when he got shot the third time. >> david katz keeps to himself. >> court records obtained by nbc news showed katz previously had been hospitalized for mental illness and was prescribed antipsychotic and antidepressants. his divorced parents reportedly could not agree on how to care for him. kendis gibson, abc news, new york. >> we're also learning more about the victims david katz shot and killed as well as his troubled past. be sure to enable push alerts for breaking news updates as the story develops. >> it's 4:30. let's get a check of weather and traffic where you live. let's start with mike nicco. >> thank you very much. hi, everybody. let's look at the winds. ia can see a nice steady diet of onshore wind this morning, up to 28 miles per hour in fairfield. look at the grayness that is out there. it's a little juicier this morning. be prepared the closer you get to san francisco and the coast,

the more likely you are to get wet. pe 50s to near at in the 60s at. we'll peek into the 70s with sunshine this afternoon away from the coast. >> so far so good, even with that drizzle. i'm not seeing any collisions so far this morning. it looks like folks are driving for conditions. walnut creek, southbound 680 slowly starting to fill in. no delays if you're continuing on to 24 and the bay bridge, you'll definitely have to use the wipers. so far, we haven't seen any spin-out crashes or anything like that. westbound 580 tracy to dublin in the yellow. dublin to mission boulevard in the green at 15, and northbound 85, 101 to cupertino in the green. >> in the south bay, a dishonor for our heroes. >> someone defaced a memorial dedicated to those killed while serving our country. matt keller is live in san jose.

matt. >> good morning, jessica and reggie. this memorial was unveiled here five years ago honoringwar. now, it's been vandalized upsetting many people. check out what was done in the park next to the s.a.p. center. the san jose vietnam memorial foundation erected this memorial. to the 142 sons of san jose who lost their lives in the vietnam group. the group said it wanted to give the city and its residents a quiet place to remember and reflect on memories of their loved ones and a place to pay respects and gratitude. some time on saturday, someone vandalized the memorial, some type of spray painted graffiti. they posted on their facebook page, thank you to all who commented on the recent vandalism that occurred. we're in the process of trying to repair the memorial. thank you again for your support. the organization holds a remembrance ceremony at the memorial every year on march 30th. matt keller, abc 7 news.

>> matt, thank you so much. >> counselors will be at the t to help students grieve for a student killed in a car accident. blake was headed to school yesterday afternoon when his car went off skyline boulevard in redwood city. first responders found him dead inside the vehicle 45 feet down a cliff side. investigators are still trying to determine how that happened. sarah high school will have counselors and staff available on campus for anyone who needs support. he leaves behind a mother, father, and twin brother. >> happening today, a critical deadline in sacramento that could end with pg&e customers paying more in their monthly bills. sacramento lawmakers are debating whether to allow utility companies to pass along wildfire costs customers. pg&e expects to pay billions of dollars related to lawsuits due to the north bay wildfires that happened last year. current california law says utilities are responsible for

damage from fires ignited by their equipment. a bay area catholic leader will speak at senator john mccain's memorial service thursday in phoenix. >> father edward a. reese is the president of st. ignatius college prep in san francisco. he's going to take part in the wreath laying and address those in attendance. he knew mccain when he worked in phoenix and was the head of the high school where mccain's two sons attended. father reese spoke to abc 7 news about a side of mccain rarely seen, his love for nature. years ago when a flash flood hit near his sudonee ranch, he was concerned by the displacement of the animals, in particular, his favorite hawk. >> i was there when this bird came back. there was this grin on his face from ear to ear, just his hawk had come back. and that's the kind of man he was. >> yesterday, remember, there was a big controversy about the flag at the white house. president trump ordered the flag at the white house to be lowered again to half staff, saying despite our differences on

policy and politics, i respect his service to the country. the white house faced backlash for not initially lowering the flag yesterday morning. >> happening today, thousands of people will pay their final respects to aretha franklin. the queen of soul died on august 16th of pancreatic cancer. public viewings are set for today and tomorrow at the charles h. wright museum of african-american history in detroit. her funeral service is friday. the featured speakers include stevie wonder, smokey robinson, jennifer hudson, and bill clinton. >> new details about a ground beef recall. the meat in question was sold at safeway, albertson's, pack and save, and vaughn's stores in california. we told you about this yesterday morning. 12 tons of ground beef may b e.. the recalled meat was packed on august 16th. it has a use or freeze by date of september 5th. shoppers can return it. you'll get a full refund. a link to the full list of recalled product is on our

website. abc7news.com. also on our abc 7 news app. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we'll start with the temperatures in san francisco. very narrow margin from about 55 in the sunset to the financial and the ferry building at 58 degrees. just about everywhere dealing with mist and drizzle this morning. in san francisco, some of that is bleeding across to the east onto the bay bridge and into the east bay hills this morning. expect to use the windshield wipers and find damp spots on the road. we'll go caution for the morning commute. ferry ride, a lilt mist hanging in the air as you ride the ferry. and that will continue up through about 7:30, maybe 8:00. mass transit, though, we have clean and cool air. let's take a look at south bay and see what's going to happen today as we start with cloudy conditions at 62. about 63, mostly cloudy, 10:00. then the sunshine rolls out and we jump into the 70s during the afternoon hours. low to mid 70s. how about we go to the peninsula? you can see that same thing, cloudy and about 61 at 8:00.

mostly cloudy and mid 60s as we head towards 10:00. 68 at noon, and low 70s this afternoon. grab a coat for the evening hours. 64 degrees at 8:00, and our east bay valleys where we should be at least in the upper 80s if not the 100s this time of year, mid 70s with sunshine this afternoon. how about that? >> i know. like you said yesterday, we're going to pay for it at some point. >> yes, it's going to probably be about a week and a half away. >> i knew it was coming at some point. checking out the roads this morning, we don't have any major issues to talk about. we do have an overnight closure i just want to remind you of. until 7:00 this morning, the rio vista bridge is closed, and they opened this up about 7:00 last night, raised the bridge for marine traffic to get through, so closed to vehicles. you have to take a detour if you're tryingtch. that lasts until about 7:00. after that, it will be back open to vehicles. in the meantime, everybody else

looking quiet. westbound 92, slowly filling in. that's about it. next traffichank you. the defense in the ghostship warehouse fire case makes a serious allegation against the judge, what they claim he failed to disclose. >> a south bay school tackles football safety. the technique young players are being taught to prevent injuries. >> uber's you could generate yourat home.rgy,

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this is abc 7 mornings. >> all right, albany unified school district going back to school today. 7:00 this morning. dealing with drizzle. so try to stay dry. 59 degrees. still, a lot of cloud cover at noon at 62. full on sunshine, but only 66 in the afternoon hours. we have 90 in fresno today. 80 in l.a. and san diego. 104 in palm springs. about 80 in sacramento. eureka getting sunshine and 60. and check out taw hi, temperatures in the mid 70s through friday and then a warming trend for the holiday weekend. >> mike, thank you. the attorney for one of the ghostship fire suspects accuses the judge who rejected a plea deal of a conflict of interest. derrick almena and max harris agreed to plead no contest to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in exchange for prison sentences many of the victims' families said were too lenient.

at the sentsish hearing, the judge rejected the deal because he said almena showed no remorse. almena's attorneys wants the agreement restored because the judge failed to disclose he had lost a child. the attorney says that made him biased in favor of the families. >> in the south bay, a football program has adopted a unique injury prevention technique aimed at teaching young children the proper ways of playing the game. amanda has the details. >> we often hear coaches tell players get your head in the game, but here, they're teaching them the exact opposite. get your head out of the game and away from serious injury. >> when it comes to safety on the football field -- >> see my hands. >> there's an all new plan. >> we're in the 20th century, and the 20th coaching techneegs have gone out the window. >> coaches are now investing in new tackling techniques and

technology. coyote creek incorporated the game of rugby. >> the difference between football and rugby is we don't wear pads and helmet so there's more of an emphasis, i feel anyway growing up playing rugby, on technique. >> movement that causes players to be more conscious of head protection. many say it's that threat of danger causing the decline in high school participation. however, shadowman sports believes its approach of eliminating player to player contact during practice reduces the risk of injury, allowing more time for young athletes to learn proper ways to play the game. >> what we're taught to be, when you start training kids at a young age about how to correctly play this game, particularly as it relates to the safety issue, it's going to feed itself up. as the warriors arena takes shape in san francisco, fans on the other side of the bay are jumping at the chance to buy season tickets. >> until now, four of every five

season ticket holders we have met with have decided to buy their seats. so we have been pleased and the response has been unbelievable. >> despite that, the warriors say they still h thousands of premium seats available. the chase center is expected to open in just about a year, right before the 2019-2020 season. the team plans to hold about 5,000 tickets for each game for fans who only want to go to single games. >> hey, that song that sparked an online dance craze this summer is now officially the song of summer, according to spotify. ♪ kiki do you love me ♪ are you riding say you never ever leave ♪ >> in my feelings by drake was streamed more than 393 million times worldwide between june 1st and august 20th. it's been a big year for drake. last month, his new album "scorpion" posted seven singles on the billboard top ten at the same time. that beat the previous record of five set by the beatles in 1964.

the thing i care the most about drake is, did you see the story where he visited a kid in the hospital? >> yes. >> she was waiting for a heart transplant, and it was her dream to meet drake, and he showed up in the hospital, and now she's getting heart. >> so sweet. >> i think she had her operation yesterday. i think it's really cool that he took the time to do that. >> yeah. she was so surprised too. >> yeah. >> her face was so cute. >> he does it a lot more than we know. >> he seems like a person who cares about kids and fans, so i'm all for that. >> that's awesome. that's great. let's talk about the weather. let's hopefully that will put a smile on your face, also, if you like cooler weather. going to keep it around, but those of you grumbling about where is summer, it's coming. you're going to have to wait until next week. walnut creek, if you're heading down 680, about to take the right-hand turn to 24 and into the east bay hills, you'll run into drizzle. it's all along the east bay hills and also the peninsula and up into the north bay.

at least along the coast. that will slow our sunshine and keep us cooler than average again today. a slight warming trend for the holiday, but temperatures will try to get back to average before the september surge that we expect comes late next week. here's a look at the cloud cover. look at this, even the central valleys filling with our low clouds and fog this morning. by noon, you can see, still hanging around the bay. by 3:00, mainly at the coast, and then by 7:00, starting to make the surge back. let's see what it does to temperatures. how about 70s in the south bay. just about everybody in mid to upper 70s. gilroy may make it to 80. santa cruz, 66. upper 60s to low 70s on the peninsula. low to mid 60s along the coast and the downtown south san francisco and sausalito. look at that, 69 in sonoma. everybody else in the low to mid 70s through most of the north bay valleys. upper 60s to low 70s on the peninsula until you get to union city, fremont, newark, mid70s, then mid to upper 70s, that's it, for our east bay valleys.

we may gain a couple degrees thursday and friday. try to get back to average saturday, sunday, monday, and hold it through tuesday. >> good morning, mike. right now, looking fairly average on the roads, too. no major issues to talk about so far. it's been really quiet. here's a live look at the south bay. 101 and 880, inbound side, the trasks coming toward us slowly starting to increase. that's about it. as we have been telling you, you could have a little mist or drizzle on your windshield, and looking ahead to this weekend, once again, major track repairs for b.a.r.t. between 19th street and the oakland stations. free buses will be provided but it will add delays to your trip, all day saturday, sunday, and monday. be aware. >> such a pain. thank you. >> sorry. >> former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick still isn't playing on the field, but he is getting into the merchandise game. tmz sports reports he has filed to trademark the slogan i'm with kap. he was the first nfl player to

take a knee during the national anthem to protest social issues. e on ama and oer> toyo uber self-driving car program a big jump start. >> and google is ready to unveil its latest smartphones. here's tech bites. >> in today's tech bites, uber picking up some help for its plan to add self-driving cars to its freet. >> they're teaming up with tiota in a $500 million deal. uber scaled back its work on self-driving cars after one of its cars hit and killed a woman in march. toyota joins volvo and daimler in self-driving cars. we'll get a new look at new smartphones. >> the pixel 3 and pixel 3 xl will be unveiled, and ugly shoes a big trend. >> are they, though? searches for dad sneakers and dad shoes have jumped more than

600% this summer. pinterest says it's up 730% since january. but they also come with a bloated price tag. a lot of them, over $1,000. >> designer ones. those are your tech bites. >> were they really that ugly? i kind of like the second one. >> for $1,000, they're super ugly. >> not for $1,000. come on. three bay area colleges offering free tuition. what you need to know to qualify. >> neighbors demand to know why ten trees died in a popular san francisco park, and they're pointing at fighters as a culprit. >> they're also battling diseases and disabilities. see how young

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it's bruce lee at the old ballpark and the weather is going to be like last night. how about the ending, where the skrients won. first pitch, 61. cooling to 59 degrees. have fun. >> mike, thank you. a group of neighbors in san francisco's north beach wants an investigation into the destruction of ten historic pine trees. the grove of cannery pines have shaded a playground in washington square park since the 1950s. and neighbors claim a contractor caused extensive damage to their root system during a renovation neighbors are worried a planned second round of work will also harm more trees. >> we want some assurances if we're going to close the park and turn over the fate of it to

a department that's responsible for the loss of these trees, we want some assurances that those guidelines that were ignored for these trees that resulted in their loss is implemented and followed through. >> the planned work will close the park for several months next year. >> in the north bay, more flights to and from wine country. the sonoma county airport announced it's expanding service to denver international airport. united airlines will offer daily nonstop flights to denver. there will be one midday departure and arrival. tickets are available now online and a starting price for a round-trip ticket costs $321. >> jetblue is raising fees for checking a bag and changing or canceling a ticket. this applies to flights booked starting yesterday. passengers buying the lowest prices tickets will pay an extra $5 to check a bag. that's $30 for the first bag and $40 for the second. the fee for changing or

canceling a ticket will rise from $150 to $200. >> bummer. >> in the east bay, free tuition for a year is now available for students in the contra costa community college district. it covers contra costa college, diablo valley college, and lose men dawnose college. to qualify, you have to be a first-time college student, complete the district's pledge application, be enrolled in and complete at least 12 units, and maintain a 2.0 gpa. there are no income requirements. you are never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. we have warmth building next week. you can see the 90s return to some of our inland east bay valleys. low 90s starting tuesday. that's a far cry from where we are this morning and into the afternoon hours where we're starting in the 50s and going to end up in the 60s and 70s once again, which is about 5 to 13 degrees cooler than average. here's alexis. >> all right, good morning, mike. we're lighter than average in the traffic center this morning,

too. i still am incident free. a little hard to believe, but we have red starting to fill in on the traffic maps. of cour one area we can alays count on is getting out of tracy to be heavy. 205 down to 14 miles per hour. westbound 580 has filled in as well, down to 17 miles per hour, but nothing blocking that stretch, and the bay bridge toll plaza, a stack-up in the cash lanes. no metering lights. that happens around 5:25. >> marvel has its eyes on the top prize at this year's oscars. according to l.a. times, marvel is hiring veteran oscar strategist to try to get "black panther" selected as a best picture nominee. the company is also budgeting for an oscar's campaign for the first time ever. no superhero movie has ever been nominated in the best picture category so this would make a precedent. marvel is owned by disney, abc 7's parent company. >> you know, i kind of think that perhaps since we're going into this realm that the movie

we're in should be nominated. "ant man." that we're in for like half a second. >> if you blink, you'll miss it. >> best performance by a news crew. >> i think we're going to win. >> okay. >> children fighting serious illnesses now have memories of superheroes and princesses to help them thanks to a nonprofit group from oregon. >> the capes and crowns foundation made a stop in los angeles yesterday. kid are dressed up in costumes and then photographed. the photos are then superimposed on special backgrounds. what a special moment. little christopher is battling leukemia, but for a while, he wasn't a patient. he was batman instead. the group of all volunteers sometimes works 60 to 80 hours a week. >> sometimes these shoots are the last memories the families have with their kids. this is priority over everything else besides our families. >> absolutely free for the famili andf is pcess.id rlld

models. the kid playing joker was totally in character. i love that. >> of course. >> coming up next at 5:00 a.m., a kids medicine recall. the labeling era that could cause confusion. >> also, a new spot to grab your morning coffee. the concept shop that opens in just a few minutes. >> then, a bus with tourists onboard. why a wine country bus driver is in

good morning, north bay. let's get up and get going. >> this is abc 7 mornings. >> right now at 5:00, new money and a new plan. b.a.r.t.'s push to make the commute safer for all of us. good morning on this tuesday, august 28th. thanks for being here. >> you're never more than seven minutes away from our

accuweather forecast. mike nicco has a first look ahead. >> all right. hi, everybody. look at the cloud cover, the gray i have overlaid on live doppler 7. there's more drizzle, as we expected, all along the coast. san francisco, the bay bridge, richmond-san rafael bridge, even into the east bay hills this morning. that's going to lock us once again into a cooler than average pattern. waking up in the mid to upper 50s through 7:00. drizzle will start drying after the 7:00 hour. still a lot of clouds around at noon. upper 50s at the coast to upper 60s elsewhere. we'll break into the 70s away from the coast with more sunshine at 4:00, and even with the sun out at 7:00, we're still barely 60 at the coast and barely in the upper 60s, near 70 around the bay and inland. let's find out what's going on with the commute. guess who has the answers. hey, alexis. >> we're looking live at golden gate bridge. just a few moments ago, chp came through and ran a traffic break. we had a ladder in the middle of the roadway, so i do believe that is clear. that was in one of the middle lanes approaching the toll

plaza. looks like things are