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investigators say her father killed her during a court mandated visit. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz, and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. we wanted to know if the system did its job in the case of three year old ella lorenzo. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena spent the day reviewing court documents and is here now with the latest on a story we have been following since ella was first reported missing. luis. >> it's just heartbreaking. yes. court documents going back to 2021 give us a glimpse of the legal battle between the parents of ella lorenzo. we learned that just last week, ellie's mom had received permission from the courts to move out of california with ellie. then days later, the three year old was killed. the devastating case of three year old ellie lorenzo is raising questions over what happened last friday. ellie's mom cried out for anyone to help find ellie. this after the girl's father was found dead by suicide in san francisco following a missed custody exchange and ellie was missing.

>> ellie, i love you so much. please please know that we looking for you, and we're going to find you. so please just hold on and everything will be okay. >> over the weekend, the body of three year old ellie was found at a recycling facility in san jose. in a statement, the heartbroken mother said the girl's dad hid ellie's body in a bag, placed her in a box and put her in a dumpster. crystal obe said she desperately wanted constant supervision and safety when ellie had court ordered visits with her father, she said the system continued to grant him partial custody and access. >> they lifted the supervision, they gave him unfettered access and that's what he used to murder the child. >> we dug into the court documents, accessible online, and found that in october of 2021, the mother filed for the father to have supervised visits and go through drug and mental health testing. in january of 2022, an emergency hair follicle drug test was requested. in june

of 2023, the court presented a private child custody evaluator. so what went wrong? we spoke to george washington university professor joan meyer. she's a leading specialist in the effort to reform family courts responses to cases involving abuse. >> the mother was doing everything she could to keep her child safe from this father, and the court was insisting that the father have unsupervised access, which led ultimately to the murder. so the court did not protect the court system, did not protect this child, even though they had what looks like multiple requests to do so. >> professor meyer's research shows that cases like this are not uncommon, and even proof of imminent danger doesn't change much. the problem is that the paradigm in everybody's heads of what a custody battle is, is that it's petty, and it's vindictive, and nobody seems to understand that some of these

custody battles are actually about protecting a child from danger. and according to ellie's mom, the girl's father was also notified that the mom had been granted permission to move out of california with ellie. four days later, the three year old's body was found. the mother said she constantly feared for her daughter's life, but the court kept granting the father permission to see ellie. luz pena abc seven news. >> clearly, her fears were justified. loose. terrible. thank you. all right, let's move on now. if you like working from home, you won't like hearing this tonight. san francisco's largest private employer is now calling most of its workers back to the office. abc seven news reporter tim johns has a look at the broader impact it could have on building a better bay area. >> head to the salesforce tower in downtown san francisco on any day during the week, and you'll notice the foot traffic in and out of the building is still much lower than before covid. that could soon be changing, though. salesforce recently

announcing it will require most of its employees to return to the office for at least 3 to 5 days a week. welcome news to yolanda olguin, who runs el faro mexican restaurant just half a block away. >> friday was our best day before the pandemic. now there's one of the, you know, not the same old restaurant has been in business for nearly 45 years, she tells us. >> after booming in the time prior to the pandemic. the recovery since then has been difficult, and she hopes salesforce's new policy will boost business once again down the road at japanese house, it was a similar story. owner david chen says he just opened a few weeks ago, but chose this location specifically because he was hoping an increasing number of office workers would help the restaurant's bottom line. >> i think maybe after half years, maybe up. yeah, yeah, a customer coming more. >> but salesforce's new policy will likely have a much bigger impact than just small businesses, according to san francisco city economist ted

egan, office workers working from home is really the single biggest reason why downtown has remained relatively depressed since the end of the pandemic. egan says more employees in the city means more economic output and higher tax revenues. he also tells me san francisco officials are hoping other companies will soon follow salesforce's lead. >> i think an important thing for to watch is, is what's the employees uh- you know, response to that? uh- downtown san francisco is quite a bit different than it was, you know, three years ago when people were first starting to say, no, i don't want to come back to the office and ask for the employees. >> some tell us, while the new policy will likely be popular among some, it may not be. among others, it's 5050 because obviously some people live like in sacramento or further out. >> right? or socal or something like that. and they obviously can't make it to san francisco every day. >> salesforce's new return to the office policy is set to go into effect on october 1st in san francisco. tim johns abc

seven news. >> apple is investing $50 million to help build affordable housing projects in the bay area. the cupertino based tech giant announced it's partnering with three california groups to kickstart construction of up to 400 affordable housing units. apple's establishing the bay area housing innovation fund in a bid to address sky high housing prices in the state. the fund will offer loans intended to increase housing construction in the region. the republican national convention is in its third night, with jd vance set to make his first speech as the nominee for vice president on the democratic side, there are more calls for president biden to step aside. abc news reporter maryalice parks is following it all from milwaukee and joins us live tonight. maryalice >> ama high tonight is a chance for senator vance to really introduce himself to the country democrats had hoping to focus on some of his more controversial policy proposals, but they are grappling with major disagreements in their party about how to go forward. former president donald trump walking

through the convention site in milwaukee this afternoon, preparing to accept his party's nomination thursday while president biden is facing new calls from inside his own party for him to step out of the race, high profile congressman and california senate candidate adam schiff, a longtime biden ally, now also saying that biden needs to pass the torch. >> i do not think he is the best person to go into this election. i think if he is our nominee, i think we lose. >> democrats now planning to hold a virtual vote the first week of august in their nominating process, sources telling abc both senate leader chuck schumer and house leader hakeem jeffries pushed for this timeline. a poll taken last week and released today by the associated press found 65% of democrats said biden should withdraw. but on the campaign trail yesterday, president biden said he's not going anywhere. >> i think i've demonstrated that i know how to get things done for the country. there's more to do and i'm reluctant to walk away from that tonight. >> trump's new running mate,

ohio senator jd vance, set to address the republican national convention. speaking earlier today at a fundraiser, his first since joining the ticket. >> we're going to get out there and try to fire up the crowd tonight and make the case that we have got to reelect president donald j. >> trump to the white house vice president kamala harris releasing this video, calling vance a rubber stamp for trump's agenda and make no mistake, jd vance will be loyal only to trump, not to our country. >> and unlike mike pence, vance said he would have carried out trump's plan to overturn the 2020 election rapists. >> now, at a press conference here in milwaukee, democrats also pointing to vance's pretty hard line position on abortion here tonight at the convention floor. >> the focus is foreign policy. that is an interesting issue where we also know vance as an isolationist, has really disagreed with some members of his own republican party in milwaukee. i'm maryalice parks, abc seven news maryalice, besides j.d. vance, what other big names are supposed to speak

tonight at the convention? well, just moments ago, peter navarro wrapped up. this was a really surprise sort of big appearance. he was released from prison just today. this is one of trump's former advisers who was convicted for refusing to cooperate with that. january sixth congressional committee and subpoenas from congress. so he was given kind of a hero's welcome here on the convention floor. that was an interesting guess. and later tonight, we're going to hear from one of former president trump's sons, don jr. we know that he was actively involved in pushing the president to pick jd vance. ama. >> okay, maryalice, thank you so much. >> and again, jd vance is scheduled to speak tonight at 730. our time a little more background. after graduating yale law school in 2013, vance moved to the san francisco bay area and worked as an executive at circuit therapeutics. that's a biotechnology company. he lived near bernal heights park in 2016 and worked for a venture capital firm owned by paypal co-founder peter thiel. thiel

gave $15 million to support vance's senate campaign. vance flew to san francisco last month to attend a private fundraiser for donald trump with two dozen tech and crypto investors and executives now watch it all right here. as it happens, live coverage of the republican national convention continues tonight at 7:00 here on abc seven. >> late this afternoon, we learned president biden tested positive for covid. an announcement was made at the latino civil rights conference in las vegas. >> the president has been at many events. as we all know and uh. he just tested positive for covid. >> the president was scheduled to speak at the group's conference tonight. the 81 year old has been on the campaign trail talking at conferences this week. his doctor says he had a runny nose, a cough, but his symptoms are mild. this is video of the president leaving las vegas. he is now on paxlovid and will be self-isolating at his home in delaware this is the

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refused and 50 were sent to prison. on charges of conspiracy to commit mutiny. dozens of others faced punishment that kept them from receiving honorable discharges. there's a new way to travel between oakland and alameda that doesn't involve taking the posey tube. woodstock, the water shuttle, took its maiden voyage this morning. abc7 news reporter anser hassan has a look at today's launch and other ways we are expanding commuting via the bay. >> alameda residents stephanie and todd davis were passengers on the first day of the new oakland alameda water shuttle. >> it's so convenient. it's going to make going back and forth really easy. so it gives us more options for dining, entertaining, maybe working if you work over there or even here, it'll be great. >> there will be 30 daily trips to and from alameda landing to jack london square in oakland. as the city continues to build more housing and grow, mayor marilyn ezzy ashcraft says they have to find more ways to get people on and off the island. >> we are an island, so we are acutely aware of the impacts of

climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to that. and so that's why we need to offer folks a better way than driving their cars. >> i'm surprised that we don't use them so much because it's cleaner. it's safer. >> professor ellen givental says the u.s. has a history of relying on cars and expanding highways at the cost of developing strong public transportation, she says now is a good time for the bay area to reconsider using its waterways renewable energy, and we're also we're having very high gas prices. >> so that's probably the best time now to rethink this concept. >> in may, san francisco bay ferry shared its 2050 proposal, a blueprint on how to grow the ferry network. >> we're hoping to get to a second golden age of ferries here in the bay area. >> the first phase is to expand from san francisco to berkeley, mission bay, and redwood city. phase two includes cities along the carquinez strait, including

martinez, pittsburg, and antioch, and between marin county and the east bay just make it easier for people to get around the bay area generally, and to enjoy a different view of what the bay has to offer. there will be obstacles, such as environmental challenges, but pilot projects like the oakland alameda shuttle continue to test the waters and demand in alamed, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> improving your ride one road at a time, but a plan to repave problem roads in oakland is falling behind. abc seven news. building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez, explains the issue and the possible solution. reporter think about this for a hot second. >> in 2021, oakland city council passed a 300,000,005 year plan to fix about 400 miles of roads by 2027. how's it going? so far? >> ballpark number in the last two years is about 100. >> oakland may not reach its target. josh rowan, the now head of oakland's department of transportation, arrived three

months ago from atlanta. >> i feel in some ways this is like karma for me because i was in another major american city saying, at least we're not oakland. and so it has been known nationally, i did, i did say that, and it was a national thing. we knew oakland had the worst streets in america, and so kudos when the decisions were made to go to the voters, to get the money to invest in the infrastructure. now it's our job to deliver, and that's what we intend to do. >> there's still much to do. here's 36th street and marquette back in april. today, the same stretch of road. nothing has improved. last april, we measured a huge pothole near laney college. it's still there. this was park boulevard near highway 13. in april. still the same. rowan says there are challenges in city government that need to be addressed. the first is the lack of personnel needed to actually coordinate the work of repaving. >> we're about 30% vacant across most of our departments, so when you're picking up the phone and

saying, why is no one answering, it's because no one's there. >> warren logan is a city planner who's now running for city council. last april, while riding his bicycle, this pothole, which is still there today, sent him to the emergency room. he says things would move a lot quicker if the city council would give the transportation department more authority to do the work without the council having to approve every project. >> we actually have dollars to pave our streets. you and i are paying taxes and measure you to pave our roads, but it does require that your city council gives the authority to the department of transportation to go get a contractor to pave our roads. it's bureaucracy at its finest. >> let's see how the new guy does. in the meantime, the plan has now shifted slightly to focus on neighborhood streets and underserved communities in oakland. lyanne melendez, abc seven news. >> all right, happening right now, fans of the rolling stones are starting to pour into levi's stadium. the concert starts in

about two hours at 730, and we hear that there are some still some tickets available if you want to attend a traffic advisory is in effect for tonight's concert. that includes highways 101, 237, eight, 80 lawrence expressway, great america parkway, and san tomas expressway. but it should be a fabulous show. >> that'll be awesome. well a dining destination that's coming to the bay area will give new meaning to dinner with a view. >> and up next, we'll learn about a new food feature coming to one of the newe

cutting ball theater in the tenderloin says a lack of funding and the city's high cost of doing business left them no choice but to close. the experimental performing arts group is known for uplifting trans and queer voices on the stage. the group says they've tried cutting costs to keep the

show going, but expenses are just too high. the theater's final show will be in september. >> all right, let's check on our weather. not quite sure how long this cooldown is going to last. not long enough as i like a good point. >> really nice. meteorologist sanjay patel is here with the forecast. sandy. >> yeah, it's already starting to turn around. many areas warming up today. ama and dan as you take a look at the 24 hour temperature change running 12 degrees warmer in concord, up ten, santa rosa, up four in san jose. but you'll notice not much change around places like oakland and san francisco. heat advisory has been issued for valleys, mountains, inland. 10 a.m. tomorrow until 11 p.m. friday. as temperatures go up into the one hundred's the risk of heat related illnesses will be going up. it will be moderate for our inland areas going into tomorrow. so keep in mind if you are particularly sensitive to heat, this is a time you definitely want to take precautions. here is what's going on. low pressure is moving out of here. high pressure has already started to build westward, and the marine layer has compressed to about 1000ft,

an indication of what's to come as we look at live doppler seven, there's still some fog hanging around near the coastline, never quite cleared. there so just a few patches 22 mile an hour winds right now at sfo and fairfield. here is a look at that fog from our sutro tower camera coming through the golden gate, so you don't have to worry about it getting too hot at the coast. sun shining in san jose where it is 80 degrees right now, 65 in the city, 70 in oakland right now it is 61 in half moon bay. and from our mount tam cam we are looking across towards richardson bay. there, 82 in santa rosa and sausalito, 79 in napa. in the upper 80s, fairfield and concord. all right. the rolling stones in town at levi's stadium tonight. and you really couldn't ask for better weather. it's going to be beautiful. 730 the concert gets underway in the mid 70s. the sun will be out and then setting after 8:00, temperatures dropping but not going to be chilly. it's going to be mild in the 60s. live view from emeryville. looking towards sutro tower. they're heating up inland the next two days.

overnight tonight, fog near the coast and bay and your weekend outlook heat eases. briefly. you will notice the fog filling in tomorrow morning around the bay and along the coast, and then pulling back to the coastline. we will get some clearing for parts of the coast, but not everywhere. so your morning temperatures starting out in the 50s and the 60s we will see some fog and then tomorrow afternoon, south bay temperatures 94 for you in gilroy, 88 in san jose, 83. sunnyvale on the peninsula, 81 in palo alto, mid 60s, right near the coast. downtown san francisco 73 degrees. so warmer than today. and in the north bay, you're looking at that heat around calistoga, santa rosa, upper 90s, 93, in san rafael in the east bay, 79 oakland, 85 degrees in castro valley. head inland and it's going to get hot 97 degrees for you in concord, 100 in brentwood, 95 degrees in livermore. here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. the heats up inland. the next couple of days we'll get you up into the 102 range for friday. and then dropping down over the

weekend. we will get a little recovery as we head towards early next week. with the triple digits back in the

a heatwave, it's kinda chilly in here. oh, that's because i'm pre-cooling the house with the ac before 4 pm. then i'll turn our thermostat to a comfortable 78 or higher that way i could stay cool later. ooh, what about me? you're never cool. oh.

presidio tunnel tops. they're calling it the mess hall, and it will include an all day cafe, specialty market, cocktail bar and counter service. it will offer both made to order foods and grab and go bites to take into the park. >> the food hall will occupy a historic 6000 square foot building that has stood on the property for more than 100 years. it is set to open sometime next year. >> that's a good idea. all right, we're on the news tonight with david muir is next for sandhya patel. all of us. we appreciate your time. >> i'm dan ashley, i'm ama daetz. we'll see you again at six.

>> david: tonight as we come on the air in the west, the breaking news. we have just learned president biden has been diagnosed with covid. the images of him boarding air force one a short t