take lightly. >> reporter: residents of the pacific island of guam reacting to north korea's latest threat saying it is seriously considering a plan to target the u.s. territory, home to crucial american military bases and more than 7,000 u.s. forces. north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. >> reporter: president trump with an overt military threat of his own, ratcheting up tensions with the nuclear arm nation as the latest assessment from intelligence says north korea can now produce miniature nuclear warheads that fit inside an intercontinental ballistic missile. >> it is a grave situation. not quite a crisis. real tough sanctions have been placed on north korea and they're reacting rather violently. james mattis weighing in with a statement making clear that north korea's actions will be grossly overmatched by ours calling on the country to cease

actions that would lead to the end of its regime, a subtle difference from the president who promised to take action on north korea's threats. >> they will be met with fire, fury and frankly, power the likes of which this world has never seen before. >> reporter: and the secretary of state in guam also holding firm on the president's tough talk. >> what the president is doing is sending a strong message to north korea in language that kim jong-un would understand because he doesn't seem to understand diplomatic language. >> reporter: white house officials say the president's tough talk was all part of his strategy but sources tell abc news that that exact wording he did not clear that first with his national security team and now of course, north korea coming out and saying that it is a load of nonsense, that threat from president trump. in washington, emily rowe, nbc 7 news. >> thank you. here in the bay area, the president's statements on north korea gave added impetus to an

annual anti-nuclear demonstration. >> the president's words have also alarmed some members of the bay area's congressional delegation. team coverage continues with reporter laura anthony who joins us live in concord. >> reporter: larry, markdy season yea has a town hall planned here. it was planned awhile ago but he now expects north korea will be at the top of the agenda. >> in the name of the people of the state of california, i order you to disburse immediately. >> reporter: it's an annual ridge yach, the lawrence livermore national laboratory to commemorate the 1945 nuclear bombings of japan by the united states. protesters gathered outside the gates of the lab and staininged a die-in. this time the gath erring was bigger and the demonstrators lining unfor a rest greater. >> trump's threat to north korea to unleash fire and

fury as the world has never seen before is a threat to launch preemptively launch thirm mo nuclear war, which could end all life on earth as we know it. >> reporter: as president trump ratchets up rhetoric directed at north korea, the reaction here is growing including among the bay area's congressional representatives like eric swalwell who sits on the intelligence committee. >> we need a steady level-minded president right now, not bar stool threats. the president should do everything he can to consult the experts. he should talk to allies and work with the chinese. >> cities are now talking about starting civil defense classes again. >> reporter: congressman markdy season yea is in his district for a town hall meeting. it's an odd thing where you listen to him and you're not surprised. in this kind of instance, it's

very, very troubling. >> reporter: now, this town hall is set for 6:30 tonight here at concord high school. congressmandy season yea expects much discussion about both north korea and president trump. live in con korksd laura anthony, abc 67 news. >> a reminder you can get updates on the escalating tensions with north korea with the abc7 news ap. download it for free and enable push alerts. the discovery of a suspected hand grande forced people to shelter in place on two streets in the tender loin. abc7 news was at turk streets when experts checked out the device and made sure the area was safe following someone calling police about the on the. police reopened the area about 90 minutes later around 2:00. residents inside a gated apartment community in san jose want to know how had a 2-year-old boy ended up alone and covered in mud on their property. >> police say he wandered over sometime during the night from a nearby home.

news reporter chris nguyen has more on the investigation. >> reporter: it's a journey that's left many puzzled, a 2-year-old boy found calling for the help on the grounds of the woods apartments in san jose just after 3:00 this morning. police believe he walked over from a couple blocks away. >> if the person was sleeping, is kid walked out, things like that happen. >> reporter: officer albert morales says the person caring for the child didn't notice him gone till hours later. >> it's my understanding when the call came in at about the 9:21 from the guardian, the message was they just woke up and noticed that the 2-year-old was missing. >> reporter: a woman who happened to be walking outside overnight noticed the child covered in mud wearing only a die mer and immediately little alerted a security guard who quickly responded. >> mom, dad, mom, dad in spanish. >> that was it? >> that's it. >> reporter: investigators say it's unclear how long he was outside for. some who live at the complex are

still in shock. >> you don't think about that like that's going to happen, my baby will get out. >> reporter: police are hoping to get more clarity who is ultimately responsible for the care and custody of the child. residents are relieved to know others are keeping their eyes and ears open during the night. >> there's still good people out there, you know. people who care. >> reporter: in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. for now, the boy remains in the care of the santa clara department of child and family services. in the south bay, still not clear what caused a crain it tip over on top of a home. sky 7 shows you you the scene. we showed it to you live yesterday on abc7 news at 4:00. crews were automobile to upright the crain after dark last night. it clipped two backyard sheds before crashing onto the roof of the home. a subcontractor for pg&e had been working to remove a power pole from the backyard but thankfully, nobody was hurt. >> now your forecast with

spencer christian. >> much of the day of weather looked dreary in parts of the bay area with low clouds around much of the day. you can see we still have low clouds near the bay and along the coast. thunderstorms rumbling over the hills and mountains to our east and north. up north we have a cluster of storms rumbling north of clear lake. here in the bay area, conditions are quiet. here at abc7 under mostly cloudy skies, of 2 degrees right now in san francisco, oakland 64, 71 mountain view, 73 in san jose, 62 in half moon bay and we have clouds hovering over the golden gate, as well. currently 78 degrees in santa rosa, napa 73. low 80s at fairfield and concord. 57 at livermore. a look at our evening planner, six-hour planner, bright skies inland but it will remain dreary looking around the bay into the nighttime hours. clouds increase going to the late night. by midnight mostly cloudy with low and high clouds. relatively cool.

what does tomorrow hold in the forecast coming up shortly. >> thank you so much. a 40-foot tree split around 9:00 this morning in san francisco. abc7 news was on stockton street in the north beach neighborhood as crews worked to clean up the tree. no property was damaged. stockton street was closed briefly. >> san francisco police say they've arrested a man in connection with a deadly crash earlier this month. dee vonry del is charged with vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving in the bayview. officers say ed hit 37-year-old as she was jogging on the sidewalk. he did stay at the scene at the time and did cooperate with authorities there are new developments today regarding the close call at sfo when a pilot mistook a taxiway for a runway. the air canada jet nearly landed on top of planes lining up to take off. the latest report reveals the cockpit voice recording was

taped over. that's because it's normal procedure for those recordings to be overwritten within a few hours unless an incident is reported. air canada didn't immediately report the incident and federal officials have said there was no requirement to immediately report it. in atlanta today, a delta oklahoma, aborted takeoff after blowing two tires on the taxiway. passengers safely exited the plane and transported back to the terminal on buss. no one was hurt. officials are investigating what caused the tires to pop. santa clara county authors dropped domestic violence charges against former corner back jermaine brock because the victim refused to cooperate. santa clara police arrested brock on april 6th after he allegedly punched and tried to strangle his girlfriend during a dispute over what to watch on tv. the 49ers released him the very next day. new details today on that

memo at google. the former employee behind the memo is sharing his side today. why he's standing behind what he wrote. plus. >> phone is ringing quite a lot. getting a lot of e-mails. there's a lot of people that left this till the last minute. >> time running out for some property owners in san francisco. what needs to be done right now. and the gearing up for outside lands. what you need to know even if you're not heading to the concert this weekend. >> it's 4:10. on a wednesday afternoon. kind of a dreary wednesday as we look at the traffic downtown. this is the francisco. jammed up in both directions, of course, the giants game just got out a short time ago. a lot of cars exiting from at&t park. nobody is going anywhere quickly at this hour. back with more

that google employee fired after writing a controversial memo about women in tech is speaking out for the first time. >> meanwhile, there's word google may be facing a flood of lawsuits from female employees. kristen sze is here with new developments. >> reporter: james damore went from a software engineer to a political lightning rod after writing a memo now read around the world. in it, he criticizes google's diversity initiatives and argues biological differences between men and women are behind the gender pay gap in tech and paints google's culture of being intolerant of nonproo progressive opinions. today stefan mole knew asked him to elaborate on his

biological differences argument. >> the differences between men and women is differing interest in people versus things. and this has links to prenatal explains a and that lot of differences in career choice, for example, teacher versus something like coding. >> well, damore is now threatening legal action against google. san francisco law firm altschuler berzon put out an ad a month ago asking female googlers to call if they think they've been discriminated against. more than 70 women have come forward in the wake of the department of labor's audit that concludes a gender pay gap exists at the mountain view based tech giant, a charge that google denies. the ceo is leading a town hall meeting tomorrow to address the uproar resulting from the memo. if you want to read the memo or watch the entire 45-minute interview today in which he

claims he's gotten tons of support, go to our website for the links. larry and ama? >> thank you so much. one of the top women at youtube is respond together controversial memo. ceo susan wojcicki blast the memo in a commentary in for fun magazine and wrote she's long felt discrimination in the tech industry and the memo reinforced that writing "i once again felt that pain and em to sized with the pain it must have caused others." sun da pa chai will address the controversy in a town hall meeting tomorrow. >> this afternoon, instagram is testing a feature that lets you add a friend to your live stream. it allows you to split screen live broadcast with anyone. everything is else about live instagram videos remains the same. instagram says influencers have been asking for a more direct way to communicate with fans. for now that is only available to a small number of users. the company rolls it out to everybody in the next few months. a major deadline is looming

for apartment and condo buildings in san francisco. there are just five weeks left to file permits for soft story retrofits to insure buildingses are erkt quake safe. >> kate larson spoke to a contractor and the city about the challenges. >> we're going to fill all of this with rebar concrete and steel frames. >> reporter: general contract ker malcolm dee brus was soft sorry retrofits all over san francisco. >> five, six, seven projects going any given day. >> reporter: the deadline to file permits for properties with three or four for more stories is just five weeks away. >> what we do is not anything load bearing. we're helping the can move from side to side prosecutor the purpose is to avoid devastating damage to multiunit buildings in the 1989 loma preet at that time quake. >> protect your family, protect your most valuable asset. >> reporter: william strong says

they're concerned because more than 1300en buildings have yet to file a permit. >> you don't do any retrofitting at all, the chances of a collapse are like one in four. if you do minimal retrofitting, that statistic changes to about one in 35. >> reporter: there's some instances financial concerns, people need to go out and find the financing. >> reporter: soft story retrofits usually cost $100,000 to $400,000. this woman works for a company that works for building owners. >> with only so many contractors available in a small city like san francisco. >> reporter: once you have a permit filed, have you two careers years to complete the work. kate larson, abc7 news. in order to get a permit, building owners need to first hire an engineer to submit plans. once construction starts, they usually ache take eight to ten weeks. b.a.r.t. is offering

teenagers a big naur discount but lease a catch. starting now, they can get a 50% discount off of b.a.r.t. if they sign up for a clipper card in effect till january 1st. they're trying to reduce the use of paper tickets. starting next year impose a 50 krecent surcharge. >> felt like it was going to rain this morning. >> i drove throw some drizzly spots today. >> a new weather word for you. kind of cloudy and foggy. cloggy. >> cloggy. well, maybe we're in the month of fogust. a whole new weather lexicon. here's a live look at live doppler 7. cloggy conditions near the coast and over the bay. stormy to our north and east. a rather horseshoe-shaped

pattern of thunderstorms has been with us all week long in the afternoon hours in the northern part of the state and down into the sierra as we enjoy calm weather here in the bay area as evidenced by this view at santa cruz beach where it's alive with activity this cloggy afternoon. these are our forecast features. pmorning drizzle near the coast and bay. mild to fairly warm days through saturday. slightly cooler on sunday and monday. right now, we're looking at temperature range from 61 at half moon bay to 90 over in brentwood. wide but typical range for us this time of year. the month of august so far, nine days into the month, the first three days feature temperatures slightly above average. last friday was spot on average. since saturday we've had a string of five consecutive days featuring below average temperatures. cooler than average but still pleasant out there. overnight the usual pattern. maybe spotty drizzle near the coast.

low clouds and fog pushing over the bay and locally inland. overnight lows in the upper fits to 60s. this is our pattern with temperatures and the fog going into the early morning hours. by 10:00 tomorrow morning, low clouds beginning to pull back from inland but lingering over the bay a bit. back to the coast by mid afternoon. not all the way to the coast. tomorrow much like today in terms of the sky conditions and the cloud cover and the temperature range. so let's take a look at highs tomorrow. 62 half moon bay, 67 in san francisco. we'll ceelo to mid-70s around the bay up in the north bay, hice of 86 at santa rosa. concord 87, livermore 88, down south 81. the expected high in san jose, we covered that, i said around the bay. low to mid-70s there. here's the seven-day forecast. there won't be much change in our current pattern through saturday. the warmest inland locations made touch 90 tomorrow.

friday and saturday around the bay, mid to upper 70s and low 60s on the coast. then we'll see minor cooling on sunday and monday. with temperatures continuing to drop a little bit more below average than they are right now. temperatures will bounce back by tuesday or wednesday of next week into a more seasonal pattern. not big changes in sight. just more cloggy. >> a little break from the heat. >> a little bit of a break is fine. >> thank you, spencer. taylor swift is going to wat bat in the courtroom. the law set against aer deejay and why she's suing him for only $1. >> a strange new sight just outside the white house today. what is behind the inflatabl

lawyers filed into court today as the assault trial involving a former deejay and pop star taylor swift ramps up. >> marci gonzalez has the latest on the case. >> reporter: the former radio

deejay suing taylor swift back on the stand. david mueller denying allegations that he groped the pop star in 2013 during a backstage photo op in denver. swift says this picture obtained by tmz says the moment he inappropriately grabbed her from behind. he testified he doesn't know where his hand was but not on her rear end. mueller is seeking damages of $3 million claiming he lost his job because of the allegations. swift is countersuing for $1. her attorneys telling jurors they don't want to bankrupt mueller, just trying to send a message that you can say no if someone puts their hand on you. the superstar's fans lined up for hours at the courthouses in denver for one of the 32 open seats inside. >> it was inspiring to see a woman stand up for herself about a case like that. >> reporter: her mother the second witness called telling jurors they never went to police because they didn't want

three-point to define her life but saying they did notify muller's employers because they didn't want it to happen to anyone else. swift is expected to testify but it's unclear when she will be called to the stand. marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. well, the boss is headed to broadway. bruce springsteen announced today he's headed to the great white way for an eight week solo run starting in october. he issued a statement saying "my show is just me, the guitar, the piano and words and music." the 67-year-old rock legend will likely share stories from his memoir "born to run" he released last year. an interesting opportunity for fans of president trump. the president's childhood home in queens, new york, is aailable to rent on airbnb. it was built by trump's father, five bedrooms, 3 1/2 baths, has a full kitchen and a meeting room. a one-night state will cost you

$725 per evening. the listing has no connection to the president or the trump organization aside from its history. but there is a giant cutout of mr. trump in the living room. a giant inflatable rooster appeared in a public park south of the white house today. some people say the 23 foot tall rooster resembled mr. trump. not the first time people crowed about a rooster that resembled the commander in chief. back in the spring, they were appearing at rallies demanding he release his ach returns. the roosters apparently come from china where they help ring in the year of the rooster, of course. well, new details notice ongoing russia investigation. things are ramping up. this morning, there was a raid on the home of president trump's campaign chairman. plus. >> it was allowed to continue. >> a former scouts lawsuit

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live where you live. this is abc7 news. and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. north korea's military says president trump's warning of fire and fury if it threatens the u.s. is "a load of nonsense." a state department spokeswoman says the department along with the pentagon and white house are all in agreement with mr. trump's statement.

the comment came following the latest assessment from the u.s. intelligence that north korea can produce miniature nuclear warheads. abc world news tweeted that defense secretary james mattis warned north korea to stop actions that could bring "the end of its regime and destruction of its people." now, locally, take a look at a crime in progress here. abc7 news reporter david louie tweeting this security camera video showing the theft of valuables from a car in santa clara. changing crimeon csce coming up a retired marine veteran is at the end of his rope trying to get permanent residency for his adopted daughter from china. he's been trying now for five years. news reporter vic lee live at the immigration building in san francisco with a story you'll see only on 7. vic? >> larry, aside from filing all of that paperwork, don brown has also written to the white house and his elected representatives.

unfortunately, to no avail. it's been a long five-year fight which has taken a personal and financial toll on both him and his family. >> we didn't think there wereny complications with it based on fact it was a very simp. >> reporter: don brown was wrong. it was not simple. his tireless effort to get his adopted chinese teenaged daughter permanent residency in the u.s. rewind the clock five years. in 2012, brown met and married his chinese wife who was here on a visiting scholar visa. brown adopted her daughter residency began cab ainlyppg after his wife got hers. he filed what he thought were all the right forms by going to the u.s. citizenship and immigration service website. but the applications kept getting denied for various reasons. earlier this year, the agency told him audrey had to have lived in china for two years in order to qualify for residency.

>> they should have told me this all the way back in 2013 when i started the application process. >> reporter: he says nobody did. he tried to get a waiver. but he got more bad news. >> the letter that i received dated july 24th, stated the case wadened. >> reporter: what's more, immigration said audrey can no longer stay in the u.s. legally. she's currently in china visiting relatives. >> she's in china and she can't get back and she was supposed to start school in september. >> reporter: school on a scholarship. this veteran says the system failed him. he wonders are the tough new immigration policies influencing his case? >> we didn't try and deceive anybody. we didn't try and do anything illegally. we're not criminals. >> reporter: we called our -- we called the press contact here at immigration services on san some street and told her brown's story. now she's offered to set up a meeting between brown and an

immigration supervisor. we hope all goes well. vic lee, abc7 news. >> thank you. a man accused of ramming his car into a group of french soldiers in a paris suburb is in custody. authorities say he plowed his car into the soldiers during a shift change injuring six. police caught him speeding toward the port city of calais. he was wounded during his capture. investigators say it was a deliberate attack but the motive is unknown. this is the sixth attack on french police and military forces just this year. last month, fbi agents raided the home of paul manfort. the agents seized materials in man fourth's virginia home as part of the ongoing russia investigation led bid special counsel robert mueller. it happened a day after man fourth met with senate intelligence committee investigators. had the documents seized included financial and tax some of the information had

already been provided to senate investigators. the senate judiciary committee says it's received more than 250 pages of records from donald trump trump junior. that delivery came two days after the panel received 20,000 pages from the trump campaign. trump junior helped arrange a june 2016 meeting at the trump tower of interest to investigators. the committees is one of several congressional panels investigating potential ties between russia and the trump campaign. a candlelight vigil yet under way in a couple hours in honor of the police officer killed in the line of duty. gary michael was killed sunday night by a man he stopped for a registration violation. the candlelight vigil begins:30 local time. >> the men and women out there, going to give them closure. they can go home to their families tonight and that's equally as important because if it wasn't my brother, he would have been out there, and i'd have been worried about him. after an intense two-day

manhunt, police arrested 39-year-old ian mccarthy last night and charged him with first degree murder. the officer's funeral is set for saturday morning. a judge denied a request from the boy scouts of america to scrap a case involving sexual abuse allegations. >> the organization found itself once again getting ready to head to court. here's maggie ruehle. for decades the boy scouts of america promised to keep your son safe. but now, yet another accusation of sexual abuse is making its way to the courthouse. >> it's time that the boy scouts of america take responsibility for what went on. it's time that they take responsibility for destroying the lives of thousands of young children across this country. >> reporter: today, a judge in new jersey ruled to move forward in the case of three men who accused their troop leader steven corcoran of abusing them decades ago.

denying a request from the boy scouts of america to have the case thrown out since the allegations happened so long ago. all grown up, chris malcolm is now ready to speak out. >> no one batted an eye to it. it was allowed to continue so he reached his ultimate goal which was to molest me. >> reporter: in cot,1020 found america guilty of covering up abuse by a scout leader in the '80s awarding carrie lewis nearly $20 million in damages. that trial revealed the scouts kept secret files of suspected child molesters for years before putting a sex abuse preventi prepresentation program into place. >> the boy scouts have fought to keep these files private. >> reporter: corcoran is currently serving a seven-year sentence but denies can the allegations of sexual abuse. the boy scouts of america deny the accusations. >> change needs to happen. we to be blunt, you need to make them bleed a little bit, so they do something for a change other

than hiding it. >> reporter: chris malcolm's lawyer says he expects the case to go to court in november. maggie ruehle, abc news, new york. >> tiger woods is set to enter a dui diversion program in florida. the one-year program in palm beach allows woods to knock the dui down to a reckless driving count. he did not appear at the hearing today. his next hearing set for october 25th, like lit first time we'll see him in court for this case. in the may incidents, he was found unconscious about 15 miles from his car in jupiter and claimed prescription medication left him woozy. >> catching a glimpse of eclipse with a little help from goog. >> and new questions about that meatless burger that looks and tastes like real meat. could the government pull the plug on the imfastballburger? >> i'm michael fey. taking your questions on twitter.post some ask finney and

they'll answer them right here in just a little bit. >> i'm spencer christian. skies over the bay looki dreary. might weep see blue tomorrow? i'll have the forecast coming up. >> as we look at our traffic across the brbrididgege, t you're looking toll plaza there. >> one out of three. >> i was like, yeah. but everything is moving well whether you're in the cash lanes or t

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astronomers are heading north for the by blackout. abc7 news was at the space and science center today where eclipse fever is running high. astronomer gerald mckeaguen is taking two rigs to oregon where these telescopes and cameras will capture eclipse images along the path of totality. >> this telescope will track it. all you need to do is set up the camera, program the camera to just start pictures every minute or so. until the eclipse is over. then you go through them and pick out the best ones and you know, show them to your friends. >> and glasses that you can use to safely watch the eclipse with being sold at the shy bow space and science view centering. they'll be holding a viewing party but get there early. a silicon valley giant wants to make sure every child enjoys the eclipse.

google promised to ship more than 2 million eclipse glasses to libraries across the country. it's working with a company to provide 15,000 glasses to schools. if you're still finding your spot to watch the eclipse, abc7 news is here to help. go to our website for a list of seven ways to watch it where you live. on august 21st, you can also taste the eclipse. that's right. sort of. as the moon blow thes out the light of the sun, krispy kreme is blow thing out the gaudin glove its classic glased doughnut. they'll lay a chocolate coating over the doughnuts. you can get a taste the saturday before the eclipse. most people would just say you know, we have chocolate doughnuts now. no, this is the eclipse doughnut. >> very special. >> bravo, nice job. time to turn to our, what did you call it. >> cloggy weather. cloudy, foggy. >> cloudy and foggy, cloggy here

in the month of fogust. it's still with us along the bay. bright skies in the inland areas and thunderstorms to the north and east. there's nothing compared to hurricane franklin now churning in the western gulf of mexico. category 1 hurricane, winds 75 miles an hour. expected to make landfall early tomorrow morning in the eastern central part of mexico and move over land where it's expected to dump between 6 and 15 inches of rain in the areas that are hardest hit. it will be a flood producer for sure for some areas. it's going to slow down over the land areas and dump more rain before it exits very soon in the western part of the country. overnight here in the bay area, mainly cloudy skies. spotty drizzle. overnight lows in the upper fifties to around 60. tomorrow highs range from 60s at the coast to upper 80s inland. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. a rather steady pattern of temperatures over the next few days through saturday. maybe up to about 90 in the warmest spots.

mid-70s around the bay. low 60s on the coast. some minor cooling on sunday and monday with temperatures dropping a few degrees below average bouncing back to more seasonal range by next wednesday. not much change ahead. just cloggy. >> cloggy. uh-huh. >> thanks, spencer. the new study that could help you lose weight by losing the soda. >> and oprah's newest venture. how she wants to help fix your next meal. >> i'm michael finny. what to do when those parking tickets add up. can

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this is what it adds up to. 1919 cups of sugar in a year. that is the equivalent of 52 pounds. this is a big problem. >> reporter: we need glucose but certainly not that much. here's how too much sugar can impact your body. it can lead to inflammation, cause stress due to off idation which damages blood cells from the brain to the heart to the kidney. here's what you can easily do to cut down your soda intake. if you can't go cold turk and craving some sort of sugar, try a sports drink. if you make the swap from one soda to one sports drink every day for a year, you could lose up to six pounds in just one year. okay, if you try coffee instead and skip the sugar, you could lose up to 9 1/2 pounds in a year. and while the best option straight water if you do that swap, listen to this, you could lose up to 14 pounds in a year.

so a simple swap there and it can certainly make a big difference. bottom line, don't drink your calories. i'm jessica castro, abc7 news. heinz is hoping oprah can help it boost struggling sales. oprah inked a deal with the food giant to launch o, that's good. the new brand of soups and side dishes will be available in some supermarkets by the end of the week and nationwise by october. o that's good has no connection to her previous deal with weight watchers. >> oakland based impossible burger is facing government backlash for its secret sauce. the impossible burger is a plant-based patty so much resembling beef it's even bloody. the food and drug administration expressed concern about a key ingredient that gives the burger its meat like texture. the roots of soybean plants have never been widely consumed by humes and it may be an allergen. impossible food says it extensively tested the sauce and

say it's entirely safe to eat. they're sold at several bay area restaurants. >> time now for ask finney to answer your questions. and michael, bobby asked, i have a couple of parking tickets i never paid from a couple years ago. is there anything i can do about the accrued penalties? >> bobby, bobby. >> good luck, bobby. >> not really. you can't avoid paying the penalties but do you have several payment options. you can either pay the tickets all at once, set up a payment plan or sign up for community service. each city's transportation agency has very specific hours and time lines and rules for completion of that community service. and here's the one thing that may mess you up. often if you pay late, had he don't let you do community service. you have to pay. >> pay on time, bobby. >> serena from campbell asks, which internet browser should i use and why in. >> most web browsers are pretty much the same.

choosing one within comes down to which features you like best. software experts have their opinion. pc world says you're best using google chrome on a pc and most apple experts say they really like the safari. thank you very much. >> i'm an apple guy. >> i okay, so camille from petaluma wants to know is it more efficient to buy books for college online, in the bookstore or rent on amazon? >> books and supplies cost college students about $1200 a year. when you rent, it's less money up front and you're protected against them not wanting to buy the book back. remember the professor or group of professors at that school aren't going to use a book the next year, they often won't buy the book back. you protect yourself by renting. it's worth looking at used. sometimes you can find it so cheap. renting seems to be the way to go right now. >> people have questions. >> get hold of me.

record a 10 to 15-second long video shared on social media using the #ask finney and reach me on facebook and abc7news.com. >> the dream of playing in the little league world series is still alive for the canyon creek all-star team from san ramon. they'll play again tonight in san bernardino. the 11 and 12-year-ods bounced back from their opening loss defeating a team from chandler, arizona, yesterday, aiden cam berg led the way with back to back solo home in other words the third inning. canyon creek to win four more games to advance to the world series in pennsylvania. they've got an uphill climb but one game at ahe big business ab sidelands. >> and we're going to have extra service in place. we're going to-to-have ambassadors and people helping people get around. >> it increased our business, 35, 40%. >> what you need to know ahead

of the weekend even if you plan on avoiding outside land. >> dan is here with what's coming up at 5:00. >> electricians find an eerie reminder of the city's past. plus, car break-ins on the rise and caught on tape. one restaurant owner says he's practically lost count of how many times this an happens. and the far waef discovery by a low

the new accuweather ap from abc7 news. minute by minute forecasts plus realtime radar and alerts. keeping you safe. search in your ap store and download now. coming up tonight in primetime here on abc7 at 8:00, it's the goldbergs followed by speechless. at 9:00, the story of diana. tonight is part one of a two-part series and stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. organizers of the outside lands music and arts festival with getting ready for the biggest concert weekend of the year. >> only one viable way to get in and out of there and that is public transportation. lyanne tells us how the city is trying to make it easy to navigate through the golden gate park. >> reporter: 225,000 people are expected to attend the outside lands festival over the weekend. paul rose of the transportation

agency says leave your car at home. >> well, more buses on the 5 route will have more buses going towards the concert, we'll have more trains in judah. >> reporter: there will also be shuttles taking people from the event to civic center plaza putting them near the b.a.r.t. lots because many streets in the area will be closed, taking lyft or uber may not be a good idea. this is the tenth year of the festival and not every business embraces it. american cyclery on stanchion street says their regular customers avoid the area. >> since we are at the corner of friedrich and sannon essentially in golden gate park, we don't have the same amount of bike traffic that we normally do. >> reporter: but for obvious reasons, khizr pub across the street from the entrance to the park benefits from the crowds. >> we get pretty full and before and after like people a lot of

people walk to the festival. it's good for business and the neighborhood. >> reporter: festival organizers remind people the celebration brings in more than $60 million to san francisco's economy. lee and men lel dez, abc7 news. >> for a full list of road closures and tips how to navigate the festival, go to abc7news.com. metallica is saturday night. other bands playing. > lourdes, so lang, a lot of acts out there. >> it's going to be crowded. the napa valley town and country fair is getting under way today. officials have carefully inspected all the rides after that tragedy on the fire bau ride at an ohio fair last month. the fair does not have any rides from the company that operates that other ride. the napa valley fair runs through sunday night. get the latest news anytime with the abc7 news alert. enable push alerts to can the first to know about breaking

news with your live. >> thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> abc7 "news at 5:00" starts right now. toss the rest of the bag. they always take a laptop. >> surveillance video captures a car thief in action. one bay area city is seeing a lot more of this. it's a story you'll see only on abc7 news. >> electricians digging in san francisco find an eerie reminder of the city's past. what happens now to the remains of charles cooper. >> tension escalates between the u.s. and north korea and a local publisher is right on the frontlines. and others start to think about buying devices to monitor nuclear contamination. >> it's better to be prepared and to leave it to chance. >> live where you live, this is abc7 news. watch now, surveillance cameras capture it from the start. a car backs into a parking lot, gets into position and some guy breaks into the vehicle next door and makes off with

everything inside. as a result, a warrening in the south bay tonight. it's good advice everywhere. don't leave your laptop or cell phone in a parked car. i'm dan ashley. >> rim kristen sze. thieves are stealing the mobile devices whether left in plain