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Communitybased policing and a critic of the war on drugs. After retirement, he became a fellow at the Hoover Institution and consultant for the fbi and department of justice. He was also a bestselling author. He died in his sleep at his home in monterey county. The San Jose Police Department Released this statement. Chief mcnamara is credited with leading the San Jose Police department in a time of great modernization, expansion and reorganization. He will be missed. Joe mcnamara was 79 years old. Good afternoon. Im dan ashley in for larry beil. Im ama daetz. Our other big story this afternoon, nfl commissioner Roger Goodell addressed Domestic Violence in the nfl. We strongly, strongly condemn and will punish behavior that is totally unacceptable. Goodell admits he and players made mistakes but says he is not stepping down. Goodell plans to implement new personal conduct policies by the super bowl. Abc News Reporter Caroline Costello has more from new york. Unfortunately, over the past several weeks, we have seen all too much of the nfl doing wrong. That starts with me. Reporter nfl commissioner Roger Goodell breaking his silence after four players were accused of Domestic Violence in just the last two weeks. Responding to criticism that the league hasnt done enough to address the serious problem. The same mistakes can never be repeated. We will get our house in order first. Reporter the commissioner hasnt been heard from in more than a week. Last commenting after this video surfaced showing Baltimore Ravens star ray rice beating his then fiancee. But since then, three other players have been pulled off the field. Minnesota vikings star Adrian Peterson charged with hitting his 4yearold son with a tree branch. The Carolina Panthers also sidelining their star, greg hardy, who was convicted of assaulting his exgirlfriend. And Arizona Cardinals player Jonathan Dwyer, benched and out on bail, accused of head butting and punching his wife as well as throwing a shoe at their toddler. The drama playing out with little response from the league until today. Some now calling for goodell to resign. Hes got to regain my faith because right now, personally, personally, i believe we need a new commissioner. No matter what he says. Reporter goodell says he has no plans to resign. Instead, he wants to lead the league in implementing new programs to educate players on Domestic Violence and come up with a more consistent policy on discipline. Caroline costello, abc news, new york. [ shouting ] sorry about that. I had nothing to do with that. A prankster interrupted todays news conference. Benji brock, a regular on the howard stern show, tried to breach security. Guards dragged him away as he shouted dont take me to the elevator, a reference to the ray rice Domestic Violence case. Regulars on the show have pulled similar pranks at news conferences before. Coming up at 4 30, reaction from Domestic Violence shelters in the bay area and what they think about goodells statements today. Police are trying to determine the motive for a bizarre murder at a South San Francisco gym. A 49yearold has been arrested on suspicion of killing another man with a solid steel bar used to lift weights. The incident happened wednesday night at bally total fitness. Witnesses say after the attack, he dropped the bar and walked out of the gym. He was arrested yesterday by police and a Homeland Security agent and charged with murder. Coworkers of the victim are burning a candle for him at this market on linden and aspen avenues. He is a butcher who worked there for 16 years. How could someone do that to him . I mean, he never, never harmed anybody. Police have not said whether the victim and the suspect knew each other or why Homeland Security was involved in the arrest. Sky 7 hd shows us where the search is on for a possible bomb on the campus of Andrew Hill High School in san jose. The School District says Police Received a 911 call from a quote, strange man asking for ransom around 1 30 this afternoon. Police kept students and staff inside buildings for a short time. Students can now be picked up at Sylvandale Middle School just a few blocks away. Some nearby streets are also closed. The bomb squad is now on the scene and we will keep monitoring the situation. Our coverage of breaking news always twins on twitter. The man accused of starting the 76,000 acre fire in the sierra was in court today on arson charges. That fire has now burned nearly 120 square miles of trees and brush near sacramento and it is still strong and burning out of control. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman is in the newsroom with the latest. After a spring and summer of warnings about a dire fire season, it appears they have finally come to roost. Nine major fires are burning across the state, the largest not far away in El Dorado County, the king fire. 76,000 acres now and it has claimed its first structures. This is how the king fire looks from space, a plume of smoke extending hundreds of miles to the northeast from this blaze that now covers 119 square miles, an area double the size of San Francisco. Up close, it is furious, hungry and only 10 contained, but at least authorities believe they know who started it. He was taken into custody ultimately [ inaudible ]. Today, 37yearold Wayne Alan Huntsman appeared in court entering a plea of not guilty. He does have a prior criminal record. If convicted in this case, he could serve ten years to life for this fire that is costing 5 million a day to fight. Begin with the cost of retardant. Cal fire set a record yesterday, dropping 275,000 gallons of the stuff. Today, crews hope to use their biggest weapon yet, this dc10 air tanker. But thick smoke has been a hindrance. The air quality is not allowing much air traffic out there, plus we need to get up and see where it would be best yut utilized on the fire. Reporter it could be much worse. According to the latest update from cal fire, the blaze threatens 12,000 structures. More on the smoke from that fire, smoke which could be heading our way this weekend. Expect to see it in the Sacramento Valley by tomorrow. You may also see it and smell it in solano, napa, contra costa and alameda counties through sunday. Wayne freedman, abc 7 news. A lot of smoke in the air. The heat has made it tough on firefighters, too. Certainly has. Lets get to abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel in for Spencer Christian with the latest on the weather. Sandhya . There is a smoke advisory going up for this weekend. Right now, low clouds pushing over the bay here. As i show you live doppler 7 hd lets talk about whats coming for the weekend. Clear inland but heres what we are really keeping an eye on, the El Dorado County fire, the kings fire. Smoke from that fire expected to drift in our area which is why the air district has posted a smoke advisory for saturday and sunday, and you heard wayne, the areas are solano, contra costa, marin. The temperatures now, 75 san jose, where it is sunny right now, and the temperatures in other areas, upper 70s, santa rosa. Low 80s, concord, livermore. Heres a look from the east bay hills camera at the hazy skies. Mild this evening with low clouds around the coast, mid 60s to low 70s. Fog starts out the morning tomorrow and then it will be mild and warm. Upper 60s to upper 80s. We will hang on to some low clouds along the coastline for the afternoon but bright and sunny except for the smoky hazy conditions in some of our inland areas. Ill be back with a complete look at the accuweather sevenday forecast in a few minutes. Major turnaround for the city of oakland today. One month after turning over the citys billion dollar garbage contract to California Waste Solutions, oakland officials now say the company will share the contract with Waste Management. Waste management, which had provided Garbage Service to oakland, filed suit after they lost the contract last month. In the new deal, California Waste Solutions will now process recyclables while Waste Management will collect trash and compost. The Strategic Alliance is a triple win for our community in many ways, though its been hardfought and a little bruised along the way, we welcome the opportunity to see these two firms that currently serve the city working together. The city council is expected to sign off on the new tenyear agreement at a special session on monday. Iphone frenzy in full effect today. This is what it looked like at Apple Stores Nationwide as the new iphone 6 and 6 plus went on sale this morning. This line on Chestnut Street in San Francisco lasted well into the afternoon. Customers at another bay area store got a special treat while they waited in line. Abc 7 News Reporter matt keller has more from palo alto. Reporter standing in line for hours for the latest iphone may seem boring, but then Something Like this happens to wake you up. Palo altos store on University Avenue attracted hundreds and hundreds of people on the first day of the iphone 6 and iphone 6 plus, including apples ceo tim cook. Jesse shot this video around 8 00 this morning. We were here since 9 00, so at that point, yeah, yeah. More excited about the phone. More excited to get home in bed. Reporter victoria was a little more excited. She scored this picture with the Silicon Valley legend. I took a selfie. Reporter he was fine with that . Yeah. Yeah. Totally cool. Reporter everyone felt like a superstar after dropping big bucks on the new gadget. I got the regular 6, because i have been living with this for three months. Reporter apple fever took a bite out of the normal sleep schedules. Some people dont quite get the appeal. Some people want a phone that they can get in a few weeks and they want to pay a lot for it. All the power to them. I dont judge. Reporter for the diehard apple fans, nothing feels better than being the first to have the next big thing. In case youre wondering about the size difference, this is the iphone 5s, sitting on top of the iphone 6. The iphone 6 is a little bigger. Underneath you can see the iphone 6 plus. Its significantly bigger. Not so much for the skinny jeans but more like a phone for your cargo shorts. Matt keller, abc 7 news. Good description. Apple fans in australia were some of the first in the world to get their hands on the new iphone 6. My son showed me this on youtube today. He opened up his case on live tv to show it off when it fell out of the box and landed on the concrete. Can you imagine . Dont worry. All is good. It appears the phone survived the fall. Close one. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, alibaba make out with a massive ipo. We examine the companys impact on Silicon Valley. A look at munis light rail vehicles of the future and how much San Francisco will pay for the new cars. Shes in a class by herself. New at 4 30, we fly along with the nations one and only female spotter pilot, a firefighter in the sky. Lets go outside, take a look at i80. Going through the berkeley area, as you can see and as you would expect on a friday, pretty slow as the evening commute gets under way in both directions. 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. 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Reporter the easiest way to think of it is the chinese version of ebay but that doesnt quote do it justice. The company is bigger than amazon and ebay combined. Its worth more than facebook and today, alibaba raised 21. 8 billion in cash, more than any ipo in history. Alibaba offers the curious consumer everything from milling wheat to steel pipes to high end jewelry. The 15yearold chinese site also includes a Search Engine and social media component. On the streets of San Francisco, not many are familiar with the company. Have you ever heard of alibaba . No. I dont even know what that is. When you hear alibaba, what comes to mind . Middle eastern something. Probably like a sultan. Reporter thats the response the founder jack ma hopes to reverse. He wants his company to become as well known as Silicon Valley heavyweights. Jeff says todays recordsetting ipo should be a wakeup call to the u. S. Tech industry about the quality of innovation abroad. Its a signaling and a significant Comingout Party for alibaba. Reporter Technology Forecaster paul sappo thinks the ipo could spin a different way. When you have a Company Coming out and they do 30 better on their first day, there are a whole bunch of other companies who say well, maybe the windows open and its a good time for us to do our ipo. Reporter they both agree alibaba entered the market at an advantage. The chinese firewall prevents Companies Like ebay and amazon from reaching the enormous Chinese Consumer base. It is worrisome that the market is closed to outsiders. Reporter tech insiders recognize the biggest Silicon Valley winner is yahoo . The company held a stake into alibaba. Today, the ceo thanked the cofounder for identifying and pursuing the quote, wise investment. That wise investment made yahoo more than 9 billion before taxes. Coming up, we explain why tech insiders believe why todays ipo could be a financial boon for the public as well. Interesting. Thank you very much. Small but loud protest against the Doctors Medical center today in san pablo. The hospital operates one of the few Emergency Rooms in western Contra Costa County but its running out of money. Last month, it stopped accepting ambulances. According to an internal memo released by the california nurses association, the hospital is now exploring options to sell medical offices and potentially the entire facility to the nearby san pablo casino. The casino currently leases parking in the back of the hospital. Take a look at the muni light rail vehicles of the future. Pretty snazzy. Today, San Francisco mayor ed lee signed the 648 Million Contract with siemens to manufacture 175 of these rail cars. They will eventually replace the current fleet. They will have a smoother braking system and be much more durable. Currently, our fleet requires service at about 4,000 to 5,000 miles. These new trains will require service once they reach over 59,000 miles. The light rail vehicles will be manufactured in sie mens plant in San Francisco. Muni will seek input from the public about the interior design. The new lrvs wont hit city streets until 2018. The weather is looking nice for the weekend. Its the weekend, isnt it. Meteorologist sandhya patel is in for spencer. You are so right about that. If you have outdoor plans, its going to be absolutely gorgeous. Let me show you live doppler 7 hd. We will talk about what it looks like now and whats coming. We do have the low clouds just hugging the coast line. Temperatures at the coast are down today, only 66 at the Half Moon Bay airport, 68 in San Francisco, antioch, you made it up to 87 degrees. Hard to see the Golden Gate Bridge with the fog around. Heres a look at the forecast. Smoke advisory for the weekend. Mild to warm weather ahead. Fall starts monday at 7 29 p. M. And we may have a storm on our hands the middle of the week. This beach hazard warning has been extended until 9 00 p. M. Tonight so there is still a strong risk of strong rip currents. Be careful if you head to the coast. Tonight, we will see clouds around, both low and high clouds at 7 00 p. M. Tomorrow afternoon, most areas enjoy the sun. There will be some patchy fog lingering right near the coastline. In case you are traveling to the tahoe area, showers and thunderstorms expected the next couple of days with highs in the mid to upper 70s. Of course, thats something if you do have camping or outdoor plans, you want to keep in mind. Let me take you to next week. Tuesday, 5 00 p. M. , we dont have any rain but watch what happens by wednesday night. Yeah, a cold front starts to move into the Pacific Northwest and northern california. At least a chance of rain late in the north bay and we are keeping a slight chance for your thursday as well. Just keep that in mind. Dont bury the umbrellas too much. Upper 50s to low 60s tomorrow morning, starting out cloudy on the coast and a few patches of clouds along the bay. Mild conditions expected inland. As you look at the highs for saturday, in the south bay, 81 in san jose. 85, los gatos. On the peninsula, upper 70s. 69 in pacifica. Still some clouds lingering in daly city. 67 degrees. Downtown San Francisco, you come up a couple degrees, 70 degrees there. Santa rosa, 79. Looking at hazy skies in napa, 80 degrees due to the smoke from the king fire. In the east bay, you are also under that smoke advisory around alameda county. Expect some hazy conditions possibly due to the smoke again from the fire. 85, livermore. 88 in antioch. 83 in san ramon. Accuweather seven day forecast, very little change expected for the second half of the weekend. Fall arrives monday night at 7 29. We are expecting temperatures to start to slip a few degrees going into the middle to latter part of the work week. Its going to get cooler thursday, friday, highs only in the upper 70s for our warmest spots. The biggest thing which we are really welcoming is the possibility of rain again middle of next week. Its getting to be that season. Up next, you can call him prince charming. How harry swept a 5yearold girl off her feet. New after 4 30 a single mothers dying wish. Find someone to take care of her son. Why she did not have to go too far to find the answer. Take a look at this. Britains prince harry made one little girls night. He gave a 5yearold isab, l nixon a boost so she could see the foofighters perform. The prince created the sporting event to help wounded veterans. Isabels mom told abc 7 news her daughter loves harry and called him a hero. Their son posted this photo with the caption not every day that prince harry dances behind you with your friends kid on his shoulders. Thats pretty cool. It really is. Dozens of pictures of celebrities could cost a los angeles attorney her ability to practice law. The california state bar is accusing an attorney of putting photoshopped pictures of herself and dozens of celebrities on her website. The shots include president obama, george clooney, Leonardo Dicaprio among others. The bar says putting fake photos on a website amounts to deceptive advertising. The state bar deems that your website is a solicitation for an advertising for services and it has to be truthful. The bar says it first confronted her about the pictures two years ago but she has steadfastly refused to take them down. It has moved to suspend her law license for six months and put her on three years probation. It will now be up to the state Supreme Court to decide her fate. Still to come on abc 7 news at 4 00, nfl commissioner Roger Goodell outlines new policies following several off the field problems. Reaction from bay area Domestic Violence shelters. Plus its like a loud boom. She wasnt on board but a california womans close call to a jetblue flight. Later we did put water down there just in case to keep your eye open for that. Thats the voice of the only female lead fire pilot in the nation. Shes helping here in california. Why shes becoming a celebrity among firefighters. Iwith something terrible to admit. I treated thousands of patients, risked their lives, while high on prescription drugs. I was an addict. Im recovered now, but an estimated 500,000 medical professionals are still out there, abusing drugs or alcohol. Police, airline pilots, bus drivers. Theyre randomly tested for drugs and alcohol. But not us doctors. You can change that vote yes on proposition 46. Your lives are in our hands. Here are todays headlines at 4 30. The man suspected of starting a wildfire that set thousands of homes in danger pleaded not guilty to arson today. The king fire in El Dorado County has burned more than 76,000 achors since it started six days ago. Right now, 12,000 homes are being threatened by the fire. Today, president obama introduced its on us, a new campaign to fight Sexual Assault on College Campuses. Its quickly spreading on social media. First Lady Michelle obama sent out this tweet today asking her followers to take a pledge and be part of the solution. Nfl commissioner Roger Goodell promised today to address the leagues growing problem with Domestic Violence. A bay Area Organization has been working for years to stop Domestic Violence before it starts. Abc 7 News Reporter Alyssa Harrington is live from the newsroom with details. People who work with victims of Domestic Abuse say this has always been a huge issue but now the nfl is admitting mistakes. The white house also taking a stand against violence against women, saying its up to all of us to change the culture of whats out there, whats accepted and how we treat others. Stand up and say Domestic Abuse is wrong, while others do nothing. Reporter kate kane reads part of a pledge to stop Domestic Violence. The program called mankind targets men, asking them to take a photo with the pledge and post it online. She says its about time the nfl took a stand and is still calling on the 49ers to bench ray mcdonald, who is under investigation for felony Domestic Violence. Whats wrong with innocent until Proven Guilty in terms of rape or Sexual Assault or Domestic Violence is that its really saying to the victim you will be ignored. Reporter a feeling victims of abuse at College Campuses have also voiced. Many of them banded together and filed a complaint against five california universities for the way staff handled reporting of assaults. Its on us. Reporter that issue triggered this psa released by the white house this morning. It features celebrities speaking out against Sexual Violence. Its part of a campaign called its on us. Its on us. To look out for each other. To not look the other way. Reporter president Barack Obama Says its on us to raise awareness about Sexual Violence on College Campuses. He says violence against women is in the news every day. Its become a National Conversation that he says will not be ignored. People are talking about it. Victims are realizing theyre not alone. Brave people have come forward. They are opening up about their own experiences. Reporter the department of justice is also giving 6 million to several colleges for sex assault prevention and response programs. The nfl also announced a partnership with the national Domestic Violence hotline. That number is 18007997233. We also have more information on our website. Alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. Thank you, alyssa. Hundreds of Baltimore Ravens fans stood in line for more than an hour today to exchange ray rice jerseys for that of another player. The line stretched for nearly a half mile around m t bank stadium. Many people came to make a statement against Domestic Violence. Others admittedly werent as altruistic. I just, its not a judgment. If i have a choice to get something else, i would like to support another player. Im not with the Domestic Violence with ray rice. It was either that or burn it. Fans who didnt get the jersey of the plan they wanted were given a voucher for replacement at a later date. Only items officially licensed by the nfl were exchanged. While other nfl players accused of off the field violence have been suspended or deactivated, 49ers defensive end ray mcdonald continues to suit up. Mcdonald is expected to play against arizona this weekend. He was arrested in august by San Jose Police on suspicion of Domestic Violence. Today, San Francisco mayor ed lee says many questions remain and he is not ready to call on the 49ers to bench him. I want to at least see some confirmation from the d. A. If that charge, if the arrest is confirmed by the charge, then yes, the niners should act swiftly. 49ers legend steve young and jerry rice are not waiting for confirmation. They say the team should deactivate mcdonald now while the investigation continues. Coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00, reaction from the 49ers locker room and coach harbaugh on goodells policy changes announced today. Investigators are looking into the cause of yesterdays engine malfunction on a jetblue flight out of long beach that caused the cabin to fill with smoke. Cindy gilbert wasnt on the flight. She was riding her bike on the beach when she says a piece of metal came within feet of hitting her. It was like a loud boom. Im just thankful it didnt hit me or anybody else at the beach. She didnt know about the problem with the plane until she texted her husband awhile later. So far, its not clear if the piece came from the jetblue flight. Federal officials will meet with her to determine whether what she found is actually an airplane part. There is help from across the nation coming to california to get involved in the battle to stop the massive fires. One of those is the only female lead fire pilot in the country. She quickly is becoming a celebrity among fellow pilots and firefighters. My name is mary barry. It is my married name. Its selfinflicted. Honestly, i thought it was a prank. This is the king air scene 90b. Reporter she is certainly unique. A lead pilot for the u. S. Forest service, she gets sent around the country. Guiding fires from above. Roger that. Come to the left side of the fire and i will get back to you. Reporter she is the only, yes, the only female spotter pilot in the nation. We did put some water down there just in case so keep your eye open for that. The thing i do is a very small, small part. There are so many hundreds of other people, especially when you have a monster fire like this. Reporter like it or not, the attention is on you now. Those scanner junkies love you. One wrote she has no idea how famous she is becoming. All of us up here love her humor and expertise in what she is doing. I dont know if i want to admit this but i did facebook her. Reporter brenda is a former firefighter and has been listening, too. Its like a ballet up there. She is above and beyond what any spotter i have ever heard. It is a little smaller than most would think. Reporter for those of you wondering what exactly does mary and other spotter pilots do, they guide an air tanker, helping determine where to make the drops, but most importantly, they study the obstacles. Smoke is a hazard to visibility. Terrain. The fire makes its own turbulence and wind makes turbulence. Reporter heres something i did not expect to learn. It turns out those pilots, the spotter pilots, are not in this for the thrill. In fact, mary says that would be a bad thing. If i were an adrenaline junkie, the air tanker pilots would know that and they would not follow. Reporter so heres to you, mary. The only female spotter pilot with a great name and fame you werent expecting. Okay. Im going to start working my way back while i have the gas. Shes impressive. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00, is this the future of work or a new way to get in some exercise on the job . Im abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel. This looks like the summer pattern with the marine layer there. I will let you know how this last weekend of the season is going to shape up, coming up. Lets go outside and take a look at the 680 area of walnut creek. Moving along actually fairly well. Traffic on the lefthand side of your screen is heading northward. Stay with us. We need to break up. Is it the biting . Cuz i can stop . No i love you and your show. Its cable. Customers are more satisfied with uverse. Switch and we can Stay Together forever. Forever . Ow. Im not gonna lie to you. 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Bay area artist rob godshaw has created a rather unique version. Not oin not only is he able to stand while he works, he is doing it inside a humansized hamster while type device. He also published a doityourself guide for making your own. This office is at San Franciscos pier nine. Thats pretty cool. As we said, spencer is off today. Sandhya patel is in with our accuweather update. Hey, summer is almost coming to an end. This is the last weekend before fall begins and the weather is looking fantastic. Let me show you live doppler 7 hd. You will see that we have the usual pattern, clouds along the coast, sunshine inland, and if you are doing some traveling, there are several areas where you will see showers and thunderstorms. Miami, 85, expecting thunderstorms. In chicago, 80 degrees, if youre traveling to new york, 75. Dallas, 91 degrees with the thunderstorms continuing, possibility of thunderstorms continuing. 91 in portland. Around the state, we are looking at some scattered showers and thunderstorms for the tahoe area. 79 tomorrow, 79 in los angeles. The heat in the desert, of course, 100 in palm springs. 65 up in eureka. As you take a look at the bay area high temperature, they are coming up a few degrees. 68 Half Moon Bay. 70 in San Francisco. Oakland, 75 degrees. 79 in santa rosa. Out towards livermore, 85. San jose, 81. The biggest thing that you will have to keep in mind is if you are particularly sensitive to smoke, there is a smoke advisory for the bay area saturday and sunday. Haze and smoke expected in the north bay around napa county and also parts of the east bay. So alameda county, you obviously have to watch out. Try to limit your outdoor exposure. We rls taare also talking abouta costa county. I will be back at 5 00 p. M. Hope you can join me. I will let you know about the next opportunity for rain and there is a chance. Good to hear. Thank you, sandhya. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, the dancer arrested in iran. Find out their punishment today for just being happy. Plus, the birth of the Free Speech Movement here in the bay area 50 years ago. Whats happening this weekend to mark the occasion and celebrate it. And now i have to leave him. A mothers dying wish is granted. She didnt have to go far to find the answer. Because im happy clap along if you feel like a room without a roof because im happy a group of young iranians arrested after making this video singing and dancing to the song happy have now been handed suspended sentences of six months in jail and 91 lashes each. A suspended sentence means they will only serve it if they are found guilty of another crime in the next three years. The seven performers were arrested in may after the video went viral. A tehran court found them guilty of producing a vulgar video and conducting illicit relations. President obama is welcoming scotlands decision to stay in the united kingdom. Scots celebrated the decision to reject independence from the uk. The vote, 5545 against with a record 86 of voters turning out. The Prime Minister David Cameron applauded the vote to keep scotlands union with england. The people of scotland have spoken. It is a clear result. They have kept our country of formations together and like millions of other people, i am delighted. The result still sets up a whole new political dynamic in the united kingdom. Cameron today vowed to live up to earlier promises to give scotland new powers on taxes, spending and welfare, the same rights will also be given to england, wales and Northern Ireland which of course make up the rest of the uk. In the fall of 1964, student protests at uc berkeley led to the birth of the Free Speech Movement. This weekend, a theater in San Francisco will highlight the movement in a play and ten people involved were close to the voice of that movement. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez tells us more. Reporter it was one of the popular phrases to come out of the Free Speech Movement. Dont trust anybody over 30. Reporter this is a play that relives the events that transpired in the fall of 1964 at cal. The performances take place around the police car which back then became the platform for speakers like mario savio. I was friends with mario during that period but he married somebody else first. Im his second wife. Reporter lynn decided it was time to bring the legacy of the Free Speech Movement to the stage. She also performs in the production this saturday and sunday at Brava Theater Center in San Franciscos mission district. Hollander says she wants people to know how the movement inspired students around the nation. To oppose the war in vietnam and to begin the Womens Movement and the antiapartheid struggles. Reporter savio is played by Brady Morales and the music is performed by his son, daniel. You look like him. I get told that a lot. Reporter he was almost 16 when his father died. Even though he is no longer with us, mario savio often thought about this moment and how people would react to the Free Speech Movement 50 years later. He had this idea that that would be long enough to take some sort of perspective. I think he would be a little sad about the way things have gone but there are reasons to hope, too. Reporter the play captures the passion and moral purpose of those too young to know. In San Francisco, Lyanne Melendez, abc 7 news. A story trending on social media today, a pennsylvania family is going the extra mile to comfort a dying woman in her final days. Trisha summers has terminal liver cancer. Shes a single mom, sole provider for her 8yearold son wesley. She didnt have anyone who could take wesley. Her parents died years ago. One day, the answer walked into her hospital room. She came in and i just felt this overwhelming feeling of comfort. It was strange. I never had that feeling before. And i was just like shes going to take care of me. Shes the one. The one is registered nurse trisha seaman. She cared for summers off and on for years and was her favorite nurse. Trisha summers knew the woman who shared her first name was the one to take care of wesley after she died. Trisha seaman said her jaw dropped to the floor but she agreed to do it. God has a plan for our lives. Sometimes we think we know what that plan is and we really dont. Seaman and her husband not only agreed to take care of wesley, but trisha, too. They invited both to move in with them right away to make the adjustment easier and to give wesley four new brothers and sisters to help him through this difficult time. That is truly amazing. Thats beautiful. It is. Incredible. Coming up on abc 7 news at 4 00, homeowners want them gone. The bay area womans campaign to save dozens of squirrels in her neighborhood. Coming up new at 5 00, late word that giants legend Willie Mccovey is hospitalized. What were learning tonight. And a Bay Area Church is robbed. Why police say it might be an inside job. The north bay highway about to close for the entire weekend. Those stories on abc 7 news at 5 00. Stay with us. Abc 7 news is honoring hispanic heritage month through october 15th with posts to our instagram feed. Today is talk like a pirate day. So we are recognizing from the mission district. We have details on instagram on abc 7 news bay area. Heres tonights prime time lineup. At 8 00, backtoback episodes of last man standing followed by shark tank and 20 20, then we will be back with abc 7 news at 11 00. Theres the board with all the shows and times on tonight. A danville woman is waging a campaign to save a colony of grou squirrels. Their tunnels are causing damage in the neighborhood. They are in jeopardy of being exterminated. Alan wong has the latest on the story. Come see me reporter Patricia Olson is on a mission to save these ground squirrels from extermination. This one i call brown nose. Reporter she admits she fed and helped propagate these rodents that are tunnelling through the berm behind her home in danville. When i only had four or five, they had names. But when they started multiplying, there was too many of them. Reporter now the Homeowners Association wants to pump gas into the tunnels to exterminate them. They are threatening the found daegs ation of shirley castros home. He says if they do damage to the foundation, its a minimum of 20,000. That would be my responsibility. Reporter olson has called in biologists and the Humane Society which favor nonlethal methods like growing vegetation. They love this type of dirt. If we fill this thing with ivy and water it, theyre not going to like this hill. Reporter the Homeowners Association says they need to take quick action. How many do you estimate . At least 300, 400. Reporter in fact, the Homeowners Association says this berm is so badly riddled with tunnels its in danger of collapsing during the rainy season. Now all 119 homeowners will cast a ballot and a decision will be made on october 1st. Alan wong, abc 7 news. Thank you for joining us for abc 7 news at 4 00. Stay right here. Abc 7 news at 5 00 begins right now. The same mistakes can never be repeated. Commissioner Roger Goodell says he mishandled footballs Domestic Violence scandals. We will get our house in order first. How the commissioner plans to do that and what all of this means to the 49ers and ray mcdonald. Plus complete disregard for protecting the public interest. Tough talk tonight about the agency that regulates pg e. What local leaders are now asking from the state attorney general. Also tonight, the war over waste. Oakland makes a deal. And not everyone likes it. That breaking news is out of washington. Portions of the white house are being evacuated because someone jumped the fence. Youre taking a live look. That person has been taken into custody. Abc news is reporting the jumper may have made it all the way to the white house portico. President obama is not there. He left for camp david just before this happened. Good evening. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. The other big story this evening, a big push tonight to clean up the nfl. For two weeks, the game of football has been a sideshow to the issue of Domestic Violence off the field. Now, there is an allout assault on Sexual Assault. It affects all of us. This is on all of us. Its on all of us to change the culture. Commissioner Roger Goodell today signaled a major shift in policy over how it handled Domestic Abuse cases. Goodell says rules governing personnel conduct will change. All players and staff will undergo education and training about how to prevent abuse. The nfl will partner with the national Sexual Violence Resource Center and the national Domestic Violence hot line which saw an 84 spike in phone calls last week during all of this. Roger goodell also insisting he never saw the second video showing ray rice punching his then fiancee. He also insists he has not considered resigning. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie is live at levis stadium with reaction from the 49ers tonight. David . Reporter well, its interesting to note that the teams that are listening very carefully to Roger Goodell who says it wont be easy to institute the new policies given that there are 32 owners and laws do differ from state to state but one thing is clear. At this point, the niners front office is not on the same page with other teams. The niners are heading into a game sunday in which teams are making their own decisions to play or bench players involved with brushes with the law. Niners defensive lineman ray mcdonald is in, but Arizona Cardinals running back Jonathan Dwyer is out. We do not have a clear and consistent policy to allow us to deal with all the different issues that are arising. Reporter after practice, 49ers safety eric reid acknowledged it would be good for players to be treated the same. I do see a little bit of