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KGO ABC7 News 600PM September 1, 2015

Mirkarimi two weeks after the murder urged him to rescind his policy of not even notifying ice. The sheriffs policy is that casual note ficks violate the due process law. If were not honoring the ice hold was out the back door saying pick someone up, that is in contrast to what the intent is. Reporter other county sheriffs agreed to notify ice when inmates are planning for possible deportation. San mateos policy changed after steinles death. Once an illegal immigrant is booked into county jail there, deputies will notify ice. Then, well send the release date for that person. If theyre in custody. And its up to ice to come, pick up that person. Reporter we have learned the steinle family will be filing its lawsuit tomorrow against sheriff Ross Mirkarimi and others, holding them accountable for Kate Steinles murder. Vic, thank you. A police chase throughout the Fruitvale Station this afternoon. The chase started when officers received a call about a home burglary in progress at seminary avenue. The suspect ran from the car after parking at the bart station. Officers found him hiding behind other cars and a witness was brought to help identify that suspect. Caught on camera tonight, an altercation between a bicyclist and driver in the Marina District friday night during critical mass. Police say their hands are tied because no one filed a complaint. Abc7 News Reporter lyann Lyanne Melendez has the details. Reporter according to california law, no victim, no crime. Woo reporter it was peaceful until a group of cyclists started to ride against traffic. A scene in this video, one cyclist gets upset that the driver of a zip car tries to inch forward. Before long, others surround the car. With nowhere to go, the driver tries to back up and go around them, that is when things get woi worse. Reporter one smashes his bike against the car. Zip car issued a statement saying with any incident of this kind, the well being of anyone involved is our top concern. Supervisor mark farrell represents the Marina District. Were looking into it, working with the Police Department to make sure we gather as much information as we can. And talk about appropriate steps to move forward. Reporter neither the driver nor zip car filed a complaint, meaning police cant move forward with the investigation. Other groups did not want to comment, but acknowledged that bicyclists must go with the flow and ride in the same direction as traffic. Since june, captain don stanford of the park station has been working with both drivers and bicyclists, practicing mutual respect. We dont get anywhere yelling at each other. We have to be able to come together and have to be able to talk and collaborate together. Reporter in San Francisco, abc7 news. A teenager has admitted to setting a fire that did a Million Dollar in damage to two adjoining schools in los gatos. Authorities say a 17yearold and friends went to smoke marijuana. No one had any. They decided to set a card board box on fire to stay warm. The teenager placed smoldering ashes in a trash can and the resulting fire spread to the gym and buildings. This was the built. Classes were cancelled today at both schools. Officials have not yet announced whether chass will resume tomorrow. A former secret Service Agent pleaded guilty to stealing nearry a Million Dollars on the job. Sean bridges pleaded guilty to Money Laundering and obstruction of business. It happened while investigating silk road, a website that allows transactions over the internet. He admitted to cashing 20,000 bit coins which he cashed for 820,000. Singer chris brown is being sued for a shooting in a concert. Video shows the nightclub. Five people were hit. A 22yearold was shot in the foot claiming permanent injury and Emotional Trauma accusing the ren yu of being oversold and not providing enough security. The state fined pg and e for not beefing up security in a substation that has been attacked and burglarized. The California Public Utilities Commission says pg and e has not done enough to keep the metcalfe station secure. In august of last year, someone broke into the substation and stole 40,000 worth of equipment. Santa clara county is threatening to lock out the contractor responsible for a multi Million Dollar construction project at valley medical center, claiming delays are costing tens of millions of dollars. David louie is live in san jose. David . Reporter the finger pointing is going in both directions. The contractor says the county is to blame for delays. The new building is supposed to be open two years ago. If you go inside, youll see its far from complete. Its hard to imagine this facility being ready in three weeks but the county is blaming Turner Construction for multiple delays. Executives are threatening to lock out the contractor in a week. You make a choice of doing damage to the county and to the patient in the hospital. And by not completing this project. I think its inexcusable. Reporter the county estimates its losing 36 million a year in revenues. Levis stadium offered financial incentives to speed up construction. Turner, the general contractor there holds many of its subcontractors and our project, we believe got neglected while theyre trying to get an additional premium for levis. Reporter its an allegation Turner Construction denies and fired back the county shuffled project leaders creating a frustrating situation ever. The county is threatening to hire another contractor to finish the work. What were not going to do, you know, is dupe the staff and public. We think the way to do this is as we tried to do this morning sit down with the county, with mr. Smith and others and figure out a path forward. Reporter in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. A San Francisco task force rolled out its first attempt to track human trafficking, identifying 291 survivors of human trafficking. 78 of them had been involved with sex trafficking. Others used as labors. 79 were under age 25, half of those under 18. Mayor ed lee calls it a landmark report. Southwest Airlines Passengers shaken by a collision at Oakland International airport alerted crews that something was wrong. The jet departing for Orange County clipped the wing of another plane. Were live at Oakland International airport with those eye witnesses accounts. Katie . Reporter the wing clip accident is similar to one that happened in Southern California two months ago. Of the 300 daily flights flying out of, and into Oakland International airport, southwest makes up two thirds of those flights. So, they have a safety record, and this type of incident is incredibly rare. Delayed flights are nothing new but the reason these passengers found themselves at the counter is a bit unsettling. Passengers are telling us weve been hit. And that a piece of plane was missing. Nobody wants to fly like this with only part of the wing. Reporter passengers snapped photos of a snapped wing tip. Were backing up just about ten seconds from the gate. And jolts. Reporter southwest flight 2674 tried to depart around 10 30 for a trip to Orange County. We looked and saw the wing tip on the right side coming up. Reporter southwest released few details but says the planes are out of service and undergoing maintenance checks. A spokesperson would in the answer questions. We had to flag down a Flight Attendant and say that is not supposed to look like that. Reporter in june, a similar collision happened in burbank between two southwest jets, involving the wing lifts. It increases the swing span by about five feet. Oakland Officials Say the extra few feet should not be a factor in the collision. In oakland, abc7 news. Still ahead tonight on abc7 news at 6 00 a new culprit in the mishap that closed a peninsula freeway. A project on hold, and they may have to close it again, too. Hundreds of prisoners on death row. Only 13 executions does the long wait at san quentin make the Death Penalty unconstitutional in california . A tax support scam uses an audio warning and pop ups to get a federal Appeals Court began a review of the california Death Penalty. Not whether its fair to put someone to death but fair to make them wait so long to die. Reporter carlos grant in los angeles has the story from pasadena. 746 people on californias death row. Waiting for the execution. Its a long wait. The average time from start to finish in state courts exceeds 20 years. Reporter Michael Lawrence argued the Death Penalty is unconstitutional because of delays. A federal judge ruled last year the system is dysfunctional and results in unpredictable delays. Since reinstated in 1978, 900 people have been sentenced to death. 13 have been executed. We have a huge influx of cases into the system. We wont find that system to give them lawyers. Reporter this case involves earnest dwyane jones, convicted of rape and murder in 1995. The state says the review is long because that is what the law requires. California insists on a thorough review of every capitol conviction and sentence but those facts do not establish that the system is arbitrary or produces random results. Reporter today, the judges question whether it should be at the federal level in the first place. The state feels the issue needs to go to the california supreme court. Everybody knows that there is a problem with california Death Penalty, but there are procedures and the state is arguing, and having the courts decide the issue. Reporter now both sides are waiting for the courts to decide. People here figure it will take several weeks. Reporting from pasadena, abc7 news. The investigation into a construction accident that downed power lines and closed highway 101 continues tonight. The lines fell after a tower was clipped. The freeway closed friday night and last night for repairs. Abc7 News Reporter Sergio Quintana is live from burlingame into what happened. Sergio . Reporter once the work was done here by pg and e this morning and highway 101 reopened pg and e cleared out, installing those poles and restrung the cables. You may notice that this work site now is empty. That is because the whole project is now on pause for that investigation. There is a large scrape on the back of this excavator. Investigators are piecing together what led up to that collision. We want to find out the time line of what happened leading up to the accident. Were working with pg and e to determine what all we had to change because of the accident. Reporter engineers are figuring out if they have to make adjustments to the bridge project so crews can work around the poles set up this weekend. The operator has not been identified and the subcontractor has not replied to several requests for comment. They have been investigated twice for minor safety issues but only had to pay one 225 penalty. Now, the project is on hold for the Ongoing Investigation and assessment of the damages and delays. Pg and e is going to have to total up their damages to their property, and there will possibly be other people filing claims for lost time, lost business. Reporter pg and e wrapped up their work here today but those new poles are just a temporary fix. Were going to have to come back here in the coming months and construct a new metal tower. Reporter when they do build the new tower there is a chance highway 101 may be shut down again but that may not happen until the project is completed, scheduled for 2017. In burlingame, abc7 news. Nerve wracking moments in oakland after a report of a baby trapped in a car. Police responded by smashing the window of the car on 22 street and Martin Luther king way. They realize the baby was a life like doll. That looks so real. Yes. That will fool you. Yes. Absolutely. Lets talk about the weather forecast. Spencer christian is here. Its september tomorrow. Where has the time gone . Weve got lovely latesummer weather right now. Sunny skies across the bay area. You can hardly find a cloud. This view from our sutro tower camera looking towards the golden gate, there is a hint of light and low clouds coming in through the golden gate now. 66 in San Francisco. 71 across the bay this oakland. 77 in san jose. 64 at half moon bay. Here is the view perfect our east bay hills camera looking towards mount diablo. Its 85 in santa rosa. Napa, 76. Fairfield, 87. Livermore, 85. Here is the view looking along the bay bridge downtown San Francisco. And these are our forecast features. Mild to warm, cooler weather settling in mid week. Continuing into about the end of the week and weekend getting a warm up going into labor day. Here is a water vapor satellite image showing a trough in the jet stream. There is cooler air in the area on its way to bring us a cool down. Here is our animation, by wednesday, thursday, highs dropping below average. Friday we start to rebound a little bit. Sunday, will be warm and summer like again. Patches of low clouds and fog developing at the coast moving out across the bay. Low temperatures into upper 50s. Some warmer inland locations will probably not see temperatures dropping below 60 degrees. Tomorrow, will be sunny skies and mild to warm in the south bay. Highs from upper 70s to about mid80s in morgan hill and gilroy. 79 in san jose. 78 in redwood city. Palo alto and mountain view. Mild on the coast. But that is very, very mild. Mid to upper 60s generally. In the north bay, well see mid to upper 60s to inland valleys. On the east bay, highs reaching 74 degrees at oakland. About 75 up at hercules. 79 castro valley. Inland east bay into mid to upper 80s. And 87 in antioch. Here is the accuweather forecast. A drop down to low 80s. And inland areas warming up again heading into the weekend. By sunday, monday, high temperatures in the low 90s inland. Warriors home game will be on the road. Yes. What theyve got planned for the south bay. Stay its a good looking car. . This is the model rear end event. The model year end sales event. Its year end its the rear end event. Year end, rear end, check it out. Talk about turbocharging my engine. Youre gorgeous. What kind of car do you like . New, or many miles on it . The volkswagen model year end sales event ends on labor day. So hurry in to your local volkswagen dealer today. Tesla is asking for support from the white house. It has been selling cars in china since last year, china prohibits foreign auto makers from manufacturing cars there unless there is a chinese partner. Ford and General Motors has partners but tesla does not. According to wall street journal they want president obama to raise the issue when he meets with chinese president at the white house next month. Residents on lombard street now have help in patrolling the crooked section. Their job is to help keep tourists safe from cars while taking pictures. Theyre walking backwards down the street theyre going to be there to shepherd that process. Reporter theyre also there to deter crime. They wont carry weapons. The crooked part of lombard street has seen an increase in break ins. If youre a Golden State Warriors fan you wont have to drive so far to see them next month. The warriors announced theyll play their opening game in san jose. The game against toronto is more than a month away. First 10,000 fans will get a bobbel head of steph curry wearing a sharks jersey. Those look cool. There is more still to come. A surprise audience with the pope. California catholics didnt know theyll be speaking with the pontiff themselves. President obama arriving on a trip to alaska and catching heat tonight for what hes done there. And Michael Finney will show us a new computer scam that pops up on the screen [extracurricular activitiessands help provide a sense of identity and a path to success. Joining the soccer team. Getting help with math. Going to prom. I want to learn to swim. Its hard to feel normal. When you cant do the normal things. [announceto help, sleep train is collecting donations for the extra activities that for most kids are a normal part of growing up. Not everyone can be a foster parent. But anyone can help a foster child. Today, hundreds of people got face time with pope francis, he live streamed a feed to take questions from people in texas, and los angeles. Bob hays has more on the virtual papal visit. Reporter he is a man referred by half a billion people. Meaning the odds of an average joe talking with the pope are as mom c mom astronomical. Today was very shocking. Reporter this was an exclusive virtual audience set up by abc news. The pontiff taking questions and listening to stories from people in chicago, texas and los angeles. Its a precursor to the up coming visit to the states in september. He cant go everywhere he wanted to go. Three cities were selected where he can reach out to people. Reporter 100 people backed the arts center near downtown l. A. To be part of the virtual audience with the pope, including single mom rosemary and her two daughters. Just humble. Gentle. Nice, kind. I always wanted to speak to the pope. There i was, just standing and talking to the pope. Reporter most people had in idea theyd be taking part in the conversation with the pope. The event was secret until the last minute. 19yearold marcus couldnt believe it he found himself tossing a question to the pontiff. Reporter do you ever think youd talk to the pope . Of course not.

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