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didn't deserve to be attacked. we just need the public to continue to lift her up in prayer. >> he is on active probation in santa clara county. detectives are looking into whether he had an accomplice. community members will gather for a meeting. our neighborhood is not perfect.

>> one of the major issues in the trial is the road of the lead investigator, police sergeant mike gant. gant did not testify. the woman at the center of the sex scandal involving law enforcement officers across the bay area are back home tonight. we live at city hall tonight. melanie, any word on when the d.a.'s office might file charges? >> the almeida d.a.'s office says when charges are formally filed, they will be announced. tonight the contra costa d.a.'s

office is investigating new eliminated criminal allegations. >> this is not frat house behavior. >> they say he is safe. now they want law enforcement officers who took advantage of her held responsible. >> they violated their own promise and now they must be prosecuted. they must go to jail. >> the d.a. has not said when charges will be filed. her attorney said they've heard from more victims who live in richmond. >> these are the officers who are engaging in sex trafficking and i was part of the same group that jazz minute was a part of. >> richmond police chief alwin brown said the department investigated 11 current and former officers, while some v violated departmental agencies, they reached out about the new allegations. a spokesperson said the chief is

not commenting any further. the contra costa d.a.'s office said they are reviewing the evidence and the allegations. >> it would be hard to imagine that this one young woman had sex with 30 officers. >> they question the richmond police officer's claim it wasn't responsible for sending her all the way to florida for treatment. >> it's all going to come out. every lie has an expiration date. >> we sent out a push alert and streamed -- enable push alerts so you can be the first to know what's happened. authorities in the east bay are

looking for the person that shot a dog last week. veterinarians found a bullet in the dog's right hind look legg. it shattered its femur. investigators are analyzing the bullet for any clues. >> the motor cyclist who was hit by a san francisco fire truck that ran a red light asked city officials to reject the $5 settlement agreement he's already signed. jack frazier spoke to i team reporter dan he suffered 18 crushed bones and a shattered knee. he wants them to re reject the

deal his lawyers negotiated. >> my lawyers have abandoned me and seemed to be working for you. that settlement benefits everyone but me. i would also like to know i'm responsible for paying for the lawyers i didn't need before the night of june 29th, 2013 when i was ran over by a fire truck. >> frazier failed to convince committee members. >> a new district attorney's unit will soon become the lead investigators in all officer-involved shootings in san francisco. they're getting millions to clear up the big backlog of officer shooting cases in the d.a.'s office. vick lee has the story. >> it's been ten months since mario was killed in an officer-involved shooting and still no charging decision by the district attorney. according to this grand jury report released in june, that's not unusual. the grand jury found it takes an

average 20 months from a shooting to a charging decision if there is one. the d.a.'s office blames it on a staffing shortage. >> unfortunately our office has not been well resourced to handle the investigation. >> today they make recommendations on the grand jury findings. >> the investigations take too long and, two, they are nowhere near transparent. >> now the district attorney says he can solve both problems. the mayor's office has allocated nearly $2 million to fund 14 new positions to clear the backlog of officer-involved shootings. those in the new unit would become the lead investigators for those cases taking the role away from the sfpd. >> we can get to work and provide san franciscans with the type of investigation they would like to see. >> the acting police chief wants an outside agency to investigate

officer shootings. he's not sure this is the answer. >> we are still going to run up against the same issue of us investigating us. i mean, the perception is, hey, you guys work with the d.a. office every single day. the police union opposes the plan. over the years that he's been district attorney here, he's made it clear his bias is towards the san francisco police department. >> one thing almos agrees on. >> today is the deadline to get permits to retro fit soft story buildings. those are wood frame multi-story units with 15 units for more. a garage or large opening on the ground floor makes them more vulnerable during earthquakes. they shake more, they're top heavy. today is the deadline to obtain

a permit for upgrades. the retro fits can be expensive. the city is allowing owners to pass on the cost of the work to tenants. in all just over 5,000 buildings are slated to be upgraded. >> today the ncaa public live reprimanded, censured a softball coaches. also a football player received more than $3,000 worth of unauthorized benefits from his summer landlord which he says he unknowingly accepted. stanford worked with the ncaa through a cooperative process which avoided a formal hearing. today san jose state university honored constitution day.

>> students, faculty and staff joined together to read the entire u.s. constitution. it lasted four hours. the reading took place in front of clark hall. >> samsung's note 7 smart phones are now part of a formal recall involving the government. >> hear from the people who thought this was the hottest phone on the market and found out they were quite literally right. >> and i'm abc 7 meteorologist drew touma. the final weekend of summer approaches and it's going to get hot across the bay. we'll look at how long the heat will last. >> we just found my daughter at the bottom of the pool. >> next, the 911 distapatcher w helped talk a mother through saving her

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look at this. for the first time in two years, the u.s. capitol dome is scaffold free. for 23 month, 52 miles of pipe covered the cast iron dome while workers repaired and painted it. the final color is appropriately called dome white. it surely is. >> the hayward school superintendent is blasting the board which last night voted to fire him following a three-month investigation. today they released their reasons for this along with the findings for their investigation. lonnie rivera is live with the story. lonni. >> yes, there's a lot of finger

pointing going on between the superintendent and parents are worried about this being another heavy turnover with superintendents here. >> this was wildly a defamation of character. i would say it's character assassination. >> the board voted to oust the superintendent at wednesday night's meeting, a decision one board member defends. >> all that i personal lly want him to do was break the pattern of blaming others. >> another said the vote should have never taken place. >> i was very disheartened when i learned a vote had been taken after i left the meeting. >> the findings claim dobbs is inherently dishonest about his mistakes. he failed to report the gift of a free room and he lost his temper after being denied a new

vehicle request. dobbs says the decision is unfair. >> we raised the graduation rate from 6% to 8% over 84%. that's the highest five-year increase in almeida county. >> his parents packed wednesday night's board meeting, pre exprg concern about the investigation. >> all we want is answers. why is our superintendent gone and he worked so hard for our students? >> the hayward unified school district has seen several superintendents come and go, nearly a half dozen in ten years. sam dobbs is one more. >> mail thieves in san francisco are targeting several neighborhoods using a master key to open mailboxes. the two thieves buzz themselves into a building on vanes police believe they're using a stolen or counterfeit master

key. >> there's a key out there that gives unlimited access to these buildings and the post office isn't doing anything about it. >> all the security infrastructure is being assessed right now. >> postal workers say they're working with the sfpd. residents say they want the mailbox locks rekeyed. >> a 4-year-old girl in ohio is alive today thanks to the amazing work of a calm, cool and collected 911 dispatcher. the story is a tale of heroism and caution. >> this is the heroine. >> we just found my daughter at the bottom of the pool. she's 4 years old. >> is she awake? >> no. >> is she breathing? >> no. >> it was very nerve racking.

i have two nephews and i can only imagine what they were going through at that time finding her in the pool and your heart just sinks. >> despite the pressure, joslin calmly talked the family through cpr. >> with your hand under her neck, pinch her nose close and tilt her head back. give two more regular breaths and pump the chest 30 more times. do you see the chest rising and falling? >> yeah. >> keep going, 30 more pumps. count out loud for me. >> 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 -- >> nice job. good work. >> i'm so happy she was okay and her family was there with her. >> what a great sound, that cry. all thanks to the work of a dispatcher that has only been on the job since january. >> thanks, kristen, very much. the university of san francisco's pioneering basketball coach has resigned.

she was at war memorial gym this afternoon shortly after announcing she had stepped down. this comes just weeks before the team's first practice. she came out in march, she is married to her assistant head coach. she says after spending six years as head coach, she wants to pursue other interests, including public speaking. >> i loved my work with the nba. when you're a head division i coach, you can't be searching for another job at the same time, it's nearly impossible. so it's a little bit of a leap of faith. >> they will certainly miss her. she guided the team last year to a conference championship and first ncaa tournament in decades. >> now your accuweather forecast. >> and we've got a mild and sunny finish to the work and school week on the way but all eyes are on the weekend.

not only will it warm up but we're going to get hot but even inland around the bay for the second half of your weekend. we've got that cool, coastal cloud cover making its presence known. about 1,500 feet up showing you the low clouds over san francisco and into the east bay. the forecast is going to call for a foggy start. we're mild to warm in the afternoon tomorrow. it's going to feel pretty nice. by the weekend we have a heat alert. especially on sunday we are warm to hot across the entire region but do not worry if you are not a fan of the warm weather. cooler air arrives just as fall comes one week from today. >> the numbers around the bay, pretty comfortable. we have 50s in san francisco, 80s in san mateo. once away from that influence, you're in the 70s and 80s. fog around the bay will cool us around rather rapidly. most of us are falling into the low and mid 50s.

your starting temperatures tomorrow morning will mainly be in the 50s on your morning planner. first thing by 5:00 in the morning, we're slow to clear. by 9:00, a lot of sunshine inland. a fair amount of cloud cover. highs on your friday. we have that summer spread but it's not incredibly hot anywhere. our warmest is 90 in antioch, santa rosa at about 82 degrees. future tracker temperatures will jump ahead into the weekend. saturday, we're still going to call it pretty comfortable around the bay. we're holding in the 60s and 70s in most spots. hot inland in the mid 90s. by sunday we'll lose the marine influence, a land breeze connection in and that heats up everybody across the board from the coast to the bay to inland. we're calling it a sizzling sunday. near 80 in oakland, about 90

degrees in san jose and triple digits return to fairfield and even napa nearing that century mark. friday, it's warmer but not too hot the summer heat will return saturday into sunday. that's when we have the heat alert for hot temperatures, near 100 inland, 80s around the bay. heat kind of lingers monday but quickly cooling off tuesday, wednesday, just in time for fall arriving on thursday. it's going to get hot around here this weekend. >> thank, drew. >> it looks like a super hero walked the streets of san jose today. next find out what this costumed character's power actually is. >> the emmys here this sunday here on abc 7. our coverage begins at 2:00. we'll have red carpet coverage at 3 and the awards begin live

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reinsisting in bart is so important. the telephone town hall meeting begins at 6:30 in both english and chinese. we've posted the numbers on our web site, abc7news.com. and pete walker is california's newest traffic safety crusader. pete wears a suit made from old car parts. you might see pete appear on the video and bill boards giving safety tips. it's part of september being declared pedestrian safety month. >> it's essential that traffic education and enforcement address how motorists and pedestrians can safely interact when sharing the road. >> founder of facebook, mark zuckerberg, has sold off nearly $3 million worth of stock for

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voluntarily recalled its galaxy note 7 smartphone, the safety commission has followed suit with a formal recall. >> jonathan joins us live from our newsroom. >> samsung's biggest smartphone is now the biggest nightmare. reports are still surfacing about batteries overheating and some exploding. with 800,000 phones still in the hands of consumers, regulators stepped in and samsung gave an apology. samsung's president apologized in a video just hours after this press conference. >> today we are announcing the official recall of 1 million samsung galaxy note 7 smartphones. >> samsung said it's already collected 130,000 of the defective phones blamed from

starting fires everywhere from the bedside to the roadside. >> it is scary. my daughter has a samsung. if that were to happen to my daughter, yeah, it really is scary. >> the note 7 was supposed to be a hit with the consumers. >> it was a cool phone, looks nice. wanted it because no one has it. they said they're not allowed to sell it to me. they told me this one that doesn't explode apparently. >> that family bought a whole house full of note 7s. >> if you haven't returned yours yet, you have the option of a new phone or refund. >> because this product presents such a serious fire hazard, i am urging all consumer, all consumers, to take advantage of this recall right away. >> oh, my god. >> meanwhile, reports have surfaced of other samsung models causing fires. >> it was plugged in and then i see a fire come up. >> a student at arizona state

said he heard sizzling and burning. >> the intense burning sensation hit my thigh. >> but they insist the problem is just with the note 7. a new version will be out in a few days. >> the note 7 with the new battery is safe. >> samsung says the new safe version of the note 7 will be in stores no longer than september 31st. samsung says you need to power the phone off and keep it off until you exchange it. jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> thank you. tomorrow the new iphone 7 goes on sale officially. some models are already sold out. all options of the larger iphone 7 plus is sold out globally. the smaller phone is sold out in

the black. >> presidential candidate hillary clinton was back out campaigning for the first time since she took a few days off to recover from pneumonia. at a rally in north carolina, she addressed her illness saying lots of people tried to power through a sickness. that's what she thought she should do. >> i certainly feel lucky. when i'm under the weather, i can afford to take a few days off. millions of americans can't. >> today donald trump released a one-page letter from his doctor saying he is in, quote, excellent physical health. he revealed his economic plan today, promising to cut taxes and create 25 million new jobs without adding to the deficit. trump's son caused controversy when he criticized the media -- >> the media built her up, let her slide on every indiscrepancy, on every lie, on

every dnc game trying to get bernie sanders out of the thing. >> trump's campaign said donald trump jr. was referring to the gas chambers used in punishment, not those used in the holocaust. >> a target store called police on a man registering voters. we have the story from san jose. >> reporter: representatives from 13 community organizations turned out to tell target how important it is to them to register voters. >> we are willing to be arrested not once but as many times as necessary to assert this fundamental right. >> salvador was arrested monday when the target store called police. the retailer says it doesn't

allow solicitation on its property, regardless of its cause. but the incident put police in the middle. the chief said he supports voter registration. he must also enforce the law. >> that's a fundamental right. we want to support that as much as we can within the confines of the law. >> volunteers went ahead and intercepted shoppers, signing up several to vote in november. target staff asked them to keep the sidewalk and entrances clear. though the possibility of arrest made one volunteer nervous. >> i'm 21 years old and i'm kind of like, oh, am i going to get arrested, too, if i go to a different shopping center? but i guess we got to speak and negotiate with shopping centers beforehand probably. >> target issued a statement, quote, target joined 20 other innovative and influence businesses across the country in a nonpartisan effort to convince more people to become registered voters. but community leaders think some

fence mending is in order. >> it's unfortunate and disappointing to hear. but given, that happenagain, th neighborhoods. >> all right, while we're still in the end of summer, it's already getting close to the start of the flu season. >> coming up, what's different this year that will have pediatricians and their patients feeling disappointed. >> and next, the eight people involved in a four-w

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tomorrow the staff the california pacific medical center will perform four kidney transplants between eight people. as wayne friedman found, it was the result of logistics and chance. >> the left kidney -- >> another day, another prep session for yet another kidney transplant at the california pacific medical center. gary mccoy is the recipient. dr. nicole, one of the surgeons and janet generaljennings, the . >> it would never have happened if his wife jean had not been giving janet a fact through a

groupon promotion? >> it was not a groupon. >> it was two people talking about jeanne not being able to donate to gary, she offered to help. >> because can i help. why wouldn't i? >> tomorrow they'll be transplanting kidneys to four different people. what's most interesting about this case isn't the technology behind it but the methodology. eight people for four transplants, so complicated they had to make a flow chart of the people involved. janet wanted to give to gary but they were incompatible. she gives one to carla, who gives one to elias, who gives one to russell, who gives one to general ever, who gives one to caesar and hers goes to gary. got it? for gary it means no more

dialysis. >> if can you help someone have a better quality of life and it's not harmful to me, why wouldn't you? >> it a personal question made possible by modern medicine and a procedure that may to a really good party for eight people somewhere down the line. >> you're going to need a bus for this. >> yeah, a bus to napa. >> that sounds good. >> don't wreck your kidney. >> a house known all around the world is now part of an effort to protect the planet in san francisco. one of the painted ladies, an iconic victorian, is being outfitted with 21st century green technology, solar panels. >> we felt compelled both from a responsibility perspective in terms of wanting to do the right thing for the environment but also from an economics perspective, being able to save some money. >> engineers made sure the solar panels and wiring are tough to see to preserve the home's

historic look and landmark status. >> still ahead, a shot versus spray. >> while we'll no longer have both options to protect

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next month shoo the flu time returns for elementary students. the third annual campaign is an effort to make sure as many children as possible are protected from the flu. while pharmacies around the bay area have started offering vaccinations, one popular alternative is not being recommended this year. >> dr. bergen has spent decades fighting the flu. this year he's bracing for sad voices. >> not only are parents and children disappointed but a lot of pediatricians, too. >> he helps direct a program that vaccinated more than a million people in northern california last year. while some received a shot, others, including many children, opted for the popular flu mist. it's a kies that's not available this year at kaiser or any or

large pharmacy group. >> it just hasn't measured up compared to the injectable vaccine. >> over the summer an advise riff committee at the centers for disease control recommended against using the natisal spray. they say it was barely effective, especially among younger patients. the cdc disputes that information. why no one is sure with the mist would have performed so poorly, experts say vaccines are constantly being modified. that means the mist could be updated and return in future seasons. but for this year parents and kids may have to make the trade-off between a short sting and protection against the flu. >> they don't like it, they get scared but it's faster, i think. i don't know. it was a doctor recommendation as well. >> researchers typically monitor

flu pattern in the southern hemisphere during their winter season to try to predict which flu strains could be prevalent during winter here. >> today tickets to warriors games went on sale to everyone. the team plays its first preseason home game on tuesday, october 4th. the war yourself iriors issued alert, though. they only guaranteed tickets sold or resold through their web site. >> squaw valley may open in mid-november. it expects to be the first major resort to open this season. there's already been a little snow believe it or not, here in mid september. >> it is the last week of summer coming up, as drew pointed out earlier. >> we're going out with a bang. >> i feel we are. we have a split.

some are ready and some are ready for the cool air. tomorrow we'll call it mild. it's not yet too hot. 81 in san jose. our warmest spot is antioch at about 90 degrees, 82 in napa. a lot of folks will be heading up to sonoma raceway. hydrate and have the sunscreen at the beach. saturday and sunday morning cloud. sunday it's nothing but sunshine out there and temperatures pretty nice in the mid 70s. here's your accuweather seven-day forecast. we'll go tomorrow. it will be a nice, warm afternoon. it's downright hot. we have a heat alert across the region on sunday. then we nicely cool off in time for the arrival of fall one week from today. there's something for everybody in that forecast. >> it is now or never for the

giants. >> oh, certainly is, larry. >> you don't want to talk about heat. heading into their most important series of the season, bruce bochy trying to mix things up for the giants. plus derek carr getting words of wisdom from his coach regarding

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now abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> the giants are facing their biggest series of the year. manager bruce bochy cancelled batting practice to give his struggling team a physical and mental break and change the mojo heading into a tonight johnny cueto against ad adad add -- adam wainwright. >> you know what? we're still in a position to where we can get there and keep

fighting and hopefully put that behind you. >> the giants need the a's offense, which has suddenly exploded. they're destroying the defending world champions royals. this is rookie ryan healy with a bomb. the fifth longest homer in the majors this year. 480 feet. that made it 6-0 a's. good enough for daniel mengen. seven innings, allowed only three hits so far. salvador perez there. the a's have scored 40 runs. he's hit five rbis in this game so far. the a's are leading 11-0 right now. las vegas made a big commitment pledging $740 million toward a stadium for the raiders. it's only one step that is a wrong and complicated road before the silver and black go

anywhere. and i'm told ronnie lott is all in on this to build a stadium to keep the team in oakland. they have the money and they tell me confidence is high they can get the deal done here. we'll see. the raiders host the falcons on sunday. last year week one, dare carr broke his throwing hand. this past week carr ran again and got flipped. everyone was holding their breath. thankfully carr did not get hurt. you love the effort and passion but carr knows he's got to play smarter hthan this. >> coach said unless it's for the super bowl, stop flipping over people, too. i think everyone's heart dropped when i did that. i think mine did, too. i've done it a couple times, like i said, after the game. but you got to be competitive but you also have to be smart for the team. >> if you're john elway in the super bowl you do the helicopter thing. otherwise stay on the ground. indy car season ends sunday with

the go-pro grand prix. will you not see the two leading driver help each other in the race. pagenaud has won at sonoma three times. >> it's tough in this series. we had a great test here last thursday. i feel good. i feel relaxed and i'm going to give it everything. >> it's a great situation actually. we managed to get another championship for team penske in our 50-year anniversary. the history of this team is incredible. >> final major on of year on the lpga tour, the evian championship in france. >> chung bogeyed through six birdies on the front nine, shot

an 8 under par 63. drew was talking about 100 degrees on saturday. how hot do you think it is inside one of those indy cars in a leather suit? >> no thank you. >> stifling, sweaty. >> good for weight loss. >> yes. >> a lot of breeze. >> join us tonight. voter confusion. millions of californians being told they're not registered. is that you? >> and on abc 7 news at 11:00, this video of a 2-year-old german shepherd forced to undergo an amputation. the remarkable recovery he's now making. >> that's it for abc 7 news. we appreciate your i'm. >> thank you so much for joining us. we'll see you a little bit later tonight.

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