The bay area and showers are moving out of napa county and still some showers falling to parts of eastern Sonoma County as well and down in the central part of the bay area, most concentrated area of wet weather from San Francisco to across the bay to mill valley and across the bay to richmond and farther inland. Showers over at concord and down at livermore and altamount and heres the forecast animation starting at 5 00 this morning. Well continue to see waves of showers and scattered showers moving onshore up until about midnight or so and during the overnight it will pretty much taper off and winds down giving us partly cloudy and drier conditions. And when we come back in a few minutes a look at powerful Hurricane Matthew over the tropical atlantic. Ama . All right. Thank you so much, spencer. Well, you can find our weather resources on our nbc weather app. Its all there any time you need to know what weather is coming to where you live. Speaking of the weather, its helping crews gain chrome of the loma fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Containment is at 81 . The fire has burned nearly 4,500 acres in the Santa Cruz Mountains and destroyed a dozen homes. 81 structures are still threatened by the flames. People who live along summit road are being allowed back into their homes and they have to show i. D. To prove they live there. A massive cash of child porn has led to the arrest of a san jose man. Hes accused of having 11,000 images on his computer. Dennis cruz now faces charges. Vic lee is live in san jose with a look at what led investigators to the 61yearold cruz. Vic . Reporter well, Santa Clara County sheriffs investigators, the fbi and San Jose Police began this investigation sometime ago. Now they began downloading images and videos from the suspects computer more than they ever thought, images that were so sickening that even the most experienced seasoned investigators were taken aback. Im shocked. I cant believe its true. Reporter shock, disbelief, the reaction from neighbors who didnt know why Law Enforcement officers rushed into this home on the 1700 block of okaywood avenue. We saw people with regular clothes, fbi jackets and thats who we saw this morning. Reporter Santa Clara County sheriff laurie smith. And we served a search warrant on a sex predator that has been trafficking in child pornography, some of the most vile child pornography any of our detectives have seen. Reporter this man, 61yearold dennis cruz, was arrested and charged with sharing some 10,000 images of children on his computer. These not only are vile images, many are infants, and its its horrible. Its horrible. Thats terrible predator. In fact, when we did the search warrant, he was in the process of downloading child pornography as we went through the door. Reporter we knocked on cruzs door. An elderly woman answered through the kitchen window and said she didnt know anything. Is this the cruz residence . Yes, it is. But dennis cruz does not live here . I dont know. Im the maid. Reporter youre the maid. Still dont know if shes the maid or not, but the neighbor told us the house belongs to his aging mother. She used to live alone and then her son came to live with her. Reporter sheriff says the investigation continues. They want to see if any of the children can be identified and who else was sharing the images. Vic lee, abc 7 news. A total of five people face charges in another child po Pornography Case based in San Francisco and stretching up and down the state. Police released these photos today. Three of the suspects live in San Francisco. The arrest led investigators to two other suspect. One is from Sacramento County and another was arrested in los angeles. They are accused of possessing child pornography. This investigation began back in march. Stanford students received an alert a Sexual Assault took place in a dorm on the east side of campus. A third party reported a female was assaulted early friday morning. Police havent arrested the suspect in part because the victim hasnt spoken to detectives. And the perpetrator and the victim did not know each other, and this occurred in the perpetrators dorm room. Not hiding it from the students, especially its a little comforting but still not something that were proud of here at campus and something no one here condones. Reporter reported Sexual Assault happened on the same day Governor Brown signed two bills known as the brock turner legislation into law. The former stanford swimmers sixmonth jail term for assaulting an unconscious woman triggered a call for tougher sentencing laws. Reporter it was a violent weekend in San Francisco. Youre looking at where a woman in her 60s was stabbed to death in Lower Pacific Heights yesterday. This was one of five homicies in the city since friday. Heres where the killings took place. The woman was stabbed on california and pierce. Police arrested a suspect for that murder. The other four victims were men, all shot. No arrests have been made in those four shooting cases. Members of a wellknown San Francisco shoplifting ring are under arrest charged in what prosecutors are calling an unprecedented investigation. Abc 7 News ReporterCarolyn Tyler joins us live from union square where this investigation is now focused. Carolyn . Reporter reporter the District Attorneys Office created the crime Strategy Unit rather than investigating or reviewing cases individually also tries to link them to others, and thats how they got the thieves that have been targeting union square. Union square is considered a targetrich environment for organized thieves because of all the highend stores. This is a list of those hit that are part of this investigation. Today San Franciscos District Attorney is sending a message. If youre intending to commit a crime here in the Union Square District area. Dont. Reporter the d. A. , police and the Union Square Business community have formed a unique partnership thats led to charges against 16 people who operate like this. Bum rushing stores and stealing merchandise. The socalled rainbow crew operating not just in San Francisco but nationwide. They have traveled, and they have traveled exclusively to commit crime. They have traveled exclusively to victimize people in other jurisdictions. Reporter and recently they became more brazen using pepper spray, even knives. Police say its not ordinary shoplifting. It can be violent and scary for the employees and the loss is just, you know, tremendous. Key to crack the cases has been more than 300 surveillance cameras the Business District has installed. These are highdefinition cameras. Can you get clear facial features and can see license plates. Reporter in addition to the 16 defendants in San Francisco, there are 10 in other jurisdictions around the country with thefts totaling nearly half a million dollars. In San Francisco, Carolyn Tyler, abc 7 news the chp is investigating a fiery crash in oakland this. Suv burst into flames at 106th avenue and longfellow this morning. It was involved in a chase with the chp. It started in Castro Valley and wound its way through hayward. A spike strip failed to stop it, but the wheels caught fire. That forced that driver to stop. He was arrested. The chp is now trying to figure out if that suv was stolen. Now to the race for the white house. A new wave of controversies has hit republican president ial nominee donald trump. Meanwhile, democratic opponent Hillary Clinton is celebrating a bigname endorsement. Abc News Reporter lana zach has the latest. Listen to this people, because this is a real shock sneer Hillary Clinton is hitting donald trump hard on the New York Times report that the republican nominee may have avoided paying taxes for nearly two decades. Now he says that hes the one who can fix things, but that is like letting the fox guard the hen house. Reporter according to the partial 1995 tax returns, trump filed a nearly billion dollar loss following the collapse of hits Atlantic City casinos, his airline and the purchase of new york plaza hotel. On the trail in colorado trump hit back. I have legally used the tax laws to my benefit, and to the benefit of my company, my investors and my employees. I mean, honestly, i have brilliantly i have brilliantly used those laws. Reporter and another controversy for trump, an investigation by the Associated Press that interviewed 20 people, former crew members, editors and contestants who describe crass behavior by trump on the set of the apprentice. A former producer confirming the behavior and calling it complex. I think he sees women as something physical first. However, he does have a lot of smart women around him so its a complex situation. Reporter and one former contestant disagreed with the report. Given my cougar reputation and title, given that i always have dressed provocatively and in a sense could be perceived as encouraging negative behavior, i never felt disrespected by mr. Trump. Reporter according to a new quinnipiac poll, clinton and trump remain nearly tied in several battleground states, including florida, pennsylvania, North Carolina and ohio. Lana zak, abc news washington. Also on the campaign trail, the Vice President ial candidates gearing up for their first and only debate tomorrow night. Republican governor mike pence and democratic senator tim kaine will square off at Longwood University in farmville, virginia. You can watch that debate right here on abc 7. Our coverage starts at 6 00. Thats followed by dancing with the stars at 8 00 and then a special edition of abc 7 news at 9 00, jeopardy and wheel at 10 00 and 10 30 followed by the abc 7 news at 11 00. Coming up, the key role the bay area will play cleaning up the great pace forecast garbage patch. A massive trash heap in the middle of the ocean. Move over, blue angels, the marines land at the presidio for a fleet week event thats serious business. Preparing for the worse. The powerful hurricane moving through the caribbean and the efforts to get american out of harms way. 7 on your sides Michael Finney is taking your questions on facebook and twitter. Hell answer the questions here live a little later. Had a live look at our traffic on this monday. San jose 101 southbound as that backup that you see and northbound is looking clear and great as usual and 880 appears to be moving in both directions over the top. Stay with us. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. An effort has taken flight from the south bay to try to help solve a growing problem floating in the pacific ocean. The Great Pacific garbage patch. There are actually two that you can see them here. One in the western and another in the eastern pacific. Researchers are focusing on the one thats about 1,000 miles off californias coast and abc 7 News Reporter david louie spoke to people taking part in the project and hes live hat moffatt field. Hi, david. Reporter ama, until now the principal way researchers have determined how much plastic is out in the pacific is from observation from boats. The new area expedition will provide much greater detail as to how much plastic needs to be rounded up and taken to shore. The converted c130 hercules dubbed ocean force 1 is back from one of two flights set for this week to do a lowspeed, low altitude survey of the great ocean garbage patch, a huge debris field made up of discarded fishing nets and assorted plastic buoys and containers. About 1,000 miles off the california coast. Its worse than we thought, and, again, this underlines the urgency of why we need to clean it up. Reporter 22yearold veteran and entrepreneur is behind a campaign to clean up 150 Million Pounds of trash. About half of a total in a decade. This weeks mission will give his team a better sense of the value and waste of the waste using an imaging sense it called lidar. Its a system that helps researchers create a 3d image of the objects they are seeing on the oceans surface. The 3d images will take longer to process. A lot of different sizes of objects out there, and it is amazing so you have your giant, giant nets and your smaller contape sneers a boom containment system is being developed to collect the debris for recycling. The first wave of kleinup will begin about a year from now. Environmental students were invited to learn more about the project and they found a new role model in the inventor. We want an upswell of young people all over the world working on this problem of the oceans. Reporter at moffatt field, david louie, abc 7 news. Its the beginning of fleet week in San Francisco and the blue angels will soon be soaring overhead. However, today was devoted to a more practical matter, earthquake preparedness. A spot that marines from san diego saw a possible landing zones they could see from helicopters bringing water to earthquake victims. Todays grils also provided the opportunity to coordinate strategy with neighborhood leaders. This drill is great. What we really get out of this drill is building our partnerships with our local communities, right, that individual partnership where they know they can pick up the phone and call us and know we are coming. Organizers chose today to drill because all respond remembers in town for fleet week. Theres a new promise for oakland students, thanks to a very generous donation. Abc 7 news was at castle m ho nt high as the mayor and student officials announced the expansion of oakland promise. Its thanks to a 2 million anonymous donation. The Oakland Promise Program provides everything from mentoring to college scholarships. This will leave a legacy, you have younger siblings being motivated and inspired by their older communities in the college. Reporter the goal of oakland promise is to triple the number of oakland students who graduate from college. Facebook jumped into the online classifieds Business Today challenging e xheers sites like kraft and ebay and they call the new service marketplace. Once a seller posts on marketplace it can be shared anywhere on facebook and buyers can filter results by category, price and location. Facebook doesnt facilitate the transaction. I saw a rainbow this morning. That cool. Not surprised. I didnt see the rainbow but i saw her tweet about it. Despite this rather damp and dreary start to the week, its going to be a fantastic week for fleet week because the weather is going to steadily improve, improve meaning getting sunnier and warmer because people want to get outside and enjoy it. A look at live doppler 7. Not sunny and warm at the moment. Areas of scattered showers all across the area and mainly through the central part of the bay area including San Francisco and southern mar ann county and over to san ramon and concord and up in the northway we have a few lingering showers right now as well. This is the view from our rooftop camera. You can see its quite cloudy and thats the sky condition all across the bay area. These are the forecast features. Showers will taper off tonight and warn trends begin midweek and summerlike with high temperatures soaring well into the 80s. Right now were looking at a temperature of 60 degrees. Mainly mid to upper 60s from oakland to fremont and places like concord and danville in the low 80s and santa rosa in the low 50s. This is how things will look overnight. A few patches of scattered showers will develop, but it will mainly be winding down the shower activity overnight. Low temperatures will be mostly in the mid50s and then on we go to tomorrow. Heres the day planner. The day will start with lots of clouds and maybe isolated patchy drizzle, and by midmorning well be looking at peeks of sunshine and then by afternoon, nice sunny skies and temperatures in the 70s, inland up to around 70 around the bay and 60 degrees on the coast and then well go into a mostly clear evening as the sun sets at 7 47. Breezy tomorrow near the coast with highs mainly in the low to mid60s right around the bay and upper 60s to low 70s in our inland areas and still a bit below average for this time of the year. Lets take a look at powerful and dangerous Hurricane Matthew hover in the south atlantic and caribbean. A category 4 storm right now overnight tomorrow and expected to clip the western portion of haiti. It could cause extensive wind damage and Power Outages and mud slides and devastating storm surge as it continues northward and a by the northwestward and weaken slightly to a category 3 as it travels over eastern kubuya and up over the bahamas by wednesday. Still a category 3 along the flat coast, Floridas Atlantic coast and then continuing later in the week up along the coastal areas of the carolinas still as a category 2 hurricane. Very powerful and potentially damaging storm. Heres a look at our accuweather sevenday forecast. Tomorrow, mostly sunny after a bit of a cloudy start. High temperatures start to rise a little bit tomorrow and into wednesday, but the real warming begins on thursday as high temperatures move into the low 80s. Inland and mid 70s by the bay. By the weekend upper 80s inland and low 80s around the bay and mid to upper 60s on the coast. Quite a bay to lead us into fleet weekend. Definitely. Well have more on the storm preps for the hurricane coming up later in the newscast. Thanks, spencer. Still to come on abc 7 news at 4 00, the new abc drama turning up the heat on politics, drugs and scandal. And later, the frightening dose ref at for reality star Kim Kardashian robbed at gunpoint of 9 milli they prey on our children, spending billions. Addicting 17,000 California Kids each year. Eventually killing onethird of them. Now Tobacco Companies are spending millions to. Defeat prop 56. Because in every state thats raised tobacco taxes, smoking rates go down. So who are you going to trust . Pediatricians, cancer groups and the califronia pta who all. Support prop 56. Or the Tobacco Companies trying to kill it. Vote yes on 56. Politics, scrugs drugs and scandal. Abcs newest drama turned up the heat on all three in the heart of the big apple a preview now of conviction premiering tonight. Ace morrison. Sam, spencer. While, this is golden boy. I took your job. In conviction a onetime first daughter who has spent her life in the public eye and not always favorably. Her latest misstep has her getting blackmailed into taking a job that she really doesnt want. As a lawyer with the conviction integrity unit. Conviction and integrity unit is given five days which to pick a case, hash it out and see if there was any kind of injustices that happened and resolve it, and thats going to be the struggle to see if they can do that and fulfill that every week. Eddie cahill plays her new boss new york citys District Attorney. You know, theres some seriousness and then theres some levitt. Do you like the idea that you both get to do a little bit of each. I think at the heart of the relationship is play and that play sometimes gets rough and it gets mean at times but its play, play, play. Very stimulating for them and both intellectually their equals and they they are very witty and sharp and they want to win all the time and thats what they are going to do at all costs and push each others buttons. I dont think they pull punches. Thats whats exciting when you set up characters who arent meant to be friends who get along and have a common goal to opens up an avenue where by you can come at them. Sometimes it lands like a shot to the jaw. I never know whats going to come out of your mouth on this show and i kind of love that. I dont think she does either. Im in charge of forensics. Very first day of school. Thanks. I did not vote for your father. Me neither. I think shes making it up as she goes along and having a lot of fun. Catch the premiere of conviction tonight at 10 00 right here on abc 7 and stay tuned for abc 7 news at 11 00. Coming up at 4 00, its a monster. Youll see whats happening now in the caribbean as Hurricane Matthew churns towards land. Also, its the first monday in october but it was anything but business as usual today as the u. S. Supreme court. And the football legend being called a traitor by raider nation. And heres whats making headlines at 4 30, a 61yearold san jose man has been arrested in a large child pornography sting. Authorities say dennis cruz was in possession of 10,000 graphic images and videos depicting infant and toddler pornography. Hes been booked on child pornography charges. Its been a wet and gloomy day throughout most of the bay area. Live doppler 7 has been hard at work tracking it all. Well get an update from Spencer Christian in just a few minutes. San francisco firefighters hope to address an alarming rate of cancer within the department of having crews decontaminate themselves at the fire scene. Its believed debris from fires leads to chronic illness. Hell have that story for us at 5 00. Americans are being urged to leave the caribbean islands as Hurricane Matthew churns towards land. The storm is blamed for four deaths. Abc 7 News ReporterElizabeth Hur has the story. Hurricane matthew churning in the caribbean, packing powerful winds and marching towards the islands and its already forcing businesses to close and residents to board up their homes before hunkering down and seeking shelter. My family. I just want to know that they are safe and secure. We want people to heed the warnings coming from the authorities and take them very seriously. Emergency responders also preparing for the monster storm from jamaica to haiti and cuba. The storm could dump up to 40 inches of rain and possibly trigger lifethreatening mud slides in areas still reeling, including haiti where 50,000 people still call these makeshift tents their home after the deadly earthquake in 2010. The state department is now warning americans in the region to get out. 700 military family members have already been evacuated from Guantanamo Bay with officials from florida to North Carolina on high alert. Im hoping that this is a false alarm and we cant gamble and we wont gamble with peoples lives. Forecasters say right now its just too soon to talk about what, if any, impact Hurricane Matthew will have here in the u. S. But, yes, Officials Say preparations are under way just in case. Elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. The u. S. Supreme court opened its new term today, one just as short with a vacant seat unfilled. The Court Appears to be shying away from blockbuster cases. Abc 7 news anchor krinzy is here with details. The term opened with eight justices. Gone is ultra conservative Justice Antonin Scalia who pass the away in february while visiting a texas ranch. President obamas nominee to replace himmaker garland remains in limbo with republicans refusing to hold confirmation hearings so with a 44 split the court is taking up fewer political cases. For example, the court refused to consider president obamas overhaul. Immigration sentence after a ruling in juan that blocked its implementation. Cupertinobased apple is asking the court to make samsung pay 1 billion as a jury had ordered for infringement of its design ideas. Now, there is a case that could be put on the docket thats more of a political hot potato. The High Court May consider a virginia case in which a Lower Court Ordered a school that let a transgender student use the bathroom and the court may be stuck in a holing pattern this entire term. No one expects confirmation hearings before the election and even after it could be next summer before a new justice is confirmed and seated. Ama and eric . Thank you so much, kristen. On a day when the u. S. Suspended ceasefire talks with russia over syria president Vladimir Putin has had a scrapping of weapons grade plutonium. Putin cited unfriendly actions announcing the suspension and didnt elaborate and cut considering off the ceasefire talks said russia hasnt lived up to its agreement to ensure piece and assure deliveries of humanitarian aid. This afternoon the head of the revolutionary armed forces in colombia said sundays rejection of a peace deal has, quote, no legal effect whatsoever. Voters turned down the deal by less than a percentage point confounding expectations. The deal was to end 50 years of war dwobetween the government a rebels. A drug trafficker could be responsible for the overdose death of pop star prince. More than five months after prince was found at his minneapolis estate, investigators are focusing on two questions. Did doctors illegally prescribe the opiods that killed the pop star, or did the drug that killed prince come from the black market . The 49ers learned today they have lost one of their best defensive players for the season. Linebacker Navorro Bowman tore his left achilles tendon during the Third Quarter of yesterdays loss to dallas. Bowman is one of the last links to the 49ers winning years earlier this decade. He played in three straight conference championships and one super bowl. He came back following 2014. Football howe of famer howie long is getting ham her bid supporting the teams possible move to las vegas. The raiders agreed at a rally today to support a plan to build a stadium using a record 750 million in public money. Nevadas governor is expected to call lawmakers into special session this month to consider financing a stadium and Convention Center expansion. Oakland fans arent having it. Dr. Death tweeted no sit should ever be fleeced for 750 million. Howie long should know bert and edward johns tweeted this one hurts. Howie long is dead to me. Just ahead on abc 7 news at 4 00, need some somebody . Up next the tiny talking robot that can sense how youre feeling. Im Michael Finney. Ask finney is just ahead. Im still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. Post with the askfinner and ill answer your questions right here in a little bit. Im Spencer Christian. What a dreary afternoon looks like from our camera. A look at sunnier days ahead coming up in just a moment. And taking a live look at our traffic over the golden gate bridge. Its moving in both directions and looks a little thick on the righthand side. Thats your northbound traffic. Stay with us. Were back after a quick break. Scientists say the Sierra Nevada yellowlegged frog is no longer on the brink of extinction. Its making a comeback after rangers stopped planting a nonnative trout into lakes for fishing. The frog also appears to be adapting to disease raising hope for the survival of other types of frogs worldwide that are disappearing at alarming rates. Toyota is showing off its latest creation. Its a tiny talking robot that can sense how youre feeling. Byebye. The robot supposedly has the intelligence of a 5yearold and its designed to provide companionship. Toyota says it can identify human emotions. If youre feeling down the robot will look at you and ask why youre sad and will detect when youre happy. Preorders start for about 400. No word yet if it will be sold in other countries. Lets look at live doppler 7 showing a few areas of scattered showers across the bay area mainly right through the part of the bay area. Thats the wettest region right now. Looks pretty dreary. Coming out over San Francisco. Cloudy skies all across the bay area right now. Heres a look back at our 48hour rainfall total from yesterday to today and up into Sonoma County. Weve said that the north bay would be the wettest section of the bay area. Concord had almost a tenth of an inch and San Francisco. 2 and oakland. 1 and on we go to tomorrow. It will be a mostly sunny day tomorrow. The south bay will see high temperatures mainly in the low 70s. About 70 and on the peninsula and highs will range from about 6 a 5 at san mateo and up to 70 at Mountain View on the coast. It will be relatively cool with breezy conditions. Highs of 59 at daily city and downtown San Francisco will top out at 62 degrees and up in the north bay and 71 petaluma and 71 at napa. Over in the east bay near the bay. 66 at berkeley and 68 at oakland and san leandro, the inland east bay will warm up into the low to mid70s tomorrow and heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Well get warmer weather still on wednesday but the big warmup actually begins on thursday and as we get to the weekend we can expect high temperatures inland to reach into the upper 80s on saturday. Low 80s around the bay and mid to upper 60s on the coast. Just going to be quite a nice almost summerlike weekend and then well start to get a bit of a gradual cooldown early next week. Fleet week. Absolutely. Good for the weather people, too. A little bit of everything. Thats true. Thanks, spencer. Still ahead at 4 00, new information about the kardashian caper. The reality star was robbed of millions in jewels. Also, the new device that will help you track how much activity your child is getting as well as how well they are sleeping. Im 7 on your sides Michael Finney. Is there a theyre bringing crime, when mextheyre rapists. Ople. Are you going to have a massive Deportation Force . Youre going to have a Deportation Force. Were rounding em up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. Were going to build a wall. Thats not america. Were all californians. Im tom steyer. Its time to speak out. Please, register. And vote. Vote. Nextgen California Action Committee is responsible for the content of this advertising. One of the worlds biggest reality tv stars was robbed at gunpoint. Kim kardashian was held up at gunpoint while in paris for fashion week. Millions of dollars worth of jewelry was stolen. Abc news report er has the details. Reporter Kim Kardashian west back in the United States after being the victim of a violent robbery in paris. How are you doing. Videos shot by tmz show kim and husband kanye west arriving at an apartment in new york city. French police say kardashian west was robbed at gunpoint of more than 10 million worth of jewelry sunday night. A source telling abc news five gunmen dressed as Police Officers participated in the robbedry. Two of them made their way into the private residence where she was staying. Police found kardashian west tied up and locked in a bathroom. Her rep tells abc news she is badly shaken but physically unarmed. Kim was in paris for fashion week posting pictures from Fashion Shows and events on social media. Her husband finding out the news during a performance at a Music Festival in new york city causing him to abruptly end the show. Im sorry. Family emergency. I have to stop the show. Reporter other celebrities who were also there for fashion week reacting to the news. I know its terrible, but thank god shes okay. Thank god shes okay. It could have been worse. French police will examine Surveillance Video from the area where the careians were staying. French politicians saying this could be another blow to the citys image with the mayor of paris saying this was a very rare act. Time now for ask finney. Abc 7s Michael Finney here to answer your questions. The question question from vadaa. Is it true my power is cheaper during the hours of 12 00 a. M. And 5 00 a. M. . Maybe, maybe. Heres the deal. Pg e which most of us have here in the bay area have three Different Supreme Court tours of payment. One is you pay this much as long us a only use under this amount and you pay a little bit more per kill watt after you use a little bit more and its got three tiers. There are two other plans where if you restrict the amount of electricity you use during the peak hours during the day and on certain days like on weekends, then they give you a break on your power so instead of washing your clothes, for instance, you know, in the afternoon, you wash them in the middle of the night so if you sign up for one of those plans its actually cheaper. Should you sign up for one of those plans if youre willing to keep track. This gets complicated. You need to keep track of it. We hear these ads all the time. John h. From antioch said do you recommend using a tax Relief Company to settle irs debt . If so, is there a company you recommend . You know, i dont recommend any companies, and in this case i would really want you to talk to the irs right from the beginning because you might be able to cut a deal and pay less than you owe. Its called an offer in compromise. Go online and look it up. Offer in compromise. They also, even if they dont cut you one of those kind of deals, they will let you pay over time. Now, depending on how much you owe you should go get a professional but in that case start with an attorney and see where you stand legally so you dont end up in jail or something. Right. All right. Marcy or mary c. Emailed when is the best time to book hotels . If cheaper on certain days like flights . I dont know of know of any certain day to book and its kind of like flights but not as specific. With airlines we figured those guys out. Hotels, too many different properties. Its not exactly the same, but heres what we do know. When youre booking a hotel in the United States the best time is 60 days out. When youre booking in europe, its three to five months out. The very best time to book, if youre gutsy and can do it, the very last minute because if they dont put you in the hotel, they are not going to make a dime off of it. True. So even if they get half price its better but youre taking a chance. All right. Now, i want to hear from you, the 7 on your side hotline open monday to friday from 10 00 a. M. To 2 00 p. M. 4159548151. Can you also reach me on my Facebook Page and through abc7news. Com. Michael, thank you. Facebooks latest apple focus on users with slower internet speeds. The social networking site launching a slim down version of its messaging app. Its designed for lower end Android Devices and takes up less space on smartphones and tablets and rolled out yesterday in kenya, sri lanka, kenya and venezuela. It will come to other countries in the come months. You probably already noticed flu shot offers at pharmacies and where you work. It might be a good idea to wait longer to get that jab, especially if youre older. Imol jiflts believe its better for the people of age 65 to hold off until halloween. That way youre protected throughout the majority of the really bad flu season. The cdc says it usually peaks between december and march. Immunologists say the flu vaccine wears off faster as we get older. In todays wellness report, a beauty compan owned by a top Hollywood Star pledges to remove a controversial ingredient. And theres a crop of new therapists specializing in millenials. Jess albas business that focuses on natural and organic products is removing a controversial ingredient, sodium lauryl sulfate and the wall street journal uncovered some of its items tested positive for it. Its associated with irritation of the skin and other problems. The company is now preparing to roll out a new laundry detergent in 2017 that doesnt contain it according to people familiar with the plans. Garmin has introduced the vivo fit fite necessary tracker for kids encouraging young people to stay active and comes with swim friendly and durable features. The device is built to provide everything that a smart band should, especially when it comes to tracking a childs sleep patterns, steps and activities that complete the 60minute play goal per day. Millenial therapists are mostly millenials themself argue that the generation needs a tailored approach and they are better able to relate to young adult concerns that others might dismiss. Millenials are increasingly requesting referrals to those with experience treating their generation. From the Nasdaq Market site in times square, im joy adoss. Heres to your health. Abc 7 news at 4 00 continues. Manning the rails. Its fleet week in San Francisco and everything appears to be ship shape. And kristen is here with a look at whats coming up on abc 7 news at 5 00. Coming up next, liveability versus accessibility. The Swimming Pool problem pitting neighbor against neighbor in lafayette and the stretch of highway 101 now listed as the worst for traffic in the bay area and how hundreds of kids are going to summer camp for free. These stories and more when i join eric for abc 7 news at 5 00. Afoot and lighthearted i take to the open road. Healthy, free, the world before me, the long brown path before me leading wherever i choose. The east and the west are mine. The north and the south are mine. All seems beautiful to me. Narrator it wasnt that long ago. Years of devastating cutbacks to our schools. 30,000 teachers laid off. Class sizes increased. Art and music programs cut. We cant ever go back. Ryan ruelas so vote yes on proposition 55. Reagan duncan prop 55 prevents 4 billion in new cuts to our schools. Letty munozgonzalez simply by maintaining the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians. Ryan ruelas no new education cuts, and no new taxes. Reagan duncan vote yes on 55. Sarah morgan to help our children thrive. Coming up tonight on abc 7, primetime kicks off with dancing with the stars at 8 00. Thats followed by the season premiere of conviction at 10 00 and stay with us, of course, for the news at 11 00. If you look towards San Francisco bay today, you may have noticed a large ship steaming on in through the gates, and you probably noticed that ships crew lining the rails. Theres a method and tradition to this. Heres abc 7 News Reporter wayne freedman. Reporter it was a most serious face, one of hundreds on the uss san diego this morning. I wouldnt say its a drill. Its a tradition. Reporter they call it manning the rates, and during this fleet week youll be seeing quite a lot of it. Seeing all the young men and women in uniform with such a beautiful thing. Its reassuring, too. The tradition evolved from a tie before radios when sailors on a warship would man the rails in a foreign port as proof that they had no hostile event. Today its an active port. Theres no moving, no talking and even in a rainstorm like the one this morning. You do it rain or shine. Doesnt matter. Reporter being able to witness such a moment took considerable doing. First a helicopter ride on a navy chopper from San Francisco airport. We flew under the golden gate and then out to sea to this ship as it sailed towards the city and then we met the brass. Were demonstrating what the navy does which is provide presence and force as necessary on a ready base is. Reporter this was a day where the navy hosted fire, police and other Emergency Response agencies in a show and tell. Yes, in war this ship deploys marines and equipment but after a Natural Disaster like a major exit can also deploy the same men and machines to help a stricken city. I think this would be like a resource where you bring everybody together. You have a command post. Reporter all of which no doubt left a strong impression but even that matched the nobility and the dignity of the ships crew arriving in port main manning the rails and as we said get used to it. And when we leave well do it again. Reporter on the uss san diego in San Francisco bay. Wayne freedman, abc 7 news. Thank you so much for joining us for abc 7 news at they prey on our children, spending billions. Addicting 17,000 California Kids each year. Eventually killing onethird of them. Now Tobacco Companies are spending millions to. Defeat prop 56. Because in every state thats raised tobacco taxes, smoking rates go down. So who are you going to trust . Pediatricians, cancer groups and the califronia pta who all. Support prop 56. Or the Tobacco Companies trying to kill it. Vote yes on 56. At 5 00 the search for a rapist on the stanford campus. Why the school says making an arrest will be difficult. From trees to trucks. The seasons first rain creates a run of problems in Sonoma County. In San Francisco. Firefighters put their lives on the line every day. Well show you the new effort to keep them safe after they have put out the flames. And a Swimming Pool turns into a neighborhood nuisance in the east bay. Why those living nearby say families need to curb their enthusiasm. The dark side of campus life haunts stanford students. Again, the school at the center of the brock turner case is investigating a new Sexual Assault on campus. Campus police say a female student was raped early friday morning. Good evening. Im eric thomas in for dan ashwari. And im kristein sze. Thanks for joining us. The Stanford Public Safety Department says the victim did not know her attacker and an alert has been sent out to students. Abc 7 News ReporterMelanie Woodrow is live on the campus with the latest. Melanie. Kristen, this is deeply troubling for the students here on campus that weve spoken with today. It was the third party who reported this rape. The Public SafetyDepartment Says the victim has not made a statement yet and while that department very much understands why, they say without that statement it could be difficult to investigate. Stanford universitys Public SafetyDepartment Says a thirdparty Campus Security authority who was required to report it notified the department about the rape that occurred early friday morning. Victim, female student, and the perpetrator and the victim did not know each other, and this occurred in the perpetrators dorm room. Reporter that dorm room according to the Public Safety department is on the east side of campus. Campus officials sent out an alert notifying students. Stanford is being very open and on top of whats going on and not hiding it from the students especially. Its a little comforting, but its still not something that were proud of here at campus reporter rape happened the same day governor jerry brown signed two bills known as the brock turner legislation into law. The legislation follows outrage over the judges sixmonth sentence for former stanford