laura anthony is live at fanny bridge in tahoe city. laura? >> reporter: well, hi. we're here at the dam at tahoe city. this is the only outflow from lake tahoe. and thanks to record inflows this year, the lake has gone up nearly six feet since last october. that's the highest single-year increase ever. it's everywhere you look at lake tahoe. water, that is. the lake is now well above its natural rim for the first time in years and still going up. the comparison to last year is stunning. this is what it looked like on the south shore at regan beach last year. here is the exact same scene this year. >> it's phenomenal the difference. it is remarkable. we have such a long winter and so much precipitation. as it was coming down, we knew it was going to be a great summer. >> reporter: and now with all the water flowing through the dam at tahoe city and heading down the truckee river towards

live at san harbor, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> laura, thank you very much. opponents of california's bullet train are headed back to court. they refiled a lawsuit challenging a new law that allows high speed rail money to be spent on the electrification of cal train. the efforts to block the lawsuit, it challenges legislation from last year. it allows high speed rail to be spent. >> a health system for california is one stem closer to reality tonight. but it remains a long shot. that's because of the cost, the so-called single payer system has a price of $400 billion. the state needs to come up with half of it with the federal government taking care of the rest. health care bill passed the appropriations committee today. members say the bill will redirect insurance company profits and administrative costs to patient care. >> through the cost savings we incur through single paler system by eliminating insurance companies that are the ones determining and actually contributing to the cost of care, we see a tremendous savings. >> insurance companies say the bil

abc7 news reporter laura anthony live in benicia with the very latest. laura? >> reporter: hi, larry. the flaring does continue at this hour. you can see over my left shoulder it has greatly improved over the last hour or so. this morning pg&e was doing maintenance switching power from one transmission line to another near the refinery when that second line failed without any power. valero had to begin burning off product immediately. the billowing black plumes could be seen for miles around the refinery. after a power outage caused the plant to shut down and begin emergency flaring. >> the flaring operation is designed to keep our neighbors and our employees and our community safe. and they're doing exactly what they need to do by burning the hydrocarbon that cannot be safely stored. >> reporter: the flames and smoke prompted city officials to order evacuations in the industrial area immediately next to the plant. >> why didn't we hear about this sooner? >> reporter: marilyn lives just a mile from the refinery. she asked officials why city wide warning sirens

abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live at u.c. headquarters in oakland with the story. laura? >> reporter: hi, kristen. well, today the u.c. regents held a special meeting here to begin the process of launching their own investigation into the tampering allegation while the u.c. president acknowledged it looks bad, she told us the intention was not. >> there was no nefarious or inappropriate interference. >> reporter: embattled university of california president janet napolitano insists her staff was not trying to manipulate the results of the state audit. only trying to facilitate a confusing process. >> frankly, i've regretted and expressed my regret for the way my office dealt with the surveys. >> send some of that money back to the campuses. >> reporter: last month state auditor released a scathing rport that napolitano's office had a $175 million secret fund. but perhaps most damaging, evidence napolitano's staff interfered with the survey and is the responses given by administrators at three u.c. campuses. >> there was nothing done to make the president's office look bet

laura anthony is live in tahoe city with more for us. laura? >> reporter: hi, eric. well, people are coming up for the holiday weekend. are in for a real treat. this is the dam here, the major outflow in tahoe city for lake tahoe. last year this area was quite low. water that was quite low, now it's quite a bit higher, a whole new scene. what a difference a year makes. thanks to record inflows, lake tahoe is now nearly 6 feet higher than it was last october. the highest single year increase ever. this is what it looked like on the south shore at reagan beach last year. and here is the exact same scene this year. the director of the tahoe city public utilities district likes what she sees. >> it's phenomenal the difference. it is remarkable. we had such a long winter and so much precipitation, as it was coming down we knew it was going to be a great summer. >> reporter: and now with all the water flowing through the dam at tahoe city, and heading down the truckee river toward squaw valley and beyond, there is a bit of a trade-off. it's beautiful to see, but also cause

. >> abc7 news reporter laura anthony caught up with several lawmakers. she's live in walnut creek. laura? >> reporter: kristen, we talked with lawmakers in the bay area today. while there are 3,000 -- from the goings on in washington, the reaction to the comey firing, no less blunt. >> it really shows that the white house is in chaos and they're totally incompetent. >> reporter: oakland democrat barbara lee is among the chorus of bay area lawmakers upset about president trump's sudden firing of fbi director james comey. >> this white house is erratic, it's bizarre. the way he was fired was outrageous. he heard about it on the news. it's crass, it's wrong. >> reporter: lee admits she and other democrats were vocal critics of comey last october when he announced the fbi was reopening its probe of hillary clinton's e-mails. just 11 days before the election. trump claims comey's handling of the clinton matter was a major reason for his firing. lee points to the probe in the possible intervention of russia in the election. >> it is never a good time to fire an fbi director. >> reporter:

. >> abc7 news reporter laura anthony picks up that part of the story from washington high school. laura? well, sierra only attended this high school for a short time. but she left a big impression. there is a bench here behind me to remember her. but i talked with her close friends today and they say they need no reminders. they will never forget her. >> i remember this is your shirt i was wearing here. >> reporter: the memories are still good and fresh for these young women, all friends, former washington high cheer leaders with then 15-year-old sierra lamar. >> she was my best friend at the time. >> reporter: sean a foreman said she and sierra were inseparable and thinks of her young friend often. >> she's a very, very interesting character. very on her own. she was outstanding and very bright. anyone knew who she was just by her presence in the room. >> reporter: and though each of these women has moved on with their lives they share an unbreakable bond with sierra at the center. >> the group, that were sierra's friends, we learned this. it's kind of turned us into a family. if

. >> abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live at james logan high school in union city where one of the victims was a student. laura, this is yet another devastating loss for the school. >> reporter: dan, just earlier this month you may remember another logan student died on her way home from the prom in a car accident with two more teens now lost yesterday, that brings the total to five in the new haven district who have lost their lives in recent months. >> i was very sad to hear about what had happened. >> reporter: linda thomsen arrived this morning to union city's school for independent study to hear the worst possible news. one of her students, 17-year-old brianna ore ing at the brianna ortega was killed in the horrific crash. she just saw brianna friday ands the teen was working toward getting her diploma. >> i feel blessed i had a chance to say good-bye, get a good hug for her and know she had a definite goal in mind. >> she was very sweet, kind, and she just always just had a spirit like nobody else. she was always there for you. >> reporter: ortega was one of 7 people in the f

abc7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live from oakland city hall. laura? >> reporter: alma, the settlement reached with the city of oakland is much lower than what jasmine or her original attorney originally asked for, but she told us today she is satisfied with it nonetheless. the morning after the oakland city council approved the nearly $1 million settlement in her favor, the young woman at the center of an east bay sex scandal appeared before reporters. >> i feel happy that i can close this chapter and move on with my life. >> reporter: now 19, jasmine was just 17 when she began having sex she claims with more than a dozen police officers, including some oakland, richmond and livermore. and alameda and contra costa county sheriffs. in a late night session, the oakland city council approved a $989,000 settlement with jasmine. about a third of that will go to attorney's fees. >> most importantly, this case is about bad, bad outrageous behavior on the part of people who are police officers who were sworn to uphold the law and engage in regular conduct, vi

abc7 news reporter laura anthony is reporting live. >> reporter: hi, dan. in recent years those drought years, the snakes would come down to areas like this looking for water with all the rain this year, water is not a problem. in fact, there is an abundance of rats, thanks to all the rain. and with rats come snakes. the warm sunny days have attracted many people to the east bay's many parks. but with the heat also comes potentially dangerous rattle snakes. last weekend a dog was bitten at del val in livermore, one sightings. visitors are warned to be on the look out especially under foot. >> i saw about a four-foot rattle snake in breyones park. my friend was walking ahead of me. i said, stop. >> you can be easily bit by them. if you don't get to the hospital right away, it can be quite a problem. >> reporter: he is the guy who heads toward a rattle snake when everyone else turns away. he expects his snake removal business to be especially busy in the coming months. >> most cases we catch it and let it go back into its natural habitat so it can hopefully s

that's where abc7 news reporter laura anthony is reporting live for us. >> reporter: he was one of the first hires ten years ago. a hard working employee who had just finished a long overtime shift here at the jail this morning. he got off work, got in his car, and headed home toward stockton. >> it's not fun seeing your employee draped with an american flag. >> reporter: twice in less than three months, alameda county sheriff greg aherne has had to announce the death of one of his own. in this case a man he hired ten years ago, deputy sroeuy khin. >> it's heart wrenching. besides all of the events and incidents that our deputy sheriffs have to deal with at work, they have to deal with a tragic loss of one of their brothers. >> reporter: it happened as the morning sun was on the horizon as khin was on his way home eastbound on interstate 580 after a long overnight shift at the jail. >> the strek was stopped or driving slowly in the number 2 lane. at the same time, the driver of a white 2016 temsa touring bus was also driving eastbound 580 east of grant line. for reasons still under inv

in oakland, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> the election for mayor of san francisco won't be until 2019, but today the first candidate for the office filed his pap erpz. it is a familiar face to san francisco residents, abc7 news is at city hall as mark leno officially announced his candidacy. the 65 year old says one to talk on housing, affordability and traffic safety. >> i'm running for mayor to offer my expertise and experience and energies, skills and passion to address these issues for this city that i have -- [ applause ] >> -- come to love. >> leno, a moderate democrat has served as the city's supervisor, assemblyman, and state senator. >> mystery in the san francisco bay, leopard sharks dying off in record numbers. in fact, biggest die off in decades. microscopic thing that might be to blame. plus. >> hard to get in, there's a long waiting list. >> you've seen lines like these before, but these people aren't trying to get some hot concert ticket. what they're waiting in line overnight to get and it's not really for them. >> hello, i'm mike schumer live at oracle. getting ready f

laura anthony reports the sheriff called it a tragedy. khin was a ten year veteran.ve celebrated his 51st birthday tomorrow. he leaves behind a wife and four children. >>> a tweet from president trump is raising questions about whether he's recording conversations. he said at the recently fired fbi director james comey better hope there are no tapes of our conversations before he starts leaking to the press. all presidential recordings are required by law to be saved, which is why no president has recorded any phone calls or meetings in the past 40 years after nixon's conversations were subpoenaed in the watergate investigation. the tweet just adds to confusion about the ongoing russia inquiries. abc7 news reporter lana zach is following the developments. lana. >> reporter: hi there,al ma. and they continue to develop really by the hour. the latest we're hearing from a democrat is demandsing by increased calls by his colleagues that the deputy attorney general rosenstein needs to now either appoint a special prosecutor or resign. should the president be believed that

sand harbor, laura anthony.x 7 ne abc 7 news. >> dangers of the fidget spinner. >> asian-american heritage month. using bay area instagram feed to focus on culture where you live. today celebrate the chinese historical project which built the chinese-american historical museum in san jose history park. the project is celebrating its 30th anniversary in september with a gala hosted by abc 7 news reporter, david louis. you can ♪ somewhere, inside each of us, there's a pro. ♪ it's not always easy to summon your pro. ♪ but once you've found it, you'll find you can do anything. ♪ >>> some parent are calling for recall on fidget spinners. parents are sharing horror stories about their children getting hurt by loose parts from the toy. a 10-year-old girl in texas went to the hospital after putting it in her mouth and choking. in oregon, a 5-year-old buy had to have surgery to get the part removed after swallowing it. 3-year-old boy in missouri cut his finger from loose part. so bad he needed stitches. >> many people ar

laura anthony is live at fanny bridge in tahoe city. laura? >> reporter: well, hi. we're here at the dam at tahoe city. this is the only outflow from lake tahoe. and thanks to record inflows this year, the lake has gone up nearly six feet since last october. that's the highest single-year increase ever. it's everywhere you look at lake tahoe. water, that is. the lake is now well above its natural rim for the first time in years and still going up. the comparison to last year is stunning. this is what it looked like on the south shore at regan beach last year. here is the exact same scene this year. >> it's phenomenal the difference. it is remarkable. we have such a long winter and so much precipitation. as it was coming down, we knew it was going to be a great summer. >> reporter: and now with all the water flowing through the dam at tahoe city and heading down the truckee river towards squaw valley and beyond, there's a bit of a trade-off. >> it's running, higher, faster and colder. so right now there's a little bit of danger. it's really impossible to get undernea

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony joins us live with details about the people who died. laura? >> a very difficult knew month for high school students here in the union city. they lost five young people in all. all to car accidents. earlier this month. an 18-year-old died on her way home from the prom. today, they learned there were two more. >> she was very sweet, kind. >> alicia, classmate of brianna ortega, one of two 17-year-olds killed in the horrific crash. >> she made me feel welcome in high school. didn't make me feel scared at all. just very sweet. i wish everybody knew her the way i did. >> brianna would have turned 1, june 12. >> teacher linda thomas has known her for three years, saw her last friday when thomas says the teen was making plans to return to school. and work towards her diploma. >> she would have done something wonderful in this world. and i'm sorry we won't get an opportunity to see what her future would have been. >> one of seven people in the full size pickup it flipped multiple times on park street. witnesses say the truck was going 50 to 60 miles a

abc news reporter laura anthony has the story from lake tahoe. >> reporter: a team of volunteers, brushes have spent many hours doing this. scrubbing rocks at lake tahoe. natural scenery that's been de faced by vand also. >> it's upsetting to us as residents. >> reporter: he started the vandalism removal start, they started on facebook with the sole mission to clean up graffiti like this in some cases, it ae pierce it's meant to be whims cam. what is they appear to be funny. is it funny in. >> it's not fun in i to us. if you have artistic ability, perhaps you need to go find a different medium so make e maybe you can make money at it. >> reporter: it's happening at hidden beach on the remote shore and here near bonzai rock, someone scribbled on a majestic rock in the lake. >> i boy inned this. >> reporter: it's happening away from the lake, here at doneer summit at rainbow bridge and overlook in its natural beauty. post-card perfect, except for this, rocks here for centuries littered with graffiti. >> it's pretty sad. i'm not into desecrating here. it's not a sight i want to see. >> repor

laura anthony is live at lake tahoe at sand harbor. >> and they are gearing up for a big memorial day weekend up here at the lake. the lake itself is full for the first time in years. it is perfect. except for one thing. a growing problem that has left ugly scars here along the shoreline. >> a team of volunteers brushes in hand have spent many hours doing this. scrubbing rocks at lake tahoe, natural scenery defate -- defaced by vandals. >> it infuriates us as residents. >> a volunteer group started on facebook with a sole mission to clean up graffitis like this in. in some cases it is meant to be whimsical. >> what if they think they are being funny. is it funny. >> it is not funny to us. if you have artistic ability, perhaps you need to go find a different medium so maybe you could make some money at it. >> it is happening at hidden beach on the remote east shore and here near bonzi rock and somebody scribbled on a rock out in the lake. >> i noticed this from the bridge over there. >> it is happening away from the lake, too. like here near donor summit at the rainbow bridge and other

in san harbor, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>you. >>> facebook founder mark zuckerberg went back to harvard to deliver the commencement address and to get his degree 11 years after he dropped out to start the biggest social media company. kristen zse is here with his big day and you probably didn't hit the like button for parts of it. >> more on that in a bit. but at 33, mark zuckerberg is the youngest commencement speaker ever at harvard and only the second dropout, the first was bill gates. as his wife priscilla chan in the class of 2017 listened in the rain, he delivered this message, if you create opportunities, you create purpose. he got emotional when talked about an undocumented student who put aside his own fears of deportation to help others. >> but if a high school senior who doesn't know what the future holds for him can do his part to move the world forward, then we wi -- we owe it to the world to do it too. >> and the live captioning, take a look. the tweet points out one such error, look at that gibberish there a

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony has the story from tahoe city. >> it's everywhere you look at lakehoe. water, that is. the lake is now well above its natural rim for the first time in years, and still going up. the comparison to last year is stunning. this is what it looked like on the south shore at regan beach last year. and here is the exact same scene this year. >> it's phenomenal the difference. it is remarkable. we had such a long winter and so much precipitation. as it was coming down we knew it was going to be a great summer. >> and now with all the water flowing through the dam at tahoe city and heading down the truckee river towards squaw valley and beyond, there is a bit of a trade-off. >> it's running higher, faster and colder. so right now there is a little bit of danger. it's really impossible to get underneath some of the bridges. so all the rafting companies are not open right now. >> but the benefits clearly outweigh the risks when it comes to tahoe's bounty. this is what the pier at tahoe's city common speech looked like during the drought. and this from drone vie

in sand harbor, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> we are looking at san francisco international airport. because one of the longest runway is shut down for maintenance. no planes can use runway 2a left. arriving flights are delayed by now for an average of one hour and 28 minutes. crews are remay have beening the runway, upgrate gra runway, upgradeing lights and making other improvements. london has chance ancelled flig because of a major i.t. failure at heathrow and gatwick airports. buses will run instead of trains from west oakland and fruitvale to 19th street. bart says expect 20 to 30 minute delays. service resumes as normal tuesday morning. >>> big sur is a beautiful spot along california's coast, getting to it has been difficult for some if recent months. but we found a town that says it's still opened for business. more on that coming umm. as we heads to break, here's a live look outside at our santa cruz camera, the sun is out. beautiful conditions to start the weekend. at ikea, we believe that everything you need should be within reach. that anything that matches your taste can

in benicia, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> laura, thank you. laura mentioned that a power failure triggered the flaring at the refinery this morning. >> but we have also learned due to a shortfall in the back up system, this situation could easily happen again. abc7 news anchor kristen sze here with some history neighbors really need to know about. kristen? >> larry and alma, flaring may be a safety measure to burn off pollutants, but the sight of dramatic flames and black smoke is unnerving to neighbors so refineries do want to minimize these incidents. one of the key triggers of flaring is power failure. that's what happened this morning. it was a pg&e issue. due to transmission line work, it was feeding electricity to valero on just one line instead of the usual two. >> one of them was dee energized because they were working on it. and what should have happened was they could have switched from the energized one to the deenergized one so we would continue to have uninterrupted power. >> abc7 news looked into the power plant to cover such eme

here's reporter, laura anthony. >> reporter: the rains did their part and the reservoirs are brimming that doesn't mean a east bay customers will get a break on their rates, quite the opposite despite the wet winter and due to the fact that customers got used to not using water. overall they cut their water usage by 20%, and that means lower revenues for east bay mud which counts 90% of the costs as fixed. >> there were projects deferred after the last drought as a cost-cutting measure and we don't want to cut the costs any longer. >> that's why the district is proposing a rate increase of 18% over two years starting with more than 9% this summer. >> i am a little disappointing because we have done our fair share of conserving over the last three years probably. >> most of the revenues would go to projects like this one in lafayette where old pipes are getting replaced. >> they have to make it up somewhere. i am okay as long as everybody is saving and conserving water. >> east bay mud will hold hearings over the potential rate increases in july. abc7 news. >>> san francisco may consid

abc7 news reporter laura anthony reporting. laura?an improvement in the last half hour. the stack behind me was the one emitting all the flame and smoke all day. in the last few minutes you can see it's gone down considerably. this is nonetheless valero's most significant flaring incident in 30 years. it started with a simple power loss. it may not end entirely for days. the bill owing black plumes could be seen for miles around benicia's valero refinery after a power outage cause the the plant to shut down and the flaring. >> this morning at about 6:45 we received notification from valero they had a sudden power outage and lost all power to the refinery and that they were flaring at that time. without a flare, you can't protect your equipment or your community. so as much as people might not want to see it, look at the flare. when it's going off, it's your friend. >> reporter: the flames and smoke prompted city officials to order evacuations in the industrial area immediately next to the plant. >> it kept getting worse and worse, the

abc7 news reporter laura anthony. >> reporter: could pg&e have prevented the deadly ghost ship fire? that's the premise of a new lawsuit filed by 18 families who lost loved ones last december. >> pg&e failed to follow its own rules that requires them to provide electricity to any facility like this in a safe manner. >> reporter: pg&e is included in the new master lawsuit filed against the owner of the bilding as well as the ghost ship manager derek almina among others. the sutd alleges pg&e screws installed smart meters in the building in the past two years and should have noticed the dangerous conditions, including a maze of extension cords that investigators believe caused the fire. in a response, the pg&e spokesperson told abc7 news, we reviewed our records and over the last ten plus years we have no reports of electric theft or any other anomalies from this location or the adjacent premises. we are fully cooperating with authorities as they investigate this tragic event. >> he was an amazing soul. >> reporter: lisa lost her only child 22 year old cash askew in the fire. >> kids w

here's abc 7 news reporter laura anthony with the story. >> it's a take not often seen.d dubs against the world. this exhibit includes the work of 27 artists from around the world. all on display at sole space which doubles as a shoe store and art gallery. >> perfect time and place. the playoffs are on. we're in warriors ground downtown oakland, just five blocks from where they practice and two blocks from the arena. >> known for his dribbling prowess, here's steph curry has arms like an octopus. this of warriors star kevin durant is a tad on the dark side. >> slim reaper. i love that one. i think that one is probably my favorite. i look around and see the room of all the different poses. i love how they captured kerr. it's amazing. the guys who dreamt up this artwork have so much talent. >> while some of the artwork has sinister overtones, other pieces are more women's whimsical. like this one with his daughter. >> the one with riley, that's my favorite one. she's probably one of the most popular warriors and she's not on the payroll. >> the collection will occupy sole

abc reporter laura anthony has our story. >> it's a take not often seen.ional poster or print called dubs against the world. this exhibit includes the work of 27 artists from around the world. all on display at sole space which doubles as a shoe store and art gallery. >> perfect time and place. the playoffs are on. we're in downtown oakland. just five blocks from where they practice and two blocks from the arena. >> known for his dribbling prowess, here's steph curry has arms like an octopus. this of warriors star kevin durant is a tad on the dark side. >> slim reaper. >> it's my favorite. i look around and see the room of all the different poses. i love how they captured kerr. it's amazing. the guys who dreamt up this artwork have so much talent. >> while some of the artwork has sinister overtones, other pieces are more whimsy whimsy whimsy like this one with his daughter. >> the one with riley, that's my favorite one. she's probably one. most popular warriors and she's not on the payroll. >> the collection will occupy sole space until early june or as lo

laura anthony is live at high lands elementary in concord with the concerns. s has been a highly charged issue here in contra costa county. this school behind me would not me into the new district, but the principal here worries it could receive some collateral damage. >> this would decimate our community. >> reporter: ryan is the principal of high lands elementary, a school that draws its 600 students from concord, walnut creek and clayton. if a proposal to create a separate new north gate school district succeeds, he worries his halls could be half empty. >> north gate was going to get its own district, it would take away about 53% of our student population and about 15 to 20 members of our staff. >> reporter: high lands is part of the 32,000 student mt. diablo unified school district, but there is a is he session movement underway that would pull 4200 of those students into a new north gate unified district. high lands itself would not move to the new district, but some 300 of its students could. >> all of my children have gone here. i still have two here. t

"abc 7 news" reporter laura anthony with more. >> reporter: the warm, sinunny days attracted many peopleo the east bay's many parks but with the heat comes potentially dangerous rattlesnakes. last weekend a dog was bitten at delval in livermore, one of six sightings in east bay regional parks in the past week. the district is warning visitors to be under look out. >> i saw there were notices for rattlesnakes and so i wore my hiking boots today because of it. >> just make sure we're not walking in any tall brush and making sure that we stay on the trails. >> they really won't see unless you're moving fast. if you move fast in front of them they'll strike at it. >> reporter: he is the guy that heads toward a rattlesnake when everyone else turns away. he expects his snake removal business to be busy in coming months. >> most cases we catch and release it and let it go into its natural habitat so he can hopefully start a new life and not in somebody's backyard or on the trail where they will bite somebody. >> the safest thing to do is call 911 and come into the hospital. >> reporter: the doc

abc7 news reporter laura anthony live at the ghost ship with the story. laura? >> reporter: larry, there have been several lawsuits filed by families of the victims in recent months. this new lawsuit seeks to combine those into one master lawsuit. there are new allegations and one new high profile defendant. >> we have filed against pacific gas & electric company, pg&e. >> reporter: pg&e is now the latest defendant in a lawsuit filed by 18 families who lost loved ones in the ghost ship fire last december. >> for their negligence in supplying power to this building, for their failure to make it safe. >> reporter: pg&e is included in the new master lawsuit filed against the owner of the building as well as the ghost ship manager derek among others. pg&e crews installed smart meters inside the building and should have noticed the dangerous conditions, including a maze of extension cords that investigators believe caused the fire. in a written response, a pg&e spokesperson told abc7 news, we have reviewed our records and over the last ten plus years we have no repor

in oakland, laura anthony, nabs. >> we are learning of another death from botulism. they say this is an isolated incident that happened in the past month. exact cause still under investigation. officials say it is not related to the string of botulism cases stemming from a sacramento area gas station's nacho cheese sauce. that cheese sickened ten people and left one person dead. >>> rescue crews in san rafael say the driver of a prius was really fortunate. following an accident involving a bus, you're going to see the images from this scene. you'll certainly agree. the car got wedged between a golden gate transit bus and pole. crunched up there. windshie windshield smattered. nobody else was hurt. >> a south bay doctor received a four-year sentence for a patient's death. 74 year old was convicted of involuntary manslaughter. prosecutors say in 2012 she prescribed hundreds of powerful pills to a patient who had just gotten out of rehab. the patient died from a combination of drugs. the investigation into her showed she was writing excessive high dosage prescriptions f

in martinez, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> the department of homeland security is interviewing a foreign national who tried to break into the cockpit of a flight from california to hawaii. the passenger on flight 31 from los angeles to honolulu took this video showing fbi acts escorting the man in handcuffs off the plane this morning. they say he was standing near the bathroom holding a laptop and when a flight attendant asked him to sit down, he tried to open the cockpit door. flight attendants pushed him back using a beverage cart and he returned to his seat. agents are now checking that plane for possible explosives. the threat of explosives hidden in laptops has led to the ban of electronics bigger than a cell phone on flights to the united states from ten airports in the middle east and africa. all passengers on that flight are safe. >> the bodies of a santa rosa couple missing since their plane was reported overdue on april 18 have been found. sierra county sheriff officials say brenda and mark richards plane was found crashed in a remote area south of yuba pass in sierra county. t

we have team coverage of all the protests, beginning laura anthony in oakland. >> reporter: hi, i'm hereruitvale village. check out this crowd. these folks began gathering before 3:00. this is a main event in a day of protests near oakland. in a few minutes we understand they'll begin marching. they'll end up at a park with a mile and a half from here. earlier there was a blockade of the alameda county building. four people were arrested when they tried to unfurl a banner after getting inside the building and past security. >> it was a loud demonstration that lasted about three hours at the alameda county building in downtown oakland. the chaining of the front doors was mostly symbolic. >> we are here to show solidarity with immigrants and those most affected by the militarized police force here and across the country. >> the first step that it can take toward that is to stop its collaboration to exert control over the sheriff and demand that he stop collaborating with i. krerks. >> we don't collaborate with i.c.e. we're not involved with front line immigration

. >> laura anthony joins us live with the details from oakland. >> reporter: we just received an update boy's condition, to a hospital spokesperson, we're told he was improving, he was able to take a couple of steps, so those are great signs, but it will be some time before he makes a full recovery. >> these children are getting shot and it's not just fair. >> maria fletcher says she's had enough of the violence in the neighborhood. >> just put the guns down. you know, these people are not going to get up and walk after they get shot. they're going to grieve, the parents are going to be hurt. >> reporter: the bring is in children's hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. >> it's just disheartening to see crimes against our youth in our community because it impacts the trajectory of their future and ours. >> reporter: it happened in the fruit vail neighborhood. it's unclear what prompted the shooting or even w

abc7 news reporter laura anthony is in that meeting right now. she's going to be live from the capital coming up for us at 6:00. hope you can tune in for that report. >> still to come on abc7 news, dramatic turn of events. in the case of the south carolina cop who shot an unarmed black man. >> tragedy again for the oakland a's, minor leaguer player suddenly dies. that's the second one in the last year. >> and samsung is desperate to put its battery fire debacle behind it. but is its galaxy note 8 smartphone a smart choice? 7 on your side shows you what testing turned >>> a stunning reversal today from a police officer killing a black man after running a traffic stop, he changed his plea of not guilty to guilty and a case that put policing in the national spotlight. abc's ariel has details. >> reporter: this video sparking outrage. seen running from then south carolina officer after a traffic stop. the white cop shooting the 51-year-old unarmed black man multiple times from more than a dozen feet away killing him. from nearly two years since he cl

. >> we want to get straight to ab abc 7 news reporter laura anthony live in livermore at the scene of the fatal crash, laura? >> reporter: i'm here in tracey where the crash happened, 580 eastbound, south of grant line, a road you can see down from where i am standing. cars backed up, but the left of the picture, the volkswagen carrying the sheriff's deputy is still out there. there are crime scene investigators out here still nearly five hours now after this accident. this is what it looked like from sky7 earlier this morning. in the hours after this accident happened, as we've been reporting, just after 7:00 a.m., this white volkswagen driven by the sheriff's deputy was traveling eastbound, we're told, in the number two lane, the second lane from the inside when apparently it stopped. we're not sure why, and shortly after this charter bus carrying tesla employees hit it from the rear, and unfortunately, that sheriff's deputy, offduty deputy, was killed. this is another look from sky7. that is a procession carrying the body of the deputy from this scene, the navy blue coroner's van s

laura anthony is on the story. >> there is no appropriate interference. >> reporter: she insisted herff was not trying to manipulate the results of the state's audit only trying to facilitate the process. >> finally, i regret it and expressing my regret of the way my office dealt with the surv s surveys. last month, lane howell, released the report of a $175 million secret fund. the staff interfered with audit surveys in a response given by administrators in three uc campuses. >> you know there were some changers made that made us looked better and some made us looked worse in the end. that has not come out yet. she's the right person working through this. >> california, board of regions. >> that's inexcusable and there is no way you can spin that of all the things in the audit. that's a jaw dropper. >> it is a public trust. >> she told us, she understands it looks bad. that's why i welcome the board taking their own independent look at what happened and the circumstances. the region plans to select an independent investigator in the coming weeks with a final report due in jewel. >> l

. >> laura anthony joins us live with the details from oakland. >> reporter: we just received an update on the little boy's condition, to a hospital spokesperson, we're told he was improving, he was able to take a couple of steps, so those are great signs, but it will be some time before he makes a full recovery. >> these children are getting shot and it's not just fair. >> maria fletcher says she's had enough of the violence in the neighborhood. >> just put the guns down. you know, these people are not going to get up and walk after they get shot. they're going to grieve, the parents are going to be hurt. >> reporter: the bring is in children's hospital recovering from gunshot wounds. >> it's just disheartening to see crimes against our youth in our community because it impacts the trajectory of their future and ours. >> reporter: it happened in the fruit vail neighborhood. it's unclear what prompted the shooting or even where the shots came, from but police say the boy was not the intended target. >> if you're in this area, whether you're driving through or walking through or if you'r

reporter laura anthony is on the story. >> this surveillance video shows what witnesses describe, a pick up that had been going 50 to 60 miles per hour, careening out of control, flipping down the middle of the road. >> it was like boom bah. >> sergio silva heard it from his marshal arts studio a few yards from where the truck landed. >> a terrifying scene for a little island here. >> they say the pick up was carrying seven people. one died at the scene, another at the hospital. the other five are in critical condition. the woman inside was not seriously hurt. >> she was really just scared and shaking, crying. it must have been horrible to see that definitely. >> saw a car basically roll down the street. >> this man did not want his face shown. he told us he saw the truck in midflight. >> it looks like one of those moving cars through the air and down the street. you see in the movies but you never think you would see something like that in real life. >> jesse hill was working at the waffle shop beyond the crash site. she and her customers were shaken by what they heard and saw. >> today

. >> in benicia, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> tonight the bay area air quality management district epa are managing the flaring and saying the levels expect to be low and won't cause adverse health effects. >>> parents in the east bay fighting -- students told a abc 7 news what they want. >> save our school. >> thea aal alameda school plano move the 400 different bodies in the fall. >> we would like to see more structural engineering reports to be done all we have are soil reports that are incomplete and inaccurate. >> school supporters plan to go to the board of education meeting to voice their concerns. >>> a balcony collapse that killed six students two years ago, families could receive up to $20 million to the six students died and the seven who were injured. the wooden beam that supported the balcony had rotted through from water damage. >>> we're learning a dmv crack down in san jose and 8 other cities led to 1400 citations to those using illegal disabled park plaquards, they are issued to specific individuals and that person must be present in order for the plaquard to be us

is over--in a weird mailing error could end up costing customers even more, abc7 news reporter laura anthony is in lafayette. >> they want to raise rates so they can pay for projects like this one, but they have to give their customers notice. those notices didn't get mailed out properly the first time, so the district has to do it all over again. a mistake may add insult to injury to east bay mud company already facing the prospect of higher water rates. >> there was a delay in the mailing notice that went out to all of our customers. we think we missed approximately 15,000 to 20,000 customers. >> reporter: that means in addition to this full color mailer, many of mud's 85,000 account holders will also receive this black and white version. >> that's a costly >> irtt's $120,000 we estimate. >> despite a wet winter and customers doing their part to conserve. overall, east bay customers cut their water usage cut their water usage by 20%. >> i think they have got fixed costs, they have got to make it upsome way. i'm okay, as long as everyone's saving and con conserving water. >> since we have h

if you're biking beware of flooded paths or this bike trail tweeted in by laura anthony. inches of water about there. if you golf, sierra courses like this one will be opening for the season later than usual. i also like this picture here. look at that. they still have so much snow to remove. >> thanks. >> the weekend is almost upon us. >> it's going to be windy the next couple of days. using breezy half moon bay for the trend for starting tomorrow morning at 6:00 into saturday morning at 6:00. that is the 24 hour period. early tomorrow morning, winds gusting, 10-15 miles an hour. we move to midday and see the gusts reaching 23 to 27 miles an hour. 9:00 tomorrow night to 6:00 a.m. saturday, wind in half moon bay will be gusting at over 30 miles an hour. all around the bay area we are going to feel windy conditions. right now, it's breezy and mostly cloudy and it has cooled down a lot since yesterday at this hour. check out the 24 hour temperature change. santa rosa 23 degrees cooler than it was at this hour yesterday, 20 degrees cooler in hayward and areas around the bay

abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live at the ghost ship in oak land tonight with the story. >> reporter: there's been a lot of discussion about who, which agencies were inside this warehouse before the fire, city inspectors, police, the fire department, but now a new lawsuit claims pg and e should also carry some of the blame. >> pg and e failed to follow its own rules that requires them to provide electricity to any facility like this in a safe manner. >> pg & lite. pg&e crews installed smart meters in the building in the past two years and should have noticed the dangerous conditions, including a maze of extension cords that investigators believer caused the fire. a pg&e spokesperson said that we have reviewed our records and over the last ten years we have no reports of electric theft or any other anomalies at this location or any others. we're fully cooperating in the investigation of these events. >> kids want to be able to express themselves and play their music and learn and grow and we need those spaces. but people shouldn't have to die for them. >> the city says it protects and

abc7 news reporter laura anthony is live at the ghost ship in oak land tonight with the story. >> reporter: there's been a lot of discussion about who, which agencies were inside this warehouse before the fire, city inspectors, police, the fire department, but now a new lawsuit claims pg and e should also carry some of the blame. >> pg and e failed to follow its own rules that requires them to provide electricity to any facility like this in a safe manner. >> pg & e is named in the new lite. pg&e crews installed smart meters in the building in the past two years and should have noticed the dangerous conditions, including a maze of extension cords that investigators believer caused the fire. a pg&e spokesperson said that we have reviewed our records and over the last ten years we have no reports of electric theft or any other anomalies at this location or any others. we're fully cooperating in the investigation of these events. >> kids want to be able to express themselves and play their music and learn and grow and we need those spaces. but people shouldn't have to die for them. >> the cit

if you're biking beware of flooded paths or this bike trail tweeted in by laura anthony.ou can see 6 inches of water about there. if you golf, sierra courses like this one will be opening for the season later than usual. i also like this picture here. look at that. they still have so much snow to remove. >> thanks. >> the weekend is almost upon us. >> it's going to be windy the next couple of days. using breezy half moon bay for the trend for starting tomorrow morning at 6:00 into saturday morning at 6:00. that is the 24 hour period. early tomorrow mornrning, winds gusting, 10-15 miles an hour. we move to midday and see the gusts reaching 23 to 27 miles an hour. 9:00 tomorrow night to 6:00 a.m. saturday, wind in half moon bay will be gusting at over 30 miles an hour. all around the bay area we are going to feel windy conditions. right now, it's breezy and mostly cloudy and it has cooled down a lot since yesterday at this hour. check out the 24 hour temperature change. santa rosa 23 degrees cooler than it was at this hour yesterday, 20 degrees cooler in hayward and areas a

. >> reporter: in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >>> they celebrated international workers' day. it was a peaceful event with several messages. >> what do we do? >> reporter: san francisco's imgrashz auflss were surrounded by protesters early this morning calling for an end to the deportation of undocumented people. >> this mayday we are really making sure that all immigrant families are standing together against the deportation of immigrant families. >> the big event was at the herman plaza. a few took off from work to support families that fear being targeted by agents. >> we're here in solidarity for a community to show them we still have a voice. >> many unions were rchted here as we celebrate mayday. the international long shore union says dock workers took the day off. is there there's no cargo moving in the port for eight hours. >> reporter: a group of volunteers were at hand to keep things running without incident. >> we are monitors and team leaders. we are asking them not to create any problems or destroy any property. >> reporter: market street in downtown san francisc

is over--in a weird mailing error could end up costing customers even more, abc7 news reporter laura anthony is in lafayette. >> they want to raise rates so they can pay for projects like this one, but they have to give their customers notice. those notices didn't get mailed out properly the first time, so the district has to do it all over again. a mistake may add insult to injury to east bay mud company already facing the prospect of higher water rates. >> there was a delay in the mailing notice that went out to all of our customers. we think we missed approximately 15,000 to 20,000 customers. >> reporter: that means in addition to this full color mailer, many of mud's 85,000 account holders will also receive this black and white version. >> that's a costly mistake. >> irtt's $120,000 we estimate. >> despite a wet winter and customers doing their part to conserve. overall, east bay customers cut their water usage cut their water usage by 20%. >> i think they have got fixed costs, they have got to make it upsome way. i'm okay, as long as everyone's saving and con conserving water. >> since

laura anthony reporting. we sent out a push alert through the abc7 news app about that overnight shooting that hospitalized two people in hayward. the highway patrol is searching for the suspects happeningalityl the i-880 off-ramp and another veck pulled up alongside and fired the shots. -- vehicle pulled up and fired the shots. >>> no arrests made in this dramatic shootout. it was captured on surveillance video. you can seen see a gun pointed by one of the drivers. officers found several shell casings on the pavement. witnesses say the drivers were speeding and ran stop signs. at least one parked car's windshield was damaged by a gunshot. no one was hurt. >>> three people in a major child molestation, one is a brain surgeon and the other a nurse. the 57 doctor is charged with three felonies and lude acts on a child under 10 years old and forcible act under-age of 14. rashel brandon is facing 11 charges with the production of child pornography. >> being affiliated at several hospitals and dominican and brando

abc 7 news reporter laura anthony has the story from lake tahoe. >> reporter: a team of volunteers brusheshand have spent many hours doing this, scrubbing rocks in lake tahoe, jaurl scenery that's been de faced by vand also. >> it really upsets the residents. >> reporter: he's on the removal squad, a volunteer group started on facebook with the sole mission to green up graffiti like this. in some places it's meant to be whimsical. what if they think they're being funny. is it funny? >> it's not funny to us, if you have artistic ability maybe you need to find a different medium so you can make money at it. >> reporter: it's happening at places like hidden breech beach here south of san harbor. someone scribbled on a ma guestic rock out in the lake. >> i noticed this from the bridge over there. >> reporter: it's happening away from the lake, too, like here at doneer summit at the rainbow bridge, and otherwise pristine overlook and all of its natural beauty, post-card perfect, except for this, rocks here for centuries, littered with graffiti. >> i'm not into destanee secretary of stateing her