in just a few hours good morning,le's ceo will host a town hall meeting expecting fireworks. the company is tackling gender and diversity issues head on after an engineer is fired over a controversial memo. thanks for joining us. i'm kristein sze. it all started with that memo that suggested biological differences are the reason fewer women pursue tech. the controversy is also front and center at a silicon valley education summit this morning. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at goggle headquarters in mountain vow. matt? >> reporter: kristen, the fired engineer is considering suing google and also filing an official complaint with the national labor relations board. all while the ceo is preparing to address the controversy. the man behind the memo that sparked outrage is not backing down about those controversial claims with gender diversity at

google. >> i'm not saying that any of the female engineers at google are in any way worse than the average male engineer. i'm just saying that this may explain some of the disparity in representation. >> reporter: speaking out in an google engineer, james damore, addressed his ten-page memo that he wrote after attending a diversity program. >> we should recognize that some women are different than men in these ways. >> reporter: in response to the controversy, sundar pichai is addressing diversity at a town hall meeting. women only represent 20% of google's technical staff. numbers like that are not uncommon at silicon valley companies. >> by supplementing at every step of the way. >> reporter: it's an issue being addressed at the 2017 silicon valley leadership group education summit being held at microsoft in mountianview. >> 40% of girls and up to 60% of

students of color by the fourth grade have already said i don't like science. i'm not good at science. i don't like math. i'm not good at math. >> reporter: eileen nash works with south san francisco school district and says controversy surrounding diversity in silicon valley like memo can prompt discussions but the real change comes through mentoring. >> it's about engaging all of our assets and dollars and our employees who serve as wonderful mentors, coaches and really providing a mirror to students to say, hey, you can do this as well. >> reporter: sources tell abc 7 news the town hall meeting is scheduled to start at 4:00 this afternoon. the media is not invited. reporting live in mountianview, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> matt, thank you. adding to google's issue a san francisco law firm is planning to sue the good night for gender pay bias. nearly 70 female google

employees have come forward. >> women have experienced sexual harassment. there have been comments about their looks. they have been shown cell phone images that they didn't want to see. they have been told that women can't perform engineering jobs. >> the labor department audited payroll records and found google systematically pays women less for comparable work. google says it disagrees with the government's conclusion and denies it has a gender pay gap. developing news on the peninsula. redwood city police are looking for a suspect after an 18-year-old man was show the during a fight. officers found the wounded man along hoover street near haven avenue just before it can this morning. that came moments after someone called 911 reporting a dispute which ended in gunfire. >> hearing gunfire in the neighborhood isn't unusual, but somebody being shot that close is, yeah. >> i don't know what the argument is about. i wouldn't be able to say much further at this point. >> the victim underwent surgery after being shot in the face and

leg. police say the shooter and the victim knew one another. new developments in the case of a man who was shot by hay-yard police over the weekend. prosecutors have fired several felony charges against martin harlan is accused of stealing a car saturday and smashing into several other cars. at one point he drove into other officers and that's when they opened fire. they also believe harlan is the one who shot at some of their officers in june. a ceremony got underway moments ago at the top of the hour. back on june 14th police say-ups driver jimmy lamb opened fire in portrero hill. wayne chan, michael lafitti and benz op louie were called. lamb killed himself when confronted by responding officers. the continued threat from north korea. the communist regime is doubling

down on threats to strike guam with ballistic missiles. >> reporter: the commander of north korea's army unleashing a specific threat of a plan to launch missiles by the u.s. territory of guam by mid-august. >> this missile they have been talking about is unreliable and never launched those in multiple so it could be a convenient excuse to test the missile program further. >> reporter: a defiant response to those explosive comments from president trump. >> north korea best not make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury like the world has never seen. >> reporter: north korea calling them a load of nonsense saying the president is a guy bereft of reason and only absolute force can work on him. the governor of guam, a u.s. territory home to critical military bases and 160,000 americans, now calling for calm. >> there has been no change in

terms of an alert. >> the increasingly threatening rhetoric coming as u.s. intelligence analysts now believe scientists in north korea can produce miniature nuclear warheads that can fit inside those icbm missiles that kim jong-un launched twice last month. experts saying those missiles could strike deep within the u.s. defense secretary james mattis backing up the president's tough talk but stressing defense saying the u.s. has unquestionable commitment to defend ourselves from an attack. vice president mike pence will meet with president trump at his golf club in bed minister new jersey, today. a top priority as the reegim mif this month. emily rau, abc news, washington. happening today secretary of defense will arrive at moffat field this afternoon. he's coming to silicon valley to encourage private business

participation in technology for national defense. he's scheduled to meet with defense innovation unit experimental staff and talk with leaders in the tech community. this will be his first official visit to silicon valley as defense secretary. happening now. caltrain wants you to weigh in on the design for bike storage on its new electric trains of the future. the options on display right now at san francisco's fourth and sing station are getting mixed reviews. abc 1 news reporter tiffany wilson is there live to show us. tiffany? >> reporter: hi, kristen, the public's feedback on the new bike storage designs is very critical to caltrain. just like the other two public polls for the new fleets, color and layout, the most popular design will be the one that caltrain goes with. >> all aboard. >> reporter: bike capacity is at a premium on caltrain. >> get very full very quickly. >> reporter: boyakers say the current stacking system can lead to conflicts commutes.

>> it's awful trying to find out who is going where and make sure you don't put your bike on somebody else's who needs to get off before you do. >> reporter: caltrain plans to increase bike storage on the new trains. >> we'll have increased capacity over the system because we'll be running more trains. >> reporter: the caltrain spokesperson said they made a commitment for one bike for every eight seats and they have come up with two options for people to vote on. >> the options are capacity which is option one and option two is this potential to be able to get your bike in and out without considering where people are going. >> reporter: today commuters like alex izer can test out the prototypes at the fourth and king station. >> the middle one is the best so far. >> reporter: there won't be passenger seats in the new bike cars. instead, ten surveillance cameras are supposed to discourage thefts. >> i'm not so worried about someone stealing my bicycle. >> the camera does not help you get at boyak back so unless the caltrain is going to cover the cost of replacing the bike, it's not a good design.

>> the commuters will be able to check out the displays in redwood city and palo alto in the coming days. you can vote through midnight on september 21st. live in san francisco. tiffany wilson, abc 7 news. >> all right, tiffany, thank you. happening now. final preparations are under way for the biggest music festival in san francisco. outside lands opens tomorrow. headliners this year include metallica, gorillas and the who. nearly a quarter million people are expected to attend the tenth anniversary of the festival. organizers say it brings in more than $70 million to the city. some businesses enjoy the big crowds, others not so much. >> we'll get huge crowds of people trying to use our bathroom and we have to say no, and a lot of people just kind of loitering out front. we get pretty full, and before and after, like, you know, a lot of people walk to the festival

so it's good for business in the neighborhood. >> reporter: organizers encourage festival goers to take public transit. for more on that and the areas to avoid. let's check in with traffic reporter alexis smith. >> anywhere with your vehicle this weekend, leave that at home. i'll zoom in on. traffic maps, golden gate park and a closure in play. jfk drive is closed between transverse and 36th. they are getting everything set up today. starting tonight at 8:00 p.m. vehicle access to the park will be extremely limited all the way through sunday at about 11:00 p.m. as industries ten mentioned, mass transit the way to go. muni subway service will remain open. the last couple of weekends they had train testing. not going to do that because of the festival. can you take muni bus lines or the 5r fulton or fulton express will be returning concert-goers post concert and a shuttle each night from bill graham civic

auditorium which will cost you a fee but a lot cheaper than a parking ticket and more fun than sitting in traffic as well. >> very good point, aleks its. thank you. the abc 7 news app is here to help. download it for free to get information on traffic tie-ups, festival opening times and more throughout the weekend. also enable push alerts to get updates on bregakin n it happens. taylor swift takes the stand. next, how show's describing the day she says she was gloved by a former deejay. the grammy winner in her own words. plus, which credit cards have the lowest fees? the important device that could save you money. and welcome to fogust as we're calling it. started it off with warmer days and now it's the sixth consecutive day with below average temperatures and it will get cooler temperatures this swimming with that

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new developments in the taylor swift trial. the pop star is on the stand this morning testifying against the man accused of groping her. swift tells the jury, quote, it was a definite grab, a very long grab, unquote these are sketches from inside the denver courtroom. the 27-year-old star spoke as part of the ongoing civil trial between her and former radio deejay david mueller. he denies inappropriately touching swift at a meet and greet four years ago.

mueller countersuing swift saying the allegation is false and cost him his career in radio. now to consumer advice on how to pick the best credit cards for you. a new study examines which cards have the fewest fees. jess ask a castro from abc 7 mornings is here with advice on how to save money. jessia? >> hi, kristen. credcards.com crunched the numbers and looked at 100 popular cards. they say on average cards charge six potential fees, but watch out because some cards may charge up to 12 so you really want to know your charges. some of the most popular fees are on cash advances, overlimits and annual memberships. the most often overlooked fee is the balance transfer fee. topping the list of card with the fewest fees, pentagon federal credit unions promise visa which only carries one fee. capital one platinum and spark classic from capital one and sam's club master card also had some of the least number of fees. but just because the fees exist doesn't necessarily mean you have to pay them.

>> you can absolutely get cards to waive your fee whether it's an annual fee or a late payment fee and people would be stunned at how often people are successful. >> the american bankers association released a response to the study saying today's credit card market offers consumers more options than ever before. consumers are in the driver's seat when it comes to selecting a card that best meets their needs and taking simple steps to avoid fees. so best advice, know what you're signing up for and never be afraid to ask for a free to be waived. jessica castro. abc 7 news. >> you're echoing michael finney there, too, jessica. thank you. how would you like healthier fast food? that's the goal, but are big-name chains falling short when it comes to their brand? what a new report reveals and a live look with our east bay hill cameras. lots of fog out there. as mike was saying, so what does that mean for your weekend just around the

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free ice cream sounds good, right? uber is celebrating free cone friday tomorrow in san francisco. think of this as a lottery. all you have to do is open the uber app and tap to request ice cream. if you're selected, uber will send icream to you and up to four friends. if you're not selected, just keep trying. uber says it's also giving away limited edition, collectible cones which you can take to mcdonald's every friday for free. ice cream refills. >> yeah. >> the offer is good through september 22nd. since we failed to win mega millions again. >> again. >> there's this.

>> i'll take it. >> better odds i think. >> yeah. >> be nice every friday to have that. >> might want to wait a few hours to have ice cream looking at this. >> definitely won't melt very quick. >> i hi, again, everybody. let's take you outside and show you the by-product and those are delays. you can see one hour and to minutes the average time past normal that's taking time to get into sfo. pockets of sunshine remains cooler than average. cloudy and cooler and summer heat returns late next week. i put the gray in this and this is where the cloud cover is. where the sun has been out. brentwood 76 and fairfield 71. the rest of us in the 60s until you get to san francisco and the coast. 58 and 59 in half moon bay. got the sea breeze once again. same-year and same time, 3:00 until 11:00 in the areas shaded in yellow. highs today. 62 at half moon bay and 64 in san francisco and upper 60s around oakland and richmond. low to mid-70s for the rest of the bay. upper 70s to mid-80s down in the

south bay. have to go all the way to morgan hill to get to the mid-80s. upper 70s and san rafael 78 and santa rosa at 14. mid to upper 80s in our inland east bay area. antioch could reach 90, but you would be the exception. sonoma county 65. increasing sunshine quickly. it gets about as warm as 84. 3:00, it will be around 81 and then 73 at 8:00 and 59 by the time it ends at 11:00. take a coat. orioles in town to take on the a's. 65 first pitch temperature dropping down to about 671 by 10:00. here's one of those areas that has seen sunshine already. san rafael looking right there and you'll head into thick fog as you head not golden gate. 12-hour day planner 60 to 72 as you head out to lunch. heading to hk, you can see the separation developing. 80s inland and 70s around a the bay and 60s at the coast. heading out this evening. we'll all drop back into the 50s and 60s. tonight, how about 56 to about

62 degrees with cloud cover and drizzle once again. outside lanes, golden gate park being very optimistic that we'll hit the mid-60s and clouds this morning in a little bit of drizzle. hurricane franklin came in as a hurricane. 85-mile-per-hour wind and it's been downgraded rapidly as it's running through the mountainous region of mexico and down to a remnant of 30 miles per hour. now it's going to pull ever so slowly. i say maybe next 24 to 48 hours towards cabo san lucas, but it is going to fall apart. so maybe some ripped up waves there, but nothing damaging. here's my accuweather seven-day forecast. look at that, the cooler weather that i talked about. monday, a dry cold front makes it feel like fall. we'll rebound into the 60s and 70s and a few 80s and 80s by wednesday. that's average. >> thank you. a new study shows there's still room for improvement when it comes to healthier choices at fast food restaurants. in 2013 several teens pledged to remove sugar-sweetened fountain

drinks. they would also offer healthier drinks. researchers at the university of connecticut say one-third or more continue to list soda and other sugary drinks on kids' menus. the study also found workers aren't really encouraging parents to purchase healthier options on the menu. okay. imagine you're on a cruise. you look over your shoulder and you see this. a pink dolphin, and it wasn't alone. one woman explains who else she spotted next to the pinky dolphin. "american idol" is coming to abe 7 this fall. auditions will be held in oakland, sunday, august 20th. the "american idol" bus will be in jack london square giving you a chance to be a star. you don't have to wait. audition online now. we have a link to the application at abc7news.

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coming up at 4:00, san jose's crackdown on illegal fireworks isn't turning out quite how the city hoped. why all the fines are now going away. plus, pick up the magazines and put you a way the newspapers. tips on selling your home, including the costliest mistake. say that fast three times, a seller can make. tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. a rare pink dolphin once again spotted in louisiana. this time it might have had a little pink friend with it. take a look. this is the latest video of pinky the dolphin playing in the ship channel. bridget boudreau took the video and photo.

she was on a cruise when she spotted pinky and possibly a second pink dolphin. unfortunately, it left before she could grab a picture. pinky was first spotted back in 2007 with its mom. two years ago people saw pinky again and thought it might have been mating. people are saying the second pink dolphin, it could actually be pinky's own calf. >> how about that. if you're there keep your eyes open. >> generations. >> yeah. >> maybe the other one had to go work for mary kay. >> it would be a natural fit. good one, mike. keep them coming. >> for all of us here at abc 7 news thanks so much for joining us. "who wants to be a millionaire" comes up next. the news continues at abc7news.com. nothing pink here, mike, j

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