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>> and that breaking news is in livermore. sky 7 is over the livermore municipal airport where a plane is off the runway there and has crashed into a fence that borders the las positas golf course. plaint is 600 feet from the runway threshold. we're told the 350i89 is okay. he walked away. the plane appears to be a single engine prop military heritage aircraft. there are many stored at that livermore airport. we have calls in to the faa and we'll bring you more information as soon as we learn more during abc 7 news here at 4:00. but now to our other top story. a loud protest at san francisco city hall. some taxi drivers not happy at all whcity's taxi medallion pro. good afternoon. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. larry beil will join us later live from oracle ash o. for the warriors season opener. >> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area.

we spend more sometime resources on specific issues that have a big impact on your quality of life. >> traffic. some of the problems taxi drivers are dealing with stem from competition with uber and lyft. >> we are live team coverage of a tale of two modes of transportation. abc 7 news anchor kristen sze talked with some rideshare drivers today. >> we begin, though, are with abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow live in san francisco where taxi drivers say the city's proposals will kill their industry. melanie. >> reporter: ama and dan, i'll tell you just a short time ago here it sounded more like new york city than san francisco. it's quiet now, but here's what's going on. for a taxi cab driver the single most lucrative ride that they can take in san francisco is to the airport. and that is what this story is about. take a listen. [ honking ] this was the scene outside city hall this afternoon as dozens of cab drivro by honking their horns in

solidarity. the cab industry has been struggling since rideshare companies like uber and lyft have grown in popularity. drivers who bought a medallion for $250,000 on credit are having trouble making payments to the bank. they went to the sfmta for help and the sfmta in turn says it consulted with industry experts and drivers and then came up with a list of proposals to help. the one that drivers seem the most upset about is a proposal that would allow only cab drivers who bought their medallions for $250,000 to be able to pick up and drop off at the airport. cab drivers who didn't purchase their medallions in that way, who obtained them in one of the other ways that they were able to and are struggling to make ends meet say it's not fair. >> what's the difference between a cab driver and a bus driver? we're servants of the city. and now they're going to stab us

in the chest. >> we made this proposal because it really looks after for the people who have purchased medallions. this brings value back to medallion because the people who have these medallions are able to make these dropoffs and pickups. >> 450 cabs cannot support the airport. okay? there will be 30, 40, 50 people standing at every stand trying to get a cab. >> reporter: so you can hear those cab drivers are extremely upset. coming up tonight, new at 6:00 p.m., we're going to take you on a ride-along with a cab driver who's been at it for decades. he's a driver who recently defaulted on his payment and lost his medallion after many years. hear why tonight at 6:00 p.m. we will also keep you posted on the vote on these proposals. the sfmta spokesperson tells me it will be quite some time before that vote comes in tonight. live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> all right, melanie, thank you. a new report shows traffic congestion in san francisco continues to get worse.

it places some of the blame on rideshare services. according to t untynsatnage tra city streets in 2010 was 24 miles per hour. in 2016 it was 20 miles per hour. half of the slowdown is attributed to the number of uber and lyft cars on the road. the other half is attributed to population as well as job increases. some rideshare drivers feel unfairly blamed for the traffic congesti congestion. abc 7 news anchor christianitien zee went in searchar their perspectives. kristen. >> reporter: ama, first we hit the streets to get an uh-uh scientific count on rideshare vehicles. we staked out bush and taylor for about a half hour. take a close look at what we found. just in one traffic cycle you can see eight out of nine vehicles passing by had uber or lyft stickers op on average nearly 40% of the vehicles were rideshare. we also spotted a few traffic infractions such as driving in the red bus lanes or stopping in the pedestrian crosswalk. we talk a few rides to talk with

drivers ourselves about their experiences in the city. alexander johnsowas born and raised in san francisco. she lives in sacramento now. why do you comell the way out here instead of driving to sacramento? >> it's more economical. i can spend a few hours out here and go back home and still make income i would make out there. >> some people are blaming rideshare for like all the traffic and stuff. do you think that's fair? >> no. not at all. if there was no rideshare you still have all the same amount ofta if anything it gets all the companies moving in and all the people going to work for the companies. >> reporter: alexandra says the company does not train the drivers on traffic laws other than rideshare rules at the airport. she would welcome that. she also welcomes the recent increase in traffic control officers on market street to help prevent jaywalking and usher more cars through the intersection. dan and ama? >> kristen, thanks very much. >> uber and lyft responded to that report. lyft tells the examiner the study is "flawed and an incomplete picture of the

transit challenges san francisco faces." uber says the study "fails to consider critical factors like the spike in tourism or the growth of freight deliveries." >> uber could be valued at $120 billion if it goes public next year. according to the "wall street journal" two jichinvestment ban have bumped up the company's value by 66%. the journal says they received proposals from morgan stanley and goldman sachs last month ahead of its proposed initial public offering $120 billion is about equal to the ipos of ford, general motors and tesla combined. a few minutes ago melanie talked to us about the medallions that are proving to be such a hardship for taxi drivers in san francisco. the family of one driver believes the stress associated with a medallion contributed to their loved one's death. now he's gone what he hoped would be an asset is a liability for them. we're going to talk to the reporter who followed that family's saga at 6:00.

we hope you'll join the conversation, hashtag better bay area to share your ideas about how to improve issues where you live. together we can make progress on building a better bay area. mid october and it is still quite warm out there in our inland areas. let's take a look at current temperature readings. temperatures in the low to mid 80s most inland locations right now 86 degrees at san rafael. 83 livermore. even around the bay we have some upper 70s. if you're planning to go to the warriors' season opener this evening at oakland arena against okc for early adrivers and tailgaters skies will be sunny, temperatures in the upper 60s at 5:00 p.m. if you're coming out of the game 10:00 tonight, which is when most people are expected to be leaving assuming no double or triple overtime, it will be a little bit cooler. we'll have fog reaching across the bay and locally inland overnight so the start of the day tomorrow will feature some early morning fog. i'll show what you will follow that in a few minutes. dan?

>> spencer, thanks a lot. in the north bay pg&e continues to restore power after it deliberately pulled the switch over the weekend because of high fire danger. the utility says the lights will be back on by midnight, but it's been slow in some places. abc 7 news report ee eer wayne friedman is live from middletown. >> reporter: in middletown most of the lights are on but just up the road to the west there's a pocket of roughly 200 homes who still don't have power. and there are other place that's don't have power. pg&e says the delay in turning the power on to these places and because they need to look at all of the lines. well, they're finding problems with some of those lines due to the weather. an empty restaurant, lights finally on, but that sign out front tells a story and sets a tone on day two since pg&e cut the power due to high fire danger. >> it wasn't windy here as they were saying. we live in some of the windiest areas in the county and we're not experiencing wind at all. >> reporter: those would be the sentiments inower rur

at 9:00 last night. it happened too late for armand pauley, who owns a computer store. >> no, i'm not happy. everybody i tther. >> reporter: when pg&e cut power to parts of napa, sonoma, and lake counties, more than 11,000 people went dark. their frustrations have to do with not only losing power but also how long it has taken to restore. >> just because taking the power off takes a couple seconds, turning it back on is not that easy. we have to make sure there isn't anything on the line. we have to make sure it's even safe to turn the power back on. because why we turn the power off to begin with, for safety, for the safety of the community. >> reporter: that process continued all day. >> this has been really challenging. really challenging. >> reporter: madeline ocma osus today pg&e returned her power in the afternoon. while she feels relieved to be safe madeline said pg&e needs to consider the economics especially after five straight

years of big fires. >> we can't afford it up here. you know. we've had that big fire. we've lost 40% of our population. the fire district is losing tax revenues. it's really tough. >> reporter: suffice to describe lake county as being fired up both before the power went off and after. >> i think it's kind of screwy. >> reporter: you can add lake county administrators to the list. this afternoon, actually this morning, the borard of supervisors in lake county held their meeting. they invited pg&e representatives to sit in. those representatives received an earful, according to supervisor rob brown. the message? that the way pg&e rolled this out, he said, is not acceptable. live in lake county, wayne friedman, abc 7. >> a lot of frustrated people. wayne, thank you. oakland mayor libby schaaf is responding to recently uncovered records related to an i.c.e. raid in the city. what the records show about nearly half of the people arrested back in february. too close for comfort. an oakland zoo visitor climbs

over a railing next to the tiger enclosure. look at that tiger get agitated. the changes now being made as a result. that is a bad idea, to mess with that tiger. i'm larry beil live at oracle arena. we are counting down getting set for the warriors season opener against okc. a big part of this night is the ring soerm. we talk bling when we come back. i'm taking a live look at our traffic through san francisco. this is the skyway. left-hand side is your traffic approaching the lower deck of the bay bridge trying to get to slower than on the right-hand side, which is your southbound traffic heading toward 101 south peninsula and south bay.

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the man accused of killing 18-year-old nia wilson at the mar.a sgsy sindi a grand jury today. he's charged with murder with special circumstances. he also faces attempted murder charges for attacking nia's sister latifah. the case will now go directly to trial. b.a.r.t. police say it appeared to be a random attack. cowell is expected back in court on november 27th to enter a plea. in the east bay oakland mayor libby schaaf is outraged with president trump and i.c.e. agents following the arrest of undocumented immigrants. agents captured 233 people back in february. recently uncovered federal records show nearly half of them, 111, did not have any criminal convictions for violent crimes or any other serious offenses. >> immigrants are not criminals.

this is the ugly lie that president donald trump will have us believe. it is not true. >> president trump villainized mayor schaaf after she promised to warn oakland residents of upcoming raids by i.c.e. one republican lawmaker even introduced a bill to prosecute local leaders who tip people off about i.c.e. raids. the number of affordable apartments in the bay area just increased. abc 7 news was in san francisco for a celebration today, marking the opening of the natalie dub commons on fremont street. the development includes 190 affordable units and on-site childcare for residents. rent starts at $987 a month for a one-bedroom unit. people making 40% to oth50% of o san francisco median qualify for these units. median income is around $97,000 according to the census bureau. it has been just over four months since the warriors won the nba title, and tonight they're back on the court for the season opener against the ok

o oklahoma city thunder. ena wi a the excitement. hey, larry. >> reporter: here we are again, dan and ama. this is always a good spot. tonight marks the beginning, the end and the beginning of the end. it's the beginning of a new season. warriors hosting okc in the opener. it's the end, the formal end to last season's championship run, which will culminate with the ring ceremony and the championship banner drop and the beginning of the end because this will be the final year for the warriors at oracle arena after 47 seasons. but for now let's focus on the ring ceremony because this will be the third time in four seasons that the warriors will receive their bling on opening night. they're 1-1 in the previous two games. it's hard to play a big game after a huge celebration. >> the ring ceremony is honestly the weirdest night of the year. you're celebrating something that happened four months ago,

and then you've got to like appreciate the moment, see the banner fall, feel the energy from the crowd, then you've got to put the rings back and play . a lot of celebration. but for us we can't just sit and just relax after we get the ring like we did something because that's old news by that point. >> reporter: as usual there is great secrecy about the design of the rings. there was a glimpse of a hologram of the ring design in a video presentation which will be shown before tipoff tonight. the only thing we can tell you for sure is it will be loaded with diamonds and the ring will only be slightly smaller than my head. >> which will be half the size of the one last year, right, larry? >> well, yeah. yes. they do a great job. at this point i don't know whether they could do with new

ring designs because if you've got three and four years. but they load them up with diamonds, they do a great job with them. and everybody in the organization gets a ring. tonight is for the players. >> steph makes a good point -- oh, sorry, larry. steph makes a great point. it's a weird event. they're celebrating something that just happened four months ago but now they've got to play a game. i guess it's weird for the warriors. but for the fans it's great. >> oh, it's fantastic. and i'm glad you brought that up because the warriors organization wants to remind everybody to please try to come early. they're asking for a 7:15 arrival because they're going to have a big party. we heard en vogue practicing earlier with their musical selections. they've got a whole mashup. they're going to bring down the house. this place is going to rock tonight. if you're coming out, try to get here early. they're asking 7:15. dan, ama, back to you. >> better to have a celebration than not. that means we won last year. >> oh, yeah. >> oklahoma wish they had a ring

ceremony. >> exactly. >> absolutely gorgeous weather no matter what>> but wand to ta built si about the size of larry's head. as long as fits in the camera frame. >> and the door. >> but it's growing. seems like our summer-like weather is growing into mid-fall. here's a look at live doppler 7. a little fog at the coast but nice and sunny and quite warm in our inland areas. look at the advancing fog. what a great view from sutro tower. it's rolling through the golden gate. in fact, here's the little top of the spears there of the golden gate bridge -- spires. spears. 63 degrees in san francisco right now. 71 in oakland. 83 at morgan hill and 60 at pacifica. and here's the view of the same fog from mount tam looking down onto the fog. it's getting pretty advanced right now all the way down the coastline and pushing out over the bay. 79 degrees in santa rosa right now. napa 78.

we've got mid 80s at novato, vacaville, concord, and livermore. and oneore liveiew oth advancing fogg'sng t swallow alcatraz. these are forecast features. we'll see fog near the coast and bay and locally inland overnight. mild to warm days will continue over the weekend and a cooler pattern will develop early next week. overnight it will be relatively cool in our inland areas. low temperatures dropping into the 40s. low 40s in the north bay. upper 40s near the bay and coast. and farther north mendocino county frost advisory will be in effect from 1:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. tomorrow. low temperatures will drop into the mid 30s in some spots. be sure to bring in your pets and protect plants and sensitive people, those sensitive to the cold. fog will be rolling down along the coastline and spilling locally inland but it does not appear it's going to be dense enough or widespread enough to have a major impact on the morning commute. however, there will be patches of fog greeting some commuters. so bear that in mind. by mid-morning we'll see the fog

pulling back mainly to the coastline where it willi reside for the remainder of the day. it's going to be another mild day tomorrow, mild to warm i should say with mid 60s on the coast and mid 70s right around the bay and low 80s in our inland areas. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. it will get a little warmer toward the end of the week. by friday look for mid to upper 80ss the high temperatures inland. 80 degrees right around the bay, near 70 on the coast, then there will be gradual cooling through the weekend and then a sharper cooling trend beginning early next week. it will finally start to feel like fall. i hope. >> thanks. >> okay. $367 million is up for grabs in tonight's mega mega mega mega drawing. drawing. golden gate transit ferry

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a federal judge approved a settlement between elon musk and federal regulators after his infamous tweet about taking tesla private. the securities and exchange commission argued the tweet was misleading and hurt investors who bought stock in the electric car company as a result. the company is not going private. tesla and its ceo, musk, agreed to pay a total of $40 million as part of the settlement. musk will keep his post as ceo, but he has to give up his seat as tesla's chairman for at least three years. the ferry operator serving alcatraz has agreed to pay a fine for violating san francisco law by denying adequate health care insurance to its employees. hornblower yachts operates alcatraz cruises. san francisco's city attorney accused hornblower of creating complex insurance policies to deny employees benefits. hornblower will pay 2.75 million in fines. nearly a million dollars will go to its 421 employees.

meantime, marin county's golden gate transit ferry serveree more popular, and that is leading the agency to expand. the agency applied for a grant to add a new $30 million boat to its eight-boat fleet. san francisco-bound commuters often arrive before sunrise to find parking at the larkspur ferry terminal and the bridge district admits it's currently having a hard time with the increased demand. ridership is expected to grow even more once smart trains begin running to larkspur as early as next year. >> people should be taking public transportation. it's crowded on the road. it is more crowded in some of them. >> the bridge district would also have to study the effects of increasing the current cap of 42 ferry trips per day. president trump has already raised $100 million for his re-election bid. how much of that is coming from a silicon valley billionaire. plus the latest updates from the middle east as the investigation continues into

here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. traffic congestion in san francisco is getting worse. in a new report by the county transportation authority places partial blame on i'd-share services.ren't driving would tae

their place. with fewer taxis on the road once costly taxi medallions have lost their value. this video of a cab driver who says he can no longer pay for his. city transportation officials are considering changing medallion rules. a massive voter registration effort is on today in the south bay. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen tweeted registration drives are being held at 13 high schools. he'll have a live report on abc 7 news at 5:00. the oakland zoo is responding to this cell phone video showing a man climbing over a railing next to the tiger enclosure. abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live at the oakland zoo. officials there say they didn't know this happened until the video was posted on social media. >> reporter: no, that's right, ama. they did not know about this at all at the time until that video showed up on social media. that visitor is long gone. i'm standing on the deck where

it happened. this man apparently told others he dropped >> he jumped the fence, like the little railing. >> reporter: a witness told abc 7 news this man claimed he dropped his sunglasses. that's why he was climbing over a four-foot railing that separates people from the park's fenced-in tiger enclosure. >> he was on a viewing deck. it has a 42-inch rail. le the man was never in mortal danger thanks to a 25-foot chainlink fence, zoo officials say his actions were irresponsible. >> the chainlink fence keeps the tiger in. but then if they try to -- sometimes they'll think they can pet the tiger in which case the fingers go through the mesh. that's when it can get -- be dangerous for the public. >> reporter: in 2007 at the san francisco zoo a visitor who had breached a fence was killed by a female tiger named tatyana that had escaped its enclosure. today we found parents and kidse

man climbed over the railing sunday. >> if you drop something over the railing, would you go get it? >> nope. >> if one of your kids went over you'd go get them, right? >> oh, yeah. absolutely. a kid is way more important than some sunglasses or a phone. but other than that, no, i'm not going in there. i'm not letting my kids go in there. >> reporter: the zoo will now station extra personnel in the tiger area but officials maintain their enclosure with its tall fences far exceeds established safety guidelines. >> can you design for stupid? >> no, you know, you cannot design for irresponsible and o four tigers who are inside this enclosure. this fence that's behind me is actually the barrier that protects people the foemost. this one is 25 feet tall. according to the association of zos and aquariums the guideline

is for the fence to be at least 16 1/2 feet tall. as you can see, this one is plenty tall. well within those guidelines. by the way, the zoo officiaffic tell me had they been here, had they seen that guy do what he did, he most certainly would have been kicked out of the park. in oakland laura anthony, abc 7 news. >> laura, thank you. the death toll from hurricane michael has climbed now to 26. officials in florida today, 16 people died in that state, doubling the death toll originally reported last week. elsewhere, this ferocious storm is blamed for ten other deaths. search and rescue teams are still trying to access some of the hardest-hit areas of the gulf coast, where there may be more potential victims. vice president mike pence toured the storm zone today. >> we are with you, and we will stay with you until we rebuild and recover better than ever

before. >> six people in bayco missin residents of hard-hit areas were notified they may be able to return to their properties to survey the damage sometime this week. of course, they are very anxious to get back to see what is left. heavy rains have triggered deadly flooding across central texas. so far the number of people killed is three. one other person remains missing. the rising water of the lonnow river yoechld and caused a bridge to collapse in kingsland. that's about 65 miles northwest of the capital of texas, austin. more than 10 sxu and you inches of rain have fallen in the past two days. flash flood warnings are in effect. rising water has also triggered evacuations. secretary of state mike pompeo is in saudi arabia to find out what happened to missing "washington post" journalist jamalthe state depar afternoon pompeo is traveling on the direction of the white house to meet with king salman and the crown prince. president trump said the saudi crown prince denied his i with

the saudi journalist's disappearance. turkey has said they believe khashoggi was killed in the saudi consulate in istanbul. saudi arabia has denied that. president trump has been hesitant to cast blame on drake. republicans have received a fund-raising boost from one of the silicon valley tycoons who helped launch paypal. billionaire peter thooel donated $250,000 to the trump victory fund over the summer. that's according to federal election officials. the fund also finances the gop's efforts to win next month's midterm elections. thiel gave president trump's campaign more than $1 million in 2016. the president has more than $100 million from donors for his 2020 re-election campaign. now to mega millions fever. the jackpot is at a record high $667 million for tonight's drawing. abc 7 news reporter carlos sal cedin m here at ernietion liquor store in san jose.

we've seen crowds of people stopping by to purchase their tickets hoping they'll be able to increase their odds of winning. things have slowed down a bit here but i think people are just being camera shy knowing we're in here. the line as i mentioned has been pretty steady for the most part. the jocpot as you mentioned $667 million. the third largest in u.s. lotto history. the largest mega millions. the mega millions is now the largest jackpot ever in the game's history. a whopping $667 no one has won the jackpot since past july where a group of office yrk woerz at this walz fargo branch matched all six numbers. >> since we opened the store it's been really crowded. >> reporter: the winnou san jose p. the owner walked away with $1 million himself for selling the ticket. >> i have to make sure i pay taxes. other than that i'm trying to

pay my student loans for my kids. >> reporter: now the store is trying to spread the luck and make more millionaires. >> i'm here because millionaires have been made here. >> reporter: lisa carr came out of her way to purchase $200 worth of tickets at this location. she believes she has the lucky numbers. >> i want to put the money to good use. obviously a vacation would be kind of nice. paying off the house. taking care of my parents. but doing something good in this world. >> let's get it. >> reporter: not everyone is here for increasing their odds. the store just happens to be close to where cruz tapia lives. >> i've got as good a chance here as i do in santa rosa, as i do in kansas city. it's just luck of the draw. 1.ngig2 million liither way o >> i hdly ever play. but i just said it won't hurt. >> reporter: so to put the odds of winning in perspective here,

you're 80 times more likely to be killed by a shark this year than win the mega millions. your chances of being struck by lightning are even greater. but as you know, all it takes is one winning ticket. now, tonight's drawing will be at 8:00. but the cash option is $380 million. good luck to you guys. reporting live in san jose, sarls sausedo, abc 7 news. >> either option sounds pretty good. thanks, carlos. if you want to get the winning numbers right when they are drawn download the abc news app and enable push alerts. >> from what carlos said with the shark attacks and the lightning the odds are extremely good. we're counting down the tipoff as the warriors get ready to defend back-to-back nba titles. >> let's take a live look inside oracle arena. another banner will soon join the ones you see here. we'll go live to sports director larry beil next.

in just under three hours the warriors will tip off their final season in oakland hosting the oklahoma city thunder. >> on their way we hope to another championship. there are a lot of pregame festivities including players receiving their big championship rings. and abc 7 news sports director larry beil is live inside oracle arena where it should be just a blast tonight, larry. >> reporter: it's going to be fun. and i'll tell you what, let me just give you a sneak pyieek what's going on here. you know it's a big-time event

because commissioner adam silver is standing at center court and some of his advisers there are walking him through the paces of what the championship ceremony will be. you stand here and then you hand the ring to the right and joe lacob will be there. that's what they're going through right now. as far as the big picture is concerned this is going to be a bittersweet season, especially for long-time season ticket holders here at oracle because the dubs will play next season at the new chase center in san francisco and maybe the commissioner will be there for opening night of that arena as well. got 41 games in the regular season. if you figure another 10 playoff games, we're looking at 50, maybe 51, 52 more games here in this facility, give or take a few. over the past 47 years, fans, let's be honest, before steph and klay and this great run there was a lot of bad basketball played here. a lot of non-playoff seasons. but the past few years these fans have just been rewarded with magic in recent years. klay thompson, he wants to leave oracle on top.

>> we want to do it for the fans in oakland. been so loyal to us for 40-plus years, whatever it's been since we've been in oracle. that definitely helps with this season. leaving a big legacy behind in oakland, to be playing in front of such amazing fans, and every game is so much fun because it's such an amazing atmosphere. you know, it's not like we're playing for 6,000, 7,000 people a night. sold out. doesn't matter who we play. preseason, finals. it's easy to come to work when you have a fan base like we have. >> reporter: for sure. and the warriors interestingly tell us that 80% of their season ticket holders will be making the move with the team to the chase center. they're hoping to end this season at oracle with another confetti drop. what fun that would be. by the way, if you're wondering about the get in price tonight i was just looking at one of the apps. you can get in tonight for under 100 bucks. so there are still some seats available on the secondary market. if you want the dan ashley seats, it's about a grand. >> yeah, that'll cost you.

>> why am i sitting here? >> yeah. that is an excellent question. >> you're the one at the court. >> larry beil, abc sports. i'm sorry. it's my fault. >> thanks, larry. >> good stuff. let's talk about the weather one last time. >> spencer's here with that. >> i guess that is the dan ashley seat right over there. here's the overnight conditions. fog at the coast and locally out over the bay and inland. far inland overnight lows low 40s up north. tomorrow's highs midst 60s at the coast mid 70s right around the bay shoreline. low 80s inland. it will be another mild to warm day. and here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. it's going to get even warmer toward the end of the weeg. inland highs mid to upper 80s 80 degrees around the bay. 70 on the coast. minor warming -- minor cooling i should say over the weekend and it will beroom v mu much cooler next week. it will finally start to feel like autumn.

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i think you'll find this really interesting. there's an organization documenting the stories of america's fallen service members through gold star families. it's called gold star dirt. and joining us now is the man who started it all, keith sherman. first, keith, tell me about the name gold star dirt. what does that mean exactly? >> so gold star dirt is, you know, i have -- it's in honor of gold star families. families that have lost a loved one in the service of their country. and also dirt because i have a dirt bike that i kind of throw on the back of my car and drive around the nation and shred some dirt in the hometown of the fallen kind of in their honor. >> and you get the story on them too. >> absolutely. >> what made you want to create this organization? what motivated you? >> so originally i -- friends

and acquaintances that i'd known that made the ultimate sacrifice, you know, serving for the nation. and originally i wanted to drive around the country and go to the hometowns of people i know had paid the ultimate sacrifice and kind of share anecdotes with their family. then it grew into an organization where we just have gold star families that we find on social media and we go around and we document their story. >> and how many have you documented so far? >> in total so far probably about 20. >> all around the country? >> so far yes, around the country. and yep, more to go. >> and you have recently helped a bay area family as well. tell me a little about that. >> so we're able to actually help, you know, with a relationship with travis pastrana who's a legendary action sports icon, and bring a bay area family backstage to a san jose event. deceased corporal preston dennis. we took his family and were able to go backstage and have a meet

and greet and have them meet travis pastrana and meet all the athletes and experience a vip experience backstage. >> just do something nice for them. >> sblultabsolutely. it's just wonderful to do something nice. >> how do you document it? what method do you use? >> i have a dslr camera and a bag of camera equipment and i just kind of got it and taught myself how to do it -- >> you just set it up? >> set it up, tripod, laugh leer mike systems, and i document what i can. >> have you heard anything in those journeys around the country, have you heard anything that surprised you or touched you? >> what touched me recently was a recent family in anaheim, the person deceased on -- was deceased on the day, the anniversary he came into the military, exactly 15 years ago. and that was something else. >> okay. the organization is called gold star dirt, documenting the

sacrifices made by those who lost their lives. keith sherman, good work. >> thanks, dan. appreciate it. >> travel safe. >> good stuff. >> thank you, dan. well, starting in just a few hours canadians can start buying cannabis legally for recreational use. legal marijuana sales will begin midnight local time in all of canada's profanitieses. n newfoundland and labrador will be the first place in canada where pot shops can operate legally. canned s. is world's second largest uruguawas the firs "consumer reports" is warning about some popular kids' car seats that broke during testing. >> 7 on your side's michael finney has more on the findings. michael. >> reporter: you normally don't see that. the organization recently inpected toddler booster

they all broke. "consumer reports" says the brands do meet a basic margin of safety. but in serious crashes the testers say the seats could increase the risk of a head injury or even ejection from the vehicle. so even if you have one of these booster seats "consumer reports" experts say to keep using it until you have a replacement. any car seat is better than no car seat at all. walmart is launching an auto parts website. they're teaming unwith advanced auto parts. the website is expected to go live in the first half of 2019. theill offer home delivery, same-day pickup and installation of some items. you may remember amazon began selling auto parts last year. panera is betting customers want to know more about what's in their food. the chain is adding whole grain information toyotas bread labels. the labels will show the amount of whole grain per serving as

well as the total percentage of whole grains. the labels are part of a new initiative called food interrupted. panera believes many customers are health conscious and has recently dialed back on artificial sweeteners, artificial flavors and preservatives. it also offers lower sugar and plant-based options. a lot going on today. >> thanks, michael. >> sure. a very unusual case out of davis. the investigation under way after two high school students gave their classmates homemade cookies potentially with some questionable ingredients. and kristen is here with what's ahead on abc 7 news at 5:00. >> new add 5:00, the deadly disease threatening the bay area's sea lions and the effort to keep it from getting any worse. plus getting out the vote. how first-time voters could affect the midterm elections. also, paddle practice. a big water competition returns with a few changes. and if you feel like goldi lox trying to find a good bed we've got some tips for you to do

coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, it's "the conners" followed by "the kids are all right" and "black-ish." then at 9:30 splitting up together followed by the rookie and stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. and that new abc drama "the rookie" chronicles the life of a 40-year-old rookie police officer. and there's a real-life example right here in the bay area. >> it was awkward. i'm looking at guys next to me who were born in '95.

i graduated high school in '95. >> and tonight on abc 7 news at 11:00 meet the bay area's rookie officer who's shaking things up. what does it take to be the new kid on the force at 40? some people pack the oddest items inside their luggage, and we're about to show you something that i do want to warn you it may actually bother some of you. it's the head of a roasted pig. a u.s. customs and border enforcement beagle named hardy detected the pig's head inside a suitcase at atlanta's hartsfield jackson international airport. it belonged to a traveler arriving from ecuador. u.s. law bars importing pork products because of fears of disease being questions now surround a batch of cookies that were baked pby teenagers in davis because the goodies may have contained cremated hum remains. two students passed out homemade sugar cookies to their classmates at da vinci charter academy. at least nine students ate those someone has claimed at least two

students mixed human ashes with things you normally find in cookies like flour and sugar. you might find the idea sickening. however, so far no one has reported feeling ill. >> i have not heard of anybody getting sick or anybody being harmed as far as physically or physiologically by this. >> police are wait on lab tests to determine if human remains were actually in the cookies. if they were, investigators are trying to figure out what law may have been broken. the ashes apparently belong to a grandparent of one of those teenage bakers. you can get the latest news anytime with the abc 7 news app. it has enhanced live video features, more customization, and personalized push alerts to get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in real time. thank you for joining us for abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. i'm a single white 54-year-old woman. you know what they tell me? they can't helecause i make too much money. >> she pays taxes and works two

jobs but it's not enough to stop her from being homeless. plus. we're begging for that opportunity for closure. >> what happened after a man died in a struggle with police. his family wants answers. how long till i can get solar? >> some folks are entering a third day of living without power. and they have a lot of questions for pg&e. and a vintage plane goes down at a livermore golf course, and one golfer keeps right on playing. >> announcer: live where you live. this is abc 7 news. somebody put their hands on me. all i was doing was trying to sleep. it was scary. it's a scary thing. >> feae sue sunder scrutiny tonight. what some people call solutions others are calling crackdowns. good evening. i'm dab ashln ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze.

tonight walnut creek is poised to declare a homeless shelter crisis. the declaration would enable the city to get a grant to fight the problem. >> berkeley is expected to vote to limit the amount of space homeless people can occupy on sidewalks, a restriction that would effectively ban tents. >> and both oakland and san jose want to launch safe parking programs for people who live in their cars. >> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area, devoting more time to issues that affect your quality of life. >> one of them is getti inting d out of the american dream. it happens a lot in the bay area. >> if you think those who live on the streets in shelters or their cars are sitting around doing nothing you're going to be surprised to hear what the city of oakland is reporting, that 48% of the homeless there have an earned income, meaning they go to work. >> we