and that the party left them with little to celebrate. in the san jose, devin fehely, kpix 5. a different kind of mess in santa clara where a worker at a waste water plant accidentally turned the wrong valve and released nearly a million gallons of sewage into the bay. now, that s enough to fill about 50 backyard swim pools but it s not quite as bad as it sounds. the mercury news reports the water from the alviso plant had already gone through the first two levels of treatment, so most of the contaminants were already gone. and the spill is no threat to public health or the environment. a big fire burning near big sur doubled in size overnight to almost 5 square miles. the soberanes fire is threatening about 1,000 homes near garrapata state park. so far no burned structures but the fire is still zero percent contained. some san francisco firefighters are now headed to the site to help. meanwhile, southern california another big wildfire scorched 11,000 acres in the hill
jessica flores, kpix 5. oakland police officer is now recovering after being targeted. someone fired shots at her from close range last night and missed moments after a car accident. this comes as officers were already worried about being in the crosshairs. kpix 5 reporter joe vazquez is at the east mont section in oakland. they ve been very concerned about this. that s why for the most part patrol officers are riding two to a vehicle these days. but sergeants are usually on their own. reporter: it started out as a traffic wreck between an officer and another driver but it got ugly fast. listen to the recording of the police radio as the sergeant tells the dispatcher someone has begun firing shots. i just got shot. [ bleep ] i can t get out of the car. reporter: who exactly was shooting at the officers? that s not clear. investigators say it appears to be unrelated to the traffic wreck. no bullets connected. the sergeant did not get shot but she was hospitalized for
ran out we heard more shots and we were probably 10 or 15 feet away from the shooter. fortunately no one was injured.police have not made any arrests in connection with the shooting. a developing story in queens new york. a man and his assistant were shot to death as they walked home from a mosque. witnesses say the gunman shot both men in the head and ran off . no word on what led to the shooting. in san francisco this 100- pound tree branch came crashing down on a mother who was watching her two daughters play. it happened at the playground and washington square park. emily turner found out the fine emily turner found out what the city is doing to make the city state safe. reporter: the playground is back open which for some is worrisome. kathy and her triplets spent sunday on the playground because they did not know what happened. if i was an adult from a critical condition am a limb, what would ve happened to a child. it fell from 50 feet up cracking her sk
reinspected to make sure there are not any other problems. in the meantime the park is back open leaving people looking out for their kids. it would be nice to make sure that the trees are in healthy condition and our kids are not in harm s way. the department does about 2- 3 assessments over the year. they said six years is not unusual to go between three assessment. and statement today the mayor said the state city is still investigating the incident. he added that thank those who responded and assisted the woman and her children during the accident. a driver who the fed who fled the scene.you can see the medal fence pole pierced through the car and into the passenger side. one responder said it was one of the most horrific crashes they had seen. a neighbor heard it happened and rush to help. i asked if somebody else was in the car and i pulled the door open and there was a girl pinned upside down and impaled in the car with the fence pipe going through her
political debate. a decision is expected by late june. same sex marriage is currently banned in 14 states. coming up onuóç abc7 news at 5 :00, the possible implications from today s announcement and we will hear from one of the couples that appeared in front of the supreme court in 2013. we have exclusive new information nowen ot murders of four men a week ago in san francisco s western addition neighborhood. news reporter vic lee joins us live in the newsroom with a major break police have made in the case. san francisco police now have the car they believe was used in the shootings. multiple sources tell abc7 news it was a rental car. still no arrests. but perhaps this leads them closer. the car was rented from the hertz office here on main street in walnut creek last week before the friday night massacre. the four victims three of them identified members of the mcblock gang were shot at close range in their parked stolen car on laguna and page streets. police