The tree was about to hop into the shower when the lightning struck. There was a flash that came out of the spout in the bathtub, and then we heard a big boom. We didnt know what it was. There was debris flying all over the place. We discovered that lightning had struck. Wow, well the lightning, we had some rain this morning. This is video from the next town over from kentville. The rain soaked cars. The rain also came down in the south bay. It didnt last long. The wet weather did not do much to impact the drought conditions. Every little bit helps. The storm clouds have rolled out. Andy is here now with our accuweather update. Hi there, and yeah, it was a rude awakening when the thunderstorms rolled through. Right now were seeing cloud cover, but air mass is stabilizing. Ill show you exactly what happened. Right now mainly sunny skies except for a few clouds or not. Watch the moisture south of San Francisco as we see an intense batch of moisture move through with the thunderstorms moving in from southwest to northeast. Numerous Lightning Strikes, and of course, we had the rain as wellment thunderstorms are shifting to the north, and thats where there is a red flag warning until 11 00 p. M. Tonight. Thunderstorms along with dry fuels could trigger some fires. So keep that in mind. Here are the rainfall totals. Previous record for the day was set back in 1913. 1 inch in oakland. At the airport, trace amounts. Livermore, halfmoon bay,. 2 inches of rain. And so yes, we did have some moisture in the bay area. And if youre watching for the late shows at 9 00 p. M. , i talked about the potential for thunderstorms. They materialized. Ill be back with a look at the changing forecast in just a few minutes. Larry . Thanks, sandy. You can track the stormy summer weather in your neighborhood with the abc 7 weather app. Download it for free at abc7 news. Com apps. In the app store or in google play. The Oakland Coliseum lost electricity early. That power was quickly restored. No reports of damage at tonights game against the the Houston Astros will be played as schedule. First pitch, 7 05. The disputed Lease Agreement between the as and oakland appears to be settled. Theyre ready to move forward after the as owner you may recall the city rejected a previous deal worked out after 14 months of negotiations between the as and joint power authority. Thats the agency that governs the coliseum complex. Its important to know nothing will be official until county supervisors and the apa approves the new deal. And even so, city leaders are pretty excited. We look forward to moving the forward as we finalize this deal to keep our team in oakland to preserve over 1,000 jobs that are tied to our sports team, and to build a stronger future with a new as ballpark at the coliseum area. Oakland mayor issuing a statement. Wolfe saying we appreciate the cooperation and efforts of oakland city officials and optimistic that our negotiations led to a fair and mutually beneficial relationship. Quan thanked the team and said we look forward to moving onto talking about the bigger goal, building a beautiful new ballpark for the team here in oakland. The water is back on. Thats after crews fixed a line that left hundreds of residents at an upscale apartment complex with no Running Water since friday night. They didnt have a to shower, wash dishes or use the toilet. Many are upset with management for not answering the questions and for taking so long to fix the problem. The company is refusing to comment on what happened. A crackdown is in the works for water wasters in the south bay. And abc 7 News Reporter david louie is live at Valley District headquarters where the board will meet two hours from now. All of these, including San Francisco are considering it, all in an effort to try to boost water conservation. Drive through any neighborhood and it wont take long water waste. Excessive sprinkling of lawn and leaves on the sidewalk were enough. That wont be tolerated as water wholesalers and providers focus on a 20 reduction in use. The water districts plan is to hire 5 to 10 temporary water cops to flag waste. Most people respond to a worng or a letter or to education. If there are people ignoring water rules after theyve been told, then fines are available. Valley water workers cant impose fines themselves ls. But the state has authorized fines up to 500. The public will have inquiries to blow the whistle. The former gardner said hes not going to turn in the neighbors. He would prefer to Say Something face to face. If the the police come, they give you a ticket. So watch out. Others who let the lawns go brown wont hesitate to let the whistle blow on those who keep watering. Would you report people . I would. I would. This is bad enough. Probably one of the worst weve had. Of course. Users on average have cut back 12 . Palo alto is a top saver. The least savings, the the city of santa clara at 7 . Adding the socalled water cops will cost a half million dollars. If neighbors dont blow the whistle, theres an incentive for them to talk to the water waster. David louie, abc 7 news. This november San Francisco voters will get to decide if they want to tax a sugary drinks. A board of supervisors just approved the ballot measure. It will add 2 cents tax every ounce. A 20ounce so da will cost 40 cents more. Well tell you how the tax money will be spent if its approved by voters. Well, the girl arrested for robbing a girl selling candy just made her first court appearance. This is Surveillance Video from last monday. Police say three kids were selling candy when christian approached an 8yearold girl holding the money that they raised. They twisted the arm and stole the cash. Shes being held on 100,000 bail. The judge says christian cannot go near the girl or the store where it happened. A man accused of murdering a retired teacher tried to get out of jail again. Prosecutors say Darnell Washington tried to get out of jail by carving his way out after cell window and making a rope out of bed sheets. Before his 2012 murder arrest, he successfully escaped from a San Bernardino jail using a similar method. Washington and his wife pleaded not guilty to the murder of 55yearold who was killed during a robbery, burglary and car jacking. The attorney asked the the judge to remove his shackles. But the prosecutor appealed a new attempt. Now to the crisis in the middle east. Israels Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu is asking the u. S. To resume flights to israel. They banned u. S. Carriers from flying to tel aviv for 24 hours because a rocket landed near the airport. Karen has more now on the escalating conflict. Today they said theyre prohibiting airlines from flying two or from the tel aviv airport for 24 hours. We take very seriously the security and safety of the american citizens. Some of the largest european carriers announced theyll do the same. This dramatic move after a rocket landed one mile from the International Airport this morning. Israeli airports insisted the airport was safe for landing than departures. The family of five arrived at newark International Airport this afternoon and found out their united flight to tel aviv was canceled. Ive been waiting the to go to israel if r the whole year. They were lucky. They were able to secure seats on an Israeli Airline and will still have their family vacation. Secretary of state john ker vi in cairo trying to revive an egyptian cease fire plan that israel supported but hamas rejected. Hamas has a fundamental choice to make, and it is a choice that will have a profound impact for the people of gaza. Overnight, two more Israeli Soldiers died, bringing israels total death toll to 29. The death toll in gaza is now more than 600, according to the Palestinian Health ministry. Today secretary kerry said a cease fire is the first step. Karen travers, abc news, washington. He said its understandable that families are worried about flying into the region, but he worries the fear of terrorism alone will hurt the Summer Travel season, which is very important to israels economy. Its not about the damage. Its about the fear. Now hundreds and thousands of tourists will not come to israel not because something bad will happen to them but because theyre afraid something bad will happen to them. There are some from lvpt a. The Council General says israel may respond with more force against hamas if it launches more rockets toward the tel aviv airport. A fiery crash caught on video. Amazingly it isnt first. What he said happened. An unusual arrest in forecast. How a man found himself trapped inside a garbage truck and the hero who freed him. And the bay area executive accused of impersonating a tsa agent. The powerful family connections he has in hong kong. Lets take a live look at the afternoon commute. This the sky way in San Francisco. Its been backed up for hours trying to get out of the city. The oncoming traffic on the lower deck of the bay bridge. And its starting to get more congested on the right side of your screen on the 101 south. Heading to 101 south. Looks like a long, slow commute ahead. Stay with us, more to come on covering antioch and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. A truck driver is being blamed for a spectacular crash in kentucky. Its a little far off, but look at the top of your screen. The big rig making a turn is suddenly hit by a Freight Train and split in half. It immediately burst into flames. The driver was not seriously hurt. He told authorities he was focused on the back of his rig as he made the turn. So he never saw the train coming. The crash could have been worse, actually. Officials say the car loaded with black powder was only a few cars down from the fire on the train, but the flames never made it that far. He is lucky. A recent graduate of California State University east bay sadly has died in a freak accident on a peninsula beach. 26yearold was digging a hole in the sand when the sand collapsed and buried him. This is a picture of the frantic effort to reach him. He was standing in the hole tenfeet deep yesterday at 5 30 when the sand poured back into the hole and buried him. Cal fire is using this as a reminder to the public to be aware of the hidden dangers at the beach. Another man lucky to just have minor injuries after an unusual rescue in San Francisco. This man found himself in a dumpster on garbage collection day. Things could have ended very badly. Abc 7 News Reporter amy holly has that story. Reporter its tough to surprise San Francisco firefighters. But these firefighters were quite stunned this morning to find themselves crawling into the back of a recycling truck to rescue someone. It was a little bit out of the ordinary for us. They say a man was sleeping inside a dumpster full of cardboard to be recycled, and unfortunately for him today is pickup day. The driver didnt know sh he had dumped a man into the back of his truck until he heard a strange sound. He heard a bang iing inside e truck. It was unusual. He yelled out and then the person yelled back. So there was a verbal communication between the driver and the man who was at the bump ster. The driver drove straight to the department a couple of blocks away at 16th and irving and asked for help. This is a very unusual situation. The driver, his name is mike jones. He did a heck of a job. The man inside the truck did get smushed. There is a hydraulic push wall inside the truck that compresses the cardboard. But the driver turned it off when he realized there was a man among the cardboard. We understand he had a shoulder injury, but were glad that hes healthy, and survived. He did a great job. If he hadnt heard him, he would have been trapped all day long and may have died. The driver has worked for 20 years. Having a man in the belly of his truck is a first. The driver gave an interview to the companys Safety Department and headed back out to finish his route. Amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. Mike krukow revealed hes suffering from a degenerative muscle disease. The 62yearold former pitcher kept his condition a secret since he was diagnosed eight years ago. There is no cure and really no solid theory for exactly what causes it. The only good news here is this condition is not life threatening. He now wears braces on his legs for support and carries a walking cane for balance. Giants fan love him so much. Hopefully hell be able to continue those are maybe the finest duo in broadcasting as far as local team announcers. You think of them and you think of the giants. Absolutely. Well, we wish them well. Well, spencer is away but meteorologist sandy patel outside where the weather was really weird today. People are talking about the Strange Weather on social media. This typically tends to be one of the driest months of the year. But it is not out of the ordinary to get subtropical moisture triggering showers and thunderstorms. Around this time. We usually see it with tropical systems dying. Right now its humid out here. Clouds are around. Its not stopping the people from enjoying our weather. Well talk about whats coming. More normal weather. Thats all i can tell you. Here are some clouds, as youll notice on the north bay coastline. We have active weather to the north. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning was issued just a short time ago until 5 15 p. M. Strong thunderstorms have been developing. In the tahoe area. We dont have any thunderstorms yet, but just a lovely view of some buildups a you can see there. 69 in San Francisco. 75 in oakland. 73 in san carlos. 78 in san jose. And its currently in the mid 60s in halfmoon bay. Sunny view from san jose. So far the temperature in the upper 70s. Concord 76. Livermore, 80 degrees. Seeing some clouds around the golden gate bridge, and heres a look at the forecast. Partly cloudy through tomorrow morning. Sunny tomorrow afternoon. Not as humid, and its heating up thursday through saturday day. Take a look at the satellite and radar. Were basically watching a clearing trend as far as the moisture and thunderstorms are concerned. Theyre moving out of the area. And the low clouds will fill back in, just as the normal pattern, and a drier, northwesterly flow will develop tomorrow afternoon, which means not as humid e and pli it have o sun for your wednesday. Well see a lot of sun later on in the week as well, but the temperatures will start to come out. Heat spreads west again, as we head towards thursday through saturday time period. Tomorrow morning, mild, upper 50s to low 60s. Its going to be mostly cloudy skies in some areas. Partly cloudy in others. Cant rule out drizzle, and as we head towards the afternoon hours, heres what its looking like. 79 in san jose and south 69 degrees and comfortable weather for the north bay. Upper 70s in santa rosa. Buy buy to the mugginess. 73 in oakland. Nice day in fremont. 76 degrees. Inland highs, low to mid 80s. 85 in antioch. F 83 in walnut creek. Accu weather 7 day forecast, were going to turn up the heat on thursday. 96 inland. 70 at the coastline. Sizzling summer weather for friday and saturday. Upper 90s inland. And temperatures will dial back just a little on sunday. Really but just a little. Were still going to hang onto the hot weather. Larry, cheryl. Sandhya, its too hot already. Biggers cant be cluzers. Were getting rid of the humidity. Up next, a doctor who makes every birth special. The musical approach he takes to all his deliveries. Plus, let the demolition begin. A special abc 7 project under way to build a safer place for some east bay children. And new after 4 30, a Security Breach in the big apple. The mysterious appearance of two large white flags flying over new Yorks Brooklyn bridge. Spokesperscard with a new volkswagen turbo. Ardd why are we so obsessed with turbo . Because we like giving you power, but we also like giving you fuel efficiency. Like the sporty jetta. And the turbocharged passat tdi® clean diesel. Okay. And the iconic beetle. And the powerful tiguan. Okay you cant forget the cc. Guys, this is going to take a while. Avo hurry in and you can get a 1,000 turbocharged reward card when you lease a new 2014 jetta se for 199 a month. There you go. It at us. So its kfc night. [cheering] last week we hosted. Yes, this week the kids invited us to their place. Sorry i was late. I had a little trouble with the rope ladder. He fell twice. But look at all this food weve got. Yeah we got this delicious kfc meal and they threw in 2 extra sides for free. For free and i love what youve done with the drapes. Are those your bedsheets . [laughing] pepper jack. Hey pepper jack. Ruff ruff, ruff ruff. Hes a spicy one. Annnnnd. Delicious. Tillamook pepper jack, tastes better because its made better. Happy birthday to you can i have the anesthesia please . What a way to come into the world. Leading head birthday few newborns. Hes known as the singing doctor. Hes welcomed nearly all of the 8,000 baby hes delivered with song. I hear babies cry when im singing to the babies, i think im singing to a future important person. Last the credit i give to all of them. So to me, its a wonderful thing in my hand. The miracle of life. The doctor picked up this traditi tradition from a colleague 30 years ago. He was about to retire and asked him to continue the tradition. He has touched so many moms and babies. Im thinking, you had a a rough childbirth, can you simmer down . He said future important person. Its lovely. Zblf its nice. It is. As long as larry doesnt sing, were okay. Nbc 7 is helping a Bay Area Community build a great family. Tonight crews started to demolish the playground in oakland. Its really become dilapidated over the years. And were going to put in a dream playground that is safer and much more fun for the kids. There are basketball and Tennis Courts and lots of space for baseball, kickball and picnics. I remember as a kid going outside and playing and entertaining myself. Today we have too many children using electronic gadgets. To experience the true joy of being able to be children. The new playground will be built on august 8th. We cant wait to show you the results when we finish. It will be fantastic. Still ahead, we have new details about the life of the bay area executive accused of impersonating a tsa agent. This connection to one of the most powerful families in hong kong. Plus the downing of Malaysia Flight 17. What top u. S. Officials say did not happen. And the kind gesture from an anonymous well wisher to a stabbing victim. [ female announcer ] the internet gets more exciting the faster it goes. Thats why, coming soon, xfinity will double the Internet Speed on two of our most popular plans. Xfinity continues to innovate, bringing you the fastest, most reliable internet, period. [ heart beating ] xfinity internet from comcast. Double the speed. [ heart beats ] live from the kgo broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. Were learning new details about the International Banker who posed at a tsa screener while patting down female passengers at San FranciscoInternational Airport. Eric is the soninlaw of one of the most prominent families in hong kong. Vic lee has more on whats a really peculiar story. Reporter we are learning more tonight. First of all, his father is a top official at the the u. S. Treasury department. And he married a chinese family whose name is known to about every person in hong kong. Were also learning its going to be awfully difficult prosecuting him or charging him with anything more than public drunkenness. Newspapers in hong kong just cant get enough of the scandal. Its on the front pages billed as an embarrassment to one of the most powerful chinese families. It turns out the man who posed as the tsa screener is married to the daughter of the former head of hong kong. His daughter audrey is the woman on the the far right of the picture. The 53yearold International Investment banker was arrested last week at the tsa terminal. After passing security, he reportedly spent time at one of the bars drinking. Sources tell us he stood behind the roll of tsa screeners as he lured a female traveler into a small room, where the the tsa takes passengers who need to be checked more thoroughly. The same sources believe he patteded the woman down in the privacy of the room. He then reportedly brought another woman in. Thats when he caught the eye of a real tsa agent who confronted him and detained him until police arrived. He was only charged with being drunk in public, and not the more serious charges related to the presidenat downs because th Sheriffs Office cant find the two women. They already left on their flights. We learned investigators have reviewed security videos from cameras at the tsa check point. We believe the women involved were in about their 40s in age range and were of asian decent. They still dont know who they are. They need the victims to make the stronger case. If they do the District Attorney says his pedigree background wont make a difference. We dont care if somebody is the wealthiest man in in world or a transient with no home in redwood city, everybody is treated the same here. Meanwhile, slighton will be arraigned next month. Vic lee, abc 7 news. President obama is set to arrive in the bay area in a few hours to raise money for the Democratic National committee. He spent part of the day fund raising in seattle and is expected to arrive at 9 00. He will attend an event tomorrow at the real estate moguls home. Tickets went for 10,000 per person, which includes a photo op and lunch. The president cancel d plans to visit Jimmy Kimmel Live in l. A. In part, because it may appear to be awkward on a comedy show while dealing with Major International crises like the violence in the middle east and the plane crash in l. A. A ruling by a threejudge panel in washington, d. C. Validated an irs regulation that implemented a key piece of the Affordable Care act. The regulation and subsidies for Health Insurance were available to qualifying middle and lowincome consumers, whether they bought coverage on a state exchange or one run by the federal government. And a short time later, an Appeals Court in virginia reached the exact opposite conclusion. Both rulings will likely end up before the supreme court. Now to the latest on a downed malaysian plane in ukraine. Senior u. S. Intelligence Officials Say they have no evidence of any dreblgt russian government involvement in the shooting down of flight 17. They do believe ukrainian separatists, the rebels, shot down the plane by mistake after misreading radar images. And the crash scene is still unguarded across a wide stretch of farmland. Abc News Reporter is at the crash site in ukraine. Reporter a wheat field not far from where Malaysia Airlines flight 17 crashed littered with debris and completely unguarded. Part of the crime scene, potentially crucial evidence loiing exposed. This piece in particular, unlike the rest, is burned and shows holes from an explosion. It raises questions only experts can answer. So far the experts still are not here. In the meantime, all of the evidence is unguarded. Today many of the bodies are finally beginning their journey home. The process of identifying them is now under way. President obama is offering his condolences at the dutch embassy. We will work with them to make sure that that loved ones will recover. We will make sure ultimately justice is done. The u. S. And allies are increasing pressure. The European Union imposing more sanctions on russia. Putin blasted the Ukrainian Government for continuing the military offensive but said he would do what he can to facilitate the investigation. The planes black boxes were turned over by rebels last night and will be analyzed by the uk. The full investigation has yet to begin. Concerns growing that evidence may have been tempered with. F. International monitors that have visited the site say theyve seen parts of the plane moved and cut to pieces. Hopes of an untainted investigation fading now more than five days after the crash. Abc news, ukraine. A touching gesture for the wisconsin girl stabbed 19 times in a murder plot allegedly hatched by two classmates. The 12yearold received a purple heart medal from an anonymous military veteran along with a note saying the only heart i could find. Be strong. The purple heart is awarded to Wounded Service members or those killed in action or die after being wounded. The girl has not been identified. She was lured into a park and stabbed 19 times in may by two classmates, according to police. The girls told police they were trying to impress a fictional internet character known as the slender man. Truly bizarre story there. Coming up at 4 00, a free trip to the market turned out to be very lucky for one bay area man. Jimmy kimmel back and forth. He has big family news to share. And im im abc news meteorologist sandhya patel. Tomorrow its a drier afternoon. Not ads humid. Well start to see things clearing up. Sunny skies over the san mateo bridge. Uncoming traffic is a little thick headed back to the east bay. But moving nicely on the right hand side for those folks heading to the peninsula. Back with more on abc im a kid. And us kids have an Important Message for our grown ups. Three grams daily of betaglucan. A soluable fiber from whole grain oat foods like cheerios can help lower cholesterol. And where can you find betaglucan . In oats. And, theyre yummy im going back to being a kid now. Thank you for the freshest produce you want to be close to the people who are close to the land. Thats why safeway works with over 150 local growers. The folks whose hands are in the soil. Planting and nurturing the kind of delicious produce that gets delivered daily to safeway. So toduce to love. Like this week, locally grown g s farms sweet corn is just 8 for 2. 00. Safeway, ingredients for life. This is great. A quick trip to a supermarket pays off big time. Anthony says he went to the supermarket for chicken, peanut paddies and tomato juice. He bought a couple scratch tickets as he was leaving. He was stunned when the word life was revealed on this one. Ful the price is 1,000 a week for 25 years. Smith says he decided to take the lump sum, about three quarters of a million dollars. He and his wife will buy their first house with it and put the rest towards opening their own laundry mat. Got money and a great work ethic. Yes, life, cash. Oh, well speaking of life, jimmy kimmel is back to work after a twoweek vacation. Says he painted the house and grew a beard and also had a baby girl. Right freshly out of the womb. You know they come out wearing clown makeup. Its the weirdest thing. Went a little bit heavy on the foundation. He did not say that. Kimmel introduced his new daughter jane on the show. She was born july 10th. Mom and baby are doing well. And kimmel says hes taken a bunch of pictures. Lets see. 10,000 a day. Shes trying to guard herself from the paparazzi. You dont want to be photographed too much. One family in alabama recorded this video of a woman literally floating. Almost like a trampoline under there. This happened after six inches of rain fell in two weeks in this part of alabama. The family says the grass was back to normal by yesterday. What a strange sensation that must be trying to get your balance on that. Nothing like that ever happened here, right . I dont know. Sandhya patel, have you ever seen anything like that . I havent. But we could see some rain. The few hundredths we had not going to help our drought situation. But well take anything at this point because it helps in terms of the fire danger with getting the rainfall we had this morning. Let me show you a beautiful time lapse. This is the kind of time lapse you would expect to see in perhaps hey, yeah. Some tropical moisture this afternoon came through. And we saw really pretty cloud formations. We will start to see a change. Already seeing low clouds beginning to develop, looking at live doppler 7 hd. We are going with a changing air mass. And if youre traveling around the country, some thunderstorms from new orleans to atlanta to d. C. Hot conditions in phoenix. 114. Seattle, portland, showers and a slight chance of thunder, and 114 in palm springs. Really hot there. 90 in los angeles. F 94 in yosemite. Stable air mass in the bay area. Tomorrows highs similar to today. Perhaps down a little at the coast. Upper 60s to mid 80s. We have heat coming here to the bay area. Ill be back at 5 00 p. M. With a look at how sizzling its going to get here in the bay area. Accu weather 7 day forecast. I know larry is thrilled. Well, your yacht just came in. That got me excited. Wow. All right, sandy, thank you. And still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00. A road rain incident caught on camera. The Heated Exchange and what triggered it coming up next. Plus, the mysterious white flags on top of the brooklyn bridge. How did this happen . Chrysler has a big recall and how a decimal is creating big problems for thousands of students. One of our favorite things to do is going to the dog park together. Sometimes my copd makes it hard to breathe. So my doctor prescribed symbicort. It helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. Symbicort doesnt replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. With symbicort, today im breathing better. Come on, boy [ female announcer ] symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. It should not be taken more than twice a day. Symbicort contains formoterol. Medicines like formoterol increase the risk of death from asthma problems. Symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. 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Normally american flags fly there. They were american flags that had been bleached. Authorities still looking for a motive. At this time it appears to have no particular nexus to terrorism or politics. It may be an art project or an attempt at making some type of statement. But how did people get up there. The flags were likely switched out around 3 30 this morning. Thats when Surveillance Video spotted four to five people walking across the span and the light on the support structures went out. So far nobody has claimed responsibility. Well, the chinese rotten meat scandal has spread to three more restaurant chains. Burger king and starbucks has stopped using it. That firm was shut down by local regulators. The firm was shut down after a tv report showed staff using expired meat and picking up meat from the floor and then adding it to the mix. A restaurant in ireland has earned potential customers with an unwelcoming sign. The sign in the window of a waterville cafe said no loud americans. Its located in a part of town frequented by tourists. Other businesses say they welcome the tourists and the sign in the cafe window doesnt represent the local sentiment. Loud americans. Oh boy. Where could they be coming from . Well, the probe into ignition switches has expanded again. 7 son your side Michael Finney tells us engineers are looking into defects in the chrysler jeep. Yeah, more than a million. Nearly a million in jeep. More than a million all together. So far its due to a an ignition switch defect. 2005 to 2007 jeep grand cher key suvs. Chrysler says contact from the drivers knee can knock the ignition key from the on position because the position does stall breaking power to be reduced, making breaking power will be reduced. And make steering more difficult. Affect affected customers will be contacted by midseptember about when they can schedule free repairs. As many as 792,000 more vehicles may be affected by the latest recall. What a difference a decimal makes. Thats what 200,000 students who filled out a Financial Aid application known as fasfa. Some how the online application was misplacing the the decimal points. Students who had 3,000 in personal income were listed as having 300,000. The applications will be reprocessed. A new study finds the average university of California Student graduates were 20,000 in debt. Thats 5,000 less than the national average. Verizon is sweetening the pot for those concerned about tracking online. Theyre offering reward points. The pointscan be redeemed for discounts towards shopping, travel and dining. Verizon says the data is collected anonymously before it is shared with third parties. But rebecca of the Electronic Frontier foundation warns verizon will be able to create an intimate portrait about you and your friends. She says this is not a tradeoff she would be willing to make. In this place, the points are not worth it. Coming up next, a bay area woman rents out her home and gets more than she bargained for. The guest who now refuses to leave. Dan ashley in the abc 7 newsroom. A live report on the soda tax heading to the ballot in San Francisco. Youll hear from supervisors who approved the measure and find out where the extra money is supposed to go. Also, Michael Finney wants to help you with your laundry. Hes going to come to your house and look at the detergents that get your clothes the c now to a cautionary tale. This allows you to rent out rooms or your entire home to strangers. A story of a San Francisco womans nightmare and the unwanted guest now squatting in her home in southern california. This stunning 600square foot condo in palm springs, ground zero for the latest horror story. Cory represented it out through a popular website. But now more than 30 days later, the guy who rented it out wont leave. She describeded the situation as a nightmare. She told business insiders she gave the guest a refund, but he still refused to go and later he threatened to sue they paid her for the full refund and is working to move forward. They are extremely popular, but its really, really up to you to understand the rules and laws that govern your areas. Experts say they can be considered tenants. And that means to get ore guest evicted, she needs to go through an eviction process that could take months and thousands in legal fees. This is an anomaly, but its a red flag. Zb a similar eviction process thats been avoided from the nightmare nanny. The family fired her and was expecting the drawn out eviction process. But after initially refusing, shes finally moved out. In california and elsewhere, its a good idea to know the law and renters rights in your state before you invite them in. This is your home. The stakes are much higher for you. Reporter we tried to reach the alleged squatter but were unsuccessful. Abc 7 news at 5 00 begins right now with dan and cheryl. Thank you. Lightning strikes. Just some of the unusual weather hitting the bay area this week. Im abz 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. The area is changing. Will you approve a sugar tax on soda . Its heading for the ballot in one bay area city. Whats planned for the extra revenue. Abc 7 news starts right now with live breaking news. And tla breaking news in San Francisco. Police are on the scene of a shooting in the Bay View District right now. We are told that a woman was shot inside her home just after 4 00. We have more on the story. Well bring you information as soon as it becomes available. Good evening. Im dan ashley. And im cheryl jennings. Our other top story, the latest round of unusual weather. Yeah, the rain caught some people off guard, as you might expect, especially this time of year. Showers also down south. Youre looking at highway 101 in santa clara early this morning. San francisco saw 0. 4 inches of rain. The record is 0. 6 set back in 1913. And adding to the weird weather, lightning. This lightning led to a weather warning for pilots flying near sfo. And you see a few clouds outside. Abc 7 News Reporter elissa has a look at the aftereffects of the storm. Weird this time of year. Yeah, it definitely caught people by surprise. Even though nobody was hurt, residents tell me theyre shocked by how powerful and brief this storm was. Huge noise. Like an explosion. And it shook the house and rattled the windows. Lightning, thunder and a downpour. Weather rumbled through and jolted people out of bed. I was having a wonderful dream and a boom interrupted me. Reporter a Lightning Strike split a redwood tree and sent branches flying. Debris cracked some windows and damaged her fence. Ive been here 36 years. Ive never had any kind of damage like this. So i was amazed. Bill obrien was getting ready to take a shower. I saw flames and i heard