abc 7 starts right now with live breaking news. >> that breaking news is happening in the east bay where at least two people have been seriously injured after an amtrak train struck a pickup truck. sky 7 hd is live over the scene. look at that vehicle. an amtrak california spokesperson tells us an oakland bound train hit the pickup before 3:00 this afternoon. the crash happened east of brentwood near the county line. the truck flew into the river as you just saw adjacent to the railroad crossing. it was partially submerged. sky 7 hd captured this video showing one of two medical helicopters taking off with the crash victims.

amtrak says there were 139 people aboard that train, none injured. the train came to a stop quickly after hitting the truck. the trip to oakland has been delayed. we will continue to monitor this and bring you updates on abc 7 news and on twitter on abc 7 news bay area. our other top stories showing us video of the land charred in livermore from the 2,500 acre tesla fire. crews did make progress overnight. containment from 5% to 25%. that wind-driven fire broke out on tesla road. laura anthony with more now from livermore. >> reporter: we could see the flames. standing on the deck of the hill top home now recalls what it was like yesterday afternoon. they watch from below as an out of control grass fire crested the ridge just above their

house. told us the firefighter approached them with an update. >> waiting for the bad news and he let me know they were able to save it and it came right up the house and had to take refuge in the house to get away from the heat and were able to save not just my house. >> reporter: so far just one unoccupied home it been lost to the fire. the concern going into the afternoon as to whether the wind will whip things up again. >> it will get dry and windy. that is when it will test our lines. >> reporter: this couple knows their home is safe though the ground around it is completely charred. are you feeling pretty grateful? >> definitely. the fire crews did an amazing job. >> laura tells us cal fire hopes to have to fire fully contained by the weekend. >> if you have pictures or video of the fire share it with us by posting it on social media.

little progress today in slowing down the so-called rough fire burning in the sierra national forest. flames are within three miles of hume lake, a popular camp ground. the fire exploded in size yesterday after jumping a highway forcing firefighters to pack up and leave their command center. more than 2,500 people were evacuated. >> it was bright orange. it was barely any sun and really bad. >> a lightning strike started that fire on july 31st. it charred more than 32,000 acres and is just three percent contained. >> let's get a check on our forecast. spencer christian is with us. >> i'm afraid i don't have encouraging weather news for the east bay fire or near livermore. right to sky doppler 7 hd. we have clouds near the coast and sunny skies over most of the inland area near the fire where

we have 2,500 acres burning and only 25% contained. winds remain a problem. it's quite dry. relative humidity 42%. temperature 80 degrees. winds out of the west southwest at 16 miles per hour but gusting to 26 miles per hour and as we look at the wind gusts forecast for the next 24 hours you can see gusts remain quite strong into the late night and overnight hours from 20 to 27 miles per hour through the overnight hours and into early tomorrow morning and then in the afternoon tomorrow looks like the winds will increase again to almost 30 miles per hour gusts. so concern for nearby residents and firefighters. closer to home here showing low clouds and fog drifting from the coast over san francisco currently 64 degrees here in san francisco. temperatures in the 70s in oakland, mountain view. 82 at morgan hill. and at the golden gate showing clouds just above the golden

gate there. temperatures are currently in the low to mid 70s at santa rosa. 80 to 81 degrees at fairfield, concord and livermore. i will be back in a few moments to give you a look at the accuweather forecast. former president jimmy carter publically addressed his cancer diagnosis. >> the president says the disease has spread to his brain and is beginning treatment immediately. marcy gonzalez joins us live now. >> reporter: carter says he first started feeling sick during a trip abroad earlier this year and had surgery to remove a cancerous mass from his liver. he says the real battle is just beginning. with humility and humor former president jimmy carter openly detailed his melanoma diagnosis, sharing fears when he learned the cancer first discovered on his liver had spread with doctors also finding it on his

brain. >> i thought i had a few weeks left. but i was surprisingly at ease. i have had a really full life cht. >> reporter: a life the 90 year old is optimistically fighting for after undergoing radiation treatment starting today. >> the goal is to prevent them from going so he can continue to live the high quality life he is right now. >> reporter: some of the focus of his life now changing. >> my name is jimmy carter and i'm running for president. >> reporter: after leaving the white house carter and his wife of 69 years committed themselves to humanitarian work through the carter center now taking a step back to focus on his health, a commitment he takes seriously after losing his father and all three siblings to pancreatic cancer. today president obama tweeting we are all pulling for you, jimmy. all three other living

presidents sharing well wishes, too. carter taking on this challenge with laughter and faith. >> i'm at ease with whatever comes. >> reporter: so far carter says he feels good, hasn't had much pain and his radiation today is the first of several treatments scheduled over the next few months. >> thank you so much. do stay with abc 7 news for much more on former president carter's cancer diagnosis. coming up at 4:30 what abc news chief medical editor reveals about the treatment that carter is about to undergo. investigators plan to recommend caitlyn jenner be charged with vehicular homicide. >> they say jenner was driving recklessly when her car pushed a lexus into on coming traffic. if convicted jenner could face up to a year in county jail. the crash happened months before

caitlyn's transition. she was formerly known as bruce jenner. family and friends of an oakland man who died following a foot chase with a police officer filed a complaint. >> authorities say he died after becoming wedged between two buildings while running away from officers. the trachase followed a traffic stop. officials say he died from asphyxiation. friends and family not convinced and they think he died of something else. >> i think that police used extreme force to the point where they beat him to death, tased him, maybe a combination of both. definitely it was some kind of beating going on because i definitely saw him at the viewing. >> yesterday the department showed members of the media body

camera video showing his death. police plan to release that video once the investigation is complete. we have new information about the woman on the peninsula caught on camera apparently abusing a dog she was supposed to be taking care of. >> peninsula animal care investigators tell us they are pursuing a criminal case against that woman. vic lee joins us live with more on the story. >> reporter: larry, we are learning tonight that the peninsula humane society will likely give the case to the district attorney monday. abc 7 news learning the woman who we are not naming because the humane society has not identified her was running her dog sitting and boarding business out of her home illegally without proper city permits. now to this video. just a warning it is graphic and it is hard to look at. the woman grabs the little dog by the neck and throws it to the ground. and then she appears to be punching the animal before

taking the dog inside her home. >> the video is sickening. there is absolutely no reason why anyone should treat an animal like that. >> reporter: animal care investigators are looking for that dog which appears to be a long haired chihuahua mix like this one waiting to be adopted at the peninsula humane society. they say the woman refuses to tell them where the dog is. no one answered when we knocked on the door of her home where she has reportedly been running a dog sitting and boarding business for the past decade. >> she runs a very nice business. she has had a successful business. i don't know what caused her to do such a thing. as i say, i have never seen her doing anything like that before so i mean it's just disappointing to me. >> reporter: the humane society says it has received multiple

complaints from neighbors charging the woman has mistreated dogs. they checked every complapt. people have sent other videos including this one where she appears to be stomping a dog. >> as she is stomping a large dog runs away from the area. >> reporter: there wasn't enough evidence to prosecute but now with the latest video they seized eight dogs in her care. vic lee, abc 7 news. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00, a message bay area startups may not want to hear. what the democrat challenging hillary clinton said today during his san francisco swing. a bad day for retirement accounts. the global worries. and firefighters overrun by flames. new at 4:30 what we are learning about the washington state

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on car insurance, you switch to geico. it's what you do. this golf course is electric... san rafael, south bay, pleasanten and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. democratic presidential hopeful martin o'malley courted the tech vote today at a san francisco startup. the former maryland governor was at a tech startup where he took part in a panel discussion on entrepreneurship and social responsibility. o'malley says he supports innovation but urged tech leaders to mind work place protection. >> in this time of a sharing economy i think we have to have a conversation about how we also share the security that comes with things like unemployment insurance. i think there should be basic

regulations and all companies should abide by them. >> reporter: his poll numbers have gone up but he is far behind hillary clinton and bernie sanders. donald trump is holding on to his momentum and hillary clinton as a new add going after trump and jeb bush. >> reporter: the story coming up in a few moments. first what happened on wall street today. set lower by another slump in the chinese stock market and deepening worries over the pace of global growth. dow dropped nearly 360 points to

60,990. nasdaq closing at 4,877 and s&p 500 fell 43 points. the biggest decline since february of last year. shares of twitter fell below their ipo price for the first time ever today. twitter debuted on the new york stock exchange at $26 a share. today the low dropped to $25.94. the company lost nearly half of its value with stock struggling on news of poor performance and a lot of uncertainty surrounding the leadership. people heading to this year's burning manifestival with another thing to deal with infested with large biting insects. the bugs are everywhere and calls them cross between winged ants and stink bugs. san francisco officials hope

a little bit of paint will go a long way to improve pedestrian safety. this morning supervisor scott weiner and other city leaders helped paint a safety zone on one of the most dangerous intersections market and 16th street creating a barrier. >> the painted safety zone will help by making pedestrians more visible to drivers. drivers will be able to see pedestrians earlier. >> no turn on a red light sign has gone up at that intersection. the city has been looking for ways to improve safety in the upper market neighborhood. there were more than 160 accidents in that area. members of the largest freshman class in the history of san francisco state university are moving into the dorms. abc 7 news was on the campus this morning as they unpacked. administrators tell us students are coming here for the culture of entrepreneurship, innovation and creativity, the same things attracting a lot of other

people. that means housing is tight. the dorms accommodate 2,500 students. this year's freshman class has more than 4,200 students. >> think about offcampus housing? >> i am in a dorm. i said i will stick in the dorm. a the housing market contributes. >> classes begin monday. this is thursday and really it's the day we officially start looking ahead to the weekend. some like spencer christian look on monday. >> start sunday night. looks like it will be a nice calm, quiet weekend weatherwise for the bay area much like what we have right now. here we have bright skies although thin high clouds around and some more visible low clouds near the coast line. on we go to the windy conditions across the entire bay area.

we have winds up to 22 miles per hour at sfo and at fairfield. 18 miles per hour gusts at mountain view. over in inland east bay near the fires of livermore we have strong gusty winds. here is the view of blue sky over the bay. where i am standing we see low clouds and fog becoming more widespread. this pattern we have is a steady one. we see little change over the next seven days. satellite and radar composite shows this quiet pattern with no disturbances. nothing to really shake up the current pattern. temperatures are a little bit below average for this time of year inland because of this cooling sea breeze. let's move along and take a look at overnight lows with low clouds spreading beyond the coast locally inland. we see low temperatures dropping into the upper 50s to around 60 or low 60s for most locations. tomorrow once low clouds pull

back to the coast line as they tend to do by about mid day we see mainly sunny skies with high temperatures ranging from upper 70s to low 80s about 79 at san jose. 78 santa clara. on the peninsula we'll see highs ranging from mid to upper 70s. and low clouds linger at the coast tomorrow. highs of about 63 at pacifica. 65 at half moon bay. downtown san francisco will top out at about 66 degrees tomorrow. 64 in the sunset district. in the north bay coastal areas will see low to mid 60s. about 80 inland. 78 at napa. east bay high of 71. 76 union city and the inland east bay will be mild to warm with highs low to mid 80s about 84 at fairfield. 85 at livermore. 81 at plenston.

not much change at all in the temperature range through the next seven days. partly to mostly sunny. low clouds beginning to spread during overnight hours which is typical this time of year. daytime highs in the upper 80s. back now to the race for the white house. abc news reporter is in washington. jeb bush is now firing back at donald trump. >> reporter: deal with it. donald trump's defiant stance on the cover of "time" magazine. jeb bush is refocused on taking down the dominant front runner. >> all of this stuff is to appeal to people's anger and angst rather than have solutions to solve problems. >> reporter: bush firing back at the billionaire's insults hurled during trump's first-ever town hall in new hampshire. the candidates holding events at the same time miles apart. >> you know what is happening to jeb 's crowd down the street? they are sleeping. they are sleeping now.

>> reporter: trump pledged to build a wall along the mexico border and to enlist local police to help with an immediate mass deportation of illegal ali aliens. it is going to be tough. >> reporter: a new poll shows trump ahead of former governor bush in bush's own state of florida, the same state where trump surpasses hillary clinton in the poll. those still behind her in ohio and pennsylvania. today clinton is out with his new ad slamming trump and bush for using the term anchor babies but both republicans are defending its use. >> i will use the word anchor baby. >> i don't regret it. >> do you have a better term? >> reporter: with that question came a reply in a tweet from hillary clinton saying jeb bush should simply call them babies, children or american citizens.

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two female soldiers are set to graduate tomorrow from the army ranger training camp, the first women to make it through this grueling course. the male graduates admitted they were skeptical about how well the women would perform but they stepped up and proved all the guys wrong. >> i do hope that with our performance in ranger school we have been able to inform that decision as to what they can expect from women in the military, that we can handle things physically and mentally on the same level as men and we

can deal with the same stresses. >> i hope they become of strong mind. >> the ranger school's current class started out in april with 400 candidates. more than 75% failed to make it by the end of the 62-day course. 94 men and two women met all of the requirements. it is tough. it's going to be a great weekend in the bay area with plenty of things to do. >> leyla gulen has ideas on how to explore where you live. >> reporter: giving a presentation is not everyone's cup of tea. what do you get when actors are given random powerpoint slides and have to improvise? speechless, they are armed with nothing more than a laser pointer and wits. the circus begins its run in san jose through august 30th with circus extreme. the greatest show on earth comes

to san francisco september 3. 28 years and going strong. the oakland street fest will host tens of thousands of festival goers selling everything from bracelets to authentic cuisine. for more information about these and other events where you live go to our website at abc7news.com. leyla gulen, abc 7 news. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. the bay area police officer who promised to crack down on cyclists now riding two wheels himself. and jimmy carter is skipping chemotherapy. we will hear from dr. richard besser about the alternative treatment the former president is undergoing to fight his cancer. nearly half a dozen firefighters

live from the kgo tv broadcast center this is abc 7 news. here are the headlines where you live. a fire has charred 2,800 headacheers. sky 7 hd was over tesla fire. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony was there and tells us only an unoccupied house has

burned and the fire is 25% contained. across our state cal fire information officers tweeted there are now more than 11,000 firefighters battling 15 major wildfires. to our north in washington state fires burned more than 88,000 acres. 40 miles per hour winds are making firefighters' jobs extra tough. abc 7 news reporter lauren lyster tells us the governor is calling the wildfire conditions unprecedented. >> reporter: crews face fast moving wind as they continue to battle a wildfire raging in central washington. the blaze turned deadly near the town of twist. >> it was a hell storm and the winds were blowing in every direction. >> reporter: three firefighters were killed and four more were injured, one critically when winds apparently shifted unexpectedly and flames overtook the crews' vehicle. >> we know that these fires have burned a big hole in our state's heart. these are three big heroes

protecting small towns. >> reporter: family of the critically injured firefighter arrived at the medical center in seattle overnight. the 25-year-old man whose name hasn't been released is in intensive care suffering burns to about 60% of his body. in california fires forced evacuations of national parks. east of oakland billowing smoke can be seen for miles and air tankers are used to help try to contain the blaze. in oregon governor brown toured damage of wildfire that destroyed three dozen homes. >> obviously we are going to have to find a place to live for probably a couple of years. >> reporter: the heat and drought in western states are making this fire season one of the most explosive in recent years. right now close to 29,000 firefighters are fighting about 100 large fires. laura lister, abc news, los angeles. repairs are underway on a large water main.

the 82-year-old pipe burst around 4:00 a.m. and flooded the intersection of oakland. work is going to continue there through the evening. oakland had five water main breaks after the 4.0 quake. it could just be problems with an aging system. pilots are reporting a sharp increase in close calls with drones this month. 70 in all since august 1st. two occurred near san jose international airport. david louie is there live with the disturbing details and reaction from pilots. >> it's not just the number of close calls that has people concerned but also the altitude in which the drone encounters are happening above a so-called no fly zone of over 400 feet. two sundays in a row pilots reported close calls with drones

in the vicinity. on august 9th the pilot saw one at 2,600 feet about eight miles southeast of the airport. on august 16th the pilot of a c-172 reported a drone passing 500 feet beneath the plane at 3,800 feet about seven miles southwest. pilots say a mid air collision with a drone could be catastrophic. >> if you hit it in the elevator you would lose the pitch of the airplane. if you hit it on the edge of the wing break a piece of the wing off you could control the airplane. >> reporter: the altitude is a big concern. 2,600 feet in one case and 3,800 the other. the drones have software codes to prevent flying above 400 feet. >> they could be custom building it and you could override the software cht. >> reporter: aviation pilots are used to scanning for other small

aircraft but a drone is but a speck. >> if you are on the ground there could be a building or tree or obstruction and you don't see an aircraft coming in. >> reporter: would not respond to questions referring us to the faa. the faa did not respond. president of the flying club says single engine planes are the most vulnerable. >> for smaller aircraft you could have a much more significant damage. some of the airplanes have only one engine. if that goes out they are a falling rock. >> reporter: in san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. former prison fugitive david sweat made his first court appearance today since being captured. his attorney entered not guilty pleas. the convicted murderer and fellow inmate richard mack broke out in early june. mack was killed while sweat was captured two days later.

as we mentioned earlier former president jimmy carter discussed his recent cancer diagnosis publically for the first time today. mr. carter began radiation treatment in atlanta. abc news chief medical editor says doctors will use targeted radiation to attack four tumors found on mr. carter's brain and will receive treatment to enhance his immune system. >> one of the benefits is that the side effects are milder than what you would see with chemotherapy. and so for someone who is 90 hopefully he will be able to tolerate this kind of treatment much better than if it was traditional chemotherapy. >> dr. besser adds that he expects the former president to do well because he is in good health for a man of his age. doctors say mr. carter's prognosis is good. coming up next former reality tv show joshua duggar

makes an admission. >> we are tracking the path of the first named hurricane of the season and where it might be headed in the atlantic. from our east bay camera looking at fog and low clouds at the coast. it will be pushing inland overnight. i will have the accuweather forecast coming up. we are checking your san francisco sky way traffic inching along in both directions. that's your traffic approaching 101 southbound trying to get to the lower deck of the bay bridge to the east bay. st

the first hurricane of the atlanta season formed with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour. danny is now a category 1 hurricane and more than 1,000 miles east of the eastern caribbean islands according to the u.s. national hurricane center. >> and, of course, spencer christian has been tracking all of this. >> our forecast for the weekend. >> finally the atlantic, the tropical region is becoming active. we have had lots of storms in the pacific and now the atlantic is becoming active. we have calm conditions in the bay area but let's travel to hurricane danny, minimal hurricane. this is a category 1, the first atlantic tropical system named

this year to become a hurricane and moving generally towards the west and expect it to weaken to tropical storm strength over the next several days and may make landfall by next tuesday in puerto rico. across the 48 states we see scattered thunderstorms in the east and southeast. most of the nation will be dry and warm to hot. that dryness and that heat includes state of california. we see highs tomorrow. 95 at yosemite. 98 at fresno. in the bay area another calm day with clouds at the coast. high temperatures will range from 60s at the coast to mainly 70s at the bay and low to mid 80s in our inland areas. a nice weekend coming our way, as well. >> still ahead on abc 7 news at 4:00 contact lens care and the cdc says most of us are doing it all wrong. >> stay tuned for that and josh duggar makes a new admission.

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hack into the ashley madison website is offering a glimpse into cheater demographics. analysis from the website found the median age of users was 46 and more than three-quarters were men. big shock there. there were at least 13,000 addresses from military and government e-mails and a small number of addresses from fortune 500 companies. josh duggar says he is the, quote, biggest hypocrit ever. he confessed to having a secret addiction to porn and admitted to cheating on his wife after reports that his name was one of the millions exposed in the ashley madison hack. in may police report revealed duggar molested five under aged girls including four of his own

sisters. washington state woman got a lot more than she bargained for when she bought a used car. andrea davidson picked up this 1997 geo tracker for $700 at an auction. she wasn't allowed to go through the car before she got it so she was surprised when she came across four urns. >> it is something i would want back. >> reporter: the car apparently belonged to a woman named sasha evans. officials are promising to look into complaints that too many are having problems accessing health care. >> michael finney has the latest on this. >> complaints coming from a consumer group which says the state's health insurance exchange needs repair.

it says cover california is still sluggish at resolving customer service problems leaving many unable to finalize taxes. only a small percentage of enrollees complained but acknowledge they have some work to do. two u.s. senators are calling for takata to voluntary recall air bags from all vehicles. the investigation nat the air bags was expanded after the explosion of a takata air bag in a volkswagen not part of the previous recall. how ticked off are customers of sephora? they organized a mass return of products they bought from the san francisco based company. it all started when sephora held a promotion offering high value

prizes such as trips to paris for customers who redeemed points. the top prizes were gobbled up. sephora apologized and promised to get back to everyone by early next month. ipods will soon become second class citizens at your local apple store. they are being moved to the accessories shelf along side watch bands and iphone cases. apple says the move is part of efforts to simplify and revamp stores. the ipod were considered one of the flagship devices. sales have declined so many people keep music on their phones. troubling news from the centers of disease control about people who wear contact lenses. nearly all are at risk for serious eye infections. among 4,000 or so people

responded to an online survey more than half admitted to sleeping with contact said in. more than 80% admitted to using contacts well past the expiration date. both behaviors can lead to serious infections. working long hours may help you climb the corporate ladder but it is bad for your body. >> adding to the confusion over e-cigarettes. here is jane king. >> health officials reported the results of a government funded study that concluded that e-cigarettes can reduce risks from smoking by 85% and can help kick habit. another study showed teens usic electronic cigarettes are more likely to smoke traditional cigarettes. website [ inaudible ] to mine government data for important information about health care providers. the information will allow reviews of nursing homes. and working more than 55 hours a

week can greatly increase your risk of heart attack and stroke. the study didn't say whether the increase risk was due to high stress, sitting for a long time or the lack of time exercised or a combination of all. and depression -- the research shows having mentally healthy friends can help someone recover from depression. here is the interesting part showing having depressed friends did not make someone more likely to become depressed. here's to your health. a viewer of "save my life" is crediting the program with saving his life. >> he saw an episode about a man who thought he has heartburn and indigestion and was having a heart attack instead. he went to the same hospital featured on the episode and the

doctor walked into his hospital room. >> he was suffer ag heart attack and needed surgery right away. he is now recovering and you can watch "save my life" on sundays here on abc 7. >> amazing story. summer is not over yet but two dozen east harlem school kids just got their first big class assignment of the year. >> they are going to meet pope francis when he visits new york city next month. the students will present projects based on the environment, community service and the holy eucharist. >> i'm pretty excited. >> nervous? >> yes. nervous. >> like no way. no way. >> the archdiocese of new york says 64% of the students live below the poverty line. 98% go on to college.

>> the pope? no way. you know the saying if you can't beat them, join them? the san francisco cop who targeted cyclists doing that. cheryl jennings joins us with a look at what is ahead at 5:00. >> thank you so much. coming up next hard work does pay off. >> it's really challenging to be able to prove yourself. >> a bay area teenager is inspired by the best. he is about to make history. also making history, the first of its kind in almost a history. those storie

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we have the astronaut wives club followed by mistresses and then rookie blue. stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. a crack down on san francisco bicyclist led to a traffic blocking protest. today the target of that anger hopped on a bike himself.

>> carolyn tyler joins us live from one of the city's major bicycle routes with the story. >> reporter: it's captain john stamford and he was breaking bread today saying he is learning from the cyclists and at the same time trying to educate them about safety issues. it seems just the other day captain john was a villain in the san francisco bike community. now among those joining him on this ride one of his biggest critics. >> i learned a lot. >> reporter: he heard a lot after a sting citing cyclists he said were blowing through stop signs and red lights. last night dozens staged a protest, every bike stopping at every sign disrupting the flow of traffic. the police crack down is over for now. >> if we continue to get the complaints, if we continue to observe it then we will have to

go into enforcement mode. what this today is all about is community coming together. >> reporter: as part of his outreach he met today with the so-called father of the mountain bike, gary fisher. >> learned stuff about each other and start to build what we call respect. >> reporter: and the captain formed a bike advisory committee. >> i think we all have to be grown ups. no more lone rangers. >> reporter: critics say targeted enforcement of bicyclists takes resources away from other efforts to make the streets safer. even last month protest organizer is willing to give the new collaboration a chance. >> you want to have good relations. we'll see what happens and see where the enforcement priorities land. >> reporter: the captain says the community bike ride won't be the last. carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. that's going to do it for

abc 7 news at 4:00. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins now with cheryl and dan. a bizarre crash sends a train flying -- a truck flying into an east bay lake. why the cell phone industry took a bay area city to court today. firefighters save one home in the east bay but the battle to save others being fought. >> perfect nails and poor condition. protecting the people giving you a manicure. the invasion from southern california to a bay area college. i'm sandhya patel. we are in a cooler pattern. i will let you know if the weekend will feature warmth coming up. abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. >> that breaks news, an amtrak train hits a pickup truck carrying a jet ski at a railroad crossing knocking the truck into

the water. sky 7 hd overhead. a dramatic rescue effort was underway in minutes with two people seriously injured. i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm dan ashley. two people hurt. when you hear what happened it is incredible that nobody was killed instantly. let's show you the scene east of brentwood near the county line. the train was heading from bakersfield to oakland. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is there live tonight. walk us through it. >> reporter: i'm standing on the edge of this water way. let's show you what is going on. this is a tow truck pulling what remains really of the pickup truck out of the water way. this all unfolded at 2:45 this afternoon. let's show you what it looked like from sky 7 hd a short time ago. this is what witnesses and the chp are telling us is that this pickup truck which had a trailer with a jet ski on it was parked on the nearby railroad tracks here trying to perhaps overload

the jet ski and the train approached heading towards oakland and started honking its horn. the driver tried to move it and was not able to do that, was hit by the train. he was ejected and his vehicle hit a woman floating in the water way. let's hear from a witness. >> train hit the truck and the truck spit the guy out and the truck hit some pedestrians on the beach right there. >> reporter: now, let's take a live look from sky 7 hd. you can see this tow truck pulling what remains of the pickup truck out of the water way. miraculously there were only two people hurt and as far as we know from the chp post officers they were both conscious when taken away, one by air flight. let's come back live here on the ground. we can show you the