To evacuate after that blast. That explosion shattered windows in several blasts. Abc 7 News Reporter Jonathan Bloom has the story. Reporter evacuated residents returned in time for it dinner in all except the home where the explosion happen. We have been in contact with the building owner. He does have about eight tenants that will now be Getting Services from the american red cross. Reporter it began at 10 00 a. M. Where one woman says its the second gas leak in as many weeks. Firefighters are knocking on our door asking us to evacuate the building. Reporter while they told residents there was no need to panic, firefighters said this was not a drill. We had firefighters arrive on scene with the heavy smell of gas, they positioned away from the building and started walking up and it exploded. Reporter video shows the damage. Three front windows shattered and garage windows blown out into the street. Theres no other real reason for that. Reporter firefighters said they believe the gas was coming from under the street. Crews sc the leak from both ends. It took over three hours. This was a tedious task that included turning off two valves at an offsite location as well as digging up these holes behind me in order for crews to access the pipe and stop the leak of gas. Reporter now pg e hiring an crew to investigate. A bikalist accused of assaulting a San Francisco muni bus driver is now in custody. Police say the cyclists made an obscene gesture at the driver and then ordered the bus where he began hitting her in the head. The driver was treated at the hospital for nonlife threatening injuries. It was captured on the bus surveillance system. So there is a document of this. Officials say the man collapse and died october 15th. They do not suspect foul play. Hes about 15, 16 years of age, about 510 and about. If you have any information at all about this mans identity, please contact Santa Clara Police immediately. Pized to make millions of dollars in cuts in the middle of the school year. Parents protested tonight each with a strong opinion on where to start swinging that budget ax. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony is there. For our students we will fight. Reporter teachers and parents are rallying together to protest millions of dollars in midyear budget cuts in the financially strapped Oakland School district. Among the items set to be eliminated, money for supplies. Our children do not deserve and our families do not deserve any dollars to come from our school sites where theyre already struggling to make ends meet. Schools just dont make enough money to support our stunlt students to our staff. Reporter 15. 1 millian in all this year. It depends on who you ask, depends on what youre talking about, but there have been areas certainly you could argue there was oefb spending in the st, and thats what were trying to rectify. Reporter and while the district claims two thirds of the proposed cuts would be in the office away from the Classroom Teachers and parents say any reductions at the school site should be offlimits. Special Education Teacher mark is especially aware of cuts to programs that serve his students. These are the students that need the most services, and we cant have cuts put on their back. Reporter the board is kpekted to vote on specific cuts an december 13th. The man accused of escaping a hawaii Mental Institution and plying to the bay area is back in court today in stockton. The mowy newspaper gave him the choice to admit his identity or contest extradition. Well, he chose the latter. He told reporters he wanted to stay here and did not want to go back to hawaii. Hed been at the Hawaii State Hospital after he was acquitted of murder by reason of insanity. The jury in the kate steinle murder trial did not reach a verdict today. We have more now on the case from the hall of justice. Reporter this morning the jurors had a few questions for the attorneys in a kate steinle murder trial. The parties were called back into the courtroom to clarify a few things. Fipically the press is also allowed inside to hear questions and answer session. Not this time. According to don lynn, the request was made by one of the attorneys to keep the press out of the courtroom. The judge agreed to the request. The judge was then asked if that meant we were going to be excluded from every q a session. His response was no comment. Once the jury announces they have reached a verdict, everyone will have 30 minutes to come back to the courthouse before it is read. A spokesperson for the steinle family says they will not be there when the verdict is heard. The family says it does not want to further politicize this case. It has now become part of the immigration debate in this country. Thats because the defendant is an undocumented several times and hes accused of shooting 32yearold kate steinle on december 1st of 2015. Garcia has been charged with Second Degree murder, but the xi is allowed to consider first degree murder or involuntary manslaughter. He can also be found not guilty. In San Francisco, lianima len dez, abc 7 news. Now, to be the first to know when the verdict comes down by enabling our free app and enabling our push alerts. New details tonight uba weekend tragedy on i80 in san pablo. A hitandrun crash that ended in four family members killed and six others injured. Our abc reporter dion lim spoke to those who say they were all deeply loved in their community zp. Reporter first it was a wildfire and now family members taken all too soon. My thoughts are with him and his family. Its just like everyone in town is really devastated. Reporter this is the sentiment echoed by so many in napa who knew 14yearold joe horn and his father gerald horn. The news of the passing almost too much to bear. I wish people would have had a chance to see what joe was going to do. Reporter he was on a trip with two relatives from washington state. While driving down i80 they were hit by fred lowe. The familys car crossed the median and flipped. Everyone inside except jared who was dry driving was kill. Words you cant express. Its just utter sadness. Reporter the devastation felt perhaps in the Sports Community at the high school where gerald was where he was a beloved coach. A communitys hearts are with the surviving horn family members. Mom denise, big sister greta, and jared. The family releasing this statement tonight on behalf of the bital and horn families saying these kids were dedicated to sports and mentoring children. Through the years theyve had an impact on the lives of young boys and girls. In napa, dion lim, abc 7 news. He remains in custody at the administer neenz jail. Bail has been set at 1. 5 million. The chp says he was driving on a suspended license with a previous dui violation. A pastor at a livermoore Catholic Church is under investigation. Hes an administrative leave until the investigation is conclude. The diocese will not disclose the charge against him, but it says it does not involve someone underage. His stunt that got the attention of fans and local authorities. And why its important to do your research before clicking that buy button. And meteorologist drew tuma. Early morning showers moved out, sunshine moved in. And tonight cold weather settling in across the region. Also here residents vehicled, tourists stranded. Gushing ash from a volcano sends you could save energy by weaving your own shoes. Out of flax. Or simply adjust your thermostat. Do your thing, with Energy Upgrade california. A sacramento area man who was arrested for flying a drone over the 49ers and raiders games this weekend spoke with us after being released from jail. The drone dropped leaflets. But of course the stunt alarmed Law Enforcement because of the potential for danger. Reporter was it worth it to get arrested . Well, ive been protesting the same thing for ten years. Reporter tracy mapes told us he knew flying a drone over was prohibited, but he want today get his message out. The drone pilot admitted he is responsible for dropping leaflets during the first half of the 49ers game. My name is has social media accounts talking about his cause, but told us he had to take it to the next level. Someone doesnt do what i did yesterday because they didnt believe what they were trying to tell you. Reporter but authorities were quick to track down maipz. Santa clara police wived him shortly after the drop occurred and alerted neighboring authorities. They say he then used his drone to drop the same leaflets at the raiders game at the call coelom where he was arrested by police. Anything can be dropped, which is why we take the security measures seriously. Were always on the look out for defer ways the venue can be threatened. Reporter police say mapes faces a misdemeanor that prohibits drones from flying near the colosseum. Relief is in sight for commuters heading out of silicon valley. Theyve been awarded a 170 Million Contract for the construction of the 680 sunole express lane project. Itll widen the existing freeway and construct a new 9mile express lane. That section of 680 is consistently ranked as one of the ten most congested bay area freeways. The work will begin next year. And for commuters it cannot start or get finished soon enough. Well, happening today cyber maernd sales. And they could set a new record. In the past most Online Shopping was done on fast connections at work. But now cyber monday is in many ways an evening phenomenon done on mobile devices inside of desktops. David louie explains what people are spending money on. Reporter sales this cybermonday could hit a record 6 billion, making this the biggest Online Shopping day ever. But consumers shouldnt consider those price breaks are the best deals. If you look carefully some sites are offering incentive not to buy online but go to their store instead. And then you go online and you shop best buy or walmart you will see an item and that item will have an online price and then they will also show you a stor only price. And its cheaper in the store. Reporter it urges shoppers to do research on the lowest price. We see on the same item today up to 33 difference in the highest price to the lowest priced on the same item. So it makes sense to shop around. Reporter the top goodies today include the Google Chrome cast, the sony play station vr and toys. Shoppers may be snapping them up for fear stock will run out, but a high number of returns might result. Consumers are taking advantage of those things and getting everything theyre considering right now to their doorstep free. And then i dont think consumers are planning on keeping everything theyre purchasing. Reporter prime time for cybermonday now falls into the evening after work unlike the past where people relied on their baud band connections at the office. This strategy is helping to boost the average transaction up 3 from last year. I go back on today and see if theres anything else, but im running out of money. Reporter in santa clara, david louie, abc 7 news. Well, well see tomorrow if donation records are shattered tomorrow on giving tuesday. The 92nd street why in united city are credited with launching this six years ago in response to all the spending that happened. This is video from giving tuesday. Org. Reports say donations last year soared to 180 million. Thats about 12 times the amount donated the year before. And yes, we spend a lot of money on the holidays, but were also a generous country and give to worthy causes. Meteorologist drew tuma is here with the forecast. Drew, week is off to a great start. A really is. And its finally feeling like fall. Temperatures today despite the sunny skies were below normal this time of the year. Live doppler 7 along with satellite tonight, it is a really quiet picture out there. The clouds have cleared out. Tons of sunshine earlier today where and tonight we have clear skies. The in fact the picture outside, the city of San Francisco, it is sparkling tonight. It is chilly out there, and the rain we received earlier in the past week really helped to bump our totals up for the water year to date. Officially the water begins every year on october 1st. Ask you can see most spots are getting to where they should be this time of year. Fso just about an inch below, san jose, a little bit more ground to make up. About three quarters of an inch and a deficit. And San Francisco coming in to about three quarters of the year for october 1st. Not a lot of snow. The snow levels are rather high. With this storm it wasnt too cold, nonetheless still saw 10 inches. Under clear skies right now we have good radiational cooling. Meaning any heat we retained this afternoonerateiated back out to space. 49 that current number in fremont. Overnight tonight it will be a chilly night away from the coast. 37 overnight in santa rosa. A chilly start tomorrow morning for napa at 36 degrees. Closer to the bay waters, a little bit warmer so to speak. Relatively speaking 46 in San Francisco. But do watch out. We will have fog developing in the delta, and it could be dense early tomorrow morning. So get you out the door for work and school, and jackets are necessary especially inland. The coast and the bay the low 40s. So a chilly start all around. And your 12 day planner, will show youll have those clear skies throughout much of the day. Chilly start with the jackets, bright skies. Once the sun goes down before 5 00, were going to quickly cool off, crisp and cool by 7 003467 and then were back into the low 50s. Its bright. Its beautiful. Its pretty much where we should be this time of year. About 62 in oakland. 64 in san jose. Up to 62 degrees. Heres the accuweather seven day forecast. Its a cold start tomorrow but tons of sunshine on the way, and pretty much well settle in the mid60 buys the afternoon. Bright sunshine baenz, near average on friday. So the week ahead is very frankual. But the first weekend of december, we welcome another chance of showers. Otherwise monday were dry, were bright and temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. So december certainly starting off with couple of showers. I like it. Artificial intelligence used for good. The new feature facebook is rolling out globally that aims to save lives. And white house is all decked out for christmas. The theme b today facebook began its global rollout of Suicide Prevention tools runoff Artificial Intelligence. The tools are designed to catch and intervene when someone could be posting suicidal thoughts or videos. The social Networking Company says it has alerted more than 100 First Responders about potentially fatal posts. Founder and Ceo Mark Zuckerberg says he goes about worries people have about Artificial Intelligence but hopes it be used to save lives. Well, the spirit of the season is in full swing at the white house to be sure. First Lady Melania Trump tweeted this video showing the president ial residence all decked out. It includes the trees all decked out and a niativity scene. The first lady also tweeted a message. She also hosted children ask students from a nearby military base to do arts and crafts projects. And the kids seemed to have a wonderful time. A lot more to get to for you tonight. Did the president use an offensive slur . We have a representative in congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her pocahontas. The joke from the president many are calling crude. A Royal Wedding is in the works. Next all the details and prince harry and his fiance Meghan Markle. Redsdants are evacuated. Touristerize stranded. The volcano and good evening once again. President trump at the white house honored theinate chb american code talkers heroes of world war i and ii today. The president used the event to slam Elizabeth Warren once again, calling her polcahontas. Reporter President Trump issued a racially charged insult using quote, pocahontas. Youre very, very special people. You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative who they say here a long time ago. Te three navajo heroes all in their 90s reacted with silence. Senator Elizabeth Warren came under fire in 2012 claiming with without any proof to have nativeamerican heritage. Have you ever heard of pocahontas . Its pocahontas Elizabeth Warren. Reporter but the purms of todays event was to honor nativeamerican war heros. Why did he feel the need to Say Something offensive to many people while honoring the nativeamerican code talkers . I think whats most people find offensive is senator warren lying about her heritage to advance her career. Reporter today warren fired back. It is deeply unfortunate that the president of the United States cannot even make it through a ceremony honoring these heros without having to throw out a racial slur. She said it was a racial slur. What is your response to that . I think thats a ridiculous response zblf jonathan carl, abc news, the white house. Assembly men resigned today after a number of women accused of him of sexual his conduct. It comes one week after he said he would not seek reelection the end of the current session in september. Several women have come forward to accuse him of groping and forcing himself on them. American Meghan Markle became engaged to britains prince harry. Abc news correspondent terry moran has the story. Reporter hand in hand they stepped into the garden. Prince harry and Meghan Markle almost giddy it seems. How are you guys feeling . Meghan, how are you feeling. Reporter and later they talk about the big moment larry popped the question. It happened a few weeks ago. Earlier this month here at our cottage. Just standard typical night for us. A cozy night. What were we doing . Just roasting chicken. Trying to roast a chicken. And just an amazing surprise. It was so sweet and natural and very romantic. He got on one knee. It was an instant yes for you . Yes, as a matter of fact i could barely let you finish prosing. Can i say yes now. Reporter for months theyve been the speculation of rumors, but today they just seemed like two young people happen pale in love. Whatever we have to tackle together, individually, although always be us togethera as a tea. So nicely said. Reporter and meghan seems ready to become one of the family. Talking about elizabeth ii. You think theyre worried about the scale of what youre getting into . Im sure at the on set my friends and parents were concerned because we got very quickly got swept up into a media storm as i shared was not part of my life before that. But they also had not seen me see happy. Reporter they remember how they met last year. It was definitely a setup. It was a blind date. And i didnt know much about him. And the only thing i had asked her when she said she wanted to set us up, the one question he asked was he nice . I was beautifully surprised when i walked into that room. I was like, okay, im going to have to up my game. Reporter all of it leading up to the proposal and that ring. The ring is obviously yellow gold because thats her favorite and the main stone itself i saw in botswana and the little diamonds are the side from my mothers jewelry collection, to make sure shes with us on this crazy journey together. And its beautiful. And he designed it. Its incredible. I think everything about harrys thoughtfulness and the inclusion of that and obviously not being able to meet his mom, its so important to me to to know that shes a part of this with us. Reporter terry moran, abc news, london. Meghan markle bucks a lot of real trends. Learn all about her in 60 seconds. Just look for her on our website, abc7news. Com. Less happy news here to be sure. A volcano is in danger of erupting in valley. Its already sparked a massive vacation of thousands of residents and tourists and closed valleys airport for the second day in a row. Heres elizabeth herr. Reporter the island of valley now a vacation zone prompting authorities to shutdown the islands main airport. Leaving tens of thousands of stranded tourists scrambling to escape. Theres nobody for us to ask questions. So when your flight got canceled at 1 00 last night, we went down and talked to them and they told us they werent going to be able to help us. Reporter according to authorities anyone within a six mile radius must brace for the possibility of an even bigger eruption. Despite that warning we are told of the 100,000 People Living within the vehicles zones, many decided to stay, taking refuge in nearby shelters. But with nearly 500 flights already canceled, 2r56b8ers are now trying to get out by land or even sea. Some visitors taking a ferry to the nearby island of java for an outbound flight. Airport Officials Say the plan now is to keep the islands main airports closed until tuesday morning. But that could change as they continue to monitor the volcanos activity. Well, the north bay wildfires needed a lot of First Responders to get the namest, obviously. Now its time for what could by called the second responders. Up in Sonoma County it would seem logical to assume that after fires like we just saw, water is good. And it is generally. But in some cases the runoff it creates is toxic. As reporter wade freeman explains scientists are trying to save streams while also study them. Reporter even after the fires there are parts of Sonoma County where nothing seems to have changed. But move back a few feet, you see burned trees, a few more the remains of and. Its sort of a time bomb of pollution. Its close to the creek. Reporter you might call them second responders treating creeks and streams especially now after the rains. Theyve been hard at work. This was right in the middle of a driveway next to a burned house. So this was high priority for getting protection behind it. Reporter think compounds and heavy metals. The thing is all that stuff people dont now have, it didnt disappear. Its now in a different form where it can enter the environment. Reporter the question how much will that ash up there damage this ecosystem down here . Hence a Testing Program now under way. These samples like others heading for analysis by the state. Back in her office katelyn corn wall sounds like a realest. We want to see how big a hit to aquatic life this fire is. Reporter theyll continue testing after every storm. A strange combination of trying to minimize impact while also measuring it. From Sonoma County, wade feeman, abc 7 news. Well, a lifeline can take many formmizech ask for a lot of keeping up with bills is head ache for a lot of people, and a San Francisco man said it was especially challenging if you live on a fixed income as he does. He says he managed to stay on a budget until one bill came due twice in the same month. And then michael finny stepped in to help. I need it for my health, i need it be able to contact my doctor. Reporter he needs it for his oxygen and to connect to the world. Its critical my cellphone is up all the time. Reporter and in order to pay for it he needs to wait for his Social Security check each month. And so it was a real problem with his sprint phone bill came due before he got his monthly payment. They wanted me to pay on the 27th when i had set it up on the 3rd. Reporter forest said he paid cash for his first month of service on october 3rd expected to be billed again on november 3rd. Instead he got a bill due on october 27th. A full week before his Social Security check would arrive. I get 1,066 a month, thats it. Sprint warned its past due and then they warned it would be disconnected. The company says the money he paid in october did not include phone service. It covered his down payment on a phone lease plus other fees. However, sprint agreed to remove the october Service Charge as a gesture of goodwill. Telling us we worked with mr. Thompson to help him understand his receipt, his expected future billing and we provide him with a goodwill credit. We apologize for any confusion or any inconvenience. You were immensely helpful. I will sing your praises. Reporter mr. Assumptionten that he had paid for phone service, but he used cash and did not get an itemized receipt. Good advice from michael. One last time want to update the weather forecast. Meteorologist drew tuma is here. All quiet on the western front out there. Yeah, its nice after what was a wet start. The sun was out. 40 in fairfield, 46 in gillroy, and 44 right now in santa rosa. And tonight those numbers continue to fall in a lot of spots away from the coast. Ware going to fall into the 30s. Just be aware well likely have some fog in the central and delta valley. It could be thick. S highs for your tuesday, 60s. The accuweather forecast going to show you sunshine, chance of a shower on saturday night. Otherwise we clear out. Upper 50s to low 60s. Thats coming to smile about. Miketiaman is in. Dramatic raiders game. Dont ever wear your gold shades on the football field. Details to come. While the warriors hoping to do without steph curry and kevin warriors hosted sacramento end agthree game home stand before they hit the road for their longest trip of the year. Six games. Steph curry and kevin durant held out tonight with injures. Championship ring pregame and Draymond Green from last years team, he is enjoying it. What a move. A slam, but only the two point. Four steals, doves up seven. Nick young turns it over. And 40yearold vince garner, kings still get up. To the fourth quarter, the lob to willy,stein, 10 run by the kings and they go up 5. Mccall coming up late and pass to sean livingston. Clay led all scores to 21. And the kings are going to win it. 110106 is your final. All right, spurs down 10 early to the mavs. And its a misstake, maybe. But greg popvich just goes ballistic. He gets tossed from the game. But was it motivation . Because guess what the spurs come back to win 115108 that final. Raiders got some bad news today. One will be suspended for his fight with the quarterback. Yesterday ripped a gold chain after crabs neck last year. He did it again and got a body slam. And it was pure chaos. Both were ajected along with the raiders guard. Coach jack not pleased with the decision. I think its a little bit of continuation from last year emphasis altercation. And it gets worse. Coop could also miss this week along with cab tree. But they stepped up. Johnny got deep again. Did a nice job for us. Corderal came up with some big moments in the game. So all in all it was a solid, solid job of filling in and executing, you know, with your two main guys out. Across the bay, the niners came back to earth. They lost to seattle 1 and 10. But quarterback Jimmy Garapolo got some playing time. He injured his knee and hit with seven minutes left on this hit. 49ers were cheering when garapolo warmed up. Complete above to murphy. For a touch down in their 2113 loss. Coach will not admit until sunday at its earliest, but admits theyll probably use a franchise tag to keep him another year. Anyone who feels that way assumes they want to be paid a quarter million is very hard to d do. Ravens back to punt. Its a fake. 22yard reception. You think punters can only kick. The drive continues. And on that drive juvorious allen, surrounded. Stays on his feet. Goes in for the score. Practically lived in the houston back field the whole night. Led to a clinching field goal. Ravens go onto win 2316. This abc 7 sports report has been brought to you by toyota. Not very timely with michael getting suspended for two games. They played the chiefs in the second game, division rival. You dont learn your lesson, do it again. Boy, they were hot. Got suspended early in the game, so its really like three games. Thanks, very much. Coming up tonight were learning more about why a Police Officer was targeted with an explosive in the mail. Now investigators are looking at a similar incident across the bay to see if perhaps they are connected. And boy with autism is about to have his Christmas Wish come true thanks to a bay area toymaker. Those stories and a lot more coming up on abc news at 11 00 over on channel 7. We appreciate your time and hope to see you again in one hour over on channel 7. Bye for now. ominous music [narrator] today, the stories of two murder cases. One in steamy louisiana. The other, in the english midlands. In our first case, young newly weds seem to be the perfect match. Theyre devout christians, but temptation turns one of them into a wicked sinner
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