on local victims of violence but now, it's scope broadened it's offering help to victims of families under the thumb of isis to apply for asylum. one family is sharing a story with us tonight. margaret petros shifted attention to helping victims of the terror christians are facing at the hands of isis in iraq. >> it's a genocide. they have really attacked an ethnic minority and gave them an ultimatum. convert or you will be beheaded >> that kind of fear gripped families of syrian heritage. margaret petros is on the phone with one of them. call call her shushan.

they were among 250,000 christians who left mosul, seeking safety. isis caught up with them. >> they got stuck on the road many hours they were stopped by isis and searched. they're valuables were taken away. including her wedding ring. >> shushan is expecting a baby boy in three months and is in hiding. she's undergone therapy because of the murders she's seen. isis paints this picture meaning nazareth on the homes of christians she told us how much she wants to stay and give birth here. >> it's crucial that her son be born here and have safe

>> the hope is if she stays in the u.s. if asylum is granted. >> band members in a high school thought it was a lost cause, finding their musical instruments but thanks to a homeless man, the student musicians got their precious instrums back today. vic lee is live with the happy ending. hi, vic. >> this took a long time. band members were resigned to the fact they'd never seen instruments again but it turned out all of the stars were aligned in the right places. >> there are hugs and thank yous today. band members got prized possessions back. >> i don't know. amazing. >> anna bell got a flute back.

it was one of 14 that went missing two months ago. this after after they played the national anthem. when instructors realized they went back but instruments had disappeared >> my mom had it. she started playing the flute. in fifth great. >> no one thought they'd see them again. >> they thought it would be gone for good. >> well, on thursday, band director got a call from a woman called jack. she had the instruments. >> i don't believe it. >> jack's friend found the bin with the instruments and stayed

with it, thinking someone would retrieve them, no one did. he brought instruments to jack. >> this is a band signal. i know, i know. i don't know what to do. >> bingo, she found my colleague's story. she did after the instruments were missing. >> she watched this story and figured out it's the high school. and how this finds us. >> he could not be found. >> just like to thank him for getting these back to us. it's a nice thing to do. >> murder charges in the killing of two sheriff deputies.

prosecutors claim he fired fatal shots in a rampage friday. killing a sheriff's deputy then killing a second deputy in neighboring placer county. this couple is charged with stealing a shotgun. special circumstances could make him eligible for the death penalty. >> more victims of the napa earthquake are getting help from the federal government. homeowners and renters can begin applying for assistance starting tomorrow. fema began setting up booths at the center today starting tomorrow, fema employees will provide help to individual homeowners and renters the agency announced last night

recovery aid is available >> election day is a week away. in oakland there are no fewer than 15 candidates on the ballot for mayor. a lot of choices for voters there. a bi product. abc7 news explains how they tried to get attention today. >> what does it take in a crowded race there are 15 candidates and a dog. >> that means that is the way it was set up to be. >> what i don't like is that we're not visible. and candidates are on the platt form. >> peter lou describes

as the world's smartest leader. >> none of them got the publicity i have. i am on fire on twitter. >> the oakland mayor's race just eight days before the election. >> a lot of the people are trying to make this a city. >> i am one of the people here who doesn't know anything about law enforcement. >> everyone to please vote yes. >> the front runner and current mayor seemed to garner attention. likes of joe tuman have to do it the old fashioned

>> so candidates scramble for position, voters are left to wonder which of the three choices will matter in the end? >> fans couldn't make the trek out to see the big game tonight are gathered in san francisco's civic center plaza. kansas city leads 6-0. hopefully that will change. abc7 news is there live with maybe a little disappointed fans carolyn? >> there are people here and our signal is going in and out. this stretches up to that jumbo

tran. there are thousands here and more arriving every minute. it's nothing but a party and san francisco police hope it stays that way. >> giants fans began arriving in the morning, ready to sit, and wait for hours in san >> he wasn't the only early bird. this fan with the mani-pedi placed her umbrella in the ground. >> it's a blast to have people want to win. >> i know this is crazy. cra crazy legs, that is me. >> what do you do that is crazy with legs? >> yes.

it's party time. >> there is a song called "you don't understand i'm a giants fan". police hope this mood will be felt throughout the city. and that things won't get out of hand like they did in 2012 after that world series win when a bus was set on fire along with acts of vandalism. >> muni is prepared to switch to gas buses so any buses that are on lines with work around

crowds. >> that is what they hope to serve as. it will be all hands on deck. they'll have officers in all known hot spots around the city. and this is in case a victory celebration gets out of hand. >> all right. thank you, carolyn. you can continue to watch the news on twitter. and it's now 7-0, kansas city. >> still ahead tonight and odds are. >> what went wrong tonight on the mission to the international space station. >> and later, i'll talking to a bay area man who is spear

heading a museum a thousand years of jewish history before the holocaust that opened today we'll take you there.

>> shock waves over virginia today commercial rocket exploded just seconds after liftoff just before 4:00 our time after explosion it fell back to earth then burst into flames. it was carrying 5,000 pounds of cargo to people living there. this caused significant damage to the launch complex as you can imagine. >> last year millions of people had their credit card information stolen. details from our sister station in los angeles. >> credit cards seen as a convenience but today's world of data hacking that favors

thieves. last year more than 18 million californians learned their financial data had been stolen. >> that is a 600% increase. >> in the report the number of data breeches last year 41,000 people. here is what he has to say this year. >> not just a few more, but 30% more. home depot revealed these took 41 million accounts. in july, hackers hit jp morgan chase. 76 million accounts were compromised. >> you have to look over your shoulder. >> norma garcia says u.s.

businesses and card companies have failed to upgrade their protection systems. solutions have been around for decades. >> it has been available in parts of the world since 1990s. we're the last of the party. >> any talk of legislation requiring businesses to better protect consumer data was not met well by the president community for consumers, the attorney general suggests you monitor accounts for signs of data theft and use different pass words to access accounts.

>> san francisco public utilities commission announced hetch hetchy customers met goals for the year. the announcement made in pacifica. this is the site where recycled water is used to irrigate the grass. >> we're predicting we need to conserve water on a long term. >> p.u.c asked customers to conserve by 10%. and that what we need is precipitation and a lot of it. but here and in the sierra. >> that is right. >> let's just say a couple billion gallons have fallen.

we have clear skies. hardly a cloud found anywhere. looking at post sunset sky. it's mild right now in evening hours. and 66, 72 fairfield. concorde, livermore at 73 degrees. will be sunny skies and warm tomorrow at coast to inland. will we be haunted by rain? it's possible. there are showers in the northwestern corner of the

state. this is our animation well northwest. by 5:00 friday morning we'll see a front sweeping through from north to south. wet weather and then, the front sweeps through. we'll see just a few trailing showers. by afternoon into evening, we might have some good trick or treating conditions. around lower elevations 15/100ths to half an inch.

that is more than we've seen. we have wintery conditions friday night into saturday. snow levels dropping to 4,000 feet by saturday morning. and delays are possible. back to the bay area, clear skies overnight. cool in north bay valleys, lows into low to mid-50s. sunny skies and warm everywhere. and here is the accu-weather forecast. nice, mild, dry throughout thursday. cooling up and drying down friday with rain or showers likely. sunny skies, falling back to stan yard time. and next week a warm up coming

our way. >> coming up we're going to take you aboard a ride for a water - "dear scan, "i've been a scan member for almost two years and have been very satisfied with the plan." - "i would like to thank you and your organization from top to bottom." - "i recently called into scan regarding a claims problem." - "i had been going round and round with a problem with a prescription drug order."

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among ways to get an san francisco, you can add one more new way that is a very old way.

>> the taxi you can take and never get stuck in traffic. >> nearly a century ago, rush hour looked like >> now, it looks like this. >> walking one lane. heavy delays now. traffic stopped there. >> back in the day this didn't exist. there is one way across the bay. >> 1928 over 46 million people made this crossing. >> that traffic was out on the water. something else besides ferries. >> his company launched with this boat. words out the market has spoken.

this will be the second boat in the fleet. >> folks say this is something of an untapped resource to take cars off the streets. >> i'd love to see it becoming a real commuting vehicle. >> it's filling in gaps and shuttling people into the city. there is never a back up. >> at $35 per person, it costs more and has a nicer view. nicer if your employer is paying for it. >> more are coming the port is asking businesses to build docks for boats this size.

places like at and t park. >> i like it. >> yes. >> there is more still to come here tonight at 6:00. michael finney looks at a new government lawsuit claiming millions have been misled. >> and from hawaii, lava is now swallowing homes. another half

regular haters are accusing at and t-mobile of not giving customers all of the data purchased. >> this practice is referred to as throttling. fcc says it can't do that without giving proper notice. >> three and a half million customers have been throttled by at and t 25 million times. matthew gold filed the case in san francisco. >> they're promising unlimited

data to their customers. >> at and t did not agree to go on camera but told 7 onner side we informed all unlimited data plan customers that resulted in 2000 news stories. in addition the program has affected only about 3% of the customers. ftc says that at and t failed to disclose the thresholds. most important, says gold, the timing of at and t disclosures >> they haven't done a single thing they should have done, telling consumers at the point of sale that they were going to be throttled. >> the san francisco based electronics fronteer foundation questions how at and t goes

about throttling. >> regardless of whether or not cell site is on jefted saying you use so much data. we're going to throttle you. >> at and t says practices are fully transparent. >> 4 million customers were grandfathered in to see my reports online go to abc7 news.com and click on sections tab. >> all right. thank you. >> sure. >> well, a second nurse battling ebola virus has been cureed and released from the hospital. 29-year-old amber vinzon was infected in dallas she was discharged today from emmory university hospital. >> this is a day for celebration and gratitude i ask we not lose focus on the families that continue to labor under this disease in west

africa. >> the world health organization says 5,000 health care workers are needed to battle the outbreak. president obama says monitoring those returning should be sensible so those going overseas don't face obstacles when coming home. >> we're going to need to make sure our doctors and health care professionals here are properly trained and informed. >> at this moment, only one person in the united states is battling ebola. a doctor has been being treated in new york city. >> tonight money matters it's safe to look at your 401(k) investments. dow closing above 17,000 for the first time in three and a half weeks tela jumped nearly

after hitting a high, facebook stock tumbled apple pay activated more than a million times. tim took cook hope toechlz panned to china. >> a tax break that lured twitter to the mid market area seems to be working. reporting san francisco gave up $4.2 million but got an extra 7.6 million in business taxes. >> a river of molten lava in hawaii claimed a structure. burning everything it touches. the river of fire is filling streets and closing in on homes in the small town of. lava burned down a shed,

covering the yard of two homes officials say lava is flowing at ten yards per hour, forcing residents to evacuate. up to 50 homes are threatened. >> the lava flowing is part of a continuing eruption that began in >> 6,000,000 yards paved an area so vast, it's nearly impossible to show clearly. most population is here. now try to imagine a crack in the earth. the difference here is that this also contains lava this way. >> the homes burn. squeezed by by lava. geologists scurry, playing guessing games.

they get her out. the church becomes a focus. see the way it curls out, rolling over one piece after another. it's hard to see it moving unless you get close. saturday afternoon, this lava moved another hundred yards or so. >> remarkable. >> yes. >> coming up next, california health insurance who should set the rates? >> inform tiff look at proposition 45 on the ballot ne

it's a fresh approach on education-- superintendent of public instruction tom torlakson's blueprint for great schools. torlakson's blueprint outlines how investing in our schools will reduce class sizes, bring back music and art, and provide a well-rounded education. and torlakson's plan calls for more parental involvement. spending decisions about our education dollars should be made by parents and teachers, not by politicians.

tell tom torlakson to keep fighting for a plan that invests in our public schools. >> if you're with us last night you know abc7 partnered with a group to try a new approach on explaining measures on next week's ballot. >> we have four videos and tonight presenting the look at proposition 45. to change how health insurance rates are set. prop 45. i hope you have health

insurance. >> yes. why? >> if you are aren't covered by a plan, this would change who gets to approve rate changes to the plan. >> how so? >> if passed this would also allow anyone from the public to challenge ratings. this supporters say that is nonsense that this will help control rate increases. voting yes means rates for individual and small group health insurance would need to be approved before taking

affect. >> now, if you need to find a polling place tuesday go to abc7 news.com and look for the voter card. >> well, just ahead my interview with a man behind a remarkable institution. >>

- "dear scan, "i've been a scan member for almost two years and have been very satisfied with the plan." - "i would like to thank you and your organization from top to bottom." - "i recently called into scan regarding a claims problem." - "i had been going round and round with a problem with a prescription drug order." - "it is nice to know that one phone call to you, and you take care of it right away." - "your kindness and helpfulness has been appreciated "more than you will ever know. i could not have done it without your help." - i'll never be able to thank them enough. uh...and it's the truth.

- "thank you so much. sincerely, donna markow." - "sincerely, shirley ramgren." - "sincerely, shirley ramgren." - that's what really sets scan apart from everybody else. scan cares. - i don't know a better way to say it than, the heart of scan. - scan, for your health and independence.

happening today in poeland a remarkable museum was opened with help from a bay area man the museum is a 200,000 square foot museum, different from any other you've probably ever advisited and the culmination of a man's lifetime of giving back.

images still haunting today. hitler's final solution the nazi death machine. nowhere more devastating than in poland. nine # 0% of the jewish population, eliminated. tad escaped the holocaust. many in his family did not he came to the country as a young boy, and attended stanford. for a dozen years he's been part of a massive project to tell the other side of the story about polish jews. >> why is it so important for you to be involved in this? >> history of how jews live forward a thousand years prior to the holocaust is unknown we felt that is very important story to tell. >> to tell that story, the museum of the history of polish jews. a state of the art facility that sits on the site of the warsaw

ghetto. i visited the camps with several survivors. including linda braider who spent three years at auschwitz. >> when you stand here at auschwitz now, 60 years later, do images, emotions race through? >> no emotions here. >> no emotions here. >> later in the trip, emotions came we stayed in touch until linda's death a few years ago. >> he saw how jews were killed. you're saying this is about how jews lived. long before the holocaust. >> that is right. that is correct. it's -- it's a very, very important history. during that thousand year period most of the elements of western

culture evolved. today, tolland is comprised the -- taking visitors through different periods of jewish life in pole land. today, the grand opening of the museum led by the presidents of both poland and israel. there in the delegation, a philanthropist. >> people leave this museum what do you hope they'll walk away with? >> first and fore most we're going to walk away with a much deeper understanding of what jewish people globally are all about. first reaction is stunned.

>> the museum expects to attract a million visitors and many come from this country. 80% of the jews have polish ancest ancestors. >> time to turn your attention to weather tonight. >> clear skies right now, sunny skies, warm, highs into 80s cooler around eureka. here in the bay area, warm condition, coastal highs, upper 70s around the bay. here is the accu-weather forecast. mild to warm weather the next couple days, cloudy, cool, rain friday.

saturday, sunday, dry days. early next week a warm up as november kicks off. >> bigger kids hudn't be as bad? >> it's usually after 5:00 p.m should be mainly dry. >> looks like we're going to get a chance to disappoint royals fans. >> like it's my fault? >> yes. yes. >> one eye on the world series, another on the warriors. opening without one of their best players, sports is coming up

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good evening. the start manager bruce bocci's worst nightmare. royals up seven runs jake peavy was yanked quickly.

a steep climb tonight we'll have more from mike shumann at 9:00 and 11:00. they created a selection committee of 12 humans leading us up to a championship playoff the committee released rankings, his misstate and florida state are 1 and 2. oregon and alabama the two teams missing the cut at 5, 6. that committee includes condoleezza rice as well. >> we're looking at head to head is

they've got to be oregon on the road saturday. comes down to stanford's stout defense against oregon's third ranked offense. and special teams can be important. >> outstanding returner on their side, also. not giving up a bunch of big plays. when he's pushing out those are things easier said than done. >> warriors open tomorrow night in sacramento probably without forward david lee with a strained hamstring.

lee got injured friday against denver. tomorrow night will mark nba coaching debut. and that with stef curry. >> off the dribble, the catch, in transition, from 30 feet in the east. and it's rhythm he creates and it's early. >> spurs raising their fifth banner. spurs and mavs, go, chandler parsons with authority.

a big fundamental up and in. spurs take the lead. sharks in colorado, squaring off. right now, 1-0 the second period. rough for the giants. >> thank you, larry. >> join us tonight what divers found off the coast of italy. >> a rabid bat causing concern in a local neighborhood now on

alert. >> before we go here is tonight's programming line up. agents of shield and abc7 news at 11:00. >> that is it for this edition of abc7 news our coverage continues on twitter on abc7 news bay area. >> from all of us here, see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants -- a student and writer from riverton, utah... a delivery-driver manager from washington, d.c... and our returning champion, a professor of english from toledo, ohio... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to our show. on yesterday's program, the two challengers took it to the champ, and one of them, bill albertini, wound up with the most money. and so today, he gets to experience the feeling

of having two challengers ready to knock him off his champion's pedestal. let's see how it works out. good luck, players. here we go -- the jeopardy! round. and these categories now in play for you... ...not chief. and finally, we deal with... alex: bill, start. antisocial science for $200, please. michael. what is soccer? right. from the spanish, $200. jenica. what is a flotilla? that's right. from the spanish for $400. here's kelly. requiring weeks for the bricks to dry, this method of building,