off the train at the pleasant hill bart station, and that's where our transportation reporter heather ishimaru is tonight. >> carolyn, stun guns have less voltage than police tasers, and you don't need a permit to carry them and one woman put hers to good use. the suspect, 30-year-old zachary mccab seen in a booking photo from another arrest in march was lying across two seats as the train pulled into the pleasant hill bart station just before 9:00 this morning. a 62-year-old man wanted to sit down an argument started. >> the argument turned from verbal to physical at some point and the patrons got involved to assist the victim. >> jeff dunn was in the car next door and wonder yg it wasn't moving. >> somebody got off the car where the problem was and got on our car and i heard her say ing there are three guys holding him down. >> it appears as though the patrons assisting the victim in this case may have had mr. mccabe in a headlock. >> and they got him there with the help of one of these. a female passenger used her stun gun on mccabe. >> whether you are a police officer or citizen you can us

heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >> thanks. >>> we have developing out of uh rine do after a man stumbled into a store with a gunshot wound. it happened after 8:00 at the safe way. the man was believed to be shot in richmond and driven to arinda to be dropped off. he is expected to survive. the safe way stayed open while emergency crews tended to the victim. >>> and new evidence in the case of a paramedic shot to death in the oakland hills. boyer was gunned down in his car last week. today abc news learned police recovered a car connected to his death. police would not elaborate, but our media partner, the oakland tribune, said a car that was related was found near the elementary school. somebody fired at boyer and striking him at least twice before his car went off the road here and crashing into this ravine. >>> in the east bay, a school and one of its teachers is under scrutiny. 5* videotape surfaced that appears to show a middle school teacher striking a squid. a kid. leslie brinkley is live with the story. leslie? >> well, that's right. this all started with a student who took a vide

in san francisco, heather ishimaru, abc 7 news. >>> well, coming up next on abc 7 news at 9:00.opped a mugging and he did it >>> how much would you pay to have a cup of coffee with apple ceo tim cook? the charity auction site charity buzz is listing a one on one meeting with cook to benefit the robert f. kennedy center for justice and human rights. right now the highest bid is $90,000. i'm sorry, $160,000 now which is well beyond the $50,000 at which the experience is valued. it has gone up just in the last few minutes. the winner gets to bring a guest. the auction ends may 14. to put cook's popularity in perspective lunch with francis ford cop poe la is being auctioned and the current bid for that is $4,000 and a chance to meet with robert deniro at his new york film festival is $1,750. >> wow. >> every one of them would be fascinating to sit and talk with. all right. let's go now to spencer christian back with the forecast. >> i would pay to have a cup of coffee with selma hayek no guests needed. live doppler 7hd. low clouds and fog beginning to push across the bay and inland.

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heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >> thanks. >>> we have developing news out of uh rine do after a man stumbled into a store with a gunshot wound. it happened after 8:00 at the safe way. the man was believed to be shot in richmond and driven to arinda to be dropped off. he is expected to survive. the safe way stayed open while emergency crews tended to the victim. >>> and new evidence in the case of a paramedic shot to death in the oakland hills. boyer was gunned down in his car last week. today abc news learned police recovered a car connected to his death. police would not elaborate, but our media partner, the oakland tribune, said a car that was related was found near the elementary school. somebody fired at boyer and striking him at least twice before his car went off the road here and crashing into this ravine. >>> in the east bay, a school and one of its teachers is under scrutiny. 5* videotape surfaced that appears to show a middle school teacher striking a squid. a kid. leslie brinkley is live with the story. leslie? >> well, that's right. this all started with a student who took a vide

heather ishimaru is there live tonight. >> that is right. it was a chain reaction on cars and bicyclists, having has had to move away from the cliff's edge. was eight case of bad engineering or bad timing? the three agencies involved here they just don't know. no taxpayer money was used in the building of the project, but the park service says it doesn't know if that will hold true for the repair. >> the pedestrian detour includes a climb over the guardrail. traffic has been shifted to the east on lincoln with where bicyclists and cars now to have share the road with no shoulders. >> it's not great for cyclists to have it narrow like this, it creates very narrow space and forced the blocked car traffic to be safe coming along here. >> the national park service public safety is number one priority here where a segment of the coastal trail was closed in december. the new and improved trail and overlook opened in the summer, but after torrential rains the trail started to slip. susan has been living here for 15 years and she said she knew it wa

here is transportation reporter heather ishimaru. >> they zipped along as the $6 toll is paid throughse plate accounts, one time payments or you pai bill you get in the mail and pay like any other bill. >> this project has been amazingly successful. it has exceeded our expectation. we do see traffic is moving more smoothly. >> they worried when human tolltakers vanished the uninformed would stop anyway but those indiana weighed time. fastrak usage of last year was just below 70% jumping to 891% this year. license plate acts went from zero to 3900 in march and one time payments from four to 3400. >> don't stop and keep going. one way or another you will pay your toll on the bridge. i think we have gotten past the early jitters ople didn't know what to do. if you keep going. we'll catch up with you one way or the other. >> keep going but not too fast. the speed limit is 25 miles an hour through the toll plaza. not so scanners can read fastrak or take a license plate picture. they say some people have bone blowing through at 60. >> these toll lanes are narrow. you have ten-foot toll lane

at the golden gate bridge, heather ishimaru, abc7 news. >>> new this morning, san francisco's eighth annual walk against rape take place today to raise awareness and help stop sexual violence. it's put on by women against rape and is a 3-mile course. funds raised by walkers will help provide a save place for survivors of sexual violence to heel. but organizers say more importantly, the event makes a statement that sexual violence won't be tolerated. it cull minute its with a festival in the park at 1:00. >>> today is the day to turn in any unneeded or expired prescription drugs. from ten this morning to two in the afternoon most state and federal local police stations will be accepting prescription drugs. can you drop them off with no questions asked. the idea is to get them out of your medicine cabinet and into the hands of the drug enforcement agency for proper disposal. prescription drugs are america's fastest growing drug problem according to the dea and groups like drug free.org. coming up next, how the sequester cuts will start affecting people who are already struggling as soo