that's can't be replaced. >> reporter: it was a rude san francisco aloha for the family. back home in their small town on kau kauai, this never would happen. >> i leave my car at the airport and we don't even lock the doors. i sometimes leave my keys in the car. >> reporter: but the most important thing on kakia's mind is the surgery he hopes will help him do the things he wants to do, like sing and continue to do competitive hula dancing and play volleyball. and he has a positive attitude about his brain tumor. >> i fell like it's made me stronger because now i can more understand myself and connect better. >> reporter: his other first name, by the way, is rocket. through this ordeal, he and his family are keep being rocket strong. vic lee, abc 7 news. >> the family has set up a gofundme page. they have reached their limit, but they would appreciate any help they can get. we're posting a link at abc 7 news.com. the union for santa clara jail guards is suing the sheriff

lori smith. abc 7 news has obtained a copy of the lawsuit right here which claims that smith violated privacy rules when she released some of the correctional deputies' text messages to the media. those texts contained racist slurs and they came to light after three guards were charged in the beating death of mentally ill inmate michael tyree last august. a dramatic move by intel today, the world's largest maker of semiconductors. it's cutting 12,000 jobs worldwide it announced, 11% of its work force. one tech analysts expect the layoffs to impact more local workers. >> a lot of their staff is located in the valley. i think we're going to find that a large component of the layoffs are actually going to this time be in the valley. they are ship willing a lot of resources away from their pc units which were perhaps the heaviest in the company. >> the move comes on the same day intel announced its second quarter sales forecast fell

short of analyst estimates. the company's last major job cuts came two years ago when it laid out 5,000 worldwide. >> a man has his fellow surfers and lifeguards to thank for getting him safely back to shore in san francisco. we were at ocean beach just moments after national park service lifeguards helped the man into their truck. this is around 3:00 this afternoon. other surfers called for help when the man lost his board, then got caught in a rip current just north of the zoo. now, the surfer is getting checked out at the hospital. looks line he'll be okay. today's incident comes as san francisco city supervisor eric moore was told a hearing to improve the safety at ocean beach. this saturday, two teenagers were swept out into the ocean by a riptide. those two teens from vallejo are still missing. the supervisor wants to improve patrols and monitoring of the water and increase warning signs and educational efforts about the strong currents along the coastline. a pittsburg woman out for her morning walk was hit and killed by a car.

police say the driver was a reckless and speeding before crashing into the pedestrian and a fence. this happened off west leland road this morning. laura anthony is live with new details on the investigation. laura? >> reporter: kristen, we've just learned the name of the driver, the suspect in this case, 26-year-old oraldo chavez of concord. he's charged with murder, vehicular manslaughter and felony evading. police say he was driving with a suspend suspended license and has a prior conviction for dui. we'll show you where it started about 7:45 a.m. you can see the cones and flashing lights, west leland drive. the car smashed through that fence, hitting this woman, the pedestrian, and then traveled several hundred yards, finally coming to rest right here next to a putting green. investigators say the woman walking on the sidewalk likely never had a chance, struck by a

speeding car, a driver who blew past a police cruiser just seconds before, well above the speed limit. >> officer attempted to pull him over. he did that by activating his lights. and as our officer did that, the driver fled at a higher rate of speed. >> reporter: by the time the officer got to the top of the hill, he saw the camaro had broken through the fence strike thing the pedestrian on the sidewalk. she was killed instantly. the car kept going on to the delta view golf course, stopped on a putting green and the driver got out and ran. he was captured a short time later in the adjacent neighborhood. >> it's a very tragic and traumatic event. i mean, this should not have happened. this individual was driving recklessly and it cost a life today. >> reporter: police confirm this is the third time a speeding car has burst through the fence on this stretch of west leland in recent years. investigators are trying to determine why the driver ran

from police and whether drugs or alcohol were involved. in pittsburg, laura anthony, abc 7 news. in burlingame, an 85-year-old bicyclist was hit by a garbage truck. sky 7 hd flew over the scene this morning. investigators tell us the bicyclist was not seriously hurt that garbage truck driver is cooperating with police but right now it's unclear exactly what caused the crash. bullets flying in berkeley. now police are asking for help in finding the shooter. take a look the this new surveillance video police just released today. it shows a man with a gun there in the black shirt on the left. you see him shooting several times at a homeless man who is standing nearby. the homeless man was not hit. this happened last thursday outside the touchless car wash on kit rej street. police believe a passerby may have witnessed this and they hope this person comes forward. we should note of access to san francisco's twin peaks is

about to change. the board is set to vote on whether to close the eastern roadways to cars while adding paths for cyclists and pedestrians. if approved, the plan would remain in place for two years followed by an assessment to determine if the changes should be made permanent. san francisco officials expect huge crowds to converge on golden gate park for tomorrow's 420 celebration. this is video from last year's gathering near sharon meadow. several city agencies are teaming up to keep the giant smokeout peaceful while dealing with complaints from nearby residents. police are warning parents that they'll be arrested if they bring their kids. a san francisco supervisor would like to see city trees better maintained and have property owners pay for it. right now the city money given to public works isn't enough to take care of the trees but a proposed parcel tax would do the job. abc 7's leanne melendez is live with how much it would cost residents. >> reporter: you know, homeowners in san francisco

already pay about $300 in parcel taxes to, among other things, supplement teachers' salaries and help our city college. now, this one, larry, may pass because a lot of san francisco homeowners are tired of taking care of the city's trees. through the years, more and morrow homeowners have assumed the responsibility of maipting sidewalk trees. the department of public works long ago acknowledged there are too many of them to take care of. >> we've had years of budget cuts to our arborist budget. >> some people do a fantastic job, but others either blow it off or they hire the cheapest possible arborist who then mutilates the trees. >> reporter: supervisor scott wiener wants voters to decide on a parcel tax that would supplement the tree maintenance budget. it would no longer be the responsibility of homeowners. >> to take care of the trees, to fix the sidewalk damage, and to

assume city liability rather than property owners being liable. >> reporter: according to wiener, most property owners would pay between $25 and $40 a year. businesses could be affected. christopher campbell is a private arborist. 25% of his business comes from cutting back city trees paid for until now by homeowners. he thinks the city will have to hire subcontractors and worries they may not be up to his standards. >> that's a large volume of work, and if the city ends up going to subcontractors, i'm concerned about going to lowest bid contractors because i don't feel that would be beneficial to the urban forest. >> reporter: the board of supervisors is expected to vote on the proep alz iproepal in ju. before it's taken to voters in november. removal of a cliff side home. coming up, the slow process of saving a home after a backyard

falls into the sea. also, eviction of a 99-year-old san francisco woman causes heads to roll but not in the city. we'll explain. plus, a woman who just gave nearly $5 million to a local university. and in texas, from people to horses, more rescues from historic flooding there. a city finds itself stretched to the limit. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandy patel. i'll have the latest on the

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don't know if we can get to wayne. wayne, if you can hear me, can you explain what is happening right now? >> reporter: sure. the crew has knock -- what you have behind me is a sunshine 00 square foot house, 67 years old t. ace a symbol of hope in pacifi pacifica. but as the sign says, tow away, and they mean that literally. it is no ordinary home improvement project. >> that's my baby. i have to take care of it. >> reporter: that would be an understatement for melissa mcconnell, considering the increasing scarcity of real estate, especially along the el nino-ravaged cliffs of pacifi pacifica. >> it was like december, january, boom, it's gone. and it killed the whole coast in pacifica. >> reporter: just like that, 35 feet of patio and stairways and retaining walls scattered on the beach below. the house would be next. today tony ma dare roes and company began the process of separating the structure from its foundation and moving it inland. >> if not for the location, would there be anything unique

about this job? >> not really. >> reporter: spoken like the third generation house mover that he is, the plan to raise this home and move it out of harm's way by tomorrow. >> 20 feet right up to the sidewalk. >> reporter: and then where? out immediate's harm's way doesn't mean out of danger. >> it was either move the house now, get it out of harm's way, or you could lose it. and they had to make a difficult decision. if they can't find a lot, they could lose the house. >> we're hoping that an owner of one of the few still available vacant lots in pacifica will allow us to buy their lot at a fair market price so we can move the house. >> reporter: the yellow tagged faded yellow house with an ever changing view. from pacifica, wayne friedman, abc 7. a deal to keep a 99-year-old woman from being evicted may fall apart over an apology. we were at san francisco superior court today at iris

kanaan ya attended a court hearing. an agreement was made to keep her in an apartment for the rest of her life. she doesn't need to pay lawyer fees if she apologizes to the landlord. her family rejected. >> my client is the result of the lies that have been told about him in this case was forced to resign from his job last week. and he does deserve an apology in this case. >> the landlord, peter owens, claims he lost his job as housing policies director in vermont because of the eviction attempt. he says iris canada had violated her rental agreement. they will try for a new deal next week. a san francisco supervisor wants to roll back the clock on city college. proposing to eliminate tuition. right now tuition for a full-time student at city college is $1100 annually. kim is proposing a transfer tax

on properties over $5 million to pay for the free tuition. that could cost the city $13 million. tuition was free at city college until 1983. san jose state university has just received a $4.8 million gift from the estate of one of its former professors. martha easley cox died last september. her gift will support the center for steinbeck studies. she dedicated her career at the university. while she was alive, cox gave $5.5 million to the university, the largest total ever for a faculty member there. the warriors plan on practicing in houston tomorrow before thursday's nba playoff game as people continue to face dangers from flooding all across texas' biggest city. right now the death toll stands at five. this follows a deluge of at least 18 inches of rain drenching houston and its suburbs. rainwater has swelled local creeks. earlier today, bystanders pulled two boys to safety after they

tried to explore a rain-swollen bayou in a kayak. >> i was just tired, you know. the water is strong. >> we asked them if they were okay. they were like, we're fine. next thing we knew, we're calling 911. >> reporter: other people raced to save horses from drowning. water has also driven thousands of people from their homes. reporter courtney fisher with our abc sister station in houston has more. >> reporter: hoisted into trucks brought in by boat, wheeled away to safety. more than 200 people rescued from floods that overtook their apartments. >> i'm safe so i'm very grateful. >> reporter: the water started rising around 7:00 monday night. >> just watching the water go up the door, hit the hinges, start going up the hinges. okay, now i need to get out. >> reporter: by the time they tried to leave, they couldn't. >> i didn't think this could happen. >> reporter: inside joy kinly's apartment, the water was 4 feet high. >> i was excited when i saw the police lights. >> reporter: when the rescue boats showed up, the pregnant mother climbed through her

window and handed her two kids to ems crew. >> one at a time. >> reporter: coming off the next truck, we met crystal and her husband. their 2-week-old son wrapped tightly in a blanket. >> i'm terrified. i'm glad that we can see the ground, but i'm -- my nerves are really bad. >> you never think about it could be you. >> reporter: as the darkness gave way to daytime, the recues didn't stop. people just kept coming. >> we're alive. >> reporter: this woman and her disabled veteran husband waited seven hours for help. >> he's in a wheelchair so we were waiting for these lovely gentlemen to come and get us. thank god they did. >> reporter: when help came, it put a smile on so many faces, no matter what they'd been through during those last 24 hours. >> speechless. there's really not many words that you can -- that i can find to say at the moment. >> reporter: we were out here shortly after they started around midnight. these rescues could go well into the evening.

reporting in houston, courtney fisher, abc 7 news. >> what an ordeal. houston not out of the woods. more rain on the way. >> meteorologist sandhya patel looks at that and also our accuweather forecast. let's look at live doppler 7 hd. there's still rain near the houston area, moisture keeps feeding in. the flooding potential, yes, it's still there. and the reason why is they're expecting an additional 2 to 4 inches of rain. flood warnings are still going for parts of texas through thursday morning and in some areas through wednesday night. so over the next couple of days when you get that heavy rain on top of saturated grounds, still keeping the threat of flooding going for the area. here in the bay area, milder pattern, we are looking at cooler conditions today, a veil of high clouds on live doppler 7 hd. when you look at those 24-hour temperatures they're definitely running lower. the change from now going back 24 hours. here's part of the reason why it's cooler. we're seeing onshore winds, winds coming off the cooler

ocean water. that trend is going to continue as we head towards tomorrow. from our east bay hills camera, a lot of clouds. temperatures 67 in san francisco, it is in the upper 70s for san jose, oakland, morgan hill 80, half moon bay a comfortable 64. those high clouds have been increasing in the south bay as well, san jose. low to mid-70s from novato to santa rosa, 66 in livermore. highs today mid-60s to mid-80s, a beautiful view from our emeryville camera, a peek of blue but plenty of cloud cover up above. cooling continues tomorrow, april showers expected friday. we're looking at sunny days this weekend. here is a look at our time line for tonight. 11:00 tonight we're basically looking at some high cloudiness. patches of fog will form for the morning commute and then we're looking at the clouds increasing along with the fog. wednesday night going into thursday, we may even see some spotty drizzle for the thursday morning commute. we fast-forward to friday, bringing in our storm impact scale, we've been ranking these storms all season as you know, 1

is light, 5 severe. the system coming in friday is a 1. scattered light showers are expected less than a half inch for the bay area. here is a look at the hour by hour time line midnight friday cloud cover, we're looking at friday morning's commute when the showers will spread and continue really right on through the lunch hour and even beyond that. we'll see scattered showers for the evening commute. then it all starts to wind down by friday night. as far as rainfall totals, they'll range anywhere from about 0.2 to elemealmost 0.5 in in the wettest places. tomorrow low 40s to the low 50s. we'll have clouds and patchy fog. then for the afternoon, notice those temperatures continuing to come down. still mild inland, 80 in antioch, 78 in san jose, 73 oakland, napa, santa rosa, 72 san rafael, richmond, san francisco 69. you're looking at 66 in half moon bay and 73 in san mateo. 78 degrees in san jose,

pleasant. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, our cooling sea breeze takes the temperatures down tomorrow. notice how much cooler it is on thursday with morning drizzle appearing. by friday we're in the upper 50s to mid-60s, much cooler. 1 on our storm impact scale. we bring in light rain. then over the weekend, it will be mainly sunny and milder. we won't see the heat for a while. temperatures will remain in the comfort zone close to average as we head into early next week. one more day of some 80s, then we'll drop you out of the 80s. but the good news is we have rain coming on friday. >> thank you. sign saga over a misspelling and correction. that's next. then at 5:30 with "world news". the battle for new york, hillary clinton and bernie sanders pushing for every last vote. donald trump looks to get back on track. a critical primary night in america. the results in wrereal-time. watch tonight.

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. >> announcer: this is abc 7 news. in another step toward building an electric car to compete against tesla, apple has hired a way to -- according to both electric and 9 to 5 mac. apple has insisted it is not building a car but rumors have swirled that apple is designing one. cupertino-based apple has hired engineers who have worked for automakers. visa says its new chip enabled cars have already made a dent in fraud. some of the biggest merchants are reporting a drop of nearly 20% in counterfeit transactions. visa and walmart say they have come up with fixes to get rid of the extra wait for the chip card

waits. visa says a software update will strip 18 seconds from a typical checkout process. walmart says it's cut the time of chip card transactions by as much as 11 seconds. palo alto-based curbside is partnering with cvs. customers will be able to order items with a mobile app and have them delivered right to their vehicles an hour later. the service launched in san francisco last december. it will now be available at stores across california and two other states and at most other u.s. locations by the end of the year. a major milestone reached for the calaveras dam. the new spillway at the dam is complete as the price tag soars. get a good look at it from sky 7 hd. this thing is massive. as wide as eight lanes of freeway and a quarter mile long. its completion means work can now begin on the 220 foot high earthen dam now. the project at sit $10 million has just about doubled in cost.

the calaveras dam tucked away in the hills east of interstate 680. you want to see something else impressive? right there. we want to thank shane from san francisco for this incredible picture of this morning's sunrise. the pacifica pier bathe in the sun. just gorgeous. share your pictures with us. we'll show them on air or at abc 7 news.com. >> that was spectacular. >> totally. look before you leap. >> oh! >> up next, ever wonder what it's like to jump from a plane and land in a packed stadium? you'll see what happens when abc 7 news at 5 continues. >> i don't want to do that.

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coming up new at 6, battle lines are being drawn right now in san jose where a major decision is expected that could impact renters citywide. it's about money and much more. also -- call it a blast from the past. find out why local water agencies are flushing hydrants again, even though the drought isn't over. all that plus much more on abc 7 news at 6. this is not a trick question. how do you spell redding? >> we all know it.

but somebody didn't. chances are you wouldn't spell it like this. caltrans put an "i" in redding. that's fine. at interstate 80 and i-505 in vacaville. >> the city posted the picture on their facebook page. the sign is sort of fixed now. redding is spelled correctly with a little extra space. >> okay. >> yeah. >> some people really, really know how to make an entrance. you have to see this. >> this is the moment a group of navy parachutists skydived into knee land stadium in tennessee before a football game. the unit known as the leapfrogs began a long free fall before releasing their parachutes and making a safe landing. >> the navy posted this video on youtube. the leapfrogs are a navy s.e.a.l. group based out of san diego with the precision and excitement, got everybody going, right? >> "world news tonight with david muir" is next.

>> thanks for joining us tonight. breaking news tonight. the battle for new york. as we come on the air, the first exit polls are in. what the voters are saying, as donald trump eyes a major win but takes a hit for a slip about 9/11. and the hometown showdown between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. can clinton wrap up the nomination? also breaking, state of emergency. deadly floods in texas. nearly 2,000 rescued. residents brace for even more rain tonight. inside the disaster zone. our team travels close to the epicenter of that devastating earthquake. desperate search for survivors at this hour. hundreds feared trapped. the rookie police officer spared prison time for the deadly shooting of an unarmed man. tonight, the decision sparks outrage. and, tight squeeze. airlines may soon start charging you more money, so you won't be stuck in the middle.