supporters of palestine putting that on at justin herman plaza. >> local organizations have weighed in on the fighting, mark. >> reporter: and one of them michelle a screwish organization called the -- jewish organization called the judicious community relations council. they represent organizations here in the bay area and said israel's right as a sovereign country to defend itself from relentless rocket fire. in the richmond district, mark kelly, kpix 5. >> 6:303. time for traffic and we understand the metering lights are already on. >> yes at the bay bridge. and we'll show you how badly backed it up in just a minute. first to the east bay though. the on ramp to southbound 242. kind of a trouble spot there. there's no return accident on the on ramp. so you may have some trouble using that clayton road ramp in the meantime. southbound 242 itself looks okay actually. coming through concord and heading into pleasant hill and walnut creek. here's the live look at the south bay. northbound 101 i mentioned some slowdowns. just beyond that 280 and 680 interchange. 880. 280 everything else p

they rallied at justin herman plaza to stop supporting israel.olice are investigating tonight after two people were found dead in sausalito overnight. they are calling the death suspicious. 24r is no threat to the public. they have not released anything about a possible motive or the victim's name. dozens of people must find a new place to live after a fast-moving fire damaged an apartment building in san lorenzo. the flames quickly spread to the attic. the red cross is helping the families who live there. >>> cooler temperatures and lighter winds are forecast in wildfire-stricken washington state this week which could help firefighters battle fires that have destroyed more than 150 homes so far. more than a dozen fires are burning right now across the northwest. abc news reporter with the latest. >> inch by inch, these are the men and women on the front lines creating a perimeter around the wildfire that has been burning out of control for nearly a week. >> we are trying to protect this side of the orchard so it doesn't blow up on us. >> what wa

. >> more than 1,000 people are expected to attend the valley and it is justin herman place do and also happening, gentleman self martin said his only mistake was being too affectionate with his students. his chest patting was a way of calming them down. >> he is an affectionate man and caring man and he is finally getting a chance to tell the true story of what occurred. >> martin is charged with 150 counts of molestation and he will be pack on. >>> an officer was fired at. officer rob roche shot tear gas into the crowd. the crowd had been trying to help iraq protesters who had been injured by a bean bag fired by another unidentified police officer. an arbitrator overturned the termination saying the officer was following orders. he is being helped with back pay. >>> and the incident is critical to improve relations between the community and police department. anthony has more than 20 years of police miss couldn't -- conduct as well. >>> and two stranded hikers in napa county, the president democrat said they were hiking tuesday afternoon when they were overcome by the heat and called

also developing here in the bay area, an estimated 15 machine people gathered in san francisco's justin herman plaza to protest to the ongoing violence in gaza. demonstrators marched carrying signs and spreading their message for israel to stop attacking the palestinian people and for the u.s. to stop sending israel aide. we're now taking a live look at the group rallying at the plaza. pro-israeli groups say israel has a right to protect themselves against terrorist and hamas is dedicated to the destruction of israel. and we can still see people at the plaza. >>> the united states has closed and evacuated its embassy in libya as the security situation deteriorates in the capitol of tripoli. clashes between rival militias are becoming more violent. american traveler advised to steer clear of libya. here's more. >> it was a daring operation. 150 americans in a convoy driving from the u.s. embassy in tripoli across northern libya and into safety in neighboring tunisia. with a sufferance drone buzzing overhead and two f-16 fighter jets nearby. the evacuation so dangerous, u.s. marines were on stan

. >> another protest from the palestinian point of view is planned for saturday at justin herman plaza. >>> in just about two hours the san francisco man who was the target of a nationwide manhunt will be in court. ryan chamberlain was arrested near christie field in early june. he is accused of having a bomb in his knob hill apartment. a prosecutor says it was, quote, a fully functioning destructive device. if convicted, chamberlain could get 10 years in prison on bomb and gun possession charges. >>> where you can legally smoke in foster city can be changing. the city council votes tonight on new smoking restrictions. under the proposal smoking will not be allowed in outdoor seating areas at restaurants. only one restaurant in the city would get a temporary exemption. also, there would be no smoking within 50 feet of entrances to retail spaces and within 30 feet of multi-family residences. >>> happening today a san francisco man accused of selling more than 2,000 pounds of shark fin heads to court. the illegal contraband was seized from michaelquan's warehouse in jan. as of july 1, la

the monthly bike event known as critical mass is set to start at this hour in justin herman plaza. also, giants playing the dodgers at at&t park tonight, tomorrow and on sunday. 26,000 runners are expected at the san francisco marathon on sunday, with street closures along the embarcadero, in the financial district, and in the south market area. and also on sunday, the up your alley street fair will close door alley between howard and folsom streets. >>> the 49ers are still weeks away from their first game, but today, fans were out in force. season ticket holders were invited to levi's stadium today. take a look at their seats. thousands came out to give the stadium a game day feel. but as ktvu's anne ruben explains, a different type of football will be played on the field first. >> reporter: they are getting final practices and counting down the days the san jose earthquakes will kickoff the inaugural year at the new levi's stadium. >> i've never had more ticket requests than for this game. >> reporter: they are selling out the lower bowl, just about 45,000 seats. the idea, to tes

many are expected to be there at san francisco justin herman plaza.any in mows shul are facing time to convert to islam or face rape or execution. they are calling it and exact of genocide, leaders including president barack obama have ignored that violence. >>> many are subjected to racist death threats at work. today's chronicles report graffiti was scrawled all over and there is racial discrimination and harassment and that lawsuit is filed on them. that suit alleged promotions and training and so far there is no comment on the chronicle report. >>> happening today, a concord elementary school teacher will be back on the witness stand. he told the jury his only mistake was being too affectionate with his students. his frequent back shoulder and chest patting was a frequent way of calming them down and he also testified there was never any sexual intent. >> he is an affectionate and caring man and is finally getting a chance to tell the true story. >> martin is charged with 150 counts of molestation involving 14 former male students. >>> there appea

. >> reporter: so another demonstration is set for this saturday at justin herman plaza here in san francisco. that is saturday at 1:00. frank? >> and mark, local organizations are beginning to weigh in on the fighting as well right? >> reporter: they are as well. there's one specifically the jewish community relations council. they of course represent synagogues jewish organizations all throughout the bay area. earlier this month, they released a statement saying israel's right as a sovereign country to defend itself from this relentless rocket fire, of course secretary of state john kerry headed to egypt today to hopefully negotiate a cease fire. in the richmond district, mark kelly, kpix 5. >>> international outrage is growing as investigators continue to have trouble getting access to the malaysia airlines crash site in eastern ukraine. as cbs news' ko im reports there's concern pro russia separatists tampered with evidence since the plane went down. >> reporter: unrest and uncertainty lie in eastern ukraine over the weekend rescuers found more than 250 bodies. they were stacked in refrig

. >> arab community groups and anti-war activists gathered for huge rallies at justin herman plaza voicingsition to military action in gaza and u.s. government support to israel. >>> a gaza teen who received a prosthetic leg in the bay area lost that leg as a result of fighting in the middle east. he's 15. this is video of him learning to walk with a new productetstheti last year. his prosthetic was destroyed in an attack last week. >>> the palestine children's relief fund which helped in 2006 now plans to bring him back to the u.s. to replace that prosthetic leg. >> dutch forensic investigators are telling rebels that trains holding bodies of train passengers must be allowed to leave within hours. rebels recovered bodies of more than 270 of 298 passengers. many are now sitting in refrigerated box cars. ukraine's prime minister says the country wants to transfer bodies to amsterdam. the u.n. security council is considering a resolution dema demanding access to where the plane went down. you are looking at satellite images from the crash in eastern ukraine. images were collected yesterday a

meanwhile a rally is planned in san francisco at justin herman plaza at 1:00 to protest war crimes in palestine. >>> people in bay area are reaching out to a local man who suffered a devastating loss in gaza. 30 members of his family were killed in a single airstrike. we have more from the muslim community center. >> this doctor, a dentist living in san jose, lost 30 of his family members in one day. three generations of aunts, uncles and cousins were living under the same roof in the gaza strict when the israeli airstrike hit their home last weekend. nobody survived. >> some were distant cousins but i have known some of them. it's extremely vicious to see 30 people die at the same time, one family, one building, all civilians >> the puts limb community of south san jose got together to mourn the death of his relatives and other palestinians from recent attacks. people in gaza were doing the same thing when they were killed. >> i basically told them that i'm sorry for your loss and may god grant them -- god grant all of us paradise. >> we are all putting our hands and our hearts, we a

civilian casualties brought hundreds of palestinians supporters to the justin herman plaza rally. >> we see the massacres, what can i do about this? we come to the protest to sew show our emotion. >> reporter: sunday's ground defensive was deadly for israel, too. at least 13 soldiers killed, including max steinberg, a native of the southern california town of woodland hills in the san fernando valley. this picture is from his facebook page. once served in the israeli army knows what it's like to be on the front lines. >> my best friend right now is in the army and fighting right now. and what i know that people take back. >> reporter: the pro palestinian rally took their calls to the streets marching down market street at one point. some carrying boxes made to look like coffins. >> people in gaza have no water, milk, electricity. they are not the criminals. >> reporter: neither of the rallies got out of hand. they were for the 340es part peaceful. live in san francisco, nanette miranda. >>> to a developing story out of ukraine. it is now monday morning there. investigators are still

demonstrations today in san francisco over the conflict in the middle east hundreds of people gathered at justin herman plaza in san francisco to protest the violence. on the palestinian in gaza and the west bank. they met around 1:00 and march down market street. this is the third march this month. >>> the city of san bruneau settled a lawsuit over state documents related to the deadly 2010 pipeline explosion. officials received 7000 documents and the california puc . the documents which show -- show evidence of improper meddling by the cpuc and while deciding on fines against fiji and he entered the settlement the city will drop the lawsuit and the commission will provide easier access to public records. >>> a man is in critical condition after a chp patrol car hit him in the side of highway 101 this morning. that man in his early twenties was running in the preliterate when the patrol car -- the man was rushed to the hospital and the officer had no injuries and he was able to regain control of his car until he crashed into a barrier. >>> @-at-sign-at sign the same -- the same man musculus met last n

. >>> meanwhile, a rally is planned in san francisco's justin herman plaza at 1:00 today to protest what organizers call war crimes in gaza. >>> members of the bay area muslim community are reaching out to a local man who suffered a devastating loss in gaza. 30 members of his family were killed in a single airstrike. abc7 news reporter alyssa herrington has more from the bloos om valley muslim community center. >> this dr. hani jamah lost 30 of his family members in one day. three generations of aunts, uncles and cousins living under the same roof in the gaza strip. an israeli air strike hit their home last weekend, nobody survived. >> even though they're my distant cousins, but i have known some of them. it's extremely vicious to see 30 people die at the same time. one family. one building. all civilians. >> the muslim community of south san jose got together to mourn the death of jamah's relatives and other palestinians killed in recent attacks. supporters broke fast together. and hamas family members were gaza were doing the same thing when they were killed. >> i basically told him th

meanwhile a rally is planned in san francisco at justin herman plaza at 1:00 to protest war crimes in palestine. >>> people in bay area are reaching out to a local man who suffered a devastating loss in gaza. 30 members of his family were killed in a single airstrike. abc7 news reporter alisa harrington has more from the muslim community center. >> this doctor, a dentist living in san jose, lost 30 of his family members in one day. three generations of aunts, uncles and cousins were living under the same roof in the gaza strip when the israeli airstrike hit their home last weekend. nobody survived. >> some were distant cousins but i have known some of them. it's extremely vicious to see 30 people die at the same time, one family, one building, all civilians >> the muslim community of south san jose got together to mourn the death of his relatives and other palestinians from recent attacks. supporters broke fast together and family members in gaza were doing the same thing when they were killed. >> i basically told him that i'm sorry for your loss and may god grant them -- god grant al

it'll start at 1:00 this afternoon at justin herman plaa. will then be a march. >> the doors at college campuses are closed after the school's parent company filed for bankrupty earlier this week. news of the school's closure came yesterday after students from the san jose campus attended their ceremony. >> my instructors prepared me to go get a school and doesn't have a job anymore. it was -- its heart breaking. >> they operate four colleges in california including schools in san francisco, haywood and san jose. the graduates say they paid $16,000 for a sped up education to qualify for a career in the medical field. >> some of the students -- some of them they have like one month to finish. should of them, some weeks to go. there is nothing we can do about it. >> one staff member said the school had been having trouble paying its employees for the past year. >>> financially troubled corinthianian colleges are warning students about its plans to sell its california colleges. they run five bay area schools. under a new agreement the company i

protesters marching from justin herman plaza. in gaza >> reporter: exodus from the front line. almost nothing left to lose. bits and pieces bundled on their heads. his mother's photo under his arm,er he lost her in the 2009 war now he has just lost his home. nothing left, nothing left, it's a massacre. in the embers the men find what they say is the family safe. a life savings up in smoke. amid the destruction, some creation. lambs born minutes before the truce began. 700-meters from the border between gaza and israel, there has been close quarters combat here, the cartridge cases from the light machine gun. close by -- hamas militant gunmen stomps off to a new position right side for when the battle begins again. a massive bomb dropped here mid- morning, rescue struggled to burrow in. residents unhappy with the film. we pulled out 7 bodies one of them still alive, another still under the rubble. next door they tiptoeed the through the debris. mohammad is rescued the family pate row pay patriarch. you are still alive the s the most important thing. he salvaged birth certificate

more than a thousand people expected to be at the rally saturday morning at san francisco's justin hermanthe protesters say thousands of assyrians in mosul are facing a deadline of saturday to convert to muslim or face rape or execution. the demonstrators are calling that violence an act of genocide and have accused world leaders, including president obama, of ignoring the violence. >>> some after am maintenance workers say they were subjected to racist death threats at work. today's chronicle reports racist and threatening graffiti was scrawled on the lockers of three workers one month ago. their attorneys have labeled this as harassment that followed a lawsuit filed by b.a.r.t. workers late last year. that suit alleged racial discrimination in training and promotion. so far no comment from b.a.r.t. on the report. >>> a concord elementary schoolteacher charged with child molestation will be back on. witness stand. joseph martin told the jury his only mistake was being too affectionate with his students. martin said he frequently patted the shoulders back and chest as a way of calming stu

yesterday a few thousand demonstrators gathered at herman justin plaza in san francisco. they gave their support tore palestinians in gaza. for the kids caught in the middle, it's been disturbing to watch. >> i can't stand it when i see children like the bloodshed of children. >> i just want it to stop. i'm on nobody's side. i'm just for humanity. i'm for the kids. >> some demonstrators carried a long white ribbon with the names of people who have been killed in gaza over the last few days. >> a ufc fighter who won a fight yesterday is headed to israel this morning to join the israeli army. the man grew up in israel but moved to the bay area in 2009 to train in mixed martial arts e said it's his duty as an isreali to defend his homeland, no matter where in the world he's living. >> they continue to negotiate an end to the war. u.s. secretary of state john kerry had hoped to transform yesterday temporary lull in fighting into a more sustainable truce. coming up on "this week" much more on the crisis in the middle east. you can catch "this week" right here on abc7 at 8:00.

yesterday a few thousand demonstrators gathered at herman justin plaza in san francisco. they gave their support tore palestinians in gaza. for the kids caught in the middle, it's been disturbing to watch. >> i can't stand it when i see children like the bloodshed of children. >> i just want it to stop. i'm on nobody's side. i'm just for humanity. i'm for the kids. >> some demonstrators carried a long white ribbon with the names of people who have been killed. in gaza over the last few days. >> a ufc fighter who won a fight in san jose yesterday is heading to israel to join the israeli army. the man grew up in israel but moved to the bay area in 2009 to train in mixed martial arts e said it's his duty as an isreali to defend his homeland, no matter where in the world he's living. >> developing news out of east palo alto where one person has died and two injured following a shooting. it happened before midnight. officers found three people suffering from gunshot wounds. one victim, a 31-year-old man, died from his injuries, two women were taken to the hospital in stable co