavenly mountain resort tweeted we have september snow on the mountain. winter is coming. 56 days. heavenly sent this picture with a tweet showing a light dusting of snow there. a task force set up by uc berkeley to help strengthen the academic performances of its athletes released its first report today. abc 7 news reporter nick smith tells us the group offered more than 50 recommendations, including changes to the admissions standards. nick joins us live now from cal. nick? >> reporter: absolutely, larry. they say it is a work in progress. the chancellor established the task force last year and he said what he wanted to do was draw a tighter connection between athletics and academics.

>> i realized that we had not been doing everything that we need to do. >> reporter: today, members of the task force on academics and athletics presented a list of what they are calling actionable recommendations. they want their student athletes' performance in the classroom to match what they're bringing to their sport. >> is it possible to offer a reduced workload in season. can you make that up in the summer, can you make that up in the semester that's non-competition. >> reporter: among the recommendations, a full-time recruitment coordinator who can explain to student athletes what it's like to be at cal. adjusting courses to accommodate practice times and travel for away games. and there is even discussion on ways to graduate the athletes before their final semester. >> so that an athlete doesn't have to make the decision between going to an nfl camp or nba camp and completing their degree. >> reporter: the university came under fire after an ncaa report revealed the cal football and men's basketball teams graduated fewer than half their players

who enrolled between 2003 and 2007. among the 72 programs in six major college football conferences, cal's 44% graduation rate was the worst. there was plenty of shame to go around. cal's men's basketball team which finished with a 38% graduation rate was the lowest in the pac-12. >> for our teams, academics are a high priority. >> reporter: rich feller is the cal women's volleyball coach and on the task force. his team has a 100% graduation rate. >> it's just part of ted indication. it's just part of the education. my philosophy is education based. the academics become a natural part of that. >> reporter: improvement will be a continual work in progress. at cal, nick smith, abc 7 news. new reports today say the man suspected of beheading a woman and stabbing another at an oklahoma workplace yesterday had recently tried to convert to

islam but so far, that attack is not linked to terrorism. police say 30-year-old alton nolen went on the rampage shortly after being fired. he walked into an office and killed a 54-year-old woman. he was attacking a second woman when the plant's owner, who is also a reserve sheriff's deputy, shot and wounded him. >> he is obviously a hero in this situation. it's very tragic that someone did lose their life but it could have gotten a lot worse. this guy definitely was not going to stop. he didn't stop until he was shot. >> the second woman suffered multiple stab wounds but is expected to survive. police say nolen did not have a relationship with either victim and has a long criminal history. moore was the scene of a monster tornado last season that flattened the town and killed dozens. secretary of state john kerry is comparing the ebola virus to the terror group isis. the number of deaths linked to

an ebola outbreak in west africa is more than 3,000. he was speaking at a global health security conference in washington, d.c. >> we need to galvanize an international effort as i mentioned earlier, just like isil. this disease respects no borders and requires a global coalition in order to stamp it out. >> yesterday, mr. kerry took part in a high level meeting at the united nations along with president obama to secure more resources to fight the disease. the united kingdom is officially a member of the u.s.-led coalition attacking that terrorist group isis. british lawmakers voting 524-43 in favor of joining the offensive. the decision came after the prime minister, david cameron, made an impassioned plea, calling that militant group a threat to british national security. >> isil is a terrorist organization unlike those we have dealt with before. their brutality is staggering. this is not the stuff of fantasy. it is happening in front of us and we need to face up to it.

>> britain is expected to deploy tornado finders which will put them within striking distance. attorney general eric holder is leaving but he is making sure everyone knows he's not gone yet. >> i have been privileged to work with many of you throughout my tenure as attorney general which has not ended. let's just make that clear. it has not ended. [ applause ] >> i woke up today and i'm still the attorney general of the united states. >> holder spoke today at the congressional black caucus foundation's 44th annual legislative conference in phoenix. he announced his resignation yesterday but plans to stay on until his successor is confirmed. the paparazzi is in a frenzy in venice, italy over long time hollywood bachelor george clooney's big wedding weekend. >> the actor is in italy right now. so are more than 100 a-list

wedding guests. >> i missed that invitation. >> we don't qualify. >> we have a preview. >> reporter: the happy couple spotted together in venice, italy. george clooney and his bride to be, amil alamudin being wisked away to a luxury hotel ahead of their weekend wedding extravaganza. >> this is highly anticipated only because this is one that we kind of never thought was going to happen. >> reporter: a reported 150 a-list wedding guests include brad pitt and angelina jolie, matt damon, sandra bullock and bono. the paparazzi is staking out the area. to catch the arrivals. >> we are waiting for all the famous people. >> reporter: the celebration will reportedly cost up to $13 million. clooney's best man, cindy crawford's husband randy gerber, was spotted by tmz earlier this week loading up his private jet with 50 cases of tequila. amil is rumored to be wearing a dress by alexander mcqueen, the same designer kate middleton

chose for her wedding. the groom, a giorgio armani tux. it's been a whirlwind romance. >> he said he was always going to be a bachelor. now he's fallen in love. >> reporter: officials are pulling out all the stops. venice is shutting down walkways along the famous grand canal and the former mayor of rome will perform the ceremony. abc news, los angeles. >> i think she said 50 cases of tequila? i'm not sure they will remember the wedding. >> it will be the good stuff, too. still ahead, the moment that devastated dog owner thought would never happen. how this woman was reunited with her beloved yorkie six years after it was dognapped. i'm spencer christian from the east bay hills camera, lots of blue sky and some thunderstorms clouds. what a mix. the accuweather forecast coming up in just a moment. a check of the afternoon commute. 680 in walnut creek is starting to bunch up.

northbound heading up towards concord on the left-hand side of the screen, much better going right, southbound. stay with us.

this is a frightening start to the day for a school bus driver in san antonio, texas. he was en route to picking up students when he smelled something, pulled over and noticed something was burning near the engine. he grabbed a fire extinguisher but as you can see, the flames were too intense. you would think he would get the

rest of the day off to recover from this. no. the driver was given another bus and ran his route. the fire is being blamed on a mechanical failure due to an oil leak. in texas, also in texas, a moment one woman thought would never happen. >> my baby! >> she is back together with 10-year-old yorkie named bailey. they were reunited last night after six years apart. bailey was dognapped from his home in el paso, texas. as you can imagine, that was devastating. >> the time i was in college at the university of texas in el paso, he was my roommate. he meant the world to me. >> but like a dream come true, somebody spotted bailey lost and alone in indianapolis, indiana. 1400 miles away from el paso. he was dirty and riddled with fleas. the good samaritan took bailey to a pet hospital and luckily, he had a microchip that made it possible to track down his owner. >> bailey is adorable. what a cute little dog. >> so happy that happened.

>> feel-good story heading into the weekend. how about feel-good weather? >> spencer? >> whoops. i just had a bug fly in my lens. >> that does not feel good. >> not a good thing at all. stop bugging me. a look at live doppler 7 hd. we have really interesting weather in the bay area right now. scattered thunderstorms across much of the north bay. we can see a few in the south bay as well. this area from hillsberg to st. helena to napa to fairfield, thunderstorms, numerous lightning strikes and some locally heavy downpours. now, look westward just a bit over towards sonoma county, we see hail stones over there, quarter inch size along with the heavy downpours of rain and lightning strikes. in this area from just east of napa past fairfield towards rio vista, a flood advisory is in effect until 7:15 this evening, no doubt from the heavy

downpours that accompany these thunderstorms. they continue to rumble through that area. more isolated, widely scattered thunderstorms have moved through parts of the south bay. on we go to the outlook for tomorrow. look for partly sunny skies, although there could be some isolated early morning showers. high temperatures tomorrow will range from upper 60s at the coast to low and mid 70s around the bay to upper 70s to near 80 in the inland locations. here the accuweather seven-day forecast, dry and warmer sunday and much warmer next week, especially toward the end of next week, as thursday and friday, we will see inland highs in the low 90s. mid 80s around the bay and low 70s on the coast. before we get to all that summer rerun type weather, we've got thunderstorms to contend with into the evening hours. larry and cheryl? >> spencer, thank you. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, caught on camera. you won't believe this story of a young mother who brought her daughter into a drug deal. also -- >> an event-filled weekend is upon us.

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a texas mother is in jail on drug charges and police say she used her young daughter to help her with these deals. sheriff's deputies arrested her during an undercover operation outside a bar not far from houston. they say the woman known as the panther was using her 7-year-old daughter to help her sell cocaine. >> it's really shocking what you see. you see a 7-year-old girl that absolutely knows what she's doing. sylvia would hand the drugs over and you can see on the video the undercover officer comes back and is instructed to give the cash to the 7-year-old girl. >> it gets even worse. authorities say the woman also allowed drunk club goers to pay to dance with her daughter. she's 7. she allegedly had more than eight grams of cocaine in her possession at the time of arrest.

she is being held on $100,000 bond. a new study finds there is no substitute for real life friend to protect against bullying for gay or lesbian teenagers. researchers in southern california polled more than 5500 american adolescents ages 13 to 18. lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender teens were three times more likely to be arguments of online bullying than heterosexual teens. their online friends were thought to be more supportive but the study shows face-to-face relationships did more to stop the bullying. people who spend more time preparing and cooking meals are more likely to eat healthy. researchers also found that those who spend less time on their food preparation are more likely to eat fast food. they analyzed data from more than 1300 participants who were the main food providers in their households. people who spent the most time cooking ate more fruits and vegetables and also spent about $7 less per family member on their meals. >> time to think about good food

and maybe a little bit of fun. the weekend is here. time to explore where you live. >> here is the abc 7 news traffic reporter. >> harvesting is in full swing in sonoma which means california's oldest festival is ready to welcome you to this year's valley of the moon festival. this year, grammy winning blues artists will perform in addition to a special blessing of the grapes, a grape stomp and special stuff just for the kids. who needs a yoga mat when you can practice downward dog on home plate? yoga day at the park is back this saturday at at & t park. singer and yoga practitioner michael farinty and janet stone will guide you through the post-game session after the giants take on the padres. and the inner caped crusader in all of us has a good excuse to don spandex and face masks during the super hero fair. scan the rock wall and dive into food, drink and fun this saturday. or give your sweet tooth a fix

during jelly belly's candy-palooza event all weekend at fairfield headquarters. self-guided tours, free samples and rides will be sure to work up an appetite for more sugar. for more information, visit our website at abc7news.com. up next, the free speech movement at cal 50 years later. i'm dan ashley with abc 7. coming up new at 5:00, allegations of political pay to play. what e-mails are saying about a bay area election that is turning a bit nasty. and modern man. how major food companies are going after a once ignored customer.

-- to raise money for charity. sky 7 hd was overhead as they headed toward the golden gate bridge. they are driving to santa barbara in the fourth annual ferrari owners charitable rally. this year, the beneficiary will be the make-a-wish foundation in the bay area. during the four-day event, enthusiasts will be able to meet the drivers and inspect the

cars. among them, an enzo model worth $2.5 million. nice. tonight and all through next week, uc berkeley will accept br celebrate 50 years since the free speech movement. in 1964, students sat down demanding that the university lift its ban on political activism. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez has the story live in berkeley. lyanne? >> reporter: you know, many people remember mario savio really as the voice of the movement. still, there are many champions still around. students attending uc berkeley today know they are being raised in the cradle of the free speech movement. for most, though, the details are sketchy. it was october 1st, 1964 when jack wineberg, a student activist, was trying to push for racial equality. he did so on the steps of sprowl

hall knowing he could be arrested. >> i had the good fortune of being the one they selected and when i wouldn't cooperate they called in a police guard to haul me away. >> reporter: students who had gathered at the plaza quickly surrounded the police car. >> when the police car was brought on campus, and people sat down in it, somebody yelled sit down and everybody sat down because we were used to, you know, sitting in. we had actions at the sheraton palace and other places. >> reporter: the car became the speaker's podium and no one delivered the message more effectively than mario savio. wineberg was held in the police car for 32 hours. during that time he gave an interview to a reporter from the san francisco examiner. >> he was trying to, i felt, get out of me that some older somebody or other was pulling our strings. i sort of got mad. i said we have a saying, we don't trust anybody over 30. it was just mainly a put-down.

>> reporter: it became one of the most memorable expressions of the '60s. the university eventually gave n lifting the ban on all political about tift a activity and fund-raising on campus. >> universities did not want to have the same fight as berkeley had so the right for students to express themselves was established. >> reporter: he took pictures of students being arrested. 50 years later and today a professor at cal, he feels the movement on campus is not what it once was. >> now you can't even have a republican come on campus and give a talk without being shouted down. condoleezza rice can't come here because the right of free speech today is interpreted as the right to shout someone down. that's really tragic. >> reporter: these steps are named after mario savio. those who go by are reminded that anybody can spark change at

any time. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. a japanese smartphone and electronics maker is expanding its product offerings. this is the latest venture. these are believed to be the world's first cheerleading robots. the company says the robots balance on balls and dance in unison. gyro sensors inside the robots allow them to stay upward while moving and waving plastic pom-poms in the air. the dance routines are choreographed to japanese pop music. thanks for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins with cheryl and dan. a terrible crash in san mateo. two people are dead. up to half a dozen injured. plus -- >> these are very serious ethics allegations. >> the e-mails behind the accusations and what the congressman is saying about them

tonight. also, ferry stops, passengers rock. tonight's commute could be miserable. also -- >> very funny, great sense of humor. >> he has reason to smile. what we're learning about the bay area man who is more than $200 million richer tonight. stormy weather is developing right now in the bay area bringing a lot of lightning and even a flood advisory. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm cheryl jennings. thanks for joining us. here's a live picture of the bay bridge. we want to show you just how unsettled that sky is. we are getting reports of lightning. >> you can see some of the gray and stormy looking clouds passing through this afternoon. this is time lapse video from our emeryville tower camera. abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking it for us. >> yeah, live doppler 7 hd has been tracking dozens of lightning strikes. this has been a very active afternoon.

what was supposed to be isolated showers has changed rapidly so you should be aware of the fact that we have numerous thunderstorms in the north bay right around and surrounding mount st. helena. in napa county in the hills, we picked up .56 inch of rain. i'm going to take you in closer now and show you where some of these thunderstorms are developing. just northwest of santa rosa, we are seeing some strikes there so just be aware of the fact this stuff is traveling to the south and you will start to see some of those thunderstorms moving in your direction. it should be in south santa rosa in about 21 minutes. take a look at these storms here that were firing up in the napa county area, fairfield, we are still seeing numerous lightning storms -- thunderstorms here and we will keep an eye on the fairfield area, where an urban and small stream flood advisory has been issued until 7:15 tonight. reports of hail in sonoma county, santa cruz, about a quarter of an inch. you take a look at this water vapor imagery, the reason for

this, area of low pressure is coming right in over the bay area. you get the heating from the sun and it's destabilizing the atmosphere. i will be back with a look at your weekend forecast. cheryl? now to another breaking story, this one in san francisco, where an uber driver has been arrested for attacking a passenger with a hammer. it happened near the corner of elsworth street. the driver is accused of hitting a passenger on the head with a hammer after some kind of dispute over the route on tuesday night. abc 7 news just talked with the attorney about that incident. cornell? >> reporter: he is wrapping up a news conference and is very upset about this incident which happened on tuesday involving the driver. he picked up three passengers on tuesday. there was a dispute according to