abc 7 news nick smith joins us live with the story. nick?÷fg >> i don't think bridge close you're is going to be the key to tell someone they're not going receive a package. >> or a paycheck? >> absolutely. >> one of the things mo has to do is deliver payroll to several small businesses. in the east bay. so he wants to make sure he gets those payroll checks there on time. now, the plan will be presented to the full board later this month. for more information about the party and celebration, gouk to our web site abc 7 news.com. nick smith abc 7 news. >> looking good, thank you so much. we're kounlting down the days until the new eastern span opens. 201 days to go. stay with us for the latest up indicates as construction continues. >> well, a new government investigation reaffirms clims that chevron could have prevented a massive fire in it's refinery. the report says inspectors warned chevron about a corroded pipe in twut. a decade ago. but it was never replaced. chevron faces a foin for the incident causing eye problems for hows of people

nick smith intok a team leading this investigation and live now at port with the latest for us. >> get this. agents found ammunition used for shotgun shells and high power rifleses but it's where they found these that made things interesting. take a look. box after box of shotgun shells seized by custom and border protection agents after what should have been a routine inspection turned up more than they were looking for. agents were matching vehicle codes they noticed ammo rounds in full view inside of the car. that was enough for agents to take the container off the ship. what they found would lead them to seize everything inside. >> when they started to go through the vehicle they found ammunition concealed in the air filters. >> that is right. more than 2000 rounds of small game bullets and shotgun shells a n.all agents say the owner tried to conceal more than 2300 rounds of ammo and as you can see in these pictures most rounds are still in their boxes. hundreds of containers movedded through the port every day making inspection of everyone of them tough for border protectio

nick smith is live in oakland. nick?spekd part of what we want to talk b many say it's one of the crown jewels for the city z after the event ended on friday, things took a violent turn. a shooting left a man dead and three others injured. the first friday art murmer had been a thing of pride for the city, drawing thousands and has only increased in popularity. now, today, oakland mayor spoke out about the violence. >> it's become a very important part of the city's culture. it would be like what mardi gras is to new orleans except ours sever month. we're going to do our best to make sure it's safe ask successful. >> one man was killed and the man police say, or the district attorney charged was w.8 felony counts and now being held on bail. i asked about the violence she was very clear and says, do you know what? we have a three-point plan increasing maybe scaling down the size of the event and also, different ways to pay for the event moving forward. and she proves it should move forward. small business owners tell me i

the nick smith spoke with drivers who are already feeling squeezed at the pump. >> driving this van ite i have to travel anywhere. >>reporter: soon it could cost even more. california state board of equalization agency responsible for setting gas rates is expected to approve an increase to the gas tax. effective july 1st drivers hitting california roadway will pay a tax of 39.5 cents gallon crease of 3 and a half cents. >> it's hard. it take as lot of our money away from our whatever else we have other bills we have to pay. >>reporter: most cars on the road today only get about 20 miles gallon. according to bo e move is necessary because previous tax collection fell short of budgeted amount. if similar amount continues to be purchased the extra will equal taxen crease of 5 11 million dollars in a 12 month period. >> 10 years ago gas was under a dollar. around a dollar a gallon now over 4 dollars a gallon. >>reporter: contra costa county taxpayer association calls for tax on gas regret them citing the state high unemployment and fragile economy. if the board approves the rate hike it ma

his mother spoke to nick smith today to get her son's condition. nick with their teammate very much on their minds. >> absolutely. this is the last game of the season. and the 14-year-old was on his way basketball practice when being hit by the car. p,r his mom cheered him on. >> this is joey hornsby playing the game he loves. but tonight he's been in children's hospital in oakland since being hit by a car on monday. sky 7 was over the intersection of grand theet street moneys after the teenager was hit by a woman driving this toyota. today his mom told me he has major injury asks still sedated to limit movement but now, joey is showing signs of improvement. >> he responds to my voice and opened his eyes. >> in a city of concord traffic collision report we learned that since january, 2008 there have been 15 collisions reported to the transportation division. but this is the only pedestrian injury reported. police say the driver stopped and cooperated with investigators. the team are playing their last game of the season. >> i'm going there to suppor

nick smith abc 7 news. >> nick, thank you. >> 49ers tight end delaney walk jer struggling with personalragedy. his aunt and uncle both died in a car accident near new orleans after watching him play in the super bowl. >> what a horrifying thing to have happened. he tweeted this picture and the message reads they were killed on monday at 5:00 a.m. after the super bowl by a drunk driver. the suspected drunk driver is facing two counts of vehicular homicide. >> investigators are looking for the cause of an intense fire that burned through this three-story home today. flames shot through the roof as firefighters arrived just north of the uc berkeley campus. the fire burned near a devastating 1991 oakland hills blaze that killed 25 people, destroying 3500 homes. >> everybody is nervous. we got a fire up here. at the time of the year, we're not as nervous about thex5 fires. >> at least one home nearby was evacuated. the fire did not spread and residents were not injured. >> reward for the safe return of a stolen puppy has been raised to $1500. the 12 week old pit bull mix taken from a rocket

. >> nick smith has more for us. >> alameda county ordered some cafes to shut down. the bureau of gambling control called some of!fww the cave yaiz illegal gambling operations but one owner i've spoken with said not so fast, willing to go to court to make the case. when you think internet cafe you may think of people sipping coffee and working on a computer, but this supervisor says some businesses like these are offering more than lattes. >> this is not what these are. these are internet gambling sites. >> and if you look in there, everyone is doing online. >> cafes that have been deemed illegal gamblingbp6r operation business state and local officials are being targeted provides skirt laws. they accuse of cafes selling internet and offer cash prizes. >> ron doyle owns and operates met connection in san lower yenzo and net connection in hayward. both store have been ordered to shut down. >> we're innocent. we've done nothing wrong. we're operating a legal business. >> hayward city council will meet to discuss an ordinance to prevent new cafes from opening until the

in oakland nick smith abc 7 news. >> thank you.e house is conceding efforts to avoid automatic cuts are unlikely to succeed before they kick in friday night. the president made the case nor plan about 90 minutes ago in a dinner in washington says the deal is there for the taking. >> business community speaks out. for such a sensible approach then it will get done. >> the president and congressional leaders are scheduled to meet friday. the president's plan calls for targeted increases and spending cuts but republicans say they won't accept more taxes as part of any deal. >> tremendous relief tonight for a family that finally receive aid phone call a loved one they feared was missing in peru. smiles and tears of joy from garrett's family. he and his girlfriend are on a biking trip in south america. family and friends had not heard from them for a month. police located the couple yesterday and a spokesperson talked on behalf of the mother. >> i can't wait to see my son and his girlfriend jamie, walking off a plane in sfo, and grabbin

. >> that is nick smith reporting on that terrible tragedy. francisco 49ers just arrived back home this afternoon from new orleans dispatted they didn't bring home a win this, is video when they arrived about two, 3:20 this afternoon. fans showed up and moyer fans are waiting for them when they left over to niners headquarters all to let them now how proud they are of the 49ers. we have live team coverage. david, let's begin with you and the team's return. >> you can see there are still fans here outside 49er headquarters here, lots of fans. they started forming here about 12:00 noon today. then started to grow as the caravan of buses have arrived here, fans broke out into cheers. the caravan arrived at 49er://ñ

nick smith is live in any hai ward. >> reporter: good evening. most recent move to stop internet gambling will happen in about an hour city hall behind me. he said he did everything right when he applied for the permits and those looking to shut him down, he is not afraid to fight city hall. >> this is legitimate business. we use legitimate software and we are not breaking any laws. >> ron doyle is fighting a war on two fronts. he owns net connection. both stores have been ordered to shut down by hayward and alameda city officials. they have internet access to games with cash prizes which they call gambling but he says it's simply family entertainment. >> these are internet gambling sites. >> they say the sweepstakes in that they provide skirt gambling laws and are illegal. end of story. >> we also have an advisory state from the gambling control that says these facilities are illegal internet gambling. everybody is doing online gambling. these are gambling sites. >> there were three cafes but only two remain. one has shut down. the hayward city

nick smith has the story. >> reporter: most online shoppers have packages delivered to their home. is one of them. >> there was a larger package and a smaller pack on on top. >> he can't always be home when packages are due to thieves know it. alameda police used the video to identify the man they say stole a pack and from the home in the middle of the day. >> he looked around, didn't see anything and went to my door and took the package. >> the man in the video cases the house with a friend, quickly moves to the door, grabs the smaller box and scurries away. the whole thing captured on his home is surveillance system. >> we think woo very a positive identification. >> because of the camera mounted outside his home police were able to get this picture to the public and identify the is suspect. they say package thieves act quickly, following delivery trucks and making the move as soon as the driver clears the area. most looking for high end rchandise and electronics, always looking to take advantage of those at work or away from home. >> without the homeowner having had the video su

rold ross will getut of jail thks to th rthe californi incent proct and san ancioaw fm nick smith ha story. >> likeomeby te had i couldn't shake it off.what she couldn't shake was the wrongful conviction of her son ronald ross. he served 6 years and 10 month in prison for crime he didn't xhichlt i know myon. l. reporter ross arrested by oakland police after man who was shot in this block of campbell streein west oakld cked h out of a photo lin up tre was more badews come 2 otritnseslso nger ross for t shoing. but ross mother thelma said from the beginning that it was a lie. >> i know where he was at. he was sitting on my kouchlt in my house. drinking beer. >>porter: her cry of innocence was not oughto sway invesgato. i2006 ross coicted ofttempt murder andssault wth a rearm. >> we look exonere people wrgly convicte. >>reporter: rhond with the northe california innocence oject with team of law students fro santa clara univsity and s francco law firm kier anvan ness theyere able to uncer evidce provi ross incence and convced cnty prosecutors to help over turn his conviction. >> they hav

the first time major league baseball released guide lines on how it might happen. 7 news reporter nick smithvelopments. >> larry stone is cautiously optimistic. he's been trying to bring major league baseball to the south bay for more than 25 years. >> major league baseball is always helall the cards in the issue. the fact they have now formally i guess provided some indication that the that they might allow the a's to move from oakland to san jose. >>reporter: also one that comes with a host of challenges. biggest being the giants. even if the a's able to satisfy all the league guidelines the a's would still need to get approval from 75 percent of the league to override the giants claim to the territory. and the a's would have to pay the giants for the potential loss in revenue. if thaiing could reach into the millions. lou wolf owned the a's since 2005 and made it clear he wants to move. baseball commissioner selig pretty much silent on the issue. >> nothing official from major league baseball or out of san jose or the giants or the a's or anything. >> they belong in oakland. >>reporter: t

more now from nick smith. >> this is legitimate business.fashion and legitimate software not breaking any law and keep messing with us. >>reporter: ron doyle is fighting a war on 2 fronts. he owns operates net connection in hayward and both stories ordered to be shut down byal mead county hayward officials. they accuse the cafe of selling i hope net access to games offering cash prizes which they call gambling. but doyle says nothing more than simple family entertainment. >> this is not what these are. these are internet game bling sites. >>reporter: supervisor says the sweepstake internet cafe provide skirt game bling law and are illegal end of story. >> we have an advisory from the state gambling control that says that the facilities are illegal internet game bling and if you look in there everyone is doing on line gambling. very clear that these are gambling sites. >>reporter: there were 3 sweep stake cafe in hayward but only 2 remain. world net business center on vermont street has shut down. i business an net connection are the soul sur

more now from abc 7 news reporter nick smith. >> we have the video police say a tool for their investigationin a crash that killed one woman and injured another. >> i heard when the accident took place and i walk out and look i see what you see. >>reporter: take a look at the top right corner of the screen. convenience store surveillance camera caught the exact moment a jeep broadside this honda flips on to the roof and kills the driver inside. when we play it again you can see a lone pedestrians standing on the south east corner of foothill boulevard and 36 avenue completely unaware of what is coming next and barely escapes getting crushed. driver of the honda wasn't as fortunate. >> i was in shock. i thought she was dead because he said somebody died. >>reporter: elizabeth relieved to find out that her sister monique the driver of the honda wasn't seriously injured in the crash. >> she's not in a trauma area they put her in her room and she said her arm hurts. that's it. >>reporter: as easy to see why she may in pain. her sister was driving norton foothill boulevard preparing to make a rig

smith is just one of more than 40 people receiving this detail protection. you can just imagine the strain of resources on the los angeles police department. martin? >> nick, dorner allegedly wrote an 11,000-word manifesto, i believe, and has been on a mission to reclaim his credibility, his name. and he also alleges racism and injustice by the lapd, right? >> reporter: yeah. he says not much has changed here in the los angeles police department since the '90s, infamous days of corruption and alleged racism here in the lapd. he makes some very pointed aemgss in his manifesto. i had a chance to read that day before yesterday. we asked the lapd about the specific allegation of him being hacked, that he had to file a restraining order against one of his colleagues. but because this is an ongoing investigation, martin, the lapd was very tight lipped about commenting on those specific allegations. >> nick valencia outside the lapd headquarters. thanks very much for the update. >>> turning back now to the east coast. flight cancellations are starting to slow down as some airports resume service sooner than expected. we'll tell you who has the good news, coming

smith. tough to talk alex into it this year. caddie not kaepernick. it was defensive coordinator for the frainers. nick.ids. that's not a great look right there. bill murray sporting the mutt ton chop. autograph the woman forehead then sweatshirt. she will never wash it again. murray is pretty sear because the golf game. 12 handicap. won ate couple years ago. he and his partner tied for 51 at 5 under par playing monterey peninsula. approach shot. drawn back toward the hole. within 15 feat. former secretary of state rice hit spectator in the head during today round. fan is okay. face to chip right here. no danger to anybody. over at pebble the putt. lack how picturesque that is. hunter with the 6 under 66 at pebble. tied with russell for the led after round one. golf coach stef told us last year that he thought this year team would be better than the 2011-2012 squa squad. rank as high as 30 a years ago. turns out he was right. cal no. 1 in the country. no. 1 play in the nation. sophomore kim in 6 tournament this season. bears 1 5 time inindividually. kim won two in a row and no other golfer has ever been

smith. multiple reports say the 49ers traded him for two graft picks. the former number one overall pick lost the job to cafr nickncussion. they are expect to do release matt castle. steven curie on fire at madison square gardens scoring 54 points against the nicks. that is an nba season high. the nicks eeked out a 1090105 western. the shot was a dud but the call was even worse. >> baseline. >> wow! wow! a baseline for three. >> wizards announcer totally blowing that call saying the air ball was a game winning shot. the pistons con 96 to 95. oops. >> the time right now 39 after the hour. spending millions of dollars gets big conferences. gets who gets the tab? you the taxpayer. >> frightening new numbers you want to hear before you get behind the wheel this morning. target is in sight. yes, dad, i see him. now pour some chroform into a white rag and.... no. hi. i understand you're looking for a hotel with a pool. with priceline express deals, you can save big and get exactly what you need. do i have to bid? use the stun gun. he's giving you lip. no! he's just asking a question. no bidding. awesome. get the grappl