tiffany wilson is live with the latest on the story. >> a very popular tourist destination.. they are all here to appreciate this spectacular view of san francisco. only yesterday, this view caused one family dearly. >> perfect light, perfect view. absolutely beautiful. >> gorgeous, gorgeous weather. friendly people. we had a great experience. but not every tourist is as lucky. yesterday morning, an 87-year-old man were photographing the city's skyline along twin peaks boulevard. two men in their 20s approached. >> they demanded the camera from the victim and he gave them the camera at that time. kind of behind an intimidation factor and then after he received the camera, the suspect shoved the 81-year-old male down to the ground. >> police say the man was knocked unconscious and required hospitalization. his wife suffered a bruised rib;. the family lost their high-end camera, french pass ports and money. >> i

tiffany wilson has the full story. >>reporter: 91 and 85 years young this brother sister duo came to twin peak for the view. perfect day. perfect day for it. >>reporter: they smiled wide like the teamings around them until they heard about yesterday's nearby mugging that left an 81-year-old man unconscious and his 77-year-old wife bruised. >> i think it's sad. very sad t.no respect for the elders any more. that's what i feel. >>reporter: around 11 yesterday morning the couple and their daughter with down on twin peak boulevard photographing the city skyline. that's when 2 men in their 20's approached. >> they demanded l the camera from the victim and he gave them the camera. at that time secondary suspect came up from behind kind of intim daetion of of coursetor if you will then after he received the camera the suspect shoved the 81-year-old male down to the ground e-victim lost the high end camera french passport and money. shirley will be more careful. >> my big strong brother with me but i hadn't thought about being

in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> new details now on a violent attack on a santa clara county jail guard. this is a picture of a weapon. it appears to be a shank of some sort. it happened at the elmwood correctional facility. the deputy had told them to leave and they're not supposed to be in. one of the inmates dropped that weapon. that's when authorities started kicking and punching him. the deputy is now recovering at home. because of the attack, two guards are now assigned to watch the inmates instead of just one. >> a hayward family is now making funeral arrangements for their mother who is killed crossing a busy street last evening. the driver who hit her took off after getting out of the car and seeing what happened. >> police do not have a license plate only that they were wearing hood days. the family is heartsick that they took off and showed no remorse at all and refused to take responsibility for taking a life. >> the accident happened along the boulevard where cars routinely wising by. 65 yeerlt was mowed down just after dark by two southbound vieks. the se

abc7 news reporter tiffany wilson has the story. >> 91 and 85, this brother and sister duo came here for the view. >> this is a perfect day. perfect day for it. >> they smiled until hearing about the mugging. it left a man unconscious and his wife, bruised. >> it's sad. very sad. no respect for the elders anymore. that is what i feel. >> around 11:00 yesterday morning the couple and their daughter were down on twin peaks boulevard, photographing the city's skyline. that is when two men in their 20s approached. >> they demanded the camera. they gave them the camera and a secondary suspect came up from behind and received the camera. the suspect shoved the 81-year-old male down to the ground. >> the victims lost their camera, french pass ports and mb. shirley benzly she'll be more careful. >> i haven't thought about being nervous. >> police want tourists that cameras make them easy targets. michigan native suzanne wallor says she never expected to feel on guard on vacation. >> i'd like to think that the u.s. is a safe place to travel in. and this pains me. >> tonight, the tourists have

abc7 news reporter tiffany wilson has the story. >> 91 and 85, this brother and sister duo came here for the view. >> this is a perfect day. perfect day for it. >> they smiled until hearing about the mugging. it left a man unconscious and his wife, bruised. >> it's sad. very sad. no respect for the elders anymore. that is what i feel. >> around 11:00 yesterday morning the couple and their daughter were down on twin peaks boulevard, photographing the city's skyline. that is when two men in their 20s approached. >> they demanded the camera. they gave them the camera and a secondary suspect came up from behind and received the camera. the suspect shoved the 81-year-old male down to the ground. >> the victims lost their camera, french pass ports and mb. shirley benzly she'll be more careful. >> i haven't thought about being nervous. >> police want tourists that cameras make them easy targets. michigan native suzanne wallor says she never expected to feel on guard on vacation. >> i'd like to think that the u.s. is a safe place to travel in. and this pains me. >> tonight, the tourists have

in san francisco, tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> food companies are making an aggressive year-end pushry labeling of jell netically modified foods known as gmos. many large food companies say products containing gmos are safe. some supporters say consumers have a right to know what's in their field. >> other health groups says all k4ir7b should be screened for cholesterol as well as depression. >> and the threat from distracted walk i recalls. >> the american academy of pediatrics is recommending that all children, not just those at risk, be tested for cholesterol, depression and hiv. the goal is to catch hemt health concerns early. karma biets back. a sfudty from the national institute of health department that people believed that older people requester slower are more likely to exhibit the brain changes seen in amz hyper's disease. >> how about distracted walking. we've all seen it. people looking down to text, tweet or read on their smart phone. distracted walkers veer off course as much as 61% while texting and walking. the study found that it's the most common among millenials. w

in san francisco, tiffany wilson for abc7 news. >> one of the best views of san francisco fireworks is from the water and the bay is expected to be packed with boats, but the coast guard sent forcing a safety zone around the ferry lazy from 11:59 until is 2:30 tomorrow morning. a is going to extend a thousand feet off the plaza and pier 14 to avoid that area. if you are head out, take mass transit. bart is extending service until 3:00 a.m. with trains running every 20 minutes after midnight. tomorrow is going to run on sunday schedule. caltrain and a.c. transit and muni, all offer free rides starting at 8:00 p.m. riders, if you are taking uber and lyft expect surge pricing for many hours this evening. we have a full list of services on the web site at abc7news.com. >> other parts of the world are already regularring in 2016 and we showed you the celebration if australia a few minutes ago and this is the scene in new zealand early this morning, they were one of the first to welcome in the new year where an impressive five-minute fireworks display. thousands of we people celebrated by wa

tiffany's is up 3.7%. notwithstanding, the stock is down 30% so far this year. dave wilson this monday. now i want to talk about apple shares. apple in the news, tim cook cbs, talking about encryption security, tax policy. let's head out west to our san francisco bureau. that is where we find bloomberg west anchor emily chang. emily, i watched this on "60 minutes." i thought it was incredible, the access they had. they talked about a lot of things including security concerns, privacy concerns, .ncreased terrorism concerns more: tim cook was a bit emotive talking about these issues. pressureer increasing from law enforcement, u.s. law enforcement, the director of the fbi. and pimco has taken a hard line on this -- tim cook has taken a hard line on this saying we are in america. we should have both. take a listen to one of the exchanges. there are people who say we should have a back door. but if you put a backdoor in, that backdoor is for everybody, good guys and bad guys. charley: but doesn't the government have a points, if we have good reason to believe that that is for c