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Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News At 900PM On KOFY 20141010

Defensive end call him the night of an alleged Domestic Violence incident. Vic lee has the new details that have raised new question if the case. Story only on abc 7 news. Fiance dating her at this address. Dispatch call that sent police yawnts over to ray mcdonald home. But another cop responded first. 7 news reported last week that the San Jose Police officer is Sergeant Shawn pritchard and that he also work security at fortyniner games. Sources in the Police Department told us he went to ray mcdonald home after the fortyniner defensive end called him the night a 911 call was made. We have now learned that pritchard was on duty that night. That he had worked at security job earlier in the day here at the sprawling santana row complex. Sources say he went to the regular job at the Police Department. Changed in his uniform and was doing paperwork at his desk. Thats when the same sources say he got the call from mcdonald that he got into his police car and rushed offer to his home. The officer responded to the scene where we reportedly surpriseed to see another Police Vehicle in pritchard. Lawyer dennis is former San Jose Police lieutenant. He says this new raises case to new level. Question arises was he acting as a Police Supervisor sergeant on duty. Or was he just wearing the yawn form and driving the car but actually working for the 49ers. Did pritchard interfere or influence the investigation in any way . Police now forwarded the case to the district attorney. Prosecutors now have to answer all these questions. But because of pritchard involvement lucas says they can ask police to redo the entire investigation again. Oral alternative is for the da not to rely on san jose pd. And he has a staff of investigators that are in fact Sworn Police Officers that will go out and do the entire case from the ground up. Department barred pritchard from any further work with the team. Until internal Affairs Investigation is done. Vic le lee, abc 7 news. San francisco fire chief is reeling from major blow tonigh tonight. Entire department tendering a no confidence vote in her leadership. Shes being attacked from the inside with men and women who worked for her calling for her to resign and if not removed. Carolyn has the details. Her Job Performance under a microscope. Fire commissioners are not only listening to Public Comment a but also aware of the vote taken by rank and file firefighters this morning. Sources say all but 2 voted to demand they fire the chief. Not a personal attack. It is a business decision that was arrived at about the direction of the department that we all work for. Last month head of all Employee Group present add letter to lee cite ago grave crisis of confidence in hays white. Last week the battalion chief and nors management did the same. We are told that today there was virtually no support for the chief. I go back to the crisis of our ems system. And i believe that we about our mission of the Fire Department is to protect the lives and property of the people San Francisco and the state of our ems system right now is not allowing to us do our job. Reporter firefighters tell slow ambulance Response Time is the straw that broke the camelback. Yesterday the Fire Department arrived at building in the sun set district. After Carbon Monoxide alarm went off. 94yearold man suffered a heart attack. And dispatch record show the ambulance arrived 8 minutes after the maximum Response Time. He died. But today chief hays white said an emergency medical technician was already on the scene. The patient received immediate medical care because it was witness by our member right in front of us performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Reporter mayor lee standing by the chief. Today he called the crisis of confidence in the department a challenge. Fire commission and i share responsibility n. E. Value at ateing the chief performance and we have committed doing that and thats where we are at. If San Francisco Carolyn Tyler abc 7 news. The another story about leadership at the top. Major announcement today from the president of the calf public utility commission. Michael peeve said he will not seek appointment to the post after his term runs out at the end of the year. In his announcement today peeve made no mention of the controversy around allegations the p uc was having back door communication with pg e executives. What critic call a cozy relationship. New details about the enterovirus exploratorium department of health has now confirmed there is now 3 cases of the illness in the city. One also suffered limb paralysis but released from the hospital. Thats 9 cases all together in the bay area including a new one announced today in santa clara county. One 1,000 homes threatened and almost that many people are out of their homes because of wildfires burning in placer counties. Officials say 5 separate blaze broke out yesterday east of auburn destroying 5 homes. Another 200 now threatened in residence in the community of apple gate are under mandatory evacuation order. The fire have burned 420 acres and are just 25 about contained. We know what caused a wildfire that left to death of air tanker pilot in san jose. Fire investigators say 245 acre fire burning near yosemite broke out because of spark from a vehicle. However the vehicle has not been identified. Pilot craig hunt died fighting when the fire when his cal fire plane crashed into the side of a cliff. Golden gate bridge district bus not run next friday because of a one day strike. Bus mechanic and Service Employee on strike next friday. The drivers will support the walk out that means bus service between San Francisco and marin county will not operate that day. The district Ferry Service will run as usual. 13 golden gate Transit Union working without a contract since july. Bart is getting in the bus business. Overnight hours. Today bart board of director aparagraph partnership with the alameda cocoa transit district. Under the deal bart offer overnight bus service busiest east bay station. New Service Begin in december. South bay man claims he lost his job after ongoing battle with his cable company. He says comcast called his boss and got him fired. Tiffany wilson has the story. As an accountant york is me particular last with his bills. He noticed a trend at comcast. I was having over billing on pretty much every single every single invoice. There was some error. Reporter he says he called comcast repeetdly. Even went to the san jose store. But no one could fix the billing error or faulty service. Eventually he decided to call the accounting Controller Office at comcast to complain. That is where everything went awry. Reporter attorney ryan says he heard from his employer Price Waterhouse cooper one hour later. Price waterhouse consults for comcast. He received a call from a partner in the Philadelphia Office of Price Waterhouse cooper telling him to back off. To stop calling comcast. That he had received a call from the Controller Office. Client was very angry. The client was very important. Reporter letter from the comcast attorney confirms a call was made between comcast and Price Waterhouse. Several days later 0rourke was out of a job. Ice waterhouse w only comment with statement that reads in part the firm terminated hads employment after an internal investigation concluded mr. 0rourke violated p wc ethical standard and practice applicable to all of our people. Comcast issued public apology on the web site yechltd it says what happened with mr. 0rourke service is completely unacceptable. We dropped the ball. Then it goes on to say. We also want to clarify that nobody at comcast asked for him to be fired. 0rourke and his attorney sent a letter to comcast asking for 100,000 dollars and his job back. If the demand not met by october 14, they plan to file a lawsuit. In San Francisco, Tiffany Wilson abc 7 news. Same sex kim among those lining up to get hitched in las vegas. Marriage capitol of the world. Nevada state senator one of the first about married his long time partner today. Same sex marriage became legal today after u. S. District court judge struck down 2002 state constitutional amendment that ban gay marriage. More to bring you here on 7 news at 9 00. Tesla big announcement. And why the new car could be a game changer for self driving vehicles. Wearable technology. New high tech helmet and how already making history tonight. Im spencer in the accuWeather Forecast center. Looking at pretty Cool Conditions tomorrow but nice weekend warmup coming our wait a minute accuWeather Forecast weekend warmup coming our wait a minute accuWeather Forecast in just a moment and fleet week now in full swing as the blue angel rip across the sky. 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You guys might actually have to talk. To each other . We do it all the time. I like it. Should we . No. Bank from almost anywhere with the citi mobile app. To learn more, visit citi. Com easierbanking. Ceo of the San Francisco base clothing giant gap is stepping down. Glen murphy became ceo in 2007 and will retire at the end of the fiscal year in february. Murphy says hes just not able to make the commitment to the company for any longterm planning. New at 9 00. Tesla just revealed the highly anticipated d. Much hyped event happened an hour ago outside los angeles. Company announce the model d the model s with all wheel drive and new driver assistance technology. Is one of the new headline feature is the ability for the car to ring and then obey speed signs. Also one of the first real steps toward a truly self driving car. It goes zero to 60 in 3. 2 seconds and top speed of 155 miles per hour. Tesla not revealed the cost of that new model d. Tell 3. 2 seconds thats fast. Hours ago group of motorcycle set new record and not for speed or distance. As january thon explains innovatetor created a high tech helmet and they have jus raised more money on indigo than any other tech company in the site history. Extreme idea can come from extreme circumstances. The idea actually came from motorcycle accident that i had in barcelona. Weller turned to look at street sign when a car stopped short in front of him. I had the dream i was back on the motorcycle that day but there was a really important difference which was that i had gps map and floating out in front of me like a hologram. He could have avoided the crash and thats how he came up with the helmet. Take Fighter Pilot Helmet Technology and accessible for the average motorcyclist. 1500 dollar helmet has a advisor that darkened and prism with a floating image. You look far away and you glance down at the display it looks far away. The video simulation you can see what takes up most of the image. Panoramic camera mounted on the back of the camera blind spot thing of the past and yes it talks. Turn left in 20 miles. Plan to show data like speed fuel level from bike that support it. And it work with the smart phone. Ka call from sayer 8. Launch campaign to fund it on go go. Then half million then million then set the record for speed to million we were just blown away. Smashes through records making it most successful crowd Funding Campaign in history. To think that just a year ago they were in a crowded room with a dozen other start up. But even then there was something special. Those guys believe so heartily in the product and the fashion for it please right night. The wearable world start up axle ray where skully born and showed off first prototype back in april. Way more than a sxwraj it. Changes the game in terms of transportation. Motorcycle safety theres nothing like it. Sfl going to actually save lives. Reporter for weller it might make riding fun again it feels more comfortable. Feels like somebody is looking out for you. Reporter he could ship to consume intermay. In San Francisco, the abc 7 news. Diamond may be forever but the size of that diamond in your Engagement Ring could also determine if you will stay married is. New research from Emery University suggest the bigger the diamond the shorter the marriage. But not just about the ring. Couple big day cost 20 grand or more are 3. 5 times more likely to divorce than wed that goes cost between 5 and 10,000 dollars. Similar scenario on the other end of the cost spectrum couple whose ring cost less than 500 dollars the high divorce rate. Cant be cheap or. Thats why the hollywood weddings dont work out. Too much money. Tons and tons. Talk about the Weather Forecast for the weekend. Yes. Things looking great for the weekend. A little bit cool right now. We have had some stubborn clouds hanging around the coast line where nice and sunny for the weekend. Heres sfl live doppler 7hd clear sky in the inland area but you can see fog not only at the coast. Moving out over the bay and locally inland as we speak. Heres the em l riville camera lacking at the western sky which is all aglow. See some clouds off in the distance there currently 57 degrees at San Francisco. Oakland 59. Pretty cool. 63 degrees in san carlos. San jose 61. 57 at half moon bay. Check out this dramatic view of the moon and few mid level cloud from our exploring camera looking out over the bay bridge. Currently 56 degree ins santa rose. 57 nap a. Low mid 60s at fair field concord livermore. Heres nice closeup view of the recently full moon from our roof top camera at abc 7 and these are our forecast feature. See part of the moon. Cooler inland tomorrow. Warming up this weekend and chance of rain yes rain next tuesday into wednesday. First tonight forecast animation overnight. Fog will push rather far inland across the bay. Low clouds fog at 5 00 oclock tomorrow morning so morning commuters may be slow down just a little bit by reduced visibility but by mid afternoon tomorrow we see the fog pulling back to the coast line much like today with mainly sunny sky inland over the bay. Now looking at overnight low its relatively cool comfortably cool night with low pressure mainly mid upper 50s a little chilly in the north bay valley. Farther ahead that the forecast future we have this we have had these stubborn coastal clouds and cool on shore flow but High Pressure that is fbling in a big way as we approach the weekend and heating us up bring us couple qui days but this system that is dropping down out of the gulf of alaska move in next week and may bring us some rainfall tuesday into wednesday. If in addition to all that we have a fire weather watch in effect for much of the bay contrary including the north bay mountains east bay hills. Carquinez straight and delta 11 00 p. M. Saturday to 3 00 a. M. Monday. Wind out of the north northeast gust to go 30 to 40 miles per hour. Humidity will be very, very low and those conditions permit rapid fire growth lets hope it doesnt happen and beach hazard statement in effect from saturday morning if late sunday night. The north bay coast peninsula coast monteray bay large north west swell 11 to 13 feet. Strong rip current are possible and sneaker wave possible as well. The men while tomorrow nice calm day. Pleasantly mild in many locations. Cool at the coast with high in the low 60s. Low mid 70s around the bay. Low 80s inland. Heres the accuweather 7 day forecast. So warmup over the weekend. Warm saturday through monday within land high around 90 or just above. Mid 80s around the bay. Mid 70s on the coast and cool down sharply on tuesday with clouds moving in and chance of showers on tuesday into early wednesday. Muchneeded rainfall. We cant wait. Yes for the rain. Thank you very much. Still to come on 7 news at 9 00. Unusual island dweller. Why pig turned up on a delta 9 00. Unusual island dweller. Why pig turned up on a delta 9 00. Unusual island dweller. Why pig turned up on a delta thank you thank you dedicated bankers born to go the extra mile. Youve been such a big help. Its what i like to do. So you can choose a bank where helping people comes first. Chase. So you can. Is. Very strange sight in the delta. Wild pig. Kind of weird. They live on one of the island northeast of stockton. Tim shows us the unusual inhabitant. Adam doesnt mind being labeled a delta rat nearly every free moment h

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