live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria, thank you. today, parking restrictions begin to take effect on a san francisco street filled with rv dwellers. this is winston drive near lake merced. sfmta says parking control officers will begin sighting illegally parked rvs and campers. the city last year voted to implement a four hour parking limit along winston drive and buckingham way, where many of those campers are located. city officials say they would not begin enforcement until they found suitable housing for the dozens of families living in those rvs. >> new developments the park fire is now burning across four counties in butte, plumas, shasta and tehama. it's burned more than 391,000 acres since it began over a week ago. crews have gained 18% containment. nearly 440 buildings have been destroyed and 42 are damaged. you can keep track of the fires burning across the state with our abc seven california wildfire tracker. it gives you a full picture of the fires and the smoke across the state. it's right on the front page at abc seven

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you. gloria. tonight, governor newsom enters a spotlight at the democratic national convention. he'll lead california's delegation during the ceremonial roll call. the governor will be the one to put vice president harris over the delegate threshold needed to secure the presidential nomination. this is a gesture in name only, as harris actually secured the votes virtually at the beginning of the month. but given the long and local relationship between the two. tonight's move from governor newsom is significant. >> it's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. i love the job, but i love my country more. >> president biden ending night one of the convention with a strong endorsement of vice president kamala harris. it's been a full month since mr. biden decided to leave the race. last night, he reiterated his love for the country and the party. the president's message echoed the way he started his campaign, saying our democracy hangs in the balance. he also acknowledged pro-palestin

live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you gloria. >> right now we are going live to chicago, where day three of the democratic national convention is set to get started. and about an hour from now, the california democratic party is hosting a breakfast where senator alex padilla and first partner jennifer siebel newsom are set to speak. now, tonight, the headliners include former president bill clinton and speaker nancy pelosi, before minnesota governor tim walz takes the stage to officially accept the party's nomination for vice president. they will all be trying to continue the intense excitement from last night, when the convention felt more like a party. during the ceremonial roll call, one state called in a well known artist to help announce their pledged delegates for vice president harris. we are here tonight to officially nominate kamala harris for president. oh, goodness, so many moments. this moment was lil jon taking over the convention floor during georgia's roll seven news anchor julian glover is in chi

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you. >> gloria. tonight, governor newsom enters the spotlight at the democratic national convention. he'll lead california's delegation during the ceremonial roll call. the governor will be the one to put vice president harris officially over the delegate threshold needed to secure the presidential nomination. now, this is a gesture in name only, as harris actually got the votes virtually at the beginning of the month. but given the long and local relationship between these two. tonight's move from the governor is significant. >> it's been the honor of my lifetime to serve as your president. i love the job, but i love my country more. i love my country. >> it was a long, late night, but president biden ended it with a strong endorsement of vice president kamala harris. it's been a full month since mr. biden decided to leave the race. last night, he reiterated his love for the country and the party. the president's message echoed the way he started his campaign, saying our democracy hangs in the balan

abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joining us live in gloria. the city is offering a help, but the deadline to move is now less than 24 hours away. >> that's right. kumasi san francisco is requesting these rvs leave zoo road by midnight, or they will be towed. the city is now offering them help, but it's not a simple process. this morning, our photographer captured this video on zoo road. there's still about two dozen rvs out there as the clock ticks for them to leave. the city says many of these rvs have multiple families living in them, and we found that many moved there during the pandemic when their job situation changed. many of those residents gathered outside their rvs yesterday as they waited for city workers who set up tables and take people. many left winston drive two weeks ago, hoping to avoid getting towed after the city implemented a four hour parking restriction for an upcoming repaving project. and since then, zoo road became their new home. but last week, the city put them on notice, saying they had to leave zoo road as well. th

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you. >> gloria. there's a back to school mess in the north bay and apparently wild boars are to blame. caution tape ropes off what's left of the grass at geyserville new tech academy. it looks like a bulldozer came through there, but the press democrat reports it's actually the work of wild pigs. the boar started with a baseball fields and when school officials put up fences there, the pigs went to town on the rest of the campus, paper says the school has hired a trapper school there starts thursday. hopefully not the same situation here in san ramon, or i should say in san ramon valley. and fremont unified, who are kicking off their school years. alameda unified starts on thursday and sf usd starts next week. >> developing news in the mideast, israel, israel is on high alert this morning amid concern that iran could launch an attack at any time. and amanda, the white house is reacting as israel is mobilizing its resources and kumasi. >> currently, the israeli air force is banning its members from le

live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thanks, gloria. residents in a santa clara condo complex are relieved to know a major mail theft operation is now shut down. security video captured the thieves using stolen mail keys to access dozens of mailboxes. santa clara police announced the arrest of 12 suspects for their role in a major fraud ring. they found u.s. postal mail keys, a uniform along with drugs, gambling machines, body armor, and other illegal items. the stolen mail included id cards, checkbooks, and license plates. the u.s. postal service inspection service says stolen mail keys are a widespread problem. >> letter carriers are being robbed of these keys. really? on an altogether alarming basis, the daily or weekly occurrence across the bay area, across the country, along with security cameras and alarms monitored 24 over seven. >> the complex installed coded key locks to deter thieves. >> san jose will rename the city hall rotunda to honor its trailblazing first female mayor, elected nearly 50 years ago. janet gray hayes was el

gloria rodriguez, abc news. >> thank you. gloria. we're following up on a story. a lot of you are looking at at abc seven news.com. waymo now has a reason. a group of robotaxi robotaxis keep honking at each other in a san francisco parking lot. over and over again over the past few weeks in soma. waymo says the honking is because of software that's meant to prevent slow moving crashes. for example, if someone is backing out of a parking spot and doesn't see you, you would honk if they got too close and that's basically what these waymo vehicles are doing. and they're doing it sometimes at four in the morning, the company says it is adjusting their software. >> the developments in the effort to bring new life to san francisco. amanda, the mayor, has just announced a half million dollars for some iconic businesses to bring more nightlife to the city. >> yeah. kumasi will have a map up ahead showing which businesses across the city will be involved. but first, the city says the goal is to produce a number of diverse weekend and evening events downtown through the ene

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you. >> gloria. well, we are following up on a story so many of you are looking at on abc seven news.com. waymo now has a reason why a group of robo taxis keep honking at each other in san francisco in a parking lot yep, that racket has been bothering neighbors in soma for weeks now. waymo says the honking is because of software that's meant to prevent slow moving crashes. so, for example, if somebody is backing out of a parking spot and they don't see you, you would honk if they got too close. so that's basically what the waymo vehicles are doing. the company says it is adjusting the software. >> passengers going from sfo to rome never even left california. the united airlines flight had to be diverted because of a mechanical issue. the plane landed safely in sacramento just before six last night. officials didn't specify what that issue was. here's one passenger describing what happened. >> that's all they said. it was overheating, so they had to shut it off. and so they had to divert us to sacrame

live in the studio, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you gloria. >> today, students at galileo high school in san francisco can reach out to wellness staff for help. one day after a student was shot near campus. the shooting forced the school to go on a lockout yesterday, so that means school continued. but nobody was allowed on campus. the shooting happened at north point and polk streets during the school's lunch time. witnesses say a student was shot in the shoulder. they had to be taken to the hospital. they don't have life threatening injuries. the incident frightened students and staff. >> just got the, the signal over the intercom that we were going into lockdown and sad. and a little alarming. >> police have not said if the shooter was also a student in the east bay. >> neighbors of one oakland community have taken matters into their own hands to prevent sideshows and reckless driving. but the efforts to keep their streets safe hasn't gone as planned. this oakland neighborhood has been plagued by constant sideshows. reside

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. now let's go to drew with a check of the forecast. >> good morning drew. hey good morning gloria. we're talking about just a fall like feeling out there this afternoon. here's the reason why. live doppler seven. you see this big spin in the atmosphere this low pressure creating a trough across northern california. some light showers falling around eureka this morning. we could see some mist and drizzle later on this evening into early parts of saturday morning. today, those temperatures will be well below average. typically this time of the year, our warmest areas, upper 80s near 90 degrees. today. we're basically all in the 60s and 70s. so for most of us, that's 5 to 15 degrees below average for this time of the year. here's future weather. we do have pockets of cloud cover along the coast this morning that will become widespread by lunchtime. it's cloudy midday and then the afternoon. it's just overcast. underneath this cloud cover. we may find some pockets of drizzle later in the d

live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria. thank you. developing news in the east bay. police in oakland are investigating a deadly shooting outside of a dollar tree. we counted about two dozen shell casings in the parking lot on east 12th street at 25th avenue, about a mile from the fruitvale bart station. police say one person was shot and killed there just before four last night. they were at a tent where people could sign up for free cell phone service. police haven't shared any details about a suspect. >> we are following the story of the deadly wrong-way crash that killed two people in san jose monday. this dash cam video is from another driver on highway 85. shows the truck driven by a man from florida, shortly before it hit a tesla suv. that collision killed both people in the tesla. a 47 year old woman and a and a 14 year old boy. the chp says the truck was heading in the wrong direction for several minutes before the crash. the 39 year old truck driver remains in the hospital with major injuries. he has not been charged yet, bu

live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you gloria. at galileo high school in san francisco can reach out to wellness staff for help. a day after a student was shot near campus. that shooting forced the school to go into a lockout mode yesterday. that means school continued, but no one was allowed on campus. the shooting happened at north point and polk streets during school lunch time. witnesses say a student was shot in the shoulder. they were taken to the hospital. they do not have life threatening injuries. the incident frightened students and staff. >> just got the, the signal over the intercom that we were going into lockdown. and sad and a little alarming. >> police have not said if the shooter was also a student in the east bay. >> neighbors of one oakland community have taken matters into their own hands to prevent sideshows and reckless driving. but the effort to keep their streets safe has not gone as planned. this oakland neighborhood has been plagued by constant sideshows, so residents got together to set up speed bumps an

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you. gloria.esident trump are preparing to duke it out over the economy. we're expected to learn both their plans in the coming days as inflation falls to 2.9%. that's the lowest it's been in three years. here's abc news reporter. and when. >> this morning, both presidential candidates fighting to win over voters on the issue of the economy. vice president harris expected to lay out her economic platform in north carolina tomorrow. abc news has learned she'll propose banning corporate price gouging on food and groceries. former president trump getting ahead of the announcement. >> there's no such thing as her going out and doing that. what you want to do is create the incentives so that people can't cheat. >> a new report shows inflation cooling at 2.9%, its lowest level in three years. trump in north carolina wednesday touted his economic plan, which includes eliminating taxes on social security benefits and tips and cutting energy prices. but he spent most of his speech airing grievances against

abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez is following this story.ing about their efforts to prevent these fires? >> well, reggie p-g-and-e's created a wildfire safety program task force last month. based on the data they're seeing in the field, to look at what else they could be doing and what else they might need to change. p-g-and-e's equipment has been blamed for sparking some of the state's deadliest wildfires in recent years. that includes the 2018 camp fire, where 85 people died in the town of paradise. over the past few years. p-g-and-e's has increased rates, saying it's to reduce wildfire risk and also make the electric system safer. but wildfires have not decreased this year. p-g-and-e's is reporting 62 cpuc reportable ignitions from their equipment and high fire threat districts. 29 since july 1st in 2023, there were 65 the whole year when dry fuels gather around power poles, fires can start. and that's one thing the new task force is looking into. >> right now, we've identified 50 000 poles within the highest fire risk areas to go out and

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> all right, gloria, thank you. and breaking overnight, hurricane debby has made landfall in florida as a category one storm. >> this is a live look now at tampa, where flooding and strong storm surges are expected. the camera moving because of the wind. there hundreds of thousands of customers in the path are in the dark. the storm made landfall near steinhatchee with winds of about 80mph. it's about 20 miles from where a category three storm made landfall last year. now that it's hit land, the storm should weaken to a tropical storm as it crosses florida into georgia. vice president kamala harris starts a big week of campaigning across the country, with her running mate. she could announce who that is as soon as today. overnight, the harris campaign announced that vp harris and her running mate will hit seven battleground states in five days. here's a look at those states. and then vp harris will be in san francisco on saturday. abc news reporter alison kosik has more on the top candidates this morning. >> new que

live at sfo gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you. gloria. biggest the busiest airport weekend admati sfo s biggest carrier bracing for a potential flight attendant strike. united crew members say they are underpaid and they are demanding changes. amanda is at the live desk with this game changing vote. >> amanda kumasi, flight attendants with united airlines voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. they announced the results at airports across the country yesterday, including sfo. the airline recently announced profits are up more than 20%. now, workers say they deserve a share of those gains with the double digit pay raise. the median pay for flight attendants is a little more than $68,000, but a first year worker can expect as much as 23 to $32,000, depending on the airline. some say they're struggling to feed their families. >> we have been in three years of negotiations with very minimal progress from a corporation that is making billions on the backs of their frontline workers. >> they also argue their jobs are getting harder because

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you. gloria. your voice, your vote.h presidential campaigns gearing up for a swing state tour this weekend. amanda. each campaign is hoping to capitalize off of some recent developments in the presidential race. >> kumasi. that certainly seems to be the hope the harris campaign says it's had a surge in fundraising coming off the dnc. the campaign says it raised $82 million this past week during the convention, and that brings their total to more than half $1 billion raised since president joe biden stepped aside last month. vice president kamala harris and minnesota governor tim walz will take a bus tour across georgia this week. meanwhile, former president donald trump will tour several battleground states he's expected to visit michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania. this comes off his latest endorsement from former independent candidate robert f kennedy jr. kennedy suspended his campaign on friday, despite the endorsement. polling from our partner. fivethirtyeight shows kennedy's backing of mr. trump will have a minima

live at sfo gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you. gloria.s is following the story of a controversial tow company here in san francisco. specialty tow went viral after its truck was seen on this video trying to tow a moving car. now, the owner of the company is facing new charges. the justice department says jose vicente badillo wrecked cars to receive insurance money, but dio and three others are charged with conspiracy, mail fraud and wire fraud. that's in connection with two schemes to defraud auto insurance companies. but dio and his wife got arrested this month after the fbi raided their home. they were charged with money laundering and fraud. he is scheduled to be arraigned in court tomorrow. >> a group of san francisco residents is suing the city. they say a major prostitution problem nearby has spilled over onto their street. abc seven news broke the story of prostitution on capp street in the mission district last year. will now people living a block over or so on shotwell street say all the prostitution has migrated there? five resi

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you, gloria. >> the u.s. postal inspector tells abc seven thieves are targeting mail carriers who service smaller suburban bay area towns and cities. the latest attack happened just yesterday a daytime robbery of a mail carrier in danville. sky seven was over the scene off of camino tassajara. the attacks have become such an issue. the usps recently increased rewards to $150,000 for help and arrests. abc7 news reporter j.r. stone is in the east bay with that. >> deputies scouring an area of unincorporated danville near black hawk, where authorities say a mail carrier was robbed on wednesday. this is video from sky seven showing that carrier, who is physically okay. shortly after the thief took his keys on portola drive, he came up as if they were a customer and then demanded the carriers keys, snatched the keys, gestured that he had a weapon. >> scared the carrier off and then fled on foot through a foot path there in the danville area. >> matt norfleet is a u.s. postal inspector. the law enforcement arm of t

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you gloria. well, today is also the first day of school in newark. police there set up an awareness campaign to slow down drivers and alert them to pedestrians. officers went undercover yesterday. non uniform members of the department crossed a few pedestrian crosswalks while officers watched for compliance. >> we're looking to basically have awareness not only for pedestrians who are crossing at this location and other locations in newark, but also to remind our motorists that they need to slow down, be less distracted, giving themselves more time to their destinations so that they can watch out for all of our our young ones going to school and put other pedestrians that are in our crosswalks. >> the ticket with penalties and fees will add up to hundreds of dollars. >> breaking overnight in san francisco, fire crews have put out a fire in the at the saint andrew missionary baptist church. this is on post street, not far from gary. masonic. the fire started early this morning. we don't know how b

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> all right, gloria, thank you. in the east bay, this is what some students and parents are dealing with only a week into the school year. drinking fountains wrapped in plastic and signs reading do not drink the water. the reason lead has been detected in the water at nearly two dozen schools across oakland unified, parents and staff were warned about the issue in a letter from the district last week, according to a water testing report obtained by abc seven news. the issue was discovered in april. >> students have been going to that school and summer school included for this whole time, drinking that water, which is completely unacceptable and infuriating. >> usd board president sam davis says communication needs to be better. he says the district has been aggressive about testing water since 2017, and is now taking steps to fix the problem. >> we need to make sure that there's testing available for families to find out if they were exposed to lead and we need to invest in remediating the issue. >> the district say

live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thanks so much, gloria. >> also today, parking restrictions begin to take effect on a san francisco street filled with rv dwellers. this is on winston drive near lake merced. sfmta says parking control officers will begin sighting illegally parked rvs and campers. the city last year voted to implement a four hour parking limit along winston drive and buckingham way, where many of those campers are located. city officials say they would not begin enforcement until they found suitable housing for the dozens of families living in those rvs. >> if you take an uber, lyft or waymo ride in san francisco, it may eventually cost you more. the city is asking voters to approve a new tax on ride hailing companies to shore up muni's finances. a bill was just qualified for november's ballot. officials say the community transit act would raise 20 to $30 million every year. the money would come at a critical time for muni in april, the agency told abc7 news it's facing a $12.7 million deficit over th

live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you. gloria. in the east bay police are looking for a driver who hit a child in a stroller and then took off. that child had to go to the hospital. thankfully, they are going to be okay. the crash happened in berkeley shortly after eight yesterday morning. it was near dover street and alcatraz avenue. as you can see here on this map, it's a couple of blocks south of the ashby bart station. police say someone was pushing the stroller when the crash happened. the driver took off going south on dover street. neighbors say they heard it all happen. >> i heard a crash. i heard a scream. i heard a baby cry. and i looked out and i saw the stroller in the on the ground. in the street. >> police say the driver is a man. they don't have any other details about him or his car. >> your voice. your vote. vice president kamala harris and former president trump are targeting battleground states as they prepare for next month's debate. trump picked up an endorsement from 2020 democratic presidential candidate tul

this weekend, abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez has a preview from sfo. >> we saw some long lines at san francisco international as labor day holiday travel kicked off, but many travelers i talked to are taking it in stride. >> i'm handicapped, so i'm going to take a wheelchair so it really doesn't matter to me because they will be right up to the gate and they take me into the seat and they drop me off and so it's going to be crowded. >> i've seen worse and not in labor day, actually. one of the good things is that we have the global entry. so we have tsa pre-check, and we don't have to go through all the hassle and those kind of things. >> sfo is expecting more than 930,000 people to travel to, and from the airport thursday through tuesday. that's nearly 9% more than last year. they're almost at pre-pandemic levels. sfo spokesperson doug yakel tells me labor day weekend closes out the busy summer travel season. >> it used to be that our peak day of the entire year typically happened in july or august, whereas the last couple of years, one of the days around labor day tends to be

it's a terrible thing to have to go through. >> gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> we're following up on the story about the oakland bookstore destroyed by a fire. this week. the east bay booksellers bookstore had been operating on college avenue for decades before tuesday morning's blaze. when we spoke with the owner, the morning of the fire, he told abc seven news, he was too overwhelmed to think about the future of the shop. well, now there's hope on the horizon in just two days. a gofundme has already raised $135,000. if you'd like to help, we have a link to it on abc seven news.com. developing news and historic prisoner exchange between the u.s. and russia brought freedom for 24 people. president biden said. this morning. it was the result of years of negotiations between at least seven countries. >> this is an incredible relief for all the family members gathered here. it's a relief to the friends and colleagues all across the country who have been praying for this day for a long time. >> those released include former us marine paul whelan and wall street journal reporter eva

abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez was at sfo and has more on today's vote and potential future impact to travelers. reporter what do we want? >> contract. when we want one. >> united airlines flight attendants at san francisco international are joining others in a picket at airports nationwide. the picket comes as workers announce the results of a strike authorization vote by the association of flight attendants, cwa. we have taken a strike authorization vote with a 99. >> 99.9% not. >> but this doesn't mean they will go on strike. >> it would be, at minimum, a 30 day period before we would be permitted to strike. united uh- obviously doesn't want that. flight attendants don't want to have to go on strike, but we will use whatever means are necessary up to and including a strike so that we can propel our negotiations forward. >> united flight attendants are demanding better pay pay for all the time they are at work, schedule flexibility and more. >> there is billions of dollars in revenue and profit at this airline. flight attendants are only asking for their fair share. >> lia

abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez tells us there's a whole lot of excitement, but also a lot of concern because of a teacher shortage and budget cuts. >> these snaps, helping students mark the first day of school at tule elk park early education school in san francisco. the san francisco unified school district, welcoming some 50,000 students on monday. >> i'm excited for the school year to start. >> former warriors player and sports commentator festus ezeli was on hand to give students a special message. >> have fun because school is meant to be fun. as someone who has educators, as parents, i know how important this all this, this whole process is. so thank you to the teachers as well and let's have a great year. >> each classroom has two doors. >> principal nancy lambert campbell gave us a tour of tule elk. >> we are very excited to kick off our third year in this building. with these renovations due to the bond program, but the district is starting. >> the school year with about 120 teacher vacancies and a hiring freeze, except for essential staff to keep a school running. >

abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez explains the changes coming to drop off. it's the first day for students at willow glen middle school in san jose. >> and yes, mom still wants to take a picture. 25,000 students in the san jose unified school district's 41 schools started school on thursday, like sixth grader jordan rios, a little nervous and happy. >> i'm excited to go to my new school. >> sixth grader mia cabral can relate to the mix of emotions, exciting and nervous because it's new to me. for parents, safety is top of mind. >> i always walk into school, so i always get out of my car and take them to school and see them off and then leave from there. that's just my routine so far. >> we didn't find any trouble on crossing, crossing and all the way to malone to here, so far, the traffic is good. >> san jose is urging drivers to slow down when they're around school zones, and look out for students walking to and from campuses. colin haynie with the san jose department of transportation, says the police department is going to be stepping up enforcement aroun

abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez introduces us to brye. >> he's doing great.ul, very engaged. bryer is getting used to his new home at the oakland zoo, the small male mountain lion was found alone in el dorado county on thursday and brought to the zoo on monday. they looked for his mom all weekend, so they held him so he wouldn't get hurt, but they cdfw put out camera traps all weekend long to see if mom would come back to retrieve him. she did not. bryer will stay at the oakland zoo until he's healthy enough and a forever home found for him, likely in another facility since he's so young and lacks survival skills. the zoo says he can't return to the wild. he's too young to be on his own. normally, they stay with the mom until they're about a year and a half or two years old, so you can imagine at 4 to 5 weeks, not even 4 pounds, he would have no ability to survive at all. bryer is the 27th mountain lion rescued through the zoo's bay area cougar action team. i think these guys are our iconic alpha predator here in the state of california. they're kind of our t

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> an important job he has. congrats to barney. on the heels of national dog day, lyft is now letting passengers bring their pets along for the ride. the new option will pair drivers who are comfortable having pets in their car, with riders who want to bring their furry friends. lyft is also encouraging pet adoptions. thank you all for joining us for abc seven news at three. world news tonight with david muir is next >>> tonight, breaking news involving donald trump. this new revised indictment against the former president. what this move from jack smith now means. >>> also tonight, we're t

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria, the chp is investigating after a car that had bullet holes caught on fire on an east bay freeway. the video shows this car on fire. this is on northbound 880 in san leandro at the washington avenue offramp just before 8:00 last night. chp says the car was hit with bullets on the passenger side. now officers are trying to determine where and when that shooting happened. no one was hurt. >> now it's an interview. you'll see. only on seven. the family of an oakland man is shaken by a devastating shooting. 33 year old hua kuang was sleeping at home in east oakland when a bullet ripped through the wall and straight through his skull. that happened august 1st. kuang remains in critical condition at a local hospital. a family friend tells abc seven the family is afraid to even be at their home. they're trying to move out of oakland as soon as they can. in the meantime, she's calling on local leaders to step up. >> please do something to stop crimes. this is totally unacceptable. they got to do something. the government, the mayor, the p

live in san francisco gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. gloria. >> thank you. the first day of school coming at a challenging time for covid. we have that summer surge that just seems to go on. cases of covid are climbing as kids are about to be in close proximity once again. while each school district has its own covid protocol, experts say kids can go back to school 24 hours after they no longer have a fever. and if they're getting better. however, they should still wear a mask for five days. >> get the covid shot with the flu shot, every kid at six months and over is eligible, so i think it's really important to try to protect them so you can protect the household and to protect loved ones who may be more vulnerable. >> the fda is expected to sign off on an updated covid 19 vaccine as early as this week, with both pfizer and moderna saying their vaccines could be available just days after that. new overnight an international gaming event is coming to san francisco. coming up, what it is and when you'll see thousands of attendees coming to the bay area and yo

live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thanks, gloria. fighting is ramping up in the middle east, but not in gaza. israel and the lebanese militant group hezbollah are exchanging missile strikes with the blows focused on southern lebanon. a man is at the live desk tracking that for us. amanda. yeah, reggie. >> after an intense weekend of exchanging attacks and a short lived pause in airstrikes fighting between israel and hezbollah is reportedly back on. and while analysts believe a wider war in the region has been averted for now, the conflict on israel's northern border is ongoing. according to state media and witnesses, israeli air strikes have targeted militant sites in southern lebanon, and officials say the u.s. military was not involved. but they did help the idf track incoming attacks. on sunday, israel fired what they're calling preemptive strikes after detecting plans for an attack by hezbollah. the idf says they hit more than 40 militant sites in southern lebanon. hezbollah fired back, launching hundreds of drones and rockets in

live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you.in the east bay county, crews are going door to door on the hunt for a dangerous mosquito. officials in contra costa county say they found an 8-80 aegypti mosquito in a trap in north concord. the invasive bugs haven't been recorded in the county in two years. now they tend to bite people during the day, and they can transmit diseases like zika. yellow fever and dengue fever. crews will be going door to door in north concord in that area to look for more signs of these mosquitoes. now, on the other side of the country, a man in new hampshire has died from a rare and deadly virus spread by mosquitoes. the man tested positive for the severe central nervous system disease known as triple e this year. the cdc has found cases in five states. >> berkeley police say they arrested the gunman who shot and killed a man inside a shelter for the unhoused. this happened sunday inside ursula sherman village on harrison street, close to target off of 580. shelter residents told us a man who lived ther

abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez was there. >> former giants player hunter pence getting his hands dirty at tenderloin community elementary in san francisco. >> you know, i think it's an incredibly important uh, you know, to especially the school districts within the city. uh, there's tons of science behind greenery, just improving child's uh- success rates and, and just the health benefits of having the green spaces around. and so it really is just an awesome opportunity to help beautify the school and give them a lot of volunteer hours and minutes that they need to help get that work done. >> some 30 volunteers getting school ready for students to start next week, including adding dozens of plants, moving compost into the school, and removing a truckload of debris. >> i think the kids are going to be thrilled. i hope the kids are thrilled. there is a direct correlation between green space and student achievement, so even if they don't notice it immediately, it does help improve their mental well-being, their social well-being, and their student achievement. >> hunter's nonp

live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria, thank you.ife of a community service officer after he was killed in the line of duty. 34 year-old long pham died after he was hit by a suspected drunk driver saturday night at monterey highway and palm avenue in south san jose. he had been managing traffic from an unrelated crash yesterday. many gathered to show their condolences for the officer, including his cso partner. >> so real. like we it's hard to face this right now because it feels like it's a nightmare. >> another cso, veronica bear, was also seriously hurt in the crash. a person was arrested for felony vehicular manslaughter and two counts of felony dui. >> a rising political star in san francisco now charged with rape, 35 year old john jacobo surrendered to police yesterday charged with four counts, including rape and domestic violence. giacobo was the director of a powerful housing nonprofit but resigned last year after our media partner, the san francisco standard, published a report on assault claims against him. at least three w

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you. gloria. now in the east bay, police are looking for a driver who hit a child in a stroller and then took off. the child had to go to the hospital, but thankfully is expected to survive. the crash happened in berkeley just before eight yesterday morning. it was near dover street and alcatraz avenue. you can see it here on the map. it's just a few blocks south of the ashby bart station. now, police say someone was pushing the stroller when the crash happened. the driver took off going south on dover street, and neighbors told us they heard it all happen. >> i heard a crash. i heard a scream. i heard a baby cry. and i looked out and i saw the stroller in the on the ground in the street. >> police say the driver is a man, but they don't have any other details about him or his car. >> now to your voice. your vote. vice president kamala harris and former president trump are targeting battleground states as they prepare for next month's debate. trump picked up an endorsement from 2020 democratic pre

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news kumasi. >> thank you. gloria. tensions are rising between the mayor of oakland and the city's police officers and amanda. the police union is now calling for the mayor to resign. >> kumasi the oakland police officers association sent the mayor a four page letter calling for her resignation, and in that letter, the police union says her policies have made it harder for police to fight crime. they point to recent budget cycles from the mayor and city that have cut police 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. >> mayor shengtao responded to abc seven news yesterday, saying this letter from the police union is a distraction. >> 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 o

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live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you. gloria. one business owner in san francisco has crafted a new tactic that he's hoping will stop would be thieves. our cameras were there when a jewelry store jewelry store owner in the city's pacific heights neighborhood showed us how it works. so that's what happens if somebody tries to break in after hours. the owner could trigger a fog machine and a rather intense alarm, so it disperses fog, thick, dense fog into the store. >> and it, along with a incredibly loud alarm, and you just want to run for the hills. it's that powerful. >> the fog machine security system costs several thousand dollars. >> new developments out of oakland, where police have arrested a suspect in connection to a shooting that seriously hurt a man who was napping inside his home. a 20 year old man now faces several felony charges. a man is at the live desk with what we know about the suspect and the case. yeah. >> reggie, 20 year old damon roberts of richmond is expected to appear in court again today. in a separate c

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> all right. thank you. gloria. >> now to your voice. your vote.n the verge of selecting her running mate. she has no public events on her schedule today, indicating an announcement could be coming. a source tells abc news vp harris met face to face with at least three leading contenders. they were arizona senator mark kelly, minnesota governor tim walz and pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. former attorney general eric holder also visited the vp's residence at the naval observatory. holders law firm is running the vetting process. vice president harris is expected to announce her running mate before they go on a seven state campaign swing, starting tomorrow. she will then make her way to san francisco after she finishes a campaign event on saturday. over the weekend, former president trump held a rally in the same atlanta arena. vp harris packed last week, both courting critical swing voters in georgia. >> she's acknowledged to be the worst vice president in the history of our country. >> also over the weekend, vice president harris reached enoug

live in san jose gloria rodriguez, abc seven news thank you. >> gloria, the family of an 18 year-oldot and killed by los angeles police last month, is saying they are suing for wrongful death. the family of ricardo ramirez junior is suing the city and also called on state prosecutors to file criminal charges against the lapd vice sergeant involved in the shooting. ramirez was visiting southern california after his high school graduation, according to the lapd, a plainclothes sergeant was investigating a possible dispute between the occupants of two vehicles. the officer fired through his window, hitting and killing ramirez. >> his journey was just beginning, and that was taken away from us by a police by sergeant from lapd. >> and the only thing that ricky did that led to his death was to go wire you and before he could say anything more, he was shot in the chest and killed. arms out, hands open. no weapon. >> a shooting is being investigated by a state attorney general. >> rob bonta, alameda county district attorney pamela price has 60 days to decide whether to retry a death penalty

and that is where abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez has been all morning long.loria, what can we expect tonight? >> reporter well, you know what? they don't have the live animals the way they used to, but you know what? they're still calling it the greatest show on earth. and there's so much to see as part of the show. we've shown you a lot this morning. the low wire. now we're going to show you some hoop diving. so we've got max bennett here with us and max for people who don't know what hoop diving is. and actually they're doing a demo behind us. but explain what it is, please. >> hoop diving is a mixture of gymnastics, tumbling and spatial awareness. once you put in the tumbling aspects and the somersaults with the hoops and you start stacking the hoops, it becomes much more of a spectacle. as you can see, and much more difficult. >> yeah, and you could see behind us right there. i mean, look at all of that, that they do. and this is a troupe that you have here. >> yeah. this is troupe ethio. salam. this is only a few boys out of the group, but their troupe i

and that is where we find abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez.o, gloria, who are you talking to now? >> all right, well, i got something really cool for you this morning. first of all, reggie, i want to show you this. this is what they call the ringling rocket. so check this out. imagine somebody shooting out from there. well, that is what happens at their show. and right now we have who they call the human rocket. this is skyler miser, and i've seen the video of you shooting out of this rocket. it is incredible. for those folks who haven't seen us. tell us what you do. >> so i fly out of the ringling rocket at 0 to 65 miles an hour in less than half a second. i go about 110ft, landing in a giant air bag on the other side of the stage, and i was trying to get an understanding of how that feels. >> and you gave me a really good description. you were telling me a roller coaster, how it compares to a roller coaster. tell me about that. >> it's like a giant roller coaster and a mini car crash all in one. >> and you're going how fast? >> 65 miles an h

abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez introduces us to brier. >> he's doing great. very playful, very engaged. brier is getting used to his new home at the oakland zoo. the small male mountain lion was found alone in el dorado county on thursday and brought to the zoo on monday. they looked for his mom all weekend, so they held him so he wouldn't get hurt, but they cdf put out camera traps all weekend long to see if mom would come back to retrieve him. she did not. brier will stay at the oakland zoo until he's healthy enough and a forever home found for him, likely in another facility since he's so young and lacks survival skills, the zoo says he can't return to the wild. he's too young to be on his own. normally, they stay with the mom until they're about a year and a half or two years old, so you can imagine at 4 to 5 weeks, not even 4 pounds, he would have no ability to survive at all. brier is the 27th mountain lion rescued through the zoo's bay area cougar action team. i think these guys are our iconic alpha predator here in the state of california. they're kin

in san jose, gloria rodriguez abc seven news. >> it's almost time to cue the music. san francisco's biggest musical festival is just hours away. roads around the festival grounds in golden gate park are closed already. thousands of people are expected at the three day event. outside lands, of course, generates about $40 million a year for the recreation and parks department. headlining this year's lineup are sabrina carpenter, post malone and chappell roan. >> coming up on abc seven news at four, a 72 year old fired from her job at home depot. she's claiming age discrimination, the company say. otherwise, we'll tell you exactly what happened. a new name and coming soon, a new look for oakland's airport and a cat turned artist. how it all began later this hour. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, an air quality advisory has just been issued for the bay area. i'll let you know why and how long the current cooling trend is going to las z's baking the house special. arisa's styling a new look. and steve's filling his biggest order ever. with the first ever comcast busine

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> still to come, a no kill animal shelter accused of not doing enough lives of sick kittens. right now, all veterinarian offices are overbooked and overworked. >> what? >> they're doing is they're just delaying or giving inadequate care. >> the abc seven news i-team investigates, and the government interference that facebook says it will no is it possible to count on my internet like my customers count on me? it is with comcast business. keeping you up and running with our 99.9% network reliability. and security that helps outsmart threats to your data. moaire dida twoo? -your data, too. there's even round-the- clock customer support. so you can be there for your customers. with comcast business, reliability isn't just possible. it's happening. switch to reliable comcast business internet with security and get started for $49.99 a month. plus ask how to get up to a $500 prepaid card. call today! to me, harlem is home. but home is also your body. i asked myself, why doesn't pilates exist in harlem? so i started my own studio. getting a brick and mortar i

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> well, she prize but didn't come out on top.alking about barney. a five year old german shorthaired pointer who patrols sfo sniffing out explosives. she was a semifinalist in the tsa's 2024 cutest canine contest, but didn't get enough votes to make the finals. how did she not get enough votes? i don't i don't know who was voting for this. >> exactly. >> i need a recount. yeah. >> two dogs, one from chicago, another from kansas city, will compete for the title. now, voting runs through tomorrow on the tsa's social media platforms. get out there and vote for barney early and often. >> best of luck to barney. >> yes, exactly. very cute. all right. coming up in the news, more than 20 years after a highly publicized murder and trial, we're finally hearing from scott peterson what he says about his conviction. >> plus, a new study suggests some popular weight loss drugs could reduce the risk of developing type two diabetes. i'm tim pulliam. i'll tell you when your dream becomes a pursuit. and with vitiligo, the pursuit for your pigmen

abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez has a preview from sfo. >> reporter we saw some long lines at san francisco international, but many travelers i talked to are taking it in stride. >> i'm handicapped, so i'm going to take a wheelchair. so it really doesn't matter to me because they will be right up to the gate. >> i've seen worse and not in labor day. actually, one of the good things is that we have the global entry. so we have tsa precheck, and we don't have to go through all the hassle. >> sfo is expecting more than 930,000 people to travel to and from the airport thursday through tuesday. that's nearly 9% more than last year. they're almost at pre-pandemic levels. >> it used to be that our peak day of the entire year typically happened in july or august, whereas the last couple of years, one of the days around labor day tends to be some of the busiest days. so what that tells us in terms of travel behavior is people are taking more vacations at the tail end of the summer, and that's good for us as an airport. >> so if you're driving or flying this labor day holiday, you may have