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certificate be reversed so she can bring her daughter back home and get possible medical care in california. she is currently at an undisclosed location in new jersey. >> i'm not crazy. i would give up my house, my job, my kids, my family, my everything if i didn't believe in jahai. >> reporter: the court date is scheduled for thursday. in san francisco, lillian kim, abc 7 news. berkeley police have made an arrest for at least one of three sexual assault cases reported in uc fraternity houses last weekend. a 20-year-old berkeley resident eugene quillan is under arrest for one count of sexual assault which investigators say happened saturday night on waring street. police say they are not sure whether he is a member of the fraternity. he is not being investigate forward ted for the other two reported assaults. >> the reported cases of enterovirus has jumped. the city of san francisco announced one new case of enterovirus today. state-wide there are now 14 cases of the virus. it causes flu-like symptoms, fever, sometimes limb paralysis and in some cases, can even cause death. the number of cases in california has actually tripled since last month and includes one patient in los angeles who is paralyzed. abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom joins us with more about the case. >> reporter: the patient here is a resident of san francisco but other than that, folks are releasing very few details because that patient is a child under the age of 18. we do know that that child was admitted to a hospital outside of the city and county of san francisco and officials do say it was important enough they brought us here for a press conference this afternoon. what they did tell us is that that child was admitted to the hospital suffering from respiratory problems and tested positive for the same illness that's been making news over the past few days in other parts of the country. the hospital pictures we are showing you are not from the bay area. this latest case is one of the first here in northern california. the virus is the same that's been discussed as having a possible link to cases of partial paralysis elsewhere but officials here say that was not the case with the child from san francisco. like the vast majority of enterovirus cases, this one was a respiratory infection. in fact, experts say so many of those cases likely go undetected because they are cold and flu symptoms unless they are exacerbated by another problem. >> it usually causes mild symptoms similar to a cold or a flu. it can occasionally cause more severe respiratory illness leading to hospitalization. this is especially true for children who may have a history of asthma. >> reporter: -- wash your hands, don't touch your face or share your eating utensils and of course, stay home when sick. although the vast majority of these cases will get better on their own, just like a cold or flu, officials say that it is important that you go to the hospital if you are experiencing difficulty breathing. otherwise, the case will get better on its own. if you have difficulty breathing, go to the hospital, don't wait. jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. >> good advice. thank you. a girl is hospitalized with serious injuries after she was hit by a car in east san jose. we were over the scene at mckie road and checkers drive when it happened this morning. police are not releasing the girl's age. they do say she is expected to be okay. officers say the driver is cooperating with the investigation. san francisco firefighters have their hands full this morning. they had to rescue a combative man off the steep eastern side of telegraph hill. sky 7 hd shot this video of the rescue. the fire department used a ladder truck as a temporary bridge to walk the man off the cliff. it was, as you can see, slow going. they finally got the guy down to the street below safely. bad air and dangerous rip tides is a tough combination on a day we are seeing such high temperatures. the warm weather naturally has some people heading to the beach. you would have you had the day off. but if you want to hit the water, officials say please be careful. this was the scene yesterday at san francisco's ocean beach. the national weather service says swells are creating a higher risk for rip currents. today's spike in temperatures means the danger of fire will be extreme for the next few days. it is forcing the closure tomorrow of a park in san jose. three years of drought has made it bone dry about everywhere you look. fire officials are to be extra vigilant. you can definitely feel the heat out there, drew. >> the sun is beaming very nicely across the bay area and many locations in the 90s at this hour. live doppler 7 hd will show you quite a clear picture. live doppler 7 hd had quite an easy job this week as we have not been tracking any rain. highs today, san francisco topping out at 92 degrees. 92 in oakland. 94 in napa. 90s across the board. the only lone 80 we find, half moon bay coming in with a high of 82 degrees. we do have the beach hazard in effect through this evening for that long period of southerly swells. the risk of rip current is high. but it is the coast that we will see released from the heat first. we will track all the numbers when i see with you the accuweather seven-day forecast in a little bit. >> drew tuma, thanks very much. that heat meant extra aid stations at the bluegrass festival in san francisco. look at the crowd. thousands of people from sky 7 hd attended this morning. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman joins us from golden gate park at the free festival. where is your hat? >> reporter: they are having a great time. we just asked a few moments ago if they had an estimate how many people were here today. they are saying a million for the weekend over the three days, 750,000 to a million. the only number we could get so far in san francisco, tens of thousands. that would certainly be a safe guess. let's talk about the universal appeal and melting pot-ness of music. >> in my heart i'm still a hippie of 20. >> it's a lifestyle more so than a business. >> i went to weight watchers, i lost 30 pounds. >> too much information. >> reporter: but not too much music. not on this warm perfect weekend in golden gate park, where the philanthropist warren hellman has given a gift. the bluegrass festival is back. >> i love the music but there are people for who reggae is their predominant music, electronic is their predominant music. it gathers people who aren't interested in bluegrass all together under this music. cool. >> reporter: it began with nine acts 14 years ago. almost 100 will play this year. later they will hear emmy lou harris, dwight yokum. wear sunscreen, the med people say. bring water, pace yourself. >> responsibly groovy is my motto. >> reporter: hardly strictly bluegrass only in san francisco, again. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. you can track the record-breaking heat any time with the abc 7 news weather app. get it from the app or on google play. find more information on abc7news.com/apps. the hardly strictly bluegrass festival is part of the reason for a traffic warning in san francisco this weekend. 40,000 people are expected to attend each day in san francisco. some streets in golden gate park will be closed. on sunday, thousands will take part in the bridge to bridge run starting at 9:00 at justin herman plaza, going to the golden gate bridge. the castro street fair will draw tens of thousands of people to castro district sunday and howard street between third and fourth will be closed until tomorrow evening as crews clean up from oracle open world which is wrapping up. a lot going on. >> lot of traffic problems there. lot of traffic problems with what you are about to see. you don't want to see this in the heart of the financial district in san francisco. a geyser erupting. yeah. you can hear the sirens blaring after a truck hit a fire hydrant between second and third off of mission. firefighters got soaked as they tried to cut off the water. it was capped quickly but not before thousands of gallons of water wasted. officials say that hydrant will be replaced in the next couple days. the number of homes flooded when a 12 inch water main ruptured in the bayview district last night is up to nine now. the pipe broke just after midnight at the intersection of key avenue and keith street. the rupture sent millions of gallons of water pouring down the street. many residents scrambled to keep the water out of their homes, many to no avail. san francisco public utilities commission says they see about 100 water main breaks a year but this one, this big, was rare. >> pipe must have broke or something. never seen nothing quite like it in my life in this area, especially. >> this is on the more severe side. many of the pipeline breaks are smaller pipes that release less water that affect fewer people. this is on the high side, definitely. >> water was expected to be restored by about 6:00 tonight so within the hour but home repairs, that obviously could take several days. just ahead, war over water. >> there's not enough water. there is not going to be more water. >> rhetoric heats up over the state's billion dollar water bond. why opponents say it's a waste of money. also, police conduct and why it is being called into question in the domestic violence case against the 49ers' ray mcdonald. the good samaritan who turned into a bad samaritan is arrested. what happened to everything he stole? ♪(theme soners) stan! ! ! hey guys! stan the man! hey, how's it goin stan? can i get $55 on pump three? you got it, stan! gas stations. just that.nobody knows a where nobody knows your name. the chevrolet cruze eco. with an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon highway. it's the new efficient. more tonight on the domestic violence case against 49ers defensive lineman ray mcdonald. we reported exclusively last night that mcdonald called the san jose cop he knows either before or at about the time of the 911 call reporting the incident. abc 7 news reporter vic lee broke that story and is live now from san jose police headquarters with more. vic? >> reporter: well, we are learning tonight that this officer can be a very important witness if the d.a. decides to charge this case. our sources within the police department tell us that this connection to the officer was one of the big reasons why the investigation took so long. now, we were unable to get ahold of this officer in the san jose police department and the d.a.'s office declined to comment. reliable sources tell us the san jose police officer is sergeant sean pritchard and he went to mcdonald's home after the 49ers defensive end called him. those same sources say it was either before or about the time that a 911 domestic violence call was made. they tell abc 7 news pritchard also works in the secondary job as security at 49er games. our sources say he was most likely off-duty at the time. the lawyers we spoke with say that doesn't matter. if this case goes to trial. attorney stephen clark. >> on or off duty really isn't important. it's the fact that a police officer made certain observations and those observations are key in the d.a. evaluating whether they should pursue this case to a trial. >> when he showed up at mr. mcdonald's house whash, what dio when he was there? what were the conversations between mr. mcdonald and the officer? >> reporter: lawyer dennis luca, a former san jose police lieutenant, told us it doesn't matter if you're off duty if you stumble across a potential crime scene. you are still an officer of the law. as such, they can't violate their sworn duties. >> if you cross that line and engage in again, any sort of behavior or conduct that interferes with an official investigation, you can be -- the department can take action against you personally. >> reporter: police sources tell us pritchard was most likely told to fill out a supplemental police report outlining in detail what he saw and heard, and that could be one of the most important bits of evidence in determining whether or not to file charges against mcdonald. meantime, we asked coach jim harbaugh if the niners had anything more to say about the case. >> not that i know of. no. >> reporter: vic lee, abc 7 news. santa cruz police have arrested a suspect they dub the bad samaritan. tips poured in after surveillance video was released. police say hernandez gave a ride to somebody too drunk to drive. that was nice. but then he burglarized that person's home after making sure the owner had passed out. he is 20 years old, charged with burglary and child cruelty because as you saw, he had his young daughter with him. police recovered everything that was stolen, including two television sets, a computer, some golf clubs and a tuxedo. the battle over a proposed soda tax in berkeley seems to have taken a nasty turn. measure d is about whether berkeley should impose a soda tax. some campaign signs have gone missing in the past few days and now one side is accusing the other of stealing them. the field director for the no on d campaign shot cell phone video showing people taking down those signs. and yes on d says they haven't taken any of the opposition's campaign signs. bay area fishermen are protesting a $7.5 million water bond on the november ballot. proponents say we need it to restore watersheds and repair the water supply infrastructure in california. the fishermen say prop 1 will not solve california's water problems and would destroy salmon and crab populations. the fishermen argue building more dams to hold water we don't have is actually misplaced spending. they want prop 1 scrapped. >> wipe the slate clean. start from scratch. give us new water rights that actually reflect the amount of water that we have in california. and that are sustainable. >> proposition 1 would authorize borrowing to pay for new reservoirs, ground water cleanup and habitat restoration. lawmakers approved that measure in almost a unanimous vote. now it's up to the voters to decide whether it becomes law. the drought has state wildlife officials pulling out all the stops, doing everything possible to protect the salmon run. they are generally produced in hatch eries and they are making their way upstream for their annual spawning. if the water isn't cool enough, the salmon won't hatch. now officials are installing a $1 million refrigeration unit. the salmon industry brings in more than $1.5 billion every year. habitat for humanity volunteers were back on site today after a fire destroyed a home they were building in san francisco. the fire got started in a 28 unit terrace last friday. two other homes were damaged. a work day for 100 volunteers had to be canceled last weekend. habitat expects to be back to full strength on the site within a week. >> right now we are removing the old structure so it's already been knocked down, it's been put in a debris box and we have volunteers working to the east and west and on that site helping to rally to rebuild the site. >> they expect to meet the goal of moving people in by 2016. the cause of that fire is still under investigation. some new information about meatballs found at a santa rosa dog park. turns out they're not poisonous. eight meatballs were found september 20th at the park called a place to play. over the past two weeks, experts conducted multiple tests at a uc davis lab. the conclusion, they did not contain poisons harmful to humans or pets. dog owners were cautious, obviously, because poison meatballs have been found several times in san francisco neighborhoods. this evening, there are still so many questions about the protocol followed in that first case of ebola diagnosed in the united states. i talked with david muir about that this afternoon. >> we'll have the latest. the haz/mat team's on the scene. some asking why did it take so long after the first case of ebola in america. five americans being watched closely. also, the grandmother tasered and big questions for the police tonight. you will see the video coming up. >> i heard you have an interview with one of our favorite singers in the bay area. >> yes, i do. he left his heart in san francisco. tony bennett is here. what he sings here this evening and what he's about to reveal and there's a big secret that has to do with san francisco tonight. >> "world news tonight with david muir" is coming up right after this newscast at 5:30 on abc 7. >> tune in for that. now let's talk about the weather forecast as we hit the weekend. still warm out there. >> meteorologist drew tuma, take off that tie. >> got to loosen this up. yeah, certainly the good news, the heat has peaked in some locations today. first we will see cooling at the coast and that will gradually move inland over the next couple days. live doppler 7 hd right now will show you, we won't find anything on this radar sweep. we have had blue skies all day today. no precipitation to be found. we will show you a beautiful sight over the golden gate bridge, sunshine just basking as the sun sets. good photo opportunity, the sun setting at 6:49 p.m. later on tonight. take a look at today versus our record. everybody into the 90s but surprisingly, most of our records are in the triple digits. the only place we actually tied a record was monterey at 96 degrees. that record goes back to 1985. live from the south beach cam, showing you the bay bridge, another gorgeous view in san francisco. cooling off a bit to 86 degrees after a high of 92 today. oakland, 88. 93 in san carlos. 90 san hoe says. 90 for morgan hill and half moon bay, 81 degrees. east bay hills camera, bit of a haze. we had that spare the air in effect and temperatures mainly in the 90s in inland spots, santa rosa, napa, we will duplicate that in livermore. the golden gate bridge camera, light traffic on this friday evening. folks taking in the view. our forecast animation just calls for high temperatures inland this week. that heat advisory still in effect through saturday evening but coastal cooling will begin tomorrow. our pacific satellite will show you the story. we are tracking that dome of high pressure supplying us with this extreme heat. we'll have another day of hot temperatures in the bay and inland spots as the dome continues to shift to the east over the next couple days, cooling will begin. the heat advisory in effect for everybody you see shaded in orange from the san francisco bay to monterey bay, the coast included for widespread 90s until 9:00 p.m. tomorrow, the heat advisory is trimmed back. the coast is excluded from this but bay and inland spots still expecting 90s for your high tomorrow afternoon and evening. the reason why for the cooling effect, look at this. we finally get a sea breeze to kick in tomorrow afternoon. the winds will finally be onshore, creating the cooler temperatures along the coast. overnight lows, a very similar night we had yesterday to tonight. clear skies, temperatures from the low 60s to mid 50s. highs for saturday, 92 in san jose. 92 degrees, redwood city. 88, san mateo. downtown san francisco, about ten degrees cooler tomorrow, high of 82 degrees. 79 for sunset district. 92, santa rosa, 93, napa. east bay in the 80s. 85 oakland. 90 fremont. our inland spots, nice and warm in the mid 90s. accuweather seven-day forecast, cooling at the coast tomorrow. the bay gets the cooling on sunday. then the inland spots finally by tuesday. you are back to more seasonal temperatures. it's slow to come but it will arrive over the next couple days. >> we can't wait. thanks. still ahead, the whale who thought it could fly. what? plus, beach ball mystery. what are these things showing up? tonight at 6:00, a brand new stadium with some brand new problems. 7 on your side's michael finney tackles tickets troubles for one 49ers i can't believe i'm eao! i can't believe i'm eating bacon and rich creamy cheese 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beaches. thousands of these rare balls have been washing up near sydney. waves roll up algae into spheres. the algae is rare, apparently only seen a few times around the world. locals say everyone thinks they are pretty cool. they are getting great interest from ufo watchers, too. a tour guide in south africa captured some pretty cool pictures of a humpback whale. it caught the whale performing a huge leap out of the water, practically flying in the air. it did a massive breach and crashed back into the water. pretty rare to see a breach so closely and perhaps even more rare to have the camera ready. amazing. >> wild pictures to share with you today. one more to show you. nasa released this image of the milky way. look at this. >> stepping stones seem to lead to it. >> wild. when we come back, the giants start strong in their series opener. then things got a bit tense. we coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, an investigation into problems during bay bridge construction has finally wrapped up. tonight, what was found and whether charges will be filed. a big change that could help protect your personal information from hackers. plus the bay area doctor helping fight ebola. what he's using to help treat patients. those stories and more coming up when we see you on abc 7 news at 6:00. you might have heard a big sigh of relief and cheers a little more than an hour ago. >> that's because the giants won their opener of the playoff series against the washington nationals. >> a single scored travis ishikawa and the giants built the 3-0 lead. >> the nationals did break out for two runs in the seventh, including this blast off the bat of bryce harper. san francisco held on for the 3-2 win to take a 1-0 lead in the best of five series. >> there's not one guy that we have to rely on. it's the entire team. to be able to be a link in that chain is special. that's what you want to do. >> it's so exciting. back at home, many fans filled local bars and stretched their lunch hours a wee bit watching this afternoon's drama unfold. the two teams meet again in washington tomorrow. sky 7 hd caught up with the giants ground crew today, getting at & t park ready for the team's triumphant return home. >> the giants will host the nationals in game three on monday. if needed, game four will be on tuesday. of course, we will give you all the times for those games. >> we will. such a fun time of year for baseball, especially when our teams are in it. >> nice to go into the weekend with a big win, huh? game one. that will do it for us. >> for all of us, we appreciate your time. welcome to "world news tonight."mqwv and breaking news. the urgent threat to an american hour. just 26 years old. a medic. the american shown in a new video, what they're now warning, his family reacting moments ago. ebola in america. the hazmat teams on the scene wrapping this car in plastic and tonight, at least 50 americans now being closely monitored. extreme weather. winds ripping off this roof of a dorm, students seen scrambling for their laptop computers. what's coming next. caught on tape. a grandma hit with stun gun. the police now explaining themselves. and an american legend tonight. my interview with tony bennett, breaking a new record, and what he's about to reveal to america, right here.

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