st. paul church paying their respects to the 24-year-old darrell blackman. he played at kansas state and tried out for the 49ers in april. >> this is to so many people. he meant something to me. my big baby boy. you know? >> the loss is deep, deep, deep. and you know you'll never get to the other side you'll never be filled. there will be no bridge. it's going to be empty. >> his dad is a navy recruiter. his mom, a berkeley parking control officer and long shoreman. their son worked all three jobs that day at the sports authority and as a defensive line coach and as a bouncer in a nightclub,

they believe he fell asleep coming home at 4:30 in the morning. >> he should not have been taken away. i mean if he fell asleep at the wheel, fine. but that equipment should have stopped that car. >> as i first discovered last week, darrell blackman hit what is called an end terminal on the guardrail. here is how it's supposed to work the force of the car pushes the end terminal down the length of the guardrail, flattening it into a ribbon of steel. that process gradually slows the car. but lawsuits allege it can lock up, causing the guardrail to pierce the car or kick off, allowing the car to continue on. that appears to be what happened to darrell blackman. his chrysler seebring flipped a post and went upside down.

>> after seeing my report last week about the et plus, he's calling for hearings and an audit of the contract to purchase the end terminals >> the fact these are out there, demonstrated not to work as advertised and continue to be out there is unacceptable. >> caltrans installed one same location darrell blackman died. they have no mans at this point to replace the thousands of terminals on california highways. >> if i were a caltrans official sitting here, now, what would you tell us? >> i would ask you why? you don't care about people? about family members? they travel up and down highways >> every motor vehicle operator in the state needs to be made of

aware of this. >> this is far from over z mark has just been elected to congress he tell me this will be issue one when taking office in january. in mill valley, abc news i team. >> a tire has done damage to a home in the area. sky 7 was overhead, firefighters put out the last hot spot an area haggo. we are still trying to confirm reports that a person inside of the home may have suffered burn injuries we'll run that down. >> a vigil is getting underway in a small community near san leandro where a 14-year-old boy was struck and killed. he is being remembered as a happy teenager riding a scooter or a skateboard. abc7 news is live tonight.

laura, a lot of nice things being said about him. >> if you want to know how much this young man was loved look at this behind me. dozens of people gathered here, many are classmates, friends and family. he's a young man that will be missed terribly. >> lidia is the mother of the 14-year-old boy struck and killed by a hit and run driver tuesday night. he was my life. my world. >> ivan was hit in a crosswalk while riding a scooter after 6:00 p.m tuesday by a driver in pursuit to of a driver. >> i'm not angry of anyone, just at the situation.

i mean, i don't know what to feel, to be honest. >> the boy was the first to ride across >> this woman saw it happen in front of her, she did not want us to show her face. >> the kid almost got to the corner, the sidewalk. and then, the driver just ran and hit him. the there were police cars. like three or more police cars. >> ivan was a freshman. >> again, we have things in place to assist those students at this time. >> many of the classmates came to the memorial created where he died to mourn together. >> we are always doing something with that kid

you know? you took someone from us that was really special. you know? >> it's not fair. not fair. >> this young man was loved by the community. a note on the investigation the car they're calling a car of interest was located in fremont. some folks are getting ready, trying to raise money to help the family with funeral services. >> laura, thank you. >> now, we turn to weather. rain is on the way. spencer christian is here as the front approaches.

>> all right. we'll get back to you, spencer in just a moment. you can follow the weather front as it moves in. just down load the weather app free of charge. >> thousands of gallons of water flowed before crews could turn off a broken main in downtown. tore yents of water forced a store to close. most of the water has drained crews are focused on replacing the pipes >> moving on, it's devastating to face, but the family of a san francisco man missing since halloween is convinesed he's dead they know in their hearts, they

say it's true. vic lee is in the newsroom with late developments on this. >> the medical examiner will likely identify the body found in the water tomorrow. they were supposed to receive the dental records today to see if they have a match. regardless the family already believes they know. >> yesterday morning a badly decomposed body was found in the waters. today, the family had to face reality. >> the face and body were indistinguishable the clothes and phone matched dan's personal belongings. at this time, we as a family believe the body is dan's. >> the 26-year-old had been missing since october 31st. halloween night. he was last seen around 4th and brannon street leaving his apartment. his parents and two brothers flew in to town to launch a massive search. they printed thousands of flyers, posting them in

neighborhoods where he lived and frequented. he was nowhere to be found. >> dan did not leave a note he had scheduled a doctor's appointment of morning of the disappearance. he was scheduled to attend a work event the next day. >> his boss said he did go home sick from bad headaches the day before he went missing. >> he was known as a brilliant software developer involved in several start ups in this video he was being interviewed for one he helped found at stanford. friends say he loved life and had a big heart. >> i cannot imagine suft r.such a sparkling personality being gone from my life. >> his parents thank all of those who worked and prayed for his return.

>> well, if as expected they identified a body, there is only one question left. how did he die? accident? murder? suicide? hopefully the medical examiner will have that answer as well. >> all right. thank you. vic. >> spencer is tracking the approaching storm coming up next on abc7 news >> tonight, police in san jose confront about a drone. what is it for? how is it going to be used? >> a lake in the presidio poisoned. why the fish living there are now being eradicated. >> there are more americans mobile banking. how safe is it? >> walking us through the space >> walking us through the space landing today on a and the doctor saw a i weblemish on my cheek.ter, he told me it was skin cancer. i was in shock.

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>> and police have their way there will be one more. a neo 660 like this one. officers want to use it to check out devices or to assess hostage situations. professional drone pilot steve hall launched one over cesar chavez park. to demonstrate how it could be easily maneuvered. of course it can be used to peer through windows, which creates privacy concerns. hall looked into our fifth floor windows the sight and sound sends attention. so we asked people staring at to one if they thought it would be a good tool for police. >> with everything going on, kidnappings and people being crazy? sure. that would be a great use. >> some regulation is going

be necessary. >> some lawmakers think it's time to tap on the breaks >> this time we need to take our time, sort through issues and make a decision. >> california aclu wants public discussion. >> community members know there is time to make sure local communities are ones that decide when and why surveillance systems are going to be used. >> mountain lake now has 47 gallons of poison in it. this to rid the lake of predatory, non-native fish. >> it takes a lot of muscle. close to 150 spotted carp were poisoned with a pesticide that

sufficiento indicates them. presidio trust supervised the project. 47 gallons poured into the lake. >> so only kills gill breathers. >> for three years, the press individual yes trust tried unsuccessfully to remove them by catching the fish. and says they were doing a lot of harm to the lake >> they suction the bottom trying to get organic material out of it. anything, they'll eat anything. it just causes turmoil in the water. >> researchers say that defleets the lake of much-needed oxygen. >> we're going to put in a

native fresh-water mussel, here, from california. california floater, then we're going to add a pond turtle. >> for years, people dumped their pet gold fish and others into the lake. now they'll be studied to see where they came from. uk tell some came from a different area. >> chemicals used to kill a predatory fish in lake davis. this is video from our coverage in 1997. it didn't work. >> they were stubborn. >> yes. >> mike foeb phones are working.

>> mics are working now. >> clouds thickening in the bay area. there is our statement. so bear that in mind. from our roof top camera, cloudy skies, 61 francisco. another live view, it's 59 degrees in santa rosa and fairfield. and looking at traffic flowing across the golden gate bridge, partly cloudy skies.

we expect sunny days for the weekend. here is the satellite system bringing what appears to be now just a liveable amount of late night, spotty showers or light rain. during overnight hours more rainfall. we'll see wide spread areas of light rain or showers and there will be wet pavement. so on we go. to later in the morning. should be just about over. and so looking to tomorrow evening, rainfall totals half an inch in bay area mountains.

perhaps only 5/100ths in lower elevations in the sierra, mid-50s so not very chilly overnight. then, tomorrow, cloudy skies and showers taper off. here is the accu-weather forecast. we expect sunny skies friday, saturday, sunday, monday. these systems looking weak. they appear to give us hope. they approach the coast and start to weaken. >> tonight a skin smoothing treatment that works from the inside out.

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>> we know rocket scientists are start but boy, today, they were and with good reason. there is a celebration continuing on social media, wayne freedman talked about why it's such a big deal. >> if you want to experiment with comet stuff go to a dust free room and see dr. anna butterworth. >> we're concerned we're sitting

on the surface. >> after a journey of ten years and fly byes, european space agency dropped a lander onto the purchase >> the world has been waiting for this. at san francisco moratorium, they commissioned this. >> we're going to be watching this for a year. >> it will begin to light up spewing gas from the jets. >> if i were to jump high enough to get me a half inch on the

ground that would be enough to launch me into space. >> there are indications it maybe bounced but scientists rehopeful. imagine front row seats, cameras on a comet, approaching the sun. waiting for the show. from berkeley, abc7 news. >> now here is the latest video from the big island of hawaii. hot molten lava continues to flow the path has been impossible to predict. it destroyed a home, now threaten ens a garage as well. >> thousands of nurses from kaiser permanente walked off the job, joined by nurses in 16 states who are demanding tougher

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>> there are no known cases but the number from this terrible disease passed 5,000 victims >> two food banks are the ben fish yares a big rig accident in the east bay receiving 25,000 pounds of frozen turkeys after a truck crashed this morning on interstate 680. the turk years supposed to go to a distributor but the truck was rerouted to food banks. health inspectors say the turkeys are safe to eat. >> that is a good reminder as part of our give where you live foundation, you can donate by texting the word feed to the number you see on the screen.

the money will go to local food banks. >> just ahead, unveiling of a new type of drone. >>

a new product launched today. the unveiling of a new drone, the latest in an emerging industry flying high. a year ago we met eric chang. >> it was a kit you had to assemble. you had to use your own camera. and do a lot of soddering but got the job done. >> but that video got him noticed now, he's the director of images for the drone company change unveiled a new drone that shoots videos straight out of the box.

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many of us. >> there is more banking moves towards phones stakes are getting higher the need to be vigilant is greater than ever. >> actress jennifer lawrence joins a group whose nude photos appeared online. what happened didn't surprise gary moleski. >> to extort someone is on they're mobile device. >> we've become more complacent. >> the more banking we do on our devices the less costs for banks. it's no wonder banks are are

encouraging banks to use mobile banking. >> how safe is mobile banking? according to moleski, not safe. >> there is no antivirus that works well >> he says the biggest, he would be giving information to that could heave you vulnerable. >> why are developers sending video and receiving information looking and have a right to read messages? >> even apps that same

he says that is a start but not enough. >> we're finding apps continue to misbehave and collect information are not the ones you want on your phone. >> he warns if your blue tooth is enabled hacker was eavesdrop if they're within a hundred feet. >> if you can get apps without innet access you're going to be safer. >> california bankers association has tips. pass word protect your phone, don't use public wi-fi, don't leave apps running in background. do that and mills say you have nothing to worry about. >> now, both say you should be

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before breaking up to either widely scattered showers or no showers. high temperatures low to mid-60s on the coast. mid and upper 60s around the bay and inland. sunny skies and dry conditions friday through monday. next chance of rain monday. >> to the business of baseball. >> that is right. >> that is right. >> and and what is really going on? the negotiations, is it really down to just red sox and giants? as some have reported? next. in spo

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any teams said to be pursuing him. representatives are sorting out which teams are seriously interested. cy young award winners announced today. madison balmgardener finished fourth. 21 and 3 despite missing the award based on regular-season performance. not post season. could have a surprise in american league. the king, king felix finished second in voting. cory kluber, 18-9. 2.44 era. on to nfl and michael crabtree

used to be collin kaepernick's favorite target. crabtree described himself as the third option and in the final year of his game they went on to pin in overtime. now, coach asked today about crabtree's role. >> i'm happy now with >> no problem with michael. >> are you surprised? consider them drops? he had a few. you know? i have a few overthrows. i've had bad play calls that didn't work. i have no problem with michael

crack tree's hands. >> like cross examination. where where you when the ball was thrown to crabtree? cal plays last of the five road games tomorrow night in l.a. against usc. bears better on the road this season than at home. they blew a 22 lead at half time. this came coming up a win. cal will be bowl eligible. their success away from >> this is something that seize world mentality a little bit when coming into a hostile atmosphere. we played on their home coming. arizona when they had a white out. it's fun to try to prove people

wrong. >> first bowl game coming up in college stadium. foster farms bowl, december 30th, matching teams perfect big 12 and big ten. it switched to hunger bowl then fight hunger bowl. now, foster farms bowl. since lee bron james rejoined every move is scrutinized. of concern it looks like they're smoking a joint right there. a spokesperson saying they were sharpening the end of an imaginary mustache. you be the judge. one more time. there is the pr man working overtime. an imaginary mustache. >> thank you. >> clearly. >> all right.

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a senior from georgetown university from olmsted falls, ohio... a tv-news producer originally from south coffeyville, oklahoma... and a 20-time "jeopardy!" champion from kenilworth, illinois... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek. thank you, johnny gilbert. hello, ladies and gentlemen. as a group, the 15 competitors in this year's tournament of champions have won just over 100 "jeopardy!" matches. and as you've just heard, julia, all by herself, won 20 of those games. does that put extra pressure on jim and joshua? we don't know about that. let's start finding out. good luck, players. e "jeopardy!" round categories today are as follows.

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