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>> saved by her smartphone. a south bay woman strappedded for 19 hours and running out of time is safe thanks to an iphone and some good detective work. >> tonight the officer who cracked the the code to her whereabouts is talking about it. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama dates. 28-year-old melissa vasquez careened off the road in santa clara county. >> lisa amin gulezian is live from the medical center in san jose where the woman is resting and safe. >> that's right, dan. melissa haves cedes -- vasquez is in the icu. she is in stable condition at this hour. the officer credited with finding her is back on-the-job tonight after a very busy morning. >> i am known as a tech geek. >> he is a shy and humble man. he is talking about hi crucial role in finding melissa vasquez. she drove her car off a vaw

rein rein -- ravine. but it wasn't until 3:00 this morning when officer cameron went to vasquez's house and found her ipad that he realized he could use apple's find my iphone app and cracked all of her pass codes. >> i made an educated guess based on a series of common numbers people use for pass -- pass words. on the third attempt i was able to get in. >> then he remotely turned on the phone location finder. she was miles away thrown from her car and laying face down and hurt. on herd a read location and then rescuers were lifting her into a coast guard chopper. >> somebody was looking out for her. things fell in place and had those things not fallen in place, it could have been a totally different story. >> at the regional medical center, melissa's family rushed to her side and made an emotional plea. >> we would ask for prayers

and ask you respect the family's privacy. >> officer cameron plans to visit melissa in a few days. lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >> apple does not market the find my iphone feature to police, but it has been used hundreds of times by officers to find stolen devices. but this may be the first time it has been used to save someone's life. now, if you have an apple device, an iphone, an ipad or mac you can find the find my iphone feature to locate the device on a map. it will let you play a sound so you can track it down if you would like to use it that way. and if you think your phone was stolen or lost, you can lock it and then track it, or you can just erase all of the information on your phone if you wish. all you have to do is log on to your i cloud account and activate the app. it has been a busy couple of weeks for san francisco and that means big bucks for the city. fleet week brought in $300

million. sales force says the dream force conference will generate $100 million. the giants' playoff run is sure to bring in millions. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard is live at civic center plaza where dream force just wrapped up. >> it really was a night. dream force attendees could not bemised tonight. they -- be missed tonight. they were treated to a concert by bruno mars. the city was lit up in purple, one of many happening around the city. bruno mars rocked the stage at the dream force convention. 38,000 people filled san francisco's civic center for a party like no other. >> the weather is great. it is a great vibe going on and can't complain. >> dream force attendees descended on the city like an army. they could generate $100 million for san francisco. hotels and restaurants are full.

the pink elephant bar is open all night. >> we are actually opened a little later. there are so many people going somewhere else. >> the giants beat the cardinals today. the next game is wednesday. the baseball playoff fever is catching near at and it. >> the brick house restaurant is gearing up for another giants win. extra beer is on order and it is all hands on deck. >> everybody is on call. we have everybody here inside the restaurant and everybody knows we are going to need them. >> talk about expensive parking. every garage on townsend street was charging $100 to park on game days. this garage was more. and many fans didn't care. >> if it was 500 i would pay it. >> really? >> oyeah. >> for that, where can you buy this entertainment? >> garage owners weren't talking. don't be surprised to see the higher parking rates when the giants make it to the world series. in san francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> all over the bay area

people are preparing for the rain that is finally on the way. here is video from at&t park where the grounds crews put the tarp on the field to make sure tomorrow night's game goes off without a hitch. spencer christian is in for sandhya. where is the rain falling right now? >> as you can see on live doppler 7hd, not much has even arrived. it is just patches of moisture around santa rosa and over toward the sonoma county coastline. to our north is where the main event is. that is the moisture that will bring us showers. at 11:00 we will see the line of showers moving through sonoma county and other parts of the north bay during the overnight hours after midnight or so. and between midnight and the beginning of our morning rush we will see scattered showers reaching other parts of the bay area. there will be wet spots for the morning commute. it could slow things down, but by 11:00 we will see the showers winding down and giving way to partial clearing. that's not the end of the rain coming our way. there is more coming up the next several days. that's

coming up in a few minutes. dan and ama? >> thank you. you can see what shows up on for the abc77hd anytime you app. go to abc7news.com/apps. it is free at the apple store or google play. >> berkeley police arrest a suspect in an attack on an elderly woman caught on surveillance video. carol freeman of san francisco faces felony battery charges after someone tipped off police to her identity. freeman is accused of pushing an 85-year-old woman to the ground three weeks ago near alston way. she is being held on $150,000 bail. >> a driver is in custody after police say he was drunk behind the wheel when he struck a teenage skateboarder. it happened earlier this afternoon. witnesses say the driver blew through a yield sign. the 18-year-old hit the wind shield and he was bleeding profusely and taken to the hospital with a head injury. wynn was arrested on suspicion

of dui. neighbors believe a four-way stop at this nearby intersection would make it safer for everyone. but they say it is hard to get serious attention because they live in unincorporated contra could is staw county. contra costa county. >> they made an arrest and seized 70 guns after a lengthy investigation. 26-year-old alex conley of oakland faces charges including felony possession of a firearm, illegal transfer of firearms and possession of stolen property and conspiracy. officerscovered military recovey military-style assault rifles, pistols and shotguns from a home. one of marin county's largest redwood preserves will remain closed after a fire ripped through the forest today. it was first reported at 7:00 a.m. at roy's redwoods open space preserve. the fire spread quickly even though the conditions were damp. the firefighters say that's because of the dry drought conditions. the fire burned about four acres before they got it under

control. the park will stay closed for 48 hours as the firefighters make sure there are no hotspots to contend with. check out this dust storm. the national ather service warned drivers to stay off the road, but minutes ago the chp closed the roadway because of zero visibility. there were wind gusts up to 40 miles per hour. well, the women of silicon valley who have put motherhood on hold. coming up next, a new company perk being offered to help them start a family when they are ready. not everyone likes it. >> and too much of a good thing, the new form of addiction scientists are treating. >> and the question the first lady could not turn down. why her response has been viewed four million times in a few hours. abc

come up with the latest perk to try to attract more women employees. the two silicon valley giants are paying women to freeze their eggs. the companies say this gives women an option to go for that high-powered careert start a family later in life. as lyanne melendez reports, not all women are happy about this. >> apple and facebook are betting this new perk will help increase the number of women joining their company. >> it is further inconversationr conversation for females and getting promoted. >> it is empoweringit is giving because it is giving them an option that they can take on their career now. >> facebook offers egg freezing and storage as part of the company's benefit package. apple will begin in january.

apple said we want to empower women 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. dr. herbert is with the pacific fertility center in san francisco. he says it is sort of like buying life insurance. >> you don't expect to die and get hit by a truck or whatever it may be. but you buy that insurance policy just in case it happens. so to some extent that's what this is. >> he says eggs become less viable over time. >> the eggs you have are more plentiful in your 20s. the percentage of good quality eggs is significantly higher. >> but don't expect every woman to jump at the idea. >> when it come to getting involved in the employee health and longevity and family planning, it is over the top. creepy. >> according to the cdc, 20%

of all women in the united states wait until 35 to have their first child. the downside to that is if they want to have more children it gets much harder to conceive. in the newsroom, abc7 news. >> the world health organization issued a chilling warning about the ebola outbreak. they could start seeing up to 10,000 new cases a week just two months from now. a nurse in dallas who contracted ebola while treating a patient who later died says she is doing better tonight. nina pham's doctors said she is in good condition. she said she is blessed by the care she is receiving. and a halloween costumes company has piggybacked on the ebola outbreak and released an ebola containment suit. angry people said the costumes is in bad taste. what bothered some people was the caption next to the costumes. it said this will literally be the most viral costumes of the

year. the suit, boots, gloves and apparatus cost $80. and developing news. san diego doctors have treated a man they believe is the first patient with addiction internet addiction disorder brought on by the over use of google glass. the naval service map has been using -- serviceman has been using it for 18 hours a day and only removing it to sleep and take a shower. he began to get argumentative and his dreams were starting to look at the what he saw through google glass. and the first lady's question, on average, how many calories do you burn every time you turn up? here is her response. >> turn up? for what? turn up for what? >> of course referring to the video turn th what. the video has been watched four million time. the q and a was to promote her

wellness program. a group of kids from willow grove elementary school visited the white house as part of the program. they picked veggies and learned how to cook them. >> that video is pretty funny. >> the rain has finally arrived. here is a live look from the exploratorium camera in san francisco. you can see the clouds hovering over the city. >> spencer christian is in and has the latest. >> the rain has arrived. the steadier rain is to the it is pushing down toward marin. here is the live view from the exploratorium camera. it shows clouds over the bay. but so far there is no rain falling in this particular spot. it is 64 in san francisco and we have midto upper 60s in oakland and san carlos and san jose and 60 at half moon bay bay. looking out over the bay and once again all of the calmy from appears dry from this point of view.

mid60s from fairfield to concord and livermore. and one more live view at the golden gate bridge where it appears to be dry. i don't see evidence of wet pavement there. the rain will continue to spread southward and eastward. there will no doubt be slow spots in the commute and more rain is possible and even likely later this week and through the weekend. here is the satellite image showing the approaching cold front that will bring us our showers overnight. as the front sweeps through, we see behind it we have an active storm track with several other systems coming our way that are potential rain makers over the next five to seven days. we could get a bit more rain than what is coming our way. let's start our tracker animation and looking at the projected rainfall totals. by 5:00 p.m. tomorrow we expect the rainfall totals in the north bay mountains to be the greatest . that's the wettest region in the bay area. most of the lower elevations will receive no more than a 10th of an inch. this is not going to be a major rain storm, but it is

bringing much-needed rain. and over the inland east bay there are locations that will probably receive no measurable rain at all. let's go farther out to the sierra. from lake tahoe northward we will see rain from this system. snow levels will be way up high, about 8,000 feet or higher. south of lake tahoe it will be mainly dry from this system. minor rainfall event here and in the sierra. look for showers and low temperatures in the upper 50s to right around 60. and then tomorrow after the morning showers we will see partly to mostly cloudy skies and partly sunny in the late afternoon. high temperatures ranging from the mid60s at the coast and mid70s inland. and 5:00 tomorrow afternoon and into the evening hours at at&t park it is game four of the national championship series. the temperature at that time is 62 degrees and partly cloudy skies. here is the accu-weather seven-day forecast. a dry day on thursday with showers and rain developing

late friday into early saturday. a dry 8 on sunday and then more rain coming in on monday into early tuesday. we call this an unsettled pattern. chances of rain are pretty good. looking good. >> that's the pattern we need for awhile. hope it continues. thank you, spencer. it is time to turn to sports and the giants. larry is off and shu is here. >> we hope this pattern continues. the giants are grinders. they find ways to win against the cardinals. took a little luck and a lot of skill. we'll celebrate along with the g men with your trying to mislead you about the effects of proposition 46. well here's the truth: 46 will save lives. it will save money too.

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the post season is a key ingredient in their winning ways. they have a knack of taking advantage of every situation. today was no different in the win over the cardinals in game three of the nlcs. tim hudson on on the hill. the wind would be a factor. bottom of first and two on and two out. he rips one to the right field corner. is it 1-0 giants. bases full. a grand slam written all over it, but the wind knocks it down g-men with the lead. colton long launches one to right. wind is wreaking havoc. now 4-3 and a mistake and crushes one. we go to extras. he lays down the sacrifice bunt. he throws the ball away. he scores from second and the

giants win game three 5-4 and taking a 2-1 series lead. >> run as fast as you can. maybe he can throw the ball and make a bad throw and so he did. >> we know coming into they games that we might not run away with it. we scratched the very end. we do what we have to do to win ballgames. we are ahead right now and playing in front of home fans, it is far from over. we have to come and take it here on out. >> game four at 5:07 are ryan vogel song on the hill. we will check in on the alcs where they are jo one win away. we will show you why as we continue.

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kansas city where the royals take a 3-0 series lead over the oriels once again and playing small ball. george brett threw out the first pitch and kansas city was ready to roll. he makes the defensive play and over the rail and grab. that's keeping your eye on the ball. bottom of six and runners on the corners from butler. a sack fly brings in dyson. kansas city takes a 2-run lead. the last chance for the o's and greg holland gets him to ground out. they are on the brink of the first world series in 29 years. sharks in dc looking to contain ovechkin and the

cavs. they finally put the puck past him. the third of the season and they are up 5-3. here come the cavs. brow better in front of the -- brow better in front of the net. the game tied at five. it goes to a shootout he finds the back of the net and sharks skate away with a 6-5 shootout victory. and believe it or not they are now 3-0. this abc7 sports report is brought to you by ebay. the warriors' head coach and his wife donated $1 million to his alma-mater for a future academic building enhancement. you rarely hear of it and it is a nice gesture. it will help a lot for the university. >> absolutely. >> giants quickly, two games here at home. great position to be in. what do you think? >> it is almost too easy. i pick the royals to go all the way. it is hard to pick away from the giants.

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