. and he got in the water and went to attempt to get the girls out. >> he was a desperate attempt to pull two young girls from the water after the car plunged into the russian river. >> i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. larry beil has the week off. two young girls died this morning along highway 1 in jenner. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live with the details. wayne? >> reporter: this is not the first time there is an accident on this spot on highway 116 near jenner but it is certainly the saddest. there is very little shoulder here and no guard rail and no

skid marks, that is where the truck went off the road and then from there into the russian river below. a pickup truck pulled from the russian river, a photo held by residents showing two little girls who died inside. a mother and driver who distraught that she did not leave the scene for almost six hours after it happened. >> the kids were just darling and a lot of fun. >> oh, two of the most beautiful little children in the world. and they are our hearts and our only children in jenner who live here. >> reporter: and how and why this pickup left the road is the mystery. pavement was wet and the air foggy and mothers en route to school where they attended and she worked and the truck remains submerged in 12 feet of water. witnesses dove in and tried to help but didn't succeed. the first divers arrived half an hour later but too late. >> i was unsuccessful in getting the door open and one of my

lifeguards came and scott was able to get in through the driver's side window which was open or broken, and he was able to open the door and then bring the two victims out. >> reporter: in jenner, this close-knit community, when one person hurts, they all do. and when it is a family -- >> the family is everybody. >> reporter: from jenner, wade freedman, abc 7 news. sky 7 is live over breaking news on san francisco market street right now. that yellow taxi jumped a curb at market and sutter hitting three people standing next to a news stand. could you see the cab knocked over and smashed a large advertise kiosk at the corner. this is right by the montgomery street b.a.r.t. station on market. three people are in critical condition and all three are the pedestrians who were hit. firefighters tweeted photos of the aftermath showing a large cab with a dented hood and the smashed kiosk and debris all around. part of the intersection is closed right now, at least one

lane of market and it appears all of sutter is closed at market street. we have a reporter arriving at the scene and we'll bring you more information as soon as we get it. now you are looking at the damage caused by a man with a golf club this afternoon at the west oakland b.a.r.t. station. these photos show several broken windows on the platform, really a mess. reports say the man also took some swings at a train. it wasn't damaged and no one was hurt, however service was disrupted between 1:30 and 2:00. police say the man is now in custody. this man, former santa clara guard jimmy tri is now free, after being arrested on charged that he assaulted an inmate. he is due back in court next month. he aadmitted to kicking an inmate in the face during 2003 but claimed it was in self-defense. he was forced to leave the sheriff's department last year. five former deputies face charged of beating inmates and three also for murder. one inmate, michael tri, died

after a con front deputies. a judge behind the sentencing of a former stanford swimmer is recusing himself from another case. the case involved a san jose man trying to get a child pornography conviction reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. the judge filed a statement with the court saying some doubt -- there was doubt that he could be impartial. perske made national headlines when he san antonioed bro -- he sentenced brock turner to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman. the chimney fire continues to grow on the central cost where more than 2400 people are under evacuation orders and it has burned 68 square miles in the county and that is not all fires are burning across the west. dania backus has the rest. >> reporter: across the west, the fire fight doesn't seem to

be ending. at yellowstone in wyoming, the flames are growing bigger and more firefighters are being called in to help n. washington state, several fires have burned more than a dozen homes. crews there working on the ground -- and around the clock to establish containment lines to protect buildings. evacuation orders are in place. people there watching and waiting anxiously. six fires are burning across the state of california. hundreds of homes destroyed. 10,000 firefighters trying to make sure that number doesn't rise. on california's coast, flames charring more than 50 miles of drought-dry brush. thousands there forced to leave their homes. in it a week after it started, the destructive blue cut fire finally at full containment, but crews continue to monitor the area for any hot spots and flare-ups. with wildfires spanning several

stace states, officials from firefighters to air tankers are running thin. dania backus, abc news, los angeles. new concerns that rise in wildfires caused by climate change will expose tens of millions of people to high levels of air pollution, according to a new study by yale and harvard. by mid century more than 80 million people were experiencing consecutive days with high air pollution caused by wildfires. sky 7 was over lake county when firefighters batmed flames in -- battled flames in kelseyville at about 10 cloon 30 this morning, two propane tanks exploded but the flames never spread to the nearby woods. a cabin and shed used as a workshop were destroyed but there were evacuations for a short time but no one was hurt. did you notice how much warmer it is near the coast and bay than yesterday. take a look at live doppler 7 hd, we have the usual marine

layer near the parts of the coastline but check out the black and white image sewing the line south of the golden gate was exposed to sunshine which accounted for a bit of a warm-up so here is the 24-hour temperature change. five degrees warmer in san francisco, hayward and palo alto at this hour yesterday and two degrees warmer at half moon bay. so a little bit of a warmer effect by being exposed to greater amount of sunshine. here is the view from our rooftop camera here at abc 7 looking at blue skies over the bay and 64 lear in the city. 69 across the bay in oakland, 73 in mountain view, san jose 77 and 82 in morgan hill and 61 at half moon bay. this is how is looks from the emeryville and the low clouds building near the coastline. 72 degrees in santa rosa, and napa. 73 in petaluma and 80s in fairfield and concord and livermore and i have a cool weekend that is really cool. i'll have that later. >> thanks, spencer. well now to your voice, your vote.

and the race for big money. hillary clinton is back in the bay area and it is all for fu fundraisers. we are live in piedmont where the presidential candidate is expected to arrive in a few hours. laura? >> reporter: that is right, dan. this is actually the same home that president obama visited four years ago on a fundraising mission. tonight the minimum to get into this fundraiser and this does include a picture with secretary clinton is $33,000 per person and the price goes up from there. hillary clinton was all smiles on jimmy kimmel last night as she returned to california and the bay area to stock up on money. >> we are the atm and when hillary comes through, it is hold on to your checkbook. >> abc 7 news political analyst said it should be no surprise that clinton has made yet another swing through the bay area. especially given how lucrative the golden state has been to date. and none of her stops are open

to the public. >> she's been here, bill clinton and tim kaine has been here and it wouldn't stop from now until november because this is the mother load for the democratic campaign for a couple of reasons. tech does not like donald trump. >> reporter: so far clinton has raised nearly $46 million in california, 22% of all of her individual contributions. that is compared with just $1.5 million for donald trump. >> voice of every day people is not part of this process. >> reporter: dan knewman is the president and co-founder of map light which tracks political spending in california and across the country. >> if you want to go to an event with hillary clinton, you have to pay a thousand dollars. if you want to be a part of her small reception, you have to pay $27,000. the number of people who can afford to pay even a thousand dollars to a presidential candidate is very small.

>> reporter: now that $1,000 will not get you into tonight's event. there is a $1,000 minimum for a event tomorrow in redwood city. to give you an idea how inaccessible these fundraising events are for most people, a recent study by the federal reserve revealed that half of americans cannot come up with $400 even in the case of a family emergency. live in piedmont, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> that does it all right. talk about money and the cost of these things for a moment, some towns likagerton sent out a bill for extra police expenses when president obama comes to town and does piedmont have any plans to do that in this case. >> reporter: it is interesting, it is a trend recently and cloverdale hosted a bernie sanders event and they received payment from the bernie sanders campaign for the extra police and security services that they used there. in this case, in piedmont, i talked with the city this morning, they do not plan to

bill the clinton campaign. they have told me this is a pretty low-budget affair in terms of their police services and in fact they've seen maybe one or two police cars drive by. all that we've seen so far are just little signs out behind me here on the street. so they do not plan to build a campaign for this one. >> interesting. laura, thank you very much. east bay mud will pay $426,000 in penalties for a cement spill that clogged a creek in the oakland hill after the agency accidentally left open a valley and dumped what amounts to 12 truckloads of cement into the creek last year. the district has already spent about a million dollars to clean up and restore the creek. coming up here next on abc 7 news at 4:00, a school shake-up. >> we're very concerned about their own teacher. >> teachers and patients borent about the future at livermore charter schools. plus the expedition off the coast right here in the bay area.

we'll take you 2600 feet under water to look at the uss independence. and going faster and farther in a tesla. the big announcement today. and checking our traffic across the golden gate bridge on this tuesday, moving in both ♪ ♪

we want to update you on the breaking news we brought you near the top of the newscast. part of market street is shut down at sutter after a taxi cab

jumped the curb b and hit two people. the driver and both pedestrians were taken to the hospital in critical condition. this is near the montgomery street b.a.r.t. station. police had to ask for pedestrians and drivers to stay out of the area as they respond. is there is no word on why the cab driver lost control. we do have a reporter arriving at the scene and we'll bring you more information as we get it. but again, you could see the situation there from sky 7 live right now. >> terrible scene. moving on at the movement, hundreds of students are transferring out of livermore valley and livermore preparatory. >> we have a look at parents concerns. >> it is very sad. a l a lot of tears and stress. >> reporter: the superintendent said about 400 parents have decided to pull their kids out of the livermore charter schools this week and put them in public schools.

and she said some teachers have also called her. >> we did meet with about 28 teachers who are very concerned from the charter school who were worried about payments and worried about the paychecks that had come late sometimes. >> reporter: administrators say they have been investigating the schools since february and are doing their best to try and get the school back on track. >> it is almost never in the best interest of students to shut down schools. and so that is not a direction that we want to go. we want them to fix the probl s problems. >> reporter: the problems, according to administrators, include not paying rent, not paying teachers, and transferring foreign exchange students to stockton, against their will. that last one has drawn the attention of prosecutors who will looking into whether a crime occurred. >> from my understanding, it is also present and we take this serious. >> there were still plenty of parents rushing into class this morning at the charter school. one mom said she has confidence the school will survive this. >> we've gone through a lot of things in the last ten years and

we've made it through and i think we'll make it through this time zbrshlgts. >> reporter: yes asked strofs if it looks like they will fix the problem. >> they are doing some things that are positive. it is unclear as to whether or not they are going to be financially viable. >> reporter: i asked him whether parents should pull kids out of the charter school and he said, it is up to them, you have to do what is best for your child. i reached out to the company that runs the chaert school at this point and i have not heard back n. livermore, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. today tesla announced a electric car that is faster than a ferrari but a fraction of the cost. elon musk said the model sp-100-d sedan will go from zero to 60 -- are you ready -- in just 2.5 seconds. it will cost $135,000 and have a range of 315 miles on a single charge and also a crossover version we are told. both going into production next summer.

musk said sales of the expensive vehicles will help fund the development of cheaper mass market electric cars. tesla is expanding the lease options. at least for a little while. the carmaker is offering a two-year lease in addition to the three-year program it has. the two-year lease will be available until september 12th on model s. and model x. suv. a fascinating expedition just wrapped up off the coast in north korea. >> -- kristen zse is here to show us the incredible footage. >> i think this rivals the titanic. take a look at uss independence on the bottom of the pacific ocean and no one has seen it in 65 years but thanks to amazing technology we're getting a close-up of the wreckage. this was the aircraft carrier and played a role against japan until it was scuttled and

intention ally sunk 30 miles from the half moon bay. the u.s. found it 40 years later while mapping the sea floor. now for the past days scientists led been a san jose native wearing the hat there, james delgado, and they used two rovers to explore the wreckage. it was broadcast live on the welcome back until 2:00 p.m. to look at it. most of it in tact and upright. that is an anti-aircraft weapon, all amazingly preserved. now look, this is one of my favorite, a rover arm here. it is collecting -- they want to leave the pieces of the ship in tact. and what they are doing -- let me bring you back to the next one, these are massive sponges that are all over the ship on the hull and they want to bring that up and test it for radioactivity. it was involved in the testing of nuclear bombs but they say the contamination risk because water is such a great buffer so little for us to worry about,

but look at that. what a sight to be hold, dan and ama. >> kristen, thank you. federal regulators are proposing a ban on swimming with the hawaii spinner dolphins following concerns voiced by scientists who say they deprive the dolphins the rest they need. the ban put ford by the national marine fishery does contain some exceptions given that they sometimes approach people. the final decision is expected sometime next year. and check out this seal. it hopped on to a boat of whale watchers to escape become orca food. it happened in british colombia. it fell off twice and decided to stay on and until the whale gave up and swam away. to see that video again go to abc7news.com. and check out this beautiful picture sent to us by instagramer wed blur 94 and share your pictures with us. look at that great color and

mysterious andage eerial. use the hash abc 7 news and see it online at abc7news.com. that is really something. >> and spencer is talking about a cool forecast for us. >> for the weekend in particular. for the weekend. it will warm up first and then cool down. so a little bit of something on the weather menu for all appetites, all tastes. a live look at live doppler 7 hd and i hope you are in a taste for the marine layer to the coast and over the bay and inland as it has last few evening so this is the picture right now. let's take a live view from the east bay hills camera looking toward the east southeast under clear skies and these are our forecast features. we'll see clouds overnight, increasing and patchy morning drizzle and warmer inland and then the cooler pattern comes in and that will settle in for friday through the weekend and into early next week and overnight with areas of low clouds and fog across the bay and inland and low temperatures mild in the upper 50s to near 60 in some spots around the bay and then in the inland east bay and

up in the north bay, valleys will see lows in the mid-50s at napa and santa rosa. and then we go to a forecast animation starting at 7:00 this evening, there is the increase in low clouds and fog rather rapidly late tonight and into early tomorrow morning. so 5:00 tomorrow morning, as the morning commute begins, reduced visibility in many locations and that way for a couple of hours. even up to 7:00 a.m., we'll see lingering low clouds and spotty drizzle. mainly near the coast. but by mid morning to midday we see the clouds pull back to the coastline giving us mainly sunny skies once again over the bay and our inland areas. maximum temperature trend over the next several days starting with thursday outlook shows slightly cooler weather on thursday inland areas and still cooler on friday with below average temperatures just about everywhere, right on into saturday with little change there. but for tomorrow, our microclimate will be on display. 64 at half moon bay, 66 downtown san francisco. across the boy in oakland, milder at 71 degrees.

walnut creek, a high of 85 and antioch will top out at about 90 degrees tomorrow. so in the bigger picture, highs tomorrow will look like this. we'll see highs way up north, 92 at wake port and 86 at cloverdale and 86 in morgan hill and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. we're going to have a pretty cool weekend. high temperatures inland will reach only to the low 80s on friday and saturday and sunday. we'll see temperatures rebound a little bit on monday and then by tuesday we'll be back up at those usual summertime levels of highs up near 90 inland and low 60 the in the coast. but for a few days there, it is pretty chilly for this time of the year. >> it looks like it. thanks, spencer. coming up, say go

protests today after abc 7 was at the campus as they

demonstrated against the plan. last year ucf nurses provided nearly 20,000 home visits but the medical center will terminate the program at the end of september because of financial concerns. 170 patients will be transferred to other providers. more than 30 nurses and staff will have to find other work. >> we do specialize and follow-up for transplant and babies and pediatrics that are not available, particularly to patients who don't have great insurance plans. >> in a statement to abc 7 news, the ucsf cut the program because insurance reimbursements aren't keeping up with the real cost of home health care. today the world celebrates 25 years of access to the worldwide web. scientist tim burners lee granted public use of the web on this day in 1991. paving the way for the information age that we are in now. the internet and web are not the same thing, by the way. the internet is a network of

connected computers and the web refers to the pages found on that network. the web browser uses the internet to access the worldwide web. how it has all changed so quickly. >> definitely. coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, loss in louisiana. >> people have just lost everything. i mean every piece of furniture in my house is on the curb. >> president obama visits the flood-ravaged state. and -- >> we are so thankful that god has given us a miracle. >> an amazing story of survival, a teenager becomes just the fourth person in 50 years to survive an infection from a brain-eating amoeba. and go ahead and take that selfie, maybe. the changes that could be coming

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breaking news. in the financial district. after three people were rushed to the emergency after a cab hit two pedestrians. the driver and both pedestrians are in critical condition at the trauma center. the wreckage that was left behind. look at that. it happened a little more than an hour ago at market and sutter and the intersection at sutter and sansom are closed right now.

investigators don't know why the driver lost control. we'll take you live to the scene coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. right here, the other headlines making news at 4:30 two young sisters died when the pickup truck they were in crashed into the russian river, the girls ages 4 and 7 heading to school along highway 1 in jenner when their mother's truck slid off a road and down a 40-foot embankment. success, cal fire sent this tweet announcing the blue cut fire is now fully contained. really encouraging news. this started one week ago as we reported. it destroyed 105 homes and scorched nearly 58 square miles. a cautionary tale for us. sergio quintana tweeted this photo shows twin sisters -- that is a wrong picture. that is president obama. we'll get to that in a moment. they are homeless after a case of elder fraud. how it happened in a live report on abc 7 news at 5:00. and president obama visited

louisiana today seeing the areas affected by massive flooding last week. 60,000 homes are damaged there. marcy gonzalez has the story from east baton rouge parish. >> reporter: from the receding floodwater to everything it destroyed, president obama -- getting a glimpse, touring the devastation in southern louisiana. >> i hope they see that so many people have lost everything. i mean every piece of furniture in my house is on the curb. my walls are on the curb, my carpet, everything. >> reporter: the president talking with owners of some of the 60,000 homes that were damaged more than a week ago in the world natural disaster in this country since superstorm sandy. the fast-rising water blamed for 13 deaths and 30,000 rescues with 2600 people now still living in shelters. >> what i want the people of louisiana to know is that you are not alone on this. even after the tv cameras leave, the whole country is going to

continue to support you and help you until we get folks back in their homes and lives rebuilt. >> reporter: while praise for the federal aid already coming in, a sharp contrast to katrina, president obama facing criticism. donald trump who visited baton rouge last week saying the president should have cut his vacation short to make this trip sooner. but louisiana governor disagreed saying an earlier visit would have taken away resources from the recovery efforts are are still far from over. marcy gonzalez, abc news, baton rouge. an american soldier has been killed and another injured during a military operation. the roadside bombing happened in the helmand province a day after officials said 100 troops were sent to the city over fears it could fall to the taliban and six afghan soldiers were wounded. >> and as clinton heads to the bay area, more questions are

raised around her use as a private e-mail server while donald trump pounced on the controversy while speaking to supporters last night in the battleground state of ohio. maggie ruly has the details. >> reporter: a promise under oath that at her confirmation hearing there is no special treatment for the donors of the clinton foundation. >> that will not influence. >> reporter: and a new batch released by judicial watch is raising questions. in one exchange, the crown prince of bahrain, a major donor, set up a meeting with the secretary through normal channels but only successful once a foundation employee asked top clinton aid huma abedin to set up the meeting, calling the prince, a good friend of ours. the fbi released about 15,000 new e-mails that are both work-related and personal. clinton has had held a press briefing in 10 months but did

laugh off the accusations on jimmy kimmel last night. >> my e-mails are so boring. and we've already released, i don't know, 30,000 plus, so what is a few more. >> but trump is not laughing, calling for a special prosecutor to investigate the clinton foundation. on the attack against his rival and he delicately balances his new stance on illegal immigration, striking a different tone on fox news. >> we are getting rid of the bad ones. as far as everybody else, we're going through the process. >> reporter: and the more lenient views are less about getting the minority vote and more about making white independent voters feel okay with the trump pressy. >> a lot of what he is doing now is aimed at convincing voters that voting trump is a safe thing to do. >> reporter: trump is trying to make up for last ground here. even campaigning in the deep red state of texas. normally a sure thing for republicans. while hillary clinton is aiming for red states, too. setting up shop in salt lake city, a state that hasn't gone

through in nearly 50 years. maggie ruly, abc news, washington. and a new government report shows just how much donald trump is charging his own campaign to rent space in one of his buildings. a federal election commission shows the campaign is paying $169,000 to rent three floors in manhattan's trump tower. at first the campaign rented out the fifth floor at a cost of about $35,000. but it added to two additional floors in may, once it appeared trump would secure the republican nomination. a build-out would allow you to take a selfie in the ballot box is one step away from becoming law. they approved the mark levine bill yesterday and it would repeal a 125--year-old law allows voters to waive their right to take selfies or photos of ballots but no legal selfies this november and that goes to the governor and if it signed it will take effect in january.

a teenager in florida is the fourth person in 50 years to survive an infection from a brain-eating amoeba. the 16-year-old was rushed ho the hospital on august 7th after complaining of a severe headache. doctors diagnosed his condition in minutes and treated him with a newly approved life-saving medication and today her mother called her son's recovery a mirac miracle. >> we are so thankful that god has given us the miracle through this medical team and this hospital for getting our son back and full of life. >> health officials believe that sebastian contracted the disease while swimming in a lake in broward county. get this -- 97% of the 138 people infected with the brain-eating amoeba since 1962 have died. so sebastian is extremely fortunate. well an out of space connection, not first contact, but officials are thrilled about the renewed connection.

i'm spencer christian. we're looking at partly cloudy skies over the golden gate bridge as we prepare for both a brief warm-up and a cooldown. i'll have the accuweather forecast in just a moment as abc 7 news at 4:00 con

after two years of silence, nasa is back in contact with aa long last spacecraft. stereo b. lost con communication in 2014 during a test of one of the timers.

stereo b. was launched in october of 2006. its mission is to monitor the flow of energy and matter from the sun to earth. while on this date 50 year ago, the world received its first view of earth rising over the moon. that is the crater surface of the moon in the foreground. this picture was taken by a lunar orbiter nasa launched to photograph the surface of the moon. astronomers were looking for smooth areas to serve as landing sites for the surveyor and apollo missions. now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> recapping a weather, a live look at live doppler 7 hd and the clouds thicker at the coastline and pushing across the bay and inland. tomorrow statewide sunshine from top to bottom and especially in interior sections of the state away from the coastline. it is warm as well with highs in the 90s in chico and yosemite and 80 down south in los angeles and here in the bay area mainly sunny skies over the bay an inland, highs from 60 at the

coast, low to mid 60 toss low and mid-70s around the bay to upper 80 toss near 90 in the warmest inland locations and for the week ahead we use livermore as the high temperature indicator. we'll see highs around the average for this time of the year, about 87 and 88 degrees the next couple dafz. tapering off just a few degrees as we head into the weekend when the entire bay area will see cooler conditions. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. once again, our weekend pattern will be on the cool side for this time of the year. and that is an understatement with inland highs reaching into the low 80s in the warmest locations. but for tomorrow and thursday, at least, it will feel like summer. >> thanks spencer. still ahead at 4:00, new pushback after federal officials change health recommendations about drinking alcohol. i'm seven on your side michael finney, more problems michael finney, more problems with the wearable fitness ♪ michael finney, more problems with the wearable fitness

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the threat of climate change has -- was a hot topic in sill von valley as they laid out the challenging rising waters posed to the tech system. >> we are live with a look at who is vulnerable. david. >> reporter: voters here in the bay area voted for a parcel tax

back in june, measure aa which now will fund some bay restoration work. that will help to protect three companies, oracle and facebook and google. just three examples of companies that have their facilities along the bay. senator dianne feinstein was given a standing ovation by sill von valley leaders today for support she has given to restoring the bay. but now it is incumbent on people on people in this room, the ceo's to make sure the work gets done. a map created by info doll organize showed how the tech giants are sitting in flood hazard zones shown in red and employs tens of thousands of people. by some estimates sea level is expected to rise 3 feet by 2100 and that is a mid range projection by the national research council. pat show walter is the mayor of mountain view that google called home and she said restoring marsh land is critical.

>> they function both as sponges for water and floodwaters and they also absorb wave action. >> reporter: the executive director of save the bay believes tech companies are well aware of the future threat and responding to. >> and campuses like facebook and oracle, they are on the shoreline and that is why the companies are paying attention to the issue now. >> and there are other critical structures that need to be protected. >> and road and sewage treatment plants that are at risk of flooding and what plans do we have to protect them over the next coming decades. >> reporter: the senator said her staff is reaching out to a federal agency to help with bay restoration. >> they prepared a letter for me to the environmental protection agency to ask if they would work with us. >> reporter: in silicon valley, david louie, abc 7 news. mcdonald's is recalling more than 30 million activity trackers given to children who purchased the happy meal. >> seven on your side michael finney has the reason why.

>> this follows some 70 reported incidents of burns and skin irritation. seven of those complaints cited blisters suffered by children. mcdonald's gave away the step-it activity tracker on august 9th through the 17th with its happy meals. devices worn by children on the risk to track activity level. anyone who returns it to mcdonald's will receive a bag of apple slices or yogurt tube. amazon is reportedly ready to unveil a music streaming service next month that could be half of the price of competitors. service which would be offered for about $5 a month would only work on amazon's echo hardware. unnamed sources quoted by recode said it could be unveiled next month, but amazon is not confirming a report. sources also say amazon would offer another service for $10 a month which is similar to spotify. actor george hamilton is well-known for his sun tan and

so when kfc hired him to be its new extra crispy colonel, the food chain had a bright idea. it gave away 3000 tubes of fried chicken-scented sunshine screen. they were snatched up within two hours on a promotional website for the new extra crispy recipe. it remains to be seen whether the scent will be i repellent or an attract ant. [ laughter ] >> i love that. >> thanks, mike. well more people are on the road than ever before and that is leading to a surge in traffic deaths. according to the national safety council, more than 19,000 people have been killed on u.s. roads since january. that is 18% higher than just two years ago and 9% higher than 2015. now part of the problem is that u.s. drivers have put in a record number of miles on the road and more people are using cell phones than ever before. in today's wellness report,

the booze industry is pushing back against policy changes about moderate drinking. >> and a new study said couples are more likely to divorce after the holidays. here is jane king. >> health policy regulators in a number of countries have changed their tune when it comes to the health benefits of modest drinking. the u.s. department of health and human services for example recently ditched guidelines that suggested light drinking could lower the risk of heart disease saying more research was needed. the polybeverage industry is fighting back with its own research. the "wall street journal" said they want to craft legislation regarding taxes. researchers at the university of washington found if your marriage survived to september, you should be good for another six months. most divorces come after the winter holiday and summer vacation. the research eveers you found between 2001 and 2015 couples that hadn't happy use the holidays to turn things around. and petco is launching a natural

dog food line called wholehearted and created by nutrition and product innovation experts and it features only egg' 3s and -- omega 3s. and citrus food could prevent heart disease and diabetes. new information is that citrus fruits could negate the harmful effects of a high fat diet. eating orange and grapefruit and other citrus lower liver damage and blood glucose in mice. from the nads, i'm jane king, here's to your health. abc 7 news at 4:00 does continue. a new policy for undergrads at stanford. >> it creates a situation of enhanced danger. >> a ban on booze, but will it make things any safer for students. and christian is here with what is coming up at 5:00. >> coming up next, a legal case goes forward against one of san francisco's largest landlords and accusations are flying. california controversial

climate legislation and intense floor debate and a critical vote. and back-to-school shopping, and michael finney has ways to save. these stories and more when i join dan for abc 7 news at 5:00. >> when it happens where you live -- >> the abc 7 news team covers your neighborhood. >> your story -- choose the news that matters where you l

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there is a big change for students at stanford university. a newly unveiled policy will place heavy restrictions on hard alcohol. but some students and staff are worried about the potential for unintended consequences. chris nguyen is live on campus with more. chris? >> reporter: hi, ama. university officials say their focus is on the high risk of the rapid consumption of hard alcohol. they want to reduce that risk, but students say this new policy will just lead to more anxiety. at stanford university, a new alcohol policy that many students disagree with. >> it doesn't make any sense. it is not something that is making us feel safer. >> reporter: hard alcohol has been banned from on campus parties with the exemption of events for graduate students. and for those who live in undergraduate housing, liquor is limited to bottles smaller than 750 millimeters, known as a fifth. >> with this new policy, i might be less likely to go out and

seek help in a situation. >> and that is very concerning to stanford law professor after the handling of the brock turner case in which the swimmer was sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting a woman on campus. turner previously blamed it on the alcohol. >> it is going to encourage students to aggressively drink in private rooms instead of publicly in parties, which presents, i think, potentially increase dangerous of sexual assault. >> and some call the policy misguided and potentially dangerous, the university director of alcohol policy our intention is not a total prohibition of a substance but rather a targeted approach that limited high-risk behavior and has the backing of studies on restricting the ability of and access to alcohol. students who repeatedly disobey the rules could be subject to removal from university housing. chris nguyen, abc 7 news. thank you for joining us for

abc news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz, abc 7 news at 5:00 begins now with kristen and dan. we begin with breaking news tonight. a taxi driver loses control in san francisco financial district. plowing into two people standing on the sidewalk. plus -- >> two of the most beautiful little children in the world. >> a heart-breaking accident in the north bay, two young sisters kill and did weather play a role in this tragedy. and tourists flock to it but unfortunately so do thieves. >> and two bay area twins forced to live in a van and now they need a helping hand. i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel, the marine layer is shallower tonight and i'll let you know what this means for your wednesday coming up. and breaking news is a tragic crash in san francisco. three people nearly killed after a taxi jumped a curb in the financial district. >> the cab you see right there hit two pedestrians and smashed an advertising kiosk, part of

market street remains closed right now causing a big headache for commuters in the area. good evening, i'm kristen zse. >> and i'm dan ashley. for the latest on this breaking news, let's go straight to leslie brinkley live at the scene. >> reporter: hi, dan. i'm here along market street. behind me the scene of the crash at 3:17 this afternoon, a cab went up and over the curb at sutter and crashing into a show shine stand and injuring, we're told, a 60-year-old man who was a fixture here for 20 years working at that stand-alone with another 40-year-old man working for him. they along with the driver are in critical condition with very serious injuries. i spoke would the woman who operates a jewelry store four to five feet away and she saw it all happen. >> a cab went flying down market street and all of a sudden i hear this big crash.

and that is the newspaper stand going over and the next thing i knew, the yellow cab hit the side of the newspaper stand and then it hit the shoe shine stand. >> reporter: she said she saw the operator fly in the air and land on the sidewalk. he was still conscious, she said. people rushed to their aid. she called them the angels of san francisco. and ambulances arrived and they rushed them to trauma centers. the cab driver, she said, stumbled out of the cab and collapsed. he was also critically injured. there were no passengers in the cab, from what we understand. she was just a few feet away and very lucky she made it through the incident. police are investigating, the fire department is investigating. buses are getting through here on market street and as usual, other vehicles are not allowed here at this time of day. a big jam-up of cars, as you could imagine, a lot of people