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you for joining us. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz driving in san francisco is about to change. any turn on a red light will be prohibited at most intersections in downtown. no more. >> right on red. abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is in the newsroom with a closer look at this really controversial polic. suzanne. >> so, dan. ama, the debate is still going on. the san francisco metropolitan transit authority is still talking right now about plans to implement new restrictions at hundreds of intersections across downtown neighborhoods. the signs will go up in an area that has seen the most accidents involving pedestrians. the big sticking point right now, whether to make this a citywide ban, there have been plenty of close calls on san francisco city streets involving cars and pedestrians. >> i literally treat cars as if they don't see me because that's that's for my own safety. >> sfmta will soon ban drivers from making right turns during red lights at 200 intersections across downtown neighborhoods, including south of market union square, chinatown, north beach, and the financial district. check out this map. san

francisco's traffic engineer approved all these locations for no turn on red signs. the same signs went up in the tenderloin in 2021. the sfmta says. that helped cut down on the number of people being hit by cars. the city has already given the green light for downtown and soma to move forward with the new restrictions. now, the sfmta is expected to expand the policy to more neighborhoods. >> i'm the city traffic engineer. san francisco is leading the way nationally in terms of the expansion of no turn on red. >> the expansion is part of san francisco mayor london breed's plan to curb traffic deaths and serious injuries on city streets. advocates for pedestrians say the policy prevents drivers from driving into crosswalks. jody medieros is with walk san francisco. >> pedestrians are the number one casualty in all of our traffic violence, you know, more than 50% of our annual fatalities are people crossing, walking in the in the crosswalk. >> people who walk and bike in

the city are mixed about the new policy. it doesn't work. >> i'm sorry. >> it just doesn't work to put up policies that make up for bad drivers. seems like bad policy. >> i think it's a good idea. i think it's i think it's more like an educational thing. the people need to learn. that's it's for their own good. >> many critics question how the new policy will be enforced, given the number of police traffic citations fell by 96% between 2014 and 2023. >> it is something that we'll be asking to be sure that it is enforced. and again, start with education before the penalty. >> we asked sfpd the mayor's office and sfmta if the city has the capacity to enforce this policy but haven't gotten a response. and we're just getting word that sfmta is not making a decision on this policy today. now continuing traffic safety experts believe that this no turn on red policy will keep people who bike or walk safe to be clear, this policy so far is not a citywide ban as some

advocates had hoped for. now, seattle, boston and washington dc are also considering similar no turn on red policies. live in the newsroom suzanne phan abc seven news. >> all right, suzanne, thanks very much. new developments tonight involving a rising star in san francisco politics now charged with rape. a judge denied bail for 35 year old john jacobo in his first court appearance today. a packed courtroom watched as jacobo pleaded not guilty to four charges, including rape and domestic violence. jacobo is the ex-director of a powerful housing nonprofit. he resigned earlier this year after our partner, the san francisco standard, reported these allegations of abuse. at least three women filed police reports over alleged assaults and harassment. jacoby's attorney says he's innocent and they'll fight for his release at his bail hearing, which is set for friday in the east bay, oakland mayor shengtao is once again defending herself against new calls for her resignation this afternoon. >> the oakland police officers association sent the mayor a

four page letter detailing their concerns and raising concerns over staffing levels. abc seven news reporter anser hassan is following the story. >> i respectfully, respectfully ask that the mayor resign immediately. >> sergeant huiwen, president of the oakland police officers association, sent this letter to the oakland mayor tuesday morning demanding she resign. it comes after a unanimous vote by the police officers association's executive board on monday night. >> we don't have the staffing that be able to meet that trust that our community needs. >> the letter cites the recent raid of mayor tao's home and missing a state grant deadline for money to tackle retail theft, among the many reasons they're calling for her resignation. the oakland poa is also concerned about inadequate staffing. >> 25 years ago, when i came here as a young police officer, we had 750 police officers. we're working backward. if we think that we can function as 600 police officers or 678 police officers in this city, sergeant nguyen says the fact that governor newsom had to send

in chp to help fight crime and asked for loosening restrictions on the police pursuit policy are examples of how the staffing shortfall is affecting the city. >> and they don't think the sale of the oakland coliseum, which pumps $105 million into the city's coffers amid a historic deficit, as an effective solution, this is going to be an issue that's going to come up again later next year with budget. >> this is a time to invest more into the city, hire more police officers, retain the police officers and fix the crime issue that we will have money coming in in the future to fix our structural deficit, that the city has been struggling with for decades. >> mayor tao called the letter unfortunate and a distraction. she says the oakland coliseum deal is historic, and says the sale of the coliseum will prevent layoffs and provide money for new police academies. she also points out that the budget is prepared with input from the police department. >> stop with the infighting. there is no reason for that. my door is open to anybody who wants to have a conversation with me. and at the end of the

day, what this is going to cause is more instability that we in the city of oakland cannot afford. >> in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> our drones an effective tool in police work. the answer for san francisco police is a resounding yes. it's a tool that they've only recently had access to. abc seven news reporter luz pena was there today when police announced some recent arrests. luiz using drones. >> that's right, dan, sfpd has six drones and ten police officers certified to fly them. so far, the program is costing the city $35,000. and the plan is to expand it today. san francisco police chief bill scott said the cost and resources have been worth the investment. they are the new eyes in the sky. san francisco police officers are using from crime scenes, and minutes later, leading officers directly to an arrest. >> drones have already assisted sfpd in numerous cases, including a sexual assault suspect that was arrested, several auto burglary suspects that were arrested earlier this

year. >> san francisco voters approved mayor breed's proposition e, allowing for the use of surveillance cameras and drones to pursue suspects. now they're first data points are out. police say these drones are working, confirming the arrest of several suspects. drones caught. >> we have a sense of urgency to make this a safe city and to do the things that the people in this city deserve. >> san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins said these videos were key to prosecute these suspects as a result of that arrest. >> and that footage, we were able to file auto burglary charges on individuals who, quite frankly, two of them are repeat offenders of crime. >> so far, sfpd only deploys the drones after receiving intel of a potential crime in progress. but the plan is to expand the use of drones in problematic areas around the city to get the resources and equipment to the area that's being impacted by crime and deploy from areas that

are impacted. >> that's certainly one of the strategies the use of drones by law enforcement is concerning for the electronic frontier foundation is disturbing, that sfpd hasn't publicly released its policy related to the drones. >> there is currently a california state law, ab 481, that is meant to dictate transparency, chief scott said. >> they're following the law. >> we don't believe we're violating state law at all. as a matter of fact, we believe we're in compliance with state law, mayor breed is now promising to expand the program. >> when you cross those lines here in san francisco, there will be consequences. >> and regarding issues of privacy, sfpd tells us they are only storing videos of crimes and keeping them as evidence until the cases are prosecuted. chief bill scott said any other videos are deleted within 30 days. luz pena, abc seven news. >> all right, luce, thank you. an unhoused man who lost his van in a fire has a new place to

call home. thanks to the people helping him fight cancer. last week's fire at an industrial building in berkeley spread to the van where ryan essex lived with his dogs. six and his animals made it out, thank goodness. but the van is gone. six is in the middle of chemo, battling stage four cancer. his oncology team at stanford started a gofundme for him and helped him move into an airbnb. >> i finally feel safe. i don't have to look around. while i'm cooking. it's all. yeah, it's very comfortable. >> ryan tells us that he's so grateful to his health care providers for and for the help with housing as they fight his cancer together. he's hoping to use the money raised through the gofundme to buy a new van. >> we are following the park fire closely after it flared up late yesterday, leading to new evacuation orders in tehama county. it's burned more than 414,000 acres and containment is at 34%. the park fire remains the fourth largest wildfire in

state history. cal fire says the flames have destroyed more than 600 acres, and thousands more remain threatened. firefighters are dealing with some difficult conditions, with the heat returning, but are expecting to catch a break later in the week. the park fire could also have an impact on students returning to school. forest ranch charter school, which is northeast of chico, was planning to have its first day on august 13th but is now thinking that might not happen. the school's fine, some damaged phone and internet lines were fixed this week, although families are being allowed to return to their homes, a few did lose everything to the fire on friday. >> many of us were thinking that the whole town was going to go. so as a community, we are very fortunate, even though we can run school nowadays without the internet. when you go back and forth and back and forth, it's challenging and a lot of the teachers materials are online, so trying to find a workaround for that was going to be challenging. >> the school is planning to hold an ice cream social this thursday, and will address the park fire then. >> a big bay area solar company,

sunpower corp, has filed for bankruptcy. their shares in the stock market took a 34% plunge today. sunpower said in court papers it carries about $2 billion in debt. the san jose based solar firm has been struggling for some time in the past two years. it's had to lay off employees, restate earnings and default on a credit agreement. this year alone, it's replaced its ceo and restructured its operations. >> get a book. get a passport. the bay area library that's now offering both and tim waltz is formally introduced as kamala harris's running mate. >> you're going to hear from him as he appears at his first rally with her. abc

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passport for the first time. the library will offer passport services during hours that it would normally be closed, so if you need a photo on the weekend, you'll be able to get one. gilroy becomes the fourth library in santa clara county to launch a passport program in the east bay. >> ac transit is cracking down on drivers who park in bus lanes, 100 busses have been equipped with ai powered cameras that can detect when a vehicle is illegally stopped or parked in a bus lane. >> what we train these these cameras, what we train the software to do is to recognize a number of things. bus lines, bus lane dimensions, the size of the bus, the bus stop itself, if it does not recognize or falls outside of those parameters, then it captures a photo and a ten second video. >> those videos and photos are then reviewed by sheriff's deputy, who will determine if the vehicle is in violation. ac transit will start issuing warnings tomorrow and that will continue for 60 days. then ticketing starts in october. the

citation will be $110. waymo has officially taken its service beyond san francisco to the peninsula. as of today, people can now catch a driverless taxi to daly city, colma and broadmoor. the price will depend upon how far the trip is, how long it takes and whether there is a huge demand at the time. keep in mind waymo's vehicles are only allowed on surface streets, so don't expect to see one zipping down one on 1 or 2 8-80. riders will not be charged extra if their waymo reroutes in an unexpected way. >> the ticket is set. tim waltz officially joins kamala harris as her candidate for vice president. >> you'll hear from them at their first rally together, and walz's affection for san fran

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and her new running mate, minnesota governor tim walz, appearing for the first time as a ticket at a rally in philadelphia just hours after the final vp decision was made to his former high school football players. >> he was coach and in the nation will know coach walt by another name. >> vice president of the united states. >> over those next 91 days and every day in the white house, i'll have vice president harris's back every single day. >> the choice made at a rapid speed in the two weeks since president biden dropped out, praised by a cross section of the democratic party from progressives to moderates, she had someone in tim walz, that one she trusted. >> two, that she saw as someone that's going to bring something else to this ticket in a big

way. and that is midwest president biden calling both harris and waltz today, the vice president, sources familiar with the decision tell abc news. >> drawn to waltz's midwestern roots, his executive experience as governor and his background. a former teacher, longtime member of the army national guard and congressman with a history of supporting blue collar issues. waltz, also known for his plain spoken campaign style, recently labeling president trump and his running mate senator jd vance as weird. >> you do not need your elected officials to give you a sermon, and these guys are weird on how they frame it. >> the trump campaign calling waltz dangerously liberal. the former president posting simply thank you on social media. vance holding his own campaign event in philadelphia, reacting to his new opponent. >> but i think that what tim waltz's selection says is that kamala harris has bent the knee to the far left of her party, which is what she always does. >> the harris campaign expected to use walz to appeal to rust belt voters in must win states like michigan and wisconsin.

after that philadelphia rally, harris and walz expected to blitz six more battleground states in five days. jay o'brien, abc news, washington. >> now, walz has talked about his love for san francisco, calling it the most beautiful city. after just one visit today on abc seven news at four, our abc seven news insider phil matier weighed in on how that san francisco love may play on the campaign trail. >> that is, however, what they're going to hang around his neck, along with vice president kamala harris is california, california and san francisco liberal san francisco progressives. that's what she looked for. she wanted to embrace it. we're going to see a continuation of the biden administration and the biden policies. he'll articulate that and try to push the positive. the trump team is going to push the negatives. that's the way it's going to go. and, you know, because in some ways, minnesota is like the california of the midwest. you know, it's a very progressive state. >> phil pointed out the fresh surge in excitement in the campaign since harris moved to

the top of the ticket, saying walz will have to carry that energy to midwestern voters. >> okay, let's get a check on our weather. oh, i almost said we're midweek. we're not there yet. it's only tuesday. don't let me get ahead of myself. >> sorry. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. we can dream, though. >> yes we can. >> that's right, dan and ama. we can be wishful that it's almost there. we're almost there. okay, let me show you the 24 hour temperature change definitely is noticeably warmer, especially inland. 17 degrees warmer in livermore, up 12 in san jose. santa rosa, nine degrees warmer. oakland up five in san francisco from our oakland airport. camera. we are seeing some wispy clouds out there. we're going to be seeing more of these as high pressure has moved westward. we are seeing around that ridge of high pressure, the clockwise flow bringing up some of the high level clouds. mid and high level clouds will continue as we have some decaying tropical systems off the coast. all right. let's take a look at that heat advisory that is still up for parts of the south bay until

10 p.m. tonight. risk of heat related illnesses. so take it easy out there. here's a live view from san jose, where you look at the shark tank and the sun is out. it's a beautiful day. 88 degrees in san jose, 76, oakland 66. in the city you're in the mid 80s around redwood city now. the golden gate bridge was socked in early this afternoon with fog, but it has brightened up shallow marine layer, clearing out 93. in santa rosa. it is 102 in fairfield, napa, petaluma in the 80s, 100 degrees right now in livermore from our pier 39 camera. just a nice chamber of commerce day tomorrow. heat lingers inland. thursday. we're talking about the heat easing and your weekend weather will feature breezy and cooler conditions by sunday, so if you don't like the heat, you don't have to worry about it because we're slowly going to see those temperatures leveling off. we're going to go hour by hour, 6:00 tonight. just a few high level clouds. they'll be increasing. we'll see some patchy fog tomorrow morning. and then those clouds will continue to stream in from time to time. they're pretty much harmless. your morning temperatures will

range from the 50s to the 60s. your afternoon highs in the south bay, 90 degrees in san jose, 96. in morgan hill. a beautiful day on the peninsula. temperatures coming down a little bit. 81 in palo alto, low 60s coast side, downtown san francisco, 67 degrees. and in the north bay you're looking at 92, in santa rosa, 88 in san rafael, 85 in napa in the east bay, mid 70s oakland, berkeley, 84, in fremont had inland. and it's going to be another hot one. 97 in concord, 100 in brentwood, 98 degrees in livermore. quick look at tropical storm debby packing winds of 40 miles. an hour is still maintaining the tropical storm strength. it has moved off the coast just slightly. and here's a look at that track. catastrophic flooding is certainly a potential here because they are expecting up to 25in of rain across the carolinas tonight. 45 mile an hour winds strengthening a little bit as it moves off the coast and then weakening. but as it moves up the eastern seaboard, it's going to interact with a front coming in. and that

is going to mean a flooding threat, not just across the southeast, but across many parts of the new england area, where they could see up to five inches of rain. the accuweather seven day forecast you are looking at hot again inland tomorrow. cooler thursday, minor temperature rebound and then we'll hold you there saturday and then by sunday you're dropping and you're dropping below average by monday and tuesday mid 80s inland upper 50s at the coast ama and dan all right. >> thanks, sandhya. right. >> a special delivery today. the massive donation that's going to help put food on the tables i live in bloomington, illinois. i'm not an actor. i'm just a regular person. some people say, "why should i take prevagen?

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funding. >> we know that the need and the hunger is just as big, if not bigger, than it was pre-pandemic and during the pandemic. we are serving over 50,000 households every single week, and we've seen a significant decrease in funding from all levels of government. >> the food bank is always looking for volunteers. they also take online donations to help feed families in need. >> it makes a huge difference. absolutely. all right. >> that's it for this edition of abc seven news at five world news tonight. with david muir is next for sandyha patel and all of us. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. >> we will see you again at six.

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