expected in the city this weekend. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristein sze. thanks for joining us. fleet week always brings in thousands of tourists and san francisco has increased the number of officers on patrol. more from along the embarcadero with why the extra manpower doesn't always work. >> reporter: yeah. it has gotten so bad here in san francisco that the city is thinking about requiring that rental car companies provide some kind of written disclosure for customers, for example, don't leave your valuables inside the car and look your vehicle. the family we interviewed this afternoon was unaware. >> we have passports. we have our bags and cell phones, cameras. >> reporter: in a matter of seconds this family's life visiting from china was turned upside down, a victim of a smash-and-grab incident near the crooked sectionch l cch -- sect

lombard street. >> we went for photos for five minutes and everything happened so far. >> up here on lombard street another window was broken into. >> reporter: community ambassadors who provide a safety presence say it's hard to keep this kind of crime away from these areas known for having tourists with expensive goods. the smash-and-grabs happen daily. >> on a bad day, like maybe five to ten. >> some tourists don't know how to protect their valuables. >> because we visit it this year because we're not really into knowing the rules in the city. >> this happened as thousands of people are here for fleet week. smpd says there will be more officers this weekend patrolling those sensitive areas. >> every officer is going to be working in the city, so you're going to see more of us out on patrol, on foot and on our bikes and on the motorcycles and out on the water. >> i've been here a lot of times. it's never happened before. it's the first time. i'm really shocked. >> in san francisco, lyanne

melendez, abc 7 news. san francisco police are investigating several violent cell phone robberies. they all happened on powell and market street between 6:30 and 8:30 last night. in one case a man punched a woman in the face and in another a man jumped out of a car and grabbed a woman's phone and the searching for an armed man and woman accused of stealing a woman's purse at gunpoint. just minutes ago sky 7 was over the sundale neighborhood where that search is happening. the robbery happened early this afternoon at warwick elementary. warwick and two other schools were on lockdown. all those lockdown orders have now been lifted. earlier this afternoon police arrested two others they saw were involved in the robbery at the scene of this car crash. the six men arrested for a string of home invasion robberies in the east bay made their first appearance in court today. these men are accused of targeting homes in livermore,

san ramon and fremont. cameras were not allowed in the courtroom and surveillance video taken in late august inside a home in fremont's mission hills areas shows these massed intruders at work. the suspects will be back in court tuesday for their arraignment and where they will hear the formal charges against them. now to breaking news. fire at a hospital in martinez. it's under control, but there are still concerns about keeping patients safe. several floors at the hospital are being affected. leslie brinkley is live in martinez with the very latest. leslie? >> 55 firefighters showed up here to fight a fire here at conia costa medical center and triggered fires alarms around 2:00 this afternoon and resulted in the evacuation of two floors of this knife-story hospital. the first floor, the second floor. critical to this is the second floor houses the operating

rooms, and from what i understand there were patients in surgery, two of them. they were able to finish the surgery and evacuate those patients up to the third floor to icu where they were stabilized. patients going into surgery were taken outside the hospital and a total of nine patients evacuated along with staff. that included non-operational elevators in the hospital and patients jibd to me smelling smoke and one daughter was out for surgery and they had to get dressed and back out the door again because of the fire. the hospital is not taking any ambulance traffic at this hour telling people not to come to the hospital. they are not accepting any patients and diverting them to other hospitals. operational but not accepting other patients here. i also spoke with the contra

costa fire protection district and fire marshal who said a diesel leak in the pooler room fueled this fire creating more smoke and problems in the hospital. they have been able to confine the damage to just one boiler in that boiler room. right now they are checking lines. they are testing them. the medical gas lines for things like nitrous oxide to see if they can give the green light to the hospital and becoming more operational again and reopening the first and second floor. right now they don't know if that's possible. they are assessing things and those patients are still -- the staff as well is still evacuated up to the third floor. reporting live in martinez, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> thanks very much. happening now. hurricane matthew is spinning towards georgia and the carolinas after crashing into the florida coast overnight. >> yeah. here's a live look at the wind and heavy rain hitting charleston, south carolina right now. matthew is expected to make land fall there later tonight.

the storm kill at least three people in florida adding to a death toll of at least 271 killed by the storm in haiti. local officials there expect that number will jump much higher as they get to remote ville sglajs more than a million customers lost power in florida. those who chose not to evacuate were left stranded by floodwaters. president obama has declared a state of emergency in florida, georgia and north and south carolina both. more than 4,200 flights have been cancelled nationwide including seven today at sfo. >> now the big concern now in florida is the heavy rain and, of course, the storm surge. swells of 9 to 11 feet are expected along the coastline. >> let's get to what's happening right now. abc 7 news reporter marci gonzalez joins us live from new smyrna beach. marci? >> reporter: kristen and dan, you can see a little bit of the damage that was left behind. the powerful winds from matthew knocked down a lot of trees and a lot of big branches like this one in front of me and a lot of

power lines which, of course, contributed to all of those power outages that you mentioned. more than had a million people in florida without power, including us right here running off of generators to come to you live, but the damage continues in florida. you talked about the storm surge and they are seeing a lot of that north of where we are. we're in central florida and up in jacksonville, a major issue with storm surge. the ocean actually reaching some of the dunes there and the water going several blocks impacting some homes in that area. just a bit south of jacksonville in st. augustine at a bed and breakfast, about 20 people reported being trapped inside because of the rising water. some of those people who didn't heed the warnings that were given about just how serious the flooding could be from this storm. they spent days telling people to get out of these areas prone to flooding and get out of coastal areas. a lot of people felt trapped and tonight a lot of people sense

time assessing the damage and looking over their homes. they suggested to people stay inside because we're having a little bit of wind and rain and waiting for this storm to completely clear the area before they go out and live in new smyrna beach, florida. marci gonzalez, abc 7 news. >> malt two looks quite intimidating from the international space station and nasa posted this video on youtube. >> they are tracking where matthew is right now. >> dan and kristen, right now on live doppler 7, latest from the national hurricane center, it's 55 miles east northeast of jacksonville, florida. that red there indicating a tornado watch box and isolated tornadoes not out of the question. this is a monster storm. take a look at it right now. here are the latest stats. it is weaker. category 2. winds of 110 miles per hour. warnings are up and tropical storm warnings and hurricane warning from florida to the carolinas, really in gentleman, so really keep this in mind. as you look at the forecast

track. category 2 continues up near charleston later on tonight as a cat two and continues to move out over the open atlantic, pounding parts of north carolina over the weekend and then it actually veers back around and it's much weaker as a storm as it comes back towards florida tuesday morning here's a look at the storm impact storm surge flooding. it's going tonight biggest concern along with isolated areas of up to 15 inches of rain in northeast florida to eastern north carolina. so a dangerous situation there still right now. kiss trend? >> sandhya, thank you. now a look at scientists flew into the eye of hurricane matthew. quite incredible here. the national oceanic and atmospheric administration pilots endured a turbulent flight until they reached the calm of the eyewall. pilots admit it the can be difficult to ignore the instinct to fly away from danger instead of straight into it. >> manage that turbulence? >> no. >> coming up, homes versus a

hillside. seven months after the earth moved homeowners are still struggling with repairs. frustration with local officials is leaving a boiling point. plus the hallway walk before the confrontation. the accusation that san francisco police are putting politics ahead of justice. >> and a shout-out to the

the simmering anger over the shootsing of mario woods spilled over today. dawn woods, mario's mother, confronted a police official and accused the department of treating her son as less than human. >> but your city said guess what. your an animal and you don't deserve it. >> a rally followed on steps of the hall of justice. abc 7 news reporter lonnie

rivera joins us now with the story from the mission. >> reporter: yes, they gathered just behind me. from their perspective the city is dragging its feet with a number of open cases involving police shootings involving after cap american and latino men. >> where's the luxury for our children? >> reporter: gwen woods chokes up recalling how her 27-year-old son mario woods was shot by police in bay view last december. woods was a the shoog suspect. the victim's mother said what happened to her son was an execution. >> your city said guess what. you're an animal and you don't deserve it. >> reporter: police say woods was ordered to drop his five and refused. they fired several rounds. his mother's pain is shared by these other mothers of young black and latino men also is not and killed by police. their cases are still open with

lingering questions. they gathered on the steps of the hall of justice asking charges be brought against officers in wood's case. >> you need to come on out of that office and stop playing around and charge these police with the murder of mario woods. >> reporter: earlier in the day, a legal step forward for another bay-area family. >> we filed a federal civil rights lawsuit today in order to bring the family the justice that it deserves. >> six months ago lieu ice gongora was shot. his attorney say he was sitting against a wall. he charged at them with a knife while under the influence of meth and his body was riddled full of bullets. >> we intend to not only uncover the facts but to make the facts available to the public. >> back at the half justice protesters took their cries inside demanding a meeting with district attorney george gascon.

he's on vacation so his assistance listened. >> and they called my child a thug so my child is a thug. tell him what had a thug looks like. >> he offered few words and gave an embrace and judging from their persistent demands for answers, this is far from over. in san francisco, lonni rivera, aches 7 news. some frustrated maurga residents are reaching out to abc 7 news about a landslide that's been sitting for seven months. as a result home own remembers paying mortgages hon houses that they just can't live in. >> nobody's done their job. nobody wants to apparently do the job. they just want to avoid the job. >> the landslide is near canyon road. east bay mud owns the land hand has no plans to begin repairs. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live with details you'll see only on abc 7 news. laura? >> i'm standing where i was

standing back in march just days after this slide happened, and despite months of clear and dry weather nothing has been done to fix it. the residents play east bay mud but the utility says it's not that simple. >> land, earth, was kind of level here and now it's quite a ways down. >> thanks to this, tim alford and his family haven't been able to live in theirous for seven months. the house hasn't been fixed and the hills haven't been fixed. rain is coming. >> reporter: is it frustrateing? >> yeah, it's frustrating. three kids and a family. very fortunate manned blessed no one was injured. >> reporter: his home was red tagged in march when the hillside behind it gave way in heavy rains taking part of the foundation with it and wiping out a popular bike trail below, all on land owned by east bay mud. it also made dennis martel's house too dangerous to live in. 95% of the area is the east bay

mutt property and that's where the slight started and to me they have a fiduciary reaction to take remedial action on their tr trpt. >> what we have learned tins it occurred in map that pre-dates the houses that are there show what we've been doing right now is monitor the slide to see if there's any movement in the win the e. that's go the to be. there are no plans to repair any other repairs any time season. >> a father offered an apologize for the police department after her daughter was left outside

alone and police shared this thank-you note from a grateful dad. not often that one receives a call from a miss at 1 ak-. want to thank the officer for being there when she needed a ride. >> hi there, everyone. our workweek sending on a warm note. check out the highs so far. most areas in the 70s and 80s this afternoon. mid-80s around hour warmest inland and coastal spots. look halt that. 85 degrees and almost 90 there in santa rosa. we'll continue with this theme and a look at the forecast for the air show tomorrow. a warm one. 80 degrees and a few high clouds. temperatures going down on sunday still nice and includes but day will be -- not looking so great is this major hurricane

here. isolated tornadoes are possible and watch boxes are up. we'll stay on top of it and here crike crikery and here's the view of it. making for a beautiful picture. a live look from our east bay hills camera. like last night the sunset will be a beautiful one so watch for that. 85 santella rosa and livermore is 83 degrees and from our santa cruz cameras, seeing filtered sun. fine fall weather for fleet week. blue skies for the blue angels with much cooler weather and maybe even a shower or two. air include -- we have a share the air ileft. 27th of the season and this the a record -- temperatures.

we'll see for the afternoon south bay warm one. 88 and gilroy hot on the peninsula, 86 in redwood city and here along the coastline you're looking at 80 in half moon bay. great day to head to the coast. in the north bay you'll be in the upper 308s around santa rosa and napa 85 in san rafael. nothing but blue skies in the east bay and 84 oakland. well above average and inland highs a lot like summer. 90s in concord and 939 in liver more. if the heat is the too much for you and you head to the coach on sunday watch out. a long period of northwest swell will be bringing up the potential for -- we're going to fast forward to next weekend. saturday morning you see the potential is there for real wet weather. before we get to saturday

morning, october 15th, there are some chances of seeing a few showers so here's the accuweather saturday. warm to hot and cooler coast sunday and even cools off on columbus today. a chance of a -- >> i have to tell you. the -- just look for unseatled weather during the ent of the workweek. >> from touch to taste, time to indulge your senses. time for for instancy's friday free stuff. >> and a box of doughnuts goes a long way. the successful tactics bay area hunters are resorting to to g

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aiming them to shape their own future and goals. they also heard from business leaders and attended a career fair with big companies like goingnd and kaiser permanente. great event. >> that is great. i know you were well seefeld and you worked hard on that keynote address. >> i did, lovely audience. >> i know they are glad to have you there. >> look forward to fridays for a lot of reasons, of course, and one of them is finney's friday free stuff. >> may put that at the top of the list. >> michael, what have you got that i had? >> great stuff today starting with food. >> please. >> we'll put stuff in. >> okay. we're going to start with food. we'll give you a tour of the best in san francisco. we've got some video. i want you to check this out. a walking tour that takes just under three hours. walk about two and a half miles. it's from san francisco food safery. the first 200 people to sign up will get in on this. a $20 value. you'll visit pop-up restaurants, markets, delis, coffee houses, bakeries, meat markets. you'll take a look at some.

very best san francisco has to offer when it comes to food. now, you will not be eating the very best, we want to make that clear. you can buy food along the way if you wish but it's not part of the program. we have 200 slots available so hang tight and i'll tell you how to get those. now that ouch worked out a little bit and worked up an aptitude you need to be look good. we can take care of you with a caribbean product. check this out. we're giving away a manager body and hair butter from a company in the caribbean. we'll give away 1,100 of these. kind of limited this week 1. hundred% natural and from the virgin islands. the value is $28. it's all handmade in scratch. 100% in st., all natural and oils and butter. it was made by a woman who was trying to help her doubter who had very sensitive skin. >> oh, really. >> i like to story. >> how do we get this fantastic stuff? >> look how smart you guys are. >> you get this by going online at abc7news.com or call that

phone number 800-546-7177. >> good stuff as always, michael. thanks. >> still ahead, it's a parade and everyone is invited. the ships taking over the bay. >> we want to thank abc 7 news viewer brandon for this instagram picture of this port of oakland. share your pictures with us on social media. >> there's narrator: it wasn't that long ago. years of devastating cutbacks to our schools. 30,000 teachers laid off. class sizes increased. art and music programs cut. we can't ever go back. ryan ruelas: so vote yes on proposition 55. reagan duncan: prop 55 prevents 4 billion in new cuts to our schools. letty muñoz-gonzalez: simply by maintaining the current tax rate on the wealthiest californians.

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donald trump and hillary clinton will hold their second presidential debate this sunday night. our coverage starts at 6:00 p.m. of course, you can watch it here on abc 7 or on the abc 7 news app. >> it will be very interesting. coming on "abc 7 news at 6:00," a devastated east bay family, a man charged with killing their loved one got paid a program that offers cash so people who don't commit crimes. >> also, an enduring image of the loma fire. frightened horses running from the blaze. at 6:00 the inside story of how

a volunteer saved the day, and a special thank you he received. >> and is the chip really better than the strip? 7 on your side's michael finney finds out if the chip credit cards are cutting down on fraud. >> that's stories coming up at 6:00. one of the many not-to-be missed events happened in san francisco today. >> there was as tugboat with wart cannons, the uss including "the uss sand oig." tier the ships this week. >> thoses of people line the san francisco waterfront to seat ships and enjoy the air show that followed. >> the blue angels are impress im. i mean, don't get me wrong but seeing the ships go by with the sailors on the deck, it gives me good bumps every year. >> the blue angels will be back in the skies over san francisco tomorrow and sunday performing each day

tonight, breaking news. hurricane matthew slamming ashore right here in jacksonville. the monster storm battering florida right now. the dangerous winds, blinding rain, downed power lines. the storm sparking fires. this home completely destroyed. more than a million people plunged into darkness. the hurricane blasting florida. a possible hit on georgia and south carolina next. the life threatening storm surge. waves smashing right into homes. >> so please evacuate even if it's to a shelter. tonight, we fly you right into the eye of the storm with the hurricane hunters. inside the cockpit. their new warning tonight for millions in florida, georgia, and the carolinas. and the other breaking story tonight. explosive new audio discovered of donald trump. what he says about women. >> when you're a star, they let you do it. >> you will hear it for yourself.