>> 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 the sex scandal has been confined to

departments here in the east bay, but today we learned that san francisco police are now also conducting a review to determine if any of their officers had inappropriate contact with the teenager at the center of the scandals here. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> laura, thank you. oakland police are looking for the people who opened fire yesterday near a vigil killing a 17-year-old girl. regina jeffreys was shot to death last night near the intersection of 13th and franklin streets in downtown oakland just two blocks from city hall. earlier, she and dozens of people had been at a memorial service at a church on 66th avenue for two young men who drowned in stanislaus county last month. the gathering moved downtown for a vigil and while there a car drove up and started shooting. three others were injured. now to the latest on the nightclub shooting in orlando. today hospital officials say six people wounded in the massacre are still in critical condition, 25 of the wounded are still in

the hospital. also today, orlando's mayor revealed the gunmanman omar mateen threatened to strap bombs to hostages and booby-trap the pulse nightclub with explosives that proved to be unfounded. tomorrow president obama and vice president joe biden will travel to orlando to meet with the families of the victims. the east bay community where the wife of the orlando mass gunman grew up is in shock and denial today. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live in rodeo with that part of the story. leslie? >> reporter: well, this is the childhood home of the orlando gunman's wife right here behind me in rodeo. she could possibly face criminal charges herself for her role, her potential role, in plans leading up to the attack. and today we looked deeper into her roots here in rodeo. 30 year old noor salman met the orlando gunman omar mateen on facebook. they were married in 2011 in hercules and after that family

friends say they didn't see her except once for her father's funeral two years ago. she grew up in this house in rodeo with her three younger sisters and graduated from johns high school in crockett in 2004 as seen in this yearbook photo. a friend of her mother's dropped off supplies at the house wednesday afternoon. >> i give my sympathy for everybody, for the family and i'm very sorry about that. we don't accept it. that's all. >> reporter: as seen in this video and photos obtained exclusively by daily mail.com, homeland security investigators spent 90 minutes inside the salmans' home on tuesday. the fbi says they've confronted salman with surveillance video that 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. the couple 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's another child left alone in this world. >> reporter: noor salman's mother would not comment on her daughter's role leading up to the shooting. in rodeo, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. gun control is taking center stage right now in the u.s. senate. democrats have launched a filibuster demanding action in the wake of the orlando massacre and other mass shootings. >> having come through the experience of newtown, i've had enough. it's been four years, and nothing has been done. >> murphy vows to speak as long as necessary to prompt action on gun control measures, including expanding background checks for gun buyers and banning gun sales to people on terror watch lists. east bay congressman is showing his support tweeting, quote, as a house member i can't join senate democrats' filibuster but i sure do support it.

hold the floor. this shooting in orlando has san francisco police reviewing security measures for the upcoming pride parade. the festival is next saturday on june 25th, and the big parade is on sunday june 26th. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez is live at city hall with more. >> reporter: well, you know, close to 45 merchants showed up for this meeting, and that's a lot considering it took place on a wednesday at 3:00 in of the afternoon. but this is what was discussed. police reassured them that there will be extra police, more than ever, more than they have ever seen, and there might be outside help. police also want to remind everybody that the traditional pink party which has always taken place on saturday has been canceled. harvey's restaurant bar is located in the heart of the castro district. its strategic location also makes it a soft target. >> we're worried about a suicide bomber. we're worried about somebody with an assault rifle. >> reporter: city hall reached

out to harvey's and other businesses in the castro and south of market concerned about their security in the wake of the orlando mass shooting. today they met to discuss any possible vulnerabilities. >> this is mostly about making sure that these establishments have all the information they need so they can do what they need to do to keep their patrons and their staff safe. >> reporter: some bars will change their security policy. >> we usually have a doorman, but we're going to have some extra security this year, and, yeah, checking the bags will be a new thing. >> reporter: the mayor says the city will increase the number of police officers during pride week. >> encourage everyone to say something if you see something. >> reporter: steve porter says he's especially concerned about pink party held on saturday pride night. with no sponsor this year, there will be no controlled street closures. 50,000 people are expected. >> i won't hesitate to close early if things just seem like they're getting a little out of

hand on saturday night. >> reporter: next week, there will be a citywide meeting which will include local hospitals and how they will respond to an emergency situation. in san francisco lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. all right, stuck and going nowhere fast. that's the current situation for commuters heading west on the san mateo bridge. here, take a look now. sky7 hd is over the scene as well. actually, this is our bridge camera. we have the helicopter up as well. emergency road work is under way on a huge pothole on westbound lanes of highway 92. just before the high-rise, the two right lanes are closed. this is the result. it's been like this for a while. here is a look at the hole crews are repairing from the helicopter. traffic is backed up to the toll plaza. the lanes are not expected to reopen until 6:00 tonight. people are advised to use alternate routes but if you're already stuck in it, well, sadly, it's going to be a while for those folks. well, the morning commute could be messy. let's check in with abc 7 news

meteorologist sandhya patel to explain what's going on. >> well, dan, it's not going to look like this for sure. tomorrow morning we're expecting some showers. let me show you live doppler 7 hd and we'll talk about when they arrive. right now we're just track being some clouds around the bay area, but this system that is coming in from the north is producing thunderstorms across northern california, some snow at the higher elevations, and we are expecting those showers. so we bring in our storm impact scale. we've been rating scales all winter and spring from 1 to 5, 5 a severe storm, 1 a light storm. we're expecting a light one thursday, showers a slight possibility of thunder, less than a quarter inch for most areas. here is a look at the time line. while you're sleeping a few showers will develop around 3:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m. in the north bay, light to moderate this the intensity. 7:00 a.m., we're seeing showers in the north bay that will be slipping southward. i'll be back with the hour by hour time line taking you through the rest of your thursday and let ugg know about some big changes that will follow for the weekend. kristen? >> thanks.

a risky massive drug bust went down today in the north bay. officers say it's the first of its kind. santa rosa police sheriff's deputies and federal drugt agents raided several locations confiscating marijuana and hash oil. one police officer says drug officers had never before seen the particular process being used to extract hash oil. >> we were presented with a number of challenges, just dealing with safety and based on the processes of how the hash is being manufactured. >> extracting hash oil can be extremely dangerous because it often includes the use of butane or another flammable solvent. a huge show of support today for san jose police as they mourn one of their own. >> i knew mike. he was a liked officer. it's nice to see the support from the community. >> that includes officers from other cities bringing flowers like this gentleman. tonight we remember a man who lived each day with passion. plus -- >> it's bad news for our team.

>> it's also bad news for bogut. the tough loss for the warriors as all eyes are now on draymond green. and using a reverse mortgage to tap into your home equity. "7 on your side's" michael finney looks at the pros and

>> announcer: cupertino, concord, wine country and all the bay area. this is abc 7 news. happening now on capitol hill, members of the house are reading the powerful letter written by the victim of the stanford sexual assault case. they started reading this letter at about 4:55 with no breaks. it is a detailed account about what one young woman says happened to her on the stanford campus. listen for a moment. >> we'll let brock fill it in.

i was pummeled with narrow pointed questions that dissected my personal life, love life, past life, family life, inane questions, accumulating trivial details to try and find an excuse for this guy who had me half-naked before even bothering to ask for my name. >> you are listening live now in washington. you can keep listening to this at abc 7 news.com. congresswoman jackie spear of san mateo county led the effort to read this letter. there's jackie spear. she says dozens of democrats and republicans asked to participate. the letter sparked outrage to the sentence handed to former stanford swimmer brock turnerer. spear says it powerfully communicates the agony of sexual assault. san jose police and the community are mourning the tragic loss of a beloved motorcycle officer. officer michael kathermane1 die in a traffic accident yesterday.

abc 7 news reporter vic lee is live at police headquarters where tributes are pouring in. vic in. >> reporter: well, mike katherman is the 13th officer in this department's history to die in the line of duty. he's being remembered by his colleagues as a cop who loved his work, loved his motorcycle, and as a family man who was devoted to his wife and two kids. officer michael katherman badge number 3900, the second motorcycle officer in department history to die on duty. >> i knew mike, and he was a well-looked officer, hard worker. >> reporter: friends and colleagues came to the police ad min building. so did the families of officers. their children threw pictures expressing their sorrow. kareen's husband is a cop. her thoughts are also with katherman's wife. >> as a wife, you often think about it. it's a possibility, and you

think about how you would deal with that. >> reporter: the 11-year veteran was on patrol yesterday afternoon when his motorcycle collided with a minivan at 10th and horning streets in north san hoe day. he died later at regional medical center. katherman went to valley christian high school in san jose. he loved being a motorcycle cop. he also loved riding dirt bikes with his wife and two young sons. earlier this year, in a sad irony, katherman rode in the police unity tour to honor fallen officers and raise money for their families. today police chiefs from south bay cities came to honor him and to show support for his department. morgan hill police chief david swain. >> it's a very difficult thing to deal with in our professional. >> reporter: gilroy police chief. >> we are actually out there every night put oug lives on the line never knowing how your day is going to go. >> reporter: michael katherman, age 34, end of watch june 14,

2016. vic lee, abc 7 news. people nationwide are sharing their condolences by posting this photo of officer katherman on social media. you can find the photo on our abc 7 news facebook page or on twitter on instagram. to the warriors now, the dubs are one win away from a second straight nba championship. if they are going to repeat, though, they will have to do so without center andrew bogut. the team announced today that bogut will miss the remainder of the playoffs with a knee injury. he suffered the bone bruise in game five. you saw the moment right there. that's an injury slightly less severe than a fracture. bogut won't need surgery and should be ready to go by the start of next season. the rest of the team hit the hardwood today in cleveland ahead of tomorrow night as game. forward draymond green will be back in action of the league suspended him for game five. >> you know, i owe it to my teammates to come back and give all that i have, you know. all that i can do to better the

situation, you know. i think if -- i have strong believes if i play game five we win. >> well, we believe that. >> let's hope he's right. join us tomorrow for full coverage of this incredible game six. you know, many people realize they haven't saved enough for retirement and see a reverse mortgage as a possible fix. perhaps you've seen ads for this. "7 on your side's" michael finney partnered up with "consumer reports" for this report on the pitfalls of reverse mortgages. >> borrowing against the equity in your home for retirement income can be a good idea. but reverse mortgages have a history of problems and despite recent reforms, "consumer reports" says be careful. when karen hunsaker and her husband took out a reverse mortgage karen was 60 years old. two years too young to be on the loan so she took her name off the title. then charles died suddenly and karen found herself facing foreclosure. >> when i got the notice, i

didn't know what to do. i really felt sick to my stomach after a while and the feeling didn't go away for quite a long time. >> new regulations to protect spouses not on the loans came just in time to allow karen to keep the house. but despite reforms, "consumer reports" says there are still plenty of pitfall was reverse mortgages. >> reverse mortgages can be very risky loans. they come with certain conditions and if you don't meet them, you could potentially lose your home. >> reporter: a reverse mortgage can also be expensive. so "consumer reports" has asked tough questions like, what is the total cost including closing fees and expenses? is moving a better, cheaper option? can you truly afford to live in your home? you're still responsible for paying property taxes, insurance and upkeep. and finally, is this a home you can stay in as you age? >> does it have a lot of stairs? is there big property to maintain? are you close to good doctors and hospitals?

and probably most important, are you near family members who can look out for you if you need help why your older lives? >> advice seniors should consider carefully. one important change, before applying for a reverse mortgage seniors will be required to fill out a detailed work sheet that outlines possible consequences. "consumer reports" helped design such a work sheet which has recently become mandatory in california and thinks it should be required everywhere. i'm michael finney, "7 on your side." breaking news right now out of san francisco. sky7 hd is over the scene of a cliff rescue going on right now at the cliffhouse near sutro heights park. you can see a man trapped on that cliff. we're going to zoom in for you to get a better look. now, this was first reported about 15 minutes ago. firefighters as you can see are on the scene right now attempting to rescue the man. the great highway below is shut down at balboa in order to give the fire trucks room as they try

to manage this cliffhouse rescue right there along the cliff in san francisco. >> boy, he's in a precarious spot. we'll continue to follow that. an unexpected car wash for one driver in the east bay earlier this afternoon. check it out. oh, brother. this is on diablo road in danville. still waiting for authorities to tell us exactly how this happened but you can see that car crashed right into a fire hydrant with this result. >> not sure, not positive if we'll get a little wet in the hours and days to koom. >> there's a good chance. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the accuweather forecast. yeah, dan and kristen, you will be seeing some showers tomorrow, not everyone will measure but we will see wet roadways. right now outhere it's breezy and it's crisp. let's check out live doppler 7 hd. temperatures in our warmest inland valleys only in the low 70s today so we saw the cooling continuing today. and we're just seeing a few clouds on the radar. but check out what we're seeing in the sierra at the highest

elevations, believe it or not, it is snowing. live look from our east bay hills camera, you're seeing the few clouds looking toward mt. diablo, low to mid 60s, 59 in half moon bay. in lake tahoe it has been raining. you see a few drops there. if you're heading up to the tahoe area tomorrow, do expect the possibility of some more showers mid 60s santa rosa to novato, concord, livermore 65. lake tahoe has a lake wind advisory until 11:00 tonight and again tomorrow, gusty winds as well. from the golden gate bridge, scattered showersor for the morning commute, dry and milder friday and saturday. it's heat being up starting on father's day carrying us into early next week. tomorrow morning you might want to set the alarm clock a little earlier. nobody likes to do that, but your commute may take longer. it may be a challenge. low to mid 50s for your temperatures, rain begins first in the north bay. that's why we bring it in our

storm impact scale. we've been rating the storms 1 to 5 all season long. 5 is a severe storm. we've seen quite a few 1s which is what we're expecting thursday. shower was a slight possibility of thunder, less than a quarter of an inch of rain expects for most areas. here is your hour by hour time line. tonight we will see those clouds thickening. 4:00 a.m. tomorrow the north bay is seeing some light to moderate showers, same area 5:00 a.m. but by 7:00 a.m. the showers slip into the east bay, san francisco the peninsula and by 9:00 a.m. we are seeing most areas except for the south bay and parts of the inland east bay getting some wet weather. noontime still some showers going across the region and then things start to wind down for the evening hours, they'll become isolated in nature by thursday at 7:00. in terms of the rain totals, like i mentioned, most areas will see less than a quarter of an inch but there could be an isolated spot or two that picks up more like santa rosa. in the sierra, we're not expecting snow everywhere, but

around the west we have a winter weather advisory. if you have plans to go hiking we're expecting accumulating snow a few inches at 6,000 feet. 2 to 5 inches above 7,000 feet. make sure you have your chains if you're going across 89. expect travel delays. highs for your thursday, cooler than average, 60s to low 70s. you will need your umbrella. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast, 1 on the storm impact scale for thursday. brighter and milder friday. father's day it gets hot, mid 90s inland, mid60s coast. summer starts on monday and we'll be nearing 100 by tuesday. triple digits inland but the good thing is we'll have our upper 60s at the coast so our summer microclimates will be coming back. kristen and dan? >> thanks very much. it turns out albert einstein was right again. that's next. and here's another quick look at that breaking news we're following in san francisco. sky7 hd over the scene of a cliffhouse rescue going on near

sutro heights park. as you can see, rescuers have managed to rappel down to the man who has been trapped there for the past few

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back to our breaking news story in san francisco. this cliff rescue which is coming to a successful conclusion, you can see firefighters rappelled down because the ladder truck they brought to reach him from below could not. but now they've repelled down, they've gotten to him and he appears to be walking, climbing up now. >> it looks like it will be okay. the guy in the helmet is one of the rescuers rs the guy in front of him the fellow being rerescu. don't know how he got there, but he's going to be a-okay it looks like. for only the second time ever, scientists have detected

gravitational waves first seen by albert einstein. we were telling you the phenomena occurs when two black holes collide and emerge with each other. the audio recording you just heard is an attempt to create that moment 1.4 billion years ago to put a gravitational waves power in perspective, if you were wearing a watch on each wrist and the wave passed through you, you'd see your watches tick out of sync. >> that einstein was pretty smart. >> just a little. tonight researchers at stanford are exposing places across the world where marine life is actually really thriving in surprising ways. in one of the largest global studies of its kind, researchers surveyed more than 6,000 reefs in 46 countries and discovered 15 coral bright spots as they call them. research ez say the bright spots shows what aloufs some reefs to perform exceptionally well while others perform poorly. you can find the full study in

the most recent issue of the journal "nature". >> i'm still trying to think of how to make time travel possible. from ocean images to works of art. expert craftsmanship and beyond. the one piece that

>> p a new push in a decades old cold case, what authorities are doing. could a hitchhikiing microb turn into something dangerous in space? that and more at 6. finally, a new exhibit in san francisco aimed to inspire your appetite as much as your love for art. >> abc 7 news was at the asian art museum for the opening of emper emperor's treasures the collection from taiwan's national palace museum spans 1,000 years of chinese art. most of it never shown before in the u.s. >> and here's the show stopper a realistic -- the museum has

partnered with restaurants creating pork belly dishes. >> that's new developments as we come on the air tonight after the alligator attack at disney world. dragging a 2-year-old boy into the water. his father trying to wrestle his boy from the alligator. the mother getting into the water, too. the boy's body has now been found. and authorities tonight with two things families can do if an alligator attacks. also breaking tonight, for the first time, we see and hear from the orlando gunman, in this video that's now being discovered. as the fbi zeroes in on his wife. was she caught on surveillance beforehand, and will she be arrested? donald trump and what he's now saying about people on the terror watch list being able to buy guns in america. he wants a meeting with the nra. the student stopping a deadly shooting spree, using pepper spray, tackling a gunman as he reloaded.