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Broker. He sold him this cessna 210 for 630,000 in the spring. Nicholas said he had no idea he was trying to smuggle more than 500 pounds of methamphetamine across the pacific. The dea found the drugs during a raid in june. Its unprecedented. Reporter Sergeant Spencer crumb cant comment on the investigation approximate the Sonoma County Sheriff Office is thrilled to get the drugs off their streets. Ive been in Law Enforcement for 27 years and ive never sign a 560pound meth bust ever. The last person in the world i would think would be involved with drugs. Reporter they thought the 72yearold man who claimed to be an engineer was interested the flying their planes. Even if he had been an accomplished pilot his alleged scheme to fly the drugs from san to rosa to hawaii and onto australia was inconceivablincon. Upon take off. Reporter reporter he never made it back to the bay area to pick up the plane. He was arrested at the Melbourne Airport on july 5th. Another big story this evening. The arrest of a San Francisco Police Officer on child porn charges. Vic lee is live with the story. Reporter the San Francisco pd was the lead Investigative Agency in the case. The das office was involved in the probe and its our understanding that the das office will be the ones to prosecute this case. The officer was charged with one felony count of child porn. The officer is 37yearold joshua enea. You see him here in a prior report when he testified in a graffiti tagger court hearing. He was arrested at his home after an investigation that started in february. It was started by the sfpd. Reporter hes a ten year veteran cop assigned to Northern Police station. When the investigation started in february, sources tell us he was transferred to the horse stables unit where he had no public contact. The child porn was found on one of his electronic devices. Police would not say if it was his personal device or one that was issued by the department. For the specific count it includes anything from prints to that could be on your phone or computer to a usb drive. Reporter his neighbors were shocked by the news. You dont know your neighbors. Reporter hes married with a child. Vic lee, abc 7 news. San jose police are leasing new images in the hopes of solving a 2yearold cold case homicide. We have the shall want shooting and killing Christopher Kyle in o mobile home park. Police say the suspect was passenger in car. He asked kyle if he was in a gang and then shot him. This is the car police say the suspects were in described as a light colored compact vehicle. Anybody with information about this case is asked to call san he say police. Another costly burglary at uc berkeley. Campus police tell abc 7 news two suspects got in through a window that was left open. The burglars were caught by a Security Camera an investigation is under way but detectives arent releasing that video. A man made First Court Appearance charged with abandoning his newborn son in a strip parking lot. 000 the case has taken another turn. Reporter Daniel Mitchell was emotion emotional. He broke down in tears. Obviously realizing the charges are very serious. We spoke with the District Attorney who said they are investigating whether this child was abused before he was abandoned. Injuries are. Thats why the child is down there to await further testing to see if theres a previous medical condition or more injuries than when he know about. Reporter 18yearold Daniel Mitchell broke down in sobs charged with abandoning his two week old son in a parking lot. Pulling the car seat out and setting it on the ground and driving away. He opened the back door, sat him down. Reporter the boy was spotted almost immediately by the employees and owners of two businesses and taken inside for safety until police and paramedics arrived. It bothers me. I brought him in. Made sure he was fine. He seemed cool. It was a little confusing as to why he would leave his kid. Reporter mitchell granddaughtentered a not guilty plea. This is the young father in facebook photo smiling and holding the newborn. The baby is being treated at Bay Area Hospital for an undisclosed medical condition sand in the custody of child protective services. His mother has not been charged. More bay area waterways have signs warning of bluegreen alg algae. The potentially dangerous noro t toxinhas shown up at three beaches. Test results indicate low levels aft clover daily river, park beach, Del Rio Woods beach and Patt Patterson point beach. Youre still allowed to go in the water but youre warned not to drink with it or cook in it and keep children and pets away from the algae. Beach goers watch for dangerous large waves and rip currents at bay area and Central Coast beaches this weekend. A warning will go into effect on friday morning and last through monday for coastal areas. The National Weather Service Warns the condition will raise the threat of rip currents and sneaker waves. Last week San Francisco marathon may be the last time runners race on golden gate traffic lanes. Some 15,000 runners crossed the bridge but some of them didnt follow the rules. Many ignored instructions to stick to the lanes closest to the sidewalk. Instead they ran into the two lanes set aside as a buffer zone and a bus lane. The bridge district is considering having participants stick to the walks in future events. Angry reaction over the president s plan to stop transgender people from putting on the uniform. This disgusting ban will weaken our military. This is a very expensive and disruptive policy. The dean of the the usf law school weighing in on what this means for the troops. Ha may be one of the most effective Fire Fighting tools around. Why its sitting idle as fires burn throughout the state. Warmer weather arrived today but the heat really increasing tomorrow. Ill explain in the forecast, ahead. The commercial say just add zero. Not anymore. How coke is changing one theres an outrage over the president s ban of transgender people in the military. The president said the move would cause tremendous medical costs and disruption. The website politico said the president issued the ban in order to avoid a gop fight and build funding to secure a boarder wall. Reaction to the announcement is fierce. Reporter reaction continues this evening in San Francisco with a gathering at 6 00 p. M. In the Castro District. Abc 7 news will be there. Keep in mind that it was only a year ago that president obama did away with sexual discrimination in the military. President trump now wants to reenstate that ban. President trump even caught the pentagon by surprise by oi no s announcing the United States government would not allow transgender individuals to serve this any capacity within the military. Some in his party were disagreeing with the president. If youre willing to put your life down for this country and you can do the job and you can follow orders then it shouldnt matter whether you have a mustache or wear a dress. Reporter the dean of usf law school said while he is commander in chief, there is a procedure the president should follow. Theres a process in place for the department of defense for congress, for public comment. Thats the process that should be followed if you really want a solution. Reporter it was a total reversal from mr. Trumps june 2016 tweet saying thank you to the lgbt community. I will fight for you. Today lgbt activist Caitlyn Jenner who endorsed mr. Trump tweeted there are 15,000 patriotic Transgender Americans in the military fighting for all of us. What happened to your promise to fight for them . The president also tweeted his concerns for the medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military could entail. According to the rand study commissioned by the Defense Department Health Care Costs would increase by between 2. 4 million and 8. 4 million a year. Theresa spark s the advisor on transgender initiatives. I guarantee the government spends more on viagra than they would on Transgender Health insurance. Reporter according to the Defense Department, the government spends 84 million a year on Erectile Dysfunction Drugs such as viagra and others. Abc 7 news. The u. S. State department is warning travelers about tainted alcohol thats being served this mexico. The warning comes after a wisconsin woman fell into a coma and died after having a drink at an all inclusive resort. Michael finney with that story. The recourts are quite popular. This all came out because of this journalism happened out of wisconsin. Thats what people are wondering. The state Department Warns that its tainted or bootleg alcohol may cause blackouts or severe illness. The warning comes after a wisconsin woman fell into a coma and died after drinking a cocktail after a fivestar mexican resort. They received dozens of reports after it aired or should publish report. They blacked out or got sick after drinking while on vacation in mexico. Some are concerned they may have been sexually molested. They should limit consumption and get medical help right away if they feel sick and watch out for your friends. New federal regulation allows consumers to file class action lawsuits with they have a gripe with the bank. The louse of representatives has voted to overturn that right. The new rule was just finalized. It involved forced arbitration clauses found in many banking agreements. The clauses require customers to settle disputes in mind binding arbitration and keeps them out of the court. They are not allowed to go there. The new rule says banks cannot stop customers from filing class action lawsuits and limits when banks can force you into ark trags. The house of representatives voted to overturn that rule. The appeal must be approved by the senate and signed by the president. It should be noted the banks dont hold themselves to the same rules. The federal trade commission sentding small refund trucks to victims of what it calls deceptive work at home scheme. The ftc found suit against American Buildings and related companies. The companies built millions of dollars from thousands of consumers. They charge customers for training and leads for starting a business. Cstomers did not receive services or actual business opportunities. The ftc shut down the operation and identified more than 2,000 victims. Each one of them will receive a check averaging 137. Thank you so much. Firefighters in the north bay are investigating whether a lawn mower sparked a three acre grass fire. The fire burned a grassy lot in Sonoma County. Firefighters responded to the blaze. The lawn mower was burned to a crisp. Its important to remind people that mowing is best done early this morning before noon when the humidity is low and the chance of causing the fire is less. The flat terrain did allow flierts to drive up directly to the burning grass. That large fire Near Yosemite National Park is beginning to wind down. Its now 65 contained after burning 123 square miles. The fire and others burned as the biggest Fire Fighting super tanker in the world is sitting idle in southern california. We look at why. Reporter there are more than 11 active wildfires burning in california. Glow ball supertanker is poised to help extinguish as the largest in the world. The converted 747 passenger jet is retro fitted with mass ifr tanks capable of dumping 20,000 gallons of fire retar dent or water in 12 seconds. We can lay lines down that are extremely long, unbroken lines that might take other tankers five to seven drops to do. Reporter for now it sits idle on a victorville tarmac. Without approval, the super tanker cant get off the ground. Were waiting to hear from the service on approval interim approval. Reporter the u. S. Forest service would not go on camera but said that tests performed needed adjustments to ensure proper delivery. Those tests have since been performed but approval is pending. We cant go to work for colorado, california, possibly texas, canada. Theres plenty of work. Theres a lot of fires. Reporter in victorville, abc 7 news. Our fire danger will increase in the coming days as warmer weather begins to move right back in. Were tracking warm to hot days the next two days. What that means triple digits making return inland. Even a lot of communities around the immediate bay waters going back into the 80s. Even into the weengd a lot of that warmth will still hold on. Current temperatures have spots back into the 90s inland. Youre back into the low 90s. 80 in san jose. A little bit cooler in franSan Francisco and oakland. Santa rosa a warm spot at 81 degrees. Live doppler 7 showing you we have the coast aal cloud cover right now. As the warmer weather moves back in the fog will shrink in the coming days. Overnight where we have the fog it will be limited in nature but those areas that do get it will be stuck in the 50s. It will feel comfortably cool there. Outside of those spots where we have clear skies a lot of spots will be holding in the low 60s tomorrow morning. Corner of your screen 8 00 tomorrow morning. Were beginning to see the fog move back. Were well into the 60s. Even some spots into the 70s. By the lunchtime hour, 12 00. Were quickly warming into the 80s and low 90s away from the cost. Its going to be warm the hot day for many. Its going to be hot in san jose. 91. 99 in morgan hill. Along the peninsula, warm and bright. 86 in red wood city. Mild on the coast. 68 that high in halfmoon bay. A mild 70 degrees. 65 the number in daily city. Into the north bay we go. Warm in many spots. 92 in santa rosa. Into the east bay tomorrow, 78 that afternoon high and oakland, 87 in fremont. Its excessively hot inland once again. 102 the afternoon 100 in walnut free creek. A live look. Some folks having the afternoon off and enjoy the beach tomorrow. A similar sky. Some fog in the morning but well squeak out a different day. Ocean water temperature at 58 degrees. Your three day forecast as we take a look at friday that heat will hang on once again. You look inland were still in the triple digit temperatures. Around the bay were in the 80s. The heat will ease a little bit saturday and sunday but still its warm out there. Settling this the mid90s, low 80s around the bay. This warm pattern is hanging on for some time. You can track the warming temperatures with the accuweather app. Well show you its hot on your thursday. Even into friday the heat eases just a bit its mild to warm out there and even into next week theres little change in this pattern. This pattern is sticking around for quite some time. Im sweating already. All right. Remember those storm troopers in star wars. Turns out they ma have inspired one of apple signature products. Thats next. At 5 30 on world news. President trump sudden controversial ban and the ed deadly plane crash on american highway. The fire ball seen for miles. Video of inmates accused of murder, attempted murder, escaping documenting their get away. Youll see it, next. Then new at 6 00, 7 on your side Michael Finney is back and takes us to a place you find only 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. Requirement that electronics larger than a cell phone be removed. This will apply to all airports. Its being tested at ten u. S. Airports. The tsa announced its being expanded to all check points in the weeks and months ahead. They will have to be in a separate screening bin be nothing on top or underneath them. Passengers enrolled in the expedited program, tsa will not need to comply with those changes. Uber may be considering one of most well known women in the Business World to be the companys next ceo. Meg whitman announced she was resigning from the board at hewlettpacka hewlettpackard. The release today didnt confirm or deny reports fr deny reportsr facebook is giving half a Million Dollars to help protect Political Parties in voting systems from hackers and propaganda. The social network giant announced today its funding the initiative known as digital democracy. Facebook was used as a major platform to spread during this Election Campaign in 2016. Were learning that apples ear buds were inspired by star wars. This according to a wall street journal profile of apples chief designer. He told star wars the force awakens director that he was thinking of the storm troopers when he came up with the design. That design has been updated over the years to apair of wireless ear buds. Coke zero getting makeover starting next month. It will be labeled cocacola zero sugar. Coke promises this new version will taste better. It will still be sugar and calorie free. The revamp comes as consumers reduce consumption of high sugar and calorie drinks. Soda sales female to a 30year low. Seems a lot of people at todays giants game wanted to shake one little boys hand. Even the mascot. Find out why he was in the spotlight, next. We want to thank abc 7 viewer trina of this sailer on the bay. Share your pictures with us on social media. You may see your shot on air San Francisco Castro District over the president s tweets for military policy for transgender people. Were live at levi stadium with 55,000 soccer fans and the impact theyll have on the neighborhood for next several hours. Its a road trip that looks like a tim trip. Find out just how far these vintage vws are going. Thats coming up at half an hour on abc 7 news at 6 00. Finally tonight, a little boy from north bay received a Second Chance at life. One thing you can say, he is sure made the most of it. He received a liver transplant when he was only eight months oel old. Today hes age 6. Annual event began 20 years ago in partnership with Donor Network west to raise awareness ant organ donation. He traveled with his family from napa to open the game with a spirited shout. One, two, three. Play ball. This is amazing. Its 20 years that the giants have been supporting Donor Network west. Theres so many people that wouldnt be alive if not for them actively promoting people signing up. Good stuff right there. The organization presented Donate Network west with a check for 10,000. Thats courtesy Giants Community fund. Great. World news tonight is next. Thanks for joining us. Well see you at 6 00. Tonight, president trumps sudden and controversial ban. The president banning all transgender people from serving in the military. Describing the, quote, burden they cause. This after holding that lgbt flag during the campaign. So why the president s abrupt change now . Also new reporting tonight on the embattled attorney general, jeff sessions. The president taking aim again today. Sessions seen leaving the white house, and we ask, why doesnt the president simply meet face to face with his a. G. Instead of this very public takedown . The deadly plane crash on an american highway. The fireball seen for miles, the interstate closed. The stunning video tonight. The inmates accused of murder, attempted murder, escaping. Documenting their getaway. And the state departments new warning tonight for families traveling after the trag