>> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. good afternoon, i'm dan ashley. in for larry biel. >> and i'm ama daetz. we begin developing news. oakland has another new police chief. interim chief ben pharaoh is out less than a week into the job. just a short time ago, oakland mayor's admitted she made a mistake appointing him and said she removed him after receiving information on monday but wmuldn't give details. his appointment following chief sean whent's brief resignation. >> for now, assistant chief paul figueroa is the chief and a national search is on for a permanent replacement. laura anthony was first to break the news on twitter about pharaoh's sudden dismissal. she have all the latest in a live report at 5. there are new developments

this afternoon on that tragic story from a resort near disney world. >> searchers have recovered the body of a 2-year-old boy after that alligator attack. >> the child was wading in a lake at a disney world hotel last night wht gator snatched him and dragged him under water. >> marci gonzalez is it live in lake buena vista, florida, with the latest e. >> reporter: dan and ama, that child has now been identified as 2-year-old lane graves. the sheriff says he and a priest delivered that heartbreaking news to his family. search teams making the devastating discovery, today finding the body of the 2-year-old boy snatched by an alligator last night as he waded in ankle-deep water at a disney resort. >> at about 3:30 today we recovered the remains of the 2-year-old from the water. >> we're going to try to continue searching. we're going to make certain that we have the alligator that was

involved. >> reporter: at least 50 law enforcement officials and helicopters and boats and diving in the murky water looking nonstop since that first horr y horrifying 911 call came in at 9:16 last night. the family on vacation from nebraska was on the shore of the manmade seven seas lagoon at the grand floridian resort for movie night. the boy playing in inches of water when the gator grabbed him. his parents trying desperately to save the toddler. >> the father entered the water and tried to grab the child, was not successful in doing so. at some point, i'm told that the mother also may have entered the water. >> reporter: the area was clearly marked with "no swimming" signs but no warnings about alligators. disney for now closing this and its other lakeside beaches. everyone here at the walt disney world resort is devastated by

this. >> reporter: five alligators were captured here today and euthanized. now, officials are still trying to verify that among them is the gator that killed little lane graves. we're live in florida, abc 7 news. dan and ama? now to the mass shooting in orlando. investigators want people who may have had contact or know anything about gunman omar mateen to contact them. records say mateen passed a psychological test in 2007 as part of his application to be be a private security guard. police are now looking more closely at his wife. the abc news reporter gloria riviera has the story. >> reporter: investigators now focus on orlando shooter omar mateen's wife, asking what she might have known about her husband's plan. she is now koofrmting with the fbi after being shown footage of herself with mateen at various orlando locations. law enforcement says she allegedly went with her husband to buy ammo and they had been to

pulse nightclub together at least once. it is not clear whether she knew his plans for mass murder or had been questioned by the fbi on terror ties. also unknown to the man who sold mateen his weapons. >> would you have liked to have known that the fbi was investigating him? >> would have been fantastic to know. he wouldn't have gotten a gun. >> reporter: a portrait of a deeply conflicted man is emerging. twice married, the father of a young son, his father says mateen disavowed home sexuality. yet as far back as ten years ago a former law enforcement classmate who does not want his face shown tells abc mateen expressed interest in gay men. >> he said, if you were gay, you would definitely be my type of guy. >> reporter: a survivor of mateen's rampage angel colon shot six times recalled the horror. >> just hear people shooting people already on the floor hurt. just leave us alone. you already hurt us. leave us alone and gunshots just got closer and closer. >> reporter: gloria riviera, abc

news, washington. >> now, the scrutiny of mateen's wife is reaching here to the bay area where nora solomon grew up and went to high school. >> reporter: leslie brinkley continues our coverage in rodeo. >> reporter: that's right. we understand and are learning more about the gunman's wife who may face criminal charges herself. sources say the fbi -- she told the fbi that she feared her husband might go on a shooting rampage and that she tried to talk him out of it. but in the end she never called 911. this is the house where she grew up in rodeo. this is the gunman's 30-year-old wife seen for the first time in this yearbook photo. she graduated from high school in crockett in 2004 and lived here with her mother and father and three younger sisters in rodeo. she met the gunman omar mateen online on facebook and they were married in 2011 in hercules according to this longtime family friend who came to visit

her mother. >> i give my sympathy for everybody, for the family and i'm very sorry about that. he denied things like that. we don't accept it. that's all. >> reporter: friends say after their marriage they didn't see her anymore. she only came home once for her father's funeral two years ago. as seen in this video and photos obtained exclusively by daily mail.com, homeland security investigators spent 90 minutes inside the home on monday. she is cooperating with the fbi in their investigation into the mass shooting in orlando. surveillance video shows her joining her husband on visits to a store to buy a holster and ammunition and on a trip to the pulse nightclub as he searched for targets. they visited disney world just days before the shooting. this neighbor in rodeo says he worries most about the couple's 3-year-old son. >> that's very sad because now the family becomes apart.

it is another child left alone in this world. >> reporter: her mother would not comment on her daughter's role leading up to the shooting. in rodeo, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. one of the victims of the orlando massacre is being remembered for his zest for life and love of travel. 34-year-old eddie sotomayor organized vacations for a travel company that worked with gay men. san francisco marketing executive john coal koecoalzar during one of the cruises. >> he was great and working with hundreds and maybe thousands of people. he was always patient. he was calm. he was a very friendly person. and he knew a lot of us by name. part of facebook groups before we met up before the cruise. >> he has a mediterranean trip coming up and had planned to see sotomayor again. he thought about canceling the trip after the attack but says he will go on the cruise to show his support for sotomayor. coming up on "world news tonight" at 5:30, a look at what investigators have unkoufred about the shooter's double life.

>> officers from the bay area are showing their support for san jose police as they mourn one of their own. michael katherman died yesterday when his motorcycle collided with a minivan. police chiefs and command staff members from several different law enforcement agencies paid respect today at san jose police headquarters. >> nice to see the support from the community as well as the other officers on the department. and everybody is there to help out one another. >> last night officers and firefighters from different agencies escorted his body to the medical exam innerer's office. the san jose police officers association has set up a fund to help the family. you can find a link to donate on our website abc 7 news.com. oakland police are looking for the people who opened fire yesterday near a vigil killing a 17-year-old girl. it happened at 13th and franklin street. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is live at police headquarters with the story. eric? >> reporter: and it was tragedy on top of tragedy. and of course as you mentioned the 17-year-old girl is the

victim. let's show you who we're talking about here. her name is regina jeffreys. she was shot to death near the intersection of 13th and franklin street near downtown oakland. she and dozens of other young people had been at a funeral at a church on 66th avenue in oakland for two young men who drowned in stanislaus county last month. they were both oakland youngsters. now, the young people migrated to the downtown area for a vigil. witnesses say there was a fight near the corner of 14th and franklin after it broke up, several young men in a car pulled up and at least one got out and started shooting. >> suspects had approached a group of people in this area of 13th and franklin and fired on this group of people. >> i wondered if it was chinese new year again. i smelled the gun powder, thought it was fireworks. i realized people were running back and forth and i decided to go inside. >> reporter: now, a memorial to

regina has been set up near where she fell. evidence of the incident is still visible at the golden lotus restaurant across the street. the glass doors were blown out and they had plywood up there. a bullet hole is still in one of the windows. it is fortunate that only a few people were actually hit by gunfire. of course, regina was dikilled d three suffered minor injuries. but since several gunshots were fired there do have been a lot more victims to this. as you mentioned, oakland police are looking for the shooters. in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. now, if you're outside today, you probably notice it was pretty windy. wins knocked down this tree in concord off concord boulevard. this picture was taken by dana and sent to clay cord.com. >> spencer christian is outside with our accuweather update. >> ama, dan, it's still windy around the bay area. let me have you look at live doppler 7 hd, skies are sunny

but clouds are approaching. nofrtd, a big storm out to sea, sweeping clouds and even thunderstorms into the parts of the northernmost california. but right now here in the bay area, we have dry conditions with winds gusting to 26 miles per hour in concord, 30 at fairfield, 28 at livermore, 28 at novato. here's our storm impact scale as the storm approaches. we use this scale to rank every storm coming to the bay area from 1 which is light to 5 which is sweefr. the approaching storm ranks 1 on the storm impact scale. it will bring showers overnight and here's the forecast animation storting 6:00 p.m. notice by 11:30 tonight we'll see showers approaching the north coast and then by about 4:00 a.m. we'll see showers spreading into the north bay which means there will likely be some wet spots for the early morning commute. i'll show you how much rain we can ask expect from this system and a heat wave coming our way in a few minutes. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4, the crime reported inside a san jose state's resident hall.

why police are tracking down this man in this video. also the devastating fire inside a san jose strip mall. one business owner is wondering if it had to be this bad. >> and a new bush in a decades old cold case. new at 4:30, what authorities are doing to track down one of the state's most notorious criminals. at 4:12, we're checking the traffic on the skyway, slow going in both directions. there was a giants game this afternoon so traffic is hairy around the ballpark as well. anknows how it feelsiabetes to see your numbers go up, despite your best efforts. but what if you could turn things around? what if you could...

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burlingame. cal bem and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. san jose state university police are does asking for the public's health to solve a sexual assault case. >> kristen sze is here with surveillance video police released today. >> ama and dan, we want to be clear the man we're about to show you on video is not being called a suspect. right now police are calling him a witness. they want to identify him, find him, and ask him for any information that could help bring an attacker to justice. this is a video recorded on march 15th at 9:30 in the morning. the man police are looking for is seen entering you washburn residence hall with a woman. her face has been blurred to protect her identity. san jose state police say a victim reported that an unknown man walked into her dorm room and sexually assaulted her. we're going to slow the video down now and show it to you one more time so you get a really good look at the man's face, build, and gait. police describe the witness they want to interview as a white man over 6 feet tall about 200 pounds wearing a gray v-neck

t-shirt. if you have any information, you're asked to call the san jose state university police department or go to their website. you can even leave a tip anonymously. we have a link on our website abc 7 news.com. >> kristen, thanks. in the south bay, an investigation is under way into what caused a massive fire that destroyed several businesses. flames ripped through a strip mall about midnight at the intersection of santa teresa and callahan boulevard. firefighters kept the fire from spreading to nearby houses at least but it was bad. matt keller has more. >> reporter: when a fire is this big, not much can be done to stop it. firefighters called for four alarms after it 'twas called in just after midnight and by the end, the shopping center in san jose was in ruins. >> wow! >> the entire place burned down. >> hole apply may mackerel. >> 12 of the 15 businesses at the corner of ka halen avenue and santa teresa boulevard were

destroyed by the fire, including a mexican food restaurant, and many others. >> it's just all mom and pop places, you know. just kind of not millionaires, not corporations, just mom and pop places. >> reporter: the owner of the bar says this huge fire started small behind the restaurant but he says the response from san jose fire seemed to lack a sense of urgency. >> then they took their time like setting up their gear and stuff. next thing you know, half this whole building is like engulfed in flames, you know what i mean? it's like -- then all of these other trucks took forever to get here. >> reporter: san jose fire spokesman says the first firefighters arrived four minutes of after the first call and the flames had already spread into the attic. residents in homes behind the sprip mall used garden hoses to keep the flames away. firefighters set up structure protection. no homes were damaged.

>> i just want to say thank you for everyone who helped because, you know, we are totally fine and it's because of them. >> reporter: the shopping center has been here since the late '60s making it a neighborhood landmark. now sadness about what has been lost. >> i hope in the near future we can clean up and rebuild the shopping center again. >> reporter: fire crews are going to be out here for the rest of the day keeping an eye on hot spots. arson investigators are already here, they're looking for the cause. in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. let's turn you our attention to this breezy forecast. >> yes. spencer christian is here with the accuweather forecast. >> ama, dan, breezy and at least partly sunny right now with showers on the way with and a little built of a heat wave as well. here's live doppler 7 hd. you can see we just have a few clouds in the bay area right now but they will increase during the overnight hours and they will be accompanied by some rainfall. right now temperatures are 61 in san francisco 66 across the bay in oakland a few mid to upper 60s in the inland areas, 72 the

warm spot at los gaut tease. this is the view from mt. tam as clouds are beginning to push into the area. as you can see trees blowing in the breeze there and the forecast features are these. showers arrive overnight. we'll have some wet spots for the morning commute and it will be heetding up all across the bay area except at the coast starting on father's day. here's a look at our lows tonight as showers push into the north bay. we'll see lows mainly in the low to mid-50s. those showers are likely to spread, though. our storm impact scale ranks this storm 1 on the scale of 1 to 5. it's a light storm producing showers tomorrow with a slight chance of some thunder mainly in the afternoon and most areas will see less than a quarter inch of rainfall. here's the forecast animation starting 9:00 tonight. by about 3:00 a.m. we'll see showers pushing into the north bay and then by 6:00 a.m. we'll see them spreading slightly south of the golden gate and maybe over toward the east bay a little bit. but the heaviest concentration of showers will be in the north bay. but of course that does mean we'll see some wet spots across the bay area for the morning

commute and probably a slow commute at that. by 10:00 tomorrow morning another little wave of energy may produce some showers and rain down over the peninsula and the areas south of the golden gate. but by midafternoon we'll see showers breaking up and winding down. so as we get into the evening hours tomorrow we expect rainfall totals again to be less than a quarter inch in most locations but up in the north by a little wetter. on we go to highs tomorrow, ranging from about 61 in half moon bay to 68 at oakland to low and mid-70s inland. and speaking of inland, we'll use livermore as our indicator of the high temperature trend inland. notice the big spike in temperatures over the weekend beginning sunday which is father's day. we'll see highs pushing into the 90s in many inland locations. in fact, by tuesday we expect highs to break the 100 degree mark in the warmest spots but let's start back at thursday again because thursday and friday temperatures will still be below average for most locations this time of the year.

saturday temperatures start to spike upward, sunday father's day a sunny day and a warm one across most of the bay area, low 90s inland, upper 90s inland monday and tuesday looks like it will be the hottest day in the forecast period with highs above 100 degrees in the warmest inland spots up to about 90 around the bay but only upper 60s on the coast. looks like we're not going to get a big warm-up in the coastal areas but it's going to warm up big-time inland. >> looks like it. thanks spencer. up next, a first for the royal family. the message prince william is making in the wake of the deadly orlando shootings. and here's a look at traffic live in san rafael right now. you're looking at highway 101 as you can see it's busy at 4:21 on this wednesday afternoon but it's moving along nicely. stay right here. ama and i will continue with abc 7 news at 4 after this.

britain's prince william is making history becoming the first member of the royal family to pose for a gay publication. he's on the front of british lgbt magazine "attitude" just days after the mass shooting in orlando.

william recently met with editors of "attitude" and told the magazine no one should be bullied for their sexualty or any other reason. to the warriors now if the dubs are to repeat as nba champs they'll have to do it without a key player. the team announced today andrew bogut is out for the remainderer of the finals. the center suffered a knee injury during game five. former forward draymond green will be back after being suspended by the league for monday's game. >> i let my teammates down not being in the game. at the end of the day, everybody is going to have their opinion on it, and at this point it don't matter anymore. we lost game five. we're here for game six. >> now, tickets to tomorrow's game in cleveland are understandably not cheap. espn reports two tickets behind the warriors bench sold today on stubhub for more than $13,000 each. oh, yeah, that is steep. abc 7 is your home for the nba finals. >> that's right. tomorrow join us for abc 7 news

at 4, then "world news tonight" at 4:30 and a special warriors pregame abc 7 news at 5. then at 5:30, abc's coverage of game six begins here on abc 7 with the warriors and cavaliers in cleveland. tip-off is at 6:00. if you're not heading to ohio for the super expensive tickets, abc 7 is the only place to see game six. after that, join abc 7 news sports director larry biel and sports anchor mike shumann for "after the game" with analysis from warriors ambassador adonal foyle. big day tomorrow. just ahead on abc 7 news at 4 on the hunt for one of california's most notorious criminals. a new effort under way to sold a decades old cold case. also the message oscar pistorius hoped to send today by walking around court without his artificial leg. and later, the effort to comfort victims of the orlando massacre by putting boots and

>> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. in headlines at 4:30, developing news. there's more turmoil at the top of oeng land's police department. this is the new man in chashg, assistant chief paul figueroa is now interim chief replacing ben farrow who was appointed less than a week ago. oakland's mayor made the move today. she said she received information about farrow that raised concerns.

the shake-up comes amid a sex scandal involving police and an underage girl. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony tweeted that the mayor will likely -- laura has the impact of today's shake-up in a live report at 5. disney world released a statement today after a 2-year-old boy died at the park in an alligator attack. abc news tweeted the statement that reads in part, the theme park is devastated and doing what it can to help the family. there's new hope today for the capture of a violent criminal whose crimes span from sacramento to the east bay and down to southern california. there's i a new effort to find him nearly 40 years after his rape and murder spree. jonathan bloom is live in the newsroom with the story. >> ama, folks in sacramento knew him as the east area rapist down in l.a., they called him the golden state killer. now on the 40th anniversary of his first crime, law enforcement is launching a nationwide push to find out his identity.

>> this subject has eluded investigators for over 40 years and the victims and their families deserve justice. >> the fbi has joined the hunt for one of california's most notorious criminals who first struck 40 years ago in rancho cordova. >> he came in, had a ski mask on, and jumped on the bed and had a knife. >> reporter: police called him the east area rapist. he was also a burglar. >> after it was all over and done with, he went through the stuff in the room, took money out of my purse. >> reporter:. >> in the months that followed, a slew of sexual assaults in the area. the m.o. was distinctive and brutal. >> blindfolded, gagged, hands tied, legs tied and then you know, pulled me up like this because i was on my stomach and put my back in bed and said, if you move i'm going to kill uf. >> that was in the late 1970s. but in 2000 dna evidence confirmed a link between the bay area crimes and a series of murders in southern california

during the 1980s. the east area rapist had become the golden state killer. >> this serial offender was probably one of the most prolific certainly in california possibly within the united states. >> the fbi has created a website and they're offering a $50,000 reward. the killer could be in his 60s or 70s by now and may be keeping mementos stolen during his many crimes. >> the answer is out there. we need a name because when we match that name with that profile, that journey for justice will come to an end. >> in san francisco, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. wreckage from crashed egyptair flight 804 has been found now in the mediterranean sea. egyptian investigators say they've found several main locations of wreckage. of those pieces of fuselage will be retrieved by ships looking for the plane. flight 804 plunged into the sea may 19th killing all 66 om board. this week investigators revealed they do not believe an explosion caused the airbus 320 to crash.

why the plane went down, though, is still unknown. there was a show of desperation in court today by former sprinter oscar pistorius in his sentencing hearing for his wife's murder. pistorius removed his prosthesis and hobbled around the court as his lawyers tried to show that the double amputee is a vulnerable man who deserves leniency. the demonstration drew gasps from onlookers while pistorius wiped away tears. the south african is awaying a new sentence after an appeals court changed his manslaughter conviction to murder. prosecutors are demanding 15 years in prison. donald trump's claim that his proposed ban on muslims from the u.s. might have prevented the orlando massacre came under attack today from hillary clinton. >> a ban on muslims would not have stopped this attack. neither would a wall. i don't know how one builds a wall to keep the internet out.

>> clinton's comments came during a national security discussion with veterans, military families and members of the defense community in hampton, virginia. meantime, in georgia, donald trump told supporters that the orlando death toll wouldn't have been as high if people inside the club were carrying guns. >> if the bullets were going in the other direction aimed at this guy who was just open target practice, you would have had a situation, folks, which would have been always horrible but nothing like the carnage that we all, as a people, suffered this weekend. >> the nra endorsed trump last month but they're on opposite sides of one issue. the nra says it will accept trump's invitation for a meeting. on capitol hill, members of the house are about to start reading the powerful letter written by the victim in the stanford sexual assault case. the reading will take place

after the last vote of the day which is expected to be in the next hour. congresswoman jackie spear says dozens of democrats and republicans have asked to read portions of the letter. spear says it powerfully communicates the agony of sexual assault. a gay man who came to zpraengs to avoid persecution in mexico is now facing deportation. abc 7 news was outside the immigration office as supporters of the 34-year-old martinez rallied for his freedom. martinez was detained at his home on june 1st. he had been deported previously and reentered the country illegal illegally. immigration officials want him to be deported because he was arrested last year for drunk driving. his partier says he and martinez have built a life together but now fear they will be be separated forever. >> he has the look of fear on his face. he was crying because he didn't know what was going on, what's going to happen if he'll ever see us again.

>> after the rally, immigration authorities freed martinez while his case is being reyou viewed. martinez is now seeking asylum and a visa as a crime victim. coming up on abc 7 news at 4, we are seeing this scene a lot right now, high school graduations. but something made this teenager's ceremony extra special. and calling all die-hard warriors fans, the special piece of steph curry memorabilia that you can now own. but be warned, it's already been used. i'm spencer christian from our sutro tower camera we see just a few clouds in the bay area sky now but more clouds are on the way along with some showers. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. and at 4:36, let's look at our live look at the traffic across the san mateo bridge. this is unusual, the westbound traffic on the right hand side all backed up. you do see a car off into the shoulder so perhaps there's something going on, some sort of accident of some sort. your eastbound traffic is still moving. stay with us. we're back after a short break.

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it was take two for graduation this week for many students at a pennsylvania high school trying to help their friend get back on his feet again. the main ceremony happened at the high school three weeks ago, but scott dunn just could not be there. he was in a coma. a few days before graduation he lost control of his car on the way to a track meet. >> i remember waking up in the hospital and asking my mom what day it was. she told me it was the 28th.

first thing i said, i looked at her and said, i missed my graduation. ♪ >> not exactly. more than half of scott's class went back to school yesterday to show support for him after he woke up from his coma. scott says he's noter sure what's next, maybe college, maybe the military. his first goal, of course, is just getting better. well, warriors fans can now get their hands on a type of steph curry memorabilia that's never been on the market before. a game-worn mouth guard is being auctioned. the mouth guard is from a fan who picked it up off the floor near the bench after a me. it's expected to sell for at least $5,000. bidding begins august 3rd. curry has said chewing on the mouth guard calms him down, especially at the free throw line. a warriors spokesman hasn't commented on that auction. >> wait a minute. is that genuine steph curry saliva? >> apparently. >> no wonder it's going for $5,000. >> just don't use it obviously.

let's talk about the weather forecast. >> spencer christian is here with that. >> all right, we have some genuine showers on the way. here is a look at live doppler 7 hd. you couldn't tell by looking at the sky now because we have lots of sunshine here, but clouds will be thickening during the overnight hours and we'll be seeing showers coming in, oh, during the early hours of the morning. rainfall intensity up in santa rosa will be at its greatest between 5:00 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. and in fact the north bay is the area that will in general see the greatest likelihood of rainfall. here's the forecast animation starting at 9:00 p.m. notice that by 3:00 a.m. we'll see an area of showers pushing into the north bay as it spreads a little farther inland by 6:00 a.m. there will be wet spots for the morning commute, but once again we expect at least in the early part of the day the rainfall to be concentrated more heavily in the north bay. then it will start to taper off in the afternoon hours and it will wind on down and end by tomorrow evening. so here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. showers in tomorrow evening,

friday will be a dry day, saturday we start to see a warm-up, sunday, father's day, sunny and warm with inland highs in the low 90s. our wave of heat comes monday through wednesday with inland highs ranging from upper 90s to above 100. dan and ama? >> thanks spencer. still ahead on abc 7 news at 4, a bold prediction from one facebook executive about the future of the social media network. plus, why home depot is taking two major credit card companies to court. and can coffee cause cancer? a global health organization says you can go ahead and have another cup, but there's a warning. also, another live look at the san mateo bridge where you see stopped traffic in the westbound direction. the taillights backing up in front of you, the problem is a large pothole on the span. all lanes are expected to open all lanes are expected to open at 6:00 p.m. but it's causing a hi. is the internet still out? yes! come on. work together. work together.

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want to bring you some more moving stories of bravery and kindness coming out of the tragedy in orlando. many of them are from the orlando regional medical center where nurses are helping patients heal physically obviously but also emotionally as well. abc news reporter dr. jennifer

ashton has more on these unsung heroes. >> reporter: tearful reunions. dramatic revelations from that night of horror in orlando's biggest emergency room, the drama team's leaders still raw with emotion. >> i was walking out of the hospital, and walking out i saw team members walking into work crying. and i just -- i just couldn't express how -- it's hard to describe how you feel. >> reporter: a trying time for this level one trauma center, nurses included. >> doctor, could you talk a little bit about the expertise of the trauma nurses, surgical nurses and emergency room nurses in this case? >> i will tell you we have the best nurses in the world. there is no question in my mind. >> reporter: shot in the leg three times and left to die, angel colon was reunited with his nurse megan noblay. >> i think you were my second

patient because i got the call at like 3:00 a.m. and i came right in. and he was very brave, and i just remember his name was angel. it was a very chaotic night. all of us as a team worked together and we really were able to do a very good job. >> i just love you guys. >> there were a lot of hugs. >> yeah. >> a lot of hugs. >> reporter: but the emotion never got the best of them. >> a little scary but you have to put that aside. you can't be scared because your patients are scared. >> reporter: you saved a lot of livs. what did you say to yourself when you finally left the hospital after saving so many live that's night? >> so glad that with we could help as many as we could. >> reporter: dr. jennifer ashton, abc news, orlando. >> incredible. people are opening their wallets as well as their hearts to help the orlando victims and their families. a campaign on gofundme has raised a record of more than

$4.5 million. that tops the previous record by more than 2 million. more than 97,000 people have made contributions in the past three days, including a donation of $100,000 from gofundme itself. mark zuckerberg is applauding facebook users for their outpouring of support and well wishes in response to the orlando terror attacks. >> so many people have expressed support for the victims and their families. we have complete strangers sending out links telling people how they can donate blood and support the people, victims and their families. >> the comments came yesterday during zuckerberg's first ever q&a with users around the world on facebook live. zuckerberg took questions on serious issues like facebook security. he also shared mundane facts about his personal life including that he recently broke his arm. that admission came during an exchange with jerry seinfeld who was visiting facebook's menlo park headquarters. a dramatic prediction has been made by a facebook vice

president. nicola mendelson predicts in five years facebook will be all video and no text. she says video is the best way to tell stories and helps people digest more information. analysts say removing text would be problematic since some users will always prefer written words to moving pictures and sounds. well, yet another major retailer is questioning the security measures of visa and mastercard in a federal lawsuit. home depot claims the credit card companies are using security measures prone to fraud putting retailers and customers at risk of hacking attacks by cyber thieves. it also says the new cards with so-called chip technology are still less secure than cards used elsewhere in the world. last month walmart sued cease sa over similar issues. a new study shows california hospitals rank among the worst in the nation when it comes to emergency room response time. health data site's health grow says california ranked fourth worst based on what it calls a

timeliness score. that score considered several factors, among them a patient's total time at a hospital from arrival to departure, and the time a patient spends in the e.r. before being seen by a medical professional. the three worst states were delaware, maryland and new york. all right, the vegetable tryitr trying to be the next kale and coffee is no longer deemed a carcinogen. the world health organization's research arm has downgraded its classification of coffee as a possible carcinogen declaring there isn't enough proof to show a link to cancer. but the international agency for research on cancer or iarc also announced in a report published today that drinking very hot beverages of any kind could potentially raise the cancer risk. a study claiming to show teens who use e-cigarettes are six times more likely to start smoking is being slammed as misleading by doctors and public health experts. according to leading tobacco experts the study's author is dramatically misrepresenting the paper's conclusions and the

research is riddled with holes making its findings questionable at best. it said the study counted anyone who has even taken a puff of an e-cigarette as a smoker. and broccoli ris emothering as a star of food blogs and daytime television circuit. that's thanks to a concerted marketing campaign to position the vegetable as the next nutritional powerhouse. the "wall street journal" says broccoli rob has its own publicity team. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. >> bf up next on abc 7 news at it 4, paws on the ground. how man's best friend is bringing comfort to victims and survivors of the orlando shootings. that's coming up. kristen is here with a look at what's ahead on abc 7 news at 5. coming up, dea agents swarm a bay area house. one veteran says he couldn't believe what they found inside. plus, "7 on your side's" michael finney looks at the pros and cons of reverse mortgages.

and stanford researchers find something surprising, surprising bright spots if you will, on endangered coral reefs. these stories and more when i join dan for abc 7 news at 5.

some four-legged friends are doing all they can to help people in orlando deal with the terror attack. golden retrieve rz from a chicago suburb are on hand to bring love and light to a place experiencing great darkness. raquel asa has the story.

>> reporter: this is gracie, and this is her first stop today. the senior center where families have been getting updates on their loved ones since sunday's shooting. she is one of nearly a dozen other dogs flown in traveling with the organization canine comfort dogs. name a crisis, and they have been there. within hours of being called. orlando is no different. >> our policy is, if at all humanly possible with boots and paws on the ground within 24 hours of the invite. >> reporter: tim hez ner has been with these dogs in just about every major trip since 2008 from the boston bombings to sandy hook. >> still gets me. because it's -- >> reporter: trinity downtown lutheran church on east livingston church helped bring the dogs in. they have mro plans to go the hospital where survivors are still recovering. >> get relaxed with a dog that just wants to love on you, you feel comfortable and you can

talk. many times people will talk to a dog before they talk to a person. >> reporter: it's a moment gracie and these other dogs have spent months training for, up to 4,000 hours before they're put into service. and now that they've arrived, they plan on being here a while. a new friend for those who may have lost one. >> we're getting love from everywhere. >> just be there. there's no words. that's why the dogs don't have to talk. they're there. that's the beauty of it. >> and those same comfort dogs have responded to tragedy here in the bay area as well. they were brought in to help victims following the 2014 napa earthquake. thank you for joining us for abc 7s in at 4. i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5 begins right now with kristen and dan. i did remove chief ben farrow from his assignment. >> fired less than a week after the mayor appointed him.

the new shake-up at the oakland police department amid a widening sex xand you'll. plus -- >> i miss her before. >> a friend talks about the wife of the orlando terrorist. new details tonight about the woman who grew up in the bay area. also ahead, the effort to keep 100,000 people safe at one of san francisco's most popular street parties. >> checking the bags will be a new thing. >> announcer: live from the kgo-tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. oakland loses its second police chief in less than a week. ben farrow replaced chief sean whent who resigned in the wake of a widening sex scandal. now paul figueroa is brought in but no one will say for houng. good evening, i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. a stunning turn of events as another police chief is removed. it comes as oakland and several other democrats are embroiled in a growing sex scandal involving a teenage girl. laura anthony is live at oakland

city hall with the latest on the story. laura? >> reporter: hi, dan. it's just last week that mayor libby schaaf said that ben farrow was the person who could lead her city's police department through a difficult time. well, today may o or schaaf had acknowledge she made a mistake. >> i take sfonlt for this decision. >> reporter: just six days after appointing ben farrow interim chief, the mayor took it back after learning new information about her selection. >> after the information i received it raised concerns for me about whether he can effectively lead this department at this particular moment in time. and during this critical transition. >> i am extremely grateful for the opportunity. >> reporter: farrow was on loan from the b.a.r.t. police force. before that, he spent many years with opd. >> i'm shocked. my members are seeking some sort of stability, and this is the furthest you could ever come from stability.

>> reporter: schaaf brought farrow in when former chief sean whent resigned amid a growing sex scandal involving as many as 14 oakland officers and inappropriate relationship with a teenager. schaaf wouldn't say what information led her to dismiss farrow, but we have learned he had an inappropriate sexual relationship years ago unrelated to the current opd scandal. >> everything that's been going on since the story broke has been embarrassing. the question he is how much more embarrassing can it get? >> reporter: schaaf named assistant chief paul figueroa as act willing chief but says she plans to look outside the department for a permanent replacement. >> supervisors have not done their jobs. >> reporter: earlier civil rights attorneys john burris and jim shannon announced they want increased federal oversight of opd's recruitment and hiring practices given the officers involved in the current sex scandal were all hired since 2013. so far, we have learned that t