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in palo alto, katie utis, "abc7 news." >>> incredible bird. thank you for joining us for "abc7 news" at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. "abc7 news" at 5:00 begins right now with kristen and dan. >> there is a strong indication. >> closing in on the disappearance of shelly tischner. >>> breaking news in san francisco. a driver loses control injuring one and almost hurting several others. >> i was shocked and just grabbed her and ran. >>> apple calling the fight over the iphone dangerous. a lawmaker says the tech giant may end up with blood on its hands. >>> missing the mark. why we earl no longer conserving enough water. and -- >> how this passion for playing almost went away. >>> live, from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is "abc7 news." >>> a sign reads shelly, you deserved better. there is no official word, but neighbors seem to have accepted what they believe happened to a missing brisbane woman. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. investigators say they have strong investigations that the human remains found wer

. >> katie utis is live with that story. >> reporter: i just stepped out of the courtroom. the judge is still making up his mind. they are up on the sixth floor of the hall of justice right now. today, the defense pointed out michael tyree threatened to commit suicide, saying he may have killed himself and it wasn't the guard. one attorney tried to show his injuries could have been self-inflicted. but the medical examiner says the force was consistent with a car crash or falling off a roof. the doctor who performed the autopsy on michael tyree described injuries so brutal -- >> the blow to the body was of such force it caused a bruise on the outside of the body and then lacerated the liver in a y-shape, two inches deep. >> reporter: his death was classified as a homicide after he died of internal bleeding. now, three guards, raphael rodriguez, matthew farris and jared lubrig face murder charges. >> under the protocol, if there is a use of force, there's supposed to fill out a form saying they used force, and there was no record of any use of force against michael tyree or a

in hayward, katie utis, abc7 news. >> happening today as many as 4,000 people are expected to attend the funeral mass in washington, d.c. for the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. here's a live look inside the basilica where the mass will be held this morning at 89:00 our time. vice president joe biden and his wife will be there along with the other justices, as well as scalia's large family, including nine children and 36 grandchildren. abc news reporter is in washington d.c. with more. >> good morning chris. justice scalia's casket is still here at the supreme court. it will be moved ahead of this morning's funeral for a conservative icon. >> this morning thousands will fill the largest roman catholic church in north america, the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. it's another chance to say farewell after thousands more stretched for blocks outside the supreme court friday. >> scalia has been a figure in my life for my whole lifetime. >> he set an example for americans that you can stand up on principle, you can stand up for the law. >> justice s

in hayward, katie utis, abc7 news. >> back home hundreds of officers joined the family and friends of richmond police officer gus vegas yesterday to say good by. >> paul bearers carried his basket into the auditorium in richmond for a service friday morning. vegas was killed last week in his home while trying to protect his daughter during a domestic dispute. >> happening today as many as 4,000 people are expected today attend the funeral mass in washington, d.c. for the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. ears a look right now at the shrine were the immaculate conception where the service will be held at 8:00 our time. abc news reporter is live in our nation's capital with more for us. ing back to you. >> good morning. justice scalia's casket is here at the supreme court. it will be moved later this morning. >> this morning thousands will fill the largest roman catholic church in north america, the because silky of the immaculate conception. >> scalia has been a figure in my life for my whole lifetime. >> he set an example for americans that you can stand up on principle, you

. >> katie utis is live with that story. >> reporter: i just stepped out of the courtroom. the judge is still making up his mind. they are up on the sixth floor of the hall of justice right now. today, the defense pointed out michael tyree threatened to commit suicide, saying he may have killed himself and it wasn't the guard. one attorney tried to show his injuries could have been self-inflicted. but the medical examiner says the force was consistent with a

. >>> katie utis tweeted photo after her photo this afternoon. they're heading to the hospital right now. we wish them the best and can't wait to show you the baby pictures, maybe tonight at 11:00. >>> "abc7 news" at 4:00 continues. presidential candidates get ready to hit the stain for another debate tomorrow. what makes this one so important? >>> and the flooding >>> this is "abc7 news." >>> taking a look at headlines. the bay area is getting another drenching today ahead of an even more powerful storm expected tomorrow. in san francisco, people broke out the umbrellas this afternoon at the height of the downpour. reporter cornell bernard took this video of rain falling on highway 101. the north bay is being hit the hardest by the storm. wayne freedman says, residents in the area believe the storm will be problematic. wayne tweeted this photo of residents there in guerneville getting ready. he'll report live on conditions coming up at 5:00. >>> the republican presidential contender also hit the debate tonight in florida. this is a live look at

abc7 news reporter katie utis has more. >> she shows us crumbled concrete and water leakage in the basement. the tower. >> we are very concerned about an earthquake. we are worried. is that building safe? i kind of doubt it. >> the developer tried to fix settlement-related problems without a permit. >> frankly, they wouldn't be doing anything. they didn't finally issue a notice of violation until yesterday, the day before the hearing. >> the hearing is to determine if the city allowed unsafe construction in the first place. >> they are under a ton of pressure from developers who want to go faster and make more money, you know, skimp at every turn in order to get rich. >> it's not the city's job to make the developer's money. >> no, it's the city's job to keep the public safe. >> in fact the city scrapped a high rise project where it was determined more than 10 inches of settlement would be unsafe. >> in 2004 the city's building official said no to an almost identical project just a few hundred feet away. >> they man to hold more hearings. the homeowners say someone needs to be talking about

katy utis has the story. california, and downloaded across the world, developers of the my shake app await data from the earthquakes. >> we're jittery, too. >> lewis schreier is working with uc berkeley's seismological lab to turn your mobile phone into a quake sensor. >> the accelerometer in the phone been record the ground shaking, send that data to our system and we can use that data to understand the physics of the process underneath us, how the buildings around us respond to these quakes and we have more data than we have from the networks. >> i might have 1,000 sensors. here in california alone, there may be 16 million smartphones. >> data sent to the lab will be compared to official usgs seismic readings. once it's been thoroughly tested and deeped accurate it could develop into an early warning system especially morn pore places like nepal. so it becomes vital for somebody in a country for which there is no early warning system. >> reporter: the my shake app is free to download for android users. not

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