>> reporter: facebook offers egg freezing and storage as part of the company's benefit package. apple will begin in january. apple told abc 7 news we want to empower women at apple to do the best work of their lives as they care for loved ones and raise their families. quite often, women put off having children because of their careers only to realize how hard it is to start a family later on. others give up their careers during the early child-bearing years. dr. carl herbert is with the pacific fertility center in san francisco. he says eggs become less viable over time. >> these eggs are changing over time so yes, the eggs that you have are more plentiful in your 20s and the percentage of good quality eggs is significantly higher. >> reporter: the harvesting of eggs has been around for decades. several hormone injections are needed to produce a fair amount of eggs. >> some women will produce ten eggs and some will produce 25

eggs. >> reporter: each time the cost is about $10,000. both apple and facebook cover up to $20,000. dr. herbert says with today's new techniques, 85% of the eggs that are thawed survive. don't expect every woman to jump at the idea. >> when it comes to getting involved in employees' health and longevity and family planning and everything else, i think it's over the top. creepy. >> reporter: but when it comes to searching for job perks do matter. as things go in the silicon valley, other companies may now follow. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. something we have all been hoping for and waiting for is heading our way right now. we are talking about some rain finally. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian is tracking it on live doppler 7 hd. >> indeed i am. we have some rain that's beginning to fall in parts of the bay area now but there's more on the way. let's take a look at our wind at the moment.

pretty gusty in most of the bay area, anywhere from about 20 to 30 miles per hour across the area. here's what's more important right now looking at live doppler 7 hd. lots of cloud cover, little spotty showers, mainly up in the north bay and higher elevations. here's what we measured so far. .12 inch in mt. st. helena. only .01 across the east bay. here's the mass of rain coming our way in the northernmost part of the state right now, around crescent city. as we set the maps in motion starting 7:00 this evening, at that point we will be looking at widely scattered light showers. later in the evening, a more concentrated area of steadier rain moves into the north bay. that will sweep through during the overnight hours, making for wet spots for the early morning commute. could slow things down a bit but i don't think you will hear much complaining because we need this rain. i will show you how much more will follow this a little later. >> thanks so much. incredible story for you right now from the south bay about a car crash victim who was impossible to find until a

tech-savvy police officer made a crucial decision. the young woman was finally rescued by helicopter after being alone and trapped for nearly 17 hours in a remote area of mount hamilton in santa clara county. vic lee joins us to explain what happened. >> reporter: this is the regional medical center of san jose. this is where melissa vasquez is being treated. this morning she was listed in critical condition but we are told her condition is improving. chp officers located the chevy cruz at about 5:30 this morning. the missing car was 500 feet down a ravine. a coast guard helicopter was called. while officers walked down the embankment through heavy shrubbery they found the 28-year-old melissa vasquez had been ejected from the car. >> she was outside of the vehicle. i'm not sure of the proximity to the vehicle. the officers who were on scene say she was face down but she

was awake, she was coherent and speaking with the officers. >> reporter: rescuers put her into an airlift basket and the chopper hoisted her out of the ravine. the chp says they are still investigating the incident and don't know why the car ended up in the ravine. drugs and alcohol they say does not appear to be a factor. but the real detective work began sometime after 2:00 yesterday afternoon when the car's onstar program detected a crash. after two tires were ripped off the car. onstar monitors told campbell police the car was at highway 17 and camden avenue near vasquez's home. officers responded. police heard and found nothing. onstar later updated the location to downtown san jose. again, police found nothing. at 3:00 this morning, vasquez's stepmother called police saying her daughter was missing. officer dave cameron went to the home. he was told vasquez had an iphone. he went on to apple's find my iphone app but it was locked. he tried to figure out her

password. >> i was luckily able to figure out the password to the find my phone application and was able to get the exact location of where that phone was. >> reporter: the rescue was made. vasquez was flown to regional medical center of san jose. the chp says her condition is improving and she's conscious. meantime, onstar says it's investigating why the system failed. vic lee, abc 7 news. police in san jose are looking for the hit and run driver who killed a woman and drove off. she was walking near mckie road and north 33rd street last night about 8:00. witnesses say the driver was a woman in a light colored suv last seen heading west on mckie. the driver of an suv was arrested for hit and run accident with a taxicab in san francisco this morning. it happened near octavia and fell. two people were hurt but are expected to be okay. people driving through vallejo had a commute they won't soon forget. look at this. a big rig driver was falling asleep while driving on interstate 80 and almost hit

another vehicle. that's when he turned sharply, it shifted his load of fed ex packages and caused his big rig to overturn. the driver is okay. the westbound backup, though, lasted for hours. don't forget, for help navigating around traffic problems, get ways on your smart phone. it really works great. you can download it and join the abc 7 group for free on apple's app store or google play. trials had to be postponed and legal proceedings delayed in san francisco today as dozens of court clerks walked off the job. it's a one-day strike that shut down nine of 23 courtrooms at the hall of justice and 14 of the 26 at civic center. the issue is nearly $16 million the clerks say could be used for a wage increase. but the superior court says under state law, that money had to be spent this past july. it went to pay for health care and for retirees to balance the court's budget. some of san jose's political elite voiced their support today for the mayoral candidate sam

lacardo. former mayors joined the current mayor chuck reed in repeating their primary endorsement. he is in a dead heat with the county supervisor. three weeks until the election. a third of voters are still undecided. giants fans who drove to at & t park for today's national league championship game that the giants won faced a real shock. check out the prices some parking lots were charging for a single spot. you're not reading this wrong. $100 was the going rate on townsend street a block from the ballpark. know what, that wasn't the most expensive. check this one. we found another lot charging $120. the attendant says nearly 200 people paid to park there at that price. he warns prices may go even higher for game four tomorrow. >> that price was worth it for a lot of fans today as the team pulled out a huge tenth inning win to beat the st. louis cardinals. fans leaving the giants ballpark were pumped. >> we won! >> amazing. it was great! >> outstanding.

the giants were just a scrappy team that finds a way to win. >> october baseball, baby. >> it was fun. >> it was. we are joined now from the park with highlights from today's extra innings triumph. >> reporter: fans spilling out of at & t right now obviously jubilant but breathing a sigh of relief. the giants like they always do, torture 2014 in full effect. they have taken command of the series with a 5-4 win. the game couldn't have started any better for the giants. already leading 1-0 in the first, ishikawa with the bases loaded, off the base of the wall. sandoval, pence and bell all score. a four-run cushion for tim hudson. the cardinals chip away to make it a 4-3 game. bruce bochy leaves huddy in to start the seventh. a solo shot ties it and hudson's day was over. to extra innings.

brandon crawford and blanco lays down the bunt. choate throws it away. in comes crawford. giants 5-4 win to take a 2-1 series lead. tim hudson had that big lead, gave it up and his teammates came through. here he is afterwards. >> the guys really battled to pick me up. you know, any time you take a 4-0 lead early in the game like that, you feel you should win those games ten out of ten times. >> looks greater by you executing sometimes. we might have got a little lucky there with perez when he couldn't get a bunt down, then he gets a base hit. blanco laid down beauties, like i said. i don't know if that's luck as much as great bunt, great speed to put pressure on them. but i talked about it. it's a great thing to have. you don't get this far by being lucky. >> well, the giants, look at this. the sun has come out after a

giants victory. it's been cloudy all day. a 2-1 series lead. ryan vogelsong faces shelby miller tomorrow in game four. that's a 5:00 first pitch. gregor blanco laying down the bunt. the giants will take it any way they can get it. much more coming up at 6:00. back to you in the studio. >> absolutely. a win is a win. thanks so much. just ahead, what really happened on that troubled flight from sfo. >> really loud popping and banging. >> what an airline mechanic is saying about the walls that cracked in midair. plus the food delicacy staying off restaurant menus after the supreme court refuses to take a gander at a california case. and -- >> coffee lovers. coming up, 7 on your side's michael finney teams up with consumer reports. see which local brewer wins the taste test.

we are learning more tonight about that scary incident on an american airlines flight bound for dallas that had to return to san francisco in a hurry yesterday for an emergency landing. but was it really an emergency? that's the question. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony talked with an expert today and is live now from hiller aviation in san carlos with more. >> reporter: imagine settling in and all of a sudden the walls of the aircraft start to pop and crack. that's exactly what happened on this airline yesterday. but as scary as it was inside, aviation experts tell us on the outside, everything was fine. as this video shows, it was clearly an alarming flight for the passengers on american flight 2293 en route to dallas

from san francisco monday afternoon. >> it was scary. >> reporter: she was sitting in row 15 right next to a panel that broke loose in midflight. >> we heard these popping noises and i thought something's moving around in the overhead. the next thing i knew, the wall kind of next to me had looked like it had separated from the wall. >> reporter: at first the pilot announced the flight would continue to dallas as scheduled. but then about an hour into it, he decided to turn around and head back to sfo. this video from sky 7 hd shows the boeing 757 after it landed safely at sfo. emergency personnel standing by as a precaution. >> this weighs a couple pounds and it held in with these little snap fasteners. >> reporter: now a volunteer at the hiller aviation museum, bob davis, works as a commercial airline mechanic for twa for 36 years. much of that time spent inside boeing aircraft.

this 747 is on display at hiller. do you think it was a real emergency? what do you think? >> no. >> reporter: why? >> no. because if you couldn't see daylight through the crack, the outside, the hull of the airplane was okay. >> reporter: he explained the wall panels are not part of the structure of the aircraft. since the cabin never lost pressure, he believes it was appropriate for the pilot to return to sfo rather than put the plane down at the nearest airport. laura anthony, abc 7 news. an investigation that started in july has had law enforcements officers to a weapons trafficking operation. these are a few of the weapons confiscated at a home last week. a team of local, state and federal authorities found the guns, more than 100 magazines and several hundred thousand rounds of ammunition.

26-year-old alex conley is being held without bail on a number of weapons charges. san francisco international airport has reached an agreement with a ride sharing service called side car to provide airport transportation. travelers will be able to book the service to and from the airport. it's the first deal of its kind in california and the second nationwide. side car expects to begin operations at sfo within 30 days. the airport is also in discussions with side car rivals, lift and uber. a victory for animal rights activists. the supreme court today allowed california to continue to ban foie gras, which is produced from the enlarged livers of ducks and geese that have been force fed corn. the high court declined to hear an appeal from restaurants and producers of foie gras. this is something the abc 7 i-team reported on extensively. coffee lovers know nothing gets the morning started like the perfect cup of coffee. >> which brand makes the very best brew? consumer reports is partnering exclusively with 7 on your side.

>> michael finney is here with a new java test. >> something we can all argue about. now we have definitive answers. coffee sales are on the rise with most people buying blended coffee. those that are combinations of beans from two or more varieties. consumer reports tested dozens of coffees to help you wake up and smell the tastiest coffee. >> i like the taste. i like the buzz. >> it's the only thing that gets me going in the morning. >> i can't live without it. >> i probably drink five cups a day. i do it pretty much nonstop. >> reporter: a lot of people can't face the daily grind without a cup of their daily grind. to find the best-tasting brews, consumer reports prepared over 100 pots of coffee, then they brought in a pair of professional cuppers. highly trained coffee experts who really know their beans. they blind-tasted 37 kinds of blended coffees, ones containing beans of two or more varieties. the test included ground, whole bean and single serve coffees. >> people love the convenience

of the pod coffee makers but none of the single serve products that we tested got high marks from our tasters. >> reporter: what about whole bean and ground coffees? some of the big names like folger's and maxwell house were out done by coffees that cost a little more but really ruled the roast. topping the list, these beans from blue bottle coffee. three africans is available online and in coffee shops. it has a complex flavor with citrus, floral and berry notes. it's $19 a pound. the best ground coffee is an organic continental blend from whole foods for $12 a pound. tasters found it complex with chocolate and smoky flavors. another great grind, starbucks house blend, a dark roast with hints of chocolate and fruit, about $11 a pound. those prices may sound pretty expensive because they are, but the starbucks house blend works out to 25 cents a six-ounce cup, far less than buying a cup much

their brewed coffee. it's not that expensive. >> looks good, too. >> that must have been a fun test for them. thank you. as we prepare for much needed rain here in the bay area, some of the nation, a lot of the nation is dealing with dangerous severe weather. i talked with david muir about that earlier today. >> great to see you. 23 million americans bracing for possible tornadoes, more severe weather. the deadly twisters already touching down. the pictures coming in and we are live in the middle of it all. we also hear from the 26-year-old nurse with ebola for the first time, what she reveals and then of course, that story you're following, the american passenger jet that comes apart on the inside in midair. that flight between san francisco and dallas. we will get into that tonight. >> you also want to talk about tour bus safety. >> yeah. i feel like we do this headline over and over again. those pictures, the tour bus crash on an american highway tonight. we try to get to the bottom of the question how safe are those buses. >> "world news tonight with david muir" is coming up right after this newscast at 5:30 on

abc 7. for the moment we will turn your attention to our weather around the bay area which is changing for the good. >> those of us who want rain, yahoo! >> let's begin the celebration. right to live doppler 7 hd. we have extensive cloud cover at this moment. looks like breaks of sunny skies that you may have just seen behind me. the rainfall is concentrated mainly on the north right now although we have had measurable rain in the bay area but very little. the bulk of it is up around crescent city. it's on the way. here's the live view from the south beach camera, looking southeastward at clouds in the sky. 66 degrees in san francisco. upper 60s at oakland, san carlos, san jose, morgan hill, 60 in half moon bay. another live view, brisk and breezy and damp. these are more current readings. 65 apiece in santa rosa, napa 66 at petaluma, upper 60s in fair field, concord. 70 at livermore.

live view from the east bay hills camera. a dark, dreary sky. these are forecast features. rain will spread southward tonight. we will see wet spots for the morning commute, no doubt slowing things down a bit, and there's more rain possible or even likely later in the week and into the weekend. here's the main event coming our way right now. clouds out ahead of this advancing cold front that will swing through tonight and bring us an area of more widespread rainfall. we have an active storm track out to sea. that means we have other potential rain makers coming our way over the next several days. our projection for rainfall totals, not very impressive. we will see maybe up to a quarter of an inch in the north bay mountains. that will be the wettest region. lower elevations, .01 to .10 inch. parts of the inland east bay and south bay will probably not see measurable rain at all. over the sierra, a little rain north of lake tahoe. south of lake tahoe, dry over the next 24 hours. snow levels up above 8,000 feet so don't expect any significant

snow in the sierra. overnight, scattered showers, low temperatures mainly in the upper 50s to around 60. tomorrow, after some morning showers, we will get partial clearing, partly sunny skies in the afternoon hours with high temperatures ranging from mid 60s at the coast to upper 60s and low 70s around the bay to mid 70s in the mildest inland locations. once again, there's a chance of some scattered spotty shower activity after the morning hours tomorrow but for the most part, we will be drying out in the afternoon. and speaking of afternoon, into the late afternoon, early evening, it's game four of the nlcs at at & t park. giants and cardinals. game time, 5:00. it will be partly cloudy, 62 degrees at the start of the game. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. next chance of rain late friday into early saturday, then a little bit of a break on sunday, and another chance of rain on monday, lingering into early tuesday. so we do have an active period of unsettled weather which means

periods of rain or showers and we will take that. we don't -- nothing else we can do, right? >> grin and bear it. >> spencer, thank you. >> you can check out our weather app on google app store. communicating with the deaf. no sign language necessary. the local company with the app for that. coming up here and new at 6:00, an annoying water leak in san jose and why the water department hasn't been able to fix it for days.

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communicate with the deaf without using sign language. >> the captioning concept really fast so that's really good. i can follow in realtime and know who is speaking. >> this video shows you how the app uses voice recognition software to identify speakers, particularly in group settings. it transcribes the conversation using different colors to represent each person. right now it's still being tested. when released, it will cost $360 a year to subscribe. this friday marks 25 years since 15 seconds that changed the bay area. the loma prieta earthquake happened october 17th, 1989. this week we are taking a look back with people like firefighter tim peterson. he was trapped in his truck and seriously injured when the freeway collapsed. >> i thought it had happened just to my truck and just to the people around me so i didn't realize it was as big as it is. nobody says to you hey, there was just an earthquake. >> it took rescuers two hours to

reach him. he remembers his first words were i'm happy to be alive. how did the a's do? they did go on to sweep the world series four games to none. hosting our half hour special on the loma prieta earthquake this friday at 6:30, i certainly hope you can join us. if you have pictures you with like to share with us, please do so using the hash tag loma prieta quake. show us the effects of loma prieta where you live. >> great special. tune in to watch. still ahead, the rock star politician who generated huge excitement for one 10-year-old excitement for one 10-year-old girl.

trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. , , , well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too. i'm bob pack, and i'm fighting for prop 46 because i lost my two children to preventable medical errors and i don't want anyone else to lose theirs. the three provisions in 46 will reduce medical errors and protect patients. save money and save lives. yes on 46.

coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, the ebola crisis. bay area researchers look for an update to an antiquated but effective method of treating it. are you ready for the big one? 7 on your side's michael finney

turns to fema to help stock an earthquake emergency kit. and the big thinkers and big dreamers at the dream force conference brought to you by one of the nation's most innovative companies. that's all coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. before hillary clinton came here, she was campaigning in colorado. >> she came across 10-year-old macy. macy was clearly, clearly thrilled to meet mrs. clinton. >> she looked like she met a rock star instead of a would-be candidate. compare that to this little one who recently met the president. >> he did a face plant right into the oval office sofa. the white house photographer snapped this picture as the president shook hands with an outgoing secret service agent and his wife. the kid not quite as impressed. >> you can just see it on his fa page when he grows up. that does it for us. "world news tonight with david muir" is coming up next. >> for all of us here, we appreciate your time. look at this.

beautiful sunset. rain is on the way. welcome to "world news tonight." the tornado watches up right now. 23 million americans facing severe weather tonight. deadly twisters touching down. we are live. also this evening, that massive hurricane gaining strength. the biggest in the atlantic to make landfall this year. first words. tonight, what the 26-year-old nurse with ebola is now saying. the blood, the anti-bodies rushed in to help her from that other american. what we've learned tonight about her dog. and the new warning this evening, the world health organization and their stunning prediction. the air scare. the passenger plane making an emergency landing. the walls opening up from the inside. the breaking news we've just learned. the punishment for that moment on the track between two nascar greats. and the bold offer from facebook and now apple, to women who work for them.