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wo lonight people around the ife a rl and legacy of the man who built the playboy empire. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. hugh hefner died peacefully tonight at the playboy mansion. tonight, people are beginning to leave flowers and other tributes. >> abc 7 news reporter lillian kim is here with more on hefner's remarkable life. lily? >> dan and kr n,diised at the age of 91, one the faces of the sexual revolution, built an empire and leaves behind a lasting legacy. hugh hefner hosted wild parties at his mansion in his trademark robe and pajamas, surrounded by a harem of young women. >> makes for a good party. >> reporter: for hefner, the party started in 1953 in chicago, with the first issue of "playboy" magazine. it featured a nude photo of marilyn monroe and was an instant success.

the magazine led to tv shows and an entire playboyempire. there were clubs with waitresses wearing revealing costumes. >> playboy exploits sex likes "sports illustrated" expitttdan profits to the playboy clubs dropped. by 1988, hefner had turned over control of the still profitable magazine to his daughter. from that point on hefner married, had two sons, tot gn a string of girlfriends and a reality tv show, hefner got married >> the women i was attracted to have not changed. >> reporter: as for hefner's legacy, we asked the daughter of the playboy kco-founder. >> he was much more open. true to his own feelings. >> reporter: asked once what he was most proud of, hefner said having changed america's

attitude towards sex. abc 7 news. tonight celebrities are sharing their thoughts on hefner's death. simmons tweeted, a great man, entrepreneur and innovator. your legacy lives on. much more reaction to hefner's death on our website abc7news.com. we have a page, keeping track of celebrities sharing their memories of the playboy founder tonight. developing news from yosemite where a giant chunk of rock fell off of el capitan. at least 30 climbers were on the wall when the rock fell around 2:00 this afternoon. it appeared to be from the popular waterfall route. one man who has climbed el capitan a dozen times said he's never seen anything like it. >> i saw a piece of rock, white granity the size of an ilt apartme nt100 feet by 100 feet suddenly just come peeling off the wall with no

warning. >> el capitan is 3,000 vertical feet of sheer rocket granite. people from around the world travel to yosemite to scale it. a deadly officer involved shooting shut down i-80 west eight hours today.idge for abou- tonight, police are asking for anyone who saw the shooting to come forward with what they know. abc 7 news rteeputis is live with the latest developments. katy? >> reporter: police say that the shooting all began with a homicide case out of fairfield. and the video we're about to show you is crucial evidence along with other videos that police are asking people to bring forward. police are interviewing more than 40 morning commuters who witnessed a deadly officer involved shooting. they were stopped in both directions around 9:00. one driver recorded this video, as officers fmro and richmond police departments shot a man suspected in a 2015

killing. since the shooting happened in emoryville, that department is the lead investigating agency. >> if you look at the video that's available on social media, it looks like he has a weapon in his hand. >> reporter: the initial homicide case is out of fairfield. richmond police tried to pull the suspect over this morning. he sped away. so chp deployed a spike strip befohe tre ac mmaze. >> it had flat tires, so it was starting to lose the tires. then the traffic stopped. eporter: officers talked with the drive rr on the phone before he got out. >> what i do know when he exited the vehicle, he did fire a shot at our officers. >> we're still trying to determine which officers were involved in the shooting, and how many. >> reporter: east 80 reopened around 11:00. but westbound remained closed until 5:00 in the evening. they'll release the name of man involved once his next of kin has been notified. abc 7 news.

another commute issue in san francisco where the fremont street from westbound 80 was shut down for hours. an ac transit bus driver lost control, hit another bus, then drove onto the sidewalk and into a building under construction. four people were taken to the hospital with . surveillance photos could be key in capturing a driver who ran down a 3-year-old child in richmond and then drove away. the child is in critical condition right now. you see the pictures here showing the red smart car involved. police say the boy was hit after he slipped away from his mom who was trying to put him into their car. sky map 7 shows us where it happened on mcdonald avenue and 27th street around 11:30 this morning. bay area residents from puerto rico arean asking for yo. one week after hurricane maria hit, people in puerto rico are in desperate need of food and water. it's really dire.

most are still without electricity. local puerto ricans formed a group, holding a donation drive this saturday at jam down in oakland to support hurricane maria victims. >> you see the people in the streets, writing signs on their roofs, saying, help, or sos. it's jusheartbreaking. >> the group is asking for donations of basic necessities, including b cedanotned food and diapers. a growing food between the president and mark zuckerburg, after he fired off a targeted tweet this morning and zuckerberg responded. fbs katie mar vul lo. >> reporter: president trump se tedem foight with facebook. claiming facebook was anti-trump. >> this is trump's m.o. start a dumpster fire somewhere else. the dumpster fire is now at facebook today.

>> reporter: aeaes r hoohrcver he's not surprised by the president's tweet, he is surprised facebook fouer nd zuckerberg took the bait. he posted his response, liberals say we help trump. both sides are upset about ideas thd content they don't . akeli platform for all ideas looks like. facebook is no longer just a social network. >> 2016 election became a forum for politics. i think zuckerberg needs to explain a little bit more how facebook fits into the scheme of things. >> reporter: mark zuckerberg announced he's turning over more than 3,000 political ads to investigators after he found they were linked to russia. abc news recovered some of the ads from a group called secured borders. the ads are pro-trump and anti-illegal ion.timmigra katie marzullo, abc 7 news. next at 11:00, a russian journalist now in the bay area has fascinating insight into our

election and russia's involvement. >> dan is here with a preview. there's even more to it than that. death or prison. you're going to want to hear what she said. why being sent back to russia could cost herr life. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. a shift in the wind is going to bring a big change in our weather. find out what's ahead for your weekend coming up. all that's coming . but first here's what'sup aheadn "jimmy kimmel live!" here tonight. >> we have a totally combustible show tonight. >> three, two, one.

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. a russian journalist is working out of an oakland loft while she seeks asylum in the u.s. because she fears for her life back home. >> she has keen insight into the controversies making headlines. dan noyes is here now with the interview. >> this journalist has been tracking how russia tried to exert influence in countries around the world and right here in america.

33-year-old kiralova tells me she fears for her life if she returns home. if you went back would happen? death or prison? last year her colleague was found dead of a gunshot wound, and hours later, an in-depth article about his death appeared in russian media. too quickly, she said. >> if my people knewbo aut his death, [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: the article also contained a threat and named kasinia. >> reporter: she is here with her husband, a software programmer, continuing her reporting out of an oakland

loft. she's an expert on russian influence around the world, and she analyzed the american presidential race closely. >> reporter: she says russia didn't expect to change the results in the election, but wanted to damage what would be a hillary clinton presidency as much as possible. >> reporter: just last week president trump dismissed russian influence in the election. >> i call it the russian hoax. epte spr:ent $100,000 on facebook ad during the election and as abc news reported tonight, t hefavored donald trump. she said no one could do that without vladimir putin's knowledge and approval. >> it's impossible the government is not involved in such operations. because al measures in russia under government control. >> don't worry, be happy. >> reporter: putin tried to

downplay hacking of democratic saying it mmittee e-mails must russian patriots working on their own. >> in russia, it's impossible to do such things without government control. >> reporter: as the investigations into all these issues play out, she worries about america's standing, saying our image is being tarnished around the world. >> how americans >> i asked her if she's concerned about her chances for asylum. discussing russian influence in the campaign. she said, no, after all, this isn't russia. >> good point. the government may help her. interestg to talk with her. >> it really was. >> thanks, dan. right now, you definitely notice even now it's still pretty warm outside.

>> meteorologist sandhya patel is tracking the temperatu us tonight. >> re fyesah, danor and kristen not going to feel warm by morning, that's for sure. we'll talk about why you're going to notice the changes. right now, most of the fog is still off the coastline, but as i show you a wider image, i want to show you why we're going to see some fog rolling in. you see the system that is approaching. that's actually going to switch our wind direction. so believe it or not, the wind is going to come off the ocean, and that's going to bring the cooler air in. it was anything but cool today. take a look at the highs for this afternoon. they range from 80s along the coast to the 90s in our inland areas. really a warm day no matter where you were. in san francisco.and, 87. really, as w85e head towards tomorrow, we're going to continue to see the wind coming off the ocean. so last couple of days in the hills, the wind has been out of the north-northeast, including today, which is why wemear w da.

but that is already starting to switch. and so by morning, it is going to feel better. fo'srerehecast. as you take a look at the planner, tomorrow morning fog near the beaches. by the afternoon, it's pretty mild. low 60s to the upper 70s. as we head into 3:00, cooler, breezy. you will notice and feel the difference. if it's been too dry, your sinuses have been suffering, your hands are too y,dr coming hang in there. you can see how beautiful san francisco looks tonight. another live picture from our mount tam camera in the city by the bay. here are your temperatures. ithts now in san francisco. still pretty warm. but you look at half moon bay and it's 55 degrees. east bay hills camera, looking back across the bay. fog along the coast for the tomorrow.mmute. it is back to average this upcoming weekend. check out your morning commute planner. if you driving, watch out for foggy spots along the coastline.

light chop if you're taking the ferry across the bay. fair, comfortable weather for you tomorrow morning. 5:00 a.m., a few patches of fog as we head toward 8:00 a.m., the fog begins to expand along the coastline. the rest of you will see sunshine and warm weather inland but not so much alo the coast. first thing inng the morning, l 50s to low 60s as we head to the afternoon hours. still the type of need the extra hydration in the south bay. 86 redwood city. 88 loss altos. coast dropping a good ten degrees with the fog rolling in. 77 downtown san francisco. north bay, temperatures in the 60s through the 80s for most of you. 86 santa rosa. inland spots, still warm.

90 in livermore and concord. here's the seven-day forecast. cooling begins, upper 60s to low 90s. 84 for the warmest spots. that's going to feel better if you don't like the warm pattern. for the weekend, mid-60s to mid-80s. check out the changes and by tuesday and wednesday, we'll be seeing only low 80s. below normal conditions, dan and like it. all of it. it is going to be a nice change of pace. hey, a lot going on in sports. coming up next at 11:00, clear night in the skies. a special sight here in the bay area. >> this moving light i

did you see something unusual in the sky tonight? >> oh, yeah, that bright light captured by our emoryville camera isstat aion.ua it moves faster than a plane, but does not flash. >> astronomers tell us tonight's viewing was particularly good due to clear conditions. >> we don't usually notice. >> that's cool. all right. a lot of cool stuff going on in

sports. >> they're here. dan's the smart one. giants and a's have their games ended in walk-offs this afternoon. only one team enjoyed pie time.

good evening. nat cain has seen the best of times and worst of times as a giants. he worked his way up, became an ace, ended up being part of three world series titles. then elbow surgery really hasn't been the same since. retirement is looming at age 32. cainak m oesn saturday. cain and giants in arizona today. jeff was on the hill. bottom of the fifth. jeff lamb solo bombed to right. the battle for the ball. i got it! all right? no, no, i got it. it's loose! one dude is hobbling there. oh, down he goes! they're diving! he's got it.

the guy with the glove. bottom ninth, bases ld.deoa walks david peralta forcing in the winning run. dbacks win 4-3. 5-3 a's in the eighth. high and deep. aloha! off chris hatcher. tied at 5. bottom nine here. mark hannah at the plate. drive home safely. a's win it 6-5. you know what's coming. it's pie time. kristen wanted to know what flavor. it's shaving cream, sorry. and water and gatorade. how about football. earthquakes hosting the fire.pof implications in this game. 39th minute here. the header! 3-0 fire in the 64th minute. off the top of the crossbar.

nikolich goes intohe goal itself. 4-1. we wondered how the man who started the protests during tr. where's colin kaepernick? you know who else is wondering? thas terrible.wat just kind of capitalizing on th nonsense. if you don't have kap front and center on that, something's wrong. at the end of the day, that stuff doesn't really matter. it's your message and highlighting the people doing the right things. >> awesome gesture by texans rookie quarterback deshawn watson. >> i wanted to give my first game check to y'all to help y'all out some type of way. here youo. g >> thank you. >> no problem. >> that game check was $2000. given to three cafeteria workers

in houston at the stadium who lost everything in hurricane harvey. deshawn watson, i'm rooting for you. beautiful gesture. >> his first check as a pro. >> he's paying it forward. the rest of the story, years ago warrick dunn who played for tampa bay, he started a foundation like habitat for humanity. so he gave a house to deshawn watson's family. and so he learned from warrick dunn what it means to be a pro athlete and give back to the community. here he is years later doing the exact same thing. it is a great story. >> that won't be his last check, i'm sure. abc 7 news continues online,