abc7 news begins with breaking news. a child is injured after falling from a third story window. it happened this morning at this apartment building on the peninsula. i am kristen sze. investigators are trying to figure how thed to december fell located in foster city under the san mateo bridge. matt keller is at the foster city fire station. any word on the child's condition? >> i got an update from the foster city fire department and they say the child was airlifted to stanford medical center in serious condition. this all happened at 8:20 a.m. at a complex on east hillsdale

boulevard the 1 1/2-year-old was in a hall area on the third floor and looked out window and put his hands on a screen that gave way. he fell out the. firefighters arrived and started treating the child. when the helicopter arrive the measures took over and he was blown to stand for medical center. firefighters were not specific about the injuries to the boy but say they were consistent with a 20-25' fall. foster city police department is in charge of the investigation. >> thank you. interim san francisco police chief is meeting with faith leaders to reduce the use of deadly force in the department. he gave his first publication on whether he wants to lead the san francisco police department permanently. cornell barnard is in san francisco. cornell? >> we asked him if he wanted the job permanently and he said

"yes." we are am carefully presbyterian church this morning and he already has the support of faith community who so far like the direction the department is taking. >> san francisco's interim police chief got a standing ovation from members of the faith community. he told us that he would like to make the job permanent. >> i would love to get the john. >> where gaffes between the faith community and the faith community have never been more important. >> as a congregation we can simultaneously say black lives matter and work to support principled police reforms. san francisco police department in the middle of sweep police reforms and the introduction of officer warn body cameras designed to provide greater transparency in communities. >> we over 60 body cameras in the field. it is trial and error trying to see how they will work. >> he said the cameras be used in san francisco bayview district in a few weeks. all the body worn cameras,

tasers, community police and real community passing, community hiring... >> he praised the force on recent events including this where de-escalation techniques led to the surrender of a man threatening to harm himself. few we can work together to have a community out there of faith we can make changes. >> the mayor lee say it is a step forward. >> we are trying to will the trust in a direction where our faith-based leaders, our community advocates can all see more transparently what we are trying to do and how we trying to save people's lives. all the chief wants to recruit more officers from the african machine community. the mayor would like to see him get the job permanently and said on-the-job training is his proving ground. >> thank you. the mystery continues surrounding body of a man discovered inside a mall near a

san francisco union square. the man's body was discovered in a stairway neither a back entrance to the bloomingdale's store at westfield san francisco centre mall. employees see the entrance is mostly an emergency exit but sometimes people sneak in that way. san francisco police are not saying other than a man inly 30's. the did the was ruled "homicide." >> they are still trying to pull surveillance video. the westfield san francisco centre mall is full of cameras not just from the mall but other businesses in the immediate area. >> seeing and hearing a gay got killed with in details over what happened so it is kind of freaky. >> police are not releasing the man's identity until the family is notified. they are asking anyone with information to come forward. >> new details in a deadly sky diving details that claimed the lives much to people over the weekend near lodi, it is reported that the instructor who died was not certified by the national parachute association.

25-year-old of south korea has in record of certification and he along with 18-year-old was killed after the parachute did not open. >> police are looking for a den month old boy, missing for more then a month now, with his mother, this is the boy, the d.a. said that his mother, satima purnell, took off with her son after the court told her that child services was taking custody of the boy. the urgency in find the boy is due to a serious health condition. >> show has ties to san jose but she is mobile. we know she can move. we have reason to believe she in santa clara county. >> the d.a. will not say why satima purnell lost custody of her son but she has been in trouble with the law at least twice in the last decade and could be driving a four door silver hyundai 6bxn752.

>> police need your help to find a missing girl. look at the figure, 15-year-old has not been heard from since saturday night. police believe she ran away but she does not have a cell phone or money and has not been active on social media if you see her, call police. >> new details in the sent for a san mateo county woman who vanished during the camping trip. the sheriff said they are scaling back the search for her after an extensive search showed up in signs her. the 71 year old disappeared two weeks ago after walking away from her camp site. >> another "spare the air" day with smoke from monterey county impacting the air quality in the bay area. mike, i could not tell in it was fog or in it was stuff from the smoke? >> it was both. i were seeing both. both much the marine layer of clouds and smokes mixing with it

this morning. from the to which the broadcast center, here is what the firefighters are dealing with, the ever growing soberanes fire, 78 on the monday tapes and 35 with the humidity, with light winds from the northeast at 3-4 miles per hour. as we talked about this week the winds are coming identity from the south from 5-15,000 feet putting in a haze in the east bay. the area most like throw have poor air quality, the 14th summer some are alert. the winds are if doing stay that way all the way through the weekend so expect haze and the smoke to hang around, we will know in the next hour in them is going to be another "spare the air" day. >> keep tabs on the weather conditions with our news app with instant updates on the phone. >> the first of two services are held for a former san mateo resident killed while playing manage position. a viewing is held for 20-year-old calvin riley at

st. gregory's church in san mateo at 6:00 p.m., a vigil is following at 7:00 p.m., police are looking for the gunman would shot and killed riley on saturday near the aquatic park in san francisco. he graduated from serra high school in san mateo last year where he was a star baseball player. the funeral mass is held tomorrow at 11:00. >> this morning a north bay woman is debt pratt to find her missing french bulldog. she said whoever returns her dog will get $10,000 reward. the dog walker let the dog play in highland drive in late june and is microchipped but she has to be turned in to be scanned. if you want to help and learn more about her log 0 to abc7news.com. >> santa clara court employees will meet with a mediator, employ ease want pay rays that the officials say they cannot afford. both sides meet with a mediator. union leaders say the strike

will continue through negotiations. the berkeley city council will hold a special meeting today to consider modifying the city's minimum wage ballot measure in november. in june it was announce two proposals would be on ballot, one increase the minimum wage to $15 next year and the other in october of 2019. the city council will consider having one measure on the ballot but it is not clear which one. the city council will met at 6:00 at the old city hall. >> new this morning, macy's the largest accident store chain said it is closing 100 stores next year and that is thoroughly 15% of the stores. macy's is not saying where the closures will happen so we did not know how the bay area is affected. it means hundreds of employees will likely lose their job, and macy's is offering relocation, in possible. the retail giant wants to focus on stronger locations and would rather have fewer but better stores. >> taking a tough stand on the future of medical marijuana and the government now is saying that it may not be as beneficial

as first thought. >> an explosion sparks a massive fire in maryland, and the aftermath of this apartment place and the work crews at the scene and what they are doing right now. >> he tried to scale trump tower and now he is paying the price, the charges just announced for the man behind this

>> breaking news in pennsylvania, near pittsburgh, where a child has fallen off a

roller coaster and this is the scene at the park. the child was airlifted and the park operators two roller coasters, but it is not clear which was involved in the accident. this is days after a ten-year-old boy was killed on the world's tallest water slide in kansas. stay with us for updates and follow us on twitter@abc7newsbayarea. >> new details of the man with tried to climb to the top of trump tower in new york. he has been identified as 19-year-old steven rogotta of virginia and charged with recklessen dangerment and criminal trespassing. he posted a youtube video saying he was doing it to get trump's attention and heat with him. >> in maryland, authorities have confirmed two people are dead in an apartment building explosion and fire. dozens have been injured and some are still missing. our reporter has the latest on search and recovery efforts.

>> flames moving through a maryland apartment building. >> the firefighters pulling people from the smoke-filled top floor parents force custody drop their children from end withs. i get so scared. there were people jumping out the window. screaming. >> the massive fire started late wednesday in silver spring, maryland, after an explosion so power will it sent debris including this door, flying cross the street. >> an explosion. >> 30 people have been hospitalized. today, as fire crews dossed the hot spots on what is last of the 28-unit apartment building, their teams are on the side looking for several residents unaccounted for. >> as of now our goal is to make building safe. it is a colt listened hazard an extremely dangerous condition. we are in the process of making the building safe so that our operations can continue and that

the investigation can progress. >> three firefighters are among the injured, investigators still are not saying what could is caused the explosion. marcy gonzalez from new york. >> marijuana will continue to be considered a highly dangerous drug under a federal law with in accepted medical uses. the drug enforcement administration is not reclassifying marijuana. they said they consultanted with the health and human services department and included marijuana is under the same category as heroin and ecstacy. but the desaid fill support more research into the medical benefits. >> bart eyes a train and what could soon be returning to stations along your commute. >> check out the sunshine behind me, the sun is out but for the coast and it is creating 34-degree spread between our extremes. if you are having a series of seasonal temperatures, i have a heat wave coming at you this weekend and i will tell you when

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>> santa clara, san francisco, east bay, and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >> happening now, delta airlines said they expect the first day of normal uninterrupted operations today after a power outage knocked out carrier's computer systems on monday. the airline plans to fly more than 600,000 passengers today, with in cancellations expected from problems caused by the outage. delta will extend the travel waiver through today to allow customers to change flights

without paying fees. you may want to stay up late for an extra special perseid meteor shower unless you are trapped under fog. the event is expected to have double the number of meteors, up to 200, per hour, and that is because of gravitational pull from jupiter bringing a stream of space dirt to earth so the best time to watch is between 1:00 and 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. we will check with meteorologist mike nicco to see how the viewing will be, we warned of possible fog, what do you think? >> the marine layer will be lower in elevation tenth, kristen, than it was this morning where it was around 2,000'. i hope 1,500' and dropping to 1,000' by dawn. so get dot 1,500' or higher. look to the northeast and give your eyes 45 minutes to adjust to the darkness and you could possibly see 150 to 200 meteors. per hour. that is impressive. new, something else that is

impressive this morning, is the swirling winds as the marine layer was chiling over the east bay hills into the valley you can see the smoke off in the distance, creating a colorful sunrise this morning, and it is the smoke that is going to bring us several color sunrises and, possibly, several "spare the air" alerts. starting today. in fact, we will have clouds and drizzle that will return tonight, not quite so long as we dealt with, this morning, and the inland heat wave will develop and i showed you sfo camera because there is sunshine but, still, 36 minutes is what they agency for flight arrival delays and the wind are variable, breezy in some spots, at continue american at half moon bay and 13 at concord and 1 in fairfield so that gives you an idea of the high pressure taking over and we have the warm trend coming in and we will start to see more in the way of smoke coming from the south because that is where the high pressure is coming in from. temperatures right new are in the 60s everywhere, but, along the coast, 50 there, and some 70s inland, mid-70s already. now, a look at what will happen in san jose, hazy sunshine and

84 degrees today. morgan hill is 85 and upper 70s in sunnyvale and milpitas, and peninsula is in mid-to-upper 70s and most neighborhoods, now, millbrae at 69, and 60 along the cost today, and san francisco, running from the sunset marina at 59, to downtown at 67. daly city, is about 5. across the north bay, we are mid-70s to about 80 degrees. and along the east bay shore a lot of sunshine this afternoon, and upper 60s to my 70s and we could be nearly 80 in union city. going for sweep at 12:35 the a's and the baltimore orioles, 67 and warming to 70. check out the temperatures, upper 80s to low 90s, that will be comfortable compared to the mid-to-upper 90s as we head through tomorrow. and into when. we have 70s to increasely 80 an the bay and comfortable 60s at the coast, use the clouds in the morning and a last sunshine in the afternoon. kristen? >> no complaints. bart could be closer to finally reopening the restrooms at the

underground stations and they have been closed since the 9/11 attacks for security measures. some are now be used for storage and it is a good idea to reopen them and time for relief. >> if you are trying to -- a train and have to go somewhere in a hurry, it is time to reopen some of them. >> i cop moth each day and a lot people always feed use the bathroom. >> you on like for see them reopened? >> maybe even remodels, too. >> the bart board met to discuss possibly reopening the bathrooms and we will keep you posted. >> the leader of the huffington post is leaving the company that she cofounded, 11 years ago, and here is the tweet saying and i quote, "i thought huff post would be my last act but i decided to step down as editor and chief to start my new venture," starting a new lifestyle, health and wellness site and hopes to help companies

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