got been having a relationship is what was determined. she was booked into jail yesterday and has since posted jail but is an english and drama teacher. authorities are not saying in the 15-year-old victim is or was a student. according to her profile she taught in oakland and held a variety of positions involve theater in san francisco. a former student told abc7 that she never expected this. [ inaudible ] >> people are surprised because no one would suspect a teacher. >> prior to her arrest, officers had been monitoring butts staking out her home where she lives with her husband and two small children. the school district has not responded to any of our requests

for comment. so far. developing news, two american olympic swimmers were pulled off the plane as they tried to leave brazil with new questions whether they were robbed during the rio de janeiro games. jessica castro is tracking the developments. jessica? >> good morning. right now, jack conger and gunnar bentz are still in brazil and cannot leave until they testify pulled off the flight and held at the rio de janeiro airport for hours and finally let go. look at the screen, they made their way through a crowd of reporters finally get into a car outside. at issue is whether the two and ryan lochte were really robbed at gunpoint on sunday after a night of partying. they told police their cab was pulled over by person wearing police uniforms and flashing badges and they were robbed. >> the guy pulled the gun, put

it for my forehead and i put my hands up, like, whatever. authority are not buying it. a judge ordered the passports of all four men eased but look lock is back in the united states. another is in brazil and said he will cooperate with the police. investigators say there are holes in the stories and their timeline does not match stamps on surveillance video as they returned to the olympic village. so for police have not been able to find their taxi driver. authorities in bra drill have left the door on to prosecute all four men. a lost questions. >> we are tracking the massive wildfire that continues to bun out of control in southern california. here is the latest on the blue cut fire. it is burning 75 miles northeast of los angeles in san bernadino, with flames burning 26,000 acres in two days. it is only 4% contained this morning. at least a dozen buildings have

burned. 83,000 people trend under evacuation. officials say while some homes have been saved they warn that many families will return to nothing. the governor has issued a state of emergency for the county. >> cal fire hopes crews will make gains on the fire in lake county that broke out on saturday and burned through lower lake and clearlake. 800 residents trend under evacuation orders, and others were allowed to run home yesterday. 175 structures have been destroyed, and 100 of them were homes. the fire is 50% contained with full containment on sunday. >> we are learning of the evidence that investigators have against the man accused of setting the clayton fire. damin anthony pashilk was in court yesterday. he entered the courtroom with his back turned to the camera. he passed out the hallway minutes before this. he had to be given water and told the judge he was doing okay. evidence against him comes from eyewitnesses, surveillance

cameras and a high-tech tracking device. investigators say it linked him to 17 acts of arson and is enough to establish probable cause. you get one shot if you take the shot too soon you jeopardize bringing someone to justice. >> according to investigators in five incidents the g.p.s. tracker put pashilk at the scene of an arson fire at the time of ignition. >> you can stay own the latest on the wildfires burning across california and help able push alerts we will send you the updates. a rolling shootout in emeryville and police are trying to identify a gunman. can you see a shooter at 45th street. the people in the white car were chasing a gray car at 11:30 yesterday morning. a man described what happened. >> i was to my bedroom with my

2-year-old and my wife. suddenly i heard, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop. two shooters, we are aware of, and extremely dangerous. >> sky 7 was over the scene when the police searched for clues and shots damaged one parked car. >> we were in the mission district where a bicyclist was hit by a car. the driver kept going. police took the mangled bicycle away. this happened at 10:30 last note at 24th street. we will let you known we hear about the victim's condition. >> the search for san francisco's next police chief continues tonight. the police commission wants your input. there is a community meeting at 6:00 p.m. at mission high school cafeteria on 18th. they want to hear qualities and characteristics needed for a new chief. it is part of a series of public meeting. actioning chief chaplin told

abc7 that he is interested in get the job. >> pg&e is anding a judge to overturn the evictions utility received that on the san bruno pipeline explosion and peg said the government failed to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. they argue there is no evidence that the company or any of the remain employees knowingly brock any laws. last week the jury convicted pg&e on six criminal champions for illegal actions before and after the blast. a hearing on the appeal is scheduled for october 11. >> good morning, 4:36 a.m. worry tracking widespread fog. you can see the gray shading across the region. waking up to a lot of low cloud cover. half moon bay is now at two mile visibility and petaluma is only five miles visibility. we are doing okay but there are areas of dense fog. elsewhere, temperatures are in the 50s and 60s and not too bad. oakland is at 60, we are at 56 in san francisco, and 52 in

mountain view and san jose and fairfield hold at 60. we have a wide range of temperatures, and along the coast including daly city and sunset and half moon bay upper 50s to lower 60s and brentwood and antioch, warm, yes, but not so hot as we have been. we have a cooling trend that is head our way next couple of days. the three day forecast shows a "spare the air" day. there is poor air quality inland. if you have respiratory issues take it easy. the next three days we are cooler each day starting off with mainly sunny sky over the weekend. now, over to alexis for traffic. >> okay so far. the bay bridge shows there was a construction crew on the eastbound side, and they are moving in reverse and picking up some cones on the far left-hand side. that obviously is not causing delays right now. on the traffic maps on tunnel

road, the on-ramp to southbound thin, just south of the caldecott tunnel we mad a vehicle leave the road. we are not sure what happened. c.h.p. is calling for a tow truck with a long cable. it is in a ditch. it is not blocking the main lines. we will check on mass trance night a few. >> provocative tv ads, what the beverage industry is doing over the oakland soda tax.

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walnut creek, burlingame, campbell, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> the san francisco police want you to look at this couple, they were captured on surveillance camera. investigators believe that they are the people who scrolled graffiti at the apartment building on greenwich street and suspected of tagging a building at 10th avenue and geary. all the beverage industry is fighting a tax on soda, and the american beverage association is calling it a grocery tax. according to the news group they put $600,000 into mailers like this, along with tv ads. several oakland city council

members say it is misleading and filed complaints. >> investigators say that a man scammed a church and a 90-year-old woman out of $100,000. right now, warren caldwell is accused of conning three elderly women and possibly more. here is katie utehs with the details. >> he would come most sundays. all the pastor of grace presbyterian church trusted steven caldwell. >> his parents were part of the congregation he showed up a year ago and the pastor had no idea he was set up for a scam. >> but he has a history of fraud. >> he has been to risen for this with a prison conviction for doing a securities fraud violation. >> he offered to donate $150,000 to the church. and wanted it publicized in the congregation news letter. >> he pulled a fast one and gave them two checks. he asked the pastor to wait to

cash checks. in the machine time he convinced a 90-year-old church member to invest more than $170,000 with him. >> pretending to be the investor, rich investor, and getting them to invest money with him. >> he has several aliases, bruce harmon, and brother goodrich. >> i was duped and perhaps gave him a platform to find other people to take advantage of. i feel great regret over that >> victims include a woman caldwell met at a car cash, a widowed hairdresser and two others. he is asking potential victims to contact the d.a. a bill aiming to element law enforcement ability to seize a person's cash and property is on the way to the governor's oakland. the civil asset forfeiture has been passed. it is used to fight drug

dealers. this time the minimum asset value without conviction want up to $25,000 and $40,000. >> today, a chance to make a lifesaving donation, and the blood drive is held in san francisco right across the street from our station from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. the blood centers will have a blood mobile on vallejo in front of the restaurant and each person is entered into a contest to win a convertible prius. >> drew? are you delivering the weather for the convertible? >> continues of sunshine, and . >> the convertible prius? >> convertible prius? how much will that cost can. live doppler hd is showing first thing this morning a lot of us are weighing up to fog because of the encompassing of the

region. we are 50s and 60s across the area, and 50s in san francisco. san jose is 62. oakland is sitting at 60. as we look at the highs today, very similar summer spread. you will notice we are not too hot inland but cooling off from the numbers from yesterday at 90 in fairfield and 93 in antioch and 65 in san francisco and 80 in san jose and 72 for richmond. one of the only flies in the ointment is air quality, a "spare the air" day affect. the reason why inland east bay got poor air quality. use transit, and car pool, or bicycle or walk to cut down on the pollutants. giants at at&t park this evening and cooling off to 55 degrees as the game wraps up. seven-day outlook shows we are warm today, but slowly cooling off as we head into the weekend. investors are going below normal for the second half of the

forecast. alexis? we are quiet to start thursday morning. looking at the south bay right now 101 and north side, we had a rough day yesterday and late in the morning we are okay right now. around the 880 interchange to the northbound side heavier than southbound. and mass transit if you take that as "spare the air" day we have the power cable work so expect delays from south hayward and fremont station. each weekday 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 people through spot 9. >> is this a big embarrassment for mcdonald's being forced to pull happy meals just days after they debuts the trackers. >> a startling number of injuries caused by strollers and carriers. but, first, techbytes. >> eliminating fees for data over age. >> tate users can chose a plan to slow down data speeds when they approach the limit rather than paying the over agency. >> and a new high end e-reader,

that has one of largest screen on the market and the waterproof recognize tag is $230. >> a daredevil learned a lesson: empty pocket before bungee jumping. he recorded the whole thing even the part where the phone slid out of pocket. to the ground. he did not go after it. >> those are the

hmm. [cell phone beeps] hey! [police whistle blows] [horns honking] woman: hey! [bicycle bell rings] turn here. there. excuse me. uh. uh. [indistinct announcement on p.a. system]

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>> the abc7 news app, on the go, on your schedule. news that lives where you live. >> seven young possums need your help. the wild care of san rafael provided the video. they were found in a buck secret at an apartment complex. a donor will match your donation dollar for dollar up to $10,000 to help the little ones. can you find derails. they hope to release them in the next few weeks. >> two people in san francisco are recovering from injuries suffered in a medicine on crash that sent a vehicle into a garage of a daycare center. it happened near detroit street yesterday afternoon. the red honda hit the silver s.u.v. sending the s.u.v. straight into the garage door and rolled back into the street. no kids were in the daycare center at the time the crews took both drivers to the hospital with nonlife threatening injuries. >> san jose people are asking for your help because they are

trying to identify this burglary suspect caught on surveillance video. he stole a computer from an apartment complex community center. this happened on may 1 at 8:30 in the morning. he is wearing a distinctive zip up hoodie with a "b" on the front. he used a try tool to force his way into the center. crimestoppers is offering cash reward leading to the arrest and conviction of the suspect. >> mcdonald's is taking fitness trackers out of the happy meals. they swapped out kid meals as traditional toy for the fit if tracker but some complained about skin irritation from the device which were part of a promotion am campaign for mcdonald's to project a healthy image. >> strollers are a must but there is a study showing thousands of children are hurt each year by strollers and car carriers. researchers found $360,000 chip were sent to the hospital over 20 years and 60% suffered a head

injury after falling or tipping over. experts remind parents to keep their kids buckled or strapped in even in they are only in the stroller for a moment. >> trampoline packs are a great way to get energy out but researchers are calling for a design and safety overhaul. a study found that 581 emergency room visits because of trampoline parks in 2010. by 2014 the number soared to 7,000. researchers are calling for more injury prevention effort at commercial trampoline parks. all the pokemon world champions are coming to san francisco but there is no pokemon go go cuss on trading and video game usually open to anyone but because of the crazy popularity of pokemon go the organizers had to close it to the public and are making it "invite only." you can watch the live stream. those playing for the championship compete for $500,000 in prizes. not too bad.

drew? what? >> 500,000? >> not too late to brush up. >> i have not started because when i begin my social life... gone. live doppler hd shows a lot fog on the screen around the bay waters and, expanding in the north bay and the south bay and the peninsula. hour by hour we go at 8:00 in the morning the usual spot santa rosa and novato and richmond and oakland. sunnyvale and san jose, fog. mid-morning clearing. in the afternoon away from the coast we are good to go with plenty of sunshine. clearing skies for noon. sun by 4:00. away from the coast. our summer spread is upper 50s on the coast to minority 90s inland spot. that is weather. and traffic.

>> it is quiet. decent volume. looking at 680, southbound, through walnut creek, you can see tail lights off in the distance filling in in you are coming in through the east bay. tracy to dublin is the only drive time 36 minutes from the central valley and antioch to concord wound 101 to san francisco is 31 minutes. >> san francisco's intensifying efforts to make sure homeless members of the lgbt have access to city services. we were at social hall of san francisco at the mayor lee toured a special homeless connect, a one stop event for homeless people to get medical exams, glasses, hair cuts and massages, with agencies focusing on lgbt communities which make

up a third of the homeless. the number one reason for lgbt homelessness is being kicked out of the home by family who no longer accept them. >> this is the third career that san francisco has held a rot homeless connect for the lgbt community. >> bernie sanders has finally reimbursed the cloverdale for expenses. they spent $23 the on overtime for police and fire and paramedics for bernie sanders rally in june at $23,000. now they have been paid the city manager can process payments to individual departments still owed money. >> a question for you: in your bank charges you illegal fee should you be able to sue them? >> chances are, you cannot. nine out of ten banks force their customer to give up rights to a jury trial in case of dispute. seven out of ten do not let their customers enter a courtroom, with the agreements

calling for mandatory arbitration but many of the contracts allow bangs to sue their customer. >> target will add single stall restroom at all united states stores and spend $20 million to make the change. early this year target sparked controversy when they said customers could use the bathroom of their choice. 1,700 of 1,800 stores have a single person bathroom. the rest have one by the end of next year. >> do you have a vacation planned before summer is up? if you are going away this month we have...bad news. it could cost you more than the trip. the risk assessment firm said they see a 13% spike in home theft claims in august. experts say that there is a correlation to the fact that people are traveling more and leave their homes vulnerable. the average amount homeowners claim is nearly $4,000. in hawaii a surge of tourists wanting the experience of

witnessing if you land being credited. lava flows from the the volcano have created eight acres of new land bringing visitors, 1,500 people a day. up to 3,000 on the busiest days. all are hoping to see the budget taking spectacle. >> construction at san francisco's central subway is on track but the city is planning far into the fight. the chance you will have to help shape the next generation of transportation. >> a hearing that could determine the fate of a map accused of killing sierra lamar. clear scher

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