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KGO ABC7 News 600PM August 14, 2014

We have to reassess that. So im comfortable. I know the pd is comfortable. We need to grow and look at again. Passengers assume theyre present. Only two officers per shift walk the terminals. Do you see officers . No. I have not. But theyre not, you know visible in terms of uniforms. Some want to see the city accountable for airport security. I think san jose needs to look at what theyre doing, and take responsibility that every passenger going through that terminal feels theyre safe getting on that plane. I dont know that that is the case right now. And by the way, the woman who flew from san jose to los angeles without a ticket is paying the price the 62yearold received a 177 day jail sentence after add it mitting she violated probation a judge ordered her to stay away from lavm unless they had a ticket to fly. Police say she tried to speak on to three flights bound for hawaii. A young man was honored in San Francisco just as he was taken off life support, after being beaten. Police are now investigating the death as a homicide they say they have surveillance video. Police say when Brian Higgins was found there were no signs he had been beaten, only when receiving video monday evening they laufrnled a criminal investigation, which is now a homicide investigation. This afternoon, friends turned out to pay respects. It was a mostly silent vij yichlt a chance for friends to honor a young man many few as feather. You would see him walking around, wearing feathers he was found unconscious on dubois avenue and church street. Identified after a social media campaign. His condition did not improve. To touch him again to, see him again, i believe his soul has transcended. The dubois park ceremony coincided with the moment higgins was removed from life support, pronounced dead this afternoon. Police say this is now a homicide, they have leads on this suspect. This Police Department had surveillance that showed the person was a victim of a crime. Police have not released a video and are now looking for more image thats could track down a suspect. They only started a criminal investigation after someone shared the video with them. Friends say they thought he suffered a medical episode. Did it look he had been assaulted . Not particularly. About 100 people participated in this weekends vigil. Contra costa deputies just released pictures of two home burglary suspects after using something they stole. Here they are. Detectives say the two broke into a home, stealing jewelry and a wallet, and used a credit card from that wallet at walmart. Deputies ask you to call them. Well, twitter said today it has suspended several accounts because of disturbing images and attacks sent to Robin Williams daughter, zelda. Twitter says it will expand policies to improve support for family members of deceased users. Overnight, zelda signed off twitter and instagr machlt with this message, know, some small giggling part of him is sending a flock of pythons to your house to poop on your car after youve had it washed. Most people have been paying tributes to Robin Williams. The owner says hell allow the contribute United States to remain until saturday. Fans continue to pay respects. So loved here. He was wonderful. Im happy to be here in a way. Its sad im here. Its my final farewell. Its sad. A collection of flowers and messages keep on growing as well. Here is what it looked like this morning. Williams was spotted often in the Outer Richmond neighborhood. Candle stick park is getting set for the Paul Mccartney concert tomorrow night. If you plan to use uber, be warned. Here is the stadium this morning. You can see chairs have been put out on the field. Were live with more on that. Alisa . A lot of People Choose on demand Ride Services but keep on eye on surge pricing that can turn aride into a very expensive trip. Paul mccartney bids farewell to the arena. The concert is expected to draw 49,000 fans. Concert growers will tell you it. The rides can get expensive. Screen shots posted on twitter. This trip cost just 391 a ninemile trip, 470. Oh, my god. How do you get up there . I have a friend almost at 200 for a short trip. Prices skyrocket in areas with high demand. Sometimes, 3, 4, 5 times more than usual. Add in ride times and mileage. If you buy a flight its probably ten times more expensive. The ceo says without the pricing there would be no veilibility. This is big, bold letters and images really clear. Have you to confirm it. A user accepts the rate before getting into the car. Its fair if people are willing to pay for it. Then, you know that is what theyre willing to pay. If cabs go away because were not able to compete then only rich people, or people with a lot of money are going to be able to afford transportation. Both launched carpool option thats will group riders into the same car. Now, in if you want to go to the concert there are still Tickets Available if youre willing to pay up. 49,000 people are expected on thursday for the stadiums farewell concert. Demand is very. At stub hub, from 100 to 5,000. But be warned who you buy from. Hes kind of worried about something. No one knows theyre counterfeit until you walk into the make sure you can contact the person if there is a problem with the ticket. Golden state warriors issued a fraud alert about bogus basketball tickets. Dont buy single game tickets, they warn, from anyone other than the team or broker. Also, aerosmith cancelled a show at Concord Pavilion because their drummer is having heart complications. Paul mccartney here. Listen, im going to be coming to candle stick park. Were closing it down. Candle stick. Its going to be emotional and a great night. Were going to rock very special memories, as you know. Of candle stick park. So come along, be a part of it. That is cool. Iet was the sight of the beatles final concert in 1966. No date has been set but it will be sometime next year and demolition bids being accepted now through next month. But what a fun time. Yes. It will. Still ahead tonight Bay Area School systems coming to grips with a refugee issue. Sudden surge in red light runners being caught on the peninsula. Getting answers as to what is going wrong with cameras. Im sandhya patel. Temperatures inching up getting closer to the weekend. Well take a look at the pattern in just a moment. If youre having problem was a battery, one device, maybe youve never thought of this. Its that new battery, also School Districts across the country are bracing for an influx of unaccompanied minors a fair number expected to enroll in oakland where Laura Anthony found a full time consultant will be hired just to handle the needs. We have a moral imperative to educate these kids when in here in the United States. With registration just a day away, administrators at Oakland International high school are preparing for packed classrooms, in part due to a surge in the number of unaccompanied minors coming to the bay area. Iets not a new demographic were working with, but the spike in numbers is new for us. There are so many of them coming in. So quickly. Administrators at Oakland International airport expect the school will admit traps a majority of the teenagers, mostly boys arriving in the bay area to stay with family members or guardians. Because oakland has a sizeable Central American community theyre leaving the centers in texas and coming to oakland. The district plans to hire a special consultant that will be paid 45 an hour which is an an exto tra expense for the district. Its something the strict is going to have to think about if schools are getting full where we havent started, how are we going to address this . And serve these students . Federal law requires the young immigrants be educated as long as theyre here, and going through the legal process. An unexplained spike in red light camera tickets is getting attention from a state lawmaker. Were live now from millbrae. You finally got an answer in the city about what is going on . Some answers but not all of them. This is millbrae avenue. We told you about this huge spike in the number of violations here. 900 to be exact. The city gave us answers that drivers will not like. They have assured us the system is functioning correctly. The cameras are not only operational, but the city says theyre working better than ever they say it was struck, and damaged by a truck in april, taken down three weeks, then replaced. When new camera was installed it was repositioned and captured more violations the city spokesperson says that accounts for the spike the following month, in may. Camera placed there is capturing the motorists. Drivers making rolling rights, otherwise known as california stops violation thats cost the least number of collisions. There are three lanes you can turn right on two of them. There have been cameras on each of the lanes one lane you expect dreefrs to run through lights. There is no camera dedicated to this lane of traffic. When crossing directly through an intersection, that is a very dangerous tbone type of accident. Potential is, could be devastating. State senator jerry hill authored a bill and says they should use red light runners for traffic safety. I take exception when theyre used as revenue generators looking at situations where theyre not dangerous. The city of millbraes position is that running a red light is the same. We head closer to the weekend, nice, and mild. Look behind you. Just a beautiful spot. Yes. That is nice. Yes. Its coming back in. Coast will remain comfortable throughout the weekend. Live doppler 7 hd, clouds around, theyre just passing through the bay area. Take a look at this view. Were seeing fog redeveloping. Here is a look at the readings, 65 San Francisco. 71 oakland. And its a great day for sailing looking towards the bay. 70s in santa rosa and napa. And from our camera, blue skies. Fog in the morning near average temperatures for the weekend you know weve been running cooler than average, especially inland. There is a cold front bringing us clouds. High pressure starts to build in. It will get warmer so do enjoy temperatures coming up to where they should be. Tomorrow morning a foggy start. Temperatures in the 50s and back to school time means you might want to bundle them then with a thin extra layer. They can lose the layer once it starts to warm up. Be aware of the fog and there could be spotty drizzle. 60s tomorrow afternoon. Like today, lingering fog. Inland highs into upper 80s by friday, well get 90s back in the picture. 85 loss fwat yoes. Palo alto, redwood city, upper 70s. North bay, 60s around the coast. And into the 80s around santa rosa. Fremont inland spots, a beautiful day. Warmer than today. 86 degrees in fairfield looking at the accuweather forecast, mid60s coast. Summer micro climates but well just keep it steady as she comes as tan likes to call it. Its going to be nice weather. Or, low and slow. Yes. There you go. Just ahead controversial decision due tonight in the Fremont School district. Yes. Over a book some parents say goes too fa it makes me happy to i like feeling smart. Internet essentials from comcast has brought lowcost Internet Access to over 1. 4 million lowincome people at home. Internet essentials helped me progress in my schoolwork. It helped my grades move higher. Today its the largest Broadband Adoption program in america. It helped me a lot. Comcast. Helping to bridge the digital divide. There will be less money for water storage but voters will see a new water bond in november. Leaders reach aid comp price to put a revamped water bond before voters calling for 7. 5 billion for 2. 7 billion dedicated to new reservoirs. Gf brown says he wanted a smaller bond and california is in the third year of drought. Fremont School Board Meets in just minutes to consider the fate of a controversial textbook the board is expected to require changes to the book or choose not to use it. Parents say the sex ed indication chapter. It looks like the threat of a strike ended at macys. United food and commercial Union Announced a tentative agreement. Workers threatened to walk off jobs over a proposal to he limb naigs nate commissions for sales people the union says it won significant wage increases. Macys today cut Sales Forecast after earnings failed to makeup for a weak first quarter. Tonight a new round of layoffs in the technology sector, Cisco Systems plans to cut 8 of the work force around the world. Today reporting a property of 2. 8 billion but says sales were down in china. On wall street, nasdaq added 44, s and p went up, 12. Amazon introduced a new device, amazon local register, its a card reader putting amma son in competition with pay pal, and square. And burger king says its getting rid of the low fat fries sales have been weak and only a third of the franchises opted to keep them on the menu. Taking a look at the growing humanitarian crisis in iraq. What will the United States do to help . Extreme weather what. People are contending with tonight after getting more than a foot of rain. Also, a bay area doctor who is fighting to end the spread of the deadly ebola virus. For them, its become personal. Stay with us. Another half hour. New york times is reporting u. S. Air strikes and come. Rdish fighters have broken the siege on top of the mountain, but officials confirm the situation there is desperate. Being called an exodus of biblical proportions. U. S. Troops are now in iraq to assess the humanitarian crisis the white house is looking at options for evacuating uziti refugees trapped on mount sinjar. We dont believe its sustainable to have Permanent Air drops kurdish officials estimate 10,000 to 20,000 people are still on the mountain, lacking food and shelter. And prompting humanitarian aid drops. As well as desperate, chaotic and dangerous evacuations. So far, u. S. Involvement has been largely focused on completing air strikes on isis targets. People are looking for the u. S. The white house says president obama is waiting before deciding his next step. Were looking at using u. S. Military personnel to assess the best way to provide them with assistance. The situation is growing more dire by the minute. Its reportedly captured additional villages. Thousands of iraqis leave their own country. In washington im tori donan reporting. Despite senator feinsteins call to take on isis forcefully, most bay area democrats are opposed to sending troops to iraq. Congressman Jackie Speier says she supports humanitarian mission but remains oppose putting boots on the ground isis is very, very, dangerous terrorist organization. If we can take steps to cripple them, im supportive of that. I do not want to see us engaged in another war. Yesterday in, San Francisco, House Minority leader nancy pell yoes ease said combat troops to iraq was unacceptable. Others like congressman barbara lee want president obama to secretional approval. More than 13 inches of rain swamped parts of new york in just hours two. Deaths are blamed on down pours that pounded parts of the north and southeast. Long island today saw record rainfall, baltimore had its wettest day in 80 years. Some underestimated the threat. I just kept driving. That was dumb, because then, my car died and i was just stuck here. I called the police i didnt know what else to do. If i dont rain this hard, were fine. When you get flood, and rain, there aint much you can do. Some say the rain storms will be more common as our planets temperatures rise allowing atmosphere to hold more evaporated moisture. Overnight thunderstorms helped dampen wildfires in the northwest but brought thousands of strikes and did not do much for the fires burning here, in california. In oregon a hiker was killed in a flash flood near portland, trying to get to a popular water fall when swept off of a foot bridge. His body found downstream. And in number number a wall of water washing away a cafeteria. Look at a doctor leading the fight against ebola died in sierra leone. It has claimed more than a thousand lives guinea closed its border with sierra leone, leaving some travellers stranded. And nick smith caught up with a bay area doctor with a medical team battling ebola right now. Too many friends die. Its really disheartening. For dr. Kelly, the fight to end the spread of the virus is personal. It inspires me to get on a plane and go to seera lee yoen this, is about the worst humanitarian crisis weve seen connected to ebola in history. Today, officials met to discuss the extent of the outbreak. Its a disease for poor people and poor countries. Its the main challenge. The a tennessee doctor who came facetoface is out of quarantine and talking about his ordeal. Lost what time of day it was, day, or night it was difficult. Kelly says workers and volunteers are putting themselves at risk to treat patients and fight the disease and next week, hell be among them, making a dozen trips since the outbreak. There are so many battles were facing in this war. Success to me is winning all of the small battles along the way. A war between science and a virus showing no signs of slowing down. Success is when we see no more people die of ebola. Other workers digging in for what may be a long fight. In berkeley, nick smith, abc7 news. Well, just ahead here tonight a bay area man left paralyzed by a College Football injury. Tonight, his special connection to is it the biting . We need to break up. Cuz i can stop . No i love you and your show. Its cable. Customers are more satisfied with uverse. Switch and we can Stay Together forever. Forever . Ow. Im not gonna lie to you. Its also the biting. Break up with cable. Choose uverse tv from 19 a month for 2 years. Ingstheyre called winglets. At the end of the wings . 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