You how serious this leak was. The cloud billowed four stories up. Firefighters with masks were able to walk into the gas cloud to find the ruptured line. But without protection paramedics said people could suffer oxygen deprivation. A top priority was blocking off streets and evacuating thousands of Office Workers at the crossroads of downtown san jose. Mitch describes how it all happened. They just walked in our side exit over there, came in and told us to evacuate. We heard all the floor above us evacuate into the stairwell. Thats what originally got our attention. Reporter the ventilation systems began to suck in the natural gas causing alarm as the smell of rotten eggs permeated the air. The gas additive that sefrves t warn people. Another worker said, do you smell something funny . I said, yeah, that smells like gas. He ran into another office, got some masks for our coworkers and we were prepared. Reporter the ignition source could have had critical consequences. A pretty high volume of natural gas that can kind of seek an ignition source and so our goal and job is to prae vent that from happening and prevent anybody from getting hurt. Reporter about ,500 people evacuated including 700 to 800 construction workers at an apartment site. The wind determined where people were evacuated. We could tell it was going south and east. Here its just fairly close to the incident its safe. The wind is pushing it south and east. So thankfully it was not a high wi wind. Reporter that meant some hung around for hours at the farmers market. Some people had no choice but to stay because they were cut off from their cars. In san jose, david louie, abc 7 news. The marin county Coroners Office released its final report today on the suicide of comedian and actor Robin Williams. Williams committed suicide inside his home on august 11. A series of tests showed williams did not have any alcohol or Illegal Drugs in his system. He did take prescription medicine but did not overdose on any of those. The autopsy confirms williams died of asphyxia due to hanging. They mention robbins was battling depression, paranoia, and the early stages of parkinsons disease. Kaiser permanente says the hospital is ready if an ebola case were diagnosed in the area. Kaiser showed off its new dedicated care unit in oakland. Patients who may have ebola will be separated from all other patients and kaiser says there are extra precautions to make sure Health Care Workers are protected. But just days ahead of a planned twoday strike, is it enough to satisfy nurses concerned about their safety . Abc 7 News Reporter Jonathan Bloom will hear what nurses are saying coming up at 5 00. A lab testses confirm norovirus is to blame for sickening 60 guests at this hotel. The outbreak first emerged late last month when a group of people became sick while attending an naacp conference at the hotel. San mateo Health Officials worked closely with the hotel to clean and disinfect the building. Very highly contagious. You can get it just by touching a contaminated source or is your face or eating tainted food. State investigators are now looking through documents and data connected to possible illegal communication between pg e and the California Public utilities commission. This photo from the San Francisco chronicle shows investigators taking away item from the cpcu headquarters in San Francisco yesterday after serving a warrant. Theyre trying to defensemen if a cpcu member and top aide tried to get a specific judge assigned to a pg e rate setting case. They want customers to pay 1. 3 billion in pipeline improvements mandated after the gas line explosion. The commission, p g e and the Attorney Generals Office have not commented. We will hear from the mayor coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Cheers arose today when l g longtime congressman mike honda claimed victory over ro khanna. Khanna is not conceding. Honda leaned on supporters like labor unions to get out the vote. Khanna countered by receiving millions in donationses from tech leaders. Right now honda leads by more than 4,000 votes. This win was a team effort. And this win belongs to all of you who knocked on doors, made calls, contributed funds, talked to your friends and neighbors. I want to thank you. Khanna plans to hold a News Conference at 5 45 to talk about this race and, again, khannas camp is telling us he is not conceding to honda, not yet anyway. The two democrats faced off in tuesdays general election because they captured the top two spots in junes open primary. A contingent from san antonio is in the bay area today to meet with Oakland Raiders brass about moving the team to texas. Now the team is not saying where that meeting took place or even confirming it happened but its making raiders fans nervous nonetheless. Laura anthony is live. Laura . Reporter well, i can tell you it does not appear the meeting is taking place here. And while it may be upsetting to raiders fans, others understand that a team with an expiring lease must explore its options. Very frustrating to longtime raiders fans. Reporter with save oakland sports and a member of the Coliseum Authority board. D dobbins says he and others are not happy that the group from san antonio is in the bay area trying to lure the raiders to texas. Oakland raiders fans, we think oakland is still the best place. Mr. Davis consistently said he wants to stay in oakland. We believe him at his word and were hoping this is a mere formality. Reporter though the raiders would not confirm the meeting, former san antonio mayor henry cisner cisneros, has. It comes four months after raiders owner mark davis was in South Central texas exploring this option. I was with mark davis and some of his staff. Reporter former raider receiver cliff branch was in san antonio at the same time to receive an honor there. Even if oakland fans dont like it, branch thinks davis has to look around. We need a new stadium whether its in oakland, los angeles or san antonio. The raiders need a new stadium. Their fans need a new stadium. Reporter oakland mayor elect libby shaft said she is committed to keeping the raiders in oakland and talked with a top Team Official this morning. He did reassure me that mark davis sticks to his previous statements which is his top priority is keeping the raiders in oakland. Reporter the raiders offered abc 7 news no comments. The team lease expires at the end of this season. In alameda, laura anthony, abc 7 news. The realistic odds of the raiders actually moving to san antonio . I would say low. Really low. Even henry cisneros, the mayor of san antonio, his guess was 50 50 going in and hes going to be overly optimistic. Id say los angeles might be 50 50. Thats the worry here for raiders fans. Owner mark davis has to do whatever he can to generate leverage. He has to have a new stadium somewhere but san antonio is a smaller tv market. The alamodome there, that would be a temporary facility. You still have to build a new stadium in san antonio if you want to go there and, oh, by the way, you have to get the cowboys and the texans to approve a move to san antonio. I can tell you for sure jerry jones does not want the raiders in texas. He wants san antonio fans for himself. The bigger concern is los angeles. The nfl really pushing to get back into the number two tv market in the kcountry with one or two teams, the rams and the raiders are the likely candidates. The question, again, who is going to pony up a billion or 1. 5 billion to build a new stadium . And the meter is running because the lease is lower in oakland, ends after this season. Im not sure anybody is going to have a stadium plan actually in place by then. We may be looking at protracted limbo as we have been for quite some time. If youre mark davis, youre 08 and then 016. Even to have people begging for you to come to any city you have to be happy about that. Thats you true. Lets turn our attention to the weather and the weekend. Spencer christian, what looks like a pretty nice fb. It is a nice forecast. We have mainly nice skies right now but fog is beginning to surge out over the bay from the coastline. Take a look at live doppler 7 hd. We have quite an area of fog along the coast, spilling through the golden gate right now and has reduced visibility in some coastal locations as evidenced by Half Moon Bay with only five mile visibility compared to normal tenmile visibility and other locations away from the coast. Here is how it looks looking out to the golden gate. Its currently 59 degrees in San Francisco. 65 in oakland. Move et field, 67. Morgan hill, 59. Check out this view at the golden gate bridge. You can see how foggy it is there. Cars with lights on or lights with cars on. And here is a lovely view from our tower camera look iing at t fog coming in through the golden gate. These this is our first forecast. Areas of fog tonight along the coast and out over the bay locally. Tomorrow morning some lingering areas of fog. Chilly especially the north bay valleys. Sunny and mild. Highs in the low 80s inland tomorrow and ill show you what the rest of the weekend looks like. Larry and ama . Thank you, spencer. Still ahead at 4 00, the recovery after pet chihuahua missing since august. This little gal didnt have it so good. Plus, a 2yearold girl lost in the woods for 22 hours. How authorities tracked her down and what she said to her rescuer. And new at 4 30, neighbors weigh in on the arrest of a bay area man accused of starting silk road 2. 0 and selling illegal goods and services on the dark net. Michael finney still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. Hell be here to answer them live. Facebook. Com michaelfinneyabc7 and on twitter. Taking a look at traffic on your friday at 4 11 through berkeley, i80 brutal in both directions. 80 east heading towards sacramento and beyond. Stay with us. We are back after a quick brea hey john,whoa k it out. Yeah, i was testing to see if we really can turn any device in your house into a tv. And the tablet worked just fine. But i wanted to see if the phone would work as well. So i shrunk sharon. Every channel is live just like on tv. But its my phone. Its genius. Shh im watching tv. Tiny sharon is mean. Im right here. Watch any channel live on any device around your home. Download the xfinity tv app today. A new development on the mysterious google barge. The Mountain View company stopped the barges construction after the coast guard repeat edy raised fire safety concerns. Google had planned to use it as a technology showroom. Just announced today shuttle trains like this one will start running between the coliseum b. A. R. T. Station and Oakland Airport on november 22 just in time for thanksgiving week. B. A. R. T. Plans to operate the trains every five minutes during peek periods monday through friday. It will cost you 8. 15. The cable driven trains will replace the current air b. A. R. T. Shuttle buses. A dog stole nen august and found seriously injured over the weekend was reunited with its guardian today. The chihuahua was lovingly welcomed back home in San Francisco. Lucille williams reported she was stolen from her vehicle in august. On saturday she was found in a dumpster. She had eight broken ribs and a head injury. The vets at an Emergency Hospital treated her and were able to get her home because she had been micro chipped with her owners information and she looks like shes doing much better now. Now to the rescue of a 2yearold girl found in the woods after wandering away from her michigan home. She spent the night all alone in the woods. Abc 7 News Reporter Marcy Gonzalez tells us what she said when rescuers tracked her down. Reporter what a story behind that smile. This fphoto snapped of 2yearod Brooklyn Lily after she spent 22 hours alone in the woods. Im glad shes back and still alive. I was worried someone kidnapped her. Reporter her family fearing the wost after the toddler disappeared wearing little more than this pink coat. Somehow making her way into the wilderness, surviving overnight through the cold and storms that slowed certificasearch efforts. Our Aviation Unit is unable to fly because of the adverse weather. Reporter but search teams continued on foot until this police k9 named jack picked up her scent leading her handler straight to the little girl laying on the ground. She had lifted her head up off the ground and looked back to me and my dog and began smiling. Reporter that smile staying on brooklyns face as she posed for one of her rescuers. I asked her, brooklyn, can i take your picture . She looked up with this big picture. I said thank you. She said, i love the woods. Reporter she was take tone a hospital to be treated for dehydration, hypothermia and a few cuts. Were told she is otherwise okay. Marcy gonzalez, abc news, new york. Glad they found her. He yes, fortunate. Its looking like a good weekend outside. Lets find what Spencer Christian has to say. Certainly going to be a mild to warm weekend especially by november standards. Here is live doppler 7 hd. A pretty mild day today here already and its going to be even milder over the weekend. It shows clear skies over most of the bay area, some areas of fog near the coast as evidenced by this view at sfo, the fog coming in from the west. So far no reports of flight delays as a result of the fog. These are the forecast features. Warmer days this weekend. A chance of rain after midweek next week. Lets root for that. Here is a satellite image showing the movement of the fog up to and along the coastline today. Just a few patches out over the bay but mainly a coastal event so far. And overnight we expect fog to remain along the coastline and a couple patches moved locally beyond the coast out over parts of the peninsula, low temperatures upper 40s to low 50s. Satellite image shows High Pressure continuing to build. It has been for several days now, bringing us a weekend of not only sunny skies but a weekend of warmth. But way out in the Northern Pacific and moving into the baring sea, we have this powerful storm, the central pressure at 944 millibars getting close, setting a record for low central pressure producing 45foot waves along the lucien islands. This is a really powerful storm. Well keep watching that to see in what direction its moving and what effect it will have on land areas. Back to the bay area, though, looking at land areas in the south. Well see sunny skies with highs in the upper 70s to low 80s, about 78. Peninsula highs, 76 in san ma a mateo. 70 or just above on the coast. Downtown San Francisco a high of 72. Tomorrow 70 in the sunset district and im competing with the birds flying above right now. Look for highs 80 degrees. On the east bay 76 in oakland. 78 in fremont. Upper 70s at walnut creek. Pleasanton, antioch, 80. 80 at livermore. 81 in fairfield and the accuweather sevenday forecast. A mild to warm weekend. Cooling down just a bit on monday. Further cooling with more clouds entering the sky tuesday and wednesday and thursday and friday we have chances of rain. Muchneeded rainfall, i might add. Well, of course, monitor that development. See just how significant that rainfall will be. Spencer, it sounded like a hitchcock movie was about to break out during your Weather Forecast there. The birds. Take cover, i would suggest. I dont need to be fertilized. Certainly not. Up next, a small Central Valley town about to be put in the national spotlight. The inspiring true story thats about to hit the big screen. And new after 4 30, balance and strength. A special tribute for one of our abc 7 news colleagues. Anchor and reporter Carolyn Tyler was named veteran journalist of the year in the black journalist association. Carolyn shared a story about how she got interested in journalism today during a luncheon in her honor. She was still in college when she met the first black female anchor in denver, colorado, who asked her one question. You do know how to speak properly. How about your writing . And i said, well, i was selected as most like hi ly to succeed i high school. I think i know how to write. Carolyn has been working here at abc 7 since 1986, more than 28 years. Shes received numerous awards during her distinguished career including a prestigious peabody. And succeed she did. Congratulations to carolyn. A new movie from abcs Parent Company disney will put a small Central Valley town on the big screen. Its a true story about a group of runners, their coach, on the obstacles they overcame to become champions. Reporter heading south on the 99 youve probably seen it. Welcome to mcfarland. It may seem like any other small Valley Farming town unless you know about xcompetitive running. Specifically crosscountry. That is where mcfarland is skiing and jim white is the man who helped them earn that reputation. Its not about the xs and os. Its not about your training. Its about how you relate to the kids. Are these kids going to be willing to give you 100 . Reporter for the past three decades the runners of mcfarland high have given coach white 100 in return he and his wife cheryl gave them a second familiy. Well, in the bible it says do the best you can. And so whatever your hands find to do, do the best you can. We were living our life doing the best we could but help kids to become that, too. Reporter these banners tell the story of their success. We have a feeling of pride. Reporter theyve been league and valley champions year after year and ninetime state champs. Its whats made them the pride of mcfarland and thrust them into the national spotlight. Lets go show them how its done. Reporter mcfarland, usa, stars Kevin Costner as coach jim white. It tells their story, a group of m mexicanamerican kids, many of them recent immigrants, who run their hearts out training in the same fields where many of them work. Diaz, diaz, diaz. Popular name where you come from . Why . Is that a popular name where you come from . Reporter the movie follows the team the first year they won states. The three diaz brothers were part of that team. To realize and accept theres a story being told around the nation about us, our coach, our lifestyle, our love for running is very exciting, very humbling for us. Reporter we first profiled the coach and his team in 1997. By then the program had won the admiration of people all over the country inspired by a team from one of the poorest towns in the state outrunning kids from some of the richest schools. After the l. A. Times ran a piece on the mcfarlands, they came calling. 20 years later disney finally made it happen. Film crews were in mcfarland two weeks early last fall and we were there when cheryl and jim got a sneak peek at the movie trailer. Where it gives the credit and it should the hard work these kids have put in to develop to be an inspiration for other kids. Reporter the 87 team is equally as proud of their coach. Mr. White has long deserved all this attention and accolades. Reporter and theyre proud of what their team accomplished after graduation. My other brothers that were on other teams have always been in contention. We have the titles. We have the green. Reporter all of them are professionals and many of them also coach. But when they first met Kevin Costner he noticed not just their smarts. You look better than the actors. All these good looking guys. Exactly what he said. Kevin costner came out, shook everyones hands. Wow. Most of us had our phones to get pictures and video. To us he was an average joe. He made us feel special. Reporter that special feeling is spreading all over mcfarland. Signs now pay whhomage to the runners and this gazebo will soon be dedicated to coach white or blanco as his runners affectionately call him. Everyone is extremely proud to say that i was on that team, i ran with mr. White, whatever year. Everyone is bragging. A lot of pride to almost everybody whos was here. When Kevin Costner tells you youre good looking, you you have to feel pretty good about yourself. It was open nationwide on february 20. Just ahead the mysterious underground world known as dark net. The man who runs one of the most popular sites. Changing times in saudi arabia. 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In the headlines at 4 30 a partial evacuation is still under way right now after a natural gas leak in downtown san jose. This started around 11 00 this morning when a construction crew pierced a pipe causing the gas to escape. According to a tweet the gas leak is causing reroutes of bus lines in downtown san jose. Also the marin county coroner released its final report on Robin Williams suicide. It confirmed that the actor died of asphyxia due to hanging. The toxicology report showed that williams did not have any alcohol or Illegal Drugs in his system. A joint operation between the u. S. And European Countries has shut down hundreds of websites operating on the dark net. One of the arrests was made right here in San Francisco. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee live in the newsroom with more. Vic . Reporter the dark net is a secretive network on the internet where people buy and sell drugs along with other illegal activities. Now the San Francisco man was arrested by fbi agents and charged with trafficking and narcotics. The u. S. Attorney says his website was raking in 8 million. Blake was arrested wednesday in the Mission District at his apartment on the 900 block of florida street. Neighbors said fbi agents in plain clothes were swarming around his threebedroom flat in the early afternoon. No one seemed to know why. Amy thought they were buying his much talked about tesla. I thought they were buying a car. Reporter but they were there to arrest the man they charged with starting a spinoff version of the notorious silk road website, a site which the government shut down last year. Silk road 2. 0 also operated on the tour network, the dark net, which is home to illegal marketplaces trading in drugs, guns, child porn and even hit men for hire. The mast ermind of the original silk road was ross. He even used his sued anymore Dread Pirate Roberts as in the movie princess bride. The government now says the arrest was only the tip of the iceberg, that a much bigger Global Police operation closed 400 websites on the tour network. Besides the u. S. It involved 16 European Countries which resulted in 17 arrests. The u. S. Attorney says it are represents a breakthrough for fighting cyber crime but professor Mark Greenberg of the Golden Gate University Ip Law Center disagrees. This is for Law Enforcement kind of like 19th century Law Enforcement chasing 21st century crime. Reporter greenberg and other experts say theres too much n money to be made to stop the illegal internet marketplaces. And the internet it technology theyre using allows them to create new networks in a very short period of team and get back in business. Now blake was in San Francisco federal court yesterday where he waived extradition. He will be taken there to face charges. 1,500 more troops will deploy to iraq. The troops wont serve in a combat role but will train, advise, and assist Iraqi Military and kurdish forces. The white house also announced the president will also ask congress for another 5. 6 billion to fund the fight. Officials say the president made the decision to add the request of the Iraqi Government and upon the recommendation of defense secretary chuck hagel and his male tear commanders. Money to fight eye says came up during the president s lunch meeting with congressional leaders of both parties. It marks the first time he sat down with lawmakers since tuesdays midterm elections. The president said the republican takeover of the senate Shows Americans are frustrated with gridlock and they want washington to get things done. And the one thing ive committed to both Speaker Boehner and leader mcconnell is i am not going it to judge ideas based on whether theyre democratic or republican. Im going to judge them based on whether or not they work. The president told lawmakers theres work the Current Congress needs to do including improving emergency funding for fighting ebola. Mr. Obama will nominate Loretta Lynch to replace eric holder as the attorney general. Lynch served as the top purity for the Eastern District of new york for both clinton and obama administrations. She is known to have a Good Relationship with holder who announced his intentions to resign. Lynch will become the first minority woman to serve as attorney general. A formal announcement will be made tomorrow. Saudi arabia may be on the verge allowing women to drive. The kingdoms Advisory Council has recommended they partially lift its ban on women driving. There would be conditions, though, limited to only women over age 30, only during the day, and women wouldnt be allowed to wear makeup behind the wheel. Saudi arabia is the only nation in the world with such a ban. Women have been publicly challenging it are for more than two decades risking their jobs and even imprisonment. Germans are celebrating the 25th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall. To mark the occasion the city has illuminated balloons. Sunday the balloons will be released one by one allowing them to float into the sky. Its meant to be a moment of reflection and catharsis. The wall stood for 28 years separating west berlin from east berlin. Coming up at 4 00 you have to seep the incredible acrobatic moves from this guy and what he did to win a 100 bet. Im michael finney. Your 7 on your side q a is just ahead. Im still taking your questions on twitter and face back. You can contact me right now. Ill answer questions here live a little later. Spencer christian. We see a pretty impressive surge of fog from the coast out over the bay. Ill show you how this will affect our weekend forecast in just a moment. And at 4 36 checking the skyway in San Francisco, it is jam packed. Friday, people going home for the weekend. Both directionses on the righthand side, thats your traffic heading down to the peninsula. Theyre trying to get to the lower deck of the bay brid a remote that lives more wifi in more places. A Movie Library you can take wherever you go. Internet speeds that have gotten faster 13 times in 12 years. The innovators and inventors at comcast labs are creating more possibilities for more people every day. Comcast. Bringing media and Technology Together for you. An anazing sight off the coast of italy. Two water spouts formed simultaneously. This happened as a thunderstorm moved through the area not far from genoa. They dissipated before reaching land but truly an incredible picture there. Neal . Neal . Let sleeping dogs lie. No matter how much this woman tries, she cannot wake this pit bull puppy. Nothing seems to work. Cleo, a little stretch and then just rolled over and snoozing. The dogs life. Very nice. He is alive, by the way. This is an incredible show of balance here. A las vegas acrobat named matthew went down four flights of stairs while doing a handstand. He was rock solid the whole way through. He walks better on his hands than i do my feet. And youre wondering how did this challenge come about . He said he asked if it were possible to go down four flights on his hands. It turned into a 100 bet. He won. He used to be in cirque du soleil. So hes a ringer. Look at go. And then he stops. But that was the closest he came to falling over. Geez. That is really incredible. He has some good balance. Yeah, he does. I guess he doesnt mind the blood rushing to his head. You would think your wrists would start to give it they are amazing athletes. Stay with us for a few more seconds. All right. Start to finish, it took about a minute and he won 100. Rumor has it Spencer Christian does this when he goes up to the roof. I think so. I dont know about that. On the way upstairs. Anybody can do that going downstairs. Right. Thats the real challenge. Here is a look at live 7 doppler hd. Clear skies over the bay area. Coast coastal fog is increasing and surging out over the bay. Across the 48 contiguous states tomorrow a little snow up in the eastern great lakes and pushing into the northeast and new england. The southeastern corner of the country some showers over parts of southern georgia and central florida. Most of the remainder of the nation dry but getting pretty chilly in the upper midwest. Of course its that time of the year. Across the state of california tomorrow sunny and mild from top to bottom and that includes the bay area where well see high temperatures tomorrow ranging from around 70 on the coast despite a patch or two of coastal fog to upper 70s and low 80s inland on november 8. Thats pretty unusual weather but its going to be a lovely weekend. I would suggest you get out and enjoy it if you like mild weather. We may not see many more weekends like this for a few months. Larry and ama . Thank you, spencer. Still ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, above and beyond. The extra lengths two officers went to after a greatgrandmother was robbed. Plus, a big need in silicon valley. The Community Effort to make this Holiday Season brighter for thousands of south bay families. Im 7 on your sides michael finney, what happens when comcast shows up late to your appointment . Do they owe you a team of doctors in florida received a well deserved thank you. Daniel press is walking again after becoming the recipient of the worlds first nerve graft. Surgeons were able to reattach the siciatic nerve. Its an incredible gift to have a Second Chance and it would never have been possible without them. My appreciation and my gratitude honestly cant even be put into words. The procedure was pretty amazing. Doctors took what are called cells from danielle and regenerated her sciatic nerve in a lab. They were then able to reattach the nerve which controls movement and sensation allowing danielle to walk and exercise again. Remarkable. Two Colorado Police officers went above and beyond the call of duty trying to help an 86yearold greatgrandmother after her purse was stolen. A thief took julias purse from her shopping cart at the target store. Her credit card, cash and keys were inside. She was overwhelmed since she had to get home to care for her blind husband who is also in a wheelchair. The officers told her, dont worry about anything and they jumped into action. And they took my grocery list and they bought the groceries. They brought me home. They went to ace hardware, purchased a new lock for our front door. They were absolutely inkrcredib. Dozens of people have gone to the Aurora Police departments Facebook Page to praise the officers actions. In the south bay people braved the Early Morning chill, many holding their children to register for holiday food and toys. The charity that helps the less fortunate try to close the gap. Nick smith has more. Reporter families started staking out a spot at Sacred Heart Community in san jose last night. Its first come first served. Virginia hernandez has been here before. Its a little hard for our family. Our jobs are not enough. Reporter sacred heart has been doing the giveaway for 50 years. This year they hope to give away 4,000 food boxes and for 5,500 kids, three toys each. To make that happen, they rely on donations and volunteers like the students it at the allgirls school. They brought drinks are for the hundreds in line. They say theyre the ones who received the gift. Amazing us passing bagels and passing coffee can bring a smile and joy to their faces. Our Holiday Program truly comes together through the generosity of the people watching at home. Reporter organizers say while the Tech Industry is booming, lowincome families are facing higher rents and other expenses. While their paychecks stay the same. The families that come to sacred heart for food are actually working. They have full hadtime jobs. Oftentimes more than one fulltime job. Its just that the numbers dont add up. Reporter social Service Experts say the need this year, as every year, is great. And to make this holiday special, it will take a community to step up where theyre needed most. Nick smith, abc 7 news. And another reminder the annual abc 7 thanksgiving food drive is under way. You can give where you live by texting the word for a 10 donation. Michael finney is here answering questions sent to him by facebook, twitter and email. What time does walmart open on thanksgiving for black friday deals . Were all waiting to know. They havent announced it yet. Last year they opened at 6 00 p. M. But a lot of people think they may open earlier this year. It seems to be up in the air. Costco isnt opening at all on good friday. A lot of stores are opening like at 6 00 a. M. I think can kmart is saying 6 00 a. M. When you go out shopping you really need to call ahead or you could end you up at a store thats closed. I should say this about walmart, most are 24 hours anyway. Its just the actual black friday sales wont start until 6 00 p. M. Theyll probably be open. Karen g. Asks comcast showed up 1 1 2 hours past their fourhour window, dont they owe me something . Like free hbo for a month or something. You know, they may. Comcast has a lead unless theyve canceled it reisntly, if they dont make it within your window they have to give you they dont have to but they promise to give you 20 or a couple months of a premium channel. Call up and argue with them about that. Now the fourhour window is a state law. And it says if an employer has more than 25 workers they have to hit that fourhour window. If they dont, you can sue them for your actual losses. It cant be i was bored like you stayed home from work. Then they would owe you for your work pay. Interesting. A twitter user asked why cant callers have a bank put a stop payment on a check. A bank doesnt have to do it. You dont want to do it that way. If you show up at a bank and put a stop check order, it lasts for six months and then you you have to renew it every six months. If you do it verbally whether over the phone or at the bank, no paperwork, it only lasts for 14 days. Interesting. You dont want to call it in anyway. Well, because they want to make sure youre the person absolutely. Thank you, michael. All right. Up next, reaching out to veterans. The new center uc berkeley is opening up that hopes to be a model for other fouryear universities. Im dan ashley. Some call them candy coated starter kits. Curbing the appeal for tobacco products. And rethinking that old roach motel. We have the story. What looks to be going in circles could help save lives. Thats when cheryl and i see you at 5 00. 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Last man standing comes on at 8 00, shark tank, and then 20 20 at 10 00 and of course join us for abc 7 news at 11 00. On monday uc berkeley will open the Cal Veterans Services Center that will serve as a model for other fouryear universities. They will try to earn a degree. Abc 7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez has the story. Im feeling like thats the thing. Reporter those who have served in the military will find plenty of camaraderie. It is new, the boxes have yet to be unpacked. The computers are still not hooked up but on monday it will officially open as the headquarters of student veterans at cal. Thats the goal to have as many here as possible. Reporter now a representative will come here instead. Students never have to leave campus. Close to 300 student veterans at uc berkeley. Here they also get advice on what financial benefits they are entitled to. Thats whats made it possible for me as a single parent to spend time with my family and get my academics done without having to work or take out an exorbitant number of loans. Once they get admitted we work with them from the point theyre admitted to make sure they understand how to maximize the aid benefits and campus resources as well. Reporter the center will have an Outreach Program to help Community College students transfer to cal. These Community Colleges are essential to the centers growth. City college of San Francisco has had a veteran center for two years now. Many there are now looking to cal to complete their education. This person transferred from san diego. At my Community College we got pumped up about the fact that there are places at cal for veterans and that you can continue your education. Reporter here they continue to make the transition back to civilian life while taking advantage of the educational benefits theyve earned. At uc berkeley, Lyanne Melendez, abc 7 news. And that is it for abc 7 news at 4 00 tonight. Thank you so much for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im larry beil. We begin with dan and cheryl. It looks like criminal behavior to us. Talk about back channel emails and bags of evidence. A raid of the state Public Utilities commission. Robin williams autopsy. What the comedian did the night before he died. He got light headed from all the natural gas. And its easy to see why. Gas spewing into the air. The one thing that helped firefighters contain this problem the. Also, the reality of the raiders relocating to texas. We have fog tonight, a rain chance in our future. A look at your weekend coming up. And records are seized. We begin with a raid on the state Public Utilities commission and the state attorney general is leading that raid. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Im cheryl jennings. And im dan ashley. They seized documents and other material from the commissions office, all part of the investigation into the regulators secret communications with pg e. Reporter lillian kim is live with the story tonight. Lilian. Reporter they showed one a search warrant to the biggest critic. It was pure validation. This still photo is of investigators with the state Attorney Generals Office with documents seized from the Public Utilities commission. The states utility regulator has been under fair for allegedly having an unlawful relationship with pg e. This is very good news and kcon firms the citys longstanding concern about the inapro inappropriately cozy relationship between them. Reporter since the pipeline explosion four years ago san brau know city leaders have been relentless in getting them to release years of documents. Among the most damaging emails made public, getting a specific judge assigned to a case. Then chief of staff carol brown is asked by brian cherry any news on the reassignment . To which brown replies, working on it. I hope all the mess is worth it. Cherry replies, you owe me if you do, smiley face. Mark tony, utility reform network, hopes the investigation will target the right people. People who get charged are the scapegoats who didnt have power and were just following orders. I think theres a difference. We want to make sure the people at the top dont get a free walk. Reporter people at the top like michael peavy. Hes resigning in december. Leaders say they want to see justice. Wed like to see justice done. If charges are appropriate, certainly weigh would support that. Reporter the cpuc had no comment. In San Francisco, lilian kim, abc 7 news. The final autopsy report today confirms actor comedian Robin Williams died by suicide. It showed no traces of alcohol or Illegal Drugs in williams system. Williams was taking prescription medications, but he only had the prescribed amounts in his system. Williams
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