my goodness, a water main break sends a river rushing through an east bay neighborhood, and residents say this same pipe has broken before. i'm larry beem. >> and i'm ama daetz. east bay mud says it's trying to keach up with its crumbling infrastructure. >> this break happened just before 7:30 this morning at montana street and diamond avenue in oakland. sky 7 shows the street there starting to buckle as the water comes pouring out. >> reporter: abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman has more. on montana street in oakland the problem of aging infrastructure has come home to rust. >> oh, it was just like water everywhere.

>> well, it's a mess. it's a huge mess. >> reporter: even then veronica bonilla is prone to understatement after a ruptured water main put her family's living space under water at 7:30 this morning. >> once i saw the water we knew, it was deja vu all over again. it's happened before. >> reporter: believe it. >> this is the third time and the worst. >> reporter: residents tell us the last was in december of 2014, the time before that, well, would you believe that as of early this afternoon east bay mud still could not confirm it? >> we've responded to between 800 and 1,000 main breaks each year so remembering one main break can sometimes be difficult. >> reporter: they say the broken main was made of cast iron and almost 100 years old. it's exactly the kind of main that the utility is replacing at a rate of 10 miles a year with thousand of miles to go, but three breaks in one spot. >> all they are doing is patching up pipes. that's it. they are not really addressing the full problem. these -- this street needs to be redone, and they ain't doing it. >> instead, each bay mud worked

on another patch today. >> potentially we need to replace the entire main. >> are you saying this main could break again tomorrow. >> it could happen tomorrow again. >> reporter: how reassuring to the residents of montana street. from oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> we sent out a push alert this morning as soon as that water main break happened. you can get breaking alerts all the time by downloading the abc 7 news app and enabling push alerts. san francisco police officer kevin downs has been shifted from the hospital to a physical therapy facility. downs was shot in the head and partially paralyzed last friday. his family issued a statement today saying kevin is determined through intense physical therapy to walk again and ultimately return to full duty as a san francisco police officer. downs was shot when responding to reports of a mentally ill man who is making threats hat the lake shore shopping center. 26-year-old nicholas mcwerder was armed with a revolver, opened fire on officers and was

later killed in a shootout with police. >> the cal bears host the oregon ducks football team tonight, but win or lose there will be not be partying at any of the fraternities or sororities. the greek system is cracking down on parties while police investigate allegations of sexual assault. abc 7 news reporter elissa harrington is in berkeley with the story for us. >> reporter: very unusual for a student group and not university officials to put a stop to these parties. the greek system does not want its members to host events where people are drink, and they hope this sends a strong message against sexual violence. typically before a big football game uc berkeley's greek row on piedmont avenue is packed with parties, but this game day it's quiet. the student-run intrafraternity council has called for a ban on all greek social events following allegations of sexual assaults in fraternity houses. two women reported being attacked last weekend. in a facebook post, the president called the incidents vile. he writes we wish to reiterate

our pledge to eliminate sexual violence from our community and reaffirm our commitment to our members and students of berk throw provide a safe environment for all. the ifc is suspending fraternity and sorority parties while members re-evaluate their risk management practices. >> that's not fair, my opinion. >> reporter: students i talked to are split on this approach. some say partying is part of college life and ban or not students will still find a way to drink alcohol. >> the students need the outlet of having a party to go to or whatever. >> reporter: others are frustrated with the amount of crime alerts they get. melanie pittman is encouraged to see students leading the charge to make a change. >> there have been too many sexual assaults, too much rapes. i understand it. i don't think it would last long term. i'd be amazed if they can actually enforce it for a full weekend, to be honest. >> reporter: there's been 21 reported sexual assaults throughout the city of berkeley including the university area in just the past six months. campus police will not enforce

this party ban since it's voluntary and not a law enforcement at uc berkeley, elissa harrington, abc 7 news. internet service remains sporadic nationwide this afternoon after hackers attacked a company that serves as an internet switchboard, so to speak. the attack began around 7:00 this morning back east preventing internet users from accessing a wide range of websites, tried to get on twitter, neflt irregular or spotify or airbnb. the attack on the new hampshire-based company called dine did not affect the websites themselves but stopped or slowed access to them. david lieuy will have much more coming up at 5:00. wells fargo fake bank accounts scandal may cause the bank to close several locations. the crisis may eventually force the bank to close some branches. wells fargo may have to close one-sixth of its 6,000 branches to pay for mounting legal fees.

wells fargo is under investigation for allegedly pressuring employees to sign up 1 million customers for programs without their knowledge. >> skies are mainly sunny across the bay area on this friday afternoon. mainly sunny skies. this view looking north ward is mainly clear at the moment. just a couple hours ago we had a pretty prominent finger of fog pushing through the golden gate but it's gone. 62 degrees in san francisco and 27 in oakland and 78 in san jose and 82 in gilroy and 59 in half moon bay. another lovely view from mt. tam looking down to the bay under blue skies. it's 79 degrees in santa rosa and fairfield and livermore 82 and here's the evening planner after the sun goes down. skies will remain mostly clear around 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. with a light breeze and little patches of coastal fog developing. it will turn cooler overnight as temperatures drop from the 50s

after midnight and we'll see a little bounce back of temperatures and not much though, and i'll show you the weekend forecast and seven days ahead a little later. ama? >> thanks, spencer. now the race to the white house. the campaign trail is getting tougher as national polls trend closer to hillary clinton. more on the strategies of both presidential candidates in the closing days. >> reporter: donald trump clearly noticing president obama and the first lady stepped up their attacks on the campaign trail. >> we have a bunch of babies running our country, folks. we have a bunch of losers. they are losers. they are babies. >> reporter: and earlier this moment of rare introspection from the brash republican nominee. >> i don't want to think back if only i did one more real i would have won north carolina by 500 votes instead of losing it by 200 votes, right? if only i did. >> reporter: but with national polls trending further towards hillary clinton, trump's path to

270 collect rall votes grows more challenging. his campaign's best option is to ref up the republican base and hope for a low turnout on election day. >> not pursuing independents fundamentally, not pursuing soft democrats would may not like hillary clinton. >> reporter: clinton campaign strategy is very different. they are pushing in traditionally republican states to see if they can expand their map and flip states from red to blue. and today this emotional ad now running in several key states featuring the kh ha new zealand, a gold star family that famously feuded with trump this summer. >> i want to ask mr. trump would my america? >> with the debates in the rear view mirror donald trump and hillary clinton can now just focus on getting their supporters out to vote, and with 18 days until election day people across the nation are already heading to the polls for early voting and mailing in their ballots.

karen travers, abc news, washington. and coming up a little later, we look at impact surrogates are having on the race for the white house. hillary clinton has numerous people out on the trail for her. donald trump not many. that's coming up in just a few minutes. a big change coming up for drivers heading to treasure island from the east bay. abc 7 news was on the bay bridge as officials held a ribbon cutting for new on and off ramps from westbound will 0. the old ramps on the left side and the new exit and entrance will be on the right side. >> it's a basically a gentle off ramp on the right side. currently right now it's on the left side and it's a hard left turn, if you want to call it that instead of a gradual off ramp that meets highway design standards. >> the new westbound ramps on the bay bridge will open on saturday, and the old ramps will be closing. construction is still ongoing on new on and off ramps from eastbound 80. coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, oh, you better have your patience because new closures at sfo are expected to last a

couple of years, and it could make for a lot of confusion finding your way around. >> also the titans of mavericks. the historic change ahead as the famous surf competition gets ready for another year. and what caused a car to slam into a truck and a building and then the same truck again? let's take a will be at traffic at 410:00 on this getaway friday, and nobody is getting away quickly. oncoming traffic trying to get to the lower deck of the bay bridge and ultimately the east bay. folks right-hand side heading 101 south, and it's slow going in both

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e we have new details on a dramatic fire that destroyed a hillside mansion in los angeles last night. this afternoon authorities confirmed they found human remains in the rubble. tennants reported the 84-year-old homeowner missing last night them. say he ran inside while the home was burning to rescue some puppies. 12 people lived in that home. one of them is in fair condition with smoke inhalation. construction started today at sfo's terminal one arrivals. this is part of the airport's

$2.5 billion renovation project, and it's causing some confusion among travelers. the southwest airlines ticket counter has moved. abc 7 news reporter matt keller was at sfo today, and he saw people getting dropped off at the old southwest terminal and then they had to walk nearly a quarter mile just to get to the new counter. >> you can see the southwest sign up there. >> oh, okay. it's different now, huh? >> yeah, difference. yesterday it was here and today i didn't see it here. >> and your guy doesn't have to walk as far either. >> thank you. >> matt keller getting it done directing traffic at sfo. helping out the cabbies. construction for departures bgins next friday. sfo officials expect this renovation project to be completed by, brace yourself, 2024. >> oh, what? >> is that on our calendar yet? >> i don't know. that seems like a long time from now. for help navigating the changes and closures go to abc7news.com. an elderly man drove through an oakland store's front window

today after getting his car wrejed underneath a tractor trailer. sky 7 was above the montclair district showing the damage. witnesses told us the man backed underneath that semi to. to pull free he then hit the gas. the car shot forward to a shop called someone's in the kitchen, yeah, breaking its front glass. he then backed up again and got stuck under that semi a second time. fortunately though no one was hurt. the owner of someone is in the kitchen say the driver is a 97-year-old man who gets coffee every day at the doughnut shop next door. san francisco's famous alamo square is slowly starting to look like a park again. abc 7 news was at the popular tourist spot as crews planted more than 100 new trees during the park's renovation. as our partners at hood line tell, the alamo square neighborhood associate raised $131,000 to pay for the freeze. a large variety will be planted from montry cypress to weeping

willows. they will replace some 60 trees that have died in the past year. >> members of the big wave surf community gathered at half moon bay for the opening ceremony today. surfers paddled out into the water, a longtime tradition. this year there will be a which go change to the conest it. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is had a the details. >> reporter: it's a big day for sufficient legend and mavericks founder james clark. the original opening ceremony is being held today and the community paddles out to the beach at mavericks to celebrate the upcoming season. >> reporter: titans of mavericks kick off today and let her rip. >> reporter: two wild card positions are still open and for mavericks history. six female surfers will --

>> they are all our friends. >> we're in the lineup here at move rings or other places around the world. they are so stoked, really sthoekd, amend i'm ed able to give them a place where they can put it on the line and show us what they have. >> when the surfers get the call they will have 58 hours to get here n.half moon bay, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> and noted goofer footer spencer christian is here. goofy footer is if you surbefore your left foot back. >> i just don't surf at all. >> land luber. >> wave heights a little above average at 6 to 8 neat. we'll monitor it for you. live lop der 7.

as you can see from the view of the golden. we expect some coastal fog to reform sunday night. below average this weekend this cooler pattern will continue until next week and the pattern will be unsettled and showery from time to time and let's take a look at current temperature readings. 59 at half moon bay and pretty mild in most locations. 72 in oakland. lots of low 80s in our inland areas and even up north it's 81 degrees. overnight we'll see mainly clear skies, a few high clouds will pass by and once again a couple of patches of fog will form into the coastline. low temperatures will be glnl in the low to mid- -- we'll see highs tomorrow mainly in the mid-70s. cooling down heading into the weekend. 60s around the bay and 60 and

626 on the coast and looking ahead to sun not much change. temperatures will remain below average for this time of the year, but inland we'll see some mid-70s. it will be partly cloudy. sunday is also home game for the niners down at levi stadium. they will taking on the buccaneers. it will be 75 degrees as game starts. it will warm up a couple degrees and a little cloudier by 4:00 p.m. as we get later in the game. approaching showers. starting the forecast animation, 5:00 a.m. monday. we'll see the beginnings. it will be a little bit wet. showers will -- showers did taper off a bit and rainfall totals from the rain early next week range from 1.3 inches in santa rosa to only a few hundred deaths of an inch south and east of the golden gate.

the first wave of rain won't be a big one, but we have an unsettled week as you can see coming up so a slight chance of showers on monday into tuesday and another chance of showers on tuesday and showers mayling near wednesday morning and get a little bit of a break there and thursday it looks like a wide chance. >> thank you, spencer. >> still ahead on "abc 7 news at 4:00," dead last. a local bay area sports team finished at the very bott bomb of a new list. >> i can give you a new hint on their colors. >> we'll introduce you to steph curry's new shoe. >> this is a live look at -- on

the -- there's the traffic peeling off on the bay bridge and all of this with the global warming and the - a lot of it's a hoax. it's a hoax. it'll get cooler. it'll get warmer. it's called weather. we need some global warming! we need leaders who get it. so that we can move away from coal and oil to clean energy. i'm tom steyer. if you want to do something about climate change, you can. please. register and vote. nextgen california action committee is responsible for the content of this advertising.

if you believe espn's rankings of all the best sports teams in america, this is not a good time for the bay area interestingly. >> according to its 14th annual standings which ranks every four teams in the sports, the niners are last of all teams 1, 22 out

1622. >> hard to be worse. >> jed york, where are you? the a's didn't fare much better ranking 115th overall and last among major league baseball teams. better news for the raiders, jumped up 20 spots still over 80th. the warriors came in at 33rd and affordability hurt them because the ticket prices have skyrocketed. the sharks had a remarkable job up 58 spots from a year ago at 30 and the giants are the highest ranked bay area team, 18th overall. the standings took several factors into consideration according to affordability, fan relationship and ownership. the a's ownership ranked last and the niners finished last in fan relations. >> time for a makeover. we want to show you the stylish shoes steph curry will be rocking soon. under armour unveiled steph's new shoes called dub nation heritage. it features blue and gold and will go on sale tuesday for

$140. they are arguably a big improvement from the curry shoes that came out this summer. these were kind of ripped apart. >> look like nurse's shoes. >> or dad shoes. >> yeah, you can see that. >> a little splash of color. more acceptable. a big week for the cubs in chicago and not just the baseball team. the red panda cubs are making their debut this week at london park zoo. they look more like red foxes. just discovered these guys in australia on a trip recently. these in particular were born in june and spent the last few months in their nest box and have been named sheffield and waiveland after the famous streets that surround wrigley field, which is the home of the chicago cubs. one win away from their first world series appearance since 1945. >> coming up at 4:00, only on 7:00, relives to tell this story. hear from the first man sf police used a new policy on to defuse the situation that could have ended much worse.

>> also a deep bench of campaigners. why hillary clinton's surrogates could be making the difference in this election. >> and halfway across the world right now, a battle is raging to take back isis'

here's a look at headlines coming up at 4:30. they describe as a river flowing through the neighborhood and imagine waking up to that. this was in oakland. a water main broke. it happened near 7:30 this morning near the fruitvale exit. sky 7 shows us the muddy exit that's been left behind. the water got into nearby homes. east bay mud working to repair that 16-inch mud. they say it's a cast iron pipe from 1932 and was due to be replaced. >> abc 7 news reporter david louie digging into the cyber attack that took down major websites all across the country today. he tweeted this map showing the areas that were the hardest hit. at 5:00 what the attack did some bay area companies. also coming up at 5:00, abc 7 news reporter vic lee on why police have closed the mysterious murder-suicide case of this brisbane woman. for the first time we're hearing from the man at the center of the san francisco police department's first successful de-escalation

following the new training and reforms that have been put into effect. in july pierre dyson, he was found or was in a nearly four hour standoff with police in the tenderloin. abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow caught up with dyson and his family in court and has a story you'll see only on 7. melanie. >> reporter: pierre dyson is out on bail and on his way to a treatment program. his family and attorney general are hopeful the d.a.'s office will reconsider a proposed deal that will send him to prison. this was pierre dyson in july, shirtless belly down in the tenderloin, his hands in his pockets. san francisco police say he was armed. this is the gun, and ammunition they recovered. for nearly four hours police attempted to get dyson to take his hands how the of his pockets. >> i'm just thankful that i'm still here hand the police did their job as far as not killing me. >> reporter: interim police chief tony chaplin says officers did what they were training to

do for six months, creating time and space. > the sanctity of humanly. we would have stayed here until the next day. >> reporter: officer shot him with rubber bullets. >> hot burning. felt like i was shot with real guns. >> reporter: one round left a mark and they say they broke his ribs and injured his elbow and his face. >> why didn't you comply? >> because i was terrified that they would kill me if i took my hands how the of my pocket. >> reporter: when dyson was 15 years old he watched his mother die. >> this is my brother right here. >> reporter: dyson's standoff with police is days before what would have been michael's birthd birthday. >> i think he was on the ground because he was crying out for help. >> reporter: george durant is a program coordinator with the sheriff's department and dyson calls him a mentor. >> i've been blessed and now i really see it in life. >> reporter: pierre dyson's story is not over. he's still facing felony charges including possession of a firearm by a felon.

>> prison will be a disaster and he'll come out worse than he is now. >> we feet charges are highly appropriate. >> reporter: where ever had he winds up dyson says he wants to help others. >> life is a test every hour. you have choices to make, just have to make the right decisions. >> reporter: in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> it appears embattled kicker josh brown's career with the new york giants is over. sister network espn reporting that brown has been placed on the commissioner's exempt list land not play for the giants today. the move comes two days after court documents surfaced that he admitted to authorities he physically abused his wife which took place over a protracted period and happened hours after head coach ben mcadoo said they would not turn their back on brown. >> he's a man of change and he's a man to try to support himself and try to support him so he can get better. >> browner is avid one-game suspension without pay earlier

this season for violating the league's personal conduct policy. and the race for the white house, it's not just the candidates who count. in many cases high-profile surrogates can make all the difference. hillary clinton has far more than donald trump out campaigning for her. abc news reporter karen travers looks at the impact that could have as we sprint towards election day. >> hello, mime gardens. >> it's a powerful one-two punch. president obama campaigning for hillary clinton in florida thursday. michelle obama on the trail in arizona. >> i love you, too. >> they are part of a high-profile lineup, researching up democrats and stumping for votes for clinton. >> surrogates act as character witnesses. they say this is the person who i think should be elected. >> reporter: donald trump can't match the democratic star power. since august 1st clinton's top surrogates have held more than 100 events but research by abc news found trump only has his daughter ivanka out there solo

on the trail. >> he's not politically correct, and -- and -- and i think we love that about him, right. >> reporter: the amount of ground the clinton surrogates can cover is a tremendous asset to her campaign. >> long lines outside the phoenix convention center. >> reporter: but the trump campaign is fine and trump has held way more events in the past two-plus months than clinton. >> her deep bench allowed her to focus on the debate prep and fund-raising. >> i would invite mr. trump to stop whining and go and make his case to get votes. >> it's becoming increasingly clear that to him most of america is them. >> reporter: the campaigning will now ramp up in the sprint to election day and the more places each side can be in the day the more potential votes can

be locked down. karen travers abc news washington. >> and we have a valuable tool at abcnews.com/politics to help you prepare for election day. just click the icon for the your voice your vote. voters edge election guide and enter your zip code and address and you'll get a comprehensive resource showing you the candidates and measures on your local ballot. the military has just released the name of the service member killed by a roadside bomb in iraq yesterday. he's navy chief petty officer jason fineham from anaheim. islamic state militants are using suicide bombers and car bombs to try to regain the city of mosul. abc news reporter angelica spanos has the late on the battle in northern iraq. a series of explosions shakes the city of kirkuk as we seized some of the most destructive fighting yet about 100 miles outside of mosul. many people trapped and caught

between the crossfire of isis firefights and the iraqi coalition. >> translator: we managed to escape to a kurdish controlled area and we were extremely scared. i felt i could be killed at any movement i left with women and children. >> reporter: isis stepping up its resistance and sending out suicide bombers and car bombs. ieds are scattered overwhere. according to the u.n. over 500 families were taken from their home. isis is holding them close in mosul and using them as human shields. a commander of the u.s.-led colights says it's helping to defeat an enemy that uses unconventional warfare. >> they are very adaptable, very creative, cunning. we've seen all kinds of examples of that. >> u.s. solders are supporting from the air and advising on the ground. one service member killed on the ground and mourned by fellow troops. as the battle continues the worry now is what isis will do

if it loses its control over mosul. military experts say they will likely lash out and seek revenge, not only in iraq and syria and beyond internationally. angelica spanos, abc newscenter 5, new york. >> magnitude of what a 6.2 magnitude earthquake looks like about 30 miles west of tokyo. the quake damaged several buildings and knocked out mother to several thousand people but no tsunami alert was issued and no one was killed and there haven't been any reports of major injuries. still ahead on "abc 7 news at 4:00," a school picture is making an impact. we first showed you this little girl yesterday and here's the new found fame. >> and file for the camera, well, not exactly. the intersuggestion for this wedding party. >> maybe this will make you smile. check out the view from the east bay hills camera. a few wispy clouds under an

otherwise blue skies. otherwise blue skies. less my mom marnie and then she died life. of lung cancer. so i have a personal interest in helping prevent smoking. i'm tom steyer, the co-chair of the yes on 56 campaign. every year, nearly 17,000 california kids start smoking. a third of them will die from their addiction. tobacco taxes reduce youth smoking. please. vote yes on prop 56. if we can save even a few lives, it's worth it. afoot and light-hearted i take to the open road. healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. the east and the west are mine. the north and the south are mine. all seems beautiful to me.

they're bringing crime, when mexthey're rapists.ople... are you going to have a massive deportation force? you're going to have a deportation force. we're rounding 'em up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. we're going to build a wall. that's not america. we're all californians. i'm tom steyer. it's time to speak out. please, register. and vote. vote. nextgen california action committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. this isn't a story about huge wedding parties but a story what happens when a wedding photographer is not paying attention to when she's doing. took place in birmingham, holly piirainen. the photographer was snapping away and then stopped off a curb and was nearly run down by a speeding car. >> oh, no. >> look at the stunned looks at the members of the wedding party

reacting to what turned out to be fortunately a near miss. a little girl with a superhero heart is sneaking out for the first time since her school photo soorld across the internet. take a look at 3-year-old caylee ann steinbah. not only brave but brilliant in picking the perfect partner for her school pick. she called her pooterman because super man. she's 75% deaf in both ears. >> can you say thank you. >> thank you. >> being deaf isn't necessarily a disability that you're still able to go out there and show -- be yourself, be creative. >> the deaf community has reached out to the family since her dad posted the pic on reddit. she likes helping people just like superheros. >> take a look at live doppler

7. sunny skies and that will change as we head and clouds will increase. we're still under drought conditions here and notice the farther inland you go. you notice the color pattern there. the more severe the drop becomes and down in southern california the drought is more than exceptional. oh, i'm sorry, it is exceptional. we have extreme conditions near the bay area. exceptional over much of southern california. in the northwestern corner of the state we have the largest area that is drought fee. >> and looking ahead to tomorrow, some pretty good news we'll have a few more clouds around tomorrow and still a very pleasant day. it will be dry and high temperatures will range from low 60s at the coast to upper 60s around the bay to mid-70s inland. looks like it will be a lovely saturday but it will come cloudy and next week will be showery. >> you know what was exceptional was your burst to the weather

wall. flying to the wall, excellent. >> still ahead. you can check out pixar's newest short but you may want to watch it without your kids. why the film's creators decided to go kind of dark. and what kind of shape will you be in when you're 85 years old? we can all aspire to these heights next. meet the man who just c

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to help our children thrive. sounds like the stuff of a hollywood movie but it's real. a criminology student murders a 19-year-old woman and then flawlessly covers his tracks and eventually gets tripped up. >> abc news reporter jim avila investigated the case and here's a segment of his story that appears on tonight's "20/20." >> reporter: young and pretty, lost and nowhere to be found. lee porter, a 19-year-old colorado woman simply vanished in june of 2014. >> she was very social. she had lots of friends. >> in a desperate search for her daughter renee jackson begins to investigate looking for the last calls that lee made from her cell phone. >> this number kept popping up over and over and it was christopher wade and i had never heard that before. >> 23-year-old christopher wade, a former army soldier, new

studying criminal justice help. went to high school with lee. >> he told me that she had gotten a notification on her phone late that night and left. >> lee's brother max thinks wade knows more than he's letting on and takes matters into his own hands. >> chris was sitting about right here, and we were all sitting on this side. >> reporter: meeting up with wade at a park near his apartment, he secretly records their conversation. >> chris, look at me right in my eyes. dude, where is she. >> reporter: max gets much more than information. he gets a confession. >> i turned, grabbed her and then i placed my hand at her throat. >> reporter: christopher wade says he killed lee in an apartment during a struggle over a knife. >> i thought that her muscles would relax when she went unconscious and that i could gradually move the knife away and let her go and let her regain consciousness, but -- but

that didn't happen. >> reporter: what are you thinking as this is going on? >> i freaked how the. >> reporter: confection eventually leads to a conviction. wade pleads guilty to second-degree murder and is sentenced to 48 years in prison. >> goodness. this is chilling. you can see the rest of jim avila's report on "20/20" at 10:00 right here on abc 7 followed by "abc 7 news at 11:00." >> it's been five years in the making and right now can you check out a pixar short that's getting rave reviews. surprisingly this short animated movie is not for kids. borrowed time focuses on a man returning to a place that's haunted him his entire life. the director spent five years making the movie that's already won multiple awards. >> we really wanted to make something that was a little bit

more adult in the thematic choices and show that animation could be the medium to tell any sort of story. tended up about being closure and owning up to or facing mistakes that you've made and finding the stle ining the str n hon. >> we don't want to spoil the ending but there is a link to watch the short on abc newsp.com. >> whole foods is linked to a food scare. >> and how much screen time is right for kids? here's jane king. >> reporter: whole food shares declined as much as 2.5% after the detroit health department says it's investigating two cases of hepatitis "a" that may be connected to the health store. they are looking into what happened and says whole foods has been cooperating from. ipad screen time to hours of watching tv, children are consuming media from an earlier age. now to keep up with the fast

changing technology in the digital erat american academy of pediatrics has released updated guidelines for digital media use by young children and they do vary by age. from birth to age 2 they recommend no digital media as all. 2 to 5-year-olds one hour a day. older than 5 can benefit from some screen time but should be monitored by adults to make sure they are using some learning apps and they are not doing anything dangerous. >> apple will doctor-patient a nike branded walk and apple is mostly making a fashion and branding statement with apple watch nike plus via a special band and color screams. the core features of the version of the watch are the same as the other series 2 models including a built-in gps to track your pace, distance and route and the price starts at $250. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. here's to your health. finishing a marathon is pretty impressive, but it's amaze when you're 85 years old. cheers greeted ed whitlock as he

crossed the finish line in the toronto marathon. ed did more than just finish this race. he covered the 26 miles in less than four hours. he smashed the existing world record for his age group by 40 minutes. despite hitting the wall some 15 miles in. >> my legs were pretty heavy, and, you know, i wasn't running freely then. i was -- i consciously eased back because i thought it was going to be bad. >> ed is known as the master and certainly lived up to his name. >> wow. >> impressive. >> definitely. abc 7 "news at 4:00" continues. up next this, isn't your typical bus. what you can sign up for once you get on board. >> right now kristen is here. >> larry and ama, thanks. coming up next, a car with its window shot out. the victim drove right up to the police station to ask for help. and a judge calls it real public

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with less than four days to go for voter reg straights deadlines agencies are trying to get the word out to potential voters. registration is a fairly simple

process. abc 7 news report er chris nguyn is live with more >> reporter: believe it or not, more than 50,000 mail-in ballots have already been submitted. they are in the process of being sorted by precinct for signature verification and those ballots will be included in the first run of results. at the san pedro farmer's market a final push for the deadline sgles especially for the presidency. i did want to make my mark on this one. >> this 27-year-old filled out her voter registration for the very first time. >> it's easier than i thought. i thought it would be more of a process. it actually only took a few minutes. >> to register you need to be a u.s. citizen and live out a california address and be 18 by election day. >> make your vote count and that's what's important. all the people that died for democracy, get out and show the democracy matters. >> reporter: earlier today a modified ac transit bus being

used to register voters stopped in hayward and they have registered hundreds of new voters in the past couple of weeks and will be at the oracle game. >> no matter what you do and no matter what you believe or what your age is, the bus is available and you can do the registration here. >> reporter: over at the santa clara county registrar of voters office the registrar is expecting an 80% to 85% turnout for this year's election. >> i hope the community helps our customers come into the office and working hand in hand to them and get them registered so they can express their opinion for their vote. >> reporter: and for first time voters. >> that's a good chance to register to vote, i feel like i'll be a part of the conversation and the process this election. >> reporter: an exciting time to ensure that their voices are heard. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. and that will do it for this edition of "abc 7 news at

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phone after phone, website after website, a massive cyber attack has homeland security investigating and you might have helped without even knowing. >> and in the south bay police are looking for this man, who they say he's impersonating and is putting students at risk. >> in brisbane, police formally declared this woman's husband a murderer, but one local expert tells abc 7 news not so fast. and in oakland, a water main break could leave people without water for days. >> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. our prospects for rain coming up. >> live where you live, abc 7 news. from paypal to reddit, to facebook and twitters, netflix to tumblr cyber attacks dropped access to thousands of websites

leaving users frustrated and annoyed. >> the cyber attacks came in waves throughout the day and started on the east coast and hit the day on the west. homeland security is investigating. abc 7 news reporter david louie joins us live in san jose with more. david? >> reporter: larry and kristen, this really does underscore the vulnerability of the internet, especially as more and more devices are connected to the net. this is a heat map showing exactly what the -- how the outage happened in the country today. earlier today most of the east coast was in red because that's where it started because look now, this is the current time, california and the northwest is the area where the outage is now. i.t. engineer jeffrey fall quickly confirmed why users were having difficulty coming to twitter by sending a ping. www.twitter.com have no meaning to the internet because it can't resolve to an i.p. address, and so twitter is off. >> reporter: before day break a