and she did not deserve none of that. she didn't deserve none of that. >> raw emotion from the brother of a young pregt woman shot and killed in san pablo and now two people have been arrested. >> i'm date. >> and i'm larry beale. lucy ano darty turned himself in and another man was arrested overnight. their sufts in the shooting death of alicia mccoy and her unborn child. carolyn tyler talked with her brother and police. >> she did not deserve what she got. >> levi mccoy is mourning the

death of his sister after she collapsed on this san pablo street on monday night, shot in the chest. she was 7 months pregt with a baby girl who also died thxt morning after a long standoff at an apartment complex in vallejo, officers arrested a suspect. a 21-year-old, around 9:30 this morning, a man of interest turned himself into the police. >> we don't specifically want to get into the motives or the details behind what actually occurred. >> reporter: but family members tell us the men in custody are friends of the viekt who were called -- victim who were called to help after she got into an altercation after her ex-boyfriend's hope and more than one person opened fire. >> there was a report of disturbance but we want to make sure that we are categorizing

this appropriately. >> reporter: the commander said they have received more tips than usual about the case because she was pregnant. there was a special party planned for her this weekend. >> she was really excited about the baby shower. >> reporter: in san pablo, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. a man was shot and killed this morning. sky 7 was above the the scene near 10th. the victim died after being shot around 5:30 this morning and after reports of shots being fired, the victims name has not been released. a dangerous sex offender arrested yesterday made his first court appearance. david russell was sought by officers after police say he twice tried grabbing women and dragging them to his car and both fought him off e. did not enter a plea to nine felonies, including an attempted kidnapping to commit sexual assault charge. he was arrested in north san jose after sitss provided police

with tips. he is due back in court september 14th. >> antioch police and contra costa firefighters are looking for an arsonist in a perpetrator of a hate crime that left a faum and including four children unharmed and badly shaken. >> laura anthony is live at headquarters. >> reporter: the children involved in this case are ages 4 to 14 and they and three adults got out safely. but investigators here are saying this is not only a hate crime, it was attempted murder. >> she woke me up and said, mom, the house is on fire. >> she owns the house the object of a hate crime this morning. williams and her family and grandchildren awoke to popping sounds and flames. >> and my son and my daughter, we all got the water hoses to put the fire out. >> they saw this, a swastika and

racial slurs across the front of the house and on the side door all in blue paint. police are reviewing surveil an vid that shows a man lighting three molotov cocktails and throwing them on the home. >> the members of the department and this community are appalled and disgusted by this event. >> and we believe it was used an ignitable liquid similar to gasoline and extremely volatile. we're deployed in a way that the potential intent was to block any emergency egress by the occupants. >> and the son painted over the graffiti this morning. >> i feel i need to find who this person is to bring them to justice jr justice. >> reporter: the police say this is the first hate crime in their community in years. abc 7 news. police have arrested angel

gammero after he is accused of setting a second floor hotel room on fire. his wife was staying in the room and when she left he started the fire. he later threatened them with a knife. nobody was injured in the incident. two men face criminal charges after going on a rampage at fish and chips of sausalito. he became araged when they were told the restaurant was closing and they to take food to go. one person spit on the em employee and and that was just the beginning. >> they broke the tv screen and cut my manager and one of them ran behind the counter and pushed one of my employees and broke his cell phone. >> reporter: the owner estimates the damage to be worth $4,000 and police arrested a 35-year-old and a 59-year-old

man. they face assault and vandalism charges. police may still charge a third faum member. parts offarize own and and new mexico could see part of the tropical storm and bring rains to the southwestern u.s. and this is the only the time simth they've seen a tropical storm. one boat capsized and three others are missing. >> you are looking at our camera and we're experiencing a big difference in temperatures just from yesterday. here is a look from the walnut creek canyon, with a high of 94 degrees. and our mt. tam cam captured a blanket of haze. there is san francisco. out there in the distance. you could almost make it out. this is the 19th spare the air day this season.

had a t has been a hot and hazy day and we'll see improvement in air quality tomorrow and cooler conditions but right now let's check on today's heat and here is live doppler 7 and you could see the low clouds and fog at the coast and and that means a warm-up. this is a 24-hour temperature change. it is eight degrees warmer in oakland than at this time yesterday and 9 degrees warmner napa and 7 degrees warmer in san francisco and palo alto and it is quite warm to hot. highs so far, not yet the official final highs. 77 at half moon bay and 82 here in san francisco and 99 in go gilroy and 95 so far as novato and santa rosa, fairfield and antioch and warm into the evening hours. here is your evening planner. you'll find warm conditions until 10:00 tonight.

finally temperatures drop below 80 by 10:00 p.m. but even at md, we'll have temperatures in the upper 60s. but the cool weather is coming and clearer air is on the way. i'll have the forecast coming up later. thank you so much, spencer. well californians are keeping up water conservation efforts despite the lifting of the restrictions, but not as much as it had been. down 11% from last year. officials stress people are still using significantly less water than at the start of the five-year drought. the governor presented his case to an integrate largest electricity grid with other states and delivered the key note address at a symposium hosted in sacramento this morning. last month the governor delayed his proposal to merge cal iso and he said such a move was necessary to produce energy reduction in the west.

>> the imperative is greater efficiency, greater elegance intelligence in the way we use and produce electricity and the way we market it and the way it moves around the system. >> they believe sharing will reduce the number of renewable energy to make clean energy. for the first time in decades yosemite nashl park is expanding. they will add 400 acres. the skparngs expansion is along the wern side of the park and a nonprofit group bought the land from prief owners and donated. tiger woods will make his return to the pga right here in the bay area next month. he he plans the silverado in napa starting october 13th and he returning from multiple back surgeries and hasn't been able to compete on the pga tour and

the last event was the windham championship in august of last year where he finished tied for 10th. more sports news, warriors ticket holders against the sacramento kings and played at the sap center and the general publ could buy tomorrow afternoon and the first 10,000 will get a bobblehead features clay thops wearing a sharks uniform. coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00 -- >> it is the best iphone that we have ever created. >> aip's big announcement today and why the new iphone may be more notable for what is missing than what has been added. plus a home invasion in a dublin neighborhood and it is not the first time this neighborhood has been targeted. the bizarre connection. and a mini me version of the bay area bridge and where you

could find it coming up. and a life size version of the trx in san jose on the 101 and the noun bound is looking good as is

. kiss your ear buds good-bye. apple unveiled the iphone 7 today. >> it has some features, the new features, some people will like them. one change that will likely take some getting used to. abc 7 news jonathan bloom was at today's event. i see you are without your ear

buds. >> if you are like me, you have about eight pairs of these lying around and at least a few of them work just fine except on the new louder and brighter and shinier water-resistant iphone 7, there is no place to plug them in. the apple ceo tim cook wasn't the only person on stage. >> the father of mario -- >> reporter: a legend in the game world, he introduced super mario run. >> and pokemon go is coming to the watch. >> reporter: the craze continues: even under water. >> the series two is swim-proof. >> the faster and brighter apple watch is aimed at swimmers and runners, not like the first one. >> they had the gold version, that was like $17,000. they are really pushing it as a fashion accessory. and this time around it feels like they are releasing a fitness band that is a smart watch. >> and to use it you need an iphone, maybe this one. >> it is the best iphone that we

have ever created. this is iphone 7. >> it is available in a shiny black finish and a plus version with two cameras. >> tap it and it jumps to 2 x and now you are taking a picture with a telephoto lense. >> and the biggest question was this. the bottom of the phone has no headphone jack. and apple was proud to show of its solution to this little problem. >> a new product from apple called apple air-pods. >> they look like the ear-pods that you ha that you your old phone minus the cord. so if you are going for a run, these are probably going to fall out of your ear. >> reporter: but they are convenient and pair with your apple devices and just work. >> the air-pods deliver truly an apple magical experience. >> reporter: but here is where it gets tricky. the air pods don't come out into october and sold separately at $159 so when you get the phone, it will come with a pair of

these old things, redesigned with that same lightning connector that is ott charger cable, plus an adaptor for your other analog headphones. >> i'm trying to keep track -- how am i going to keep track of those tiny buds. >> $159 slows me down on the ear-pods. >> so if we are setting our calendar, remind us when you could get the phone. >> you could preorder the watch and the phone this friday the 9th which means midnight at 12:01 a.m. on thursday and they ship a week later on the 16th. the software rolls out on the 13th and that is a free upgrade for existing iphones if you are brave and want to be among the first. >> all right -- i don't. i'm a late adopter. how much do they cost. >> it is 649 for the 7 and $769 a month for the plus and if you finance it. but if you want the shiny jet black and here is the asterisk and that is only available with

models with more storage so it will cost you $100 more. >> so i could get the new phone and use regular headphones with the cord? >> right. but the lightning -- >> it has the lightning cable adaptor. >> jonathan, we'll be swinging by to explain it all. >> for a personal tutorial. as you might expect, a lot of reaction on social media concerning the new iphone 7. >> kristen zse is here with a sample. >> a lot of reaction. the biggest over the new wireless earphones called air-pods. some jokes are over the name. josh groban tweets this air bud with the caption air pods, i guess another name was taken. and how they could be lost and this one shows a skeletal x-ray where you can't find your air pods anywhere and this mock invention introducing pod-straps, to keep these dumb things on your head. now to be fair, some people are okay saying good-bye to the

headphone jack. rower andrew campbell tweets, air pods look sleek and clunky and easy trade for water resistance and that is important to a rower. and zachary smith likes the camera. and tweets this, take my money gift with the caption two 12 and i created a poll this afternoon and let's see what abc 7 news viewers are saying. well 25% of you say take my money. 21% say let me think about it and 51% say -- nah. there you have it. thanks to those of you who responded. appreciate your opinions and your opinions, larry and ama. >> thanks, kristen. i guess the cord won't get tangled. that is a plus. >> that is the upside of it. because you are reaching in your being and it has 18 notes in it and you don't deal with that and the big winner is nah -- 54%. >> we have a gallery of pictures and more reaction from today's

event on our news app. we also live blogged the event as it happened. you could be the first to know when news breaks by downloading the abc 7 news app, free for apple and android devices. the new bay area bridge is getting a mini me in san francisco. construction is well under way on a bus overpass that will connect the transbay transit center to the bay bridge. you could see a tower above the overpass as it crossed the street. officials are calling it a mini bridge. a artist rendering shows what it will look like. the white tower will split the roadway just like the eastern span of the bay bridge and it will be used by transit buses. >> that looks cool. speaking of cool. we could use some today, spencer christian. >> oh, my god, what a hot day. mid to upper 90s in many inland locations. 82 degrees here in the city. 82 in san francisco, the air feels hot. here is a look at live doppler 7. we have a little hint of some

low clouds trying to return to the coastline. but it is basically sunny from coast to inland right now and still quite warm as you will soon seen and here is a live view from the rooftop camera over the embarcadero and across the bay, under blue skies, it is warm, 77 in san francisco, 85 in oakland, 88 at mountain view, 90 at san jose and 93 in morgan hill and 64 at half moon bay. this is the view from the sutro tower camera and looking northward and haze with blue skies. 94 degrees in napa and santa rosa and 95 in novato and 96 in fairfield and 96 in livermore. and you could see the making of the far off low clouds working back to the coastline. these are the forecast features. cooler pattern begins tomorrow. good news. as the heat eases air quality improves and that is further good news and further cooling next week. it will feel autumn-like next week. overnight we see the return of some low clouds, not along the

entire coastline. low temperatures right around 60 in most spots so pretty mild overnight but a little cooler in the north bay valleys where napa and santa rosa see temperatures dropping into the low 50s. here is a forecast animation and seeing the surge tomorrow of low clouds back to the coast. but it won't occur until tomorrow. it is going to be pretty clear overnight as i just indicated. and if you are looking at your day tomorrow, trying to plan some activities in the morning, get out for a run or walk the dog and get out of the house, it is mild and mostly sunny at 7:00 a.m. temperatures in the low 60s. we'll see temperatures warming to upper 60s to 70s from the bay to inland by noon and up to about 90 in the warmest spots but even that will be five to 15 degrees below the highs we had today. and then at sunset, 7:27 tomorrow, still about 88 degrees in the warmest inland spots. mid-60s at coast, 70s around the bay and up to 90 in antioch and here is the accuweather

seven-day forecast. cooling down tomorrow and holding at a steady pattern through saturday up to maybe about 90 inland for the next three days. upper 70s to near 80 around the bay and low 60s on the coast and early next week and by next tuesday wee see highs inland reaching into the 70s. it will feel like a fall preview. nice weather coming our way. >> that will be nice. >> thank you, spencer. a piece of hollywood history is up for grabs. the iconic marilyn monroe dress. and colin kaepernick jerseys are selling like crazy and what he plans to do with what he makes from the sales. and taking a live look at the san rafael traffic, the northbound traffic is coming ford us and

a piece of marilyn monroe history is head fog the auction block. the gown during her breathless rendition of happy birthday to jfk she wore it at the 45th birthday celebration in 1962 and she died just three months later of an overdose of sleeping pills. that dress was last sold in 1999 for $1.26 million. it is expected to go for as much as $3 million in november. are you ready to rumba? the celebrity "dancing with the stars" showed off some of the moves this morning on "good morning america." ♪ >> the star dancers shared hopes and plans with gma as they prepare for the 23rd season of dancing with the stars. one contestant laurie hernanez got a survive visit from

teammate simone biles. >> it is weird because i've known her for so long but every time i see her commercial, i'm a fan. >> the cast includes amber roesz and calvin johnson jr. and mary lou henna and rick perry and vanilla ice. nice. well the new season premieres on monday at a special time at 5:00 p.m. here on nbc 6. and the reason it is on early. it because the 49ers regular season game here on abc 7 at 7:00. the espn monday night football kicks off here on abc 7. and speaking of the niners, colin kaepernick is thanking fans because sales of his jersey have sky rocketed since his national anthem protest. he posted a collage on instagram saying he didn't expect his number 7 jersey to become a top seller. he said he will donate all of the proceeds that he receives from jersey sales to community groups. now you'll hear lots more from kap coming up at 5:00.

roger goodell reacting to kaepernick's decision not to stand for the anthem. goodell said he disagrees with the choice but recognizes the quarterback's right to protest. coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, a home invasion in dublin and now police are trying to figure out if these thieves have struck before. and i have about 100 mosquitos straight from florida. >> a jar of 100 mosquitos brought on to the house floor. the plea for money from lawmakers to stop zika. and cleaning up drake's bay. the acres of debris left over after the oyster farm was shut after the oyster farm was shut down and what is being (music plays from one way or another )♪♪ ♪ i'm gonna find y♪ i'm gonna getcha ♪ ♪ getcha getcha getcha ♪ one way or another ♪ ♪ i'm gonna win ya ♪ i'm gonna getcha ♪ ♪ getcha getcha getcha ♪ one way or another ♪ ♪ i'm gonna see ya ♪

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professor. a tweet from mexico where a storm made landfall as it churned toward the u.s. and dublin police are looking for suspects in a brazen home invasion robbery. four masks men and two with guns followed a woman and her three children into their home. it happened not far from another high-profile home invasion. melanie woodrow is live in dubly with the story. melanie? >> reporter: an investigator on this home invasion remembers hearing on the news about a similar incident that happened last week in fremont. as law enforcement investigates the possibility of a connection between those incidents, some people with wondering whether the latest home invasion in dublin could be related to a high profile one that happened on this street last year. investigators with dub plin police believe this is the getaway vehicle a white infinite with paper plates on it. four masked man followed a woman and her three children in through her garage on sunday night, two of the men armed.

the lieutenant said the men were calm and organized and methodical and even plight to the -- even polite to the victims. >> it is unusual and they are going in with numbers and they are armed. >> one of the suspect watched the vikes and the others ransacked the home and getting away with handbags and cash. >> it is scary, if they could do that to them, they could do it to anybody. >> they are looking at similar incidents in the area. >> they released this video to the media last wreak and you would see masked men creeping through a home and one exposes his face and residents were not home at the time. a investigator remembered seeing the story. >> we watch the news, too. >> the home invasion is not the first on north terrace drive to make the news. matthew mueller pleaded no contest to a home invasion here in june of 2015 when he left his cell phone behind investigators linked him to the kidnapping of denise hos kins which they had called a hoax. in a alleged manifesto he said

he worked with a group f professional thieves and this attorney represents hoskins and grooun. >> you don't know whether it is true. my clients just want and have always wanted a full investigation. >> reporter: fox said investigators, including the ones who worked the dublin home invasion last year, do not believe there is a connection. >> it hasn't been written off but it has been discussed and not something we are looking into right now. >> reporter: as law enforcement agencies from multiple cities compare notes, residents are on edge. abc 7 news. the faa is investigating a collision between two sing single-engine pla single-engine planes in carol county this morning that killed three people. both planes were landing at the airport at the time of the collision. the airport has no control tower. a student pilot was at the controls of one of the planes. on to politics. your voice and your vote.

62 days until election day. more accusations flying on the campaign trail. karen traverse with the latest on the presidential race. >> reporter: trump said these three words are the center of his foreign policy. >> peace through strength. >> reporter: and they are dominating the campaign trail this weekend. in philadelphia, trump pledging more funding for the military. >> i will ask congress to eliminate the sequester and we'll rebuild our military. it is so depleted. we will rebuild our military. >> reporter: and trup got specific. calling for increasing army by 70,000 soldiers, adding 75 navy ships and more air force aircraft. how will he pay for it? on that, he was vague. >> i will ask that savings be accomplished through common sense reforms that eliminate government waste and budget gimmic gimmicks. >> reporter: clinton is off the trail today but got an assist from her husband.

the former president slammed trump over an improve $25,000 campaign donation. his charity made to florida attorney general pam bondi just days after his office said it was considering joining a lawsuit against trump university. >> i saw where her opponent attacked my foundation. i think that is because he knew they were about to report that he uses foundation to give money to your attorney general. but that is not legal. >> reporter: tonight both hillary clinton and donald trump participating in a forum on national security. on the same stage, but not at the same time. karen traverse, abc news, washington. and a rare move by the dallas morning news. the paper today officially endorsed hillary clinton for president. this is the first time it has recommended a democrat for america's highest office since before world war ii. the morning news said clinton is the one serious candidate on a presidential ballot. as for trump, the paper said his

values are hostile to conservatism and he plays on fear, exploding base instincts of xenophobia and racism and misogyny. and today democrats led by nancy pelosi accused republicans of playing politics with zika funding after democrats blocked a billion dollars gop funding bill because it contains a provision stripping money from planted parenthood. and they say it is time for republicans to put politics aside. >> the cdc director said the coverage is bare. basically, we are out of money. we need congress to act. >> senate majority leader mitch mcconnell blamed democrats saying there is no excuse not to pass the bill. zika funding is a political football for months. earlier this year republicans rejected the president's call for $1.9 billion to fight the virus. well it was among the most memorable landings in the history of flying.

>> we landed in the hudson. >> and now danville resident sully sullenberger miracle on the hudson is coming to the big screen. we'll take you to last night's premiere. >> and ask finney is still ahead. just post questions with the hashtag ask finney and i'll answer your questions right here live in just a few minutes. i'm spencer from our east bay hills camera, we could still see haze in the air and still heat lingering inland but neither will last much longer. i'll have the accuweather forecast

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the u.s. airways pilot and danville resident sully sullenberger stepped back into the spotlight for the new york city premiere of sully. it depicted the miracle on the hudson that he successfully landed a crippled plane on the river. it is directed by clint eastwood portraying him is tom hanks who said the film is more than just the heroic landing and explores the aftermath that he faced after ditching his plane in the hudson. >> i think like everybody, he was a hero and that is it, act one, all over, but what he went through for the rest of the year was i appreciated atmosphere. >> it is surreal. almost an out of body experience to see someone else on screen portraying me, very accurately, i think. >> sully premieres in theaters

nationwide on friday. as you know, most of your today's heat was in our inland areas. here is live doppler 7 hd and it is warm and free of coastal clouds but by san francisco standards it was warm here in the city. with a high of 82. compared with the normal high or the average high of 70 for this date, this is the warmest day in san francisco since may 17th of this year. that is 113 days ago. and here is a look at how temperatures will tumble in san francisco during the evening hours, going from 74 degrees at 6:00 p.m. down to 70 at 7:00 p.m. and down into the low 60s and during the overnight we'll see a low in the city bottoming off in the upper 50s. so it will be mild here even as the day starts tomorrow. speaking of tomorrow, we'll have fog back at the coast tomorrow. it will be mainly sunny over the bay and inland. high temperatures tomorrow will range from mid-60s here at the coast to low 70s around the bay. to 80s inland. maybe up to about 90 in antioch. but we will not see anything or probably not see any

temperatures in the bay area above 90 degrees tomorrow. the cooling has begun. or will soon begin. >> we look forward to that. spa thanks, spencer. and the new technique to help police solve crimes an the bay area scientists who are behind it. and i'm seven on your side michael finney, protecting your privacy online. could you get your information pulled from people's search

and we want to thank you for following us on twitter at abc 7 news bay area. we have reached a milestone. 300,000 followers. so thanks to all of our followers for letting us bring you news where you live. oakland's mayor and at&t are teaming up this month to make sure school kids start with the support they need for success. at&t is giving $400,000 to four oakland nonprofit organizations as part of the september giving campaign. one of the recipients is the hidden genius project, an organization that connected underserved young black males with entrepreneurs and people in the tech sector. >> it is important to make sure that we can support our young people and the families and

residents here to continue to develop and grow and learn and earn and be able to thrive and stay in oakland. >> the other organizations that received the grants include black girls code, art works for change and the peralta colleges foundation. it is time now for ask finney. michael finney is answering questions sent to him via facebook and twitter and e-mail and the first from brenda h. who asked on facebook, are property owners supposed to disclose bad items to their property to their renters. >> it is not the same as selling a home but it is close. is there mold, and do you allow smoking and oddly enough if someone has died in the unit or maybe even in the entire complex in the last three years, you have to disclose that, too. >> susan h. e-mails is there any way to get removed from people search websites like spokeo. >> you could.

there is no clearing house. you have to go from one to another and do all of them and they have a opt out and spokeo has an opt out and it is easy and you go to it and type in your information at the bottom of the page and there is an opt out button and you push that and continue on. sounds complicated. i'll put some stuff on our website so you could get right to it but you have to go from each one to each one. >> individually. >> yeah. >> cindy r. e-mailed when is the best time to buy a car to get the best deal. is it before the new models come out and if so, when is that. >> that is a good time. but the time isn't specific any more. back when i was a kid, it was october all of the new cars rolled out so september and october is when the deals were. and now the new cars go out all year long. so when you are looking for a car, last year's model, even if that is still in this model year, then that is what you want. and end of the month is good. and when you actually check out the labor day and memorial day sales for cars, excellent time to buy. another time, when they say they

are having a sale. this is odd, but we did research on this, how you could kind of go is it really a sale? it is with cars. >> nice. good to know. >> and that is a good time to buy. >> thank you, michael. well bay area researchers say they've developed a new technique that could crack unsolved crimes or even answer mysteries from centuries ago. scientists at the lab have developed the first ever bio logical identification method that exploits information encoded in proteins in human hair. they say the biological signature of hair is so unique it could eventually identify a person from the entire population of the world. tonight at 6:00, the inventor explains how this process is different from dna and a potential crime-solving game-changer. in today's wellness report, alzheimer's could be linked to pollution. >> and there is a new trendy vegetable. here is jane king. >> toxic nano particles from air pollution have been discovered in the human brains of

alzheimer's patients. in abundant quantities. the new report from lancaster university said the particles were detected in the patients. it does not prove that pollution causes alzheimer's but it does give a reason to do more research on the subject. green giant making a big bet on the the cauliflower ride and from shoppers switching out potatoes for cauliflower rice and now trader joe's is selling out. taylor farms tells the associated press that sales rose 13% last year. the number of americans on a gluten free diet tripled in five years. the daily journal said the cases of celiac disease have not grown, it quotes doctors that say that gluten free diets are a trendy way to address gastroin testal problems. and starbucks, the maker of equal, that have reached a deal to put their packets in 9,000

cavies. it is a mixture of plant based monk fruit. from nasdaq, i'm jane king, here is your health. an amazing discovery on an australian beach. a woman stumbled across what experts believe to be 130 million-year-old dinosaur footprints. >> whoa! >> yes. whoa, indeed. a scientist said the tracks have been hidden under the sand and surf and they believe it belonged to a medium sized carnivore. and the dramatic yosemite couple. they have been identified. the man who took the picture told abc 7 news he spoke with the bride yesterday and said she is happy about the photo and loves that it has become so popular. although, she hadn't been aware of how big it had become. we've posted the photo on our instagram page. check it out. and follow us to get great pictures like this every day. >> once in a life-time shot.

>> sure. abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. up next, a return to nature. >> the public does not have any kind of access to this ever and they'll have that access. >> the former home of the drake's bay oyster farm is transformed to wilderness and we'll show you what it looks like coming up. and kristen zse has a look at what is coming up. >> school versus school. why a few square blocks has become ground zero in an education fight in contra costa county. plus hewlett-packard and have they really reached an $8 billion deal. and a mill with the message. the painting that is more than just art. these stories and more when i join larry for abc 7 news at 5:00. when it happens when you live -- the abc 7 news team covers your neighborhood. >> here in walnut creek. >> live in morgan hill. >> your story.

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here is tonight's prime time lineup on abc 7. back to back episodes of the goldbergs start at 8:00, followed by modern family and black-ish. and then modern family and then abc 7 news at 11:00. an update to what had been the closer of the drake's oyster bay company. we are live with a closer look at the natural parks service restoration process. wayne. >> reporter: good afternoon. we could call it a show and tell or a turn back the clock day, any way you want to look at it, let's show you video right now. this is the same body of water where for 40 years the drake's

bay oyster company found oysters until after a fight. the parkez service did not renew the lease and they showed off how they will remove acres of wooden oyster wax from beneath the surface and talked about the benefits. >> there is no public access in here. it was incredibly limited to a small stretch. >> the closure is still a sore subject among many locals including one who owns and runs the restaurant and not everyone trusted the national park service but with this loss, the national park service is talking about gains. and natural environment they say, that will not exactly be what we saw eons ago but will mimic it. this part of the work will last until february and then we'll see what the tides bring in and we'll note this project is costing roughly $4 million. $2 million of that come from a private foundation.

more on this at 6:00. in the meantime, live from marin county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. the colorado mine that spilled 3 million gallons of contaminated wastewater last year has now been declared a federal super-fund site. today's action by the epa cleared the way for a mult million dollar clean-up for the mine and nearby mining related sites. a clean-up crew triggered the disaster at the inactive mine in august of last year. tainting rivers in colorado, new mexico and utah with toxic chemicals. strange sounds are coming from a planet far, far away. no, that is not darth vader. nasa said the sound was a plaza wave radio outburst coming from jupiter's southern aurora. we showed the you pictures yesterday but we're just now hearing the sound. the pictures and sound were captured but nasa juneau

spacecraft. that will do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. thank you for joining us. abc 7 news at 5:00 begins now with kristen and larry. more than anybody, i don't deserve this. >> an east bay mother said she wants justice after an attack on her home. her family was beyond lucky to escape. a professor at san jose state caught in a sexual harassment scandal and some say the school's response is troubling. plus the raising of red flags and also big bucks. a blue swastika painted on a door and a rain gutter charred from a fire, a fire officials say that could have killed the family inside. >> the manner in which this fire was set had definitely deadly potential. >> a family, including four children, is unharmed but they

are badly shaken after a graphic hate crime. good evening, i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen zse. and now contra costa fire investigators say the fire was deliberately set and they are looking for an arsonist. laura anthony is live at antioch police headquarters with the latest. laura? >> reporter: kristen, police don't know yet exactly why this particular family was targeted. they are hoping that some home security video leads them to one or more suspects. >> we saw him light three bottles right there on the sidewalk and proceed to throw them at the house. >> reporter: there was a hate crime captured on home surveillance system and defaced her house and forced the family to run for their lives. >> she woke me up and said the house is on fire and my son and my daughter, we all got the water hoses and everything to put the fire out. >> i looked out my front window

and i saw the commotion in the driveway of the occupants trying to get out of the house with all of the kids an then i saw the flame in the front yard. >> reporter: once the family was out safely, they saw this. a swastika and racial slurs across the front of the house and on the side door all in blue paint. >> we're disgusting and appalled somebody would do this to a family in our community. and we are going to do our best to bring them to justice. >> several devices were deployed against the front of the house, near the front door and near the second story bedrooms and at the garage door and again had very serious potential. fortunately the residents awoke quickly -- >> reporter: no one was hurt and the home had minor damage. as for the offensive graffiti, williams son painted it over this morning. >> the fact that my neighborhood is a beautiful neighborhood and it looks like it does right now. >> reporter: antioch police say this is the first hate crime in their city in years. laura anthony, abc 7 news. we have