of the remaining members of the department who under extraordinary circumstances protect and serve the city with great honor. >> reporter: we spoke to the san jose mayor following the officer's arrest. >> as soon as it was discovered, a first indication that there was a police officer who was involved in this crime, we did everything we could to ensure he was immediately taken off the force. >> reporter: police in cooperation with the santa clara district attorney and drug enforcement and the fbi carried out the investigation. resulting in a toll of 34 search warrants being served yesterday in santa clara county, southern california and the state of louisiana. among the items that were seized, handguns, vehicles, illegal gambling machines and more than $200,000 in u.s. currency. investigators also recovered more than 4,000 extacy pills and 600 pounds of marijuana, xanax and molly and steroids and also taken into evidence was an alligator. the suspects, many of whom are

vietnamese, range from 19 to 52 and booked in the santa clara county jail. six people remain at large. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. meantime, a south bay city council man is out on bail after arrested on suspicion of domestic violence. campbell police arrested the councilman jeffrey christina yesterday and investigators say a woman showed up at the police department and told officers she was involved in a domestic violence incident with him, who is her fiancee. christina posted the $20,000 bail and was released yesterday afternoon. police in san francisco want to find a man who beat up a woman in pacific heights so badly she needs to have surgery. just let me warn you here, the video you are about to see is very disturbing and violent and sickening. surveillance captured the attack on saturday evening. watch what this guy does.

you see a man ran up to the victim and continuing to punch her and it continues like this for 30 seconds. the woman did not fight back. it happened across the tree from lay fayette park and the man had earlier approached the woman while walking in the park but she did not speak with him. the woman's nose was broke nen several places and police say the man got away and last seen on golf street. police in hayward need your help finding two men. today they released these steps of the suspects in a deadly stapping ten days ago on cottonwood and corkwood a week ago. the 42-year-old man died at the scene. witnesses saw the two men accused in the murder take off in a white vehicle. so the sketches are based on those witness descriptions. if you have seen either one of these men, police call hey pard police. the number of people killed from the magnitude 6.2 earthquake in central italy now is at 159 but that number is continuing to grow and expected to continue to do so.

this aerial view shows the overwhelming devastation of the town of amatrice near rome. crews have been working to pull people from the rubble of collapsed homes and buildings. more than 150 after shocks have struck since 3:36 in the morning, almost 24 hours ago now. a search for survivors is underway in the south asian country of myanmar following a 6.8 earthquake there. not quite 6.8. i apologize. it is over 6 pts 0. it was center near the former capital of pagan, a popular tourist area. right now the death toll is at four with nearly 200 ancient buddhist temples damaged or destroy destroyed. officials say the quake was felt as far away as thailand and bangladesh and india and sending people out into the streets. and the second anniversary of the napa early morning earthquake. 15 seconds of shaking that

killed one person and injured 200 others and knocked a region to its knees. we sent wayne freedman to napa today to find out what it looks like now. he joins us live with the progress. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. and it is that anniversaries that we mark the important events in our lives and in napa that is the 6.1 quake and the $1 billion regional damage and in this city, no speeches or ceremonies, just a community moving ahead, getting back to normal. back to school in napa at pueblo vista elementary, some of the kids may not remember the quake two years ago. but the remedies are all around. >> if it saves one life, $500,000 was well worth it. >> the director of the napa schools remembers how cabinets and desks fell and blocked doors and now they are all locked down. how appropriate that today the

california senate approved a bill requiring such work for all schools in quake zones. >> did that sit here. >> yes. >> did it start with your work? >> yes. we did it without being told. >> reporter: it is a step toward prevention in a community still recovering. yes, tourism is back, but two years later, damage remains on historic buildings downtown and for plenty of homeowners tooxt the last time we visited elizabeth emit her family knew this rv in front of the house for all too well. >> for a while it was our home. >> reporter: at this time the real home was a construction project thanks to a crack that ran beneath the foundation. today -- >> this is all new. that is all repaired. >> reporter: but not the pool. when the family spends $200,000 out of pact just getting back into their house, it is the last big ticket item on their list. >> it was stressful and it will continue to be stressful long after the repairs are done and boy, i feel for those people in italy. they are just getting started. >> reporter: there is no better

source of empathy than experience. in napa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. want to button this up with you. you will find guidelines for stocking an earthquake survival tip and very madeveloping an em plan and look under prepare nor cal on our website. and yesterday's crash in which a cab driver plowed into two people. and this is what is left of a news stand and shoe shine stand on the corner of market and sutter streets. the chronicle reports a taxi driver has apologized for the accident. one victim is in critical and the other in fair condition. both worked at the shoe shine stand. five people cannot live in their homes for the time being after fire raced through a small apartment building in oakland. sky 7 was over the home near 14th street after the fire broke out in one of the two units around 11:20 this morning. firefighters declared in under

control within an hour. nobody was hurt. one family who lives in the 100-year-old building thinks the fire started in some electrical wiring. a democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton is in the bay area right now raising money of course. >> last night after a fundraiser in piedmont, she stopped to snap photos with supporters and some who waited two hours just to catch a glimpse. >> and david louie is live in los altos near the second event of the afternoon. david? >> reporter: dan and kristen, the event that is underway down this street is closed to the media so we have no idea what hillary clinton is saying to her supporters other than thank you for their contributions but one donor said the more often she comes to the sill cicon valley y hope to see her more. the people arriving here are going to the second event this

afternoon in losality os co-hosted by tim cook and lisa jackson, a board member of the clinton foundation and earlier in the day one person got in at the last minute for $1,000. she knows why the secretary is in california. >> we understand there are deep pockets in california and we've always gone for the democrats for a long time and i hope we continue to. >> and james johnson is a big donor and he gets perks of that. >> being part of the events sometimes gives me special access to people that are running the campaigns and being able to voice my opinion on what matters here most in california. >> reporter: on sunday he was with tim kaine and today he got a photo with mrs. clinton. those who didn't attend would advise her to lighten up a bit. >> humor, does she have any, i wonder about that? but sometimes what she says is a

little aggressive. >> reporter: and maybe candidate clinton could take a joke, i think i would be distraught if we didn't have face time. >> you do that a lot. >> all of the time. >> and do you consider using face time instead of e-mail? >> in los altos, david louie, abc 7 news. activists are making a push to get a judge fired. abc 7 news was in san francisco's highland johnson state building as a group went to the office of the california commission on judicial performance. they dropped off this letter signed by sexual assault survivors asking that judge aaron persky be removed from the bench. >> the long pattern of his bias toward men of privilege and against child pornography and abuse women and enough is enough and he has to go. >> he has been criticized for giving brock turner what they consider a light sentence after he was convicted on three sexual

assault charges. still ahead, think before you post. why a social network will block users from making certain things public. >> and a hush-hush tour of the port of oakland and why it could help determine the future home of the oakland a's. >> and getting rid of california dead trees and we may just have to follow the money. and steve wozniak has a bone to pick with apple, and one feature the company he sai

a san francisco social network that allows residents to share information with neighbors is taking a big step toward ending racial profiling on the site. >> that is right. the change is triggered by complaints from oakland. eric thomas has the story. >> reporter: neighbors in oakland's diamond neighborhood helped get the ball rolling by airing concerns that some of the posts on the website next door were vague and even offensive.

>> this is talking about racial profiling neighbor versus neighbor. >> reporter: the neighbors took complaints to the city council and the vice mayor and they took the concerns straight to the top. and found next door ceo receptive. >> when it comes to the content that people are posting, we care more about quality than quantity. >> but it doesn't translight into quick action. first they had to define the problem. for example, when a neighbor posts, i see a dark skinned man breaking into cars. >> that is racial profiling, because the criminal act that is being described in regards to the individual involved, race is the only at tribute being used as a description zbrnks ne. >> reporter: next door is a social website and the company spent the last year consulting with neighborhood groups and politicians and experts and today they rolled out new protocol that require more detailed zripdescription before

member could post about suspicious behavior. >> we start by forcing you to go through a series of screens that create what we call decision points that get you to stop and think before you post. >> reporter: that is called friction in the tech industry, making a use tore more to post and it is the opposite of what most web companies try to do but oakland officials say it is worth it. >> i am thrilled with the changes. because what i believe we're seeing here is a technology company that is pioneering. >> reporter: not everyone agrees. some have dropped out but the company said that is a tradeoff they could live with. eric thomas, abc 7 news. a famous artist has been defaced after a mural was painted. it was painted on the side of a building in the hayes valley and it shows caesar chavez and the farm workers tag. it was done by shepherd forry

who became famous for his obama hope poster in 2008. a woman accused in the torture and murder of a homeless man in golden gate park was arrested this week in arizona. police located the 19-year-old samantha rund strom in the town of flagstaff yesterday afternoon. san francisco police announced the arrest of 26-year-old michael grasso. he is the fourth person arrested in connection with the murder of the 66-year-old steven williams at alford lake on may 24th. court documents accused the suspects of attacking and beating the victim for more than three days before knocking him unconscious near the lake. two wildfires burning in monterey county are only 60 mile as apart, according to the cal fire chart. the hurst castle fire is now 39% contained up from 35% earlier today so there is progress and it has burned more than 63 square miles and destroyed 45

homes in san luis obispo and monterey county. 2400 people have been evacuated and the castle is still closed. the larger soberanes fire is 60% contained and that fire has been bushing for just over a -- burning over a month now south of carmel valley and 57 homes have been destroyed. local fire departments will get millions of dollars from sacramento to remove dead trees to reduce wildfire risks all across california. cal fire estimates there are about 70 million dead trees throughout the state. this year state budget includes $16 million in grants. local departments will decide which trees will get removed. >> we are most concerned over the dead trees near where people leave, near evacuation routes and power lines and infrastructure, that is our focus. we are not removing every dead free. our environmental benefits to these dead trees -- >> removing some dead trees will reduce greenhouse gases as well. a popular baby toy is under

recall because of a possible choking danger. >> the consumer product safety commission urges parents not to let kids play with them. >> michael finney is here with that story. >> this is a very popular toy, too, so people need to listen up. they are recalling 91,000 packages of building blocks for children. thankfully there are no reports of injuries, but 22 reports of detaching parts. the recall affects three toys including the alex toys baby builder blocks that come in a clear container with colorful plastic parts. the recall also affecting certain packages of first snaps building blocks and the first pops building toy, all have parts that could be pulled, snapped and twisted and they could detach and pose a choking hazard. i posted information on how to return them for a refund. you could find all of that information at abc7news.com. ford motor company is recalling 86,000 cars today because they could stall while

driving. ford said the fuel pumps could fail and that may prevent the cars from starting or they could stop while driving down the street. so far ford has no reports of injuries or accidents. it affects ford taurus, flex, lincoln marquee and mark s and all are from models years 2013 to 2015. ford of course is offering free repairs. if you have a headphone jack on your iphone and don't want apple to get rid of it, you have gained an in flewen shall ally. he is steve wozniak, who cofounded apple computer 40 years ago. he he said don't kill that jack. rumor has it apple wants to make the new iphone thinner so there might not be room for a headphone jack and users would have to use bluetooth headphones and he said it doesn't sound as good and he personally wouldn't use it. wozniak wouldn't use a apple

phone? >> wow! >> yikes! >> thanks, michael, very much. >> tomorrow oakland a's co-owner john fisher will discuss a water front property for a privately financed ballpark. located north of jack london square is owned by oakland and fisher is taking a bigger role in finding a home for the team which has played at the coliseum since 1968 and it could free up the site for a football only stadium for the rairds. the mayor is a vocal supporters of the location. hi there, everyone. a little warmer inland today. temperatures got up into the low 90s there. but that is not going to last. let me show you live doppler 7 hd. coast pretty socked in this afternoon. the fog is sitting there and going to stick around. right now the winds out of the northwest at 23 miles per hour. so a little breezy at sfo.

oakland -- 21 miles per hour. and a beautiful view from the sutro tower cam. our temperatures 60 in san francisco. oakland 67. you are in the low to mid-70s from mountain view to san jose. morgan hill 82 degrees and 57 in half moon bay. yesterday we talked about a little bit of haze in the atmosphere from the smoke around the state and this is a view from our emeryville camera and you could see how hazy it is looking towards downtown oakland. santa rosa and napa in the low 70s. 66 in petaluma. getting the breeze and that is why you are cooler. mid-80s concord and livermore and a live look from the east bay hills camera and you notice a marine layer is shallow and not going very far inland again tonight so foggy and drizzle in areas for the morning commute, mild to warm tomorrow and we do have a cooler pattern friday through the weekend. tomorrow morning, notice fog around. it is not going into the inland valleys but it will be around first thing in the morning with spotty drizzle. temperatures in the low to mid-60s in the coast and bay and

inland valleys up into the upper 50s. hour-by-hour forecast showing you what to expect. as i mentioned, some spotty drizzle at 5:00 a.m. notice the coverage of the fog and once again not going very far. at 7:00 a.m., as you get the kids ready for school, do keep in mind there will be low visibility from not just san francisco, but into the east bay and oakland and hayward and santa rosa, petaluma and san rafael and napa and at 11:00 the fog pulls away from the bayside communities. still sitting near the coast like today. tomorrow afternoon it will remain foggy at the beaches and inland areas seeing the sun and temperatures not changing a whole lot. if you like today, tomorrow you will love it. 83 in gilroy. 77 san jose. 75 sunnyvale. 69 in santa cruz. on the peninsula, low 70s from redwood south dakota. half moon bay 61. and 59 in daly city with the clouds lingering. downtown san francisco 64 degrees. and 78 santa rosa. mid-70s around san rafael,

vallejo and a nice day. in the east bay 67 berkeley, 68 oakland and 74 castro valley and fremont and head inland and still in the upper 90s around antioch. 90 degrees tomorrow. 83 san ramon. 86 in livermore. check out the average for san jose. into friday, upper 70s and we'll see the temperatures slide on sunday and monday down to the mid-70s and then they recover. accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll show you a wide range of temperatures tomorrow. we're looking at 60s to 90s, cool pattern setting up for friday going into the weekend. upper 50s to low 60s at our beaches. mid-80s inland. and so we'll remain below average through the weekend and the start of next week. it is cool, by august end, going into tuesday and wednesday, but really it is nice to have this change of pace because you both know, dan and kristen, in october, we'll have our warm-up again and it will get hot in the bay area. >> absolutely. >> exactly, it happens every year. >> thank you very much.

a train station takes shape and president obama's top transportation guy is in the bay area to witness it. that is next. and finding relief against chronic heart burn. new at 6:00, the new technique local doctors say is more effective than doctors an

the oil companies pollute our air. putting their... ...profits ahead of our kids' health. now they're trying to weaken california's clean air laws. i'm tom steyer. we've had a million kids get asthma.

we need to send the oil companies a message. tell your legislator to stand up to the oil companies and protect our clean air laws. don't let the oil companies put their profits... ...ahead of our kids. california students scored better on this year's state test but fewer than half met the college readiness goals. the new numbers show 49% of all students met english standars and 37% met math standars. students in san francisco and oakland showed modest improvement. to see how your child's school district fared, visit our website at abc7news.com. silicon valley elected leaders received a big endorsement for a local ballot measure aimed at extending the b.a.r.t. reach into the south bay. anthony foxx met with workers building the b.a.r.t. station in

san jose. b.a.r.t. hopes to open that station as early as next year. santa clara county voters will decide on measure b. in november. it calls for raising their sales taxes to bring b.a.r.t. closer to more homes and businesses. >> when you invest in transportation, you improve quality of life, this type of project is also going to be good for the environment because it is public transit and it also brings jobs. >> vta and b.a.r.t. hope to eventually connect the station to downtown san jose and the santa clara cal train station. it has been a record-setting day for veteran nasa astronaut. >> international space station commander jeffrey williams celebrated his 521st day in space. setting a u.s. record for most time spent in orbit. >> this is video of his blast-off back in march. he accumulated the year and a half in space over four missions. >> now just today he tweeted this beautiful view of the grand

canyon from up above and set to return to earth in two weeks. that is a great shot. big news in the search for life in our galaxy. another earth could be circling the star right next door to us. officials announced today they have detected a planet orbiting the stars goldilocks zone and that means it is not too hot, not too cold, goldilocks is just right. >> but water could exist. liquid water. and it is promising because at 4.2 light years away it could be a possible decades from now to reach the planet dubbed proximate ima b. and get a look at its surface but in space distance. >> but still we are not ready to make our reservations just yet for the trip. thousands of people took part and it comes to pay off for all of the hard work.

narrator: it wasn't that long ago. years of devastating cutbacks to our schools. 30,000 teachers laid off. class sizes increased. art and music programs cut. we can't ever go back. ryan ruelas: so vote yes on proposition 55. reagan duncan: prop 55 prevents 4 billion in new cuts to our schools. letty muñoz-gonzalez: simply by maintaining the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians. ryan ruelas: no new education cuts, and no new taxes. reagan duncan: vote yes on 55. sarah morgan: to help our children thrive.

coming up at 6:00, it was quite a deal three years ago, free laptops for everyone and tonight why two east bay schools don't allow them to take them home any more. and find out what san francisco building owners need to take care of by next month or else. >> and what is faster, talking or texting. see what happens when stanford research everts pitted 32 texters against speech recognition software. that is coming up in half an hour on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> and many of you teamed up with our abc family to fight aids and hiv this summer, and they shared with money you raised with local patients. >> and they helped present a $100,000 check today, that is a big check, at ucsf mission bay. >> and will benefit the san francisco general operation, ward 86 opened as the first hospital unit dedicated to

treating aids and hiv. >> world news is next. tonight, the race against time. the massive and deadly earthquake. our team on the scene in italy. the trapped. the children rescued. search teams talking to a woman through this tiny slice in the rubble. our chief foreign correspondent is there. >> that's a tornado. at this hour, the tornado emergency in this country. buildings destroyed. students hunkered down in classrooms late today. and we're also tracking a tropical system headed toward the u.s. that could become a hurricane. also tonight, american university under siege at this hour. attackers rushing in. students barricading themselves inside. martha raddatz standing by. donald trump turning up the heat on hillary clinton. but the trump team is asked, didn't donald trump donate to the clinton foundation himself? anne