with live breaking news. and that breaking news is in fresno. you're looking at fiery images of an explosion at a police gun range near highway 99. officials say there are multiple burn victims. a nearby hospital confirms at least two people are in critical condition. witnesses report seeing flames shooting up in the air up to 200 feet into the sky. our sister station kfsn says the ground was so hot they had to move the evacuation site to a nearby horsefield. >> authorities say crews were doing line work and hit a natural gas line. highway 99 at herndon avenue is closed in both directions and train service in the area is not running. fresno police say there are also evacuations in the surrounding

area, but it is primarily an industrial area. they are not saying how many people are affected. the fresno fire department posted pictures of their firefighters on the very scary scene trying to put out those flames. for those of us here in the bay area this is an eerie reminder of the san bruno gas explosion that killed eight people nearly five years ago. good afternoon everyone. i'm katie marzullo in ar ama daetz. >> we will continue to fol leigh that on air and online and for now we'll move on to other news and police are asking people who used a particular restroom at a walnut street starbucks, laura anthony is live in walnut creek with the story. >> reporter: it was around this time on tuesday that a store employee here at the starbucks found a video camera hidden in a unisex bathroom. let's just say the discovery isn't sitting well with those

who might have used that restroom. >> a bathroom is kind of a sanctuary, sort of a sacred place. >> to a person, customers outside this walnut creek starbucks reacted with disappointment and disgust to the fact of a venetia man who planted a camera not once but twice in the past two months. >> any thoughts about whether you might be on that? >> it's not impossible. >> its not impossible. >> walnut creek police arrested 35-year-old jacob turner at his venetia home. thursday a store employee found a camera like this one attached underneath the sink in the unisex bathroom. it had been recording for about 90 minutes between 2:30 and 4:00. this is a big invasion of privacy. we feel that people that have been caught on the camera have a right to know that they've been caught on camera and they have an opportunity to see justice get done. police believe turner also

planted a camera in the same restroom in february. that one was discovered when it fell on the bathroom floor. according to neighbors in venetia, turner has lived with an older couple on oxford way for just a couple of months. he remains in a richmond jail on $65,000 bail. in walnut creek laura anthony abc 7 news. police in milpitas say this man is accused of 12 different burglaries at the great mall. cash us brown got caught inside the mall during the latest heist tuesday afternoon. he's accused of stealing credit cards and cash from store employees employees' purses. several people including a baby were sent to a south bay hospital today after a car plowed right through the front door of a trader joe's store in lossals los altos. the car crashed right through the door and into a checkout counter. all of the injuries were minor

according to police. >> an suv rammed into a house. sky 7 hd was overhead shortly after a chevy tahoe crossed oncoming traffic on edgewood road. the driver narrowly missed hitting trees and rammed right through a fence and into a garage. no one was hurt and drugs and alcohol are not naught to be factors. an east bay center is closing for good this week. the 60-year-old community-owned doctors medical center will shut down tuesday. the board of directors says the hospital is on the verge of running out of money and can no longer borrow more. contra costa's west county health center is adding additional evening and saturday appointments. >> heading into the weekend, spencer christian picked a very nice day to be off and meteorologist is here with the update. >> live doppler 7 hd. a live look at what was erle yr

from the tower cam and we're giving you a time lapse of the summerlike image of the figure of fog barely seeing the top of the arches there and that will be around the coast and along the bay fog will be developing and live now the tower cam pointed to san francisco. we're coming in at 63 and oakland 74, and san jose and upper 70s and warm at 81 degrees and a live look showing you clear skies up above and temperatures warm in some locations and fairfield at 82 and the same for concord and livermore at 83 degrees and the evening plan and the sun goes down at 7:47 and the fog develops and the breeze kicks up and have a light jacket for the evening event. mother nature setting us up for a full weekend and we'll detail the accuweather seven-day forecast. katy? >> thank you. the lack of water is not only hindering spawning.

it's threaten the fish that make it up river. wayne freedman is live in sonoma county. wayne? >> good afternoon katie. take a look at the russian river behind me. take a good long look and see the brown riverbank and 34 years of covering news in the bay area except for last april, we have never seen the russian river this low and this drought story has more to do than just lawns and swimming pools for fish who depend on the water from this river it's a matter of life and death. >> it is a contradiction to the natural order of things but necessary right now. a next across the creek and a pipe leading to a trap and inside of it tiny little fish. for biologists from university of california and seagrass this is a daily ritual around mill creek. >> on a good day we can get upwards of a couple hundred. a good day and a bad time for california's endangered co-host salmon now in a drought. what we're trying to do is count

them and see how many of them survive the winter season and are on their way out to the ocean. >> if you ask marisa, she'll tell you all about the battle to save them. they are 1-year-old salmon almost all of them from state hatcheries this year in a race this year against a drought that threatens to dry out their streams and land lock them. >> they can't access the ocean. so if they can't get out they're going to die. >> and if they die? >> then we lose that year of fish. >> 128. >> today the team pulled about 50 smelt from the stream and they went through a series of measurements. >> 23.6. >> and then a snip of the tail to catalog dna for past and future reference. only one came here by natural means and it got special treatment. >> what we're going to do is actually put a tag in him so that we can track him through the river and see if he comes

back as an adult. >> when the count ended they put it back in the bucket with the rest and carried them downstream and hastened them along. these are the lucky ones that have beaten the drought. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> tomorrow marks the 109 anniversary of the san francisco earthquake of 1906. the fire chief helped spray paint this hydrant on the corner was hayes and buchanon streak. they took turns giving the hydrant a new coat of paint. this was one of the hydrants that was working during the fire and credited with saving the flames. >> a much more festive mood at johns grove. dozens of people gathered there in period clothing for the annual quake luncheon. none of the two remaining survivors were there, but the niece of 109-year-old william

del monte showed up with a picture of her uncle. tomorrow there will be a moment of silence and that's at kerny and gary streets to remember those who died during the quake and fire. the california emergency management agency is reminding people to be ready for any type of natural disaster. we're all encouraged to have emergency kits stocked with items including battery-operated radios and flashlights with extra batteries. a three-day supply for food and water for everyone in the family and a manual can opener and stock the mrjts kit and developing an emergency plan posted on abc 7 news.com. >> a passenger with an ink pen pokes her seatmate on a plane. what set her off and the reaction from flight attendants. new at 4:30 the effort to discipline san francisco police officers in a texting scandal moves forward, but the accused cop may have an ace up their sleeve. >> 7 on your side's michael

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francisco, east bay and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. oh yes. dub nation getting ready for the start of the nba playoffs. they'll take over in round one of the playoffs tomorrow and you can watch that game live on abc 7. the warriors entering the postseason with the best record in the nba at 67 and 15. that actually is the sixth best record of all time. it's been a great regular season. >> yeah. abc 7 news reporter tiffany wilson is live outside oracle arena with the fan excitement. >> katie, you can certainly sense the excitement and tomorrow fans are going to be able to see it when they walk into oracle arena and see 20,000 of these t-shirts draped across the seats. all of them sporting the slogan strength in numbers. >> the ball game is over. >> 40 years ago the warriors earned this banner for oak landz. >> and i remember the excitement that was around the city and the pride that came along with it. >> today in city hall, another

banner contains wishes for a second nba title. >> it's an amazing year so far with the best in the league and hopefully the championship. >> the golden state excitement has spurred economics and blue and gold t-shirt sales have spiked. >> playoff times always brings everybody out. >> oakland restaurant pecan serves southern cuisine, but the owner says don't question his true colors. >> i'm all in for the warriors. yet the golden state matchup -- justin plays for the warriors and his brother is the point guard for the pelicans. >> during, just getting to the nba together was a huge accomplishment. >> being in the playoffs, and this is crazier than the dream. >> as his teammate shot around you can feel the confidence on the court. >> there was no need to try to

approach his game and that's what a lot of people make the mistake. >> and we heard a similar sentiment out on the street. >> i don't think a pelican can beat a warrior. never happened. >> tips off at 12:30 tomorrow. in oakland, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> and the warriors' first playoff game will be against the pelicans as we've been saying at oracle tomorrow and live coverage begins tomorrow at noon on abc 7 and right after that do not dare switch the channel because i'll be here with all my friends. live post game from oracle arena on live after the game and we'll have special gates and he will join us as will another big man donald foyer and they have a lot to say about the importance of a shot blocker at the rim. we'll be asking this question, will this season be considered a success? steph curry is on-- and send it to

the #dubs on seven. >> i wouldn't discount the whole season and i would defer to stef curry. >> you have another sports story. >> it was a night brian stowe will never forget. >> he threw out the first pitch last night. his pitch comes four years after he suffered a severe brain injury from an attack outside dodger stadium. afterward he talked about the pitch and what's helped him make it through the grueling recovery process. >> just wanting to live. my two kids. my son is tyler, he's 16. my daughter is tabby, she's 12 and just them in my life. i just want to be a better person and this has been really big for me.

each pitch practicing every day is big and making the most of it. a lot was going through my brain. i would love to do it again. when do they play again? >> tomorrow! >> next week? oh, tomorrow? i can be here tomorrow. >> an amazing recovery, even stowe calls it a miracle and he will be a special guest against the dodgers next week. >> he looks a lot better than last year or two years ago. and we'll see him with the wind-up in the pitch some day out at at&t park. a female passenger on a southwest airlines flight caused quite -- >> we have more on this bizarre airplane assault. >> if this passenger was trying to write an air raid story stranger than fiction, here is the proof that it succeeded. >> my arm hurt because i was

being stabbed by a plane. >> he woke up from a pretakeoff snooze on a flight from chicago to manchester, new hampshire, to a woman stabbing him with a pen. >> imagine being asleep and then being stung by bees and waking up and going -- ow! >> she went nuts and started stabbing him r with the pen and he screamed really loud almost like a little girl. >> yes. >> and he kept saying i was sleeping and she stabbed me with the pen. >> the plane returned to the gate and the woman was escorted off and flight attendants laughed. >> and they were great, they gave us free gin and tonics and made jokes at end, keep your writing utensils to yourself and was jovial and everyone on the plane was happy. >> as happy as they could be with the flight delayed about

two hours. he has a few bruises, but is not pressing charges against the woman who was allowed on a later flight. marcy gonzalez, abc news new york. >> yikes! drew tuma is here with an accuweather update. >> if you liked today you'll love the weather pattern setting up for the weekend and lots of sunshine and warming temperatures. nothing, but blue outside and live doppler 7 hd is giving us the all clear and the one issue we're having right now is take a look at this. the north wind right now generally anywhere from 10 to 20 miles per hour and what that is doing is churning up the ocean waters just a bit and still in effect until 9:00 this evening and anywhere from 9:00 to 11:00 and the onshore push of win could create rip currents and sneaker waves and large breakers throughout the evening. the gorgeous shot showing you downtown san francisco and the financial district and not a

cloud to be seen and wall to wall blue out there and it will be changing. the forecast does call for coastal clouds to develop and fog around the bay tonight and the summer spread temperature wide this weekend and the location will be very important as to how warm you get the next 48 hours and then next week we're turning a bit unsettled with the weather pattern and we'll talk about that in one second. as you step outside 82 in fairfield and san francisco, 63 degrees and fremont warm at 80 degrees. if you are headed to at&t park later on tonight, first pitch 7:15 against the diamondbacks and lots of sunshine and as the sun sets at 7:47 and that breeze continues and it will feel chilly with the temperatures dropping into the mid-50s and make sure to grab the jacket later tonight. you do notice as you're exiting the game around the bay and the fog is developing and it will stay with us overnight and even to the later morning hours by 11:00 and still rather foggy and

around the bay turning mainly clear with the loss of sunshine on the bay. radar will show you a broad area of high pressure over the weekend and this ridge will bring us weekend warmth and keep the storms at bay. future temperatures will show you location is key. right along the coast of the cloud, upper 50s to lower 60s and the inland valleys and nice and toasty in the 80s and a ditto forecast inland spots place to and warm in the 80s around the bay upper 60s to lower 70s. overnight tonight, we'll see the fog developing and in the 40s across the region and if you are headed to the cherry blossom festival in japan town, we'll have the lingering temperatures starting out in the 50s and by 2:00 we're bright we're breezy and the temperature pretty comfortable at 67 degrees and elsewhere for your highs on your saturday and 86 antioch up to 69 san francisco and 72 oakland and a warm 80 degrees in san jose. accuweather serveven-day forecast

and monday we'll see increasing clouds arriving wednesday and wednesday and thursday the chances there for an isolated sprinkle and nothing significant on the horizon. >> thank you drew. >> sure. >> up next, apple co-founder steve wozniak's announcement and then new after 4:30 the assignment giving people a closer look at the daily struggles of young students. >> and dove nation we want to see the warriors pride. check out the fan photos and we'll issue featuring your photos on air and online during the playoffs

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capsule three days after the launch with the help of the giant robot arm. the carrier holds more than 4,000 pounds of supplies. italy provided the espressomaker for italian astronaut ferrety. she's been stuck with instant coffee and who can survive with that? >> not the italians. i'll tell you that right now. >> bay area, comic lovers rejoice. >> apple co-founder steve wozniak teamed up with stanley to bring your favorite comic characters to life. >> i have an idea. with the two of us we could bring our friends from silicon valley their very own comic con. >> the pair announced in a promotional video they will help launch comic con next march in san jose. wozniak says he hopes the new comic con will be an event where all fans can celebrate the age of the geek and it will take place march 20th in down town san jose. >> just ahead on abc 7 news at

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broadcast center. this is abc 7 news. here are the headlines where you live as we approach 4:30. flames reportedly shot 200 feet into the air after a gas line exploded at a peace officer's gun range in fresno. at least three people were injured, two critically. there are evacuations in that area and school busses and trains have been rerouted. highway 99 was closed but is now open again. a fresno county employee hit the gas line, causing that explosion. in sports, the warriors back at work today getting ready for the first game of the nba playoffs tomorrow. the good news the warriors will be at home where they went 39 and 2 this season. today players relaxed going through their drills getting ready for the unibrow anthony davis and the new orleans pelicans. you can only watch that game right here on abc 7 with our coverage beginning at noon tomorrow. morgan hill residents have been asked by the state to cut their water use by 35%. reporter david louie tweeted this photo, a perfect example of how bad the drought is.

the pile of sand is usually there for people to fill bags in case of flooding and that's gone unused so far this year. san francisco police officers accused of sending racist texts may be immune to being fired. vic lee tweeted today turns out a federal judge's order did not prevent sfpd from investigating racist texts two years ago which may jeopardize disciplinary actions and vic joins us from the newsroom to explain exactly what that manies. >> reporter: larry what this means is that the lawyers for the cops who faced discipline will use the officer's bill of rights limitations statute as self-defense and while the legal fighting has been going on and abc 7 news has learned that the police department will begin giving cases in which these officers were involved to the d.a. for review. >> it raises questions about whether or not these officers have credibility when they say this person did this or that.

>> that could be hundreds, if not thousands of cases which district attorney george gascon's office will have to review. 14 officers are facing disciplinary action from a text messaging scandal. police chief greg sir wants the police commission to fire eight of them including a captain, six officers whose texts were not as offensive face other disciplinary actions. >> it's transparent for both the d.a.'s office as well as the public defender's office and the police department working together to see if those cases have any biased policing. >> meantime the legal wrangling between the lawyers for the officers are starting to reach a head. san francisco's internal affairs unit reportedly received the offensive texts in 2012. defense attorney michael raines says the statute of limitations for police investigations is only one year and that the police commission therefore, cannot discipline the officers. a federal judge did sign this

protective order preventing disclosure of certain information in the case, but he did not mention text messages. chief greg sir maintains that the federal public corruption probe of former officer ian forminger and two other cops shielded their department from investigating officers who were texting. police spokesman officer albyes parza. >> we want to make sure we don't hinder the investigation in any way or there's any cross-contamination, if you will so we want to make sure they complete their investigation. >> abc 7 news has learned that the attorneys for the officers will file their motions in this case by the end of this month. again, they're saying the officers should get off on this legal technicality called statute of limitations. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> thank you, vic. in santa rosa police are looking for a man who tried to kid independent a 9-year-old girl.

investigators ss said the man watched the girl go into a restroom and grabbed her wrist when she walked out. this happened yesterday after school. the girl was able to kick yell and run away and the man left in an older, light brown car with a cracked driver's side window. staying in the north bay, petaluma police are trying to find these three women. they're accused of stealing $6,000 worth of designer wallets and purses from the coach store. it happened tuesday. the women left in a hyundai sonata with a partial california license plate 707. >> a man who train with terrorists appeared in court. he was monitored by law enforcement officials for months. abc news reporter karen travers with more now from washington d.c. a shackled abdirahman mohamud in a soft voice he pled not guilty on terrorism-related charges. >> he received terrorism

training there on weapons combat and tactics. his intent for the united states was to kill americans, that included u.s. military police and anyone in uniform. >> mohamud's mother and sister made no comment after they left the courtroom. >> are you surprised? >> reporter: but his attorney said mohamud was scared. >> what i have here is a young man who is accused and that's how we're approaching this case as we approach every case. the notion that the feds never lose is also b.s. mohamud is a recently naturalized u.s. citizen from somalia. he left with a one-way airline ticket to greece. during a layover in turkey he disappeared and slipped into syria. this scenario is what counterterrorism officials say they fear most. >> law enforcement tries to track them but difficult to track everybody. >> intelligence officials say a cleric in syria directed mohamud to return to the united states and carry out an act of

terrorism. >> the benefit of being american is he has good paper. that means he's able to travel and he has a u.s. passport, that is the goal. >> mohamud arrived back in the u.s. last june and authorities immediately began tracking him. his lawyer says mohamud has no criminal record and the government's case is one-sided. karen travers, abc news washington. in iraq a car bomb exploded just outside the u.s. consulate today in erbil, killing at least three people. there are no american casualties and isis claimed responsibility for the blast. the parents of an 8-year-old killed in the boston marathon bombings are urging prosecutors to end their quest to have convicted attacker dzhokhar tsarnaev executed. bill and denise richards say sentencing tsarnaev to death can relive the most painful day of their lives. their son martin was one of the

youngest killed by the explosions. the comments came in a front-page article in today's "boston globe." the boston marathon is on monday. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 a grandfather with cancer takes up uber driving to help his family. the special passenger who changed his life. the incredible reaction from a teenager after he got his first job. >> i'm michael finney. ask finney is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. just search for michael finney. i'll answer your questions here live a little later. abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma, and a live picture showing you fog beginning to roll in and that will be the case. we'll see how your saturday is shaping up with the afternoon forecast. >> the 360 camera, we just got off 101 south in redwood city and took the exit and we're about to get on 101 northbound so heading back toward at&t park. i'll go this way and spin it and

show you there's not much traffic in redwood city right now which is good news but as we get closer and closer to downtown san francisco, the giants are playing again tonight as they snap a seven-game losing streak and i'll stay with you for just a few more seconds and you can see the traffic will be heavier northbound. we wait for the meter lights and don't want to brea

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hands-free to a whole new level. a state trooper in nebraska recently pulled a trucker over and he noticed the driver was wearing headphones and it turns out the driver had taped his cell phone to the steering wheel because he wanted to watch a soccer game that was streaming on his phone. don't do that. unfortunately, for the driver he paid the price for this low-tech innovation more than $200 in fines. he's lucky it wasn't a lot more than that. >> lucky he didn't get into an accident. >> yeah. >> getting your first job is a big deal, but it was a really big deal for 19-year-old ben sunderman of mckinney, texas. >> what does it mean, ben? did you get it? >> i did! i got a job! i got a job! that's so wonderful to see. her son had applied for a job at the embassy suites hotel that helps children with disabilities transition from high school to the working world. ben's internship begins in

august and he will take public transportation to get there. >> how awesome is that? think about his self-esteem and how much it must have gone up when he read that letter? that was great news. fantastic. we'll turn to the forecast now and friday start looking ahead to the weekend weather and it looks like it will be a beautiful weekend, drew. >> what is the weekend going to look like and it's a very quiet and warm pattern set up for saturday and sunday. live doppler 7 hd is quiet and as we take a look at the nationwide map for saturday and there is a large area of low pressure right around the center of the united states that's dragging a slow moving front to the south and a very unsettled through atlanta and through new orleans and as we take a look into the dallas area and still thunder showers and chicago will see rain, as well, but otherwise, take a look at the west coast out there. plenty of sunshine on the way as we zoom into the golden state tomorrow and 88 in fresno and 88 in l.a. and 95 very warm degrees

in palm springs and 66 the high in tahoe. the coast will be cool and a little bit of fog upper 50s, and san francisco 72 oakland but as you move inland and antioch, 84 to livermore and 80 the high for san jose. >> nobody should go outside tomorrow between noon and 3:00. >> exactly. you add that to the forecast and meteorologist sandhya patel -- >> inside. >> thank you drew. up next, caught on video a reporter's rant. what she has to say now after she went off on a towing company employee. >> plus, i wish my teacher knew. the heartbreaking notes from some third-grade students. i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. there are programs that help you get rid of your water-thirsty lawn. we'll be talking about that

covering santa rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. >> an espn reporter is apologizing for a belligerent

tirade that earned her a one-week suspension. >> do you feel good about your job so i could be a college dropout and be the same thing? i have a brain and you don't? >> yikes! that is part of brit mchenry's rant against a towing attendant after her car was towed in virginia. she also told the attendant to lose some weight. she apologized in a statement saying i allowed my emotions to get the best of me. it was heavily edited by the towing company and that's prompted abc news to request the unedited version to be released and espn and abc both owned by the company. tyler schwartz started a lesson plan. i wish my teacher knew i wanted to go to college, but others much more heart wrenching. one student wrote, i wish my teacher knew how much i miss my

dad because he was deported to mexico when i was 3 years old and i haven't seen him in six years. >> i wish my teacher knew i don't have a friend to play with me. >> some of those notes were truly heartbreaking and it just shows you how much these kids carry around inside that none of us ever suspect. >> i want to go to recess and hang out. >> i'd be play with you. that would be a great gesture. >> other news electronic cigarette use among teenagers is soaring plus what is the perfect amount of exercise for a long life? >> jane king is at the nasdaq with those stories and more in today's wellness report. >> the use of e-cigarettes has tripled among teens since 2013 and now the electronic cigarettes are more popular than traditional smokes and tobacco. the findings prompted strong warnings about the health impact of electronic cigarettes and there could be a system linked to heart disease.

certain immune system cells which normally protect the brain and they consume a key nutrient in mice. while a study does need to be done and this could lead to treatment ofs with alzheimer's disease. there is a goldilocks effect and that is the word for two new studies that suggest an ideal dose for exercise for a long life is more than most people get, but less than what you might expect and the journal of jama found those that doesn't exercise at all were at the highest risk of death and those that exercise moderately 450 per week or an hour a day were the least likely to die prematurely and exercise is important and so is sleep. eat a healthy diet and start on big projects early so you don't have to pull all-nighters. from the nasdaq i'm jane king. cheers to your health. a dying man's, fort to raise money for his family seems to be paying off. ken borsky took a job with uber

after he was diagnosed with stage four cancer. doctors say he only has a few months to live and recently a 69-year-old told a passenger about his situation that he was driving in hopes of having something to leave for his daughter and two grandkids. the 22-year-old was so touched by this that he set up a gofund me campaign and that fund has raised more than $97,000 so far in just four days. the goal was $95,000. let's hope it keeps building. >> awesome. time now for ask finney. 7 on your side michael finney here to answer questions sent to him by facebook twitter and email. question number one kristin p. asks because of the drought i'm thinking of taking out my lawn. are there programs to help with that? >> that's a great question. there are a ton of programs and we have a lot of water districts in the bay area and governments of supply water and they do everything from offer irrigation help some money for better irrigation and they will pay you

to rip out your lawn and they put in drought-resistant plants and there are good deals out there and i posted a bun of these on the websites and check it out on abc 7 news.com and there are really good programs. >> they'll pay me to rip out your lawn. what does it mean when an app requires use? >> one, it needs a camera. it's an app that takes a 360-degree picture and something like that and something harmless harmless. two, they're just showing a very very wide knapp because they don't want to be sued for anything and it's just very easy to ride that kind of overarching plant. they want to spy on you and they want to notice it. >> it scares me. >> rico b. emailed is it legal to charge sales tax for an

online service? >> it gets kind of tricky but the basic idea is it's completely online and it shouldn't be billing you sales tax and it is only for something that is tangible and that's the law for southern california and tangible normally means physical and that's just an online service and they shouldn't be charging you and if it feels like you're being charged wrongly, sometimes the rules get complex and basically all online you shouldn't be taxed. thank you, michael. >> sure. up next, the new playground in palo alto built for children of all abilities. >> hi, katy and larry thanks so much. coming up next a san francisco supervisor sent out the warning for golden gate park and why it will be a traffic nightmare on monday. plus -- ♪ doesn't matter! >> the big demand from these little kids and th [bulldog yawns] i can't wait to get to mattress discounters because the tempur-pedic bonus event is ending soon.

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wow! is there medicine for that? that is the sound of irish red billed chuf. unusual in most settings but not at piedmont high school. the bird calling high school contest, these people are amazing. the contest really is famous. past winners have appeared on johnny carson and david letterman show. sorry, no tickets for tonight because they sold out in less than six hours it was so popular. >> good skill. construction crews are wrapping up work today on a special playground opening tomorrow in palo alto one centered around innovation and inclusion inclusion. chris winn now there with a big reveal. >> yes. we're giving you a sneak peek inside the playground. if you take a look behind me and take a look around, they're

swinging, sliding, swaying and there's even a special treehouse all designed for those who have physical or developmental challenges and it is truly a place where everyone can feel included. >> as sparks fly inside mitchell park it's down to the wire at what's being billed as the nation's most innovative inclusive playground and you feel secure and you feel welcome and you will playing side by side. >> the brainchild of a palo alto mom who couldn't find an ada park for her daughter to enjoy. they went to city hall six years ago with the goal of building something great. city officials set aside the land and $300 in seed money. the rest of the fund-raising would be up to her. >> i would be showing up with zip lock bags of coins and a lot of people feel this is their park and that's what we really wanted. >> her support team was able to raise $4 million to make the playground happen. ground breaking was nine months

ago and most of the equipment came from europe. every piece of this playground serves a purpose much like this transition station for adults and children who use wheelchairs. this saturday morning a grand opening celebration for the entire community and project managers are counting down the hours. >> really what it is is just makes me aware of the amount that people out there that need something like this and to be able to be a part and enjoy everything with the rest of the folks. >> a lesson that many will learn in the years to come. >> it's been a labor of love and it's been a lot of work, but it's a beautiful legacy to leave behind. >> a magical bridge that would never have been built without one woman's drive, in palo alto, chris winn, abc 7 news. thanks for joining us on abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm larry beil and abc 7 begins now with cheryl and dan. >> where all of the construction

is on '99. >> a fireball erupts and breaking news and we'll have the very latest coming up. exasperation over conservation and frustration spills over as the south bay community cuts back. that's icky and definitely grossed out and what's happened in the starbucks classroom and i don't know what's going to happen now. it's terrible. a major hospital is just days away from closing its doors and the patients and the staff in limbo tonight. >> abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. and that breaking news in fresno, a fire from a massive explosion at a police gun range near highway 99 is still burning, but it is now under control. flames that witnesses describe going up at one point as high as 200 feet in the air. officials say 14 people are

injured and three of them critically and a fresno county worker on a tractor struck a gas line before 2:30 causing the explosion and officials described the scary moment after the fire broke out. >> very chaotic but in the end all of the emergency personnel in the area just came through and came together at once. >> highway 99 near the herndon avenue exit was closed for a while after the explosion and it is now reopened with just one ramp still closed. >> the fresno fire department posted images of the firefighters battling that fire. coming up in just a few minutes we'll take you there live for an update for a reporter from the sister station in fresno. >> good evening, everybody i'm cheryl jennings and dan ashley. this yidvideo just west of petaluma between san antonio and novato boulevard. it is blocking all traffic going

west right now until crews move the truck off the highway and the highway patrol says that could take hours. >> the trader joes in loss altos is closed for the day after the car plowed through the front door injuring some shoppers the driver was pulling into a parking spot about noon when the engine revved. the car crashed into a check out counter and fortunately all those injuries were minor. fire investigators say a two-story house fire may have been caused by roof workers. firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the home located on arguello street and that was at 3:20 today. they remain on the scene checking the walls and spaces for any possible spread of flames. >> late today marin county banned all outdoor residential burning. county officials say the drought is making the fire danger too high. >> the state water board was supposed to release updated drought regulations right about now, but we just got word that we'll be issued tomorrow morning instead. ma