says he has been in close communication with the group called compassion and choices about possible legislation in california. though maynard's decision to take her own life this weekend sparked conversation and debate, any legislation in california may not be drawn up immediately. but when it is, advocates against these laws are ready. >> we are in a society with a broken profit-driven health care system. and it's dangerous to make assisted suicide an alternative medical treatment. >> reporter: bill may is with californians against assisted suicide. he says people facing these end of life issues like maynard are already in fragile situations. he's worried these laws could be abused. the state senator leno says there is an easy way to determine if that's happening in other states where it's legal. >> this kind of fear manifests itself, other kinds of fears manifest themselves so there is a body of data that we can look at carefully as we, california, proceed with considering such

legislation. >> reporter: as brittany maynard's family mourns their loss, state senator leno says it's not clear if his colleagues would propose legislation in sacramento or if the issue would be put before voters. if it does move forward as a ballot issue, it likely would be considered in 2016. sergio quintana, abc 7 news. a northern california woman is accused of trying to kill her two young sons by intentionally driving off a 300 foot cliff. athena doyle and her sons ages 2 and 4 are recovering from serious injuries. doyle faces two felony counts of attempted murder. she was arrested friday. the crash happened october 3rd. the vehicle as you see here was found off highway 1 north of fort bragg. a chp officer who has already surrendered his career today surrendered himself to authorities in contra costa county. sean harrington is charged with stealing explicit photos from at least one woman's cell phone during a traffic stop and sending those photos to other officers. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live in martinez,

where harrington appeared in court today with this developing news. laura? >> reporter: well, harrington was actually out of the jail here in a couple of hours to make that court appearance. at this point, prosecutors think they will only be able to charge harrington in this case even though the photos were sent to other officers, but prosecutors also expect they will have to take another look at many other cases that the officer was involved in. >> it's difficult for a law enforcement officer to turn himself in but it's difficult for a law enforcement officer to surrender a career. >> reporter: with his attorney at his side, former dublin chp officer sean harrington surrendered at the contra costa county jail in martinez, charged with two felonies. the 35-year-old harrington is charged with stealing semi-nude photos from the cell phone of a woman he arrested for dui in august. they are charges harrington does not deny. >> his statement to the authorities was that this was a joke. he thought it was humorous at

the time. it certainly wasn't for any other reason. >> reporter: after checking into the martinez jail in a suit and tie, harrington promptly bailed out and made his first court appearance a couple of hours later with his wife at his side. >> it really undermines the public trust in the criminal justice system. >> reporter: the prosecutor barry grove told abc 7 news the district attorney's office may now have to review dozens of cases harrington was involved in and may have to throw out some. >> if there is evidence that there was wrongdoing in those cases, then we will handle them accordingly. but right now, we only have evidence that there was wrongdoing in the cases that we have charged.¿ c1 >> reporter: investigators say harrington admitted to stealing photos on four to six occasions over a three-year span. >> he's apologized as best he can. i mean, look, at this point in time, he's facing criminal charges. i think he would like to stand up here in front of all of you and be quoted as apologizing to the women. but he speaks through a lawyer at this stage of the proceedings.

>> reporter: harrington will be back in court november 14th. if convicted, he faces several years in prison. in martinez, laura anthony, abc 7 news. san francisco police are working to extradite one of three suspects in a string of blessing scam robberies charging elderly victims. the suspect identified only as a 61-year-old chinese national was detained by u.s. customs officers while attempting to flee the u.s. back to china. investigators say the woman ran the scam at least twice in san francisco, once in los angeles and once in new york city. one victim lost $80,000 in cash and $40,000 worth of jewelry. a sonoma county boy scout leader was sentenced today to 14 years in state prison for sexually assaulting a child under 14. the 40-year-old franklin lee was arrested last march. investigators found multiple video cameras and a large amount of child pornography on computers at lee's home. investigators say lee had volunteered for the scout troop but the victim was not a scout.

a drunk driver with multiple felony convictions was sentenced to 25 years in state prison for causing a head-on crash that killed one man and paralyzed a 5-year-old girl. prosecutors say the 26-year-old was under the influence of drugs and alcohol and speeding when he lost control of his car on highway 121 in sonoma last october. his car then slammed into a toyota corolla, killing the passenger, his passenger, and injuring seriously two people in the corolla, including that young girl. a father discovered meth in his 8-year-old daughter's bag of halloween candy in hercules. the child went trick or treating on halloween night in the promenade area. you see it outlined here on the map. the father contacted police after finding a small zip-loc plastic bag filled with a clear white crystalized powder. police of course are now investigating. right now, the search is on for a missing 91-year-old

at-risk man in san francisco. he was last seen around 9:30 this morning leaving his home near twin peaks and heading toward 101 california in the financial district, where he used to work. he never arrived. he uses a walker and has dementia. if you have seen him, give police a call. tomorrow is election day and one of the most hotly contested races is in the south bay. seven-term incumbent mike honda faces a tough fight in the 17th congressional district. his opponent is fellow democrat rowe cona. more than a third of voters have not decided who they are going to vote for. both sides are spending the final hours trying to get out the vote. >> we are seeing people excited to vote. i'm confident that we are going to have the folks out there to win. >> walking precincts as we did yesterday. my expectation is we will get the votes out. >> low voter turnout typically helps the incumbent but redistricting has put a twist on that. many areas are new to the 17th

district so neither candidate enjoys any name recognition. two bay area cities may become the first in the nation to impose a tax on sugary drinks. san francisco and berkeley residents will vote on two measures, somewhat different from each other. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is live in san francisco with the details. >> reporter: we are at the san francisco deli and wine store on mission street in san francisco and everything you see behind me, in other words, drinks that have added sugar could be heavily taxed depending on tomorrow's vote. now, san francisco has prop e, berkeley has measure d, and the american beverage association has spent more than $9 million trying to defeat both of them. the soda tax measure in berkeley has a better chance of passing than the one in san francisco. for starters, berkeley only requires a simple majority, where san francisco needs two-thirds of the vote.

that's because it would be considered a special tax, meaning all the money collected in san francisco would go exclusively to fund recreational activities and health and nutritional programs. if you buy a 12 ounce can of soda in berkeley, the measure would require that you pay a penny extra per ounce so that's an additional 12 cents. but san francisco wants to collect two pennies per ounce so slap an extra 24 cents to that soda. >> on a 12-pack, it will be a $2.88 tax. >> reporter: here's what many don't realize. you wouldn't pay that extra money at the cash register. it's the distributor who would be taxed and it would be up to them to pass on the cost to consumers. >> if the cost is absorbed by the distributors, then it ends up doing nothing to deter people using these products as the proponents would claim. therefore, what's the point of them even passing this kind of law? >> i think it's very unlikely the distributor will absorb any

tax, at any level. we want two pennies per ounce to make it even less likely the tax would be absorbed. >> reporter: if so, consumption is likely to go down. mexico has a similar tax that went into effect in january and within three months, saw 5% to 10% drop in sugary drinks. if anything, the issue has created awareness about rising obesity and diabetes. both measures have caught the attention of young consumers. >> i think it's good. i think that health in general, especially in the united states, is a good thing. >> we can buy what we want and it's kind of unfair they're increasing the tax. >> reporter: the results of tomorrow's elections could influence how other cities view the issue. lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. the majority of voters will cast absentee ballots. experts say if you have yet to mail it, you probably shouldn't. instead, drop it off at a poll site or elections office tomorrow in order to be counted,

absentee ballots have to be received by election day regardless of when it was postmarked. confusion over mail-in ballots prompts questions every election. >> really does. every time. a lot more to get to. coming up, outrage over the shooting of a blue heron. the recovery and the resolve to find whoever did this. plus, an all important drill in san francisco. find out who is the city's first mock ebola victim. a woman says a 20-minute uber ride stole her 26th birthday. and -- >> why this sight and sound is happening a lot more in the city of berkeley.

today, thousands gathered to

pay their respects to a sacramento county sheriff's deputy killed in the line of duty. hundreds of uniformed officers stood on each side of the entrance to the memorial for deputy danny oliver today. an honor guard of officers on motorcycles led the procession of oliver's loved ones to the ceremony. inside the church, an officer saluted the flag-draped casket as attendees sat down. mourners -- deputy danny oliver was killed last month in a shooting spree. he leaves behind a wife and two daughters. a deputy killed the same day will be honored tomorrow. in the san francisco fire department, they have a motto, be prepared. it applies to fires, of course, all kinds of mayhem, and now ebola, too. as abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman explains, the fire department and its paramedics will be just as happy if the ebola drill they practice today remains just that and nothing more. this is a story you will see only on abc 7 news. >> reporter: if you didn't recognize this as the san francisco fire department's training facility, you might

have looked twice today and run away fast. >> when you signed up to be paramedics, did you sign up for ebola? >> i signed up for lots of things. >> reporter: for paramedics, that now includes putting on layers of protective suits and transporting ebola victims. not that it's happened in san francisco, but as the department sees it -- >> we have to go ahead and look at this as an emerging disease, obviously. it's had contacts in the united states. san francisco is a city that is obviously well traveled. the chances of having an exposure up here are definitely on the mount. >> reporter: hence today's drill to transport a female victim from this place to san francisco general hospital in a specially prepared ambulance. the fire department didn't just prep and seal this ambulance for today's drill. it turns out this unit, a spare unit, has been readied just in case. >> the surfaces have been covered with plastic sheeting. we tried to cover anything that could be a possible contaminant and this is a unit that's in

reserve and can be special if we have a situation. >> reporter: in reality, san francisco's first ebola victim was a fire department mannequin. they got her into the ambulance and off to the hospital in about one and a half hours. among the discoveries from this drill, those suits are clumsy. >> it's constricting. >> tough working in a suit that has multiple layers. using gardening gloves. >> reporter: they would never have known if they hadn't tried it and every paramedic will. ebola. just one more potential hazard in a shrinking and increasingly frightening world. >> if the big one hits, we'll be ready for it. >> reporter: at san francisco general hospital, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. so many people are concerned about ebola. we posted a detailed list of seven things you need to know about this virus, including its origin, symptoms and how it is transmitted. that's at abc7news.com. efforts to cut down on pedestrian deaths have not gone well in san francisco. this morning, city officials

welcomed a new street light at sixth and ministry. in the past seven years, this area alone has seen 50 pedestrian accidents and two deaths. san francisco has identified 24 of the most troublesome intersections and have begun to make them safer. that includes brighter crosswalk paint, pedestrian countdown signals and more enforcement. >> we have to slow traffic down, make people from all sides aware, whether they're walkers, bicyclists, car drivers. >> 12 pedestrians have been killed on san francisco streets this year, about the same as this time last year. a bond measure on tomorrow's ballot would designate $142 million for street safety improvements. one of the more unusual crowd funding campaigns got under way right after halloween. >> it comes after a woman found out she was charged hundreds of dollars for her uber ride home halloween night, her birthday. >> 7 on your side's michael finney is here to explain how that went. >> this is interesting.

after a night of partying, this woman woke up to find uber had charged her bank account $362, nine times the normal rate. they left her with no funds to pay her rent and it was her birthday. the woman said charging $362 for a 20-minute ride was way too extreme, even on halloween so she started a campaign on gofundme.com asking folks to donate if they agree the huge fare was completely unjustified. donations came right in. she raised $573 within hours. uber raised its fares during peak hours. the woman may not recall but the company says she had to agree to the price before accepting the ride. an online petition is asking big banks to give customers back their rights to sue them. the petition calls on banks like citigroup, jpmorgan and wells fargo to stop puting the no lawsuit clauses in their contracts. those clauses typically say

customers cannot sue the bank or file a class action even if they have a legal claim. instead, customers must agree to binding arbitration. almost every bank has this. the u.s. supreme court says it is absolutely legal. industries are putting similar clauses in their agreements, too. so far, 20,000 supporters have signed the petition. banks have not yet responded. industry observers warn getting ready for a possible shipping fiasco again this holiday season. you may remember last year, many gift giveres reported packages did not arrive in time for the holidays. this year, shippers are determined not to let that happen again. however, a report today predicts online spending will jump by $10 billion this year. that means a lot more packages going through the u.s. mail, ups, fed ex and amazon will be shipping a great deal. but you will be in ship-shape if you shop and ship early. that's the advice.

coming up on abc 7 news at 11:00, look at this key. a locksmith didn't make it. an app did. you simply take a scan of your key and a copy is sent to you. convenient for sure, but shouldn't you be concerned that the bad guys will take a picture of your keys? we will take a look at all of this tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00. >> that's a little unnerving. >> it is. >> thank you, michael. a south bay animal rescue group is offering more than $5,000 to find the person who shot a blue heron with an air rifle. the wounded bird was found last week huddled in the backyard of a home. officials with the spca from monterey county wildlife center rescued the heron. an x-ray later showed pellets from an air rival lodged in the bird's chest. the heron is being cared for at the international bird rescue in fairfield. there has been a surge in acorn woodpecker sightings. it is fairly common in the east

bay hills south of livermore but it is practically unheard of to see them west of hayward. one possible reason, a failure of the acorn crop. experts say the recent drought may be the cause as well as higher temperatures that we had in april, a peak month for pollination. overall, acorn production is the worst it's been in a decade. ski resorts in the sierra received a healthy dusting of snow from this weekend's storms. take a look at video from heavenly mountain resort in tahoe. they received three inches of fresh powder. a similar scene at north star in truckee, they received two inches of snow. six inches fell at squaw valley and ten inches of fresh powder fell on alpine meadows upper mountain. >> wintry already. all right. let's look outside. it's dark already. >> oh, my goodness. that is so strange to see. sandhya is here with the accuweather forecast. >> yeah, it is darker now, obviously, the time changed over the weekend. you can feel the change in the air, too. it's definitely chillier out

here. high clouds out here just streaming through the bay area. let me show you live doppler 7 hd and you can see the high clouds on the radar but there is no moisture from those clouds that we are tracking. a spectacular view, seeing all kinds of shades of color there as the sun went down at 5:09 p.m. officially tonight. 59 in san francisco. 61 in oakland. 64 san jose. morgan hill. san jose, 62 degrees. half moon bay, 57. here's the view from tahoe. it is nice to see that there was some snow on saturday on the ground. low 60s santa rosa, napa. 57 in petaluma. mid 60s concord, livermore. lovely view from the east bay hills camera. here's a look at the forecast. cool overnight with high clouds like you're looking at here. warming trend this week and a dry pattern will continue into next week. when you look at the pacific satellite picture, here's what's happening. high pressure is a strong ridge that is developing this large ridge is going to push the storm track to the north so when we look at the long-range forecast

from monday of next week -- monday of this week, excuse me, all the way to tuesday of next week, we are expecting dry conditions ahead. you do see that rain line starting to come into northern california tuesday, november 11th. we will keep an eye on that. for the time being, the temperature trend for san jose will look like this. 73 degrees tomorrow afternoon. we will continue to go up above normal on wednesday. 79 and then dropping off a few degrees but still staying well above average for this time of year and over the weekend, temperatures come right back up again. overnight tonight, you will feel the chill in the air. tomorrow morning, when you leave home, patchy fog perhaps at the coast around half moon bay, lots of high clouds, temperatures in the low 50s around oakland. low 40s around napa. those are the two ranges there. 53 san francisco. 49 san jose. 44, santa rosa, liver more. you know you will need a jacket or sweater when you head out the door tomorrow morning. good for election day, mild conditions, 73 degrees in san jose. 74 cupertino.

occasional high clouds on the peninsula. 67 in half moon bay. downtown san francisco, 69 degrees. filtered sunshine. in the north bay, you will see high clouds as well. mid 70s, santa rosa, napa. this is where the heavier cloud cover will be concentrated. 71 in the east bay and oakland and san leandro. inland spots, low to mid 70s. 74, livermore. 73, fairfield. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, if you are voting in favor of sunshine and mild weather, you got it tomorrow. we will warm it up for you, low 70s to low 80s on wednesday. little bit of a drop in the temperatures especially along the coast on thursday as low clouds will be back in the picture and we will really warm it right back up, low 70s at the coast, low to mid 80s inland. i know we meade the rain, we need the snow in the mountains, but at this point, it looks like the pattern has changed in favor of drier and warmer conditions. >> sandhya, thank you.

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one half of car talk and one of radio's most popular personalities died today. here's tom magliosi reacting to a caller. >> as we were approaching lightning struck our car. >> maybe you hit it on the door. >> a former producer says co-workers and listeners loved hearing his laugh. he and his brother ray gave advice to listeners who called in with car trouble and though they liked to act like any other mechanic, they were both trained as engineers. they went to m.i.t. he died of complications from alzheimer's disease. he was 77 years old. the red cross in australia is testing new technology to make it easier for nurses to find your vein. there's a new device that uses infrared light. it absorbs the hemoglobin from the blood and the image is

projected on to the skin of the veins. the image is very helpful for people who have to give blood and are often poked several times before an actual vein is found. a pilot program is under way. the red cross does have plans to expand it. parks officials are considering bringing streaming wireless deep inside yellowstone national park. that prospect is reigniting the debate over whether there should be anyplace off-limits to technology. environmentalists say nothing should distract visitors from the park's natural wonders. however, in the digital age a lot of people want to take a picture and post it right away. that means a fiberoptic line is needed to improve connectivity. coming up, how do you win the california lottery without a winning ticket? we have the answer next.

coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, a cap that allows cancer patients to keep their hair faces a key test. we will show you how that technology works. malicious software is

sweeping the country, not to steal your data but to hold it hostage. 7 on your side's michael finney explains what you can do to protect your information. >> all coming up and a lot more in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. a second chance changed a man's life in an instant. >> he learned his losing scratcher's ticket was worth $3.75 million. >> alexander gwynn of san jose used the california lottery's second chance program. people with scratchers who didn't initially win go to this california lottery website to enter two additional drawings. >> he bought the ticket on alvin avenue in san jose. he says he and his wife are going to take a vacation and figure out what to do with all of that money. >> nice problem. "world news tonight with david muir" is next. i'm ama daetz in for cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. for all of us, we appreciate your time. our next news cast is in half an hour. >> we leave you with a beautiful

live look outside at the sunset. welcome to "world news tonight." the record-breaking storm. nearly two feet of snow. blinding winds, more than 100,000 without power. ginger zee right here. abducted. breaking now. the chilling video in one american city. authorities asking for help as a 22-year-old woman is taken right off the street. the nascar showdown. the racing stars and the brawl. what authorities are saying tonight. and walking a tightrope. the stunning moment. what we didn't see. no net, no harness and tonight, what he was fighting on that rope. and less than 24 hours now until your voice, your vote. the one number to watch.keyr