>> reporter: yeah, and who knows why but it seems that the people stealing these devices on bart may not have heard or know about this new technology called a kill switch. in most cases they are stealing a phone that will be unusable. san francisco has seen the number of smartphone thefts reduced by 50% since 2013 when the number of robberies reached a record high. >> people were getting viciously assaulted for their smartphones. it was snatch and grab robberies. people were getting beaten. >> reporter: that was before the san francisco da's office pushed to have california pass a law in 2014 demanding that the wireless industry install a software commonly known as a kill switch.

when the phone is stolen, the thief is unable to put it on a new carrier because only you have the user name and password. >> i'm kind of depen dent on modern technology to save my phone for me if something happens. >> reporter: despite this knowledge, this type of crime continues on bart trains and stations. >> we're still seeing a level number of cell phone and electronic thefts. >> reporter: in the past six months there's been 225 thefts of electronic devices. >> the thefts are occurring as the trains are pulling into the stations and the door open and the phone gets taken and the electronic device and they run off the train. >> attention passenger, protect your phone. >> reporter: bart makes periodic announce immaterial on its p.a. system. >> i carry it in hi back pocket pm i'm pretty confidence no one will jump on me and take my phone. i'm kind of ready for it. >> reporter: bart hopes

passengers will become more aware of their surroundings. we're now hearing from president trump's former chief of staff reince priebus hours after his resignation was announced. he traveled with president trump earlier today. he could be seen walking to waiting car. priebus spoke to cnn about an hour ago. he said he formally resigned yesterday and was not asked to do so by the president. he said he included this picking general john kelly. >> this is not like a situation where there's a bunch of ill will feelings. this is good for the president. i think it's smart for him to pick general kelly and i think that things will be run very well. >> secretary kelly will start the transition on monday. he said he's been fortunate to have served his country for 45

years. former contra costa county mark peterson has been ordered suspended from practicing state law. a special counsel has been appointed which could recommend he be disbarred. last month peterson was charged with 12 felony counts of perjury and grand theft after it was found he spent $66,000 of campaign donations on personal expenses. peterson claimed it was a loan. one of the men chanched in the deadly ghostship fire had his bail reduced but his attorneys said he's still not happy. >> reporter: they say their client never had a guilty conscious and never thought he would be facing charges opinion harris face adjudge at bail

hearing in oakland. the judge deny add motion to release the 27-year-old from jail. he did drop bail for more than $1 million to 750,000. >> what happened today is unjust. max harris is innocent. we have a young kid, an artist who did his best to save lives and now he's subject to raising $750,000 bail. >> reporter: both harris and ghostship operator face 36 counti coun counts of voluntary manslaughter. smith red letters from friends describing harris as kind, caring and sincere. >> max lost a lot of friends himself this the fire. max after the fire was extremely depressed and sad. he's never had a guilty conscious opinion. propertiers accu > . >> reporter: they said while harris has no prior criminal history, his his take did lead

to the death of 36 people and a high bail is the best way to ensure his appearance in court. in oakland, abc 7 news. a come who lived streamed a deadly car crash last week will remain in jail after a judge refused thro lower her bail. he faces charges of vehicular manslaughter and dui. her 14-year-old sister was killed in the crash. another teen survived. bail was set at $560,000. her lawyer says it's excessive and his client doesn't have that kind of money. >> having been in foster care for the last few years and still being in it and only 18 years old, that she would have $560,000 to post bond on these charges is absurd. >> sanchez was impaired when she crashed but refused to submit to a clem cal test. the instra gram video will be a key piece in the case.

they leave tomorrow morning but they are still about $24,000 short. their ral principal and teacher are putting themselves on the line financially. >> didn't find me. >> i should just drop this life. >> reporter: eight skyline high school students rehearsed on the shoreline of lake merit today. tomorrow is the big day. they board a plane bound for london and perform in scotland. >> oh my gosh. this is an opportunity of the lifetime. >> reporter: fund raising netted them $42,000 but they are still $24,000 short. they may be leaving tomorrow but they are going to come home in debt. >> if you don't raise the 24,000 by september, you personally are on the line. >> myself and the principal signed a repayment agreement.

the two of us. >> reporter: on september 15th interest charges start to accrue. the pressure is on. >> i'm not worried because students from skyline, we work really, really hard. >> reporter: the warriors have pitched in. a game wall netted the students $2200 during the playoff. now the class will auction off four tickets to the october 17th game that they hope will defray large chunk of the debt. neighbors are dropping off $20 here and there at the school. the drama teacher behind the dream is willing to take the risk for these kids to go. >> i wanted to open doors for them and be a gate way into their future that the sky is the limit. >> reporter: in oakland, abc 7 news. a dumpb truck overturned while unloading asphalt at a construction site. both construction workers and the highway patrol say the truck tipped over when the load

shifted around 11:00 this morning. >> we load the bed down and the truck tip over. >> luckily with the bed up in the up right position the truck wedged itself up against the roadway so it held it up on the road. >> construction workers race to free the driverer. he wasn't hurt. elon musk will hand over 30 teslas. the car's launch will be as big as the introduction of the iphone. big talk, obviously. >> reporter: it's busy here. tesla owners are waiting in line. they are getting charged up for the weekend and charged up about the big reveal. sky 7 was over the factory a short time ago. you can see from the video that people were working on a big

stage. a stage with a rotating platform, which is the kind i mieg see that would be great for showing off a new car. on the ground, 14 cars under gray covers. could those be the new model quite possibly. >> i will buy a model 3. i'm not on the waiting list. i understand there are quite a few. i'm looking forward to seeing it. >> what i'm worried about is there's going be a longer line at these super chargers. other than that, i think it's an exciting time. >> reporter: the model 3 base model costs $35,000. last spring about 400,000 people put a $1,000 deposit down on the car to be among the first to own one and that was sight unseen. the big reveal is part of a gala tonight at the factory in fremont.

100,000 people are starting to dissend on gilroy. >> we're live at the garlic festival. what's popular and what's weird. remembering a crossing guard in westwood city. he had a smile and wave for everyone. the case of the incredible shrinking airline seat. the judge weighs in on something that affects millions of passengers like you. fog is building on the coast which would suggest a cooldown but there's warm upcoming our way. i'll have the forecast in just a moment. coming

happening now, the gilroy garlic festal. you definitely want to bring your appetite. >> one of those popular items,

pepper steak sandwiches. it all sounds so good. >> reporter: it is. last time in the last hour we had garlic shrimp. now i'm bringing you garlic pesto pasta. i have been eating a lot today. people are making a day of it. they came here for the lunchtime hour p they had garlic for lunch. now they will have garlic for dinner and garlic for dessert. i'm not kidding. >> i know you want some. garlic ice cream. garlic vavanilla. garlic chocolate. >> reporter: you heard right. anything goes. >> i really don't taste any garlic in it. i taste the chocolate ice cream. it's not scary. i got to try everything here. >> reporter: the sizzle and fire and the taste of garlic lured the crowds to gilroy. some coming from out of state. >> we saw it on the travel channel and it looked fun. this is our vacation and we're

here. >> reporter: garlic chicken, garlic corn, garlic crab fries. >> i'm going to go through the whole thien. i'm going to be out here the whole time. i'm going to try anything with garlic in it, i'm going to taste it. >> reporter: around 100,000 people are expected to attend the garlic festival through the weekend. while people stroll and taste they can listen to music. a lot tend to look at the show put on by the pryo chefs. >> it's >> reporter: after taking in all the sun, some found release under the misters. paramedics on bikes are riding around making sure everyon stay hydrated. >> we like to catch it before they have an event by handing out waters, making sure they are limiting the alcohol intake. >> reporter: we searched wu couldn't find garlic beer but we did find garlic wine that some really enjoyed. >> garlic wine. got to try it.

it's really good. it is really good. i'm not kidding. >> reporter: i have some right here. garlic wine. i do admit that i did take a sip earlier. it tastes like a light wed wine. it has that garlic aftertaste so not for me. if you're more adventurous, you can try it. as far as the food goes, you have the flexion two days to feast at the festival. >> fabulous. thanks. >> we apologize. some you have may have seen a commercial during the live shot there at the garlic festival. it is happening now. lots of great stuff to see and try out. >> great time every year. apologize for that. a lot of fun. a senator elizabeth warren is calling on federal reserve chair to remove members of wells sfar goe board after the bank admitted signs thousands of customers up for auto insurance

they did not need. roughly 570,000 borrowers had insurance and were signed up any way. 20,000 may have lost their cars due to higher premiums. wells fargo noticed the problem last year but waiting until the right time to pay customers. it will pay $80 million in refunds. the banks lending chef said the problem with disclosing to the marketplace today or several months ago is customers start call and ask when they're going to get their money. they are remembering man who can change their day just with his smile. he passed away earlier this month. neighbors are kcovering the canvas with memories of a man who became a location institution. >> every day he would be here when the kids got out of school. no matter where you were, he would wave to every single car. at every stop he could say

hello. he had a smile that just lit up the place. >> sfrervices are planned next week in san francisco. starting monday, cal for trans will begin a service to help bicyclists and pedestrians cross over 101. a cyclist had to wait several seconds to cross the busy onramp traffic. this is is even worse during rush hour. they will include wider sidewalk, dedicated bike lane and eight lanes for cars and trucks. the 24/7 shuttle service starts at 7:00 in the morning and will continue oerting until october of 2018. a federal appeals court ordered the faa to consider setting standards for rows. the guidance comes as carriers add more seats in an effort to

boost their profits backing more people in. the aver raj airplaage seat has 17 inches now. the group says shrinking leg room and seat size create a safety hazard, health concerns and make the flying experience just unwearable for many. >> because people are being overcrowded and jammed together, this increases hostility and increases various forms of disruption on airplanes that have become more and more common. >> hudson recommend that flyers complain directly to the airlines and faa and contact their lawmakers too demanding minimum standards. it feels like summer inland and winter on the coast. you can see the fog this morning in the san francisco bay and santa cruz beech. it's just as mixed for this weekend. let's check in with spencer

christian. >> sort of your typical bay area summer pattern. feels warm inland and cool at the coast. we're looking at temperature readings of 60 degrees which is pretty winter like. we have 77 in san jose. 79 in gilroy and 62 at half h-mn bay. napa, 73. 83 at fairfield. 93 at concord and 88 at livermore. move along to live doppler 7. we have mainly sunny skies over the bay and inland. marine layer is deepening along the coastline. that deepening marine layer has brought us a bit of a cooldown today in some locations. check out the 24 hour temperature change. there's that marine layer as pushing out over the bay. this is the view and these are our forecast features. today's pattern will repeat

itself tomorrow. it will be turning slightly warmer on sunday. overnight look for the fog continues to reach out over the bay. low temperatures at the coast. in the low to mid-50s and the remainder of the bay area will see mid to upper 50s. it will be pretty mild. by afternoon it will be milder to warm tomorrow. we'll have a pattern much like today's pattern with lingering low clouds at the coast. highs in the low 60s. we'll see a few mid to upper 70s. inland east bay, 92 at concord. look for a high of 84 at san jose. at the beaches tomorrow look for highs mainly in the low to mid-60s. it will be relatively mild even though low clouds will linger. it will be breezy as well. santa cruz will top out at about 75 degrees.

down at gilroy, it's the garlic festival. both days look for sunny skies. highs up to 90. it will be warming up on sunday. as much of the bay area will be warming up on sunday. we'll see mid-90s to upper 90s. tomorrow we'll see low to mid-90s. on monday get warmer. by tuesday lots of inland location will top out at 100 degrees or higher. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. looks like the peak of the warming will occur midweek next week. tuesday and wednesday look for pretty hot weather inland with highs up around 100 degrees. we'll see mid-80s around the bay which is pretty warm also. about 70 degrees or higher on the coast midweek next week. we have a week full of wonderful beach weather coming our way even with the prenz sence of cl clouds it will still be mild.

from bread to ballet. it's finney's friday free stuff. coming up breaking news, the major shake up at the white house. north korea fires another missile. is this strong enough to reach the oes coast? new at 6:00, hear from former vice president al gore now an award winning film maker about how he stays so passionate about the topic of his

the energy conscious whopeople among usle? say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing. hundreds of dead fish have been washing up on shores of clear lake. a shortage of oxygen is to blame. that typically happens when there's an algae problems. neighbors say they have never seen it this bad. the die off is unlikely to impact fishing in lake.

construction is said to begin on a new mini park in san francisco that's been in the planning for ten years. it will be built in the city's rencon hill neighborhood. the park will be designed largely for passive use. it features trees and a couple of benches. not exactly place for kids to run around. all right. today's friday and you know what that means. finney's friday free stuff. >> what do you have for us today? >> food or entertainment first? >> let's go food. >> you're not sure. >> dinner and a show. >> this is from ozery bakery. isn't this amazing. this is you'll get one full pack of that. it's a $4 value. the hearty pre-sliced thin sandwich buns. they are made of 100% whole grains for less bun and more flavor. it contains hot time honored

bread making traditions. it also tastes very good. >> rich and healthy. >> they are substantial. >> now we're going to entertain you. let's talk about going out for stern grove. have you ever been out there? absolutely amazing. everyone can attend. the san francisco pballet's onl summer bay area's performance. as many people can show up. the performance is 2:00 p.m. this sunday. look at the picture there. if you've never attended the event there it's worth going just to be there. it's so beautiful. it's over there. right off of 19th street. 19 19th avenue. you'll find it. >> how do question get on this? >> go to abc7news.com and click

on finney' free stuff. we want to thank joe for this picture of fog on the bay as seen from the berkeley hills. is there share your pictures with us with the hashtag abc

coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00, hear from the family of this man. he's accused of helping plot terrorist acts in bay area. the family says that's the opposite of the man they though. the res chi mission that resulted this these birds flying free today and getting back to where they belong. the computer buying guide put together been michael finney before you start your back to school or off to college shopping. that's all coming up in half an hour an abc 7 news at 6:00. >> it's getting close. here are several attractions that disneyland is said to

reopen this weekend. >> they were closed more than a year ago in preparation of construction of the park's new star wars themed land. >> the mark twain river boat is coming back as is the disneyland railroad. it got a bit of an upgrade with new views along the rivers of america. it's one of the park's original ride, by the way. >> it has a direct connection to walt. now with his new section it just makes it better. walt never wanted disneyland to sit still. he wanted it to keep being improved. >> they keep doing that. the railroads and rides were closed. >> they are making room for the 14 acre star wars theme land that's said to open in 2019 which is going to be over the top spectacular. disney is the parent company of abc 7. >> lot of fun. world news tonight is next. >> all of us we appreciate your

time and hope to see you again at 6:00. tonight, as we come on the air, the shakeup at the white house. president trump's chief of staff is out. after a war in the west wing goes public. the president just a short time ago, asked to explain. and the retired general now in the west wing. also breaking tonight, we're watching north korea. they have launched another intercontinental ballistic missile flying farther, higher and longer than before. and experts now saying this kind of missile could possibly reach the east coast, new york city or washington. after seven years of promising to repeal and replace obamacare, the republican effort collapses. the final seconds of drama, how would john mccain vote. the officer shot and killed trying to help people in a car accident. the escape from prison, the