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Saying his company replaced 60 or 70 sewer lines with homeowners using a city program that ended in 2010. That was around the same time heper says she Denner Herrera was given a report of the findings. He closed the investigation and subsequently fired her. I was shocked i cant say how shocked. The City Attorneys Office released a statement reading in part these are baseless allegations of wrong doing from a disgrunteled former employee. I am not disgrunteled im saddened that he did this and that i had to take this step. She wants an independent investigation and her job back. The city has 45 days to respond. If they dont settle, the Attorney Says theyre prepared to sue. In San Francisco, tiffany wilson, abc7 news. And an 11yearold boy expected to survive after being shot in the chest in antioch in an apartment complex at i and west 8th street. That is where abc7 reporter vic lee joins us live with the latest. This is river town place the apartment community. The 11yearold gregory kent was shot this morning. He lives in oakland with his parents, but he has been staying here with his aunt during the summer. Police say gregory kent was shot in the chest the shooting surpriseed and shocked neighbors. No one heard the bullet or anything. He was calm. He was. He wasnt yelling or anything. He wanted to make sure everything was going to be okay. He was air lifted to a hospital where he is listed in stable condition. His jury is not life threatening. His aunt says he was playing outside and ran into the house and said hed just been shot by a friend who run off. Neighbors here believe it may have been an accident. Kids can get a hold of funs and one thing can lead to another to where theyre showing off or anything can happen. And the gun misfires and someone is shot. Theyre not saying if they know who he is. Neighbors tell us they dont know the identity of the shooter. Two people were shot this afternoon just blocks from San Francisco general hospital. One is a child. Someone drove the two to the emergency room, then took off. Injuries considered to be minor. A man is under arrest and police are looking for three suspects in connection with a Fatal Shooting in winsor the 31yearold was arrested on suspicion of accessory to murder. The 15yearold was shot in the chest and died in the hospital three others were hit in arms and legs. Three other suspects have been identified. Police believe this shooting is gang related. An Evacuation Order has been lifted from napa county. Its just 30 contained. Laura anthony is live with the latest on this fire. Laura . This is the Anderson Family home. The fireplace is the only thing still standing. If you go to touch it, its barely there. These folks feel like they were lucky to not be hurt and envelope to lose their home. Peter and Christine Anderson found nothing but rubble when the Family Vacation home had been standing. The house and that of a neighbor were both a total loss likely co s3med in early hours of the fire tuesday. Flames roared down hillside toward bucks canyon road. Doesnt look good. I built this house with my dad me, my brothers and dad in 1962. And have a lot of memories here. Christine anderson took time to take pictures at the spot where her fatherinlaw is buried. My job to stand next to peter and comfort him. Make him feel better. His loss is far greater than mine, im sure. Because of the memories for him. The andersons arent sure whether theyll rebuild. And they say the decision will be made as a family, with time. I have two brothers and a sister. Chances are wed be able to get insurance on it again because its isolated. Its not as bad as we thought it would be. A few miles away, this ramirez family was having a different experience, allowed to return home this morning. We got a call we can come back in. We can only, if we did, we can just stay and only leave in the morning if we had to go to work or something. The family is settled in but with active fires to the north they, and the families were told they should be ready to leave again, necessary. This is what is making residents feel nervous a plume of smoke behind me the fire moved through this area these fires we understand, the smek were seeing today as they fire operation by cal fire and other agencies here, that means that theyre actually setting those fires intentionally, trying to have the fire burn unto itself. I can tell you from being here that its better situation than it was in the last couple days. Firefighters from five Alameda County teams headed to napa county this morning to relieve some of the crews on the front lines two day days. This is video from this morning. Teams from oakland, livermore, pleasanton, and hayward well have coverage of the fire on air and online. Our coverage continues now on twitter on abc7 news bay area. In Southern California a fire burning destroyed two homes and threatened hundreds of others. The 100 acre fire began this morning near highway 78 and 200 homes have been evacuated tonight the fire is being evacuated. The oakland as will be staying at the coliseum a lease just approved today despite instructions to rejeft. Wayne . It was complicated but what matters is not how it begins but how it ends. This deal made by joint powers authority. There are the people that control the coliseum. Take a look at the past and now, the fore seeable future in oakland. Great. What matters is that there is a 10year deal including a rent drop from 1. 75 million to 1. 25 million in the last year. And the authority will pay a Million Dollars per year to upgrade muchneeded maintenance. I think it helps us to keep a team with a history of the city that have a staff here in the city of oakland and keep the team here playing in our city but the authority insists this is not just about dollars and cents. Have you to measure of value of a deal beyond that. There the authority said it could not have afforded to do that. Now, as in part of the deal will pay for 10 million and maintenance f they leave we get to see the score board. If they build a new stadium in oakland theyre off the hook. And on this site it has that flexibility. As agreed to lower amounts needed from any outside developer making a deposit from 0 million to 10 million. Maybe reducing amount of the deposit for a raiders deal allows for more flexibility. As have a new future and fans are happy. Having a Major League Team is prestige and oakland can use that. San jose mayor says he is confident as will end up in the south bay. San jose waiting for a Court Decision on Major League Baseballs exemption and says the city use that had to keep as out of the south bay. Were having a hearing on our lawsuit against Major League Baseball and i think the court will rule in our favor. Remains to be seen. Reid says lou wolf says he wants the team in san jose. Still to come a night of summer fun turning into terror. How five girls were injured by a fire pit. The problems, back up and why its so bad tonight. Im spencer christian. This 4th of july going to bring us weather ranging from warm to hot the accuweather forecast is coming up in just a moment. And preparations underway right now for tomorrows big 4th of july celebrations around the bay. Tillamook marionberry pie ice cream right nows ill explode into creamy happiness. Wha . Oh. Tillamook ice cream, tastes better because its made better. Holiday weekend Traffic Research is nur way this, is a look at traffic. A live look. As you can see, people heading to the lower deck of the bay bridge. Traffic is not moving much. And is better on 101 south. Taking a look at traffic maps you can see spots in red are those problem areas now. There are shut downs continuing until king street the road isnt going to reopen until monday so going to be a long weekend in and around that part of town. Jonathan bloom is live with the latest. Workers finished tearing a hole in the freeway now, the slow part. Forming a concrete and rebar to last another 50 or more years. Its kind of peaceful, but that is because traffic is directly below us. Theyre not fans of the traffic. Five Miles Per Hour, bad. Just tons of people. Instead of a cruise, a scenic tour with Close Friends who might have forgotten manners. Running red lights turning right. Yes. Then blocking lanes. Yes. Predicting the mess, giants asked fans to take cal train. The train is workers were pounding away, they werent the only ones update with a front row seat, adam gould set up his camera to shoot this time lapse. There is sparks falling. You know . Cranes picking up equipment. And setting it down. There is other work going on. Caltrans used a closure and trim trees. You can accomplish them a lot as far as maintenance goes. Now, the most important task, filling in that giant gap. I tell people is easy to think of these as solid objects. The fact they have a lot of moving parts. There are dozens of hinges. That is what theyre building here. When done, all youll see is a black line at the road. Adam gould is likely to see more sparks fly. In San Francisco, abc7 news. In campel, five members of a soft ball team gathered around a fire pit suffered burns when it suddenly explowed on the backyard of a home just after okay. The girls were roasting marshmallows over the natural gas pit w out warning it just blew up. Chunks of burning tile and lava rocks hit the victims. Weve used this 50 times in the four years its been here. Never a problem before. And talking with the fire chief, and police they never heard of such a thing. Two girls taken to the hospital and have been released. Fire works are ready to shine in San Francisco. There will be 10,000 fire works making it largest show in northern california. They will launch from two barges. And one of the largest parades in the bay area takes place in alameda, starting at 10 00 in the morning near alameda civic center. Its three miles long making it one of the longest in the country. That means theyll see 170 floats and 2500 participants. One is michael finney, this years grand marshal. Will be fun. Visit us online for a guide to july 4th activities here in the bay area, including parades and big fire works shows. We have information on the events where you can see some members of the abc7 news team. Yes. Were at Alameda County fair grounds. Im going to be out, too. Doing 4 00, 5 00, 6 00 p. M weather section. Im going to be here. Someone has to hold the fort down. Taking a look at sunny skies around the bay area on this 4th of july evening. A silver of low clouds there. Gusts up to 24 Miles Per Hour in san carlos now. And here is a view looking at way off in the distance, low clouds and fog. 61 in San Francisco. 65 oakland. And here is a lovely view of new, blue skies over the bay. 69 in napa. Low to mid80s in fairfield and livermore, another view you can see blue skies over the bay and inland areas. Some low clouds are working inland. Patches of fog continuing to move in overnight. Sunny for the area and hot inland. Hot air will bring us a big warm up starting saturday, continuing into next week. So look for clear skies around the bay and inland there will be fog at the coast trying to work over the bay. Most displays beginning at and temperatures in spots 50s and 60s so mild in areas here is a look at locations that are having fire works displays. Low to mid60s in san jose. Pick your spot and determine how you want to dress. Overnight, look for fog near the coast and some low temperatures. Mid to upper 80s. Low to mid60s on the coast. Mid60s in and around San Francisco. Here is the accuweather forecast. Heating up sunday and monday, highs into upper 90s and 80s around the bay. Thank you, Spencer Patel over immigration again what is being called ground 0 in the fight. Protestors plan to demonstrate as another bus of immigrants is due to arrive in the Southern California city of murietta. Residents blocked buses tuesday. Eric swalwell joined for a hearing in texas today the panel focus theed on the wave of unaccompanied children arriving from latin america. He asked a young boy he said he had come for a better life. Texas governorq rick perry says the federal government needs to return people. Allowing to remain here will only encourage the next group of individuals to undertake this very, very dangerous and life threatening injury texas put state Law Enforcement along the border to heighten security. Dozens of people became americas newest citizens today. U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Service swore in 79 of americas newest citizens in Great America amusement park. California congressman mike honda spoke about honor, commitment and the power of the vote. The theme repeated itself often. Better live in america. And just able to vote. Its been a while. So this is my dream come true. Adding more voices to phone shall voters to help decide policy in this country. Still to come a record breaking day on wall street. Big job numbers but what does it mean for your money . Developing news on the east coast. Good evening, well start on the east coast. Hurricane arthur has just grown to a category 2 storm. Winds hitting 100 Miles Per Hour. Storm warnings up along east coast as far as cape cod. As hurricane arthur makes its way up the east oeft, vacations are packing up and leaving. Drivers are stocking up on gas, lining up after a mandatory evacuation was issued today ht of people are planning to ride out the storm. As long as we stay away from waves we should be okay. They predict it will strengthen as it smacks outer banks with 1009 Miles Per Hour winds tomorrow. We want you to be prepared arthur left behind a danger for millions of Holiday Beach growers movement is going to create a lot of wells with red flags along 500 miles of store displays have been postponed and in boston, moving up one day, to today to avoid a 4th of july wash out. Kirk hawkins in nags head, North Carolina. This is a look from space its a large storm about 150 miles across. This photo of the storm was tweeted from the International Space station. Several east coast cities are making quick changes because of hurricane arthur. And several events will be cancelled or postponed. The Dow Jones Industrial average giving Many Americans a reason to celebrate the dow reached a milestone, closing above 17,000. Remarkable day on wall street. The optimism came a report showing the economy added 288,000 jobs in june. However, here in the bay area that is tempered. David louie is looking at who is doing well. Its lunchtime in san jose. People are looking for lunch. More workers, more customers, more jobs. Just over a year ago, downtown had about 75,000 businesses. We have 84,000. That is led to food and low sure sector. Latest numbers show government created most jobs, 1600 followed by health care and construction. Still, are jobless. I think its starting to recover. I dont know where it was in 2008. Its because your jobless friends give you that sense of feel something yes. Yes. The almost of surprise could create a set back. There is a situation in washington. The fed, if job Growth Continues the way it has been, will increase rates. Its hard to know how the economy can respond to that. There is a surprise, whether europe, or something in the middle east. Another issue some thought might hurt recovery was raising the minimum wage last year, however, jobs grew after this put 400 more in paychecks each month. There is room for improvement. There are still 680,000 americans who have given up looking for work. Its Graduation Day for 38 recruits. The honorary graduate pinned a badge on his 8yearold. He is suffering from a grave illness. Okay. What do you want to do as a Police Officer . The new officer vowed to protect, honor, serve communities and families including emilio. What a sweet kid he says he wants to work oakland as game. Nice. Coming up, its being called an act of revenge were hearing from family members of a Palestinian Teen killed in response to death of three israeli teens what theyre 200 u. S. Military advisors now on the ground in iraq. U. S. Defense secretary says theyre establishing a joint Operations Center with iraqis in baghdad but not involved in combat operations. And military Officials Say isis made progress and Rapid Advances in its efforts to take over that region but now stretched in abilities to control the land taken family members are pleading for justice after a palestinian boy was kidnaped and found dead near jerusalem. Family members believe he was murdered in retaliation for the killings of three israeli teens this week. He fought back tears speaking how his 16yearold cousin was found mohammed. It wasnt fair. Had nothing to do with him. Nudge of this had anything to do with him. His body found badly burned on wednesday. This is a picture during happier times when he visited mohammed last year. It wasnt an adult. This is a child. His family moved here to escape the palestinianisraeli conflict. They believe mohammeds killing was retaliation for the death of three israeli teens whose bodies were found on wednesday. Why is he the victim . Because wrong place at the wrong time . Or he was just vulnerable . A little child . 90 pounds. He was heading to a mosque when three men kidnapped him his body has not been retur

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