>> announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> developing news tonight, a fire at shoreline amphitheater leaves a kitchen worker with life-threatening injuries while thousands of tech workers were just a short distance away. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm alma daetz. 7,000 people were at shoreline today for the google i.o. conference when that fire broke out. >> abc7 news reporter katie mur sewol owe is live in mountain view with the story. katie? >> reporter: dan and alma, there was a conference, part of the google conference let out a short time ago. no google employees were hurt in the fire. in fact, those i talked with didn't realize anything had happened, let alone something so serious. in this photo tweeted by henry mccracken, you can see bright orange flames through the middle of the stage right cafe. aaron goldberg was working security only a few feet away.

>> hear an explosion and people sta running out. >> reporter: it wasn't old for business but he said there were 20 people nearby. >> first thing i noticed was a guy stumbling out. one guy got badly injured. first thing was get him out and everyone away. >> reporter: the mountain view fire department got the call from mountain line at 4:00. >> they were aemting ttempting t a deep fat frier and there was a splash. >> reporter: the kitchen's fire suppression system put out the flames but the damage was already done. six people were hurt, three went to the hospital, one with life-threatening injuries. >> any time you're dealing with fire it can happen. even relatively small fire. >> reporter: google tells abc7 news it has been in contact with the three people who suffered minor burns and says they are doing well. in mountain view, katie marzulo, abc7 news. >> we are following new developments tonight on the story we first brought you nearly two weeks ago.

flaring at the valero refinery, it has been intermittent since may 5th and tonight we are learning about some persisting problems still bothering neighbors. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard joins us live from benicia with the story. cornell? >> reporter: alma, it may be weeks before this refinery is back to normal operation after some flaring incidents this month. one last week apparently much worse than the city thought. check out the oily mess on these car windshields parked near the valero benicia refinery. the mystery residue started drifting from the refinery monday. valero reportedly offering free car wash vouchers to drivers affected. it all began may 5th when a power outage caused flaring. black smoke pouring from the refinery stacks. fernando shot this video. >> something was wrong because, you know, we never see the smoke like that. >> reporter: many homes and businesses told to shelter in place, but the following monday there was more flaring and people got sick. >> i had one employee throw up.

i had since 30 to the emergency room, and we didn't get any notice about anything going on beforehand. no one's talking about it now. and i'm a little upset about it. >> reporter: jasmine powell told benicia city council dozens at done lap manufacturing were overcome. >> the cloud of smoke hit us at about between:3 14:00. we had to send everybody home. >> reporter: the illness a surprise to the mayor. >> i did not know about this, jasmine. >> reporter: mayor elizabeth patterson telling abc7 news she's very disappointed about valero communication and lack of cooperation and collaboration with the city. the valero refinery is off line until next month. the oil prices information service tweeted, gas prices continue to climb today with reports the refinery restart has been pushed back to june. valero has not yet responded to

our request for comment. in benicia, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> an alameda county judge today compared a former oakland police officer to a pimp before ordering him to stand charges. the woman was formerly known as celeste. she vomited in a garbage can as he exploited her as a teenager. she had sex with as many as bay area officers became public louis oosthuizen year. in the south bay, an emotional day in court as the parents of sierra lamar told the jury how her death has left them in so much pain. >> it's the first time that i heard her speak live on the video. so, that was really hard because i've been avoidig that because it's been so painful just to look at videos of her. but i've been doing it a lot lately this past month. >> tears filled the eyes of several jurors while convicted

killer antolin garcia torres avoided eye contact. the penalty phase will determine if torres gets the death penalty or life without parole. the arguments will resume on monday. >> happening now at san francisco family is working around the clock searching and following up on leads, anything that might help them find their missing loved one. he disappeared sunday, mother's day. his family suspects foul play. abc7 news reporter lisa joins us live from pau trar owe hill. lisa. >> reporter: alma, the missing man's nephew searched this parking lot behind me hoping to find had i silver suv, but didn't have any luck. that's why they posted this flyer just in case someone remembers seeing him in the area. >> the gas station is going to be within this area, you guys. so, why don't you do the gas station and then you do the garages. >> reporter: his house is now the family's war room. >> you're going to be driving by just to see any suspicious activities or any signs of his car.

>> reporter: because he isn't on their sight. father of two and former uber driver disappeared sunday afternoon. his family is sure something is very wrong. >> love his family way too much to leave without telling us where he's going. or not even a phone call. >> reporter: the case is now with s.f.p.d.'s special victim's unit. there are very few leads. the family worries an uber passenger who left his phone in the car saturday may be tied to his disappearance. that passenger somehow tracked him down at his home. >> i don't know if, you know, he was set up in any way. i mean, he drives a mercedes. >> reporter: he tried to disappear while driving to a friend's house. he never arrived and his phone has been off ever since. >> maybe you can start searching. >> reporter: so the round the clock search continues throughout the city and the peninsula. >> anybody could, you know, drop off a stolen vehicle basically. >> reporter: the hope is if they find his car, they'll find him.

in san francisco, lisa, abc7 news. >> new tonight, three people fell off a ferris wheel in washington state in port townsend north of seattle. they tumbled at least 15 feet onto the metal base at the bottom of the ride after one of the baskets flipped upside down. a 59-year-old woman was flown to a trauma center. one of the other victims is a 6-year-old boy. doctors say all the victims will survive. the ride is shut down, of course, as investigators try to figure out exactly what went wrong. and dramatic video tonight shows the moment a speeding car went airborne. watch this now. slamming into a crowd of tourists in new york's times square. one tourist was killed. 22 other people were injured. police say the driver was high on synthetic marijuana and told police he thought the end of the world was coming. bystanders held him down until police could arrest him. the woman killed has been identified as 18-year-old elise

a elsman. she was visiting from michigan. >> tomorrow president trump leaves on his first foreign trip as president a five nation tour which includes the pope. he's leaving two days after the special counsel appointment robert mueller to investigate possible ties to russia during last year's presidential election. the president called the investigation a witch hunt and refuted claims he asked the fired former fbi director to drop his russia investigation. >> did you at any time urge former director james comey in any way shape or form to close or back down the investigation into michael flynn? and also as you look back -- >> no, no. next question. >> the president told abc's david muir the investigation hurts the country terribly and shows we are very divided. >> two men have an incredible connection. >> yes, they both jumped off the golden gate bridge and survived. >> as i fell, all i wanted to do was reach back to the rail, but it was gone. >> coming up, a story of

mistakes, survival and second chances. >> temperatures trending higher this weekend. i'm abc7 news meteorologist sabd sandhya patel. who will feel it and who will escape it. >> thanks, sandhya. going once, going twice, sold. the record setting price for this painting shocking the art world tonight. >> here's a look at what is coming up on jimmy kimmel live after abc7 news at 11:00. >> thank you, dan and alma. here's what they paid us to do tonight. ♪

a new suicide barrier is

going up on the golden gate bridge in 2021. >> we don't normally cover suicide or suicide attempts, we want to bring you a meeting of two men. both jumped off the bridge and su you are viechld. >> abc7 news anchor natasha spoke with them about their fall and most importantly about their rise. >> what's going on, man? >> reporter: on baker beach it appears a pair of tourists are snapping photos and talking like old friends. in truth, these men are little more than strangers who happen to share this. >> i jumped off the golden gate bridge on september 25th of the year 2000. it was a monday. >> on august 20th, 1985, i jumped off the golden gate bridge and i survived. >> reporter: more than 1600 people have taken their lives this way. less than 2% survive. kevin heinz and ken baldwin want you to know the feeling they both had the moment they jumped. >> the mill i second of true free fall, instant regret for my action. >> at that moment i realized this is the stupid est thing i've ever done.

everything could have changed. >> reporter: they had different paths leading to this point. kevin was 19, suffering from bipolar disorder. >> i thought i was my family's greatest burden. i thought i was useless. >> reporter: he had made this pact with himself. >> one person says, are you okay, is something wrong, or can i help you, i was going to tell them everything and beg them to help me. >> reporter: on the bridge no one spoke to him. then finally a tourist approached. >> she is going to ask me if i'm okay and that's when she pulled out a camera and said, will you take my picture? >> reporter: he took the picture and made the split second decision to run at the railing and jump. >> god save me. >> reporter: meanwhile, ken baldwin had a family, a 3-year-old daughter. he also had deep depression. he told his wife. >> i'll be home a little late, knowing full well i wouldn't live through the day. >> reporter: i drove to the bridge. >> i counted to 10 and couldn't do it. >> reporter: he counted again and vaulted over. >> your life flashing before

your eyes, it was my current life, everybody it was going to hurt. >> reporter: they fell 2300 feet and hit the water 75 miles per hour. both hit feet first. kevin in a seated position, the other in a cannonball. he came to in the water. >> the irony of living in the water and i thought i was going to drown. >> when i wanted to live the most, i thought i was going to die. >> reporter: he was bruised and had a collapsed lung. meanwhile kevin was in agony, his back was broken. >> kevin, you can't die here. if you die here, no one will ever know you didn't want to. no one will ever know that you knew you made a mistake. and i broke the surface. >> reporter: marcus butler was one of the men who pulled kevin from the water. we tracked him down in the houston area. thank you so much for talking with us. all these years later he still has nightmares. >> they don't hit the water and go peacefully into the night. sometimes the bodies are things you see in a horror show. >> reporter: in the four years he served here he pulled 57

bodies and one live man. >> what do you mean swimming? light switch goes off and immediately goes from a body recovery to a rescue. i guess a miracle. >> reporter: two men connected by the same bridge, all these years later, we asked ken and kevin to go back and tell us what they would say to their 19 and 28 year old selves. >> there's life, there's hope. >> i wish i had said to my father that morning, am i a burden to you? he twochl said no. dad, i'm thinking of suicide. he would have said, i'm not letting you go. >> reporter: they wish they could have foreseen the joy. >> i would have missed marrying the love of my life. and my father my best man. >> i got to give my daughter away. the birth of my grandson zachary. >> reporter: it's not about the fall, but how they rose up afterwards. natasha, abc7 news. >> and a mir

>> dell: happened in tmiracle hn the water that day, he said an animal saved his life. go to our website, abc7news.com. now, if you need support, please reach out for help. call the national suicide prevention hot line at 1-800-273-8255 or you can message the crisis text line. text the word home to 741-741. >> new at 11:00, the space needle went dark for an hour tonight in tribute to seattle's own chris cornell. ♪ >> cornell committed suicide after the sound garden concert in detroit last night. he gained fame in the grunge rock era in the '90s. he was known for his charismatic energy and wide vocal range. chris cornell was 52 years old. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with sandhya patel. >> we're getting closer to the weekend and we are seeing some

changes. take a look at the satellite and radar. live doppler 7 right now, want to turn your attention to the fact that all of the cloud cover is heading well to the north of us. that's where the storm track is. and that basically means we are going to be under the influence of sinking air, warmed up today. we're going to see those temperatures continuing to rise and rapidly. look at the hour by hour forecast as we start off your morning. concord tomorrow morning will start out at upper 50s. you will notice that the temperatures will come up and they will quickly rise to the low 90s tomorrow afternoon before we see those temperatures dropping again. so, definitely going to warm up fast especially in our inland communities. a live look right now from our emeryville camera. we don't have any fog here from this perspective but there is a little tiny patch at half moon bay. i suspect it will go away pretty quickly. live doppler 7 is showing you the closer view right now. and we are in the clear across most of the bay area. don't have any rain to speak of any time soon.

temperatures right now ranging from the 40s along the coast all the way to the 60s inland. it's almost 70 degrees in concord and brentwood you know it's starting to feel like summer. and you're going to see a sign of it. concord tomorrow afternoon 90 degrees, pretty warm. low 90s antioch, fairfield, 89 in livermore. sutro tower camera looking at san francisco there, you see city hall, market street. temperatures will continue to rise tomorrow. summer like heat this weekend and cooling begins early next week. speaking of cool it will start out that way tomorrow morning. under clear skies, temperatures in the upper 40s to the mid 50s. when you get going you will want to grab just a thin extra layer for the afternoon, you can pretty much get rid of it because it is going to be a nice day. 60s, 70s coast side. today we had 80s in our warm est spot tomorrow it will turn to 90s to end your work wikipedia. it is also going to be warming up in tahoe. if you are other heading to the high country i do want to warn you even though it is going to be nice and sunny friday through sunday, if you're doing some cam

camping or hiking, the warm temperatures in the low 70s is going to mean potential for some big-time flooding. a flood watch has been issued sunday morning through tuesday afternoon, excessive snow melt expected. the runoff, creeks and streams will be rising and there is the potential for rock and mudslides so just be care. . on a lighter note beta breakers mid 50s, perfect racing weather. sunshine, temperatures really in the upper 50s to mid 60s so not too hot for all you runners out there. look at the accuweather seven-day forecast or spectators. mid 60s to low 90s, feeling like summer, bump up temperatures as we head to the weekend. low to mid 90s. the coast will stay comfortable because of the fog, because the breeze over the weekend. everyone will cool off between tuesday and thursday at least coming down closer to average even though we're still going to be above normal inland. download the accuweather app and

$110 million, that's the price someone paid today for this 1982 painting. it's the most ever for american artwork. the japanese billionaire who bought it posted these pictures today of him looking at the untitled painting. he plans to make it a center piece of museum in japan one day, but until then he'll loan it out to exhibitions around the world. >> that's a lot of money. >> yeah, it is. >> striking anyway. on to sports. >> larry beil. i know it's like, oh, larry. >> you feel like you could do that. >> must be good to be a billionaire. wouldn't know. draymond green not happy, not shy about voicing his displeasure. wonder what he would say about

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