i'm alan wang. >> ama: i'm ama daetz. some livermore residents are having to buy appliances after a power surge caused by a pg&e contractor caused a surge. this week a contractor was replacing a 12,000-volt line with a 21,000-volt line in the transformer. suddenly a power surge raced down hudson way, blowing out almost all the applianceness the homes. >> the fridge. the stove. tv. stereo. electric toothbrush, fan, heating pad, that kind of stuff. >> ama: pg&e told us the contractor forgot to flip a switch to enable the transformer to accept increased power. residents must buy the loanses and then bill the contractor. >> alan: a corroded pipe might be to plame for chevron's mass fifth fire at the refinely in richmond. federal inspectors called it one of the most serious u.s. refinery incidents in recent years. chevron inspected that same section of pipe in december. this comes as ripped residents want to know if more could have been done to prevent the fire. >> why would that pipe corrode like that? how could that not be m

alan wang is live at the club in north beach. alan? >> the purple an yen is where some of the biggest comedians honed their skills before they made it big. like many of the institutional bars and clubs it is about to become another victim of the tough economy. >> do you know what a perfect game is? >> they are watching a game of catch for three and a half hours. >> it is the stage where woody alan got his start. the comedy club launched the philip diller show, the smothers brother. >> i am a baby-sitter. that's what we tell the wife. >> after 60 years, the building is being bought and the club owner has been asked to leave. the pending sale adds to the number of iconic downtown bars falling to the way side. in march, the gold dust lounge shutdown after almost 80 years near union square. the -- up sphairs near the purple onion is bill who says he cuts francis ford copolla hair. >> after 40 years the only thanks i get is get out and don't come back. >> the real for representing the new buyer of the building says the asking price was just

alan wang is live at the club in north beach. alan? >> the purple an yen is where some of the biggest comedians honed their skills before they made it big. like many of the institutional bars and clubs it is about to become another victim of the tough economy. >> do you know what a perfect game is? >> they are watching a game of catch for three and a half hours. >> it is the stage where woody alan got his start. the comedy club launched the philip diller show, the smothers brother. >> i am a baby-sitter. that's what we tell the wife. >> after 60 years, the building is being bought and the club owner has been asked to leave. the pending sale adds to the number of iconic downtown bars falling to the way side. in march, the gold dust lounge shutdown after almost 80 years near union square. the -- up sphairs near the purple onion is bill who says he cuts francis ford copolla hair. >> after 40 years the only thanks i get is get out and don't come back. >> the real for representing the new buyer of the building says the asking price was just

alan wang is live in hayward now. alan? >> larry, the muslims who gather at this modest looking mosque behind me say they are mostly from the fiji islands. and the ethnic diversity has taught them to be vigilant, but they say they lost their tolerance. this past saturday members of the mosque have broken their 16-hour fast for ramadan, and they were conducting a final prayer. that's when they found the sound of oranges and lemons being thrown against the side of the mosque. >> as soon as we start our prayers we start throwing things at us. they take all of our shoes away. >> somebody saw them throwing oranges over the fence. they rn could erred the -- the they cornered the boys and had them arrested. the president of the mosque says this is the fourth time since it is the holliest time for muslims. >> they have thrown eggs at our windows. >> stop doing this because we are a part of you. it doesn't mean we are in a different religion. treat everyone the way you want to be treated. >> they should have respect for us. >> we ar

alan wang is live at the club in north beach. alan?re some of the biggest comedians honed their skills before they made it big. like many of the institutional bars and clubs it is about to become another victim of the tough economy. >> do you know what a perfect game is? >> they are watching a game of catch for three and a half ho >> it is the stage where woody alan got his start. the comedy club launched the philip diller show, the b a baby-sitter. that's what we tell the wife. >> after 60 years, the building is being bought and the club owner has been asked to leave. the pending sale adds to the number of iconic downtown bars falling to the way side. in march, the gold dust lounge shutdown after almost 80 years near union square. the -- up sphairs near the purple onion is bill who says he cuts francis ford copolla hair. >> after 40 years the only thanks i get is get out and don't come back. >> the real for representing the new buyer of the building says the asking price was just under $2 million. they are being asked to leave by the

alan wang has the story. >> people who live around the midtown area of san jose says the victim is a homeless women who sits in front of the walgreen's store. >> she is normally yelling and screaming. kind of scary. >> witnesses say a man got off the bus with a sword and took several swings at her neck while she was sitting on the curb. >> she. >> he went bam, slit her throat. >> they chased the man around the store until they ended back where the woman was lying. he stabbed her several times. >> she was still a big part of the neighborhood. >> across the street, bruce white says a bizarre incident involving the victim and man who matches description of the suspect. she says he flipped off. >> he dropped drinks and don't do that to me. it scared everybody in the store. >> the man came back and explained that the homeless woman was staring at him through the window. >> what happened, are you okay. he said she was trying to put a black beauty spell on me and i didn't want her, too. he was literally scared to death >> and investigators ever not released a description on the suspect who

alan wang has the story. >> people who live around the midtown area of san jose says the victim is astore. >> she is normally yelling and screaming. kind of scary. >> witnesses say a man got off the bus with a sword and took several swings at her neck while she was sitting on the curb. >> she. >> he went bam, slit her throat. >> they chased the man around the store until they ended back where the woman was lying. he stabbed her several times. >> she was still a big part of the neighborhood. >> across the street, bruce white says a bizarre incident involving the victim and man who matches description of the suspect. she says he flipped off. >> he dropped drinks and don't do that to me. it scared everybody in the store. >> the man came back and explained that the homeless woman was staring at him through the window. >> what happened, are you okay. he said she was trying to put a black beauty spell on me and i didn't want her, too. he was literally scared to death >> and investigators ever not released a description on the suspect who is still on the loose. alan wang, "abc 7 news". >> d

alan wang has the story. >> people who live around the midtown area of san jose says the victim is a homeless women who sits in front of the walgreen's store. >> she is normally yelling and screaming. kind of scary. >> witnesses say a man got off the bus with a sword and took several swings at her neck while she was sitting on the curb. >> she. >> he went bam, slit her throat. >> they chased the man around the store until they ended back where the woman was lying. he stabbed her several times. >> she was still a big part of the neighborhood. >> across the street, bruce white says a bizarre incident involving the victim and man who matches description of the suspect. she says he flipped off. >> he dropped drinks and don't do that to me. it scared everybody in the store. >> the man came back and explained that the homeless woman was staring at him through the window. >> what happened, are you okay. he said she was trying to put a black beauty spell on me and i didn't want her, too. he was literally scared to death >> and investigators ever not released a description on the suspect who

posing as a law enforcements officer may not be the only one preying on women in pleasanton of the alan wang is live at the intersection where a police impersonator pulled over his victim. alan? >> carolyn, this where the fake cop reportedly pulled over his victim on august 5th. she was so traumatized being raped at gunpoint she didn't report it until recently. this is actually the second sexual assault this month. highly unusual for the town of pleasanton. >> it is pretty shocking. i have lived here a longtime, and i haven't heard of any violent crime here. >> news of a rapist posing as a police officer has pleasanton residents on edge. the victim was driving home around 3:00 a.m. when he flashed a light and let out a quick chirp. the victim pulled over on seal avenue south of bernal avenue where the suspect displayed a fake police badge. >> he order -- ordered her to step out of the car and she complied. she walked back to his car at which point he handcuffed her and put her in the back of the car. >> police say he drove her to a secluded road 1k3* sexually assaulted her. he is a white mal

alan wang is there live with more. alan? >> reporter: more than four hours after this chick-fil-a closed down early, people were still showing up to show their support for the ceo's stand against same-sex marriage. the restaurant's owner estimates they served about 5,000 people today. by the time norman reece got to the counter they ran out of everything on the menu. hundreds of people came here to support the ceo. kathy ignited a controversy two weeks ago when he said this about same-sex marriage. >> i think we are inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. >> reporter: it sparked a backlash that included san francisco mayor ed lee's tweet recommending chick-fil-a not come closer to his city. >> i came out because i think it is wrong just because somebody comes out and voices their opinion that they are scrutinized by mainstream figures like these mayors. >> i see nothing but a long, long line of people who support discrimination and

posing as a law enforcements officer may not be the only one preying on women in pleasanton of the alan wangon where a police impersonator pulled over his victim. alan? >> carolyn, this where the fake cop reportedly pulled over his victim on august 5th. she was so traumatized being raped at gunpoint she didn't report it until recently. this is actually the second sexual assault this month. highly unusual for the town of pleasanton. >> it is pretty shocking. i have lived here a longtime, and i haven't heard of any violent crime here. >> news of a rapist posing as a police officer has pleasanton residents on edge. the victim was driving home around 3:00 a.m. when he flashed a light and let out a quick chirp. the victim pulled over on seal avenue south of bernal avenue where the suspect displayed a fake police badge. >> he order -- ordered her to step out of the car and she complied. walked back to his cat which point handcuffed her handr and put her in the back of the car. >> police say he drove her to a secluded road 1k3* sexually assaulted her. he is a white male between 20 and 30 years old

. >> and i'm alan wang. from florida to alabama to louisiana, preparations for the storm are underway. >> and we begin tonight with abc's karen trave veers for the -- travers. >> as isaac barrels its way into mexico, south florida has hungered down. >> it could be nothing, but it could be allots. >> isaac ripped across key west. heavy rains caused flooding. but now the storm is expected to pick up steam. when it hits the gulf coast, it could be a category 2 hurricane. >> we are worried about storm surge, wind, rain and tornado. >> it is tracking westward and expected to make landfall along the gulf coast. just days before the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina, the city of new orleans is on edge. drivers have lined up for gas. residents are buying plywood. the city has declared a state of emergency and officials are warning to be ready for anything. >> we are encouraging all of our people to stay alert and monitor weather conditions and follow what local officials are telling them. >> tampa would be sp

posing as a law enforcements officer may not be the only one preying on women in pleasanton of the alan wang is live at the intersection where a police impersonator pulled over his victim. alan? >> carolyn, this where the fake cop reportedly pulled over his victim on august 5th. she was so traumatized being raped at gunpoint she didn't report it until recently. this is actually the second sexual assault this month. highly unusual for the town of pleasanton. >> it is pretty shocking. i have lived here a longtime, and i haven't heard of any violent crime here. >> news of a rapist posing as a police officer has pleasanton residents on edge. the victim was driving home around 3:00 a.m. when he flashed a light and let out a quick chirp. the victim pulled over on seal avenue south of bernal avenue where the suspect displayed a fake police badge. >> he order -- ordered her to step out of the car and she complied. she walked back to his car at which point he handcuffed her and put her in the back of the car. >> police say he drove her to a secluded road 1k3* sexually assaulted her. he is a white mal

alan wang is there live with more. alan? >> reporter: more than four hours after this chick-fil-a closed down early, people were still showing up to show their support for the ceo's stand against same-sex marriage. the restaurant's owner estimates they served about 5,000 people today. by the time norman reece got to the counter they ran out of everything on the menu. hundreds of people came here to support the ceo. kathy ignited a controversy two weeks ago when he said this about same-sex marriage. >> i think we are inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. >> reporter: it sparked a backlash that included san francisco mayor ed lee's tweet recommending chick-fil-a not come closer to his city. >> i came out because i think it is wrong just because somebody comes out and voices their opinion that they are scrutinized by mainstream figures like these mayors. >> i see nothing but a long, long line of people who support discrimination and

. >> and i'm alan wang. from florida to alabama to louisiana, preparations for the storm are underway. >> and we begin tonight with abc's karen trave veers for the -- travers. >> as isaac barrels its way into mexico, south florida has hungered down. >> it could be nothing, but it could be allots. >> isaac ripped across key west. heavy rains caused flooding. but now the storm is expected to pick up steam. when it hits the gulf coast, it could be a category 2 hurricane. >> we are worried about storm surge, wind, rain and tornado. >> it is tracking westward and expected to make landfall along the gulf coast. just days before the seventh anniversary of hurricane katrina, the cit edge.orleans i. drivers have lined up for gas. residents are buying plywood. the city has declared a state of emergency and officials are warning to be an ready for anything. >> we are encouraging all of our people to stay alert and monitor weather conditions and follow what local officials are telling them. >> tampa would be spared the

i'm alan wang. for leigh and rick, abc news continues tomorrow morning at 4:30. thanks a lot. good night, everyone. release me, momigus! that's mom to you. and you should eat something that's good for you before you go outside. never! come on james. it's a new fiber one chewy bar. chocolatey and delicious. fiber one chewy bar, huh? mmm. refueled space captain james. [ male announcer ] new fiber one chewy bars. great taste kids love plus calcium and fiber kids need. grey: the game -- they say a person either has what it takes to play or they don't. my mother was one of the greats. me, on the other hand -- i'm kind of screwed. unh. this is, uh... humiliating on so many levels. you have to go. why don't you just come back down here, and we'll pick up where we left off? no, seriously. you have to go. i'm late, which isn't what you want to be on your first day of work, so... so, uh, you actually live here. no. oh. yes, kind of. oh. it's nice -- a little dusty -- odd, but it's nice. so, how do you kind of live here? i moved two weeks ago from boston. it was my mother's house. i'm se

alan wang is live in hayward now. alan?their tolerance. this past saturday members of the mosque have broken their 16-hour fast for ramadan, and they were conducting a final prayer. that's when they found the sound of oranges and lemons being thrown against the side of the mosqt our as soon as we r prayers we start throwing things at us. they take all of our shoes away. >> somebody saw them throwing oranges over the fence. they rn could erred the -- the they cornered the boys and had them arrested. the president of the mosque says this is the fourth time since it is the holliest time for muslims. >> they have thrown eggs at our windows. >> stop doing this because we are a part of you. it doesn't mean we are in a different religion. treat everyone the way you want to be treated. >> they should have respect for us. >> we are a religion of peace. we are like any other religion. i don't know why anyone would treat our religion differently. >> mosque members even spoke to the parents of the boys, but the harassment continued. al

good evening, i'm alan wang. >> ama: i'm ama daetz. y the man was seen in the potrero hill area with a gun. >> alan: then police stepped in. we're live outside san francisco general hospital with the latest. >> reporter: the san francisco police say the suspect is in general general hospital, with nonlife-threatening gunshot wounds, the incident began this evening when police got a report a man was waving around a handgun in the potrero hill projects. san francisco police converged on dakota street this evening after an officer-involved shooting. evidence technicians forecasted the area where a 31-year-old man was shot by police officers after being chased at 6:30 this evening. residents of the area told us offcamera they heard five shots after employs warned the map to stop. >> they kept hearing him say, stop, police, stop. he turns on the officers, produces a handgun, black and silver. the officer, fearing for his safety, discharges his weapon,se strikes the subject. >> be okay? >> the man was brought here to san francisco general hos

i'm alan wang.night's headlines, members of a sikh temple in san jose held a prayer service for those killed in wisconsin. a gunman opened fire there wounding 10 people and killing six. the gunman was killed by police. >>> curiosity has landed. the rover touched down on the surface of mars approximately an hour ago. a big crowd at ames research center in mountain view cheered when the rover landed. >>> and the superman ride at six flags in vallejo was back up and running. it was closed for a week following last weekend's incident where a dozen people were stranded on the ride. >>> now to the on going disaster in oklahoma where raging fires got a powerful second wind sending families fleaing. more than 91 square miles was burned so far. >> once more fire had everything at its disposal. heat, high winds, no rain. out of control firestorms dotted the landscape. oklahoma residents fought back, but they were often futile efforts. >> the ceder trees look like dye dynamite going off. >> heat so intense it

i'm alan wang. >> i'm ama dates. a few fires are raging north of clear lake. that's 50 miles north of santa rosa. thousands of acres have already burned and part of highway 20 is shutdown as evacuations continue. take a look from sky 7hd high above. look at those flames raging up, and the smoke that is coming from it. lilian kim is live near the fires. she has the latest on the effort to contain them. lilian? >> ama, the two fires are burning north of us, and that's where hundreds of homes were evacuated. people we talked to said they had minutes to leave their homes. the fires continued to rage as night fell. this was the view from highway 20 westbound. the two fires started late afternoon. the so-called walker fire is burning along the county line while the much larger y fire is burning closer to the town of clear lake. they fled their homes after firefighters issued an evacuation order for the spring valley subdivision about 15 miles from the town of clear lake. >> we could see the orange and the black. we could see some trees that were on fire. and we coul

i'm ama dates. >> and i'm alan wang. in tonight's headlines, two wildfires are burning out of control in lake county tonight. the fire started within three minutes of each other late this afternoon. it is burning about 50 miles north of santa rosa, more than 5,000 acres have burned so far. >>> gas prices at the pump have shot up 18 cents a gallon in the past few weeks. industry analysts blame the high cost of crude oil and the production loss from the chevron refinery. tomorrow federal investigators are expected to visit the site of the fire for the first time. >>> the presidential race appears to be in full swing. mitt romney will visit the swing state of florida while his running mate paul ryan goes to iowa. president obama will also host fundraisers in iowa. the traditional start of the campaign is usually on labor day. >>> wisconsin held their first sunday services since a gunman killed six people at the temple. people attending service took part in a traditional cleansing and rebirth ceremony. usually the temple onl

. >> a buy claiming to be one of the suspects spoke to alan wang last night he told alan he was remorsefulo serve six months of community service and he's thinking about doing it at the mosque. >>> bay area sikh community continues to mourn. six temples in fremont, san jose and hayward held candlelight vigils and prayer services last night for the six people killed by a man police describe as a white supremacist. [ inaudible ] >> i want people to know that the sikh faith believes in equality and love for all. we that one of our key phrases in our pray means love for all. >> today the bay area sikh community will hold a peace rally beginning at 5 p.m. at the santa clara county government center in san jose. >>> next, general motors shows off new features in its luxury car like having an ipad on your dashboard. >> should users be concerned about privacy? google unveils new feature that searches a person's g-mail account. >>> tropical storm ernesto is strengthening again. we'll it's time to change the way we clean. it's time to free ourselves from the smell and harshness of bleach. and free o

alan wang joins us live from the oakland hills now. alan? >> larry, this is typical of what many cyclists have to dodge up here on grizzly peak boulevard. now the widow of the cyclist killed here is suing oakland claiming it violated a government code by failing to fix a dangerous road. a rut in the road less than two inches wide ended the life of 53-year-old alan leigh. he was the father of two and an avid cyclist from alameda. >> he was totally with the safety. he had the best equipment and trained. he would pick people's brains. he went riding. he had all of the proper etiquette. >> he was rounding this corner with a cycling group when his tire was caught in the crack. he lost control and flew off his bike into an on coming car. a frebdz notified his wife. >> and he goes, i'm so sorry. i said what do you mean? where is he? he says, he is dead. >> i predicted it. i said somebody will get hurt on this road. >> tom says he has been asking the city of oakland to fix this heavily traveled scenic road since 2009. >> and then when the accident h

alan wang has the night off. >>> great baseball action this morning. petaluma took on tennessee in pennsylvania. a local theater provided the perfect place to watch the game. sergio joins us live from pet human half. >> one of the players' sisters says she is used to watching about 30 fans in the stands turn out for regular season games, and since this is the little league world series, obviously that audience has grope. almost 400 people packed into the two theaters here in jowbt petaluma, and then there's the national television audience. [cheering] >> reporter: inside tw packed theaters with local little league heroes ten feet tall this was a spectacular show to watch. >> it's amazing, it's electricca. i came down thursday. >> reporter: with each big play the crowd went wild and hometown power became later. who knows bradley smeght? >> known him since i was three. >> the petaluma players dominated the home run hits, bringing the crowd to their feet but in the end their tennessee opponents won. still issue this crowd never let up. >> your voice has a

alan wang has the night off. >>> a marine from los altos who was killed in afghanistan is being rememberedded. the funeral for is happening right now at his former high school, st. francis in mount view. sergio quinn quintana is live wh more. so many people have come out to pay their respects. >> he graduated from mountain view high school in the summer of 2001. but the president of the school pointed out that it was the summer before september 11th september 11th and it was in the shadow of that attack on our country that he joined the marines later and become a leader in the corps. hundreds of people turned out for this memorial service. the first part of the event was held inside the school's auditorium which was packed, standing room over, he is a decorated marine and comes from a well-regarded family. the son of a santa clara county judge and state appellate court judge. we talked with ma -- man -- his father after he learn of his son's death. he said he was training security forces and one of the men he believed was a trainee requested a meeting and during the meeting the afghanistany s

i'm alan wang. >> ama: i'm ama daetz. we begin with developing news. tropical storm isaac is hitting the florida keys with rain and wind and as it gets closer, it gets stronger. the path has it barreling towards louisiana and the conditions to keep from the florida pan theme new orleans. we're live from where the republican national convention is being held. >> with isaac threaten neglect gulf, republican national convention officials have been scrambling. there was talk of extending the convention but that is unlikely. >> isaac is churning the coastal waters off florida, and churning the political waters inland. residents are digging in as isaac approaches and republicans are scrambling to alter their national convention. isaac gave floridians reason to be nervous. driving winds and drenching rains left no doubt that worse is on the way. >> with the rnc coming in, people coming to town, kind of worried about that. that's a lot of people to try to move. >> along florida's west coast they're boarding up, stocking up. >> basically flashlights and batteri

alan wang has more. >> reporter: a rut in the road ended the life of 53-year-old alan lee. he was father of two and avid cyclist from alameda. >> he trained, he went riding yet all the proper etiquette. >> last september he was rounding this curve with a cycling group when his tire got caught in a crack. he lost control and flew off his bike into an oncoming car. a friend notified his wife. >> i'm so sorry. silly me -- >> i predicted. somebody is going to get hurt on this road. >> tom has been asking the city to fix this heavily tveled road since 2009. >> then when the accident happened, finally something happened but they didn't fix the road. >> he took upon himself to mark the hazards. >> depending how severe it is i put these in front of it. >> last week the city says they finished filling 3,000 potholes and laying 72,000 square feet of asphalt. little was done along grizzly peak boulevard. >> eric: part of oakland's 2007 master plan states that oakland will be a city where bicycling will provide transportation and recreation that is safe and convenient. >> katie: major

i'm alan wang. ama dates has the night off. the excitement over the mission to mars has been building for weeks. these are the first images coming from the mars rover curiosity that had a successful landing just moments ago. we have team coverage tonight of the historic moment. abc news reporter thomas roman is live at the space and science center. we begin with abc7 news reporter wayne freedman at nasa aimes at moffett field where people gathered to watch history unfold. wayne? >> alan, they left happy, but do you want to talk tense? there were thousands of people in here holding their collective breath. it may have been an unmanned robot spacecraft, but in a lot of ways it carried everyone on planet earth who was watching. let's take a look at that moment in jpl when they got their confirmation. >> touchdown confirmed. we are safe on mars. >> [cheering] >> we are wheels down on mars. >> by the time they relayed the information curiosity had been on mars for seven minutes. look at the mix of triump

. >> ama: the cleanup at oakland's obama campaign headquarters and workers are speaking b alan wang someone knocked over 20 crosses that represents lives lost in wars in afghanistan and iraq. they were put up by antiwar activists in 2006 and quickly drew national attention. at the time several crosses were pulled down by supporters of the war who felt they showed an antiwar bias. the police aren't sure who pulled the crosses down this time. >>> in another case of vandalism, crews replaced windows today after protesters smashed the window0s at president obama's campaign headquarters in downtown oakland. despite the repair work it was business as usual today at the office. it happened last night around 9:00. police say several car windows were also smashed during the "occupy oakland" march. >> they just started yelling, and throwing paint balls and rocks, and then one guy had some little thing in his hand, started busting out windows. yeah, you see, got paint all over me and everything. >> some obama campaign workers think the backlash is from the federal crackdown on medical marijuana dispen

alan wang joins us live from the oakland hills now. alan?e cyclist killed here is suing oakland claiming it violated a government code by failing to fix a dangerous road. a rut in the road less than two inches wide ended the life two aather of two andigh. an avid cyclist from alameda. >> he was totally with the safety. he had the best equipment and trained. he would pick people's brains. he went riding. he had all of the proper etiquette. >> he was rounding this corner with a cycling group when his tire was caught in the crack. he lost control and flew off his bike into an on coming car. a frebdz notified his wife. >> and he goes, i'm so sorry. i said what do you mean? where is he? he says, he is dead. >> i predicted it. i said somebody will get hurt on this road. >> tom says he has been asking the city of oakland to fix this heavily traveled scenic road since 2009. >> and then when the accident happened, finally something happened and they fixed this part of the road. >> that's why he took it upon himself to mark the hazards along grizzly p

i'm alan wang, reporting live in oakland. abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> san francisco police are interviewing people who attended the outside lands concert after women reported being sexually assaulted there. the music festival at golden gate park finished on sunday. more than 200 people turned out for this event. the victims were assaulted by three separate attackers at three different locations. police do not believe these incidents are related and no arrests have been made. and there is shocking video of a vicious mugging as it happened in san francisco. watch now, the victim was siting in his car outside his home at about 6:00 yesterday evening on maynard street in the engel side district when this man approached him. the video was shot and up loaded to youtube by a neighbor who did not want to be identified. the bandit asked for directions and then dragged him out of his car and punched him in the face and stole his wallet and them took off running. he is still on the loose. >>> crews are going uphills and mountains and t

i'm alan wang, reporting live in oakland. abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> san francisco police are interviewing people who attended the outside lands concert after women reported being sexually assaulted there. the music festival at golden gate park finished on sunday. more than 200 people turned out for this event. the victims were assaulted by three separate attackers at three different locations. police do not believe these incidents are related and no arrests have been made. and there is shocking video of a vicious mugging as it happened in san francisco. watch now, the victim was siting in his car outside his home at about 6:00 yesterday evening on maynard street in the engel side district when this man approached him. the video was shot and up loaded to youtube by a neighbor who did not want to be identified. the bandit asked for directions and then dragged him out of his car and punched him in the face and stole his wallet and them took off running. he is still on the loose. >>> crews are going uphills and mountains and t

alan wang joins us live from the oakland hills now. alan? >> larry, this is typical of what many cyclists have to dodge up here on grizzly peak boulevard. now the widow of the cyclist killed here is suing oakland claiming it violated a government code by failing to fix a dangerous road. a rut in the road less than two inches wide ended the life of 53-year-old alan leigh. he was the father of two and an avid cyclist from alameda. >> he was totally with the safety. he had the best equipment and trained. he would pick people's brains. he went riding. he had all of the proper etiquette. >> he was rounding this corner with a cycling group when his tire was caught in the crack. he lost control and flew off his bike into an on coming car. a frebdz notified his wife. >> and he goes, i'm so sorry. i said what do you mean? where is he? he says, he is dead. >> i predicted it. i said somebody will get hurt on this road. >> tom says he has been asking the city of oakland to fix this heavily traveled scenic road since 2009. >> and then when the accident h

i'm alan wang reporting live in hayward. abc7 muse. >> thank you, alan. >>> the bay area's sikh community continues to mourn the victims of the deadly rampage at a temple in oak creek, wisconsin. they held candlelight vigils and prayer services for the six people killed by a man police now describe as a white supremecist. a member of the hayward temple has relatives who survived the attack. >> i want people to know that the sikh faith believes in equality and love for all. we believe one of our key phrases in our prayer means love for all. >> the bay area sikh community will hold a community peace rally at 5:00 tomorrow afternoon at the santa clara government center in san jose. >>> temperatures have been steadily rising this week, and intense heat is coming. meteorologist sandhya patel has a first look at the forecast. >> larry, it will be a toasty triple digit heat inland. 101 in fairfield and antioch and livermore. these numbers are higher than where you were today. 99 degrees in concord and 99 in morgan hill. san jose up

i'm alan wang, reporting live in oakland.francisco police are interviewing people who at l lands concert after women reported being sexually assaulted there. the music festival at golden gate park finished on sunday. more than 200 people turned out for this event. the victims were assaulted by three separate attackers at three different locations. police do not believe these incidents are related and no arrests have been made. and there is shocking video of a vicious mugging as it happened in san francisco. watch now, the victim was siting in his car outside his home at about 6:00 yesterday evening on maynard street in the engel side district when this man approached him. the video was shot and up loaded to youtube by a neighbor who did not want to be identified. the bandit asked for directions and then dragged him out of his car and punched him in the face and stole his wallet and them took off running. he is still on the loose. >>> crews are going uphills and mountains and the homes. the buck fire kicked up today in river s

good evening, i'm alan wang.has the night off. >>> right now authorities are searching the home of the suspected gunman in today's mass shooting. a law enforcement source says the suspect, whose name has not been released, lives a short distance from the temple. it's being treated as a domestic terrorism case. authorities say localsikhs were gathering for sunday service when the man walked into the temple and started shooting. one of the first officers on the escape shot and killed the suspect, and that officer was wounded along with three others. in the bay area, sikh temples are honoring those killed in wisconsin. lillian kim is live in san jose. >> reporter: we're at the sikh in san jose, said to be the largest sikh temple outside of india. there are ten thousand members here. earlier today we also visited the sikh temple in free. word of what happened in wisconsin spread quickly throughout the sikh community. members tell us they are shocked and saddened by the shooting. they're also now on high alert in frem

alan wang, abc news. >> thank you. in san jose supporters of same-sex marriage picketed outside and a dozen took part in the counter protest on headquarters drive. the restaurant is expected to open on august 16th. an 82-year-old el cerrito woman died six months after she was beaten and sexually assaulted in richmond. sue quan was in critical condition since the attack and was never able to speak to detectives about what happened. and now ama dates. >> a single piece of paper announced the death of sun quan last night, a long-time resident of the senior apartments in el cerrito. q in january, quan was found beaten and sexually assaulted outside this richmond big o tires three blocks from where she lived. police have no leads. quan was never conscious enough to answer any questions. they hope who ever did this to quan talked about it with someone willing to come forward. >> it was very sad. i think she went for a walk early in the morning. >> reporter: her mother lives in the same senior apartments as quan did.she di sh

i'm alan wang. >> ama: i'm ama daetz.laser has a look at what's been going on outside. >> leigh: subtropical moisture from southern california to northern california. live doppler 7hd picking up returns. i want to add a lot of what you see here is not reaching the ground. because the air mass overhead is very dry. this moisture is moving in. feeding from south to north and just evaporating. but we're get something reports of some drizzle, some mist, just in the last hour some wet pavement there on 101. down towards the golden gate bridge, some of the moisture is starting to mo in, you see this batch of isolated thunderstorms right here. i think this is an enhancement of the radar screen near rio vista, but we have hat reports of sprinkles, morgan hill towards gilroy, and the higher elevations, that's the threat of isolate thunderstorms. they had close to 50 lightning strikes towards monterey county. so not out of the woods yet. we could see isolate thunderstorms as the moisture feed north. >> ama: oakland's art and soul f

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good evening, i'm alan wang. >> ama: i'm ama daetz.may have caused the pipe failure that ignited the massive fire at the chevron refinefully richmond on monday. sky 7hd showed the immense cloud of black smoke.

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i'm alan wang. >> ama: i'm ama daetz. petaluma lost to tennessee but it was quite the game. wayne freedman was at the game in williamport, pennsylvania and has reaction from the petaluma players and their families. >> for most 12-year-old kids the concept of elimination may be foreign but not for pet human ya. >> i just hope can he get past today. >> little did they know in batting practice they're already household names. >> i cheer five or six times a day. >> who wouldn't, this team has been on the road since late june, winning tournament after tournament. >> 25-3. >> tide on network television, the national championship from the team from the feast. for the first five innings petaluma did not do so well. >> is it deep enough? yes, it is! >> that's butler from tennessee, who rewrote record books, hitting three home runs for nine rbi's. pet lahm ma came to their last an an trailing 15-5. >> we had a chance, we're in the game. >> and kathy was so right. if this wasn't the greatest little league game ever played it may hey bev -- may have been the most epic. brandon brought t

alan wang is there live for us tonight. alan? >> reporter: larry, this chick-fil-a was supposed to stay open until 10:00 at night but support was so huge out here that they ran out of food and had to close around 5:30 this evening. supporters began lining up here around noon today. at its peek the line stretched around the parking lot of the mall here in fairfield. many of them were incensed at san francisco mayor's ed lee's tweet warning chick-fil-a to stay out of his city after the company's ceo expressed his views against same-sex marriage. >> just because somebody comes out and voices their opinion that they are are scrutinized lie mainstream figures like the mayors and politicians and demonizing this man simply for voicing his opinion. >> we serve jesus and so because they are standing for righteousness we are going to support that. >> i see nothing but a long, long line of people who support discrimination and hate and bigotry. >> my hope for them is that they realize god has a way out from that and that they can be free an

. >> alan: i'm alan wang.y's fire at the refinery in richmond may have been caused be a corroded pipe but chevron insisted a connector pipe was replaced. federal investigators will conduct moretes and asked for chevron's inspection records for 201. >> nearly 30 pg&e customers in livermore had their appliances fried from a power surge after a contractor sent a summer through hems. victims have to buy new appliances and bill the contractor. >> alan: the outside lands festival in golden gate park. met tallic ya was the band tonight, and tomorrow, stevey wonder. >> a san francisco fire department ambulance was involved in a crash in the city south of market neighborhood. it happened around noon at mission and third streets. the ambulance was not traveling with its lights and siren on when it collided with another car at the intersection. no one was hurt. >> it's been a summer of devastating bus crashesle the most recent near kansas city, missouri, where a bus with passengers flipped over after colliding with a car

alan wang is there live with more. alan? marriage. the restaurant's owner estimates they served about 5,000 people today. by the time norman reece got to the counter they ran out of everything on the menu. hundreds of people came here to support the ceo. kathy ignited a controversy two weeks ago when he said this about same-sex marriage. >> i think we are inviting god's judgment on our nation when we shake our fist at him and say we know better than you as to what constitutes a marriage. >> reporter: it sparked a backlash that included san francisco mayor

alan wang has the night off. the fire is? shasta near manton singleton and viola. lilian kim is here as crews fight this blaze. lilian? >> ama, firefighters are dealing with tough conditions. this firefighter is burning 170 miles north of sacramento in a rugged area of thick forest. firefighters only have the fire 5 percent contained. they say the flames picked up today. so far the fire burning along shasta line has burned 19 square miles and threatening about 3,000 homes near manton, single town and viola. our sister station krcr described the scene out ground. >> chaotic. there are people wonner didding what is going on and if their house is okay and if their pets are okay. people don't have any place to go. >> many families were us chaed because of the on coming flames. he made sure his family fled in time. he, however, barely made it. his arm is now bandaged up. zachary's arm was on fire as he tried to escape on his atv. >> i was on the road and there are flames on the road and i looked up and it was like i was in a black box. i just drove through it. i couldn'

alan wang has the night off. the fire is? shasta near manton singleton and viola. lilian kim is here as crews fight this blaze. lilian? >> ama, firefighters are dealing with tough conditions. this firefighter is burning 170 miles north of sacramento in a rugged area of thick forest. firefighters only have the fire 5 percent contained. they say the flames picked up today. so far the fire burning along the shasta line has burned 19 square miles and threatening about 3,000 homes near manton, single town and viola. our sister station krcr described the scene out ground. >> chaotic. there are people wonner didding what is going on and if their house is okay and if their pets are okay. people don't have any place to go. >> many families were us chaed because of the on coming flames. he made sure his family fled in time. he, however, barely made it. his arm is now bandaged up. zachary's arm was on fire as he tried to escape on his atv. >> i was on the road and there are flames on the road and i looked up and it was like i was in a black box. i just drove through it. i cou

i'm alan wang. >> ama: i'm ama daetz. san francisco police open fire on a man they say was ban brandishing a gun near the potrero projects. he was shot multiple times and is in the hospital. >> a missing 16-year-old turned herself in to san diego county authorities along with her boyfriend. she disappeared from her family home last quebec in monterey county. two men were found dead inside the house. her boyfriend is a suspect of n the homicide. >> the art and soul festival is in it's 1 year and continues sunday with 50 musical acts of five stages covering several blocks. >> alan: today president obama turned 1551 years ol' and celebrated with a quiet weekend at camp david himself wish may be to grow more jobs in america but the latest unemployment report is a split decision. >> thank you. >> reporter: mitt romney calls the job numbers a hammer blow to the economy in indiana, 23 million americans out of work or underemployed of the. >> reporter: but to make his bad news thin herb picked one part of the report, the unemploy

. >> alan: i'm alan wang.ay's fire at the refinery in richmond may have been caused be a corroded pipe but chevron insisted a connector pipe was replaced. federal investigators will conduct moretes and asked for chevron's inspection records 201. >> nearly 30 pg&e customers in livermore had their appliances fried from a power surge after a contractor sent a summer through hems. victims have to buy new appliances and bill the contractor. >> alan: the outside lands festival in golden gate park. met tallic ya the the band tonight, and tomorrow, stevey wonder. >> a san francisco fire department ambulance was involved in a crash in the city south of market neighborhood. it happened around noon at mission and third streets. the ambulance was not traveling with its lights and siren on when it collided with another car at the intersection. no one was hurt. >> it's been a summer of devastating bus crashesle the most recent near kansas city, missouri, where a bus with passengers flipped over after colliding with a car. t