good afternoon, everybody. >> we begin with a developing news in new york city, where an explosion sparked a massive seven alarm fire this afternoon. gutting four buildings, two of them collapsed. >> lana zach is at the jean with the latest just getting underway. >> the thick smoke is still hanging here. a lot of people are using masks to breathe 37 we are about a half a block away from the sight of the 7 alarm fire. making all of our eyes water. the fire has been contained, but the search for at least one person continues. >> the explosion and fire rock new york's east village.

the thick clouds of smoke could be seen for miles. the blast gutted a ground floor restaurant and collapsed ceiling. >> the face of the building blew off from the restaurant. >> allowing the flamts to jump to an adjacent building and five floors were quickly engulfed. >> just heard a boom, i came out and i saw the fire escape had come off the building and the whole bottom of the building came off to the sidewalk. >> n.j. burkett was right there when one building came down. >> now the building has collapsed, which is exactly what they expected that's why they backed everyone out of here. >> thun the second of the 100-year-old structures began to crumble under the force of the fire hose's water. >> there's a portion of the facade that is now coming down. >> at least 12 persons were reported injured, seven critically. people on the street were wearing masks to breathe, while search dogs on scene looked for survivors. city officials evacuated the area as the fire went to 7 alarms.

>> the force of the impact was so intense one neighbor said to me, it felt like a mack truck had driven right into her house. and they tonight don't know where they're going to be staying. live in new york's east village abc 7 news. >> scary scene for sure. german investigators are trying to figure out why a pilot deliberately flew his plane packed with people into the side of a mountain killing everyone. >> a facebook page included a photo of him. the page has now been deleted. marcy gonzalez has new information about what happened on that flight. >> in those chilling final moments before german wings flight 9525 slammed into the french alps, investigators say the cockpit voice reporter picked up the screams of passengers and the frantic thuds of the pilot pounding on the cockpit door. locked out intentionally investigators say by the co

pilot. who stayed silent as he hit the button to bring the plane into a nearly 10 minute long deadly descent. >> which can be analyzed as a -- willingness to destroy the aircraft. >> the cockpit voice recorder started out normally. he stepped out of the cockpit presumably to use the restroom. when he tried to return investigators say the 28-year-old co pilot did not respond and kept the door locked. he's heard breathing normally until the moment of impact. >> they're listening to the breathing and considering the pattern they're hearing is consistent with somebody who is conscious conscious, alert and doing something that they intend to do. >> a horrifying realization for the families of the 149 other people who were on board. the remains are still being recovered today.

among them three americans, 37-year-old robert oliver as well as yvonne and emily selky a mother and daughter from virginia. investigators are still trying to physician out the co pilot's moat everyone, saying he passed a psychological exam and had no links to terrorism. marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. >> back in the bay area, an 11-year-old boy is in an east bay hospital after a classmate stabbed him in the back with a knife during gym class. it happened this morning at a locker room at martinez junior high school. the helicopter took that boy away, he is expected to be okay. police arrested a 13-year-old student on charges of assault with a deadly weapon. investigators say the attack was unprovoked. the school released a statement saying all other students are safe. the man who ambushed and killed the san jose police officer tuesday night did not shoot himself afterwards. >> a fellow police officer who returned fire after officer chris johnson went down killed the gunman identified as scott

dunham. vick lee live in san jose with the latest. vic? >> it turns out as you said that other officers standing close to him shot and killed scott dunham. here's the mayor. >> the officers who were there on the scene behaved very courageously, amid the shooting, and the actions of at least one officer may have saved several more lives. >> the mayor deferred to the police department to release details but our sources tell abc 7 news the officer who shot scott dunham is a veteran of the department and he stood his ground during the exchange of gunfire shooting scott dunham in the eye. this morning another 911 call in east san jose resulting in the arrest of one person. police responded to a report of domestic violence and possible burglary in progress. >> the victim of the rp who called said that her ex-boyfriend, the father of her

children had broken into her house last night. >> a confrontation ensued. the woman told the dispatcher her ex-boyfriend had beaten her. what afollowed was a heavy police response. a bear cat and more than a dozen patrol cars plus the s.w.a.t. team. on everyone's minds the fatal shooting of michael johnson tuesday night. >> it's going to be in the back of our minds, so we want to make sure that we do things you know thoroughly and come to a peaceful resolution. >> one of the supervisors had worked with officer johnson who was very much in his thoughts. >> in the back of your head -- we all have families and wives, kids. you're always thinking about that. >> the mayor has asked for more money to buy breast plates helmets and plates for patrol cars tragically, ironic city council passed his budget request the day officer johnson was shot to death. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> the death of officer johnson has affected so many people more

than 36,000 people are showing their support by sharing the badge from our abc 7 news facebook page. >> we'll continue to bring you updates online as well as abc 7 news bay area. >> a 7 eleven is cleaning up after a scary accident this morning. a man smashed into the convenience store just before 9:00 this morning. the man was alone in the car, injured and taken to a local hospital. the store is trashed, no word what caused the man to drive into the store or whether anyone inside was injured. >> let's get our first look at the forecast, the temperatures are going up up up. >> here's a live look from our san jose camera. some cities could break records today. spencer christian is here. >> we have two records already. live doppler 7 hd sunny skies and warm conditions across the bay area.

it's 7 degrees warmer right now at sfo than it was at this time yesterday. 11 degrees warmer than at this hour yesterday. and san jose, let's take a look at high temperatures so far including our records. san jose has reached 85 degrees. that's a new record high for this date in san jose. gilroy has tied his record high for the date. as you can see we have low to mid-80s in many inland locations. looking toward mt. diablo there's our first forecast mainly clear early this evening, we'll see areas of fog developing over the coast. it will be cooler along the coast and around the bay tomorrow with highs getting only up to the low 80s inland and even cooler than that near the bay and coast. we have more record warm th. i'll have the accuweather 7-day forecast later. >> now to the latest on the vallejo woman police say

kidnapped with the help of her boyfriend. >> they say police have the whole thing wrong and their client is a victim. laura anthony is following this latest twist. this is a story that gets stranger and stranger every day. >> that's right, larry. abc news has confirmed that denise is now back in vallejo inside police headquarters here, being interviewed or at least talking with investigators, this comes one day after she was discovered safe in southern california. in the meantime, her boyfriend's attorneys are speaking out about police statements. they say make him look like a liar. >> we have not seen evidence yet that this was some type of hoax. >> the attorneys for denise's boyfriend came out on the attack accusing vallejo police and the fbi of mismanaging the case that they maintain was husband kins kidnap from quinn's home early monday. >> he was not only bound up he was drugged.

and one of the things that he did voluntarily was give a blood test so the police could confirm that the kidnappers drugged him. >> our client is suffering tremendously. he's very worried about denise huskins. >> police stated they had zero evidence that huskins was kidnapped. and went so far as to say they believed the whole story was fabricated. >> the fact that we've wasted all of these resources for really nothing is upsetting. >> the revelations come after an exhaustive search for huskins who turned up unharmed yesterday at her father's home in hunting ton beach. this morning abc 7 news spoke with jeff cane by phone. >> you go on the internet, people want their heads they think that they've wasted all these public resources and the truth is just the opposite. >> they could face state or

federal charges. in vallejo laura anthony, abc 7 news. still ahead here on abc 7 news at 4:00 facebook ceo mark zuckerberg is looking toward the sky. the major announcement from the companies f-8 conference today in san francisco. new at 4:30 tech protest with the twist. this time it's a powerful bay area executive who's taking a stand. >> have you done your taxes yet? do you have questions? seven on your side has you covered. 415-954-7621. taking a live look at our sky way traffic in san francisco, that pretty much sums it up, maybe on the right-hand side, your traffic heading down toward 101 south, moving a little bit better than the traffic on your left-hand side. stay with us we

tax day is almost here, if you've been procrastinating, you may still have some questions. >> it sournded like you're a little tentative, maybe you haven't done it. >> somebody's working on it. >> i don't know who. seven on your side is hosting a hotline to answer all your calls and questions. this is always such a great service every year. >> we love doing this because we helped so much people. we remind people get out your paperwork and start thinking about it. the tax deadline is less than three weeks away.

so we've got our office staffed with tax professionals. joining me right now is donnell isen. you've been here a million times. i sure appreciate your work. >> always a lot of fun. we get questions that tell us exactly what's going on out there. >> and -- because a lot of times we talk to our own clients and we don't hear about some of the other things that -- we know them pretty well. >> now, i know that you're very concerned that a lot of people look at all the deductions and go, too dix, ien don't make enough money i'm going to take the standard deduction. you say bad news? >> bad news. especially young people who are making pretty good salaries. the state withholding alone out of their paycheck is enough to give them itemized deductions. now they need to keep track of contributions to charity. the dmv fee they pay on their

car. and any expenses they have in connection with their job. those expenses are all itemizable. and so once you reach a certain point, you ought to take a look at it make sure you're not missioning and overpaying your taxes. >> meeting with the tax professional this year, kind of sets you up for next year too, doesn't it? >> you know usually where you stand today. and if anything changes, you know to ask. and that's a good thing. >> don, thank you very much for joining us today. i appreciate it now all of these guys are going to be here until 8:00 tonight many go get your paperwork, and come back and give us a call. the number is 415-954-7621. reporting live from the seven on your side michael finney. >> thank you. facebook today unveiled its bold plan to make the internet available in remote areas all across the globe. mark zuckerberg says the company

has been quietly testing out drone aircrafts that can beam internet access from the sky. he believes the unmanned craft can help connect 10% of the world living in remote areas without any existing internet. the final design will have the wing span of a passenger plane but light like a car. facebook hopes to roll out these planes over the next few years. >> saying ahh may be beneficial to your health. wall greens is changing the way customers are looking at the checkout line. >> the lobo risk will allow you to determine your risk of a heart attack, simply by inputting a few simple things. your age, gender blood pressure cholesterol. whether you have diabetes or smoke in the country you live in will all tell your chances of dying from a heart attack in the next 10 years. they hope to have their own interactive website where individuals can look up their risk. wall greens will no longer require its cashiers to send the

customers off with the words be well. the campaign had run its course. they will learn customers names and thank them for their purchase. the natural sweetener used in sugar free gum may not do much to promote tooth decay. it can be found in a variety of products that promote themselves as sugar free. that doesn't promote gum, loz engs and sweets. it found very little evidence it sprents tooth decay. a new study from the university of california singles out awe as helping make us happier and less stressed out. there's something about awe and people can achieve it easily. some by listening to music others by just watching the sunset. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king, here's to yourleth. >> we're going to be saying awe most of the weekend when we look up and it's sunny and 80

degrees. >> a bit in awe of what's happening with our weather today. quite warm, we've had record temperatures in three locations so far. here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. that is still warm. here's a live view from our tower camera. 79 here in san francisco. 82 in oakland. 81 san carlos. a record for this date 87. morgan hill, half moon bay. emeriville looking toward the goeldsen gate. 79 napa. 79 fairfield, 81 in concord, 82 in livermore. looking at blue skies over the golden gate this is a look at our forecast features. fog will return to the coast tomorrow, it will be cooler. a little cooler inland as well. temperatures will rise again on sunday. here's our satellite image showing a big ridge of high pressure that brought us the big warmup today. but warming has peaked now and

tomorrow begins a cooler pattern. overnight lows will be in the low to mid-50s for most of the bay area. we'll see upper 40s on the coast, and upper 40s in the north bay valleys. here's our forecast animation. fog will have pushed beyond the coast overnight. back to the coastline for most of the day tomorrow however the on shore flow the sea breeze will continue that will bring cooler whether to most areas tomorrow. highs in the upper 50s to 60s on the coast. upper 70s inland. here's a view of upper 70s south bay tomorrow. we'll see 78 in san jose. 80 in morgan hill, mid 70s for the most part in redwood city. 60s on the coast. high of 68 tomorrow, up in the north bay, we'll see highs reaching in the mid to upper 70s. 77 in santa rosa. inland east bay we'll see upper

70s to about 80 in antioch and livermore. the 7-day forecast shows a steady pattern through the weekend of mild weather. low 80s low to mid-80s inland over the next five days or so. mid-70s around the bay low to mid-70s on the coast. a cooler day next wednesday beautiful weather coming your way, i need to acknowledge that today is the birthday of the great poet robert frost who was born in san francisco on this date 141 years ago how about that? it wasn't that warm the day he was born? >> thank you, spencer and it's time to take a live look with our 360 camera right now of traffic. here we go. you can see we are on the highway right now, headed toward highway 24. eastbound. we had been on the bay bridge and sailed right over, can you see traffic's starting to build up a little bit on 24 eastbound in the other direction. it looks like traffic is slowing. and if you look behind us, you can also see.

yes, it is starting to slow down a little bit. cars stacking up as they begin the evening commute. larry? >> i guess they're heading toward the 24 lane to the tunnel which is always backed up. it's going to be a while. the warriors getting ready to hit the road and the wrecking ball hits the stick. they tear down the stadium piece by piece. new after 4:30 back to the wild the new home for th

to paraphrase bruce springsteen, crews are bringing on the wrecking ball today at the stick, as you can see from sky seven hd. a large chunk of the stadium's east side is now gone. they are tearing it down one section at a time. the goal is the complete demolition by the end of the month. a shopping center hotel and housing will go up in its place.

>> it had been 39 years since the golden state warriors could call themselves division champions. >> the team accomplished its first goal of this really awesome and exciting season. >> the long term goal is the championship. players and coaches were treated to a new edition. look at that. the banner celebrating the warriors pacific division title now hanging up on the wall, the last time the warriors won a division title, 1976. in case you don't remember, the four seasons were topping the charts back then a gallon of gas 59 cents. head coach steve kerr is after more hardware this year. he likes seeing a reminder of what the teams accomplished so far. >> i'm not sure whose idea it was. i love it it's important to acknowledge that. and hopefully it's not another 39 years before we get the next one. >> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues.

coming up we'll update our developing news from new york city. a seven-alarm fire ripped through multiple buildings. the possible cause of this afternoon's explosion. a special anniversary in sausalito, and why the work isn't over yet. taking a stand what has a top bay area tech executive fired up this afternoon. a reminder today's your chance to get your tax questions answered with a 7 on your side tax expert using the tax hotline. michael finney is live with tax specialists to take your phone calls and answer your questions they will be there up until 8:00 p.m. call the number on your screen. we'll have the experts offering assistance in

developing news as we come up on 4:30 here a fire and explosion leveled part of a building in new york city today. a second billing was so damaged it will probably have to come down. at least a dozen people were injured. the fire started with a blast that appears to be a gas explosion. construction crews were working in the building at the time. >> people around the bay area are paying tribute to michael johnson, the san jose police officer who was killed in the line of duty on tuesday. david louie tweeted this picture

as the santa cruz police chief paid respect to the memorial for officer johnson. shocking revelations out of the sheriff's county sheriff's department today. the public defender says county jail inmates forced by duedies to fight gladiator style. that is it just the beginning, the other accusations are coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> thank you larry. new at 4:30 the ceo of san francisco based sales force fired back this afternoon. for refusing to offer service to gay and lesbian customers. we're cancelling all programs to require our customers to travel to indiana to face discrimination. they haven't considered moving all of its operations out of the state last year they acquired a company in indianapolis.

the ceo is calling on other tech executives and industry leaders to take a stand. they need to pay attention to the impact on the new law of employees and customers. the measure mike pence signed today allows businesses to turn away gay and lesbian customers. the law protects businesses for having to provide services for things they don't support such as same sex marriage. san francisco mayor ed lee says he's banning official city travel to indiana, a statement he said san francisco taxpayers will not subsidize legally sanctioned discrimination against lesbian, bisexual and transgender people by the state of indiana. also in indiana today, the governor declared a public health emergency for a county battling what's believed to be the worst hiv outbreak in the state's history. 79 cases have been confirmed in scott county. he expects the number to go up. every confirmed case has been related to iv drug use.

he's long opposed needle exchange programs. he would be in favor of a program if officials can provide proof it would prevent more infections. 20,000 patients have been treated in 40 years. the marine mammal center. wayne freedman found the work never stops especially now in a time of new challenges. >> another day another satisfied patient at the marine animal saider. not just another day you see that number 40 over there, it represents years and an anniversary. it's the right thing to do to be on the beach to be able to provide humane care for any animal that may need it. >> the director of this facility that's been here longer than the nike missiles that preceded it on the very same spot. business as usual for staff and

volunteers. would you like to swordfish? >> it's not super glamorous, no. >> it's fun, you're working for those little seals out there making them feel better. >> sea lions the most recent famous one, a sterling who washed ashore last february. >> 700 sea lions had been brought in this year that is six times the average for this season. the problem appears to be climate related. >> the ocean temperatures are the highest ever reported off california here. >> that's making all the fish move further away and move further north in the colder areas. >> put simply their mothers are abandoning them, these are the lucky ones. perservero is due for release next week. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. we're getting an up close look at the bear that hid in the tree for nearly 2 hours yesterday in tracy. we have video from california fish and wildlife of the bears release into the wild early this morning. there he goes. actually a her.

you can hear him tentatively walking away. they've already tagged this bear several times before. officers managed to tranquilize the 175 pound bear in a large trap yesterday. this may have been the same bear that was spotted roaming in that area the past couple days. >> i went to the gym, came back home, didn't notice it so i think it was up there the whole time. >> the bear fell from the tree we caught it with our tarps and gently set it do the ground and it couldn't -- i don't know how it could have gotten any better. >> great save right there. >> wildlife officials say the bear is in good health and napped for 7 hours after getting tranquilized. she was released in a remote wooded location. and hopefully will not be bothering anybody again. traffic is moving on eastbound 580 in livermore this afternoon. after an accident during the morning commute shut down all lanes. sky 7 hd was over the scene just after 6:30, where a car hit a

man the chp says the man got out of his car because it broke down. a helicopter rushed him to a hospital. all lanes reopened just after 7:00 a.m., no word on the man's condition. a grizzly discovery for a san francisco firefighter. they found a body inside a camper which was gutted by fire on ingles street this morning in the bay view district. this video was taken by sky 7 hd investigators are trying to determine if foul play was involved. the sheriff's office believes an escaped jail inmate is now out of the san jose area. deputies just arrested john carter's brother in low die on suspicion of helping with carter's escape. general carter overpowered a sheriff's deputy nearly three weeks ago. the accused child molester ran away while in shackles. the san francisco based twitter gets into the streaming video business. first tragedy in texas, the falling debris that's creating

commuter chaos in the lone star state today. i'm spencer christian from our east bay hills camera. looks like clear skies all over the bay area, but the ones we had today will not be with us tomorrow. the accu what are forecast coming up. at 4:36 another look at the afternoon commute. this is 101 southbound backed up in san jose people in the car pool lanes on the left side there are moving nicely. northbound is much better and 880 is looking decent over the top.

tragedy on a texas highway, an oversized tractor-trailer ran into an overpass that was under construction. it knocked several beams down on to the highway below killing a person and injuring three others. this happened on i-35 about 40 miles north of austin. authorities say the person who died was in a pickup truck driving under the breath when those beams came crashing down. let's take a look at our traffic now with our 360 camera. >> that's right our 360 camera now on 24 approaching the tennell, as we showed you earlier, it was starting to slow down, you can see all the cars here on the roadway it's slowing down as they approach the tunnel however in the other direction you can see cars are going pretty freely at this time, the westbound traffic moving right now, but you can see traffic is backing up behind us as well on 24 eastbound.

let's get to spencer you can tell it's really nice outside today, and really warm too. >> we had record warmth today. here's a view looking out across our rooftop camera. 88 in gilroy all new record highs for this date. it was warm in many other locations as well. those are the only three records we have so far. here's live doppler 7 ld a little fog coming up to the coast to our north. it will continue to slide down the coastline. tomorrow, look for a mainly dry day. cold in the upper midwest. it will be rainy along the atlantic coast in california tomorrow across the state. we'll see mainly sunny skies, warm to hot conditions, look for a high of 91 in fresno tomorrow. 99 in palm springs. here in the bay area we'll have a pleasant day, it will be a bit cooler in most locations than today. fog will be back at the coast. cooling sea breeze.

we'll see some low 70s around the bay and upper 70s inland. not many locations will reach 80 tomorrow. quite a pleasant cooldown tomorrow for us. for the week ahead, we'll use san jose as our indicator, notice over the next couple days, the cooler pattern friday and saturday. temperatures will bounce back into the low 80s, downtown san jose on sunday and monday. most inland locations will see over the next several days. temperatures will moderate a bit going into next week. so lovely weather ahead wish i could promise you some rain. but i can't. >> thanks, spencer. >> cleanup operations are underway in oklahoma after multiple tornados tore through the state last evening. at least one person was killed 20 others injured, four seriously, several homes and businesses were damaged in the cities of tulsa and moore. some 20,000 people are still without power. moore you'll recall is the same city that was devastated by a

massive tornado in may of 2013 that killed 25 people and destroyed 1100 homes. still ahead at 4:00, fighting to keep their favorite store open. the bay area children on a personal mission to lend a helping hand. and trading in your old iphone for a new one. that could happen soon. >> we'll be here until 8:00 call with your question

some of the bay area's best tax experts are in the seven on your side office. >> it's helpful. michael finney joins us live with his always popular tax hotline. >> we have got a ton of official the here to take your questions. tell your friends to call 415-954-7621. what type of questions should

you be asking? here to help us with that is bart rago united way's keep it save it. and what is united way's earn it, keep it save it program. >> it's a program to help low income people, prepare tax returns correctly. and we electronically file them. and it's for free. >> excellent love for free. seven on your side. what types of questions should people be asking you? what should they be asking themselves? >> well, when they come in we can help them out but they should be taking a look at their income. what kind of income they have. what they're going to file. all income isn't taxable. i'll give you an example workers comp is not taxable. doesn't have to be put on the tax return. things like wages of course would be taxable and dividends and interest. they have to gather the taxable income.

and bring that into the sight with them. >> or give you a call right now if they have any questions. the deal is with many low income people, they have a lot of different employers, it's tough on them, isn't it? >> not so bad as long as they bring in the w-2s, we'll be able to give them a land. once we get started it goes pretty quickly after that. >> you've been doing a great job here. thank you for joining us yet again. you have until 8:00 to call us tonight. as i said, we're taking questions in multiple languages if it's not spanish english or chinese, give us a call anyway and we'll hook you up with someone else later. the number to call 415-954-7621. reporting live from the 7 on your side tax office. >> sounds like it's been ringing off the hook there. the whole time. >> it's very busy. these guys go through a bunch of calls. this is just one office. all the seven on your side

staffers are here. when we do a hotline, we have them move out bring all of our experts in we have more than twice as many people that you see here. we got a lot of help. give us a call. >> thank you michael. apple plans to introduce a trade-in braham for iphones in china. according to bloomberg news, consumers will be able to exchange older iphones in china for credit. under this program, apple supplier foxcon will buy the iphones, they'll make any necessary repairs. chinese demarnd for a larger screen iphones help fuel apple's record profit of $18 billion. no word if a similar program will take place here in the u.s. twitter officially unveiled a new live streaming video app called parascope. the app streams live aud ye and video that other people can watch and comment on within the app. the link to the live stream can

be shared on twitter as a way to spread the word. the free app is only available for iphones for now. it provides immediate competition to a similar streaming app. drivers and passengers are invited to share personal details with each other. including hometown favorite music and a short bio. sharing any information is completely optional. but believes the feature will allow drivers and passengers to bond by sharing fun facts about themselves and discover mutual friends and interest. the new feature will launch next week. a struggling store in the east bay scheduled to close this saturday. >> now children are taking matters into their own hands. donating their own money to keep business open. lilian kim has the story.

>> the lee children came to the golden apple not to shop, but to give their money away. >> we love the golden apple it's so nice i had my birthday there. >> they've been selling toys and teaching material in president anton for 36 years. since work got out it was closing. money's been trickling in. mostly from kids taking cash right out of their piggybanks to try to keep the store open. >> i don't know if i should buy myself lunch or what i should do with it. i decided let's see if we can gather up enough money to open up again. >> mcdougal has launched an online campaign. the goal is to raise $78,000. the golden apple would do much better with foot traffic. his customers are with him all the way. >> helps them think outside that the world is much more important than just themselves. these are values that every parent wants their children to

have. >> so far, mcdougal has raised $5,000. he's got a way to go if it all works out, he knows it was all because of the children. >> the plan is to reopen in downtown pleasanton june 1st. >> if you want more information on how to help, go to our website. and we have a link there. abc 7 news app does continue. up next, victory on the hardwood. find out what's making success for some bay area high school basketball players even sweeter. coming up new at 5:00, as the biggest wrestling event of the year prepares to descend on the south bay, some of these guys make a pit stop in san jose and their message turns a bit serious. we'll have that. >> what are we doing? >> the breakdown after the stairdown. a sure sign baseball

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tonight's prime time lineup it's "grey's anatomy" "scandal" and "american crime." the white house has confirmed president obama will host pope francis next september. >> the historic visit will mark only the third time a pontiff has visited the white house. administrative officials say the leaders will introduce a broad range of issues. mr. obama and the pope last met a year ago at the vatican, it was at that visit that secretly laid the diplomatic groundwork for the u.s. to normalize relations with cuba. >> what's better than the bishop owe dowd boy's -- >> how about having both the boys and girls team there this year. >> it's significant because the top players for both teams are from east oakland neighborhoods

and both of them will go on to play division one college basketball. abc 7 news reporter leann melendez has the story of bishop o'dowd. >> you guys already have an idea what we're going to do. >> the coach gave one of his last pep talks to his team before the state championship game. for many of these seniors who will embark on a new journey this game is perhaps the most significant one. >> everything we've been doing so far, all the games we play the weight room and all that, that's been for this game right here. >> the boys basketball team will face southern california's matta day. >> this is something we'll never forget in our lives. something we have to go through. we're fond of each other. we promise we would win it at this time. >> the team will be led by its two top players point guard paris austin and ivan rabb. a power forward.

both have been together since their days at montero middle school. both highly recruited by division one college teams.two star players for the girl's team who also attended monday tara. their coach will rely on point guards. last year the team was expected to defend its 2013 state crown. but was disqualified over a technicality. >> if we played hard every day, and we went at each other hard nobody could beat us. >> today at the school the chatter was about the two games and about how these two teams may have set the bar higher than any other at bishop o'dowd. leann melendez abc 78 news. ivan rabb is 6'10". >> he's huge. >> he's a big boy and he's going to play big time basketball. >> thank you for joining us. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now. >> the most troubling in

outrageous conduct. >> the san francisco county jail turns into a fight club disturbing accusations of inmates forced to serve as gladiators. >> we have not seen evidence that this was some type of hoax. lawyers come out fighting as the vallejo kidnapping story takes another big twist. >> and now we know what really happened to a man who killed a san jose police officer tuesday night. he did not die the way we first thought. record heat today changes heading into the weekend, details coming up. >> breaking news in san francisco's neighborhood. two people have been shot. sky 7 hd is live over the scene at 25th street. >> one victim was shot in the head, we don't know details about the other. both went to the hospital on their own. >> nobody is in custody at this

point, police have not evacuated that area, they do not believe others are in danger. >> break news 24/7 by following us on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. good evening i'm dan ashley. >> now to our other top story there are explosive allegations of abuse at one of san francisco's county jails. inmates say they have been forced to fight each other while deputies gamble on the outcome. carolyn tyler is in the newsroom with the story. >> it was back on march 12th that the public defender's office learned of these accusations, the inmates that blew the whistle have been transferred, and the deputies who have been accused have been reassigned. up onned 7th floor san francisco's public defender says, inmates have been forced into gladiator style fights. >> i can only describe this as an outrageously sadistic scenario that sounds like it's out of the game of thrones.

>> this inmate named four sheriff's deputies and said the ring leader forced him to fight twice in recent days. >> going to beat me up cut me deputies were gambling. the other inmate named stanley harris tells of the deputies egging him on. >> get him, get him, get him. >> harris also told attorneys he was forced to do push-ups to train for the fight. it's not clear how long this activity has been going on. but multiple investigations are getting underway. >> it is impossible for just two or three or even four deputies to commandeer the jail in stage fights without other deputies being aware of it.