that here we go. just like that out of sight. thanks for joining us. >> amazingly the driver o the truck walked away unharmed. >> it happened between hop labd and lakeport. it's an area that officials have warned them about but crashes keep happening. >> abc 7's wayne freedman went up there to see why. >> reporter: watch as his semitruck fails to make this turn on 175 east of hopland yesterday. they cited him for ignoring the

many warning signs on the restricted roadway. >> he state head saw a few of them and figured he eads take his luck and see what he could make out of it. >> here's his answer still on the side forcing the future closer of at least one day to retrieve it. this construction crew recorded yesterday's video. they warned the driver to turn around. he did not. caltrans knows the drill. >> his trailer got off the berm and the trailer pulled him over. locals who saw the video today know better. >> i saw it yesterday. >> what did you think when you saw snit. >> i thought, here goes another one. >> reporter: last week, a similar truck. caltrans and the highway patrol said this road would still be restricted at two lanes. >> do you think you'll see this again? >> oh, yeah, 100%.

we could put a sign every two or three week and we could probably put a video of this truck going over the clip on loop and we'd still see this again. >> truckers beware. on 175 west of hopland, wayne freezeman, nbc 7 news. a big decision means electric schoolers will be back. several cities including emeryville, oakland, piedmont, and san jose have partnerships with at least one scooter company, sometimes many more. that's been an issue with san francisco until today. melanie woodrow is live to explain. melanie. >> well, dan, they're coming back, but they almost had yet another delay and that's because one of the companies involved in all of this, a company named lime wanted the sfmta to rethink its decision to give two other companies permits for those

scooters on monday. today's the efforts to halt this process were unsuccessful. >> it seems no matter what direction you look, people are scooting around oakland. >> i like to ride them. they're fun. >> it gives people more mobility and it's more affordable than transit. >> reporter: oakland is working out practices and policies that will come back to the city council for final approval in the coming weeks. >> people who use them will throw them, leave them on the corners. >> that's not all. our news producer took these pictures in lake merritt. >> they all have kick stands. people are just lazy. >> reporter: you'll find plenty of pedestrians and cyclists, but for now, no scooters. the city pumped the breaakes on those. >> we've got scooters really to go outed on monday.

>> reporter: they plan to issue a permit to skip. the education is a big part of their business model. >> they make sure they're serving all members of the community. >> they found a temporary restraining order. lime wanted the sfmta to hold offishes permits until they could appeal the decision to not choose it as one of the first two companies to permit it around san francisco. the city attorney's office says the request was denied and the permits will be issued on monday. skip, of course, they're happy with the decision and focused on the future. expect to see those scooters back in san francisco on morngsd especially here along the embarcadero, hopefully on the bike lane and not on the

sidewalk. one scooter company may have found a way to get around all the regular laces and bands. bird is launching a delivery service. people can now sign up online. they'll be added to a weightlift. they get a scooter dropped off at their home in the morning and use it all day. bird will pick it up at night. so far they're planning to roll it out where scooters are allowed, but the program should be viewed like rental car and they don't think cities will want to regulate them any differently than cars. they're trying to put the brakes on what they call unfair firings by the rideshare company. they say a driver can be d d e deactivated over an uber customer complaint. >> it's supporting drivers who are fighting against uber's

unfair driving poll sichl uber drivers don't have a voice. they live under the constant fear of accusation. >> reporter: decisions to block access to their acts are made in accordance. cal fire is certainly concerned about more fires in solano county and elsewhere this weekend. >> that's right. abc 7's sandhya patel has the latest. >> this is the peak of fire season. we have a fire weather watch between mind sunday and 12:00 p.m. monday. northeasterly wind gusts, 45 to 50 miles an hour with the humid down to the 5% to 10% range means this weekend fires that do develop will spread rapidly. be aware of that. hour by hour we go. midnight sunday, they start to increase at 11:00 a.m.

you see the wind direction. it's going to dry out our air some more and the fuels. it's not going to be there as we head into that time period, so the humidity valleys will be dropping by 10:00 p.m. on sunday. be extra vigilant this upcoming weekend. fire danger is definitely increasing. kristen? >> thank you, sand ya. a groundbreaking this afternoon celebrating new apartments being used to howze fire victims. habitat and others team up to help fire survivors who lost their homes last year in the tubbs fire. they'll be available to rent at a low cost for two to four years. city officials were there to learn about the state of the construction techniques. the homes should be ready by

winter of this year. thissed bying is 17 stories high and half a million square feet. it was designed by a prominent south bacon tractor who hopes to attract a big tenant. chris gwyi nguyen is on the sto >> the work/life balance is there. i appreciate i'm a couple of miles from my job and that's very rare in the area. >> reporter: she's looking forward to seeing more of the transformation ochbl what's currently there, they block a proposal would breathe new life into an area that many say would be welcome. market street towers would rise 17 feet high totaling a one-acre lot.

thetory could hold up to 3,600 workers. >> it supports all of the amenities a lot of people are hoping to see. >> reporter: from sky seven you can see the project's location to the transit village near the s.a.p. center. although they're on the minds of many, officials say it's important to keep things in perspective. >> we need more jobs in san jose. we need more intent office developments like this that's going to be situated near transportation. this is the exact place that welcomes this type of density. >> an opening date hasn't been released but they say they'll move forward with the project even if they haven't lined up major tenant prior to groundbreaking. chris nguyen, abc news. according to a website, jade garden signed a new lease with owners of the encino shopping center this morning.

the eviction would have had to do with amazon/whole foods. jade garden thank tsz community for the overwhelming support they've given. >> we're getting a better look at some of the devastation caused by hurricane michael. >> up next. new video from mexico beach, florida, and how a local organization is getting ready to help the victims. four years ago neighbors raised thousands of dollars to a homeless man. why the money may be going back to them instead of this man. plus, the second speech kanye west gave yesterday after his visit to the white house. i'm michael finney. coming up on

officials in the southeast are warning that the death toll is likely to go up. at least 13 people have died. rescue workers are going door to door looking for other victims and survivors. this drone footage shows devastation. just incredible damage. the mayor said the city of 1,000 people will rebuild. >> the spirit of our town based on the quaintless

family feeling, i think these people will come back. president trump tweeted he'll be back to visit the damage firsthand. medshare is getting supplies ready to help with hurricane relief. they're waiting for any bay area doctors and nurses getting ready to deploy to florida. medshare will give thome 1em 10 pounds of supplies they need. if you'd like, you can donate to american red cross. text michael to 90999 to send $10 automatically. about four months ago we tell you about a hokeless man whose belongings were thrown into a river. >> he's still living there, so

we were looking into this. we're joined live from city hall. >> reporter: we're doing this follow-up story because we heard from you. now, people donated money, thousands of dollars, to try to help drew, but noticed that nothing had been done. we found drew still homeless and his belongings scattered under the pergola. >> do you remember when we were here back in june? >> if it's about music -- >> no. it wasn't about finding a home. >> reporter: it was this video showing a jogger throwing his things into the lake that helped him to find a home. the gofundmest has brought in $14,000 but donors started complaining after they found that drew was still homeless.

some asked, can someone please donate and i heard he doesn't want to move into a new flas. please return the money. some who collected finally responded. we were able to get drew housing but he's refused. he does not have an i.d. we'll be donating the money to home lless rights organizations. they say we have to stop throwing money at problems we can't solve. >> money isn't going to be the key answer. it will definitely help, but we need resources out here. >> there's no political will to figure out and ask drew what do you want? obviously maybe not living here at the lake is an option for you at this point. what do you want? >> i did. i asked him.

is this where you want to stay? >> did you hear what i said? is this where you want to stay? >> look it up. look it up. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: so it seems now that it's the city's problem once again. we reached out to the counsel member of that district, we're here. we're at city hall still waiting for his response. i'm leave in oakland. >> okay. keep us posted on that, lyanne. thank you. there are new concerns when you fly because of a critical shortage of air traffic controllers. they do their best the protect passengers but the labor shortage may mean increased flight delays in the weeks and months to come. what's happening in the control tower at san francisco

international and other bay areas. after his meeting with president trump, kanye west stopped by an apple store in washington, d.c., and went on another diatribe. in his meeting with president trump west was wearing a red make america great again hat. a reporter with for religion news service who happened to be at the apple store said this was part of his speech there. wearing a different hat, he talked about making a custom hat that says make america great. hi, there, everyone. no matter where you were today, it was warm. these are the highs so far. 85, santa rosa all the way up to the 80s around vacca ville, concor concorde. livermore, 85. we get the warmer downsloping

wind which pushes those temperatures up. take look at where those numbers are rye now. it's a 24-degree temperature change. up 14 degrees in novato, 11 degrees in san jose. now here are your temperatures. they're still in the mild to warm range. oakland, 75 degrees. san jose, gilroy in the throw mid 80s. fairfield, you're in the mid 80s and it's 87 in con todd. these temperaturs are above average for some parts of the bay area. doesn't this look inviting? i love the beach. love to just relax and enjoy the y'roio be doing that this weekend, weather is going to be nice. but it is gong to include a little bit of fog tomorrow. it's not there right now. it's clear. here's another vantage point. san francisco, not seeing any fog. but it returns tomorrow. it's going to be a little cooler.

warmer weather for sunday, monday and elevated fire danger as it becomes gusty. hour by hour we go. tomorrow morning at 7:00 a.m., there will be some patches of fog, but it's not going to increase. that's when the fog expands along the entire coastline. that along with the sea breeze will mean the temperatures will come down. as the wind switches direction, the fog will get swept away. tomorrow morning, mainly clee. anywhere from the low 40s to the mid-50s. and then in the afternoon it's going to be nice and mild. 82, morgan hill. 80 in cupertino, san jose. very nice looking day on peninsula. mid-70s from palo al toe. 55 in pa siff kachlt fog will be here. the temperature will come down. it will be noticeable at the coast as the temperatures will be dramatically lower. 68, downtown san francisco. in the north bay, you're going

to see the temperatures ranging from 79 here. mid-60s along the coastline. 77 in freemond. sunscreen and shades is what you're going to need. 82 in live more. you can downloeds the app and track the temperatures any time you want hour by hour, minute by minute, to plan your weekend. it includes everything for even. those of you who like it cooler, you have a little bit of fog. twhoes like it warmer, it's going up. gusty conditions in the hills will translate to a warmer pattern for your monday. 70s to upper 80s and then a little bit of a dip in numbers tuesday and wednesday but you'll see cooler conditions thursday and friday. really it's going to be a seesaw in terms of our temperatures. >> absolutely beautiful. >> all right.

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tonight breaking news as we come on the air. the dramatic rescues playing out days after the hurricane. and this evening, our team on the scene at this hour. the possible new discoveries at ground zero of this hurricane the area we flew over. homes wiped off the earth by hurricane michael, some of them sitting in streets. and the new reporting coming right now. the verdict in tonight. authorities say a homeowner opening fire on a black teenager who had missed the bus and who had come to the door to ask for help. what the jury has now decided. new clues tonight. a u.s. resident, a "washington post" columnist last seen on this surveillance going into the saudi consulate in istanbul,

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