promotion of several staff members to positions. >> the head of human resources has announced departure. the changes are all overshadowed by the ceo, elon musk. >> he was smoking marijuana last night while being interviewed on the joe rogan experience, a podcast shown on youtube. >> we can't show you the entire exchange, only a portion. it's important to see the context here. the host is the one who lights up. >> i mean, it's legal, right? >> totally legal. >> okay. >> how does that work? do people get upset at you if you do certain things? >> musk takes a puff before handing it back. some call tesla's found area visionary. others are less favorable. >> let's go live to david louie at a tesla charging station in san jose with a look at what else the company is dealing with tonight. david? >> well, dan and kristen, this big management shake-up announced just a few hours ago. we don't know whether it was timed in order to divert attention away from elon musk smoking cannabis.

we know that seven people all together were either promoted or appointed to new positions at tesla. analysts say they're very much going to be needed while elon musk deals with a new controversy. some say it's quirky. others just say it's typical of silicon valley. some tech leaders like to be unpredictable. elon musk was offered a blunt during a podcast interview. marijuana is legal in california. >> there is a long history from steve jobs dropping acid on up of this kind of behavior among silicon valley entrepreneurs. the real problem is the substantial difficulties that tesla is facing right now. >> elon musk has complained he restress, sleeping at t ftory to boostsefigh thiswe.i one was his chief accounting officer quitting after just one month on the job. he is also facing a possible sec investigation for a tweet claiming he was prepared to take tesla private only to change his mind would be the weeks later. >> you have to think that investors are losing patience

with the circus that's going on. but it's still one of the most valuable car companies on the planet. >> the management shake-up announced hours ago should help stabilize tesla, but it won't change the impression this leaves. musk may have vial late tesla's code of conduct that employees should not work while under the influence of illegal drugs or alcohol. and anna for applied ethics. >> the board determines he was functioning in his employment role at the time and in violation of that, they will serve him and the organization well to hold him to the same standards they hold other employees to. >> tesla owners are hoping changes at the company will boost production and keep up with demand. >> he doesn't take and make it grow and things like, that i would imagine it might come up for somebody else, an opportunity to buy it. >> the new president of tesla will report to elon musk. some major investors are not happy that he selected an insider, somebody who has worked for the company for the past

eight years. investors would have prefer somebody from the outside with more automotive experience. david louie, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >> silicon valley of course has a history of nontraditional ceos and a culture all its own. >> but is that a good thing or bad thing? get out your phone. go to abc7news.com/vote to give it a thumbs-up or thumbs-down. >> the votes are changing on the bottom of your screen literally as we speak at this moment. 34% say it's a good thing. 66% say it's a bad thing. >> we'll keep our live poll open as we go to abc 7 reporter chris nguyen with some industry perspective. >> there has been a lot of chatter about the video of tesla ceo elon musk on the joe rogan podcast and if it was an appropriate or simply much ado about nothing calls the bay area the heart of the counterculture movement. >> this is where a lot of the craziest ideas that turned into the biggest businesses got

started. and a lot of times that takes thinking outside the box. >> abc 7 news spent the day at tech crunch disrupt in san francisco, a gathering of some of the world's brightest entrepreneur who are trying to thrive without distractions. >> not only be doing something for money but do great things in the world so people can be happy an live a better life. >> but does a desire to do good outweigh the expectation of acting responsibly? tammy cho is the co-founder of better brave, a nonprofit organization aimed at combatting sexual harassment in the workplace. >> that tech ceo is supposed to represent the company. and if they're not demonstrating what the company stands for in a positive way, then it affects the rest of the company. and that could be really dangerous. >> carrie byron formally of mist busters is co-creator of smart girls toys. she says it's important not to get side tracked. >> we're trying to empower young girls to stay interested in tech so we have even more supply of really informed s.t.e.m.

educated women who are going to go out in the field and actually help change the entire culture. >> but with a smaller startup, you have more control over the culture. those are the ones that are going to be pushing things forward. rather than looking to the big tech giants to change, we should look to the small companies to force them to. >> many working hard to bridge the culture of silicon valley. chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> we want to flare you hear fr. our poll at abc7news.com/vote continues a the bill of the screen. >> two-thirds say that maverick culture is a bad thing at 67% right now. you can continue to vote. moving on. abc 7 news has learned a wrecked tesla was buried beneath a pile of burning pile of scrap metal facility in is an land. above davis street and doolittle street a short time ago. alameda county firefighters have not said if the tesla sparked this afternoon's fire. a shelter in place order for the area has now been lifted. >> sky 7 flew over pleasanton

while liquid nitrogen leaked from a damaged tank right there. that tank had fallen off a truck. this afternoon's mishap forced a evacuation. firefighters tell us the leak poses no threat to anybody outside the facility along sonoma boulevard. in shasta county tonight, the delta fire is still out of control. the wildfire started wednesday north of redding. flames are burning on both sides of interstate 5, and a nearly 50-mile stretch of the freeway is closed through the weekend. more than 24,000 acres or 38 square miles have burned. the fire is zero percent contain and more than 100 homes are threatened. firefighters say they are tired, but they're going to keep going. >> it's been a lrnong, long fig. we've been everywhere from the carr to the mendocino complex. it's been a long fire season in northern california this year, and we're going to do whatever we can to minimize that. >> they are working really hard. there are evacuations for some residents in shasta and trinity

counties, and some in siskiyou have been warn they'd may need to leave as well in a hurry. a community meeting is going on right now in dunsmuir. in the east bay, a trial date has now been set for the ghost ship criminal trial. jury selection is set to begin in early april of next year. today's decision comes a month after an oakland judge threw out a plea agreement that called for a relatively short prison sentences for the defendants. laura anthony has the story. >> so they're asking for it. they're going to get it. >> the lead attorney for ghost ship defendant derek al mena spare nod words in expressing his desire to move forward with a criminal trial, one that's now set for april 2nd of next year. >> we'll be going after the landlord, the slumlord. we'll be going after the fire department. we'll be going after child protective services. we'll be going after the sheriff, going after oakland police. >> almena and co-defendant max harris both face 36 counts of

involuntary manslaughter for the 2016 fire at the fruitvale warehouse. like sarah, harris's attorney told reporters much of his defense will involve diverting blame to other. . >> we want this to be the most painful trial the city of oakland have endured and we want to do it for the public. we want to do it because there has been a cover-up. >> between now and a trial date, the judge will consider two motions in the ghost ship case. the first involves serra's request to have the original plea agreement reinstated, the deal that was thrown out last month. a second motion to move the ghost ship trial out of alameda county will be heard in november. >> my client from my perspective has falsely been kind of compared with charles manson, you know, some kind of a killer. so he has been my view assassinated by the press. >> serra doesn't want the trial moved far, perhaps just to another county here in the bay

area. harris' attorneys don't necessarily want it moved at all. they believe their client might get a more sympathetic jury right here in oakland. in oakland, laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> thank you. at the last minute, millennium tower management met a deadline to hand over its report about a cracked window on the 36th floor that we've been talking about this week. the san francisco skyscraper next to the new salesforce transit center has been plagued with problems. it's both leaning and sinking, and now the cracked window raising questions. lyanne melendez is live near the tower with new information tonight. lyanne? >> that's right. we just obtained this letter, and it basically says that the millennium tower management wants to do a hands-on exterior examination is of that building. and in this letter it says that they want to rappel down the building some time next week to photograph the curtain wall and glass and tape up that glass from the outside to make it

safe. now we're learning a lot more about that glass window. at the close of business today, millennium tower management asked the department of building inspections for more time to determine if the cracked window was an isolated incident or due to structural stress. in the meantime, two engineers from that department examined the cracked windowpane in unit 36b yesterday. today a large scaffolding was ordered. >> fell out and fell down the 36 floors, and it wouldn't hit anybody. it would hit the scaffolding. >> it's unlikely any pieces would fall from the unit on the 36th floor because the crack is contained with a silicone sealant. >> there looked to be a problem not structurally related. >> tom miller is the attorney for the homeowners association. he revealed new information

regarding the replacement of the window. >> we were just informed that that window bonnet is now discontinued. so we have to go back, find a like kind and quality, hurricane resistant, seismic resistant. >> the manufacturer is enclosed corporation based in minnesota. we contacted the company, but they would not confirm the information. the homeowners association is now asking for a full inspection of all windows. >> we want to see whether that same installation problem with that window is systemic, meaning it may be the same problem in the other windows in that building. >> so the letter also says that tomorrow, saturday, they will use drone photography and a high-powered lens from the building across the street. and i think that is one of the salesforce buildings, to see if they can find any clues. that's happening tomorrow. i'm live in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news.

>> lyanne, thank you. coming up next on abc 7 news at 6:00, the story of a nightmare that became reality. >> nothing would have prepared me for this. it was something out of a horror movie. >> see the multimillion-dollar san francisco home that was ransacked after a rental. i'm spencer christian. summer showed us today that it still has some heat left, but it may not last long. i'll have the accuweather forecast, coming up. >> thanks, spencer. and still to come, an inside look at the training of guide (music throughout)

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garbage everywhere you look. this is what happened to a rental on airbnb. a nice home. abc 7 reporter dion lim with a closer look at the mess left behind this multimillion-dollar house. dion? >> dan, the homeowner is actually on vacation, but may have to cut that vacation short after what happened at his $5.3 million home. now i'm not allowed to disclose which neighborhood this happened in, but i can say the home has sweeping views of the bay. >> it was horrible, horrible. the person who was renting here had defecated through the entire home and urinated all over the place. >> this is what realtor and property manager egan lim walked into just a few minutes ago and prompted him to call in private clean, a crime scene cleaning crew. >> it was something out of a horror movie. >> it was pretty bad. people from the outside walking by could smell. you had joggers stopping going wow, what's that smell. >> the $5.3 million home in one of san francisco's toniest

neighborhoods ransacked by the renter inside. >> this was a queen bed. there there was blood stains. >> to give you an idea just how bad this home was, take a look at this bucket. it's filled with about 150 needles, most of them for drug use. this in-law suite was rented for three and a half weeks for $100 a night through airbnb. lim can't even estimate how much damage was done. >> we're going file a formal complaint. >> airbnb does have a wind million host guarantee in case of damages. the company sent us this statement saying in part, in 2017, there were than 49 million trips at airbnb listings worldwide. significant property damage was reported to us only .004% of the time. something even lim agreeswith and says won't deter him from managing properties through rental sites. >> i use airbnb myself. i'm very confident using airbnb and any of the other vacation rental sites. anybody somebody to this type of vandalism.

>> the property manager and the home's owner says despite what happened, they will rent that unit again. however. that will be installing video cameras outside. in san francisco tonight, i'm dion lim, abc 7 news. >> dion, thank you. tomorrow will mark the official end to demolition of the old eastern span of the bay bridge. this is what it's looked and sounded like during previous implosion. abc 7 anchor eric thomas explains what's left to blow up. >> if you were close enough to see this tomorrow, you will have witnessed the close of a three-year-long demolition project. >> and that's it to interest old bay bridge. >> less than 24 hours away from the final implosion, and crews are still hammering away at the project to make sure it goes like clockwork. >>ette won't be very loud. the whole process takes about five seconds once the implosions begin. >> caltrans has already shut down the bike path and walking trail on the south side of the

bridge while crews install explosive charges on piers 19 and 20. the piers, buried deep in the bay mud supported the old eastern span of the bay bridge. once that span was torn down, the piers were no longer needed. caltrans destroyed the first in december of 2015, about three years and one week before this final demolition. once again, for safety, there can be no cars on the bridge during the blast. >> on saturday, between 11:00 and 1:00, we're going to slow traffic with the help of chp. so there is no traffic on the new bay bridge. >> the expertly placed charges will cause the piers to collapse in upon themselves and steps are being taken to protect the sea life nearby. >> see the bubbles in the water? they're produced by giant compressors on barges surrounding the piers. the idea is to create a curtain of bubbles around the piers when the explosion occurs and reduce the shock waive on nearby aquatic life. >> meantime, four remaining

piers will be used to create a boardwalk out into the bay from the oakland side and a smaller 140-foot-long boardwalk from yerba buena island. the boardwalks are scheduled to be open to the public by this time next year. eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> all right. the weather forecast for the weekend. >> spencer is warming up. >> well, today -- today was, i should say warmer than tomorrow. but there will be leftover warmth, don't worry, for the weekend. here is look at live doppler. mainly sunny skies right now. you can see fog developing along parts of the coastline or low clouds. but we won't see much of a push of those low clouds across the bay tonight. right now we're looking at a fairly windy conditions with surface wind speeds up to 21 miles per hour here in san francisco. gusts to 18 down in mountain view. and i talked about the warm-up today. the 24-hour temperature change shows it's from 3 to about 6 degrees warmer in most bay area locations than it was at this time yesterday so on we go to a look at current conditions. the view from sutro tower

looking over sunny san francisco at this hour. it is 60 degrees near the city. 65 across the bay in oakland. mountain view 68. 86 in mortgage hill, and 57 at half moon bay. nice view from mount tam looking down on to a little bit of the financial district and downtown san francisco. up north, it's 72 degrees at santa rosa. novato, 79. upper 80s a fairfield and conco concord. 85 at livermore. the view from emeryville. you can see the marine layer off in the distance there touching the coastline. but not advancing across the bay right now. these are our forecast features. we'll see some foggy areas along the coast overnight. heat ease as little bit this weekend. it will be much cooler by the middle of next week. we've been showing you this water vapor satellite image throughout the week now as that warmer, dryer air mass which is here now has been approaching. and that was responsible for the big warm-up we had today. and some of that warmth will hold on tomorrow. but the warmth will be weakening tomorrow and into the weekend. the forecast animation look likes this starting at 7:00

tonight. you'll see low clouds moving down along the coastline, maybe passage of a few high clouds tomorrow. but otherwise it will be a sunny day. and it will be a mild to warm one, with high temperatures ranging from, oops these are the lows first. mid- to upper 50s. and now the highs tomorrow in the south bay under sunny skies. we'll see mainly low 80s. farther south 90s in morgan hill and gilroy. on the peninsula, mid- to upper 70s. low 60s on the coast. 67 degrees downtown san francisco tomorrow. north bay highs mainly mid 80s to no 90s tomorrow. up to 89 at cloverdale. 89 at santa rosa. one might hit 90. east bay mainly mid- to upper 70s and the inland east bay low to mid-90s where today we saw mid-90s. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. notice how temperatures drop off a couple degrees each day. that's the gradual cooling we've been talking about. but by midweek next week, we'll see more significant cooling. and by thursday, highs inland reaching only up to about 80

degrees. >> much lower than today. big change coming. >> yeah. >> thanks, spencer. it was only monday that nike named colin kaepernick the face of its new ad campaign. next, a look at what's happened to the company this week and what's happening with anthem protests in the future. and the oakland raiders season opener is monday right here on abc 7. our pregame coverage top rams/raiders game begins at 7:00 live from the oakland coliseum.

[ closing bell ] stocks were down across the board today over worries about a trade war. president trump said he's ready to impose tariffs on basically every good that's imported from china. the dow lost about 80 points. the nasdaq 20, and the s&p went down by six. encouraging news for the economy. a new report shows hiring and wage growth did better than expected. in august, the country's unemployment rate remain at 3.9%. well, it has been a big week for nike, announcing colin kaepernick as the face of the just do it campaign. the 49ers former quarterback doesn't have a team and hasn't played since 2016 when he started to take a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality against minorities. nike stock took a hit following that announcement, then enjoyed

two trading days in the green before dropping a bit today. some have criticized the company for choosing kaepernick. others have praised it. >> believe in something. even if it means sacrificing everything. >> nike ran this two-minute-long commercial during the first regular season nfl game last night between the eagles and the falcons. there were no overt anthem related demonstrations by players. the league and players union have still not resolved whether players will be punished this season if they choose to kneel or demonstrate during the anthem. president trump has been clear about his dislike for anthem protests, but his attention is elsewhere. >> next, hear about the hot topics from him and his pedecessor, barack obama, who is coming to california tomorrow. and a peninsula family arrested and charged with running a human trafficking ring out of six bay area child and senior care centers. but wha

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>> the gloves are coming off. former president barack obama called out his successor by name today as he took to the campaign trail ahead of the midterm elections. today was his first stop of many. >> yeah, tomorrow he will be in southern california. as abc news reporter brian borough explains, the former president is not holding back. >> back in the land of lincoln. >> hello, illinois! >> reporter: former president barack obama giving perhaps his most substantial political speech since leaving office, defend his presidency. >> household income was near its all-time high. and the uninsured rate hit an all-time low and wages were rising and poverty rates were falling. i mention all this just so when you hear how great the economy is doing right now, let's just remember when this recovery started. >> going after the current administration -- >> what happened to the republican party? its central organizing principle

in foreign policy was the fight against communism. and now they're cozying up to the former head of the kgb. >> the former president painting a clear picture of the america he believes in, juxtaposed with the america of this current administration. >> we are americans. we're supposed to stand up to bullies. not follow them. we're supposed to stand up to discrimination, and we're sure as heck supposed to stand up clearly and unequivocally to nazi sympathizers. >> mr. obama challenging the audience to take a stand in the upcoming midterm election. >> the question is what are you going to do? you're the antidote. >> he now heads to california where he'll be stumping for several democratic congressional candidates. ryan burr, abc news, chicago. speaking at a raoul in north

dakota, president trump seemed unfazed by president obama's comments. >> i'm sorry, i watched it but i fell asleep. i found he is very good, very good for sleeping. >> the president's focus remains on figuring out who wrote a scathing op-ed published by "the new york times." abc reporter janai norman has the latest on the search for the anonymous writer. >> as washington plays a game of guess who, trying to figure out the name of the author of the op-ed, it's not a game for those within the administration. >> i come from a place where if you're not in a position to execute commander's intent, you a singular option, and it's to leave. >> in all, more than two dozen administration officials have issued statements denying they wrote "the new york times" piece, which said in part the root of the problem is the president's amorality, and claiming many president trump

appointees will do they what we can to preserve our democratic institutions while thwarting mr. trump's decisions until he is out of office. the president -- >> the latest active resistance is the op-ed published in the failing "new york times" by an anonymous, really, an anonymous, gutless coward. it is subversion? is it treason? it's a horrible thing. >> and called on "the new york times" to turn the official over. and today going even further, calling for the justice department to get involved. >> jeff should be investigating the author of that piece was, because i really believe it's national security. >> but at least one republican says the biggest question isn't who wrote it. >> i think the biggest issue they're going to have is a lte le that. wouldn't have >> even the first lady is speaking out against the op-ed, accusing the author of, quote, sabotaging the country.

janai norman, abc news, washington. hearings for brett kavanaugh came to an end there today. lawmakers heard testimony from character witnesses both for and against kavanaugh's nomination. former nixon white house counsel john dean claimed kavanaugh would be the most friendly in the modern age. >> he would immunize sitting presidents from civil and criminal liability. under judge kavanaugh's recommendation, if a president shot somebody in cold blood on fifth avenue, that president could not be prosecuted while in office. >> ted olson, the former solicitor general under president george w. bush testified that kavanaugh is well qualified to sit on the supreme court, calling him thoughtful, gracious, open mind and possessing a great legal mind. four family members who operate chain of care homes in the bay area are facing charges of human trafficking tonight. state investigators showed off an arsenal of illegal assault weapons that they say were seesz

seized while agents were serving arrest warrants at rainbow bright day care and adult care facilities. they say they exploited hundreds of workers from the filipino community, forcing hem to work shifts, withholding pay and threatening some to turn them over to immigration if they complained. xavier becerra said the case was nearly a year in the making. >> we estimate that unpaid wages and overtime total somewhere around $8.5 million. we're also charging the four defendants with human trafficking for using physical force, sexual violence, fraud, and psychological coercion with their victims. >> the suspects were arraigned in san mateo county court this afternoon. authorities expect to file more charges against them in the future. in the north bay, there is a rigorous training program where fewer than half of those who start actually graduate. >> and they don't earn a cap and gown. they earn a guide dog harness.

next, a sneak peek of the new movie that shows what it takes for both the puppies and the people training them. also ahead -- >> i'm michael finney with

okay. get your tissue ready. a new feature length documentary about guide dogs for the blind literally has audiences crying with happiness. >> this is true. even hardened journalists here at abc 7 were reaching for tissues. the movie called "pick of the litter" is made by bay area filmmakers featuring bay area puppies trying to make the cut as seeing eye dogs. >> the dogs that we're considering are really the best of the best. >> guide dogs for the blind has been in the san francisco bay area for more than 75 years. but most of us only see the star students once they're fully trained. this documentary follows a litter of five puppies from birth as they learn what it takes to make it. >> can you please just be good. >> the nonprofit works with 800 dogs a year, yet only about 300 make it all the way to becoming a life-changing companion for a blind or visually impaired person. pick of the litter is the work of by area filmmakers who first had to convince guide dog ceo it

was a good idea. >> what i'm really hoping is people get a true understanding of everything that it takes in order to get to a guide dog. >> the team spent two years documenting the training of the dogs and the humans who raise them. >> she is on your left hand side, patty. we don't say nice right now. we're not going to give them any kibble out of the crate. >> producer dana is in awe. >> there are 7/24 volunteer opportunities. i think a lot of us feel good about ourselves when we go to the food bank for an hour or two in the weekend. but these people are up in the night with these dogs. they're doing everything to hel dog. >> as the dogs get older, they face the toughest damage, known as intelligent disobedience. >> if their person is in harm's way, they have to make the decision not to take that command. >> the handler says go forward, the dog will disobey them. and i think that's the most amazing thing. and that sets them apart from any other defense dog. >> all this care and training

costs $50 million a year, raised from private donations. >> our dogs give our clients independence. and if you think about that, what is your independence worth? >> clients get their dogs for free. cute as it is, "pick of the litter" is not just a dog movie, it's a high stakes competition will that keep you guessing to the end. >> we're excited to find out if it's a yes or a no. >> "pick of the litter" i know you're thinking something. >> what a great idea for a movie. >> right, right. and dogs are so incredible. and you can learn more. "pick of the litter" opens tonight in san francisco, berkeley and san rafael. some will have answer periods with the producers and descriptive services for the blind. >> this is a tear jerker. >> yeah. we enjoyed beautiful weather today. what about the get to the ross fall fashion event... ...and get the brands you want... check this out. ...at "oh, yeah" prices. from the latest trends to your favorite brands,

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repair in the bay area and throughout northern california. maybe that's why it was targeted. whatever the reason, there is a lesson here for all of us. it all started when sasha on the left here got an e-mail from her boss. >> i need you to get an urgent transfer done for me. let me know if you're available so i can send you the beneficiary details. >> it's signed by the shop's manager shawn. >> i was confused because transfers usually don't come from shawn. >> that's shawn next to sasha. someone had broken into his computer and was sending out those e-mails. >> it definitely looks like it was done by me. at the end it has my signature and proceeded to tell her that it was urgent to send $22,500, gave the full account information. >> here is it is. the money should be send to a person named william. i'm withholding the last name by way of a first midwest branch in illinois. sasha was concerned. so she asked for more details. you said which one of our files does this respond to?

so you would know exactly where the money was coming from. >> exactly. >> i checked the information on the fake e-mail and found there is a branch of first midwest bank at the address given. here's a photo from the bank's website. i find the bank routing number is correct too. i reached out to first midwest bank and was told no transfer occurred and the client has been notified. why was this client selected? the account could have been compromised in one of any number of attacks. this is an executive with aw collision centers. he says asking for specific money transfer information was key to uncovering the scam. >> so it's very much a red flag when someone is asking you to transfer funds. even if i'm going to get paid something or reimbursed for something, they don't transfer funds to my account. they cut me a check. >> now you've been warned. now i want to thank aw collision centers for sharing.

it's a real public service. the company says the hackers never had a shot at the company's money. why? well, there are protocols in place that would not allow that to happen. it does, however, show you how far the bad guys will go to get your money. break in and start sending out e-mails? >> they get slicker and slicker. >> so creative, and that's a bad thing. thanks, michael. one last time, update the weather forecast. the weekend has arrived. you made it. >> all right. it was warm today. what about tomorrow? >> it's going to be warm tomorrow too. not quite so warm. it's going to be a very pleasant weekend. mainly sunny skies still around the bay area. overnight we won't see much in the way of marine layer. at least not anywhere except along parts of the coastline. overnight low mainly in the mid- to upper 50s. tomorrow look for another sunny day, even along most of the coastline. highs from low and mid-60s a the coast. low 90s inland tomorrow where we had mid-90s today. now sunday is a big day for folks who like to run. it's the giant race sf.

small people can run too. but it's the giant race at at&t park starting early in the morning. we'll have a few lingering low clouds. a bright sunny day for most of the day. pleasantly cool for runners or walkers. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. notice how high temperatures inland will drop 2 degrees each day through monday. so it's gradual cooling. by midweek next week cooler. by next thursday high temperatures won't break the 80-degree mark in our inland areas. >> feeling like fall. >> giant run. don't forget. >> thanks, spencer. >> thanks. great success story in sports tonight. >> yeah. larry beil, talking about rick welds, right? >> save your voice. from ball boy to president of the nba championship. what ride it's been for warriors president rick wells. went into the basketball hall of fame tonight alongside jason fame tonight alongside jason kiddcalifornia phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones.

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guess when he learn mid name and we became friends. it's an unlikely friendship, but it's one that's lasted for a long, long time. >> welts has spent more than four decades in the nba. while working in the league office in the 1980s, he came up with the idea of all-star weekend. it wasn't exactly visionary at the time. it was more like job preservation. >> my biggest motivation was to keep my job. we went into larry o'brien's office, and i got pretty much like a yeah, no, we're not going to do that. okay. so i don't know what happened. stern walks into my office a week later and says commissioner says we can do it. as long as, one, you don't embarrass him on his last weekend in office, and two, it doesn't cost the nba a nickel. >> whether it was growing the nba or running the suns or warriors, welts has always had one mission. >> there are people in my job who kind of think they're the show some time, but it's about shining a brighter light and creating a bigger stage pour the players and coaches that fans

really care about. >> welts left phoenix seven years ago and decided to move to the bay area, where the warriors just happened to have new owners who wanted him to become team president. >> i had one interview, one meeting, flew up to joe's house and sat down with peter guber and joe, talked for two or three hours, went to dinner. when we were saying goodbye that night that. >> said if you want to do this, this is your job. >> and you mentioned to them you could pretty much guarantee three championships in four years. >> yeah. and a new arena in san francisco. yeah. it was -- obviously they wanted to hire me. >> welts spends most of his time now on construction of new chase center, but for all of his accomplishments, welts believes his biggest contribution will be coming out in a page 1 "new york times" story as the first openly gay executive in major pro sports. >> because it's been such a big part of my journey. and, you know, the most important thing i will ever do in my life. hopefully, you know, there is some kid out there who today

believes that he or she can be successful because of who they are, not in spite of who they are. anything else i do probably pales in comparison to that. >> that story was back in 2011, and it changed a lot of people's lives. rick welts, a tremendous asset to the warriors and the entire nba. college football. big early season test in the pac-12. number 10 stanford hosting usc tomorrow night. fourth time in the last five years they've opened the pac-12 slate. stanford's won seven of their last 10 against the trojans but lost twice to them last year including in the championship game at levi's stadium. >> that's a huge game. they're a great team. they got a great history. i feel like we're a great team as well. we just know what we're getting into. know that we're getting into a fight. it's going to be a great game. we got to bring our a game and we know they do too. it's going to be fun. >> and cal is at byu tomorrow. on the welts story, 2011, he

sends an e-mail to all of his friends and family letting them know the story was coming thought "the new york times," then took a cross-country flight. for 5 1/2 hours he wondered did i just end my career? had no idea. there was no wifi on planes back then. landed, got hundreds of messages of support. >> a leap of faith. >> for sure. >> love it when the successful people are the nicest people. >> he is tremendous. >> well, join us tonight at 9:00 on kofy tv 20, cable 7/13. an attack on a bay area planned parenthood. police are hoping this video will help them find the arsonist. at 11:00, a south bay father is stabbed to death in front of his own home. why the group offering reward has set a time limit. and coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, it's stand up to cancer. an effort to raise awareness and funds for cancer research. and then at 9:00, an all new episode of "what would you do?" followed by 20/20 and abc 7 news at 11:00. jimmy kimmel live, tonight's

guests are football commentator terry bradshaw and actress shannon purser. finally tonight, a few thoughts about what really matters. there is a great saying that refers to priorities. the main thing is to make sure you keep the main thing the main thing. in washington these days, keeping one's eye on the ball is a challenge. one tweet by the president sends the media on a wild goose chase. but this week it's not a tweet but a bruising new book by legendary journalist bob woodward and a savagely critical anonymous op-ed piece in "the new york times." the media is obsessed with both and so is the president. but while our attention is focused on that sideshow, something else is quietly happening in washington. republicans in the senate are working steadily on the gop agenda. immigration reform, new trade regulations and agreements, major cuts in corporate and personal taxes, conservative judges in the lower courts and a significant ideological shift on the supreme court. many in the bay area support those changes.

many more do not. but that's not the point. what really matters is to keep the main thing the main thing. i always love to hear from you. let me know what you think. follow me on twitter at facebook @dan ashley abc 7. >> and that's going to do it for this edition of abc 7. look for breaking news any time on the abc 7 news app. i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, larry beil, all of us we appreciate your time. we'll see you again at 9:00 and 11:00.

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