now from abc 7, live breaking news. and that breaking news is in san jose where a construction worker has been hurt byecicaloc. od m alexis smith, kristen will be in later today. it happened this morning on a work site near the boulevard and norwalk drive. abc 7 news reporter david louis arrived on the scene and joins us live with what we're warning. >> reporter: we have good news for you. this accident happened about an hour ago in which a construction crew digging a line underground line for delay cables accidentally struck apparently an electrical wire. one worker was shocked and sent to the hospital. but right behind us here, we see two gentlemen with baseball caps on with green windbreakers on,

one of them was also trapped inside what they call a ditch witch. that's one of those machines they use to dig the tunnel -- the trenches to lay cables. he was trapped inside his vehicle because of the danger of further shock if he got out of that vehicle incorrectly. as you know, and there is a live wire on the ground energized, there is electrical electromagnetic fields which radiates from where the power is emanating. they are starting to lift the tape so they have apparently neutralized the power source, turning off the power so the shock is no longer a viable possibility. but, one person as we say already has been sent to the hospital, another one has just been taken off his rig now that the power has been turned off. this happened at the intersection of kylie and saratoga avenue in san jose. and we will continue to stay on top of this story and provide you any updates as they happen. live in san jose, david louis, abc 7 news.

>> thanks, david. and now to our other top stories with developing news in puerto rico, now under a state of emergency, being slammed by hurricane maria. the monster category 4 storm is now blamed for at least nine deaths. and that number is expected to climb. hurricane maria made land fall early this morning as millions who were unable to evacuate, hunkered down in terrifying conditions. take a listen to the powerful wind gusts. this video was taken in san juan, the big problem now is flooding. let's check in with mike nico in the weather center who's tracking maria's path and what to expect next, hey mike. >> hi everybody. color coded this back here. i want to show you what's going on as far as the flooding. these are all of the flood gauges. the purple is the worst, that's the major flooding, the red is moderate flooding, the orange is minor flooding, 15 to 20 gauges flooded, look at this latest

one, now we've got about 19 of those 27 gauges showing flooding happening right now. and as the winds do calm as maria starts to leave, the flooding is going to be around for several more hours as the rain will continue and the mountainous nature of that will continue to funnel that wet weather and all of that rain into those valleys and cause more flooding. here's a look at the fastest switch, you can see over the western two-thirds of the country, it's down to a three, it may reenergize or regenerate into a 4 by friday morning as it slams the turks and caicos, good news for the mainland, looks like it's going to miss us right now, alexis. >> hurricane maria is packing monster wind gusts. the entire island of puerto rico is without power. abc 7 news senior meteorologist rob marciano is in san juan with the situation on the ground. >> reporter: hurricane maria making land fall in the southeastern tip of puerto rico

early this morning and carving right across the island. winds gusting over 110 miles an hour, experiencing now the eye wall of this storm. incredible storm surge, incredible waves that are pounding this shoreline and debris litters the street of san juan. power is out. phone lines for the most part are down. so tough to say what's been going on on the other parts of the island. the damage, especially in the southeast is substantial. it's about 10,000 people checking into shelters last night, about 500 open. so it seems like a low number considering how many people are in harm's way. hurricane maria, category four, full force of it right now in puerto rico. abc news, san juan, puerto rico. new developments in the frantic search for survivors after that massive earthquake in mexico. the death toll is climbing, 225 now confirmed dead. including at least 21 school children and four teachers. officials say they got trapped

when their building collapsed. president nieto visited the school overnight. the 7.1 magnitude quake struck about 75 miles outside mexico city yesterday. and this morning, rescue workers are still scrambling to find the missing. speaking at the u.n. this morning, vice president mike pence offered his condolences to mexico. >> even now as first responders and families seek to save the loss and find those that are injured. >> we just lost a building. mexico city. >> hampering the rescue efforts, even more is the fact that there is no electricity in much of mexico city. flights are still running between sfo and mexico city today. some travelers experienced the earthquake before taking off. others are hoping to help once they arrive. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at sfo with more. >> reporter: alexis, people behind me are checking in for a

1:35 flight to mexico city making sure they get on a plane today. yesterday, a lot of problems. of course mexico city is popular destination from the bay area, several flights leaving this afternoon from sfo, no one knows exactly what they'll find when they get there. joe is finally homelanding around 9:00 a.m. after spending the night in mexico city's airport. >> it was pretty terrifying at the beginning. it seemed to last forever. >> reporter: yesterday the san francisco resident and wife were putting their bags through security when the massive quake hit. >> and i thought like in mexico city, they're used to these types of things. people started screaming, running. so that sort of freaked me out more. >> reporter: jose and his wife and kids were with family in mexico city yesterday. >> the moving was like this and up and down. >> reporter: they were packing to return home to the bay area, when the quake hit, chaos. >> we just don't know what to do. we started downstairs, and fortunately the building stayed. >> reporter: while some are

returning, others are leaving sfo for mexico city, alex flies back to reality today. her family letting her know what was happening in her hometown. >> everything was in traffic. most of the people were trying to look for their kids, the children, everyone was at work and school. so, so there was chaos, you know. >> reporter: this doctor lives here in the bay area and was planning on mexico city to be a vacation, doesn't know what to expect now. >> we've seen all the schools that hubndhe hospitals and the doctors. maybe when i arrive home i will get all of my stuff and go help the people. >> reporter: mexico city's airport is still feeling the effects of the earthquake. there are several dozen delays and about 20 cancellations. reporting live at sfo, matt keller, abc 7 news. new developments about that racist graffiti found at middle school campus earlier this week.

one group of people responded with shock and anger and took that outrage to the street corner this morning. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield was there. >> reporter: a loving message greeted students as they arrived at castro valley middle school this morning. a group of citizens who organized through a facebook post stood on the corner and took a stance against hate. >> i think the big message is that we care and we to ant make sure that people feel accepted and that hate isn't going to stand. >> reporter: they're responding to racist graffiti found written on a school truck in black marker. the demonstration on the street corner was comforting to parents as they dropped off their kids. >> it was nice to see that their support and people are not accepting the racial and hateful words that were on that van. >> reporter: the superintendent is asking campuses to be vigilant and if people see something, they need to say something. she thinks another layer of security will also help keep this from happening again.

>> we have installed new cameras at some of our sites already and we're in the process of doing that. at all of our sites. it's a part of our measure g bond. >> reporter: as they fight to prevent this from happening again, there is an overall feeling of disbelief that this happened here. >> i haven't personally experienced it and i've been here now for about eight years. it was surprising to hear about it. and a little disheartening. >> reporter: the sheriff's office is treating what happened here as a hate crime. they haven't made any arrests, but say they are going to increase their patrols around campuses near castro valley. in castro valley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. jimmy kimmel takes aim at a republican senator over the race to repeal obamacare. how that senator is now responding. then, a san francisco start-up aims to take business to the next level. how airbnb is going from rentals to restaurants. and did you see the street behind amy there? wet, one of those random showers

that's in the forecast for today. look at live doppler 7, i'm tracking our next storm that's going to bring us that chance of showers and windy, it's one wild and crazy chase video. >> i love it. >> wow. >> that was convenient. >> next "right this minute."

new this morning, jake lamatta, the boxing champ whose life was depicted in the film "raging bull" died at the age of 95. he was known as the bronx bull during his fighting days. boxing fans will remember him

handing sugar ray robinson his first defeat and beaten by robinson in what was known as the st. valentine's day massacre. it was based on his memoir. he died from complications of pneumonia. bill cassidy is responding to jimmy kimmel after the late senator for his efforts to repeal obamacare. >> these were his words, he said he wants coverage for all, no discrimination based on preexisting conditions, lower premiums for middle class families and no lifetime caps. and guess what, the new bill, does none of those things. >> kimmel argued last night that republican proposal doesn't match promises cassidy made during an appearance earlier this year. you may remember kimmel made an emotional plea after announcing his newborn son needed life-saving heart surgery. morning, cassidy responded. >> i'm sorry he does not understand, under heller johnson, more people will have

coverage. >> cassidy add everybody fears change, even if it's from something worse to something better. now to your money -- morning money report i should say. amazon is apologizing for a glitch that left people confused. you may have received the e-mail notifying you that someone bought you an item off a registry that you didn't have. it was addressed to amazon customer. many thought it was a scam. amazon says it was just a technical glitch. airbnb is looking at t t it's next step toward becoming a full service booking company like priceline or exmedia and airbnb users can access 650 restaurants across the u.s. through the app. it's possible because if airbnb's ownership of restaurant booking app who which bought for $13 million last year.

comes after a small test after a test in san francisco. it is a condition that affects millions of women who suffer in silence, but now a public figure is going public with her private battle. the story, coming up. and a live look outside at santa cruz right now. beach is looking great today and mike nico is coming up with today's accuweather forecast. abc 7 is celebrating hispanic heritage month on instagram every day. a local gardening business owner and father of two was inspired by seeing his son graduate from uc berkeley. he turns the inspiration into the gardeners foundation which for the past 11 years has been handing out scholarships to low income students. each scholarship is meant to help the students achieve the goal of pursuing higher education. you can learn more about the story on the abc 7 news ba

now your accuweather forecast with mike nico. >> how about a picture of sfo, mixture of sunshine and clouds and haven't budged at all. still averaging about an hour and a half there. clouds and sunshine, random showers. first acuwhether highlight, probably not going to need the umbrella. autumn breezes later today through friday, and then it's going to get warm to even hot next week. can't stay like this forever, it's a little cooler than average. here's the cool front. unfortunately leaving the moisture behind it and that's why we're going to have just random showers with the breezes are that going to come in. see those wave clouds right

there. that's because the jet is running about 125 milings per hour. develop around 1:00 in the south of the bay bridge about 3:00 north of the bay bridge unless they go through tomorrow, the small craft advisory, in fact they'll be reissued again tomorrow afternoon. same thing at the coast where they go through 9:00, probably be reissued again for friday. so it's going to be a little choppy to be on the waters. now here's a look at some of the light showers you could see up around lake and the county. trying to push into northern sonoma county, random? yeah, green blotches there, that was about it by 7:00. then we'll turn our attention to the ocean where overnight, that's where we'll have the best chance of showers. we'll wake up tomorrow morning to clearing conditions and much cooler air. might to want close the window tonight before bed. all right. two-game series real quick. 12:45 first pitch with the rockies and giants, 64, dropping down to 65. it will be breezy, you will need the sunglasses from time to time. the breezes are also kicking a

northwest swell. you can get those swells up to six, ten feet. and large shore breaks through 8:00 tomorrow. highs at 65 at the coast. about 69 in the bay. about 70 to 76 elsewhere. you can see right here in the 12 hour day planner. we'll be breezy at 4:00 and 8:00. the winds will chase away the moisture that's needed for the showers there and temperatures tonight will be in the mid-40s in the north bay valleys to the mid-50s elsewhere, same type of temperatures, maybe even cooler low 40s to low 50s friday morning, and then we'll rebound a little bit friday as the winds won't be quite as cool. and then we're back to average with a lighter wind saturday. a little bit warmer than average sunday, check out the 70s at the coast. 80s around the bay and the 90s inland, nothing too hot. definitely going to be a change for the next couple of days. >> i have my orange on, i'm all about the fall weather.

>> blend in. >> yeah, exactly. all right, thanks. new this morning, first daughter ivanka trump is making headlines going public about her struggle with post partum depression. she says she suffered after the birth of each three kids. as amy robach explaining it hits home. >> reporter: personal revelation from first daughter ivanka trump. >> with each of my three children, i had some level of post partum -- >> post partum -- >> depression. >> the 35-year-old mother of three opens up for the first time about experiencing post partum depression on an upcoming episode of the dr. oz show. >> it was challenging because i felt like i was not living up to my potential as a parent. or as an entrepreneur and as an executive. and i had had such easy pregnancies that in some way, the juxtaposition hit me even harder. >> reporter: trump's role as an

unpaid senior advisor in the white house has come under scrutiny. she spoke about the challenging all new moms face. >> we want to be mothers. we want to be sisters. but the goal is to change this narrative. and to be a part of it. >> reporter: experiencing post partum can make going back to work even harder. and with one in seven women suffering from it, trump says it's time to take her private struggle into the publics sphere. >> it's incredibly important. and look, i consider myself a very hard-charging person. i am ambitious. i'm passionate. i'm drichven, but this is something that affects parents all over the country. >> doctors say post partum depression is often not preventable, but it is manageable if you know the signs to watch for. they include, depressed mood, severe mood swings, excessive crying, difficulty bonding with your baby, and a change in appetite. if you experience any of these, call your ob-gyn right away.

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