hours after this incident all began. hands up in the air the second of two hostages were freed at the same time. the other hostage was released after 2:30 after he crawled out of a service bay roll-up door. a small armored vehicle picked him up and took him to safety. >> none of the hostages were injured and we talked to a woman who was caught up in the police chase and shexd explains what she saw and what happened to her and her vehicle. >> we'r%hnn the fast lane. all of a sudden this car kind of zooms and cut in front of me really quick. something was dragging alongside of him and i ran over whatever it was and it kind of popped off. >> reporter: it turned out she must have dragged some of the spike strip in her car and brought it down to contra loma boulevard. the police right now in antioch are doing what they call a debrief. they are trying to gather all of the evidence and the details of what happened this afternoon because multiple agencies were involved it's going to take a

while to sort all of this out. the contra costa county sheriff's department and the antioch police and highway patrol were all involved and there are two shots at the suspect after he brandished the gun. >> they're going to be giving abc news reporter alan wang what happened and we have that on abc 7 news. we are live in antioch david louie, abc 7 news. >> we have breaking news in the east bay and a man hunt under way for the suspect suspected of invading a home. deputies spotted the get away car and chased it until it crashed at interstate 580 in keller. they did arrest three people and one got away. you're looking at sky 7 hd over the scene live in east oakland. police are searching the area of mountain boulevard near the entrance to an old navy yard and this isn't far from where the crash occurred on 580.

we'll let you know when police find him and our breaking news is on abc 7 news.com and on twitter at abc 7 bay area. >> authorities have arrested three people they believe were responsible for a half dozen home burglaryies in east san jose. the two teenage boys and a man were found full of cars of what officers believe were stolen electronics taken from area homes. police had been examining a series of burglaries in the city's east side and evergreen areas. police are looking into whether the three accused burglars were woing as part of a larger crew. >> let's turn now to some positive news and the warriors and the team coach of a very big game tonight. >> sports reporter laura anthony is live outside the arena with the dub nation hoping warriors punch a ticket for the nba finals for the first time in 40 years. >> larry beil is inside oracle arena. >> hi cheryl. i have comforting video. steph curry just wrapped up his

pregame warm-ups about five or six minutes ago. everything normal, routine no problems and if you didn't see that scary fall from a couple of nights ago you would never guess there was anything wrong with him. steph did admit this morning that he was a little bit sore on the right side of his body from the fall on monday night and he's going to wear a compression sleeve on his right arm and elbow. i asked espn's jaylen rose if it was a good idea that curry cam back to play game four. >> how do you not come back into the game in the storyline would have been how effective is he going to be tonight and it creates a seed of dout for the rest of the players in the locker room and the coaching staff in mrep raising because they don't know what they're going to get. even though he gets a couple of shots blocked and before you know he's making good passes and everybody feels like they're full of strength and they hope

they can close the series out tonight. >> they go back on the court in thexd third quarter. >> i felt like it was a good decision to go out and play and see what i can do. >> we're about an hour away from tip-off as the warriors try to reach the nba finals for the first time in 40 years. this is a live look at the big awesy and andrew bogus going through the warm-ups and jared collins just tried to hit me with the basketball and i think that was intentional jared. anyway, that's the scene inside and i'm going to have to talk to collins here in a little bit and let's go outside and abc 7 news reporter laura anthony and why she's not having balls thrown at her from assistant coaches. hi laura. >> not yet larry. hi. out here in the parking lot. this has been a day of action and a doubleheader and plenty of these flying here in the parking lot and many folks making a full day of it and first the as game and the matinee this afternoon

and now what many agree will be the marquee event that is the warriors against the houston rockets. >> say let's go warriors. >> reporter: while as fans wore their green and gold for the tailgating ritual their minds were also on another team, one that will go for the western conference win in just a few hours. >> you know, there is another big game happening over here tonight. what do you think? >> i think that we can close it out tonights especially if it's at home. >> do you think tonight will be the night? >> tonight will be the night. curry will take it out tonight. >> indeed, amid the as jerseys there were more than a few sporting blue and gold. >> i like your outfit. what are you wearing here and i'm hoping thompson and cur you will get their game going and i'm not going to say their name and i'll beat them good. >> next door the head chef is preparing for another big playoff game in a big way.

>> you have all of these balls to juggle and it's just a matter of we just need to win and it makes all of our lives a lot easier. >> tonight's menu features roast beef and tomato caprese hopefully with a big side of victory. >> laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> the as, of course are hoping they do well and they tweeted this bobblehead saying go dubs. it called it a shout out to the parking lot. lebron james and the cleveland cavaliers and the cavs completed a four-game sweep of the atlanta hawks last night and he's never won an nba championship in the 45-year history and tonight's game tips off at 6:00, if necessary game six will be back in houston friday night and if possible, game seven will be at oracle on sunday and catch the action on our sister network espn. >> abc 7 is your home for the

nba finals and catch the finals right here starting june 4th one week from tomorrow. let's move on to other items and a woman who claims she can steal a zip car in just seconds and she's not responsible for all of the crimes in a wave of zip crime thefts. she talks from her jail cell in this story that you will see only on abc 7. reporter vic lee is live with more from the newsroom on what she had to say. vic? >> the court documents say nicole dippo admitted to chp officers who arrested her that she stole 30 zip cars but she told us from jail she's not guilty of stealing all of them, however. prosecutors say since she's been in jail thefts of zip cars have dropped off. >> between march and the middle of april 76 zip cars were stolen in san francisco. >> how many zip cars have you taken part in stealing? >> um, seven. >> that's all nicole dippo will admit to but since her arrest

april 12th, prosecutors say only three zip cars have been stolen in the city. >> are the other ones? >> i'm not really going to plead guilty to them because i'm not guilty. >> okay. >> the 28-year-old claims she's not part of a ring of zip car thieves. the real ringleader she says is still out there. >> i look like i was the ringleader because i'm the been that taught that individual and that was taught to other people. >> dippo says she can steal a zip car in as little as 30 seconds and she uses a slim jim to get in and manipulates the wires from another device that overrides the ignition system. dippo says she's never stolen any other type of car. why zip cars? it gave her a sort of rush. >> it was a high, you know what i mean? once you get the car you're just, like oh my gosh, you know what i mean? dippo told us the arrest has been a life changer. >> i have been able to really think about what i wanted to do.

>> you're not going to steal any more cars? >> no. i am done you know? >> dippo goes back to court next week charged with stealing seven zip cars. she pleaded not guilty at her arraignment. vic lee abc 7 news. this is a busy wednesday evening. coming up, grass fires break out in two locations in the south bay. wye are live there with details. >> plus the broken rods on the bay bridge. find out what cal trans is saying about this tonight. >> also ahead, we find out what millennials are really doing on their phones. >> and we'll show you why you can't trust the label on certain

covering fremont, pallo atto, north bay and all the bay area this is abc 7 news. >> two grass fires broke out in santa clara county today and

fire crews quickly contained them as neighbors watched nervously from their homes. chris nguyen is live from the eagle ridge golf course in gilroy tonight with the story. chris?0l >> the ninth fairway at eagle ridge is just behind me. if you take a look you can see a lot of green trees in the distance and beyond the first ridge is where the fire broke out earlier this afternoon and althoughnb residents areñr relieved that the fire did reach their hopes they say it was still too close for comfort. >> at the eagle ridge golf club in gilroy a nerve-racking experience for residents. >> after i literally walked into my kitchen it was just all white and black smoke and you can see the flames. >> just after 12:00, a golf club employee called 911 to report a grass fire quickly moving up the hillside behind the ninth pole. cal fire and gilroy fire as well as the south santa clara district responded and by the

afternoon were able to reach 100% containment. the challenging fire fighting conditions weren't lost. >> we have to work together as a team to best put our resources in the correct places for the safety of the residences the people and the homes and our firefighters. >> the fire burned nearly eight acres which makes it the large of the grass fire in the city of gilroy since the start of the fire season. thankfully no homes were threatened and an investigation is under way to determine the cause. sources tell us that golfers and club maintenance crews were in the area when the fire started. in gilroy chris nguyen, abc 7 news. a small brushfire in los gatos did no damage to any hopes this morning and sky 7 hd was along highway 17. crews spent the afternoonec whiching for hot spots and making sure the fire was completely out and no more problems. >> 99% of the anchor rods did

pass safety testing and can withstand a major earthquake. cal trans began investigating the condition of the bolts and soon after the new span opened in 2013, when ñi32 broke after soaking in water. two rods out of more than 400ç'ip &h(lc% failed the test. the rods anchored the eastern span towers to the foundation. the two that did not pass the test will be sent to the lab to determine exactly what happened. >> the chp tweeted this photo today showing the arrest]/> of two men accused of trying to steal copper wire from the bay bridge bike path. >> part of the bike path is still under construction. it is expected to be completed around december. >> the chp says taxpayers end up paying the price for this type of common copper theft. >> we have an update on the search for a girl who appeared to be in distress inside an suv crossing a bay bridge. that girl was getting in between a man and a woman who were arguing. >> the girl is fine, but the woman has been arrested on an

unrelated domestic violence charge. >> police are searching for clues after thieves tore out an atm machine from a store in walnut creek. check out the damage these burglars caused to the right aid in the palos verdes shopping center and you can see the atm machine on the ground here. the thieves also ripped out the front doors of the store. no word ont( how much money was actually taken. >> another dead whale has washed up on a bay area beach and the latest one is the gray whale that washed ashore on the point rays national seashore. several dead whales have turned up from santa cruz to sonoma. they say strong winds are simply pushing dead whales to shore. >> students from outside san francisco who were hoping to get into the solace school of yards will soon be out of luck. the san francisco board voted last night to limit enrollment only to students who live in the city. students who were accepted to

>> the children cannot read at grade level by third grade are four times more likely to drop out of high school. >> we have almost 50% of those children who reached third great don't have the opportunity and cannot read at third grade level. >> the school districts receiving the grants are cabrillo, lahonda pescadero and south san francisco. >> he's been hit with a deep fine. >> studentthe chairs have been connected to people that used

them. >> 3.4 million dollars to settle charges that it was too slow to report defects with two of the office chairs. the chain is accused of receiving 200 customer complaints and not notifying the consumer product safety commission until the commission contacted the retailer. under federal regulations, office depot is required to report the issues within 24 hours. office depot sold more than 1.4 million gibson chairs between 2003 and 2012 and sold 150,000 quantum chairs between 2006 and 2009. the seat backs from some of the chairs were resulting in injuries. ford srling 423,000 cars and suvs due to a power steering issue. the power assisted steering has failed on the ford fusion and lincoln mkz from 2011 through 2012 and some 2011 mercuryñr milans. also covered are the ford flex

and taurus vehicles as well as lincoln mks and mkt from 2011 through 2013. the problem with the electrical connection can cause the power steering to stop working. federal regulators are warning anyone who might be lactose intolerant or allergic to dairy about the unseen dangers in dark chocolate. an investigation by the food and drug administration has found dark chocolate may contain milk even if the list of ingredients doesn't indicate that. the problem has been traced to cross contamination. the same equipment that makes the dark chocolate often makes milk chocolate. very similar to what we see in problems withw3 pharmaceuticals when they have the same pill-making machine doing different items. >> good to know, michael. >> thank you. all right. as part of its effort to cut back obesity, the city of davis is requiring milk and water be the first drink option on kids

meals at restaurants. it requires parents to specifically request soda for their kids. researchers say one-quarter of fifth, seventh and ninth graders in davis are overweight or obese. it will be easier to bike around the bay area and transit officials approved a bike share program that will increase from 700 to 7,000 bikes and expand to oakland, berkeley and emoriville and the expansion will happen in phases with major rollouts starting next year. so look for that. >> i was all over the bay today and i had drizzle and then i had sunshine. >> it was hard to keep track of and fortunately, spencer christian is keeping track of it for us. >> you know what you like to say on windy days? >> that's right. they'll find me gracious for acknowledging you. people who don't find it funny will know who to blame. >> here is a look at live doppler hd and we have mainly blue skies over our inland areas and over the bay, but you can see low clouds stacking up at

the coast and low clouds moving out and here's a look at how gusty it is and 28 at fairfield and 18 miles per hour and 23 at mountain view and 24 san carlos and all around the bay area is pretty breezy but we have lots of blue skies from the rooftop camera where it is currently 57 degrees in san francisco and 59 65, san jose and 73 at morgan hill and 56 at half moon bay. here is another live view from the emoriville camera and you see a few broken clouds and lots of blue sky over the bay and lots of low clouds stacked up at the coast and it's 79 in santa rosa, and low 70s and low to mid-70s at concord and livermore. >> clouds over the golden gate and these are the forecast features and we'll see clouds increasing overnight. >> thursday through saturday and it will be turning cooler area

wide on sunday. how cool has the month of may been and you probably know by now it has been cooler than average, and in san jose, only the first two days of the month remember warmer than average and they were below average, and all had below average temperatures and that's typical of what we've all seen around the bay area. >> sojov far in this month of may satellite image shows two areas pushing inland and a weak ridge of high pressure is moving onshore behind those low, but that warming influence is it won't last very long and here comes another storm system that will bring us cooler weather on sunday and perhaps some press intalgdz. as we look ahead with forecasti] animation and sunday brings us a chance of drizzle or light showers so be prepared for a chance of wet weather on sunday. >> overnight this night, look for low clouds and high clouds and perhaps a spot or two of drizzle near the coast and low temperatures will be in the warm

to mid-50s, and only up to about 60 on the coast and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast and friday and saturday will be the warm of the day in the inland areas and inland, friday and saturday and upper 70s on the bay and lower 60s on the coast and the slight chance of drizzle or light showers and then we'll see gradual warming into the middlelp of next week. >> that's our forecast. >> thanks, spencer.

apple is working on a fix for a messaging bug that can

cause iphones to shut down and restart. it works like this, users see a text message containing a string of characters some in arabic and then their phones just crash.xd the bug isr to the iphone. if the code is sent via sms text it can trigger a shutdown of other phones as well. a report on technology trends reveals some interesting statistics on the mobile habits of young adults. 87% of those between the ages of 18 and 34 always that is always have their mobile devices with them. most say the first thing they do when they wake up is reach for their smartphones and secondly 78% spend more than two hours a day using their smartphones. the data was collected by mary meeker, a venture capitalist of pioneer perkins. >> a new report shows that in five years 80% of the entire world's internet consumption will be dominated by video. cisco published the annual study looking into the near future of the internet and the study shows part of the growth and online

videos will come from adding new people to the world wide web and more than half the ñiworld's population will be digitally connected. >> the air force has certified the california-based space x rocket design. the joint venture between lockheed martin and boeing has had a monopoly since 2006. the privately held company is owned by elon musk. it will ferry cargo and crews to the international space station. spirit airslines is expanding, and between los angeles and oakland. spirit will operate two daily nonstop flights and one in the morning and one in the evening in each dregz and just a day ago, the airport announced delta would add daily nonstop flights between oakland and atlanta. how about a pizza party on the plane. a pilot served up pizza yesterday, diverted and delayed

because of all of the bad weather. more than 100 flights were canceled tuesday at the atlanta airport. >> i like that guy. >> coming up here is a question. smashing the can. >> coming up why are people celebrating this

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i'm ama daetz in the abc 7 newsroom. coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00 a graffiti war in an unlikely place. tonight, a sleepy beach town wound up over urban sprawl. also, 7 on your side's michael finney looks into the hassle of returning a cell phone. one man's $1500 bill for following the rules. also -- ♪ ♪ >> she investigates hate crime but this is the love of her life. a brand of music special to her heart and soul. it's all coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> i'd like to listen to more of

that. i can't wait to listen to that story. >> finally here an old pickup truck suffered a violent end today in the central valley but it was all for a good cause and here's why. california lawmakers are trying to make the air cleaner especially in the high polluted areas of the central valley. that is going to allow families to trade in their old clunkers for money to buy a new car. they can use $12,000 toward buying a hide brid or an electric car. >> you're talking 7,000 or $8,000 worth of rebates and it's a used car and it can retail for as little as $4000 or $5,000. >> sounds like a good deal and one family will be doing their part to help the environment and take a look at this and getting set to drive off in a brand new hybrid car. >> good plan. that's going to do it for us david muir with world news is

next. >> we hope to see you again in half an hour. >> thinking about the warriors. >> yeah, right. go dubs! breaking news tonight. late word coming in, the pentagon accidentally sent live anthrax. the urgent testing now in nine states from new york to california, from texas to wisconsin. a major investigation right now. the new storms hitting tonight. a tornado slamming into a shopping center. the system from texas to maine. the major scare in the air. both engines failing. the passenger plane then dropping 13,000 feet. the fbi moving in after the u.s. lost the bid for the world cup. authorities say, now we know why. suitcases stuffed with cash? and the major headline involving women and their health. the fbi investigating a key piece of hospital equipment. can it spread cancer? authorities asking, who knew what and when? and the hunt for your made in america inventions. and the $100,000 surprise.