good afternoon. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm lauren. let's head up to sky 7 hd showing east bay commuters on the side after flames erupted at the height of the morning commute. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield tells us about the scary moments nearly 30 years ago this stirred up for system. >> reporter: people outside the tunnel could see the smoke billowing out of it this morning. here is the view captured from sky 7. here is what it looked like inside. herb price shot this video with his camera phone of a car fire that chased several people out of the tunnel forcing them to

abandon their vehicle. >> everybody was like get out, get out! >> reporter: you were running? >> yes, everybody was running jumping out the car. it was serious. >> reporter: as a the smoke thickened inside the tunnel, people said it was tough to breathe. >> imagine being stuck inside during a barbecue and the barbecue being inside ten times worse. >> it was pretty bad. you felt like you needed to get out of the tunnel. >> reporter: look what is left. this was a ford taurus. the ford hit this saturn before bursting into flames. the driver saw the fire and had to think fast. >> i panicked and i couldn't get out of the car because the doors were locked. i tried to kick the door out. i had to kick this door out to get out of the car. >> reporter: long-time bay area residents couldn't help but think about the deadly accident that happened in the tunnel in 1982 when seven people were

killed. >> scary. it brought flash backs of the tanker blowing up years ago. i know i was a kid but it had that feel to it, so everybody felt that way. we ran out of the tunnel fast. >> reporter: this started because of a stalled car and then a couple of other cars crashed when they didn't realize there was a backup and one of those cars caught fire. chp says this is a great example of slowing down and always being ready for the unexpected. in oakland amy hollyfield. the highway patrol is investigating what happened when a taxi went airborne in fairfield killing one passenger this morning. >> let's show you this now before we get to the taxi story. following this mess in southbound 680. at least seven cars became intangled just before 6:00 this morning. >> yeah, the chp closed all

lanes but one almost instantly triggering a backup that stretched almost eight miles. >> several ambulances arrived to the scene. with all the traffic problems this morning, you may find it helpful to navigate around jams using ways app. >> you can download it and join on apple's app store. napa county sheriff's department ties say a shooting suspect killed himself after officers cornered him in a wooded area. the suspect took deputyies on a chase after the initial shooting around noon. he then took off running prompting this intense search near the napa sonoma line. people were advised to stay inside their homes and a high school was under lockdown. >> police say two more suspects in last week's deadly shooting of an oakland mother are in

custody. 30-year-old pierce was caught in the cross fire a week ago today. both suspects are 29 years old and charged with accessory to murder. a third person arrested on the same charge this weekend was released. a fourth suspect 19-year-old anthony sims has been charged with murder in pierce's death. a san jose police officer accused of raping a woman and roughing up his ex-girlfriend is changing his plea for a third time. jeffrey graves entered a not guilty plea today. he initially pleaded not guilty but changed to no contest this week after prosecutors requested to add enhancements that could put him in a life sentence. he's accuse of raping a woman after a driving her to a hotel after a domestic dispute she had with her the naacp said the san police officers sent racist

and homophobic texts to each other. they were revealed to convince a judge not to let him out of jail. now coming up at 5:00, vic lee has the naacp's reaction and how one of the accused officers is thinking about stepping down. a father in the mission district injured in a fire died. the 38-year-old died saturday from injuries. last wednesday the family's apartment at 24th street and tree avenue caught fire. two other siblings and the mother were taken to the hospital but they are recovering. firefighters acted quickly to rescue all five from the building. the cause of that fire remains under investigation. all right. now to the infamous real estate heir arrested in a 15-year cold case investigation. >> robert durst was arrested.

>> marcy gonzalez has the story. >> reporter: robert durst in a new orleans courtroom, his attorney insisting he is not guilty in the shooting death of his friend susan berman in 2000. a contrast to durst's confession. which aired for the first time just last night on the finally of the documentary series "the jinx". >> there it is. >> reporter: the six-part series profiled berman's death and the unsolved disappearance of durst's first wife kathy in 1982 and the murder of durst's neighbor in 1981. in interviews for the documentary, he repeatedly insisted he was not a killer. off camera while in a bathroom apparently unaware his microphone was on, the bombshell audio was recorded two.

years later an editor discovered it and handed it to police. >> it was so chilling to hear it. >> reporter: the 71-year-old was taken into custody saturday where he was registered under a fake name and according to the police report, he had a gun. the lapd issued the warrant says the hbo series had nothing to do with his arrest. the fbi believes when he was arrested, he may have been trying to flee to cuba though his attorney denyies that. durst is expected to be brought back to los angeles to stand trial. >> spencer christian is away today. >> yeah, drew is here with the forecast. >> we're talking about a cold front nearing the region. live doppler 7 hd will show you it's a gray day out there and we're tracking moisture through the north bay and on to san francisco at this hour. live doppler 7 hd has the powerful capability of slicing through the atmosphere and

showing you where it rained. look at this. move to the eastern half of san francisco around a the bay. you notice the moisture evaporating at 20,000 feet. not seeing rain there but you move west and the radar fills in a bit more say around san rafael in the north bay and sunset district and marina. that moisture is reaching the ground in the form of sprinkles. we'll take a live look outside from the golden gate bridge cam. lots of clouds and the forecast calls for scattered sprinkles early on white and scattered in nature. a different story tuesday morning. lots of sunshine and a mild afternoon on the way. we'll look at the rest of the forecast when we see you. >> thanks, drew. still ahead, jurors take a field trip. the piece of evidence the judge wanted them to see up close. and can you really say good-bye to your e-mail password? yahoo reveals a way to get access to all those important messages. a dire report says california only has a year of

water left. new at 4:30, how state leaders may tighten the task more. michael finney is taking your questions on twitter and taste facebook, he'll answer them live. you can ask him at facebook.com and on twitter. we'll be back. taking a look at traffic outside, heading towards the bridge right now looks a little slow and go. it will not get ea

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an amtrak train struck a car when it hit a car. witnesses say the driver of the car waited near the tracks and waved other cars by. when the train approached she pulled on the tracks and stopped. the train operator saw the car but was unable to stop in time. no passengers were hurt. a private candle light vigil will be held tonight in san francisco for a dental student found shot to death in her albany apartment. police believe she was killed when she returned to her apartment after attending a service. police are analyzing evidence, just two miles away in richmond they found a 37-year-old driver's license credit cards and bloody clothes in a residence's trash can that resident is not under suspicion. this is the first homicide in under a decade. jurors in the bombing trial got a first-hand look at the bullet riddled bloodstained boat

that joehe hid in. they went to see it and it had at least 108 bullet holes faded bloodstains and aled confession. he sat by quietly as jurors looked over the boat. the 21-year-old is charged in a 30-count indictment and could get the death penalty if convicted. betting on baseball trying again to get back in the good graces of major league baseball. rose has submitted a new request to be reinstated. baseball's all-time career hitter to a lifetime ban near august 1989 after an investigation concluded he bet on the cincinnati reds to win while he managed the team. rose applied for reinstatement in 1997 and met with bud in 2002. the new commissioner replaced him in january. facebook is clarifying it's

rules for nudity and offensive content. the dos and don'ts have not changed the facebook says it's making it easier for users to understand what is allowed. nudity is still mostly blocked or will quickly be removed. facebook says bullying hate speech criminal activity and self-injury are banned. the new guide will be on facebook and sent to user whose complain about what others post. in the meantime yahoo e-mail users have a new optional way to log into their accounts that will no longer require them to remember a traditional password. the tech giant is offering on demand passwords where you can have new passwords every time you need to log on. users interested should go to the settings section then security on their yahoo page to set it up. now to the east bay where an investigation is underway in pittsburgh after an out of control big rig smash into a

restaurant killing the driver. now we're hearing from an eyewitness that saw it unfold this happened this morning at railroad avenue. wayne freedman joins us live now, wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, cheryl. this is an on going all-day event. you can see that going on over my shoulder. this is the big rig that crashed in here this morning that was carrying two trailers filled with gravel. it came barrelling down the road. according to an eyewitness, the driver had problems with the brakes. he had video, in fact after that driver passed him, which is shot by marvin thompkins dodd. he says he could hear the truck driver stepping on the brake. he says he could smell the clutch. he said there was no stochpping this 18 wheeler. he said no brakes no control, no honking, no nothing.

this truck did clip a couple cars on the way in. those people were lucky to walk away. one of the men involved in one of those trucks said i'm a fortunate man he said, this is my birthday, march 16th is my new birthday. he figures the difference for life and death for him was roughly four feet. as we come back live again now. this is going to take awhile. it took them until well past noon to get the body of the driver out. they think they know the identity. they are 80% certain he was burned so badly they have to make sure and notify the next of kin. the trucking companies involved, too. we're hoping for more information on who the company is what the record is and why the brakes may have failed. a lot unfolding in pittsburgh now. that's the latest cheryl. >> wayne, difficult situation for everyone. thank you. let's turn our attention to the weather forecast. glorious weekend but changed a bit today. >> it has.

>> sprinkles up there that never hit the ground. >> there are spots where we got a trace of wind. that trace is what we've been seeing. let's take a look and show you over cast shies on this monday a gray day and we are tracking just a slug of very light moisture. we'll press in a little closer locally into the north bay where we have had reports of trace rainfall around san rafael and north in santa rosa and even sprinkle activity made it's way into san francisco. you do notice where you live this picture sent in by stacy showing you on her windshield, yes, you do see a few sprinkles out there and that's about all we're seeing at this hour with this front moving through. out there right now temperature-wise, 66 in oakland 63 in downtown san francisco and 6 3 in napa. 71 in fremont and 72 in san jose. live look from the tower cam showing you downtown san francisco in the foreground, the

high cloud cover overhead in the forecast does call for those clouds sticking around overnight and those sprinkles possible early on throughout the evening. tomorrowist tomorrow it's a much different day. satellite and radar will show you ahead of a cold front watching clouds stream in from the south. it was gray today and bring us shower activity in the north bay and in san francisco. here is that cold front and fortunately, the blunt of it well north. as it crosses overnight tonight it will clear out the skies. monday evening lots of clouds. perhaps a sprinkle later on by 10:00. watch as the clouds disappear. by tuesday morning, the north bay starting to see clearing skies and everybody will see sunshine for st. patrick's day and mild temperatures will return. so, the week ahead for san jose specifically, take a look at the average high this time of year. 67 degrees by thursday more than ten degrees above that with temperatures nearing 80 degrees

this week. overnight lows, we'll see clouds early on and 47 overnight in napa 55 in san francisco 54 overnight in oakland and 54 in fremont. highs for your tuesday, much different day on the way. lots of sunshine and warming temperatures. up to 71 at oakland, 67 in san francisco, 72 san jose, 74 fairfield and 71 in santa rosa. here is the seven-day forecast. a brighter day for st. patrick's day and continuing to warm up midweek this week and sunshine and mild temperatures. the warmest day is on thursday. inland stops into the 80s. by friday spring arrives at 3:45 in the afternoon and greets us with sunshine on saturday and partly cloudy on sunday and on monday increasing clouds as the next front approaches. >> it all looks good. drew, thank you. >> sure. a lot of news over the weekend on heart health. >> and remarriage is more popular among older adults. >> those stories and more in today's wellness report.

>> reducing the risk of death from heart attack or stroke long after an initial attack. the anti clotting medicine was shown to work without causing an unacceptable level of bleeding. the study team announced that the american college of cardiology annual meeting. a new cholesterol drug may reduce heart attack risk, as well. the drug is known as statins. coach potatoes rejoice super strenuous exercise may be bad for you. there are negative results from exercising every day. now the research published in the journal of the american heart association, found unusual strainous exercise can cause damage. 1 in 5 u.s. adults has been married more than once and one reason is people are living longer giving them more time to dissolve marriages and get new

ones. >> the ballroom action is back. coming up next, we're live in los angeles with your sneak peak at tonight's big premiere of "dancing with the stars". and why one contestant says this season is a walk in the park. a top bay area school leader comes face-to-face with president obama. what lead the superintendent to washington today. taking a look

all right. get ready for the return of the chapin chapin, samba and tango. >> "dancing with the stars" will kick off a at 7:00. >> at the "dancing with the stars" sound stage and there

live, hi. >> reporter: we've been watching people filing in. the show starts in about 30 minutes and i had a chance to sneak in and look at the stage and i saw that demi moore and bruce willis will be setting next to each other in the front row. now of course, they are here to support their daughter who is one of the many contestants hoping to hoist very heavy and gold trophy. >> this is going to be a walk in the park compared to dealing with 30, some amazing some crazy. >> reporter: after giving the final rose he's partnered up with last year's winner, cousin of derrick and julian huff he sings and plays base. he isn't as confident in dance moves. >> i'm good at doing this. >> reporter: other contestants include rumor willis and patty labelle, tv star and best-selling author suzanne summers, gold medal gymnast and

14-year-old willow shields who played in the "hunger games." michael sam, the first openly gay football player to be drafted is making his free agent debut on the dance floor. this steamy ad features mckenny who says she'll use this to burn off hamburgers she ate during the shoot. >> we had a little viewing party after chemo and my mom said gosh, you know, if you could get on that show. >> reporter: sergeant galloway that lost his left leg and arm 2005 says for him this is as challenging as anything he's ever done. >> i like challenges. let's try not only dancing but dancing in front of millions. >> reporter: for fans that can't get enough they will have live streams from the ballroom and rehearsals.

in los angeles abc 7 dan and cheryl back to you. >> thanks very much. you can watch the new season of dancing with the stars tonight at 8:00 right here on a abc 7. youngsters can step aside because this woman was amazing. she celebrated the 100th birthday by sky diving but that wasn't good enough. >> south african harwood braved the cold waters off the coast of africa to meet a great white shark face-to-face. >> she is in a shark cage. her great grandson joined her. she said the experience was one of the most unique in her life. >> her sky dive over the weekend was to raise money for life jackets for the national sea rescue institute. way to go. look at her. 100 years old. incredible. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. coming up next park problems, weekend rebelers leaving behind huge piles of trash in a park. the trouble facing some

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dead after crashing into a restaurant in pittsburgh. the crash set off an explosion that destroyed a mexican food restaurant. it's impacting adjacent businesses and a industrial map on railroad avenue. the truck may have had mechanical problems. >> a man hunt for a shooting suspected ended after a sheriff's deputies say the man killed himself. the man was shot at dahl vineyards. he lead a pursuit and ran and prompted a brief lockdown in napa. the state water board is set to vote tomorrow on new restrictions to reduce water use. this comes just days after a nasa report that found our state has just one year of water left. david louie is live with details on these new proposal rules.

david, it's getting awfully dire. >> reporter: it really is. in urban areas, it's estimated we use 70% of the water to keep lawns green or water shrubs. californians have to up the conversation watering outdoors only twice a week. many water districts and even the governor asked for a 20% voluntary cut back in water use. as we go into a fourth year of drought, the reduction is under 9% statewide. so to boost conversation, the agency is going to ask local water districts without existing landscape irrigation guidelines to adopt a twice a week limit. >> two times a week doesn't seem enough since i have a lot so i don't know you know especially in the summer when it's really hot, my plants would die. >> reporter: she says the restrictions would hurt her efforts to feed her family. for homeowners and businesses with lawns nick says it's

entirely possible to keep a lawn healthy on reduced water. he explains how. >> turn on their sprinklers and let the water water the lawn until the point where it starts to run off and then turn it off for about 30 minutes to an hour to allow that water to sink down further into the soil and then turn it on again then they will get a lot deeper watering. they won't have to water it as frequently. >> reporter: another proposal would ban landscape watering within 48 hours of any measurable rainfall. california never imposed these restrictions before on a state-wide basis. not clear is how compliance will be enforced. a tougher burden on some communities. in sill von valley the average savings is 13%. >> this will get the message to people that you should only be watering two days a week at the most so we really think it will

help us get closer to our water savings goal. >> reporter: and as the drought continues, water customers will be facing possible rate hikes and more stringent measures. david louie, abc 7 news. president obama met with two top bay area school officials today as part of an effort to improve struggling incity schools. the super intent dent richard spoke with the president today at the white house about a the progress at the city schools and the new common core curriculum. >> the challenge that we face is that this is a monumental task and it requires resources. >> president obama believes adequate federal funding is key to improving troubled schools. hodge, a member of the school board was part of the meeting today which included school officials from all over the country. vice president joe biden says the federal budget has $41 million set aside to clear a

backlog of rape kits used to collect and preserve forensic evidence connected to a crime. there are 400,000 untested kids in the u.s. right now. the vice president toured a facility in maryland today where he said testing these kids needs to be a priority to bring closure to victims and justice. the i-team has investigated a rape kit backlog and found thousands of untested kids sitting on police shelves here in the bay area. in southern california police are trying to track down thieves who stole $200,000 in merchandise from a high-end optical store. the thieves broke through the front door of the store early saturday. they smashed display cases and grabbed the optical wear and designer glasses. the seven thieves ransacked the store and left a complete mess behind. we are following new developments into the hillary clinton e-mail controversy this afternoon. karen traverse is in washington now with more on plans by house

speaker john boehner to launch an investigation into clinton's e-mail while she was secretary of state. the continue versery over hillary clinton's e-mail activity is just not dying down. top house republicans tell abc news they expect speaker john boehner to announce a new investigation into clinton's e-mail practices when she was secretary of state including her admitted destruction of 30,000 e-mails that she says were purely personal. >> e-mails about planning chelsea's wedding or my mother's funeral arrangements, condolence notes to friends, as well as yoga routines. >> reporter: under state department rules, if an employee used a private e-mail account for official business the e-mail was to be turned over and entered into government computers but clinton didn't turnover any e-mails until 22 months after she left office. >> right now there is no way to know whether we have the state department communications that rightfully belong to the

american people. >> reporter: the white house said the state department acknowledged. >> they didn't have the system in place to automatically save the e-mails. >> reporter: and the state department is updating the systems to make that happen. but a key question as hilary readyies for a presidential run, does this matter to voters? in the polls since the controversy began, 17% say they are following the story closely and still has one of the highest approval ratings among all likely candidates. 50%. this new investigation means it's likely hillary clinton will be asked to testify twice before congress. once about her e-mails and a second time about the benghazi attack. karen traverse, abc news washington. vladimir putin appeared for the first time in ten days. putin met with the president, he looked healthy and relaxed quieting the rumor of absence.

putin's time-out fueled speculation about his grip on power. the russian president made light of the situation saying quote, it would be boring without gossip. a story popular on facebook a california man from central california tried to disguise himself in the hope of trying to get away from police. police say jose espinosa spray painted his face black, there he is, to camouflage himself. he isescaped the officers once but he was caught with this in look. he was charged with stolen property and theft of a vehicle. celebrities boycotting a top designer. so much snow the city eagerly waits for strong. michael finney ask fin knee is just ahead. so i'm still taking questions on twitter and facebook. you can contact me at

facebook.com/michael finney abc 7 and on twitter at m fin neefinney. i'm drew tuma a. gray skies and sprinkles. we'll track them and preview brighter days ahead and the accuweather forecast. let's go outside again. you're taking a look at 80 and berkeley always sticky this time of day and that's the case here in both directions.

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the world health organization says at least 24 people are dead, 3300 displaced by cyclone pam on the nation of vanuatu. it damaged 90% of the buildings in the capital. emergency response workers and supplies are on their way. vanuatu is 1900 miles east. the winter of 2015 is now the snowiest on record in boston. >> we could use that here right? close to three inches of snow yesterday brought the fall to 108.6 inches. that's a full inch over the prior record. >> spring is just a few days away but people feel there is plenty of time for snow. in march of 1993, 30 inches of snow fell. >> it's been known to snow in

april. couldn't we split the difference and make it a little less rain and snow? >> we need it. spencer christian, drew tuma in for him. >> live doppler 7 hd will show we're tracking light sprinkles across the region. we're pressing closer into the north bay and trace amounts of sprinkles and even a little bit of light rain moving into downtown san francisco and reports of sprinkles in oakland at this hour. very light in nature and very scattered. live look from the lake tahoe camera will show we wish we could talk about snow with temperatures in the 60s not likely. look at the snow pack now. minimal. 13% and last year at 29%. highs for tuesday around california 69 to 77, up to 76 sacramento and more in the way of cloud cover. 91 very warm degrees in palm springs and l.a. topping out at

81. close at tomorrow tomorrow, quite a different day. lots of sunshine, warmer temperatures on the way, up to 67 in san francisco. 71 in oakland and 72 degrees for san jose and st. patrick's day. >> still ahead the run from a top-designing duo leading the a boycott. >> and a flight for $15? why this frugal flight is one step closer to reality. >> i'm 7 on your side michael finney. ever get annoyed by an advertising bag filled with gravel from your

this afternoon a number of sellcelebrityies boycotting dolche and gabana and in vitro. >> fighting words between the dominating duo of fashion.

elton john taking on after comments to italian magazine in a story headlined viva the traditional family. dulche says you were born and have a father and mother or at least, that's how it should be. saying what i call children of chemistry, synthetic babies, do not convince me. john who has two young kids born with the help of a sure row get saying how dare you refer to my beautiful children as synthetic and shame of you for waving your pathetic fingers at ivf. i shall never wear dolche and gabana ever again. other celebrities weighing in ricky martin saying your voices are too powerful to spread so much hate. they haven't been shy about

raising their children. >> i'm probably the happyiest guy in the world right now. they brought more joy to me in the small amount of time i've had them. >> gabana not backing down saying he was surprised by sir elton john's response. i did not expect it from a person who i believed i under line i believed to be intelligent like elton john. he's ignorant in which he ignores there are different opinions. dulche saying i'm aware there are other types of families and they are as legitimate as the one i've known. gabana saying its never our intention to judge other people's choices. we do believe in freedom and love. time now for ask finney. michael finney here to answer questions. first up e-mail, here is a great question. is it illegal for people to throw a small baggie with rocks in it on the driveway of your

home? >> don't you hate these things? does anybody buy anything that comes on a plastic bag with three or four? you've seen the plastic bags, they can drive by and chunk them out a car window. city by city, there aren't national or state rules. every city decides. it is considered a handbill. newspapers do not fall under this provision. so when you get the extra newspaper, a lot of times, they are allowed to do that. if you post a notice on your house under most locations it's got to be at least eight inches square and say no handbills, they aren't allowed to do that but i don't know how they would see that driving by. >> it's really annoying. a very generous person said where can i donate prom dresses? >> the princess project. find them at princess project.org. they are all a over california

and down in san diego and give dresses to low income girls, so they can go to the prom and look fabulous. i can't think of anything better to do because most girls if they are within means they don't have a little sister to pass it down to, it's perfect. >> it's prom season. by the way, a lot of dress stores will take it. ask where your buy your prom dress if they will take it back a lot of times they do and donate it. >> denise l. asked when i called the edd disability hot line it gives the message f number of allowable persons in queue is ex exceeded. please try again later before hanging up on me. >> this has been going on and on and on. this is a huge problem. i'm constantly hearing about this. the best thing to do is start first thing in the morning, skip monday and everybody has been ticked off all weekend long and all calling up first thing on monday morning. when you talk to the edd, they say it doesn't matter what day you call that's not what we're

seeing. we're seeing it appears if you start at 8:30 in the morning on tuesday or wednesday, you have your best chance of getting through. put it on speed dial. it's not going to be one call. we had a producer here in our office, she had to hit it about 100 times. >> oh, come on, really. >> just be ready for it. >> michael, thank you so much. the ireland's budget airline ryan air is planning to launch flights to the united states and they could cost just $15. >> reports from the british newspaper "the guardian" will have destinations in europe and the united states. >> you can't taxi from the runway to the airport. london, berlin. >> the flights could come into operation in four or five years. it is no talks over buying suitable aircraft for these long haul flights. >> coming up next a field of

filth. a park gets trashed over the weekend. the new action the park service is taking. and then new at 5:00, righting a wrong. how this fan made history in california. >> why the highest grossing restaurant in the state plans to open a cafe on

some weekend visitors to san francisco are facing citations tonight. >> after the national park service says they and others left behind piesles and piles of trash. >> what a mess. >> reporter: yeah, what a mess. i've been talking to quite a few residents who tell me that unfortunately, they are seeing these large unruly crowds more and more often. they hope people come out and enjoy the beautiful green spaces. they just want those people to clean up after themselves. this is a photo provided of the crowd saturday.

neighbors tell us it was a sea of people and traffic. >> saturday was one of the worst i've seen. >> crowds are one thing. this was another. this is one giant frat party. >> these are pictures of the cleanups sunday morning nearly 100 garbage bags were filled. >> what we found were tables brand-new coolers brand-new barbecues, half eaten food. >> alexandria with the national park service has dubbed these large coulds trash mobs. other popular green spaces in the city have been straining under the weight of crowds and trash. the city spends $400,000 a year to clean up garbage left there each weekend. the national park service plans for special events but no permits were issued this weekend, so rangers were overwhelmed. >> there were hundreds of people here. we did have law enforcement here throughout the day. they were giving citations for safety. there were two assaults. >> reporter: we found a few

online posts advertising beer pong games and cheap liquor sales to raise funds for charity. the organizer is a contestant for mr. marina. he did not want to be interviewed about his fund raiser. instead, the woman that puts it together talked with us. >> i think that what happened and the mess that was left at fort mason on saturday is really unfortunate and it's really too bad to see that anyone in san francisco would leave a mess like that. >> reporter: beeshe's reached out to the national parks service to turn this weekend into a teaching moment. at fort mason park, abc 7 news. >> thank you very much for being here. we appreciate your time. abc 7 news at 5:00 beginning right now. >> i wouldn't be surprised if evidence was there. >> reaction to racist texts between veteran san francisco

police officers. could their messages overturn dozens of convictions? plus. >> everybody was running. >> pretty scared. >> good reason, fire in the tunnel, a car burst into flames inside the tunnel. why cale tran says it's deja vu. >> a fiery explosion after an out of control big rig slams into a strip mall. i'm sandy patel. live doppler 7 hd tracking sprinkles. i'll let you know how long coming up. it should not be tolerated that any officer would be found texting kinds of evil, kinds of put down of people whom they should be protecting. >> blunt words tonight from civil rights advocates after racist home phobic messages by san francisco's police officers. good evening. i'm dan ashley.

>> i'm cheryl channing. the police chief is furious and says this investigation is the top priority and some officers may be fired. vic lee joins us with the story vic? >> reporter: well, the fallout from this was to be expected today. there were lots of responses, mayor ed lee says he wants the four officers fired if the allegations are true and the district attorney said he will look at every case that these four officers were involved in for the past ten years. >> we have said all along that ferguson, the attitudes, that prevail in ferguson are not isolated. >> reporter: the text messages are graphic and offensive. example, do you celebrate kwaun sa at your school? yeah, we burn the cross on the field. federal prosecutors released dozens of racist and homophobic tests when they became public

for former officer ian fermenger. they were exchanged between him and four current officers all are veteran cops. lawyer tony brass represents two of the officers. he says they are remorseful and at least one is thinking about quitting the force. >> this is not a real who done it type of case so that they are not optimistic about their future in the department. >> reporter: at least one officer is involve in a high-profile case. swab was caught on tape showing him arresting a skateboarder, an investigation was launched after the tape soapedhowed swab threatening the man. >> if these officers are found to have made