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about the grand jury report? >> only on abc7 news we confront the bay area top cop accused of corruption. grand jury says he needs to be fired. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. district attorney facing those, and only abc7 news has reactions from peterson. >> live with the developing story, cornell. >> dan and ama, the findings are scathing, accused of misusing campaign funds and for now he has no intention of going anywhere. >> comment about the grand jury report? >> no comment. >> reporter: little to say hours after grand jury accused him of willful or corrupt misconduct and recommended hebeemoved from office.

secretly misappropriated over $68,000 in campaign funds o items of personal nature. movie tickets to clothes between 2011 and 2015. >> disappointed in the actions of our boss. >> ryan wagner from the da's office said meeting will be held for possible no confidence vote and suggestions for possible replacement. >> this isn't about politics but the people. finding a prosecutor in the office to galvanize the employees, bring integrity back to the office. >> reporter: patrick venner announced he was running. as for accusation? >> brings down the reputation of prosecutors across the state and conduct not becoming of top prosecutor in contra costa county. >> reporter: says you should be removed from office. what do you think?

>> i don't think the statute is applicable. >> sued by multiple colleagues after election in 2010 who alleged they were punished for supporting his opponent. could appoint a special prosecutor to investigate the committee findings. search for man who exposed himself in front of mother and toddler in palo alto. police say the man hid in the bushes naked. 3:30 yesterday afternoon. released this sketch. unshaven, wearing glasses, ta tattoos on arms and legs and long hair in a man bun style. new developments on a story we brought to you at 5:00. san francisco police say they found more than 1,000 child pornography images on device belonging to ucsf psychiatrist

and his roommate. live with the story, lisa. >> reporter: not only is dr. billy lockhart, a psychiatrist here in the building behind me but police say he used wifi to upload child porn. this is dr. lockhart's photo on the psych department's residence page and mug shot tuesday after his arrest. roommate benjamin martin also arrested. >> seemed friendly. >> reporter: neighbors didn't know these men who moved in three months ago. this is a photo from facebook page. inside the apartment police say they found more than 1,000 files of child porn. >> rather scary. yeah. >> wow. so i guess technology, anything can happen. >> reporter: police believe lockhart gathered the porn on campus before bringing it home. ucsf patient worries he had

access to children. >> sad that so many people are obsessed with these kinds of things. >> reporter: placed on investigatory leave and suspended his access. abc7 news. chp is asking for help to find suspects in wine county drive-by shooting that shut down 101 for hours. pulled up alongside another car and fired shots at two people. both hurt. one critically. new at 11:00, east bay woman says 12-year-old son in uber when passenger in the front seat started rolling joint. son is picked up at gym every thursday but this time noticed a passenger in the front seat had taken out marijuana. >> reason we have him take uber is to have control over the things he comes in contact with

along the way home. >> uber told us it's investigating the matter. according to them, against company policy for minors to request their own pickup and drivers must pick up person who requested the ride. vehicles torched this week, early this morning two cars in brentwood, less than a mile apart. even more fires gone unreported. a lot more. appear to be arson and connected given the proximity and top of ignitions. >> we have several fires that have occurred this week. we believe them to be related, including in brentwood this morning. >> county fire officials appealing to the public for information. if you know, get in touch. only on 7, janet

is responding to calling for resignation over allegations interfered with a audit. voting unanimously to hire outside consultant to investigate th allegations, said not true but knows it looks bad. independent investigator will be appointed. final report in july. tonight president trump is contra dicting his staff saying the decision to fire the fbi director was his own. >> in fact i said to myself. this russia thing with trump and russia is a made-up story. >> the president's staff had repeatedly claimed president trump was following the

recommendation of the attorney general and deputy attorney general and deny the russian investigation played no role. asked about claims that comey told him he was not under investigation more than three times. >> if it's possible let me know am i under investigation? he said no. >> no one has tonight the warriors know the team they will face. we sent out push alert on the app tonight. hope you got it. facing spurs in western conference finals. >> san antonio defeats houston, 114-75. >> you heard the score right? blowout. spurs advance after dominating the houston rockets on their

home court. larry beil will show you how they did it without key player later in the sports segmentment game one is this sunday, mother's day, at 12:30 in the afternoon on abc7, followed by "after the game." how does a parked car burst into flames? >> michael finney with a special safety investigation. >> happened multiple times even in bay area. shocking videos from across the country. coming up what the manufacturer says and could you be at risk? >> new at 11:00, how far would you go to cheat the

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alone, combined property damage estimated at $200,000. but why the fire started in first place remains a mystery. darla edwards said she and son woke out of dead sleep when neighbor banged her gate. looked out bedroom window to discover the front of her bmw suv on fire. blew out big portions of the windoshield. intense heat. >> saw flames and mom started crying and i cried too. >> mother remembers flames as high as middle of the letters on this stop sign. >> cracking, pop noise as if something was going on under the hood. >> neighbor the first to spot the fire and alert darla. >> mostly afraid it was going to blow up myself. that's why i tried to react

quickly. >> damage to bmw estimated at $9,000. she said bmw offered her $2500 towards purchase of bmw but declined the offer. iconic group of homes in haight-ashbury was the scene of another fire 15 months earlier. 2007 bmw suv, firefighters say the flames started on the hood, went to the front of the house and jumped to the house next door. heat so intense, engine dropped to the surface of the driveway, leapt to home next door. mother escaped with children. both families declined to talk on camera. total damage was

noi $90,000. more than -- recalled in 2012 because motor on the engine cooling fan could overheat, possibly causing a fire. abc7 unable to determine if it included the x3 in this fire. according to investigators, this fire and one that destroyed darla's car started in engine compartments. battery in darla's had been replaced prior to the fire. told investigators that a problem was causing the battery to discharge. arson not suspected, electrical failure not ruled out. our team from abc news found dozens of other parked car fires in new and older cars. some of the cars were under recall for noncrash fire related issues but most were not.

age of the car, issues with maintenance and where the cars were serviced make determining exact cause of the fires difficult. sean king safety expert says the fact that the cars are never really turned off could be an issue. >> when a car is off and catches fire, obviously a problem. mostly from electrical system. lot of the power to these electronic systems will remain on in the vehicle even when it's off. >> auto maker said we have investigated and in some cases suspected the vehicles identified by abc news, span in age 1 to 15 years. haven't seen pattern related to quality or component failure. vehicle fires can result from wide variety of external issues unrelated to product defect. poor maintenance, after market changes or rat's nests.

>> answer will be here somewhere? >> may not be an answer, may be many answers. >> national highway traffic safety administration says at this time there is no evidence pointing to safety defect but urging everyone who experienced nonarson related parked car fire to report it to the agency. abc's ryan ross will have more tonight on "nightline.." >> thanks so much. new at 11:00, chp bust people challenging the carpool lane. had a doll. car seat not even used properly. this picture where you need three people to use the hov lanes. real child to the left. >> cabbage patch doll? >> i don't even know.

just all kinds of wrong. >> exactly right. weather. >> sandhya with the latest. >> time lapse from the exploratorium camera. it was cloudy. keeping us on the cool side. along with the sea breeze, pretty time lapse as you'll notice. temperatures below normal for this time of year and heading into the next seven days, look at changes ahead. looking at possibility, yes the possibility of showers next tuesday. pretty good possibility. 80% chance right now. live look from abc7 news exploratorium camera, the marine layer clouds advanced to the bay bridge and tracking cloud cover from san francisco southward. san jose is socked in right now. all in the 50s and by morning will get cooler.

emeryville good look across the bay. breezy for mother's day and chance of rain early next week. tomorrow morning dress in layers. start out cool. quite a bit of cloud cover that will scatter into the afternoon. below where we need to be this time of year. like today but brighter. clear out the clouds. wind will pick up into the afternoon. along the coastline, 25 to 30 miles an hour. if you're going to the giants game against the reds tomorrow night, it's breezy enough to grab a jacket. low 50s between when the game starts and ends. mother's day, cool morning, mid-40s to low 50s, 4:00 p.m. is sunny. not may-like temperatures.

breezy at coast at 7:00 p.m.m. hour by hour forecast. shower chance. next tuesday 8:00 a.m. seeing them. model to model run consistency continuing to show a wet picture. in may we get showers in the bay area. in case things change, download the accuweather app. here's the seven-day forecast. cool and breezy for end of the week. bright and breezy saturday. mother's day fantastic. lots of sunshine, temperatures mid-50s to upper 60s, then cloud up. one on the storm impact scale. light system. tuesday chance of showers and much cooler weather before we warm up again. 80s back by

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horse before rescue helicopter brought it to safety. horse able to walk away and rider suffered minor scratch. everybody okay. >> horse is like what in the world happened? >> i was flying. >> better day than james harden. >> unbelievable game. >> spurs and warriors in the western conference finals. this is why you shouldn't gamble. i would have bet everything against the s

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small changes you make today can make a big difference in how you feel.... and may help prevent obesity, high blood pressure, and type 2 diabetes. start now to turn today into a better day. it's been a month, and we feel better! good evening. spurs and warriors will meet in game one of the western conference finals. sunday 12:30 on abc7. spurs blitzed the rockets tonight. rockets were at home, facing elimination and played like they already had booked flights to cancun. didn't seem to carement no kawhi leonard for game six. spurs without the best player and ony parker. jonathan simmons with authority

uncontested. james harden, not a shot in the first quarter. rockets down 19 at half. lamarcus aldridge called out for timid play, godzilla, the rockets in a coma. murray, spurs 114-75. take the series 4-2 and face the warriors in the finals. >> that's the team to beat. going to enjoy this win for now. they've dominated the west. that's the team to beat. tough task. giants back home. here comes the cavalry, brandon kaufrd and denard span back from disabled list. willie mays at the game. second batter brandon belt and takes out the belt against bronson arroyo. fifth of the season, what people want to see from belt. bottom of the fifth, denard

span, welcome back. shoulder looks fine. first homer of the year. arroyo allowed two runs. not for long. top six, rbi single. hunter strickland in relief. 0-2 pitch he grooves to cosart and wins the game. reds take it 3-2. a's had the night off. one shot from the players championship. sergio garcia on the island green. check out back spin here. hole in one. coleaders at 5 under. abc7 news sports by river rock casino. congratulations to jason kidd. newest member of the cal hall of fame. deserv