we would like to announce that jasmine is free. celeste gaup that you heard of exists no more. >> the young woman at the center of the police scandal that's reached seven departments across the bay area was released from a florida jail today, and their lawyers came out swinging. good afternoon, everyone. >> the lawyers made it clear that the 19-year-old who used to call herself celeste gaup will go by her real name. >> she spent the last 16 days in a florida jail after biting a worker at the treasure coast recovery center, and today she pled no contest to a reduced charge of misdemeanor battery and is heading home. >> reporter: her lawyers

criticized the police department for sending her across the country. seven officers now face charges, two of them for sexual activity when she was underage. >> and i will represent to you that this child has been kidnapped. she has been placed in fear of her life. she has been held against her will in multiple locations in the bay area, so whether or not somebody gave her a dollar or a dime is irrelevant. the fact that she is alive today is a miracle. she's going home. any other questions. >> her attorneys are pushing for more overs to be charged and are preparing a civil lawsuit. >> abc 7 news i-team reporter, you've been following this story for months, dan, and you've been in communication with jasmine repeatedly. who do the attorneys plan on suing, first of all? >> you start with the seven officers who have been charged now criminally, two charged with having contact with her underage. she told me all along that she's been involved with more than 30 officers so those are targets and then as thai supervisors who

may have known about what was happening and did nothing. >> her lawyers mention that had she wanted to leave her old life behind, become a veterinarian and even downplayed her drug use. i mean, how big of a problem is this really? >> they did in the news conference and sapd she's not an addict. got to tell you from personal experience she has shared her drug use and has told me about her drug use and shown me what she uses. if the this is ignored, it could just be problems in the future and for her sake i really hope they don't downplay that drug use and they take care of it because it's a serious issue. >> one of the attorneys mentioned jasmine has been receiving death threats. what do we know about that? what do you know? >> news to us. clearly getting a lot of heat on social media and still refuses to take down her social media on facebook, instagram and the others. getting a lot of really aggressive comments, but in terms of death threats that's new to us, and that's something that will definitely watch out for in the future. >> more news conferences planned, right? >> headed back tonight on an

airplane from florida and plan on a news conference tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. in oakland. clearly this, legal team is the kind to go out there and really push the point in a public way in these news conferences. >> right. >> this is very far from over. >> absolutely. >> thank you, dan. >> all right. we sent out a push alert on the abc 7 news app just as soon as the woman who was known as celeste and is now going by jasmine was released from jail. we have parts of today's news conference posted on the app. you can download it to get the late breaking news any time. a bay area church was targeted by thieves, but these thieves didn't work in the dark. >> instead, somebody stole thousand of dollars right out of the donation baskets at the cornerstone community church in palo alto. abc 7 news reporter vic lee is there live with all the details. vic? >> reporter: well, the unthinkable did happen here at this asian baptist church. now, the pastor declined to comment, and the police, they really don't have much to go on. they do have a general

description of the man they think stole the money, but since nobody actually saw him steal the money, he's not a suspect, just a person of interest. whomever he may be. it was just before noon, right after a sunday service here at the cornerstone community church. the collection baskets filled with cash and checks were placed on a table in front of the pews. palo alto police agent marco estrada. >> while pastor was talking to some of the folks that normally attend the church, someone took, stole the money they had collected during the mass. >> just how much money? >> it's estimated between $8,000 and $10,000 were taken. >> reporter: the pastor told police a stranger approached him while he was chatting with parish next and he asked. >> was this thelast service and

the pastor said it was the last service of the day. >> reporter: minutes later the money was missing from the collection baskets. >> $10,000, oh, my. >> reporter: folks at this nearby park were stunned, both by the amount of money taken and the fact that someone would actually steal from a church. >> stealing from the church is in my -- in my opinion, i'd be scared. i fear the lord myself, so -- >> it's a say credit place where you come to pray and someone just come with a different heart intention. it's unbelievable. >> reporter: unbelievable, some would say outrageous. vic lee. abc 7 news >> a 100-year-old san francisco woman cause in a housing showdown is now hospitalized just before show was set to be evicted. iris canada has been fighting to stay in her home of more than 50 years in the western edition neighborhood. she was hospitalized yesterday after seeing the sheriff's

notice warning she would be locked out of her home today. last month a judge sided with building orders after finding canada failed to pay court-order attorney fees. >> on this wednesday saw a little bit of a bump in temperatures this afternoon thanks to sunny skies and a light wind creating warmer temperatures. outside look from the tower camera showing you we have perfect visibility of the golden bridge in the background and nothing but clear bay waters as far as the eye can see. the big story is the bump in temperatures. 24-hour temperature charges especially in the north bay and our inland towns. anywhere from 3 to almost 10 degrees warmer right now than we were this time yesterday. so live doppler 7 part of the reason why. live doppler 7 giving you nothing but a clear scan out there. the marine layer, take a look at this, about 70 miles away from the coast, so that means we're in store for a pretty nice evening on tap. so the next six hours or so,

sunny skies early on. your sun is going to go down about 7:18 this evening and plenty of stars, look at that. your coastal fog not even returning until close to midnight tonight so enjoy the evening that. marine layer returning means we'll have a wide range in temperatures on our way for thursday. we'll have that in the five-day forecast coming up. >> hazardous material spill and crews are cleaning up hydrochloric acid and chlorine. the chemicals fell off a pickup around 8:30. authorities closed the street and order 20 residents to shelter in place. two people suffered minor injuries in that crash. and a frightening warning for a driver in san francisco began around 3:00 a.m. with a carjacking at 24th avenue and geary boulevard and ended in a crash near at&t park. nbc news 7 report amy hollyfield. >> reporter: this is what it looked like after being stolen and ratsd away from police and

crashed at second and king. it was a sight people living in the area couldn't believe. >> i don't think i've ever seen a car beaten up like that in my life. >> reporter: people say there were three people inside the car, all wanted for stealing the car. >> two of the suspects stayed within the vehicle and one of them bailed out of the vehicles and there was a short foot pursuit. officers were able to detain that subject and make an arrest on all three suspects. >> reporter: it started after 3:00 this morning in san francisco's richmond district at geary and 25th avenue. police say three men walked up to a man who was standing outside his car. >> at which point they indicated that they had a firearm and took his car. >> police found the car, tried to do a traffic stop but the driver took off. police pursued the car until it crashed here next to at&t park. the wreckage forced the shutdown of southbound and embarcadero at townsend street until 7:30 this morning. >> normally a safe area, and you

never see anything like this. it's always very quiet at night. you don't really hear any commotion and never expect anything scary like this to happen. hopefully no one was hurt >> reporter: three people inside that car were taken to the hospital to be checked out. they are expected to be okay. police say the three men, the suspects, are all in their 20s. san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. abc 7 news was outside bank of america building in san francisco this morning where a window on the 11th floor somehow broke sending glass raining down on to the street below. workers had to close one lane to clean under the mess. no word of any injuries. we've contacted the building to try to find out why that window shattered. >> the wells fargo fake account scandal is now a federal case. the san francisco-based bank was hit with a $185 million fine last week for opening accounts without the knowledge of its customers. the "wall street journal" reports federal prosecutors have launched an investigation.

it's being conducted by two u.s. attorney's officers, one who covers the bay area and the other in new york. coming up on "abc 7 news at 4:00," check this out, a car on fire and the owner blames it all on his samsung note 7. >> the best we've ever created. >> apple ceo tim cook talking about the pros and the cons of the new inope 7. >> i'm thrilled to announce that knife super schools there will be ten super schools. >> big money is coming to some very lucky schools right here in the bay area. the donation to help create the next american high school. baas taking a look at traffic right now. a live look at 410:00 in the afternoon. this is the skyway in downtown san francisco, and keep in mind we've got a giants game that just ended so there's gridlock throughout the city, and we've got very slow moving car

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one way or another ♪ ♪ i'm gonna see ya ♪ (inhales cigarette) the new iphone 7 is set to be released this week. people will get their hands on the first phones friday. "good morning america's" robin roberts sat down with apple ceo tim cook to discuss a variety of topics, including the new iphone and the notorious air pods. >> iphone 7. >> iphone 7. >> okay. >> so what sets this one apart? >> this is best iphone we've ever created. the photo quality is absolutely stunning and killer. now in addition to that, battery

life is longer. the performance of the iphone is killer. we now have stereo speakers in here. >> you know some folks are like there is something that's missing. >> the earphone jack and people have been critical of that. you said it's been courageous. what did you mean by that. >> wireless is the future, so when you decide on what the future is, you want to get there as soon as you can. now why is too important for the consumer? well, that plug, that jack takes up a lot of space in the phone, and there's a lot of more important things we can provide for the consumer than the jack. we can provide a larger battery. the stereo speakers were enabled because the jack is not there anymore. >> if we can go back to the air pods for a moment. >> yeah. >> that's a big deal, oh, people are fearful that thing is going to fall out, am i going to lose them, howley find snem. >> you know, there's a little case that you put the ear bods in.

magnetically, they are sort of sucked down into the case. it's a great place to both charge them and keep them. i've been wearing them for a while, and because they don't have wires on them, the wires tend to help the ear bud to fall out, right, back it applies weight on those, by snipping the wires, i have never personally had one fall out. >> let me see those. >> yeah. you've got to see this. >> let me see these suckers. >> got to see this. >> try it out. try it out. >> okay. >> i've been on tread mills, walking, you know, doing all the things -- dancing, twerking? >> yeah. >> can i hear something. >> oh, you can. >> one republic. >> let me put on some tunes here. >> i like this. >> robin roberts trying those how the. good news for apple stockholders, too. apple gained almost four points today closing at just over 111. >> unfortunately, it's happened again. another fire that's being blamed

on samsung's flagship smartphone. >> this time a driver in florida barely escaped injury. abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with the video. >> check out this picture in our nbc 7 news tweet. the explosion happened last night in florida. listen to the stunned witness. >> be careful, guys. this is what can happen. >> oh, my god. >> witness sharon cain is a nurse and she stopped to help and the driver is okay. the driver says his galaxy note 7 exploes proceeded in the passenger seat while he was charging t.investigators are still looking into it. this makes it at least the 18th explosion or fire in the u.s. involving the note 7. as of september 1st, a florida man says he left his notebook and known to charge and his cheap cherokee when it exploded on his driveway and this 6-year-old boy in new york suffered second-degree burns

when the samsung phone he was watching videos on exploded. the faa is telling air travelers to power off their note 7 while in flight and the u.s. government is moipoised to issu recall soon. the company says this should cut the fire risk by 60%. the update will be released first in south korea. no timeline yet for the u.s. >> thank you. muni riders will rejoice at this news. cell phone service is come to the muni subway. transit officials made the announcement. muni will add on to b.a.r.t.'s existing underground cell phone service this. does not include wi-fi. expanding the cellular network will cost nearly $6 million, but muni will not pay a cents of it. cellular companies will be picking up the tab. >> it won't cost us anything. it won't impact our operating or capital budget. it won't detract from the core work that we need to do. there is a potential that will actually generate some revenue

for us. >> muni may actually make some money on this deal, and that's because carriers will pay an annual fee to provide service as a benefit to their customers. getting cellular service connected will take 12 to 18 months. >> uber's fleet of self-driving cars is officially on the road. the pilot program began today in pittsburgh, pennsylvania, a joint venture between uber and carnegie-mellon university. at this point passengers are not riding alone. uber has human co-pilots along for the ride to help in trick situations or just in case the technology fails. many experts predict it will be decades before fully driverless vehicles hit the road under any conditions. >> all right. let's turn to our forecast now and meteorologist drew tuma is here. i didn't realize this, apparently beard weather. >> just getting my face ready for the fall. we're warming up, not cooling down. we'll prepare for a little bit

more summer over the weekend. live doppler showing us it's a really nice picture and no fog over the bay area. that's well out to sea, and it will stay out there until around midnight tonight. had a live look from our emoriville camera showing not had a cloud to be seen. we're soaked in sunshine and really just a gorgeous september afternoon we have at hand. take a look at our temperatures right now. really comfortable. san francisco, you're currently at 68 degrees. we're at 75 in petaluma and 77 in napa and danville 78 and san jose very comfortable right now checking in in the upper 70s. overnight tonight, the big story, that nothing is going to hold off until well after midnight. a couple of cool spots in the north bay and upper 40s and elsewhere most spots will hold in the low to mid-50s overnight. hour by hour, watch the time stamp over here. 11:00 tonight. just beginning to see that fog gather right along the coast. it's not until after midnight. here goes that fog pushing into the bay and it won't be too expansive. we'll zoom on in and show you the fog and right over oakland and, of course, over san francisco and that's really about the extent right along the

immediate bay waefrmts as we head into the mid-morning hours, very typical pattern of burning off at the coast and away from the coast on your thursday afternoon. a really nice day again and warming temperatures in our inland locations. take a look at what the the day planner is hour by hour. nothing around the bay and the coast. by noon, most sports are seeing sunshine except the coast. nice for september. by 4:00 we'll see temperatures probably four or five degrees warmer and by 7:00 we'll see the sun go down at 18 minutes past seven. highs across the region on your thursday really comfortable. you'll notice a touch cooler along the coast with the return of the fog. 46 in san francisco and 60 half moon bay and 38 in concord and up to 86 in antioch and san jose up to 79 degrees. we'll take you into san jose. just want to show you the temperature trend for the week ahead. you'll notice it's a gradual warming trend. as we head into the weekend and early next week, that's when temperatures are going to peak across the region. we'll go to the mid-80s in san jose. inland spots are going into the

mid-90s. accuweather seven-day forecast. coastal clouds on the way for thursday. by friday it's sunshine for most away from the coast with a seasonal pattern saturday. we're turning warmer saturday and that's the day it's hot inland and warm around parts of the bay. we're going to the low 80s and cooling off tuesday and wednesday, you like it hospital monday is going to be your day. >> that's very hot for beard forecast. >> i'll be in the ac. that's where this beard will be. >> thanks a lot. coming up, big day for indy fans from the south bay. what some. racy world's top drivers are in san jose. and the value of the oakland

we have breaking news to tell you about out of the south bay. this is sky 7 over police activity in san jose along st. theresa boulevard in south san jose south of the 101 and 85 interchanges.

now a source familiar with the investigation tells abc 7 news an officer's pant leg was grazed by some sort of bullet or pellet. you can see an officer speaking to someone there. >> looks like he has handcuffs on. >> they have taken a person into custody. it's not clear if that's in connection though with this incident. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen is at the scene and is gathering information and will have a live report on "abc 7 news at 5:00. ". the prospect of a new stadium is sending the value. oakland raiders skyrocketing. a report said in "forbes" says the raid remembers now the nfl's 20th most valuable team worth $2.1 billion. that's up 47% from a year ago. analysts say it's because the team will likely have a new home whether that's in oakland or las vegas or los angeles remains to be seen. it appears to be coming. the niners, they are sitting pretty. they are the nfl's fourth most valuable franchise. of course, openin levi stadium helped a bunch worth an estimated $3 billion. meanwhile, the las vegas effort to build a stadium, perhaps for

the raiders, could take a step forward tomorrow. a committee that is studying the plan could make a recommendation to move the $1.9 billion project forward. back here in the bay area there's also an effort going on. there's a group led by hall of famer ronny lott to build a stadium and they met in closed session with the alameda county board of supervisors. >> from space to the speedway, the indianapolis 500 winner was at san jose state today trying to rev up some minds. nbc 7 news reporte tiffany wilson has the details. >> reporter: every curve showcases the power of engineering. this team is hoping this car will cross the track first on saturday. >> our goal is to give the driver all the tools that he needs to go fast. >> reporter: while flying around the track at 200 miles per hour, driver alex rossi can use the steering wheel to make realtime adjustments to the fuel and

engine. >> on a race car everything from fuel, chemistry, aerodynamics, it all matters, and it's all stuff that we learn. >> reporter: luis alara started working for honda two years ago and hopes 2950 middle and high school students checking out the car today will see his passion and use it to fuel their own professional decisions. >> mechanical engineering, computer science, they are all extremely difficult majors, it requires a lot of dedication, and it's definitely all worth it. >> reporter: high school seeny jackie says seeing the real life application of automotive engineering has motivated her to apply to san jose state. >> at our high school we have engineering classes and have an autotech class but you don't get to see the two matched together and it's so interest, i love it. >> reporter: in san jose, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> coming up at 4:00, new details about that horrible accident at a san francisco park

that left a woman paralyzed. >> you know, i want to die and i'm like no, no, no. >> her long road to recovery and the local group who wants to make sure something like this never happens again. >> and take a look at this video out of taiwan as a super typhoon makes landfall. >> first, the ncaa and now the acc. there's new fallout for north carolina as move championships are pulled because of the state's restroom r

here's what's making headlines at 4:30. the woman at the center of a bay area police sex scandal is out of a florida jail and heading back home. jasmine abustland has spent the past 16 days in jail after prosecutors say she bit a worker at a recovery center in stewart, florida. she pled no contest to a reduced charge of misdemeanor battery. she's a key witness in which seven bay area officers face charges. people in vallejo protested today over a proposed cement plant there. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman tweeted a picture of a home owner who is worried about the dust this will cause and wayne will have a story coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. also at 5:00, san francisco supervisor jane kim has a proposal to make city college of

san francisco free. leanne melendez will tell us about the tax that will pay for it. >> the husband of a mother paralyzed by a falling tree branch in san francisco is asking the city to take bert care of its aging freeze. a neighborhood group that partners with the city on tree maintenance is meeting tonight at 6:00. abc 7 news is live at washington square park with that story. carolyn? >> well, it has about 150 neighborhood groups that partner with it to take care of the city's parks, but after that horrible accident here you can imagine there's some extra scrutiny at this one. the man says his family's life fwrent heaven to hel all right day his wife was critically injured. a 100-pound tree branch at washington square crashed. doctors say the 36-year-old woman will never walk again. >> she told me she like, you know, she want to die, and i was like, no, no, no. >> city workers like this one today are taking stock.

trees in the square. they say the canary island pine that fell was healthy. that species was pruned in 2013 after a neighborhood organization, friends of washington square donated $10,000 to reck & park. >> our collaboration with the department has been very good, but we've also learned that the department is really stressed for its crew and that means it doesn't have the budget to expand it. >> reporter: tim says his group developed the first long-term tree maintenance program for the square back in 2008 and will meet tonight to update the strategy. he believes the recent accident has prompted greater attention from the city. >> it sort of moved us up on the list. >> mayor ed lee has visited the victim in the hospital and her husband hopes the city will make tree safety a priority. >> just not going to happen again to another family. >> reporter: experts say trees should be pruned every 15 years.

however, according to a report by the non-profit parks alliance san francisco has only enough arborists to prune its 177,000 once a century. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> a man accused of intentionally running down phoenix police officers faced a previous charge in another officer attack. mark payne is accused of driving into a group of police injuring three. one officer remains in the hospital. payne appeared in court today, and it's not his first time. in 1997 he took a plea after attacking three officers. there are reports he's an activist, but leaders of black lives matter phoenix says he's not familiar with payne and praised police for how they handled the situation. >> they acted with what i would say class and dignity and did a yeoman's job is taking the suspect alive so that we might get to the bottom of what caused this kind of hatred.

>> payne's accused of fighting with an officer after the crash. police tased and arrested him. hillary clinton is expected to return to the campaign trail tomorrow. this as both she and rival donald trump released their medical records. more now on the race for the white house. >> reporter: donald trump's health to be revealed on a daytime talk show. >> it's two letters, one is the report and the other is from lenox hill hospital. >> reporter: audience members of the dr. oz show watched as the 770-year-old billionaire handed over his medical records and recent results of a physical to the tv doctor. >> he's in good health. >> he said looking at it, if he was his doctor, he'd like him to slim down just a little bit. >> reporter: hillary clinton released health information but more detailed than trumps. records show she's on antibiotics recovering from pneumonia, and clinton's doctor says her physical exam was normal. trump was later in flint, michigan, checking on the city's efforts to recover from its lead contaminated water crisis. the gop nominee also spoke at a

church when he got a pastoral interruption for getting too political. >> mr. trump, i invited you here to thank you. >> not to give a political speech. >> okay, that's good. >> reporter: trump on the trail and back home battling with new york's attorney general. the clinton supporter launched an inquiry into trump's nonprofit foundation after "the washington post" reported trump hadn't donated since 2008 and $20,000 in charitable funds was spent to buy a 6 foot tall painting of trump. trump's campaign all calls a left wing hit job and boast candidates are dealing with blistering attacks from former gop secretary of state colin powell. in hacked e-mails powell called trump a national disgrace and described clinton as unbridled ambition, greedy, not transformational. a "newsweek" magazine report is questioning trump's business ties with foreign groups and his daughter says if he becomes president his company will be put into a blind trust and turned over to his children to run. >> clinton and trump will face

each other in less than two weeks for the first of three presidential debates. the first one is on september 26th to be followed by two debates in okay. the general election is now less than two months away. the atlantic coast conference is following the ncaa's lead this afternoon and moving its championship out of north carolina as well. the conference announced it would move its championship games out of the state for the 2016-'17 season in response to the state's controversial house bill two. the law prevents cities and counties from passing protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity. earlier this year nba moved its all-star game from charlotte. >> power slowly coming back on in georgia and florida after tropical storm julia hit that region overnight. the storm brought strong winds and heavy rains into that area. schools and government offices did remain open. the national weather service says julia is the first tropical storm to form over fland florida since records have been kept. here's a satellite view from

nasa. it formed late tuesday afternoon and skirted across jacksonville and then moved north into georgia. a typhoon is battling mainland china. this is video of the storm as it hit land in southern taiwan. hours earlier with gusts of 230 miles an hour, torrential rains, 40-foot high waves and hundreds of people had to be evacuated this. massive storm made landfall early thursday near shaman near fujian province. this is the largest typhoon since a storm dover stated the philippines in 242014. >> american athletes are the late victims of hackers. the information released and what the athletes are saying today. and i'm abc 7 meteorologist drew tuma. nothing but sunshine, and it's about to feel like summer again in september. i'll show you when in the accuweather forecast. >> at 4:37, a live look at your afternoon commute.

this is the golden gate bridge. northbound is the normally heavier commute traffic, and right now it looks like

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>> she's just got so much power. >> reporter: exposing the private medical records of some of america's top athletes, the documents apparently from the world anti-doping agency showing basketball player elana delle donne and simone biles and tennis star sisters serena and venus williams had used medications on the prohibited drug list but that in each case they received approval for therapeutic use and did not seek to keep it a secret from the testing agency. the records revealing the 19-year-old simone biles tested positive for methylphenidate, commonly used for treating adhd. >> i have adhd and have taken medicine for it since i was a kid. please know i believe in clean sport and have always followed the rules. >> these athletes played by the book and did everything what they were snowed to do, the complete opposite what have the russian disease. >> reporter: more than 100

russian athletes were banned from the rio olympics accused of what was called state-sponsored drug cheating. now some security experts suspect russia is behind this latest cyber attack, the same group that may have been involved in the hacking. democratic national committee. russian officials are denying any involvement. in the meantime the group claiming smoenlt for this attack promises there he's more to come. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >> now your accuweather forecast with drew tuma. >> we'll take to you oakland to show you the hour-by-hour forecast. starting out in the 60s as the sun goes downed a 7:18. we'll hold in the mid-50s with patchy cloud cover developing first thing tomorrow morning. on your thursday the clouds are confined to the coast and really a lot of sunshine away from the cost tomorrow. about 64 in san francisco, a nice comfortable high of 71 in oakland. go to 79 in san jose tomorrow and 86 in antioch and 83 in fairfield. the hottest day that we have in

the next seven is coming on monday. future tracker shows you we're back into the 90s and we're hot there and you do notice even around the bay we're going to the 70s and the 880s so monday is likely going to feel very warm for september across the region. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll start off tomorrow with coastal clouds and lots of afternoon sunshine and a similar pattern on friday and a little bit warmer as we head into saturday and then we turn warmer sunday especially into monday. kind of a one-day deal because we cool off nicely, tuesday and into wednesday, but, remember, can you still track the warmth with the nbc 7 news app. beautiful with the hour-by-hour temperatures. >> perfect. >> all right. still ahead at 4:00, a huge score for a south bay school soon to be millions of dollars rich thanks to a big contest and their promise to change education. and you've seen those billboards outside churches with signs to pull you in, but a new one is doing more than just attracting

(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 ♪ (inhales cigarette) a group of bay area educators is celebrating after scoring a huge prize in a national contest. look at that excitement. abc 7 news was at san jose's

summit tacoma where high school students jumped for joy as they heard the noise. announcement came from congresswoman nancy pelosi in washington, d.c. summit will get $10 million to build a new school in oakland by 2018, one that will rethink public education. the goal is to have students focus on areas of interest and self-guide their learning with online tools and internships. >> they want to know what are your plans for college? what do you plan to do after college? like what do you want to do with the world? >> there were 10,000 entries for the xq super school project. it was co-launched by loreen powell jobs, widow of apple founder steve jobs. >> students at vintage high in napa got to talk to bay area astronaut kay reubens today who is aboard the international space station. >> go krishs. >> give it up. >> let's hear it for the crushers. she graduated from vintage high

back in 1996. for 20 minutes this morning students got to ask her a wide range of questions from how you stay in shape miles above the earth to her least favorite thing about being in space. >> that's kind of an easy one. there's nothing. everything is pretty fantastic up here. being in space is amazing, just even little daily things like floating around or trying to eat breakfast when everything floats away. it's all kind of a source of wonder and constant fascination because it feels like the laws of physics have totally changed up here when you're floating. >> really cool just to be able to talk with her. >> she says she works out two and a half hours a day. maybe we should go up in space and sleeps better than she does on the ground. she does get homesick and whenever she goes over california kind of waves a little bit. coming cup at 6:00 we'll hear from students at vintage high who got a great chance to talk with rubens today. >> that is unique. unique art project is fulfilling its promise and it's

drawing a lot of attention to boston's trinity church. take a look. here it is. it's called public trust. it looks like a bill board of. so the artist who created it says it's an interactive art project that examines the power of the posted promise. it allows regular people to post a personal promise, anything they want from battling racism to becoming a vegetarian. >> very helpful, you know. it helps aloud of people to set their goals. >> others around can identify with that -- with your promise or not, but it's also really powerful to give your force to something in a public says. >> the favorite promise came when a woman wrote don't be a bystander. >> today's wellness report. household dust could be more dangerous for us than we actually know. >> and the office walk-and-talk meeting real works. here's jane king. >> household dust, it seems rather innocent but a study led by reference at george

washington university found the dust often contains toxic chemicals, many from fun tour. infants are particularly vulnerable because the dust celts on the floor and babies crawl and play on the ground. well, walking meetings are gaining in popularity, not only do they legitimately count as exercise, they have also been shown to boost creativity and productivity. walking meetings are typically held with two or three theme a park or even in the office hallways and often last about 30 minutes. panera bread says all of its kids meals will be free of preservatives and artificial sweeteners. they are trying to overhaul its menu to align better with consumers' ideas of what it means to eat healthy. the kind of milk that comes from cows is still by far america's favorite but almond milk sales are rising, up 4%. the milk producers federation says you can't get milk from an almond alone and there's lots of

things like water, gelling agents in order to make almond milk. i'm jane king. here's to your health. a pregnant woman's belly is the focus of a null viral video. kieran and his wife went to the zoo in the uk and make kuwait an impression on the orangutan. she was seven months pregnant and the baby bump caught the orangutan's eye and tried to caress it through the glass. if you want to see more video and images like this follow us on instagram. >> cute. >> abc 7 news at 4:00 continues. you have next, a big commitment from the nfl to prevent serious concussions and injuries among players. the question is will it be enough? >> and chrkristen is here with look at what's coming up. >> exflorida may not have been the site of the first fatal tesla crash on ault pilot. new reports of another fatal accident.

plus the vice president's wife is in san jose pushing a white house plan to offer free community college tuition, and drone racing. how a new short is about to take off. these stories and more

tonight's primetime lineup. at 8:00 "the goldbergs" and "modern family" followed by "blash-ish" followed by more "modern family" and then the news at 11:00. >> the nfl is putting an additional $100 million towards concussion protocol. >> david lie is live at levi stadium where the niners quarterback weighed in hon helmet safety. david? >> reporter: you'll definitely hear from blaine gabbert in a second. you'll also hear from an nfl veteran who is devoting his life to diagnosing concussion injuries. important research is under way, yet it needs support. the nfl's big dollar commitment

may not resonate with young players such as niners quarterback blaine gabbert when asked about concussions and how well helmets protect players. >> he will smet a helmet, put air in there and it's such to protect your head. >> reporter: 66-year-old brian mcconnell have a different perfective. >> $100 million is basically going into research on equipment like helmets and helmet realistically is nothing but a weapon. >> reporter: at 66 brian mcconnell was diagnosed four months ago with early stage parkinson's disease which he and his doctors link to head concussion injuries. >> i had no idea that i would ever have anything as a result of a concussion. >> reporter: o'connell is part of a company focused on concussion protocol and treatment. it's part of a multi-billion dollar industry that could compete for research grants for

mapping the brain. >> we can look at how do we treat this now and what part of the brain do we treat? >> concussion reason station part what have cooper sports is doing, chris cooper is a former raider and 49er. >> i have a couple friends myself that i played with just recently in 2010 that are pretty banged up and have some major issues with concussions, so we want to do things and give all these guys the best opportunity to get their health and lives back on track. >> reporter: in dublin, david louie, abc 7 news. twitter's new app allowing viewers to livestream thursday night nfl games is now available. the san francisco-based company launched settop box apps for apple tv, amazon five tv and xbox that allows people to watch the games on tv in their home, perfect for people without cable this. free app does not require a twitter account. all right. thank you so much for joining us for "abc 7 news halt 4:00. ". >> the i'm

jasmine is glad to be free and wants to go home. >> big changes for the 19-year-old at the center of the police scandal that's hit seven august sis. >> stealing from the church. the $10,000 theft as parishioners sat in the pews. >> and a bankrupt cargo company is about to unload in oakland. what it's leaving behind that's leaving truckers in the lurch. >> and the next extinction, stanford scientists reveal which animals are most at risk. >> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. heading into the last days of summer, and it's going to feel like it. how hot in the accuweather seven-day forecast. sglef celeste gaup is dead. we're happy to say celeste gaup is dead. >> we mentioned big changes. the woman at the center of a

police sex crime scandal is coming home and is planning to testify against the officers in the case. we're talking about jasmine abusland, tonight out of jail and preparing lawsuits. good evening, i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> her attorneys did have plenty of say. >> i-team reporter dan noyes joins us with the late sigalert jasmine, her father and attorneys are head back to the bay area. they wouldn't tell me what time they will arrive, but they are planning another news conference for tomorrow. it's been a busy day for all of them. 19-year-old jasmine began this day in a green jail jumper in chains and you could barely hear her answer if she was satisfied with her lawyers. she was released on time