a building goes up in flames. heavy smoke pouring from an apartment complex in san francisco during a two-alarm fire in a portrero hill neighborhood. i'm larry biel. >> and i'mristein sze. >> it all began at 2:00 this afternoon. this is the scene from sky 7 right as firefighters got the fire under control. it happened on 19th street and vermont. abc 7 news lyanne melendez is live from the a scene. a single-family home on the t of some businesses on the lower level. north natalie no one was hurt. now the owner of the building who happens to live there was at home at the time. he again, was not hurt. his wife arrived later to find 66 firefighters responding to this blaze.

now, their two dogs were not injured. now, one of the businesses just opened in march. a dental office. were people inside and they were qui evacuated. >> around 2:40 2:45 this afternoon we received multiple phone calls for a fire around the area of 19th and first arriving crews wereey were fire on the roof at 2210 19th street. this is a two-story residential over commercial. there's a dental building below. >> reporter: now, we found out that the owner had gunpowder in his garage so he quickly let firefightersknow. potential danger. now, the fire occurred across the street in a high school. now, today is wednesday, so it was a short day, so there were very few students inside the school. they were told those inside were told to shelter in place, again, fortunately no one was hurt. the cause.

blaze still under investigation. i'm live in san francisco, lyanne melendez abc 7 news. >> viewers sent pictures on social media of the fire as it was burning. eric narz us this image of the heavy smoke. send us your pictures using the #abc7now and you may see it on air or online. >> more on the oil sheen in vallejo vallejo. it began with an odor that caused hundreds of people to call the emergency lines and oil sheen caused big problems for ferry commuters. laura anthony has been following the story all day long and joins us now. >> reporter: hi larry, we're starting to get information from the coast guard and phillips 66. there's still no clear indication that the odor last night and today's two oil sheens are related but let's show you what's going on right behind me here. this is the process of trying to contain at least oil s around a ship that is berthed here at phillips 66

refinery. again, we're not sure at this point if the sheen that they are trying to contain here is somehow related to the odor that people experienced last night in vallejo. >> though now officially connected the miss fry oil and two oil sheens plaguing vallejo and san pablo bay may be linked to this ship a tanker bertd atterminal. the mystery started last night when people in the southern part of val complain of an odd odor. >> and burned your nose and threat. >> i got home and it was all in my place. >> reporter: at the same time asheen was spotted in san pablo onet guard described as a mile long and 40 miles wide enough to prompt the san francisco bay ferry to halt servicero san francisco. >> th two buses running. it will take all day. nobody has that kind of time. >> reporter: then officials at the phillips 66 refinery confirmed there was another

sheen around a ship docked at their terminal one discovered by a worker just after 8:00 this morning. by midday an orange going up around the shupp. california fish and w bay keeper both confirmed they have teams on the way. >> there's a lot of sensitive wetland communities in that area and we want to make sure that areas around point san pablo i protected and the ar inundated. no reports of injured or oiled wildlife n.rodeo, laura and any ab out alert about t oil sheen and the alerts through th aches 7 news app. to get breaking updates where you live download the app and enable push alerts. police officerssan jose neighborhood this ing after received reports of shots fired behind a school on monterrey road. skylew over thaht area near a charter of morgan hills around 9:30 this morning. strayedors placed will campus on partial lach lock doup. this is a precaution as overs so far no reports of any arr >> reporter: police are searching for four men involved in a home invasion in pacifica

that happe just after 1:00 on sky ridge drive. police say the men forceo the home and held the family at they stole money and other items from the home. one family member was hit in the face taken to a precaution is. >> berkeley chief michael meehan has resigned his post after serving for seven years. dee williams ridley announced accepted the resignation this morning and expressed gratitude for the service in a letter informing the may and stitt council members. no reason on why he's resigned. captain andrew greenwood has been with the berkeley police department for more than 30 years has been report the acting chief. happening now the city of of public meet to go give residents a chance for their input on what is a nationwide search for a newief. a chinatown forum in can't knees is actually under way right now at the lincoln recreation center followed by a meeting at the east oakland senior center from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. libbyopes to start interviewing candidates in november and hire the new chief

in january. the highway patrol is investigating a deadly collision today between a bicyclist and a bigthis was nearta officers say a 40-year-old man was riding on river road splitting lanes and going through stop-and-go traffic. a trailer parked on the right shoulder and went down and was hit and pinned under a slow-moving big rig. paramedics pronounced the man dead on the scene. his name has not yet been released. >> a firefighter died while heading to battle a wildfire at van den berg air force base. ts a water tanker overturned killing one njuring another. the fire has burned more than 18 square miles since it broke out on saturday. at the sprawling base in santa barbara county it's about 60% contained. ts have forced the national weather service to issue a fire burning in the los padres national forest. the fire has scorched more than 90 counties. onshore winds could put danger.

it's too early to tell if the warnings will lead to more evacations this. fire is 71% contained. >> it has been a gusty day here in the bay area as well and a mainly clear day as you can see on live doppler 7. mainly sunny skies right now. a few patches of clouds around the area. check out wind gusts. it is really breezy out there. 32-mile-per-hour gusts at the moment in fairfield and 24 and gusts right now at concord and napa and mountainview. 33-mile-per-hour winds at sfo, and it has bee cooler than average. the 24-hour temperature change. 10 degrees cooler in fa than it was at this hour yesterday. 1111 degrees cooler and 15 degrees cooler in livermore. looking out over the bay from the mt. tam cameras cooler than averag/[e on this last day osummer. san jose and san jose is 4 degrees cooler than the average temperature on this date 80 degrees. oakland and napa, 6, 7 degreeser and livermore 10 degrees cooler for the average this date and it looks like the cooling pattern will continue and the

breezy pattern and here's the evening plan fer you'll be out and about. mainly clear during the evening hours with breezy conditions continuing right on through midnight and inland temperatures just as cool as coastal temperatures during the evening hours. mildest temperatures right around the bay. now, tomorrow is the first day of summer. first day of autumn. >> summer's back? >> yes. >> going to feel like summer is back over the weekend. i'll show you how hot it's going to be a little bit later. >> mice to have you spencer.anks. facebook founder mark zuckerberg and his wife dr. priscilla chan they have taken a next step in their philanthropic endeavors. first, millions of dollars for education and now it is billions for a health and science initiative. abc 7 newseporter carolyn tyler was at for the big announcement >> reporter: it's an ambitious vision that the power coupley. they are donating over the next decades to jump start research that will cure prevent or manage disease by the end of the century. >> that don't mean that no one

will ever get sick but it does mean our children and their children should get sick a lot less. >> reporter: zuckerberg says most people die today of four types of diseases cancer heart, neurological or infectious. he believes the answer is to fund research to create new tools and technologies to understand and target the source. >> if we can help develop the new tools that allow us these -- these categories of diseases and new and experiment then we kem power scientists all around the world make much faster progress and breakthroughs in these areas.'y >> reporter: the first tangible step is this bio hub in mission and bright forest stanford cal and ucsfcollaborate. >> scientists are very independent. they haven't naturally always wanted to collaborate or to work in teams, but i think that that is the way forward. >> reporter: if you think eradating or managing disease in the next 80 years is more science fiction than science,

supporters say major progress can be made. >> maybe a stretch to say we'll get there by the end of the century, but it's certainly not completely unrealistic. >> reporter: microsoft's bill gates dropped applaud the new effort. in san francisco, carolyn tyler, abc 7 news. >> east bay mud did something before. it used a helicopter to transport new pipe lines up a hill. officials say they tried trucking the 45-foot pipes up panoramic hill were too many tight turns. airlifting the water pipes saved crews six weeks of work and hundreds of thousand of dollars. the helicopter made 15 trips and the replacing water nearly 100 years old. coming up on "abc 7 news at 4:00," a big upgrade for tesla owners and how this could help save lives. >> and samsung ramps things up to help galaxy note 7 owners. >> all your time

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tesla vehicles are getting an upgrade and customers don't even have to bring it in for service. abc 7's reporter matt keller has the details. >> reporter: tesla motors is making some n figuratively. all tesla vehicles are getting a software update. ceo elon musk tweeted version 1.0 downloaded owner who didn't want to be identified showed the notice that popped up on the dashboard touch screen. >> when you sit in the car in the morning, this screen will pop up, and it will show when

your software update can happen and it's nice that they pick in the middle of the night. >> reporter: software update for the autopilot feature will allow the model s and x suvely more on radar than cameras. tesla have a radar if they were made after musk says the change should help avoid crash eds like the one that killed a tesla driver in florida in may. that driver was using autopilot when it crashed no a big rig that the tesla cam detect. in a blog post the tesla says the new upgrade to the system means thear should always work effectively even if a ufo landed in the middle of the freeway. still, some were skeptical about using the autopilot. >> for me it's helping me drive. >> reporter: you feel safe we are it? >> i do. >> we use this car as our primary vehicle with the kids so yeah. >> reporter: and you're not ready to let the compute

ovno. i think that's going to be tough for a pretty pntage of the population. >> reporter: elon musk said it will allow customers to set a maximum temperature inside the vehicle to protect pets and kids. that means if it gets too hot inside the air conditioning will automatically kick in. in san keller a nereplacements for samsung's recalled galaxy note 7 phones are now available. the company says it has 500,000 devices ready to go right now and another half million are coming soon. that recall was ordered after samsung reported 92 cases of batteries overheating. some c fire. today samsung is sending out its own software updates. one clause notice telling owners of the devices under recall turn them off and take them in for replacement. you can find all the details on how to do that at abc 7 news.com. google's new messaging app called aloe is available for download. it includes group messaging and the ability to add photos to your message. google says the app can also

learn from your conversations and suggest things for you to say. it will also be learn to mimic your speech style over time. >> thanks. i know what to say. it's my teske. >> allo means good-bye very soon. >> reporter: available for download on apple products. >> thinks i need the help. >> a new app is putting new twist on tunnel vision. starting today they begin testing a new system that prevents drivers from losing their way when thai gps discontinues in tunnels. ways turned the beacons on today in two pittsburgh pennsylvania tunnels and one in israel where it was founded. now to an of thunderstorms from space. take a look at this. the international space station took thi photo about 250 miles above earth. you can see the lightning flashing brightly inside the clouds. a russian soyuz spacecraft and progress spacecraft are also

seen in that photo. some great views from space. >> amazing. >> so clear and crisp. >> yeah. >> i think astronauts have an unfair advantage getting gorgeous shots, don't you think? >> spencer, we do have some gorgeous shots out thereto. >> we do, indeed. again, the last day of summer and first day of fall but feels like fall already. windy and cool out there and that may not last very long. live doppler 7. partly cloudy skies and lots of sunshine. it's really really windy, especially coast, but it's dry, an here's a look at the fire danger to our south because of the windy conditions and the dryness.ng for high fire danger remains in effect until 9:00 tomorrow evening for this entire area south of monterrey and increased fire danger and winds gusting 3 to 40 miles per hour. it's very dry in region. above 2,500 feet. now, let get back to local conditions here in the bay area. still breezy and cool and gusts -- we'll ton have gusts along the coastline overnightline here. 30 to 35 miles per hour at times, and it will be breezy

around the bay and inland as well but the strongest winds will be on the coast. this is the view of mainly blue sky over the bay from our rooftop camera here at abc 7. currently 62 degrees in san francisco and oakland 68 and 78 at gilroy and 61 at half moon bay, and this is the view from mt. tam looking down on the bay. you can see the camera bit shaky up and down mt. tam where it's currently windy. 80 degrees in santa rosa and napa 73. mid-70s and 71 is in livermore and one more live view from our east bay hills view and these that will -- we'll have this cool windytomorrow.mn officially begins at 7:21 tomorrow morning and summer-like heat will develop by the weekend. here's the forecast animation starting at 7:00 this evening. during the overnight hours we'see the passage of a few high cl9ouds and some spotty moisture is associated with this system. it's not likely to produce any rainfall here but a chance of some spotty drizzle is with us through the early morning hours tomorrow. but the day will start off mostly sunny and get even

sunnier later in the day as that chance of spotty drizzle dissipates. overnight lows mainly in the low to mid-50s and tomorrow's highs under continued and cool windy conditions. mainly in the upper 50s at the coast and upper 60s around the bay and low to mid-70s inland and warmer weather is coming our way and will feel much warmer, in fact with inland highs in the low to mid-90s on saturday. get set to sweat on sunday as highs will reach well into the upper 90s in most inland areas and we'll see upper 80s to near 90 around the bay and even san francisco will top out at about 83 degrees on sunday and the heat beats on on monday with more upper 90s to around 100, and in the warmest inland locations. upper 80s to low 90s around the bay overhe we beened and mid-80s in and around san francisco, and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. check it out. warm to hot by saturday. very hot inland on sunday and monday and up near 100 degrees.

both of those days, a little coastal cooling on then it will be cooler in all areas on wednesday, and if you're planning weekend activities around this developing heat wave you might want to check o the abc 7 newselp you follow the rising temperatures as this early autumn heat wave arrives. >> thanks, spencer. >> all right. coming up the new fallout today from the big split among hollywood royalty. brad pitt and angelina jolie is divorcing. how that's affecting a popular tourist attraction. >> you're now the president of the united states. >> behind the scenes with actor kiefer sutherland and his new show designated survivor which debuts tonight here on abc is hispanic heritage month and today we recognize melissa avery which is inspiring latino families families. avery is the regional for activity outdoors and more details on

ngelina jolie and brad pitt have literally separated at most

madam tussaud's wax museums. they moved their wax figures a respectful distance from each other. separated b passinson of vampire fame, " yesterday's announcements after 12 years together shocked hollywood and seemed to come as a surpris close friend george clooney. >> i didn't know that. very sorry tor that. the first i've heard of it. >> in a statement pitt is very saddened by the divorce but what matters most is the well-being of their children. jolie is seeking custody of all six of them. >> the highly anticipated drama "deathignated survivor" premiers toniight here on abc 7. this is one of the most talked about new tv shows this farce starring actor kiefer sutherland as a member who has suddenly turned into the president because of a disaster that takes place. abc news reporter from hollywood. >> you need to put down. >> i said put the found down.

>> reporter: kiefer sutherland is the man tasked with leading our country new series "designate ed "designated driver." >> reporter: after spe years involved with the drama "24" sutherland was not looking to return to televisi but a longtime friend who happens to be a producer sent him this script. >> and i got to about page 20, and i went oh, no. i want to do this and i had to go back to the start properly and then when i finished i realized that i was potentially holding, you know the next decade of my life in my hands. >> you really believe i should step down? do. >> you may be right. >> but for now i'm all you've got. >> reporter: we see sutherland's character is over hisn he quickly learns how hard it maintain his reputation as a smart, decent upstanding man. >> and the question is you

know does it take someone corrupt in politics or do politics krurngts you know a good man, an -- and that's something that we'll experience and kind of experience through the show. >> your bombers are not t engage. we're going to do this my way. >> reporter: he feels strongly that television has the responsibility to reflect what our word is like good and bad. but it's also meant to entertain. >> and watching this show is not going to make your brain hurt. it's interesting, and it doesn't matter whether democrat republ we're going to show you how the government actually works and ho put together, and we're going to show you from the ground up. >> going to be interesting to see him playing the president instead of jack bauer. you can watch the premiere of "deathignated survivor" tonight at 10:00 right here on abc 7 followed by abc 7 "news at 11:00." >> that's the show i want to see most. going to be great. coming up on "abc 7 news at 4:00."

>> you are dancing and sliding and gliding [ bleep ]. >> former boxing promoter don king joins donald trump on the campaign trail and his words that made people gasp today in ohio. >> and teaming up the plan to make the city

here's what's making headlines at 4:30. sky 7 was over a fire this afternoon at an apartment

building in san francisco's portillo hill. you're looking at crews venting the roof there allowing smoke and gas to escape. they say two people were burned out of their home and an n is under way to see whether a mysterious odor is linked to an oil sheen in san pablo bay. this is video of a ship that appears to be the source of the sheen. that odor in valuingia prompted a shelter in place order last night. abc 7 reporter vicee tweeted about 100 people were rushed to the hospital complaining of symptoms from the smell. you'll hear from some of them on "abc 7 news at 5:00." and in charlotte, north carolina city officials are bracing for another night of protests following the deadly police shooting of a black man. this as the family of another man shot by an oklahoma police officer is also demanding justice. aches news reporter ray raimondi is live with the outrage over the two most recent deadly police shootings. ray? >> reporter: peaceful demonstrations and protests are

happening in charlotte right now as we speak, and we understand those demonstrations are occurring peacefully. the two deadly police shootings, the one that happened in charlotte and the one that happened in tulsa, oklahoma last week once again is sparking national outrage, and we could also tell you the two shootings are once again crippling relations between police and the communities they are snowed to protect and serve. the city of charlotte now at the center of national rage after protests erupt in chaotic violence. now city officials preparing for more protests and tonight we hear from witnesses of the deadly shooting. >> i know that gentlem dead when i walked up here. they started administering cpr and he didn't respond. >> reporter: police sifting through body cam and dashcam footage hoping it will help give a clearer picture of what happened.43-year-old keith lamont scott was shot by police. authorities say they were searching for another person with outstanding waurnts. scott was approached by police after they say he got out of his car armed with a gun. >> the officers gave loud

clear, verbal commands to drop the weapon. as the officer continued to yell at him to drop it, he stepped out, posing a threat to the officers. >> reporunfolds in north carolina the family of the unarmed man shot by police in tulsa echoing observing expressing outrage. >> we know that there was no gun in the car. we know he unarmed. we knew he didn't commit a crime like the new york bomber did who is still alive. we know all of those things but my brother is dead. >> reporter: and family now demand fog know why crutcher was approached with such force. >> you have a man with his hands up which is the universal sign for surrender and then fatally shot does not make sense. >> reporter: both officers are on paid administrative leave, and while grieving families of those who were killed are calling for justice and demanding that both officers be prosecuted. more demonstrations are planned

across america within the coming days. live this afternoon here in new york ray raimondi abc 7 news larry, back for you. >> ray thank you very much. the fbi released an image today of two men wanted for questioning in thend new jersey bombings over the weekend. investigators want to talk to these men seen in surveillance photos a photo that was taken in new york city on saturday night. abc news is reporting that the man allegedly removed an improvised explosive device from a piece of luggage they came across and then they left with the bag leaving the device behind. >> these individuals are witnesses, okay. we're very much interested in talking to them and finding out bit more about where they were and how they came upon this bag. >> investigators say there's no doubt that ahmad rahami planted the powerful homemade bombs. one bomb injured about-3-1 poem in new york's chelsea neighborhood. >> now when we see a series of terrorist attacks like we saw this past weekend it's natural to wonder could that possibly

happen here. well the fbi has given dan noyes and the iteam unprecedented access to the countershrimp program that's working to keep the bay area safe. find out how the threats are changing all the time in an exclusive i-team report tonight on "abc 7 news at 11:00." now to the race for the whuse, after debate prep in new york hill on the trail while donald trump campaigns in ohio. here's abc reporter stephanie ramos. >> reporter: donald trump and boxing promoter don king together in the crucial state of ohio taking the trump message church. >> if you are poor you are a poor negro. >> reporter: king speaking of issues affecting the african-american community use the word negro and then this -- >> if you are dancing and sliding and gliding [ bleep ], i mean negro, gaffs and laughs and silence at the "n" word slipup but once trump was finally at the podium. >> there's only one don king only one don. to the african-american community, to the hispanic community, to all communities, i

want to just say we're going to make it right. >> reporter: trump hoping police in tulsa and charlotte makes things right after recent police shoot. >> i'm a tremendous believer in the police and law enforcement because we need that for ourselves. now, great people you always have problems. you have somebody in there that either makes a mistake, that's bad or that chokes. >> reporter: as for hillary clinton, before speaking about an economy that welcomes people with disabilities she, too, brought up the police shoot. >> it's unbearable and it needs to become intolerable. >> reporter: clinton, then getting back to the economy focusing on creating opportunities for americans with i'm going to fight to give more americans with disabilities the dhoons work alongside those without disabilities and do the same jobs for the same pay and benefits. >> reporter: clinton will be in debate prep mode from here on leading up to the one-on-one with donald trump on monday night. the clinton camp says their bi trump may get easier questions from

the debate moderator due to lower expectations for his performance. stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. coming up on "abc 7 news at 5:00," democratic vice presidential candidate tim kaineis in the bay area today. abc news reporter chris nguyen will be here at 5:00 with a look he's doing today. >> really a sign of the times, a peninsula store shutting its stores for good. not the usual store closure. why this particular business is seeing hard times. >> i'm spencer christian from the east bay hills. you're looking over the bay air conditions on this final day of summer. what will the first day

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in palo alto a lot of people are reluctantly saying good-bye to a small busins as its owner>> they see it also as a sad reflection of the times. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman has more. >> here in palo alto they are calling this a buying opportunity. >> how much is that one versus this. >> reporter: the store has not been this crowded in memory. 10% off, no sales tax, like the sign says the internet cannot touc better hurry. >> when it actually happens, you're still shocked. it's just devastating. alfred shocked to know that the store in which he's worked for 31 years is closingclosing. for the owner to know somewhat the store he's owned for 51

years will end at the end of october. >> it's difficult to have somebody come and pick your brain and tell you they will think about it later and you know they just used for a free consultation you know so it's hard. >> reporter: as the old photo shows terry began working here in high school. it's the business that launched him, sustained him, fed his soul but people are not processing film anymore, and who needs basic cameras when we can find them on our phones. >> it's irritating but people are happy. people in the digital age are accepting less quality for immediate response. >> reporter: what else they don't miss is an actual person behind a counter able to answer questions in a store that invested in selection. >> where do you go now to get all this stuff in one spot? >> well i don't think you can. >> you go on ebay you know. scavenge. >> reporter: all true and in the new millennium it's masked as progress not shelling out sales

tax for items we buy the internet. this final day of summer has produced showers over the sierra and they are still falling and many locations. in fact some of the highest elevations seen a mix of freezing rain and snow. it's all moving now over into the eastern slopes and into nevada. back to the bay area tomorrow look for mainly sunny skies and very windy conditions at the coast. mild conditions inland hand highs will range from only upper 50s at the coast to 60s around the bay and 70s in the warmest inland for the week ahead we eeblgs pect quite a warmup especially over the weekend. use san francisco as the indicator. average high this time of year 170 degrees. sunday a hive 83 and monday a high of 86. those two days will see highs inland in the upper 90s to near 100 and usually sfriz cohas the temperature trend indicator because we rarely see 80s here in the city and the early autumn heat wave coming our way. >> thanks spencer. >> still ahead at 4:00 could balancing work and family be the

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y. a best-selling author says stay-at-home moms are not happy at all and the only road to happiness is the balance of work and family life. nbc 7's jessica castro has the details. >> reporter: in the movie "bad moms" stay-at-home moms try to hide dissatisfaction and in the new book called "the pie life" best selling author samantha eddies says it's real for moms who forego to stay at home. >> i sparking a national ybody's situation is different a evaluate what you need personally as a parent not just as a mom. >> reporter: this morning the author spoke out on "good morning america." >> if you told me that you were spending all of your time at work say to you your life is woefully imbalanced and thing if you're spending all of your time parenting, your life is woefully imbalanced. >> reporter: she says a healthy balance of work and personal success to happy life

and said you should play in six to seven areas of your life. >> including your friends and re on those date nights. they include your children and your career and your hobbies and your community and your health so go to the gym. so i'm saying let's get to the this place where we're actually enjoying a full life again. >> reporter: hence the pie life. she says enjoy each slice and make them about the same size. in her book she also writes you owe it to humanity toe work. if the experienced women disappear from the workforce who is left to help the young women behind them? another important part. letting go of the guilt that comes with being a working mom. >> going back to work meant for me getting engaged intellectually again and feeling like i was continuing my career goals. at the same time it was a huge challenge to find good day care. >> if you're thinking to yourself how in the world do i get in all those slices in a day, one tip the author suggests is the golden triangle. do all your errands bet work

and home and your child's school. in the studio i'm jessica castro abc 7 news. >> i don't know about all that, but you owe it to humanity toe ask finney. "7 on your side" michael finney answering questions sent in by facebook and e-mail. do you have any information on registering an emotional support animal? what's my best option to protect myself from landlord rent hikes? >> wow. starts getting very very complicated. it really depends on where you live. we've got a real patchwork of animals -- of rules about animals like this and they don't often jive. if you go online you're going to see all the registration companies -- i mean i can set one up. michael finney's registration company. some are legit and some not quite so legit as others. the bottom line is the ada, which is what applies to most instances, perhaps not where you live but in most instances, says only a dog is a service

animal and it must be allowed anywhere for instance your rent and your house, to help you perform a normal day-to-day duty but it's only a dog. now, for instance going through an airport, you generally can't have an emotional animal and once you get on a plane you generally can. you see how complicated this is getting. there's a patch work of laws. a lot of dogs are wearing service animal. you can write that and put it on your dog. it gets very complex. >> since california passed the end of life bill, i'm wondering what the insurance companies' take is on this. can they and will they refuse to pay? >> they are not. they are very cool about this. they have been right in the middle of this the whole time because they wthere weren't going to be these issues. as long has you go through all the steps and follow your law you should have no problem at all. we don't know of a single problem where the insurance company refused to pay. as long as you're following the law. >> okay. >> also james d. from american canyon e-mails can schools require tax papers and w2 forms

to register children for school? >> nope not allowed to ask for that. allowed to get -- to make sure you are legit they are allowed an electric bill or something like that. allowed it make sure you have the correct immunizations, but -- i can't say that word today. thank you. >> don't wory. >> but other than that they are not able to track you down like that no way. i want to hear your consumer questions. i'll be in fremont on friday at fremont eats from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. to meet you. make sure you bring your questions and you can also ask the questions on social media any time and post them with the #askfinny. >> all right. thank you, michael. >> sure thing. >> today's wellness report grass-fed beef is becoming more popular. >> and health care saw the biggest increase in costs in 3 it years last year. here's jane king. >> reporter: spending on health care rose in august by the biggest amount in more than three decades. the labor department also says the overall price of treatment

rose by 1%. now it doesn't sound like much but if that were sustained it would be a 12% increase for t hospitaler is vices climbed the most of all health care. meanwhile, prescription pain kill remembers more widely used than tobacco. 35% of americans were given a pain killer prescription last year and most isn't misused. it's for people who have had surgery and need some pain relief. fast food restaurants are still getting flunking grades for antibioticpolicies. burger king kfc and 14 other restaurant chains aren't doing enough to eliminate antibiotics from the meats they serve. antibiotics in meats has been linked by some to humans developing a resistance to the grass-fed beef once a niche luxury, is now sold at because, convention centers and nearly every walmart in the country. sales of fed beef comprise 1.4% of the 18 billion fresh beef market in the u.s. last year but its growth rate has far outpaced conventional beef in recent years. many consumers perceive

grass-fed beef as healthier. higher quality and convention alal beef. >> abc 7 news at 4 continues. up next the city of oakland wants to get into the marijuana business. the new plan that will make them partners with every new pot shop that's in town. >> a look now at what's coming up at after a little girl was killed during a sleep over a killer finds out his fate and surprisingly her relatives don't want the most severe sentence. we'll explain why and warriors coach steve kerr talks about the future. what he says the team has to do to get to the finals again. and the tale of the tortoise. no

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9:30 "black-ish" and at 10:30 the big one, the premiere of "designated survivor" and then stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. the city of to get into the medical marijuana business and it would make them partners with every new pot club that opens up in town. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony has the details. >> reporter: in some oakland city council members have their way the city will soon be in the medical marijuana business. that's if proposed amendments to the city's cannabis ordinance are approved. >> do is be able to as a business treat it as a business and maintain control and at the same time generate whatever revenue i can to help the people in east oakland. >> reporter: changes would force new applicants to hand over 25% of their ownership to the city along with at least one seed on their board of directors in exchange for a coveted cannabis

permit. gallo says the revenue generate would go towards job training and other programs for underserved communities. >> this legislation has so many legal problems that it's kind of hard to know where to start. >> reporter: attorney robert selina represents several would-be permit holders. >> it would put our clients in a very difficult circumstance. they would not chosen to essentially have the city of oakland be part of their company. they wouldn't give their profits to them >> reporter: oakland city council's public safety committee will comfort amendments next tuesday n.oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> thanks for joining us for the

there is ponding and pooling of oil. >> cleanup is under way from a fuel spill in vallejo. is it connected to an odor that

sent 100 people to the emergency room? >> reporter: and fire breaks out at a building in san francisco. we're live at the scene. >> sentencing day for a man who killed this little girl. will her relatives get the justice they are demanding? >> and, to get filthy rich at expense of our constituents. >> reporter: pharmaceutical ceo who might need medicine of her own after today's congressional beat-down. >> i'm abc 7 news meteorologist spetel. closing out summer with cooler windier weather. i'll let you know about some dramatic changes that are coming for the start of fall. >> it was like a chemical smell in the air. >> just a foul smell came through my bedroom window. >> some people even have trouble breathing as a terrible odor spread into the city of vallejo. as the effects linger the coast guard is investigating whether the source is an oily fuel spill nearby.

good evening. i'm kristein sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. >> crews are business cleaning up two oil sheens in san pablo bail. the first a mile long and 40 yards wide interrupted ferry service between vallejo and san francisco. a worker at the phillips 66 refinery in rodeo spotted the second sheen this morning surrounding a tanker. teams from bay cooper and the state and wildlife department are now on the scene. >> there's a lot of sensitive wetland communities in that area. we want to make sure the areas around point san pablo and point pinoell and wetlands aren't in