>> i'm kristen sze. jonathan allen spoke from the solano county jail where he defend himself. he claims to be a peaceful man who is the indiana jones of spiritualty. >> i'm like indiana jones when it comes to spiritualty. i dig deep. i realize that god has millions of different names and just because he was called one name by one people doesn't mean that the other names aren't correct. and so they just try to tie this in about they came into the house and the officers were already extremely angry for having my spiritual temple clean. >> meanwhile, allen's wife inn a rodgers is facing nine knew new charges in connection with the case. and the d.a. office says there is no did you tell that she was involved in abusing her children. >> abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley has the details.

>> reporter: she left her fairfield home today saying she was meeting with attorneys. but by afternoon the solano county d.a. office amended their complaint to include nine new felony counts of child abuse. >> we believe that we can prove beyond a reasonable doubt that she is the -- the allegations are that she committed nine felony counts of child abuse. >> the mother says the d.a. says the mother and father have both alleged to have strangled and purged and water barred the children inside the fairfield home. a tour of the home yesterday showed a room where ten slept, animal and human feces making some hallways impassiblered according to police. the investigation started in march when a 12-year-old ran away. authorities returned him to the family home in fairfield which led to the arrest of inn rogers for child endangerment. the 29-year-old father jonathon all isn't now jailed on seven

counts of torture and nine counts of child cruelty. police said jonathon allen tortured the children for sadistic purposes. >> the children described intentional abuse resulting in puncture wounds, burns, bruising and injuries consistent with being shot with a pellett gun or air soft gun. >> neighbors say the ten children are now being cared for by their grandmother, ms. roger's mom at this house is antioch. >> i see the grand kids every day she went grocery shopping with them, give them food. make sure they have food and clothing. and she is just a great lady. that's all. >> that's abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley reporting. let's stay in fairfield another moment where travis air force base psychologist accused of treating sexual assault victims by having sex with them will stand trial. a solano county judge ruled there is enough evidence to try the doctor on three counts of

felony sexual assault. prosecutors say summer targeted female service members in 2014 and '15 whale working at a medical center at the base. summer pleaded not guilty to the charges. a man accused of the shooting and killing two deer in his regard in teuberen. now mark darrick dirkers is facing two counts of animal krult. and violation of fishing and game code. ess accused of using a pellett gun to kill the deer. he told officers the deer were eating his landscaping. he has faced backlash from neighbors and moved out of state. new at 5:00 a sfrat san francisco federal judge struck down the shipments of coal to from utah to asia taking place in west oakland at the site of a former army base it was expected

to bring jobs to the historically poor african-american neighborhood. they cited health concerns. the city's reasons for the ban were riddled with inaccuracies and ee roenz assumptions. oakland city attorney office release add statement saying the court ruling is disappointing. we are reviewing the ruling and discuss option was the city counsel. fire investigators in san jose know where but not why a fire broke out in a vikt yan home this morning. flames reported at 4:45 at the house near north ninth and east james streets. firefighters say the fire broke out on the deck with. two adults and a teen got out and were not hurt. the red cross was called in to help them find a place to stay. police in san francisco are closer to adding more officers in the next four years to the ranks. tonight mayor mark farrell says he would like to see an additional 250 men and women on the force. but what's the likelihood that actually happens given that farrell only has a few weeks

left in office? here is abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez. >> looking at the san francisco of today bob dylan's song comes to mind. the times are change gloog people shooting pup unsightly things. it's not acceptable. the only way to address that is adding to the woman power and manpower of the san francisco police department. >> the police commission who spoerks the plan to add 250 officers over the next four years. in his two-year budget proposal more than $34 million will be added for public safety. that includes hiring some, not all of the 250 officers, and funding police cars equipment and reform efforts. supervisor malia coisn't the budget committee chair. >> what concerns me are the growing costs that will be found in years three and four. those numbers are astronomical. >> more boots on the ground. that has been the goal of the city since the 1996 charter was

enacted. it clearly states here that the police force shall at all times consist of not fewer than 1971 full duty officers. that number has never been reached. due to budget cuts, retirement and other reasons. the plan would bring the number of officers to more than 2,100. >> while i may be out of office eight weeks from now, this legacy will lass for years to come. >> reporter: it's not clear how much of his plan will be embraced by the city's next mayor. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. a computer allege ricgorithe used to clear marijuana convictions in san francisco. the district attorney's office announced it will work with the non-profit to review nearly 5,000 cases and identify those eligible under californiarevise.

the george gascon says the automated process will likely result in other counties dismissing cases. >> we are trying to set up a blueprint for other district attorneys around the state to do the same kind of work. i know there were often district attorneys wanted to do this but didn't have the resources. >> gascon announced in january that his office would dismiss and seal misdemeanor marijuana convictions after voters approve the legalization of recreational marijuana. new here at 5:00 major legal problems for california's right to die law. today a riverside county judge ruled that lawmakers act the illegally in 2016 when passing the law during a special session devoted to other topics. the ruling doesn't affect the legal i it of physician assisted death. the law the judge kept the law in place and favor them five days to appeal. it allows termly ill adults to obtain a prescription for

life-ending drugs if the doctor has determined they have six months or less to live. a santa clara city councilman resigned after allegations of sexually harassing students at schools where he taught as well as former campaign staff members. chris wynn explains, dominic carrots alsoed announced the suspension of his campaign for county supervisor. >> at santa clara city hall this picture of dominic caserta will soon come down. >> his actions have had a terrible stain on our city. and now we as a city can begin the process to move forward. >> reporter: the mayor responding to the news that caserta had resigned his position this morning amid claims of sexual harassment. the 16-year councilman also suspended his campaign for santa clara county board of supervisors. in his statement caserta said the allegations against me are false in every sense of the word. yet i've been tried and convicted in the court of public opinion without due process or

recognition of my distinct wished service to the school or the city. caserta had been accused of sexually harassing students at santa clara high school and foothill college as well as stafrg working on his xinyue including foreign exchange student lydia young kind who said he made unwanted advances and inappropriate comments. > i told him to stop. but he didn't pay attention to that. and he continued. and it got worse over time. >> carrots's resignation came hours hour before local public safety unions called for him as well as former san jose city council pierre lugy step oh down. >> it needs to be talked about sfl olive arrow denies the allegations and has no plans to leave. he says the bully being tactics will lead to loss of trust and respect in the william men and

women they claim to represent. the santa city counsel has 30 days to the fill caserta's seat. in santa clara, chris wynn, abc 7. safety in the skies the. the stairy moments at sfo. somebody pointed a laser at a united airport arriving flate. you'll hear from the pilot in action. chf. a copilot sucked out of a brekeen window. passengers braced for the worst. scale of abuse. for the first time facebook reveals how much offensive content is posted on the social network. i'm molestation sandhya patel. heading into another day of below average

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international flight arriving this morning had a laser pointed at them on final approach. the plane did land safely. however the problem of laser strikes happens more often than you might think. abc 7 news reporter looks at the problem. after a 14-hour flight from tel aviv the jet liner prepares to land when the radio piloted radioed air traffic control. >> looks like laser activity. >> roger 2,000 feet on final you said on the listened. >> left-hand side about two miles out. >> 70 video gives you an impression how blinding it is process. >> they document the blind spots and blurriness and headache have been reported by pilots hit by laser. it's a bad time for a cockpit crew to lose bearings. >> if you do all the critical things during the landing

watching air speed, watching the angle of attack of airplane lining up with the runway, that's the last time you want to have distractions. >> the united crew and passengers were fortunate. the laser strike had no operational impact and plane landed safely. lies laser strikes or illuminations as the f.a. chl a calless them happens on average 18 times per day. the three bay area airports had 252 laser strikes. 63 at san francisco international. 114 at mineta sfla 75 at oakland international. pointing a laser at an aircraft is a federal crime. >> laser devices are readily available. we found an assortment at a ought bay electronic store ranging from price from 15 to $67. >> conviction of a laser strike up to three years in prison under state law. under five years andy milli mili dollars under fal federal law. they are trending down but still

every. 6,700 last year. >> listen to this a copilot survived a stretching flight after nearly sucked out of a plane when the cockpit windshield shattered. the chinese plain was on a domestic flight in china when at 0,000 fleet the wind sheefld burst. the the pilot told the news service that this was no sign of a problem before it shattered just a huge noise suddenly he says the copilot was sucked out of the cockpit and survived because he was we agree his shoulder harness. only scratches and a sprained wrist which is incredible at that altitude and spied. they made an emergency landing obviously. why the windshield shattered is unknown. facebook is discovering its better at policing graphic violence than hate speech. in a self-assessment released today, the menlo park based company says policing tools detect up to 99% of content that contains graphic violence and

terrorist propaganda. finding hate speech, though is elusive. 38%% of violations for were found because computer problems have difficulties understanding the nuances of human language. twitter is trying a new strategy to stop abusive behavior on its site. twitter will begin using additional criteria to rank tweets in conversations and severance. flagged tweets from accounts without a confirmed email address or those often tweeting others who don't follow them will be placed in the show more apply section where they'll be seen by fewer people. >> announcer: now the accuweather forecasts with sandhya patel. >> hi, everyone. let's check out live doppler 7. we have a few clouds starting to regather right now. and quite a bit of activity from northern california to the sierra nevada. we have had hundreds of lightning strikes all in association with a low pressure system that is to our east. and that system you can seeright over here is spinning that

moisture around. now we are keeping our eye on this low pressure system. that's going to cull the shots over the next 24 hour. it's gusty on shore winds right now. alt month 35 miles an hour out of the west. 24 moun tam. one of the reasons why it's been really cool compared to what we should see this time of year -- i want to show you how the temperatures have looked the month of may. look at san francisco. there were more days with below average temperatures than above. and since we've been on the roll let's the continue to carry that on. here a live look from the kgo roof camera. a little breezy at lower he feels. but it's the higher he feels where we see the gusty winds. and the east bay hills camera, that view was shaky. pretty view with clouds regathering. 61 in san francisco to 6 in oakland. san jose currently at 68 degrees and a cool 59 in half moon bay. watch out from our south beach camera you see that marine layer

coming back at us looking toward sutro tower. mid-siktsz santa rosa napa. look at this beautiful view from pier 39 camera. looks like the sea lions are resting right now. seeing a mix of sun and clouds in the back drop. cloudy drizzly tomorrow morning. breezy andably average in the afternoon. and looking at warmer conditions for the end of the week. so if you are waiting for the warmth it's coming. hour by hour we go. 7:00 tonight you see the clouds coming through here. in the we hours of the morning start of the morning commute around 4:00 a.m. you see spotty grown there indicating some drizzle or a lit shower. this continues at 7:00 a.m. watch out during the commute. the 11:30 could see higher elevation rain drops. heading to the afternoon hours north of lake county we expect showers possibly thunder there. now liz drezle will measure in a few hundredths of of an inch tomorrow morning. some areas we see the drizzle.

allow a little extra time due to the slippery roads. temperatures first thing in the morning upper 40s to the mid-50s. and you will definitely need to layer up. for the afternoon hang onto the layers because it's going to remain cool near the coast, in the 50s. 60s for the rest of you. and breezy. today's high so far have been in the upper 50s to low 70s. temperatures slipping a few more dreeing tomorrow amp. a low back at the seven-day forecast, cool with drizzle for wednesday. below average on thursday. lingering cloud cover. but we brighten up friday. you will notice it's warming up with near 80 degree readings inland. upper 50s on the coast. become down again sunday monday with another uptick in the temps tuesday. download the app and check out temperatures any time you want pu. but ht meantime we have to live with this. below average. cool. >> how will we bear it? >> i don't know. when you compare it to other parts of the country i think we have it made. >> are you kidding. >> not below average in quality

just temperatures. >> not at all. >> thanks sandhya very much. painting your home. >> picking the right brand can

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finally ton if you are a fan of disney films you probably heard of the 7 dwarves backup but how about the nine old men. without them many of the animated characters might never have come to live. >> many of the faces in disney characters won have come to life. but the faces creating them have remained hidden. kurter don hahn referred to them as the nine old men after reference to the supreme court. >> they were animators at the top of the craft. he were they were the best in animation. >> some like ward kimbal could have come from stra casting while others left the attention and bright lights to animated creation zploos and if you know disney's core movies like dumb o. and pinnochio analyst in

wonderland, all of those movies. the lead animators were the nine old men. >> the exhibition of the same name opens thursday. hahn says it's a chance to walk back through decades to the moments when the magic first came alive. >> kind of one stop shopping for the history of animation. these are the guys that started out at disney as kids just out of art school and developed this amazing art form we know of as disney animation. >> truly amazing work. the characters literally wouldn't exist without those people. >> the creativity of those minds. >> right. >> of course disney is the parent company of abc 7. world news tonight with david muir up coming up. >> for all of us here we appreciate your time and hope to see you again in half an hour. >> bye-bye.

tonight, as we come on the air, the severe storms moving across much of the country. and hitting new york city at this hour. the tornado watch for a time in the northeast. and thunderstorm watches right now across ten states. from philadelphia to new york to boston, we're watching tonight. ginger zee is standing by. also breaking, the giant ash cloud tonight, right above the crater they're so concerned about. is there an explosion coming in hawaii? matt gutman with the new concern tonight. we're also following north korea's new warning at this hour. now threatening to cancel the summit between president trump and kim jong-un. what the north wants stopped and how will the white house respond? the fbi on the scene at this hour of a building explosion late today. children rushed out of a day care, holding hands. the video tonight. eight police body cams all rolling at once,