ran over pedestrians in one of barcelona busiest tourest >> reporter: terror in spain sends police and paramedics toward a major attraction in barcelona stunned eyewitnesses running for cover, confused and terrified. >> somebody was screaming and everybody started to run. they were screaming from behind. everybody was running. they trampled them as they ran pa past. >> he mauft have been doing 80 to 100 kilometers an hour knocking people in the air. >> reporter: it happened on a wide bull dard restricted to pedestrian traffic only, no cars, but around 5:00 p.m. local time a driver rammed a van. with police swarming the area and a warning touristnd and

locals to shelter in place or stay away all together. >> i'd like to start by acknowledging the incident in barcelona which has the hallmarks, it appears, of yet another terrorist attack. >> reporter: u.s. officials are in place ready to assist americans in space and last thursday police confirmed the arrest of two men including 20-year-old driss oukabir who rented the van. >> authorities say oukabir was not the driver but it appears he had help. elizabe elizabeth herr, abc news. thai essentially got notice of this in the las ramblas district. the abc7 news app free to download. open it up and enable push alerts to get the latest breaking news. abc local 7 was at local

restaurant and spoke to a woman. she serves dishes from her homeland. her son acted te >> it's disappointing. no country in the world should be able to feel like this, all these tourists dying, you know. >> roselle la's restaurant features many momentos from barcelona. the eiffel tower went dark. the lights are often turn off to pay tribute to terror attacks. in new york city the spire is lit in the colors of barcelona's flag. new york stands in solidarity with the people of spain as they have done for us.

at&t says it will waive or credit any charges or calls and texts made by itself customers in the united states to barcelona over the next several days because of the attack and you can help honor those who died in barcelona by sharing this badge. you can find it on our abc 7 facebook page. a raiders player has just been charged with assault. sean lee smith reportedly beat his sister's boyfriend in old town pasadena back on july 4th. the d.a.'s office just announced the charges today. he's a kwab for the raiders. he's due to be arraigned next month. garbage trucks showed up at a hopeless encampment right under 980 in melanie joins us.

were any people moved. >> reporter: no. bit it's the people who live next to it that say the efforts aren't enough. alexis johnson says she has seven tents out here. when she found herself on the street, she said she discovered her mother was here too. >> it broke my heart. >> when i first saw her, it was like, oh, there's my baby. >> other people come and just throw their garbage out there. >> reporter: the city gave people staying here a three-day heads-up, requesting they separate out anything they want to keep from the garbage. no one was moved. neighbors who live near the encampment say the debris pickup is not enough. >> you walk around the corner here and it smells like death.

>> my kids can't play in the backyard because all we see is needles. >> we're in a regional housing affordability crisis. >> reporter: they say the problem is housing. tay're also experimenting with sanctioned camps. >> the homeless camps are generating a lot of debris. >> reporter: recently there have been a lot of fires creating a problem. >> if you want to do something, find us some decent housing. >> reporter: while officials say they understand people want to help, dropping off furniture or dropping off large quantities of food that can spoil does not improve the situation. new developments in the case of two men who posted video of themselves climbing on the golden gate bridge, remember this? their stumt went viral on social media.

they have had trespassing charges against them. most must appear in court on september 12th. if they fail to answer those charges an arrest warrant will be issued. the faa makes changes at sfo after an american airway jet just missed sitting on a plane. it no longers visual approaches at sfo at night when an parallel runway is closed. federal officials say that will make it easier for pilots to find the right oneway and now they'll require two controllers to remain during the busy offnight hours. s.m.a.r.t. has said they'll start offering.

good evening. >> good evening. we got's from a commuter train that has not been active for six months. s.m.a.r.t. had hoped to be in service. today the head of the agency sat down and told us about the delays. in the north bay of when s.m.a.r.t. will begin revenue practice. official answers all similar. >> late spring, which is right around the corner. >> it's going to happen momentarily. >> and i will say soon. >> so the s.m.a.r.t. employees took a pi. you have to believe the president finally had app answer. >> 12:49 p.m. it's the railroad. we're perfect. >> reporter: they didn't quite believe it. >> i won't hold my breath. >> the complexity of this when it comes to public safety is ee nor miss. this is not a quickie it's not about a quickie.

>> it was 2002 when tay approved a sales tax. construction began in to 12 and testing more than a year ago on this transit system built from scratch for roughly half a billion dollars. it has had growing pains from engine replacements to proving the merits of an automated positive train control system, the first in the nation. >> we ran over 2,000 positive train controlled tests, over 2,000 2,000. when we gave them the report, they went over it line by line. when they recommends it opening ten months behind schedule, they're not seeing all the work in the background. on august 25th, s.m.a.r.t. will have its day. >> i'll challenge anybody who can show me.

>> in morin county, abc7 news. a new police chief has promised to reduce crime on b.a.r.t. first he must hire more officers. abc's laura anthony has more. laura? >> reporter: kristen, the new chief thinks he can take a big bite out of crime if he can put more officers on the trains and platforms, but first he has to fill more than 40 positions. it's a problem for police here and across the country. a startling decline in applicants with b.a.r.t. competing with other departments. that means their recruiting efforts must become that much more aggress in. >> we're trying to incentivize it. >> these why he brought his recruiting team to this event in san francisco.

there's a lot of dirjfferent agencies. at the same time, the system has seen a steady decline in the number of people applying for its police department. there were just 750 applicants last year compared with nearly 3,000 in 2013. after four years in the navy, john ar bianna told us he's most interested in berkeley, p.d., and a lot of police. >> we need to be more friendly, more open. >> starting pay is about $06 a month. there's also a deadly amount of bonus for officers with prior

experience. laura anthony, a b bc7 news. all right. now to a developing story that abc7 news has been tracking for months. the last coastal sand mining operation in the continental united states. tonight the lands commission approved a settlement to shut it down. as abc7 news has reports, the sem mention corporation has been using a sand boat. scientists say that's caused serious beach erosion on public and private land. today's agreemg will stop semex from doring that. they'll keep it open to the public. coming up, an eyewitness eys why police had to shoot to end hours of a standoff. will that pattern hold

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stocks had their second worst drop of the day. retailers an banks brought down the number. the dow lost 274 points, ending the day at 21.750. the nasdaq dropped 123 points, the s&p went down by 38.

>> more than half a million dollars will be up for grabs during saturday's power baffle jackpot. nobody matched all six numbers. it's the 19th straight drawing without a grand prize winner. saturday's drawing is worth an estimated 510 million dollars. it's the eighth largest lottery jackpot in u.s. history. more than 70 schools in the unified school district will serve free breakfast and lunch this year. it's focused on providing them. in the last four years the number of oakland schools qualifying for it has gone from 5 to just 73 now. the first day of school is on monday. >> that's the same day as the total solar eclipsing and the people who run kal's power grid are getting ready for a big dip in the energy. >> that's right.

carlin tyler. >> reporter: it will create a challenge for the energy producers. >> what we're going to see from the solar eclipse is of greater magnitude than what we've seen before. >> reporter: during the eclipse the moon's partial shadow will obscure part of the sun in the northern states, 60% in the south. it will reduce regulation, enough to worry regulators about keeping the lights on. >> that could lead up to a 6,000. >> caller: thanks to the speed at which solar energy has grown, it's now a daley player in the state's overall energy production making up as much as 40% of the state's overall power supply on any given day. the solar eclipse could cut that

in half. >> we have the resources to back it up. >> the state public utilities commission says much of the demand during the eclipse will be met with otherer clean energy sources. natural gas and high trow electric power. >> we'd like to help customers conserve the load by conserving. >> they're asking you to turn off the lights and unplug unused electronic appliances leading up to and during the eclipse. >> on august 19th, many customers are going to see their thermostats light up. >> they'll help you reduce the load on the nerj eclipse. >> if they're in the eligible area, they'll be invited to eclipse. >> they'll have a choice to opt in. if they do, the thermostat will

automatically respond as the eclipse approaches. if needed it will cool the home ahead of the eclipse. turning off the air conditions as the moon passes the sun unless it's absolutely needed. >> ideally they're offset so they're sitting comfortable that so all you'll have to do is sit back and watch. besides, who needs to turn on the lights when the best show in town will be the darkness. carolyn tyler, abc7 news. now abc 7 news will have extensive coverage of the solar eclipse including live reports before abc's anchored by abc's david muir. it's all pretty skrietsing stuff. >> we continue to wish upon a star that the clouds will continue to clear up, is that

right? >> spencer christian with more on that. >> we're showing you fog moving out. 64 degrees. we've got low to mid-70s. gilroy, 6 at half moon bay and 76 right now in santa rose za. 79 and upper 0s at fairfield and low 80s at concorde and livermore and here we show we still have a wide expanse of sunlight along the coastline. here's a view at santa cruz beach that is still bright and sunny at the moment. these are our forecast features. these are our forecast features. that was my name. we'll see fog overnight near the coast and bay. mild to warm days ahead through the weekend and we'll have a cooler pattern begins on solar

eclipse monday. right now we're looking at overnight lows which will be in the mild side. upper 60s to low 50s. we won't see a lot of fog during the overnight hours. tomorrow's beach cast calls for flashes of sunshine. santa cruz will see a high of 72 and highs in the mids to upper 60s and breezy. let's travel down to the south bay under sunny skies. we'll see a wide range of higher temperatures there to 89 down at morgan hill. on peninsula, we'll see upper 70. breezier on the coast as i mentioned but relatively mild in the mid 60s. downtown will top out at 66. tomorrow look for highs of 82. novato, 84.

the inland east bay will be tomorrow our highest region with highs in the upper 80s to low 90s william o see upper 80s to around inland. >> on sunday, slight cooling. we'll see further cooling on monday especially our inland areas where temperatures will reach into the low to mid-80s. here's the seven-day forecast. gradual cooling. let's just focus on monday for just a second. right now we're looking at mostly sunny skews. it appears the clouds will not obscure our view. >> after all this buildup, that would be 1usuch a bummer.

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the aids memorial grove will add another circumstantial of names. >> this will include those with hee oh thiel ya.

>> family members say it's a long overdue occurrence. >> reporter: karen fulton folin is a parent who lost her son to aids more than 20 years ago after receiving years of treatment for hemophilia. >> back in those days it was a poor stigma, so our poor little community of hemophilia people had nowhere to go or no one to tell their story. located within the national aids memorial growth, a new circle is being bullet to remember that community. it will be called the hemophilia memorial. the names of those with a blood disorder who died of aids will be engraved in the stone. >> the space that we're standing in will have a seated bench. it will be all minnesota limestone which matches all the rest of the memorial. so this is just another circle within a circle. >> it will be similar to the circle of friends which is

considered the heart of the grove. jason's name is there too. >> that's my baby. >> the hemophilia people came together. >> in my lifetime i get to have a place for jason that they can remember him. >> reporter: on september 16th that memorial will be dedicated. lit start out by having 100 names and more will be added as time goes by. more information on how to get a person's name inscribed is on the aids memorial website. in san francisco, coming up violence and politics. >> see how you can see berkeley stay pearceful when a rally comes to town in just ten dates. plus. a bay area store is running seriously

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those are the shots that ended a standoff in livermore after several hours during which the suspect set fire to his own home. that suspect was killed. >> no one else was hurt. neighbors did have to evacuate sun mobile estates in livermore while this whole thing played out. >> abc's eric thomas talked to one neighbor. >> reporter: tom browning and his sons were having dinner last night four doors down from this mobile home where this deadly standoff took place. police had been kajed because the resident began acting strangely and he was challenging people to fight. >> the suspect refused to obey commands and retreated inside the home. >> reporter: police say he fired several shots be no one was hurt and after spending two hours trying to get him to give up, he

set his own place on fire. >> these places go up like a tinderbox. >> reporter: here there was even more reason to worry. that's the sound of livermore police opening fire on the man after he came out with a shot june. tom saw whole thing from the street. >> they told him to drop the weapon, drop the weapon, put is under his chin, pointed at it, and they unloaded. >> reporter: firefighters kept the flames from fleming but not before they melted the front of the suspect's house and scorched this car belonging to the next door neighbor. the dead man's name has not been released. they're undergoing routine interviews. eric thomas, abc7 news. new at 6:00, a family finally gets closure after waiting almost 26 years. this is charles campbell, the

20-year-old who was last seen in oakley before he disappeared in september of 1991. his family never knew what happened to him until now. sheriff's deputies using a cold case were able to identify a previously unidentified body. it's still not known how campbell died but investigators say he was not murdered. president trump keeps firing back at his critics including his fellow republicans. they question the president's response to the violence that erupted during last saturday's white nationalist march in charlottesville, virginia. president bush tweeted he's toxic. another gop senator believes the president needs to change his approach. >> move way beyond himself and move to a place where daily he's waking up thinking about what best for our nation. >> reporter: charlottesville's mayor plans to make a major

announcement tomorrow about his ci confederate statue of robert e. lee. >> this is artwork. the next is new yorker showing blow hoard with the president blowing into a sail with a kkk mask and time mack zeeg with the new words "hate in america" and someone mawith a flag draped ov him making a nazi salute. it's right across the street from berkeley police headquarters. city officials say they have no links to last week's charlottesville event but i don't have a permit. they're suggesting they just stay away. >> we are seeing and hearing that some of the groups that were here for some of our prior events will be back.

>> people that live in this city are being constantly provoked by all of these different groups of people. >> brooklyn police wouldn't say what they might do to prevebltd the violence that erupted at a similar rally earlier thissee there's a rally against hate the same day, sunday the 27th. >> a man who resigned his position at a popular jersey hot dog shop insists he's not a white supremacist. coal wright writes he atenltded the event because it was billed at the biggest right-leaning event of the year. he insists he's not nor never has been a white supremacist. he took exception to any hint he was writing, quote, my portrayal over the mainstream media has been inaccurate, biased, and complete unadjust feed. norm 20/20 will feature a show

"fractured america." in other news people are poring into oregon to see monday's total solar eclipse. there's a seem seamless line of traffic northeast of bend yesterday. now, before they flocked to oregon, astroonmy buffs are flocking somewhere else. the bay area's only brick and mortar telescope shop. jonathan bloom explains the stockroom has been eclipsed by overwhelming demand. >> reporter: for weeks the phone at the bay area telescope shop has been ringing off the hook. and it's nearly always the same answer. >> i'm all sold out. >> reporter: for get the holiday season. >> this is something on another level, it is for us.

it's truly astronomical. >> reporter: with phone lines tied up, some shoppers showed up in person hoping to view one of these. >> basically you just snap it in just like that and that will give you all the protection. >> but this one isn't for sale, nor is any other. some folks are starting to improvise which can occasionally have disastrous. >> he points hit scope at the sun. >> it started smoking. >> that's not what i wanted or what i wanted to with my eyes either. >> reporter: he picked up another eye piece. >> we have our spot stake it out. >> reporter: they'll see the total eclipse but many will watch a local one. >> he scored one of these and could be the most popular guys

on the block. i talked to some neighbor this morn and they're going to want to look through the glasses too. >> with thoughts of it. >> i'm getting choked up. it was exciting to me. it was another world. >> i'm happy that i'm alive for this eclipse and i hope to be around for next when. >> reporter: in cupertino, jonathan bloom, abc7 news. >> and abc 7 new will have the e total eclipse. >> all right. a live look outside from our east bay hills camera shows a mix of blue skies and sun. spencer will be back with a look at conditions for monday's eclipse and what to expect this weekend. that's in ten minutes. a

. today we're sad to report a dear friend and colleague died unexpectedly in his sleep two nights ago. >> he worked on the other side of the scene but tonight we want you to see him.

>> he brought what you saw every night. he was a terrific photo journalist and a beloved member of our family at the station. he covered total stories around the bay area, the country, and the world, including an interview with manuel noriega. he was a total crackup. we teased each other mercilessly over the years. he had more relationships with many people here, loving his job and the people he did with. born and raised in corning, california, he graduated in high school in 1971. here's his high school picture. he worked in radio before getting into television. he told stories through the lens of his camera. clyde powell, our dear friend was 63 years old, survived by two brother, a sister, and a niece and nephew.

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company. >> the situation went if there bad to worse. they came to "7 on your side" for help. this is where it all started in parking lot outside a town home in san jose. a 2007 infiniti blockening to a san jose couple was stolen. police would find it a week later riddled with bullets. >> the people that stole it used to mess around. >> reporter: her insurance company allowed a rental of a miss da 2003. one morning her boyfriend went outside and found the car missing. >> he thought the car was stolen again, so he called the police. the police say it wasn't stolen but had been towed. it was toud fwed to have tabs.

h her boyfriend went to the towing company to get his stuff out of the car and he couldn't show proof it was his car, so they wouldn't give it to him. they went back to the rental keep and hertz took care of it. she then found things missing and hertz never contacted her back. they said the customer rented on may 31st but the vehicle's tag, sticker expired the next day while still on rent. the vehicle's registration was automatically renewed. we did not replace the sticker before that. she received a check for $500. >> i was shocked. i didn't think it was coming. it took a while. >> hertz is woking to improve so this doesn't happen again. i want to hear from you.

it's opened on monday through friday. my telephone number, 415-914-8150. you can also reach me through my facebook page. >> good work as always. you know the bay area is a beautiful place. >> take a look at this picture from san francisco's delores park. that mig loo captured this. they found it and featured it on television. >> share your pictures and videos with us on instagram a b c 7 news p boy, those are some gorgeous shots. >> we're hoping the skies will not be gray on monday. let me show you the timing of the eclipse. it will start at 9:01. maximum eclipse will occur at 0:15 and it will end at 11:37 a.m. so we have over 2 1/2 hours of amazing breath taking experience. we'll see 75% of the sun ee

clipped as the sun passes between the sun and the earth. the sun can be seen a bit to our north around oregon. the bay area will see a spectacular view weather permitting. monday morning we'll see thin high clouds over the bay area. we'll see high clouds. it will be quite thin. not a cloudy morning. just a veil of clouds as the eclipse begins. it looks like the clouds will diminish as the eclipse goes on. if this pattern holds up, we'll have good projection. >> excellent. >> i'm looking forward to it. >> keep up the great work. i like hearing that. >> thanks very muslim. let's talk a little oakland raiders football. >> controversy, larry. >> marshawn lynch, he brings a lot of stuff to the table.

marshawn addressed the media today. he address the "national anthem" sort of. and "american idol" is coming to abc 7 this fall. the "american idol" bus will be in jack london square giving you the chance to be a star. >> you don't have to wait until sunday. you can audition

the energy conscious whopeople among usle? say small actions can add up to something... humongous. a little thing here. a little thing there. starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. who are all these caretakers, advocates too? turns out, it's californians it's me and it's you. don't stop now, it's easy to add to the routine. join energy upgrade california and do your thing.

good evening. when marshawn lynch speaks they try to figure out exactly what he meant. he met briefly with reporters. they asked what he meant when he sat down during the "national anthem." we'll hear beast mode's response to that and how hid body is working. you might want to get google ready. >> i think we need to get the elephant in the room because the mouse just ran in the room. didn't they say elephants scare mouses off? i would say, you know, just get my mentality back, you know, to

wake up early, you know, do something physical in order to get my body back to, you know, plan -- to playing ability was probably the hardest thing for me because i'm not a morning person. >> john elway's broncos were the 49ers guests in a joint prakty. two teams will square off in a preseason game. even without wideout pierre garcon who was on the field but not in drills due to a cup of scuffles. because the 49ers hold their training camp at the headquarter, it's not as dramatic. they do get to go home at night now. >> it's weird. every day is like the same guy. i got a reminder guys aren't staying in hotels but we're going to be here tomorrow. >> guys are really excited when you let us go home, back to the

norm, and you start to miss your guys and that's when you enjoy coming to work because you built that throughout these weeks of training camp. >> warriors star kevin durant took the championship trophy back to his hometown today which is just outside of washington, d.c., and then made headlines he would not accept an invitation to the white house. he said, quote, i don't recollect who's in the white house right now." durant grew up dirt poor with his mom lewin da, working tirelessly. it was a long journey for son and mother. >> it started here over 20 years ago. to see it come to this point in his career, it's quite overwhelming, it's fulfilling, it's exciting, it's rewarding and it's great to celebrate here at home where it all started. on to bachblt wild game.

snaemt with a three-run jack by joey votto. cinci led, 9-0. the cubs respond with six in a row, four of those coming in the fourth inning. we're showing all of them to you right here. then in the fifth. alex avila with a shot to the left gets past a diving duvall. nine straight runs and they come back. they tie it at 9-9. philip takes this justin grimm pitch. they come back and win, anyway, 13-10. first round of the wyndham green, he shot a 62. up and down the hill for birdie. 's one back of the leader. matt evor a little more and it would have

been a hole-in-one. he'll settle for the birdie and the lead. and giants playing the phillies at at&t park. join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. how police foiled a second terror attack tonight. also on abc7 news at 11:00, an authorized white nationalist rally planned for berkeley, how the city is exploring all options to keep things peaceful. here's tonight's prime time lineup. catch "boy band" followed at 9:00 "battle of the network stars," "the gong show,"" and news. >> that does it for us. i'm chrkristen sze. >> we hope to see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.

this is the "jeopardy!" college championship. here are today's contestants -- a senior at lehigh university from oley, pennsylvania... a freshman at nyu from wilmington, delaware... and a senior at lawrence university from racine, wisconsin... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. what a wonderful week this is turning out to be. i get to spend each day in the company of some very bright, personable, young college students. today, we feature corey, mohan, and allison. i'll wish all of you good luck and put you to work now in the jeopardy! round...

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