i'm live in san francisco, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> the details are disturbing. thank you. >>> a local couple taking legal action against the air force. they say their 5-year-old daughter was sexually assaulted twice at a day care air force base. the couple says fellow students were responsible. they're taking the first steps toward a lawsuit. their attorney filed a claim accusing day care staff of negligence and accuses the base of failing to contact police or child protective services in a timely manner. >> no child should have to go through what our daughter went through. >> this is as bad a situation one could happen and in terms of sending your child to school and that child being sexually abused by another child. >> a base spokesperson responded saying upon notification immediate action was taken to inform affected families and engage appropriate agencies on and off base to both thoroughly investigate the incident and review procedures. >>> the san francisco police chief wants to make it clear immigration officials did not ask his department to sweep a prot

abc7 news amanda del castillo is live in the south bay tonight. amanda? >> reporter: kristen, neighbors made at least eight coyote calls just in the last three weeks. and while the vet control diplomatic tells me some people are surprised by the statistics, that's standard for the summer months. waferly park is usually filled with people, pets and summer breeze. recent cat carnage has interrupted that calm. he remembers the first gruesome scene. >> i got home at 10:00 or 11:00 late at night. i thought there was aid cat sleeping on my lawn, but it was not sleeping. >> reporter: his neighbor's cat, he says, killed by a coyote left on his family's front yard. >> it was definitely a coyote. it was like a big kind of dog with that fluffy tail like that. >> reporter: the very next day he said there were the remains of another cat killed in the same manner, left in the same place. animal welfare experts say the behavior is typical of coyotes. describing the wild animals as opportunisti and easily adaptable. >> they're really looking for anything they can find. >

. >> that's where abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo is live tonight. amanda? >> reporter: dan, kristen, the main road into the santa teresa park is still shut down at this hour. i was told by a cal fire representative just a few moments ago that crews are expected to be here all night long pushing for full containment. at last check the san jose fire department says that the curry fire is 85% contained after it burned 70 acres. >>eporr:ri del favezozens who w fast moving fire scorch the hillside behind their san jose homes. the curry fire started around 3:00 tuesday afternoon. hours before, he said he had ridden his bike through the county park. he said conditions were fit for a fire. >> i was up there at dry, windy, hot. >> reporter: at least 120 fire personnel responded. assistants and full air support from cal fire also helped stop this tier 2 fire from spreading. a few miles south, sky map 7 shows you where the hail fire burned in morgan hill in the area bordered by live oak avenue and blossom court. that fire destroying three out buildings and killing at

abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo has more on this miraculous story. >> 23-year-old angela hernandez is finally sharing her story about being sent over a california cliff. these pictures posted to her public facebook page show her injuries. angela was on the way to southern california when she went missing on friday, july 6th. surveillance video later recovered shows her in monterey county that morning. the sheriff's office was contacted after a cell phone ping put angela near the carmel highlands area, but deputies say an early search didn't show any obvious signs of struggle. >> if you're driving, you're not going to see. you would have to get out and physically look down there. and even then, it's really hard to find, to see something like that. >> on facebook, angela described being stranded so close to safety. she said i could see cars driving across the cliff and felt like if i could yell just loud enough, that one could hear or see me, that's all it would take to make it back to my family. just one person noticing me. >> i think she just got it into her mind i am not going to

abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo has details. >> the waverly park neighborhood is usually filled withpeople, pets and the passing summer breeze. but recent cat carnage interrupted that calm. robin diddams remember the first scene. >> i got home at 10:00 or 11:00 late at night and kind of came back and i thought there was a cat slaepg on the lawn. but it was not sleeping. >> his neighbor's cat he says killed by a coyote left on his family's front yard. >> definitely a coyote. it was like a big dog with the fluffy tail like that. >> the next day diddams swas thr cat killed in the same manner left in the same place. animal welfare experts say the behavior is tipping of coyotes % describing the wild animal as opportunistic and adaptable. >> they're >> food, during summer months the threat is heightened when coyotes are raising young, scavenging for even more. >> they're omnivores which means they eat everything. including meat and then also fruits and vegetables. >> reporter: i asked the vector control district whether people should be concerned about their own safety. they tell me t

and abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is at the stadium where the gates will open in a now hours. hi, amanda. >> good morning. it is an all new ball game here at at&t park. see over my shoulder there is no one in the stands right now, but that will change in a few hours and is specially over the weekend as 100,000 are expected to funnel through at&t park for thes. noe gates don't open until 9:15, won't be expecting crowds until that time. it won't resemble the field we're familiar with. it has the potential to shape and solidify the rugby market. 33 million americans have shown interest in the sport from 10:00 a.m. through sunday, 40 teams from 28 nations are going to battle it out. we're expecting 84 games in total. the u.s. is going for glory on our home soil. some believe this is the country's best opportunity yet to win a 7s world cup. now as it stands our men's side has never even come close having finished 13 in the previous four additions but win or lose, promoters are expecting this to be the biggest rugby party in the world. again, gates open here at 9:15 and the first m

amanda del castillo has the story. >> reporter: this site is usually filled with dozens of workers, but friday morning rescue crews had taken site in an effort to recover the man's body. >> the trench collapsed in, crushing one of the workers in the trench. >> reporter: it's unclear how deep the man's body was buried, but it is said that the trench was approximately 12 feet deep. equipment was brought in, us on >> i'm hoping they'll be able to find him. you know, i feel booed to his family. >> hazel lives across the street from the new housing develop. attorney bill bogdon says it was a tough day involved. >> to have lost a good friend, a good worker, a good man. this is something we live every day to avoid. >> he joipd various recent, in daly city, i'm amanda del castillo. >>> police have a new tool to fight crime. this was the debut of air 3. police say the helicopter is known for the exceptional safety report and the state of the art camera. it would assist with missing person searches, police chases, and for the first time, rescue missions. >>> runners are gearing up for the 41st an

amanda del castillo has the story. >> 26-year-old david casarez says he has been homeless for so long, he was starting to lose hope that's when he had the idea to printout his resume and spend a few days handing them out here at this intersection. but it didn't take a few days. all it took was a tweet. more than 130,000 people have shared this picture of 26-year-old david casarez. the texas a&m university graduate left his job at general motors, and in mid-september he set out for silicon valley. when investment deals went south, he had nothing and nowhere to go. however, a passing driver saw something in the man who put his pride aside and stood on a street corner with an eye catching sign. >> i had never seen anyone asking for others to take rather for them to receive. so i had never seen someone say hey, you just take my resume. >> with his permission, scofield posted this picture and israel a copy of his resume to twitter. she had hoped her tech friends would be able to point him this the right direction. it did much more. in a few days he received hundreds of job opportunities fr

t plaza decesar chavez has been shut off and amanda del castillo has a promising updates. >> reporterusual sights and sounds of kids splashing in the water has been>> isutwelcome fountain. >> reporter: they flooded an underground vault where the electric pump are kept. the unexpected shutdown happened last winter. >> we waited for our residents and visitors to enjoy the holidays in downtown and once we were able to get into the vault we then had to procure all of our equipment. >> reporter: evan mandel says the city has had plenty of time to make the changes and get fountains flowing. >> it should have been done a month ago. i don't understand they couldn't test it at the end of the winter, even and say okay, summer's coming. we need to prepare for this. >> the testing can come soon so visitors can continue to play in the fountains before summer's up. >> can you please turn on the fountains. >> they said it's waiting on pg and e workers to re-energize the volts here and once that happens the city is hoping to bring back the fun and the fountains again e inan jose. amanda del castillo,

abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo has details. >> signs once displayed on these newspaper bins reportedly urged people to report any and all illegal aliens. these are photos of the posters provided by the bay area news group. >> as i see the sign it says keep america american. isn't that ironic? tiger tearlink with the city's chamber of commerce says that those responsible clearly aren't familiar with the south bay audience saying it runsp. >> i anydy iseak out and that ds not symbolic at saratoga at all. >> reporter: not more than two miles from at the mo in, talvo art center is creating a response to those posters with defining the american phrase, we the people. >> we is all of us. we is you. we is me. we is us. >> reporter: they released this statement about the white nationalist group behind the posters reading in part, it's unfortunate that the visibility of this organization has now grown considerably beyond the limited number of people that may have seen the fliers in saratoga. >> it's unfortunate, but we have to tolerate it. it's a free country and that is part of the

for now reporting live in san jose, i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >> thank you, amanda. >>> an oakland mother is pleading for your help to find the person who shot and killed her son. >> yes, next the reward announced by the fbi and oakland police. they hope it will encourage people to do the right thing. >>> the key sentence in my remarks, i said the word "would" instead of the word "wouldn't." >> is it really as simple as that? coming up at 6:30, the president's e c wh he confusion hisatemen i >>> an elderly bay area woman and her daughter lose all of their savings to a ruthless scam. i'm michael >>> new at 6:00, frightening moments on vasco road. the east contra costa fire protection district posted these photos on faceback showing a battery operated drill that flew into a car's windshield yesterday afternoon. the two people in the car were hit by flying glass. police say the driver of the vehicle that dropped the tool did not stop. >>> new details just released now on a deadly small plane crash near lake tahoe. the man who owned and piloted the plane has been identified as

abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is live at the hall of justice. amanda? >> reporter: in just about four hours we know that la zo will be answering to the rape charges. in court documents obtained by abc 7 news they detail some of the chilling accounts. we want to get you to video of lazo when in court for a previous appearance when know that orlando vilchez lazo is accused of posing as a ride share driver picking up women from san francisco night clubs and bars and taking them to a secluded location and raping them. the attacks happened over a five-year period dating back to november 2013. it was dna evidence that linked each case. most victims were threatened with a knife. one described what happened as he dozed off during her ride. quote, he began to threaten her and held a knife to her neck. she realized that the wetness on her hand was her blood and she had been trying to fend off the knife with her hands. we know that lazo is an undocumented immigrant from peru. lyft says lazo is a former driver and investigating how he passed its security checks. ly

usa plays today and abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is at the stadium where gates will open in a few hours. hi, amanda. >> good morning. a monumental weekend but the very first tournament to happen on u.s. soil in our backyard no less. again, at&t park looking very beautiful this morning, but we want to get you a look at how it's transformed for the tournament. workers installed 55,000 square feet of sod in preparation and poured 23 cubic yards of cement. this is far from the baseball field that we're used to. over the next three days, 40 teams representing 28 nations will battle it out in the historic tournament. this involves both men and women squads. the world rugby operations manager says the u.s. is a growing and great potential rugby market as they've estimated there are more than 33 million rugby fans across the country. on thursday, abc 7 news got a good look at the rugby world cup prep rally we should say that happened at the embarcadero plaza. promoters anticipate this will be the biggest rugby party in the world and they still have some tickets available. that's goo

. >> amanda del castillo has new details on how she managed to survive. >> reporter: 23-year-old angelaez finally sharing her story about being sent over a california cliff. these pictures posted to her public facebook page show her injuries. angela was on the way to southern california when she went missing on friday, july 6. surveillance video later recovered shows her in monterey county that morning. the sheriff's office was contacted as her cell phone ping put angela near the carmel highlands area. but deputies say an early search didn't show any obvious signs of a struggle. >> if you're driving, you're not going to see. you have to get out and physically look down there. and even then, it's really hard.

abc7's amanda del castillo joins us now with details. amanda? >> reporter: we know the rescue effort is happening a few miles west from where we are right now. marin county fire officials are working to remove five hikers who became trapped after a high tide hit around 7:18 tonight. marin county fire got the call around 9:00 p.m., that was nearly two hours later. the group is trapped just south of mure beach near the pirates' cove area. firefighters are waiting until the tide goes down to perform rescue operations, hopefully sometime before midnight. county fire was considering using a hoist to remove the trapped hikers, or jet skis with the help of the coast guard, but those were considered to be too risky. we were at the mure's beach parking lot, where we saw an ambulance and other patrol cars waiting for the rescue effort to continue. really, it's just pitch black dark out here. we have some camera lights on me, but behind me, you can see the darkness. imagine that, paired with some of the elements they have to deal with, especially trying to

amanda del castillo has the story. >> this, but as of 11:30 friday morning, rescue crews had taken over. two men were working on a 24-inch concrete storm drain. >> they were getting out of the trench tell when the trench collapsed in, crushing one of the workers in the trench. >> reporter: it's unclean how deep the man's body was buried, but clyde preston from the authority says the trench was approximately 12 feet deep. the instability required specialized equipment to be brought in. >> i'm just hoping that they'll be able to find hem and, i mean, i feel bad for his family. >> angel lives across the street from the housing development being constructed. >> to have lost a good friend a good worker, a good man, this is something we live every day to avoid. >> reporter: various agencies and cal osha with or scene on friday. >>> san jose police have a new high-throttle tool to help figc. tfir 3. its exceptional safety report and the state of the art camera. air 3 will assist officers with missing person searching, police chases, and for the first time rescue missions. >>> time now is 8:08.

in daly city, i'm amanda del castillo. >>> they have a new high-throttle tool to help fight crime. police say the helicopter is known for the exceptional safety report and its state of the art camera. air 3 will assist officers with missing person searches, police chases, and for the first time rescue mission. >>> this morning at 8:00, there's a free 2 1/2 might shakeout run. all of the fesstively kicked off yet. tomorrow's marathon will padres competitors and amateurs from around the world. more than 25 thousands runners are expected. >> this will be my eighth famil >> i ran in oakland, so this one will be cooler, and the ups and downs will be more challenging. >> more than 50,000 people are expected to cheer on the runners. the race starts tomorrow morning at 5:30. >>> time now is 6:09. frances has a preview of the accuweather forecast. >> chris, by the way, is an amazing runner. >> i try. >> i could not keep up anywhere close. here is a live shot, as we look from the exploratorium, over the gray skies. right now it's 52 degrees in san francisco. similar conditions for tomorrow's

. >> reporter: amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >>> the mono rail at the california state fair is out of service. firefighters rushed to the grounds in sacramento after it caught fire yesterday. that's a lot of sparks and smoke. the sacramento fire department described the electrical fire as small. the mono rail operator was the only one on board. crews were able to rescue that person from the stalled train. >>> heavy rain, strong winds, are hitting the east coast this morning, causing flash flooding. and there is more on the way. abc 7 news senior meteorologist rob marciano is tracking it all. >> this morning, storms wreaking havoc from the deep south to the northeast. heavy rains flooding roads. and this confirmed tornado, one of 36 reported in just five days. as storm signs blare, that funnel cloud ominously above, touching down here, interrupting a picture perfect wedding and threatening the area's 30,000 residents. on the eastern seaboad, storms quickly rolling in. just outside washington, d.c., emergency crews rushing to save four passengers in this swamped car. the driver tryin

. >> reporter: in daly city, amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >>> 28,000 runners are hitting the streets of san francisco this morning. this is video we're aboutf the finisher of the full marathon. he completed the race a few the finish line is at the san francisco marathon started at 5:is video part in the half marathon along the embarcadero. we have a map showing you the route. runners in the full marathon will go across the golden gate bridge, through golden gate park, and past at&t park. >> announcer: now an accuweather update from "abc 7 mornings." >>> hi, i'm meteorologist frances dinglasan. we're under gray skies right now. that marine layer has pushed in over the north bay into the east bay. you see the little bits of green. we're picking up some drizzle there. you might have had to use your wipers, the closer you are to the coast, the more likely that was to have happened. oakland, 57. san jose, 64. morgan hill already climbing up to 67 degrees. check out this pretty shot from the east bay hills. still seeing low clouds cascade inland right now. but they will pull back to the co

abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo has our story. >> reporter: the death of a daly city construction being felt far beyond the job site. family members say abel sauceda quinonez was a dedicated father of four, a devoted husband and a devout family man. >> right now everyone's just in shock. no one believes it. >> reporter: nitzia sauceda is the victim's niece. she says her uncle worked construction nearly a year. friday was the first time he reported to 1 martin street in daly city. abel and another man were working on a 24-inch concrete storm drain pipe for a new housing development friday morning when a 12-foot-deep trench gave way. abel didn't make it out, and work to recover his body went on for more than 12 hours. after combing through that dirt and debris rescue crews were finally able to locate and recover abel's body. you can see the aftermath of that recovery effort in the trench in the distance. the site has been deemed dangerous. posted signs also warn any work is prohibited. for now cal osha's investigating the incident, and abel's family is planning for his funeral. s. >

amanda del castillo has a promising update. >>> the usual sights and sounds of kids splashing throughof water has been replaced by silence. >> when it's hot out here and you want to come to the park it's somewhat unwelcoming without the fountains. >> reporter: the pumps and electrical systems are kept. the unexpected shutdown happened last winter. >> we waited for residents and visitors to be be able to enjoy the holidays in downtown and once we were able to get into the vault we had to procure all of our equipment. >> the city has had minuty of ti time to get the fountains going. >> e o winter each saying summer's coming. >> it should come soon so visitors can go back to playing in the fountains before summer's up. >> on the balcony? >> it's waiting on pg and e workers to reenergy ease the volt here and they're hoping to floating in san jose. >> the gondola grinded to a halt. the gondola runs from the old original zoo up a hillside to a cafe and a brand-new california trail section that just opened yesterday. some tweeted out these photos describing humans stuck in gondola cages.on t

i'm amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. >>> remnants of a faraway hurricane are bringing riptides to our coast. a beach hazard advisory is in effect through tomorrow. the national weather service is reminding you to never turn your back on the water. meteorologist frances dinglasan is here. >> dangerous rip currents and it can be pretty and we can have large surf so be careful in you're headed to the coast. here is a live shot right now as we look over san francisco. limited clouds this morning and high pressure is building and that means inland temperatures will get hot today, even for the next few days. i'll have all of the details coming up. >>> we all held hands and we pulled her together. >> three local teens jumped into action to save a woman who nearly drowned in an apartment pool, but the story doesn't start there. the touching thing these teens did next. >>> plus making sure your kids are safe in the car. why experts warn ( ♪ ) your heart doesn't only belong to you. child: bye, grandpa! and if you have heart failure, entrusting your heart to entresto may help. entresto is a hear

. >> amanda del castillo has new details on how she managed to survive. >> reporter: 23-year-old angela hernandez finally sharing her story about being sent over a california cliff. these pictures posted to her public facebook page show her injuries. angela was on the way to southern california when she went missing on friday, july 6. surveillance video later recovered shows her in monterey county that morning. the sheriff's office was contacted as her cell phone ping put angela near the carmel highlands area. but deputies say an early search didn't show any obvious signs of a struggle. >> if you're driving, you're not going to see. you have to get out and physically look down there. and even then, it's really hard. >> on facebook, angela described being stranded. she said i could see cars driving across the cliff and felt like if i could yell just loud enough, that one could hear or see me. that's all it would take, just one person noticing me. >> i think she got it in her mind, i am not going die out here. i think she had a little help from god. somebody was with her. >> reporter: she