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 office first noticed possible criminal

activity almost a year ago in december. they turned the case over to d.a. investigators to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest. the sheriff's office says today was a rough day. >> we had to enforce the law and if there are any individuals, organizations that forget that that is our job every day, then we are happy to stand by the district attorney's office and again, prosecute those individuals. >> reporter: lopez and delcarlo bailed out today. ismail is expected to make bail soon. vic lee, abc 7 news. now police in san mateo are trying to find a man who approached a teenaged girl and offered her money to leave with him. this morning, police arrested a different man they say harassed teenaged girls two separate times this week outside san mateo high school. investigators spotted gary fong of san francisco driving around the high school this morning. they say he matched the description the girls gave. the latest incident happened last night at nearby san mateo adult school.

an oakland high school student was sexually assaulted by another student monday afternoon. it happened while school was still in session. the girl was attacked in the baseball dugout area. police arrested the male student. the oakland unified school district is offering counseling to the victim and sexual assault prevention training for the school. an explosion at vallejo high school that seriously injured one worker today might be the result of the napa earthquake. it happened inside a classroom at vallejo high school about 8:00 this morning. school officials say a technician turned on the school's heater and was burned in the blast. >> when he actually ignited it, started it, it blew. >> it sure did. gas to the school was shut off for repairs after august's 6.0 earthquake. they turned it back on last night. investigators say it's too early to know for certain if the pipe was damaged by the quake. friday prayers took on a somber tone at an oakland mosque. a member of the congregation died last night, hit and killed

by a car. the 47-year-old father of five was blind. the accident happened as he was walking at 62nd and market street. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us from police headquarters. >> reporter: investigators are still trying to figure out where exactly salem was walking, whether he was in the crosswalk and exactly how fast the driver was going. in the meantime, this man's family and friends know that none of those details will change the outcome. they came by the hundreds to pray together, just 18 hours after their friend and family member was killed, struck down in an instant on a busy street a few miles away. those who knew him describe 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.

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. >> i can't sleep last night. >> reporter: why are you mad? >> because my cousin, i know him 14 years. we pray together. i know him. >> reporter: 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 that's something, a loss for everybody in the community. >> reporter: police are asking anyone who witnessed the accident to contact investigators.

in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. a good samaritan and an off-duty firefighter helped pull a 60-year-old marin county man out of his car before it was completely consumed by flames. the man's car careened off civic center drive, crashed through a fence and burst into a ball of fire. this is from our media partner. the driver apparently had some kind of medical emergency and was rushed to a local hospital for treatment. he was saved by the good samaritans. in concord, sky 7 hd was overhead after a driver was trapped in a car that caught fire there as well. fire officials say the driver's foot apparently got stuck under the brake pedal sending the car into a wall at treat boulevard this morning. rus c rescuers had to extricate the driver. the driver is expected to be okay. late today, federal judges imposed a january 1st deadline for california to start considering parole for non-violent sex strike inmates.

it's part of a previous order to speed up the state's prisoner release process to reduce the prison population and improve inmate conditions. the state is required to forward those inmates' names to the parole board once they have served half their sentence. the department of corrections said it will comply. the refinery in martinez will have to pay more than a quarter million dollars for polluting the air. bay area air quality management district said they had 23 violations in 2011 including excessive nitrogen oxide emissions, tank leak violations, reporting and monitoring violations and what they call an overwhelming flair system that caused odors and prompted numerous complaints from people living nearby. a bay area congresswoman is being shot down by nascar tonight. nascar driver kurt busch accused of domestic abuse by his former girlfriend will take the wheel for this sunday's final race. that's despite a letter written by california congresswoman jackie speier demanding that nascar officials suspend him.

nascar's chairman says he won't intervene until the investigation is over. busch's ex-girlfriend says he slammed her head against a wall back in september. busch, who has not been charged, says that's not true. in your voice, your vote, the counting of ballots continues in santa clara county. there is talk about a possible recount, but if it's true, is it true and what would it entail? the answer is particularly crucial in the race for city council. abc 7 news reporter chris winn spent the afternoon at the registrar's office and has more from san jose. >> reporter: it's our right as americans to open, fair and honest elections. but at issue in santa clara county, concern over whether results from the general election may have been compromised. on the eve of the election, an information technology manager in the registrar's office abruptly resigned. some wonder was protocol regarding his resignation followed and did the incident affect the election in any way.

the registrar says in the interest of transparency she asked the secretary of state to review the county's election results. that will reassure the public there are no issues. >> i am very confident in our vote tabulation system and the results of the elections as they have been reported. >> reporter: as of this afternoon, boucher told us she was still waiting on word from sacramento. late today, the secretary of state's office e-mailed me a letter they sent boucher reminding her of a conversation earlier this week in which they told her the ball is in her court. a race that hangs in the balance, the district seven seat for san jose city council. political newcomer holds a slim lead over esparza. nguyen wants to assure every vote is counted. >> nothing we can even hint or detect of irregularity. >> reporter: esparza is just as

curious about what happens next. >> i'm not sure what the future holds. just trying to keep an open mind and make sure everybody's vote counts. >> reporter: as of this morning, there were 4400 provisional ballots left to be counted. santa clara county hopes to have final numbers by sunday. the election will be certified on december 2nd and any possible recount would happen after that date. chris winn, abc 7 news. travel headaches. coming up next, will passengers be inconvenienced now that asiana is told to stop flying to sfo? a lot of students from oakland never think they can go to berkeley. >> the head of uc berkeley is the talk of oakland high school. why students are paying close attention. and the show goes on. hollywood comes north to help napa recover from the earthquake. we're live at tonight's big event.

expect to pay more if you fly to south korea. that's what travel experts are saying about the effect of a 45 day suspension for all asiana airlines flights in or out of san francisco international airport. the suspension was handed down by the south korean government. it's punishment for last year's deadly crash. asiana is one of only four airlines with daily nonstop flights from sfo to seoul. >> you would have to take airplanes and divert them from other routes to 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. >> asiana airlines is appealing its government suspension and requesting a fine instead so it's still flying its regular routes in and out of sfo. a decision will come in a month. alameda county superior court judge sentenced 17-year-old richard thomas to

seven years in prison for setting 19-year-old sasha fleischmann's skirt on fire last november. it happened while fleischmann, then 18 years old, was sleeping in the back of an ac transit bus near mcarthur boulevard in oakland. thomas pleaded no contest last month to using a cigarette lighter to ignite the teenager's skirt. fleischmann's mother today spoke to her son's assailant in court. >> this is horrible, what you did, but we don't hate you. we don't think that hate -- hate just creates more hate. we want you to come out of prison not being hateful. >> sasha suffered second and third degree burns on both legs. napa takes a big step tonight in its effort to return to some sort of normalcy following that devastating magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rocked the region on august 24th. it's the return of the annual napa film festival. some big stars are on hand for an event that many were afraid napa valley wouldn't be ready to

handle. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman joins us now. wayne? >> reporter: they're looking for norm normalcy but i can't see a red carpet as all that normal unless you are having the film festival. they like to say sundance opens the movie season, napa ends it. this is a draw for some 10,000 people this weekend, most of them like to watch movies. a few of them like to make them. around los angeles, they joke that every person has a movie to pitch. you could almost say the same thing in napa this weekend. >> had a tough time breaking up with someone? what if there was a professional service to help you do so? >> reporter: at least in this room which is filled with writers pitching movies -- >> it's a story about two brothers who travel back in time to current day 2014 to try to stop a nuclear terrorist from destroying los angeles. >> about a desperately lonely married man who is a chronic

insomnia. >> reporter: how about a small city that suffered a major earthquake and is now the centerpiece of a film festival. >> it lets people know that don't live here that we are awake and alive and ready to entertain the masses once again. >> reporter: that's cynthia yallup, general manager of the beautiful uptown theater, restored twice now as these pictures show. the quake decimated the showplace and now it's back just in time for the film festival. >> would you have believed this several months ago? >> no. i'm just happy to be there. absolutely. it's been a very very long nine, ten weeks. >> reporter: linda cordare has lost count and that's a good thing. her art gallery had actual customers today. the film festival cannot hurt, she says. did kevin costner really walk past last night? what would you have said to him? >> hello, kevin, how are you? >> reporter: better yet, hello, napa, nice to see you again with

people on sidewalks eating in restaurants and coming to town to pitch movies. >> hard enough to write a screenplay. a lot hard tore teer to tell th in 90 seconds. >> reporter: a live shot once again of the red carpet here in napa where kevin costner will be walking through here in a short time for a tribute. we will hang out and hopefully have pictures of him and his entourage and the paparazzi at 6:00. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> that's fun. thanks very much. it is common for high school students to visit uc berkeley but today, the university's top official went to see the high school students. nicholas dirks visited several classrooms at oakland high school and took questions from the students. it's part of the university's outreach to promote college readiness at schools with fewer graduates attending college. >> if we can recruit students who didn't think they could come

to cal but to actually come and do brilliantly there from oakland, i think we can make a difference for the whole community. >> the chancellor promoted pell grants, the federal program which pays the tuition of students from families of lower incomes. more than a third of undergraduate students receive pell grants. some are calling this snowvember. >> great to see you on a friday night. we will have more on the rescue in the ice this evening. a frozen nation and horrific friday commute. the images are coming in. then this question tonight. are planes flying in the skies right above all of us capturing data from our cell phones, tracking your location? we will have the latest on that coming up. >> you have to talk with a hollywood icon. >> sarah jessica parker with a big reveal about "sex and the city" and why i met up with her, the american treasure she's fighting to preserve. no one stops traffic here in new

york city like sarah jessica parker. i saw it first-hand. >> "world news tonight with david muir" is coming up after this newscast at 5:30 on abc 7. brace yourself. closures on the bay bridge begin at 8:00 p.m. tonight. the project to replace deteriorating joints in the upper deck of the western span will close four lanes up to 5:00 a.m. crews will work overnight for at least ten weeks monday through saturday. the job could take longer depending on the weather. the grass is greener on stockton street right now. if it looks odd, maybe it is. city workers laid down a lot of sod on stockton street between geary and ellis, just about ground zero for the central subway project which has clogged the roadway with heavy equipment for months. the temporary pedestrian walkway is designed to boost foot traffic and perhaps [ inaudible ] during the holiday shopping season. >> that looks nice. let's talk about the weekend weather forecast. >> we are all wondering if it

will rain again. >> there is going to be at least a chance, dan and cheryl. the rain chance doesn't come until next week. if you have outdoor plans this weekend, a wedding, birthday party, you don't have to worry about rain. out here it's definitely crisp but we have a lot of clouds outside. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. we will talk about when our radar will be tracking some more rain exactly. right now, just watching the clouds tomorrow morning, watch out for the fog. here's a lovely view from the kgo roof camera as we look towards coit tower and telegraph hill. low 60s from san francisco to moffett field, oakland, san jose. 57, half moon bay. everyone got up into the 60s as far as our highs today. emeryville camera, some peeks of clear sky there. 61 in santa rosa. napa, it is currently 63 in fairfield. 62 livermore. here's the view from the south beach camera. it's a getaway friday. no doubt about it. here's a look at the forecast. areas of fog overnight tonight, dry pattern for the weekend. there is a chance of rain next

week. here's computer animation. lots of clouds overhead, areas of fog again tonight. can't forget that thick fog we had in some parts of the bay area this morning and it could be a little on the dense side in spots tomorrow morning. when you get going for your saturday plans, it's going to be on the cool side. mid 40s to about the low 50s. great morning for a walk or a run. take the dog out. it really will be a crisp start but watch out for the fog. now we take you in through tomorrow afternoon. the morning fog will give way to some high clouds as we head towards sunday, dry offshore wind pattern will develop and the downsloping wind will make for a nice milder afternoon with filtered sunshine because those high clouds will continue to come in from the west. more than clouds as we head towards tuesday night into wednesday morning. 5:00 p.m. tushesday, here's the computer animation. as we head into the late hours into wednesday, you will see the chance of some light rain and

really beyond that, it's going back to a dry forecast. tomorrow afternoon, 69 in santa rosa, napa, fairfield, antioch, 66 oakland, 64 san francisco, half moon bay. a nice day down towards the peninsula in palo alto, 67. 67 in the south bay and san jose, morgan hill. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. call it filtered sunshine with milder weather sunday and monday. mid 60s to low 70s. clouds thicken up tuesday night into wednesday. we are looking at that chance of rain and then we go back to mere average temperatures with a mix of sun and clouds thursday and friday. the way i look at it is this accuweather seven-day forecast has something for everyone. those of you who love the fog will have it. little milder weather, that's in there. at least a chance of rain right now. so looks like a good-looking weekend. dan, cheryl? >> sign me up for the mild part of that. thanks, sandhya. we have treats for you. good for your skin and good for your feet. >>

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the u.s. department of energy says it is spending $325 million to build two new super computers. one will be housed at lawrence livermore national laboratory in livermore t two super computers will operate at over 100 petraflots. that's a quadrillion calculations per second, up to seven times faster than the fastest computers in the united states. evidently faster than my smartphone. it will be used for weapons science and nuclear weapons simulations. >> wait, what? >> exactly. professional fishermen headed out to sea hours before the official start of dungeness crab season. crabbers are out on their boats before dawn this morning preparing their traps. first catches are expected back on the docks late tomorrow. fishermen and wholesalers set the price early at $3 a pound. they are reporting a lot of big crabs so far this year. good news, huh? >> yeah. crab season, the weekend is here, we have had some rain, it is all good.

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let it go ♪ >> coming up, how the movie "frozen" has two siblings just singing their hearts out.

coming up new at 6:00, inside information on the death of a baby gorilla. tonight the i-team has documents showing the danger existed for years. and the act of thievery that left believers at a church in disbelief. even police say it's not the sort of theft they are used to dealing with. that's coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> ama, thanks. see you then. a bay area brother and sister's rendition of "let it go" has put them in the running for a tv commercial. >> they beat out thousands of others to become one of the final ten contestants. ♪ i'm one with the wind and sky ♪ ♪ let it go

let it go ♪ you'll never see me cry >> wow. >> so cute. >> they sang the parts for disney's frozen friday video competition. the winner will be in a commercial at the end of the american music awards a week from sunday here on abc 7. >> they have seen the movie many times but really had to work hard to memorize the lyrics of "let it go." >> my mom printed them out for me and i sang them over and over and i memorized them. when i found out that i was one of the finalists i literally had to scream when i got home. >> so adorable. you can vote for them online. >> we have a link at abc7news.com. we should mention, disney, the creator of "frozen" and this contest is the parent company of abc 7. they are fabulous. >> good pipes. they did a great job. thanks for joining us.

i'm cheryl jennings. >> i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time. welcome to "world news tonight." breaking now, the response. spying on americans? is the federal government tracking your location using planes and data captured from cell phones? the justice department explaining why. and the rescues playing out, from michigan to new york, denver to atlanta. and the new freeze warnings as we head into the weekend. and, caught on tape. police officers doing this, and your tax dollars paying for it afterward. millions. and it's your money. and no one stops traffic like sarah jessica parker. the american treasure she's fighting for tonight. and the other big reveal, right here. good evening on this friday night.