that's where abc7 reporter e ellisa harrington has the news. >> reporter: that train was parked here in pleasant hill. that purple cable was charging the train all night. now that's all that's left. you have to wonder if the person who stole the trailer did it without knowing what was inside or if they targeted that train. now, here are some pictures and videos that show the electric train that people can ride. it's been used at events all over the bay area, including carnivals, school events and art and wine festivals. it was rented out for the bayview hunter's festival today. when the owners came to pick it up, it was gone. police are stumped. there are no witnessed and no leads. they haven't been able to track down any security video. the family started their interactive company 26 years ago. they say this is a huge blow to their business and communities and families that enjoyed the train. >> why would you take a train

that brings pleasure to thousands of kids? what's in it for you? you can't really sell it? it kind of sticks out if you drive it anywhere. it only goes 10 miles an hour. >> i've never seen a train of this value taken. even trailers taken. it's a little unusual. >> reporter: the show still did go on at the bayview hunter's point carnival. one of the vendors donated a smaller train that only fits half the people. visitors still enjoyed the ride. they were shocked to learn the other one was stolen and said, shame on you, to whoever is responsible. meanwhile, the family has been posting pictures and information on social media. they're trying to get the word out to get that train back where it belongs. reporting live in pleasant hill, elissa harrington, abc7. >> thank you very much. california senator dianne feinstein says the president faces major opposition to firing

attorney general jeff sessions and special counsel robert mueller. she was responding to the suggestion that mr. trump might move the attorney general to head up the department of homeland security on cbs's "face the nation." if he does, the way would be clear for the president to replace the attorney general, unlike mr. sessions, a new attorney general could fire robert mueller who is spearheading the u.s./russia investigation. >> you think there has been sufficient opposition for the president not to do so, unless, of course, what you really intends is to end up firing mueller, which could well be the beginning of theend of his presidency. >> the senator also addressed north korea's development of intercontinental ballistic missiles. she says it's a clear and present danger to the u.s. and points out the danger of isolating a country. east bay man says his livelihood as cartoon animator

is in serious trouble after the brazen theft of hi laptop computer last night. its the type of crime that could and has happened before. we're live at the starbucks at atlantic and webster in alameda. that's where it happened. >> reporter: eric, gene hamm says he won't be creating any new projects from this starbucks any time soon. his laptop ripped off. police don't believe starbucks is the target, but it is one of the few coffee houses in town that's open late. >> sorry i'm late. i'm so happy you'll be talking about aviation. >> reporter: this is an educational dvd for kids created by animator gene hamm. >> never been that scared in my life. >> reporter: hamm was working on his laptop computer inside this starbucks saturday night, creating a new project when he became the victim of a brazen robbery. hamm says four young men wearing hoodies stormed inside the starbucks. one headed right for him. >> suddenly he grabs my laptop

right out of my hand, knocks the drink over and out the door with it. >> reporter: another customer had her lap stop stolen, too, during the strong-arm robbery and tried chasing down the suspects but they got away through the parking lot. on july 18th two customers had their laptops stolen in this starbucks on park street in alameda by suspects who police say ran in and ran out. >> in both incidents the suspects were late teen to early 20s, ranging between two and four suspects. >> reporter: police say laptop thefts can happen anywhere, but can't say for sure if these crimes are related. >> be vij will ngilant. stay alert and aware of your surroundings. >> i often have a friend with me so keep an eye on it or otherwise i'll put it in my bag. >> looks like they need security at the door. >> reporter: for now gene hamm says his animation career is on hold. >> i have to start over, get new software, get new computer, and i think starbucks owe mess that.

>> reporter: starbucks tells abc7 it's working with local authorities on the investigation. the safety of customers and employees remains a top priority. in alameda, cornel bernard, abc7 news. police in oakland are looking for an armed suspect who raped a woman last night. it happened around 9:30 on tenth avenue near east eighth street. the woman went to the hospital. the suspect was armed with a gun and a knife. a wildfire that started yesterday east of stockton is 60% contained tonight. this is a picture from cal fire of the jacksonville fire. it's burned nearly 700 acres south of jamestown. mandatory evacuations were lifted today. we talked with nervous residents. >> about as close as it gets. >> reporter: brian walker didn't want front row seats to the jacksonville fire, butter he sure got them. >> we were watching the fire come over the hill and turned around, it's already jumped the fence. >> reporter: jumped the fence and burned within a dozen feet

of his barn, a few dozen shy of his home. it was surrounded on three sides. firefighters made a stand here and they won. >> they are the most amazing people on this earth. amazing. >> reporter: marcy has her evacuation plan ready. cal fire had some mandatory evacuations and put other area residents on notice from the beginning this was considered a fast-moving fire but it was moving in a different direction from marcy's home. >> my heart's calming down. >> reporter: the fire burned uphill, northeast. what starte it and where are still not certain but fire investigators are right now focusing on this spot along the west side of jacksonville road. north of twist road. it chewed through pasture land north and east until it ran into gianelli winery. with air support, firefighters managed to save the winery as well. >> those cans drop and see all these barns, they're all red.

they're rusty color. they're not red by choice. hi a garden hose until the power went out. the power went out after the fire was gone. >> reporter: a sophisticated air tanker dropping 11,000 gallons of retardant and a garden hose, both teaming up to stop the jacksonville fire. >> that was ben reporting. to the detwiler fire. after 15 days, all remaining evacuations are lifted. 81,000 acres burned, 63 homes destroyed. the fire is now 85% contained. back in the bay area, a live look from our east bay hills area as people in concord, antioch and livermore, get ready for a week of intense heat. a warning for those with breathing trouble to stay out of the heat in the hottest pardon of the day. drew tuma tracking that for us. >> when we see those temperatures rise, unfortunately, the air quality

does decline. something we'll be watching in the coming days because a new week will bring about a new wave of heat. we'll talk about who will see the worst of it and how hot we'll get coming up in the accuweather forecast ahead. california middle and high school students could soon get to sleep later, just like that. the plan to change schools' start time state wide. plus, worst place to rent in the bay area. why oakland ended up at bottom of the list. and why th

a proposal to delay start tis california schools is getting a mixed response. a bill prohibiting middle schools and high schools from starting earlier than 8:30 a.m. is making its way through the legislature. they say it would give kids a better night's sleep and improve their performance. others worry it would create family chaos sir francis drake high has adopted it as part of a pilot program. there's a new list out today of the best and worst cities for renters in the u.s. and it's bad news if you live right here in oakland. wallet hub found oakland is the worst city for renters in the bay area. they looked at factors like cost of living, safety, median rent

and vacancy ratsz. oakland scored 148th out of 150 cities. only cleveland and detroit ranked worst. not a single california city cracked the top. san francisco came in number 70. well, you've seen the outside. now we get our first look inside. the car of the future. how tesla's new model 3 looks unlike any other car ever built. and a live look outside from our cam. beautiful. see those low clouds and fog out there. don't get used to that. it's going to get hot. drew is up next with the forecast. a's are on a roll before they face a four gach him series they. erase a five-run deficit against the twins and win i

alameda county community food bank is urgently calling for volunteers. they need 150 people every weekday to package enough food to meet the needs of the community. just 4 peop24 people have signe tomorrow and there are entire days in august when no one is registered to help out. summer is the time of greatest

demand for the food bank when kids don't have access to school meals. it's also the time when there's a lot less support. new images from tesla are giving us a glymph so inside their new model 3 sedan. it lacks a lot of buttons and knobs you typically see in cars. almost all of it is located on the touchscreen device. they began delivering the model to owners on friday. it's the molting time. california state parks posted this video of the males to come ashore. they take four to six weeks to shed their skin. it's one of the largest breeding colonies. and accuweather this weekend, we are tracking warmer air moving in in the coming

days. today was definitely warmer than yesterday. that trend will continue for the first half of next week. live doppler 7 along with satellite, it's showing you a typical pattern this time of year. the coastal cloud cover away from the coast, you have clear skies. to our east we go, around lake tahoe, 30 minutes, live doppler 7 with satellite showing a pair of thundershowers pop up. a couple of lightning strikes, report of small hail. over the past fife minutes they're dissipating mome moment. the kam showing the coastal fog. marine layer thinner than yesterday. an indication of warming trend under way. hello, south bay, san jose, tons of sunshine and baby blue skies at this hour. current numbers, let's talk about what we have out is there. a wide range, typical summer spread. concord at 88 degrees. the warm spot, brentwood, 9. san jose, comfortable, 78 the

comfortable temperature. 72 in napa. here's the call. overnight tonight we have the clouds. you saw them on the camera along the coast. they'll spill into the bay so patchy fog around our immediate bay communities. everyone will mainly fall into the 50s overnight tonight. future weather has us go hour by hour, here's the corner of your screen, 6:00 tomorrow morning, back to work, you see a fair amount of patchy fog around the bay early in the morning. it will have that traditional pull back to the coast. by midday, we're seeing those clouds right along the coastline. however, that marine influence going to be rather strong on the coast, so cool there. warmer numbers certainly inland by the lunchtime hour in the 70s and in the 80s. highs in our microclimate starting in the south bay. the san jose area. 88 degrees tomorrow. 87 for santa clara. about 85 for sunnyvale. it will be hotter in higher elevations. 81, redwood city.

breezy on the coast. 60s from pacifica to half moon bay. 69 in san francisco. about 64 for daly city. the north bay, warm away from the coast. 83, santa rosa. clover dale, up to 99 degrees. 82, vallejo. we're hitting 103, so it will be hot. east bay, 74 in oakland. 79, castro valley. 71 for richmond. it's a warm day in brentwood, 94. santa cruz cam, the marine layer coming back to the coast. a little sunshine right now along the beaches. tomorrow, though, we will see that morning fog. a little afternoon sunshine squeaking out. 66 the high in bodega bay. 58 is your ocean temperature. something to take note of, the surf will continue to be rough the next 24 hours. it's for that fact along our entire coastline, we do have a beach hazard statement in effect really for our south-facing

beaches, like stinson beach. that means stronger than normal rip currents and large breakers. if you're headed to the beach, take note the surf will be rather rough. to the coliseum tomorrow, the bay bridge series under way. giants taking on a's. game one, first pitch, 7:05, 70 degrees. by 10:00 as the game is wrapping up, temperature dropping to about 62 degrees. the accuweather seven-day forecast. tomorrow there's that warming trend getting under way. tuesday we're going to call it hot inland. it's not too bad around the bay but i think wednesday, that's when everyone really will feel the heat, even along the coast, we're going into the 70s. still warm to hot on thursday. but then back down. i think a lot of folks, especially saturday and sunday will like the cooler air arriving, caller it rather nice with 70s and 80s in our warmest spots. we are having technical difficulties, so i'm going to try to give you a little sportscast without the video. the a's handed bob melvin his

1,000th win at the coliseum, with a walkoff winner. today they did it again in an extra inning affair. sonny gray's start was delayed until after tomorrow's trade deadline. the a's spotted the twins 5-0 lead. jaycob brugman hit a home run to bring it back. matt chapman with a two-run rbi double. bottom of 12th, a former a's, bartolo colon, second straight walkoff win for the a's. 22nd home run for beyoyonder ans won it. he's left-handed, went out like that and, boom, he's gone. texas ranger, adrian beltre in arlington a double. first player from the dominican republic to hit the milestone of 3,000 hits. the 31st player in major league baseball player to achieve that

feat in his 20th season in the bigs. baseball hall of fame, five new members in cooperstown. rangers, yeah, catcher, ivan "pudge" rodriguez, had more putouts than anyone. he's in. astro's jeff bagwell, 200 home runs and 200 stolen bases. tim raines, 23 years in the bigs. a master thief on the bases also getting the nod. former commissioner, bud selig and braves' executive john sher holtz also in. charley hoffman, the guy has been a runner-up, makes a birdie on 18 to force a playoff with johnny vegas. vegas gets a birdie after tap-in par and hoffman with a chip-in and johnny defends his title, third career pga open. british open, this was all bernhard langer, four-shot lead coming in, 1 over 72. good enough to collect his third

british open title. joins jack nicklaus to win three majors and tenth senior major title. we'll have dodgers and giants, it's just under way, highlights at 11:00 tonight on abc7 news. you got to see me tap dance. i'll throw it back to eric and drew at the desk. >> is that left-handed swing was pretty sweet. >> yeah, thank you. a movie about talking imemos

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tonight on abc7 at 9:00, staring down the barrel of a gun. how a couple's quick thinking led to an arrest. the pull on artificial intelligence after bots start their own language. the imoh i go movie survived negative reviews but couldn't overcome "dunkirk," which was victorious for the second week in a row. it brought in just over $28 million. the imemoji movie, wasn't far behind, and holding up "girls

trip," "at tomek blond" opened in fourth place followed by "spider-man: homecoming," and "dunki "dunkirk" made $23 million. >> how much? >> it was $28.1. my writing -- >> your writing is bad. >> one thing we do know, today is the third year anniversary of this young man walking into the building and working for abc7. >> you call that work? >> well, to some of us it seems like 20 years -- >> it's honestly a pleasure working with both of you on the weekends. thank you for sitting next to me and deal with me taking his sports time so i ask tell you it's sunny outside. >> i'll give you the 20 after the show. that's it for abc7 news at 6:00. we'll see you back here at 9:00 and 11:00. $21.8 million. this is how we did it in the old days of tv.

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