6:30. let's move on. graphic and disgusting details ed in a san francisco courtroom when a former political consultant to the mayor faces child pornography charges, six felony counts of child pornography. live at the hall of justice with the story. katie? >> reporter: prrs say enrique pierce was in possession of nearly 5,000 images of child pornography, including video in. they say children and infants being sexually assaulted and in some photos the children are tied up. the district attorney's office says that he is a threat to public safety because, in addition to the pornography, investigators say that they found more than 100 images on his cell phone showing boys ages 7 to 12 who do not appear to know they're being photographed. one boy was on a man's shoulders at a giants' celebration at city hall. the d.a. is concerned that

police say he has told another man that he would like to share a boy with a man. the judge today raised the bail from $250,000 to $400,000. >> i think that based on the totality of the circumstances, the bail that has been set is very appropriate, and i believe that the judge made the ruling accordingly. >> he'll be posting bail and getting out, we'll be fighting these charges and be reviewing and taking a look at allegations nevg over the next few weeks. he's lived and worked here over 20 years. >> reporter: today's hearing revealed how the investigation against pierce was initiated. investigators say a man, but calling a witness got an online message and the two started communicating about their mutual sexual interest in boys and pierce ultimately sent that witness pornographic pictures. authorities searched his home last thufrs thursday when they arrested him. the d.a.'s office asked us to

not identify the witness and they're not saying if he's a citizen or law enforcement officer. katie marzullo, abc 7 news. an oakland community was stunned when a 14-year-old boy was shot and killed by an unknown stranger last february. today the man behind the senseless killing was charged with murder. and now, we've learned the victim wasn't the only target. live at oakland technical high school where he was a student. >> reporter: he attended oakland tech. today in court his family caught a glimpse of the alleged shooter. now his father says, he believes the shooter was mad about something. mad at the world. a mash of 1st shoot-out between a suspect and hayward police provided evidence to link 28-year-old donald higgins to the murder of the 14-year-old ellis, several miles away in oakland. >> i'm happy. i'm happy.

finally some justice dealing with my son's murder. >> reporter: that's the 14-year-old's father who was in court today as higgins was charged with several counts of murder and attempted murder. one day after his son's death, the alleged gunman barricaded himself inside his mother's home in hayward after police spotted him in white 2004 infinity suv. >> when the officer attempted to stop him, he jumped out of the car, and shots were fired between the suspect and the officer. >> reporter: his suv matched the description given earlier by fibe other victims at california state university east bay. several hours after higgins killed the 14-year-old, he shot several times at their car. they were not hurt. >> it hurts because i basically lost my son for nothing because somebody else had a hitfit of rage. i lost the most important person to me. >> reporter: after the shoot-out, police found a handgun with .30 round magazine. the bullets matched casings recovered at the hayward

shooting scene. police have evidence and statements that connect higgins to the murder of the 14-year-old. he attended oakland tech a school district spokesperson described him as prom it'sing student and football player. >> at his age, you're just beginning to paint a picture of what you'll be. who knows what he could become, and that's a tragedy he'll never have the ability to achieve that potential. four victims in a deadly dui crash last night have been identified late today. three were 18-year-old, young women who attended three different high schools in gilroy. the fourth was a 24-year-old man, the driver is the sole survivor. he's been arrested on suts special of dui have vehicular manslaughter. the dissister of one of the victim is in disbelief. >> she had no control.

i'm sure she didn't know when she got in the car this was going to happen, i don't think any of them knew. >> students at christopher high school, where one of the victims went to school have been asked to wear black to school in memory of those who died. outrageous robbery in the middle of the night at stanford shopping center. you can see the damage after the newly built bloomingdale's hit by a crash and grab. thieves escaped with a lot of jewelry. vic lee live at the shopping center with the story. they were in and out in two minutes. >> reporter: well, dan crash and grabs appear to be the m.o. of choice now. no more throwing bricks or rocks to break into a store. they now use cars as battering rams most of them stolen, like the one today. and for the public, it's still a novelty. >> i think people will do anything they can to get anything now. >> that's insane. in this area, too? >> reporter: customers at the shopping center were shocked at

boildness boildness boldness of the roshs. after 4:00 in the moshing a jeep cherokee smashes the glass door, three people run into the store. the police agent describes what happened next. they were wearing black hoodies, using some type of tool, smashed open several jewelry glass cases, removes several items of jewelry. >> reporter: it happened quickly. thieves were in the store no longer than two minutes. a veteran officer finds the jeep, he knew where to go. a small road next to the creek where stolen cars have been dumped before but the thieves have left along with the loot. the second crash and grab robbery in palo alto in three month. the photography store hit in mid-february. two men rammed the glass door pushed back the steel chain gate, enough to crawl into the store. they shattered glass cabinets and stole cameras and gear.

saleman couldn't believe bloomy's was hit by a crash and grab too. >> i'm surprised they keep doing this, and getting away with it. so hopefully the police will finally catch them. >> reporter: san francisco has had at least a half dozen crash and grabs since last fall. including this one at wells fargo. so far no arrests. vic lee abc 7 news. 17-year-old boy admitted to police today he was part of a brazen home invasion in the upscale ever green neighborhood of san jose. the teenager one of the those caught breaking into the house. the familiary ran to the bathroom and called police. the intruders took off. police are searching for the second rob. >> another dose of spring moisture on wait to the bay area. you might not know it from this live picture. looks picturesque. above our camera in the east bay hills. abc 7 weather here with live

doppler weather hd. >> a good chance. live doppler 7 hd clouds increase, offshore. let's pull back and give you a wider radar view. this afternoon active weather. north a line of thunderstorms into the northern most part of the state. looking at offshore the area of showers developing that will move in our direction. so let's give you a look at what we can expect over the next 12 hours. during overnight, we'll see pockets of scattered showers developing becoming more prominent by 5:00 tomorrow morning as the morning commute begins. certainly, according to this projection, be wet spots tomorrow. and it's going to get wetter after that. a longer look at what's coming our way in a few minutes. >> spencer thanks very much. the golden state warriors taking on the memphis grizzlyiesgrizzlies. a win would send the team to clinch the semifinals. live from oakland with the story of superfans going wherever this

team takes them. carolyn, you'd do it too, you're a huge fan. >> reporter: i would. i want to see that guy over there the warriors say that more than 500 fans made that trek to memphis. i called them superfans, and i talked to a few of them today about their experience. it was enemy territory, but according to barry and teen na memphis was not hostile. the warriors tick it holders headed for the blues, civil rights museum and cheer on the warriors in the playoff series against the grizzlies. >> everybody who saw us in our garb would say, over, you're warrior fans you can't come. in kidding, come in. wherever we went people talked to us because we're from the bay area and people love the bay area. >> reporter: call it southern hospitality and the couple says the friendliness included the treatment by the fans at the fedex forum.

one member of w nation tweeted me he was hit in the face. others said the crowd was good natured but loud. bill a warrior season ticket holder, since 1975 says it was exciting to follow the team to memphis. >> they were as avid and as excited at we are at oracle arena. of course every foul called against them there was reactive as we are at oracle arena. >> reporter: a plus to standing out in the crowd. having a personal connection with mvp steph curry. >> the head nod, he made the eye contact and the head nod to the five of us sitting right there. that was actually the highlight for me. getting acknowledgement. he does appreciate that we're standing here cheering. >> reporter: can and by the way, steph is popular even with fans from the opposing team.

his merchandise is number two right behind lebron james. carolyn tyler, live at oracle arena. go warriors! >> yeah. right about that carolyn. thanks. thank you for sending in your warriors fan photos. here are some of the most recent ones weave ones wife received. if you want us to include your pictures on the air or online, post them to facebook twitter, instagram, use #wson7. >> the high speed derailment of the amtrak train in philadelphia. more on moments leading up to the crash. >> live update on the new bay bridge, what's causing bolts to rust. how much is it going to cost to investigate the problem? >> i'm michael finney. a warning for those looking for vacation deal online. 7 on your side is coming up. and a female announcer: the mattress price wars are on at sleep train!

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an extensive investigation, paid for by the fees we pay here at the toll plaza as far as safety is concerned, the steel rods are key in supporting the bridge in the event of an earthquake. >> reporter: at issue it integrity of the steel rod, also known as bolts on the new bay bridge, after saltwater discovers at the foundation of the landmark tower. >> where the salt came from, we don't know yet. could have come from when constructed, could be coming from other ways it can get in there. one way could be the bay water coming in there. we don't know yet. >> reporter: during testing a steel rod found to have corroded and fractured, possibly due to water exposure. further testing showed corrosive chloride in the sleeve that encases 25-foot long rod. crews are going through more than 400 to assess the severity of the situation. the first time the steel rods broke two years ago they were repairs at the cost of $45 million. >> but we are mindful of the costs, mindful of who should be

responsible for this. >> reporter: metropolitan transportation commission, one of three organizations on the bridge's oversight panel says $4 million collected from bay area toll bridges will be used to investigate the problem. they're not sure how much more it will be cost to fix it. toll payers have mixed feelings. >> $4 million i just don't know what to say about that. >> at the end of the day you know, we're paying for it one way or another. now we're backtracking. >> if there's nothing we can do about the $4348 million going forward it's going to have be spent to keep the bridge in place. >> reporter: they're within budget for unplanned expenses. >> meantiming look for longer commutes and heavier traffic over the next 30 years. that's the warning from u.s. secretary of transportation anthony fox. he was in silicon valley today. abc 7 news reporter david lily caught. with him as he looked to new technology for solutions. >> reporter: think traffic is

bad now? the u.s. secretary of transportation. >> for those of you who enjoy riding next to trucks on the road, get ready. it's going to get worse. >> reporter: by worse the secretary means 65% increase in truck traffic. that's why he's in silicon valley talking to ceos of companies and seeking their help. over the next 30 years freeway congestion will worsen as the population grows by 70 million. climate change will put some airports under water. he's concerned about how local and state government along with the federal government will manage the transportation challenge. >> one of our biggest challenges as a country is that we don't have national goals in transportation anymore. think about the transcontinental railroad a big call to action for the country. >> reporter: many decisions made locally. stanford university uses economic pressure to drive cars on campus. >> if you choose to drive your car you have to pay $500 to park. we're trying to push people from going over 70% of our commuters driving alone to less than 50%

driving alone. >> reporter: in his exchange with ceos, the second heard an overriding message, many prefer washington set goals rather than choose what to do. >> set a goal like increasing amount of renewable energy or reducing emission and let great companies like those in silicon valley compete for the right approach. >> reporter: as bay area drivers forcing longer commute, that's the impetus to get engineers to develop solutions. david louie, abc 7 news. >> talk about the weather forecast. cool out there. >> maybe rain coming our way. spencer. >> looks pretty good for tomorrow. it may arrive early enough to complicate the morning commute. may not be entirely bad thing. look at live doppler 7 hd, sunny skies across the bay area at this moment. the presence of clouds has made itself apparent. there's a live view from our east bay hills camera. looking at a dramatic shot, low

clouds, high clouds, mid level clouds, patches of blue. 59 in san francisco. 61 oakland. we have 63 cansan carlos, san jose. half moon bay. a dramatic vie view of the sky over lake tahoe. 60 degrees in santa rosa. lower 60s, livermore. one more live view blue sky at least in this section of sky over san francisco from our rooftop cam rap the forecast features showers early tomorrow morning, possibility of isolated thunder in the later hours tomorrow. and showers will probably linger as they taper off into early friday morning. here's a look at satellite radar composite image. here comes the system that's going to bring us that batch of showers that will arrive during early, early morning hours. this low pressure system that's driving this whole system, fuelling it with energy is going to move to our south but we'll get wet weather from this system. so let's start the forecast animation 11:00 tonight which

we'll have cloudy skies maybe a spot or two of moisture will have moved in already. certainly by 5:00 tomorrow as the commute begins we expect to see areas of scattered showers. later in the morning hours, organized showers and heavy locally heavy downpours likely by about 9:00 10:00 a.m. notice all shifting towards east bay by midst morning. and that will be the consent traths tration of the heaviest rainfall through the midday hours and into the early afternoon tomorrow. although most parts of the bay area will get some wet weather. the conservation on the east bay. tomorrow lingering showers. through friday morning 5:00 rainfall totals will be from tenth of an inch up to a quarter of an inch for most locations in the bay area. but the weather spots in east bay could receive half an inch to an inch. in the sierra, winter storm warning is in effect for our, well central sierra around tahoe region 4 to 6 inches of

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and we need to break through those to do the best work we can do give these victims dignity and give them a voice. >> a recent study found reports of sexual assaults on college campuses doubled between 2009 and 2013. again, one in five has been a victim. california schools have until july 1st to enact policies ensuring law enforcement is notified after a sexual assault. >> san francisco police are warning residents of a new scam targeting older women in their homes. investigators say these two men enters six homes during the first week of may and stole valuables. a woman -- a man tells the homeowner their neighbor is installing a new fence and needs to take measurements. he's in the backyard with the homeowner, a second suspect ransacks the house. >> runs through the house stealing all of the jewelry, bracelets, rings. anything they can hold. specifically gold, silver and

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in engineer in the philadelphia train crash once worked for cal train. brandon bostian was an amtrak employee at the time to drive cal train before 2011. he now lives in queens new york. here are new details on last night's crash. bostian's linked in profile indicates he's worked at amtrak nine years help ss le he declined to provide testimony to police. abc news reporter karen traverse has the late jeeft investigatorest. >> investigators are sifted through mangled metal and debris. data shows the train was traveling 106 miles per hour before it derailed, more than twice the speed limit for that part of the track. >> just moments before the derailment the train was placed into engineer induced braking, and this means that the engineer

applied full emergency brake application. >> reporter: the engineer is identified as 32-year-old brandon bostian of queens new york. all seven cars plus the engine broke off the track. >> like a bang. >> the trains tilted over and rolled. >> reporter: amtrak say there's were 238 passengers and 5 crew members on board the train. seven confirmed fatalities including a 20-year-old, midshipman at the u.s. naval academy in annapolis. >> this tragedy shocked us all in the worst way. >> reporter: and jim gains who worked for the associated press. >> it is incredible that so many people walks way from that scene last night, and i don't know how that happened but for the grace of god. >> reporter: there are still some people unaccounted for. may ur nutter says they have not matched the passenger manifest they received from amtrak with the information from local hospitals. it could be because some

passengers maybe didn't board the train last night or some passengers haven't checked in with officials but at this point, that's unclear. karen travers abc 7 news philadelphia. breaking news in the scram area. a wildfire burning close to homes in fair oaks. cal fire has at least one helicopter and crews on the ground fighting it. no word on how many acres but it doesn't appear any homes have been damaged at this point but it's been breezy today. that isn't helping. this is near the american river in what is called the sayilor bar area south of bluff lane. there is a lot of smoke. this fire spread quickly. but they do have crews trying to deal with it and keep away from those homes in fair oaks. documents made public offer conflicting accounts of what happened in a bus crash on interstate 5 last year. ten people were killed last april when a fedex truck driver drifted into the bus's path, it was taking high school students on a college campus tour. one passenger says the fedex

driver was slumped over but the documents show they was in good health, and not using a cell phone at the time. investigators have not reached any conclusions about exactly what caused that tragedy. the summer vacations right around the corner you might try booking hotel rooms online. >> it may be convenient but it might not be the best way to secure the room you actually want. >> michael finney is here to look into what's going on. >> you'll be remembering this online absolutely. experts say booking on websites like expedia and travelocity are fine but third party sites that can cause you trouble. >> reporter: joel wide booked his hotel room six months in advance. >> i knew that the hotels would completely fill up for this particular convention. >> reporter: he needed a room close to the convention. >> because of my medical problems, i really needed to not

have to walk very far. >> reporter: the hilton anaheim hotel adjoins the anaheim convention center. he found what he thought was the phone number for the hotel online. you know, specifically i asked is this hilton? >> reporter: they said it was a reservation desk. but when he arrived at the hotel, there was no reservation on record and the hotel was sold out. joel didn't have a confirmation number called his credit card company on the information on the charge he knew he paid months before. >> american express immediately said, well here's an order that was placed for you. >> reporter: but it wasn't the hilton. it was a motel. turns out the reservation was made through a third party company named reservation counter. the hilton was apologetic and found him a room at one of their sister properties but it was several blocks away. >> as a result i spent more time walking, et cetera than i needed to.

and less time at the different programs. >> reporter: mary ann is the spokesperson for the american hotel and lodging association. >> with the hotel industry is really concerned about is booking sites that are using a variety of marketing tactics to make it seem like you're at the direct hoelth booking site. >> reporter: this is exactly what happened to joel. >> they'll use the hotel's logo they'll use pictures, they'll use maps. >> reporter: joel tried to dispute the hotel charges through his credit card company but they count go for that. so he called 7 on your side, we contacted reservation counter. and immediately joel heard from the company. they offered an apology and a refund. >> 99% of the time booking online is fine. but we really want to make consumer as wear that they should be on the lookout for this scam. >> reporter: american hotel and lodging association is urging the federal trade commission to crack down on websites that are third parties and mislead people. >> that's amazing.

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by some accounts more than /4 of the edge nears at silicon valley tech companies are men. that's something the industry's working to change. >> how do you attract women to male-dominated field? that's the question. jonathan bloom found a young stanford student who may have the answer. >> hi i'm leah i'm starting a blog called moon in silicon valley. >> reporter: the junior started what might just be a phenomenon, women of silicon valley based on another blog, humans of new york. >> you have impactful snapshots with the quote. >> reporter: but humans are a rare breed, women who work in tech. >> i feel like these women deserve more recognition and almost all of them have been extremely receptive to being featured. >> reporter: the blog's gone from 2,000 followers to over 20,000. it's had shout out from chelsea clinton and melinda gates.

>> they're huge role models for me. >> reporter: role models what she wants to show to girls much longer. >> i want to learn how to write code. >> reporter: the 6th and 7th grades are finished a program. the day, career fair by female executives. >> it made me think about a good career for me. >> reporter: middle school play seem early to have a career fair but organizers say it's not. this is the time when kids are making decisions about themselves, that could affect the rest of their lives. >> middle school age, 6, 7, 8th, when students begin to self-identify as being good at things and begin to self-select out of things that they perceive that they may not be good at. >> reporter: and noticing who else seem to be good at those things. >> is having a role model that looks like them important? >> absolutely. i think if you can see yourself in that place you can imagine how to get there. >> reporter: for leah, she's just getting started.

she'd love to interview marisa my somewhere cheryl sanburg. >> she's like a god and like the bible for me. >> reporter: the blog was an experiment, it's safe to say it worked. >> being -- seeing how well it's being received, my plan is to continue it, even after i graduate. >> reporter: jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. coming up next -- my report on artificial intelligence. >> and the growing concern among experts that machines bulldog: get a queen serta set for just $397. save up to $300 on tempur-pedic breeze. and get up to four years interest-free financing on the entire tempur-cloud collection! the memorial day sale is ending soon. ♪ mattress discounters ♪

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on? >> reporter: in avengers age of ul tran a scary looking creature designed to save the world. >> there's only one path to peace. extinction. >> reporter: the future probably won't look like there is. but the danger that a computer programmed to help us could harm us instead is increasingly real. >> we try to make them only do good things but once we let's them free give them leeway if they ever get smart and start thinking on their own, you know, there's no way to write software perfectly anyway. it's game over. >> reporter: that's steve wozniack, co-founder of apple talking about artificial intelligence. >> it's scary because i can see a lot of the thinking i've done in my life is no longer even done by humans. >> reporter: wozniack is the latest prominent expert to found the alarm. he joins bill gates physicist stephen hawking and elon musk who is so concerned he donated $10 million to an institute created to make sure machines

behave themselves. uc berkeley professor russell is working on it. >> to make sure mathematically proven that the robots will be on our side. >> reporter: russell is one of the world's leading experts on artificial intelligence. he points to the johnny depp movie what the world might be like with super intelligent machines. the machine is able to figure out how to cure blindness and resurrect the dead and cure the planet's environment. >> reporter: but the computer connects to the internet and try to carry its goals too far. russell says that's a serious risk in the future. he believes the way to prevent it is create computers that learn human values and put them in context. >> even before we reach the level of super intelligent system we will have systems that can lead everything that's ever written and extract information from it. >> that's a way off. but videos show types of machine learning that is already

possible. this robotic helicopter talk itself technical maneuvers by watching other helicopters controlled by people. this robot was taught to tie a simple knot, then build on that to learn more complicated knots. not as tough as deciphering human values but the next step in learning how to keep artificial intelligence under control. >> very serious question. not just because of the potential rinksk but because of the potential benefit. >> reporter: once the stuff of science fiction, now a real-world issue facing scientists who know superheroes are not going to bail them out. how long will it be until we create computers with full artificial intelligence? impossible to say. growing consensus we better prepare now to make sure we are ready, because it seems inevitable. >> all right. thank you, dan. spencer's back with an update on the forecast. >> we'll start with the time lapse view from our room top camera, clouds traveling across

the san francisco sky. there's a lot of blue there but clouds are thicker later in the afternoon. live doppler 7 hd, clouds developing offshore. showers on the way. arrive overnight in the early morning hours. tomorrow a showery wet day statewide including snow over in the central sierra. here in the bay area, we'll see the first showers arriving probably before the start of the morning commute and then continuing into the midday hours, getting heavier over in the east bay. that's where we expect heaviest conservation of rainfall tomorrow. cool day, highs in the low to mid-60s around the bay and inland locations, only 50s on the coast, and here's the accuweather seven day force cast. shower li linger into friday. sunnier. early next week we warm up into more springlike levels with mid-70s inland on tuesday and wednesday. >> it's chilly. >> really is. has been for a couple of days now. >> thanks, spencer. and larry beil. >> game five. big flight at oracle.

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this week's celebrity edition continues at 7:00. >> competitors are morocca, and john berman. >> 7:00 on celebrity jeopardy. stay tuned here. >> abc 7 sports report brought to you by bank of the west. >> good evening. as much of a relief as it was to win game four, the warriors know that won't mean a thing if they lose game five. the win or of game five goes on capture the series more than 80% of the time. mike shumann live courtside with more on the basketball game that has turned into something of a chess match. >> reporter: no question. the warriors in game four used an unusual matchup. basically having andrew bogut

play a one-man zone. and it worked. now this is the beauty of the playoffs. will they try it again? and does memphis counter that? part of the intrigue of the playoffs, it's all about matchups. the warriors basically dared the grizzly' tony allen to hit outside shots. me made 2 of 9 with bogut letting him shoot. the ws hoping the same tactic works in game five. >> my job will be to stop the ball, not care about him rolling. he rolls and catches down there he's got a big guy that can jump up and down. we'll live with the results, we'll make adjustments on the fly. i'm not sure what they're going to do. >> we like our chances knowing that we've made the right adjustments and everybody's been pretty focused and confident what we're about, who we are as a team. >> reporter: all right.

tony allen has a hamstring issue, and in his pregame press conference the head coach of memphis said, he's a game-time decision. but we're reading on twitter that he is inactive. we'll find out shortly. live from oracle arena, mike shumann, abc 7 sports. >> thank you. as an aside, by the way, warriors coach is reading the book "all the light we cannot see" to take his mind off of baseball. a novel about a blind french girl and german boy whose paths cross in the 1930s, and that's nice. but can we focus on pick and roll defense? read the book in the summer! all right. john wall, he's got the wizards focuses on the hawks. game five it's wall to wall with john wall. a broken hand. misses several games. overthe head pass to bradley beal who finishes. between defenders. right now the hawks battled back and lead 63-62 in the fourth

quarter. a's have won two games in a row exactly once this season. back on april 13th and 14th. another chance in son in gray gave them a chance against boston. came in 4-0. strikes out mookie bets. runners left on base, 14 total. too many. bretz laurie, two on in the first, can of corn to center. second inning, gray facing the panda. sandoval swinging at a pitch in the dirt. one of the nine strikeouts. sonny allows one run in seven innings. nava, ball into no man's land scores a run. ramirez in for a 1-0 lead. bottom of the third after a lead-off triple by marcus simeon, laurie, ground ball to second offense nonexistent for the a's. blanked by boston 2-0. making it hard for bruce bochy to keep him out of the lineup, walks in the opening inning and steals second. setting up buster posey. base knock up the middle.

in comes duffy. giants 1-0 lead. tim hudson on the hill. cris carter, jose altuve you'll get nothing and like. posy homered. right now in the fifth giants lead 3g-1. abc 7 sports brought to you by bank of the west. >> so put the book down. >> right. >> it's nice to read about what's go on in 1930. i'm concerned what's happening right now wednesday night. >> thank you. all right, join us at 9:00 on coffee tv 20 cable channel 137 new life for a hospital, how an east bay center that could reopen. abc 7 news at 11:00, we have to go through security when we fly but some pilots and flight attendants don't. a special report on the loophole some say is putting passengers at risk. prime time lineup, "the middle," "the goldbergs" "modern

family" "blackish" and abc 7 news at 11:00. >> that do to it for this edition of abc 7 news. breaking news continues on twitter, abc 7 news bay area. thank you for joining us tonight. >> we appreciate your time as always. we'll see you at 9:00 and 11:00.

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