Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 400PM 20170502

Iming bab to show you how soon well feel that cool effect. Larry and alma . Thank you, spencer. Five years ago the bay area was horrified following a mass shooting which claimed the lives of seven people at an oakland college. That case is nearly over as the gunman pleaded no contest today. That means hes going to serve the remainder of his life in a state prison. Abc7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez live in oakland with the details. Lyanne . Reporter well, you know, larry, from the beginning the gunman said he alone was responsie, but he never quite understood the implications of his actions. It took medication and several psychiatrists for him to understand what he had done and to get to this point. The few family members of the victims were escorted through a back door following the out come of todays court proceedings. This man, juan, shown here several years ago, pleaded no contest today to the mass shooting at oakhurst university which occurred in 2012. It is expected that in july he will be sentenced to seven terms of life without the possibility of parole. Reporter for years the court found that he was too far gone to stand trial. But after years of being treated srenian a mtal hosphritalchop iizn santa rosa, weeks ago the court found him competent. What that means is he was able to talk about the case with my partner Patrick Jensen and i, and was able to discuss the possibility of resolving the case. We hope that with todays resoluti of this oncase, the families of the victims as well as those victims who survived these horrific acts feel that justice has been served. Reporter one of the survivors texted me to say, they do not wish to speak on behalf of this. Just taking it all in at this point. Thanks for a University Administrator talked to us offcamera to say the school will never forget that day. Gough was a disgruntled nursing equdent who was reinfuuend. He went on a shooting rampage killing 7 and injuring three. Ka sin a williams is a current student who knew about the shooting. Its a good feeling to know he finally had justice, im happy to hear that. Reporter he will be sentenced july 14th. In oakland Lyanne Melendez, abc7 news. A woman is recovering this afternoon after being stabbed outside a San Francisco school. It happened as parents were dropping kids off this morning at sherri dan elementary school. A driver hit and damaged the side mirror of another car. Both drivers started arguing. The woman whose car was hit said she felt threatened so she grabbed a knife from her car and stabbed the other woman. The injuries arent serious. Police didnt detain either driver. A teen killed in a shooting in San Franciscos sunset district has been identified as 15yearold jackson. He was a tenth grader at Jefferson High School in daily city. They zajac son was shot while driving this car yesterday. There you see it there. His 16yearold passenger wasnt hurt. No suspects have been identified. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow has reaction from School Officials coming up at 5 00. Closing arguments started today in the capital murder trial of antonin Garcia Torres. Theye 2 kidnapping and killing sierra lamar five years ago. She was 15yearold at the time. Abc7 News Reporter david louie has been in court all day. Hes live at the hall of justice in san jose. David. Reporter alma and larry, all the evidence has been presented. All of the testimony has been heard. On friday, the jury is expected to start deliberating whether or not Antolin Garcia torres is guilty of killing sierra lamar or not. But today and tomorrow his closing arguments, a process that is sometimes painfully tearful as they review all the details of the case. This is the opportunity for the two sides in this ce to sort through the testimony and evidence presented over the past three months to clarify what they think is most important for the seven women and five men of the jury. Today was prosecutors attorney. He said accused killer torres silenced sierra so she could never say what he did to her. And her body would never be found. His Attorney Says he shouldnt be convicted of murder. Legal analyst. There is no body, there is no crime scene. There is no real trauma, and the defense is saying sierra lamar could still be alive. Thats a lot for the jury to overcome in the returning a verdict of murder. Reporter sierra lamar, roger has been in court for much of the trial. He thinks the Deputy District Attorney has been unrelenting in telling the jury, sierra is dead. They ke they kept reinforcing, this is a female. This is sierra lamar continually throughout the morning session. So, i took that as a very strong position and i think that made a very strong impression on the jury. Reporter prosecutor boyd has not talked to media throughout the trial nor has the defense team seen leaving at the noon break. Some spectators think the trial has left some questions unanswered about Garcia Torres car. How did she get in that car . Her hair was in the trunk. How did that happen . They havent even tried to explain that. Reporter in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. And when the jurys verdict is announced well send out that decision immediately through our abc7 news app. Enable the push alerts and those will get sent straight to your phone or tablet. A fire at a city sanctioned homeless camp remains under investigation today. Little after 8 00 last night along with personal belongs. One fire victim tells abc7 news around 100 people call that camp home. The city previously launched a Pilot Program to try to help thoshee livin chronicle reports tyir i fenexpectespectors are n provided. Today a highway patrolman who lost their lives in the line of Governor Brown spoke to the families and Close Friends of those officers. We all join in recognition of those who have gone before and thinking about those who have died, who have given their life is a serious matter. Since 1929, 277 offer certificates have been killed in the line of duty. The chp holds a similar ceremony each year. Conservative author ann coulter may not have appeared at cal, but she is still causing the university a lot of money. Berkeley side reports the Police Agencies that provided security at last weeks free speech rally racked up as much as 500,000 in overtime pay. The University Confirmed it will pickup some of the bill. 400 officers from the hayward and Berkeley Police department as well as the Alameda County Sheriffs Department joined u. C. Berkeley police to monitor the ral itz Near Civic Center park and the plaza. The rallies were relatively peaceful. Former president ial candidate Hillary Clinton said she takes personal responsibility for her failed campaign, but today she was asked if she thought misogyny contributed to her loss. And heres what she had to say. Yes, i do think it played a role. I think other things did as well. Every day that goes by, we learn more about some of the unprecedented interference including from a foreign power whose leader is not a member of my fan club. Misogyny means hatred of women. The miriam searches spiked today. Mrs. Clinton pointed to fbi and wikileaks for her loss. More details are coming in about the Music Festival gone wrong. This is not just a case of a festival gone wrong. Of a flawe abc7 news exclusive interview with the attorney who has filed a multimillion dollar case against the organizers. Plus, it looks like any other bike, but this hightech ride is making a big difference for workers in silicon valley. It is helping ease a major parking problem at tech companies. How much did your lunch cost . Probably less than five figures, but one meal that is up for auction is about a lot more than the food. 4 09 on this tuesday afternn. Oo commute. This is the Macarthur Mays eastbound traffic heading through berkeley. Its coming right at us very, very slowly on the righthand side. Folks making the turn into San Francisco. Thats moving nicely. Back a Class Action Lawsuit has been filed as a debacle of a luxury Music Festival in the bahamas. Exclusive video of what festival goers saw at the Festival Grounds over the weekend. Were hearing for the first time today from the lawyers people suing over the fire fest. Abc7 news anchor kristen sze is here with the details. Kristen. Alma and larry, check out this promotional video of the fire festival promising a fabulous time in the bahamasmus accommodations and glamorous millennials. But now the two organizers rapper gentleman rule and entrepreneur bill mcfarland have been hit with a 100 million class action suit. Guess who paid from a few thousand dollars to six figures arrived on the island to find shelter that looked like emergency tents, cold cheese sandwiches instead of gourmet cuisine, no electricity, no running water. Just a site on lockdown. We spoke exclusively this afternoon with an attorney from the firm which filed the federal suit in southern california. This quoteunquote festival is becoming increasingly clear that from the outset this was akin to a ponzi scheme. You had promoteers literally taking money from the outset. When they knew months ago about these dangers. Abc7 news has learned mcfarland is the same entrepreneur who launched billed as the social group where people in San Francisco, washington, d. C. And new york. Its website promises exclusive parts, secret performers, special access to shows like hamilton. There are 17 complaints with the Better Business bureau. The organizers have apologized and promised a full refund or v. I. P. Tickets to next years festival. As for the bahamian government, it announced a stricter vetting system for future festivals. Larry and alma . Thank you, kristen. Listen to this. Apple outearned analyst expectations in a new report today. Those arent the numbers everyone is talking about. The Company Revealed its stash of cash has swollen to a record 256. 8 billion. Heres some perspective for you. Its more than the total worth of walmart, cocacola, or Parent Company disney. Right now apple could purchase every nba, nfl, nhl, and Major League Baseball team and still have 80 billion to spend. Are you serious . Yeah. Most of the cash is sitting overseas for tax purposes. If tax laws change analysts believe apple could bring it back to the u. S. To hire more workers, build more plants and purchase other companies. Well, people are still willing to pickup the bill for lunch with apple ceo. One of several items up for bid in the tenth annual robert f. Kennedy human rights spring auction through charity buzz. Com. Last year the winning bid for lunch with cook was more than 600,000. This year there was an addedl park, the companys newest campus in cupertino. Robert f. Kennedy human rights is one of the most foremost International Human rights organizations. Congestion a major problem for many commuters on the peninsula, but one company is hoping to fix that problem using solarpowered bicycles like you see right here. Abc7 News Reporter jeannine de la vega one company charging stations in palo alto. Why do they think these new bikes will be the answer . Reporter well, traditional bikes, youre pedaling a lot more. So, youre sweating a lot more and these are solarpowered electric bikes here at the station. So, youre not using as much energy so that may make you think twice and maybe youll leave your car at home. Tim curly is trying out the solar powered electric bike for the first time. He works inside the Stanford Research park in areas where there is a cluster of tech companies. Commuting can be frustrating for the 28,000 people who work in the five squaremile area. Definitely like that. Cool. Reporter the employer just had this ebike share station installed. Its the first of its kind with builtin sd thertma cloud. Riders just need to download the app to reserve a bike. Show up, hit a butt only, boom, the bike is available. You can take it home, you can take it wherever you like. They have a 40mile range. Reporter swift mile is the Company Behind the solar powered bike stations. It incorporated fitbitlike technology that tells riders information such as their distance and how many calories burned, but it also gives employers valuable statistics. Now we can share with them, heres how many single occupancy trips you avoid. Hint, hint tesla. Ou eased reporter the sheraton has plans to install the bike stations. It is attracting the attention of other tech companies. While many have shuttles, the schedules dont always work for employees. Workers who have tried the ebike say it beats waiting in traffic. I can make it home almost faster on the bike than i can on the highway. Reporter renting the bikes is free to the employees here. Swift mile hopes others will follow parks lead to help use congestion. In palo alto, jeannine de la vega, abc7 news. Well, bike enthusiasts, walkers and oakland city officials helped celebrate the opening todayew yerba gwen a vista point. The bike pedestrian path, the mayor donned the safety helmet before setting off down the path. Until now the path had only been opened on weekends while cal trans took down the rest of the old bay bridge. We getea tours and weather early on. Spencer joining us now. Official records . Napa a record high for this date, 93 degrees. We have a couple other unofficial records. Were waiting to get the final numbers in befeorco irds. We may have other records. [ laughter ] heres a look at live doppler 7 as i stroll over to the map there and show you whats going on. We have sunny skies and hot conditions across most of the bay area. This is a live view from drone view 7 in tehercules right ls skies. Sizzling in inland areas. Forecast futures indicate hot inland. It will be cooler in all areas thursday and friday cooler by a substantial margin. Right now 79 degrees here in San Francisco. 81 across the bay in oakland, and numerous locations in our inland areas have temperature readings right now in the low to mid 90s. So, the heat goes on. And there will be lots of heat tonight at oracle arena in oakland as the warriors take on utah jazz in game one of their western conference semi final series. It will be sunny, 77 degrees as youre going to the game. It will be clearer about 69 degrees as youre leaving the game. I am not responsible for what happens during the game. Overnight, though, outdoor areas will see fog returning to the coast line. So, it will start to cool down at the coast a little bit. Still, though, will beve quite mild. Mainly upper 50s. Most areas and low to mid 60s will be the overnight lows in many of our inland communities. This is a live view from mount tam looking down to the bay as we look at wednesday records. The numbers in the first column are the high temperatures we are forecasting for tomorrow. In the second column the actual existing record highs for tomorrows date, may 3rd. Right now were seeing concord will break its record high with a high of 92 degrees. San francisco, oakland and napa will perhaps come close to record highs tomorrow, but it looks like oakland and richmond will fall quite short of the highs of the record highs that is. These are thect forecasting. 91 in santa rosa, 88 in oakland, 77 here in San Francisco. 93 achbt yolk, 87 down at san jose. And in just a matter of a couple days were going to go from hot to not. Sometimes it takes years for that to happen. But wednesdays high tomorrow for example will be 87 degrees in san jose, San Francisco 77, notice a drop off by friday of 16 degree drop off in san jose and oakland, a 21 degree drop in temperatures in concord from tomorrow to friday. So, its going to be a pretty significant cool down. Heres how it looks on the accuweather sevenday forecast. Hot inland again tomorrow, Coastal Cooling will begin tomorrow. Well be cooler in all [ inaudible ] thursday, but sharply cooler on friday as it turns breezy as well. Those breezy conditions persist through the weekend with lingering clouds through sunday. Heres a slight, slight chance of a shower on saturday. But not enough for us to post a number up there and rank it on the impact scale. Pretty drastic drop off. A serious drop. Not a record. [ laughter ] all right, be clear. Thanks, spencer. Okay. All right. Well, a man is going to ballparks around the country to say goodbye to his best friend. But theres a lot more to the story. Well explain just ahead. Hello, im mike schumer live at oracle. The warriors back on the hardwood after a week off. Utah jazz in town game one well take a look ahead coming up. All right. Thank you, schu. In honor of Asian Pacific American Heritage month were using our instagram feed to recognize people making a difference where you live and today we honor man ufo First Pacific islander to serve on a San Mateo County commission on the status of women. Shes also the founder of camp unity, a Pacific Islander inspired summer day camp. If you want to read more about her, you like saying that. If youre going to give it to me, im going to nail it. Read about her contributions the warriors begin the second round of the playoffs tonight hosting the utah jazz at oracle arena. The we believemromea t 2007 tonight. Featured barron davis, remember that series . Steven jackson. Ironically that team lost to utah in the second round. Abc7s mike shumann joining us now. The warriors dont want to repeat that tonight. Reporter for those who remember the we believe team, they hadnt been to the playoffs in 18 years. Upset the number one dal a lost to utah in the second round. Now this current utah team, one of only five to beat the warriors here at oracle ending a 14game win streak. They rested most of their team. Utah knows they can win here. This is a pretty good utah team. They won the division with a 5131 record. They like to slow the pace down, pretty opposite of the warriors. You cant guard just one guy. Theyre a complete team with gys like Gordon Hayward and rudy gobert. They know the intensity goes up the deeper you get into the playoffs. Were all warriors coming offer the regular season. Referees are making adjustments to the playoffs. Players are getting adjusted. Some things i let go of, you have to adjust that. They slow the game down. Well try to make it a slug fest. Obviously tend to push the tempo a bit more. I think well do just fine. With the tempo that they want to play, however, we want to get the game to offense. Thats all. All right. As usual, the first and third games are the key games. I think if utah is going to steal a game here, it could be tonight because the warriors havent been on the floor in eight games. Theyre just coming off a win over the clippers. Well hear from the we believe team coming up at 6 00. Reporting from oracle, mike shumann abc7 news. Hes on the current warriors squad. Well, dub nation, we want to pouphow you are s rt playoff run. Share feet owes and videos on social media dubs 7 and you might see them on air. A sports fan has what he thinks is a fitting tribute for his trend. He is going to flush the remains of his lifelong friend down ballpark toilets all over the country. His friend was a plumber who loved baseball. Mcdonald says he flushes a small amount of ashes into the toilet while a game is in progress. Touching. Hes already done the deed at 16 stadiums. Wow. I do not want to go out like that, alma. Please make sure ill be sure to make a note of that, not for larry beil. Day comings. Definitely unique. Now to a showdown on capitol hill thats intensifying. They are desperate to make this administration look like we couldnt function. The spending plan and why the president calls it a win for his side. Plus. This wont be a win for the witness today. A different kind of showdown, this one with the airlines over their treatment of passengers and a new apology today. Hey allergy muddlers are you one sneeze away from being voted out of the carpool . Try zyrtec® zyrtec® starts working hard at hour one and works twice as hard when you take it again the next day. Stick with zyrtec®. Muddle no more®. Try rhinocort® allergy spray for powerful nasal allergy relief. Live, this is abc7 news. And here with the stories making headlines at 4 30, the university killer goh will not face the death penalty. Today he pleaded no contest to 7 counts of murder after a doctor determined he was mentally competent to stand trial. The judge is expected to sentence him to seven consecutive life terms in prison. World news tweeted a georgia wh were missing in beleez have been found dead. Police are now calling it a murder. They were found bound with tape and strangled near the mexican border. No word yet on any motive. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony tweeted this picture from the u. C. Where regents are asking about a previously undisclosed 175 million fund. Coming up at 5 00, what u. C. Leaders said about this hidden money. A bipartisan budget deal that appeared to be a compromise on capitol hill is now causing animosity between democrats and the white house. And a fight over Health Care Reform again, ramping up for lawmakers. Abc7 News Reporter janai norman live in washington. Reporter a government shut down looked to be a solid compromise with wins for both sides. But now the white house says thats simply not the case. Democrats didnt win. President trump did, by outnegotiatingm. He t th message from budget director Mick Mulvaney about the bipartisan spending bill to keep the government funded through september. They were desperate to make this government look like we couldnt function, like we couldnt govern. We know a large part of their base, especially the leftwing base, wanted a shut down. And certainly didnt want them to cut a deal with us. Reporter the more than trillion dollar spending measures doesnt include cuts to planned parenthood or sanctuary cities, nor does it include funding for the president s proposed border wall or proposed cuts to agencie lseik t epa. Still, mulvaney insists trump won. The president delivered on his promises and got his priorities funded. They want you to think they won, but they dont want you to know is the American People won here because the president simply outnegotiated them. We felt itas w bipartisan negotiation. As i said, the leaders, democrat and republican, house and senate work well together. Why ruin that . Reporter on schooling a Trump Victory isnt over. How is health care coming, folks . Were moving along . Reporter the president hasnt gotten any major legislative win but hopes to change that this week with a vote on the gops amended plan to repeal and replace obamacare. Were excited about this policy. Were making very Good Progress with our members and our president has been instrumental in that. Reporter and today vicepresident pence was on capitol hill meeting with moderate republicans on health care. The house gop w like to see aould vote before congress leav town friday. But, larry, at this point they still need more support. Janai, although Congress Worked out the deal to avoid the government shut down, the president tweeted that our country actually needs a good shut down. Reaction . Reporter right. An incredibly surprising thing for any politician to suggest, but especially the president saying the country could use a good shut down to, quote, fix mess. Budget director Mick Mulvaney addressed that todays, seemed to have a hard time defending that tweet. Saying a shut down is never good, but that tweet was essentially the president lashing out over democrats calling that bipartisan agreement a win. So, very interesting there. All right, thank you, janai norman, live in washington. Five men were arrested and multiple weapons seized in antiterror raids across france today. The Paris Prosecutors Office said the suspects were rounded up in three different cities. The arrests come days before t. Enid project independent macrn will beat farright candidate marinee ln. Pe remains under a emergency following several deadly terror attacks. An American Airlines executive today apologized for the confrontation on a flight from San Francisco to dallas between a flight attendant, a mother and another passenger who tried to come to her rescue. The apology came during a congressional hearing on holding airlines accountable in the wake of a series of recent abc7 News Reporter has that story. Reporter a bumpy ride for the Airline Industry on capitol hill. This committee and congress do not want half measures or temporary fixes. Reporter lawmakers taking executives to task on turbulent conduct when it comes to customers. Here today to look and hear about where we could prod, push or regulate or legislate to get Better Service for passengers. Reporter United Airlines ceo, the star witness, acknowledging the anger over the violent removal of dr. David dao from a flight in april. In that moment for our customers and our company, we failed. Reporter oscar munoz promising his airline is now piloting a new set of policies. Our actions will speak indefinitely longer than our words. We will do better. Repr teornd a only industry giant in the hot seat. American, southwest, and Alaska Airlines all present for the public hearing facing tough questions from congress. For our part, alaska is actively reviewing sensitive customer policies such as overbooking, and it is our intention to further improve the experience for our guests. Reporter consumers and congress now waiting to see if todays probing provides promise of an upgraded travel experience. If we dont see meaningful results that improve customer service, the next time we meet to address the issue i can assu assu assure you you wont like the outcome. Reporter they made 800 million on change fees, changes that cost the company nothing. Ariel, abc7 news, new york. Speaking of profits, new numbers out today show u. S. Airlines profits were down last year but theyre still making big bucks. According to the bureau of transportation, a 25u. S. Passenger Airlines Reported an aftertax net profit of 13. 5 billion in 2016, down from 24. 8 billion in 2015. There has been more violence on an airplane, this time it was between two passengers. Another passenger reported this exchange between two men on an Airways Flight yesterday. The man in the red shirt, an american, with the aggressor according to witnesses, saying ill kill you, to the man in the dark shirt. Upon leaving the plane, the passengers choked an Airline Employee and was charged with assault. Poce oicer nho ss stre andrtpo killed an unarmed black man in the back pled guilty to a federal charge today. Michael slager shot walter scott two years ago as scott was running away during a traffic stop. A jury dead locked on a murder charge in state trial last year. Slager pleaded guilty to one federal charge of violating scotts rights. It is a life in prison but li likely to serve less time. He partially consumed alcoholic beverages in his truck at the time of a fatal crash last week. Prosecutors say the alcohol had been purchased shortly before the crash. He is accused of rear ending a man on a tractor. That man later died. He has been charged with leaving the scene of a deadly accident. He did call 911 but left the scene before police got there. If convicted, he could face up to five years in prison and is due back in court next week. Getting down to business, on the water. A weekend of relaxation. She loves to come to work. Canines are on the job at the tsa and the coast guard. How its helping improve airport security. Im spencer christian. We have more blue skies and hot weather today. The coming days well have not quite so Homeland Security is going to the dogs. Right now several special canines are working to hone their skills detecting explosives right here in the bay area. Abc7 News Reporter amy has the details. Reporter this is 3yearold dustys first time aboard a boat. She couldnt have asked for Better Weather or a more picturesque setting. This isnt a leisure ride. Dusty is here to work. The tsa is watching to see how she handles the new environment. Whether its training here on ships or the stadium or at the b. A. R. T. Station, theres always different sights, sounds and distractions that dogs really Pay Attention to. So, its important to get them in the different scenarios. Reporter dusty and her handler work for the Sacramento County Sheriffs Office. It was a little anxious wondering how she would react to the sounds of the ship. She wanted to work. Reporter she successfully found two detonation cords aboard a horn blower ship. One dangling from a ceiling, the other behind a counter. Her handler couldnt be prouder. The tsa is responsible for certifying police dogs for Mass Transportation system. If the dog fails today, the tsa knows the animal needs more training, but dusty did just fine. She likes this work. Two words, weekend and relaxation. She loves to come to work. Reporter they also have land drills for the dogs and this obstacle course, the dog has to find an explosive hidden in a suitcase. These dogs train for 12 weeks at a facility in san antonio. Thats where they get certified. They say it is still important they practice in their home environment. Abc7 news. Announcer now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. Live doppler 7 and the sizzling summerlike afternoon, sunny skies all across the bay area. A little fog will return to the coast line overnight. Low temperatures, though, will still be on the mild side. Well see mainly upper 50s around the bay and some low 60s as our overnight lows in our inland areas. Tomorrow look for hot weather inland once again where high temperatures will reach into the low to mid 90s. Right around the bay well see mostly 80s. It will be a little bit cooler on the coast with highs from mid to upper 60s. Lets look ahead to air quality. It will be a spare the air day. Poor air quality in the inland east bay communities and moderate air quality just about everywhere else. Probably a good idea to use Public Transit or take a car pools if you can. So we can keep the air a little bit cleaner. Here is a look at the accuweather sevenday forecast. Coastal cooling begins tomorrow. Well have cooler pattern across the entire region thursday. Much cooler friday. Under breezy conditions it will be cooler saturday with a slight, slight chance of a shower. Clouds will linger into next week and not much of a warm up will occur. Getting back up to the seasonal average early next week. The heat is not really a heat wave, but the heat up is just about over. All right, thanks, spencer. An emotional jimmy kimmel sharing a personal story about his newborn son. Not only did he get a bad heart, he got my face. [ laughter ] a serious message with a light heart with a late night host, about kids and mental health. Just regular health. Im 7 on your sides Michael Finney. A warning today for subaru drivers. A recall and get the sunll come out tomorrow. For people with Heart Failure, tomorrow is not a given. But entresto is a medicine that helps make more tomorrows possible. Tomorrow, tomorrow. I love ya, tomorrow in the largest Heart Failure study ever, entresto helped more people stay alive and out of the hospital than a leading Heart Failure medicine. Women who are pregnant must not take entresto. It can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. Dont take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren. If youve had angioedema while taking an ace or arb medicine, dont take entresto. The most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure. Kidney problems, or high potassium in your blood. Tomorrow, tomorrow i love ya, tomorrow ask your heart doctor about entresto. And help make tomorrow possible. Youre only a day away. The Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . Say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Host jimmy kimmel is opening up about his newborn sons open heart surgery. He was so emotional. You rarely see that in late night talk shows. During the monologue he used his sons Health Crisis to discuss health care. Tanya backus has the story. Reporter its a side we rarely see of jimmy kimmel. Late night host recounting a recent Health Crisis with his newborn son billy who was born with a Heart Disease. And on monday morning d dr. Starns opened his chest and fixed one of the due defects in his heart. The operation was a success. Reporter during mondays 13minute monologue, kimmel gets political praising the Affordable Care act. Before 2014, if you were born with congenital Heart Disease like my son was, there is a good chance youd never be able to get Health Insurance because you had a preexisting condition. Reporter and its preexisting conditions thats causing a major dispute in washington. President trump telling cbs that component was guaranteed. Preexisting conditions are in the bill, and i mandated it. I said it has to be. Reporter but the new gop plan being considered allows states to opt out of coverage for preexisting conditions. There are a few layers of protections for preexisting conditions in this bill. Whats important is we want to have a situation where people can afford their Health Insurance. Reporter thats exactly whats concerning about the new bill for the american medical association. It believes the republican plan could neck i havely make coverage completely unaffordable to people with preexisting conditions. Jimmy kimmel urging everyone to look past party lines and focus on the issue. Its a united states. Dont let their partisan squabbles divide us on something every decent person wants. [cheering and applauding] reporter the president and house gop would like to see a vote before Congress Leaves Town friday. Abc7 news, los angeles. We see that picture of the baby. Its heart breaking. Hes on the show, jimmy showed a picture the following day and the baby looks great. Adorable. Fine, fantastic. You can watch the full version of Jimmy Kimmels emotional announcement. On our abc7 News Facebook page. Well screen writers and producers reached a tentative settlement avoiding a strike that could potentially cripple tv and film production. It needs ratification by members of the writers guild. A guild spokesman said gains were made across the board especially to the unions health plan. Late night shows could run dark beginning today, and add an agreement not been reached in this case, the last Writers Strike was in 2007 and lasted 100 days. If you drive a subaru, you may be getting a daubtinting warning. Dont let anyone sit in the passenger seat in some models. Michael finney has the reason why. Makes that car useful. My daughter drives a subaru. I need a script. You want to take a look at this. This is all related to the massive recall of the airbags that can explode and send metal pieces flying. Weve been talking about it for years. Subaru is warning owners of some older vehicles the passengerside airbags might explode and the remedy, telling owners not to let owners sit in the front seat until next year. Thats because there are not enough airbags to replace the old ones and they wont be ready until next march. Until then, no one should sit behind a possibly dangerous airbag. Subaru is sending warnings to owners of affected cars including some bajas and forsters. If you like seeing how many calories are in that fast food burger, you might have to wait. Like maybe forever. The fda has once again delayed rules for restaurant chains, vending machines and others to post calories on their menus. The rules were a part of the Affordable Care act that were supposed to take effect back in 2015 that the fda granted twice. Calorie posting was finally going to start this coming friday. Now another delay. This time the Trump Administration says it wants to loosen up the regulations. However, some restaurants like mcdonalds already posts their calories. If you have a manual massage device, you may be affected by an important recall tonight. Home medics is recalling 400,000 of its hand held massagers. The company says the cord can break near the base and expose wires. It has 140 reports of breakage, smoke and even flames. 15 burn injuries were also reported. You should stop using the massagers and contact home medics for a replacement. I posted all the information. Just go to my Facebook Page for more information. Thank you, michael. Sure. Janet jackson has announced she will continue her tour that was interrupted by her pregnancy. And one of the dates is in the bay area. Jackson posted the news on instagram and spoke about the split with her husband. Yes, i separated from my husband. We are in court and the rest is in gods hands. Now for that something else. Im continuing my tour as i promised. Im so excited, you guys, so excited. The tour is called state of the world it begins in louisiana. Shell be at Concord Pavilion in october. Stern growth festival celebrating its 80th season. Thousands gathered in the park at 19th avenue and sloan boulevard for the free concert. It begins june 25th. Cool and the gang will headline. Oaklands fantastic negrifo, war, mave is staples. The San Francisco symphony and San Francisco ballet. Now to an unusual drinkmaking news. Pickled juice soda. Yes, pickled juice soda, locations in pennsylvania and ohio says it will begin selling bottled pickle juice soda made with pure cane sugar. Comes in 12 ounce glass bottles and costs about 2 1 2 dollars unless you want it shipped to you, its nearly i like ranch. I dont know if i want it in a soda . If its good enough for grandpa joe, though. All right. Well, a dog known for helping others now needs a little help of his own. She said, do you have murphy downstairs . I didnt. And so thats when i knew the search for the lost mentor dog and how you can help, too. Dan is here with a look at what is on abc7 news at 5 00. Thank you very much. Coming up next solar powered bikes ride into a bay area town. Pedal power to solve some big problems. And burned by the galaxy note 7, samsung [ inaudible ] for its newest smartphone. 7 on your side Michael Finney finds out if tonight on abc 7, fresh off thee boat. Imaginary mary. Agents of shield, dont miss abc7 news at 11 00. An east bay woman who rescues German Shepherds says her dog was stolen from her property while she was at home. The Alameda County Sheriffs Office is investigating. Shes hoping someone brings the dog home valuable to her rescue operation. Abc7 News Reporter kate larson has the story. Reporter she says somebody stole her 3yearold German Shepherd murphy from her front yard sunday afternoon. It just kills me that i hope to god theyre good to him. Reporter jacobson says murphy was playing with the other dog shane between 3 00 p. M. And 5 00 p. M. Sunday. Murphy was nowhere to be found after 5 00. Thats when i knew someone had stolen him. Reporter the fence is way too high for murphy to jump over and get out on his home. She says it is someone who has been here before, knew how to get inside and take her dog. The only way somebody would know that murphy is here is theyve driven by and seen him. There is a gentleman who has come and he has numerous times talked about the dogs. And hes always interested in murphy because hes the nicer dog. Reporter j. J. Doesnt know who this man is, but she describes murphy as a popular dog with people. We could have adopted murphy out 84 times. Reporter and other German Shepherds she rescues and rehabilitates, murphy is the mentor, that brings other shepherds out of their shells and helps ready them for a dongs. You look at murphy and go, thats the kind of dog he is. Reporter she found a rapport with the Alameda County sheriff and said this is a suspicious circumstance. They dont have any proof murphy was dog napd. There are no witnesses to his disappearance. Reporting in castro valley, kate larson, abc7 news. I hope they find him. They are trying to raise money to put up a 10,000 reward for murphy. Theyve already received more than 8,000. Yeah, if youd like to help we have a link to the go fund me page that is on our website at abc7 news news abc7 news. Com. Be sure to enable the push alerts to be the first to know about breaking news where you live. That will do it for this editi edition of abc7 news at 4 00. Im alma daetz. Im larry beil. Abc7 news at 5 00 starts now. The final chapter at last, in one of the bay areas worst shooting rampages ever. Also, the search for for suspects in the shooting death of a 5yearold boy. What were learning today about the young victim. And solar power bikes debut on the peninsula. They think they will fix big traffic problems. Im petrmeteorologist sandhy patel. Ill let you know how long the heat is ticking around. Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. Its been five years since seven people were killed in a shooting rampage at an oakland vocational college. Tonight the case is almost over. Good evening, im kristen sze. And im dan ashley. Former Nursing University student goh pleaded no contest today to seven murder charges and three attempted murder charges. That plea was set up by decision last week that goh was mentally competent to stand trial. Now hes expected to spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. Abc7 News Reporter Lyanne Melendez is outside the university in oakland with details tonight. Lyanne . Reporter well, you know, as we mentioned, this shooting occurred back in 2012. The question is why did it take so long to try him. Well, you have to understand that for years he was found to be mentally incompetent. Two weeks ago, a judge changed that. This was 2012 video of one goh shortly after the mass shooting at oikos university. At the time he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial. But after years of being treated for schizophrenia in a Mental Hospital in santa rosa, a judge found he was able to understand his actions and the legal process. It is expected that in july he will be sentenced to seven terms of life without the possibility of parole. Reporter his attorney said goh pleaded no contest today. Partly because he doesnt believe he is mentally illn