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old long valley road. >> abc7 has more from lake county on the latest battle with the flames. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon. we're in spring valley where i can tell you not everyone is obeying evacuation orders, even though the fire is very close. take a look over my shoulder. that is relatively new. the fires picked up, there were a lot of residents who packed up today. there are protestant of diehards still watching this unpredictable blaze. from relative calm to a billowing threat and every element a surprise. >> one minute it's fine. the next empminute, it's like l, help us. >> reporter: sandra clark, the woman behind the register at the pantry of clear lake oaks new york stock exchange the past few days, she's -- oaks. if the past few days, she's seen the pawnee fire burn within 50 yards of her store. today a watch party as locals waited to see which way the wind
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would drive it today. >> i hate to say we're almost used to it. >> reporter: this is the fourth straight year fire has raged through lake county, destroying homes, structures, and scorching tens of thousands of acres. cal fire estimated the blaze at 8,200 acres this morning and counting. they are not encouraged by the start of the fire season. >> the numbers and statistics are lining up similar to last year and what we've seen up to this point is similar to last year. >> reporter: that was california's worst, most destructive season ever as more residents evacuated today. others insisted on staying put, even with flames close enough to see and to hear. why did you wait so long? >> because people will loot and steal. >> reporter: as if to punctuate that concern, lakeport police made an arrest this afternoon. they describe a suspected looter with a loaded semiautomatic and marijuana. he'd been driving through an evacuated neighborhood. >> it's sad, you know. the firefighters have tried to get by, everybody's working
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hard. people like this are -- doing this kind of stuff. >> reporter: as we join you live, that's the same spot we were showing you a few minutes ago. more flames, a few hundred yards away. just in the time since we we go, ey'veopd up. lakeport police tell us the suspect involved had no identification, that he didn't say much. they say his weapon was fully loaded. we'll have more on the dynamic situation in an hour. live in lake county, abc7 news. >> thank you. let's check in with spencer christian now for a closer look at the conditions in the area where that fire's burning now. >> spencer? >> okay, alma and dan, it's warm and dry. of course the winds are complicating the firefighting effort. current conditions, 89 degrees near the fire. 18% relative humidity. that's dangerously low. wind is mainly out of the west/northwest at 11 miles per hour, but gusting to just over 20 miles per hour now. looking at the wind gust
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forecast animation, you see that during the overnight hours, the gusts will diminish significantly. in fact, during the early morning hours, we'll have wind speeds of under five miles per hour. late in the day tomorrow and into the evening wd will increase again. here's what we can expect for the remainder of this week. generally daytime highs in the upper 80s to near 90. at the end of the week, it will get even warmer. weather conditions are not going to be helpful to the fire-fighting effort later in the week. daytime humidity, 15% to 30%. remaining dangerously low. wind 10 to 25 miles per hour. the only relief comes during the overnight when generally wind will diminish and the humidity will rise. all week long, it's going to be a tough fire-fighting effort in terms of weather conditions. dan? >> sure looks like it. thank you very much. stay with abc7news.com and our app for team coverage of the pawnee fire. you can find more information on the fire zone and evacuations, as well as the latest breaking news. in shasta county, firefighters are battling the creek fire west of redding.
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mandatory evacuations remain in place. local authorities are searching for an arson suspect. authorities say the creek fire is a combination of five separate fires. they have burned 1,300 acres and are 30% contained so far. shasta county sheriff's deputies are searching for a tan, maybe a gold minivan connected with the person suspected of starting the fires. a sonoma county deputy can be tried in the 2013 shooting death of andy lopez. today the supreme court denied an appeal by county officials who wanted immunity in the civil case. the deputy shot and killed lopez as he walked along the street carrying a plastic pellet gun that looked like an ak-47. the case will go back to u.s. district court in oakland for trial. lopez's family is suing gelhouse and the county, accusing the deputy of using excessive force. you have probably heard the expression "the devil is in the details." it may be particularly true in san jose. the person whose job it is to
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monitor the police is under fire over statistics in the city's annual report. now as abc7 explains, more than half of the city's police force wants him fired. >> reporter: this hand-delivered letter is unprecedented, signed by more than 500 officers calling for the removal of san jose's independent police auditor, aaron ziser. the firestorm was touched off by the report reviewing arrests, officer-involved shootings, and other metrics used to evaluate the performance of san jose police. use of force percentages were given in no raw data as was done previously. >> it was a percent angel -- percentage. not a handful, not 100, under 10. it skewed it to make it look like there was a problem in regard to use of force. >> reporter: the mayor raised questions about the data when the report was presented to council last month. the independent police auditor acknowledged the flaw.
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>> i think the criticism is fair. i think the use of statistics rather than -- percentages rather than numbers, i can seem. >> reporter: the police officers association believes ziser's conduct rises to the level of misconduct. he disagrees. in a phone interview with abc7 news, he said a revised report should address the credit. is. >> i immediately committed to making the changes, and i've done so. worked closely with the chief and his office to understand the concerns so that our changes were responsive. >> reporter: noting that zisser has made a revision, the mayor says that he and the council will discuss at tuesday's meeting whether any further action is needed. in san jose, david louie, abc7 news. >> thank you. aaron zisser is a former civil rights attorney and became san jose's independent police officer last fall. petaluma employs are investigating the -- police are
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investigating the death of a man shot at a ranch on lakeville highway at a cock fight. one person shot him, maybe two. his nareleased. the bishop overseeing leadership moves is responding to fallout today. bishop mirnerva carcagno says s current pastors are being reassigned, not removed. the bishop started an assessment of the church and foundation after what she says is a, quote, lack of an appropriate government structure and the lack of financial transparency. the mayor-elected attended a rally and made comments supporting the rally. the bishop says those comments were not helpful and may have violated the principles of the separation of church and stat. just ahead, the crisis on the border. >> they are in cells, and they are in cages. the first place that we visited had nothing on thers t boet a firsthand
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look at what's happening. she'll join us in a few minutes. plus, the big change for some commuters in san francisco. the project underway right now that's going to have an effect for months. and a reu-- reunion decades in the making. a consecentration camp survivor meets the man who helped liberate him years ago. we'll look at the san francisco skyway this monday, cars coming toward you are trying to get on to the bay bridge. not too bad that direction. a little slow the i'm trying to manage my a1c,
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administration's zero-tolerance policy toward immigrant families. >> this after the president ordered an end to the separation of parents and children who crossed the southern border. adding to confusion, the comment came shortly after attorney general jeff sessions defended the administration's tactics in a speech in nevada. >> now abc7's cheryl jennings just returned from texas after following two stories. the congressional investigation and the local group raising donations to help undocumented immigrants. >> she joins us now with more. >> it's a trip that was unforgettable, as you can imagine. >> quite an experience. >> yeah. the women i followed, they were invited, we were invited to join them, a journey of a dynamic group of volunteers who banded together and did something extraordinary in less than 72 hours with a facebook campaign, asking for donations. they were inspired by congresswoman jackie spears' decision to visit the border detention facilities. [ chants ] demonstrators put themselves in harm's way trying to stop a bus filled with what they say were
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migrant families and children abut to be moved. >> they are in cells, and they are in cages. the first place we visited had nothing on the floors, they were small children, many of them under the age of 5, who were segregated from their parents and were crying. >> reporter: earlier in the day, 25 democratic members of congress came to mccallen, texas, to investigate the housing facilities with children separated from their undocumented parents. >> happy people -- >> reporter: trump reversed his stance on separating families with an executive order, but the fate of thousands of undocumented children is still not known. >> frankly, we want to go in that building and hug those children. but we know that that's not possible. >> reporter: we travelled with lily ray and her bay area humanitarian group. they raised 1,000 pounds of sloeths and toys to don't -- clothes and toys to donate to migrant children in mccallen,
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they have their own slogan -- >> "i want my mommy" became the favorite. who doesn't understand that? in any language. every child deserves that. >> reporter: some of the mommy volunteers were with us as we met a mom and son from honduras at the bus station near the detention center. they had just been released from three days at the facility. did you get to stay with your son? >> translator: thank god the new law was in place because if not, we would have been separated. >> reporter: they left honduras to get away from violence. they were hospitaled by the "i want my mommy" group before going to stay with a relative. >> it was such a good feeling. thank you to everybody who helped put us in this position that we were able to come here and feel good about this. >> it was nice to see their story come full circle. i talked to a volunteer with the "i want my mommy" facebook campaign. she said they're going to continue to raise donations and plan to facetime with
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congressman jackie spear to see what the next step is for the charity. i'm losing my voice because it was so windy in texas. i apologize for that. -- receiv group from another bay area group, they demonstrated with the jewish council, and the family counseling department at state. the message is, how we treat others says a lot about who we are and now is the time to speak out. >> very fascinating. what a trip. what about the local help in the area there once the detainees have been released? >> it's interesting because it's two blocks from the detention center. and the folks don't have anything to their name. as you saw, they have a shopping bag and that's it. there is the shelter which is a couple blocks away, catholic charities helps from 25 to 200 immigrants. it offers them a hot pemeal and
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clean clothes like those brought by the group. they talk about medical needs for the folks and give them a placard in english so they can take it on the bus ride to their next destination. says "i don't speak english, what bus do i take?" that's -- amazing. the woman who runs the program is sister norma. she was actually honored by pope francis in 2015. she is his favorite american nun. >> wow. >> i know people here, it's emotion emotional, this issue. >> incredible. >> on all sides. and we're hearing a lot of reaction to the reports. tell us a little about that. >> yeah. on social media, it's interesting because people are passionate about this and angry and vocal. many are upset with me just for covering the story because they're so anti-immigration. others, as you saw, are asking for ways to help. we have links with information. whether you support or oppose what's happening, we'll show all that. we have links that we'll put on the screen for you. >> great work. >> yeah. >> and also we want to let you
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know, if you want to contact your congressperson about this issue, we have a link for you to do that, as well. >peect. thank you very much. please go to our website. if you know someone who is having an immigration issue, you can take action and find an ally at abc7news.com/takeaction, click the "human rights" section. the case of the ghost ship fire was back in court. the attorney for derick almena says a deal is closer than it was last week. >> we have more from the superior courthouse in oakland with the latest on the story. laura? >> reporter: dan, this was one of several hearings leading up to the start of the trial set for july 16th. this hearing lasted about 90 minutes. most of it behind closed doors. the two defendants in this case, derick almena and max harris, for the most part, were behind their own closed door outside of
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the courtroom as the attorneys for both met privately with the judge. thisness was an effort, we tol come to some sort oflution, that is a plea -- of resolution, that is a plea bargain. last week there was a similar hearing. we're told at that point the two sides were very far parkapart. this time, the lead attorney for derick almena, talked to reporters after coming out of the courtroom. this is what he had to say -- >> i've always believed 100% that this will be a jury trial and that we will be going to trial as scheduled on july 16th. but lastimre apart. this tim difficuio e preparing for trial and want to take advantage of the opportunity that if we do go to
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trial, we are going to make this the toughest case to try in history for the prosecution. >> reporter: now last week, the abc7 news i-team reported that almena declined an offer of 18 years in prison. both men are charged with 36 counts of january vinvol -- of involuntary manslaughter for the deaths at the ghost ship in 2016. at this point attorneys say they want much less than that. you heard the attorney for max harris. he is telling us that he believes his client should serve no jail time in this case. of course, both men have been in jail here in alameda county for more than a year. again, thinking that things might be closer, another hearing is set for now this friday at 2:00. we'll see what happens. live inony, abc7 news. >> thank you.
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once again, we are watching fire conditions on the fire lines in lake county closely. >> yes. spencer christian has the latest. >> that's right, it's very hot up north, the wind has continued to be a problem for firefighters. the humidity is dangerously low. that pattern will be with us all week, i'm sorry to say. here's live doppler 7. here in the immediate bay area, sunny skies over the bay and inland, just a couple of little patches of fog developing along the coastline now. that will expand into the evening hours. folks enjoying the late afternoon sun at the beach. 63 in san francisco. 68 across the bay in oakland. 73 at mountainview. 75 at gilroy. and emeryville, the low clouds and fog about to move over san francisco. it's 71 in santa rosa this hour. napa, 69. 77 at novato. 81 at concord. 81 at livermore. from the rooftop camera, you see howadero. we're under blue skies so far. these are the forecast features.
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foggy near the coast and bay overnight. seasonal pattern the next few days. there will be another big warmup at the end of the week. so it will be getting hot again. right now, surface wind is generally blowing at speeds between 12 and 22 miles per hour. so quite breezy all around the bay area, not just on the coastline. let's start the wind gust animation 7:00 tomorrow. most locations around the bay and inland will have wind speeds at about five miles per hour or lower. it will be breezier on the coast. as we get later into the day and into the evening hours tomorrow, the wind will increase once again. that has been typical pattern the last few weeks. overnight, look for that increase of low clouds and fog that i mentioned near the coast. pushing locally out over the bay. overnight lows mainly in the low to mid 50s. tomorrow, here's your 12-hour day planner. we'll start the day with lingering low clouds. skies will get brighter as noon approaches, going into the afternoon hours, sunny skies, breezy conditions, highs ranging from about 60 at the coast to upper 80s inland.
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then temperatures will taper off a little going into the evening hours tomorrow. high temperatures more specifically tomorrow, 85 at santa rosa. 92 at cloverdale. east bay, 5 con -- 85 concord. south bay, look for mainly low to mid 80s. and here's a look at the accu-weather seven-day forecast. steady pattern through the middle of the week will reflect the typical seasonal range of temperatures, mainly mid to upper 80s in the inland areas. mid to upper 70s around the bay. and about 60 on the coast. a sharp warmup will develop on friday. by saturday, we'll be looking at inland highs in the upper 90s. do i hear 100, do i hear 100? >> i'll see your 90s and raise you. >> there you go. temperatures will be rising for sure. >> okay. thanks. here's a question -- do you have enough money in case of an emergency? the surprising amount of people who don't. 7 on your side with tips coming up. plus -- >> i get on the phone, hello? he's like, what's up?
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warriors first-round draft pick jacob evans said he was shocked to be selected by what he calls the greatest nba team in history. he met the media in his first news conference as a member of the warriors. he was selected last week 28th overall out of cincinnati. the 21-year-old is 6'6", he can play guard and forward. evans says he knows a lot is expected of him. >> i get on the phone, hello. and he's like, what's up? >> of course it was draymond. >> he's just -- he's saying how excited they are for me to get here, and he's going to be on my butt from day one. >> evans credits his mother for his accomplishments. anesthesia evans raised three kids on her own.
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she worked 12-hour days as the director of a daycare center while still finding time to nurture jacob's love for basketball. >> mom has worked hard. disney fans, get excited. lots of disney memorabilia is going up for grabs next month in southern california. our sister station from los angeles with the details. if you're a disney fan, this is a must-see. >> reporter: an incredible piece of disney history will soon be going up for auction. >> not just about disneyland, it's about the disney studio and walt's career. >> reporter: from one of walt disney's business cards to stack certificates with his signature -- stock certificates with his signature and railroad tracks that were in his back yard. there will be items dating back to 1916, all the way up to present day. >> every auction it seems like something shows up that i go, holy cow, where did this come from? and this auction we have a plot map of the orange groves, the walt disney -- drew the boundaries of disneyland and said, this is where i want it to be. incredible piece of history.
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>> reporter: don't let the ems scare yn edigree of and placing your bid. >> there's things that start at $50 up to $100,000. it seems like there's something for everyone. >> reporter: the items will be on display, free and open to the public in sherman hoax at van eaton galleries. nbc 7 news. >> -- abc7 news. >> and disney is the parent company of abc7. new details on the crisis at the border. >> the executive order was great. it was something we had to do. >> authorities abandon their effort to prosecute immigrant families. we'll have the latest. the new fallout from the growing trade war between the u.s., china, and europe. one all-american company is now moving some work out of the country. it's time for the 'lowest prices of the season' with savings on the new sleep number 360 smart bed.
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here are the stories making headlines. a fire that started this weekend in lake county has grown to 8,200 acres. the pawnee fire has burned at least 22 structures so far, some of them homes. it's burning northeast of clear lake oaks. mandatory evacuation regards in effect for the spring valley community and double eagle w th in lake county. abc7 has more from lake county where lakeport police arrested a
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suspected looter. a cal grad who was shot and killed while camping with his two young daughters at malibu creek state park in l.a. county friday morning. 35-year-old tristan bodette was in his tent when he was shot. no arrests have been made. a long beach fire captain was shot while responding to a blaze at a senior citizen home. it left a community in mourning. we have the story. >> reporter: it was just before 4:00 in the morning when firefighters in long beach were summoned to covenant manner for reports of an explosion and a smell of gasoline. >> we're trying to get a handle on exactly what is going on. >> reporter: firefighters heard alarms blaring, sprinklers had activated, some windows were blown out. it may have been a deadly ambush. >> that's the environment we work in today as law enforcement and firefighters. you go to scenes and never know what's on the other side of those doors. these brave firefighters went through those doors, and unfortunately they were met with gunfire. >> shooter's on the second
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floor. >> reporter: firefighters extinguished the flames and were inside the facility when the shots rang out. the captain, 45-year-old david rosa, did not survive. >> this is a tough day. a tough day. >> reporter: captain rosa was a husband and father of two. he had been with the long beach fire department 17 years. his body escorted with full honors from st. mary medical center to the los angeles county coroner's office. >> very sad this morning. rough monday morning for all of us. our fire department and police department, we're brothers and sisters, this is hitting us extremely hard. >> reporter: the injured firefighter is expected to survive. a civilian caught in the gunfire is also expected to live. there's a person of interest in custody and a weapon recovered. abc news new york. now to the immigration crisis and more information on it today. border officials there have not temporarily stopped handing over adults who cross the mexican
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border with children to prosecutors which is effectively eliminating the zero-tolerance policy. abc news has more from washington, d.c., with more on the story. tara? >> reporter: good afternoon. president trump is struggling with his zero-tolerance policy while keeping families together. now he's suggesting that immigrants should be deported immediately without trial. president trump doubling down on his zero tolerance immigration policy calling for immediate deportation. >> we want a system where when people come in illegally, they have to go out. >> reporter: suggesting that immigrants who cross the border illegally don't deserve due process, tweeting, "we cannot allow all these people to invade our country. when somebody comes in, we must immediately, with no judges or court cases, bring them back from where they came." the president signing an executive order to keep families together, but remaining firmly against releasing them while they await trial. government facilities at max
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capacity. the department of defense asked to house migrants at two texas military bases. >> the executive order was great. it was something that i felt we had to do. we want children staying together. >> reporter: the administration asking a federal judge to modify a court settlement that prevents detention of undocumented children for longer than 20 days. sources say the white house is quietly pushing a bill that eliminates this 20-day cap since congress is unlikely to pass a larger compromise immigration bill on tuesday. >> i would think if it doesn't pass tuesday night, you will see a follow yuppies of legislation within days -- followup piece of legislation within days. >> reporter: president trump has repeatedly said the only answer to the immigration crisis is a wall. to fund the wall he'll need support from democrats. he's using the crisis azerbaijsa to votelin in t nextrace. >>hankou very >>ident trp california congresswoman maxine waters in his cross hairs
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following her comment encouraging the harassment of members of his administration. >> you see anybody from that cabinet in a restaurant, in a department store, at a gasoline station, you get out, and you push back on them. [ applause ] and you tell them they're not welcome anymore. >> she made the comment after white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders was asked to leave a restaurant by the owner. the president tweeted the response to waters say, quote, be careful what you wish for, max. harley-davidson is moving some of its production overseas to avoid rising costs from new tariffs. the motorcycle maker says european union tariffs on exports of its motorcycles have jumped from 6% to 31%. harley-davidson says that will make each bike about $2,200 more expensive to export. other american goods getting hit by higher eu tariffs include orange juice, bourbon, peanut
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butter, and denim. the u.s. supreme court will not take up the case of a florist who refused to take the business of two men who were getting married. the high court sent the case back to a lower court which will take a new look at the case. it would have had high implications for u.s. business owners and whether they can deny service based on religious grounds. the high court also declined to take up a case made famous by the 2015 next flight series "making a murderer." brendan dassey is serving a life sentence for the rape and murder of 25-year-old teresa haubach. an appellate court ruled his confession should not be thrown out. defense attorneys say there's no physical evidence linking him to the crimes, and that dassey is borderline absolutely disabled. a washington state driver escaped serious injury after being hit by a single-engine plane that overshot a runway over the weekend. now the plane crashed through a fence at harvey air field in snohomish, washington, and collided with a car. the driver was the only person
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inside. no one was hurt, thankfully. there was only minor damage to both the airplane and the sedan. it worked out pretty well. the best and worst day to ask for a promotion. >> that's good information to have. plus, the months' long muni project underway in san francisco leaving not only commuters but business owners frustrated. i'm spencer christian. the end of a sunny day, here comes the fog. the forecast coming up. b
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there's a different ride for muni riders. >> two stations are closed for repairs. that means many people will have to take a shuttle for at least two months. >> abc7's cornell bernard has the story. >> reporter: the first shuttle buses rolled down market street early monday connecting k, l, and m line riders with muni trains heading downtown. some commuters not happy. >> very inconvenient because they didn't tell us what time the train would -- what time the bus would be coming up to holloway. the trains are late, the bus is late, and -- everything is late. >> reporter: others just rolled with it. >> got to make repairs. make repairs. as long as it works, who cares?
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>> reporter: the bus bridge is needed because west portal and foresthill stations are closed $48 million track replacement project in the twin peaks tunnel. muni had an army of representatives at stations and stops helping riders get where they needed to go. moran moreno planned ahead. >> wake up earlier to prepare, get ready, and hop on an earlier bus. >> reporter: the project has turned one block of west portal avenue into a construction zone, off limits to cars. that worries some business owners. naer managers at the raintree cafe hopes customers can find them. >> less parking for people. less chance they can come here. >> reporter: muni's chief, john hailey, hopes the public will be understanding and patient. >> we thank our passengers, their indulgence and patience. what we should end up with is a safer, more reliable, and quicker ride into town. >> reporter: muni says the morning commute went according
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to plan despite a few rough patches as riders got used to bus bridges. muni employees will be posted at stops and stations to answer questions during the duration of the project. it's scheduled to be complete by august 24th. in san francisco, cornell bernard, nabc7 news. crews in san francisco worked at battling mother nature today. they're moving tons of sand at ocean beach and the great highway pushing it toward the sea. one southbound lane will be closed between lincoln way and sloat boulevard during the transfer. the project is an annual event and is expected to take about eight days. live doppler 7 showing sunny skies still over the bay and inland. fog forming along the coast will push locally over the bay and locally inland. overnight lows mainly in the low to mid 50s. and once again, lots of fog along the coastline. we'll look at conditions in the early morning hours. during the rush, about 6:30
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tomorrow, lots of fog at the coast. perhaps reduced visibility in locations where commuters are active. by midday, we'll see the fog pulling back to the coastline in typical summertime fashion. we'll have sunny skies over the bay and inland. high temperatures will range from low 60s at the coast to mainly low to mid day tomorrow. the seven-day forecast, it will get hot later in the week after a string of typical summer days tomorrow, wednesday, and thursday. a wrchlarmup on friday and satu. inland highs on saturday will be in the upper 90s in the warmest locations. the heat will ease quickly on sunday and will be back down to basically about a normal range next monday. >> nice. thank you. >> okay. all right. it is official. the government has approved the first prescription drug made from cannabis. what it means coming up. >> reporter: i'm mikey finney. do you have -- michael
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doctor told her the baby had no heartbeat and should get a prescription to get a miscarriage. she said she was shocked when the pharmacist refused. >> i couldn't believe it was happening. i tried to explain what was going on and why the doctor had sent it. and he still had said no, not going to fill this. it's not going to happen. >> the pharmacist sent her prescription to another walgreens. a spokesperson says pharmacists are not required to fill subscription its they have moral objections the. the food and drug administration has given the okay for the first prescription made from marijuana, epidiolex. it's used to treat rare forms of epilepsy. it's made from a purified component of cannabis that doesn't get users high. fda researchers say it reduces seizures when used with older epilepsy drugs. to a new statistic tied to the country's opioid epidemic. there's a dramatic increase in the number of young children exposed to the powerful prescription drug that helps
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wean people off opioids. researchers say more than 11,000 e.r. calls were made to poison control centers between 2007 and 2016 after a child or teen was exposed to the drug, a 215% increase. a majority of the exposures were accidental. new figures from the u.s. government show just how high the cost of living is really in the bay area. a family of four that brings in a little more than $117,000 a year is now considered low income in fransan francisco, ma and san mateo counties according to the federal housing and urban development department. santa clara county is not far behind. low income is defined as a family that makes a bit more than $94,000 a year. in alameda and contra costa county, the low-income threshold is $89,600. the economy isck righ ong. soou>> tha i not necessarily th
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case. "7 on your side's" michael finney with what you can do about it. >> reporter: let's start off with the old advice. we're always told to have six months worth of saving o we hit a cough sp-- a rough spo. not even one-third of us have that. bankrate.com has a study that shows 23% of us have no emergency money set aside at all. 22% have less than three months' worth. 18%, three to five months in savings, and 29%, six months. where are you on the scale? and where should you be? joining me now, george machetti from morgan stanley. he's a good friend to the program. not good. >> not good. >> three months, half of us have about half -- about half of us have three months or better. not good. still not good, huh? >>ak shod behiing aboutng three. an emergency bucket, a rere a y have
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to have a dre bucket. if you don't put money away, they're not going to happen. >> six months is still the gold standard? >> you could be from three to six to 12 to 15 months it really just depends on what your fixed costs are. if you lose your job, you've got to make fixed costs every month. if you're younger, finding a job is quicker. if you're older it could take you more. us older guys may have to fund more months of risk versus the young person. >> okay. that makes sense. if you're at the beginning of this, maybe two or three months is okay, if you're late, nine month or a year? >> right. take a reality check becaused to the unemployment rate is 3.6% and will probably go to 3.4 by the end of the year. there's job out there especially for the millennials to go get, especially in the bay area. if one should lose their job, if there's an economic turndown and we lose our jobs, we have to think about how do we cover
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fixed costs. we might have sope an t spend a help the pet recover. we might have to buy a car. we need cash to do that. >> here's what bothers me about having a big pile of money. i'm not investing it then. >> exactly. exactly. >> it's waiting for something that may never occur. >> exactly. >> balance there, right? >> well, in that bucket, you have to be able to -- you need liquid cash. you can't be tied up in long-term investments. they have to be short-term investments like money market accounts, maybe a c.d. you have to really bridge how much you really want to have in those instruments that you're not going to make a lot of money in. the reality is if you need cash quick, you have to be able to get that. having cash in a savings account is okay. having cash in a c.d. is okay. but not too much because you're not going to have growth in that. you have some assets that are just producing a little income. and some assets are riskier, they'll give you higher return. and you do that as you look at your emergency bucket, you need cash now.
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we n goirement bucket is invest happen. >> so it's like -- money you can reach your hand in right now and come out with cash -- >> yes. >> this may take longer. and that you should hopefully never touch. >> exactly. and then you can take more risk as you're doing that. >> george, thank you for joining us. >> good to be here. >> back to you. >> really interesting. good advice, too. venmo, the mobile payment app, is getting into the debit card business. can be used anywhere mastercard is accepted. it's paired with venmo come is backed by paypal. it's believed people can use it at businesses that do not accept mobile payments. think think of asking for a raise --g of asking for a raise? there's a good time and a bad time to ask. >> always awkward. matt keller has information that might help you. >> reporter: is there a best time to ask for a promotion?
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the stars of "shark tank" say the ideal time to ask for a raise is when the atmosphere is happy. is there a day of the week when you should definitely not ask your boss for a promotion? rebecca jarvis talked about it on "good morning america." what's the morning not to ask for a promotion? >> you do not want to ask on a friday. the reason is that boss is ready to get out and enjoy the weekend. you want their full attention. plant the seeds along the way. invite them to a nice coffee sometime in the middle of the week. and start asking. >> reporter: abc7 news. amazon priep membeme member see more discounts when shopping at whole foods markets starting wednesday. prime members will see 10% off hundreds of items at wholefoods. some of those include seafood and produce. prime members will need to use the whole foods app at checkout or enter a phone number that's associated with the prime account. amazon acquired whole foods in august of last year for $13.7 billion. stay with us. a reunion decades in the making. >> this looks like a skeleton.
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i was 80 pounds. >> 80 pounds. a concentration camp survivor speaks out. what prompted the meeting after so much time. coming up, a man shot dead while camping in a tent with his young children. what we've learned about the victim's ties to the bay area. a new twist to the story where a little girl says a woman called police on her while she was selling water in san francisco. the business that woman has lost. and san francisco's legendary anchor brewery is doing something it's never done in its 122
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coming up at 8:00, "the bachelorette" followed by the new show "the proposal." then stay with us for abc7 news at 11:00. it is a reunion decades in the making. the first time two north bay men met it was under horrific circumstances at a nazi concentration camp. >> abc7's carolyn tyler shows how they came together today, more than seven decades later. >> reporter: the last time these two men were in the same vicinity, one was 19, the other 20. the year was 1945. it was at dachau, the nazi concentration camp in germany. nick hope says there he was a number, not a name. wearing this badge assigned to factory work. >> like a skeleton.
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i was -- weighed about 80 pounds that day. thank god i had hope, still hope in my heart. >> reporter: at least 30,000 prisoners died at dachau, but hope was finally realized in the form of american soldiers. henry stumeyer was among those who liberated the camp on april 29th, 1945. that day is something the 92-year-old veteran known as stu still does not like to talk about. >> i can't. i couldn't do it at the end. >> reporter: today the past came back in a first-time meeting with a grateful 93-year-old who shared memories, mementos, and a thank you. >> this is a brother. he delivered my life to america. >> reporter: this poignant
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gathering included families on both sides. the men's sons met at a holocaust memorial last year and discovered their dads lived just miles away. one in calistoga, the other in petaluma. now they share a bond. >> praise the lord that i'm here and i tell my story. >> reporter: in petaluma, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. >> dachau was the first nazi concentration camp in germany designed to hold political prisoners. >> amazing for them after all these years. >> yeah. >> touching. you can get the latest news any time with our upgraded abc7 news app. it has enhanced video features, customization, and push alerts to get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in realtime. and thank you very much for joining us at 4:00 today. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm danshlec7ew 5:00 start n.
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that something like that would happen in such a beautiful place. >> just before family is set to move to the bay area, the father is killed on a camping trip. we have reaction. the woman who reportedly was set to call the police on a girl selling water in san francisco, new fallout over the video. new developments with california's gas tax. will voters have the final say and put the brakes on it? and a pivotal ruling from the supreme court on a teenager killed by a sonoma county sheriff's deputy. developing news in lake county where a fast-moving wildfire is still out of control, destroying buildings and forcing people to evacuate from their homes. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. kristen sze is off tonight. the pawnee fire as it's called is up to 8,200 acres burned so far. cal fire says the flames have destroyed at least 22 buildings. newn told nbc 7
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her -- abc7 news she lost her home yesterday. >> 600 structures remain threatened. governor brown has declared a state of emergency as firefighters try to get a handle on the raging fire. thousands are being told to evacuate. >> as quickly as they can. the map shows the area where people have been told to get out. abc7 reporter wayne friedman has spent the day in the fire zone in lake county. he's live with more. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon, dan. mandatory evacuations in some places. the 8,200 number is latest number from cal fire this morning. after what we saw today, it is bound to have gone higher. as to how much room this fire will burn, we don't know yet. cal fire isn't saying yet. there were times today when it started cooking. flames close enough to see, close enough to hear, close enough to fear, and close enough that more people left clear oaks lake this day while others insisted on staying. are you evacuated technically? >> they've told us to evacuate. but of it's

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