the tragedy that took his life. >> disturbing video lands two workers in berkeley in hot water. why this incident caught on camera has been the district attorney considering charges this morning. >> thanks for joining us. a lot going on, on friday. i am kristen sze. >> i am eric thomas. with leyla gulen and meteorologist mike nicco watching the weather. warm. but not so warm. >> no reports but above average. especially away from the coast. that is where the breezes have their biggest influence with fog along the coast and across the bill into the north bay valley. watch out. the golden gate bridge is quarter-mile with west wind running at 15 miles per hour. temperatures are running and the day planner 47 to 5659 7:00 and 58 at the coast and 72 inland and temperatures are 62 at coast and 76 and well see more sunshine this afternoon along the coast and a few clouds lingering and the rest of us want to take the sunglasses and

temperatures in the 50s and sick not so warp as last night. >> several traffic challenges and on the peninsula? >> indeed, a stall vehicle on 101 and a possible fire burning on the shoulder near woodside on 101 so a limit activity and here is a look at the bay bridge with traffic is pretty heavy and we do have metering lights turned on and traffic is stacking up away from the macarthur maze and in san jose, 280 by contrast is clear drive copy are moving at top speeds there but there is congestion building and cupertino. it is now 6:01 with breaking news from pittsburg a public health advisory has been lifted following a chemical release at the dow chemical plant in the east bay. it happened before 3:00 this morning as the facility in pittsburg and dow said they issued a shelter-in-place but the contra costa county health department issued an advisory

for the public warning them of possible problems like watery eyes and sore throats and haz-mat is on the scene and so far there have been no reports of injuries. >> the lawyer for slay let woman accused making up a step of being kidnapped said police are tarnishing her name. 29-year-old denise huskins disappeared from vallejo on monday and turned up in southern california on wednesday. her attorney spoke out about the incident last night and she and her boyfriend maintain she was abducted. miss say the pair orchestrated her abduction for an $8,500 ransom. they could face charges if police conclude it was a hoax. >> a prayer vigil is planned in san jose to honor failen officer michael johnson as the community continues to mourn and investigators are putting together the final moments with a gun wielding suspect and the story of heroism that has emerge ed.

matt? >> the memorial here in front of san jose police department has grown and includes a large beener of officer michael johnson and his badge. his death is stir up a last emotions in the department. one emotion is admiration for officer doug potwora credited with protecting his community with a single shot. officer johnson was slot and killed by scott dunham when he arrived on tuesday. his partner acted quickly and officer potwora fire add single shot and killed him. it took seven hours before it was cop filled he was dead. he fell back wads and out of the site. he was found on the balcony. the police chief angry about what happened. >> this is devastating.

it is. anger is part of the remain motion of. >> as for man called a hero officer potwora has been on the force 16 years and is on paid leave. funeral plans for officer johnson have yet to be announced. a rare vigil is scheduled tonight at 8:00. >> a number fundraisers for the major son family are in the works, the san jose earthquakes ask for donation during the match on april 5 and a donation bin is set up during an easter egg hundred after the game. the san jose police officers association is accepting donations. >> former sharks captain nola has a fundraiser at brittania arms which he co-owns. it is next thursday. we have a link where more information on the fundraisers

at abc7news.com. >> san jose police department tweeted this picture saying the department is grateful to everyone would showed support for our brother officer michael johnson. >> the death of officer job son has affected so many we would like to thank the 38 their support on our facebook payment. >> controversy is brewing in berkeley after a violent attack on a homeless man at the happens of a person hired to help keep downtown on the up and up. now in the newsroom we have more. >> these were ambassadors and defend themselves but the video shows one throwing the punches. >> this happened in downtown berkeley in an alley behind c.v.s. on shattuck and they are

dressed in grin and are arguing with a heless man and one of the ambassadors starts to punch the man over and over again. the other homeless man started swinging a lot pole and the second ambassador steps between them to avoid a fight. one of the ambassadors has fired and the other is suspended. >> we are here to provide hospitality and outreach to the community, not here for any law enforcement purposes let alone engaging in a you violent >> police were called and arrests the two hopeless men on suspicion of assault and the ambassadors have not been charged with any claim but the video has been passed along to the district attorney for review . a warning this morning for san carlos residents off 280 after another mountain lion

sighting on club drive around 9:00 on wednesday night. experts say the big cats are most active at dawn, dusk and night. if you con front a mountain lion, face it try to look bigger by waving your articles to scare it and throw rocks. >> a federal appeals court will reconsider the controversial rule that who is dramatically loosened california's restrictions on carrying concealed firearms. a court said yesterday that it will reconsider the february 2014 decision. last year, the court ruled that california's requirement that an applicant demonstrate a real danger or other reason beyond self-defense to receive a concealed weapons permit violates the second amendment. >> today, the san francisco police department is moving out of the hall of justice to the new headquarters.

250 personnel are moving into the new public safety ending in mission bay. the southern district police station becomes operational tomorrow and the $342 million facility has been built to withstand a major earthquake with backup power that lasted for days and a center that can be at separated in minutes. >> california secretary of state is trying to get people exited about vote by making it easier than ever. the "los angeles times" reports that the proposal would make every california person with a driver's license automatically register to vote. the bill is models after one signed into law last weekend in oregon aimed at past voter turnout the proposal is after at 42 percent vote are town out in november that was a record low for california. >> certainly not talking record lows and the temperatures yesterday may have hit record highs. >> it will be warm today but no records. >> in records and it will not be uncomfortable when you factor the pres with temperatures at

fur to ten degrees cooler than yesterday. now we will look to the south where san a clear and saratoga and cupertino at 52 and everyone else in the mid-to-upper 50s with los gatos and milpitas at 58 and san jose at 57 and we are in the mid-to-upper 50s up and down the bay shore line to san pablo and lafayette and danville and brentwood and calistoga and 52 in novato and half moon bay at 50 and bodega bay is 50. this afternoon, about total sunshine but a few lingering clouds and broads keep you around 62 to 65 and quite a vote inland from 74 in the north bay to 81 in the east bay and the south bay is up to 68. >> the san mateo bridge shows the dry is loading up in the westbound direction but moving without any problems. eastbound traffic are the headlights from foster city to hayward, later on this morning until noon that is when we will

have a couple of lanes taken away in preparation for a big repaving project shutting down the entire bridge over two weeks. that means land ahead and use the other bridges. we have a couple of problems in the bay area including one involving a vehicle traveling on a connection northbound 280 at 880 highway 17. it is on its side. it is possibly catching on fire. we have c.h.p. headed out right now and and an early fire on southbound side a stalled car and that could be the cause of the fire with more details ahead. >> backlash in boston a woman is accused of doing that made every victim of the marathon bombing turn against her. >> trail of trouble what we are learning the warping involving a america city building hours before it exploded and collapsed. >> history in the nation the mission for two nasa astronauts, twins, that will answer a long

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>> covering daly city, dublin, los gatos and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> we have new video of a building explosion in new york city. this is the initial explosion that caused the 7-alarm fire leaning four people if critical condition and 15 others hurt. a second building was so damaged it is still at risk falling. about 55 fires are on the scene working to put out hotspots and remove debris. the utility provider expected the work that morning and it had failed inspection. >> a scandal is brewing in boston as a woman is accused of stealing money meant for victims of the marathon bombing. cnn reports that best authorities have indicted 41-year-old on charges of lying after brain injury to collect money. best police say lee was at the

april 2013 race but was not sure. the inindictment accuses her of collecting $40,000 from fundraisers some at schools and some on-line and it said that lee accepted free medical treatment. >> a nasa astronaut is set to take off on a history-making mission, scott kelly is trying to set a record for the longest day in space the brother of mark kelly husband to give give give scott and mark -- to congresswoman gabrielle giffords and they are identical twins. scott will stay in space a year and will launch from and mark will stay on the ground to be the comparison figure. >> oakland is giving you a chance to go to space, the space and science there will give families with electronic benefits transfer card can get

in for $1 each in the center, available for people help rolled in head start and nutrition assistance programs. the discount runs through the end of the month and the museum is seeking money to continue it after that. >> that is just fabulous. kids love it. >> commute is not fabulous. we will check with leyla gulen. >> it has been tough. indeed. we start off quiet and it heats up. heating up is not a term used lightly because we had report of a car fire. southbound highway 101 that is where we had a crash involving three vehicles and three lanes that are not affecting traffic too much. the golden gate bridge shows fog in the area but reduced visibility from marin to san francisco and expecting of the golden gate bridge we have a big race the trans america

rock-n-roll marathon on sunday from ocean beach up to the golden gate bridge and turning around from marin through the marina district and finishing in the tender lynn so -- tend so expect heavy traffic and road closing. >> mike? >> quarter-mile visibility at half moon bay and petaluma to half a mile in santa rose and dark spots along the east bay shoreline and the peninsula just the fog is not hitting those reporting stations. it is only 800' deep it will not make it inland east bay. from the exploritorium you can see how over the water there is not much but over land we will fine more fog in the ferry ride that will be more breezy than yesterday at 15 miles per hour from the west. the record highs from yesterday tied one at sfo and oakland is 83 and san jose is 85 and gilroy and salinas at 90 and lake tahoe is 68 all new record highs. today pus of the sea breeze we

are not going to set reports but it will be sunny and warmer than average with a cooler day moving forward as it rebounds on sunday and breezy and warmer than average and no rain in the coming weeks and san jose at 87 or near the shark tank, clear skies but for all the pollen in the air juniper and oak and sycamore. 78 in san jose and 80 in morgan hill, and from the mid-70s to millbrae at 69 and low-to-mid 60s along the coast and south san francisco and sausalito upper 60 and in the mid-to-upper 70 through the north by and low-to-mid 70s along the east bay shore to castro valley at 75 and inend what, a now 80s and inelse in the upper 70s. tonight is mostly cloudy and upper 40s to mid-50s. up to lake tahoe we have nearly record highs and 8 percent snow pack. another record set. 68 today and the report is 70.

a stray sure is possible, tomorrow and 66, and most of that stays north of us and 67 as rewound -- as we round it temperatures rebound on sunday warmer than today and monday's temperatures are a lot like today and we will hang around 80 and mid-70s around the bay and mid-60 at the coast early next week. >> it is time for the toyota lake tahoe report and i will talk about the same report as year. it looks like several more resorts have it will closed so that is sad. those that are open you can go out great time. north stay is a base of 18" to 41" and you do not need the changes. heavenly is 40".

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>> his peers learn from his 3-d models. he is on track to honor a doctorate degree with his eyes set onening -- on being a college chemistry professor. stay tuned. >> and now opening the weather window of sutro tower to the east the thin layer of marine clouds is an indication that the sea breeze is back and the record highs are gone. the newest nones -- numbers for the weekend so you can plan your festivities are ahead. >> that is a look at the richmond-san rafael toll plaza

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live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good friday morning at 6:30. a look from the sutro tower camera looking at san francisco with a blanket of fog sitting over the city along with low clouds. what a foreignous view. that fog is moving across like independence day if you remember that movie, the fog rolling in didn't mean to frighten you. meteorologist mike nicco has the weather and leyla gulen has the traffic. >> you can be the president from the movie. >> move on, quarter-mile visibility in santa rosa and petaluma and half moon bay and everyone else is okay. there are low clouds hanging

around the bayshore line as they blow across the golden gate bridge at 15 miles per hour look how tough it is. the 12 hour day planner mostly in the low-to-mid 50s and the coast only upper 50s to low 60 and we surge from the mid-60s to mid-70 around the bay and low-to-mid 70s inland and fall back into the 50s and 60 this evening but no real worries. enjoy the evening. >> thank you, mike. it does not look like the commuters are enjoying the traffic with a couple of serious actions. this is a clear drive on 101 as you head through san rafael to mill valley and when you get up to the golden gate bridge it will be foggy so have the low beams at happened. we do have the new problems in hayward and that is causing lane blockages and an injury accident in san jose with details on that in my next report. more on the breaking news in pittsburg a public health advisory is lifted as an unexpected chemical release early this morning as the dow

chemical plan. amy hollyfield? they issue the health advisory at 3:00 this morning at dow chemical for parts of pittsburg and antioch and they did it because they were worried of those with respiratory issues. it lasted 10 or 15 minutes and the advisory is lifted. i have the spokesman nor dow -- for dow. you saw something that caused you to stop things? >> i did not see it but the folks in the facility saw it. they had situation and it released chemical. when that happens we are concern about the community and we issue an alert. the incident only lasted 10 minutes and it stayed in the finance line and we are showing thatting in left the facility but condensed back on sight with

no injuries in fight all of the operators and response team responded perfectly and the situation has been well under control since 3:15. >> a follow-up, do you know what was in the plume or what was released? >> we have some our product is an antimicrobe we product nontoxic and chloride and we were concerned about chloride but it is not a live-threat being situation. >> the advice, it is okay to come out of the home and no need to shelter in place. >> in impact to community. >> i appreciate it. >> when they see the plume they stopped things and put the alarm out and asked the question but when they see it they want to let everyone know there is an issue and they need to investigate and they want everyone no one alert but that has been lifted and they will be investigated and they want the public to know it is safe at the

chemical plant. >> 6:34. an update for a step you will see only on abc7, a search for a missing woman has helped positively. her car ran off the road near the san pablo reservoir and crashed before 3:00 this morning, she was able to call 9-1-1 but she could not tell them where she was. the c.h.p. launched a search on the ground and rot in helicopter -- brought in the helicopter. the woman was urge armed and prosecute do safety. >> a prayer vigil at san jose city hall for fallen police officer michael johnson who died on tuesday night when am burned by shooter con dunham who open fire on johnson and other officers approaching his home on senter road. they say his partner is a hero risk his life standing his ground and firing the shot that killed dunham while dunham

continued to fire. >> a man is in custody for the beating of a teen at a san jose mall. police say 25-year-old troung son huynh attacked the teen outside the valley fair mall march 11. troung son huynh and another harassed 17-year-old christian rasner and attacked him when he walked out slamming his head into the payment. his father said that his son woke up from a coma on wednesday morning responsive but he is still in intensive care. police now say they do not believe the attack was gang-related. >> the fight to keep the only public hospital in contra costa county open has failed. the board voted to close doctor's medical center april 21. the hospital is on the verge of run out of money and exhausted its ability to borrow money. they have been running at a deficit of $18 million. >> investigators say the co-pilot who brought down a

germanwings was hiding an existing illness from his employer and have the gays carrying boxes of evidence from the home of 27-year-old lubitz and that includes medical documents indicating that lubitz had an existing illness a torn up doctor's note from medical leave the day of the crash. lufthansa and other airlines announce immediate introduction of new cockpit rules mapping the united states policy that requires two in the cockpit at all times. >> the crash in the alps has simulators to a tragedy in central california, a pacific southwest airlines flight pound for san francisco crashed in 1987. a former employee who was fired entered the cockpit armed seeking revenge and attacked both pilots before committing suicide. 43 people died and this was considered the first large discount airline in the up and it went out of business a year

later. >> a controversy brewing in berkeley a worker ambassador minute to keep people in safe is in hot water over disturbing video. >> we will reveal what will was going on that has prosecutors considering legal action. >> the bay bridge toll plaza is getting quite crowded and we will have weather and traffic during the entire commercial ♪ ♪ wow

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6:40. welcome back. in pleasanton and the alameda fairgrounds, 33rd annual get together all american get together by good guys so lot rods and custom cars. 50 to 78 on saturday and 49 to 80 on sunday. in wrestlemania on sunday at levi stadium, 78 but dropping to 65. it will be cool by the end of it. around the state, nearly 100 palm springs and 80 in san diego and 87 in los angeles and 91 in fresno and 68 today if lake, and that is a record. yesterday was a record high and 8 percent is the snow pack another new record. a lot of sunshine and a record high of 68. stray shower ending tomorrow and then it will move to the north and sunday is 67 with the average high is 50. have a great weekend.

leyla? >> you may have to "wrestle" with the traffic. the san mateo bridge is busy. very slow and sluggish across the water. takes you 15 minutes to get to the peninsula and cloud cover. that will not inpeed -- impede visibility but we have fog over the gabriel esparza. -- the golden gate bridge. we have heavy backup away from 238. we did see c.h.p. making sure folks are using the car pool lane and are following the rules and law. they issued 241 tickets yesterday. >> in san jose, northbound 280 at 880 an overturned vehicle with injuries gumming up the commute away from downtown san jose. >> 6:41 and san francisco's crown jewel is ready to go dark.

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>> good morning to you. video posted online is threatening to detrail the career of a berkeley ambassador. their role is to keep the city lean and safe but new video shows them in a violent confrontation with two homeless people. one of the hospitality ambassadors has been fired and the other is suspended. this is after the shocking video was released show the ambassadors wearing president obama in -- wearing neon green with a homeless man. the homeless man said get away from my stuff and an ambassador throws a punch. the association manager was told that the ambassadors were defending they willselves and the video tells a different story. >> we are all very disexisted and there are a couple of different reasons why. it is not just the physical altercation i have a problem

with. the problem i have is this is the type of altercation that we continually train about and have to mit dangerous on a daily basis. >> this happened in the back alley of a c.v.s. on shattuck avenue in berkeley police ended up arresting the two homeless men on suspicion of assault and the ambassadors have not been charged. the video has been passed along to the district attorney to be reviewed. thank you. some sheriff deputies face accusations they forced san francisco county jail inmates to fight each other. public defender launched an investigation after an inmate complained that the inmate weighs 150 pounds and was forced to fight a 350 pound manned and accused the deputies of making him train for the fight. the sheriff has asked the

justice department to investigate. the sever said he will not tolerate "barbaric >> the usda makes a move to curb childhood obesity. >> good morning, happy friday. quiet start to things on wall street today with the s&p 500 lower and the nasdaq is trading higher. california is high for the ease of college graduates fining jobs in the state, georgetown university said they are 8th. the top occupational groups was software developers and the fastest growing segments for jobs is the leisure and hospitality up 30 percent. >> the usda announced grants to fight childhood obesity a total of $9 million in grants at 17 different colleges and eyes to

-- and grants to fight childhood obesity. a third of the america's children are overweight and it is a health problem. >> costco, you pass by the kirkland brands and may you are passing up some money because "consumer reports" said this are five planneds that are as good laundry detergent, bacon batteries and organic chicken stock and the less. >> the golden gate bridge? >> it is icon ice. >> it will be dark for an hour tomorrow in support of earth how 2015 with the upper portion lights turned off but the road lights are on. landmarks around the world will switch off their lights to support the fight against global

warming. >> meteorologist mike nicco will visit the kids today? >> going back-to-school return engagement back to the 5th street. again. at look at the graphics in piedmont, about 54 a lot sunshine and 74. see you at 1:00 o'clock. tomorrow, we will be in danville for the 15th annual easter egg hunt, and it is a wonderful organization and wonderful event and honored to be the emcee tomorrow with temperatures start at 70 at noon, and 73 at 1:00 o'clock and in the mid-to-upper 70s bit end it so dress accordingly. today, we have quarter-mile visibility in santa rosa and quarter-mile visibilitier in petaluma and half a mile in half moon bay and those are the lower

visibilities. the winds at sfo are running 13 miles per hour the same as across the golden gate bridge and we will be cooler today. sutro tower shows the low clouds will not hang around long today, and the breezes are the bigger story. wary on sunday and no storms next week. we will have a lot sunshine inland and a lot of tree pollen. inland will see the warmer weather because the clouds never make it all the way in and they are already going by 10 or 10:30 tops. we start inland at 80 and mid-to-upper 70s for the rest of our inland neighborhood with upper 60 to mid-70s around the bay and low-to-mid 70's around the coast. the seven-day outlook shows cooler tomorrow and temperatures are warmer on sunday and you can see next week above average 60 at the coast and mid-70s

around the pay and 80 inland. >> traffic is thinning out at the bay bridge with gaps between the cars finally and this is turning out to be friday light condition and you can see all the fog is starting to sock in the east bay if you are traveling on any of the connection ramps away from 880 or the maze you mighten under a limit bit of fog. watch out for that. speaking of bridges we have a big event on sunday, the transamerica rock-n-roll marathon on sunday at ocean beach to the presidio and across the golden gate bridge and circles around great marin to the marina district into the city. it will shut down streets so plan ahead. a milpitas high school senior is serving a two day suspension after showing up on campus on a horse to ask a girl to the promise. >> our media partner the san jose mercury news oned this video of unique prom proposal showing miguel gonzalez on a

horse name "romeo," asking hernandez to go to prom. she was surprised but said "yes." he got in trouble with the principal and said he will be allowed to go to prom after he is disciplined, two day suspension but you get your promise date. stay tuned. looking for one of these? yoplait. smooth, creamy, and craved by the whole family.

>> good morning at 6:54 on friday. checking out the bay bridge you cannot see top because of the fog. >> he are seven things to know. the breaking news in pittsburg a public health voice has been lit following a chemical release at the dow chemical plant this morning and authorities say the release was nontoxic and lasted only ten minutes. the health advisory was lifted as a precaution but now is canceled. >> the lawyer for the bay area woman would claims she was kidnap asked held for ransom said it was not made up. the 29-year-old denise huskins and her boyfriend chairman she was kidnapped from his home on monday and released unharmed two days later. police say it was a hoax. for $8,500 ransom.

>> a berkeley ambassador is fired and another is suspended after a youtube video surfaced showing one of then repeatedly striking a homeless man and the downtown berkeley association said the ambassadors are supposed do focus on house by facility and directing those in need to social services. >> prayer vigil will take place tone at 8:00 at san jose city hall for fallen police officer michael johnson killed if the line of duty. his participate, officer doug potwora is hailed a hero risking his life to fire the shot that killed the suspect gunman. the fight to keep the only public hospital in western contra costa county has failed. the board voted to close doctor's medical center on april 21. the hospital is on the verge of running out of money and exhausted ability to borrow more funds. >> watch out for the fog loop the coast and the bayshore line if you are headed to bart we are

58 at pittsburg and 49 in daly city and everyone else is in the low-to-mid 50s and beautiful push from sutro tower we will have a last sunshine at the coast but the pres keep us at 62 to 65 at the cost and 70 to norly 80 for the rest of us. water is on time and traffic is lethargic with heavy traffic in the richmond-san rafael toll plaza but we still have a problem involving an overturned vehicle with lane block averages and injuries. northbound 280 at 880 we have bumper-to-bumper traffic away from highway 87. >> thanks for joining us on friday. we continue online and twitter and all mobile devices. see you in 25 minutes.

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good morning, america. and breaking news in the west new details on the pilot who crashed that plane in alps the illness he hid from the airline and torn sick notes found in his home. we have a major building collapse on second avenue. >> also happening now, the investigation this morning after a massive explosion, a raging seven-alarm fire destroying four buildings, people jumping out of windows to escape. now the search for survivors. breaking right now, judgment day. amanda knox learning her fate as italy's highest court rules on her murder charge. will she be forced to return to italy? and face nearly three decades behind bars. and hot mic. the star bas