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new at 11:00 the suspect at a fatal hit and run has been charged with murder. 41-year-old michael smith was charged today stemming from a tuesday night accident that killed 65-year-old gregory black mapp. smith's wife warned him not to drive after drinking in oakland and continued to drink on the drive to san francisco. >> tips moment in sap mateo county when a car was left teetering right on the edge of a cliff. sky 7 was over the scene near san gregorio beach. the driver of the mini-cooper veered off the road after being cut off by a white mustang. good samaritans luck lip stopped and pulled the victims out. nobody was hurt. >> a lawsuit against a senior care home that burned during

last year's wildfires, 17 elderly residents and family members sued the oakmont senior living accusing the staff of not taking enough precautions when flames swept through. the case was about to go to trial. terms were not made public. >> the trial for the ghost ship fire defendants is likely to begin early next year. the defendants were in court today charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. an oakland judge threw out plea deals that were agreed upon by both suspects. they want the trial move out of almeda county and will motion for that in november. >> potential jurors in almeda county for the most part have absorbed all o of the designation of character attributes manifested in the press of my client. they have an opinion.

>> the defense mission courts in san jose, redwood city and martinez as potential locations. both defendants will be back next month likely to set a trial dates. >> the family of the woman who was killed at a bart station last month is suing bart. he claims to have two witnesses who interacted with wilson's suspected killer, john cowell. one, a 72-year-old woman said cowell threatened to slit her throat. neither could locate station agents. >> a chp officer died on the job. helicopters formed a procession to honor kirk risz. he was killed during a traffic stop a week ago on

the service was emotional. >> now that i have 29 days, i know i need to stay strong. if he were here he would be holding my face and telling me to finish. >> there's a memorial fund for he and his family. you want to doe nalt it's located on our website at abc7news.com. >> a national park service employee was reported missing tod today. this man was last seen on the upper pines campground. san jose resident scott tins ar was macing as well. he was last seen before a planned hike. >> new at 1 south carolina, two bay area counties banning roundup. both counties have announced they will discontinuing the weed killer. the main ingredient was at the center of an award to a bay area

man who said itself caused his cancer. they plan to use safer and gnarl materials. >> more testing of potentially radioactive soil in pittsburgh is being called for. iflt came from the ship yard. tonight they say soil samples were ma any lathed before being sent to the landful in pittsburgh. he wants the navy to conduct a more thorough test at the landfill. police called for more testing near its hunters point crime lab. >> caught on camera pushing her friend off a bridge. >> i never intended to hurt her. >> tonight wear hearing from the teenager who is facing criminal charges. >> paying tribute to the queen of soul. details about when aretha franklin will be late to rest.

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. prosecutors say they have decided to charming an 18-year-old who pushed her friend. you see her right there. from a nearly 50 foot high brej badly injuring her. >> reporter: tonight, the woman who admitted pushing her friend off the bridge is facing a criminal charge for brek reckless endangerment. she suffered six broken ribs and

punctured lungs when she hit the water. 18-year-old taylor smith sitting down for an exclusive interview with gma. >> i accept whatever the prosecutor thinks is best for me considering i caused not only bodily charge but emotional trauma as well. >> reporter: she claims she and jordan discussed earlier. >> she wanted to jump but she was scared. she asked me goif her a push and i didn't think about the sequences. >> three, two. >> no i won't -- >> ready? >> -- lucky to be alive. >> she was counting down and i was like no, don't count. i won't go. i'm not ready. >> taylor facing one misdemeanor charge with a max numb of 364 days in jail and a $5,000 fine. >> i never intended to hurt her ever. i'm really sorry it turned out that way. >> as for jordan she says she doesn't feel the need to talk to

taylor and would like her to sit in jail and think about what she did. >> the funeral for aretha franklin will be held at the end of the month. a private funeral will be limited to family and friends. it will be on august 31st in detroit. the queen of soul passed away yesterday at the age of 76. >> some people will do just about anything to get a good picture. two alaskan residents and a tourist approached some bears in an attempt to take a selfie. the bear catch at the cat my national park and preserve recorded the incident. you can see the man getting in the river. then he walks to the bears. while bears remained calm, a park superintendent said they are lucky to be alive. >> they could easily have ended up as bear lunch. >> absolutely. >> bad idea. all right. the weekend is upon us.

>> finally. >> it's going to get hotter than it did today. it's not going to be a widespread heat eemt. that's because the fog is sitting right near the coast so that will keep the temperatures in check. right now they're in the 50s to 70s craning range. don't expect it to last in places like antioch. i want to show you the hour by hour friend. 63 tomorrow morning. notice how quickly it heats up into theup 90, 99 degrees. it was warmer across the bay area with the exception of the coast. with the heat building, air quality is declining. heir alert in effect for tomorrow. haze because of the hot weather and smoke from the wildfires are the cause. i want to show you some of the 1340ek from our camera. watch here as the sun was

getting ready to set, you can see the layers of smoke beginning to surface. we had the fog down low but definitely haze and smoke will continue tomorrow afternoon. do expect this to impact the air quality as we head into tomorrow. right now live look from our east bay hills camera. you can see the fog out there. sizzling inland. the heat moderates on sunday. a cooler pattern is setting up for next week. low 50s to 60s. right along the coast we'll have fog reaching around parts of the east bay but it's not going invest. the marine layer is about a thousand feet so it can't get over the hills in the east bay. in the south bay, 100 degrees in gilroy. 99 in morgan him. 82 in sunny vail, 8le 8 in santa fe. 82 palo alto. 63 in pacifica with fog. downtown san francisco, 68 with

a mild 6 2 in daly city. 4, calistoga. 92 in samt rosa. triple digits around ukiah. mid 70s from oakland to berkeley. with that heat, once again, hazy skies expected along with the smoke. 97 in walnut creek, 9le in fairfield and also in liver moore. we're expecting hype u.v. up decks, so lather on the sunscreen. 75 in santa cruz. 64 half moon bay. forecast, sizzling inland tomorrow. heat moderates on sunday. we'll see much cooler weather for early next week. even drizzle in the morning hours. you'll notice and feel the difference early next week. until then, though, stay cool. >> find some shalt. >> yeah. stay cool for sure. >> thank you. >> all right.

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. . abc 7 news was in milpitas where some of the world's best three-on-three basketball teams faced off. they played in the center of the great mall. the players next year will compete for $50,000. it became a new olympic sport and will be featured in tokyo. stop by and check out the action all weekend. >> one of the rare times when one of the guys says honey, let's go to the mall. >> perfect scenario. >> the as hoping to take over first place this weekend against the astros with a lot of drama in this game in the nine. up make the call, safe or out?

. the as have been chasing houston all season. this weekend a chance to capture first place in the a.l. west. the astros came in tonight two games up on the team. bottom of the fifth, as down 2-0. matt chap mapp, a sinking liner. captain make the sliding catch. we're tied at 2-. redick base hit off lou trevino. marwin gonzalez. ramon liriano, rounds third. throw from carlos correa. it's a great one. out is the call. the replay shows he was safe!

and he just beat the tag. tied at 3-3. they go to extra innings and the bottom of the tenth here. matt olsonolson? you can all go home! 4-3 a's. it's pie time! the as are now just a game out of first place. giants and reds on the river. giants down 1-0 in the third. until andrew mccutchen rips a base hit up the middle. it stayed tied until the 11th. ray black n o the mound. he throws gas which is highly flachlble. feel the fely. cincinnati wins 2-1. in 24 years tomorrow afternoon. preseason game against the rams. silver and black have so many fans in los angeles that

remember the glory days. the raiders and rams are going to play in the regular season opener, as well. odd to be scheduled in preseason. here's jon gruden on the return to l.a. >> i suspect it will be pretty good. that's a cool place. the raiders have a lot of history in l.a. i know they're housing two football teams right now but i have no idea what to expect in life anymore. i just try to hope for the best. >> patents and dolphins in preseason action. stanford man christian mccaffrey says aloha. 71-yard touchdown. carolina. georgia and hawaii setting a re longest game in little league world series history. bottom 11 and scoreless until al u tikae hit one out six minutes

before their curfew. abc 7 sports sponsored by river rock casino. >> lots of excitement. thanks. >> for sure. >> abc news continues on line, twitter and on facebook with our abc 7 news

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off. >> that's so disturbing because somebody went through the trouble to put the baby in a sewer drain. that is so hard to fathom. >> it was taken to the hospital where doctors said he was having trouble breathing. the doctors say after he was treated, he recovered and he's now healthy, but he will eventually be turned over to an orphanage. >> geeda has said she'd like to bring the baby home and name him. [ speaking foreign language ] in which is freedom because she found him on independence day. >> this baby appears to be very healthy and i'm so glad people are reaching out in order to give him a home. the animal kingdom s s s fascinating place and i've got two videos that will blow your mind.

this first one is fascinating because gracie here holding that fishing line has been chasing squid in the ocean for five months. she's finally hooked one and she's reeling it in. they're able to finally bring it back >> oh, wow. he now looks like the joker had an accident with the his makeup that day. >> that's a defense mechanism to startle or confuse their predators. here's the best part. >> you heard the moment that squid -- they did say it stinks to be inked. check out this next video that is just as fascinating. oh, yeah, i've never seen one like that before, it's crazy. >> no, way, that is cool. so they've made an ant bridge. >> they created that bridge from the edge of that roof there all the way over to that wasp's

northwest. eve -- nest. every once in a while the returning ants are carrying something. >> probably the larva. they sure have the numbers do this so they just put everybody to work. >> two videos of how awe some natural world can be. you must be brave, soon. >> you may now kiss the bride. those are the words that make it official. i introduce to you these two. they're celebrating their love. we have the reception, everybody's having a good time and they're enjoying some dance and entertainment. this is going down at the city of cape town safe space because they have been homeless most of their lives. and the couple was amongst the first people to start using this safe space that was opened in july. >> what do you mean by safe space? safe space from violence? what's going on zbls it's a shelter.

it provides a place to sleep, take a bath, facilities. here's the couple talking about their love. she says as far as she's concerned, she's been mr mrs. jenicker, this makes it official. but this project and program is also going to help them get back on their feet, find housing and find work. also it is women's month in cape town and so they're wedding and that celebration was just one of the many events that's going on right now. >> so how long have they been living on the streets? >> according to reports, she has be -- he has been living on the streets for about 40 years and his wife since she was 14. this is a fairy day couple and i want to see them have a fairy day ending too. >> i'm glad there's a place for that and i'm glad there's social services because some people that live on the street need a place to shower and wash their clothes. they want those things that some of us take for granted.

that's great. recently we've seen that he's been -- scooter and his latest idea was inspired business i had mother and clearly a wise woman. >> my mom always used to say if you can get your head in it you can fit a flame thrower there. >> sage advice. >> he's mounting retractible flame throwers to his mobility scooter. we've already seen he's added that sound system, he's added basically that arm that can lift him up about ten feet. well, let's get to work. he starts bend, cutting, welding, grinding. this is 3d printing and it's time for a test because the question is. >> will the spark igniter light the gas o its own? >> i think it worked. >> yeah, yeah are, , it looks g

but he's not happy. >> if i show you now, you'll see the difference with the pilot light. >> it's got a very different effect. so he fashions himself a pilot light for the flame throwers. >> oh, no, this is not good. i'm melting this three d printed -- ooh. >> so he does a bit more 3d printing, he removes the seat, melts the weaponry on to the scooter which is turning into a bit of a james bond car, let's be honest. >> so cool. >> i would still caution for like, i don't know, knee protection. >> you are not wrong, gayle. >> three, two, one. >> oh, no. >> he does pinch his leg here just a little bit. >> the flame is right. >> phase one complete. >> this whole thing we've been going through this month was