and post it could expose the information source and jeopardize a critical relationship. >> the lawmakers want to know more. >> we have to have a special prosecutor, to look into what is russia's connection, both with the election and ongoing. >> congressman eric swolwell also called for an independent investigation. congressman k ar unwittingly sharing the intel would be dangerous, but doing it intentionally is much worse. meanwhile the investigation continues into that massive ransom ware attack on computers all over the world. >> you heard on "world news tonight" it may have originated in north korea. no one has claimed

responsibility. but we know that's stopped because of people who work for bay area companies. >> how did it happen, john? >> reporter: proof point is based here, but it was one of their researchers who first figured out how the malware was spreading and how to put a stop on it. it was based on code that was allegedly stolen from the nsa and the attackers have used it to rake in tens of millions of dollars. >> ransom ware is purely done for profit motive. >> reporter: it locks up your files and demands your money, but what's unusual, is the way it spreads. >> it's spread by this very old file sharing mechanism. >> so fast it may have even surprised the attackers. >> the volume of this has been so out of control that the attackers themselves can't keep up with the requests any longer,

so even if you pay the ransom at this point, there's no guarantee you'll get your files back. >> reporter: in the end, it was proof point that helped stop the spread using a kill switch. >> once the kill switch was activated, the malware would simply do nothing, it would not carry out its infection. >> reporter: the kill switch was found by accident by a 22-year-old security researcher in the uk. at first he worried that he had activated the mail war. >> i was panicking, but then i realized we had stopped it. >> it morphs in a heart beat. >> reporter: the head of vector network says they could come back with a new version, or inspire others to come up with a

more dangerous version. >> back up your data. shares in firms that provide cyber services are spending more money on defenses. fire eye and cisco systems went up day. cisco jumped 2.33%. a doctor and a nurse in santa cruz are under arrest for sex crimes against children. police are investigating but are staying tight lipped. >> reporter: this doctor was a known neurosure juchb, but now he's at the santa cruz county jail on several charges, they include a lewd and lascivious act on a child. >> the three charges that are

currently, that he was booked in on, he faces a possible life sentence. >> reporter: the investigation started last week when a person came to them with information about a case. a nurse from dominican, rochelle brandon was also arrested on multiple felonies related to the production of child pornography. police would not confirm if brandon's arrest was linked to kolhart. >> reporter: we visited his home in santa cruz, his neighbors were shocked to hear the news, they told us that he and his wife had moved out of state two week ago. an online posting confirm ed k h kohut had just joined their

staff. >> there are no other victims that we are aware, if there is anybody else out there that is in need of help, they can reach out to the department department. >> he had his license revoked for medical negligence from 2005 to 2009, but it was stayed and kohut was put on probation for three years, one of the charges was for viewing and downloading pornography at a community hospital. new at 6:00, police have arrested this woman, letisha monila is accused of breaking into the preschool she worked at. the damages was so extensive that the school had to be closed for repairs.

a second murder charge has been added to a man who because once in a richmond program that pays people to stay away from crime. deron rice was indieted for two murders. at the time of the crimes he was in a richmond city called the office of neighborhood safety. it provides mentoring and -- both of the hurts rice was charged with were shootings. grief counselors today helped high schoolers and faculty cope with the death of a senior who was just about to graduate. she was killed in a car crash just blocks from her home. her mother was driving her home from the school's prom, when another car plowed right into them. the mother has major injuries, but is expected to survive. the people in the other car have minor injuries, freemont police

are looking into whether alcohol or speed had anything to do with the accident. when firefighters responded to a home they immediately shut down the power so they could work safely. but the house was illegally wired. two firefighters were shocked. but they will be okay. four adults and four children were living in the outs. they all got out with their put bull puppy there. cleanup comes in emeryville where alameda firefighters are investigating a fire on san pablo avenue by 39th street. this was the second time in less than a year, the location is a big apartment building that is under construction. melanie woodrow is live with the story tonight. >> reporter: firefighters have been putting out hot spots today and crews made quite a bit of progress removing debris.

investigators say they are treating this as a crime scene, until they can confirm otherwise. as crews clean up, develop eric holiday calls this déjà vu. >> i never had an insurance claim until 10 months ago, and now two in one year of this magnitude is kind of hard to describe. >> reporter: two fires in the same year at the same project. >> it is unusual for a fire to happen in the same place twirs. >> reporter: unusual, but not necessarily arson according to investigators. the july 2016 fire is still under investigation, though it was ruled suspicious. >> investigators are starting with a clean slate. >> reporter: cameras will help investigators pinpoint who is responsible. atf is currently analyzing the video in d.c. in addition to two cameras,

there were two security guards in the buildal at the time. >> anyone who was in the area around the time of the fire is being spoken to. >> reporter: holiday says he's focused on rebuilding. >> every fiber in my body says he's got to finish. >> reporter: no one spoke out against the project which will create apartments and says he can't imagine who would want to destroy it now. tomorrow new allegations will be added to a lawsuit over one of the worst tragedies in oakland's history. 36 people died when the ghost ship warehouse caught fire last december. there are numerous questions about the safety of the building, how it was being used and why people were unable to get out. lawyers in this suit represent the families of ten victims and tomorrow say they will file their initial complaint and master claims. victims have six months after a fire to file those claims.

abc7 news was in alameda when landlords rallied outside city hall. the city counsel approved one represent control measure and one that failed. land lords fear the city council will enact versions of the law that were voted down. >> it was voted down 2-1 by the residents of alameda. we went to the ballot box and we voted as alameda citizens on rent control. >> alameda city council will discuss changes to the rent control law at tomorrow's meeting. you can show your support with a dozen different causes with special'sed license plates. >> this one has a strong political response. >> choosing a cell phone plan in the near future? i'm michael finney, ahead on

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the family and friends of morgan hill teenager sierra lamar will soon get their say in court, speaking at the sentencing hearing of antonin garcia torres. they'll tell the court how her murder impacted them. >> abc news reporter david lui takes a look at how this will all play out starting tomorrow. >> reporter: the battle begins in the morning, once again

pitting the prosecution against the defense, the only issue is whether or not antonin garcia torres will get the death pejity for the murder of 18-year-old sierra lamar. witness impact statements telling the jurors how sierra's death has himpacted the them. they will allow several videos and photos of there will be a mental evaluation of garcia. exposure to mercury may also be argued. they may also show a 21-minute video of garcia torres at a family birthday party. the family have been appealing to the jury's sympathy. >> at the same time they have said that sierra is out there and could still be alive, now

the jury rejected that, and now garcia knows where lamar is. >> reporter: the opposing size filed duelling motions. the judge will have to decide on those matters in order to allow the jury to decide whether antonin garcia torres gets life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty. >> and as we enter this penalty phase, you can get caught up on the background of the sierra lamar case. newly elected state senator scott wiener is among the authors of a bill to create special interest license plates, in support of pets, the environment, firefighters, and

more. the proposed pro choice plate would have an initial cost of $50 and a $40 cost to renew. >> the revenue generated in this specialized license plate will be used for the family, planning, access care and treatment program known as family pac, which provides family planning services to 1.8 million californians per year. >> they say they would drop their opposition if the bill was more ball lanced by offersffers license plates for right to life. the state will speed up new federal regulations and get them up to speed. california is one of the last states to comply with the law that addresses security weaknesses with driver's licenses. the state expects to issue

compliant licenses next year, well before current ones will no longer be valid. >> you can use that to get on the airplane before 2020. but we urge people to begin applying for a federal card before 2018. >> governor brown has set aside $20 million in his budget to start the conversion. relief could be coming your way for potholes. the mayor kicked off an ambitious new project to repave so many of the torn up streets. >> we're all sick of it, right? because one look at the website for reporting complaints that san francisco and you can tell pothole really are a big problem. look at this pothole at folsom street and main street. potholes may be harmful to cars, but you know they're down right dangerous to cyclists. >> i almost fall down because

that front wheel, it goes inside the pothole. >> with that in mind, san francisco mayor ed lee today pledged to spend $90 million in the next two years to fill potholes and repair streets. this year's abundant rain has created many more potholes, there's thousands to fill this summer. san francisco has come a long way. take a look another this, a 2015 regional survey has it above average in payment conditions, there's san francisco, some other cities like berkeley and oakland there in red, in worse shape. so san francisco already on its way and hoping to do even better with the launch of this new pohole campaign. >> that will be nice when that's done. >> it's been breezy the last couple of days. >> spencer, i'm going to pick the weather word today, pleasant.

>> it is pleasant, in fact we ended last week, talking about how windy it was, we begin this week talking about the same thing, we're showing you the wind gust pattern. notice between 7:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. this evening, wind gusts between 7 and 10 miles an hour. during the overnight hours we'll see that wind tapering off. but the gusts will be even stronger in some locations. here's a live view from our of top camera. 57 degrees in san francisco. oakland, 62, 61. 54 it half moon bay, inns from our tower camera. it's 74 right now in santa rosa, napa, 61, 63 at livermore, and as we look out over the bay from emeryville, we already have gusts right now over 40 miles an

hour at sfo, clouds will also increase overnight, we'll see isolated showers or at least the possibility of isolated showers tomorrow, but much warmer weather will develop later in the week. 24 at half moon bay, 24 miles an hour all around oakland. it's pretty breezy right now as dan pointed out. as those clouds increase and continue to be rather forceful, they're dropping into the upper 40s inland. now let's look at the forecast animation, starting at 4:00 tomorrow morning, as we go through the mid morning commute and into the afternoon hours, we'll see a few spots of light showers activity, widely scattered and isolated. we don't expect area-wide rainfall. in the afternoon hours, we'll see little pockets of rain developing in the area. late tomorrow night, into wednesday morning, showers winding down and giving way to a

clearer pattern, that will take us to the midweek and late weekdays, and we'll see sunnier skies and warmer weather, tomorrow will not be a warm day. we'll see but temperatures will be climbing later in the week. here's a look at a list of projected high temperatures tomorrow, compare with projections friday in those same locations, concord will see a 25% increase in temperatures, san jose and santa rosa, a 22 degree warmup. here's the accuweather 7-day forecast. maybe sunnier and milder on wednesday. seasonal levels or a little bit above on thursday, mid 90s, mid 80s around the bay and low to mid 70s on the coast. it's going to be hot over the weekend. >> that won't be pleasant.

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a successful launch for a spacex launch. the falcon 9 rocket lifted off from the

at more than 13,000 pounds, the satellite is the heaviest load ever lifted falcon 9 rocket. a federal ruling against uber leads tonight's business watch. a judge ordered uber not to use technology he got when he left way lift. the decision was only a partial victory for waymo. waymo filed the trade secrets lawsuit in february. the two companies have signed a deal to collaborate on self-driving technology, this isn't the first such deal that lyft has entered into. reports say the plan is to deploy thousands of

bolts with self-driving technology. the hope is that these cameras can stop violence on the road. and the president's lawyers trying once again

right now, house minority leader nancy pelosi is speaking out in a town hall, she's talking about the claims that president trump shared classified information with russian leaders. >> we cannot have the president of the united states being casually loose lipped confirming something that shouldn't be in the public domain. >> the san francisco democrat also says lawmakers revealed what exactly -- the unsecurity council is expected to meet tomorrow to cuss the country's

latest missile launch. yesterday's missile was the first ever launched by the north that is capable of reaching california. it flew for a half an hour and landed in the sea of japan. ten previous attempts to test this missile failed. the launch has been condemned by world leaders, russian president vladimir putin calls it counter productive and dangerous. >> right now three judges are ruling on whether the existing travel ban is legal. in march the president signed an executive order to ban entry and visas from citizens of six mostly muslim countries. >> that just comes from the fact that when you have a president that came up with the terms muslim ban and was saying that from the very beginning, that

really was what was going on in people's minds, even in the second executive order. >> legal experts believe the cse will end up in the supreme court. a shooting happened at 9:last night in hayward. a truck was exiting when another vehicle pulled up alongside and fired shots. two of the three people that were in the truck were hit by bullets. because of shootings like that, the first freeway security camera system in the state is now going to be rolled out in the east bay. drone view 7 give you a look at an overpass near i-80 and hill top. the chp says there's been 90 shooting on bay area freeways.

many of those were along i-80 in con tra costa county. now with 2 million in state highway department funds, cameras will be on hot spots. >> the cameras will move in the direction of the gun fire, and the license plate readers will be taking photographs. >> the hope is those cameras will start going in sometime this summer. new at 6:00, california's economy is growing faster than the national average. the state's bdp increased 2.9%, about double the rate of the country. >> california just has a very dynamic innovative economy. about a quarter of that growth probably comes from silicon valley firms. but they did very well, the rest of the economy did very well. >> the state is currently in its

eighth year of an economic expansion, two weeks shy of record breaking levels. >> a national organization honored an east bay school after its turn around after several racial incidents, as the adl recognized it as a no place for hate school. this designation comes after four incidents of racist graffiti earlier in the school year. >> since then we partnered with the adl to partner with our cleanup around our campus. >> including forming an equity task force and holding various events including a pride week. this bear was hit by a car this morning in southern california and even after being hurt, it just kept running.

>> rob hayes from our sister station in los angeles explains what happened next. >> reporter: a freeway and a bear, it's a combination that usually doesn't end well for the bear, and that's exactly how it played out this morning when a 300 pound female black bear was struck by a car on the 210 freeway in la verne. this is the moment that the kept of fish and wildlife tranquilized the animal. x rays showed it had a broke on and dislocated rear leg. >> the bear was through a group decision to be put to sleep because she would not be able to survive in the wild with those injuries. >> reporter: this is just the latest in a series of incidents involving bears coming down out of the woods. just last week a bear made his way into a gar

a dog. the author of 16 weeks on wildlife related projects say that there's development in what used to be wild areas. it's important for people near wooded areas to be careful when it comes to pets and food. >> don't leaf foot out. certainly the raccoons will come and get all of that. so keep your food and your trash cans well secured. >> reporter: there's no way to safely rehabilitate a bear of that size and you can't just put a cast on a bear and set it loose in the wild. the

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here's a look from the golden gate aud doe because society. the society has two cameras trained on that nest and is streaming video 24 hours a day. you can find a link on our website, abcnews.com. >> it's the oldest continuous foot race in america. runners will start at 8:00 a.m. at main and harvard streets, they'll finish on the great highway by ocean beach. organizers expect 40,000 runners and 30,000 spectators on sunday. some of the world's best cyclists navigated a root between they're going to race along the central coast from morrow bay to

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new at 6:00, rallying man what's being deported. >> reporter: the community here in san rafael is rallying behind a husband, father of three and undocumented immigrant who is currently being detained after trying to show up for work at a construction job. his children went to this school here in san rafael and now the neighboring synagogue are pushing to get him released. his wife says on that 3, her husband and a co-worker showed up at travis air force base to do some construction work on a hospital and he never came home.

>> reporter: according to congressman jared huffman, his only crime was showing up to work. >> they asked for id, he gave his valid california driver's license, they ran a number against their database and found out that he was undocumented. >> reporter: now mexia is being held near sample. >> mr. mexia is being detained in a prison with violent criminals, he's an upstanding member of this community. >> reporter: he's been placed in expedited deportation proceed g proceedings. they're demonstrating trying to get mr. mexia due process before being removed from his family. it's frustrating, cell phone

signals come and go depending on where you are. >> michael finney tells you it's a big factor that you should consider before purchasing a plan. >> you should try a phone at my house, good luck. i p a viewer in san leandro signed -- her cell service works fine, but she says it's and different story at home. >> i was lucky to get a single bar or no bars, most of the time. if i was sitting at home. >> michelle had prepaid for a year's worth of service from straight talk in october. like so many these day, her cell phone is her only phone, she felt vulnerable not having reliable service at home. >> if i was in an emergency situation, i wouldn't be able to call out on my phone. >> reporter: michelle decided to buy a new phone, hoping it would

improve her signal, it did not, in fact she said it was worse she called for help. >> they said i was too far from the cell tower. i didn't notice, because i don't spend a lot of time during the daytime at home. >> find neighbors on the same plan and ask about their signal, talk to co-worker, do the same for other area where is you may make a lot of phone calls, michelle reached out to 7 on your side for help. we contacted straight talk and they said they were committed to providing the best customer service. they refunded the last six months of her prepaid plan. >> don't believe that first denial, there's help out there. >> michelle says she normally fights her own battles but like many people was just too busy and needed to reach out for

help. the 7 on your side hot line is open monday through friday 10:00 to 2:00, you can also reach me through abc7news.com and my facebook page. >> thanks, michael. the bay area is a beautiful place and abc7 news viewers auld show that. >> this picture has the #abc7now which helped us find it and post it on our instagram. >> let's get back to spencer with an update on our forecast. >> we have had some great rose growing weather lately. mostly sunny skies right now, it's breezy all around the bay area, and it will continue to be breezy along the coast overnight. we'll see low temperatures mainly in the upper 40s inland and low 50s near the bay. tomorrow, cloudier, breezier,

and maybe light scattered showers. high temperatures will range from low 60s around the coast, to upper 60s around the coast. tomorrow's forecast highs, friday's highs in the next column. notice the change, by friday, concord will have increased it's high temperature by 25 degrees, san francisco, a high of 59 tomorrow, it will be 15 degrees warmer on friday. and here's a looking at that accuweather 7-day forecast. we'll see sunny skyings all the way through the forecast period. thursday is going to be down right hot in our inland areas with highs in the mid 90s. >> it's going to be cool at att park for the giants and dodgers. a lot of action on and off the court for the warriors. >> a lot of fallout from the kauai leonard injury. we'll hear from the principals. this is going to take a lot of work, i can see that.

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the fallout from kauai's injury, leonard is out for game two. leonard goes up for a shot. and the nba rules state that the defender has to leave him space to come down in the same spot he went up. he turns his feet toward the basket. he reinjures his left ankle having to leave the game with a 21 point lead. greg popovich says this was a zirty play. >> a two-step lead with your foot closeout is not appropriate, it's dangerous, it's unsportsmanlike, it's just not what anybody does to anybody else. and this particular individual has a history with that kind of action, totally unnatural closeout that the league has outlawed years ago, and we're up 23 points in the third quarter against golden state and kauai goes down, like that.

and you want to know if our chances are less and you want to know how we feel? that's how we feel. >> i really feel bad for the guy, i wish it didn't happen. i'm not a dirty player. i just love this game. and i'm playing hard. that's how i was taught since day one, honestly. so that's what i've been doing. and that's my last comment about it. >> you hate to see anybody get hurt this time of year. for oakland native gloria armstrong, her road to the has so many turns. gloria armstrong, an original member of the lgpa tour in 1975. she start golfing as an 11-year-old in 1941 and the next event in the same area didn't go so well. >> they didn't let me play

because i didn't belong to the country club. >> the ladies pulled together a $2,400 entry fee and got her into a uslpga event. >> i beat some girl i had never heard of named mickey wright. >> oh, wow. >> wright became one of the best ever. gloria then tried the florida tour and was down to her last $3, calling her dad who could not help. >> i won $162.50. and that was what really kept me out there. >> reporter: she then joined the 15 original members on the lpga tour in 1955, they put on their open events and traveled together and gloria traveled with a trailer hitch to her car as she couldn't afford hotels, playing her first pro event in oklahoma city. >> sponsors could never pay for the tournament, so nobody got paid.

>> carson solheim gave her one of her first clubs and became the first one to win an event with a ping putter. she played throughout the 1976 season. her star pupil, pat hurst. she realized her passion for teaching and started a junior program for inner city kids never charging them a dime. this august, she'll be inducted into the lpga teaching and hall of fame at 87 years of age. he was a pioneer, teacher, mentor, and now a hall of famer. >> that's why i'm so happy, i achieved what i was trying to do. >> gloria will be inducted in august, a delightful woman, a pioneer, she was actually one of the first female pilots also, well deserved honor, and she corrected a 50-year-old flaw in my grip and my handicap dropped

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