amy holyfield gives us a tour. >> lengthy and impressive light show. >> all crazy. i'm not used to having this type of storm. for sure. >> kind of enjoying it. it's different. don't get that that often. >> the heavy rainfall created some minor flooding throughout the bay area. in orinda, the streets had a significant amount of water. the cars were still able to pass through it. but in san francisco, flooding caused some street closures. at mandell, the water was so deep, even muni buses were prohibited from passing through. another trouble spot was the highway 101 on-ramp at alameda boulevard. officers called the water department to come and pump out some of the water. >> everybody slowing down so that's, you know, just trying to go out and make sure there's no traffic accident over here. >> a sudden gush of water flooded a few garages on the boulevard. residents say it appeared to be shooting out of the ground. >> the water was shooting out -- the manhole. kept looking. next thing boom! and then the man -- it blew. >> it receded almost as quickly as it rushed in an

abc 7's amy holyfield reports on a fugitive police consider armed and dangerous. >> fairfield police say ricardo martinez was waiting for his ex-girlfriend and her boyfriend and ambushed them as they walked through her apartment complex parking lot. >> i knew and i heard her screaming and that's when i told my husband lisa. and he just -- he was outside. he killed her right outside my door and her new boyfriend. >> residents of the complex had seen martinez before and knew the victim had a restraining order against him. some had even heard him threaten her. >> he told her that he would come and kill her if he wouldn't leave with her. that's what he did. >> yet it still came as a shock that it actually happened. >> i seen him before. yeah, i seen him before weird. but i didn't know he was gonna do that. good grace. >> police believe martinez is now on the run and could be driving a white dodge van with a blue stripe down the side. license plate 8803092. or he might be in a white 1994 ford s-250 pickup truck with oregon plates. license plate 100bwe. >> we haven't found him yet. i assum

abc 7's amy holyfield reports on a fugitive police consider armed and dangerous. >> fairfield policeay ricardo martinez was waiting and ambushed them as they walked through the parking lot. >> i knew. that's when i told my husband lisa. he killed her right outside my door and her new boyfriend. >> residents had seen martinez before and knew the victim had a restraining order against him. some even heard him threaten her. >> he told her he would come and kill her if he wouldn't leave with her and that's what he did. >> yet it still came as a shock when it actually happened. >> i've seen him before. yeah, i seen him before. but i didn't know he was gonna do that. good grace! >> police believe martinez is now on the run and say he could be driving a white dodge van with a blue stripe down the side with license plate 8803092 or he might be in a white 1994 ford s-250 pickup truck with oregon plates. license plate 100bwe. >> haven't found him yet. we're actively looking for him. >> the s.w.a.t. team searched his fairfield home and acted as if martinez was inside. they went inside with thei

abc 7's amy holyfield gives us a tour. >> lengthy and impressive light show. >> crazy.'m born and raised here so i'm not used to having this type of storm for sure. >> kind of enjoying it. it's different. we don't get that that often. >> minor flooding throughout the bay area. the cars were still able to pass through the water. but in san francisco flooding caused some street closures. at mandell and sunnydale, the water was so deep even muni buses were prohibited from passing through. another spot was the 101 on-ramp. officers called the water department to come and pump out some of the water. >> it's going down so we just go out and make sure there's no traffic accident over here. >> a sudden gush of water flooded a few garages on alameda boulevard. residents say it appeared to be shooting out of the ground. >> the water was -- out of the manholes. i kept looking. boom! and then it was -- the -- >> it receded almost as quickly as it rushed in and didn't leave behind sean notable damage. the wind was another factor causing problems. at the bay street shopping center in

abc 7's amy holyfield reports. >> the sit/lie law isn't even in effect yet but residents in businessrs on haight street are already noticing fewer homeless people on the sidewalk. >> i heard from the mailman. he's not really climbing over people to go to the doors as much. i've been seeing them moving away from the businesses, stores and going towards side streets. making sidewalks better for people. >> but opponents of the sit/lie say this fight isn't over. >> still looking at different options. >> supporters of measure l say they are tired of aggressive panhandlers who sit all day and harass people. but opponents believe they have a constitutional right to be there. >> when people's rights gets trampled on, you don't just say it was a good fight and walk away. you keep on fighting. >> the district attorney's office believes the law will hold up pointing out seattle's ordinance that was also taken to court. >> seattle's law are most similar to the law that was just approved by the voters here in san francisco. and that challenge as well was overcome by the city and the law was actua

amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> it's 4:45.oming up the big dismantling task that may bring hundreds of new jobs to the bay area soon. president obama arrives in south korea. >> new information on that mysterious vapor trail off the coast of california. >> and no a. c. or hot food. how a pleasure cruise to mexico has >> welcome back. 4:48 on this hump day. still pretty warm all the way through the midwest. 75 st. louis and dallas. 75 atlanta. the nor'easter is out of the northeast. still 51 boston, new york. 45 denver and near 50 the pacific northwest. look how quiet across the country. all our airports are running smoothly this morning. if that changes i'll let you know. if you're away from the tv our flight tracker will let you know. >> mike, thank you. president obama has arrived in south korea where he'll ascend a two-day meeting of the world's top 20 economic powers. he landed in seoul about three hours ago, the latest stop on his asia tour. tensions over currencies and trade gaps has simmered ahead of the economic summit.

here's amy holyfield with a flaw that makes it easy to cheat the transportation agency that take theer card. >> there's a flaw on the clipper card and it's costing the public thousands of dollars a month. >> at a time when we need to see transit systems getting every last dollar they can, it's amazing this exists. >> matthew ross uncovered the problem. you can travel farther than the distance you paid for. >> the problem is there's no incentive not to cheat the system unless you just have good ethics. we bought a clipper card to test it out and we covered more ground than we should have. we asked transit authorities why. john goodwin at the transportation commission said i think we're done with this, i wish you well and hung up the phone. >> i think mcc is not happy this is getting as much attention as it is east mtc oversees the clipper card which allows you to use one card for several different transit systems like caltrain and bart. the flaw is actually there on purpose as a built-in convenience for confused or inexperienced travelers. they rely on the good will of people to pay t

in san francisco, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> a man accused of beating those who allegedly abused hims a child intend to use it as a platform. he was arrested for beating father jerry lindner, the priest accused by many of sexual abuse. lisa amin gulezian reports from san jose. >> 9-1-1 emergency? >> i need the police immediately. sacred heart. >> sacred heart receptionist karl santos sounded panicked and out of breath as she described what had just happened in the center's parlor. >> he came up and started beating him up. i have no idea. he was beating one of the father. >> police say he is william lynch. the 43-year-old is accused of brutally beating father gerald lindner. >> you understand that? >> lynch denies attacking lindner but the two have a history. lynch and his brother accused lindner who is their former priest of sexual abuse. they received a $625,000 settlement back in 1998. the statute of limitations ran out and lindner who denies everything was never charged with a crime. >> when he has harmed so many children and so many families. it's not just a child but the familie

abc 7's amy holyfield reports. >> had you done anything to the tigers to tease it or harass it or scarehe tigers? >> no. >> can you think of any reason the tigers would want to attack you or your brother on your friend? >> several times in the interview, then 23-year-old dallywall and his 19-year-old brother paul denied doing anything to provoke the tiger. they say tatiana, the tiger, appeared out of nowhere first pouncing on paul and then attacking carlos jr. who was mauled to death. paul eventually got frustrated with the line of questioning from police. >> when you saw the tigers, were you yelling at them, trying to get their attention? >> they were attacking us. scared. i was running from the tigers. have you ever one attack you? >> no, no, i can't say i have. >> the scariest moment in my life. >> the attorney for the souza family says these traps prove the group did nothing wrong. >> those tapes were taken very near to the time this happened when they hadn't lawyered up as some people might think. but they spoke the truth about what had happened. >> a spokesman for the zoo remains

amy holyfield reports. >> had you done anything to the tiger to tease it or harass it or scare the tiger? >> no. >> can you think of anything, why the tiger would want to attack you or your brother or your friend? >> no. >> several times in the interview, then the 23-year-old and his 19-year-old brother paul denied anything to provoke the tiger. they say the tiger appeared out of nowhere first pouncing on paul and then attacking carlos who was mauled to death. paul eventually got frustrated with the line of questioning from police. >> when you saw the tigers, were you yelling at them, trying to get their attention. >> they were attacking us and (bleep), scared us. i wasn't wrestling the tiger. have you had that happen? >> no, i can't say i have. >> it was the scariest moment in my life. >> the attorney for the family says these tapes prove the groups did nothing wrong. >> and those tapes were taken during or near the time this happened when they hadn't lawyered up as some people might think. but they spoke the truth about what had happened. >> but a spokesman for the zoo remains unconvin

in san francisco, amy holyfield, abc 7 news. >> a man accused of beating the priest who allegedly abusedim as a child intends to use the charges against him as a platform. he was arrested for beating the father, a priest accused by many people of sexual abuse. lisa amin gulezian reports from san jose. >> 9-1-1 emergency? >> yes, i need the police immediately, sake rhett heart. >> sacred heart receptionist carol santos sounded panicked on may 10th as she described what happened in the center's parlor. >> he came up and beat him up. he was beating one of the fathers. >> police say he is william lynch. the 43-year-old is accused of brutally beating father gerald lindner. >> no contact in any way. do you understand that? >> lynch denies attacking lindner but the two have a history. william lynch and his brother accused him of sexual abuse. they received a $625,000 settlement back in 1998. the statute of limitations ran out and lindner who denies everything was never charged with a crime. >> when he has harmed so many children and so many families, it's not just the child, it's the family as