conversation between the air traffic control tower and the commercial pilot who wanted to know exactly what was happening. >> there are several rescue vehicles coming at once. all rescue vehicles are clear to pass. >> what's going on? >> a coast guard helicopter was doing a level at the ramp and went down. so we have emergency vehicles going over there. >> reporter: and again, the coast guard pilot and co-pilot suffered minor injuries and now the investigation begins by the coast guard and possibly the national transportation safety board. one thing we have seen that we don't have information about exactly what's going on, but there are some guys over there in hazard masks and gloves, maybe about 100 yards from where that helicopter crash landed, picking up stuff off the ground. we'll try to get a little bit more information about what's going on with that. but, again this pilot and co-pilot walking away with just scratches and bruises. live at sfo carolyn tyler, abc

7 news. >> carolyn, thank you. the last crash landing at sfo was almost two years ago, july 2013. that's when an asiana airliner crashed. the boeing 777 aircraft clipped the seawall while trying to land and slammed into the runway. 9,000 employees in santa clara county could walk off the job tomorrow. about half the count's workforce is ready to go on strike. it would be the first in 40 years. that includes library employees and some nurses and radiation technicians at valley medical center. the two-year contract ended last week. a new contract would last four to five years. so both sides want the best terms possible. >> everybody here is a good public servant. that's what we're trying to stay focused on. being out for a week on strike or a month doesn't help any of us get our jobs done. >> a judge, however denied a request to block the strike.

475 employees whose jobs arerd critical are supposed to show up for work. and the county wants to fill thousands of other jobs with outside workers or by paying remaining employees overtime. three uc berkeley students filed a civil lawsuit against the university of california regents and cal. the lawsuit says the uc system fails to properly investigate sexual assaults. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez joins us now from uc berkeley with more. >> reporter: clearly this is not the first time we hear of sexual assaults happening on university campuses. but these three uc berkeley survivors decided it was time to kick it up a notch. >> i was sexually assaulted during the summer of 2012. by a faculty member of a summer program that has significant ties to uc berkeleys. >> universities are protecting a brand. >> reporter: their stories have been reported to the campus authorities and heard all over the world through this documentary "the hunting

ground". >> i'm frustrated. i'm angry. i'm sad and i'm disappointed that i need to be here to do what i believe is the right thing, again. >> reporter: today, these three uc berkeley students are suing not only uc berkeley but the university of california regents who they say have failed to properly respond to their complaints and fully punish the perpetrators. in a statement, a spokesperson at uc berkeley said we are committed to creating a campus atmosphere where sexual assault is not tolerated. a website was launched to shed light on the problem. but this woman said it's not enough, she was assaulted. her offender will now will allowed to return to finish his degree. >> he shouldn't be allowed to return to school. >> when institutions have to pay money, that seems to be what

captures their attention the most. >> reporter: their attorney hopes the a public trial will bring much-needed transparency. at uc berkeley, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. a grand jury released a report today that says san mateo county high schools should take steps to ensure all student athletes are protected from concussions. the jury says girls are twice as likely as boys to suffer concussions because their necks are often weaker. however, girls are often monitored for concussions less likely. tests can be used as a bailes to prevent an injured athlete from returning to play before the brain is fully healed. an oakland teenager who set another teen on fire had his sentenced reduced by two years today. the teenager set fire to this 18-year-old's skirt on a transit bus in 2013. fleischmann was hospitalized with severe burns to the legs. richard thomas who was 16 at the time, received a seven-year

sentence. but today a judge said that thomas has matured. he reduced the sentence to five years and recommended no adult prison for the remainder of his sentence. thomas turns 18 on thursday. a close call for some homeowners in the south bay after a fast-moving grass fire edged upon their properties. the fire in goirlilroy broke out around 2:00 this afternoon. nobody was hurt and fortunately no homes were damaged either. taking a live look outside right now mt. diablo from our east bay hills camera, gearing up for rapidly rising temperatures. sandhya patel has the forecast. >> skies are clear right now as far as the fog is concerned. not around. a few high clouds.

there's an excessive heat watch for the northern and central portion of sacramento valley from wednesday afternoon through friday morning and it includes adjacent foothills. good reason for this because the heat is not only going to be a bay area thing. it's going to extend across much of the western u.s. blue skies from our exploratorium camera, more of that tomorrow afternoon. but notice the temperatures. they're going up into the 100s around the hottest places like livermore, up to 103 degrees. records are pretty high 112 set back in 1972. not expecting a record there. gilroy may get close to its previous record coming in at 97 tomorrow, a degree shy of what the previous record was. i'll let you know how long this hot weather is going to last and what's in store for the holiday weekend coming up. >> you can track the high temperatures anytime with the abc 7 news weather app. the weather app is free from apple's app store or google play. we have more information for you at abc7news.com/apps.

california's controversial school vaccine bill is on governor brown's desk tonight. the state senate passed the bill today that would require vaccinations for every student. the governor has until july 13th two weeks from today to decide whether he will sign that bill into law. and he has not announced which way he is leaning on this. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in mill valley with this developing story. wayne? >> reporter: dan, you have people on both sides hoping the governor will sign or not sign in their direction. but we don't know yet. we're in mill valley in marin county because a larger percentage of parents in this county decided to not vaccinate their children. they may not have that choice in the future. most of the time, lawmaking is a balancing act, do the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few or the other way around? the parents of jace want him in

a public school two decisions that may not be possible. >> either we get an exemption or we move to another state. >> reporter: until now parents have been allowed not to vaccinate their kids. but after a measles outbreak earlier this year the issue became front and center. >> they can parent however they want to parent. but with all rights come responsibilities. and when you choose not to vaccinate, you've put your -- not only your own children at risk but your entire community at risk. >> reporter: parents of kids with compromised immune systems for example, do not want their children endangered by those who have not been vaccinated. >> no mom wants to have their child have a preventable disease. >> reporter: others worry that vaccines do more harm than good are suspicious of government motives. >> most of the vaccines provide personal protection but they have nothing to do with anybody

else's health. >> reporter: governor brown has 12 days to sign the bill once it reaches his desk. whatever he does, expect lawsuits. from marin county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. here's a quick explanation of california's current vaccination law. children are exempt if their parents signed a statement indicating that immuneization is contrary to their personal beliefs or parents submit a statement from a physician indicating that immunization is not considered safe for the child. all children under 18 years of age must present a written immunization record to their schools unless they fall under one of those two exemptions. we have new retails on a murder mystery out of fremont park. investigators today released the victim's name. 20-year-old fernando vasquez was killed. a park visitor found vasquez's body in the bushes. just ahead hear how a peninsula boy's haircut has become a battle over civil

rights. also, a new opponent in the battle over a warriors arena at san francisco's mission bay. why a group of nurses is crying foul. equality is not just good for women, it's good for everyone. >> graduation advice from facebook's sheryl sandberg. her message to students in china and she opens up about her husband's sudden passing. and where would the money for road repairs come from?

a new opponent jumped into the fight against the warriors' plans to build a new arena in san francisco's mission bay. abc 7 news was there when leaders for the california nurses association voiced their feelings about the project. union leaders believe that game day traffic will delay patients and health care workers on their

way to the hospitals. the warriors want to build across the street from ucsf. the union was accused of spreading, quote misinformation. happening tonight, the palo alto city council will consider using affordable housing funds to help keep the city's only mobile home park from closing. last month the city council gave the owner of buena vista mobile home park permission to sell the property all 400 residents face eviction. but last week, the santa clara board of supervisors voted to set aside $6.5 million to help keep that park open. a new high-rise tower is leezing units in san francisco. we were there where jasper, a 40-story apartment building, sits in san francisco's mid market area. the building has 320 youtubeunits and features views of downtown and the bay with floor-to-ceiling windows. the district is one of san francisco's fastest-growing neighborhoods.

facebook's coo sheryl sandberg was in china to deliver the commencement speech at the university of beijing this weekend. she talked about the importance of having women in leadership roles. >> i believe very deeply that the world will be a better place when men run half our homes and women run half our organizations and our companies. >> sandberg also opened up about her husband's sudden death last month. she told graduates you have to, quote, win heart, not minds to be a great leader and said no one won more hearts than her late husband. another empowering voice in the fight for equal rights for women brought her inspiring message to san jose state university. i was the only television reporter inside friday night's event to hear malala yousufzai. she is the youngest recipient of the nobel peace prize. she urged the crowd to stand up for change.

you can hear the first five minutes of her talk only on our wex, abc7news.com. it will cost you more to drive across the golden gate bridge. tolls will increase wednesday by 25 cents. commuters with fastrak will be paying $6.25. pay by plate will go up to $7.25. and those driving in the carpool lane will pay $4.25. here's a live look from our golden gate bridge camera. the upcoming price hike is part of a plan approved by the board of directors last week. the homeland security agency is nearly $500,000 -- >> counterfeit warriors merchandise. >> michael is here with the story. >> warriors fever led to warriors counterfeiting. i reported on that a great deal during the playoffs. today federal agents showed just how big that market has become. the government seized 14,000

pieces of fake warriors gear since the playoffs began. they found t-shirts sweatshirts, flags and hats at 100 pop-up locations all over the bay area. the agents said most of it came from the garment district in los angeles. you should avoid buying fakes because they're made with cheap materials and they're illegal. >> these do support criminal enterprises. don't put your money there. you don't want to do that. the general public doesn't want to do that. buy something that's legitimate. >> this is one of the biggest hauls of fake sports gear in the bay area. last year agents seized about 3,000 pieces of counterfeit giants merchandise when the team went to the world series. the national highway traffic safety administration is looking into complaints of braking problems in 2011 and 2012 ford f-150 pick-ups. a glitch in the braking system can knock out the power brakes making it substantially harder to stop the vehicle.

as many as 250,000 trucks could be involved in the investigation. results in a recall more than half of the complaints have been filed in just the last nine months. with all the unrest should you cancel a vacation to greece? the travel industry there says no, that everything is stable for tourists. but it really is too early to know what is going to happen. still there is a lot of advice out there. first bring extra cash. there could be long lines and limits to how much cash you can take from an atm in greece. next carry a credit card from a bank not based in greece. those cards should always be accepted. and finally, remember there is an upside for american travelers. the exchange rate is going our way. the euro has fallen from $1.36 last year to $1.12 now. that's about a 20% savings. that isn't too bad. >> good time to travel.

michael, thank you. the parents of an african-american kindergarten student kicked out of a belmont school because of his haircut have filed a federal civil rights complaint. here's a picture of 6-year-old jalen broussard and the hairstyle causing such a fuss. vic lee is live in belmont with this story. >> reporter: dan the catholic archdiocese just responded to this story. and they say their hair policy is, quote, explicit and detailed but they couldn't comment further because they say they have not seen the federal complaint. that's the school behind me. it goes from kindergarten to eighth grade. it's a school with a classroom checklist that says, be who you are, it's okay to be different. this is 6-year-old jalen broussard. last december, he went to his kindergarten class at the immaculate heart of mary school with a new hairdo it's called a faded cut, slightly longer at

the top and shorter on the side. >> he was excited. he had chosen this haircut. he was really excited about it because they usually go either bald or short. >> reporter: that excitement suddenly turned to tears. his mother got a call from his teacher saying his haircut violated school policy. >> she said well in these situations, it's much better that the child be removed from the school environment so they're not an undo influence on the rest of the school population. >> reporter: broussard had no choice but to take jalen home. she got his hair cut but in the meantime broussard kept asking school officials why. the school policy banned extreme hairstyles, to-hawks tails, spiking and such but mentioned nothing that looked like this. plus, other students should have questioned, too, because of their hair length. >> i do believe he was discriminated against.

>> reporter: this is broussard's attorney. >> the only difference is the texture of his hair because he's on african-american. >> reporter: broussard says e-mail communications with the school produced no new answers. in late january, she pulled jalen and his older brother out of school and filed a complaint. vic lee, abc 7 news. let's turn our attention to the coming heat. it's going to get pretty sticky out there. >> sandhya patel has the accuweather forecast. >> we are talking about temperatures topping 100 degrees in some of our hot spots over the next two days. right now, nice breeze coming through here. blue skies across the bay. and really it's quite comfortable. will keep you comfortable at the coast and the bay tomorrow. inland is where the heat is confined to. let's look at live doppler 7 hd. skies are pretty clear. fog isn't there but it will be back in the morning. in the sierra, tracking thunderstorms. mainly south of the lake tahoe area and expecting another round again tomorrow.

excessive heat watch again for the interior portions of northern california, giving you an indication of how hot. 67 in san francisco. 71 in oakland. in the 70s in mountain view. highs in the low 60s at the coast all the way to the mid-90s in places like livermore. look at this. kids are out of school, people enjoying the beach in santa cruz where it was a warmer day. 80s for santa rosa and napa. 90s in fairfield, concord, livermore. as you take a look at a live view looking towards mt. diablo, a few clouds. hot days ahead this week. triple digits on tuesday and wednesday. gradual cooling is expected into the weekend. if you're making plans for the fourth of july, that's what's in store. high pressure over the southwest and the hot air mass is what's going to bring us another wave of heat that's going to last for a couple of days. as you take a look at those

temperatures across much of the western u.s., we're going to be feeling it. if you're doing traveling, lots of triple digits there. 112 in redding. 114 there on wednesday. so you can see why they do have that excessive heat coming up. 103 in froze know. 107 in vegas. palm springs, you kind of expect it in the deserts there. los angeles escaping the heat in the upper 70s. livermore's temperature trend, well above average of 88. we're going to be up into the triple digits for tuesday, wednesday and dropping down to the 90s for most of the rest of the workweek. tomorrow morning, fog mainly at the coastline. temperatures in the low 60s. it will not take much to warm up in the south bay. when you go from 78 in san jose to 92 tomorrow, you'll feel it. 100 in morgan hill. 97 in gilroy. 91, santa clara. sunnyvale, 97. los gatos, warmer day on the peninsula. upper 80s, menlo park, redwood city. 84 in san mateo. foggy in pacifica. at least a few patches.

68 degrees but you are coming up from today's highs. 66 in daly city. 72, downtown san francisco. high clouds and sun in the north bay. 92, san rafael. vallejo, east bay. 81 in oakland. 83, san leandro. inland, 105 in antioch and brentwood. 103 in livermore. 102, concord. it's going to get sticky. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. triple digits on wednesday. but 60s coastside. temperatures start to fell as we head towards the latter part of the workweek and into the weekend which includes the fourth of july. by the fourth of july a nice range, low 60s to low 90s. especially if you heading out to do barbecuing. enjoy the time with family and friends. bottled water that's hard for some to swallow. >> the plan to make

ron owens announced today he will be undergoing surgery to ease his symptoms from parkinson's disease. he was considering and is now considering a procedure called deep brain stimulation. he talked about his reaction to the diagnosis of the disease. >> it takes a while to absorb it. but you get through it. the shaking was the main thing. >> the doctors at ucsf involved in the procedure are conducting the largest clinical trial of parkinson's treatment through deep brain stimulation in the country. his surgery is in august and we will follow his progress for you here on abc 7. >> we wish ron all the best. republicans in the california assembly have a plan to fix california's roads. it will take over $6 billion but it won't raise taxes. instead, the money would come from six existing funds. one would be cal trans where 3,500 jobs considered redundant by the state's legislative

analyst office would be cut. a plan would tap 40% of the funds from the state cap and trade programs. >> i think our drivers and our taxpayers are tired of paying the highest taxes in the nations to get some of the poorest and least improved roads in the country. >> governor brown has convened a special session of the state legislature to deal with funding repairs to roads and highways throughout the state. the push is on to tax bottled water from sources in california. signatures are being collected to get the tox on the ballot. the measure would impose a five cent tax on each ounce of any bottled water collected in california. the tax revenue generated would go to construction and maintenance of water infrastructure projects including dams and levees. the measure would require a label on the product that reads, not drought friendly. coming up next, one of the toughest golf tournaments to get into. and it's not just because it's a tough course but because of the popularity of the host.

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for over 60,000 california foster children, having necessary school supplies can mean the difference between success and failure. the day i start, i'm already behind. i never know what i'm gonna need. new school new classes, new kids. it's hard starting over. to help, sleep train is collecting school supplies for local foster children. bring your gift to any sleep train and help a foster child start the school year right. not everyone can be a foster parent but anyone can help a foster child.

r coming up at 6:00, new criminal charges facing a sonoma county fraud suspect. his attorney calls it a witch hunt. michael finney is all over the story. and the penalty pg&e is facing for the san bruno pipeline explosion. but it could become a billion-dollar tax writeoff. that's at 6:00. colin kaepernick hosted a golf tournament to help sick children in modesto today. >> the golf tournament was a total sellout. >> the proceeds from today's event will help children in the east bay to pay for medically supervised care for kids with heart disease. >> kaepernick's parents lost two young children to heart disease before adopting him. >> world news is next. i'm cheryl jennings.

for all of us we appreciate your time. hope to see you at 6:00. >> bye-bye. tonight, the wall of flakes burning in the west. two dozen homes destroyed by wildfires. hundreds more emptied and the fire near a chemical leak forcing families to stay inside. the dramatic end to the massive henderson for two escaped killers. the two escapees splitting up trying to cover their trail. our reporter with the first look inside one of their hideouts. stock drop. the market suffering its worst day of the year, the big fear causing the dow to plunge 350 points. what does this mean for your 401(k)? and narrow escape. a plane crashing into a home bursting into flames. the quick-thinking family making it out alive.