>> right now it's early in the morning. there's no live games. >> makes me feel current, i guess. i'm not really here for the politics to be honest. i'm here for the bloody mary's. >> reporter: and while the hearings were in a money maker here, game 4 of the nba finals tomorrow night is expected to bring in triple to quadruple the normal business. in newark, matt keller, abc7 news. >> and coming up later this hour, we'll talk with university of san francisco's law school dean. he'll give us his thoughts on the testimony. we posted a video to our

website, abc7news.com that has some of the most talked about moments from the comey hearing. you can watch the entire thing by downloading our news app. >> we turn to the weather. kind of misty around the area. >> it drizzled early. didn't catch people by surprise. there were plenty of umbrellas in downtown san francisco. >> you can see rain drops coming down on our mount tam camera. abc7 news anchor spencer christian is here with the weather. >> you may still want to carry the umbrella with you. you can see we have cloudy skies. not much now in the way of precipitation, although there is some spotty drizzle. this has been the pattern the last three hours. cold front pushing through bringing us areas of light rain or drizzle. cool air is coming in behind the front. here is is a view from the rooftop camera, cloudy skies over the bay. 61 in san francisco, 59 in half moon bay. this is the view from mount tam with rain drops still hitting

the camera lens. we have 61 degrees right now in santa rosa, mid 60s at napa novato, 70 in concord, 69 in livermore. here is the forecast animation taking us into the evening hours. we'll see a few more patches of spotty drizzle or light rain. going into the evening hours, then it all winds down giving way to partial clearing early tomorrow morning. midday tomorrow we'll be looking at mostly sunny skies away from the coast line. what lies after that? ahead after that. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. dan and alma? >> thanks a lot. new developments in the investigation of two separate fires of the same apartment complex under construction in emeryville. the latest fire, the san pablo avenue site occurred on may 13. the other ten months earlier. this afternoon officials declared that both were arson. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live in emeryville and mel, you say they have identified a possible suspect? >> reporter: yes, they have. and we'll show you that suspect's picture in just a few moments. but first you can see that the clean-up effort is still

underway here after that most recent fire, the second one that was in may. developer rick holiday has said that he will build a third time. he's also said all along that he believes both of these fires were arson and today investigators said he's right. atf officials unveiling surveillance images of a suspect in a hooded jacket carrying a back pack and riding a bicycle. they say this suspect canvassed the holiday development building prior to the may 13th fire and then entered the building. >> after examining all the evidence, atf has determined the cause of the may 13th fire at san pablo avenue to be incendiary. meaning that was intentionally set and considered an act of arson. >> reporter: the may 13 fire was the second at this development. the initial fire just ten months earlier on july 6. atf says that fire was also arson. >> this is a violent crime. we are very fortunate that we

did not lose lives in this -- both of these incidents. >> this incident will not call into question our overall direction of the city. >> reporter: but information about the fire being offered by atf and holiday development, total up to $100,000. in emeryville, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> ghost ship founder derek almena was back in court today for arraignment, but delayed making a plea in connection to charges of the warehouse fire. they postponed the entry of the plea till next week. this is his first appearance after being arrested last week in lake county. he and an associated with charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. the delay was ordered to link up with maximum harris who is being transported from l.a. to today. we are learning new details this afternoon about a deadly shooting at a normally quiet sunnyvale strip mall. it happened kneer the fair oaks plaza off east duane avenue.

it left one man dead, sent another to the hospital. police are still trying to track down the shooter. abc7 news reporter jeannine de la vega joins us live from the scene. jeannine? >> reporter: this scared the people who live around here because the shooter is still out here. this happened here at the fair oaks shopping plaza off 101 and lawrence express way. the businesses are back open because a lot of them were closed half the day because this is where the shooting took place. crime tape sealed off the fair oaks plaza in sunnyvale all morning. an odd sight for people who eat and shop here. it is not known to be an area of crime, but it became the first homicide area this year. >> scouring for video that may be out to see what we can find out and what occurred out here. what vehicle they were in, how many suspects there were. >> reporter: at 2:00 this morning they were called to east duane avenue. shots were fired. when officers arrived, they found a 20-year-old latino man dead in the parking lot next to this white suv. another latino man was on the

ground suffering from gunshot wounds. he's in the hospital in critical condition. >> obviously it was some type of altercation occurrd in the parking lot between these two victims and some other parties. how many that is, we don't know right now. that's part of our investigation. >> reporter: detectives collected evidence outside la ronda, a night club that closed before the shooting occurred. the news shook up customers who were turned away. >> i've never been here late night, but i come to this mall which is an indian grocery store to pickup stuff. i came to get some meat. shocking to hear the news and see it is closed. >> reporter: police say so far there are no witness accounts. they are hoping evidence surfaces to get some leads. in sunnyvale, jeannine de la vega, abc7 news. >> developing news from the atlanta area where a church bus carrying high school students and adults has overturned and crashed. the bus was headed to atlanta's

airport when it happened. authorities say many on board have critical injuries sadly. the bus was carrying a youth group from huntsville, alabama. they were on a church mission trip. back in the bay area, a school bus carrying eight students was involved in a minor crash with a car on a rainy marin county road. it happened along panoramic highway. the students and bus driver were not hurt. the driver of the car suffered from bumps and bruises but is going to be okay we understand. the highway patrol is investigating exactly how this happened, but again, the roads were fairly slick. >> much more ahead for you on abc7 news. a visible example of the lack of affordable housing in the bay area. hundreds of seniors wait in the rain for a shot at a place to live. >> also on the road to recovery, a goat badly injured in a brush fire last month is getting better, but could use your help. >> hello, i'm mike shumann in downtown cleveland. we are a day away from perhaps a

history making goal for the golden state warriors. coming up. >> the traffic in san francisco slowly inching along in both directions, but not very quickly. that is your traffic approaching lower deck of the bay bridge over to the east bay and on the right-hand side the traffic is heading towa

an unmistakable sign today of just how severe the affordable housing crisis is in oakland, hundreds of senior citizens stood in line as you can see, many of them overnight, for a shot at a waiting list for subsidized housing. >> abc7 news anchor eric thomas

is live at 14th and harrison at the hotel oakland with a not so pretty picture. eric. >> reporter: it was on this sidewalk and around the corner and around the block that the seniors stood all night long. a couple numbers here for you to keep in mind. $2,400 a month, that's the average rent in oakland now. and to meet its own goals, the city should have 870 new units of affordable housing every year. last year they permitted 40. so, there's no wondering why those folks were standing in line. even the elements couldn't dampen the spirits of the seniors lined up around the block outside the hotel oakland. tim was here helping his parents fill out paperwork for a spot on a waiting list for an apartment here. >> it's cold and, you know, and maybe the rain right here this morning and everybody is waiting. >> reporter: his parents camped out at about 3:00 wednesday afternoon. others have been here since noon yesterday. jennifer has a law practice across the street. she and her colleagues became concerned about the health of all those seniors. >> they're supposed to be access

for a wait list like this, safe for people. obviously sitting out all night in the street is not >> reporter: the sad fact of life people are already in harm's way. look at the homeless camps on the periphery of downtown oakland. the city admits it reached crisis proportions several years ago. >> there's been over a half a million jobs that have been created in the bay area and the region and only about 50,000 units of new housing. >> reporter: the people in line this morning were trying to get on a waiting list for section 8 vouchers, a government program that only requires tenants to pay 30% of their income for rent with government subsidies picking up the rest. the zhangs were lucky. they got an application, but have no idea whether they will get a spot. >> maybe a letter or a phone call. >> reporter: in oakland, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> a southern california man

arrested for killing an australian tourist with a punch in san francisco will be back in court next week. 34-year-old david murillo was in the bay area to install drapes at the da vinci villa hotel. he now faces charges much involuntary manslaughter, assault and battery. prosecutors say he got into an argument last friday with 33-year-old matthew bait, a guest at the hotel. he punched bait once. he fell down some stairs and died from his injuries. murillo says the punch was in self-defense. >> a goat that was severely burned while running away from a grass fire in milpitas last month has complications and is in recovery. this video of charlie, under the care of veterinarians at u.c. davis. charlie is back on an iv after experiencing stomach trouble and a drop in energy. he's a fighter. there is a go fund me page to raise money for his care. sky 7 captured the goats that became trapped between the flames and a fence.

one of the goats survived. >> it may seem like good clean fun. north berkeley is asking residents to stop putting soap in the fountain. it was vandalized with liquid detergent after it was cleaned. since the fountain is connected to the storm drain system flowing into the bay, just draining it is not an option. even with the help of volunteers, cleaning and refilling the fountain costs the city about $1,000 every time. so, expensive. >> time to turn to our weather which is quite gray and drizzly. >> you said it was coming. weird to see. >> exactly, it still looks a little dreary outside, but not as wet as it looks on the camera view. most locations received only a trace of rainfall. here is a live look at doppler 7. you can see on the camera view behind us there, the anchor desk and there is still some spotty drizzle but not any significant rainfall at the moment. and these are rainfall totals over the last 24 hours. notice locations in the east bay, south bay and on the peninsula. for the most part received

either no measurable rainfall at all or maybe right around 100th of an incher. here in san francisco we had nearly a tenth of an inch as did half moon bay in the north bay, a bit more rainfall there, a quarter of an inch or more from santa rosa to saint helena. cooler than average outside right now. 60 degrees in half moon bay. mid to upper 60s near the bay shore. inner locations upper 60s to low 70s now. a live view at the golden gate where it is looking cloudy and dreary, but the pavement looks mostly dry. these are our forecast features. cloudy conditions over 23450i9, damp spots for the morning commute. friday through sunday a warmer pattern developing early next week. here is our forecast animation starting at 5 being this afternoon. notice the clouds will be thick and spotty drizzle around the bay area so there could be some wet spots for the evening commute. it won't be very wet area wide, but damp spots nonetheless. as we get into the evening hours, look for spotty drizzle continuing. later tonight it will start to wind down and taper off by the beginning of the morning commute

tomorrow it should be just about all over and skies will be clearing into the mid-morning hours giving us a mainly sunny afternoon over the bay and inland. but clouds will linger at the coast line. looking ahead, overnight lows will be mainly in the mid 50s so still pretty mild although a bit dreary and damp out there. tomorrow highs in the afternoon as skies become sunnier will range from upper 50s at the coast to mid and upper 60s around the bay. maybe a couple low 70s. inland areas will start to warm up a little bit. we'll see low to mid 70s. still average this time of year. it will get warmer next week. look at the projected high temperature range for napa for the week ahead. we'll see temperatures steadly dropping well below average as we move into the weekend the average for napa is 80 degrees. 69, 11 degrees below the average. temperatures start to rebound monday for all of the bay area. mid week to late week next week highs in the inland areas climbing to mid upper 80s low

90s on thursday. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. again, cloudy overnight, but mostly sunny by afternoon tomorrow. bright and breezy. then on saturday and sunday still mainly sunny with a few passing clouds and still cooler than average with temperatures beginning to bounce back all around the bay area on monday. and once again about mid week next week it will be feeling almost like summer. a all right, thank you, spencer. >> just get it done, win the series and let everybody else talk. >> one game away from a perfect playoffs and this afternoon coach kerr wants his team to tune out all the distractions. we're live in cleveland. that's next. >> and taking a live look at our traffic over the san mateo bridge, not too bad. it's pretty good. on the left-hand side it might be a little bit thicker. that's our oncoming traffic heading eastbound.

as you know, the warriors

are on the brink of history. no nba team has ever gone undefeated throughout the entire playoffs. abc7 news sports anchor mike shumann is live in cleveland. coach kerr is preaching to his players today. hi, shu. >> preaching, that message is win and go home. we're in the heart of downtown cleveland, an under rated city and the rock and roll hall the fame. they hope to be rocking and rolling friday night. a victory over the cavaliers, an unprecedented 16-0 through the postseason. incredible opportunity. durant for three. it's good, kevin durant from downtown. golden state takes the lead. the warriors had a voluntary shoot around today. most of the team was there. when you're one game away from a perfect postseason, you tend to stay focused. >> close out games are allegation the hardest. we've been on both sides of that.

and we know cleveland is not the type of team that is going to lie down. >> reporter: no team in all of sports has gone 16-0 in the postseason. the thought did arise in the locker room last night. >> it came up once last night, but i think the only reason it came up is just because we want to win this next game and we win that, it's 16-0. >> reporter: the cavaliers have nothing to lose and that's a dangerous team. but they have mixed emotions on this 16-0. >> you're the one to make that happen. we can. we have an opportunity to and we have to put our best basketball out there on the court. so, we bring our a-game, play smart enough, we'll do it. >> i don't think we're talking about 16-0. i don't think anyone on our team cares about that. we just want to win a game because we want to written the championship. >> reporter: when you're one win away from the nba title with history on the line, it creeps into your mind-set. >> it would be a great piece of history. it wasn't a goal of ours to start the postseason, but now that it's obtainable, we have

our eyes set on it. >> reporter: all right. if the warriors pull it off, of course it will be 16-0, win their second nba title in the last three years. every warriors and bay area fan will be excited. around the nba and the rest of the league not so excited because of this super team when they added kevin durant. you like sports to be competitive and 16-0 in the season is not that. expect a little backlash. for warriors fans, we don't care, we're hoping for 16-0. reporting live from cleveland, mike shumann, abc7 news. guys? >> thanks. abc's coverage of game four of the nba final starts tomorrow 5:30 on abc7. before it starts, join larry beil and mike shumann. larry is here, shu is in cleveland brought to you by jeep. shu will continue live reporting. coverage will begin at 5:00 p.m. >> next up hear from the dean of a local law school on james

comey's testimony today. john trazina joins us in studio to discuss what he is calling the mother of all hearings. >> also across the pond polls have posted a big election that could have worldwide implications. and if early returns are any

>> announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. several fires broke out within a short distance of one another in san jose early this morning. coming up at 5:00, abc7 news reporter david louie has more on the investigation into whether an arsonist is to blame. while the warriors look to sweep the cavs, wayne freedman tweets, is king james human after all? wayne will have more live from cleveland at 5:00. abc7 news reporter laura anthony shared this on twitter who says a racist holiday gift from the boss was the last draw in a pattern of harassment. live details at 5:00. fbi former director comey accused the president of lying and says he believes he was fired because of the russia investigation. that televised hearing was a must-see event. abc7 news reporter maggie has our story. >> reporter: americans are obsessing over the congressional testimony of the former fbi

director james comey. outside the hearing, hundreds wait in line from the break of dawn for the chance to get just one of the 90 seats in the hearing room. and across america, people watching the event in homes, offices and bars. at a tavern in d.c., it looks like a sporting event. the crowd eating, drinking, watching it all unfold on big screen tv. >> just hoping to get some truth and peel back another layer of the senate administration. >> reporter: reacting to key moments of the testimony with applause and outbursts of approval. >> that moment that might be really important for our democracy and it's kind of fun to have the opportunity to do it with other people. >> reporter: in houston, it was standing room only at this bar. >> we've never opened in the morning. >> reporter: a mixed crowd of patrons with different opinions. >> feel like it's like living in a twilight zone type of era. >> unless someone else corroborates his notes, his notes are worthless. >> reporter: and the testimony today? >> people lie under oath all the

time. >> reporter: and in new york. >> i think it should be a important part if we take our politics an important part of our discourse. >> reporter: one positive note we heard from people watching inside that today's hearing got more americans involved in politics. they said they hope some day in the future political events like this will become as big of a deal as the super bowl. maggie, abc news, new york. >> joining us to give his thoughts on the testimony, we have the dean of san francisco university's school of law. thank you so much for being here. >> happy to be here. >> first let's begin with the questions that many people want answered. you know, based on today's testimony from james comey, was this obstruction by president trump? >> i'm not sure whether that was the key question frankly. >> what do you think it is? >> well, i think the hearing drama impact, to have the former director of the fbi say to the american people two things, one is the president lied to me, and i saw it as it was coming along.

he took actions consistent with that. the second is the russians corrupted -- attempted to corrupt our elections. those are two very big bombshell things that will lead to many more hearings, many more investigations. the part about obstruction of justice, that is up for the special counsel at this point. >> all right. that is a big component of this. i mean, congress wants to know whether there was any obstruction of justice on the part of the president. >> correct. we are looking at the smoke, the potential cover up. there is still the fire. the fire is much, much bigger in terms of our overall system. >> okay. in his testimony, james comey accuses president trump of, again, being a liar. he says that he's not sure -- he was sure to take notes after every encounter with the president just to try to keep things straight. what ramifications does that have for the president? >> it has tremendous ramifications. we see it with the president's trust internationally, foreign

leaders, trust of members of his own administration. they are seemingly leaking left and right. and also his relations with congress. his effectiveness is damaged by today's hearings. >> you talk about smoke. was there a smoking gun? really, if this investigation comes down to comey's word versus the president, who has the correct therredibility ther? >> i think director comey answered that well in response to senator feinstein. he said he has his records. we've seen the president in a number of areas give inconsistent statements, with his own people and with himself as to why did he fire comey in the first place. >> all right. you have worked as a special counsel. what happens next as the result of this testimony? where are we going? >> we're going in a number of different ways. i think the immediate impact is for the hearing for the new fbi director. that hearing will spotlight what conversations he may have had with president trump in accepting the job, and the second, what type of

independence is he expecting. in terms of the investigation, this hearing itself will give bob mueller a much greater sense of independence in case -- in case there was any question before, it's clearly going to have an independent investigation now. >> all right, john, thank you for coming in and giving us your perspective on all the eenlts unfolding in front of our eyes today. thank you. >> thank you. >> always good to see you. polls are now closed in great britain following a high stakes election and exit polls suggest the u.k.'s ruling conservative party may have lost its majority. today's vote follows two recent terror attacks on british soil and last year's controversial brexit vote. abc news reporter is in london. >> reporter: the poliling stations in britain opening their doors bright and early as voting begins in the high stakes election which could have huge repercussions with relations with the u.s. call by prime minister theresa may 7 weeks ago to get the backing of the country as she

starts the brexit deal, asking for britain to leave the european union, saying she can deliver a successful exit. >> i just reignite the british spirit because together we can do great things. >> reporter: her contender, the opposition leader, jeremy corbin of the labor party, focusing his message on education and health care. >> we have people coming together with a dream of the kind of world that we can create. >> reporter: but their campaigns were marred by two terrorist attacks. in manchester suicide bomber salman abedi killing 24 people. and just last week in london, three machete wielding men unleash their deadly assault first using a van to mow people down on london bridge, then slashing others enjoying their saturday night out. the party leaders fighting tooth

and nail, making terror and dealing with extremists high on their agendas. theresa may recently offered president trump a state visit hosted by the queen. so, will that relationship change if jeremy corbin wins? he already said he is going to stand up to president trump. all eyes will be on that special relationship between the u.s. and britain and what happens next. abc news, london. >> a congressman elect from montana will plead no contest for misdemeanor for body slamming a reporter. greg gianforte also sent a letter of apology to the reporter, ben jacobs of the guardian. last month he exploded when jacobs asked him about the republican health care plan. the incident was captured on jacobs' recorder. >> sick and tired of you guys. 9 last guy that came in here you did the same thing. get the hill out of here. get the hill out of here. >> you heard that, gianforte's letter reads in part, i should

be held to a high standard in my interactions with the press and the public. my treatment of you did not meet that standard. i made a mistake and humbly ask for your forgiveness. >> well, the family of a southern california high school student is calling for the expulsion of three fellow students accused of posting a racist photo online. this is the photo depicting 15-year-old ina adawomi with a noose around her neck. the hateful image was shared in a classroom. the transfer student was troubled to find the image in late may, of course. she went to administrators who suspended the three boys who posted it. >> i think it is a good school. i'm happy i moved, and i will not be leaving but this is something that needs to be stopped because it's happened in the past and i knew if i did not come out with this story it would happen over and over again. >> her family has hired a lawyer and is now demanding the boys be expelled. they have apologized for posting that image.

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curiosities happening this month and next at the conservatory. hands-on event, fun for the whole family. or this weekend you can take the family out to jane warner plaza in the castro from 1:00 to 2:00 on saturday for a free music performance. the beauty operator string band will play blue grass and occasional '80s stongz. from relaxing to down right strenuous, thousands of men and women will escape from alcatraz this weekend. the triathlon will be held sunday morning. more than 2000 athletes will participate, 18-mile bike ride through golden gate park and 8-mile run through the presidio. there is a free fitness festival for all the spectators. maybe you can burn off some of that chocolate you made. for more ideas what to do this weekend, go to our website, abc7news.com and look for our hoodline link. i'm jessica castro, abc7 news. >> three american women are

trying to go from cuba to florida the hard way. by paddle board. it is all for a good cause, though. the women hope to raise funds for a cancer children's charity and the special olympics. they want to highlight keeping an american friendship. just before they left for havana addressed the possible danger in the journey. >> sharks, that's their home. we're not worried about that, you know. it's always a myth of -- they're going to come and bite us. that's the least of our worries. if anything, it's mother nature when it comes to currents and wind and all that stuff. it's something, you know, you have to respect. >> it's a 109-mile trip. the women will paddle in two-hour shifts averaging 6 miles, and hope to be in key west by tomorrow morning. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> we are starting with live doppler 7 showing lots of clouds around the bay area right now. still a few damp spots although the drizzle we have at the moment is quite spotty. we may have more spotty drizzle overnight.

we'll certainly have clouds with low temperatures mainly in the mid 50s in the early morning hours. but by midday tomorrow we'll see the clouds pulling back to the coast line. it will be mainly sunny over the bay and our inland areas with high temperatures still below average, but a bit milder than today. we'll see upper 60s low 70s around the shore. now, tomorrow evening as you go a little bit inland in the north bay to novato, you can get to san marin high school graduation which starts at 7:00 p.m. tomorrow and we'll see sunny skies tomorrow evening up until about 9:00 or so between 8:00 and 9:00 when the sun sets. it will be mild fairly in the early hours for the graduation with temperatures in the 60s. but temperatures will drop into the 50s by about 9:00 p.m. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. bright and breezy all the way through the weekend. it will be dry and mostly sunny. temperatures will remain well below average. temperatures won't start to rebound until monday. mid week next week it will feel like summer again.

it will feel almost like summer. high temperatures in the 80s inland. >> thanks, spencer. >> up next, it took more than 70 years, but one man has finally graduated from the high school he left to fight in world war ii. >> i'm 7 on your side's michael finney. if you or anyone you know has a child safety gate at their

a pennsylvania man is setting an example of how to say good-bye to a loved one who is wagging his tail to the end. his name is mr. molson, a 12-year-old golden retreeiever dying noticed with cancer three years ago. he has a bucket list of sorts. he is a fire fighter. police sergeant. how cute is that. honorary president of a union electricians local. he wanted to have his best friend's last days be special. >> everybody was sad and partially with the kids also, i wanted to try to take it as an opportunity to be less negative about it. it's been 12 weeks since his

surgery. in those 12 weeks we've had a lot of fun. >> isn't that great? it's touching. tim is teaching his children a lesson in letting go. the kids are doing their best to accept mr. molson is going to leave them seen. >> also in pennsylvania, it took more than 70 years, but a man has finally graduated from the high school he left in order to fight in world war ii. >> it's a day i thought i would never see. >> he always talked about it. he said maybe he'd go back to school, but with working he didn't have time to go back to school. >> 92-year-old elmer left school in tenth grade and was drafted into the army in 1943. his high school was allowed to grant diplomas to honorably discharged world war ii vets. >> well deserved. u well, measures passed to protect us against the melt down may be stripped. >> a bill was passed by the house today, michael. >> the comey hearing is something completely different.

the dodd-frank act puts a choke hold on businesses and jeopardizes jobs. democrats say the bill's passage would mark a return to the regulations that led to the mortgage melt down. the choice act passed on a party line vote with all 14 of california's republican house members supporting it. it would eliminate among other things protections against abusive pay day lending and mortgage practices. the oakland-based california public interest research group predicts the act would strip the consumer financial protection bureau of all of its powers. >> we need an agency that's independent and funded and has the teeth to be able to identify when wrongs are happening to consumers and act to correct them. >> the bill will go on to the senate where passage remains uncertain. if you or anyone you know has a child safety gauge in their home, this is an important report.

madison mill is recalling a expandable child safety gate. the gate is being re-called due to entrapment and strangulation hazard. it is big enough to stick their child in and become trapped or large enough for a child to pass through and fall to the bottom of the set of stairs. a home satellite provider, dish, has been ordered to pay $280 million in penalties for violating the do not call list. the state of california along with three other states and the federal government all accused dish of making millions, millions of illegal phone calls. the fines have the largest civil penalty ever obtained for a do not call violation. $53 million of that fine will come here to california. dish blamed the problem on a third-party company it hired. the satellite provider said it plans to appeal the fine. now, i want to hear from you. my hot line is open monday through friday 10:00 to 2:00. the number

if you don't want to ring me up, check the facebook page. >> thank you, michael. >> we hope this surveillance video will help you find a determined although disappointed person. a would-be thief tried to break into an atm using a backhoe. check this out. police say this guy stole the backhoe and drove it five miles to the bank for this purpose. no one even noticed. the man caused about $10,000 in damage to the machine, but ultimately did not get a dime. that is something you don't hear every day. >> definitely not. next at 4:00, the bay area artist creates a one of a kind hat the dubs and other sports teams. his chosen canvas is where he has his so-called studio. >> and kristen is here with what's coming up on abc7 news at 5:00. kristen? >> dan and alma, thanks. coming up concern over a possible fire bug in the south

bay. the damning evidence collected by investigators. a former employee sues after her boss dresses up like trump and she says that's not the worst of it. dozens of stolen packages are found in alameda may be yo

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stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. lots of children think their dad is the best. four kids in canada think their dad is magic. this is in montreal. the girls were helping their dad wash his car palomino when he decided to create a little magic. look, you see it there. david created a rainbow by spraying water from a garden hose through one of those spigot spinners. the moments of greatness the warriors have been delivering are serving as artistic inspiration for an east bay man. abc7 news reporter katie shows the unique canvas he's using and even more unique location of his studio. >> i said, hey, how are you doing? i'm nick simply an artist. >> reporter: his studio, the starbucks on macarthur boulevard in san leandro. >> i get a lot of, i've never seen that before. i've never seen anybody do that before. >> reporter: nick's current canvas, hats. >> he puts so much of his soul and his love into those things.

and watching him paint, he's a true artist. noor and a true sports fan. >> i want a gig. i want to come down to the final minutes and steph curry drops that three right in the basket and wins, everybody goes crazy. >> reporter: he wants artistic inspiration. >> you know what, that's a draymond green. >> the energy that he put into them and it's like you'd be proud to wear one of those. >> reporter: even more so, if you know where the money goes when nick sells an autographed hat. >> i use the autograph to help inner city kids arts and sports program. >> the fact that he gives so much of the proceeds to charity, it's just him. >> that's what got me through school, art and sports. >> reporter: most hats take about three hours to paint. but this one took 12. >> a lot of people won't even wear my hats. they're like, i'm not wearing that. i'm like, you have to wear the hat. but what if it gets dirty? then wash it. >> reporter: whatever you do, don't put it on a shelf. >> then i have to come to your house to see it. i want to see it on your head. >> reporter: in the east bay,

katie abc7 news. >> i'm alma daetz. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> i literally felt sick to my stomach not being able to go to work. >> from confederate flags to trump costumes, this woman says her boss was relentless in trying to harass her. >> people living in a san jose community are sick after suspicious fires. many are wondering whether an arsonist are loose. >> two cars surrounded by evidence markers after a double shooting in sunnyvale. neighbors say they've never seen violence like this. >> and a stunning finding about kids and reading and a local reverend who says he might have a solution. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> the owners of a pleasanton construction company including the man you see here are under fire for allegedly giving an african-american employee a confederate flag purse as a

holiday gift. good evening, i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. that employee has now filed a race discrimination and harassment lawsuit against south land construction. >> abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live at the alameda county courthouse in oakland where that suit was filed. laura? >> reporter: kristen, she said this was the last straw. a racist laced package she believes was for retaliation for her speaking up about prior incidents. >> this is not a joke. this is very serious. >> reporter: she says it was a holiday gift from her boss, a rhinestone purse with a confederate flag on it. inside photos of her boss and his wife dressed in donald trump attire with more confederate memorabilia behind them. >> it made me sick to my stomach. and i felt like dirt, like he considered me to be less of a human. >> reporter: these photos show south landowner kenneth hayden and his wife anita. they appear tbe