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and wanted to be admitted to u.c. davis. >> reporter: the cause of the crash is under investigation. police do not believe drugs or alcohol were a factor in this crash. >>> they've got the heart and the will. just don't have the gear. players on gunderson high school j.v. team are trying to get the equipment they need to kick off the football season. they don't have pads or helmets. and they're basically benched without their safety gear. the parents are in the middle of their own hail mary play. >> reporter: the parents and the team have 11 days before that season kicks off to raise $5,000 to buy new helmets and pads. if they don't raise the money, the kids won't be able to play. >> going to fall about 16 or 20 short. >> reporter: 20 high school players on the junior varsity football team have no shoulder pads or helmets to play with. these players are in jeopardy of being cut from the team. >> they want to play. when you have kids that want to get off the street and do right and partake in the sport, and you have to relea

she described his injuries when she reached her on the phone today from the u.c. davis trauma center. >> on the right side of his face, from his forehead to his eye, across to his ear was ripped off. >> doctors reattached his ear. there's more surgery tomorrow to work on his face. >>> a man is facing animal cruelty charges after police in fair field say he drowned his father's dog in a city pond. investigators say this man pushed the terrier under the water until it drowned. several people witnessed the disturbing act this morning. police say he admitted to it. but says he doesn't know why he did it. using a small boat, two officers recovered the dog's remains. he was already on probation. >>> a bay area strike could be brewing. this one affecting santa clara county courts. the court clerks are voting to approve a three-day strike. the half of the employees voted tonight. the other half tomorrow. >>> hospitals throughout the bay area are on alert after a woman was arrested for impersonating a nurse. the woman was wearing scrubs and carrying a fake medical i.d. she was c

doctors at u.c. davis may have found a link between bpa and asthma.monkeys exposed to bpa showed changes in their lungs. the findings add more evidence to the effects of the chemical when it comes to hormonal systems and fetal development. many manufacturers have voluntarily taken b.p. out of the plastics used in baby bottles and sippy cups but still used in many plastic bottles and cash register receipts. >>> the warnings about tanning beds and cancer apparently aren't having much effect. if you're younger than 25, indoor tanning can increase nonmelanoma skin cancer risk up to 142%. a new report is finding that many young adults are still tanning, including nonhispanic white female high school students. 2,000 people were surveyed. nearly one in three used indoor tanning at least ten times the previous year. one in four young adults used indoor tanning 15% said they did so frequently. >>> a new study suggests more children and young adults are now nearsighted because of smartphones. the study by british researchers say the constant connection is damag

ended up at u.c. davis graduated and immediately returned back to the community and started working for the mayor's office of neighborhood services, and worked on treasure island, and eventually became the executive director of the african-american art and culture complex located in the western addition, a place i participated in programs in the arts as a kid. so, it was really an honor to be able to work directly in the community, to impact so many lives. and i really thoroughly enjoyed that experience. >> you've lived most of your life in san francisco. why did you choose to live in the city? >> i chose because it's my home. it's just a place i love the most. i pretty much only lived outside the city when i went to college and i came home almost every weekend on the greyhound bus. and i just love san francisco. it's an amazing place, it's a beautiful city. it's nothing like coming across that bridge and seeing the city and feeling like, i'm home, or coming from any part of anywhere, whether you're on a pl

hunter has undergone two surgeries and is recovering at u.c. davis medical center. courtney's own son was bitten on the arm trying to pull the pit bull away from hunter. >>> we know know the cause of death of a marin county woman who whose body was found in sequoia national park last week. ms. daniel died from cardiac arrest. altitude and exertion they say were contributing factors. she was an attendance clerk at a high school in mill valley. >>> a wildfire is burning to the east of clear lake off of high pay 20. the double fire started just before six last night and has burned about 60 acres. firefighters are concerned it could grow to several hundred. high-voltage power lines are down in the area, make more dangerous for firefighters. the fire is 10% contained. >>> the forest service has ordered an emergency closer for portions of a tahoe national forest. a wildfire there has burned nearly 10,000 acres since it erupted a week ago. it is burning ten miles northeast of forest hill and it is 31% contained. heavy smoke is blanketing parts of the foothills, the sacrame

hunter has undergone two surgeries and is recovering at the u.c. davis medical center. courtney's own son was bitten on the arm trying to pull the pit bull away from hunter. >>> we any the cause of death of a marin county woman who was body was found in sequoia matt park last week. she died from cardiac arrest. altitude and exertion were contributing factors. the 65-year-old daniel was an attendance clerk in mill valley. >>> clock turning 5:09 on this saturday morning. lisa has the weather. what can we expected to? >> for a change we will see temperatures running a bit above average the next couple of days. in fact, next -- tomorrow, much, much warmer than today. but even today we are talking about a warmup. we will see how warm it's going to get and how long that lasts when we return. >> thanks, lisa. also next only on abc7 news, we've learned what's in the chp's finally report on the deadly limo fire on the san mateo bridge. what they were doing just before the fire broke out. >>> and once the new bridge goes up, what happens to the old one? why it takes longer to tea

davis, epidemiologist and author of the book the secret history of the war on cancer. dr. joel foreman, dr. susan bachman, jeffery grossman, executive director of the integrated nano mechanical systems at u.c. berkeley. paul [speaker not understood], director of the material science division at the lawrence berkeley national lab. dr. andrew nelson and our local person, dr. kim [speaker not understood]. it also includes new jersey deputy health commissioner, the connecticut attorney general, as well as abel maldonado who sponsored the california synthetic trip study and today can be found to be most vociferous debunker of its findings as well as other health advocates such as robert f. kennedy, jr. appreciate if you all would take the time. it's only -- it's a short video, to look at it and consider its comments. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> carolyn johnston. >>> hi, commissioners. i am the vice president of the greater west portal neighborhood association and also the chair of the land use committee. and i just wanted to talk to you a little bit about west portal today and what i perceive to be the park needs of that neighborhood, which is a real family neighborhood. i mean, i cho