after nearly a decade of searching, heartbreak and grief, a south bay family may have justice for girl killed in highly preventible accident. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. police say that shannon fox was street racing when he ran >> cornell has the details. >> reporter: tonight police say they arrested shannon fox, fled the country after causing accident that claimed the life of a little girl. on the run for years but law finally caught up to fugitive shannon fox, captured outside the u.s., wanted for death in 2009. >> want to commend our police department for sticking with it, investigating, tracking down

mr. fox and bringing him to justice. >> reporter: menlo part mayor pete otalky remembers the case well. say fox was street racing, ran a red light, plowing into the xavier's family car, teresa was killed. fox was a suspect, never found. days after the tragedy, abc7 news attended a vigil at laurel elementary in atherton where teresa went. grandmother spoke through her tears. >> she was taken away but there is nothing to cry but only to remember and be happy all the things she has done. >> reporter: tree on campus is lit once a year in teresa's honor. many local residents wondered if the hit and run would ever be

solved. >> glad they're getting him after nine years. justice will be served. >> won't bring back teresa but hopefully provide closure for the at the momentlies. >> reporter: declined comment on the arrest. not saying what country fox was extradited from. we'll learn more tomorrow. abc7 news. developing news, pair of earthquakes rattled southern california tonight. 4.4 magnitude in la verne east of los angeles, hitting 7:30. surveillance video captured it in neighborhood in la verne, one person in seventh story in l.a. said felt like he was sitting in jello. 4.2 aftershock moments later. no reports of damage. hours ago, san francisco police revealed new very

disturbing details about what they found inside home of missing man. now considered murder investigation. vic lee with the story. >> he would water the plants here on the street and clean up, badly needed in this area. >> reporter: scott has been friends with brian for almost three decades. in june thought was gone. 65-year-old had disappeared. he feared the worst. >> unfortunately had a few not so nice friends from the streets that would come in, and i guess stay with him. >> reporter: late july, early august, called police for a welfare check at home, sister filed a report. >> received no response to the door, saw no suspicious circumstances. >> reporter: voicemail said -- >> brian is away, will be back

12th of august. came and went, still no sign. >> suspicious because he never had answering machine and voice was not his. also neighbors saw strengthers -- strangers in the home. >> white crime scene cleanup crew arrived. >> reporter: called police again. >> cleaning products and suspicious odors inside the residence. >> reporter: got a search warrant, body in large fish tank without a head or hands. believes theevids well. cg on h. >> reporter: points to notice from water department, increased water use, check for leaks. two men initially charged with i.d. theft, financial crimes and

homicide but da's office decided not to formally charge them, needed more time to investigate the murder. abc7 news. monumental change for california, first to abolish cash bail. governor brown signed it into law saying will allow rich and poor alike to be treated fairly. not everybody is buying in. kate larson is live in the studio with more. >> at heart of the bill is more equitable criminal justice system but people are concerned with more incarcerated or hundreds of businesses with thousands of employees say the bill puts them out of business. california is closing door on money bail. decisions whether a suspect is released pretrial is risk assessment, not coming up with right amount of cash. >> based on individual's full

set of circumstances, risk to the public, risk of flight. that's right thing to do, better thing to do. >> my charges are five kidnap, four robbery and three robberies with use of firearm. >> did you do it? >> nope. >> met at bail bonds business in san francisco. after six months in custody was released on $700,000 bail, now awaiting trial but codefendants are still locked up. >> i feel bad they don't have money to pay bail. i'm lucky. >> business that let him put up the cash bond will likely be forced to close for good. >> we're very disappointed. >> president of the kalsz bail agents association, spoke via facetime from southern california, nearly half the licensed agents are women and minorities. >> i'm second generation, mother was first, daughter is third. this is concerning.

we'll be without any livelihoods. >> the law will take effect in october of 2019. number of other states have taken steps to restrict the cash bail but california is first to completely eliminate money from pretrial detention. another grab and run burglary from apple store, 5:40 saturday afternoon, ripping iphones and laptops from security tejers. led in suv with license plate number got away with $30,000 in merchandise. ten months after north bay wildfires, rebuilding is far from over. 2,700 homes were destroyed, only

9 rebuilt. less than 1%. another 520 under construction. city officials say homeowners cover their insurance policies don't cover the cost. >> rhode islaaiders are still l oakland. donating for youth sports. eliminated ten programs to cut money from the budget. yesterday anonymous donor pitched in $35,000 to save several sports, raiders donation could potentially save the rest. >> ecigarette ignites in man's pocket while he was shocking. hear from the stunned shop owner who saw it all happen. scavenger hunt solved. east bay. how you can get paid to eat

avocados. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, summer heat has been on hold, when it's returning coming up. first what is coming up on "jimmy kimmel live" after abc7 news at 11:00. >> love is in the air tonight. you make it feel like fourth of july going off in my chest and people say they -- >> i

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see that video? pretty scary. man's pants burst into flames shopping at tv warehouse in southern california. ecigarette had exploded in his pocket. shop owner says the man suffers severe burns but now recovering. >> looked back, smoke, could smell burnt all over the place. still fire going on in the back, gentleman screaming and running out. >> fda regulates ecigarettes, advises consumers to use a vape device with safety features, keep away from metal objects and

avoid using phone charger ecigs. >> boys have won scavenger hunt. >> big prize. >> katie utehs with more on the winning team. >> thank you. >> reporter: voicemail from a teenage boy who has just won a car. >> he was stoked. >> chrysler 300 will be parked in brandon su's driveway but belong to group of friends. t a difference who has the out. car. >> reporter: won in treasure hunt built by christian williams. >> played a treasure hunt in high school. >> designed four hidden keys game and opened website to san leandro high school students. >> world is huge, so many things to dannd my

time writing software. >> reporter: hidden here on play equipment, had to go back to the website to use interactive tool to unlock the clue. >> they were difficult. i don't think by ourselves would be able to solve it, especially as quickly as we did. >> reporter: in span of weekend found and solved four puzzles. >> he does random things all the time, always hanging out with same boys. okay sure, just be safe. >> probably coolest thing haze happened in to me in a long time, watching them find the clue. >> christian signed over the car to the parents but given the teens so much more. >> bonded a lot more than just playing video games all weekend. >> reporter: abc7 news. if you like avocado, good news. you can get paid to eat them. researchers at ucla and other

schools are studying if eating the fruit helps promote weight loss, half the participants eat af da avocado a day, others eating different amount per day. participants get $300. and you might lose weight. >> do you know how expensive avocados are? >> true. check in with sandhya patel, weekend is upon us. >> it's been cooler out there but air is cleaner. >> and air quality will remain good to moderate. sign me up for the af avocados, don't have to pay me. deep marine layer with drizzle broke up this afternoon. saw more sunshine, brighter,

didn't have smoky conditions we've been dealing with. marine layer shrinks, tonight limited in coverage. hard time regrouping. overnight tonight that will happen. tomorrow morning, low clouds. temperatures now in the 50s and 60s. live picture from sutro tower camera, marine layer that's going to expand overnight tonight, cooler than average next few days and warmer weather on the way to friday. labor day weekend, here's a preview, saturday is mild, as we head to sunday, still below average, minor cooling, and labor day, bright sunshine and warming up pack to average for this time of year, mid-60s to low 90s. live from exploratorium camera, visible is good. air quality good to moderate

next four days. tonight after sunset, little bit of smoke from the wildfires drift in, we'll see some but not as bad as it has been. drizzle in the morning, temperatures in the 50s. cool enough to hang on to an extra layer in the morning hours. then for afternoon, see the clouz sta clouds come back near the coastline, slow clearing today. temperatures mild, 77 san jose, concord. 65 in san francisco. you can download the accuweather app to check out temperatures, especially since it's back to school time. clouds at noontime, eating lunch, should be 72 by evening. new haven unified, morning cloud

cover and cool conditions. make sure the kids have hoodie or jacket. 70 degrees at 3:00 p.m. accuweather seven-day forecast, mild pattern, low to mid-60s coast side. warming up friday. noticeable. upper 80s, mid-60s coast. slight dip saturday and sunday, especially around the inland communities where you might notice it. monday, labor day, temperatures are bouncing back. low 90s inland, summer heat coming back. >> one last time. sandhya, thanks. it wasn't a ufo, what experts were saying about the fire ball that raced across the night sky. >> got their attention. "good morning america," luk

crikey, fire ball above the west coast. several people reported ufo,

disappointed to find it's potential meteor, not a spacecraft. likely burned up in the atmosphere moving so fast but scientists still looking for landing area. hoping for space swag. maybe that's what they're telling us, could be they're here. >> i guess -- that's possible. but meteor is exciting. >> speaking of not disappointing. >> not as much excitement at at&t park, first innings nothing happened between the giants and diamondbacks, then the ninth, how

last night the a's were rocked in houston, giving up 11 unanswered runs. tonight they would bounce back to close the gap in the a.l. west. never trust him, never turn your back on him. matt olson turns on this pitch. deep to right, three-run shot.

a's 3-1 lead. astros looking to rally in fifth. matt chapman robs yuli gurriel. that's hhe bases. alex bregman, knotted at 3-3. that's it for edwin jackson. same in the eighth, bregman up the middle, george springer tries to go first to third, laureano with a laser. out at third. nick martini, ground-rule double, game winning run. a's beat the astros, 1 1/2 games behind houston for first place in a.l. west. going for series win o wednesday. bases loaded in the sixth.

longoria goes home. still no score. sam dyson facing david peralta, nick ahmed tries to score. out at plate. giants fans getting most out of that. $20 beer, waste of liquid there. gorkys hernandez to left. giants win in walk-off fashion, 1-0, won four in a row. still alive. 49ers pulled off trade of the season last year getting jimmy garoppolo from the patriots. before making the deal, john lynch was interested about another quarterback on the pat heck, got to take your shot. had to summon up the courage. bill laughed at me. >> doesn't hurt to ask. okay. didn't get tom brady, worked out well for the 9ers.

jimmy g. established as franchise quarterback, 5-0 starting to end the season. this report sponsored by river rock casino. >> could you imagine if they pulled that off? tom brady? >> worked out well. >> we like jimmy. >> abc7 news continues online, twitter, facebook and mobile devices with abc7 news app. >> nex

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video show "right this minute." >> a kayaker is in full control on a glorious day. >> it's nice, it's calm. >> but see the stomach churning moment it all changes. after a picture perfect proposal, the happy couple turned. >> and made a huge announcement. >> see high twhy the surprises keep coming. it's your basic boring stretch of road. >> da, da, da. >> the driver who's about to add some excitement. and the latest challenge sweeping the internet. >> can you take it? >> yeah. >> see all the drama when we tee it up rtm style. with all the extreme videos we do here on "right this minute" it's nice to slow it down for once. what we have here is a kayaker making his way out into a relatively calm, wide river.

this is adrian. i will tell you this much. adrian is on the look out for a little bit of white water. and if you keep looking towards the edge you might see a little bit right there. >> i see some white water and a horizon. >> it's fun, it's nice, it's calm, i'm completely lying to you guys. hold your breath, it's about to get insane. >> hey. >> it's a drop. >> whoa. >> ooh, 105 feet off the health of alexandra falls. this complete mentalist is still alive. >> that's a long distance. >> for a short time we're under the water, but as he he's pumped to see these other people in the water at what he just went over. >> this is like hall of