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abc 7 news reporter vick lestory only on abc 7 new news. >> matthews a single mother in her 30's with two-year-old child. she worked in the administration office of the church of st. francis. matthew says a church trustee since fired became her supervisor. her lawsuit charges that he forced her to have sex and spanked her with his wooden paddle. >> many sex acts and spankings occurred inside the shrine and sack wrist ty there. >> the paddle was given by close friend james taryn teen o. he's charged in the la you suit with covering up the alleged wrongdoing. >> inscription bn o boy night out from bill to father t from the sexual act that bill mclaughlin was basically threatening my client to engage in otherwise she would lose her job. >> lawyer sandra rivera says after almost a year oven touring the abuse, her client told mclaughlin no more. >> the powers of be at the church and retaliated against her by terminating her. >> the church respondd with a statement saying in part the lawsuit is full of lurid accusations but devoid of the truth. miss matthews let two for financial impropriet

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vick lee, abc 7 news. >> one more item on this story exploratorium firefighters has filled a legal claim against the department saying the top brass tried to blame her for the death of an asian passenge passenger. abc 7 news i team has reported that 16-year-old weapon wen survived the crash only to die when 2 fire truck ran her over. 49-year-old duckett was driving the second truck that was mobile 37 that day. in her claim duckett says fire chief hays which have and top staff told her she needed to admit to the incident and take responsibility for yen death and the driver of first truck said the department told him would he not be investigated and had nothing to worry about. >> duckett accuses the fire department of discrimination because she is african american and lesbian. spokes william for the fire chief would not except directly on this claim but says hays wife continues to be proud of all the members who respond that day. >> the search is on tonight for for man accused of shooting an 81-year-old oakland woman during home invasion robbery. 81 years old. it happened along laguna aven

vick lee reports. >> motorcycle units came back again at 5:00 o'clock to continue the zero tolerancent. they used a at the vice which employ laser to check the speeds of the cars. in the morning things were no different. police were stopping cars left and right here on the bush street corridor in lower knob hill. they also cited jay walkers like this one. this thoroughfare is a dangerous road for pedestrians. dr. dr. harris was hit by a car in november here at bush and hyde. >> car here turning left knocked me out knocked me unconscious. >>reporter: early last night young man was struck by a car. as he jay walk across bush street near the intersection at leavenworth. he's listed in critical condition. today another pedestrians accident just a block away. this time man was hit as he ran on to the crosswalk at bush and hyde. just as the car was turning left toward him. sullivan saw the whole thing. >> the car hit him so hard that he just flies out of the crosswalk and lands over there. and he's just laying on the ground. >>reporter: commander ali says the pedestrian in serious conditio

vick lee is on the story. >> today. the consulate was business as usual. l visa applicant another entrance but couldn't miss the fire damage. many had strong opinions about what happened. >> terrorism. right. it's terror. the nature should be the same as any group attack u.s. embassy, consulate in a foreign country. >> 9:35 last night a security camera mounted on an apartment building across the street sho shows a van stopping at the curb next to the entrance. moments later fire breaks out. witnesses she saw 2 men outside the consulate. investigators say they poured 2 bucket of gasoline on to the front door before setting it on fire. no one injured. >> arson attack is a violent crime targeted at the chinese consulate in the united states. causing severe damage to the consulate facilities. >>reporter: state department said it was deeply concerned. >> we take this incident very seriously and the diplomatic security working with fbi and local authorities to investigate and apprehend the perpetrator. >>reporter: fbi said it does in the believe it was an act of

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l vick lee is on that story >> new years eve.hat means illegal fireworks. >> call for illegal fireworks takes up a lot of our time when we can be responding to other priority calls. >>reporter: oakland police officer john with the son says they are also gearing up for celebration gunfire redwood city police lieutenant james stone is depending tonight on shot spotter to help police pinpoint where gun fair is coming from. sensors placed around redwood city pick up location of the shots as well as fireworks that are setoff in the streets. extra officers will be out responding medley to the alerts volunteers also an integral part of open rigs silent night. >> volunteer during disaster. amateur radio operators so they are not police officers. not sworn. they just report and observe. >>reporter: oakland police will also be out in force. with a heavy concentration of officers in the downtown area. illegal gun fire and fireworks have been a major problem in the city during holidays like the fourth of july and new year's eve. oakland poli

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