calm, your internet's on. >> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. good afternoon and thank you for join us today. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm lar are biel. a really gruesome discovery near the bay bridge. a torso was found at the end of burma road at the near the foot of the bridge. eric thomas live now with the details. >> reporter: larry, gruesome indeed, enough to shake anyone, the discovery made just after noon today on the rocks on the oakland side of the bay just a few dozen yards south ever the old bay bridge which is being demolished. police say a contractor on his lunch break was taking pictures of the bridge and the bay when he looked down and he saw that partially clothed tors soy. he called 911 and soon oakland police officers were crawling all over the area looking for clues. they don't know the identity or

even the race of the victim at this point, but the medical examiner was able to figure out a few things. >> right now the coroner believes that there's no trauma to the body, that this may have been just an accident, but always very difficult to say. we're not going to rule anything out. we'll look at everything. what we are looking at is a young male. we don't know the race at this time because the torso is so decompo decomposed. they do believe it's many been in the water for at least a month, maybe a little longer. we do not expect it to have any impact with regard to the bringing down of the old bay bridge. that process will continue from this point forward. it will not have any impact on the traffic or otherwise. >> reporter: the man who made the discovery did not work for caltrans, but they were out herd aszv precaution andu! because is so close to their demolition project. now, with finger prints and dental records ruled out because this is only a torso, police will need dna to identify the

remains. police will be checking missing 53-year-old shoemake turned himself in to richmond police today. police have been looking for him since sunday aets fate fal fire. his 5-year-old son died in the blaze. the boy's mother did survive, but she is severely burned. a five-alarm fire burned for hours in the south bay. >> this is a look at the scene in santa clara from sky7 hd. you can see the damage there. abc 7 news was first on the story and you can tell from our video, look at the size of this thing. this was a massive fire that destroyed a number of businesses. >> it happened on el camino

royale near lawrence expressway. wayne freedman is there live with the latest. wayne? >> reporter: well, it's the rancho shopping center and behind me what one business owner described as remnants of the american dream, all small businesses,ç businesses that people bought, built up, workeì% hard on,q eight small businesse all burned this morning. it was an early morning five-alarm fire that lit up the sky and burnedor for hours a blaze that appears to have begun in the front of the rancho shopping center and then worked its way back through one small business after another. vern na owned a jewelry store, had been here for 35 years. minute by minute, hour after hour, of rating. this is how it was for business owners through most of the day. yellow tape kept them back. >> i'm dying to get in. >> reporter: they tell you can't go in because? >> it's not safe. >> reporter: donna ma ruk ka owns a dance studio on the

fringe of the damage. she's likely to have damage. >> i have costumes in there, sets, props, music. my first priority is to get 0 that out so we can continue to work and have our show in a couple of weeks. >> reporter: for much of the day the fire remained too hot for firefighters. this indian restaurant is where smoke was first seen and 911 kaz walled. out of the kitchen. >> yeah. >> reporter: for business owners, the how and why matter less right now and what cam comes next. and in this shopping mall that kept connected organic that employed 60 people, what next is everything. >> what can anyone say to someone who's been through this? >> what can i do to help you? >> reporter: in santa clara, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. firefighters used a drone to get a better view of the damage and possibly get a look at estdz they can't see from the ground. a volunteer firefighter launched the drone this morning. officials will use the video in their investigation as they try to find the cause and origin of

the fire. a 21-year-old man was shot to death in antioch in morning. police responded to report of a shooting near crater peak way and black diamond drive around 10:30 this morning. the victim is a richmond rez debit. his name was not yet been released. the chp is investigating another freeway shooting in the east bay. a man suffered a gunshot wound to the leg as he drove on 80 in hercules. police say the man's red sedan was hit multiple times last night. a second car had its window shattered. no one was hurt in that car. there have been around 20 shootings on east bay freeways in the past year. coming up at fave, local mayors team up to find a solution to the shooting. a northern california family is desperate for answers right now. a man and his little girl were last seen in antioch, but that was three days ago. thf they're worried they may have gotten into an accident somewhere along 160 on the way home to sacramento. abc serve news reporter janet oh

has the latest. >> reporter: 23-year-old kyler jack on and his 1-year-old daughter kaley left antioch 11:00 p.m. sound night. they were on the way home to sacramento but never made it. now kaley's mom jay own na mason is asking what happened as she frantically waits for answers. she says it's unlike kyler to go completely silent. no one has been able to reach him by phone or social media. >> he protects my baby. he protects the kids like he would never, ever like -- he would never let nobody do anything to my kids like he won't. even the kids that's not his. >> reporter: jay own na says kyler was driving his silver ford taurus with california license plate 4wv 944. she said kyler always takes highway 160 to get home and is pleading with the police to check the toll bridge records to see if he passed through. the family fears he may have been tired and could have driven

into the sacramento river. >> it's been three days now and i can't dake no more days. p that poor pale. let's turn our attention to the wench now. this is a live look from our mt. tam camera out there. nice looking. >> it looks clear and it's about to get warmer. spencer christian here with our accuweather update. >> hey, it's about to get a lot warmer. as a matter of fact, this day started off as a cloudy and cool day and now kweef got sunnier skies. hear is eye look at live doppler 7 hd reflecting those sunny skies, revealing them i should say. look at the active weather over in the sierra. it's snow and thunder and to our north a little active weather as well up there north of clear lake, a movement of a thunderstorm criminal there. it's fizzing a bit there but it was much more active earlier with lightning strikes quite vivid. here is the view from our rooftop camera from abc 7 across the bay and embarcadero. it's 60 in san francisco, 65 in oakland. mountain view san jose and morgan hill 70 degrees, 59 in half moon day bay. this is the view partly cloudy

mosty sunny skies at the golden gate, 74 santa rosa nap 356966 novato convict toward 71 livermore 69. here is an animation overnight showing that we'll have clouds some low and some mid-level and high passing through the bay area during the overnight hours. there may be be some spotty dliz el in the early morning hours more likely to occur near the coast and not over the santa cruz mts as we start the day around 7:00 tomorrow morning, temperatures will be mainly in the ufrper 50s. we're they're going to go heilor than that i will eyou shou warm it will be later. >> thank you, spencer. there has been the subject of months of protests and it actually took down san francisco's police chief. >> today residents got a chance to talk to the public defend ir's department about the police department's use of force. amy hollyfield has the details. >> reporter: they started with music and poetry. but then brought in keynote speaker author melissa harris-perry to start the conversation. >> i want to make an argument that black lives matter is both

a declaration and a set of questions, right? so it's both black lives matter period. but then also a question, do black lives matter? right? and then if black lives matter, what would be different? how might the world look different if look lives matter? >> reporter: this is the 13th san francisco public defenders justice summit but this year's strikes a chord because of its focus on the police department's use of force policy. >> we've had three shootings in san francisco in the last six months all people of color. and what we're going to show today is that these shoots were preventable and avoidable but you need to have both a change of policy as well as practice. >> the most recent shooting happened last week when police shot and killed 2 niep-year-old swres ka williams. police say it appears she wasn't armed. killings like this motivated vanessa jackson to come to today's summit. >> i'm hoping change is headed you our way. but if not, you know, the people are going to have to come to the street and make a change. >> reporter: these aren't the policy changers in this room.

jeff adachi thinks their voice and others can influence change. >> there's going to be hearings around body cams ra and use of force and citizens should come out and take an interest or write a letter. it's very important that people become engaged in the criminal justice system if they want to see change. >> reporter: the city's police commission has been debating the department's use of force policy and will continue the discussion next month. and the city's interim police chief says changing the policy is his first priority. in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. a frightening moment inside a game stop store. this was in silver spring, maryland two armed men in hoodies entered the store last friday and watch as one of the robbers manhandles that little boy, draggeded him right out of the bay. if you look again, the boy was actually trying to throw a punch at the robber. police say the two men ordered two clerks to the floor and then got away with an undisclosed amount of cash and some personal property. those two are still at large. those who are in the store are okay and that boy is okay.

protesters are clashing with police right now at a trump rally in anaheim just one day after clashes at another trump event. >> it's the last week of may and there are still some shock ki to play here in san jose. i'm chris nguyen with a live report coming up. can you repeat the word? >> it's a different kind of sport under way this week, the annual spelling bee. we'll snow you the bay area kids who are vying for a shot at the championship. and at 4:11 we're te'iing a lick live look at our mack arthur maze traffic. slowly lo lly mog moving. you're looking worst at the 80 traffic on the left, right you're trying to get to perhaps the bay bridge and on over to san francisco. stay

>> announcer: afrnlts novato. oakland. sunnyvale and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. the san jose sharks are just one win away from advancing to the stanley cup finals. a moment the fans have been waiting years for. >> a long long time. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen live at the s.a.p. center with the excitement building up to tonight's big game. chris? >> reporter: and some would say that the energy out here is something that hasn't really been felt in a really long time. if you take a look behind me you can see some of the fans out here already having some fun out at the free fanfest zone in front of the tank ahead of tonight's game. the sharks hoping they can pull

out a big win in front of the home crowd. today in san jose sharks fans find themselves in unchartered territory. >> i've been out here about 23 years. i've seen the good, the bad and the ugly. >> reporter: never before has their team come this close to making it to the stanley cup finals. >> can't take any more disappointment. we want it. >> reporter: just one win away, a phrase that's been on the minds of many. >> the whole team is thinking, i think on the ice they're really passing well and playing well and i think the energy is going to be tonight in the tank is going to be phenomenal to push them through. >> reporter: and the opportunity to make history certainly isn't lost. >> nothing is going to be easy tonight. you're going to have to earn it. it's toing ache te'i good group effort. we'll try to establish that early. >> reporter: at the sharks practice facility this morning, players took to the ice one more time before stont's game. and on the other side of the building, u.s. olympic figure skater paup lena edmond herself a die-hand sharks fan sensing what could be a big moment

ahead. >> i hope they continue to do well because the bay area loves them. i love them. and i want to see them succeed. >> reporter: knowing that a win would mean as much to the athletes as it would for san jo jose. >> this has given a fresh breath into the hockey community around here and you see the excitement. you see people stopping you in the community saying, good luck, you know, radio rooting for you. it's a fun thing to be a part of. >> reporter: a spirited run that the sharks hope will last a little longer. the game starts at 6::00 tonight, we just went online to ticket master and it looks like there are still some tickets available for tonight's game so you do have some time to come out and support your team of choice. we're live in san jose this afternoon, i'm chris nguyen, abc 7 news. back to you. >> thank you, chris we want to see your sharks pride. sent us your pictures using the hash tag abc 7 news and you could see your picture on air or online. >> i believe our producer scott moring the sports department is getting his face painted in teal right now. >> perfect. >> he'll be at the 2k3w5i78 tonight. adds for the warriors, their record setting season may come to a premature end, golden state

down they-1 to oklahoma city. okc looks like a buzz saw right now. warriors are reeling after getting crushed in the last two da games in ockc. abc 7 news was at the warriors workout facility. steve kerr says the rest of the team was recovering physically and we hope mentally as well. kerr dismissed reports that steph curry's injuries only had him playing at 70%. >> is he bothered a little bit? perhaps by the layoff. i mean, he went three weeks out basically playing a game. so he just may not be quite where he needs to be. but it's not an injury. >> if you look back at history, only 4% of the teams have overcome a 3-1 deficit, but it did happen in last year's playoffs so there's a positive there. kerr said he didn't think any of those team that's came back were -- failed could come back were defending champs with possibly two more games at home. you consider so take care of

business in game five. >> in anybody can do it. >> yes. two young bay area spelling wizard are making a splash at the scripps spelling gee. >> kristen sze following today's kick offaction. >> the prim marries are over, the finalists have just been announced achtd bay area is 1 for 2. these were your bay area competitors, the 14-year-old an eighth grader at iron horse middle school in san ramon and the 12-year-old a seventh grader at middle school in san jose. we got word that one of them are out after earlier spelling extracurricular and -- correc y correctly. but what about the other one? >> from the golden state san jose -- >> he is a lifelong vegetarian who enjoys indian mexican and chinese food. that's on his bio.

there were 284 competitors to start. the youngest a 6-year-old from texas who competed in his first bee in diapers. now, if you notice, more wrong answers this year because scripps changed the rules to make the bee tougher after the competition ended in a tie for two straight years. so now only 50 spellers are left, sadly the 6-year-old did not make it. the final rounds begin tomorrow. you can watch and cheer on the san jose two on our sister network espn. larry and ama? >> best of luck. thank you kristen. two popular vantage points at the golden gate bridge will be off limits this weekend because of congestion concerns. private cars will not be allowed to park at the welcome center in san francisco or at vista point on the marin side. taxi and ride services will only -- ride share services will only be allowed to drop off paenszs at vista point. that closure runs 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. friday through memorial day. a section of beach in the point reyes national sea shore

will be off limits start this weekend and every saturday and sunday through labor day. the national park service ordered the closure to protect -- the birds are on the federally threatened list. the closure will be in effect from the north beach parking lot to the mouth of abbotts lagoon. you mentioned memorial day which is come cog. we're heading into a warm-up adds we gather momentum to a holiday weekend, spencer christian. >> that's true. it is going to warm up nicely larry and aum am ma. right enough, though, i'm bracing against the rail as the wind is getting a little bit gusty. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd under mostrily sunny skies for now and breezy knz. check out the active weather over the sierra why we have a mix of thunderstorms up and down the sierra in the lower elevations and snow in the higher elevations that pattern has been there for a couple of days now likely to continue for a little while this is the view from our east bay hills camera looking at mt. diablo mostry sun wri skies these are our forecast features we'll see possibly spotty briz el near the coast warming trend begins tomorrow

and it moves up to full force high gear over the weekend. it will be much warmer over this memorial weekend holiday weekend. let's take a look at wins right now, though. pretty gusty 32 miles per hour at sfo, 28 at san carlos, 25 at can cord. you can see that the strongest gufrlts are near the coast and near the delta. low temperatures tonight under partly cloudy conditions will be be mainly in the low to mid-sfwis. though low clouds will hang around for a while. here's some animation starting 7:00 tomorrow morning. notice for the morning commute tomorrow they'll be reduced visibility in some spots because of the presence of low clouds but they'll start to move out towards the coast rather quickly by 8:00 tomorrow morning. we'll see some clearing up in the north r north and in the east and then by about 11:00 norm morning as we approach the midday hour we'll see most of the low clouds and fog near the coastline with sunny skies over most inland and bay side areas and that pattern will continue into the afternoon hours as we start and the evening as we begin to warm up a bit. highs tomorrow will be generally in the low 60s near the coast

upper 60s and low 70s around the bay and ummer 70s to near 80 inland but check out the warming that takes place over the weekend let's start with saturday we'll see highs in the mid to upper 60s even some 70s on the coast around the bay some low 80 dz and up to and above 90 degrees inland. how about sunday pretty much the same maybe a degree or two lower in some spots but still looking at maybe a high of 92 at antioch and high of 90 at cloverdale and monday memorial day back to the low to mid 90s inland low 80s in some bay shore locations mid60s to low 70s on the coast here's the accuweather seven day forecast. that warm upgoing to last for a while with no real cooldown in sight until about wednesday of next week so we've got four very warm almost summer like days coming our way carrying us through the holiday weekend which means great beach weather for those who like the coastline larry and ama? >> spencer, hang on to the rail. up next, the woman known as chewbacca mom goes on the ride of a lifetime.

her bay area visit with chewy himself. and tonight on abc 7, watch finding nemo at 8:00 followed by nashville at 10:00, then abc 7 news at 11:00. here is a sneak peek of tonight's series finale of "nashville." ♪ ♪

a florida judge has denied gawker's motion for a new trial in the hulk hogan sex video case. the court also will not reduce a $140 million jury verdict that hogan won in march. hogan sued gawker after it posted the wrestler of having sex with his then best friend's

wife. hogan sued gawker again over leaked court documents that quoted hogan making ricist roy marcs. a texas woman who own earned the nickname of chewbacca mom where she wore a chew balk damask. mark zuckerberg posted these videos of candace pain check being out the menlo park digs she's sharing the experience with a fully costumed chewbacca. that viral video na earned her all that attention has been seen more than 144 million times since it was posted last thursday. >> are you kidding? 144 million? >> that's a lot, larry. when we first talk bhd it, it was 2 million. okay. abc 7 news at 4 continues with hillary clinton on a whirlwind california tour from southern california to the south bay. plus, police clash with protesters at a trump rally in anaheim today. and another electric car company wants to rev things u

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>> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc serve news. in news making headlines as we approach 4:30, heart break for business owners in santa clara following a strip mall fire that damaged about eight businesses there. now, they haven't he determined what caused the early morning fire at the rancho shopping center. families grieving after an amtrak crashed into an suv in

san leandro killing a woman and her daughter. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony tweeted that the family members are wondering if more might have been done to prevent yesterday's accident. her live report is ahead on abc 7 news at 5. "world news tonight" tweeted that 11 states are now suing the obama add minute sfraigs over transgender bathrooms. this follows a directive to schools this month to let transgender students use bathrooms that match their gender identity. the lawsuit claims the order is unconstitutional. in the race for the white house, hillary clinton making a campaign stop today in salinass. abc 7 news reporter david louie is there. david, she just finished. >> reporter: this is not the first time hillary clinton has been to salinas. she was here eight years ago when they was last running to frez. she came to hartnell college gain where she was greeted by several thousand people more than filling the 800 capacity gym. many of the people turning out today were latino or they were farm workers like sylvia hort ta who continue to worry about what will happen with immigration reform under the next occupant

of the white houfs. they express more confidence in clinton than in berpy sanders or in donald trump on the republican side. clinton was over an hour late arriving but that didn't bother her supporters here. and she clearly knew the immigration issue was on their minds going into attack mode against donald trump. >> he's not only talking about ripping families apart, is he? he is talking about dporlting more than one-half of the 2.4 million farm workers who help feed our country. >> reporter: people with signs and other points of view also showed up outside the rally. some of them supporters of bernie sanders, others for dobld trump. we understand one sign saying women are not fit to be president was ripped out of the hands of a man holding it and it was torn up. a clinton fan who wrote a song saying it's time for a woman in the white house got others to join her singing it. a young college graduate told us he was here to listen to hillary clinton before deciding who will get his vote in the prive marry

on june 7th. >> i am kind of leaning toward bernie sanders actually because i. young and he speaks to the people that are young like me going to college who have a little bit of debt. so i want to see if she touches base on that today and if i should change my opinion. >> reporter: this was clinton's second california stop today. she started this morning in southern california, now that she's finished here she's heading now to atherton to a private residence for a fund-raising event. we're live in salinas, david louie, abc 7 news. the state department inspector general's report on clinton's use of a private e-mail server is out. the audit says clinton failed to follow the rules or inform key department staff regardingor her use of a private server. but it also acknowledges personal e-mail use by previous secretaries. a clinton sfoeksperson says the report shows clinton's actions were consistent with those of her press of predecessors. however, oenltds argue they shouldn't want truthful. senator bernie sanders is also in california this afternoon sanders spoke to his

support erdz in cathedral city earlier. he kauld for a big voter turnout on june the 7th so the world can see what he calls of a political revolution. he also said if he lived in california he would vote to legalize marijuana. sanders will be campaigning in california through at least sunday. republican presumptive presidential nominee dobld trump is also in southern california addressing supporters in anaheim this afternoon. drum p will speak on the phone tonight with shouse peeker paul ryan presumably about the speaker endorsing him. outside a small but vocal group of people protested. several arrests were made after some demonstrators threw objects at police. p of. >> lit's go ahead and take a live look from anaheim right now where as you can see the protesters have thinned out. there are some officers there, some arrests are still being made. we are keeping watch over this. trump will appear tonight actually on "jimmy kimmel live" at 11:35 after abc 7 news at 11. we are closing in on another election deadline. anyone who wants to vote by mail must request that by 5:00 p.m.

next tuesday. voters go to the polls here in california on tuesday june schaechth. president obama assured japan's prime minister said the u.s. will fully cooperate into the investigation of the murder of a japanese woman allegedly by a former u.s. marine. mr. obama arrived in japan today and met with prime minister shin zoe abe who expressed strong indignation about the arrest of the 32-year-old. the president says he's appalled by any violent qaim that may have occurred or committed by any u.s. personnel or contractor. >> we consider it inexcusable, and we are committed to doing everything that we can to prevent any crimes from taking place of this sort. >> police in japan arrested the man after investigators found the body of a missing 20-year-old woman at a location that he provided. a suspected gunman is now in custody after a shooting spree on a phoenix area highway overnight. two people were injured when the shooter opened fire on passing

cars. also carjacked a vehicle during an intense police chase. abc news reporter broond die hildt has the details rnchs. >> reporter: ter feig moments on this arizona highway as a gunman opens fire from a car targeting random vehicles passing by. >> we're getting several reports of a shooter on sr 87. there's a male shooting a machine gun. >> reporter: the shooter driving the wroth way at times near phoenix struck several vehicles late tuesday evening. police say two people were hit flf's a male subject injured it looks like a gunshot graze to the head. >> reporter: a second victim also shot in the leg. >> one of the vehicles actually kaurt caught fire from the round that's were shot into his car. >> reporter: here's what that car look like now. with police in pursuit, investigators say the gunman fled to a nearby casino where he carjacked another vehicle. officers coming under fire as well during the chase until the gunman described only as a man in his 30s eventually crashed into a ditch. he tried escaping on foot when

arrested. his identity has not been released. >> there was body armor that was found near the car. the weapons that were used as well as the ammunition. both victims injured in the shooting spree are expected to be okay. no officers were hurt as investigators now try to pinpoint a motive in this case. brandi hitt, abc news, los angeles. people across the plains are cleaning up from a series of violent thunderstorms. check out a massive tornado that barreled through ford county, cannes, across the highway towering over vehicles on the road below several your injuries were reported. a 13-year-old boy is safe after being swept away in a flooded storm drain. police say the boy fell into that drain when storms dumb pd more than 4 ifrmgz of rain in a short time in jones borough, arkansas, about 130 miles northeast of little rock. officers were able to pull the boy to safety after hearing his cries for help about two blocks from where he fell into the drain. ing thisful ly he was not seriously hurt. stim to come, an invasion of

a different kind. the beast invading san francisco's exploratorium. what they're made of and how they come to life. i'm michael finney. "ask finney" is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. just post them with the hash tag ask finney. i'll answer your questions here live a little later. i'm spencer christian. our view from our east bay hills camera shows skies becoming a little bit sunnier than they have of late. and our weather is going to turn a lot warmer than it has been late. i'll have the

the white house today hosted a talent show showkaying the power of the arts. ♪ students from california to new york sang danced and played music. the white house provided us with this video. the performers are students that turn around arts a program that uses art education to improve struggling schools. at today's talent show the first lady announced the tusharound arts program would expand to 68 schools nationwide. the beasts have invaded the exploratorium. those are strand beests which is dutch for beach animals. the artist calls them a new form of life which go from being extinct from reanimated in seconds. he demonstrated them today. >> this is an extinct animal called -- and i will at this

moment reanimate the beast. >> the beasts come to life. they're made of pvc tubing. some are powered by the hand you see there, by hand like you see there. others by the wind. the exhibition opens friday and runs through september. >> it's a windy day today. >> yeah. perfect. >> the beasts should be out and roaming. our weather beast is spencer christian who's off and roaming. and i've got the beast weather in town. here is a look at the live doppler 7 hd. it is a mostly sunny day at the moment, and we've got breezy conditions as larry point the out in over in the sierra things are a bit unsettled with thunderstorms and snow. things will be a little bit calmer tomorrow. a little bit. look for showers up and down the sierra tomorrow. maybe some thunder will mix in there. it will be a little bit milder so if there's any snow it will be at the highest elevations and we'll see high temperatures in the mid to upper 80s through the central part of the state here

in the bay area tomorrow look for highs ranging from 60s at the coast to low 70s around the bay to upper 70s to near 80 inland under sunnier conditions than we've seen most of this week and tomorrow night at oracle arena, i'm doing my part warriors. we expect you to do yours as well. it's a must win game warriors taking on okc. there will be sunny skies for tokes for dub nation turning out for the big game tomorrow evening. we're hoping for a victory. boy, do we need one. larry and ama? >> thank you, spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4, on autopilot. this driver appearing to be asleep at the wheel. how this happened and reaction from tesla. i'm "7 on your side's" michael finney. so you own a time share. is there any way to get out from under it? what you need to know, coming up. and in honor of asian pacific american heritage month, we're using aur abc 7 news stain gram feed to recognize people making a difference where you live. we congratulate brenda wong eye

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>> announcer: fremont. palo alto. norm bay and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. the city of vallejo is excited this afternoon about potentially hundreds of new jobs on mare island. electric car start-up faraday future wants to build a factory there and vallejo has been trying to redevelop the base since it closed in 1996. faraday says its goal is to build the next generation of electric cars. the southern california based company was formed two years ago and so far has shown only a concept car in public. >> we're thrilled to start this partnership with faraday future. we've been working with them through the last 18 months to this point where we are now going to enter into official ne goekss with them. >> if vallejo and faraday reach an agreement to develop the sooist it would also include a customer experience center where people could test-drive cars and

actually see them being made. the company recently broke ground on a $1 billion factory in northern of north las vegas. tesla says video of a man apparently asleep behind the wheel while using his car's autopilot system isn't nt way the technology should be iced. here's the individual owe yoe of this shoozing man inside a model-s. it appeared on reddit tesla's community. tesla says the autopilot technology is designed to give drivers confidence behind the while but requires them to be alert and ready to take control at any time. that's a problem. time now for ask finney 7 on your side's michael finney here answering questions sent in by facebook twitter and e-mail. betty h. from san ramon, how can we get rid of a time share we've had for about 20 years. we keep paying the maintenance fee pz and do not use it. >> look, this is a big problem. a lot of people come to me with. this especially now because the maintenance sfees seem to really be going up quite a bit the bottom line is there are more people that have time fairs and want to buy them than there are people who want to buy them.

my advice is go to ebay look up your time share there are hundreds of them there. you'll find it and then put yours on there and try to sell it. many now you're talking about getting a few hundred dollars at most. remember this was an investment for just trying to get out from underneath it go to ebay there will be a ton of people that will tell you they will sell your time share and make you a fortune. don't believe them. the majority of these people are going to take your money and walk away there's a few legit dealers out there be very very careful. >> thank you, michael. david l. asked via twitter, is there any leaf for people who owe back taxes under 5,000 fdz? >> yeah. yeah. it's exactly the same relief for all the rich guys. it's coffeled offer and compromise. what you do is negotiate with the irs. basically it comes up when the irs isn't sure what actually win a case in court or isn't sure you actually have the money to pay so you negotiate a deal. a lot of people do it. if you go online you'll find many websites. aing it's fast and easy.

it's neither of those ningz but worth your time and effort give it a shopt. >> jackie h. from lake port, we bought a mobile home but we don't own the land we pay park fees in a mobile park. can we claim a rental credit. >> that's a great question. you're thinking right about this and the answer is yes if you're not taking a homeowners credit for the actual mobile home itself. and t's either 1 or the other rental credit or the homeowners credit for the mobile home. you can't do both. >> you have something coming up? >> i do. i'm glad you mentioned it. sometimes it seems everyone is making money on real estate but you. now new crowdfunding platforms can change that. i'll tack a look at a new way to invest tonight at 11:00 on abc 7 news. >> all right, look forward to that. thank you, michael. turning to health news, antidepressants are being used for more than just depression. >> experts weighing in on sleep trainling babies. here's jane king with a well necessary report. millions of people take antidepressants to ease depression but must research treat conditions that are not

depression related. scientists looked at 10 years of medical records and found only 55% of all antidepressant prescriptions were to treat depression. the remaining 45% were for other conditions like anxiety disorders, insomnia pain and panic disorders. it's hard as it is, experts say it's okay to let your baby cry himself to sleep. researchers in australia say letting the baby cry it out does not cause stress or lasting emotional problems. the babies in this studier were all 6 months to 16 months old. and whole foods opening its first 365 buy whole foods today near los angeles. this is the first of several 365 stores the company has in the works. the stores are smaller and cheefrper but still offer organic and natural foods. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. here's to your health. well, it is on to the next stopper for the solar impulse 2 flight. the solar plain left dayton, ohio, this morning bound for allen toup, pennsylvania.

a hangar malfunction pushed the takeoff back one day. the ole sar powered jet hoz ha toy loots attempting to fly around the world using only the 61's nfrg for fuel. the flight started in abu dhabi, where it will end. the plane landed in the bay area last month. abc 7 news at 4 does tib and you probably already know about traditional surveillance cameras but can a video doorbell really help protect your home? we'll compare two of the biggest names. and kristen is here with a look at what's come willing up on abc 7 news as 5. coming up next, new developments tonight in that high profile murder case in hillsborough. the third person arrested in connection with the death of keith green was a trained fighter. how the government will start putting crash test dummies in the back seat thanks to uber. and the meet and greet in oakland that has one teenager smiling all the way to the bank.

video doorbells are a hot knew hu high security device. they've already recorded suspected burglars, one even captured a curious bear but how well do they really work. lindsay janice investigates. >> reporter: you've probably seen the ads. >> i invented rings you can see and speak to whoever is at your home from your smartphone. >> reporter: so how well do video doorbells work? gma investigates trying out two, ring and its main competitor sky bell. both work by an app on your phone and both have motion detectors that trigger the camera to record movement. and send you an alert even if someone doesn't actually ring the bell. >> i like there's motion at my front door. >> reporter: first, how well do they allow us to communicate? we arrange for two package deliveries for each video doorbe doorbell. >> hi there. >> making a delivery. >> reporter: using ring i could talk to the deliveriperson both times, even though i was in my

office far away. the same with sky bell. we used the hd version. no problem. but could these video doorbells really help identify a package thief? we asked staffers to take the packages. we also installed traditional surveillance cameras to compare the video. first up, ring. it notified us both times but when our pretend thief moved quickly we only got a side view of his face. for sky bell our first pretend thief as seen on our surveillance cameras is very fast. there was no alert and no video recording from sky bell. our second pretend thief is slower we do get an alert but the recording only captures the side of her face and her back making it hard to identify her. we showed the video to criminal investigator glen bard. >> i would want to have it so they could catch her as she's walking up. >> reporter: but check it out. when it came to night vision, both doorbells outperformed our

traditional security cameras. >> they both are pretty clear. >> reporter: i spoke with both companies about our find beings. first ring. >> when we have someone take a package off of the stoop, we didn't get a good look at their face. >> sometimes again that wi-fi not having a great signal to that area can cause things like slight delays so we do work with our customers so we capture great face shots of everyone coming up. >> reporter: then sky bell. >> so the software of the sky bell that you tested is actually set to trigger an alert for motion that happens for seine tekds or more. >> since our experiment, sky bell tells us it's changed its alert system and it now works immediately. >> our consumer security projects like these virtual doorbells worth having? >> they are. just itself cannot be the end all be all solution. >> reporter: lindsay janice, abc news, lee own ya, new jersey. >> that is going to do it for this edition of abdz schaech news at 4. i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5 begins right now with kristen and dan.

teaming up to fight a growing problem the shooting spree that has five bay area mayors saying enough is enough. the train tragedy that killed a mother and daughter are the diagonal tracks part of the problem. >> you're good to keep going unless somebody does something about this. a huge fire reduces a strip mall to rubble. sabt clara business owners wonder what they're going to do now. >> all their hard work is up in smoke. also tonight, why bay area scientists say we're heading towards the next major mass extinction period right now. >> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. new safety questions tonight about the deadly train accident that killed a mother and her toddler yesterday in san leandro. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us some are wondering whether construction in the area contributed to the accident on washington avenue. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live where this tragedy happened with new

information. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. well, police caution it is never safe to stop on train tracks but yesterday afternoon there was some construction going on in this area of pg&e was actually inspecting a gas pipeline. some are worried that that created an unusual traffic backup that may have contributed to yesterday's deadly accident. >> we're all going there some day, but it wasn't there time. >> reporter: less than 24 hours after two of his family members were killed here juan cull na narrow returned to grieve and wonder if somehow this could have been prevented. >> they should have more, you know, security right here on these tracks because you know people come and go and you know -- i don't know. devastating. >> reporter: vanessa even reek as and her 3-year-old sadie were killed tuesday after when an amtrak train ploweded into their suv on washington avenue and san lee and droe. a pg&e crew was working in the area and had signs out funneling traffic down to one lane just

past the train crossing. enreek's a suv was back up in traffic, its front end apparently on the tracks when the crossing gates lowered. >> there were cars on the track. >> reporter: little la mcgee told us she was stopped in nearly the same spot just two hours earlier. >> honestly, before this crash even i just had that feeling like this is bad you know you really have to be on your toes to not get caught on the tracks. >> reporter: xorgd sto san low and toe police pg&e had a permit and a city inspector had signed off on the ew tilts traj management plan. >> we do send inspect rz out on a daily basis to make sure that those permits are in full compliance and yesterday the property signage for the traffic management plan were properly posted. >> reporter: pg&e offered condolences to the family and issued this statement, quote, while the incident is currently under investigation by local authorities, at this point this incident doesn't appear to be directly related to any pg&e work in the area. in san