coast guard flyve the water trying to search for this person. also, the boats have been launched, and crews are down there. you may see the flashing lights there, searching as well. officials say the woman jumped 70 feet below into the water. a survivable jump, but hypothermia could set in if she's not found soon. last look at our emeriville camera showing the current situation. a lot of police activity searching for this person. emergency vehicles are on right-hand shoulder to stand by, to treat this person upon recovery. all lanes here on the bay bridge remain open despite all the police activity. that's the very latest from here. reporting live in san francisco, janet oh, abc 7 news. >> janet, we'll be coming back to you and following up with laila as well. breaking overnight, seven people were injured when a u.s. army helicopter made what officials are calling a hard landing in japan.

the chopper went down on a ship near okinawa. it's badly damaged. no word what caused the hard landing or the extent of their injuries. officials say the crew was conducting a local training mission. bay area kids are starting a new school year while their districts are scrambling to hire teachers. abc 7 news reporter matt kellar is live in san jose where thousands of kids return this morning. this is a bay area-wide problem. >> reporter: not only the bay area, but all across california. students here will be going back to class today, but the school district is still looking for a few more teachers. a spokesperson for san jose unified says that they need to fill about 12 more teacher positions this week. oakland, san francisco, and heyward also report significant teacher shortages. this happened in most california districts as a result of years of layoffs during the recession years, and now retirements from the baby boomer generation. to make things worse, the number of those entering teacher

preparation programs in california dropped by more than 55% from 2008 through 2012. the school districts are being a lot more aggressive now recruiting teachers. >> we're a lot more aggressive with the first year teachers. recruiting the first year teachers. going to the candidate as opposed to the candidate coming to us. we did a lot of regional job fairs going to the university campuses and recreating those first year teachers and we were very aggressive about finding those top quality candidates. >> reporter: the average teacher makes about $75,000 a year in salary and another $25,000 in benefits. but with the increased cost of living in the bay area, especially housing, it can be tough recruiting teachers to stay in the area. a shortage officials say will take years to meet the demand, especially for math and science. a seven-hour standoff that went late into the night in morgan hill is finally over.

it's not clear how the suspect was taken into custody, but an arrest was made just a few hours ago at a home near manor court and delmonte avenue. nearby homes were evacuated. police are not saying if the suspect was armed, but they're still looking for a second person in connection with the standoff. developing news. new mandatory evacuations in lake county as two large fires have nearly converged. sky 7 hd was above the jerusalem fire as it tore through the dry brush in lake county yesterday. it's grown to 14,000 acres and is just 5% contained. more than 1,600 firefighters are on the scene now and at least 50 structures are threatened. many residents have left. others are ready to go at a moment's notice. >> we've been bulldozing dark patches. we love living here, but it can be very frightening and stressful. >> the fire appears to be moving east.

firefighters said many more homes will be in danger if it shifts west. this morning, thousands of san jose residents who face losing their homes have a temporary reprieve. the san jose city council passed a six-month moratorium last night that stalls the sale and development of mobile home parks. the city has 59 mobile home parks, including winchester ranch. that's a retirement community. residents there have been notified of the owners' intent to sell. >> there are economic forces at work that obviously look at this land as valuable land. >> at some point, you retire and you die. they want to close the park. i guess wii supposed to die someplace else. >> city staff will present the moratorium in six weeks. it still needs to pass a second vote by the council. san jose police are one step closer to being able to fly a drone. the city council has agreed to a

one-year pilot program. the drone will be used for only two situations, when the bomb squad is called out or when there's an active shooter situation. it cannot be used for surveillance or data gathering on the general public. >> this morning, the san jose mayor will announce a program he hopes will bring more jobs to his city. from bloom energy and pg&e to announce an initiative that provides incentives and partnerships to manufacturers. manufacturing accounts for 17% of san jose's job base. the plan will be announced at a 10:00 a.m. news conference. a warning has been issued in pacifica at a coyote charged at a man and his dog. it happened yesterday morning at the lands' end apartments. lilian kim has details. >> it basically charged at us from the bush and came straight at us. >> reporter: jerry hirsch had a

morning walk he'll never forget. he was with his black lab boomer when a coyote emerged from these bushes. >> i yelled really hard and at the last minute it pivoted and turned and ran back that way. >> reporter: california fish & wildlife says such aggressive behavior from a coyote is a concern, but there's nothing they can do unless the animal injures someone. the department says relocation is not an option, as it just moves the problem elsewhere. >> what we try to do is ask people to remove the so clean your trash, don't leave small pets around. >> reporter: but because coyotes are not protected in any way, property owners are allowed to hire a company to trap and euthanize the animals. residents hope it doesn't come to that, so for now they're just spreading the word to be on the lookout. >> i think in a situation like this, this particular coyote is really not afraid of people, so just watch out. >> reporter: in pacifica, lilian kim, abc 7 news.

new this morning, uber's plans for worldwide expansion have hit a legal bump. five drivers were arrested in hong kong yesterday for operating without the proper permit or insurance. undercover officers used the app to call the drivers, then took them into custody when they arrived. two offices were also raided and three staff members detained. in recent months, uber has met resistance worldwide. we're just hours away from one of the best shows in the solar system. tonight's moonless, dark sky will offer the perfect backdrop for the dazzling meteor shower. the spectacle caused by dirt burning up in the earth's atmosphere. each piece that burns up gives off a beautiful flash of light. primetime viewing is set to get under way around 1:00 a.m. so those of us who work the morning show can wake up and then watch it. >> that's what mike's going to do, right? >> i do see one off in the

distance. that would be a nice surprise. dress warmly if you're heading out. speaking of cool weather, 53 degrees. that is fantastic. calm conditions to nearly 5-mile-per-hour gusts around the jerusalem fire and also the rocky fire. it expanded, as we talked about. 14,000 acres, which is nearly 22 square miles. the winds are going to be in the ten to 15-mile-per-hour range from about 2:00 this afternoon until about 2:00 tonight. and that should hopefully help them. our first forecast, 72 to 82. not as breezy around the bay today. the 82 in the south bay and the north bay. 65 to 70, pretty steady pattern in san francisco. and here we're looking at a lot of clearness, late arriving clouds. we'll have a few clouds tomorrow. temperatures about the same. but look at that building heat friday and saturday. i'll show you if it's going to last sunday coming up. >> and we've been tracking this

accident and subsequent person down over the bay bridge. right now we're tracking traffic. so far, it's pretty light as we look from our emeryville camera. as we look toward the eastern span, it is in the eastbound direction. we do see emergency crews and flashing lights there, but we do not see any impact on traffic. let's take another closer look. you can see all this green. so if you're heading downstairs in the eastbound direction, it doesn't look like traffic is affected. if you're heading in the westbound direction, it is also moving along at top speeds at this hour. 101 southbound, that's a 52-minute kmoount commucommute. it's 4:39. next, the race against time for a bay area toddler. how you can help a boy suffering from a rare disease. also, the giants win a big one at home and help major league baseball set a record in

the process. and let's take a live look outside. we're keeping weather and we're keeping weather and traffic for

covering concord, wine country, and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. take a look at the damage a monsoon storm caused at an airport just southeast of phoenix, arizona. high winds flipped several small planes and tore through buildings at chandler airport. gusts were clocked as high as 52 miles an hour. meantime, widespread damage has been reported. the search is on for a bone marrow donor who could save the life of a 14-month-old boy from sonoma. he's one of only 30 people in the world with a rare autoimmune disease. alan wong spoke with his mother in sonoma. >> are you doing work?

the biggest messes i've ever seen. he unloads my kitchen cabinets every morning. >> reporter: jack is like most 15-month-old boys, except he rarely leaves his home. he has a rare autoimmune disorder, which means a simple cold virus could be deadly. everything in his house must be sterilized. >> it's very nerve racking. we are constantly worried. and we're always very careful. i never go anywhere without my hand sanitizer. i actually don't go out much. >> reporter: the key to jack's cure is a bone marrow donor. they went to tuesday's farmer's market in sonoma to encourage more people to sign up. there are only 12 million potential donors on the registry, a comparatively small number. the biggest obstacle has been fear. potential donors found out it's as easy as swabbing their cheek. >> if it will save a life, i don't really care what it is, i'll do it.

>> as difficult as it is for jack to find a match, likely of european decent, the success rate is lower for non-caucasian patients. >> a lot of patients with multi-racial backgrounds like asian and caucasian, it's much more complicated. >> 61% of donors are caucasian, but there's still no match for jack and the longer he waits, the higher his risk goes for contracting a virus that could be fatal. in sonoma, alan wong, abc 7 news. >> if you want to become a donor, you can have a cheek swab test kit mailed to you. go to our website, abc7news.com. the giants return home from their long ten-game road trip. not a very good one. but they became a part of baseball history last night and turned things around, too. >> for the first time, all 15 home teams won on the same day, including the giants, who beat the astros 3-1. the odds of every home team winning on a full major league

schedule, one in 32, 768. six times home teams have gone 11-0. major league baseball expanded to 30 teams in 1998. the giants play the astros again at 12:45 this afternoon. >> but how about madison bumgarn bumgarner, huh? went the distance, struck out 12. just what we neededle. >> took matters into his own hands. they're so speaky this year. >> this has got to put them on the path mentally. >> sure hope so. good morning, everybody. let's talk about some sunshine. that's what we're going to do today. we have some late arriving clouds that are going to try to roll on in here. maybe make your morning a little cloudier. but for the most part, it's pretty quiet. look at these temperatures. upper 50s all around san francisco this morning.

bay view, we're at about 60 degrees. let's take a look at what's going on outside. you can see how clear it is. some twinkling lights up in the hills there. as far as our forecast, brighter today. still comfortable highs, though. triple digits inland this weekend. let's broaden the picture. pacifica, belmont, union city, 57. pleasanton at 58. santa clara at 55. about 60 in walnut creek. winds are pretty light, except for fairfield at 21. the winds will be lighter today. as far as our lows tonight, we're going to cool down into the mid 50s to near about 60 degrees. and the reason why, because we'll have a lack of clouds once again. this is after temperatures reach

78 in milbury at 72. even with sunshine at the coast, we'll be stuck in the mid to upper 60s today to near 70 downtown in south san francisco with a passing cloud or two. more sunshine across the north bay. upper 70s to low 80s, like santa rosa and napa. oakland about 75. low to mid 80s for the most part. triple digits are on the way. 90s at the coast on saturday and sunday. the heat will peak at the coast on saturday at around 76 and then start to taper. >> as we take a look from our emeryville camera towards the eastern span of the bay bridge. headlights are coming east.

this is where we have some police activity due to a person who possibly has jumped over the side and into the water. so we are checking to see if there are any lane blockages. it sounds like there is one lane that's currently blocked, but it's not affecting traffic right now. it's still quite light and quiet this morning. let's move over to the altamont pass. as we take a look, 32 miles per hour along 205. that's really the smallest part. it comes together. the altamont pass -- the red just popped up. that means we have a few more minutes tacked on to our commute. 32 minutes from tracy to dublin. 15 minutes, and then the south bay, northbound side of highway 85 from 101 to kup google may have run into a complication with the name for its new holding company. the name alphabet is already trademarked. it's a subsidiary of bmw.

and bmw says it doesn't plan to sell. google announced on monday it will focus on maps, e-mail, youtube, and the google search engine. it will become just one entity under parent company alphabet along with other companies such as google x and nest. the next iphone may be sporting an amazing new camera. >> here's this morning's tech bytes. >> a better camera coming to the iphone. >> experts predict the next version, likely called the fix s, will feature an improved camera featuring 4k video. apple is expected to unveil the new device next month. do you love snap chat but finds it uses a lot of your data? >> there's a new feature called travel mode, which allows users to manually select which content they want to download. and mcdonald's is hoping to give its new mobile app a boost

and revive frumpy sales with a loyalty program. >> a few areas and it will likely expand nationwide. i like mcdonald's coffee. i just wish they had almond milk. >> maybe they'll work on that. those are your tech bytes. >> have a great day. the battle over the wiggle is over for now. why san francisco bicyclists are claiming victorin ining victory. and as we head to break, we leave you with abc 7 news now, leave you with abc 7 news now, looking at the ferry

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good morning, everyone. 4:52 on the abc morning news. a look from the east bay towards the bay bridge and the waters there. you may see some flashing lights on the water as they look for a woman who fell or jumped off the

incline section of the bay bridge. we'll have more on that coming up. students applying to the university of california campus can choose between not two, but six gender identities. university officials say the extra choices will help them get a better sense of the student population, and resources and services each needed on each campus. starting this fall, students applying to schools can choose between male, female, transmale, transfemale, gender queer gender, nonconfirming, and different identity. the san francisco police department's crackdown on cyclists who don't make complete stops at stop signs is over, according to the san francisco examiner, captain john sanford conceded to bicyclists' demands last night and promised to work with them to come up with a better solution for increased traffic safety. cyclists criticized sanford for diverting resources, a citizens petition against the crackdown received more than 16,000 signatures. santa clara county supervisors are moving ahead

with an effort to secure state funding to replace the main jail in san jose. the jail was built in the 1950s and has leaky pipes and mold. the supervisors want to tear down and build a new one at a cost of $243 million. the county will apply for state finds that will pay for about 1/3 of that cost. in a few hours, the u.s. coast guard is scheduled to return home after nearly four months at see. crews captured two self-propelled semisubmersible vehicles. the crew also seized 32 tons of cocaine worth more than a billion dollars. it is set to arrive at 9:00 a.m., where the crew will be reunited with their families. those submersibles are not exactly submarines. they're very low profile boats basically that are hard to see because they're just inches above the water. >> all right. this should be a nice day to return to the bay area.

>> definitely going to be bright today. even out at at&t park, are you ready for that high burn factor? u.v. index very high. temperatures in the upper 60s. that first pitch is at 12:45. traveling around the state today, it's going to be warmer in the central valley. low to mid 90s. warmer down south. 81 in l.a. also tahoe. and if you're worried about hawaii, there's pretty good reason to be worried. even though hilda looks very weak and falling apart. but it is going to go right over. some flooding rains possible in the next 24 to 48 hours. let's get a check of your morning commute. >> and we still have police and other emergency crews that are on the eastern span of the bay bridge, as we look from our camera perched over in emeryville toward the eastern span of the bay bridge. we do not see any delays. possibly one lane that is blocked at this time. let's check out your drive heading right back over to the altamont pass, because we've got a stalled big rig. this is right at northland road.

but most of the traffic is in the westbound direction, already starting to build. as we take a wider view of the east bay, as we travel through castro valley, top speeds through fremont. looking quite good here. mass transit real quick. looks like everything is running on time. target is once again in the process of discontinuing a t-shirt after a boston company accused the retail giant of copying a shirt it sold for years. take a look. the one on the left is made by a store called sully's in boston. the one on the right is the one sold at target. both are green with the words green monster on them. referring to the high left field wall at fenway park, home of the red sox. the boston retailer says he's been saling the trademark shirt for nine years before a similar version suddenly appeared on target. you may recall back in may, target pulled the shirt with an american flag off shelves after an oregon mom accused target of copying her america shirt design. a new law in california is designed to make sure students

never face the ordeal that a girl and her mom experienced. it allows children of live-in nannys to go to school in the district where the parents work and reside. the bill was inspired by a single mom who works as a nanny in orenda. the district says she didn't meet residency requirements. critics say that information was dug up by a private detective who was using questionable tactics. the public outcry forced the district to readmit the girl. it's 4:57. we're following breaking news on the bay bridge. next, we're live with the search for a woman who may have jumped off the bridge into the water. also, time is running out for the raider nation. why the team's owner says he's ready to move to l.a. and we're going to take a quick look outside. the tower camera looking at san the tower camera looking at san fran

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( music stops ) but a lot better than last week. ( rock music playing ) ♪ we weren't born to follow. ♪ live, this is abc 7 news. >> good morning to you. 5:00 a.m. on this wednesday. we thank you so much for being here. here. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. >> nice to see both of you. let's take a look at your day planner. what we're looking at. our temperatures are running in the 50s. you can see the lack of fog at the golden gate bridge. it could be a late surge, so we'll keep an eye on that. by noon, mid 60s on the coast. back to mid 60s at 7:00.