crash at whipple affecting only the off ramp not 101 itself. smooth drive through the south bay as well. >>> a sad thing report on what's going on on roadways. traffic injuries actually the leading cause of death for children ages 5 to 19 across the world. in fact, an estimated 500 children are killed and tens of thousands injured in had car accidents every single day. in the u.s. pedestrian safety is among the biggest issues facing teens and preteens. back in 2013 more than 400 children were killed and 16,000 injured in pedestrian-related traffic collisions. >>> looks like it's full speed ahead on a pilot program allowing ride sharing companies to to operate at sfo. taxi drivers had been opposed to that plan ever since it rolled out last year. they say they are taking a big hit from companies like uber and lyft. taxi drivers have held protests about it, including one yesterday it in san francisco. despite that sfo right now is all in this on ride sharing with leaders saying the program is being he can tepded at least through february. >>> a tr

we have clearing on the whipple off ramp northbound 101.arlier crash left debris in the roadway. >>> we do continue the follow the latest out of virginia where right now a community is am this mourning all because of the loss of two dedicated journalists. >> still hard to believe what happened. we have multiple reports on this this horrific story including how the tragedy is hitting close to home in the bay area. "today in the bay" stephanie chuang will have more on that. >> but first let's get to sarah dallof she is live in virginia with new details about what led up to the tragedy. sara. >> reporter: good morning. a man claiming to the gunman faxed a 23-page document to abc news in which he describes himself as a human powder keg just waiting to go boom. colleagues describe alison parker and adam ward as special people. the kind who were up before sunrise to put am long hours reporting the thus. their off camera lives were just as busy. park had moved in with her boyfriend, ward engaged to be married. >> if i walked into the office in the

they target traffic trouble spots like here at whipple and veterans blvd in redwood city where drivers turning right are causing a problem just like the driver of this honda accord .who is then flagged over by a redwood city police officer how you doing sir hey i stopped you for the turn back there the right lane that you are in can only go to 101 south you can't lane change over to go north do you have your license with you? as drivers were rolling in lets just say some had bigger issues. is there a possibility that you could call someone to come pick up your car she was missing a drivers license and so was this driver. step enforcement is like equivilent to maximum enforcement if you get caught you are more than likely get a ticketing this driver who missed a stop sign you just rolled right through at thing ahh yea my mind was busy with something else piggybacking behind another driver you need to make a full stop beofre you proceed here's your paperwork back and do not do not excuse me i really didn't know it was open and stop with the photo. that's so mean he taking the photo well

the area being treated is mainly residential between whipple and vera and elmwood and crompton road in redwood city. >>> a bay area woman fighting for her life is hoping that a few thousand online friends can help one of her dreams come true. tiffany wants to thank taylor swift in person for being an inspiration during all of her hospital stays. michelle roberts is live outside of levi's stadium where swift will perform next weekend. it could be hard for the superstar to ignore this type of request. she's known for reaching out to fans like this. >> reporter: tiffany will be in the crowd, dancing and also singing along. what she's hoping for is taylor swift's face to face to say thank you for all she's done. >> taylor swift, positivity. bring them together. amazing. >> tiffany rich has never met taylor swift but says her music has been there for her. >> all the nurses into it and doctors and then it's a fun time. >> reporter: tiffany admits the joyful moments at the hospital aren't always easy to come by. >> when you're getting poked and prodded like a human pin cushion, you know it's

signs of an economic slowdown in china set up a worldwide whipple effect, the dow fell 588 points off the closing bell, its worst day in four years. david lilly has been looking at the market repercussions in silicon valley. he says bay area investors are rattled but not bailing out. a lot more on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> today is the one-year anniversary of the magnitude 6.0 earthquake in napa. wayne freedman is revisiting landmarks and businesses hit hard last year. a live report at 5:00. the #laughing while black is gaining traction after members of a book club were kicked off. pr fixer sam singer has been hired to handle the controversy. we are joined live from napa with the story. sergio? >> reporter: the women tell us they were not only embarrassed about the situation, they feel they were humiliated about the way they were escorted off the napa valley wine train this weekend. today they're getting a near unequivocal apology. >> i tried to get to the end of it. >> reporter: the 11 women say they were escorted off the napa valley wine train saturday. >> and in no time were we loud

kaiser was a bat boy for the whipple b.ity, kansas and was recovering a bat from home plate when he was accidentally hit in the head about fr a batter warming up in the home circle. he was wearing a helmet at the time. the team sported k.c. on their uniforms in their game on sunday and joined a prayer circle in honor of that little boy. >>> also, on to another story. firefighters are struggling to contain unprecedented wildfires out west. 21 fires are burning in california alone, and 12,000 people have been ordered to evacuate. the largest of the fires, dubbed the rocky fire, tripled in size over the weekend to 84 square miles, roughly the size of st. louis. the fire has destroyed two dozen homes, threatening over 6,000 more. governor jerry brown declared it a state of emergency, and helicopters and air tankers are now assisting. >>> after a flurry of criticism, the pro hall of fame will allow nfl great junior sales' daughter sidney to speak at his induction ceremony, reversing their decision not to allow anyone other than

, our very same jim whipple, who works here with us at the mayor's office on disability. and our work was staffing the department of building inspection disabled access division and our task was to enforce the architectual provisions and it's years later and with a few titles and promotions in between, but at the end of the day, i owe my job and my career and my new passion to the americans with disabilities act. >> thank you, carla. ? >> hi. i would like to first thank the council for sharing their stories today. and i just want to say that co-chair supanich's story really touched me and i felt it on a personal-level, as a fellow person with a non-visible disability. i want to thank you all for giving me the opportunity to share my story today. i wrote just a brief statement about my feelings about this topic. so first off, the ada has given me an opportunity to live in a country where i know that i have the legal protections as a person with a disability. even if it is a non-visible disability. and i'm even protected when people don't believe that i have a disability, a

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