. >> vic lee is live to explain what is going on. vic talk about a reversal of fortune. >> reporter: the story did take a turn. joel silva says he's grateful to the officers for renting a room for the family. but he says he's now confused and dejected at what happened since. >> right now we're heart broken you know? we've got the kids, bawling our eyes out last night. >> child protective services took custody of joel silva's five kids. they were recipients of a special act of kindness. it was pouring rain and the family had in place to go. all shelters were full, or closed. these four officers found them homeless, penniless they reached into their pockets and rented them a room. >> we just pooled our resources got them wet wipes and basic baby needs. and went and located a hotel within walking distance >> this weekend police officials contacted city service agencies to get more help after officers and social workers made additional well being checks on the family child protective services removed the children. silva says he didn't sig

vic lee is there and joins us with developments. this is disturbing. >> well, the senior minister says he was shocked to learn about the charges now, you mention animal cruelty one charge. police said that when they went to pastor's home they found two girls and a small dog that had been abuseed and later died we're learning tonight he had a close relationship with not only the two girls but their mother. senior pastor told me he ministered to a variety of parishioners. and that he was well respected. wednesday last week, police arrested him at his home after they found a 17-year-old girl and sister. police went to the house at the request of sheriff investigators who said they believed two girls who were run aways from san mateo might be at the home. then this, week the d.a.charged him with having sex with a 17-year-old. also charged with hiding two at his place. senor pastor tells us he was ministering to the girls and their mother. he was helping them. >> can you tell me in what with a passity? >> john helping them to find a plac

vic lee is live with the story for us. vic? >> reporter: proponents say they had 300 volunteers and 100 campaign workers to get this on the june waballot. they said th would put the project on hold for a year because of the delay, three different redesigns have caused. >> they turned signatures to the registrar. measure authors gathered 21,000 signatures in just three weeks they say it was a record number in record time. >> this is a voter resolve against overdevelopment of the water front. plans to build high rises and blow off the existing entitlement. >> warriors say they have no position on the measure. pj johnson saying we're not opposed to the voters having a say on the big issues it may influence the dynamics of the project. the ballot measure would require approval for water front projects exceeding height limits. the warriors proposing an arena on two piers the former mayor is a vocal supporter. >> the arena is 12 and a half stories. what is some eight stories higher than what we allow on and over the water of the bay

vic lee joins us with the story. >> reporter: un plaza is where the family was spotted. they're a family of seven, mother, father, five children. they were penniless and homeless. they met four officers from southern station. three have children. what happened next was a special act of kindness. >> didn't have a place to stay. you know? otherwise we'd have had to sleep on the streets. iet was wed, windy friday night in san francisco. joel silva. his wife, five children had in place to go. salvation army workers handing out hot food and coffee saw the family of seven. they called police. >> it's a well being check on the family who had been reported as wandering streets, in inclement weather. and the report came out they looked like they needed help. >> these four officers located the family at carl's junior near 7th and market. >> they had food but they were low on formula for the baby z some basic wet wipes and what knots. they just couldn't be out i was way past some of the bed times we just pooled our resources got them wet wipes and needs. and some went ask located a

vic lee, abc7 news. >> a stormer contra costa county sheriff deputy is going to prison for involvement in the dirty d case. they baited men in process of going through divorce into drinking and driving. he has two months to turn himself in, then begin serving a sentence >> memorial services for two fallen kr h p officers will be held on monday the officers were killed monday responding to a crash on highway 99. both start with theed bay area offices. >> google announced it's planning to offer ultra high speed internet in 35 cities in the bay area. google is promising it's service is 100 times faster than any existing broad band services and aiming to compete with cable and te teleproviders >> more help proposed for our drought-plagued state the governor wants to spend 687ss today help communities deal with the worst drought in state history. the legislation includes $15 million for towns with dangerously low drinking water supplies the governor described it as a call to action from the state. the proposal now goes to lawmakers for consideration the governor said he wants the bill passe

vic lee joins us with the story. >> reporter: un plaza is where the family was spotted. they're a family of seven, mother, father, five children. they were penniless and homeless. they met four officers from southern station. three have children. what happened next was a special act of kindness. >> didn't have a place to stay. you know? otherwise we'd have had to sleep on the streets. iet was wed, windy friday night in san francisco. joel silva. his wife, five children had in place to go. salvation army workers handing out hot food and coffee saw the family of seven. they called police. >> it's a well being check on the family who had been reported as wandering streets, in inclement weather. and the report came out they looked like they needed help. >> these four officers located the family at carl's junior near 7th and market. >> they had food but they were low on formula for the baby z some basic wet wipes and what knots. they just couldn't be out i was way past some of the bed times we just pooled our resources got them wet wipes and needs. and some went ask located a

commission trying to get documents they believe regulators are trying to hide from the public >> vic lee is live with more on this story >> in is the lawsuit. officials say documents may show improper peddling by cpuc in oversight of pg&e. they say they requested documents four times, beginning in may, but that the response by the agency was that their staffers were too busy and they'd respond when they had free time. thus, this lawsuit. pipeline explosion and fire ripped through the san bruno neighborhood, destroying 38 homes, damaging many more. eight people were killed. more than 60, injured. three and a half years later, san bruno city officials say they're still trying to get important and possibly damaging documents from california public utilities commission. >> we believe records may provide evidence of improper contact and cozy relationship was pacific gas and electric company. that threatened intig fwrity of the proceedings against pg&e. >> what the city wants are the e mails that the executive director may have sent to judges. >> he appears to have orders judges to rule in fav

vic lee, abc 7 news. >> and before we move on, we want to thank univision 14 for their interview withtim's daughter. >>> blockbuster deal to report tonight. facebook announced it is buying smart phone messaging app," what's app" for $19 billion in cash and stock. it provide free text messaging and has grown to 450 million monthly users. that makes it more popular than twitter. the price is higher than instagram and skype. so what is facebook getting for its $19 billion? what's app has been 450 million users, as i said, but it is adding 1 million new users per day. incredible. at that rate, it is growing faster than facebook did in its fourth year. what's app is the number one messaging app in europe, brazil and russia. the company is based in mountain view and has just 55 employees, if you can believe it. the company makes money. it isn't clear how much, however. there is in advertising. founders insist there never will be. the app is currently free and the apple app store. and perspective here, $19 billion, that is worth more than you a nighted airlines, sony or gap. >>> what's app f

abc 7 news reporter vic lee has the story. >> me and the wife, we'll do anything it takes to get the kids back, you know. >> reporter: yesterday child protective services took custody of joey's five kids. silva, his wife and five children were rhett sip yenthe a special act of kindness. it was pouring rain. they had no place to go. these officers found them at u.n. plaza, homeless and penniless. they opened their pockets and rented them a motel room. >> we got them the wet wipes and the basic baby needs and went and located a hotel within walking distance. >> reporter: this weekend, police officials contacted city social service agencies to get the silvas more help. after officers and social workers made additional well-being checks on the family, child protective services removed the children. silva says he apparently didn't sign up for city services fast enough. >> it seems kind of unfair to actually take custody away because, you know, we can't really make it to everything. there's just so much we got to do and there's so much information being bombarded at us. >> san francisco hu

vic lee, abc 7 news. >>> police busted a major auto theft ring today. officers from several agencies descended on the 36th avenue business this morning. investigators say the body shop was being used to take apart stolen cars, a chop shop basically. inside they found vehicles, auto parts, and even boats. 23 people were detained, seven on felony warrants. another four were arrested on weapons charges and possession of stolen property. animal control also took away a pit bull and two pit bull puppies, as you can see. police say they've been planning this raid for a couple of months. >>> a new twist tonight in a san jose murder case. police have dropped a murder charge against one teenager and are now charging his twin brother with the crime. 18-year-old antong has been charged with the fatal stabbing of this man. fan was killed during a fight at a party on january 26th. tong's twin, duke, had originally been charged with murder. he faces two felony accounts of acting as an accessory of a crime but no longer a murder charge. >> another pedestrian has been

vic lee, abc7 news. >> san jose mayor will deliver a state of the city address two hours from now. the speech being held inside of the new grand ball room at san jose mchenry convention center. before the speech city workers and local volunteers will be honored for efforts to improve quality of life in san jose. >> for the second time in two months, the south bay has sold a winning lottery ticket. this time worth $425 million, sold at a dixon landing gas station in milpitas. nobody claimed this prize yet but owners are celebrating in many ways. abc7 news joins us live now with more, leanne? >> this owner is probably sleeping now. at 6:30 in the morning in india. his family has yet to sell him this is the largest jackpot in california history he'll get $1 million. his father owns the gas station that sold the ticket. >> i found out through a text message through a friend i thought he's lying. >> his father on a plane headed for inda. officials announced there had been a win winner. a store owner gets $1 million. no sign yet of the winner >> anyone here and bought a ticket might want

abc7 news reporter vic lee is live at dmv office >> officer law worked here many years. he would commute to his home, his wife and three kids this, office is a tight knit community. there are 90 officers stationed here. they always said they considered him part of the community. >> it's harder when you it's one of your friend >> the officer was a rookie assigned to oakland office. he says the officer welcomed him. just a fun guy. he is a stand up guy. >> law graduated in sacramento in 2008. he worked for five years. law transferred to fresno about a year ago for personal reasons. >> he wanted to be closer to his family. that is part of the reason why he left oakland. >> he says law loved working graveyard. his death was a sad reminder of how dangerous the job can be. >> we know it's dangerous. it's hard. this is a wake up call for you. you have to remember that every day, we go to work, we don't know if we're going to make it home. >> they do not. you can express condolences to the loved ones by sharing this post on your facebook time line. >> family members of a fairfie

vic lee, abc7 news. >> morning rain made driving slick in santa cruz mountains drivers kept speeds show. the storm is taking a toll at flights at sfo. take a look at this. reporting 123 cancellations today and under a delay program limiting the number of arriving flights. oakland and san jess yeah report no weather-related delays or cancellations. >> breaking news in san francisco. police chasing a suspect on the bart tracks between 16th street and 24th street station. because of that, there are major delays. and turning to this story, rape on campus in a major university, it's happening here in the bay area. survivors of attacks at uc berkeley say nudging is being done so they have filed a federal complaint for second time in two years. laura? >> saying they can't get help they need here in campus or from the state office of education, a group of survivors gathered today to say they're taking their complaints to the next level, the federal government. >> i got angry, violated and confused. >> uc berkeley student iman stetson says it happened to her in her dorm, attacked by a man who al

vic lee, abc7 news. >> a peninsula lawmaker pushing legislation to reopen public access to a public beach near half moon bay. protestors complained for years about not being able to get to martin's beach because road that leads to it has been closed by the property owner silicon valley billionaire so he says his bill would force him to allow to access the road. if he doesn't, legislation allows him to seize the property oofrment no one wants to use eminent domain. to me there is no better appropriate use since our constitution provides all of us with eek wall rights to access the beach. >> abc7 news reached out to his attorneys for comment they have not yet responded >> another storm headed for atlanta. and officials are telling residents to be off roads early as they can and asking truckers to stay out of the city. authorities to avoid what happened two weeks ago. they kept drivers in cars overnight and students on buses. and liver thames burst it's banks. towns upstream are tlooded floods consumed a house the last symbol of defiance. >> remarkable we've had our driest let's talk about t

vic lee abc7 news. >> a san bruno police officer will not be charged. officer harper killed a auto theft suspect last october. investigators say the driver was speeding towards harper. the district attorney announced today harper acted lawfully during this confrontation and closed the case. >> and still ahead on this friday night, pen to paper. a deal in changes in the works to end blood shed in ukraine. a question of access. >> a little boy changing the way people shop one grocery store at a time. >> also ahead two warm bart cars. >> and looking at the strongest solar flare nasa >>> a man arrested after an incident police say was like a hostage situation. they closed off the area southwest and police say two men got into a fight they would not immediately surrender. and no one was hurt. tensions running high in ukraine. ukraine president agreed to allow opposition leaders into the government. but many want him to leave office immediately and a russian mediator is refusing to sign a deal. >> dalai lama is in the bay area preparing for a series of talks

vic lee, abc7 news. >> students taken to the hospital after a gas leak caused evacuation of the skoochlt it happened this morning. the leak coming from a loose fitting in a science lab. 11 students check forward nausea and headaches. pg&e was able to fix the leak. the science wing remained close and theed school checked fittings in class. a catholic church in san francisco is praying tonight that a... they're hoping they return a stained glass window stolen from the church. st. boniface serves the poorest of the poor. church staff noticed someone stole a stained glass window that features st. boniface, the church's pay trot saint. it's is irreplaceable. >> it's a strange, odd feeling to realize someone would take a stained glass window. you can see a statue, candle buzz to take a window out of the church, that is pretty amazing. >> and it's just wrong the church's windows date back to 1908 when it was rebuilt after the earthquake and fire of 1906 >> in orinda, workers spent a second day cleaning up damage after a oak tree fell on to a historic building. it is the oldest commercial buildi

>> that is the question being raised by vic lee in mountain view. vic?egulatory commission believes it was domestic terrorism. fbi, which investigated the incident tells us they believe it's not terrorism and there are no arrests. whatever the indicates, the question raises concerns about vulnerability of our power system. shooting captured on surveillance video. first, a streak of light may have been from a flashlight followed by rifles, sparks bullets hitting a fence around the substation. someone dropped into a vault. then, sniper opened fieshgs shooting for 14 minutes, 100 shell casings found at the scene. they knocked out 17 transformers police arriveed and they were gone. it took pg&e almost a month to bring it back to operation. the chair of the regulatory commission when it happened. he told "wall street journal" attack was the most significant in dough mostic terrorism involving the grid that occurred in the u.s. rick smith was with the unit. >> it wasn't just a couple guys having a beer. it looked somewhat professional. >> no one claimed respon

there is a storm watch coverage continues with abc7 news reporter vic lee live in east palo alto tonightell, it was raining pretty hard, and now, it's sort of tapered off just a bit. there is a concern because of the creek behind me. across the banks over there, there are homes there that are vulnerable. at sfo, 141 flights, cancelled and others deal yied. not a good day for drivers that went too fast on slick roads. >> this one, which is the right of way. it isn't as flat. >> this 85-year-old was getting sandbags from the city. >> weather people have said it's going to be five inches of rain. that is why it's going to get into our garage if we don't get sandbags. >> do you always believe weather people? >> no. but i like them. >> farther south, east palo alto preparing for the worst the city sits on flat land. just in case it's pump station was being prepped to dump more water. they don't want a repeat of this. it flooded houses along banks two years ago. ray webb had to leave home. >> we start driving, you know, it's under the wheel well. and cans are floating. real bad situation. >> t

there is a storm watch coverage continues with abc7 news reporter vic lee live in east palo alto tonightwell, it was raining pretty hard, and now, it's sort of tapered off just a bit. there is a concern because of the creek behind me. across the banks over there, there are homes there that are vulnerable. at sfo, 141 flights, cancelled and others deal yied. not a good day for drivers that went too fast on slick roads. >> this one, which is the right of way. it isn't as flat. >> this 85-year-old was getting sandbags from the city. >> weather people have said it's going to be five inches of rain. that is why it's going to get into our garage if we don't get sandbags. >> do you always believe weather people? >> no. but i like them. >> farther south, east palo alto preparing for the worst the city sits on flat land. just in case it's pump station was being prepped to dump more water. they don't want a repeat of this. it flooded houses along banks two years ago. ray webb had to leave home. >> we start driving, you know, it's under the wheel well. and cans are floating. real bad situation. >>

vic lee is live with the story. >> the chief said officer went the extra mile when it's important thatcared, that he listened and importantly, asked the right questions. >> thank you >> the officer received a chief commendation at the 3:00 line up. his intertuition helped safety victim. she was a close relative that lived with the family. and the victim was only 12 when abuse started and ended at age 27 the young woman came to ride a police report. >> there wasn't a lot of details something about a run away. maybe battery. >> that is when the officer met her. >> we started talking. she told me she'd runway from home and said she's 27 i said well, 27 year old can just leave home. >> she says he tried to make a joke out of i >> kind of went over her head. i started to realize that socially i don't think she was all there. >> so he talked to her for a long time and the horrific details unravelled. what did he think of the ak sole yeahed? iets nice but another day in richmond >> i'm sure that is what this officer said when receiving each of the three officer of the year stars. >> amazing.

. >> and now to abc7 news reporter vic lee in oakland.tell us about officer law. >> the officer considered law to be one of their own as part of the oakland chp family because he worked many years at this office. and on his days off, he would drive down to fresno to be with his family and he got transfer to fresno. the fallen officers died as partners and friends. they went through academy together and reunited in fresno. officer law started a career in oakland. >> oakland born and raised and will be a part of thexd oaklan family forever. tchp officer was assigned to oakland office and says officer law welcomed him with open arms and mentored him. >> he is a fun guy, loved to work out, he's just a stand up guy. >> law graduated from chp in sacramento in 2008. and assigned to oakland where he worked for five years. >> he wanted to be closer to his family. that is why he left oakland. >> the officer says law loved working nights the same shift he was on when he died. his death a sad reminder of how dangerous the job can be >> we know what

. >> abc7 news reporter vic lee is live with the latest on this. vic? >> the street is blocked off and it's been like this all day. we've seen officers going door to door to locate witnesses. again this, shooting happened just a block away from the dorms to, my right. first call to police came in at 11:00 in the morning. man with a knife, on campus. police went looking for him and say they found a person wielding a large knife near corner of 8th street. public information officer told reporters the officers tried to get him to drop the weapons >> one officer from university police department discharged his taser. but that had no affect. what happened is that second officer on the scene used his firearm in defense of his life, his partner's life. >> this teenager was with a friend and heard two shots >> we're just talking about, like, school and stuff, then, like, we heard like, bang, bang, iing was like, what was that? she was like never mind, someone upstairs. >> a neighbor says her friend witnessed the shooting. >> he got up and proceeded to leave the

. >> and now to abc7 news reporter vic lee in oakland.bout officer law. >> the officer considered law to be one of their own as part of the oakland chp family because he worked many years at this office. and on his days off, he would drive down to fresno to be with his family and he got a transfer to fresno. the fallen officers died as partners and friends. they went through academy together and reunited in fresno. officer law started a career in oakland. >> oakland born and raised and will be a part of thexd oaklan family forever. tchp officer was assigned to oakland office and says officer law welcomed him with open arms and mentored him. >> he is a fun guy, loved to work out, he's just a stand up guy. >> law graduated from chp in sacramento in 2008. and assigned to oakland where he worked for five years. >> he wanted to be closer to his family. that is why he left oakland. >> the officer says law loved working nights the same shift he was on when he died. his death a sad reminder of how dangerous the job can be >> we know what we do i

vic lee has the story. vick? >> there is a lot of minute in sxits a big lawsuit. here it s among the residents suing, former defense secretary william perry dr. richter attended a meeting today to discuss the lawsuit. >> we've got to do something about what i consider serious misbehavior. >> dr. richter is a former sanford physics professor, one of 500 residents of this living complex who filed a lawsuit charges they transferred $190 million in fees to its parent company cc chicago. fee that's would go to residents when they move or to their heirs if they die. he gets angry when he recall what's the company lawyer told him >> we see that people get paid but have no legal obligation to do so. that is crazy. >> richter is becoming worried because he says that the company is in the red. >> when i moved in her the balance sheet was plus $300 million, today, it is minus $300 million. >> company spokesman sam singer responds this way. >> via palo alto has a successful history of repaying fees to every resident we paid $121 million since inception. we have 0 bank debt >>

vic lee is live with the story. this is a new one. >> reporter: a ship hanker possibly hitting the tube? that didn't happen, but if it did, it will have a catastrophic affect on the bay area infrastructure. bart stopped all service throughout the tube when coast guard notified a ship dropped it's anchor. a concern is that anchor may have hit, damaging the underwater tunnel the tube is the back bone of bart carrying 150,000 riders between san francisco and oakland. a corridor hitting 70 feet under the bay. >> they tell everybody get off the train the train got changed to the bay and the san francisco train had to wait. >> they didn't say too much. >> they just made us wait. >> trains were stopped inspectors took more chances. >> bart stopped traffic throughout the tube and found there is no damage. >> it was a containership berthed in oakland. coast guard says it began drifting. and later it was determined the anchor was dropped 1200 feet southwest of the tube. and this is some reaction when they heard what happened.

vic lee, abc7 news. >> reporter: san jose fire department lost cash today because cruise are taking too long to respond to medical emergencies officials voted to take 700,$000 with the agency. that contact calls for crews to arrive in medical emergencies within eight minutes of being called, 90% of the time. the fire department can get the money back if it meets the standard for three months the union says restore a dozen or so positions lost to cuts. >> police have arrested a man for a fatal stabbing in west oakland this morning. investigators say a man was stabbed just after 11:00 a.m on 31 street near martin luther king junior way. police found the body on the front steps of a home. they have not released the name of the suspect. investigators have been combing the neighborhood looking for witnesses and whether the stabbing was captured by anyone on surveillance cameras in the neighborhood oochl another pedestrian hit and kill by the a car in san francisco today. it happened at the same time transportation officials were meeting to discuss an increase in pedestrian deaths. this is th

vic lee, abc7 news. >> a fire in a cab company body shop sent a big plume of smoke into the sky. take a look. this video taken by a business next to the luxor cab body shop. sky 7 shows how flames shot out from the building. firefighters poured water on the building to douse the blaze. crews were cautious because of the chemicals inside. >> there is paint and stuff that will explode if ignited. >> smoke could be seen for miles, these pictures sent to you report. the cause of the fire still under investigation. all workers managed to escape without injury >> 2500 people honored two fallen patrol officers in fresno. governor brown along with law enforcement officers took part in the memorial at the safe mart center paying tribute to officer juan gonzales and brian law. >> brian and juan were doing what they dedicated their lives to do. responding to protect those in danger and assist those in need oochl they attended academy together. they gave the ultimate sacrifice together. and are both heros. >> both joined chp in 2008. a perfect is hes of cars escorted the families to separate

vic lee is live with the story. this is a new one. >> reporter: a ship hanker possibly hitting the tube? that didn't happen, but if it did, it will have a catastrophic affect on the bay area infrastructure. bart stopped all service throughout the tube when coast guard notified a ship dropped it's anchor. a concern is that anchor may have hit, damaging the underwater tunnel the tube is the back bone of bart carrying 150,000 riders between san francisco and oakland. a corridor hitting 70 feet under the bay. >> they tell everybody get off the train the train got changed to the bay and the san francisco train had to wait. >> they didn't say too much. >> they just made us wait. >> trains were stopped inspectors took more chances. >> bart stopped traffic throughout the tube and found there is no damage. >> it was a containership berthed in oakland. coast guard says it began drifting. and later it was determined the anchor was dropped 1200 feet southwest of the tube. and this is some reaction when they heard what happened.

vic lee is in the newsroom now with the story you'll see only on abc7 news. vic? >> we've learned ed jew is released after serving almost five years, apparently a model inmate taught yoga and english. jew did not want to be interviewed and his attorney spoke to us. >> what are your plans after you get out? >> future plans? >> when you get out? >> spend more time with my daughter and my wife. >> that is what ed jew told abc7 news in an exclusive interview just before he went to prison almost five years ago. jew was convicted on federal bribery charges, of trying to extort $80,000 from the owners of quickly tapioca drink shops who had permit problem was the city this, security video in jew's chinatown flower shop captured him accepting a bribe. $40,000 in cash. he doesn't realize the money was working for the fbi. he served four and a half years in federal custody, first in a minimum security prison, in arizona. >> his job was he was driver to other people, other inmates he had car keys and drove off the prison grounds and had freedom. >> lawyer stew handlynn says h

vic lee has the story. vick? >> there is a lot of minute in sxits a big lawsuit. here it s among the residents suing, former defense secretary william perry dr. richter attended a meeting today to discuss the lawsuit. >> we've got to do something about what i consider serious misbehavior. >> dr. richter is a former sanford physics professor, one of 500 residents of this living complex who filed a lawsuit charges they transferred $190 million in fees to its parent company cc chicago. fee that's would go to residents when they move or to their heirs if they die. he gets angry when he recall what's the company lawyer told him >> we see that people get paid but have no legal obligation to do so. that is crazy. >> richter is becoming worried because he says that the company is in the red. >> when i moved in her the balance sheet was plus $300 million, today, it is minus $300 million. >> company spokesman sam singer responds this way. >> via palo alto has a successful history of repaying fees to every resident we paid $121 million since inception. we have 0 bank debt >>

vic lee, abc7 news. >> reporter: san jose fire department lost cash today because cruise are taking too long to respond to medical emergencies officials voted to take 700,$000 with the agency. that contact calls for crews to arrive in medical emergencies within eight minutes of being called, 90% of the time. the fire department can get the money back if it meets the standard for three months the union says restore a dozen or so positions lost to cuts. >> police have arrested a man for a fatal stabbing in west oakland this morning. investigators say a man was stabbed just after 11:00 a.m on 31 street near martin luther king junior way. police found the body on the front steps of a home. they have not released the name of the suspect. investigators have been combing the neighborhood looking for witnesses and whether the stabbing was captured by anyone on surveillance cameras in the neighborhood oochl another pedestrian hit and kill by the a car in san francisco today. it happened at the same time transportation officials were meeting to discuss an increase in pedestrian deaths. this is th

vic lee, abc7 news. >> a fire in a cab company body shop sent a big plume of smoke into the sky. take a look. this video taken by a business next to the luxor cab body shop. sky 7 shows how flames shot out from the building. firefighters poured water on the building to douse the blaze. crews were cautious because of the chemicals inside. >> there is paint and stuff that will explode if ignited. >> smoke could be seen for miles, these pictures sent to you report. the cause of the fire still under investigation. all workers managed to escape without injury >> 2500 people honored two fallen patrol officers in fresno. governor brown along with law enforcement officers took part in the memorial at the safe mart center paying tribute to officer juan gonzales and brian law. >> brian and juan were doing what they dedicated their lives to do. responding to protect those in danger and assist those in need oochl they attended academy together. they gave the ultimate sacrifice together. and are both heros. >> both joined chp in 2008. a perfect is hes of cars escorted the families to separate

vic lee, abc7 news >> a san francisco jury convicted this 23-year-old man for a robbery and assault happened during last year's pride celebration. christopher porter belly was suspected of robbing a woman then kicking her in the head >> breaking news involving bart tonight and a measles scare. a uc berkeley student got sick overseas but rode bart before he realized it and thousands may have been exposed. leanne? >> well, dan, anyone could have been exposed because bart trains travelled to many different parts of the bay area. in ability to that this, is important, the virus can stay in the air up to two hours. bart is saying a lot of passengers could have been exposed during that period february 4th to february 7th. >> yesterday we had 411,000 riders. so could be hundreds of thousands of people that have taken bart. >> p you have or had measles you're fine the person got the measles after travelling abroad. that vaccine is mmr vaccine the person is in his 20s, a student at uc berkeley. people he came into contact with here at university have been, or being notified the symptoms are a fever,

at 4:30 abc7 news vic lee has mer on how close the ship actually got. >> that is a little scary. giant crane helping lift some heaviest pieces of the east bay bridge into place arrived in new jersey. tug boats dragged it 6,000 miles down the west coast through pan ma canal to the hudson river. it's one of the largest floating cranes in the world. reassembled first span set to open in 2016. >> the giants holteding their fan fest tomorrow at at and t park. it's open from 10:00 in the morning until 3:00 in the afternoon a chance to meet and greet the giants. >> tim lincecum will be there. he admitted he wasn't sure he was going to be back this svenlt his contract expireed and finished with a record of 10-14. and he's well regarded as ace of the staff after winning two cy young awards. he had serious doubts whether the giants wanted him to come back. well, i guess they proved they wanted hip, signing him to to a two-year $35 million contract. >> you know i feel the year just biting my knuckles and if teams were going to want me after this, the giants showed that they do want me back

vic lee is in the newsroom now with the story you'll see only on abc7 news. vic? >> we've learned ed jew is released after serving almost five years, apparently a model inmate taught yoga and english. jew did not want to be interviewed and his attorney spoke to us. >> what are your plans after you get out? >> future plans? >> when you get out? >> spend more time with my daughter and my wife. >> that is what ed jew told abc7 news in an exclusive interview just before he went to prison almost five years ago. jew was convicted on federal bribery charges, of trying to extort $80,000 from the owners of quickly tapioca drink shops who had permit problem was the city this, security video in jew's chinatown flower shop captured him accepting a bribe. $40,000 in cash. he doesn't realize the money was working for the fbi. he served four and a half years in federal custody, first in a minimum security prison, in arizona. >> his job was he was driver to other people, other inmates he had car keys and drove off the prison grounds and had freedom. >> lawyer stew handlynn says h

vic lee, abc7 news. >>> three more deaths from the flu being reported today. two victims in santa cruz county. that brings the number of flu deaths to three. and in san mateo county to five. two victims in santa cruz county were both men. total deaths now stand at owe 38. health officials urge everybody from six months and up to get a flu vaccine. >> imagine being trapped in the home with no way to get out. that is what's happening from time to time to some san francisco seniors and low income residents. >> the problem is with elevators that don't work. abc7 news is live now from city hall with the story. carolyn? >> there are two types of housing we're talking about low income, single-room hotels many are privately owned and public housing where help may be on the way. when mara pushes the elevator button in san francisco's tender loin, she is never sure what to expect. >> a few months ago both were broken. >> she's in a wheelchair on the 8th floor of a building designed for seniors and disabled. >> my friend had to do everything for me like bring me food and

vic lee has the story. >> reporter: he was apparently a model prisoner using this time in prison constructively did not want to be interviewed today. his attorney instead talked to us. the former supervisor hospitalized for valley fever and suffered from a detached receiptina. his attorney says he's doing fine. >> he looks healthy, lost weight. and he seemed to be in a good mental state. >> jew convicted on federal bribery charges of trying to extort 80,000s frdz owners of quickly tapioca drink shops who had permit problem was the city this, security video captured him accepting a bribe. $40,000 in cash. he doesn't realize the money man was working for the fbi. he served four and a half years in custody, first in, a minimum security prison, in arizona. >> his job was he was driver to other people to other inmates. so he had car keys. he drove off the prison grounds he had freedom. >> the lawyer, stew handlynn says he spent two years in a prison camp in california. >> he taught english. he raised the passing for high school he >> san francisco prosecutors found that he actually resided in this h