sergio quintana has the story. >> this weekend drive to a local fast-food restaurant is a specil treat for phillip ingram. >> making it best i can. >> a nice cake, flowers and bal, and a big burger were all part a celebration of ingram's six yeaf service in the u.s. army, but ts all a prelude to a bigger wish. >> a burger and fries forlorn it part of the wish that's granted.

sergio quintana is live at golden gate park with what is happening now. good morning, sergio. >> good morning, matt. good morning, everyone. right any a lot of those participants are getting warmed up. i am set up over at the abc7 jumbotron, which is kind of weird. i get to see myself over my shoulder. anyways abc7 team will be cheering on a lot of these participants this morning as we begin their walk. a little earlier we visited the starting line where teams were assembling. this is the 28th annual a.i.d.s. walk san francisco and there are quite a few walkers, and lots of new walkers as well. everyone making their way around golden gate park. >> i brought all my kids out here because we need to learn how to support and give back to the community. so that's why we are here. >> this year's opening ceremony will include a special moment of silence to honor the a.i.d.s. researchers who were killed aboard malaysian flight 17. six were killed, among the other victims of the crash. today's walk will also end with a moment of silence in their honor and the m. c.

sergio quintana talked to the man today about this amazing feat. reporter: there have only been a few people to even attempt this, and yesterday's marathon swim was only the second time someone has been able to successfully make from the farallon islands under the golden gate bridge. joseph locke made the swim 40 minutes faster then the first guy who successfully did it. this i video yesterday. he got in the water at midnight yesterday morning. he says this is the seventh time he has attempted this and he is not wearing a wet suit. part of the difficulty of she women is toughing out the cold water. he was only allowed a swim cap, googles, trunks and grease. he made it under the golden gate bridge and then even tapped the concrete base of the south tower to make it official. >> i got a pass to the golden gate bridge, which is -- people are saying there are bunch of different courses but that was one of my goals. my ultimate goal was aquatic park but the bridge was the main goal. >> the last time someone was able to swim past the golden gate from the

sergio quintana is live in fremont, where a fire crew quickly responded to a pair of small brush fires today. reporter: two smile fires along 680. we're standing on a hill where one of the bigger fires started to burn. this is the larger one. spread quickly up theside and was headed towards an alameda county water treatment facility. we're told several motorists called 9-1-1 about this fire. crews quickly respond. the incident commander says this is an area prone to grass fires so they launched a response that included plenty of resource0s to make sure they got a handle on the situation. crews got a fast hold on both incidents thanks to quick air support. >> today we were fortunate because the calfire aircraft was in the air, heading to another incident, report of smoke. and they arrived as i did. they were here before the engines got here and started dropping retardant and water from the helicopter, which aided in slowing the progress of the fire immensely. reporter: the fire teams were able to get a quick hold of the blaze and made sure there was no threat to any structures, but hand

sergio quintana talked to the man today about this amazing feat. reporter: there have only been a few people to even attempt this, and yesterday's marathon swim was only the second time someone has been able to successfully make from the farallon islands under the golden gate bridge. joseph locke made the swim 40 minutes faster then the first guy who successfully did it. this i video yesterday. he got in the water at midnight yesterday morning. he says this is the seventh time he has attempted this and he is not wearing a wet suit. part of the difficulty of she women is toughing out the cold water. he was only allowed a swim cap, googles, trunks and grease. he made it under the golden gate bridge and then even tapped the concrete base of the south tower to make it official. >> i got a pass to the golden gate bridge, which is -- people are saying there are bunch of different courses but that was one of my goals. my ultimate goal was aquatic park but the bridge was the main goal. >> the last time someone was able to swim past the golden gate from the

sergio quintana talked to walkers about how important the event is. >> at the start of a.i.d.s. walk san francisco, mayor ed lee made a policemen of support for the -- pledge of support for the mission. >> we will not let people with h.i.v. down in this city, ever. >> there are an estimated 20,000 participants in a.i.d.s. walk san francisco this year, and organizers dedicated their efforts to the small team of a.i.d.s. researchers who were on board the plane downed over the ukraine. >> the people working to do such good would be lost, such a gratuitous act of hate and violence. >> this was the 28th annual work, and for some participants it was personal. the hardy family walked with a picture of their brother, eric, who died in 1992. >> he was real kind. gave us anything we needed. that kind of person you can depend on and it's a shame his not here anymore. >> lights of progress has been made in combating h.i.v. and a.i.d.s. since the start of the disease in the early 8 ares so. following the week some people visited the national a.i.d.s. memorial. >> it's hard to express emotion

reporting live in san francisco, sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> aufc identifyinger who won a fight today is heading to israel to join the army. he lived his entire life there until 2009 when he moved to the beyer train in mixed martial arts and says it's his duty as an israeli to defend his home lean, no matter where he is living. >>> a huge crowd turned tout see northern california's running of the bulls in alameda county. not all of them were happy to see the event make its debut. nick smith is live from the fairgrounds with more. reporter: i can tell you that the event went off without a hitch as far as demonstrators but they were not happy about the event itself. nevertheless, more than 4,000 people took to the track during temperatures that at times almost reached the triple digits. >> i talked my girlfriend into it. reporter: we heard screams here and here. hundreds doing their best to get out of the way of more than two dozen 1500-pound bulls at the fairgrounds. >> exhilarating. it was terrifying, but amazing. but adrenaline. i'll do it again. reporter: the great bull run and toma

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reporting live in san francisco, sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> aufc identifyinger who won a fight today is heading to israel to join the army. he lived his entire life there until 2009 when he moved to the beyer train in mixed martial arts and says it's his duty as an israeli to defend his home lean, no matter where he is living. >>> a huge crowd turned tout see northern california's running of the bulls in alameda county. not all of them were happy to see the event make its debut. nick smith is live from the fairgrounds with more. reporter: i can tell you that the event went off without a hitch as far as demonstrators but they were not happy about the event itself. nevertheless, more than 4,000 people took to the track during temperatures that at times almost reached the triple digits. >> i talked my girlfriend into it. reporter: we heard screams here and here. hundreds doing their best to get out of the way of more than two dozen 1500-pound bulls at the fairgrounds. >> exhilarating. it was terrifying, but amazing. but adrenaline. i'll do it again. reporter: the great bull run and toma

sergio quintana is live with the developing details. reporter: the construction crews have been working for more than 100 hours uninterrupted, and they've been making really great progress. you can see right now, all the construction crews have gone. just a few media people up here right now. caltrans is really just working on a few details they need to wrap up and they're pretty much going to be opening the 280 freeway in the next few hours. we took some video about an hour ago. all that was left was minor detail work. the concrete forms for the side rails were being removed' all the heavy lifting equipment was driven off. construction workers replaced a hinge that connects to connections of the freeway, two six-foot pieces were jack-hammered off and a brand new connecting hinge was installed. this race project that was scheduled to be completed by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, but traffic will likely return to the northbound lanes of 280 in just a few hours and probably even before that. >> things are going very well. based on where we

sergio quintana is live in fremont, where a fire crew quickly responded to a pair of small brush fires today. reporter: two smile fires along 680. we're standing on a hill where one of the bigger fires started to burn. this is the larger one. spread quickly up theside and was headed towards an alameda county water treatment facility. we're told several motorists called 9-1-1 about this fire. crews quickly respond. the incident commander says this is an area prone to grass fires so they launched a response that included plenty of resource0s to make sure they got a handle on the situation. crews got a fast hold on both incidents thanks to quick air support. >> today we were fortunate because the calfire aircraft was in the air, heading to another incident, report of smoke. and they arrived as i did. they were here before the engines got here and started dropping retardant and water from the helicopter, which aided in slowing the progress of the fire immensely. reporter: the fire teams were able to get a quick hold of the blaze and made sure there was no threat to any structures, but hand

sergio quintana talked to walkers about how important the event is. >> at the start of a.i.d.s. walk san francisco, mayor ed lee made a policemen of support for the -- pledge of support for the mission. >> we will not let people with h.i.v. down in this city, ever. >> there are an estimated 20,000 participants in a.i.d.s. walk san francisco this year, and organizers dedicated their efforts to the small team of a.i.d.s. researchers who were on board the plane downed over the ukraine. >> the people working to do such good would be lost, such a gratuitous act of hate and violence. >> this was the 28th annual work, and for some participants it was personal. the hardy family walked with a picture of their brother, eric, who died in 1992. >> he was real kind. gave us anything we needed. that kind of person you can depend on and it's a shame his not here anymore. >> lights of progress has been made in combating h.i.v. and a.i.d.s. since the start of the disease in the early 8 ares so. following the week some people visited the national a.i.d.s. memorial. >> it's hard to express emotion

abc7 news reporter sergio quintana reports on the festivities despite the fog. >> for the fireworks, the biggest worry was the fog. >> yeah, the fog. but everyone doesn't mind, as long as the fireworks go on. >> can you see the colors and stuff. i like that better than like regular look. >> thousands of people flocked to the waterfront. many brought their families from across the bay area. >> the girls are finally old enough to be able to watch the fireworks with a big crowd. >> wandering around somewhere and then friends. >> this is a celebration of the stars and stripes and the birth of our nation 238 years ago. for most of the afternoon, people packed the waterfront, at pier 39, an '80s rock band helped entertain the big crowd. for a lot of people, this yearly event is a chance to venture into the city to enjoy the company of thousands of people. the show was often a crowd pleaser, but at least one spectator was not a fan of the explosions in the sky. >> do you like the fireworks? >> no. >> i guess you can't please everyone. at pier 39 in san francisco, sergio quintana, abc7 news.

sergio quintana is live with the developing details. reporter: the construction crews have been working for more than 100 hours uninterrupted, and they've been making really great progress. you can see right now, all the construction crews have gone. just a few media people up here right now. caltrans is really just working on a few details they need to wrap up and they're pretty much going to be opening the 280 freeway in the next few hours. we took some video about an hour ago. all that was left was minor detail work. the concrete forms for the side rails were being removed' all the heavy lifting equipment was driven off. construction workers replaced a hinge that connects to connections of the freeway, two six-foot pieces were jack-hammered off and a brand new connecting hinge was installed. this race project that was scheduled to be completed by 5:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, but traffic will likely return to the northbound lanes of 280 in just a few hours and probably even before that. >> things are going very well. based on where we

in alameda, sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> today is the 45th anniversary of the first moon landing.ast night one of the men who was on that flight is on a new mission. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> and those words etched forever in the memories of these who watched the landing from their tv sets. buzz aldren is trying to get people it share their memories. >> five-year-old. my mom swears she got me up and she put me in front of the tv with my other ten brothers and sisters. >> what a day that was. >> i was sitting on the floor glued to the family tv. >> aldren will be here next weekend for the celebration of the uss hornet in almeda. hornet recovered the crew from the pacific following the splashdown. >> participants will complete a swim and a runback to aquatic part. according to transportation officials, jefferson street in areas will be closed until 2:00 p.m., no muni services are specked to be impacted. today's race gets underway at 8:00. still ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news, a bay area teenager whose dream is to become an investment banker. we

sergio quintana is live in morgan hill where he spoke with the family today. sergio? >> i talked with sierra's mother who tells me she has recently been contacted by san jose sharks player, seeing if he can help encourage sharks fans to come out and join these ongoing saturday searches. the organizers here at the search center are trying to keep hope alive even as these recently releaseed transcripts of the grand jury proceedings detail the graphic evidence prosecutors presented against lamar's accused killer. day after the release of the transcripts in the case of missing 15-year-old sierra lamar, her father says it's tough to hear about the graphic evidence. >> it's upsetting, and not the kind of thing want to read about what possibly happened to my daughter. >> the 1900 page transcript lays out a case against garcia torres based on dna and forensic evidence. her clothes had fabric finers from the interior of his volkswagen jetta and they found her dna on an interior armrest and a rope in the trunk had her hair on it. his dna was found on a pair of her pants recover

in san francisco, sergio quintana, abc7 news. >>> there will be a prayer service and a walk today atoly cross methodist church in stockton for the victims of a deadly bank robbery and shoot-out. this morning, we know the names of the suspects who were killed. 30-year-old gilbert renteria junior and 26-year-old alex gomez, both member were gang members with criminal records. the father of one men said police act the appropriately when they shot his son during the gun battle. police are searching for a fourth suspect, the driver who dropped the other three off at bank of the west before the robbery. the black sedan was found last night. the car was seen on surveillance video shortly before the robbery. >>> police say 41-year-old misty holt singh was used as a human shield during the shoot-out. her 12-year-old daughter was waiting for her back in their car at the bank. hope singh's son spoke to the media yesterday. >> wake up and i'm hoping that it's a dream and that that my mom is going to be there. but she's not and it sucks. >> police say 41-year-old, the family of holt singh is requ

sporting event, the san jose earthquakes, not the niners, but still a nostalgic day for fans, sergio quintana is live from the stick with more. reporter: nostalgia indeed. it was 54 years and three months ago that the san francisco giants played their first game here when candlestick park opened. this is a matchup between a spanish team visiting and the san jose earthquakes and the fans here didn't want to miss the last sporting event. this soccer matchup is a chance for fans to watch their favorites in action. for some, spaniards playing at candlestick seems to have overshadowed the fact this is the last sporting event to be played here. >> i followed them through all the up and downs. >> this is the sendoff for candlestick. >> i did not know that. >> other fans are simply here to see the stick for possibly their last time. >> we got the v.i.p. tickets, the booth, but it's all about the candlestick. >> this is the last time two teams will face each other on the field. so these fans marked the event in true sunday fashion. they had a tailgate party in the parking lot, and as fans made their w

sergio quintana has the story. >> this weekend drive to a local fast-food restaurant is a specil treat for phillip ingram. >> making it best i can. >> a nice cake, flowers and bal, and a big burger were all part a celebration of ingram's six yeaf service in the u.s. army, but ts all a prelude to a bigger wish. >> a burger and fries forlorn it part of the wish that's granted. the big part is a trip to chica. >> i'm going to chicago to visiy mom. she is old now. i want to see her at least one e time. >> the trip to chicago was grany the dream foundation. their work is often bittersweet because they don't just grant w, they grant final wishes. >> i've been diagnosed with can, and i'm stage four. and the faster, the better. >> although we cannot provide ae for our dream recipient, we can dramatically impact the qualityf their lives. >> some of this family and fries joined him forking this get-togr and next week his sister will be traveling with him to chicago. she'll be keeping a close eye o. >> he is maintaining, you know. we all put up a good front in te time of struggle. >> it's been a

sporting event, the san jose earthquakes, not the niners, but still a nostalgic day for fans, sergio quintana is live from the stick with more. reporter: nostalgia indeed. it was 54 years and three months ago that the san francisco giants played their first game here when candlestick park opened. this is a matchup between a spanish team visiting and the san jose earthquakes and the fans here didn't want to miss the last sporting event. this soccer matchup is a chance for fans to watch their favorites in action. for some, spaniards playing at candlestick seems to have overshadowed the fact this is the last sporting event to be played here. >> i followed them through all the up and downs. >> this is the sendoff for candlestick. >> i did not know that. >> other fans are simply here to see the stick for possibly their last time. >> we got the v.i.p. tickets, the booth, but it's all about the candlestick. >> this is the last time two teams will face each other on the field. so these fans marked the event in true sunday fashion. they had a tailgate party in the parking lot, and as fans made their w

sergio quintana has the story. >> this weekend drive to a local fast-food restaurant is a specil treat for phillip ingram. >> making it best i can. >> a nice cake, flowers and bal, and a big burger were all part a celebration of ingram's six yeaf service in the u.s. army, but ts all a prelude to a bigger wish. >> a burger and fries forlorn it part of the wish that's granted. the big part is a trip to chica. >> i'm going to chicago to visiy mom. she is old now. i want to see her at least one e time. >> the trip to chicago was grany the dream foundation. their work is often bittersweet because they don't just grant w, they grant final wishes. >> i've been diagnosed with can, and i'm stage four. and the faster, the better. >> although we cannot provide ae for our dream recipient, we can dramatically impact the qualityf their lives. >> some of this family and fries joined him forking this get-togr and next week his sister will be traveling with him to chicago. she'll be keeping a close eye o. >> he is maintaining, you know. we all put up a good front in te time of struggle. >> it's been a

sergio quintana has details. reporter: searchers scoured rough terrain near morgan hill, part of the ongoing efforts to find 15-year-old sierra lamar, a day after new details were released in the indictment against garcia torres. >> i think all of this, even though it's hard to read and except, i think it's going to help. >> this is just a portion of the 1900 page transcript detailing the case prosecutors presented to the santa clara county grand injury. with no body they had to rely extensively on dna evidence. they discovered his dna on a pair of her pants found in a field near her home. they found her dna on an interior armrest of his red vw jetta, and her dna on a glove found in the trunk. in that red car legal analyst steven clark says investigators also found compelling physical evidence. >> one key piece of evidence for the prosecution is that sierra lamar's hair was found on rope contained in garcia torres' trunk. >> steve lamar says the family got a briefing from the district attorney before the stripts

sergio quintana has details. reporter: searchers scoured rough terrain near morgan hill, part of the ongoing efforts to find 15-year-old sierra lamar, a day after new details were released in the indictment against garcia torres. >> i think all of this, even though it's hard to read and except, i think it's going to help. >> this is just a portion of the 1900 page transcript detailing the case prosecutors presented to the santa clara county grand injury. with no body they had to rely extensively on dna evidence. they discovered his dna on a pair of her pants found in a field near her home. they found her dna on an interior armrest of his red vw jetta, and her dna on a glove found in the trunk. in that red car legal analyst steven clark says investigators also found compelling physical evidence. >> one key piece of evidence for the prosecution is that sierra lamar's hair was found on rope contained in garcia torres' trunk. >> steve lamar says the family got a briefing from the district attorney before the stripts

sergio quintana was at the event today at golden gate park. >> the start of a.i.d.s.alk san francisco is often a star-studded event. my colleague, dan ashley, was master of ceremony and was joined by cheyenne jackson who kicked off the event with a song. ♪ imagine all the people >> one of the lead organizers called attention to the group of european a.i.d.s. researcheres who were killed days ago. they were among the 298 passengers aboard malaysia flight 17 when it was drowned in ukraine. >> we did indicate our efforts today to them, to their enormous contributions to ending this epidemic. >> then participants took to the walking route. this year an estimated 20,000 people are participating. they've collectively raised more than $2 million. this is the 28th annual walk, and abc7 has been a sponsor of the event almost from the start. >> this is our 27th year, and it's a legacy we're really proud of and keeps getting bigger and bigger, and we are glad to be part of it. >> since then there have been big changes in the battle against a.i.d.s. early on it was a highly sigma

abc 7 news reporter sergio quintana has his story. >> reporter: he swam through the cold satty waters of the pacific ocean. it was a painful trek. >> it's not comfortable. it's a long time to be swimming. things break down. >> reporter: take a look at the video. he's not wearing a wet suit. >> 53 to 55-degree water. he said he had jellyfish, some harbor seals, no great white sharks. >> reporter: phil kkutie is par of it. in 1967 two people attempted this but only ted erickson made it through. this year two more men tried it. locke made it and beat the time set in 1967 by 40 minutes. after nearly 14 hours in the water joe locke made it past the golden gate bridge, even tapped the concrete base of the south tower to make it official, the timing is also important because there ee so little snow melt this year less water was pushing big currents out of the bay and that certainly helped. >> it's just timing everything just right. so it my be another 47 years -- hopefully it's not another 47 years. >> reporter: but he also started swimming at midnight to get to the golden gate after noon. t

sergio quintana is live in fremont, where a fire crew quickly responded to a pair of small brush firesay. reporter: two smile fires along 680. we're standing on a hill where one of the bigger fires started to burn. this is the larger one. spread quickly up theside and was headed towards an alameda county water treatment facility. we're told several motorists called 9-1-1 about this fire. crews quickly respond. the incident commander says this is an area pr

in alameda, sergio quintana, abc7 news. >> today is the 45th anniversary of the first moon landing.t night one of the men who was on that flight is on a new mission. >> one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. >> and those words etched forever in those who watched the landing from their tv sets. buzz aldren is trying to get people it share their memories. >> mom swears when i was five years old she got me up to watch it with my brothers and sisters. >> i was sitting on the floor glued to the family tv. >> aldren will be here next weekend for the uss hornet celebration in almeda. it recovered the splashdown. >>> the a.i.d.s. walk is today. according to transportation official, jefferson street in areas will be closed until 2:00 p.m. no muni services are expected to to be impacted. today's race gets underway at 8:00. still ahead on the abc7 sunday morning news, a bay area teenager whose dream is to become an investment banker. we will show you how part of his wish is now coming true. and here's a live look outside from our abc7 roof camera a shot of the bay bridge. things l

live in the newsroom i'm sergio quintana for abc 7 news. >>> lisa friedman will held up the hospital for the next several months. they've been in the hot seat for covering up extremely long waiting lists. palo alto will take some of what's worked here to phoenix. that includes listening directly to patients. >> asking this what's changing, what are the things getting in your way, how do we go about changing things for veterans. do you see things that are affecting the quality of care to veterans? >> the palo alto veterans administration hospital is also taking its services on the road. veterans will be on the road for a career expo taking place in cupertino. >>> former taliban captive bowe bergdahl is back on regular army duty. starting today bergdahl is assigned to u.s. army north at ft. sam houston in texas. that is the same location where he's been decompressing from the effects of five years in captivity. his exact duties not immediately disclosed. bergdahl was released from captivity on may 3rd in exchange for five top taliban prisoners. the army is still investigating the exact

. >> more from sergio quintana. >> reporter: the teen watched something about kids trying to get to the any way she can. for most of the morning julia has been folding clothes. this is not part of a summer job. instead this is part of a mission. >> this is my second one. >> reporter: over the last few weeks she's been collecting the items from neighbors and frensd. she decided to do this. i met brian and he's 17 and i'm 17 and he was from honduras. it took him two months to get to mexico he took seven trains. i was so sur prietzed to hear this because it made me think, can i do this. >> these are pictures her father shot while they were there. she's trying to help and she's trying to tell people about it. >> they hear it in the news but don't really like seriously understand what's going on. >> reporter: she became interested at about the same time that immigration was pushed back into the headlines. last week president obama met withÑi central american presides about the growing crisis of children being held at border patrol facilities. the tagnatis are tryÑi dog thei part and they're

sergio quintana reports on festivities, despite the fog. >> for this fireworks spectacular, the biggest worry was the fog. >> yeah, the fog. but everyone doesn't mind as long as the fireworks go on. >> i like that because you can see the colors. i like that better than the regular look. >> thousands of people flocked to the waterfront. many brought their families from across the bay area. >> our first year here. the girls are finally old enough to watch fireworks with the big crowd. >> my sisters are wandering around somewhere and one of my really good friends and her son. >> this is the celebration of the stars and stripes and the birth of our nation 238 years ago. for most of the afternoon people packed the waterfront. at pier 39 an 80sl rock band helped entertain the big crowd. for a lot of people this yearly event is a chance to venture into the city to join the company of thousands of people. the show is often a crowd speaker but at least one spectator was not a fan of the explosions in the sky. >> do you like the fireworks? >> no. >> i guess you can't please everyone. >> abc7 news