live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. petition drive by angry taxpayers and county employees leads to a change of heart. contra costa county supervisors are rescinding a big salary increase. >> thanks for joining us. the supervisors veto take ambassador the pay hike they gave themselves comes after a huge public uproar. amy hollyfield is at the county administration building in martinez. has the vote happened yet? >> they passed a motion, kristen to rescind the salary increase and will have a second reading of it next week.

this morning there was plenty of defensiveness and scolding and laughter at one of the supervisors. they voted to give themselves a 33 percent raise which trigger add wave of anger. the supervisors say they have not had a raise since 2007 and they conduct add salary survey before coming up with the figure. the people were so upset they started a petition campaign collecting about 40,000 signatures and convinced the board to come back to the drawing table and rescinded the increase today. they got scolded in public comment but supervisors say they do need a raise. >> today's reconsideration of that ill conceived ordinance is a good step forward, it never should have come to this. if you recall over the three meetings which the ordinance was discussed public opposition was machine and passionate. >> it sounds high but part of

the situation is the supervisors did not take care of this earlier and we need to deal with the reality that everyone needs fair pay. >> the supervisors want a surprise they do not want to vote on this any more and tie it to the superior court judge's salary set bit legislature. they want their salaries to be 70 percent of what the judges are paid. they will consider next steps at the next meeting how much of a raise to give themselves and what amount of time. this was defensiveness. one supervisor said not to call this a raise but a salary "adjustment." some in the crowd laughed so a tense situation that the board needs to resolve and hoping not to deal with that again. >> california attorney general cam that paris the first -- attorney general kamala harris will going to try and replace

senator boxer. she posted on her website that she vowed to and i quote able fighter for the next egyptian on the critical issues facing our country." california has been incredibly well served bit transformation am leadership of senator boxer and the continued service of senator feign stein. i hope to build on their legacies. she attracted national attention when she secured every funding for california homeowners. >> if agriculture is blamed if a deadly accident that killed five farm workers. the van was hit by a pickup truck traveling in the on or about -- the other direction. visibility was slow and drivers need to slow down to avoid

crashes. >> the union for san jose firefighters is concerned about the safety of rescuers after a booby trap was found at homeless encampment. over the weekend, crews responded to a first and a firefighters stepped into the football by trap and it was filled sharp sticks. he was not injured. it could have caused a serious injury. the union is asking for it to be more aware headed to calls because there is a new trap never seen before. >> we have new detail on the controversy over closing the tourist attraction coit tower in san francisco. looking at a picture beautiful skies today and the shutdown is because a commercial was shot using a drone. it was supposed to be closed yesterday and today but something changes. nick? good morning, new information. i confirmed with the production company that coit tower will not be closed this afternoon because they expect to wrap up everything they need to do here

and two the executive director where the film mission said this is the safest shoots he has seen because of the extraordinary measures taken for the first time a commercial use has been used for the unmanned air program -- aerial session. the use of the drone in the san francisco am me scare -- alamo square. >> not just the tower but the whole square. >> to protect it he said yesterday visitors to the tower were turned away weapon the film company shot their high end commercial and prevented views like this from being enjoyed by those looking to experience this historic landmark firsthand. >> thank you is the first time in the history of coit tower the entire area around coit tower has been shut off for private

use. >> they got permits for a drone. >> the executive director at the friend film commission said under the supervision of the f.a.a., measures were taken by the production again that were above and beyond what was necessary. >> this is only about 4' in diameter and 30 sounds so, really, although we are taking all of these extra cautious safety precautions the reality is this will not hurt everyone. >> the team is sizable as is the revenue generated for the city. >> they paid parks over $11,000 for their permit. >> thank you is not all. $1,000 was paid to the san francisco film commission more than $60,000 to san francisco police department and other armies including inspectors. in all the city will collect more than $200,000 for the first ever commercial shoot using a drone. an unmanned aerial system,

rather doing what it does best. >> beautiful shots that represent san francisco at its best. >> more than 20 local jobs were created from the production shoot and they hope to have it wrapped up later today. happening today the san francisco giants will unveil a plan to put a beer garden and shopping venue in the paing lot at at&t park. it is the latest example of pop-up retail where business puts shops or other properties on an unused piece of property for a short period of time. this venue will feature anchor steam beer garden and coffee shop and deck with eventually a park and department stores and apartments. the plan will be rented today. >> a bay area doctor is facing child pornography charges this morning. dr. michael russell was arrested at his hole -- at his home on

january 7 after 600 images and video were found of child pornography on his computer. russell specializes in internal medicine. the receptionist said he abruptly retired last week and investigator say they tracked his excessive downloading activity to his home address where he lives with his wife. his next door neighbors saw the arrest. >> i woke up in the morning and it was a lot of cop on the street and that is not normal. it is quiet. a nation area. >> the district attorney says there is no evidence that the 74-year-old daughter committed crimes again the parents or minors. russell posted $150,000 bail and will be in supreme court march 2nd facing a maximum of five careers in prison. >> french man with linked to one of the "charlie hebdo" attackers appeared in court this morning in bulgaria. authorities arrested the 29-year-old man on january 1 as he tried to cross into turkey.

one warrant credited his links to a terrorist organization and for kidnapping his three-year-old son and smuggling him out of the country. french president hollande paid tribute to three police officers killed last week in the deadly attacks. he said they died so we could live free. back in the states, new york city police officers have a temporary memorial to pay respects to the victims. >> a new way to help find missing children simply by logging on to facebook. our plus investigators zero in on a likely cause of a fatal fire in washington dc, subway stations and what caused the train to fill with smoke. >> the fog was late to lift and a look at the bay from the exploritorium camera and meteorologist mike nicco is coming up

>> investigators are inside a washington, dc, subway tunnel trying to decide why it spilled with smoke. one decided and 83 went to the hospital after the train was stuck in the tunnel. a commuter shot this video of the met tremendous tunnel and dozens were trapped in the cars until they could be evacuated. it is thought that electrical

arcing caused the accident. president obama is announcing new preparals aimed at suring up united states against against cyber attacks including increasing the prosecution cyber criminals and toughening penalties. the companies russia share information about fiber threats say it would be shielded from accountability county cyber hacking is a growing concern after the sony pictures attack which still has to be approved by congress. >> facebook will do their part to fine missing children. a feature will send amber alerts to you based on your location. we show you how it works. a new initiative by facebook aimed at saving lives partnering with the national center for missing and splitting children will send amber alerts to users in the area where a child is missing. >> when people receive the alerts we want them to know this is very rare and they are this a

position to be able to help. >> starting today as soon as an amber alert is issued, there will be a post on local users post with a picture and information on where the child was last seen and what he or she was wearing. john walsh whose six-year-old son adam was abduct asked murdered in 1981 benefits this new notification system will make a big difference. that child's face which you do not see on highway sign or the radio, that puts important information right on someone's cell phone or lap toll immediately. >> the impact of that is something that 11-year-old girls loved one knows. the girl's father abducted her and brought her to this motel in march and the owner happened to see an amber alert posted on facebook and immediately called the police. >> i knew it was them because i rent add room to them the night before. you don't think you will be part of anything like that or that it

will come and happen to you that you the one to see the face. asince the amber alerted starts in 1996, 700 children have been found and with the new ability to reach many more, that number is expected to climb. meteorologist mike nicco is ahead with the forecast. good morning, from the to which the news broadcast center where you can see behind me rapidly clearing fog leading to a lot of sunshine and not a "spare the air" day and i will tell you how many more of those we have and an update on the chance of rain that may or may not be coming this weekend. an incredible rescue at sea and we will show you what happens after a cruiseship

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lifeboat and save the passenger the no word on how he ended up in the water in the first place. disney is the parent company of abc7 news. did you notice the fog hanging around never? >> it was there and it was low. what is going on, mike? >> the pattern was interesting where the fog developed in the santa clara valley and the light breeze moved it up the east bay shoreline and it hit a nice light eastern breeze and came across the bay bridge and took over the golden gate bridge and took over the mouth of the east facing valleys and quickly dissipated in the last half hour or so. it did cause flight arrival delays into sfo and those are over. our thickest fog was at the oakland airport where it was a half mime. you can see how rapidly it changes as the visibility is up to ten and everyone look good until you get into the central valley. that will start lifting at the noon hour and it is the central valley that will look at for our fog tonight. we will have a nice light

eastern breeze that will bring fog and the normal areas or the normal way we did it during the winter which is in the east bay valleys and that will spread through the delta and bay into the rest of the neighborhoods tonight. look nor a repeat tomorrow and the south bay you may not be so foggy as this morning. look at the lens they are light and variable and showing us that high pressure is right on top of us and you can see the eastern wind keeping the clouds well offshore and blowing away from the shore right new. san jose and 101 and 880, that was a nice picture but this is 87 and showing, also how clean the air is to the south and walnut creek, you are cloud tree but tomorrow morning expect more fog. here is a look from the exploritorium and a wisp of fog under the bay bridge the case for the next hour as temperatures climb from the 52 at oakland and get more like the 62 in livermore and the 63 in half moon bay. you can see the princess ship is

floating on our bay area fog this morning and we will have mild highs with sunshine this afternoon and fog will return the next couple of nights but mostly sunny and our worse fears, the models are continuing to make the weekend dry. low-to-mid 60's today with the warmest weather over the coast at 64 at half moon bay and you can see the clouds creeping to the coast with light eastern breeze and it will keep them away with the fog developing in the central valley. that moves in, in the morning rush. mid-to-upper 30's inland and low-to-mid 40's around the bay and to 48 in san francisco. dominant area of high pressure has to be, because look at the three swirling masses to our west and this high pressure is going to push to the north so on friday we have rain across the north, saturday rain up in oregon and sunday rain up in oregon and monday, it is over. that was our best chance of rain the next seven days. temperatures are low-to-mid 60's through sunday. upper 50's to low 60's on monday. it looks like it will be a sunny day. be prepared. become to you.

>> thanks california officials reported the first death of flu season last weekend. someone from southern california. california flu season has yet to peak. we are a few weeks behind the east coast so the next few weeks will bring more infection. we spoke with abc7 news chief medical editor and he suggests getting the flu shot if you have not and if you catch the flu? >> why think you should race off to see the doctor. the last thing i want as a doctor for every patient of behind who has the flu to come in because they will spread it to everyone in the waiting room. if you think you have the flu give a call, some doctors will prescribe antiviral medicine over the phone. >> the doctor says if you have had the flu you are not immune in catching it again in the same season because there are different types. if everyone stays home for school or work when they are sick it would help curb the spread of the virus. >> super lazy dog owners.

you will meet the dog who takes himself to the dog park. >> at 3:00 p.m. how to stick to your new

>> a coming up at 4:00, star wars director george lucas shows why he is not behind the camera of the latest sequel. you can feel like you are on an island when the cell phone runs out of juice and we show you which battery packs can descend the life. >> united is considering outsourcing 2,000 airport jobs including at san jose international airport and the "wall street journal" reports they are looking to outsource the jobs to vendors who perform the duties at a lower cost. 28 airports are be looked at in all and the jobs employ workers handling check in baggage

handling and customer service positions represented by the international association of machinists union. >> a santa rosa man and his climbing partner our together on el captain. kevin jorgeson and climbing partner tommy caldwell have a thousand more feet to go to reach the top of el capitan's wall. jorgeson was behind while struggling to scale the most difficult parts. they could reach the top some time tomorrow. if they make it, they will be the first ever to complete the free climb without anything but safety ropes. dogs ride buses altogether the time. usually with their owners but this dog commutes alone. this is eclipse the dog jumps on the bus by herself to take trips to a dog park and the owner says the transit ride

started when he took too long finishing his cigarettes and thing do has been taking the trip alone of since. >> she make as lot of human friends along the way. >> just headache a person. she is a person. all the bus drivers know her. >> do you think she pays? >> the owner says he also meets her at the park. eventually. does the dog have to pay for the bus ride? >> good question. that does it for us. from all of us, thank for joining us.

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