good afternoon. i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. we begin this afternoon with a close-up look at earthquake recovery in napa valley. >> cal trans took us on a tour of four bridges and overpasses damaged in the 6.0 quake on august 24th. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us in napa as the community recovers after the quake. laura? >> reporter: i'm standing on the bridge that suffered the most damage during the earthquake. it goes over the napa river and

is just ten years old. six weeks after the earthquake, cal trans is back to make all the repairs necessary for this bridge to withstand the next quake. the emola avenue bridge and the others in town have been deemed safe for the public but the minor to moderate damage can be repaired while the structure is open. in some cases the damage is actually an indication of how well the bridge performed in the august quake. >> these are heavily reinforced deep foundation bridges. they are allowed to move. >> reporter: immediately after the quake we saw more obvious damage to roadways in the napa area. those kinds of things buckle blacktop and cracks in the pavement were fixed within days of the quake. what's happening now on this bridge or rather, underneath it and ten others in the area, are

more subtle repairs. the ones that don't necessarily affect the everyday integrity of the structure. but will certainly help them withstand the next quake. in napa, laura anthony, abc 7 news. the napa valley quake was the largest in the bay area since loma prieta which happened 25 years ago this friday. >> we are taking a look back with the premiere of the abc 7 special "15 seconds, 25 years later." burglars have stolen more than $2 million in equipment from three production companies in fremont. surveillance video from mack house productions shows men grabbing at least $150,000 in computers and video gear early on saturday. the company's owner posted this video on facebook and told us he may lose some business without his gear. >> this is just so unfortunate to see people, i don't know if they were targeting me directly or if it was just by chance. but it sucks that there's people out there that are doing these types of things when we're, you

know, a small company that's self-funded and working every day, more than 12 hours a day every single day. >> the owner offered a $10,000 reward to find his gear. police are also looking for thieves who took $1.5 million in equipment from black magic designs distribution center and $400,000 from core microsystems. a young woman found unconscious in a hotel room appeared in court today. police arrested 21-year-old brittany hall and 54-year-old thomas price last week. hall's boyfriend told police an older man was giving her drugs in a hotel room. during a welfare check, they found hall unresponsive. a stash of meth, heroin, cocaine and prescription instruction were found. hall could face possession of controlled narcotics for sale due to the large amount of drugs found. the arraignment was delayed until next week. price has resigned as headmaster of the school. police are looking for help

identifying the person who brutally pushed a woman in her 80s to the ground for no apparent reason. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more including how the victim is doing. >> reporter: a surveillance camera captured the random attack, an 85-year-old woman was walking with a relative at 9:30 at night in berkeley when another woman shoves her to the ground. the victim was seriously hurt and was taken to the hospital. >> i don't know how anybody could actually go and do something so awful. >> reporter: police have released the video to the public in the hope of finding the attacker. as people watch it, reactions are full of outrage and disgust. >> i feel sick to my stomach. and i feel scared. i just turned 65 so 85, getting closer. you know, you're wobbly. it changes. >> reporter: one comment that consistently came up, the number of mentally ill people wandering the streets of berkeley, especially in the area of where this attack happened.

>> this looked to me like an elderly woman who is assaulted by a homeless person. >> there's more people on the street in this town than there used to be. i find out a lot of people have really bad mental problems. >> reporter: as if to prove the point, one interview was interrupted by a man screaming profanities. >> [ bleep ]. >> reporter: see? mental illness. mayor tom bates says berkeley is doing all it can to help the mentally ill and that may be why people are drawn here. >> they come here for services and it's sort of a double-edged sword. we want to provide services and at the same time when you do that, you get more people. >> reporter: he calls this attack terrible. but the exception, not the norm. >> i don't think it's getting worse. no. it's been like this for 20 years. unfortunatel i think it's getting better. >> reporter: the victim is doing better. she was treated at the hospital and released. they are asking for anyone with any information about the woman who did this to please come forward.

amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. california water use is on the decline. data released today shows water usage dropped more than 11% in august, the largest monthly decline this year. the report comes from the state water resource control board which covers almost 90% of california's population. the city of tracy had the largest decrease in water consumption. of the districts serving more than 40,000 customers, ten actually increased their water use. we have information on how you can save water at home on our website, abc7news.com. in general, we are using less water but the question is when are we going to get some water in the form of rain. spencer christian, i think sunny skies ahead pretty much, huh? >> looks that way. i would like to say we have rain coming our way soon, but it's not in the immediate forecast future. it is a bit cooler today, though, than yesterday. although we do have mainly blue skies. here's live doppler 7 hd. you can see we have broken high clouds overhead and some low clouds and fog near the

coastline pushing up against the coastline. that pattern will continue into the overnight hours. right now, look at the 24-hour temperature change. five degrees cooler at sfo than this hour yesterday. five degrees cooler in novato. 11 degrees cooler in oakland. all around the bay area with the exception of half moon bay which shows no change at all. it's several degrees cooler than this hour yesterday. this evening at at & t park, giants take on the washington nationals in game four of the national league divisional playoff series. game time is 6:07. it will be 64 degrees, partly cloudy at that hour. the giants with a victory wrap up the series and advance tonight. here's a live view from the east bay hills camera looking at the western sky which is mainly blue but we have broken high clouds overhead. this is the first forecast. we will see coastal fog and a few high clouds overnight -- during the evening hours, i should say, as well as overnight. then tomorrow, we will have mainly sunny day, little bit of lingering fog at the coast. it will be slightly cooler tomorrow. highs ranging from low 60s at the coast to mainly upper 80s in our inland areas, although one or two places might hit 90 tomorrow.

i'll have the longer view of the forecast later. >> thank you, spencer. vice president joe biden is heading to the bay area tonight to attend a private fund-raiser in san francisco. this is video of biden arriving half an hour ago in cal state university in bakersfield for the rally in the valley. he is promoting the obama administration's push to increase the federal minimum wage to $10.10 an hour ahead of the november election. the giants will have champagne on ice tonight at at & t park. a win would finish off the nationals and put the giants into the national league championship series. >> on the other hand, a loss would mean the series would go back to washington, d.c. for a decisive game five. abc 7 sports anchor mike schouman joining us at the ballpark. the giants do not want to go back to d.c. >> reporter: no question there. tell you what, it's a little cooler out here today with the wind blowing from home plate out of the park. maybe that will enhance home run balls. giants just finishing up their batting practice. nationals about to take theirs.

you would think after that loss last night the giants would be a little uptight, but check it out. they are a loose bunch today. earlier, just having a lot of fun. looks like they have been here before, which they have, of course, winning the world series in 2010 and 2012. now, last night's throwing error by madison bumgarner turned out to be the difference in the game. two-run throwing error, the nats won it 4-1. this is an experienced team, like i said, winning the world series in 2010 and '12. we asked hunter pence earlier will that experience make a difference. >> experience is kind of an ephemeral thing. i think i said that word right. the only thing it really has is there's a confidence, a knowing you've done it before. >> hunter went bogey on the hill tonight. he's so intense on game day. when he gets to the playoffs, is that something that could get in the way of his performance or no? >> you know, i think if you know

the makeup of bogey and you're around him, you're not surprised of his track record in the post season. i think he elevates his game and his focus and his intensity and preparation and passion, hard work pays off and those things aren't accidents. >> reporter: it will be gonzalez against vogelsong and bruce bochy told us everybody is available tonight. hudson, peevey, they will treat it like a game five. here's a stat for you. the giants have never lost back-to-back games when trying to clinch a post season series. let's hope that holds true tonight. i'm mike shumann, abc 7 news. >> you are a veteran of these champagne celebrations. did you go with the usual two outfits? i see you have the abc 7 windbreaker, but you go into the clubhouse with that? is that the plan? >> reporter: well, this i don't think is going to be as waterproof as it needs to be. i'll have the plastic garbage

bag type poncho that we will use later this evening. >> garbage bag poncho. nicely put. thank you. you and hunter pence. whatever word he was making up there. >> reporter: exactly right. >> thank you. check with you later. >> that's always a good look. this is a good look. you're showing us your team spirit. >> much better than the garbage bag poncho. >> patti sends us this picture of her 3 month old granddaughter natalie. check out this giants fan. he's a die-hard orange and black fan. >> i like it. good outfit on him. e-mail your photos to kgo-tv.com or tweet them to us. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, call him the s.w.a.t. doc. a south bay surgeon training for special duty. also the big announcement in sweden. find out why a former silicon valley ceo won the nobel prize

for physics. and -- >> who is this man? new at 4:30, the fbi's new campaign to identify this american. at 4:12, a live look at the afternoon commute. this is the san mateo bridge, oncoming traffic heading back to the east bay. it's actually moving pretty nicely. pretty much smooth sailing on the right-hand side for those folks heading towards the peninsula.

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looking into what caused this house fire. firefighters found smoke and flames coming from a home on luanne court around 8:30 this morning. investigators say the house was empty and had been boarded up. homeless people were living inside. a man and a dog were pulled out of the house. the man was treated for smoke inhalation. a doctor would be without a stethoscope. a san jose trauma surgeon is adding a gun to his medical tools. >> he will be part of the county sheriff's s.w.a.t. team. abc 7 news reporter david louie introduces us to a doctor who is putting his own life on the line to help others outside the hospital. >> reporter: he's a trauma surgeon at regional medical center of san jose. he routinely sees accident victims and handles a lot of stab and gunshot wounds. but in a few weeks when he's not on duty here, he will be carrying a gun and joining the santa clara county special response team, or c.e.r.t. >> i'm the type of person that pulls over the side of the road if there's an accident to provide medical care if needed so extending my medical care to

the community outside of the four walls of the hospital is something that i have always been interested in doing. >> reporter: an eight-member unit known as the gold team is made up of volunteer doctors, surgeons, chiropractors, paramedics and emts who are reserve or full deputy sheriffs. in dr. mccray's case, he's taken the full training to be a reserve deputy and will be on call. with that training, he can protect himself or others while rendering medical care. the goal is to eliminate a time gap when emts can't enter an active shooter situation. delays can jeopardize survival. the medical team is there for victims, suspects and officers. >> the tactical medical team is there to fill that gap so we can try to respond more quickly to patients, treat them and get them out if possible. >> reporter: dr. mccray says his training is to remain calm under stress while in the hospital will serve him well in the field. he expects to get ribbing and perhaps criticism for wearing a gun. >> yes. i anticipate receiving a lot of criticism potentially because of that.

however, again, my role is primarily in a medical support role. i'm not there primarily as a tactical person on the c.e.r.t. team. >> reporter: after having completed almost all the training necessary to become a reserve deputy sheriff, dr. mccray says if he were to turn the clock back, he might have considered a whole different career. now he can blend the two careers together. david louie, abc 7 news. the founder of the silicon valley start-up has won the prestigious nobel prize in physics. he co-founded an l.e.d. company in 2008. he's now a professor at uc santa barbara. he won the prize with two individuals from japan for work that lend to the invention of l.e.d. lights. the academy says the 20-year-old discovery helps produce white light that's longer lasting and more energy efficient than older light sources.

you have a chance to see something very rare tomorrow but only if you get up really early. >> really early. there will be a total lunar eclipse at the same time the sun starts to rise, for about an hour beginning at 3:25 in the morning. nasa says the moon will turn a dim red color due to sunlight scattering through the earth's atmosphere. >> there will also be a band of turquoise visible just before the moon is fully eclipsed by the earth's shadow. i heard a rumor spencer might be live tweeting at 3:25 a.m. to give everybody, in case they can't see it -- >> unreliable rumors. >> you can't trust the internet. >> i'm choosing sleep over the eclipse. those who choose to watch it, the farther inland you are, the clearer the skies will be, the better view you will have. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. talk about a view. nice view of mainly clear skies over the bay area with a few low clouds getting more prominent at the coastline. here's a view under mainly blue skies but you can see low clouds near ocean beach. a lovely afternoon across much of the bay area.

62 in san francisco. low to mid 70s from oakland to san carlos. 88 in san jose. 88 in morgan hill. 59 in half moon bay. on to another view showing a few broken high clouds above and some low clouds surging up towards the golden gate. 84 right now in santa rosa. napa, 78. petaluma, 73. the warm spots, fairfield and livermore, 82 degrees. 89 at concord. here's the golden gate bridge as we go to the forecast features. partly cloudy skies above tonight with some fog near the coast and bay. cooling trend is in effect through thursday and then we will see a warmer pattern settling in this weekend. here's the satellite image showing what's coming our way next. high pressure which has been in control of our weather weakening just a bit. there's tropical depression simon near baja california kicking up heavy rain and some rain kicking up into extreme southwestern corner of the u.s. this weakening ridge of high pressure gives way to a few clouds moving in but the storm

track will continue flowing mainly to the north despite the arrival of a few more clouds and cooler air over the next few days. here's the forecast animation. overnight, fog pushing up against the coastline. 5:00 tomorrow morning, there may be patches of fog that will gre greet the early morning commuters. overnight lows, temperatures will be in the mid to upper 50s, low 50s in the north bay valley, santa rosa. napa will see lows in the low 50s. tomorrow's highs under sunny skies in the south bay, mainly low 80s around santa clara and san jose. 87 in morgan hill. 80 in gilroy. on the peninsula, look for mid to upper 70s, 78 in redwood city and mountain view. low to mid 60s on the coast with a little bit of lingering fog. downtown san francisco, we'll have a high of 66 tomorrow. up in the north bay, we will see highs of 83 at santa rosa and sonoma. 84 at napa. east bay highs, 72 in oakland. 75 san leandro. 79 in castro valley and fremont. inland east bay, highs mainly in

the mid to upper 80s to about 90 in fairfield, 89 at antioch. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. this cooling trend continues into friday and then over the weekend, temperatures bounce back up to about 90 degrees inland or above 90 on sunday. low 80s around the bay and low to mid 70s on the coast. then things cool down sharply on tuesday as some more typically autumn weather arrives. larry and ama? >> thank you, spencer. up next, going above and beyond. what a police officer did for one mother instead of giving hr a ticket. then it's a street fight aussie style. what may have led to this brawl between two kangaroos. and the doctor saw a blemish on my cheek. he told me it was skin cancer. i was in shock. i wasn't i wasn't covered with any health insurance. but once i got covered through covered california, i was able to go get the surgery that i needed. and it was a lifesaver.

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for words because he really didn't have to do that. >> she says she had fallen on hard times lately and couldn't afford a car seat. she plans to pay it forward when she gets back on her feet. what a great gesture. >> certainly is. when abc 7 news at 4:00 continues, the treatment plan for america's two ebola patients and the pentagon's plan to protect americans from the deadly virus. plus -- >> on the hunt for the identity of this american fighting with isis. the fbi launches a whole new effort. and later, the proposal in a major bay area city to help residents pay for burglar alarms in their homes.

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break up with cable. choose u-verse tv from $19 a month for 2 years. here are your headlines as we approach the bottom of the hour. game four between the giants and nationals gets under way in an hour and a half. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman tweeted a photo from the dugout this afternoon asking will these bats reawaken. the giants are hoping so. they lost 4-1 yesterday but could still close out the series with a win tonight. police in fremont looking for thieves who targeted three companies, stealing $2 million worth of computers, software and video production equipment. surveillance video from mack house productions shows these men in action. abc 7 news reporter nick smith will join us with a live report on that in 30 minutes. president obama says fighting ebola is now a top

national security issue and the administration is increasing its efforts to prevent a u.s. epidemic. officials say the man being treated in texas is showing improved lung function. abc 7 news reporter elizabeth herr is in dallas with the latest. >> reporter: calling it their best option available, officials in nebraska announce american journalist ashoka mokpu will be treated with an experimental drug, the same one doctors are using in dallas to treat thomas eric duncan. this new drug they are receiving has never been tested on humans until now. >> what we have learned about ebola is now important it is to get the patient's basic care right. so that we are creating their fluid and electrolyte balance well. that's critically important. >> reporter: the pentagon laying out its plan to protect americans, mobilizing thousands of troops and aid workers who will provide assistance in fighting the deadly virus at its source in west africa.

>> mobile labs are interetestin people and some of them will have ebola virus. >> reporter: back in texas, governor rick perry visits a lab working to produce more ebola-fighting drugs. civil rights leader jesse jackson also in the state meeting with duncan's family and doctors to try to calm a community gripped with fear. >> he came to explain to them, he came from liberia and he had all the symptoms that would indicate he might have had ebola and they sent him home. >> reporter: the family is upset duncan is still in critical condition, questioning why this experimental drug wasn't available for him earlier. abc news, dallas. technology is on the front line in the battle against ebola. the dallas hospital where thomas duncan is being treated is using a germ-zapping robot to clean the room. the device douses every room with a pulse of ultraviolet light from a xenon bulb which fuses the dna of the virus and

kills it. >> in a typical patient room that the housekeeper or environmental service worker, they wheel the robot in the bathroom, the light rises up and goes up and down and pulses for five minutes, saturating the room with light and zapping the germs. it's very difficult to clean every square inch of a room and the robot does that with light. >> the technology is now being used at 250 hospitals across the u.s. he says it can reduce infections by almost 50%. that's significant when you consider an estimated 275 people die each day from infections at u.s. hospitals. there are daily developments on the ebola crisis. you can get alerts on that and other breaking news with our abc 7 news app. it is free to download on apple's app store or from google play. we also have information on abc7news.com/apps. the fbi is asking for the public's help identifying anyone who has traveled or plans to travel overseas to fight alongside the terrorist group

isis. the agency's counterterrorism division says it knows of about a dozen americans who are fighting in syria with isis. the fbi is also trying to identify this masked man featured in the islamic extremist militant group's propaganda video that was released last month. >> we are here with the soldiers of bashad. you can see them digging their own graves in the very place they were stationed. the very place where they were stationed terrorizing the muslims. >> the fbi released a portion of this 55-minute video in the hopes that somebody might recognize the man's voice or perhaps his appearance. the agency has set up a special tip page on its website. pg & e trying to defend itself before an administrative law judge looking into its dealings with state regulators. >> critics want sweeping changes. abc 7 news reporter carolyn tyler with the story. >> pg & e offers no excuses for what happened in the past. >> reporter: a state administrative law judge is trying to decide the punishment

pg & e should face for improper back channel dealings with the people who are supposed to serve as watchdogs. the california public utilities commission. e-mails revealed in september suggest a cozy relationship, including one about judge shopping for a pg & e rate case. >> the tenor of that creates a culture, a culture which is invidious, insidious and corrupt. we believe that that culture has to change. >> reporter: the lawyer for the city of san bruno asked the judge to bar all private communications between pg & e and regulators. the utility says there were more than 65,000 e-mails over five years and released another batch yesterday. rate payer advocates want all of them turned over. >> the hearing was just a start into what needs to be a much fuller investigation. >> reporter: but pg & e urged the judge to consider its actions over the past month, including firing three top

officials involved in those e-mails and hiring an in-house monitor. >> we held individuals accountable and the company is making significant changes that are designed to prevent this from ever happening again. >> reporter: besides this hearing, the u.s. attorney's office has now opened an investigation. the fatal explosion of a pg & e pipeline in san bruno in 2010 set everything in motion. the mayor calls the relationship between the cpuc and pg & e unholy and says it threatens the public safety state-wide. >> that is why san bruno happened. it was not an accident. it could have been prevented and we never want it to happen anywhere again. >> reporter: the judge says it could take five months before she issues a ruling. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. the nfl is trying to find the person responsible for shining a laser pointer at two members of the buffalo bills this past sunday.

bills holder colton schmidt and quarterback kyle orton both say they had a laser directed at them during the game against the lions at ford field in detroit. you can see a green light right there on schmidt's face. orton complained to the ref immediately after one play. players and coaches say lasers can be a major distraction. >> i think it's very important. vision is everything. you have to be able to see to hit a target, you have to be looking at it. if you are being distracted, that would definitely affect your ability to compete. >> the investigation will likely focus on a fan who bragged about the incidents on twitter. that account was taken down after fans began piling on. a facebook account is now up calling on the league to ban that guy from nfl games. laser pointers have been banned at most sporting events. minnesota vikings running back adrian peterson plans to plead not guilty to a child abuse charge during his first court appearance that is scheduled for tomorrow. peterson has said he never intended to hurt his 4-year-old son by spanking him with a

switch. that's a small thin tree branch. the vikings have suspended peterson indefinitely. if convicted, he faces up to two years in prison. the new view you can get from one of the world's top attractions. plus, caught on video. a kangaroo fight. why experts say these two animals were slugging it out right in the middle of the street. i'm spencer christian from our east bay hills camera we see a few high clouds above but lots of blue sky ahead. what's coming our way tomorrow? a beautiful view and another nice view outside as you can see. some of the clouds coming in over the golden gate bridge. traffic not looking too bad at this hour on the right-hand side, that's traffic heading to marin. a little thicker heading into the city.

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brawl set to tchaikovsky. >> it's fitting. this may not soothe you. you can get an eyeful at the eiffel tower. the landmark now features glass panels on its first level. that's 187 feet off the ground. it was open to visitors yesterday. some called it terrifying. the change is part of a $38 million renovation for the monument's 125th anniversary. the eiffel tower is nearly 1100 feet tall, the world's most visited paid attraction, and was originally built for the 1889 world's fair. >> you just got back. did you go? did you stop there? did you stop at that level? >> larry beil, i went all the way to the top, thank you very much. i had to get a look out from up there. >> you looked down on those people. >> it was amazing. i wish i could have seen that view. >> was it breath-taking? >> it was amazing. >> you wouldn't want to be on top of the eiffel tower now. not when you can be here with me

and spencer christian. >> it's been hot here, spencer. >> but that's changing. it cooled down quite a bit today and cooling will continue for awhile. a look at live doppler 7 hd. we've got low clouds near the coastline, a few high clouds, broken scattered high clouds above. mainly sunny over inland areas. here's a look at the national weather picture. for tomorrow, a mainly dry, mainly calm picture for the 48 contiguous states although there will be showers in the northeastern corner of the country from the great lakes into parts of new england and perhaps a shower or two down the lower mississippi valley. also showers likely to kick up into parts of the desert southwest from tropical depression simon, which is kicking up rainfall over baja california and some of that will push into parts of arizona tomorrow, maybe even the southeastern corner of california. state-wide tomorrow it will be mainly sunny and warm, not hot. highs of 82 in sacramento, 82 in fresno, 84 in los angeles which is warm in l.a. in the bay area, mainly sunny skies, little bit of lingering

patchy fog at the coast. highs will range from low to mid 60s at the coast to low to mid 70s around the bay to mid 80s to upper 80s in our warmest inland locations. perhaps up to about 90 at fairfield. there will be further cooling the next couple days before a warmup comes our way this weekend. >> thank you, spencer. turning now to a heartwarming story from the nba. >> this is awesome. the utah jazz signed 5-year-old j.t. gibson to a one-day contract for a scrimmage yesterday and look at him go here. you will see his new teammates lift him up. >> he rises to the rim! >> and hammers it down. >> the two-hand -- >> j.t. was diagnosed with leukemia when he was 2. he had an unbelievable -- he looked like i'm a man, i belong out here. the jazz hosted he and his family as part of the anything can be project for families with children affected by cancer. >> he has been fighting cancer longer than he has not been in his life. >> he's the best kid.

he loves sports since day one. 12 months old, he would climb up on the couch and watch four games with me. >> how adorable. >> he is so cute. >> sitting on the bench. he says when he turns 6 he wants to play with the junior jazz. what i love is that he was like yeah, i fit right in. i belong here. give me the rock. give me the rock. now we skip off the court. >> that was great. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, jennifer lawrence breaks her silence about the nude photo scandal that rocked hollywood. plus -- >> the safety of hands-free technology on the road. experts put some to the test. i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. why a bay area group is taking walgreens to court. can a cup of coffee you drink every day, it's about to cost you a lot more.

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he has been a hot air balloon pilot for 12 years. sunday's incident took place shortly after a man proposed to his girlfriend inside the balloon. the couple and the pilot made it to shore without injury. are you going to open the door? >> people out there are getting shot by the police. >> i told y'all! >> a family's filed a lawsuit against the police department in hammond, indiana over this violent confrontation during a traffic stop two weeks ago. an officer claims he feared for his life when the father touched the middle console, the officer smashed in the window, as you can see, showering the parents, their 7-year-old girl and a 14-year-old boy with glass. the officer then tased the father. now, one of the kids was recording all of this and lawyers plan to use this as evidence in court. actress jennifer lawrence is speaking out for the first time since her nude photos were

leaked online. the 24-year-old academy award winner spoke to "vanity fair" saying the people who leaked the photos are guilty of a sex crime, not a scandal. she says people who looked at the pictures are perpetuating a sexual offense. lawrence was one of several celebrities targeted in the first wave of cloud storage hacks a few weeks ago. other victims included rihanna, kate upton, and kim kardashian. the new hands-free gadgets in your car could jeopardize your safety. >> abc news reporter karen travers reports on new problems created by new technology. >> reporter: it's ingrained in every driver's head. don't text and drive. don't talk on your cell phone. but what if hands-free technology intended to keep a driver focused on the road is worse? aaa says distracted driving is responsible for 3,000 fatalities each year and their new report out this morning says that hands-free technology may increase drivers' mental distraction.

>> some of the voice-based technologies are stealing attention from the driver so that they are not paying attention to the road. >> reporter: researchers at the university of utah looked at voice activated systems in vehicles from six different auto makers. >> play a cd. >> turning to am 850. >> oh, heavens. >> reporter: the less accurate the system, the more distracted the driver. scoring the best was toyota. its system is about the same level of mental distraction as listening to a book on tape. >> whatever i would say, it got it right the first time. >> reporter: the most distracting? the system used by chevrolet. but the automaker told abc the study found no correlation to increased crash risk. it's not just the car makers. >> call home. >> reporter: aaa also looked at apple's siri and found sending text and surfing social media without hands or eyes is even more distracting than the in-car

voice activation systems. apple said it has products that were not tested that offer minimal distraction. karen travers, abc news, washington. there are steering problems in nearly one million ford vehicles. >> michael finney, we understand the national highway traffic safety administration received more than 500 complaints. >> yeah, they did. actually, 508 complaints about loss of power steering in the 2010-2012 ford fusion, mercury milan and lincoln mkz vehicles. the problem was blamed on several -- problem is blamed on several crashes and some believe it's traced to failures in the electric power assisted steering system. some motorists say they were able to correct the problem by shutting down the engine and turning it back on but others complain the problem continued even after they did that. ford warned of a potential problem in its power steering system in a report it filed with

regulators. the oakland based center for environmental health is suing walgreens and accusing the drugstore chain of selling skin peel products containing cancer-causing chemicals. the 11 products were purchased at walgreens.com and four other companies. environmental groups say the chemical in those peels, tca, has been linked in animal studies to genetic damage, birth defects, reduced fertility and other serious health problems. walgreens would not comment on this lawsuit but told us it has a long history of action involving product safety and meeting all regulations. that morning cup of coffee is going to cost you more. the "wall street journal" reports the price of coffee beans is at a more than two-year high. blame dry weather and crop problems in brazil. starbucks, folgers and dunkin' donuts have already raised the price of packaged coffee by 9%. americans on average spend $1100 a year on coffee. doing my math, that means an

extra hundred bucks. >> thank you, michael. up next, helping to curb crime in san jose. should extra money be used to help the police department or residents? that debate coming up. i'm dan ashley in the abc 7 newsroom. at 5:00, why three people were sent to the hospital while eating at a bay area taco bell. plus, why homes are getting tagged in san francisco. that's next.

this afternoon the san jose city council defeated a move to give some of the budget surplus to residents so they can buy home security systems. >> it's because of the police staffing shortage in the city. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at city hall with the new developments. >> reporter: this was a novel idea given the fact that there has been an alarming rise in

burglaries here. but the city council just didn't buy it. >> they broke in through the back door and while the lady was on vacation. >> reporter: it's hard finding someone in san jose who hasn't had a break-in in their neighborhood, or finding security video of a burglary in progress. the police force is hundreds of officers short. the burglary unit has been decimated. the councilman's plan was to take $2 million from the budget surplus, specifically money earmarked to hire more officers, to help residents buy home security systems. >> rather than warehousing $3 million to hire officers in the future, there are needs right now in our neighborhood. >> reporter: the mayor said it was a bad idea and that it simply was election time rhetoric. >> i don't think anybody wants to take money from the police staffing fund. we want to increase the size of the department. that's why we set aside the money. >> reporter: guess who supports the proposal? the san jose police officers association. they say it's a reality check. >> i think the citizens in san

jose are tired of being victims. we know we can't get the police officers to their house. >> reporter: despite the council's rejection, residents we spoke with agree and like the proposal. >> i think it's awesome because i live in a cul-de-sac in a really nice neighborhood and two homes got broken into. >> we have increasing crime in the city of san jose. there is something needs to be done right now. >> reporter: last year in san jose, the total value of stolen property reached an all-time high of $76 million. that's according to the state justice department. most of that came from home burglaries. vic lee, abc 7 news. thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with cheryl and dan. a team of thieves and a string of thefts. >> came out 2:45 for 15 minutes,

came back again at 4:00. >> millions of dollars worth of electronics stolen from one bay area city. are they connected? also ahead, tagging spree. the homes getting special notices in san francisco. >> why a surgeon is training with the san jose s.w.a.t. team. and giants fans who are feeling confident. >> it could definitely happen today. it's going to happen today. >> how the giants plan to rally the troops and clinch the series tonight. feeling the difference today? i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. i will let you know how much the temperatures will drop this week. two men caught in the act. surveillance video shows them stealing a treasure trove of electronics. three different businesses are hit and wait until you see how they got into one of them. thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. are the crimes all connected? it appears so. the break-ins were coordinated. all three happened in fremont.

this shows you the locations. mack house productions, core microsystems and black magic design. abc 7 news reporter nick smith is live at black magic design and it certainly looks like one master plan. >> reporter: it does indeed. you know fremont police tell me black magic designs distribution center was one of the hardest-hit businesses. talking about a haul of $1.5 million. they say those thieves knew exactly what they were doing and exactly what they wanted. >> i have saved up my entire, every day that i worked for all the stuff. >> reporter: from this surveillance camera equipped with night vision, he was able to capture the moment thieves broke into his production company just before 3:00 a.m. on saturday, ripped computers and tvs from desks and made off with more than $150,000 of high end cameras, editing equipment and dozens of hard drives loaded with expensive software. >> just two guys came and cleaned out the warehouse, the studio, and took pretty much everything in sight. >> reporter: police tell abc 7

news mack house was one of three businesses hit by thieves over the weekend. the other two in the west industrial section of fremont with the largest haul coming at the expense of black magic design on bayview drive. more than 350 cameras were taken along with tricked-out computers. their loss, in the neighborhood of $1.5 million. >> i do think this is professional. >> reporter: less than two miles away, surveillance video shows the hooded men were precise. their targets, particular. making off with almost $200,000 worth of gear. zeroing in on only high ticket items like this production camera and this mac laptop. it's how they entered that left the owner stunned. >> i was the first person that came in and saw stuff all over the place. that sign, welcome to the back room, we saw two big gigantic holes through the neighbor's side. >> reporter: that's right. the thieves cut their way