pleasanton to a psychiatric facility in san leandro. it all changed when the patient became agitated on the connector ramp between 680 and 580. >> while the patient was being transferred from one hospital to another, that patient got out of the ambulance and walking in the traffic lanes. >> reporter: the co-owner of the ambulance told us the patient was secured with several restraints, sate belts, basically, when she became agitated and unhooked the belts. >> as the driver was pulling over safely, the patient got out of all of the restraints, and pushed out of the way the attendance in the back of the ambulance and opened the doors of the ambulance and exiteded the ambulance. >> reporter: according to the chp two cars managed to swerve

and miss the woman appeared to jump in front of traffic before she was struck by a third vehicle. >> she ran right in front of my truck. >> reporter: she was pronounced dead at the scene. we do not have an id yet pending notification of the next of kin. the co-owner of norcal ambulance told me his company followed all proper procedures for a transport of this nature but they will certainly tyake a loo at the policies and procedures. the two emts in the ambulance this morning are both quote distraught by what happened. he told me this is not what they do. their mission is obviously to help people. in dublin, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> thanks very much. developing news from lake county residents are being warned to evacuate kelseyville area because of a wildfire. about 20 acres burned so far between sellsvy creek road and

conklin lane. the evacuation has stopped and it was just lifted 15 minutes ago. residents should be ready to go if the conditions worsened. it started before 2:00 today. kelseyville. >> it is labor day and people are out enjoying the day but the weather isn't great. >> we have haze in the air. air quality has not been great but beginning to improve. mostly cloudy skies. let's look at our air quality right now. moderate right now in most of the north bay and good in the valley, good news. we will see a similar picture tomorrow, not spare the air day and moderate to good quality. the pollen and uv index, tree pollen is high right now and you may have noticed if you're an allergy sufferer and uv index

very high you may want to consider. and the fog will push out over the bay and locally inland overnight. thke. will be fog present after ilook at the forecast ahead in a few minutes. >> thank you. members of unite here local two marched outside the marriott hotel on mission street, some with family members on the inside. at least 75 were later arrested. they represent employees at seven san francisco marriott hotels. the union's contract expired august 15th and left the hotel and union far apart on the issues. we reached out to the marriott but not heard back. more than a thousand per mente healthcare workers

marched. and vic lee on issues that led to this protest and one like it in southern california. it has happened again. thieves have targeted another bay area apple store that became a trend lately despite surveillance cameras filming nciden ago you saw them cleaning out an apple store without issues. an walnut creek on the same day, $90,000 in products gone in seconds. wednesday, thieves run into the apple store in santa rosa and they take $30,000 in stuff. that brings us to the latest incident, the fifth in two weeks, it happened yesterday in burlingame. matt keller talked with investigators about the most recent theft. >> reporter: apple workers at the store in burlingame avenue spent the morning putting out new phones at the display table at the front door, less than 24 hours after a group of young men raided the star at 11:25 a.m. sunday.

>> they grabbed all the cell phones and computers and ran out in less than 30 seconds. >> reporter: there were four thieves stealing about $50,000 in merchandise. they ran out to a get away car believed to be a volvo s faces covered by a cringed up hoodie and am had security outside their store. >> he was able to get pictures and be a good witness. >> reporter: burlingame police said the store has been hit more than three times before and yet to make an arrest in those cases. yesterday was also the fifth one at bay area apple stores since august 22nd. surveillance videos released from all locations including these. burlingame police say these appear to be connected with all the same mo. thieves get away with thousands of dollars of apple products without confronting customers or employees. that means they would just face

burglary chaesfug. >> i is very fstng m apple has d their best to do can stilfo the customer. they're kind of caught between a rock and hard place. >> matt keller, abc7 news. >> a forest fire sparked when a small plane crashed into a mountain in lake tahoe burning 80 acres west of they haven't been able to access the remote crash site so the identity hasn't been determined. no buildings are threatened. a paolo alto man is back after spending months in nepal and his mother working tirelessly to free him. carolyn is in the newsroom with a powerful story. >> five months and eight days on prison and nearly 40 hours on various flights.

the young documentary filmmaker is back in the bay area tonight and says he doubts he'll ever return to nep tall. >> reporter: he and his mother are celebrating his first day of freedom. >> i'm glad to be back to my roots. >> reporter: he is a 31-year-old filmmaker who spent the last decade or so in nepal. five years ago he created a nonprofit to help educate and shelter young women and girls. his humanitarian work was cut short five months ago when police arrested him on marijuana charges. price says the drugs were planted but he wound up in prison. >> it was terrifying because of the unknown. >> reporter: his mother started a gofundme campaign to pay for a nepalese attorney and then she traveled to katmandu and spent six weeks working to get her son released. > felt i did everything i could in california to help him and i prayed and got the answer to go

now. >> reporter: she says her son changed lives in nepal, building homes and helps start small businesses. he's been forced to leave all that behind. >> i was able to make a good impact while i was there. that's able to stay with the people, the individual i helped and the legacy will carry on through the people i was working with as much as i could while i could while i was there. >> reporter: now, price plans to use his passion and skills back home in this bay area. >> it's not just starting over, it's going back to my original inspiration for doing social work. >> price has been working on a documentary about nepal and says he wanted a climactic ending. he's got one. in the newsroom, carolyn, abc7 news. former 49er colin kaepernick is back in the headlines just days before the new nfl season kicks off. nike introduced him as part of

his "just do it" campaign. with the words just do something even if it means sacrificing something. he remains unemployed two years after standing against racial injustice. nike said we believe colin is the most inspirational athletes of this generation who has leveraged the power of sport to move the world forward. nfl players understand losing teammates because of contract disputes is the business of the league. >> khalil mack was the best player on the team and in the prime of his career. the raiders' player spoke for the first time since the team traded mack back to the bears. >> mack held out the entire preseason as he sought a lucrative contract extension. that's normal for players seeking a new deal. his oakland teammates believed any differences with the raiders would be worked out by the

regular season. the players admitted today they did not see this trade coming. his teammates took to social media to state their shock and a bit of anger that oakland traded mack to the bears. and they gave mack the contract extension he wanted, a record same deal that makes him the highest paid defensive player in the league. coach gruden addsst in the locker room. players are still coming to terms to it but need to focus on their job. >> obviously, we had the day off that day and that made it harder and i'm sitting there thinking about it all day. whereas now i have a job to do. you lose a good football player. he's my brother now, one of the best players. i don't get to see my friend every day. >> it was a difficult move, difficult transition for us. it's business at the same time, bittersweet. he got what he wanted and we have to move on. >> i was very shocked. i thought the deal was going to

get done, something higher than me. >> raiders open their season a week from tonight against the rams and rams signed their star defensive player to a $30 million deal, the second richest, only $6 million less than mack. the difference between l.a. and oakland, raiders signed derek carr to a contract in 2017 and the raiders did not feel as financially prudent to carry two large contracts. >> fans were stunned to find out about this trade. today, they told us it felt like the raiders took a small back this weekend but understand it is a business. >> he's an incredible athlete, incredible person, great leader. we established a great locker room chemistry with the guy. it is what it is now. >> it's just a bummer. he was the best defensive player we had and awesome to watch. i remember last year against the

panthers,he zone, j carried it will miss that kind of plays. >> raiders kick off their season one week from tonight in the coliseum and watch it on abc7. needing your help this afternoon, someone stole her comfort dog. take a close look at the picture. have you seen this german shephard? >> reporter: one bike for 4,000 miles and incredible journey. the story of a young woman and how she plans to help millions of people. >> hear the new way of getting around the presidio starting this week. coming up later, 13,000 miles to visit it's a revolution in sleep.

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in fairfield, the case of a beloved missing dog left the family in utter anguish. >> it's a unique case. wayne freedman joins us with more. wayne. >> it's rare we do a story on a lost or stolen pet. when the apparent victim is an army veteran with ptsd and that pet was her comfort dog, it meets the test. the empty crate, untouched water bowl, toys in the yard, they add up to a very sad household and one concerned dog owner in fairfield. >> i cried all saturday and cried myself to sleep saturday night. i cried most of yesterday. >> reporter: the army veteran who dodged mortars in iraq, tonight, she mourns the apparent theft of her german shepard comfort dog, who escaped through a hole in the fence with the

other dog last saturday. >> he came through here and the both of them came out and ran to the gas station. >> reporter: this gas station where video from security cameras shows the dogs playing with customers. >> we got a call from one of the customers at the store. our dogs were there running around. for us to come pick them up. >> reporter: when her husband picked them up, they could claim only griffin and another customer had nolah. >> sat there for a few minutes and had her and drove off. >> reporter: a video of that woman from the security cameras, now on more than 100 flyers dana has posted in the neighborhood. they know only she left with the dog in a dark colored sedan with an unidentified license plate. for an iraq veteran, this is too much. she wants her dog back.

>> i miss her and i feel like i need her. she calms me andee me cod. fairfield police have posted the video and expect to post the photo and video very shortly. there is one possibility for finding whoever this person is, credit card records and time stamps on that video. live in fairfield, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> hopefully they find that dog. fire has damaged the kitchen of a south bay diner known for its comfort food. it was closed for business yesterday afternoon. firefighters were called to the business and found the kitchen and roof on fire. it took 30 minutes for fire crews to put that fire out. the rest of the building had smoke damage and know ono one i

the diner at the time. the first national park in the west coast to offer electric bike share starting september 7th. park officials hope the bikes help visitors get around the presidio and city. they laid out ground rules that e-bike barke atiktrlsin teciclye considered as motorized vehicles. tolls start at $2 for 30 minutes. a labor day tradition, competitive bic in the annual b. capturing the 18th annual masters race this afternoon. it took cyclists around levi's plaza and surrounding streets. >> more than 300 cyclists took part and including youngsters that came in on the kids' race.

>> it's fun to watch but makes you nervous waiting to get in the garage to park. >> it was a great day for it, right? breezy and mild in the city, not too warm. here is a look at current conditions. live doppler 7. fog is becoming a bit more along the coastline and reflective moisture in the clouds as well. here is a view of some clouds. we had a partial view of the city just a minute ago and now we can see the clouds advancing. 64 degrees in san francisco, 67 across the bay in oakland. low to mid 70s. 87 in morgan hill and 59 at half moon bay. we have a pretty good labor day turnout despite the presence of low clouds in the distance. 73 degrees at santa rosa and napa. 81 novato and 85 degrees in

concord and livermore. see the low clouds beginning their usual daily push. patchy coastal fog restructuring overnight and mild to warm cooling midweek and breezy conditions, 20 to 25 miles an hour. and in fairfield as well. in overnight conditions we will see the fog pushing over the bay, a few local patches inland. lows in the same range we have seen in weeks, mid to upper 50s generally. tomorrow, we start the day with low clouds and by afternoon, diminishingly and zy in the ternoon. a look at the south bay, 90 at los gatos, 82 will be the high in santa clara andpeninsula, 77. 78 in mountain view. on the coast, hazy conditions.

62 at pacifica and 63 half moon bay. topping out at 66 degrees. and 81 at san rafael, 85 at petaluma and oakland, 73 tomorrow. we'll see -- 73, oakland, 76 in hayward, 76 in newark and in the end, highs in the lower 90s in concord and walnut creek and pleasanton. here's the 7-day forecast. we won't see much significant temperature change. low 90s, a bit cooler wednesday and thursday. bouncing back to 90 and 92 inland on friday and remain in that range saturday. not much change again. a steady range. coolest days are wednesday and thursday but not by much. >> thanks. just ahead, a truck full

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live where you live, this is abc7 news. the stories making headlines at 4:30, a woman died today after escaping from the back of an ambulance and walking into traffic on 680. she was being taken to the psychiatric facility when there was a complication and they pulled over. they detained her for reckless driving. they say she drove into other cars, resisted arrest and had to be tased. re-tweeting this video showing a driver hit two young bicyclists and take off, the victims just 12 and 13 years old. an update on the kids and what police know about the suspect. vic lee tweeted a photo of two dozen protesters outside the

kaiser building in oakland. tomorrow, ne battle begins over the empty justice seat left bhind by justice kennedy. the latest from washington. >> reporter: brett kavanaugh, a 53-year-old judge if confirmed could sit on the supreme court for years to come. >> brett kavanaugh, extraordinary judge, long record, 12 years, over 300 decisions. >> reporter: sources tell nbc news kavanaugh has been intensely prepping for his confirmation hearings berehe judiciary committee on capital hill and could be grilled on hot button issues of roe v. wade. during the campaign, president trump promised to appoint judges to overturn both laws. >> he was very explicit in terms

of what he wanted in a republican nominee. those positions may be popular in his republican base. >> reporter: advocating he should be free from investigation. >> he chose the one person that has written he should have immunity from any type of prosecution that might result. >> reporter: despite their concerns, kavanaugh may very well be confirmed by the end of september. the gop holds 50 seats and john mccain's seat may well be filled by another republican soon. >> if he does well he could get 50. >> they're concerned he may overturn roe v. wade and some republicans worried but unclear if they will give him a no vote. cleanup under way back east following destructive flash

flooding and near baltimore and raging water threatened a man trapped in his home up to a window. residents have never seen anything like it. flooding is causing evacuations in kansas, too. ordering some residents in pratt, kansas, 75 miles west of wichita and showers and storms will continue today. a tropical storm in the gulf is concerning residents there, appears to be heading towards new orleans. tracking its path. >> it's a big rainmaker, on the satellite and just off the west coast of florida right now, expected to take a path northwest ward to the central gulf coast and hurricane warnings in effect in the coastal mississippi and alabama as the storm approaches and a tropical storm warning in the new orleans and florida panhandle.

it will continue northward intensifying as it approaches. by early wednesday morning it may be a category one hurricane making landfall in southern mississippi. and continuing to kansas as still a heavy rainmaker with tropical features. it could produce up to 7 inches of rain in many locations. >> thank you. the new human rights chief is calling for the immediate release of two sentenced to seven years in prison in myanmar. she said she is shocked. the two were convicted and sentenced today for illegally tesfied they didot knowingly possess official

documents. officials in brazil are blaming a lock of funding for a fire that destroyed the national museum in rio de janeiro. there were artifacts and the oldest skull found in the western hemisphere, all gone. the cause is unknown. youtube star said he has to let his voice he'll over the weekend, bono. the lead singer apologized to the crowd in berlin saying he lost his voice and didn't know what to do. u2 released a statement and rescheduled it for november 11th. he said his voice will be back

to full strength for the rest of the tour. it's never too late to kick start your health and fitness goals starting with one step. meeting a 61-year-ol transf stuck to his anyone can do it. >> reporter: it's 6:00 a.m. in midtown manhattan. these mostly 20 somethings are grinding it outside in a nearly hour-long boot camp. right there in the thick of things, that guy is a 61-year-old. his name is strauss zelnick. he actually founded this invitation only training group called "the program" in 2012 as a way to transform his relationship with fitness. the crew tye the >> w push each other in a healthy positive way.

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>> i've loved baseball all my life. >> all my life he talked about this. that's was his dream. it wasn't my dream. >> reporter: life has a funny way of reminding us what's important. after danny suffered a heart attack, emily was hitting the road with dear old dad during the summer. >> i was trying to find a way to spend time with him. i didn't have much in common but baseball, i can do. >> she had the patience to put up with me, a good bonding experience. >> reporter: he loved the field in chicago and pittsburgh and pnc park. and saved the best for last. >> i used to go to candlestick park with my dad and experience the tour at at&t. >> reporter: father and daughter are both teachers and will now return to work in los angeles. the trip is now over but what

was gained will last a lifetime. >> i appreciate him now. not we have to watch another game, enjoying it. >> emily admits it can get difficult being in a car or hotel room for months with your dad. she adds when ever a new park is built they will go. >> that's great. great day for a ballgame, no matter what you did. >> it's not poor, but in in moderate decline. the fog making a push, maybe locally inland. lows in the mid to upper 50s. 63, half moon bay, 66 in san francisco. mid to upper 70s along the bayshore line and upper 90s in most locations, nothing compared

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zoo coopers says she loves it and can't wait to get ahold of it to get it to work. >> roseanne bar won't be sitting around watching the spin-off. she said she's not planning to watch "the connors" and won't curse or bless the show. i have some mental health issues of depression and stuff. i got to stay in the middle or i'll go dark. >> she was fired after tweeting about valerie jarrett. she is going to russia to make a sitcom there. hiring an inspector to do the job and will they catch issues with the house. >> from bay area consumer's checkbook. >> i'm now going to inspect the home inspectors.

home inspectors charge a pretty penny to check 0 home before you buy it. can they do a good job? we're going check that out. kevin is here. thanks for being here. you set up a sting, is that what you did? >> i wouldn't say a sting. we set up a house and had 12 inspectors come and paid each of them. they missed a lot of things. we identified 28 problems we thought were way too obvious to miss. as a group, they missed about half of those, a lot, more than we thought really. what disturbed us is not that they missed stuff. i miss stuff. a lot of them didn't do much work for the money. some were in and out in 90 minutes. one guy handed us a 10 page

report, didn't have pictures in it. you do want to use a lot of care finding a home inspector. >> how do you find a good inspector? >> the best way is ask them to send you sample reports, to see how much length they do for you. they should be lengthy reports with pictures and narrative of the problem, i think, is the best way to screen them. >> here's what i say, as far as there are no gorn tees. what did i buy? >> as an industry the standards are somewhat low that you would expect as a buyer. no guarantees. most exclude chimneys and one wouldn't shine a flashlight up it. and don't inspect for pests. don't use a ladder for a roof and especially at this house where the roof was in really bad shape.

some only test a sampling of outlets and windows. we were frustrated because i won't inspect for this and this, for $550, the average cost of our inspection, what are you doing for me, especially the ones that wouldn't test every outlet and open and shut every window, frustrating. >> they wouldn't even walk around and test the outlets? >> i did it. took me four or five minutes and open each window and check the windows. it wouldn't have excluded us from buying this house but for the money we expect them to do more work. >> if you want to see kevin's full report we will have a link up to the bay area's consumer check-up online. usually, you would need to be a checkbook member because you're

watching this right now or free to you any time. >> thanks very much. >> abc's new brand, "localish," is shaping a story of a navy veteran who lost both his legs in combat. >> when i surf, i don't want to come back on land. it's quite nice to be on the ocean and feeling weightless. when i come back on land and i change out, i feel a bit more disabled. when i'm out on the water, it really makes me feel alive and intense. >> we went out with dan, surfing with him and looking how he was surfing. we said, you know what, we will help him take his surfing to a whole other level. we started collaborating to see

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journey of post war inspiration. >> reporter: approaching the iconic span of the golden gate bridge, iraq veteran, sarah lee is on the journey of a lifetime. going through 10 states and 200 communities sarah rode away her pain, a journey that almost never began after her return from deployment. >> you kind of forget who you are and what you're capable of. you kind of deteriorate inside a little bit. i lost friends to suicide. i decided to buy that bicycle instead of taking my own life. m one coast to another, as sarah held herself. >> the generosity and kindness i experienced on this journey was mind-b divided as we think we are. >> reporter: she inspired and raised awareness to an all too real epidemic. there are 20 suicides every day

from veterans. rin eed to find a cure. ders and vet>> looked around th and saw the pacific, my jaw got caught in my spokes. >> reporter: this ride that she named adventure cycling is complete, washing away that pain and in its place a new goal. >> i want to reunite and inspire my fellow veterans to take charge of your happiness, take control of your life. you can't stay a slave to your pain. >> reporter: her journey is just beginning. next, she plans to start a nonprofit to help veterans reconnected with technology and get back to nature and each other. abc7 news. >> fantastic. >> you can get the latest news any time. to get more of the news

delivered to your phone in real-time. >> thank you for joining us on abc7 news at 4. >> abc7 news at 5 starts now. colin kaepernick has a new gig, today, the latest new face of nike. >> workers in the east bay marched side by side this labor day. the issue that has kaiser permanente employees rallying. and running down two children and the search for the driver. > need her. she really does help me. >> this crate is a sad reminder of a comfort dog who. >> a man whose professional football career essentially ended after he took a stand for social justice ended.

>> thank you for joining us. you could call it a comeback of sorts for san francisco 49ers former quarterback, colin kaepernick. >> he is one of the faces for nike's "just do it" campaign. >> live outside the store in san francisco, melanie. >> reporter: mixed reaction out here. some calling colin kaepernick a hero and others questioning why his actions are being celebrated. te 30th anniversary of nike's iconic "just do it" campaign features a close-up of colin kaepernick's face and the words, "believe in something even if it means sacrificing everything." the san francisco 49ers quarterback was the first to kneel in opposition to racial injustice. >> free speech, right, america. >> reporter: in november of 2017 pesident trump tweeted the issue of kneeling has nothing to do with race. it is about respect f