Shears. Good evening, everyone, im carolyn johnson. When that man wouldnt drop the shears police dropped him. Tonight many in the Hispanic Community are angry. Abc7 News Reporter vic lee is live with video and reaction to what it shows. Vic . Police chief mcmillan just wrapped up a briefing. The message is dont rush to judgment until his investigation is over the chief says hell be meeting with Community Leaders later but tonight there will be a separate Community Meeting here in the city. Were not showing the actual shooting. Here they are. The videos are graphic. They show the man being shot several times in, a cell phone video, two officers follow him as he walks down the Street Holding a back back and garden shears the officers are yelling commands the taser malfunctions they draw closer. One officer moves to the side. Shots are fired and mejia falls to the sidewalk this, is a Security Camera with an overhead view. Its a closer shot of mejia and the officer just before shots are fired but the chief says that not so. He plants that foot, youll see his heel come up. He turns towards the officer. The chief points out mejia wielded shears in a threatening manner and relesioned awed yes tapes this is the call to a female officer reporting an intruder. Just exposed insults to her, shes advising hes grabbing her dog, trying to choke it. Finally, this. This is the third officerinvolved shooting of a man. Demonstrators beganing bottles and projectiles at officers and paramedics. One man was killed and sums up the mood in the community. I know for Latino Community the fact all three have been shot, that is a big factor for them, they feel theyre being treated differently. They feel that they are all being subject to being shot for being latino. He says he will turn the findings over to the fbi and department of justice for review. The Southern California man accused of abducting a woman when she was just 15 appeared in court today. Tonight garcias Attorney Says her allegations of abuse are not true. Bail set at 1 billion. He in custody for what he allegedly did to this woman starting ten years ago when she was just 15 years old she called the past decade a nightmare. I was 15. I cant do nothing. What he wants, i did. I dont have a life. Prosecutors allege the four yearold raped the girl while he was living with her mother in 2004. Then expected of kidnapping her in a park, changing their identities, and moving her around to avoid detection. He never prevented her from leaving. Even at 15. Its not fair for me, my client to speculate on what is supposed to have happened there. Prosecutors allege garcia falsified victims age, forcing her into marriage. They had a chiechld the woman says garcia beat her two times she tried to escape. She was too afraid to ask for help. In my neighborhood and other people never found out because he was a workman. He worked hard for me, and my daughter. And he bought everything i want but i want that. I never had my family. He treated her like a queen, did what she wanted she was happy. She had her own car, her own job. Over many years, maybe her freedom did increase. Last month, the woman contacted her sister through facebook and this week, went to police. Garcias attorney claims the woman is coming forward now because the couple is separating. Every up with cell nay say things that arent true. Garcia is being held on 1 million bail, expected to be back in court on june 9th. Neighbors say they did not suspect anything. Experts say victims often form a bond with captors where they seemingly can leave, but dont. They can end up feeling attached to the person who dominates them. That was the case of jaycee dugard. These abducted kids are out there and theyre not pleading to strangers to rescue them. Theyre going with the program because theyre doing what they need to do to survive. I can tell you that threat is stronger than physical change. Liz beth smart kidnapped when she was 14 saying there is no way to comprehend what victims are going through. Some frightening moments during the rescue of three hikers trapped near Anderson Reservoir just east of morgan hill. Its a popular place for hiking. Two boys and a girl on a School Field Trip but three quarters of way up the hillside they got stuck in an area with loose shael. And you can see the two started swinging on this cliff side. Rangers say hikers were not supposed to be in that area. That area is out of bounds to the public. Where they were, typically, we keep a good eye on. We keep people out of there. Two boys managed to make it down the hill on their own. A woman diagnosed with a brain tumor several months into her first pregnancy, then suffers a severe seizure that leaves her unable to communicate. Even raising eye lids is a struggle. Today she gave to a healthy baby boy. A glow surrounds brian today this, shows the source of his joy. Five pounds, nine ounces of boy, his boy. As happy as i am to meet my son, its incredibly painful for her not to be aware with me, for this. His wife, Melissa Carlton has a brain tumor, doctors discovered it long after the couple fell in love. Long after the wedding, and honeymoon, and excitement surrounding the first baby but it was growing the entire time. About 0 weeks ago she came here to ucsf for treatment. The next day, suffering a seizure that nearly killed her. Since then, shes been in a coma. This morning she was able to open her ooiz and hold my hand. Brian gave her a kiss before going into the delivery room. Moments later doctors gave melissa her baby. He went on to her chest. Was able to lay on her chest. She was obviously still under anesthesia. He got to smell her first. She will be the best mother she can be. Despite the relief of wess healthy birt brian faces an uncertain, challenging future. It will be a balancing act to make sure that melissa and wes both get what they need. Well be spread thin. Its harvey milk day here in california honoring the former San Francisco supervisor. In washington, d. C. , a ceremony took place to unveil a new stamp honoring the gay and civil rights icon. Carolyn . Reporter San Francisco plans to celebrate the release of this stamp next week. But its already a bestseller here in the castro district. Across the street, down below, take a look. Youll see a crowd including San Francisco supervisor scott weiner. Theyre commemorating the late icons birthday. He would have been four years old today, theyre posing next to a giant stamp. Much like one revealed at the white house today, nancy pelosi and harvey milks nephew were on stage at the white house today, applauding the move. This forever stamp of the late San Francisco supervisor is the first to honor an openlygay politician. At the castro Neighborhood Post Office where milk used to buy his stamps, more than 10,000 with hoiz smiling face were purr kased before noon. Its day one. Its harveys birthday. The Postal Service calls milk a visionary leader. This means an enormous amount to have his legacy recognized by the federal government of the United States im very, very proud. Milk would have turned 84 years old today when he was a supervisor in 1978 he was assassinated along with mayor George Mosconi by a former colleague. Iet was obvious dan white was the asassin. He turned himself in. The at the glbt museum, tires were offered today. And students rehearsed for a harvey milk day performance. He stood up for a lot of people. Thank you very much harvey milk. He wish you were still alive. His legacy will live on for a forever stamp. Its very great he is an inspiring person. He is stamp worthy. Still ahead here tonight, were just hours from the start of a caltrans repair project that could have a big impact on the bay area commute. And were live along the coast for an unusual whale watching expedition. So with a will happen to the carcass attracted such a crowd . Batteries can start house fires. An update to our earlier report, coming up on 7 on your side. Memorial day weekend is almost here, coming with it rb a touch of hot weather. Ill have details in the accuweather forecast in just a moment. As abc7 news at 6 00 continues. An important reminder. A portion of section 280 shuts down at 9 00 meaning southbound onramps will be closed along the southbound 280 almost to the is 01 split. Abc7 news joins us now to explain what is being done. Leanne . This is a pretty big project that again, we have to stress affects only southbound 280. Now, this is what they will be doing. They will be removing a major hinge. That will take place on 280 in San Francisco they have to demolish enough to get to that hinge, then, theyll replace it with 14 times the size of the old one. Caltrans says that is perhaps for too much stress. That section built in the 60s. Now, close to at and t park. There will be a ball game this weekend. I will be staying in for the night or walking anywhere i need to go. Im hoping if that sounds good, its probably worth a hassle. And there will be two similar ones februaryinging northbound 280 over the 4th of july and labor day weekends. Caltrans says its better to do the projects over long Holiday Weekend instead of trying to do them during the week because everybody is trying to get to work. Leanne, thank you. Here is a Good Alternative route. Take third street to harrison. That turns into highway 101. 280 wont close almost three hours we want to take a look at drive time traffic map of the area now. Well keep you up to date. A young hump back whale is attracting a lot of attention tonight. This small whale didnt make it, sadly. Theyre fascinating animals and having people trying to take a look. A lot of looky loos there. Its created a spectacle. You can see quite a traffic jam. A few of the people have a mission. That is to figure out what happened. Experts taking whatever plans they can to find out why she died. Theyre endangered so its important to know why. The concern is that human interference. They want to see if that what happens its not safe. We dont want to put human beings in jeopardy. Kids are learning things. Its interesting. So close. That you can see it, like eyes and fins. It looked cool. I never touched a dead whale so i want to. Youll see what it means to be alive and dead. With death comes grief, an emotion some say theyve observed in whales. I mean there is a bad mommy whale. They could find out other things unlocking the mystery of why she died so young if only the time would leave her on dry land for a while. We may not see her again. We need to get what we can while shes close to land. Its sad to see. We can see its overcast by the coast today. Were going to have a bright, sunny Holiday Weekend coming our way. Youre going to be pleased. Weve got sunny skies over inland areas now, low clouds you can see skies along the coastline. Down in Southern California active weather this afternoon and into evening hours, now, thunderstorms between San Luis Obispo and barbara. Eastern los angeles county, as a result we have a Flash Flood Warning as down pours are heavy. Here is a camera looking westward there. Temperatures 57 in San Francisco. 63 in oakland. 55 in half moon bay. Its 71 degrees in santa rosa. 80s in fairfield. Mid to upper 70s in livermore. Low clouds and fog around the coast and bay tonight. Temperatures low 90s inland and cooler monday, memorial day. Nice, warm and pleasant day. That triggered warnings and watches this afternoon. Were looking at High Pressure bringing us a nice, mainly sunny, warm Holiday Weekend. Into southern pacific, a tropical depression of the season. Now its well southwest of the coast of mexico moving away from land areas but expected to strengthen by tomorrow. It moves away for populated areas. Overnight, inland spots, mild with low temperatures into low to mid50s, then, tomorrow another warm day. And especially inland locations. Upper 70s to 80 around the bay. Warming continue was highs into low 90s sunday, low 90s around the bay. Cooling on monday but will be warm with upper 80s inland. Looks good. Thank you coming up next, a Major League Investigation into the oakland as. Why the government is looking into their books. Ithe part of us that a littwants to play,on. Wants to be mischievous, wants to run free, all you have to do is let it out. Find your inner minion only at the despicable me minion mayhem ride at Universal Studios hollywood. Dog get four years interestfree financing get four years on the entire tempurpedic cloud collection, even a queen size sealy gel memory Foam Mattress for just 497. Mattress discounters Memorial Day Sale ends monday. Land as accused of possible wage violations. Investigating how much as are playing workers and interns. Some cases they may have received less than minimum wage and not paid overtime. We learned about the story from fair warning a nonprofit investigative news organization. Four clubs have now come under scrutiny including the giants. A south bay chiropractor facing charges of Cheating Insurance Companies out of 7 million. Prosecutors say their business builds Insurance Companies thousands of dollars each for procedures while giving their clients manicures and pedicures instead. In the south bay tonight crews will start fogging for motorcycles hoping to stop the spread of west nile virus. You can see the area weve highlighted on the map for you in the bed box. Tests were confirmed after he fishls tested dead birds found p neighborhoods. They can fly from two miles up to 20 miles so they get out and spread around readily. We just need to keep numbers down and need to find that virus so we can break the cycle with the birds. There is more still to come just ahead an update on an abc7 news investigation. Another case of stolen valor. This man may be ready to fess up. Later a report card on california beaches. A number of spots a Major Development in the case of a fake navy s. E. A. L. , a man arrested on a weapons charge after an abc7 news i team investigation. Dan noyes is here with that and recent case of stolen valor to come across the desk. When investigators in carson city, nevada saw our report about aj, think knew they had a case i rrted he bilked thousands of dollars out of people and never served a day in the military. It was this video we showed of him firing weapon thats got him arrested he is not allowed to possess firearms a prosecutor told me today he had waved rights to a preliminary. He faces 1 to 6 years in prison the other case a navy s. E. A. L. Is hoping expose another fake s. E. A. L. P the east bay. That is chris bet, somersaulting out of a plane he served 20 years, including a stint with Counter Terrorism unit s. E. A. L. Team six. He grew the beard for under cover work. First one through the door on hundreds of raids and became a team leader and chief. Its up to you to take care of that. He paid the price receiving a purple heart. And a bronze star with a v for valor. He started living as kristin beck. I have had a number of death threats, hate mail and have been attacked on the street just minding my own business i have been attacked because of how i look. Beck made a decision to be very public about the life. Speaking in conferences like this one in march. Im going to keep working hard until the military accepts us. Its my thing. Shes the subject of a documentary, lady valor, now on the festival circuit. After the release of the book, warrior princess, beck took heat from a woman in martinez on a blog about transgender issues. Why is he doing it . Be happy and do your own thing. Achieve your own achievements do your thing. A viewer in martinez spotted her if a collage of fake s. E. A. L. S three months ago. I began researching robin mitchell. Founder and ceo of something called transpurple people party. Sometimes she wears her medals to public appearances 30 are fake, including the Navy Distinguished service medal. We put our lives down for that. Its not right. Records show michelle did serve as a Communications Electrician on several shifts seven years beginning after vietnam war. She was not a navy s. E. A. L. In calls and a long face Book Exchange considering an interview, then refused saying its the First Amendment right. Anyone can act or wear anything they want. Not a crime. I want to make sure i understand your mess to me. You believe its your right. Do you believe im robin . I believe you are okay . Are you not . This is a kind of person were targeting. It has to do with hero identity. And stealing that persona. Vietnam veteran helped write the rant. With intent to obtain money, property or other benefits. Sterner hopes she can be prosecuted for wearing medals never earned. Its a slam at every man and woman that received a purple heart. Its the kind of thing that our community should be outraged about. She pushes for greater acceptance. Its tough enough. That someone bringing out more negative attention upon myself, upon transgender is tough for all of us. Officials tell me the name tag is a fake. The film is playing in San Francisco next month. All right. Thank you. Well, just ahead a seven on your side follow up report. Not everyone appreciated our story on how used batteries can cause a fire. One man did. Next. Ithe part of us that a littwants to play,on. Wants to be mischievous, wants to run free, all you have to do is let it out. Find your inner minion only at the despicable me minion mayhem ride at Universal Studios hollywood. In a recent report Michael Finney warned us about potential of used batteries a safety concern is rarely pointed out. I was stopped on the street. We received e mails and social media posts. Everyone agreed its a potential problem. He is going through his photo album remembering a life changing event. Channel 7 is my channel. The one i watched the news on. I saw your story the other day about you shouldnt throw batteries into a drawer. Its possible it could be over eaten. Exactly. I pointed out leaving batteries in the drawer can be dangerous. All batteries have a positive and negative terminal. A bridge across the terminal youll flow electricity. A battery plus bolt store first pointed out this danger to me. You put these together that will be put together. Its getting hotter now. Yes. So that is where the danger comes into play. Like a hand warmer now. It is. Fire Department Manager says batteries burst into flames. Not often, she says. It happens. It does unusual for batteries to cause fires but it is a possibility. We want people to know storing them properly is easy. Its easy to prevent the fire. There is my beautiful library. His home burned to the ground. Here are pictures of the fire. No one can believe me. They say how can discarded batteries together . You put two together that arent working in the flashlight any longer they still can overheat. o and to cause4c this likely to o your home . No. Can it happen . Ask looil. How do you protect yourself . Put batteries back in original packaging f not protect your depleted batteries using common house old tape. We recommend that. If you have a consumer warning let me know about it by going to our web site. If you have a warning ill take the heat and pass it along. Coming up Paul Mccartney confirms hes been in the hospital with a virus tonight were giving him through months to get better. Well explain why. Hey there. Did you select these things on purpose . Not a color found nature. Theres nothing wrong with tha. I can hear your arteries clogging. Ok. No. This is tap water. I cant let you buy this. Oh. Crystal geyser please. Crystal geyser. Bottled at the mountain source. Welcoheyback. Really . Kiss your abs goodbye. Cardiologist to check stand 1. Crystal geyser Alpine Spring water . Touce. Crystal geyser. Always bottled right at the mountain source. A quick note from washington a bill putting limits on the nsa spying operations passed the house now headed to the senate ending the National Security agencys bulk collection of american phone records allowing nsa to obtain calling records of people within two links of a terrorism suspect. Saying it allows nsa to copy the data. More cut backs at hewlettpackard saying it will cut 11,000 to 16,000 jobs around the world above and beyond 34,000 cut in the past four years. Gap said the profit fell 22 . And sears also said tonight it may have to close more stores this year, 80 have been shut down the Company Reported a loss of 400 million. Dow jones rose ten points today, nasdaq up 22. San francisco based Williams Sonoma gained more than 8 after sales at its pottery barns kids stores. Environmental group heal the bay issued a report card for california beaches and six of the ten mostpopulated ones are here, in the bay area. Worst is cal beach, Pillar Point Harbor and marina loog yoon are also on the list. Heal the bay says they contain toxins. An Environmental Action group advised to clean up. There are people that would volunteer their time i know i would. One of the beaches is one at chrissy field. Well, were learning more about illness forcing Paul Mccartney to cancel several shows in asia. Confirming mccartney was hospitalized for a viral infection. The virus forced them to cancel shows in south korea and japan. Get well soon. Yes. Absolutely. Spencer christian is rested up, ready to go. Yes. Weather is firing up in spots as well. In Southern California, watches and warnings and right now thunderstorms in San Luis Obispo. And heavy down pours accompanied storms that are still rumbling throughout the area. So bear that in mind. Tomorrow, warm to hot conditions with highs 95 in chico and sacramento. And here in the bay area tomorrow, mainly sunny day. Highs inland locations into mid to upper 80s, tomorrow night, if you look in northern sky, between midnight and 1 30 a. M saturday, well see a display there. The meteor shower will take place at that time. Here is accuweather forecast. Were going to warm up over the weekend dropping into upper eight s monday, memorial day. Its going to be a nice warm to hot threeday weekend. Thank you. Okay. Checking in on the giants. Yes. Larry beil is here. A lot of baseball. Giants finishing up a visit to colorado but rain and hail make for a long day at the oh, my goodness. Sports is coming up next. Safeway gets that staying on budget can be a real bear. Thats why theyve got lots of ways to save. Real big club card deals, the safeway app and gas rewards. This week, get a taste of summer with fresh sweet corn, 8 for just 2. Grill up ranchers reserve ribeye steaks, only 6. 99 a pound. And arrowhead water is just 3. 33 a case. Theres more savings to love. At safeway. Ingredients for life. Good evening, eight strong innings but as Winning Streak Ends at 5 00. In extras against rays. Looking for a sixth win of the year z check out this play in the third inning. Will meyers drive deep to right. Eight innings no direction a sack fly. Two batters later, Luke Gregorson hang it and bang it. Giants and rockies they are on pause. You want to talk about a wet, sto stormy afternoon. Top of the second skies clear Pablo Sandoval trying to find his swing. Hunter pence, his fifth of the year. The gap in right center. Scored on double, good to see him starting to swing the bat. Now giants expected to be out a month after trying to beat out the inning last night manager told them do not swing but often jokes about his prowess as a hitter. Its like theyve got to touch the stove to find out its hot. Okay . The catcher bit off a chunk of guerroros ear. Shocker from u. S. National soccer team. Landon donovan did not make the team. Hes been banged up but this is surprising. The door was opened up for San Jose Earthquakes star. The teammate did not make the roster. To that other football now, Darren Nelson selected for 2013 College Football hall of fame clash finishing sixth in the voting. And golf now first run of the crown plaza invitational. Dustin johnson magical with the blade here. Johnson, the leader because hunter mayhahn double 18. Abc7 sports brought to you by orchard supply, hardware. That is really you can see was in pain. Yes. Looked like he might be out for the season. Yes. It did. Lets hope for a few weeks thank you. Join me tonight on kabl channel 13. That is at 9 00 then at 11 00 costing hundreds of millions to build. How much will you have to pay to ride the new airport bart connector . That is our report. Thanks for joining us. Our coverage continues on twitter on abc7 news bay area. From all of us here, have a great evening. See you at 9 00 and 11 00. Dog what, what . Mattress discounters what, what . 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