heather heyer and a hit-and-run that injured more than a dozen others could face additional federal charges. >> racism is evil. >> reporter: president donald trump responding to critics who blasted him for not initially denouncing the white nationalist groups directly and forcefully, today announced a civil rights investigation is under way. abc news learning the fbi is now reviewing the suspect's background to determine if the attack was a hate crime or domestic terrorism. his mother is in disbelief after learning of his involvement over the weekend. >> i didn't know it was white supremacist. i thought it had something to do with trump. >> reporter: but others who knew fields in the past say they are not surprised. >> he was vocal about his ideas. he proclaimed himself as a nazi. and as a white supremacist. it wasn't a secret. >> reporter: meanwhile, in charlottesville -- >> we're starting to get back on our feet and look to the future. >> reporter: -- a promise to the mayor, to move forward more

united, while the 32-year-old killed in the crash, her mother vowing her daughter did not die in vain. >> i love my child. i would grieve in private, but she stood for something, and by golly, i'm going to advocate and make that a strong movement as my child was a strong child. >> reporter: there you have it. not only from the victim's family, but community members who have been stopping here by the makeshift memorial to pay their respects. what happened here will not break them. as for the suspect, he's due back in court on august 25th. reporting live from charlottesville, virginia, abc 7 news. back to you. >> elizabeth, 19 others were injured in the hit-and-run. is there any update on how those victims are doing right now? >> reporter: we did get an update from hospital officials today, and they tell us of the 19 people, 9 victims have been

treated and released and 10 remain in the hospital. but fortunately we are told that they're listed now in good condition. larry and kristen, back to you. >> elizabeth hur, live in charlottesville, thank you. plans to expose white nationalists who appeared in charlottesville over the weekend. >> we are coming for those who have aligned themselves with the ku klux klan, and nazism and white supremacy. we'll be watching over the innocent. >> coming up at 4:30, a witness to the violence, a bay area mother visiting her daughter at medical school says she was shocked by what she saw in charlottesville. we'll have her story new at 4:30. breaking news now out of lake county. a manhunt is happening right now for an armed and dangerous man authorities say shot at a cal trans crew and chp officers. authorities are looking for 43-year-old joshua brown. they say he fired shots at crews outside of his property on highway 29 in coal creek road

near kelseyville around 10:30 this morning. once lake county sheriffs arrived at the scene, he fired oneho s otfficer and an additional two shots at a state parks officer. authorities say brown then ran away into the nearby brush and trees. cal trans was doing road work in the area at the time. the chp was assisting with traffic control. lake county sheriffs tell us they've been called to this exact location in the past for a variety of issues but would not go into any more detail. officials will begin a press conference any minute now. we'll stay on top of the story and bring any updates as soon as they come into the newsroom. leslie brinkley has more on the story right now. where it happened at 2:30 this morning on this freeway ramp of 880 that's just behind me. right at the lu ellen boulevard exit. people called 911 to report road

rage and shots fired, for commuters in the end there's no other way to put it except it turned into a traffic nightmare. >> three hours. >> reporter: chp shutting down interstate 880 for six hours, including the rush hour, led to three-hour, even four-hour commutes southbound as investigators created a 3-d laser scan of the shooting scene. it all happened in an active construction zone. chp said a white sedan pulled alongside this black mitsubishi and someone opened fire. bullets shattered the front passenger window. one of them hitting the driver in the head. the were three other passengers who were not injured. all young males, 18 to 25 years old. the car came to a stop by the center divide, and did not crash. the suspect vehicle ca eschpd.pe said there do not app be surveillance cameras along this stretch of freeway, but they are reaching out to nearby businesses. >> we've had a lot of shootings

in the last year and taking this as a high priority. >> reporter: they'll be comparing details about this shooting to other freeway shootings, 91 in the bay area in the last year and a half. they are considering the possibility of road rage or a gang connection. so this was likely not a random shooting according to chp. the young driver who took that bullet to the head, he ended up at a local trauma center. he survived. chp said they're attempting to interview him. reporting live in san brinkley >> leslie, thank you. we're learning more about a driveby shooting that injured five people in san jose last night. for about a week and a half, a large group of people gathered at a memorial on vista drive to remember the victims of a car crash. last night some of those mourners became victims of a drive-by shooting. neighbors say this group of people had overstayed their welcome. >> don't really know them, orwh.

but yeah, they've been coming and smoking pot and drinking. we've been trying to get rid of them. but i guess after today, things go away. >>icsol pe have been identified, and so far no arrests. neighbors say they heard car tires screeching away at the scene. we'll turn to the weather now. really great day in san francisco. drone view 7 was up over the embarcadero in san francisco late this morning. >> yes, what a cool way to show a dreary day there, right? the first look at the first here, spencer. >> low clouds hanging around most of the day. here's a vw you can see just how foggy and cloudy it is over much of the peninsula, part of the east bay, even into the north bay. 24-hour temperature change shows most locations much cooler than this hour yesterday. 12 degrees cooler in concord than at this time yesterday. winds are pretty gusty also.

24-mile-per-hour gusts in san carlos, sfo and novato. probably feels cooler than it actually is. gray skies over the bay from the rooftop camera. 61 right now in san francisco. 63 across the bay in oakland. check out mountain view, just 73. 77 in gilroy. and here's another view of low clouds from emoryville. santa rosanly o74 degrees. usually the warm inland spots, in the low 70s. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up shortly. lot breaking news in lafayette. sky7 is above avalon avenue where someone was injured in a forklift accident. we'll push in here so you can get a better look at the scene there. the block is shut off for the emergency response crews. they've not told us what the condition the person who was injured is in. we'll stay on top of this breaking news story on the abc 7 news app.

you can download it for updates on your mobile device. the state of california is joining the city of san francisco in suing the u.s. justice department over president trump's sanctuary city restrictions. the suit filed today by state attorney general javier bacera chlenges the blocking the sanctuary city policies. >> it's a low blow to our men and women who wear the badge, for the federal government to threaten their crime-fighting resources in order to force them to do the work of the federal government. >> the city of san francisco filed a similar lawsuit on friday. the suits challenge new conditions that among other things would require cities to provide the department of homeland security with 48 hours notice before releasing an individual identified by immigration officials. crews are working today to clean up the outside land's

music festival venue. a much different scene earlier in golden gate park than 24 hours ago. an empty park after roughly 210,000 people attended the festival this weekend. they did have a few minor hiccups. they hoped to see a tribe called quest, they canceled their appearance. not guilty plea for two people accused of killing a photographer on twin peeks lookout. why the victim's sister said one of the suspects should never have been there in the first place. plus -- taking a stand for a bay area nurse and her husband, who are about to be deported. they're hoping for a last-minute chance to stay. don't take any chances with your eyes. the warning from doctors ahead of next week's big solar eclipse. coming up on 4:10 on this monday afternoon, a look at the

afternoon commute on interstate 680. northbound, generally the heavier commute direction at this hour. not bad. not bad. right-hand side, southbound, is smooth flowing traffic. back with more

two people charged with the entered not guilty pleas. >> they face murder and robbery charges in the fatal shooting of edward french. abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to the victim's sister whe esevli suspects should not have been out on the

streets to begin with. >> my goal is to make sure this never happens to a family again, period. >> reporter: laurie french said the blame for her brother's murder extends beyond the two people accused of killing him. mims and fantasy. >> the judge is as responsible for my brothesr' people that murdered him. >> reporter: while on felony probation for burglary, mims was arrested for having a gun. and during the july 11th arraignment, judge sharon keardon released him on ais r assessment score. police say mims and decure robbed french of his camera and shot and k decure is accused of pulling the trigger. >> he loved the city. he loved his film business. he loved his friends. he loved his family. he would not hurt a fly. >> we've had a point of contention with the entity that does the risk assessments on many cases. >> reporter: assistant district attorney alex bastion said mims was given a mid-level risk by san francisco's pretrial

diversion program. bastion said mims should have been assessed in the higher risk no-release category. >> we believe if it was calculated properly, the recommendation possibly would have been not to release him. that would have made a different outcome for all of us. >> reporter: the nonprofit in charge of creating the risk scores partly funded by the san francisco sheriff's department said they're working on reanalyzing the score and looking into any possible discrepancies. kate larson, abc 7 news. >> the risk assessment score is meant to be a tool to enhance public safety and create an equitable release system. ultimately it's up to the judge to decide whether a defendant will be released and under what conditions. breaking news now. a denver jury has sided with taylor swift in her groping lawsuit against a former radio deejay. he's been ordered to pay everything swift wanted, a symbolic $1. david mueller she said groped her during a photo-op four years

ago. friday the judge dismissed mueller's countersuit which claims swift got him fired. the judge said mueller could not prove that claim. new developments this afternoon about a lawsuit filed against uber's former ceo, travis cal a nick, by a key investor. the tech news site said his lawyers plan to file a motion to digs miss the case and move it to arbitration. benchmark capital partners owns 13% of uber's stock and say he's trying to pack the board with his allies and return as the ceo. the lawsuit said that would harm shareholders and employees. in a statement, benchmark says this isn't about benchmark versus travis, it's about ensuring that uber can reach its full potential as a company. uber's board are demanding the firm withdraw its lawsuit immediately. apple and aetna are working on a plan to bring the apple smartwatch to millions more people connected to aetna. the two companies had secret discussions last week, under the

plan people insured under aetna could receive free or discounted apple watches. it's part of its corporate wellness program. now, to the countdown to the solar eclipse. the big celestial event is exactly one week away, and it's turning to quite a financial boost for amtrak. they're running a special round-trip service to the best places to view the eclipse in southern illinois. 400 tickets to the city of carbondale quickly sold out. why there? amtrak said that's where totality will last longest in the u.s., just over two and a half minutes. this is the first u.s. solar eclipse since 1979. and the first to sweep across the nation in nearly a century. now, if you want more information about the eclipse, go to abc7news.com. we do have a whole section on the event from the best places warea, to the science behind it, to where everybody can find their eclipse viewing glasses.

we'll see about 75% of the sun covered here in the bay area. no totality. still at no point during the event will it be safe for us to stare at the sun without protection. take it from a aorrmdoando is oregon with these welder's goggles to protect his eyes. he said our eyes are delicate and the sun can easily damage the outer membrane or retina. don't take any chances. >> you can develop permanent eye damage. advise not to stare at it all without proper protection. >> you can also find cool and safe eclipse shades like these sold at the space and science center in oakland. now, getting your hands on these solar eclipse glasses, no easy feat right now. just one week out. 7 on yourside gave away 1,000 pair. it shows many vendors are sold out on amazon, and those that do

have them, charging anywhere from $30 to $100. $100 for a ten-pack. we did research and found the production costs for each pair are less than 50 cents. so someone is making a whole lot of money on next week's big event. of course, you can get a look at what the solar will look like where you live from a new app at jpl. >> mark shows us what you can see with this app. >> there is a lot of curiosity surrounding what next monday's total solar eclipse will actually look like. now you can find out before the big moment with an interactive app. the eyes on the eclipse app available to download from nasa's website simulates what the sun will look like in different locations along the path where the moon will completely obscure the sun. turning daytime into darkness. that's called the path of totality. nasa scientists say that path

will be about 70 miles wide, stretching from the coast of oregon to south carolina. the apple also show you what you may experience in the bay area as a partial solar eclipse. >> it's important people understand the difference between totality and nontotality. you get the whole enchilada or a piece of it. the piece of it is cool, but you really want the whole thing. >> reporter: the total eclipse won't last long. the timing varies, though many places will experience it for less than two minutes. reporting from nasa's jet propulsion laboratory at flint ridge, abc 7 news. all right. you see the weather right now? >> not good eclipse weather. >> don't want that a week from now, right, spencer? >> i'm hoping we won't see this a week from now. let's get the gray mondays out of the way. we have the lingering low cloud cover, our viewing will be wiped out. we should have clearer skies next week. not so clear right now as you look at live doppler 7.

the low clouds near the coast and out over the peninsula, across the bay to parts of the east bay. although there's been sunny areas up in the north bay. the golden gate bridge right now, the forecast features we'll see low clouds falling and spotty drizzle overnight. a little bit warmer tomorrow night. gradual warming continuing through the remainder of the week. on we go over to the atlantic, the south atlantic to be more specific, where tropical storm gert is gaining strength. it's a couple hundred miles offshore. it's not an immediate threat right now in terms of hurricane force. although it is going to intensify to hurricane level by tomorrow. it is going to be a major rain producer for the mid-atlantic, south atlantic, even areas in the northeast as it continues to move northward. but it will turn farther out to sea late tomorrow and start to move away from populated areas. still, though, there could be flooding rains along the western atlantic coast. the forecast, 7:00 this evening, notice low clouds and fog remain south and east of the golden

gate. the north bay will have pretty clear skies tomorrow morning at 5:00. much of the remainder of the bay area, start of the morning commute, will see low clouds which will reduce visibility, making for a slow gond great start to the day. by 4:00 tomorrow afternoon, we expect to see sunnier weather across the board than we have right now. overnight look for low temperatures mainly in the mid to upper 50s. the range we've seen for about a week or so now. spotty drizzle, mainly at the coastline. tomorrow, highs under mostly upper 60s to low 70s around the bay. upper 70s to about 80 in the warmest in locations. palartial clearing along the cot with the highs in the low 60s. looking a little bit ahead. afternoon highs on wednesday moving up a couple of degrees. a little bit milder wednesday afternoon. still warm air for thursday. not by much, though, just by a few degrees over today's highs. friday, very much like thursday. a little change there. let's take a look at the accuweather forecast. here's what's coming our way.

partly cloudy with still below-average temperatures tomorrow. a bit sunnier than today. we'll see a gradual warm-up wednesday, thursday, friday and saturday we'll see inland highs near 90 degrees, upper 70s around the bay. mid-60s on the coast. it starts cooling down next sunday. and next monday. let's talk about that for just a second. clouds will be returning abob bringing temperatures down nex,t monday. too early to say what viewing conditions will be like for the eclipse of the but i can't imagine it's going to be as strong as yesterday. >> we'll see. thanks, spencer. so long to abc, where she's going next. san jose's joey chestnut, the king of championship eating. but over the weekend, he lost. maybe it had to do with what he my day starts well before i'm in the kitchen. i need my blood sugar to stay in control. i need to shave my a1c i'm always on call. an insulin that fits my schedule is key. ♪ tresiba® ready ♪ (announcer) tresiba® is used to control high blood sugar

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the creator of the hit abc show "scandal" and "grey's anatomy" is headed to netflix. shonda rhymes is leaving abc

studios after 15 years. her current contract with the network expires in june. rhymes said she's looking forward to expanding her audience with netflix where she's expected to produce new series. hit shows "grey's anatomy," "scandal" and how to get away with murder will remain on abc. willie nelson is blaming utah's high altitude for him to cut short a concert. he said the altitude got to me. i'm feeling better now and headed for lower ground. nelson was forced to cancel several concerts earlier this year because of what his publicist said was a bad cold. willie nelson is still expected to appear this saturday in berkeley. the highest paid female athlete in 2017 wields a tennis racket, but she's going to be putting that down for a while. serena williams between june of 2016 and this year, she earned $27 million. she's taking a break right now. she and her fiance are

expecting. williams is followed on the money list by angelique kerber. danica patrick follows with $12.2 million. number five is serena's sister, venus, at $10.5 million. san jose's joey chestnut, the king when it comes to hot dog eating this weekend he could not quite stom as chowing down on kale. chestnut downed 20, 16-ounce bowls in 18 minutes. he lost to oji who gulped down 22 1/2 bowls of the leafy green vegetable. part of the kale-yeah competition in new york. the kale was served raw with oil and vinegar. that contest is billed as the world's healthiest eating competition, if there is such a thing. >> probably doesn't go down as easily. >> i don't know.

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this is abc 7 news. here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. law enforcement is on the lookout for a shooter who opened fire injuring a man on 880 in hayward this morning. the shooter pulled up to the right side of the other car and shot the driver in the head. the city of san francisco and the state of california are filing lawsuits against the trump administration over new anti-immigli.ra on coming up at 5:00, what the policy will mean for the city and the state. now, the police chief in charlottesville said he has regrets about how his department handled saturday's violent rally and protest. today the chief said officers tried to keep both sides separate, but had a hard time controlling the crowd. officers forcefully broke up the clashes after the governor declared a state of emergency. president trump has a message today for the nation, racism is evil. the president condemned the

white supremacist rally after backlash from his initial response. on saturday, he cast blame on, quote, many, many sides. abc news reporter megan hughes is live at the capital with the very latest. megan? >> reporter: kristen, good afternoon to you. president trump did deliver a much more specific condemnation today, but for itt his wasn't about the message, but the timing. president trump calling out hate groups from the white house. >> those who cause violence in its names are criminals and thugs, including the kkk, neo-nazis, white supremacists, and other hate groups that are repugnant to everything we hold dear as americans. >> reporter: the condemnation coming almost 48 hours after a car plowed into a crowd in a deadly act of hate. after meeting with the attorney general and fbi director, the president promising justice. >> racism is evil. >> reporter: his initial response had come under fire. the president condemning

violence -- >> on many sides. >> reporter: the backlash swift from members of both parties. >> to call this white supremism evil and let the country, let the world hear it. >> it is hatred, bigotry, and our ader's got frank, unequivocal. >> reporter: it wasn't the first time the president hesitated in distancing him from white nationalists. >> honestly, i don't know david duke. >> reporter: this delay caused trump a corporate ally, merck's ceo, an african-american. frazier citing a responsibility to take a stand against intolerance and extremism. president trump had no delay in tweeting out this fiery response. frazier will have more time to rip off drug prices. >> late today the president tweeted about the response to his remarks, saying, realize once again the fake news media will never be satisfied.

in washington, megan hughes, abc 7 news. house minority leader nancy pelosi who is from san francisco, she had one of the strongest reactions to the comments from the president. she's actuall calling on him to fire someone. what's her take? >> reporter: like many others, she said it shouldn't have taken two days to call out nazis. but she's going a step further saying the president needs to fire his chief strategist, steve bannon. she said bannon is affiliated with alt-right and white nationalist groups. she called him, quote, the enforcer of unamerican beliefs. bannon in past interviews said he is not a racist. he's simply a nationalist. >> thank you, megan. a bay area woman was in charlottesville when the violence erupted, she was there visiting her daughter in medical school and witnessed some of the chaos. >> janine sat down with her today. >> it was honestly just a hard decision to even be there. >> reporter: kristen couldn't

believe what she witnessed this weekend when visiting charlottesville, virginia. she was asked to leave the restaurant where she was eating because while nationalists were marching towards it. >> that was really disturbing. but it just was so surreal to see people actually burning torches. >> reporter: the next day she and her husband went downtown to counterprotest. she shared pictures she took of the protesters, many heavily armed. she was a block away from the car that rammed into counterprotesters, killing a woman. she saw a similar incident with a car where she was. >> all of a sudden they just hit the gas and tore out into this crowd of people. and they didn't -- they did hit one of the counterprotesters that was close, and he fell. he popped right back up. >> reporter: she said her heart went out to the young african-american boy in this picture, watching the white nationalists. >> i asked him, is this hard for you? and he just looked so sad. he said, yeah, it is. it's -- he said it's hard.

and just feeling almost embarrassed about what was happening there. >> reporter: she said she returns here with a sense of gratitude, because for the most part the bay area is a place where diversity and acceptance is celebrated. in san jose, janine de la vega. she's not concerned about leaving her daughter in charlottesville because the majority of the community does not support white supremacists. she said it was comforting to see businesses there with signs up that read, safe haven. in france, a driver is in custody after crashing into a pizza ri and killing a young girl. police said the driver deliberately slammed his car into the sidewalk cafe. an 8-year-old was killed. 12 others injured, four seriously. police do not consider this to be an act of terror, because the driver had tried to commit suicide only a few days before. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff says the united

states is ready to use the full range of its military capabilities to defend itself and its allies from north korea. marine corps general joseph dunford is in south korea where he met with the president today. the long-planned trip comes ahead of tomorrow's looming deadline, north korea pledging to fire missiles into the waters near guam. >> i don't know if they'll do what they're going to do. we're paying engs to everything that they say, everything that they do, and we're preparing accordingly. >> general dunford is set to travel to japan and china. it follows a week in which president trump waged a war of words with north korea. declaring the u.s. military locked and loaded. president trump signed a memorandum today that could lead to the trade investigation of alleged chinese theft of intellectual property. the measure directs u.s. trade officials to look into options to protect u.s. intellectual property. it does not take any specific action against china at this point. mr. trump did say today's action

is, quote, just the beginning. in nepal, as many as 60,000 homes are under water, and rescuers are searching for survivors after heavy rains triggered landslides across the southeast asian country. at least 173 people have died in the recent days of heavy rain. in one part of the country, rescuers were using elephants to help get hundreds of stranded tourists at a safari park, get them to safety. the flooding is devastating the main agricultural region and threatens to reduce the blasting off. a spacex rocket heading into space for the international space station. from the southeast camera, we're looking at clouds over the bay. perhaps it will burn through tomorrow. i'll have the forecast coming up. let's take a live look outside. san jose folks, if you're trying

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liftoff. >> another spacex capsule is heading to the international space station. the unmanned falcon 9 rocket blasted off today from florida's kennedy space center. a section of the rocket landed

back on earth eight minutes after launch. it's the sixth time a falcon 9 has successfully touched down on solid ground post-launch. the capsule will meet up with the space station on wednesday with the 6400 pounds of supplies and science experiments. a ship from finland has completed the earliest crossing of the northwest passage. newly released findings show the arctic is warming much faster than the rest of the world. late last month the msb nordica crossed the northwest passage in a record 24 days. the associated press published an account of that journey. they predict the passage will be completely free of ice by the year 2050. they say an ice-free arctic would affect weather across the entire world. now, your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. probably does not come as breaking news to you that we've had lingering low clouds much of the day here in the bay area. there are still areas you can see that will make their movement across the bay, and

locally inland in the overnight hours. overnight lows mostly in the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, mostly sunny skies inland and over the bay. but near the coast we'll have lingering low clouds. highs tomorrow similar range to today's high, except a little bit milder. we'll see more inland locations hitting 80 degrees or higher tomorrow. as we look at the maximum temperature trend for the remainder of the week, wednesday will be a mild afternoon. temperatures start to move into the low to mid-80s inland. similar pattern on thursday. close to 90 on thursday. friday much like thursday. although we'll see a bit of a warm-up later in the week, we won't see anything very excessive or extreme. here's the seven-day forecast. mainly sunny afternoons. tomorrow it looks like it's going to be the cloudiest day in the seven-day period. perhaps the coolest as well. high temperatures will be near 90 inland thursday, friday and saturday, before we get a little bit of a cooldown starting again

on sunday and monday. nothing lasts very long these days. we don't get any actual trends. >> the trendsetter. >> oh, that kind of trend. >> the hope the cloudy trend goes away. it's been a little weird. >> certainly before next monday we're hoping so, so we can see the eclipse. deportation, this mom is thinking only of her children. >> hopefully they can be strong enough and get all the support to make a difference in other people's lives. >> hundreds turn out to support a bay area nurse expected to be deported tomorrow. you've heard of the warnings about those laundry pods and kids. there's a new danger involving adults. what you need to know to keep your loved ones safe. "american idol" is coming to abc 7 this fall. auditions will be held in oakland sunday. the bus will be in jack london square giving you a chance to be a star. you don't have to wait until sunday. audition online now. we have a link to the application at abc7news.com.

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>> senators dianne feinstein are working behind the scene. live in oakland where supporters held a rally for the couple. laura? >> reporter: hi. well, at this afternoon, maria sanchez held this rally. if nothing changes by this time tomorrow, she, her husband and her young son will be on a flight to mexico. today, surrounded by co-workers, she made a last-minute plea to the president. >> one of the things i admire about him is the fact that he is a loving father. >> reporter: with just one day to go before maria sanchez and her husband must leave the country, the highland hospital nurse appealed directly to president trump. one parent to another. >> he loves his kids very much. and his grandchildren, too. how would he feel, if something would happen to, let's say ivanka.

>> we have to show the world and this country, there's no such thing as an illegal human. we have families, mothers, nurses. >> reporter: they paid taxes and stayed out of trouble for two decades. they have four children, three of them u.s. citizens. i.c.e. issued the following statement. the courts consistently held that neither of these individuals has a legal basis to remain in the u.s. while i.c.e. continues to prioritize its enforcement resources to focus on individuals who pose a threat to national security, public safety and border security. i.c.e. will not accept classes or categories of removable aliens from potential as it is now, the couple is set to fly to mexico tuesday afternoon with their 12-year-old son. three older daughters will stay behind. >> there's a lot of people out there. they're good. they're good people.

they deserve a chance. they deserve to be give be the opportunity to continue to be here and make a difference for this country. >> reporter: now, over the weekend, sanchez's attorney filed for a stay of deportation order from i.c.e. that would give senator dianne feinstein to work on the couple's behalf. that can't happen until congress goes back into session next month. >> laura, thank you. state health officials are warning of a spike in cases of valley fever. the california department of public health says it received reports of more than 5,300 cases of illness in 2016. a reason for the increase is not known. but they believe changes in testing, diagnosis and reporting patterns have had an impact. people may have flu-like symptoms. it is prif lent in arid remgs

and can be contracted by breathing in fungus-laced spores with dust. you heard about the detergent packs, there's a new safety alert from "consumer reports," the same laundry pods can be sometimes even deadly for adults with dementia. michael finney and "consumer reports" has information you need to know to keep your loved ones safe. >> for years "consumer reports" warned about liquid laundry detergent packs for children. kids can bite into them. laundry package exposure, "consumer reports" is changing advice to include some adult populations. since 2012, there have been eight reports death in the u.s. associated with laundry pack exposures. six fatalities were adults with dementia. >> it lets us know people with

dementia mistake random items for food. >> reporter: in 2015, poison control centers logged more than 13,000 calls related to liquid laundry pack exposures. the same year "consumer reports" also pushed for laundry pack safety, including packaging, that's now available to consumers. >> new voluntary standards, including provisions that make these pods taste bitter have been enacted since january of 2017. we're hoping this will help alleviate the thousands of calls that poison control centers receive every year regarding these pods. >> reporter: the american cleaning institute and industry trade group said manufacturers are fully committed to reducing accidental access to laundry detergent packets. the packs remain off of "consumer reports" recommended list. its new advice? do not use liquid laundry packs if there's a child under age 6 or anyone who is cognitively impaired in your household. i'm michael finney, "7 on your

side." laundry packs or pods can cause anything from eye irritations to vomiting, lethargy, delirium and trouble breathing. if you think somebody in your home may have ingested a laundry pod, call a poison control there, 800-222-1222. seek med cal attention. now, for something tasty. if you like fried chicken, and you like beer, you're definitely going to love this. how about fried fried chicken chicken beer. that's right. that's what we said. the ipa beer is the brain child of a company in virginia, and twin brewing in new york. made with actual fried chicken. we're told it only contains a very small amount, and actually tastes like chicken. no chicken skin in that beer floating around either, we hope. >> not sure how that's going to work. moving day at uc berkeley. >> this is my first one, you know what i'm saying?

>> thousands of college freshmen leaving home for the first time, so who's it harder for, the students or the parents? i've been there. i know. >> we know the answer to that. dan is here with a look at what's coming up on abc 7 news at 5:00. thanks very much. coming up next, protest fallout, against a popular hot dog shop near uc berkeley. also, they can't see the eclipse, but they can still experience it. the app that's bringing next week's big event to the blind and visually impaired. and bad tippers. hmm. where california falls on a new list of how we pay restaurant service. those stories and a lot more when

primetime tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, bachelor in paradise, followed by the gong show at 10:00, and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. at uc berkeley, maybe the most hectic week for students in their entire college careers. it's their very first week. today we saw a traffic jam as parents dropped off their kids. i remember the tears. abc 7's wayne freedman spent some time with them. >> reporter: it's the sound of wheels rolling across bricks. and those of parents and kids in awkward moments. >> none of us really slept well last night. >> we're empty nesters after today. >> i'll cry later. i'm not going to do that for you. >> reporter: that's carl, a single father as he dropped off his firstborn son reese for

freshman year at uc berkeley. >> a little emotional. >> the last few days, what were you thinking? >> i would like him to pack maybe. >> reporter: carl and reese among 6,500 new freshmen at uc berkeley. the first day of the rest of their lives. for their parents, a mixture of emotionse got into berkeley, his head popped off. >> reporter: for the record, 53% of this year's freshmen are females, 69% of them are california residents, others come from all 50 states and territories, plus 54 countries. reese and his dad come from scott's valley, he's a computer science major with a 4.66 gpa which may have helped their search for a room 102. his roommates were not there yet. the father and son, meantime, about to say farewell. >> i remember the first time he got a broken lip from falling

over. yeah. >> you're going to be all right. >> i know. i know. >> reporter: it will get easier after tonight. at uc berkeley, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> that is a long walk back for the parents. freshmen not the only newbies this week at uc berkeley. they're welcoming 82% transfer students, most from community colleges. history made today at west point. 20-year-old simone ascii the serve as the first black one to lead west point's corps of cadets. she assumes duties this week. brigadier general steve gillen said askew exemplifies the values of duty, honor and country. get the latest news anytime with the abc 7 news app and push alerts, to be the first to know about breaking news where you

live. thank you for joining us at abc 7 news at 4:00. breaking news in lake county, where there's been an all-day-long search for the man suspected of shooting at chp officers. we'll have the latest. i don't quite understand why someone of that persuasion would be working in berkeley. >> threats against a popular hot dog restaurant. a former employee has potential ties to the white supremacist rally in virginia. new details on an early-morning shooting that kept a freeway closed for hours. a lawsuit to protect sanctuary cities. that breaking news is in lake county where we're just getting new information into the newsroom on the hunt for a man wanted for shooting at chp officers, and cal trans workers. this man that you're looking at

now. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. thank you for joining us. that manhunt has been going on since 10:30 this morning. they're warning the public that this man, 43-year-old joshua brown is armed and dangerous. >> brown fired shots outside of his property near highway 29 near coal creek road at 10:30 this morning. >> once law enforcement got there, brown fired one shot at a chp officer, and an additional two shots at a state parks officer. no officers were actually hit. a neighbor's recent construction project blocked brown's land. today cal trans came to put up barriers to restrict his access to that road. officials are scheduled to begin a news conference any minute now. of course, we'll update you as soon as more information comes into our newsroom. moving on. racism is evil. those words today