including towing cars without restraints and failing to have insurance. this family has filed a lawsuit against the towing company and against state farm insurance. >> do you think state farm put public at risk? >> there's no doubt. >> reporter: chuck gearhart represents the family. >> reporter: insurance companies have access to databases. they can tell you if an individual driver has blemishes on their record. they would know if a towing company had performance problems. >> reporter: we reached out to state farm to see if the company uses irvine auto towing and if they're aware of the safety record. state farm said, we do not comment on pending litigation, state farm doesn't have direct relationships with towing providers. a company with this history, operating without a license and without insurance, should they be shut down? >> they should. >> reporter: chp inspected the offices in oakland and anaheim, and icited irvine. they issued two unsatisfactory ratings for other safety issues. irvine got its permit back within days by purchasing insurance, whic

killed in a towing accident ...rst time-- telling our investigative unit, abo >>> right now at 6:30, the family of a city worker killed in a towing accident is speaking out for the first time. our investigative unit was the first to tell you the story of a long list of safety problems plaguing a local towing company. tonight her father sits down with nbc bay area. >> vicky wynn joins us now with what the family's doing to prosecretary others. >> he is devastated that his daughter is gone. as we first told you, the tow company responsible had already wracked up millions of dollars in fines and safety violations. >> the family is taking action to get the trucks off the road. >> listen, she's a very smart girl. and i guess it's hard to explain to a 2-year-old. >> her father is now raising his granddaughter alina. >> i told her her mom went to bed and woke up in heaven. >> her mother died after being pinned in a ditch. the gaping hole left by her loss felt every day by her family. >> it's tough. walking in the house, yo

. >> a grieving father talks for first time how a tow truck driver's runaway car killed his daughter.hy he says his family is taking action to protect yours. that story is next. city worker g >>> well the father of a san francisco city worker killed in a towing accident is speaking about what egs calling a public safety threat. >> senior investigative reporter vickie nguyen joins us now. >> jose is devastated his daughter is gone. the tow truck company responsible for accident had already racked up millions in fines and safety violations. now the family is taking action to get those trucks off the road. >> very, very smart girl. and i guess it's hard to explain to a 3-year-old. >> lillian na's father jose is now raising his granddaughter alynna. >> i told her her mom went to bed and woke up in heaven. she went to heaven. >> died after being pinned in a ditch where she was working when a tow truck driver lost control of this car. the gaping hole left by her loss felt every day by her family. >> it's tough. just walking in the house, you know, everything reminds me of her. >> knowing wh

for now it is still towing. see our entire report on cbayarea.com. >>> if y investigative unit call 888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/weinvestigate. >>> the death toll from hurricane has grown. speaking out on the today show. in making it about politics he did not do everything he was supposed to. fema did not do everything he was supposed to. >> you can hear from the mayor coming up from today in the bay. >>> the 13th anniversary of hurricane katrina 1,800 people killed in that disaster. the city of new orleans took a major hit. the city still recovering in some parts. >>> a poll finds millennials may be less likely to vote than their parents this fall. those who do are more likely to vote democrat. they say they probably or definitely will not vote in the midterm elections. among those voting 46% are leading democratic. 26% are committed republicans. 27% are either undecided or backing another candidate. >>> oakland is working to get a handle on the dockless scooter invasion. >> they foe kcus on safety. sco

(ken)towing abandoned vehicles to deter crime in an east bay city. a growing problem after taking hundreds of abandoned vehicles off of the streets in recent weeks. kron4's haaziq madyun has the story(take pkg) :12-:21 capt. tony jones oakland police dept(pkg)if you are in oakland and you find one of these orange courtesy notices on the windshield of your vehicle, it means you have 72-hours to park it somewhere else or it will be towed sot350 autos targeted by oakland police in a pair of recent towing sweeps that took place this past weekend and back during the last weekend in july, from east oakland to the san leandro bordersot

why they are towing the vehicles away.a major problem -hundreds of abandoned vehicles left on streets in an east bay city. (ken) police in oakland are taking action by towing the cars in abandoned vehicle sweeps. kron4's haaziq madyun has more.(take pkg) (pkg)if you are in oakland and you find one of these orange courtesy notices on the windshield of your vehicle, it means you have 72-hours to park it somewhere else or it will be towed sot350 autos targeted by oakland police in a pair of recent towing sweeps that took place this past weekend and back during the last weekend in july, from east oakland to the san leandro border. opd captain tony jones says most of the vehicles appear to have been abandonedsot

for now it is still towing. see our report now online. >> if you a story you can give them a call, 888-996-tips or visit nbcbayarea.com/we investigate. >> making history, forced to start a controversial new program, the hurdle the state was still makes. >>> nine years after a girl died, the man who police just arrested and what they are expected to tell us in hours. >>> and the emergency protection for some father or motholks in . why some may have to fork over cash. today in the bay continues right now. it is running cooler in napa. still catching fog there. definitely not throughout the entire coastline. there are a couple on the coastline. >> you have to turn on this spotlight. it reflects. that's the way it works. that's over here. there is the bay bridge. the metering lights are on. a little bit of the slowing. we are looking at continued recovery getting better as we approach 6:00 right now. the earlier crash has cleared on north 238. another one reported to chp.

(grant) if you think your vehicle was towed during the two sweeps, opd says give them a call.the blocks in oakland they towed 14 to 15 vehicles. (pam) also in the east bay... the city of oakland says, it is trying to make it safer for children to get to school. city officials say, they have activated new cross-walk safety features. that includes a lighted signal that will alert drivers when someone is in a crosswalk.... corner curb extensions... speed bumps.... speed feedback signs.. and additional traffic lights. the safety features have been installed at six locations near elementary schools throughout the city. lawrence karnow: it was a rather cool day across most of the bay area with highs running in the 70s inland and 60s and 70s around the bay and 50s and 60s at the coast. it almost felt a little like fall outside. a few showers are showing up on doppler rarar the northern sierra. on the satellite image you can see as low pressure is passing to the north. that was strong enough to cool the temperatures down today but it should warm a little tomorrow. highs for wednesday

police in oakland are now taking action by towing the cars.tony jones oakland police dept(pkg)if you are in oakland and you find one of these orange courtesy notices on the windshield of your vehicle, it means you have 72-hours to park it somewhere else or it will be towed sot350 autos targeted by oakland police in a pair of recent towing sweeps that took place this past weekend and back during the last weekend in july, from east oakland to the san leandro bordersot

tow truck is all ready there. >> ooh. >> oh, gees. >> wow. >> they're going to need another tow truck. >> this minor accident erupts into a massive crash now blocking multiple lanes. and i know what you're reacting to. you're reacting to that one person walking away from this. >> where did he come from? >> that person was inside the cab of that pickup truck along with a female driver. and you can also see that other person standing outside of the vehicle when it struck. >> that person gets sent straight into that guardrail. >> the scary thing about that, guys, he's so obviously in shock just wandering around in the mid of the street. is that another body just to the side, the left? >> yes. that person left face down in the street as cars hit their brakes and come to a stop. shockingly. >> no. >> all three of these people had no serious injuries. they were all listed in stable condition. no serious injuries related to this incident. >>> this next video also just a little bit of attention could have helped this incident out. we're in queensland, australia where a traffic stop is being m

they've attached it around the whale's belly and now they're going to start towing. ahead of t the head of the parks said this was the stretches into the caribbean. >> you're trying to wonder if it's beached itself or had a stomach full of plast sblik you wonder why they end up close to share, are they sick, did they just get lost? you also have to wonder if we're doing the right thing by moving them back into deeper water. >> the people responsible for marine life in mexico, they're the ones that figured out this is what we need to do. again, i don't know if that whale was sick because they said they haven't spotted those in the area before. i'm wondering if it was unfamiliar territory to the fin back and it got stuck because it didn't know where it was going. >> after about 20 minutes of them towing it back out they said was able to get up to speed and swim back to safety. >>> some people just wake up on the wrong side of the bed just mad. this man in england happens to be one of those people. [ bleep ]. >> he has a person driving a car behind him but then is escal

we have a tow truck out here at the scene. it looks like they are towing away the vehicle involved in this crash. they are continuing their investigation this morning. reporting live in millbrae, matt keller, abc 7 news. >>> new details on a deadly workplace accident last week in san francisco involving a worker at muni's west portal station. >> it seems there are questions about the contractor's safety record. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo is live at the construction site with those allegations. amanda? >> reggie, jessica, the contractor involved in friday's deadly workplace accident that happened at this construction site has a history of safety violations and issues that were never reported to the city. that's according to the "san francisco examiner" the paper found shimmick construction had been linked to almost 50 workplace safety violations over the last ten years. that's 5-0. however "the examiner" reports in 2017 shimmick construction and their current partner answered no when an sfmta questionnaire asked if

to tow has been seen as pedestrian —— with aruba. to tow has been seen as someone who's been investing but not as heavily as other companies, like other companies that have struck similar partnerships —— with uber —— toyota. interesting to uber, which has invested heavily in its own self—driving technology in the past, they're saying we are burning too much money here. this is a win-win, you can see why they are coming together. toyota has the much—needed investment money that uber definitely needs, and toyota brings credibility, doesn't it? toyota brings credibility, technology and also on the other side, uber brings something toyota currently doesn't have. the toyota system doesn't have all the features unique for self—driving technology that uber has. it seems as if it is a good match. it remains to be seen. by 2021, when the technology is being piloted, whether it will work or not. thanks for now. nina will be back for the news briefing and we will get nina's take on annoying habits in that morning commute —— news briefing. we wi

you have 72- hours to park it somewhere else, or it will be towed. 3-hundred-and-50 vehicles have beenpolice in a part of recent towing sweeps from east oakland to the san leandro border. police say most of the vehicles appear to be abandoned, but some people are living in them. <"when we encounter people who are actually living inside of their cars, we have a team of people who come and offer services, try to get them assistance rather than take their cars and putting them in a more dire situation">( robin ) captain jones also says a majority of the cars being towed are just inoperable, and looked like they had just been dumped at the location. if you think your vehicle was towed during the two sweeps, opd says give them a call. ( robin )also in the east bay... the city of oakland says, they are trying to make it safer for children to get to school. city officials say, they have activated new cross-walk safety features. that includes a lighted signal that will alert drivers when someone is in a crosswalk, corner curb extensions, speed bumps, speed feedback signs, and additional traffi

is part of the tow team. so, essentially, he took that knowledge and built off of it. >> reporter: now kaelin says so much information out there including youtube and instructional video teach people how to turn on airport and do certain maneuvers so he wasn't surprised that russell who had access to aircraft is able to do what he did. the key is access. he passed a security check, remember. all of this is being investigated by the fbi and they will be talking to friends and the coworkers, perhaps kaelin himself. the investigation is centered about ten minutes from where i'm standing at that island i can tell you dozens of investigators have been sifting through the debris. >> dan simon, live for us, thank you very much. >>> marry schiavo is joining us. this may be per flexing to some people. the tower knew there was unauthorized departure. and let's put ourselves in the tower's position. you have a guy in a plane saying i'm taking off and going, what option did they have? >> once he's on the runway and rolli

hoisted on tow truck and driven to the airport. he called the tower. wasn't going to make it there. >> probably try to get off the road. >> which road? >> not familiar with the roads here. going to choose one and let you know. >> roger. maintain communications with me. >> reporter: talked to the pilot. said plane was losing altitude fast and he's trained for the emergency. surprised that california highway patrol got there to quickly. >> the fuel line snapped, cause airplane to lose pressure. landed safely on the freeway. >> reporter: unusual sight for residents. >> hard to believe, to see something like this that would happen. see this ever. you know. you don't see a plane come down on the freeway very often. >> reporter: pilot and his passenger were uninjured, same for the drivers, no drivers were injured as well. no property was damaged. faa didn't come out to the scene. we know that pilot is british but he does have a united states pilot's license according to the pilot. and he also was in a bit of a hurry, trying to make a flight out of sfo tonigh

so the fact he was able to get the tow hooked up, aircraft out there and move it out there because he has to call and ask for clearance and that's usually what the second person does. so they need to really look at their process and procedures and see what fell through the crack here because this should not have happened. >> this is in the top ten busiest airports in the country at the very least. colonel francona, this we now know ended with one person who died. the person who was in the plane. it could have been so much worse. >> absolutely. that's why it was so critical to get the fighters into the area as fast as possible. they came from portland international. there was an international guard base there and they scrambled these two fighters. they went on to get up to the area. it's 100 miles away. they closed that in a few minutes and once in the area, they had to assess just how potentially dangerous this was. no one knew what this flyer had in mind. was he going to turn that aircraft toward downtown seattle? was he going to go after a sports stadium? the space needle? a whole l

some cars are going to be towed soon. coming up we will hear from the homeowner about how this could have been life threatening. live in pleasant hill sara stinson kron 4 news. ### <> ( james ) ( james ) thanks sara. we will check back with you through out the morning. ( darya ) happening today... the man convicted of killing a mother and her daughter in a drunk driving crash in livermore will be sentenced. prosecutors say brian jones lost control of his car when he crashed into an apartment complex back in 2015. the crash killed esperanza morales and her 14 month old daughter ulidia. two other children were also hurt. jones' blood alcohol was at almost twice the legal limit at the time of the accident. ( darya ) also happening today... the man accused of killing a 6-year-old girl during a street race back in 2009 will be in court. we first told you about this story yesterday on the kron 4 morning news.. after nearly 10-years... police were finally able to track down and arrest shannon fox ... for the hit and run that kil

they both suffered non-life threatening injuries. ( darya ) towing sweeps are in effect in oakland...ou find an orange courtesy notice on your windsheild you have 72-hours to move your car. 350 vehicles have been targeted by oakland police in part of recent towing sweeps from east oakland to the san leandro border. the city of oakland is dealing with a growing abandoned car problem. police say most of the vehicles appear to be empty but people are living in some of the cars. oakland police recovered 15 stolen cars during the initial sweeps. ( darya ) also in the east bay... the city of oakland says it's trying to make it safer for kids to get to school. city officials say they have activated new cross-walk safety features. that includes a lighted signal that will alert drivers when someone is in a crosswalk... corner curb extensions... speed bumps.... speed feedback signs.. and additional traffic lights. the safety features have been installed at six locations near elementary schools throughout the city. ( darya ) a man has been taken into custody for grabbing a fire extinguisher and

he was part of this tow team and pointed the aircraft in the right direction and then climbed in thered up the engines, had a successful taxi and takeoff then flying around for a little more than an hour where he has this conversation if you will with air traffic control before finally crashing his plane into a small remote island. a sparsely populated island in the pug et sound. >> people who knew him were stunned by this. they hadn't seen the signs and you actually had a chance to speak with someone, a friend of his who knew him well. what did they say? >> reporter: right, we're beginning to get a clearer sense of what russell was like as a colleague and employee and friend. i spoke with somebody who worked with him for eight solid months. his name is jeremy californiaen he said what happened is completely at odds with the person he knew. he said he was an extremely hard worker and good friend and he had a terrific sense of humor. he also says that he's not surprised that he was able to fly that airplane despite having no experience. take a look. >> he seemed like to a certain degr

at's the front end of this tow, t closest the camera. and further back is the back end of that trailer. as melissa, traffic is moving in three lanes now. just the shoulr in this area and the far right lane are impacted by tw.s preparation to tow away this scene here. we have an environmental services truck on stand-byo likely finish up the rest of the standing fuel spill that resulted here, as well. this crash happening at 3:30 this morning. a tractor-trailer, jackknifing and striking the wall here of the beltway. again, in just the past few hours, seeing progress out here, traffic moving at speed. seeingthe wreck, we're some slowdown. a far cry from what we saw a few hours ago. traffic movingt a much greater clip. back to you in the studio. >> all right. juyoin, thank u. >>> that crash may impact some travel plans. the holiday weekend is and millions are expected to hit le road for a weekend trip. >> here's ae look at the areas that will be impacted. reagan national airport, the bay bridge and the road to ocean city. >> a lot of eyes ar

tractor to tow the aircraft 180 degrees for the runways.russell then got behind the controls and positioned the plane for takeoff. during the roughly 75 minute flight, air traffic control tried persuading russell to land safely, including at a nearby air force base. russell conducted dangerous maneuvers before crashing into a small island. >> he just needs help controlling his aircraft. >> i don't need that much help. i have played some video games before. >> reporter: family and friends are shocked and heartbroken. >> he was a faithful husband, a loving son and a good friend -- friend. this is a shock to us. >> reporter: the port of seattle which oversees operations here, is meeting with airlines today to discuss security and the latest incident. jamie yuccas, seatac washington. happening today: t to appear at p >>> the fbi announced it has recovered the flight data recorder and parts of the cockpit voice recorder from that crash. ity rent reduction of more than 4 million dollars. a clause in the contract allowed the cut if financial perfo

you could see the extensive damage from this oakland police department towed from an overnight collision where the officer was trapped inside. >> they attempted to try to get the door open, get the officer out. they were not able to. >> reporter: the oakland fire department extricated the officer from his vehicle and was not conscious at the time. the collision happened just before 3:00, one of their newer officers responding to a suspicious report near the port of oakland when it happened. >> the collided with a civilian vehicle. from there, the patrol car collided with a parked semi-truck. >> the semi-truck was parked in the center of the roadway where they're often staged coming into the port area. the semi-truck driver says he was sleeping inside the truck when the collision occurred. >> it's a fire truck here. the door was struck. >> we have witnesses and drivers. everybody stayed on scene and everybody is cooperating. >> reporter: the civilian vehicle and semi-truck were also towed from the scene. police say the driver of that semi-truck and civilian vehicle were not injured. live

the heavy duty tow is on the scene. you want to commit probably and pay for the icc, east-west highway, something else if you're headed out soon. inner loop after connecticut avenue is where the situation is icky there. the rest of the beltway is looking good here this morning. yo t don't want worry too much about that. shadyound 270 before grove road might be the ramp there. still have that crash and i the district. south side, right side blocked and overturned vehicle. >>> it is a cloudy start to the day. and it's going to be more clouds than sunshine for your friday and for your saturdayplans. here's the live picture down at national airport this morning, where it is cloudy most of therain, we had earlier in the morning. that's pulled out. still, aew pockets of drizzle out there. 80 degrees at national airport. the high-humid atmosphere don't let the temperatures drop much during the overnight hours. that's where be're going to staying. a low range ofat temperures. mid-70s in the morning and mid-80s in the afternoon.

as it was being towed out, he jumped into the passenger's seat, not realizing that we're going to needr this vehicle. if you look closely, you'll see the door pop open. >> oh, no! >> yeah, you do hope. all right, swimming in a small creek should be a lot of fun, and you see some kids off to the side. moments early err were, they were in there having a good time. >> oh, no way! >> yes. >> no way! >> oh. >> yep. >> flash flood comes raging through this otherwise quiet, little creek. the water level rises by feet. thank goodness, nearby rangers heard the water, got everybody out of the water. >> oh, man, that would have been just a bunch of kids swept away. >> wow. ♪ >>> so, just imagine you're a young lady, you're sitting at cafe outside, minding your own business, and then suddenly, some dude walks up and says? >> yo, what up? how are you doing? >> good, how are you? >> good. mind if i practice a rap for you? >> you got this, baby! >> what's your name, by the way? >> gabby. >> and are you from los angeles originally? >> no, i'm from new jersey. >> this is where he decides to build his b

what was left of the vehicles involved in the crash, earlier we had them on the tow truck, the tow truckgone, like virginia state authorities on the scene. usually the flashing lights cause a rubber necking delay but volume still pretty light, nobody cares at this point. >>> today the fairfax count mother accused of an unthinkable crime will appear incourt. veronica youngblood is accused of shooting her two daughters, thone of , 5 years old, is dead. her other daughter is in the hospital fighting for her life. >> justin finch is outside the courouse with more on the family issue that may have sparked this epkilling. >>ter: it's hard to know what would prompt the shooting ut we could ren come closer to learning something today when veronica youngblood appears in court in just a f hours. here's a look at her mug shot here. we can tell you that julie carrie was able to do some digging into court documents and able to uncover that youngblood and her ex-husband were living together with their children in a town he in oaktown and found they were on track to move out of state but sunday night p

also a tow truck on the scene. that could be a good sign. fairfax fire tweetin two right lanes get big as they work to clean up the scene. we don't kno anything abo injuries at this point. we're told it could take twe mahree hours to clean this up. the tow truck on the scene could be a good sign for moving out of the way sooner rather than later. jack taylor ofwtop keeping an eye on this this morning. we'll get a check wh him i a second. >>> and pop superstar demly lovato is breing her silence about an addiction struggle. >> the singer is still recovering. lovato shared, inpart, quote, what i learned this illness is all in something that disappears or fades in time. it is something that i must coinue to overcome and have not done yet. she also thanksed god for keeping her alive. e ne e! news reports that lovato expects fo be releasem the hospital in the next few days and then go to rehab. >>> while we deal with heat and humidity, several community, stilg clean up after powerful storms. >> check out this tornado, in manitoba, canada.an it is

that car was towed - and later retrieved from a tow yard by silva and a man claiming to be paul forman - who police are now trying to find. neighbors spotted a crime scene clean up truck outside the home on august 14... that was allegedly hired by silva using egg's stolen credit card. the human remains that were found in teh house have not yet been identified. ( robin )kron 4's j.r. stone is following this part of the story. he talked talked with a number of crime scene cleanup crews in the bay area about this case. sot the fact that there was a torso in a fish tank hidden in an apartment and it took that amount of time for it to be discovered really blows my mind.tony leonardini is the owner of bay area bio clean, a small company that specializes in cleaning up crime scenes...after police have left.sot in the case of the headless torso found in missing man brian egg's san francisco home. it was neighbors who saw the private crimescene cleanup crew at the house. they grew suspicious seeing that they hadn's seen police there. when officers arrived their dogs helped them located the tors

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that car w towed - and later retrieved from a tow yard by silva and a man claiming to be paul formaning to find.neighbors spotted a crime scene clean up truck outside the home on august 14... that was allegedly hired by silva.the human remains have not yet been identified. (ken) on the peninsula... on the peninsula... students and teachers at serra high school in san mateo are mourning the death of a classmate. these are pictures from a prayer service held at the school this morning for senior blake bottarini. the 17-year- old was driving to school monday morning when his car veered off an embankment on highway 35.. skyline

at 20 and castro was another case of a fatality where a tow truck lost control of a vehicle and it slid into a work site and it killed one of our fellow city co-workers, a very tragic incident. and this was considered to be a crash, but again, it was more of a work related incident with a tow truck and the work site, so we have not looked at that location for engineering changes, but instead, other parties are following up, including the parties that investigate the tow truck and the work site conditions. and the embarcadero and sansome, this involved a pedi cab driver being hit by a motorist in a corridor that was under study for cycle track and other. . s and staff has also gone out to the site and looked at other things we can do, shorter than the long-term projects. and finally, the fatalities that happened in july, a fatality happened at 16 and mission, where a pedestrian was walking midblock and was hit at mission. we are doing some changes at the intersection of 16 and mission in terms of extending a transit bulb. we had already done a red lane project on that street. and then, f

air which is part of the tow team.o, essentially, he took that knowledge and built off of it. >> reporter: kaelin who is studying to be a pilot says there is so much information out there, including youtube videos, that might teach you how to start an airplane and to do basic maneuvers so he is not surprised somebody who had access to airplanes like russell was able to do what he did. i can tell you this is all being investigated by the fbi. they will be talking to friends and family and maybe to coworkers like kaelin himself. part of this investigation is also centered about ten minutes away from here by ferry where dozens of investigators have been sifting through the degree field. back to you. >> dan simon, so many questions still. thanks so much. >>> cnn aviation analyst feed gould is wi -- peter gould is with us. when we talk about richard russell, i want to ask you about mary schiavo said last hour. something stood out to her in specific in all of this. when richard russell was talking to the tower, he asked if t

this comes after complaints prompted the city to tow away all scooters back in june. since then, sfmta created a permitting process. >> we're cautiously optimistic that scooters can play a role in transportation in san francisco. >> but some of the biggest players in the game were not awarded permits. lime an electric scooter operator in over 100 markets said: "we laid out clear criteria... not meeting our high standards." oot and skip have been approved for a 12 month permit that >> sfmta though says that is not the case. >> we laid out some very clear criteria for these companies and they had an opportunity to show us the best ideas. so we're not penalizing anybody for anything other than not meeting our high standards. >> scoot and skip have been approved for a 12-month permit that will allow them to operate 625 scooters each for the first six months. the number could double in the last six months of the trial period. the permits come with an annual fee of $25,000. >>> it is 4:53. when an oscar favorite is making a return back to the big screen. bowls to serve teri

and i was tow qualified on the aircraft. i was -- at the time i was thinking in the back of my head, you know some night if i wanted to fire this up and take it around the pattern could accomplish that. i never honestly even would consider doing it in real life. unfortunately this individual seems to have done that. >> just how hard is it for someone to get into one of the planes and get it into the air? >> well, as the alaska ceo said, they are very complex pieces of equipment. but i've read some reports that this particular ground service agent was tow qualified. probably had some, just picked up i ohs mow sis the proper sequence to flip the switches and get the fuel valves open to get the engine started. it appears he had the knowledge to do that obviously. >> juliette, how do you see airport security procedures changing after this? was this an employee screening failure or more of a first security failure. >> i think they're going to have to find out about the employee screening. apparently there was nothing to trigger t

you know, tow truck drivers, that's a really dangerous drive. vehicle like that, that's a dangerous situation to be in. really scary stuff. >> thank goodness those cars behind also slowed down because the other guy ended up being thrown in the middle of the highway. i know, it could have ended terribly, but thank goodness it did not. >> advice, stay in the car? >> situational. i have talked to law enforcement about this for several years. if you feel like you're safe in ace, tat's where you thees should stay. if you're safer in the medidhi driver's truck, that might have been the safest, but you have to judge it based on jour surroundings. >> thanks. >> a controversial show about to start filming again in the north bay. >>> and you're looking here live at the big board at the new york stock exchange. we're up 110 points. another update on how the markets are doing next. >> this woman helped a stranger short on cash at a check-out line. it turns out it was keith urban, and then the story takes another twist. >> and it's breakfast time. we'll leav

that car was towed - and later picked from a tow yard by silva and a man claiming to be paul forman - who police are now trying to find. brian egg was last seen by neighbors in june. it was not until neighbors spotted a crime scene clean up truck outside the home on august 14 -- that police actually entered the residence. we've posted all the court documents on kron4-dot-com. (grant) (grant) an east bay family is outraged. the parents tell us, their kindergartnerer was allowed to leave school and walk home...more than two and a half miles...by himself. (vicki) this despite the fact the child was supposed to go to an after school program on campus. kron four's terisa estacio spoke with the family and she joins us live from hayward with more details.. terisa? this east bay mom is angry... and demanding action. she says it was on monday... when her son called her from home.... her 5 year old was supposed to be in an afterschool program... but somehow - someone dropped the ball. (take pkg) how? duanna kirby is furious... she says on monday, jackson was supposed to go to a youth enrichment

in your vehicle, off the shoulder, maybe in this case in the tow truck. just glad everybody is okay. >> amazing everyone survived that. >> actual miracle. thanks. >> a small fire inside at&t park didn't stop the giants game last night. abc 7 was inside the ballpark after what appeared to be a grease fire broke out inside a concession stand. it happened while the giants took batting practice on the field. the ballpark workers used a fire extinguisher to put the fire out. >> 16 medical marijuana businesses are coming to san rafael. the marin ij reports the city is rewarding licenses to five delivery companies, eight infusers, and distributors. there were nose testing lab licenses approved. the new licenses will be issued in the next two weeks. >> and we're learning about the new ways b.a.r.t. is trying to address violence. it includes one proposal to have your face scans every time you ride a train. >> a new movie about life as an eighth grader comes with an r-rating, but the film's director is offering a free screening in san francisco because he wants eve