A husband and wife duo was supposed to be looking after an elderly woman, instead, Authorities Say they covered her with a pillow, tied her up and ransacked her home. They were arrested thursday. The elderly woman they are accused of tieing her up described the moment of terror inside her home. Pretty frightening when you know youre almost going to die. I couldnt breathe. Reporter the 75yearold victim doesnt want to be identified, but she wants to share her story. It was after midnight she was sound asleep in her home. Somebody pulled the pillow from under me and stuffed it over my face. Another person tied up my hands. Reporter she says they demanded money and ransacked the house when she told them there was no money. After an hour, the house was quiet and she assumed they were gone. They tied me up with the pillow case. I squeezed my hand through it. I got up and called 911. Reporter she suspected her live in caretaker, a husband and wife. She sort of recognized their muffled voices and they say she knew she had recently come into some money. Detectives found and arrested them on thursday. The investigators during the course of the days were able to recover some evidence. That just helps solidify the suspects arrested were the ones involved. Reporter the victim says the robbers didnt find any cash but did take other items. I want them to stay in jail for life. Id hate to have someone else thats disable and old. Reporter she says trusting them was a mistake and she says to always get a background check on care giver. The Sheriffs Office says the same. A convicted sex offender is in trouble again. Police say 30yearold stanley matches the description in both incidents. Man ran behind the counter to grab cash. The same thing happened august 9th at the station in campbell. Police are warning parents about a virtual kidnapping scam. Officers say a woman received a phone call on thursday in which a woman screamed mom, please help me. A man got on the phone and demanded money to be wired to mexico without hanging up or her daughter would die. The victim wired a small amount of money and she later found out her daughter was safe. The centers for Disease Control is expanding its travel warning to pregnant women. The cdc is advising them not to travel to miami beach and all of miamidade county. This comes after a new cluster of zika cases were discovered. Reporter miami beach is bustling with tourists and in some areas buzzing with zika virus carrying mosquitos. Were requesting Additional Support from the cdc. Reporter a second out break of local zika cases spurs the new centers for Disease Control tr travel warning. Pregnant women should avoid the area. The focus is on a 1. 5 square mile area where infected mosquitos are spreading the virus. Im not planning on getting pregnant but its kind of scary. Reporter it can cause severe birth defects when a pregnant woman is infected. A lot of my friends cancel their trip to miami. Reporter jose is flying from San FranciscoInternational Airport to miami. Hes not concerned, but his wife is. My wife is pregnant. Shes like eight months. The warning includes the partners of pregnant women. The virus can be spread. Were hearing from the family of a woman hitly a tree limb who will never likely walk again. She was watching her daughters play in San Francisco last week when the 100 pound branch fell. Since then shes undergone multiple surgeries. Her husband says shes in a lot of pain and the recovery is difficult. They shows me the picture of backbone. Its split in half. Shes not going to walk and probably have to go to a rehab for a long, long time. He said medical bills are piling up. Family is receiving help from several nonprofits. This morning the last of the four u. S. Swimmers is back home in the u. S. Jimmy feigen left last night. Theres new finger pointing. He said his teammate ryan lochte pulled the sign off a gas station bathroom after a night of drinking and it was lochte who yelled at the arm Security Guard who forced the swimmers to pay money to cover the damages. Lochte posted his on apology online yesterday. This Morning Police are waiting for the owner of a naked donald trump statue to come and claim it. It was removed early yesterday morning. The statue is considered evidence and is being held because it caused an estimated 4,000 in damage to the street. Donald trump and his running mate visited louisiana yesterday. Thats where they met with evangelical leaders who pointed out that trump was there and president obama wouldnt be until tuesday. Trump visited for a few hours and moved onto a Campaign Stop in michigan. He said black americans would vote for him because they quote, have nothing to lose. Trump added that africanamericans are in poverty, have bad schools and have no jobs. At the end of four years, i guarantee you that i will get over 95 of the africanamerican vote. I promise you. However, polls show only 2 of black voters support donald trump. Hillary clinton tweeted that trumps comments about black americans were ignorant. She called louisianas governor and offered her support. The governor has asked politicians to stay away for now because resources could be pulled away from recovery and relief effort. Good news to report now from Southern California where the blue cut wildfire in San Bernardino county is now 68 contained up from 40 overnight. Dramatic time lapse video that perez shared with us showed the fire on tuesday, the first night after it started. The fire remains at just over 37,000 acres. Flames have destroyed 96 homes. Several evacuations have been lifted. Evacuations were also lifted for all of lower lake and lake county. Ronda shared this picture of the devastation from the clayton fire in a park. The tire is now 80 contained. 189 homes have burned as well as more than 100 other businesses and structures. Police arrested a suspected arsonist accused of starting the fire. If youre having any trouble breathing, it could be because of the smoke from the lake county fire as well as the fire in Monterey County making its way into the bare area. You can see the orange haze from the fire in the sunset time lapse captured on our camera. Warning people to only call 911 if you see flames with smoke. 8 08 is our time. Earlier this morning we saw delays up to 40 minutes because of the fog. How is it looking right now . No change. We still have the 40minute delays. Look at the low clouds from our camera. Its clear in the 60s. Concord and livermore. The clear comes with haze today. Better air quality today. What about the rest of the weekend . Ill have the answers, next. Also ahead, Scott Peterson is a convicted murder sitting on death row but is he a cia spy. The bizarre accusations hes now facing from a foreign government. Plus, the big money a turkish media outlet is making an outlandish claim about who is behind the coupe in turktu last month. It claims he attended a top secret meeting on an island in istanb istanbul. An expert called the report ridiculous. New polls suggest californians support legalized marijuana and tighter gun control measures. 82 of the those surveys favored prop 63. It will require background checks to buy ammo and keep felons and domestic abusers from buying guns. It would legalize Recreational Marijuana use for people 21 and over. Nearly 64 of those polls support. Mark zuckerburg is making promise to give back. Its a very small portion of what he owns. The sale is part of his promise to give away or spend 99 of his wealth on causes that promote learning, curing disease, connecting people and building stronger communities. This weekend San Francisco will be is center of the pokemon universe. Nearly 1700 players from around the world are competing. Abc 7 News Reporter tells us half a Million Dollars in prize money is up for grabs. Reporter for those who do not know the world of pokemon is much more than stuffed animals and kids with hats. Theres two kinds of games on the tournament flour. One is played with tiny nintendo consoles. Im playing a card game. Reporter hes from seoul, south korea. The game he plays uses trading card decks. They are among the 1700 people vying for the grand prize. What do you get if you win . First place is 10,000 bucks. Reporter the stakes are high but you likely wont see anyone throw a tantrum if they lose. Its competitive, but the environment is not stressful. Its such an opening and welcoming community. Reporter this is a competition based on some of the cutest creatures ever created. Hundreds of people are battling it out on tournament floor, theres lots of people waiting in line. Reading and math are all part of the fun. The reigning World Champion says he has seen one 8yearold hes mentored turn into a wiz. I used to work with her on reading and social skills. By the end of that year she had an invitation to play in the World Championships. Seven canine cadets have joined the ranks of the Highway Patrol. They took part in a Graduation Ceremony yesterday along with their handlers in sacramento. The team completed an 11week, 440 hour program that features intensetive training in criminal apprehension. The handlers say their partners provide another very valuable service. Weve all been in situations where we would lie to say were not a little scared. I know i can deploy him and he will help me. Theres not going to be an ounce of fear in him. The Highway Patrol has nearly 60 canine teams deployed. The program is funding through money seized. Happening today, cinemark is hosting a community day. They are offering free Family Friendly movies. It include kung fu panda 3 and shrek. The money will go to we. Org. Movies run from 9 00 this morning until 1 00. A massive tent has gone up near downtown san jose. Its hard to miss. Its 125feet tall and covers an area the side of a football field. The team that put them on will stage a new experience. The show will feature a mix of equestrian acts, art, technology and advanced engineering. The tent is located next to highway 87. 8 17 is the time. Lets get a check of the full forecast. Lisa, youre tracking hazy conditions for later this afternoon. Thats right. Little change. Were looking at the elements getting a bit more pushed out of atmosphere at the lower levels of the atmosphere. The pollutants we saw yesterday, its got a westerly wind. Thats allowing for the air to clear out to about 2,000 feet. Up above, thats where we have the haze and the smoke throughout the day. Its going to improve tomorrow due to weather system to the south of us. You can see the gray start for you. Yesterday it was really gray. Today a little bit better but still hazy out there. North bay 57. Mountain view, 63. San jose getting brighter for you. Golden gate bridge, really you can see how gray it is and the visibility hasnt been a problem here. Temperatures are going to stay cool as the clouds cling to the shoreline here. 57 santa rosa. Its been clear. Southwest wind up to 20 by the delta. Were looking at sunshine already in our east bay valley. San francisco is gray. It was in the mid60s yesterday. Shy of average. Air quality improved slowly today. Were still seeing the smoke from the fires in Southern California slide up from the south to the north. That changes tomorrow as the system to the south moves to the east of us. As that does, the winds will shift and well see cooling temperatures and much better air quality. Speaking of tomorrow, notice we still have 60s and 70s around the bay. Cooler day for the second half of your weekend than into tuesday we get a slightly warmer day. Could be the last day of Summer Vacation for some of you and then by wednesday, as it gets warmer, maybe more kids back in school, at least its not too, too warm and then well be going in the other direction after that. You want to spend some time after the beach. Its gray here right now in santa cruz. Its been partly cloudy in the afternoon but you will have the deal with the haze and smoke. 70 for a high today. 66 in monterey. 60 ocean beach. Halfmoon bay youre in the 60s yesterday. Very little change. Well see slightly warmer temperatures today. Cooler tomorrow. Its been in the mid70s. Its been pleasant. Little change there. 54 downtown. Look for the clouds on the coast in the north bay. Thats kind of nice. 79 santa rosa. Oakland yesterday, 70. A little change today. Union city, 74. You head inland, we have the 80s for you. 60 on the coast while 90s inland. Got a cooler day tomorrow. Well have much better air quality below average than for monday. We can see a bit of warm up midweek. That will feel like fall by the end of the up coming workweek. Thanks so much. Coming up next, lemars are check youve had a good long run. But your time is over. Its time for something new. Something simple. Grown right here in california with absolutely no antibiotics ever. Food were comfortable eating. Making. Serving. This is the new comfort food. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. Lets get comfortable with our food again. When a loved one dies it can be challenging to wrap up finances. An ooeast bay family needed hel when their father died. Reporter janet and gary of Pleasant Hill loved to read their east bay times every morning. I always clipped out the puzzles in the paper, and the comics and entertainment stuff. Reporter its been a daily ritual for the past 38 years. Just like janets father before her. He read it every morning and he had to have his paper. Reporter frank forbes kept reading even while losing his eyesight. He would have a big magnifying ball. She cancelled her dads favorite paper. I told them the situation and they told me what the fund would be. Reporter her father just prepaid for one year before his death. The refound promised a 3 3 325. She received nothing. They said you should have gotten it. Reporter she kept calling and tried to contact the president of the publishing company. She said no one responded. My husband said i think we should contact 7 on your side. Reporter we contacted the east bay times and within two week, janet got her dads money back. I couldnt believe it. Reporter a spokesperson said the refund was sent to janets father by mistake. The paper later voided the check and began a new refund process. Somehow the refund was lost in the shuffle but as soon as we were made aware, we reissued the check. Were sorry and want her to know how much we value our long time subscribers. She appreciates her long time paper too. 7 on your side came through just like i was hoping. Reporter the take away for everyone, if you prepay for a service finds out what happens if you cancel or upon your death. We thank them for stepping up and quickly. Im michael finney. Tourists were treated to a stunning performance by an orca. It tossed a turtle into the air. You can see it in this video provided. It happened in an orca feeding area. Since they dont eat turtles, it more likely was playing with the unsuspecting animal. Abc 7 news is at tpri mate center. They can jump 30 feet. Because of that the zoo couldnt put them in with the other lemurs. The space also shows off their funny walk. They will walk by feeling or bounce. Its kind of comical but very graceful. The animals are native to madagascar. San francisco becomes only the tenth zoo to have them. You can expect to see a baby in a few years. Much more ahead on abc 7 morning. The air b and b renters who checked into their accommodations in oakland and couldnt believe what they found. Also, a permanent tribute to the man who left his heart in San Francisco. How tony every day, the Oil Companies pollute our air. Putting their. Profits ahead of our kids health. Now theyre trying to weaken californias clean air laws. Im tom steyer. Weve had a million kids get asthma. We need to send the Oil Companies a message. Tell your legislator to stand up to the Oil Companies and protect our clean air laws. Dont let the Oil Companies put their profits. Ahead of our kids. The overnight hours has allowed for the marine layer, its beginning to evaporate. No spare the air alert. Were in the 50s in San Francisco. Getting sunny there. Its going to stay cloudy at the coast and maybe a few peeks of sun. Its sunny in our inland east bay with low 60s. Still cool in the north bay. This is lake tahoe where you can see a bit of haze here as well. Were looking at once again air quality. Better than yesterday but not where we should be. That will come tomorrow. Temperatures in the 60s at the shoreline. Low 90s inland today. Today the warmer day out of weekend. Ill have a look at a cool down coming up. Thank you. Happening today, Bay Area Police officers will hand out new backpacks filled with School Supplies to hundreds of south bay students. Its the third annual shop with a cop event. They will get new backpacks. These are pictures from last year distribution. Todays event starts at 9 30 this morning. Also happening, the first new school in burlinggame will be unveiled. Hoover will open its doors. It shut down back in the late 70s. The School Superintendent tweeted out these pictures. It will be a Ribbon Cutting ceremony at 10 00 this morning. Classes start on wednesday. Hundreds of Incoming Freshman at San Jose State University are being assigned temporary housing because their accommodations arent ready. 820 students were supposed to live at the new resident hall. The building wont be completed for another month because of construction delays. The students will have to make due with dorms ta ahat are slat for demolition. Making sure the Plumbing Works and we have cleaned all the schools and common areas to get the structures ready for our students and families. University officials acknowledge the situation isnt ideal but they say safety and security is their main concern as they finish the new residents hall. In oakland three dozen people are down to two bathrooms and one kitchen. The judge ruled the landlord must repair the kitchen and bath they demolished. Tenants call it deplorable. Reporter cooking in the km. The only common kitchen shared by 34 residents. Cockroaches in the halls and wires. Last years new owner took over this building. There are now only two and a half baths open. Others were demolished in february along with another common kitchen and Storage Space leaving many elderly chinese immigrants here upset. They did not want to be identified. Wait, wait. To go to the bathroom . Yes. They want us to remodel the whole building and surrender to people that have more money to rent. Reporter they pay around 400. The conditions have prompted some to move out. The representatives to the new owners say they have done a lot of good installing fire alarms and sprinklers. He said they were slowed down by the city permitting process. Inspectors were not helpful. A new list would get created. The work they did went way over the scope of what the permits allowed. They know they had to submit new plans. They havent done it yet. Reporter the City Attorney office filed a lawsuit against the owners for harassment. A judge is calling for bathrooms and kitchen to be repaired immediately. Some temporary tenents showed up who rented a room for 70 a night. He said the common areas were dingy. Reporter they found their room and intended to avoid the common areas. Its the state affairs in a changing oakland housing scene. President obama is encouraging americans to find your park ahead of next weeks 100th anniversary of the National Park service. Here is a live look outside at yosemite National Park. Beautiful view. First Lady Michelle obama and laura bush are part of the centennial celebration to raise awareness and help people connect with their favorite parks. We have to have the foresight and faith in our future to do what it takes to protect our parks and protect our planet for generations to come. These parks belong to all of us. Theyre worth celebrating, not just this year but every year. Today military teams can access all National Parks for free and families with a fourth grader can get a free pass. The celebration of Tony Bennetts 90th birthday continues in San Francisco. A lavish dinner will be followed by a concert featuring bennett. Yesterday there was a big fanfare for the unveiling of a tony bennett statue. Reporter tony bennett first sang this song in 1961. To officially declare today, august 19th, 2016, tony bennett day in San Francisco. Reporter it was a typical summer day in the city but as the song goes, the fog may chill the air but we dont care. Hundreds lined up to see the public unveiling of the eightfoot bronze statue of tony bennett which stood behind a blue curtain. The singer was at the studio for three days. Mr. Bennett is fantastic. Whats not to like . Reporter we were reminded that the singer was always here when we needed help. When we brought back the cable car, he was here. When we wanted to tell people that after the earthquake we didnt fall into the ocean, he was here. Reporter former mayors praise was simple. Tony is an adopted son. Reporter finally, the unveiling. A birthday present for the singer who turned 90 and for once every one sang for him. Happy birthday to you im overwhelmed. Its beautiful. Greatest day ive ever experienced. We all left our hearts here. Still ahead, napa native and International Space station astronaut goes on the most important walk of her life, her first space walk and what students think of their old famous grad. Here is a live look outside from our abc 7 camera, the San Francisco bell is there in your shot. You can see its a a little breezy. Well have the full forecast in a few minutes. I am a First Responder tor and iemergencies 24 hours a day, everyday of the year. My children and my family are on my mind when im working all the time. My neighbors are here, my friends and family live here, so its important for me to respond as quickly as possible and get the power back on. Its an amazing feeling turning those lights back on. Be informed about outages in your area. Sign up for outage alerts at pge. Com outagealerts. Together, were building a better california. Oaklands biggest festival returns this weekend. Yesterday barbecue cooks fired up their grills. They cooked their meat overnight. Sign me up for some brisket. Oak town throw down has some of the best. For those of us who suffer from asthma or copd, air quality is expected to be much better. Its going to be better. Not great. Here is a look at santa cruz. 57 degrees going for a high of 70 with partly cloudy skies and some smoke and haze here. Continues to drift to the north but the air quality is improving. Ill talk about a cooldown and a look at the next seven days in just a few minutes. Also ahead, hunter pence tries to help the giants take back first place but they needed a win over the mets. We have more in sports. The family favorite. Yoplait. Well at least hes wearing shoes. Well done champ. Get gooey, flaky, happy. Toaster strudel. Welcome back. You can see its pretty calm and cool along the water front. When can we expect to see the sun . Lisa returns in a bit with the full forecast. In sports, the 49ers will try to show some improvement in their second preseason game. The niners face Denver Broncos at Sports Authority field. Kick off is at 6 00 p. M. Back here in the bay area, the giants will try for their Third Straight victory over the mets at at t park. First pitch is at 1 05 p. M. Last night the giants used some clutch hitting to beat new york. We have more. Good morning. Second in the National League west behind the dodgers. L. A. Losing to the reds last night. The giants defeat the mets. Before the game they celebrated the 90th birthday of singer tony benne bennett. Second inning. He gave up just two runs of c e coming in the third. Rbi base hit tieing at one. The former as gave up an rbi base hit to pinch hitter. As again a three game set last night in chicago facing the white sox. Chris davis, team leading 31st home run of the season. Ties for third in the majors. Two hundred shot. 30 as. They go deep. Stephen and yonder alonzo. Both combined for six of the nine runs. Striking out five in the proc s process. Allows two hits. On his first career game shut out. The bears found their replacement for quarterback. The senior transferred david webb who came over from texas tech. The trip will be great bonding experience for the entire cal roster. Just going to be a great trip for our guys. I think they will have an opportunity to sfends a lot of time for each other and have an opportunity to bond and unique experiences under some unique circumstances. Thats always really important especially for young football team. Well get to australia and understand that were going to a brand new culture, brand new food. Brand new environment. At the same time were going there to win a Football Game to represent cal the best of our ability. Were going to get started by getting stuck together on plane for 16 hours. It will be fun to see how our team reacts sitting down. Feeling uneasy on the plane. Being in australia, doing a bunch of Team Activities together, being around hanging out in a different place, it will be a lot of fun. Should be a great trip. Have a great day. Were waking up to cooler temperatures across the bay area. Lets get a check of our full accuweather forecast. Air quality is a bit better today. Yesterday was our 18th spare the air day for the summer. You can see the fog footprint. Its all around the bay. Pretty gray out there. Its beginning to get a bit brighter. The clouds will clear maybe in the next hour to two hours at the latest. Low 60s. Some kind of mild there. Were looking at some sunshine away from the coast. Were going to be socked in all day long with temperatures right around 60 degrees. Its 57 in santa rosa. 58 in napa. Its going to be lazy in te n the north bay. The air quality slowly improved today. With the system to the south moving across the state thats really going to bring back better air quality tomorrow. Its also going to cool us down tomorrow into monday. You can see temperatures, it looks cool and it is. It will get hazy later on but air quality good today and tomorrow with the better air quality for your sunday. Showers have been around the sierra nevada. Look for hazy conditions. 92 in sacramento. I think theyre lucky in the cool down. Maybe thecouple of days for summer. For some of you its been a little cool for san jose. 83 is the average high. Here is your cool down tomorrow. The coolest day of the week will be monday. Youre still below average throughout the rest of the week. Really its been pretty nice around the bay. If we can get away from the haze and poor air quality. Could see a 90 there. Look for 70 in oakland. This really doesnt change on the peninsula. You can see a lot of 70s from redwood city to mountain view. If youre headed to the giants game, youll look for numbers in the low 60s. A little hazy out there once again with partly cloudy skies. About 67 degrees. Were shy of that. South San Francisco should see about 70 degrees. Were looking at temperatures on the shoreline from about 60 to about 92 in an around antioch today. Here comes the cooldown with much better air quality right on through monday. Below normal tuesday and wednesday. Getting a bit warmer but once again another trough visits us by the end of the week and were feeling a bit like fall. Kind of gray. Its going to improve throughout the next couple of hours. Definitely enjoying a break from the heat. Astronauts have installed a new door on the space station. Students looked up to her in more ways than one. We have the story. The view is phenomenal. Reporter this is not just any astronaut out for a space walk, its kate ruben who took her first space stroll 250 miles from earth. Now a view from the helmet camera of kate rubens. Reporter among us watching, advance students at her alma mater. The fact she came from here and she got pulled out of a pool of 3500 people to do this was amazing. I keep telling them, kate rubens was in this room at some time in her life. Its so neat where shes come from. It makes it feel like its possible for them. Reporter kathleen was the editor of the school paper in the mid90s and a stand out student but then teacher, now principal says he didnt see this coming. If you set your mind to it, you can do anything out there. Reporter earlier she talked with us via satellite. When i was a kid, i had a list of career goals and astronaut was one of them. Reporter rubens and fellow astronaut Jeff Williams installed a new docking port on the space station that could some day be used. Once she returned to earth she planned to visit the students in person. In napa, laura anthony, abc 7 news. Up next, south bay joey here are the winning numbers from last night. 22, 37, 45, 65, 73. The meganumber, 13. Nobody picked all six numbers. Tuesday nights jackpot goes up to 69 million dollar. Lots of excitement and enthusiasm in china town. Hundreds of people waited for hours to buy exclusive merchandise at a threeday kanye west pop up store. Many came out spending hundreds of dollars. Happening today, its first of two days of annual game on the avenue. This is video from a previous festival. There will be carnival rides and food and drinks. Entertainment includes jazz, blues and funk band. Happening today, the top ranked eater in the world and south bay native will compete for the title of taco eating champbon. Today is the Second Annual taco festival. He set a new record at this years annual hot dog eating contest by devouring 70 dogs. The contest itself starts at 2 00. Before we go lets get a final check from our meteorologists. Wefr hve had persistent lo clouds and fog, but were also looking at haze. Youll note the haze from the east bay to north bay. 57 now as well as halfmoon bay. Later on today, plenty of mid and upper 70s for you on the peninsula. Oakland topping out around 70. Today the warmer and hazier day of the two, of the weekend and tomorrow cooler, better air quality. Tuesday, wednesday were getting warmer but not for long and not too warm. Thank you. Thanks to you for joining us on the Weekend Edition of abc 7 morning. The Little League world series is in full swing in oregon faces rhode island. Abc 7 continues at 5 00 p. M. As always, we appreciate your time. Make it a great day, everybody. Announcer jack hannas wild countdown is sponsored by nationwide. Jack hi, everyone, im jack hanna, coming to you from my base camp here at the columbus zoo, and welcome to wild countdown. Dogs are called mans best friend for a good reason. They help prevent crime brett we use them for apprehending poachers. 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