breaking news is happening in berkeley where you can see live from sky 7 what is left of a historic church building. fire destroyed the rectory forcing evacuations. this is only blocks away from the campus. good afternoon, everybody. i'm larry biel. >> and i'm kristein sze in for ama daetz. right now firefighters are still on the scene. it all started early this afternoon at the first congregational church on channing way. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is there live with the very latest. laura? >> reporter: larry, hi. we showed you the dramatic pictures from sky 7. let's show you what it looks like here from the ground. i am standing at channing and dana. this is what's left of this first congregational church, an historic building here just a

few blocks from the uc berkeley campus. the fire chief here told me they will be here all night, they said, trying to make sure these flames stay doused. it started small and got very big very quickly with flames shooting through the roof of berkeley's first congressional church going to four alarms within a matter of minutes. >> when we arrived we found smoke showing from the exterior rooftop. fire crews went inside to try to make an aggressive interior attack, and we discovered that the fire was running through the attic. >> reporter: firefighters first tried to combat the flames from the inside but had to make a quick exit when it was clear the roof was about to collapse. >> we just saw, you know, little flames, but i thought it was containable and they came and put it out real quick. those flames quickly engulfed the roof and took the chimney out and spread quickly. >> reporter: once the roof went, all firefighters could do from then on was pour water on the

gutted structure from the outside. a day care center inside the church was evacated along the uc berkeley building. the home has long been a haven for the homeless offering services and shelter in the winter and has played host to many musical events. >> it's a great tragedy for everybody and a great loss to the community, and i am sure that they will rebuild. >> reporter: and this is a live look at the fire fighting activity still very much in force here. agencies from all over the east bay are here trying to help out. there were no injuries, but we understand a close call for one berkeley fire fighter who had to actually jump out of a window as the roof was about to collapse, and he realized he needed to get out. as you can see though, fire fighting efforts here will be going on for some time. obviously substantial damage to this church. live in berkeley, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> laura, earlier in the afternoon we heard that they were doing some construction work up on the church.

do we know yet how this fire started? >> reporter: well, larry, not at this point. officially the church has put on their facebook page that there was some work being done on the roof of the church. we also heard from a berkeley police spokesman who said they are checking out a report that a man was scene trying to start a fire in the bushes somewhere here in this area, but at this point not certain at all if that's related. it sounds like the church had a pretty good idea that it had something to do with construction here at site. >> laura anthony reporting live in berkly. we spent out a push alert right after this fire started. a reminder, can you enable the push alerts to be the first to know about any breaking news. download the abc 7 news app and enable those alerts, and for a long around the winds around the fire here's abc 7's spencer christian. >> wind has been a factor in the fighting of the loma fire which continues to burn. let's take a look at current conditions in that area. 64 degrees right now. relative humidity up to 0%.

that's good news. wind is relatively light at the moment out of northwest at 3 miles per hour. there have been stronger gifts. we show you the forecast gust animation going into the overnight house, and the gusts will remain pretty strong. they will diminish a bit in the late night hours and pick up again late tomorrow afternoon and as we look at the flag flapping in the breeze. these are peak wind gusts today. 35 miles per hour. oakland 31 at sfc and 22 to 26-mile-per-hour gusts. looking across the broader bay area, overnight. this is what will happen with the winds. they will begin to relax during the wee hours. morning into about 7:00 a.m., and then they will pick up again around midday tomorro into the afternoon and evening and become quite brisk and breezy once again. on top of all of the changing weather conditions with the abc 7 news a. >> spencer, thank you. a different fire to talk about, a possible shift in the santa cruz mountains is keeping fire evacuees from returning to their homes. it's become a frustrating week

for people who just want to go home. >> i really miss my home. makes me want to cry every time i think about it. >> here's the latest on the loma fire. it's burned 4,300 acres and destroyed eight homes. it's 34% contained. abc 7 news reporter david louie is live in the santa cruz mountains with the latest. david? >> kristen. i can confirm what spencer just told us. the winds are picking up a little bit here in the santa cruz mountains. our abc 7 field onmom ter is confirming that. the fire is definitely modifying its fire fighting efforts to factor this in. call fire also just announced it will be holding a second community meeting. this time tomorrow at 10:00 in morgan hill at the morgan hill community center. this is exactly what an increase in wind does. it creates spot fires where embers are carried a distance away. cal fire has been expecting gusts up to 35 miles an hour which can carry embers half a mile. however, you're not seeing a massive response to come of

these spot fires such as aerial drops or cruise moving in. that's because cal fire crews have already creed control lines or fire breaks where vegetation has been removed down to the soil. there's nothing left to burn. a major dozer line has also been cut to keep the fire from advancing. >> it allows us to get in and work on containment and work on we call it mop-up between those lines back in, so if the winds come up, there's not hot embers or anything to move past those paints. >> reporter: both cal fire and inmate crews are working in deep ravines where the steep walls can lead to injuries. evacuating those needing metrical care isn't easy. >> i would say no less than ten people to help an injured person up a hillside. they will have to set up either what we call a stokes basket, that's when you see like a litter to carry that person if their injuries were to that extent or even just aid somebody in walking up 100% slope, just to walk up there on your own is extremely difficult. >> residents have been showing their appreciation dropping off food. cal water employees have donated bottled water.

however, cal fire says it has plenty on hand. firefighters saved bill powell's house. >> they know exactly what they are doing and know how to do it and when it do it. they have the resources and the people. the best attitude in the world. just -- they are doing an incredibly good job. >> reporter: david louie, abc 7 news. novato firefighters have fully contained a vegetation fire burning near marin valley drive that started just after noon. the fire threatened several homes, but the shelter in place warning has now been lifted. expect traffic delays in the area though the next several hours as crews work to put it out. sky 7 was over stinson beach earlier today as the coast guard was searching for a possible missing kayaker, and that search is still under way. just before 9:00 this morning, an overturned kayak was found about two miles off the beach. the kayak has no gear no, markings. the coast guard is using an aircraft as well as boats just in case there happens to be a missing person out there. governor brown today signed

two bills that were introduced in response to the brock turner sexual assault case. one bill will require state prison time for somebody convicted of assaulting an unconscious victim. the other will permit sexual assault victims to say in court they were raped, even if the attack does not meet technical legal definitions. turner was sentenced to six months in county jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, a sentence that many critics said was too lenient. now to the deadly train crash in new jersey. investigators questioned the engineer today and now they are trying to find clues from the train's black boxes. abc news reporter ray rim ho ndi is outside the station. >> one of the two data recorders recovered by the ntsb as they attempt to get one step closer to answering why. at the center of the investigation, 48-year-old train engineer thomas gallagher. >> we'll be checking records, maintenance records, employee records. >> reporter: investigators also want to get that second data

recorder located in the front car. two video recorders are also located there, but a destroyed canopy and mountains of debris is making it difficult for investigators to reach. that russia hour horror happening right in the heart of the morning commute. the 100 injured that one bystander on the platform who died. today we learn more about 34-year-old fabiola bittarde kroon who just dropped off her baby girl at day care minutes before she rushed to catch her train. >> she said she was in a rush. she went to the train, and, you know, in a way i behave myself because i talk a lot and could have spoke to her about other things. >> reporter: and amid the tragedy the story of a hero came to light. ramon ran in and crushed to de kroon's last moments of life. >> if you're going to die you're not going to die by yourself right now. >> reporter: tributes and prayers keep pouring in for

fabiola decroom. meantime, ntsb investigators will remain here at the crash site until next week. >> and an alamo teacher learned a tough lesson today on driving. the teacher hit the gas pedal instead of the brake and smashed through the fence at alamo county pre-school early this morning. sky 7 was over the school as police were beginning their investigation. the car ended up in the play area, but you can see it just missed the playground structure. nobody was hurt. some contra costa county workers were not at their desks today. they were out on strike. abc 7 news was in richmond where a picket line went up this morning where 1,100 county social work remembers off the job and the seiu members say they didn't have enough co-workers to claim her help. claimed 212 million in state and federal dollars have been lost because the county is not fully staffed the department. >> because we're not competeity. you know, we do have employees

that look elsewhere for employment opportunities and we're losing very good people that real care about this community. >> those workers happened the disabled, the elderly and families seeking public assistance. the county sent abc 7 news a statement saying it hopes to continue bargaining with the union and says many of the workers out picketing were already scheduled to have the day off. turning now to the race for the white house. once again donald trump's tweets are dominating the campaign headlines as the republican candidate went on a twitter tirade to bash hillary clinton and a former miss unisfleers in an election still up for grabs, hillary clinton in florida responded to supporters who feel like she should do more. >> some might say, well, hey, my gosh, you've only got 39 days to go, why aren't you just out there beating up on your opponent and doing everything to get the vote out and all the rest of it. well, i'll do that, but --

>> reporter: meanwhile donald trump is campaigning in michigan and visiting the ford museum and didn't answer questions on today's tweets. >> the mr. trump, why did you get on the late night tweet storm? >> reporter: starting in the wee hours this morning trump railed against clinton and former miss universe alicia machado that she described as disgusting and the newspapers who have written articles today warning that trump would be the most unstable, proudly uninformed and psychologically unfit ever to enter the white house. we are hearing from trump himself in a different forum. >> why do you think your comments would cause a latino or a person of mexican heritage to potentially be biased against

you. >> with respect toss what? >> with respect to anything. >> i think number cases they like me. >> reporter: trump is having fun with some of those 3:00 a.m. twitter questions writing he will be awake to take the call. meanwhile the commission on presidential debates confirms that there was a problem with his microphone in the debate hall. . coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, more on that big fire in berkeley and how a dorm right across the street was affected. >> plus, scientists say good-bye to a spacecraft that's given us our first good look at a comet. >> and can a womb of wins this weekend the giants could make the playoffs. live at at&t park for hopeful fans. >> and 7 on your side's michael finney is taking your questions on facebook and twitter. he'll answer the questios live a little later. and a live look at your friday afternoon commute, and this is 101 and san jose. southbound is all backed up, and it usually it at this hour. northbound is looking great. so is

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a regular season ender. it's the dodgers in town and this has plaufl implications. >> we're bring our spring training crew and we're still going to get snow there's no crying in baseball and trash talking, that's a pre-game requirement when the dodgers come to town. >> it's all on the line right now and i think all the hard core giants fans will be watching every single game. >> and this one do or die. giants have to win. i love it. i like our odds. >> reporter: these guys have backgrounds in politics, and our polling data suggests that after being well fed and enjoying a cold beverage they will agree to disagree. last night the giants put the ball in johnny cueto's hands and got the win. tonight they hope to sail to victory on madison bumgarner's back. >> i think we got it. >> we've got bumgarner tonight, orange friday. have to go in there and get the wild card. >> put it on madison's back, cueto's back, hunter pence comes in now and hits a bunch of home runs. that's what i'm feeling. >> winning two out of three would put the giants in a strong

position for the second wild card spot in the national league. a three-game sweep would be an even better birthday present for this fan who is enjoying his 50th at the game. >> it is the dodgers. makes it that much more sweet, you know. ain't going to eliminate us. >> sometimes the reap you want to win isn't so noble. sometimes you just want bragging rights. >> oh, i want to beat the dodgers because my friend is a dodger and i want to tell her who the better team it. >> reporter: this weekend the home team better be or they will be the team that goes home. at at&t park, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> i'm actually heading out there for the 6:00 news. special tribute in boston for the man known as big papi. the red sox meed the likeness of david ortiz into the outfield grass at fenway park. that could not have been easy. >> yeah. >> ortiz is retiring after 20 years in the big leagues. the last 13 in boston. such a huge fan favorite and one of the game's best players as the designated hitter and while

the regular season will end this weekend, the red sox are in the playoffs. they are in first place so big papi's career will run for at least another week. it just started this afternoon and before it's over 750,000 people are expected to attend the 16th annual hardly strictly bluegrass festival this weekend at san francisco's golden gate park. the free event features more than 100 musical acts on seven stages throughout the park and two of those scheduled performers are '80s icon cyndi lauper and stockton born singer chris isaac. >> it's like another planet in its own way and, you know, just great mike and tons of people. it's really relaxing, and can you bring your own wine, beer, food. it's just a great atmosphere and really relaxed for a festival as well. >> there are also lots of food trucks and vendors selling event merchandise. the free music goes through sunday, and by sunday, going to see some interesting weather develop. >> that's going to be a great

show for a couple of days. spencer is here. i imagine it's likely to be given a trend, hardly strictly cooler. >> and hardly strictly damper. >> wet grass? >> okay. >> on sunday. it will get a little wet weather on sunday, but it won't amount to much. you might not even need umbrella. >> it will still be great. >> hold your hand over your head. or your -- >> or your neighbor's. >> or your halo, in my case. >> a look at live doppler 7 with your neighbor's happened. we have mostly sunny skies right now. it's cool and breezy friday night. in fact, a gusty one, as a matter of fact, and these are current gusts. 30 miles per hour at sfo and 36 miles per hour at fairfield and 25 at concord. all across the bay area you get the picture. a windy afternoon and likely to be a windy evening as well. check out the blue sky over the bay and the sky can't get much bluer than that and these are the forecast features and the breezy fall pattern continues through the weekend and, of

course, there's the chance of showers on sunday and we expect them to be widely scattered and quite light. 39 degrees in san francisco and half moon bay and 69 across the bay and 66 in oakland and 65 at hayward and we've got a few 70-degree or higher readings in our inland areas. lows overnight with the presence of a little bit of fog will be mainly in the low to mid-50s. the fog will get swept away tomorrow by the breezy conditions, so here's the day planner for tomorrow. a few clouds will linger in the early morning hours but mainly sin through the daytime with high temperatures in the afternoon reaching 70s around the bay and inland and upper 50s to 60s on the coast and clear skies after sunset tomorrow evening, so it's going to be a lovely day, but then we get a little bit of rain coming in on sunday, and our storm impact scale is what we use to rank the intensity of every approaching storm. this will be a light storm on sunday ranking only one on storm impact scale bringing scattered showers and less than a tenth of an inch for most locations an some parts of the barrier will see no rainfall and here's the

forecast animation starting at 7:00 sunday morning. we'll see increasing clouds and notice the spotty scattered nature of the showers as they swing through during the early morning and midday hours and then into the afternoon. same pattern, and they will taper off in the evening hours, so this is the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow, mostly sunny, breeze, cool. even cooler and a bit cloudier on sunday. once again scattered showers. there will be some wet spot, but the rain will not be a steady rain. certainly won't be a heavy rain, and plout partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies on monday and notice the warming trend late next week with high temperatures climbing back into the mid-80s late next week. >> sounds good. >> coming up on abc 7 "news at 4:00," a police officer in court today charged in a sex scandal that's rocked departments across the bay area. and many states in the eastern half. u.s. are under water.

the ride sharing service wave is branching out. they are expanding its carpool program throughout the bay area. in may they invited a handful of local commuters to test the carpool option. it was initially available to some 25,000 employees at a few companies. riders only share the price of gas and now you can try it by downloading the waze or waze rider app and register with a corporate e-mail. scientists behind the rosetta space probe are celebrating after they crash landed on the edge of a distant comet. this is a mission that made a series of breakthrough discoveries. they chased a comet around the sun and put a sister probe on the surface and gathered information about its behavior and chemical composition. the european space agency led the mission and consortium which included nasa. lights off, lights on, and in reykjavik, iceland, tonight,

the northern lights are replacing actual lights. the city switched off all of its sweet lights to minimize light pollution. the goal, provide the best possible viewing conditions for an especially intense display of the aurora borealis. the website iceland monitor reported the lights were beautiful, but, larry, they say, not as impressive as earlier in the week. i don't know. that's pretty impressive to us. >> that looks very impressive, but we're not there. >> it's all relative, i guess. >> the green is very vivid. >> coming up at 4:00, southern california at risk for

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an update now on the breaking news at the top of the hour. four-alarm fire that's damaged an historic church on berkeley's south side. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live at the scene. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, kristen. let me give you an example of what's going hon here. this fire is for the most part out but they are still pouring water out. if you look down here this is all pouring down the street from the scene of fire which is about half a block away. let me show you some videotape from earlier today on how this thing went down. the first congregational church of berkeley. >> the fire began at 12:42 this afternoon. as you said four alarms, 60

firefighters, they tried to fight it from the inside first, but that was not successful. it didn't work. one firefighter turns out it was stuck in an attic you couldn't get down and had to jump out of a window. he landed safely and he was all right. the roof of this building partially collapsed. there was nothing that firefighters could do to stop it. evacuations, many of them related to this fire. there's a nursery school in that place. that place has -- the nursery school has been evacuated. there's also a private boys school that. has been evacuated, and more importantly there's a dorm, a high rise dorm for uc berkeley, number 3. that building has been evacuated as well. it's kathy corner to the church. those students are still trying to get in. no word on when they will be able to do so. as for the church itself, as we come back live, it's very historic. it's been a part of berkeley since the late 1800s. not this particular structure. this structure came here in roughly 1925, but it's a loss of the community, not only do they allow people to worship here but it's a big homeless center for

people. it's a day care center. it's a boys school and it is a big loss. there are people who have been evacuated up the road right over here. we have the red cross and right now that's a lot more quiet than it was earlier and the water is still flowing down the street and this is going to be an active scene for quite some time. live from berkeley, wayne freed american, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. an officers charged in a sex scandal involving an underage prostitute and several bay area police departments pleaded not guilty in court. vic lee is live in hayward with the details. vic? >> reporter: well, the sex scandal is widening, as you said. another arraignment of a law enforcement officer and on top of that the filing. legal claims on behalf. young victim and as you know a legal claim is usually a precursor to a lawsuit. ricardo perez resigned from his post early this summer as details of the sex scandal unfolded. he reportedly had sex with

jasmine abuslin, a 19-year-old woman who went by the moniker celeste gaup. abc 7 news is identifying her because she and her lawyers revealed her name publicly. 28-year-old perez has been accused of criminal sex charges who was a minor at the time. the judge released him on his own recook as soon as and that angered abuslin's attorney who are in court. >> there's a double standard. because he's a police officer he's being treated specially. if he were a black man charged with a felony he would certainly have to post bail. >> reporter: perez is one of the five law enforcement officers charged by alameda county prosecutors. they include oakland police officers and a livermore officer. oakland police officer brian buntin was arraigned a week ago on charges associated with the case. dozens more have been investigated from numerous police jurisdictions and some have already been disciplined and others have resigned.

after court today jasmine abuslin's lawyers say they have filed claim against six bay area cities and counties for failure to protect the young woman who was sexually exploited. >> the conduct is outrageous, and i think that it, unfortunately, reflects a climate and a culture within the oakland police department as well as the other departments that this kind of behavior is okay. >> the claim is for millions of dollars. >> i don't remember the exact amounts but it roughly breaks down to -- >> reporter: alameda county prosecutors have yet to charge an oakland officer and another who resigned in the wake. investigation. a third officer has been charged, but his case was continued today. vic lee, abc 7 news. and vic mentioned an oakland officer. today's proceeding comes exactly a week to the day after that oakland police officer brian buntin last appeared in court. buntin was the first officer charged in this scandal and he pleaded not guilty to felony obstruction of justice and a

misdemeanor charge of engaging in an act of prostitution. he turned himself in on tuesday and bailed out the same day. >> officials in el cajon have released two videos showing the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man this week. some videos or some viewers might find this viewer very graphic so we do want to warn you. police say the videos were released, quote, for the sake of the well-being of the community and to the address of misinformation. one video, take a look, shows 38-year-old alfred olango backing away from the police officer richard gonzalves. police say olango pointed a vape smoking device at him before he was tased and then fatally shot. his protest sparked days of contest. >> the oklahoma police officer accused of killing an unarmed black man pleaded not guilty today to a charge of first-degree murder manslaughter. betty shelby in the white shirt and pony tail was surrounded by

overs as she was hustled into a car outside of court. shelby claimed terence crutcher was reaching inside his vehicle when she shot him two weeks ago. video shows crutcher walking away with -- from shelby with his hands up but does not show when she fired. seismologists are warning today that a magnitude seven or larger quake has a 1 in 100 chance of hitting southern california by tuesday, yes. next tuesday. this is a frightening prognosis, and it comes after a swafrm up to 200 small quakes struck on monday morning and the area is south of where the san andreas fault ends. the chance of a large quake being triggered is small but real. >> from north carolina to michigan there's flash flood warnings. downpours are drowning the mid-atlantic and it's not over

yet. abc news reporter angelica spanos has the latest. >> reporter: floods washing through the streets in cumberland, north carolina. a state of emergency in place. so strong nearly 30 feet of pavement on this road collapsed. >> people are still trying to drive through this mess. >> reporter: the driver of this pckup truck lucky to escape. a total of 10 inches of rain fell in 24 hours. now still water stands as high as windows and doors on this home. >> please don't put first responders lives and your own lives at risk. >> reporter: in virginia the streets masked as rivers in old town alexandraia. shops and restaurants closed as sandbags lined their storefronts. >> i was gone 35 minutes and when i left there was no water here and when i came back it was right at the curb. >> and rushing water in michigan. cars struggling through standing

water on the streets of detroit, difficult for those behind the wheel. first responders doing their best with cars fully submerged. crews had to rescue dozens from the multiple rounds of rain in several states. meantime, all eyes are on hurricane matthew. it's gaining strength in the caribbean with winds up to 120 miles per hour. now a category 3 major hurricane that has the potential to hit the u.s. >> and more rain and wind is on the way through saturday. 1 to 3 more inches are forecast for the mid-atlantic and the great lakes. angelica spanos, abc news, new york. priceless van gogh paintings have been recovered. coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, how investigators tracked down the iconic art more than a decade after it was stolen. plus -- >> he's beautiful. >> the rescue that forged a friendship for life.

>> i'm michael finney. ask finney is just ahead. i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. just post them with th the #askfinney, and i'll answer them right here in just a little bit. >> i'm spencer christian. trees are shaking in the breeze on this windy friday afternoon. i'll show you what's coming our way for the weekend in just a moment. >> and let's take a live look outside at the golden gate bridge. your commute northbound leaving san francisco. not too heavy right now and certainly it is a gorgeous day out there.

italian police have recovered two vincent van gogh paintings stolen from an amsterdam museum in 2002. investigators found the artist's 1882 creation called "seascape" and "congregation leaving the reform church" hidden in a farmhouse near an organized crime ring known for cocaine trafficking. both paintings were without frames. >> the conditions of the paintings is overall rather good, i would say, but the seascape has -- damaged part of the paint layer has broken off so about this big, so there is a substantial damage. >> yeah. that damage is about five centimeters wide. the museum plans inspect both paintings closer to better assess the damage. roto rooter guys come to the rescue all the time but not like

the rescue in citrus heights where they were trying to coax a little kitten out of a storm drain. jennings ventured over to try after a couple hours. >> i let them know i had a sewer video inspection camera. >> do you see it? >> in the process of running the camera up there and running around and what not, the cat just came out. >> yeah. >> love hearing that meow. jennings reluctantly accepted the cheers but officer elana kaeld roent went home with a kitten. she named it primly stormy from the storm drain. >> it is panda bones and bonanz. a breeding facility debuted 23 baby pandas. >> yeah. ever seen 236 them together. >> that's fantastic. >> the pandaed aged 1 to 4 months are the result of a spike

in breeding and are almost the double of the number of newborns produce there had last year. experts attribute the baby boom to improvement in breeding technology so that's wonderful. they have been endangered for a while but their numbers are on the rise. >> so cute. sunny but very breezy friday afternoon across the bay area. here's live doppler 7. you can see a few clouds to our north and otherwise it's a very bright day. tomorrow is going to be a bright sunny day as well with breezy conditions at the coast and high temperatures will range from about 60 at the coast to mainly mid and upper of 0s around the bay and low to mid-70s inland. a pleasant day and cooler than average day and the weekend, of course, we have strictly bluegrass festival going on at golden gate park tomorrow. it will be mainly sunny, breezy and pleasant day for getting out to the concert. on sunday there could be some damp periods during the day. we expect some scattered showers, but we don't expect it to be a very rainy day.

rainfall totals in fact we project will only be in the few hundreds of an inch range. most locations will see abo about .01 to .02 of an inch. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. this approaching wet weather system ranks one on our storm impact scale. a storm of very light intensity. it will be partly cloudy and dry. a few more clouds on tuesday and sunny and milder on wednesday and much milder towards the end of the week. a little bit of october warmth will develop towards wednesday and thursday with high temperatures in the mid-80s inland and upper 70s around the bay. >> excellent. and can i just update on the panda story a little bit. >> please, do. >> i did a little research just to be sure and just this month they moved the pandas from endangered to vulnerable because their population has increased so much. >> good news. >> exaent. >> good news. >> and more news ahead. california tech leader backtracking today on comments he made about women in the

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their money, where the guy charges you $300 to do the transfer and everything, that's where the money is made, but that's how little many of these are worth. >> good to know. >> interesting. >> and you've got a message for us? >> i want to hear from you. the hotline is open monday through friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. the phone number 415-954-8151. you can also reach me on my facebook page and through abc7news.com or bump into larry on the street. just ask him. >> and i may buy your timeshare for $1 if it's a good location. today's wellness report. >> and a way to reduce stress in teenagers. jane king has those stories and more. food giant conagra continuing its push for healthier options starting to add more neutral ingredients and less artificials colors and flavors. the company makes slim jam, bank get frozen meals and peter pan peanut butter. people can change and academic

and social pressures are piled on teens can be taught coping skills to skirt the pitfalls of psychological depression. there's a simple and effective technique. students participated in a reading and wright exercise and turned into a basic message to help them manage tension. the message was people can change. the students who completed the exercise did, however, however have lower levels of stress and had more confidence and achieved slightly higher grades at end of the year. 83% of americans start every morning with a couple of coe and we all know coffee keeps us awake and alert and there's many health ben officials. it can help with weight loss as caffein stimulates the nervous system and breaks down fall cells. from the nasdaq, i'm jane king. here's to your health. "abc 7 news at 4:00" continues. up next, like paid vacation and better. the incredible new approach one

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on "shark tank" followed by abc 7 "news at 11:00." a utah company is now paying employees to take a vacation. hope our bosses are listening. a software company called bamboo hr has a new program called paid

paid vacation which reimburses any employee up to $2,000 for vacation costs, including hotel, transportation and meals. bamboo hr's ceo says he feels very strongly that personal life does not exist just to support work life. instead it's visa versa. a study released in june says that in 201555% of americans left vacation days on the table. that translates to more than 600 million unused days. a venture capitalist from southern california has apologized after telling women in tech to disguise their gender. abc 7 news reporter jessica castro has more about this claim and the fallout. santa barbara businessman john gratehouse wrote the controversial op-ed in the "wall street journal" and discussed to young women, linkedin, twitter address, online correspondence, use your initials or unisex name and eliminate photos, so instead

of using jessica i might use jess and wipe out all my photos from my accounts. he says implicit bias against women in tech is so strong they should hide their identity if they want equal treatment. it was a hot topic this morning on "gma." >> they should hide their identities if they want equal treatment. >> what? >> the backlash has been fierce, guys. the author has posted maybe one of the fastest apologies in twitter history. >> reporter: that apology saying sorry he told women to endure gender bias rather than fixing it. the statement reads in part, quote, i hurt women and utterly failed to help which i wholly regret and i fully apologize having done. women have a tough enough time having their voices heard, and my insensitive comments only made matters worse. i'm truly sorry. in the studio, jessica castro, abc 7 news. >> thanks for joining us for abc 7 news halt 4:00. i'm

flames blast through the roof as an inferno consumes a church in berkeley. the sanctuary is the heart and soul for many. >> it's a great loss to the community. >> fallout from the brock turner sexual assault case. it's just changed california law. >> every they are going to do the crime, you'll do the time. >> plus, fire in the santa cruz mountains. why water drops are off the table. >> and the healing power behind this lion den. breaking news. falling debris, checking smoke and a historic structure up in flames. the first congress a.m. church in berkeley is barely standing this evening. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristein sze. thanks for joining us. the church has been a