get your taste of the season, at raley's, bel air, and nob hill. good afternoon. i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. five times a day, friends say he walked from his home in berkeley to a nearby mosque just over the border in oakland. after a day of fasting, that's what salem, who is legally blind, was doing last night when he was hit and killed by a car. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live at oakland police headquarters with the story. laura? >> reporter: well, it's still unclear from the information we have received from police whether salam was inside a crosswalk like this one behind me or just close to it but one thing is clear. he will be dearly missed by those who gathered today at the oakland islamic center.

those who knew him described a devout family man who lost his sight but never abandoned his faith. >> he was a humble man and he was blind and he always go worshipping god in the mosque every day, about five times a day, and he minds his business and he has a big family to support. >> reporter: the 47-year-old was killed as he was leaving the oakland mosque he visited every few hours. it happened just after 6:00 p.m. thursday night as the father of five was walking across market street at 62nd. in white clothing carrying his white cane. police describe him as being in an unmarked crosswalk. the driver of the suv that hit him did stop and police say she is cooperating. this morning, his many friends and immediate family gathered at the oakland islamic center for a prayer service and to prepare his body for burial. >> i worked with him a long time ago when he had his vision, and

he was loved by everyone in the community. >> reporter: police are asking anyone who witnessed the accident to contact investigators. laura anthony, abc 7 news. a deputy and two correctional officers in san mateo county are under arrest accused of smuggling illegal contraband into jail for gang members. juan lopez or juan pablo lopez, george ismail and michael delcarlo were taken into custody yesterday. ismail was in court today. the other two are expected to be in court in december. the district attorney says they sneaked cell phones into maguire correctional facility in redwood city and maguire then sneaked the drug oxycontin into the jail. the items were given to a known gang member who would distribute them to other inmates. >> any time you have a breach of security such as bringing in contraband, that taints everything. it's a dangerous situation. >> lopez has been with the san mateo county sheriff's office

for 26 years. ismail has worked for the county for 15 years. delcarlo for 19 years. a former chp officer pleaded not guilty today to charges of stealing nude photos from at least two women's phones. prosecutors say sean harrington secretly searched the phones during separate dui arrests in august, then stole and forwarded those photos. an earlier court appearance, his attorney called the incident a game and said he apologized for it. 16 months after asiana flight 214 struck a seawall and crashed while trying to land at sfo, the south korean government just announced it is now imposing a penalty on that airline. it will not be able to fly into san francisco for 45 days. abc 7 news reporter lillian kim joins us live at sfo with the story. >> reporter: the airline sells 170,000 tickets a year for its flights between seoul and san francisco so a 45-day suspension would have a major impact.

passengers checking in at the counter at sfo seemed to really like the korea-based carrier. they say the airline goes out of its way on the phone, online and in the air. >> it's one of the best we have ever flown as far as service and being able to take care of us. >> reporter: but they are now facing a 45-day suspension which means during that month and a half, it would be banned from flying into and out of sfo. the south korean government imposed a suspension as punishment for its crash landing at sfo july of last year. three people died and 180 passengers were injured. >> this has significant consequences. >> reporter: henry harteville is a travel industry analyst and says asiana is one of four airlines with daily nonstop flights from the u.s. to seoul. while other airlines can pick up the slack they can only take so much. >> they would have to divert other planes on the route between san francisco and seoul or put larger planes on if they have them.

but you won't have the same degree of fair competition. >> reporter: which means possibly higher prices. despite that prospect, some passengers say a 45-day suspension seems fair. >> why not? 45 days i think is [ inaudible ]. >> it seems like there really was neglect going on so there's got to be something to prevent that. >> reporter: asiana is appealing, suggesting a fine may be more appropriate. a decision is expected within a month. lillian kim, abc 7 news. a powerful natural gas explosion rocked vallejo high school's computer lab this morning. sky 7 hd was overhead as students evacuated the building. we are also learning the explosion may be related to the napa area earthquake almost three months ago. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has the story. >> reporter: the explosion happened in a classroom at vallejo high school around 8:00 this morning but students were nowhere near it. a technician who was turning on the school's heater was hurt in the blast.

>> he's seriously injured. hands burnt, things like that. >> reporter: another employee was taken to the hospital, traumatized but physically okay. students weren't near the blast but they heard it and quickly notified their parents, who rushed to the school. >> she said there was a big explosion, a bang bang, come get me and i'm like here waiting. they won't let no one in. just waiting. >> reporter: parents were soon reassured that all students were okay. they were nowhere near the explosion. >> i was scared, you know, and my son, he was running to find out what happened so he could let me know. >> reporter: officials say the gas has been turned off since the august 6.0 earthquake so they could make repairs. the workers turned the gas on last night without any problems so this morning, they turned on the school's heaters. >> when he actually ignited it, started it, it blew. >> reporter: they did not cancel

classes. the fire department says it is safe to be here. but some parents decided they had been through enough for one day. >> i'm picking up my two. we are going to go home. >> reporter: students were evacuated to the football field because there wasn't any electricity. it has been turned back on. the fire department says it's safe to be here so classes did resume. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. san mateo police arrested this man today for hanging around san mateo high school and bothering students there. investigators spotted gary fong driving around the school this morning. sky 7 hd was overhead soon after the arrest. he matches the description given by two girls who say a man tried to get them to get into his car this week. police are still looking for a man who approached a 19-year-old woman outside san mateo adult school last night and offered her money to leave with him. an alameda county superior court judge has sentenced 17-year-old richard thomas to seven years in prison for

setting a 19-year-old's skirt on fire last november. it happened while fleischmann, who was 18 at the time, was sleeping in the back of an ac transit bus in oakland. thomas pleaded no contest last month to using a cigarette lighter to ignite the teen's skirt. fleischmann's father says he hopes he can become a force for good. >> richard will be able to be the person who can come to the aid of somebody who needs help and i don't know, that's in his hands now. >> sasha, who doesn't identify as male or female, suffered second and third degree burns on both legs. san francisco police say there are more blessings scammers now active and targeting the chinese community. they just released this re-enactment video which is in

cantonese and shows how the scam works. it shows people posing as con artists, talking a woman into putting jewelry and money into a bag so they can bless it. instead they swap it with another bag and steal the woman's valuables. police did make one arrest last month but now say more con artists are working the streets and working this scam specifically. >> time to check on the weather as we head into the weekend. spencer christian's here with the accuweather update. >> okay, the sky behind me is a great illustration of what is meant by partly cloudy. we have a few wisps of above us and lots of blue in between the two. take a look at the golden gate bridge right now. you can see we have the same sky conditions, you can see just a few wisps of clouds way up high, some lower clouds beginning to push out over the golden gate right now, and lots of blue in between. traffic moving freely. current temperature reading 61

degrees in san francisco. 63 in oakland. right across moffett field, 65. san jose, 63. a cooler 59 at half moon bay. looking out over the bay from the rooftop camera, we see the same sky conditions. 65, napa. noti novato, 63. here's the first forecast as we look from the east bay hills camera. patchy fog developing this evening, sun and low clouds in the early morning hours and partly cloudy tomorrow afternoon. 62 on the coast up to about 70 inland. weekend looking pretty good. more of the forecast a little later. >> thank you, spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, there is outrage at cal over the university's long term plan for a plot of land that is now the site of a community garden. plus -- >> the most important thing to be alive. >> the window washers who dangled from the 60th floor of the world trade center talk about their scary ordeal and if

they will be heading back to the job. and later -- >> it would be amazing. it would be wait a second, i'm going to get on a bed today. >> quarantine lifted. new at 4:30, a stanford doctor talking face-to-face with abc 7 news about treating ebola patients and the battle ahead. 7 on your side's michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and facebook. he will answer them here live a little bit later. at 4:11 on friday, there is no getting away if you are stuck on interstate 80 in berkeley. eastbound traffic is on the right side. westbound coming back to san francisco on 580 on the left side. nobody is going anywhere quickly.

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a proposal to develop a coveted plot of land owned by uc berkeley jiis generating opposition. students and activists held a rally outside the chancellor's office. they oppose a plan to build a senior housing complex and grocery store on six acres in albany. two years ago, occupied protesters took over the plot to preserve it for agricultural use. since then, more than an acre of the land has been converted to a community garden. >> really, the last historic farmland in the entire east bay and we believe that that land belongs to the community and as a land grant public university, uc berkeley is obligated to listen and represent the students in the community and their wishes. >> the activists met with the uc

chancellor to discuss an alternative plan for the tract. the project has already been approved by the albany city council. business news now. virgin america made a successful take-off in its public trading debut today. shares on nasdaq soared 32% over the ipo prices. it opened right around $23 a share, closing at more than $30 a share. the airline is based in burlingame. analysts say the timing of the ipo could hardly be better. airline stocks have soared as the carriers reap huge profits because of full planes, rising revenue and falling fuel prices. after years of losing money, virgin america is now profitable. twitter stock rebounded today one day after the shares nosedived when standard and poor's gave the company a junk level credit rating. today, twitter stock made up a portion of those losses, closing up more than 4%. it's been a rough ride as of late for the san francisco based company since reporting a $175 million loss in the last

quarter. s & p says it lowered twitter's credit rating yesterday over concerns of the company's ability to repay its debts. the two world trade center window washers left dangling from the world's highest building spoke did about their drama. abc news reporter carol costello has more. >> reporter: they were dangling alongside the country's tallest building. now safely on the ground, the window washers are thanking first responders. >> i say thank you, everybody. >> i'm just happy to be alive. >> reporter: as people at the 9/11 memorial watched from the ground, the men hung from a broken cable at one world trade center's 68th floor, clinging to their nearly vertical scaffolding. >> in the beginning it was panic. >> reporter: but panic turned to calm, the men say, when they saw new york's bravest were on the job. >> it was just a matter of time.

>> reporter: a rescue team inside the building used diamond blade saws to cut through multiple panes. firefighters performing a rescue on what for them especially is hallowed ground. >> we are in the shadows of those guys. the best way we can honor them is to do our job right. >> reporter: and they did. one put it like this. >> god bless america. >> reporter: grateful for the work of these brave men and women, the window washers admit they are rethinking their next job assignment. >> there are other options than window cleaners. there's a lot of ground floor jobs we might want to take for the moment. >> reporter: washing the windows of new york city skyscrapers has long been considered one of the world's most dangerous jobs. but with modern technology, safety gear and training, it's actually now safer than riding in a cab. abc news, new york. >> something on the first floor would be nice. right now our friends and family and most of the united

states dealing with a late fall deep freeze. from idaho down to the deep south, look at these pictures. lots of snow, temperatures well below normal. snow and high winds swept across ohio causing whiteout conditions. the cold is breaking records in denver, colorado, for a third straight day. and a cat that was left out in the cold had to be rescued. many areas are colder today than alaska and this is expected to continue for another seven to ten days. so people that are traveling for thanksgiving holidays could be in for it. >> you cringe just looking at that. >> especially when we are in the mid 60s. >> just a few clouds in the sky. spencer christian is here with the accuweather forecast. >> you know, people always say this is why we live here. this is certainly one of the reasons we live here. let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. we have mild and quiet weather conditions right now. a few high clouds, some high scattered low cumulus, lots of blue sky showing as evidenced by this view from the rooftop

camera looking back at a little bit of skyline of the financial district of san francisco. these are the forecast features. areas of fog developing overnight, dry pattern continues through the weekend and there's a chance of rain again about midweek next week. here's the forecast animation starting at 7:00 this evening. we will see areas of fog developing again tonight. fairly widely scattered but be prominent. overnight lows will range from upper 40s to low 50s generally, although we will see some cooler mid 40s in the north bay valleys. as we resume the animation starting 5:00 tomorrow morning, we will see some morning fog and high clouds and then as we move into sunday, we will see an offshore wind pattern developing indicating fairly mild conditions, and then by sunday afternoon, just high clouds with filtered sunshine and a pleasant day coming our way. now we will skip ahead to 5:00 tuesday afternoon. as the rain approaches, the chance of rain. overnight tuesday into wednesday morning and into wednesday afternoon, looks like a chance of some light rain pushing

through the bay area. of course, it's a little early to tell just how much rain we will get out of this. at the moment the system looks like a fairly weak one. tomorrow, we will see mix of sun and clouds in the afternoon with high temperatures generally in the low to mid 60s at the coast, mid to upper 60s around the bay and in the inland areas, might see one or two spots topping out at 70 degrees. right now we are calling for 69 at santa rosa, napa, fairfield and antioch. those will probably be the highest temperature readings. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. partly cloudy to mainly sunny conditions will continue for the next three days through monday. then on tuesday, clouds thicken just a bit. still mild conditions, though, with inland highs in the low 70s monday and tuesday. but we will get thicker clouds and a chance of rain on wednesday. notice wind, thursday and friday of next week, just a little bit of a cool-down but no significant shift in temperatures one way or the other. just a few degrees higher for a couple days, then a few degrees lower. this is what you call a steady

pattern. >> thank you, spencer. up next, she just wouldn't let go. this kitten's survival story. new after 4:30, a 3-year-old girl spots santa claus in a restaurant and what she did when she saw him is getting her a lot of attention today.

that is a 3-year-old french bulldog/pug mix, likes to pant rapidly with his tongue, making the sound of a diesel engine. >> what's the deal with the towel over his head? what is that for? >> i don't know. i think maybe he's panting and out of breath, i don't know. >> he's doing that, like he does this for fun. a motor boat thing. no, he does. >> okay. >> okay. disney fans soon vying for

one tiny kitten found at a denver animal shelter. >> a good samaritan found the tiny orange tabby nearly frozen to death outside in the bitter cold. they say she was gasping for air and unresponsive when brought no the shelter. >> it was like below ten degrees outside so the vets put mittens on her paws and used a hair dryer and special blanket to warm her up. the shelter named her elsa after the character in the disney movie "frozen." elsa is doing much better. doesn't she look good now? she's up and ready to go. disney the parent company of abc 7. professional fishermen are heading out to sea hours before the official start of dungeness crab season. they were out on their boats before dawn preparing for the traps they are going to lay out. first catches are expected back on the docks late tomorrow. fishermen and wholesalers have set the price at $3 a pound. >> this is the best crab on the coast, i think. i don't know, it always seems like it's the tastiest and i

don't know, it's early crab, it's just the start of the whole holiday season. i love this time of year. >> recreational crab season started november 1st. sportfishermen reporting a lot of big crabs so far this year. that's what we want to hear. just ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a stanford doctor talks about battling ebola in africa and what he's faced since returning to the states. also, today's house vote on a controversial keystone pipeline. it is politics, pure and simple. later -- >> played football, i wrestled, baseball, basketball. >> the teenager who gave a burglar more than he bargained for when he broke into his south bay home.

today is freedom day for a stanford doctor under quarantine for 21 days upon returning from west africa to treat ebola patients. >> on his agenda today was an interview with abc 7 news reporter david louie. david joins us live at stanford. >> reporter: you know, we have been covering the story ever since he went the liberia and came back. he spent about a month over there with the nonprofit organization international medical corps. he he had to go through a 21-day quarantine when he returned and that of course ended today. he sat down with us for his very

first interview about what he saw and how it has impacted him. hi, doctor. nice to meet you. >> reporter: he returned to work at stanford ending a 21-day period of separation from his wife and dog. we talked to him by skype early in his quarantine, and he had one wish for today. one of the first things you were looking forward to was hugging and kissing your wife. did that happen? >> yeah. it's been a pleasure to have my wife and dog home and try to reestablish a sense of normal there. >> reporter: the doctor spent time advising health officials. he's glad to see stanford has created this simulation lab to prepare staff to wear protective suits. thinking back to his month in liberia, he said those suits did create a barrier with the patients he was treating. >> there's rubber and plastic. i think a lot gets conveyed through the eyes. i think that's natural. that's still open. >> reporter: while some of his patients died, others recovered. >> you would see an evolution

where they would say i have ebola and potentially some would give up hope and you would also see them turn the corner and it would be amazing. they would be wait a second, i'm going to get on a bed today. >> reporter: he remembers how an arriving patient refused to go inside, convinced he was there to die. >> he sat in that ambulance for a couple hours but in that time someone was cured and they got out and he was like oh, wait a second, maybe i do want to be there. >> reporter: as he gets back into routine, does he expect to be shunned because of his exposure to ebola? >> it would be a little sad if that's the case, but it may be understandable. it just requires some patience and an opportunity for education. >> reporter: would he want to go back to west africa to treat ebola patients? that's not an easy question for him to answer because of the time commitment involved and the quarantine period that follows. david louie, abc 7 news. a surgeon who contracted the ebola virus in sierra leone will be flown to the u.s. tomorrow for treatment. he will be treated at nebraska medical center in omaha which

has already successfully treated two american ebola patients. world bank says a global emergency fund is proposing to contain the next ebola outbreak would also provide an incentive for drug companies to develop vaccines and treatments to fight future pandemics. world bank's president first floated the concept last month, saying many finance ministers and central bank governors have expressed interest in the plan. he is in australia for the weekend at the g-20 summit of leaders of wealthy and developing countries. the obama administration poised to launch a new immigration program as early as next month. that program would grant refugee status to minors from guatemala, honduras and el salvador if their parents legally reside in the u.s. it comes as president obama today repeated his vow to use his executive powers to alter the immigration system if congress doesn't enact reforms soon. >> i indicated to speaker boehner several months ago that if in fact congress failed to

act, i would use all the lawful authority that i possess to try to make the system work better. and that's going to happen. that's going to happen before the end of the year. >> sources say it could happen as early as next week. republicans are vowing to fight any unilateral action by the president. they are concerned about how to stop such action without triggering an entire government shutdown. could a battle involving construction of the keystone pipeline finally be over? today, the house passed the measure setting up a big showdown in the senate. abc news reporter karen travers has more from washington, d.c. >> reporter: today the house passed the controversial keystone pipeline for the ninth time. the nearly 1200 mile pipeline would run from canada to the gulf of mexico. supporters say it will boost u.s. energy independence and create thousands of jobs. but environmental activists say it could cause devastating damage in the states it runs through. today in burma, president obama

strongly pushed back against republicans who say the pipeline will be a huge boost for the economy. >> it is providing the ability of canada to pump their oil, send it through our land down to the gulf where it will be sold everywhere else. it doesn't have an impact on u.s. gas prices. >> reporter: but a representative for the oil industry says that's not true. >> a fair amount of the oil that will be put into the keystone pipeline is coming from u.s. production in montana and north dakota. >> reporter: the pipeline has been six years in the making. but the timing of this week's vote is politics, pure and simple. the house bill was sponsored by louisiana republican bill cassidy. the senate bill by louisiana democrat mary landrieu. the two are now squaring off in a runoff election in december for landrieu's seat. to boost the polls, some of the fellow democrats in the senate dropped their opposition to the bill. >> president obama said today the ongoing review of the

pipeline should continue but he didn't say if he would veto the bill if it hits his desk. karen travers, abc news, capitol hill. no decision yet from the grand jury considering possible criminal charges in the shooting death of a ferguson, missouri teenager. the panel must decide whether to file charges against darren wilson, the officer who shot and killed 18-year-old michael brown back in august. concern is high there could be violence if the grand jury decides not to charge wilson. today, some churches announced plans to offer shelter, food and sanctuary to protesters and anybody else affected by political unrest there. schools will also get advance notice before a decision is announced. many businesses have already boarded up their windows. there were reports of booming gun sales in that area. in france, it turns out a tiger on the loose is not a tiger after all. whatever the animal is, the french government now says paw prints that were found are not from a tiger. they do agree it's a feline of some sort. the big cat was spotted near

disneyland paris and was seen this morning as well. it is still on the loose. 200 police and military officers continue to look for it. >> kind of looks like a tiger. coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, a toddler's joy after receiving a singing birthday card. and she's on the nice list. the heartwarming story behind this special meal. i'm mooekally finney. today's 7 on your side q & a is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. you can contact me right now. i will answer your questions here live a little later. i'm spencer christian. here's a beautiful view of the western sky in the setting sun from the emeryville camera. notice the high and low clouds. i will give you a look at the weekend forecast coming up. right now at 4:35, a look at the afternoon commute on the skyway in downtown san francisco. oncoming traffic trying to make its way to the lower deck of the bay bridge and ultimately the

east bay. very slow going. not a whole lot better on the right-hand side for folks bound for 101 south.

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that was a close one. got to open the card again. >> i thought there was a tantrum coming there. >> this 1-year-old is proof that sometimes the card is the best birthday gift you will ever receive. she loves the tune from the card she received from her grandmother. put it up. >> no, please, let it play. what should a 3-year-old do if she spots a guy who kind of looks like santa claus and is dining alone at a restaurant? >> clearly she should go sit with him. that's what gracy lynn wilson's parents allowed her to do in evansville, indiana the other day. her folks snapped this photo of the two having a chat. >> he was eating. >> she pulled up the chair and they just started having a conversation like they knew each other for years. when he asked her what she wanted for christmas, all she said was her baby brother james which is due in like three weeks. >> i think she understands about, you know, having friends

and she was quite a special young lady. >> she's adorable. >> the whole story is adorable. santa says he has some nice presents planned for her if she remains a good girl. >> i think she will. >> of course she will. >> she just wants her little baby brother. how cute is that? >> good story. >> let's check on the weather for the weekend with spencer christian. >> he's like our santa. >> the gift that keeps on giving. i will be giving you decent weather this weekend. here's live doppler 7 hd right now. we have partly cloudy skies. the clouds will be increasing in some spots during the overnight hours. let's take a look at the big chill that's covering so much of the continental u.s. it's currently minus one in great falls. seven degrees in rapid city. 15 at fargo. 17 in minneapolis. even dallas down to 38 degrees. pretty chilly right now. tomorrow's highs will reach only 15 in great falls, montana, 21 at denver, 20 at fargo.

there will be snow from minneapolis to st. louis down into the ozarks of northern arkansas. the only warm spots will be miami with a high of 80 and phoenix with a high of 78. across the state of california, a mixed bag of weather tomorrow. some showers up around eureka, snow in the northeastern corner of the state into northwestern nevada. a high of only 49 at tahoe. monterey, 64. los angeles, 69. palm springs, 78. here in the bay area, we will see a mix of sun and clouds tomorrow. no rain expected. no precipitation of any form, as a matter of fact. highs ranging from mid 60s to upper 60s inland. that's our weekend weather. >> thank you, spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a inspired by a famous painting. a prowler gets more than he bargained for when he broke into one home. the surprise waiting for him inside. i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. fast track and property tax

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van gogh's most famous paintings, the starry night. this one kilometer path is in the netherlands not far from where van gogh lived. the artist used thousands of solar powered l.e.d. lights imbedded in the concrete. here's a look at the bike path and the painting. you can see them side by side. really neat. you can see they share the same swirling pattern, the lights imitate the painting style. nice. a home invasion in the south bay in the middle of the night while a family is sleeping ends with a teenaged son becoming a hero. >> abc 7 news reporter matt keller with the story. >> reporter: the 18-year-old is a techie working in applied materials. it's not his brain but his brawn that would be any prowler's worst nightmare. >> i play football, wrestlers baseball, basketball, ju-jitsu. >> reporter: the 6'2" 250 pound athlete woke up early this morning to screams inside the townhome near the great mall he shares with his two sisters, mom

and her fiance. a man somehow got up to the second story balcony and entered the sliding glass door to his mom's bedroom. >> i seen the shadow pop up. >> reporter: mom and her fiance jumped at the man, pushing him away and telling him to get out. the man told her it was a mistake and took off down the stairs and out the door. that's when dion's instincts kicked in. >> playing football, you just try to get the ball. as soon as i heard my mom screaming, my parents are in trouble, first thing comes to mind, get them out of trouble. i seen the guy and just started chasing him. >> reporter: a police sergeant just so happened to be across the street on a traffic stop when he heard the commotion. >> when he looked over, he saw a male subject chasing another male subject saying that someone had just broken into their home. >> i was so close to tackling the guy but the officer said get down or i'm going to shoot. so i kind of backed off. >> reporter: the man was arrested. the family is safe and a mom, proud of her son. >> he's kind of like my hero. but i would have felt sorry if

my son caught him but the cops caught him before my son did. >> reporter: police say the man was arrested for residential burglary. dion says an officer called him and told him the man could face an additional drug charge. matt keller, abc 7 news. >> the police just released the picture of that suspect in the last hour. police say he was booked into the santa clara county jail for residential burglary and other charges. you may never have heard of it but tomorrow is america recycles day. today, pg & e got into the severi spirit by reminding customers of their refrigerator recycling program. you can earn an additional $75 rebate if you replace it with a new energy efficient model. how do you know if your fridge needs to be replaced? >> one example is the section on your refrigerator door. if it's easy to open or you put a piece of paper in the door and it can pull right out, chances are you need to get that

replaced. >> the utility says a new energy efficient refrigerator can lower electric bills by nearly $100 a year. it is also important to note 95% of the materials in old refrigerators are recyclable. this program helps keep old ones out of the landfills. 7 on your side's michael finney is here answering questions sent to him by facebook, twitter and e-mail. the first comes from patricia, who e-mailed how do i find out if the several districts to which i pay parcel taxes permit exemptions for seniors? >> i worry that seniors don't know they have these exemptions. what she's talking about are water districts, school districts, fire districts, library, parks. so much to look at. the best starting point is your county assessor. call the office, ask how many of these you are actually paying and then ask if they know if they have an exemption. you can take their word for it although i would not suggest that. i think you should make an entire list and call each one and find out from each one, there is an exemption for a senior. that way you make sure you don't

overpay. >> shawna asks i don't have a credit card, can i still get a fast track. >> that's a great question. you can. they make it kind of hard on you, though. if you are going to use cash, you have to go to just one office on first street in san francisco, and you pay up front. they can give you the little beeper thing and you are good to go until you run out of money. so you have to show up in person. in person. >> so every time you would have to keep replenishing, keep going in with more cash. >> right. >> okay. >> it does take more time. susanna e-mails can i specify in my will that i don't want a casket or church service? is this the right place to make my wishes? >> absolutely. attorneys will tell you make your wishes right there. you can tell your friends and family and they will act like they're hearing you. sure, i got it, no problem. when you put it in your last will and testament, people actually pay attention to that and almost always follow through as long as you're not taking money out of their pocket. i hope you will check out my

special report tonight at 11:00 on this odd looking flotation device for babies. they start taking the nation by storm. that's tonight at abc 7 news at 11:00. you will hear from the bay area woman behind the craze and whether or not it's safe for your child. >> i wonder about that. our kids have floaties on the arms. but around the neck, that's shaky to me. no? >> often people look at it and are very concerned. that's one of the reasons -- >> that's tonight at 11:00? all right. >> thank you, michael. well, up next, bat-kid is back. how miles is doing nearly one year after his big wish brought thousands together in san francisco. i'm cheryl jennings in the abc 7 newsroom. coming up at 5:00 -- >> lot of students from oakland never really think they could go to berkeley. >> the head of uc berkeley is the talk of oakland high school. why some students are paying close attention. and how the movie "frozen"

has bay area students singing their hearts out.

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here is tonight's prime time lineup on abc 7. we have last man standing at 8:00 followed by cristela, shark tank, then 20/20 at 10:00. then join dan and me for abc 7 news at 11:00. >> if you remember this time last year, san francisco was preparing to become gotham city so miles scott, a leukemia survivor from a small town near the oregon border, could become bat-kid and save the scity. >> it was huge. make-a-wish greater bay area made his wish happen. we now have a clearer picture of all the good that came from that one wish being granted. pint-sized and packed with courage, miles scott took gotham city by storm last year when he saved the city from evil-doers. the then 5-year-old had spent

much of his life battling leukemia but on this day, he instead fought off villains like the penguin and rescued a damsel in distress. the carefully orchestrated event brought approximately 20,000 people out to the streets of san francisco on friday, november 15th, 2013. millions watched online and shared the event on social media. our city truly felt like the center of a very positive, uplifting universe. now, a year later, the men who played the penguin and batman remember what a remarkable phenomenon it was. >> it's truly insane. >> good job. >> only you would pull this off. >> this weekend, you will get to see miles again to mark the anniversary. >> we are getting together just a small event with the family and all the major players, people who helped out on the day. >> mike is a computer graphics engineer at industrial light and magic. but on bat-kid day he was the penguin. you might have guessed that by his purple shirt.

e.j., eric johnston, is an inventor and acrobat. he played batman and thinks of this weekend as an expression of gratitude. >> it was everybody doing everything they could include a news anchor. >> begin this morning's broadcast with breaking news from san francisco's hall of justice. >> the san francisco opera, the police department, all of these local groups of just kind of people in the community coming out and saying what can i do? >> miles is now 6. check him out, all ready for school as a first grader. that's his little brother clayton by his side. thankfully, miles is still in remission. >> seeing miles take things from the event and grow over the year is all that any of us were in it for. >> what came out of the bat-kid wish was so much more than anyone could have hoped for. >> it was such an opportunity to allow people to see the magic that make-a-wish does all the time. >> because of the bat-kid wish

and the fact that it went viral, make-a-wish greater bay area has seen a 45% increase in pending wishes. there has also been a significant increase in donations in the past year. and the chapter is on track to grant more wishes than ever before in a single year, 390. that means more children like miles will get to see their wishes come true. >> if you would like to help make-a-wish grant more wishes for children, go to abc7news.com for a link to the organization's ways to shex. of all the things that have happened, that's the one thing he still gets asked about because it was such a positive day. >> more than the giants parade. >> yeah, more than that. >> this year's celebration for miles will be more tame. lower key. >> they will keep it private. just a little something for the people who are key players involved. thank you for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil.

abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with dan and cheryl. a sheriff's deputy in court accused of smuggling stuff to inmates. >> allowing something like that to occur can be extraordinarily dangerous. >> two guards are also under arrest. what prosecutors say they were trying to sneak in. a driver kills a blind father of five. why friends and family say it didn't have to happen. plus -- >> i'm still waiting for some information. >> ten days and still counting votes in san jose. now mass confusion over where there will be a recount. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. milder weather and a rain chance in the forecast. i will let you know what you can see for the upcoming weekend, coming up. a major embarrassment for the san mateo county sheriff's department. three officers arrested accused of smuggling contraband to a gang member behind bars.

tonight, those officers are on paid administrative leave. thanks for joining us. i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. three members of the san mateo county sheriff's department are charged with smuggling contraband into the county jail. one of them is a deputy who ran for his boss' job. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at the hall of justice where one of these three officers was arraigned. vic? >> reporter: well, the three as you said, a sheriff's deputy and two correctional officers were all assigned permanently to the jail here now. they are all veterans of the department, their years of service range from 15 years to almost 30 years. they were able to keep a lid on this case, the investigators, for almost a year. then last night, they went in and made the arrests. sheriff's deputy juan lopez unsfubu unsuccessf unsuccessfully ran for sheriff of san mateo county this year. lopez and correctional officers george ismail, seen here in court today, and michael

delcarlo are charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice with gang enhancements. the district attorney. >> these three participated in the bringing into and allowing to be in the san mateo county jail two cell phones that were provided to a jail inmate for the purposes of communication on the outside. >> reporter: ismail is also charged with smuggling in the drug oxycontin. prosecutors say the phones and the drugs were given to an inmate, a validated gang member who in turn paid the three for the goods. cell phones are illegal in california jails. >> that allows these gang members that we are trying to lock up to protect the community to continue their nefarious activity on the street. >> reporter: the three were arrested at their homes yesterday. lopez was booked into alameda county jail. delcarlo was being held at santa clara county's detention facility. ismail was detained at the santa clara county jail. the sheriff's offi