the fbi has free reign in this investigation of supreme court nominee, brett kavanaugh, at least that's the thinking. tonight we know of one person agents really want to talk to. new developments surrounding the fbi's investigation of supreme court nominee, cavanaugh. agents contacted deborah ramirez that went to school at yale. president trump weighed in briefly today on the investigation. >> the fbi have been doing a good job, been all over already. >> its investigation is supposed to be wrapped up by next friday. the kavanaugh hearing in washington, d.c. drew tens of thousands of people in protest,

among them a bay area couple that had no pns to join in the demonstrations but were in town to attend a family event. laura anthony has their story from albany. after the fbi investigation was announced, the senate adjourned until monday. other news now, tesla and its ceo elon musk settled a fraud suit from the government. the sec sued musk this week when secud funding to take the he company private. he cannot be chairman now for at least three y and a woman from the east bay say her storage unit was burglarized and they took items

money can't buy, her mom and dad's ashes and photo albums. >> she says the high cost of rent from her hayward apartment last year, and while she is in between homes, robertson put all she owns into public storage. friday morning she got the call that somebody cut the lock to her storage unit. one glance and she realized the crooks got away with the most valuable items inside. >> my grandmother's ashes and dad's ashes, and the antique stuff she left for me, and i was the only granddaughter, and all that is gone. >> material things she says can all be replaced also were taken. roberts estimates the burglars got away with more than $12,000 worth of her belongings and is begging for the safe return of those albums and th ashes. she says those responsible

mistook a duffle bag full of albums and things of monetary value. robertson said her grandmother's ashes were kept in a wooden box with musical notes and had the name alice robertson engraved, and her dad's ashes were in a burgundy box. robertson is afraid these memories are gone forever. >> i thought everything would be safe here, and i wouldn't have never brought my grandmother and father's ashes here if i thought somebody was going to break in here and steal them. for the first time in nearly four months part of the bay area saw rain today. this is what greeted here. >> it has been since may since

many of us have seen rain drops but earlier today, folks, asp l especially in the northbound, we are tracking a couple of hours. put this into the loop the past couple of hours, and we had a weak ripple that energy that moved through northern california. right now we're dry and we are dealing with cloud cover, but the rainfall totals, pretty good for the end of september. and a little less in novato. in the coming days, tuesday, not only showers but we are bringing back the storm impact scale. we will detail that storm syste showers and more of the forecast. back to the story we tried to bring you earlier. president trump said the fbi will have free reign in its investigation, but the white house is limiting the scope of the investigation, and the

kavanaugh hearing drew tens of thousands of people in protest, among those a bay area couple that were in town to attend a family event. laura anthony has their story from albany. >> reporter: among thousands of protesters at the u.s. supreme court on friday a bay area couple that had no plans to visit the high court, much less demonstrate in front of it. on their trip to washington, d.c. for a family wedding. >> that feeling of feeling so powerless, and needing to do something. >> i told this committee that i wanted a hearing as soon as possible -- >> once they heard the testimony on capitol hill, they felt compelled to do something they rarely had done before. >> i actually only protested twice in my life, and the first one was the woman's march and now this was at the supreme court. >> be a raw ham took this picture of bonnie holding the

sign on the steps of the supreme court. >> it affects women most but it affects everybody because it's an issue of respect and decency. >> they wanted to keep their activism rolling by hosting a fund-raiser here at the coffee shop they own in albany. the couple decided the big dinner with albany event would raise money for bay area women against rape. >> they felt like this is their way of coping and their way of feeling active and staying engaged. >> after all, they found after their unplanned activism in d.c. they could not just sit and watch, not now, not at this time in history. >> you know, we still hold on to anita hill from so long ago, and it's like, wow, here we are again and not a lot has changed.

the sales force fran seseu center remains closed. materials were supposed to start today and the work start no later than tomorrow. fremont street remains closed between mission and howard and buses are running out of the temporary terminal down the street. the transit center is supposed to remain closed through next week. the east bay sports bar is open for business following a morning fire. workers repaired the damage, and ricky's owners said the alarm system went off around 1:00 this morning, and a fire was p outme suspect a problem with the ice machine sparked the fire. berkeley police recovered a body this morning at the berkeley marina. few details were available, other than it was seen floating near a pier and the person that

spotted it called police around 8:00 this morning. san francisco police hope you can help them catch the person that punched a man and left him fighting for his life. the victim was attacked after mistaking his attacker's car for a rideshare. you can see what happened in the surveillance video. chris matthews approached the car at 1st and howard earlier in the car, and a guy gets out of the car and punches matthews, and he was unconscious for days and then struggled to remember who his wife was. >> i was a girlfriend and he didn't know who i was, and he didn't know he had kids and thought he lived with roommates, and so it was different hour-by-hour on what his answers were. >> his wife says his memory is now starting to come back. all lanes of interstate 280 after a van caught fire. several lanes were blocked while crews removed the van from the

roadway, and the fire started just before 8:30, and no word on whether anybody else was hurt. and then a protest at a checken arm that provides poultry to amazon and whole foods. protesters stormed the and grabbed chickens, and they even live streamed what was happening on facebook. the suspects could face felony burglary charges. an emotional gathering at the east bay church, mollie tibbetts and her family used to attend. see how the college student was remembered. two groups urged to get vaccinated now. >> clavicles ripped open. >> witnesses described the terrifying scene after a

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in the east bay a memorial service was held for an iowa college student murdered over the summer. mollie tibbetts left a lasting impression with her church community. >> reporter: those who knew mollie tibbetts brought candles to fill it with light, the same light shown by her bright smile. >> the biggest question asked most often is why. >> father early knew the tibbetts family when molly attended corpus christi school before moving to iowa.

>> she lived long enough to know how to love. >> tibbetts, a 20-year-old student at the university of iowa went missing last july. her body was found a month later. 24-year-old r 24-year-old rivera has been arrested, an undocumented immigrant. >> in a brief time you got to know our mollie. >> mollie's father did not want to speak to us, but to be kind. >> no date has been set for the next court appearance.

he has claimed memory loss, and this could set up a defense over his mental state. south bay residents took a step towards staying healthy by getting their flu shots. people received free flu shots at the valley health center downtown san jose, and health experts are urging people with pre-existing health conditions and seniors to get theirs. >> they are most at risk of developing complications to the flu, so we definitely advocate for our seniors to come and get flu shots. >> santa clara medical center plans on holding more free flu shut clinics. visit abc7news.com for where you can get your flu shots. 80,000 americans died, the most in 40 years, during a

typical season 12,000 to 56,000 op will die from the flu, and it was marked against high severity. thousands of people flocked to lake county this weekend, and they are holding their 26th annual pear festival. there'slef entertainment ranging from the guitars to clogging kids and crafts and food booths. cal fire was there, and they received a big ovation for its work during the recent wildfires. say you do want to go to the pear festival. what will the weather be like? >> a little on the muggy side out there tonight, and it's an indication that a weather pattern is changing as you bring about a new storm system. live doppler 7 showing you a fair amount of cloud cover overhead, and will keep that

cloud cover in the next 12 hours. a live look tonight at san francisco. that cloud cover not too low but will have that blanket overhead for much of the day sunday, unfortunately. the sun will be limited tomorrow again. temperature wise, we are on the wild side. 62 right now in san francisco, and 64 in concord. it's also a little muggy out there. we have a south breeze that kicked up ahead of the next storm system we are tracking and that's adding moisture into our atmosphere. it will be muggy tomorrow as well. here's a call from accuweather. we will keep the clouds overhead, and not out of the question in the north bay. you may get drizzle and a light shower moving through, like we had earlier today. elsewhere we are dry. 56 in san francisco tonight. 58 in san jose. we will break down your sunday. the 12-hour day planner to

finish out the weekend, and finishing out mainly cloudy skies, and elsewhere into the afternoon we will call it a blend of sunshine and cloud cover out there. temperatures in the 60s and 70s, close to where we were earlier today. tomorrow about 71 in oakland. once again, it will feel muggy out there, 77 in san jose, and 69 in santa rosa. and san francisco up to about 69 degrees. we will take you into san francisco. we have the folsom street fair tomorrow. lots of cloud cover in the city. that's going to limit our warmth. 60 degrees at 1:00, and then jump to 68 about 3:00, and mainly cloudy skies by 6:00. we will be dry in san francisco in the next 24 hours. things will change by the time we head into the tuesday timeframe. it has been several months since we had the storm impact scale, so a refresher we use here at abc7, we rank the storms, one light and five to severe, and the system we are tracking on

tuesday is light to moderate showers, and it looks like 0.6 of an inch of rainfall. here we go. future weather, hour-by-hour, 8:00 monday night, we could have a light shower in the north bay, but i think the action will wait until tuesday morning. tuesday morning, you see 5:00 in the morning, looks like the morning commute could be wet. yellows and oranges on your screen indicating the moderate rain working through the regions. rain returns on tuesday. the forecast, partly sunny tomorrow and there's a chance of a shower at night, but it looks like on tuesday, we will see the widespread light showers across the region, and then drying out and brightening up the skies to finish out the week. beneficial rain coming on tuesday, and storms are back. >> beneficial rain. like the sound of that. still ahead, yeah, they were moving and groov

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this week their destination was indiana. it's the 15th meeting against notre dame, but this is the first time both teamsan while in the top ten. was a mem. 45 yards for the touchdown. he had 161 rushing yards on the night. stanford has their own speedy back, and 73 yards on the ground came on this touchdown run. that ties it up at seven. the teams traded scores back and forth late in the first, and

then a six yard score to put notre dame up 14-7. and then who else will costello go to? his favorite target, yeah, whiteside. notre dame gets one more before the half. book will h h h h h h h h h love stopped on third and 21, but what was more painful, his left ankle got rolled up on and he would have to leave the game, and visibly limping. stanford loses their first game of the year, 38-17 the final. jar jared goff at memorial stadium. finding space up the middle. scrambles 28 yards and that gives the bears a 10-7 lead. the fans of strawberry canyon are loving that.

the ducks, yeah, travis dye, he has jets as well. 45 yards to give oregon the lead. these teams going back and forth early and then things fell apart for the bears before the half. mcawane gets hit, and winston scooped it up and went 61 yards. the bears down 18 at the half. early third quarter, it's the ducks breaking free, another big play. 74 yards on this one. oregon scored two plays later, and cal could not catch up falling 42-24. and then san jose state hosting hawaii. in the second quarter, it's the big man, boogie roberts pounding it in two yards to put sparty up, 7-3. and spartans did not want to win this game.

it went to three overtimes. hawaii had after chance and finally won 44-41, the final. san jose state now 0-4. that was a difficult day for all of the schools. probably no more than san jose state, they just needed a make a field goal. it happens but was tough to watch. >> and robert beal looked worn-out and happy. >> yeah. much more to come on abc7 news at 11:00, a teenager attacked by a shark in san diego. and then total devastation in indonesia f

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good evening. thank you for joining us. i am eric thomas. elon musk will give up one of his leadership roles at tesla. he will step down as tesla's chairman for three years but will remain ceo. he will also play 40 million. regulators accused and christine blasey ford testified against kavanaugh, and

she claims kavanaugh assaulted her in high school. and then two cracked steel beams above fremont street. the center will likely remain closed through next week. a 13-year-old boy is in critical condition tonight after he was attacked by a shark in san diego. he was about 175 yards from the beach when it happened. abc reporter with what a witness saw. >> reporter: this california beach, the scene of a dramatic shark attack. >> we have a shark attack. i am asking for a helicopter. we need to lift somebody out for a shark attack. >> a 13-year-old boy attacked off beacon beach in encinitas, california. >> at the time it was opening season for lobster season, and there were multiple other people in the water diving. the shark was seen in the water by the bystanders. they were not sure exactly what type of shark it was. >> one of the boys' rescuers

described the terrifying scene. >> i realized he was yelling, i got bit, help, help. once we threw him up on the kayak and started heading in and i looked back and a shark was behind the kayak. >> lifeguards treating the boy on the beach. he was then airlifted to a nearby hospital with traumatic injuries to his upper torso. the beach now closed for at least 48 hours. >> our number one concern was public safety and we're asking people not to go in the water. >> and signs posting staying at the borderrr mexico for a few more months. the mission was supposed to end tomorrow but will now run to the end of month. brown insisted he would only

allow troops to take part if they had no involvement in the immigration or border wall. and then the famous las vegas sign is not far from the mandalay bay hotel, and he brought the crosses back for a way to deal with the anniversary. >> a year is a really tough time because they have gone through every birthday without their loved one. they have gone through the holidays without them. >> he plans to hold al 58-hour vigil starting tomorrow to honor the 58 people who were killed. developing news now out of indonesia. nearly 400 people are dead following the earthquake and tsunami that hit yesterday. one of the hardest hit cities in pelu. hundreds were taken part in a beach festival when the quake

hit. the tsunami was as high as 20 feet in some places. a drone gives us a better view of the devastation in indonesia. areas remain underwater with debris scattered in the streets. ted turner has revealed he has dementia. the 79-year-old broke the news during an interview, and he said e is experiencing fatigue and forgetfulness. he sold cnn to time warner in 1996. still ahead a. special anniversary for the california a academy of sciences. see one of the big changes made ten years ago that brought penguins to the museum. we had a couple

abc's new brand local issue is sharing stories in a series called more uncommon. >> what is the north street neighborhood like? >> it's two city blocks in durham, a couple families got together and wondered what if we had this community where friends and family members with different disabilities could be at the center of life together. >> what was your life back before you moved to this neighborhood? >> i was in a different world because i had no friends, but when i came to this place, boom, i started to burst out with laughter and joy, and everything inside me felt happy, and, you know, this was just a great place to be surrounded by. >> this is the tenth anniversary of the california academy of

sciences moving into its new building in golden gate park. all this week we are looking back to what it took to re-invent for the iconic event for the future. >> let's go. >> it's lunchtime. this is an all-you-can-eat affair. sometimes the diners get a little pushy. this meal was served just a short time after the penguins moved into their new home. >> right away they took to this exhibit. >> the setup is different than the old acalm nions at the old steinhart aquarium. but they have always been crowd pleasures. >> they were really cute, even though you should not have them as a pet. >> when the old academy was torn down, the penguins moved to a temporary home on market treat, and there were eight penguins in the colony, and now nine.

howard is days old and a little nervous. he was living in a nest out of public view, and now he's old enough to walk but can't swim, so if he stays in the exhibit near the pool he could drown, so he will spend the next six weeks behind the scenes being raised by his adoptive mother, pam. >> we are adopting to the diversity in pienguins. >> we really wanted to focus on these birds in particular because their numbers in the wild are declining. >> howard's most important job was to learn how to eat fish fillets, and luckily he's a quick study. >> he's beginning to understand these whole pieces of fish are what he should be feeding on. >> the academy also started looking for new penguins in other institutions.

five came from a zoo in idaho, and when they arrived they ranged from five months to a year old, and they were almost adult sized. the penguins flew in the cargo section of the jet and arrived in good shape. >> you know what it's like flying, you get a little tired. >> the first two penguins were taken to give the new exhibit a test run, and this time they travelled in kennels, and when they arrived it took a little coaxing. finally the big moment, the first penguin plunge into the new pool. a few days later the whole colony arrived, and the tape on the glass helped them learn it was a solid service so they would not try to swim into it. so far so good. the tank is 25,000 gallons, and there are 20 penguins living here now and they can swim right up to the visitors. remember howard? he's a year and a half old now. >> howard has a girlfriend.

>> that's howard, in front, with his first girlfriend. penguins mate for life but they usually shop around first. >> there's always social drama going on in here. it's so funny. >> go howard. ten years later the penguin breeding program is going strong and the academy is part of a species survival program that includes 50 tonight here's a call from accuweather. likely still that chance exists in the north bay to see drizzle in the overnight hours, and 57 in san mateo, and san jose

dropping to 58 degrees. tomorrow, temperatures wise very similar to where we were today. 60s and 70s across the area. got about 71 in oakland, and 69 in san francisco. 77 in san jose. about 73 the high in napa. talking about rain working into the forecast by tuesday. we bring back the storm impact scale where we rank our storms from one, light, and five severe. what we are tracking on tuesday is a storm system of light intensity, light to moderate showers coming our way. just some light wind, so it's beneficial rain and a little in the way of inconvenience, just a wet morning commute on tuesday. there could be an isolated shower in the morning, but then on tuesday morning there's the rain working through the region. tomorrow, partly sunny. there's a chance that on tuesday, that's the best chance for the scattered showers. we will brighten up our skies as

we head into next weekend. >> love the sound of that rain. >> do the warriors know you are supposed to be rusty at the start of the season? >> you would think so. when you look at the pre-season already, they are already playing but don't look like a

the warriors open training camp on tuesday, and voila, five days later they are playing in the first pre-season game, golden state hosting the timberwolves. durant and the warriors other three healthy all stars started alongside damian jones. green knocked it out to the birthday boy that picked up an easy score. the warriors hit 5 of the first 7 shots.

that included curry. this was his fifth attempt. but. kd is right there for the gorgeous putback slam. shaun livingston, the steal gets it to cook, and third they find jones. an 11-point lead there. and coast-to-coast to kd that finished beautifully. the warriors pulled their starters and ended up losing by four, but no concerns. if it feels like the nba offseason is getting shorter and shorter, it is. you know what? it didn't matter, even with the short break they did not miss a break. their big three shot 61% in limited minutes against minnesota. >> i am very happy to have the roster that we have -- yeah.

continuity, yeah, it's nice to be able to throw line-ups out there that have been together for a couple years at least, so it's a big part of this game. >> you know you have to be real efficient. those guys are the best shoes in the world, so if you are going to take a shot you have to be able to make it. they give us motivation and confidence. >> just being able to go out there and feel the game out for starters and then just seeing, you know, ways to improve, you know, and getting advice from everybody and i think all that stuff was great. >> the dubs have four games remaining in the pre-season. the player to watch is damian jones. he is trying to lock down the starting center position until cousins returns from his achilles injury. >> the a's are finishing up

their regular season in anaheim. it's a one-game wildcard playoff against the yankees in the bronx. and bob melvin will rest most of his regulars through today and tomorrow. thank goodness he did not rest khris davis today, a two-run shot, and look at this, dashing around third. oops. nothing hurt but his pride. that's okay. hendricks was the opening pitcher and then trevor cahill came in, and he gave up a run and a hit. lowry at the top of the sixth. he went yard, his 23rd home run of the season. he is sitting on 99 rbi. the a's win 5-2. a's and yankees on wednesday. today new york was playing the red sox. look at john carlos stanton hits the 266th home run for the yankees.

that's not why we are showing you this. the fan threw it back and hit stanton. he got a salute from stanton, because he's in the visitors home field and so he should not the keep that ball, although that would not be a bad one to get signed because it's a record-setting ball. giants and dodgers, watching this one. l.a. jumps out to a 5-2 lead, and then the giants scored five off of kershaw. and now we are tied at five. with no on and two out in the ninth, the dodger send seven men to the plate and score four runs. ouch. dodgers win 10-6 and clinch the second wildcard.

they could still win the nl west, so a lot to be decided tomorrow in the final day of the regular season. >> maybe, just maybe the dodgers are getting tired arms out there. kershaw -- >> yeah, they don't always typically do well in the post season even when they make it deep. >> yeah. thank you very much. that's it for tonight. i am eric thomas. abc7 news continues tomorrow at 5:00 a.m., and thank you for joining us. we will see you later.

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