keep their team in oakland. >>> good evening, i'm cheryl jennings. >> and i'm aum wra dates. we begin with breaking news. another series of earthquakes hit this afternoon in san ramone, including the strongest in the recent swarm of quakes. take a look at our seismograph. you can see when the quake struck around 4:00 this afternoon, hitting just six seconds after a weaker 2.8 quake struck, leading the usgs to believe it was measuring identical twin earthquakes. a weaker one hit about 12 minutes ago. they've all centered around san ramone. seismologists say swarms like this one are not unusual. and are not any reason for extra concern. they are starting to worry residents, however. >> it's enough to where i'm thinking about calling to get earthquake insurance. >> you feel the house move a little bit. and you think bit. like, oh, man. you know? that is an earthquake. >> residents tweeted as soon as the first quake hit. mark tweeted a boom shake, and dan said just had another earthquake in oakland hills. >>> sea level rise is going to start accelerating. >> faster and higher, there is ne

life threatening illnesses. cheryl jennings takes us to meet the woman who runs the catch yan and the family who brought the help needed for their very sick child. >> he's got an upper airway obstruction. can't swallow. >> this family drove from their home in san joaquin valley to talk with us about their son, and why they're so grateful to ronald mcdonald house of san francisco. they recently stayed in the brand new house in the new childrens hospital at mission bay. little benjiman was being treated for health and breathing problems. he was born early. mom and dad both served in the u.s. army. but they fought the battle of a lifetime after the pregnancy suffered a terrible complication called eclamsia. >> started having seizures. >> i was in the same room when my mom and dad was. my mom fainted. >> benjiman was transferred to childrens hospital and the family learned about the ronald mcdonald house inside of the hospital. they can be close to their baby, have a real bed, a hot meal, do laundry and get support. they stayed here and transitioned to scott street. >> you're not alone, t

loves big eggs that beep. just helps support you. >> these are all three of charge. >> cheryl jennings, abc7 news. >> coming up next, a story you'll see only on abc7, it's new, but is it >>> it's nice to have someone that will listen to you. >> good grief, charlie brown, is back. a new peanuts movie opens next week. how true will it be to the original comic strip? abc7 news reporter wayne freedman spent the day checking that out with shultz's son. >> they're friendly characters we know so well, they may be as much a part of the city as the comic strip is part of us. it rings true once visiting charles schulz museum. >> you get to be old and gray and you can get different things out of it. >> it's a constant in life. >> if you look at the 17,# 897 comic strips, if you look, you'll see some new ones. this one, from 1950s has detail. but by 1990s, shultz had gone minutalist. and now we have a movie that is anything but. >> we needed to do something special. >> you may recognize this man as craig shultz who has written a new movie due to be released november 6th. and yes, it is in

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abc7 news anchor cheryl jennings discovered it could be more effective. >> reporter: watching jim wiseman's hand tremors is like tracking a passing storm. it stops after turning on a device that keeps his parkinson's in check. >> it just gets rid of it. >> it's known as deep brain stimulator,ed intoi stimulator, but the neurologist believes it could be more effective if it were more precisely tarring quitted. >> this is how we've been doing brain chasing. brain stimulating is on, all the time. >> now, they're working to make dps behave like modern, computerized pace makers which only activate when a heartbeat gets out of rhythm. to accomplish that in the brain, jim wears a sensor, detecting when tremors are starting. >> we're programming a computer that will adjust the stimulations based on the patient's symptoms. >> reporter: it sends a signal to the computer that tells when and where to activate and what power level. by tweaking settings, the team is hoping to find the electronic frequencies needed to control the tremors without blanketing the brain with electricity. >> that mea

: she's hoping it will be smoother for patients who travel it in the years still to come. cheryl jennings, abc7 news. >>> the chef who made cajun food popular across the united states has died. he opened up a diner in the louisiana french quarter. he cooked meals of childhood that at that time were unknown outside of louisiana. perdoen was one of the first american restaurant chefs to achieve world wide fame. in 1983 he opened up a pop up restaurant for a month. he was 75 years old. >>> just ahead from 7 on your side a washer with an old fashioned problem that was not easy to fix. it's information you can apply to your appliances. >>> and abc7 is honoring hispanic heritage month. the network's mission to to help latinos become leaders of change m their communities. we have more details on >>> appliances are getting more sophisticated. computer controlled features are great, until they break, then they're hard to repair. >> one family had a frustrating experience. >> that is right. just one more thing to break. >> right. >> so this family bought a high tech washer with an old fashioned problem,