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KGO ABC7 News 800AM May 16, 2015

So, what you experienced yesterday will be close to todays numbers as well. Upper 60s for you. Well below the average high of 75. Unfortunately, were cool all week until next weekend. And ill have the details coming up. Chris . Frances, thank you. Police in vallejo are investigating the kidnapping of a 10yearold girl who was later found safe. The girl told investigators she was walking home from school on lorenzo drive yesterday afternoon. She said a man drove up and pulled her into a red newer model coupe. The girl managed to escape and made her way to a friends house where she was later found. She described the suspect as a black man in his 30s with a gold nose ring and a green Dragon Tattoo on his left arm. New this morning, Vallejo Police have arrested a second suspect in the killing of a High School Senior this week. 17yearold max russ was shot on a trail near jesse bethel high school. He died a short time later. Police have arrested 19yearold Zachary Kroll during a traffic stop friday morning. Police say the two knew each other but do not know what led to the shooting. Investigators say a 16yearold boy from suisan city was arrested before 6 00 last night and hes the second suspect in the killing. The teen was booked into Solano County juvenile hall. Friends and family have called for an end to the violence. Im hurt and heartbroken. Imagine his parents. They did everything for him to live his whole life and one bullet, just one bullet, took his life. Rusks family said max did not feel safe at the school but the superintendent responded by saying its a safe place with a Strong Security presence. New this morning Rohnert Park Police are investigating after a Home Invasion robbery and assault. It happened at around 10 00 last night on mathias place. Police say two suspects wearing bandanas over their faces forced their way into a home armed with a hand gun and two knives. The suspect rounded up the homes seven occupants and assaulted them demanding money and electronics. They managed to get away. One occupant suffered minor injuries. Breaking overnight a senior isis leader is dead following a raid in Eastern Syria by u. S. Special operations forces. The u. S. National Security Council says abu saif who was in charge of isis oil and gas operations was killed in the fighting. His wife was captured and taken to iraq for interrogation. A woman who appeared to have been held as a slave by the couple was freed by military forces conducting the raid. No u. S. Personnel were killed or injured. About a dozen isis fighters were killed in the firefight. 8 03 is our time. New this morning an Egyptian Court has sentenced Mohammed Morsi to death for his role in a prison break. 15 other defendants received the Death Penalty for the 2011 inls dent. Morsi briefly rose to power in 2012 as egypts first democratically elected president but he was overthrown after a military coup one year later. The death sentence will go to egypts top religious cleric for confirmation. Three people are recovering this morning after the vehicle they were traveling in went over an embankment in oakland. According to the mercury news the accident happened after 5 40 yesterday evening in the area of glenn oaks and wild currant way. Take a look at this video. Fire Officials Say the van was traveling on the street above and making a uturn when it lost control, crashed through a railing and rolled down an embankment. We know one man and two women were inside the vehicle. One of them made it out okay but the other two were trapped. Initial concerns were is that when we first got here that vehicle was very unstable and had the high potential of rolling on the victims and on tom of top of our crews. We stablized the vehicle and the patients and developing rescue sis tempt to bring them down and successful and brought all three down on a very controlled and safe operation. No word yet on the extent of the passengers injuries. Good samaritans were quick to intervene when they saw a chaotic scene on a bay area bus thursday afternoon. It happen at monterey and west 2nd in morgan hill when a passenger attacked the bus driver. Weve got the dramatic video that shows what happened. Reporter this video taken by a passenger stuck in traffic shows a chaotic scene as a fight ensues on a crowded bus. I looked over and i seen this guy, you know, pretty much on top of the bus driver. Yelling to him stop the bus or im going to stab you ill kill you art nosal owner of mr. Fa la fal were preparing food when they rushed over to hurt. They say the erratic passenger threatened the bus driver with a pen and threw this windshield wiper at his head for trying to intervene. Nasal who lost his right leg years ago in a motorcycle accident didnt think twice about his safety. Somebody was ready to get assaulted im not just going to stand there. Reporter William Lawrence said he knew he had to act fast when he saw the man grab a metal pipe normally used to break the bus wond in case of an emergency. The bar would hurt somebody. Reporter so he came up from behind and pushed the man off the bus. He was running down monterey road. Reporter luckily no one was hurt on the commute home on bus 68. Commendable that they showed concern and were trying to be helpful. Reporter morgan hill Police Arrested the man who is now undergoing a psychiatric evaluation. Janet oh abc 7 news. Police say a Flight Instructor stole a plane and disappeared. Will mcadams took off in a small cessna from the palo alto airport last friday. It was last seen near the mexico border. His sister fears the 24yearold may have crashed. Palo alto police are coordinating with the u. S. Coast guard in the search effort. San Francisco Police say they will be cracking down on bad behavior at the 103rd annual bay to breakers tomorrow. Bad behavior wasnt likely on the minds of the huge crowd of runners who flooded ft. Mason yesterday to pick up their race packets. More than 110,000 people are signed up for the race. Thousands more will show up for the party. The race begins at 8 00 tomorrow morning at main and howard. As always there will be plenty of street closures so if youre coming into the city plan ahead. Muni plans on adding service and b. A. R. T. Will also open for business earlier than usual. Some other good news communication should be a lot better this year. At t is bringing in an additional cell tower to handle all of the texts tweets, and postings to insta gram. Now to sports and the sensational performance of the Golden State Warriors. This was the scene earlier this morning as the doves returned home from memphis. You can see Klay Thompson and steph curry coming out the doors there. The team landed at Oakland International around 4 00 this morning. Green spoke briefly about last nights vinctctory. It was a great win and we fought adversity throughout the series and to come back and win three games after losing two in a row says a lot about this teams character and, you know, a lot about the goals that we want to continue to pursue. The doves are heading to the western conference finals for the first time in nearly 40 years. Well, the doves dominated the grizzlies with steph curry showing everyone why hes the mvp. Curry made the incredible look routine last night. Check it out final seconds of the Third Quarter the grizzlies were making a run and curry stunned the crowd in memphis with a 62footer to end the quarter. By the way this is a shot that steph practices all the time when he finishes at oracle. But he hasnt hit one in a game since college. For practice apparently paid off with that shot helping the team to close out the best of seven conference semifinals with a 10895 victory. Abc7 news sports director will have more on game six and last nights victory coming up later this hour. You may have heard the sounds of celebration coming from your neighbors house or the local restaurants and bars. Abc7 News Reporter allen wong was in emeryville where the east bay was jumping for joy over last nights win. Reporter warriors havent celebrated like this in years. We are at chevys tonight in emeryville with 7 on our side, yeah, baby what steph curry made a shot i was so happy. Reporter golden state now moves on to the western conference finals. Theyll play either the Houston Rockets or the l. A. Clippers who knocked them out of the playoffs last year. Oh, my god, i think it will be, like awesome drama with the clippers and i would love for them to kick their butts. We want to get the job done. You want a little revenge . Yes. Always revenge but all good and fun, though. It will be a california playoff north and south. Perfect. Perfect. Reporter the warriors and the dove nation will now get some welldeserved rest. In emeryville allen wong, abc7 news. Nows a good time to snap some fan photos for us. Post them to your favorite social media site using the doveson7. You might see them on air or online. Abc 7 is your home for the nba finals you can catch all the excitement beginning june 4th. That game was so fun to watch, frances. It was a great shot. I could watch it over and over again. Today the forecast is kind of going to be over and over again weve got the gray clouds starting to break up, though, right over the Golden Gate Bridge but were going to stay below normal. Ill let you know how long and ill have your bay to breakers forecast as well. And a course of action from the nfl to make sure the deflategate scandal never happens again. Well explain. Plus, rush hour relief coming to San Franciscos congested streets . Well, the citys plan to make im brian vickers, nascar® driver. Im kevin nealon comedian. And im arnold palmer, professional golfer. Know what we have in common . We talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. Me, when i had a blood clot in my leg that could have traveled to my lungs. Thats why i took xarelto®, too. Xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. I took xarelto® for afib. An irregular heartbeat that can lead to a stroke from a blood clot. Xarelto® is proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. Hey, well im glad we got together. For people with afib currently well managed on warfarin there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. I tried warfarin before, but the blood testing routine and dietary restrictions had me off my game. Tell me about it. Lets see, golf clinic, or blood clinic . Ooh, thats a tough one. Not this time. Not with xarelto®. Anything else . Ill have another arnold palmer. Ok. Make mine a kevin nealon. Really, brian . Hey, safety first. Like all blood thinners, dont stop taking xarelto® without talking to your doctor as this may increase your risk of a blood clot or stroke. While taking xarelto® you may bruise more easily and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. Xarelto® may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Xarelto® can cause serious bleeding and in rare cases may be fatal. Get help right away if you develop unexpected bleeding unusual bruising, or tingling. If you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto® watch for back pain or any nerve or musclerelated signs or symptoms. Do not take xarelto® if you have an artificial heart valve, or abnormal bleeding. Tell your doctor before all planned medical or dental procedures. Before starting xarelto® tell your doctor about any conditions such as kidney, liver, or bleeding problems. Xarelto® has been prescribed more than 11 million times in the u. S. And that numbers growing. Like your guys scores. With xarelto® there is no regular blood monitoring, and no known dietary restrictions. Treatment with xarelto® was the right move for us. Ask your doctor about xarelto®. You may be able to get up to 12 months at no cost. Covering novato, oakland sunnyvale and all the bay area, this is abc 7 news. New this morning the nfl is planning to change guidelines regarding the way footballs are handled before games and theyll do it here in the bay area. The Associated Press reports the details will be discussed next week at owners meetings happening here in San Francisco. Its in response to the deflategate scandal involving the new england patriots. The league wants to avoid the possibility that teams could tamper with footballs. Pats quarterback is appealing a fourgame suspension handed down by the nfl for his involvement in the controversy. This morning animal care officials in San Francisco are looking for the person responsible for a sickening case of animal abuse. Take a look at this picture. This dog is named maximilian, they say hes been beaten and burned and he may not survive abc 7 News Reporter has the story. Reporter a public works crew found the young dog early thursday morning tied up near death at division and south van ness. Animal care and control has named him maximilian. His injuries are sickening. Larger burns and the cigarette burns look to us to be older injuries. The Blunt Force Trauma the damage to the internal organs has to be very recent. Reporter maximilian is receiving the best possible care but he may not make it. That only intensifies animal controls desire to find out whoever did this. Officers are combing through hours of Surveillance Video and handing out flyers and offering a 500 reward hoping for a lead. Working in this field, you know, the very thing that we commit ourselves to preventing and addressing and, you know, it affects us all what this dog went through. Reporter dog lovers are outraged. Anyone with an iota of conscience i cant believe that anyone would do that to a dog. Reporter especially this dog. Hes been abused terribly and he is super friendly. Hes really hes sweet. Hes loving. Hes letting us all pet him. Reporter if you have any information call San Francisco animal care and control even the smallest detail might help. And if you want to help with maximilians care, we have information on how you can donate on our website abc7news. Com. Happening today Law Enforcement agencies across the bay area will hold a conference to bolster Police Community relationships. The summit is being done in partnership with the naacp. Organizers say its aimed at Building Trust and collaboration in light of recent frection across the nation between Police Departments and the communities they serve. Todays summit gets under way at 9 00 at Eden High School in hayward. The Stanford University band will not be performing at any away games this fall. The oneyear punishment comes after an investigation found band members abused alcohol and drugs during trips and hazed and sexually arased new band mates. However, the band can still play at home games. 8 17 the time. The city of San Francisco has responded to complaints that it is dumping thousands of gallons of Drinking Water an hour on the rubble at candlestick park. The Public Utilities Commission Said state Public Health regulations prohibit contractors from using recycled water during dust control operations. Crews are required to wet down the plumes of dust to protect nearby residents during the demolition. Recycled water is not cleared for use when it could fly through the air and be inhaled or ingested. The rush hour commute is never easy, but theres an effort under way to make it a little better in San Francisco. Parking officers will be keeping a close eye on some of the most congested areas. Abc7 News Reporter Leanne Melendez has details. Reporter cars blocking intersections and Construction Projects have made it harder on everyone to navigate through the city. I got into it with a construction guy the other day and he wanted me to turn the way i didnt want to go and it was very frustrated and i wanted to get somewhere. Its hard to get somewhere on time these days. I am from atlanta originally and i thought the traffic was bad in atlanta until i got to San Francisco. Reporter enter the San Francisco metropolitan transportation agency, you know, the ones that oversee the parking control officers. Every construction project has a very specific permit and were going to make sure any construction project that doesnt have the right to be in the road during rush hour is out of the road during rush hour. Reporter it will happen monday to friday from 7 00 to 9 00 in 9 morning and evening rush hour from 4 30 to 6 30 p. M. And muni bus drivers will be able to call dispatch to report a driver. This is not the first time the city has taken measures to improve the flow of traffic. So, do people think it will work . No. I dont think they have enough people out here to be taking aim. Reporter the city is asking people to give it some time. Its going to make the streets safer and more reliable. You know, youll never solve every last congestion problem in the city but i think were going to make a big dent at congestion to make the streets a lot safer this way. Reporter the congestion strategy goes

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