orders once the leak was capped. people living at the mission terrace condos looking for a place to stay after fire tore through the building. one suffered a back injury and second suffered burns when he partially fell through the third story wood deck. >> his leg went through. so one leg wet through and he dropped probably down to the waist and other crew members were able to pull him up. >> both men expected to recover. flames destroyed two units and no one was home at the time. another four units have water damage. >> good evening, and thanks for joining us, i am dion lim in for amy daetz. >> and i am dan ashley. it is official aaron

>> putting the recall measure on the ballot. >> janine de la vega was there. >> reporter: cheers of victory among these group of women. >> nearly 95,000 voters signed the petition and clear that the voters of this county have lost confidence in his ability to fair. >> reporter: the sentence made national headlines and sparked outrage. many women urged the santa clara county of board of supervisors. >> you are darn right, i am angry. >> reporter: the board voted to put the recall on the bal

retired judge says this will influence judges in regard to what sentences they impose. >> judges are not going to be willing to exercise their discretion to be lenient for fear of being recalled. this is terrible on so many levels. >> reporter: saying she would have imposed the same six months sentence. >> that is a lawful sentence absolutely appropriate given the facts of the case. the recall campaign has distorted that and made it all about me too and it is not at all. >> reporter: the recall election will take place on june 5th. the county estimates it could cost up to $1.1 million depending on how many measures are on the ballot. after school volunteer at a

chinese language school in mountain view. abc7 news reporter vic lee has the story. >> reporter: renting classroom space from the seventh day ventist church. doing it under the he worked here as a volunteer tutor for two years. also became a member of the school board of director. last friday police receiving a call saying his child was molested by lu. >> it appears that he began the beginning of the school year in august, sept

>> reporter: police say there could be more. >> he has been involved with the school for a couple of years and any child he has been in contact is a potential victim. he has also volunteered at other organizations and we are still trying to figure out other names of those organizations. >> reporter: the school declining our request for interviews. vic lee abc7 news. a 6.4 magnitude earthquake proved deadly in taiwan. kristen sze shows us the damage. >> this is one of five buildings that collapsed. looking at this apartment building leaning dramatically. the first two floors completely crush. rescuers with flashlights climb

ladders to try to find those who may be trapped. the marshal hotel with two employees dead. amazing given the fact that the quake happened close to midnight. >> we were home in our apartment on the 12th floor. we felt it is a modern apartment building, we felt more of a swaying than a jolt. >> reporter: the quake damaged roadways and many roads cracked. we cover the aftermath of a 7.6 shaker that killed people. several aftershocks measuring above 5 .0 and with each shake already damaged buildings risk total collapse.

kristen sze abc7. >> now abc7 news, our updated app pushed out an alert shortly after this morning's earthquake. it was a roller coaster day on wall street with a good end. the dow added 567 points erasing about half of yesterday's losses to close just under 25,000. nasdaq added 148 points and s&p gains 46. strategist warning for weeks that the rising stocks were due for a correction. let's keep this in perspective now. >> reporter: just the last year, stocks are still over the full year up about 20%. >> now the best advice experts say remember investing in the stock market is a long-term

investment. today a federal appeals court judge in san francisco upheld an agreement requiring president trump to pay $25 million over a lawsuit of trump university. the university is no longer operating. one student wanted to opt out of the deal and pursue her own lawsuit which would have derailed the group's settlement. today's decision stopped that from happening. joining city leaders to announce legislation to eliminate criminal justice fees. abc7 news reporter melanie woodrow has this story >> a critical moment in your life where you want to dance both sides because this is what you know before.

>> reporter: criminal justice fees made it especially difficult. today san francisco board of supervisors president saying eliminating criminal justice fees. >> counter productive, problematic sources of revenues born on the backs of our most vulnerable population of san francisco. >> this is important legislation here to cut fees and fines and let people grow. >> reporter: the legislation has wide spread support. >> it was a love fest. paem h people had a strong desire to want this. >> it is good policy to do all that we can to aid offenders in their successful reentry into san francisco. >> reporter: the legislation also has the support of the public defenders office.

>> the justice system should not be for sale. >> reporter: as well as district attorney's office. >> this policy makes a lot of sense. >> reporter: legislation is expected to be heard at committee next month. in san francisco, melony woodrow abc7 news. cameras on mt. tam san francisco and santa cruz. >> here is a look at live doppler 7 mild conditions and today, check outlook at our high temperatures. we had three records today. sfo san francisco and gilroy. all setting records for this date. 79 degrees was the high at concord and napa.

81 at cloverdale. six-hour planner, skies will be clear during the evening and overnight hours. notice even at mid knight, temperatures will still be in the mid-to upper 50s very mild coming our way. i will show you what we can expect tomorrow and when the record setting pace may end. >> thank you. >> the risks were high, but so is the reward. >> next, what is at stake with the local space launch. >> $2,000 is missing from the couple's bank account. but it wasn't stolen. "7 on your side," why a bank can just take your money. i am jonathan bloom and how

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afive, >> look at the ground shake there. lifting off from cape canaveral florida. can pave the way to travel to mars and beyond. pet project from elon musk who put one of his cars on the rocket. david louie looking at the flawless launch. >> reporter: in the world of aero naughtics.

the most powerful lever was ushering in what many hoped to be a break through moment. to the sound of cheers, the rocket lifted off with three boosters to provide extra thrust. it was an awesome sight as the launch went perfectly and a signal that the future of space is no longer the exclusive domain of federally agencies. >> it means we don't have to depend on the government to get us into space anymore. >> reporter: the large main booster and two smaller ones separated. an observer describing the precision of the landing to a movement of synchronized swimmers. stanford professor and former nasa aims research director scott hubbard called this a major engineering and economic

feat. >> where we get the cost of space exploration down to where more and more people, more science, more commerce can take place. >> reporter: spacex happy. >> it sounds like fun footage. so if the cameras didn't get ploen blown up as well, then we will put that out. >> reporter: musk is also having a bit of fun after putting his red tesla roadster on the rocket. it serves as a symbol of future aspiration to commercialized space opening up tourism. and perhaps creating human colonies on mars. >> inspiring a whole separation.

willingness it take a high risk to make the next step. >> reporter: david louie abc7 news. spectacular to watch. if you paid for price to buy an iphone battery. customers as you can imagine were furious and the justice department launched an investigation to see if laws were broken. in response apple dropped the price of battery replacement from 79 to $29. a new battery is supposed to prevent older iphones from slowing down. >> from santa rosa a story of animal rescue. here is wayne freedman with the

latest over a custody battle over a cat. >> reporter: watch her with three-year-old darrcy. >> devastating. >> reporter: both cats disappeared. darcy, she found. and mack too. >> they named him phoenix. >> reporter: after the fire mack turned up at the animal shelter. when shelby saw those pictures the family claimed him only to learn that the shelter found mack a new home. >> the shelter did a dna case. >> it did confirm that the cat is the exact cat as mack. >> reporter: santa rosa if a

family loses a pet and someone else adopts that pet, the family that lost it in the first place has the right to file a claim to get that pet back. what makes this case different is the family that adopted mack doesn't want to give him up. >> is there precedent for something like this? >> none. >> reporter: mack remains in limbo. >> how do you split a family up and are you okay with that at the end of the day. >> reporter: family lost two homes and mourns the absence of this fellow the most. >> heartless. >> reporter: in santa rosa wayne freedman, abc7 news. turning the attention to this warm weather continuing in the bay area. a lot of people want to know for how long. >> i might have the answer to that. going to go on for a while but we do into the record warmth in

sight. high temperatures record setting day. here is a look from our abc7 news camera. looking at the embarcadero. 66 in oakland. 69 in mountain view. san jose 72. gilroy 65. emeryville lots of jammed up traffic but skies are clear. 60 in napa. and the view at the golden gate where traffic is flowing nicely. these are forecast features. we will see mostly clear skies overnight. record highs likely tomorrow. may be the last day. breezy and cooler over the weekend. thursday and friday, our transitional days. overnight clear skies. tomorrow look for highs of 76 in san francisco and 74 in oakland.

pretty much mid-70s. records likely once again tomorrow. these are the forecast highs for tomorrow. san francisco 76. san jose 76. so if these numbers pan out, we will reach or exceed several records tomorrow. this dry weather is causing snow pack to shrink in the sierra. pitiful there in the area. this is our potential rainfall. going to remain dry over most of california and the particular in the bay area and that means dry in the sierra as well. here we are looking at the

accuweather seven-day forecast. still warm on thursday with upper severi upper 70s. and we will see cooler weather and breezy conditions for all of the bay area and finally by monday, high temperatures will be at least near average for this time of the year. >> so you do have the answers. >> i do have the answers just wanted to keep you in suspense. >> looking live at one of the worst traffic spots -- well, we hope to show you that in a moment. there we go. the next sea of your commute that also made the list. always brutal this time of day. >> active poll happening right now on abc7/vote. how do you feel about the giant's decision retiring barry

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nonstop price between the bay area and rome is taking off from oakland international airport. just about 12 hours. passengers taking off now will arrive in rome wednesday. this is the latest of six new nonstop routes between oakland and europe. new study has confirmed what we know that bay area traffic is bad. today we are buying out how bad courtesy of inrex. here are five worse corridors that we have. highway 24 mac cardsur mac cardr number three emeryville.

and number five, highway 1, through the city through 280 through the golden bridge. third worst in the country behind l.a and new york city. drivers spent 79 hours last year sitting in congestion. >> you can feel the frustration building. ever see something and wonder what it is? that is what happened to abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez. >> she wanted to fient out what was going on. the answer is next. also ahead. you can use it for any sort of recipe. >>

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towels wrapped around several fire call boxes. there are more than 2,000 of these boxes that are supposed to be completely operational but many are not. some are in need of repair. >> so why are the lyanne melendez joins us. >> reporter: a cheap solved the mystery then told san francisco supervisor and 30 minutes later at the thursday board of supervisor meeting he was calling for hearing. >> you can't help but notice something is not right when you see a towel wrapped around a

fire call box held by electrical tape. >> i don't know. >> reporter: drive around san francisco and you will find several of these boxes with the same towel in just about every neighborhood. maybe it is a new display of the spirit of peace and love or not. >> you heard of it. as soon as you guys leave, i am going to pull it off and sell it online for $15,000. >> reporter: no, the real reason is that city workers were supposed to cover a few of the broken call boxes with bags like this one. but they ran out of them. here is what we were told. in the abundance of caution to

keep residents from trying to use out of service boxes, the only equipment the technicians had available were towels and tapes. the department of technology maintains them. they didn't want to go on camera. neither did the san francisco fire department. but the firefighters union did. >> i don't know why they are not talking about this issue because this is a city that prides itself on redundancy in the case of emergency and the street boxes are part of that. if the cell phone goes down or power goes out, this is a way to call for help. >> reporter: calling for a hearing. >> and the fact that they are not working is disturbing. i put calls into the department that is in charge of them and we are going to get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: that cabling system is more than 100-years old and

the city is considering a pilot program that would have solar power fire boxes and in the meantime the department of technology didn't know how many of the 2,000 boxes are not working but we will find out in that up coming hearing. live in the news room, lyanne melendez, abc7. >> appreciate your hard work on this one. want to get you an update on the breaking news we brought you at the top of the hour. gas main break and evacuations near san francisco alamo square. here is cricket. a fire official tweeted out the picture of the pet. those evacuations lifted a couple of hours ago. a construction hit the 4-inch pipe at scott and

street. legalization of weed in california, has taken it to the new level. >> home cooks are sharing their recipes online. >> in tonight's california cannabis report, natasha zouves gets the dish on cooking with pot. >> reporter: chef was worked in some of the top restaurants in san francisco. >> this is onion and potato, and adding cannabis into it to infuse it. >> reporter: opening the kitchen door for cooks. cooking with cannabis isn't as easy as tossing weed into your dish, it takes math, science and patience. i used rosin. that is when you take cannabis whether it is flowers, trim, whole plant and you press it in between two pieces of metal that

are heated. >> ror that rosin, he measures out a dosage based on his diner's experience based on cannabis. >> i will know how much to put down through experimenting it on my own. >> reporter: when he is done you won't necessarily taste the cannabis but you will feel the effects of it. already hosting dinners for medical marijuana users. >> reporter: anyone who makes money on the sale of pot must have a license. as of right now there aren't any specific regulations on how to deal with kitchen businesses. many operating in a gray area. >> at the apoth carium in the marina district, connoisseurs say you don't even taste the pot. >> you can turn it into garlic

bread for your pasta dish. you can turn it into butter, make gummies. >> reporter: retailers saying a lot of people are looking for ways to use it. >> if you have cannabis infused into an oil, you can use it for any sort of recipe. >> reporter: behind >> there is no aroma from it, it is sealed in the bag. >> reporter: they say cooking cannabis is the way to get the most out of your bud. >> people think of stale brown joo is or things like that, baked goods. >> reporter: from salad to smoothies, they say you can get high or mellow out. just know your dose.

>> if you are a beginner, start low and wait about an hour to get the full effects. >> reporter: lots of new ways to have your pot legally and eat it too. >> reporter: natasha zouves abc7 news. >> come a long way. chef parties are from

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some oakland teenagers doing a science project that will impact their neighborhood. >> this machine is -- >> reporter: the name is a mouthful. it is what it can do that is exciting. the students are samples the student's prepared themselves. samples of dust, soil, and paint

chips from around their home. >> you can see we have got a sharp spike. that shows that we have lead in the sample. >> reporter: the study began last year here at sf >> we are assessing led assessment in the community. these are samples from peoples' home. >> reporter: life academy was the perfect partner. >> learning about pollution. >> reporter: learning how college students analyze the samples they send here. >> it is not just collecting it. it is a process. >> reporter: the project teaches important science skills and goes beyond that to where science intercepts of history and politics. >> why are higher levels of led in low income communities.

like flint, michigan. >> reporter: it is just the beginning. >> we want our data to be accurate. so we had to take more samples. >> reporter: samples that paint a bigger picture in where they live and play. >> important for students to use science as a lens to understand community. >> reporter: in san francisco jonathan bloom abc7 news. if you like the weather lately, you will

many of us wary these days about the security of our bank account. >> a marin couple found $2,000 missing from their bank account. >> they thought this was a rerun about what happened to them earlier. victims of bank fraud last year and thought it happened between. they rushed to the bank and were shocked to find out who really took their money. they realized when they were out

shopping and debit card was rejected. >> they said this card won't cover your purchase and we said you must be joking. >> we just made the deposits into the account. >> so we gabecame alarmed and wt to the closest branch. >> reporter: a manager said someone had withdrawn most of their money. >> he said a bank took it. >> reporter: bank of america had taken nearly $2,000 out of their account. >> we were horrified and we said this is like stealing. >> reporter: the bank used the money to pay off the couple's b of a line of credit. the couple had been paying off the loan with automatic debit each month. bank of america claims their credit plan had been expired.

the bank would not refund their $2,000. >> we thanked the bank manager and went to police. >> reporter: the place turned them away and came to "7 on your side." the bank agreed to restore the money after all. telling us we ascertained that the consumers had not renewed their payment plan. so we worked with them to set up a new payment and returned the funds. >> we ended up getting a fund thanks to "7 on your side." >> by law banks have the right to take money from customer's accounts. it is called a right of offset. however the law puts restrictions on taking certain types of funds like retirement or social security.

b of a says the bank dididid take her social security money. now i want to hear from you. my "7 on your side" hotline is open week days 10:00 to 2:00 p.m. the phone number is (415) 954-8151. and you can reach me on my facebook page. breaking news from las vegas. steve wynn is stepping down from the board of wynn resorts. >> dozens of female staffers accused him of sexual misconduct. one more time, let's get to spencer who is back with this sunny forecast. >> a couple of days of record warmth coming our way. moderately cool overnight. look for high temperatures into

the upper 70s. record highs likely again tomorrow. some inland spots may reach 80 degrees. it will be warm on thursday maybe a two-degree drop. cooling begins in a little bit stronger fashion. we will see temperatures approaching the average range again. but still a little bit mild. >> spencer, thank you. >> on to sports, warriors in action. >> larry beil in tonight. >> hthis is going to be fun. live in oracle stadium. two to your phone abc7news.com/vote. what do you think about the giants choosing to retire barry

>> announcer: now, abc7 sports with larry beil. >> the wake up call should come tonight because russ sell westbrook and the thunder is in town, russ versus kd once again. mike shumann live with a preview. always some when these teams get

together. >> reporter: this is steve kerr's 300th game as the head coach of the warriors. when asked what he would do different, he says add a fifth all star. whether these two teams like it or not, this is a rivalry. when kevin durant left it became real. last year it was personal between kd and russell westbrook. each time thy faced off, this relationship came with a lot of trash talking. every time they face off, this fractured relationshp rears its ugly head. >> i have a question. i mean, cause it is not even about the game, it [ bleep ]. talk about basketball for a second. >> how much do you look forward to it?

>> what's my answer? how do i approach this. >> you play every game the same way. >> and i think we will see fireworks again tonight. reporting live at oracle, mike shumann. >> i attack every sports cast the same way as well. and that is about 50%. get your phones out. abc7news.com/vote. giants announcing they will be retiring the number. bonds will be the 12th giant to receive the honor. the team is holding a special ceremony. seven time mvp. if you remember, the old timers, his father, bobby also wore the

numbers. earlier in the day it was as i have said the giants and giants fans are a part of my family. next jersey that they might retire is number 55. except he is not ready to call it a career. we showed you this his last major league appearance was for the angels. to the ice, sharks in colorado. can i get a selfie, or a burnier says no. and later, no score. has been like a wall and net and they areng to

the second period. this kind of interesting now. this morning the indianapolis colts announced they were hiring patriots offensive coordinator mcdaniels. but mcdaniels changed his his hs mcdaniels along with tom brady offense racked up yards there is a report that belichick is meeting as we speak having dinner with the owner robert kraft. could be he is stepping aside. or some succession plan. very interesting. >> muahah. >> join us tonight on >> at 11:00, there is nothing

like finding a diamond in the rough. that story at 11:00. >> that is this edi edi news at 6:00."" >> have a good night.

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