>> announcer: >> live, from the broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. >> american and british investigators are still trying to figure out the cause of a crash that killed a county native. >> it went down outside a british air base. three garage waited from the university of san francisco 2004. he served in the 345 renal corps for more than a decade. >> the family described the accomplished marine as a humble mab. man. they called him a proud service member who strooich today be the best. >> he never asked me. all of his life. since childhood. i don't remember he said helped

me with this. >> those who knew him at his alma mater echoed the sentiment. peter bartlet remembers recruited sere nerks e. >> very supportive. as a young man, he was very respectful and came from a very good family that way. but that was one of those things where, you know, as a coach, you can't ask for too much more. >> the u.s. women's soccer and volleyball are having a moment of silence to honor seren. >> a man was shot outside his own home in san jose after three men broke into the house. >> abc 7 news reporter joins us live from that neighborhood with the story. david? >> larry and alma, consider this. you're coming home to what you think is an empty house and you discover three strangers in the house.

only one of the people in the house pulled out a gun and shot the homeowner. >> the resident aparentally returned home not knowing burglarers had turned in. and he ran into three suspects as they were preparing to leave. san jose police are not sure what led one of the burglarers to use the gun on the homeowner. pligs say the man's wound is not life threatening. >> now we have to be alert, you moe. >> i'm very concerned. i own a day care. so the state law is you can't lock your doors or anything. i'm sorry, i'm locking my doors. >> other than a husband and wife

live there along with an adult son. prompting some of them to install security and camera systems. police would not say if there was a security video of today's break-in. >> i don't think you're going to go to a neighborhood where people are in and out. burglarers, they, unfortunately, prey on that. >> a blue honda accord, in san san jose. >> a woman has died this morning. showing the seen on almone avenue around 6:30 this morning. >> the -- officials say the number of suspected cases of

bacterial illness now stands at 110. 92 of them in santa clara. officials have confirmed 24 cases and police expect to see additional cases coming in the days ahead. >> in this outbreak, because we now know there are over a hundred people who are ill. it's so important to get the message out how important hand washing is. >> the restaurant in san jose, at least two diners, have filed lawsuits against the restaurant which has been closed by the health department. >> a woman who lives in this home is fighting for her life after police say she was severely beaten by her husband. d 63-year-old woman showed up at the hospital with internal injuries to her head and torso. she told the hospital her husband assaulted her. her conditioned worsened dramatically while she was being treated. >> over the night, while she was

in the hopt, she started receiving swelling and bleeding in her brain. it could cause additional damage. >> police detained her husband, 52-year-old luisito for domestic vie lenlsz. he could face murder charges if his wife dies. >> hundreds of marijuana plants were founded in a home this morning. it happened after an attempted home familiar ri. 1200 plants were found in the man's house. about 170 more than he's allow today have with his medical card. >> a uc berkley medical student is under arrest, accused of groping small girls. the 38-year-old was arrested yesterday. he's been charged with 7 skounts of lewd andly sieve yous acts.

>> a water main break has been fixed. sky 7 hd is over the intersection where it happened. east bay says an 8 inch, cast iron main ruptured. 60 to 60 water customers were without service. >> closing all of its 97 remaining stores in america. located in nevada, arizona and here in california. eight are still operating in the bay area. more than 3,000 employees will lose their job starting a week from friday, including those in sunnyvale. >> the annual oracle open world convention. thousand wills be in town for this event which starts sunday. >> records departments at state and local agencies are a little on edge because of the major shortage of the specialized paper used to print official

documents. they all rely on one ohio vendor for bank note paper. but that company unexpectedly went out of business. they have to use bank note paper to print official documents. >> it's the type of paper and the type of print. i believe it's like the paper that's similar to paint it on. the paper will be gone by the end of business today. they're urging residents to turn to the state public health department. a big paper order from a canadian supplier won't arrive until late next month. >> for months we've been hoping and hoping and hoping for some rain. >> all right. larry, we're keeping hope alive. let's put it that way. we have a few clouds in the sky. we expect more clouds to arrive.

here's a look at live doppler 7 hd. we have a lovely day across the bay area right now. just a few thin, high cloud. here's the new one currently 65 degrees here at san francisco. we have mid to upper 70s in san jose and morgan hill. here's the view from east bay hills. it is 79 degrees right now in both napa and santa rosa. and we look at a few clouds over the golden gate, this is our first forecast. we'll see partly cloudy to mostly clear skies tonight and overnight. tonight, mild, warm, has sill sunshine. but we've got cloudier, cooler conditions over the weekend. there is a hint of some rain in the not-too-distant future. >> a hint. >> yeah, thank you. >> well, with heavy rains predicted for this winter, an

effort is understood way for the east bay to edge gait young people about the dangers of water ways. >> hi, larry. it may look benign right now, but this creek and others here in the walnut creek area can swell by as much as 10 feet in a matter of hours. fast-moving water that can be deadly. >> this is exactly what no one wants to see happen again. two local high school juniors died. with the possiblenty of heavy rains prediblgted for the coming winter, the goal now is to make sure that these kids don't try anything risky. >> we really want to get the message out to the kids, to the community, to the parents that it's important that you stay

out, stay alive. >> that's why the students took on a week-long project. it's especially important now. >> we've been doing different 5:00 stifties to make people aware. >> ten people have died of accidental drownings since this channel was first built in 1965. it seems to happen once every teb years. it's hoping this generation will get the message. in walnut creek, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> gearing up for a traffic mess. preparations outside of lee vie's stadium ahead of tonight's 49ders game.

>> live inside levi's stadium, coming up, the importance of the game throughout the 49ers and seahawks as it attempts to playoff the percentage may surprise you. >> plus, why those hands free devices continue to be a distraction long after you're finished using them. and -- >> let's be worthy the trust the american people have bestowed upon us.

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their arch rivals tonight. they're going to face the seattle seahawks with both teams struggling 2 and 4 records. >> two concerns, how would colin kaepernick play and how is the turf at the stadium. >> the field conditions, larry. come down with me here. i'm going to move the marker. i might get fined by the nfl, but larry says he'll cover the cost for me. when we got to the field, still plenty of difts. i said how's the field looking. he was tripping over his own two feet saying it was fine. now, you eluded to the fact that this is a must-win for both of these teams. you cannot start the season 2 2-5 -- of course, the percentage for that, about 10%.

this rivalry is still very much alive. even though the seahawks have been a team that has dominated in recent years, 49ers trying to find a way to get the win tonight and knock the nfc champions out of the playoff race. >> very similar to how stanford and usc was for a long period of time when i was there. it makes a great match-up. >> that's why this is like any other week. i feel like that's key. >> i i've been in those type of match-ups. last year, it was all, that, you know, people upset about it.

we're with seattle so we're just preparing for that. one note, listed as inactive. reporting looifr, already ri, alma, back to you. >> they're all fighting their own battles on the field and off the road. abc news reporter matt keller has that part of the story. everybody is cleaning up nicely today. 49ers, game day, are big business. >> what are people buying? beer, drinks, everything. >> we etch spotted jim town tulips. the right plan for getting to levi's stadium. get there early. a 49ers game means commuter traffic collides with stadium

traffic. workers in the area be able to get off early to avoid the tens of thousands of fans expected to flood their streets before the 5:25 kickoff? it depends on where you work. we're lucky our company lets us come and go as we please. >> 49ers officials say travel time has improved significantly since the stadium opened up last year. >> university of utah researchers say it can take a driver almost 27 seconds to regain full alertness. that means a car going 25 miles an hour can travel a length of

three football fields before your brain fumly recovers from changing the music or dialing a number. researchers found there is a generational divide. 27 seconds seems to be really long. >> >>. >> i don't even do hands-free weather. in other wise, blue sky over the bay area. a beautiful day in the neighborhood according to mr. rogers. here's live view from our south beach camera looking southward in a lovely afternoon right now.

these are our forecast pictures, it will be mild to warm again tomorrow. it will be a little bit cloudier and a little bit cooler. we're now looking at a chance of rain an ex tuesday and wednesday. let's go to the tropic pacific. powerful and dangerous hurricane before. look at how defined the eye of that storm is. it's centered south right now and poses a huge threat to western and central mexico. it's expected to take a path as a category 4 that will make land fall sometime late tomorrow. and, of course, this storm can produce massive and widespread flooding as a category four storm. so we'll continue to watch that storm frp you, and give reports on any damage that occurs. back closer to home, i should say, high pressure building back briefly. mostly sunny and mild weather. but that high pressure is about to be overrun by tomorrow.

what about that chance for some weekend rain? we'll start with that forecast at 5:00 p.m. saturday. notice how the rain is expected to go north up into o orr. may believe into the corner of north western california. however, as we skip ahead to tuesday afternoon at 5:00, we'll take a more robust system coming our way early next week. could produce some rainfall here late tuesday into wednesday. that seems to be our next chance. orr night, locally. lower mid 80s. here's our accuweather seven-day forecast. turned a little bit cooler by sunday, monday and then a chance of rain late tuesday with showers lakely to linger into

wednesday. it looks like more than sprinkles. >> well, up next, grocery deliveries in just an hour. the new surface that launched today in the bay area. >> a reminder. when you see news where you live, please take a photo or a video and we'll sh

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the fastest internet and the best tv experience is already here with x1. only from xfinity. abc 7 news was in emoryville. they weren't just looking for deals, nordstrom gave away a thousand dollar shopping spree. the store hired about 60 local workers. >> amazon officially launched prime now in parts of the bay area.

it will service members to get fast delivery on tens of thousands of items in groceries and electronics. service offers free two-hour delivery with one hour delivery that costs 799%. other statewide services in los angeles and in orange county. >> a hollywood actress is earning praise from bands from what they call an inspiring stamp on body image issues. >> kate winstlet is refusing to let them air brush her for her new ad. >> and, now, for today's gma hot list. the biggest and best moments and information from our friends at good morning america. here's robin roberts. >> here's your 60 second hot list from gma today.

i cannot and i will not give up my family time. >> if this had been a woman, would she have been treated in the same way. >> chris rock is back hosting the oscars. brilliant choice. he'll be awesome. guy, who are some of your favorite hosts. >> i like steve martin. >> steve jobs would have been mine. >> big billy crystal fan. i love billy crystal. >> never-before-heard secrets about the cast of full house. what do we need to know? >> he cares more about friends and family than he does his hair. >> and that's the dma hot list on today. we'll see you in the morning on gma.

>> and you can catch robin and george and the rest of the good morning america team weekdays from 7 to 9:00 a.m. >> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. pulling the plug on a new ad campaign. while so many are on the offensive. >> i would imagine i thought more about what happened than all of you put together. >> on the defensive at the benghazi hearing. >> what he found was shocking. >> and, at 4:26, we're taking a live look across the san ma tbs eo bridge. that is your eastbound traffic approaching 880. on the right-hand side, westbound still looks about the same as it usually does at this time. st

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ft pie lot from san mateo county who was killed in a crash says he loved being a marine. the f-18 hornet went down yesterday outside a british air base. he went to the university of san francisco where he played tennis. it's the final conversation with his son that's coming up today at 5:00. also, today at 5:00, san jose police looking for three

burglarers who broke into a man's home this morning and shot him. abc 7 news rorter will be live with the latest on the search. former secretary of state and presidential candidate hillary clinton tweeted out praise today for piedmont native and u uc berkley grad. inside the hearings which are still underway at 7 clb 30 eastern time. there she is getting grilled that killed stevens and three other americans. >> hillary clinton on capitol hill. >> i clearly said it was an attack. >> calling it an calling the sky blue. >> you need to make sure the entire record is correct. >> yeah, and that's exactly what i want to do. >> well, go ahead. >> i'll tell you. clinton is under fire again

about her actions before, during and after the 2012 attack on the u.s. diplomatic post in benghazi. the u.s. ambassador chris stevens were killed. >> one of the hours after the attack was our failure to be aibl to find where the ambassador was. >> that issue throughout the day e-mails the state department after the additional security before the attack and why clinton's friends had her private e-mail address while stevens did not. >> he had unfettered access to you. >> i don't know what this line of questioning does to help us get to the bottom of the death of four americans. >> this 12-member committee is expected to write a final report. but the republicans may be doing it throughout the five democrats on the panel who have threatened to walk away with what they've called partisan politics.

abc news, capitol hill. >> ambassador christopher stevens grew up in piedmont and graduated from piedmon high school in 1968, joined the bar service in 19 t 1 after attending uc hastings and working several years as an attorney. nearly all of his posts were in the middle east and north africa. >> the pentagon confirms a u.s. service member was killed today during a raid in northern iraq. that raid freed dozens of islamic state captives. u.s. central operations raid add compound west of canhook killing and recovering a troef of intelligence about the terrorist organization. the service member was the first american killed in combat in iraq since the u.s. began the campaign in august of 2014. president obama had vetoed a $612 billion defense policy bill. the president says the bill does

a number of good things, but falls whoafully short in other areas. >> a masked man who is armed with a sword killed a student and a teacher today at a school in sweden. this attack happened in the wegs tern town of troll. students thagt the math man was in halloween costume. he posed for photos before he went on that rampage. police shot and killed the suspect. swedish media reports the suspect's facebook and youtube acounts suggest an interest in hitler and nazi germany. >> shortening prison sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. the judiciary committee would give judges discretion. the ledger passed would eliminate non-violent offenses.

u.s. border officials have discovered a drug tunnel south of san diego. u.s. agents in the community mexican federal. police simultaneously joined another building across the international border in tiajuana near the san diego border since april. >> the department of children and family services is investigate i investigati investigating a one-broke dpounl the front door to reach his daughter. her father says he flagged down police saying all things are possible for kids' day care and nobody was there to answer the door. pitch black inside, but he could hear his daughter crying out. >> my heart dropped. so many things was crossing my mind when i was hitting the door.

i didn't know what was going on. >> she was not harmed, but her parents say she's staying home from now on. she did not respond for request for comment. >> a new poll says republican presidential candidate donald trump is now trailing in iowa. poll is likely saying ben carson leads the presidential field in the state. carson says 28% trump comes in second at 20%. senator marko rubio at 13%. the university poll is the fwirs major poll showing trump trailing by a significant margin since june. >> still to come on abc 7 news at 4:00, the mets back and ready for the world series. those tickets are going to cost a lot of money. >> we're going to see a zurj of high clouds pushing into the bay area. rain clouds are a little parteder off.

>> checking your traffic, this is a live look at san raphel heading back towards san francisco. that is northbound traffic.

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showing what nasa sees to be a small planet. this actually validates a long-held theory of nasa concerning stars. they ewed nasa to make the discovery. >> "back to the future" day was a huge success. it made nearly $2 million in the u.s. alone. yesterday was the daycare's second back to the future film traveled to, october 21st, 2015. >> the new york mets are heading to the world series. it is going to cost a pretty penny to see them. >> the chicago cubs last night sweeping the national league series. reports will have to shell out more than a thousand dollars a ticket. to see a game 678 that's being

absurd. >> spencer christian x i mean, his middle name is money's no objected. that's what i've heard. >> right. it's even on the form. >> yeah, absolutely. let's take a look at live doppler 7 hd. a few now. let's travel down to with the 49ers taking on the seahawks. partly cloudy during the evening hours. 76 degrees, temperatures dropping off to about 67 later in the evening. down to the tropical pacific. a different view this time looking at hurricane olaf. category 2 storm, it has remained far away from the hawaiian islands.

expected to move northerly weakening to just a little tropical system in the cooler waters of the pacific. most of the issue will be under calming conditions. cloudier, cooler conditions come after the weekend. >> larry and alma? >> still ahead on abc news at 4:00. a new phase coming to sesame street. >> 7 on your side's michael finney. more trouble for volkswagen. ♪ great change comes from doing the right thing. like the radical idea that health isn't an industry. it's a cause. so we do things differently. we combine care and coverage.

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♪ taking our frowns away >> the streets, yes, this street, is getting this new face. julia. eyes of green. and what you cannot see right off, with autism. when she comes together with elmo, she shares not only these challenges, but their shares are common. >> introducing julia, a girl with autism, who can speak into sesame street's digital programming and is relative with the tv show's mission. different but the same. old news, but on sesame street. as it happens, a lot of kids always loved to watch. >> the sesame street campaign is really helping them see that they're not alone. and, for kids that don't have autism in their family, they are learning about what autism is.

and how kids with autism are not. >> which is important because, sad to say, bullying is so common. >> kids on the autism spectrum get bullied five times more often. it's really important that we have kids like julia who kids can learn to be understanding of one another. >> girls with autism are out numbered rough 4-to-1 with boys. this little muppet may help change that. a few years from now, we'll be thinking of julia with autism as just plain julia. >> facebook founder mark zuckerberg are giving back to the community in a big way. the billionaire couple plans to start a private school at east palo alto.

it will include students from pre-school to eighth grade. >> a settlement has been reached in a lawsuit charging ups with falsifying delivery records to overcharge customers. >> yeah, that's pretty amazing. we're going into that season. the 4.2 million dollar settlement comes right before the busy holiday season. the company is accused of fudging delivery time to meet overnight delivery deadlines. and then charge you premium rates for the service. californians will be eligible for the money. it will mostly for government customers. vw says it's conducting an investigatiinve investigation to see how many cars had its software test. now, it says there may be more. targeting older versions.

>> we have an update to a story we praugt you yesterday about a legg-o shortage. leggo says there's no reason to worry. the company now says it should have enough for u.s. customers, but there won't be enough for the customers in europe. the shortage is at france and denmark and the czech republic. so, kids, as long as you're good, santa should be able to deliver. larry, not so sure. >> all european leggo-s are going to be out. >> larry, always looking out for everybody. >> i'm not in europe. >> thank you. >> all right.

mediterranean guys could protect your brain from shrinking in old age, which is good news for some of us. >> dan king has the details of today's wellness report. >> sensitive length of your baby and a stunning reversal the american academy of pediatrics have changed the span on potential harm. based on research, called for a meeting of educators, neuroscientists, media researchers and social science experts. the organization says media should be used as a tool and not a babysitter. following a mediterranean diet high in fish and low in meat. those two ate lots of vegetables, beans, fish and olive oil had larger brains than those who did not. the authors of the study say the more you adhere, the more protection. meanwhile, lifting weights twice a week may age the brain as well.

people who lifted weights found less brain shrinkage. and children who regularly use antibiotics gain weight faster than those who have never taken the drug. that suck jests it may have an effect only body weight. and the stud dip is pub lished in the journal of obesity. i'm jane king, here's to your health. health. >> a new set of emojis is now available on apple products. 9.1 update release includes more than 150 new characters, including the often-requested ta taco! who knew? >> sharon with the uponing sfour. a unicorn, oh, my. emoji lovers can expect to see more emojis. among those are considered a favorite.

what do you call them? the candy of meats. >> i didn't see the middle finger. i like the squirrels. >> a clown? and a person taking a selfie. >> there's one face that refleblgts me. i wasn't sure if it was a person welling their eyes because i've been waiting that one. i often want tofection a little person rolling their eyes. >> it happens. >> when abc p e 7 news at 4:00 continues, less than twon weeks before the election, at&t pulmos back from the controversial ad campaign. >> m coing up next, stopping a train in its draks is today's critical test for the fran sit system. and a peegs of his rid on wheels, those

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followed by scandal at nine and how to get away with murder at 10:00. next month, san francisco voters will decide when to impose restrixzs on short term. but with else less than two weeks before the election, air bnb has made a public relations profile, rolling out a controversial ad campaign. several of these billboards are now being polled. abc 7 news reporter joins us live from city hall with more on that and the measure. carolyn? >> yes, they do say that they are taking down the ads. so we saw quite a few around the city today. this just before a vote on a proposition that the ref random on air b and b. >> in february, san francisco implemented a so-called air b and b law. but opponents say it has no

tease. it limits owners from renting out units to 75 days a year. >> limit air banb to listening to only those units that are properly listed with the city. a big chunk come back into the housing market. >> the city just recently streamlined the process. >> give people the opportunity to follow the law

>> rents will not go down, housing prices will not drop. >> with the vote just days away, air bnb put up ads like this one, referring to the hotel taxes it's pay ing >> that will do it for this edition. thank you for joining us. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins right now with cheryl and larry.

>> you were the best. >> a father mourns his son. the son's last words to his dad before his tragic flight! in the middle of the day, a south bay man comes home to find free burglarers inside. what happens next when he discovers at least one of them had a gun. >> all aboard, a critical test to the bay area's newest mass transit. >> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist expecting the temperatures to drop this weekend. but how about rain drops? i'll let you know for the clouds with rain coming up. >> he assured me, >> a bay area mother finds comforted in the progress of her

son. >> he lived his life the way he wanted. >> i'm larry beal in for dan ashley. >> a young fighter pie lot raised in the bay area being remembered and honored today. the major in hilsboro is heartbroken tonight. but they're also talking about this final heroic moment. the decision he made may have faced other lives. >> this was the third poimt, cheryl. but whenever she was away, he'd speak with his family every day. his parents and sister need to know what kind of man todd was. they're talking about that last conversation they will never forget. >> those last words echo in this home the major was about to come back to. >> i spoke to my son two hours before he took off. he said do this, dad.

>> a tightly-knit family, his sister, mother, father have lived here for the past 17 years. >> the only sad thing is we won't be able to see him. >> yesterday at 6:00 a.m., they heard a jet had crashed in his squadron. after that, hours of no information. >> they said it was your son. >> the marine fighter pie lot was one of six jets coming back to the states from the persian gulf when it crashed in england. he ejected u but did not survive. initial reports say one of his final moves was to avoid crashing into homes on the way down. >> see, that's the kind of work that h