you can see the freeway there, extension. traffic slowing down, perhaps distracted by the smoke. but it does right now visually appear to be better than some of the other pictures that we've seen with denser heavier smoke rising into the air. >> yeah, the white smoke is actually a good sign at this point and it appears as though it is a lot less smoke than we saw earlier. i know you were looking at the twitter feed at this point wher there was billowing black smoke that was quite a bit higher than it is now. it's pretty hard to there is a bunch of construction going on in that general vicinity although we're not sure about the exact location right now. >> and don't forget that ucsf is also there, the mission bay campus. a lot of people would be either going to their appointments or perhaps going loam after work. a lot of traffic in the area, not to mention you can see the smoke from this fire from both

101 and 280 so it could cause further delays to the afternoon commute which is always difficult at this time anyway but you can see the direction we're currently looking eastward, of course, towards the bay. and the smoke does seem to be diminishing. >> right. and we're getting word now, i was going to say, the good news it's not one complexes. it appears to be emanating from a shed and it might be in some way connected with a food truck nearby. could be adjoining. as we get more information, we're trying to effort something with the fire department here to try to get more exact information on just in the last few minutes from what you're looking at on twitter, do you see something? >> you know what is in that area. iddo was just there. there's a place called sparks social. they have food trucks. they have food trucks. there's a miniature golf course.

there are some reports saying that may be on fire. i can tell that is the area where sparks social would be. that is a place with people go there, there's several food trucks in that area. >> right. >> and there's also a miniature golf course. but during the course of this, even in the last three minutes, we've seen the smoke diminishing. so hopefully whatever it was, that was on fire if it was in fact a food truck, hopefully they're getting that under control. >> we've only been on the air two or three minutes. you can see the smoke is pretty much dissipating to the point where it will be a pf . but the areaort fros shot,vewoshots. --t firearent vehicles would be located on the right-hand side. i'm not seeing a lot of big

heavy equipment but i'm sure they're working on it at this point. >> we can't pin photo exactly what is burning right now. this just happening in the last 15 minutes or so, a fire fir breaking out in the mission bay neighborhood of san francisco near some construction sites, near the chase center. possibly near the sparks social i was talking about, a food truck congregation place with a pina tour golf place area. you can see some whichiis diminishing. folks in that vent of ucsf, the giants ballpark, chase centers, you could encounter some delays as firefighters continue to try to put out this fire. >> and we have gotten word that there are no reports of any injuries connected with this fire. officials have not revealed what the cause of the fire is. but at this point, it does appear that they are making a

lot of progress. >> we're getting confirmation that our news crews have confirmed that fire is due to that shed on fire in the spark food court, the spark social food court that i mentioned. that is from the san francisco fire department and right now, you're looking at the thickest smoke when it was really roaring about 15 minutes ago. we were talking about how when it first broke out, it was just so visible throughout that part of the city and you can see why as the fire was roaring before they started to put water on it. that black smoke. >> that's the reason we wanted to start the news cast with that because with all that smoke, we had no idea really initially what was burning. now we know what it is. and we'll update you. we have crews headed to that area. with that we say good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> i'm kristen sze. >> abc7 is committed to helping to build a better bay area. and one of the big issues is housing. now google says it will build up to 20,000 new homes, some on property that google already owns. >> abc7 news reporter unser

hasan live on royal avenue in san jose with the details. unser? >> good evening. this is one of the properties google owns here in san jose that could be included in their new plan. many of the housing advocates i spoke with said that today's announcement shows that tech can be a partner for change. >> as one of the largest employers in the bay area, goog says its responsibility to help starts at home. to help tackle the bay area's housing crisis, google is pledging to invest $1 billion to develop 15,000 new homes. part of its plan google wants to rezone some of its property from commercial to residential use. the company will also establish a $250 million investment fund just for affordable housing and another $50 million in grant money focused on the issues of the homeless and displacement. >> we think google got a lot right with their initiative. >> ceo of housing trust silicon

valley focused on issues related to affordable housing says one of the biggest challenges to build the housing is the intense competition for land with google proposing to use its own land and to provide financing. zych says google tackles two of the biggest obstacles head-on. >> they're looking to see how can they use land that right now cities have zoned for office sparks how can they use some of that land instead residential housing. > some argue rezoning may not be as easy as it sounds and the plan also has to meet each individual city's general plan. sj's mayor points to california's high speed rail project and how sudden changes in politics with the marketplace south carolina force plans to change. >> what we've seen so far from google they're willing to make commitments and put resources behind those commitments. obviously time will tell. i feel that we're on a good path. >>. >> i spoke with the google employee a short while ago.

he says if all moves according to plan, they could start building within the next few years. back to you. >> unser, they do have the framework in place, but google owns a whole lot of land here in the bay area. where might they start building first? >> yeah, kristen, that's a great question. right now they don't know. they're pleating with individual cities to see where where it makes the most sense to start to build and where their plan meets with the city's general plan. unser hassan it, abc7 news. >> thank you. santa clara county's homeless population now the highest in the bay area, approaching 10,000 people total. that number increased by almost a third in just the past two we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. join our better bay area group on facebook. >> new details on california's wildfires. pg&e has reached a settlement with several counties and cities that could have it paying out as much as $1 billion sonoma county

and the city of santa rosa say their share will be about $415 million. the 2017 tubbs fire did extensive damage wiping out entire communities and at the time, was one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires in state history. napa county and the city of napa are also in on this agreement. that area was hit by the atlas firehineedof buildings but we need to be clear, the settlements do not affect residents or business who have taken legal action against the utility. also, the settlements must be approved by a bankruptcy court before they are paid out. >> a family of a cab driver is devastated and confused because their loved one was found murdered overnight. >> a sheriff's deputy found the man in the middle of the night on skyline boulevard in san mateo county. news reporter vic lee spoke with the family of the man in an interview you'll see only on abc7. vic? >> reporter: chris and larry larry, the family has an apartment here in this daly city

complex. we have are of course, keeping our respectful distance from that apartment. but we've seen many friends and relatives an rbi an the doorstep this afternoon. many of them have talked to us about the victim. they say he's a cab driver. >> to just pick a crazy person and you know, we don't know like did he rob him? we know what's really like, what happened exactly. >> abdual is the victim's cousin. abdual malik was killed sometime last night, his body dumped on the shoulder of skyline boulevard north of read's roost road, a rural part of the county. a sheriff's deputy was driving down the road shortly after 11:00 p.m. when he noticed the body. investigators swarmed the area looking for anything that could help find the killer. >> they're looking to see if t there is a suspect at large o that maybe there's some evidence

that they can find. they're trained in searching these kind of areas. it's rough terrain, rural area. >> reporter: a white car was towed from the crime scene. relatives said malik was a cab driver who worked for skyline yellow cab. the car had the company's markings. the chp closed skyline around the crime scene all morning, finally opening the road at 11:30. the dubrell family was stopped at the road block. >> we were held up by the officers and a lot of trucks and military and police were going the other way so we weren't sure what was going on. we thought it was a military exercise but no. >> reporter: kathy main hoped to go hiking here this morning. >> go into the wilderness for peacefulness and solitude. that is really sad. >> reporter: daniel lives up the hill. his wife got a neighborhood alert on her phone. >> it advised us to not answer the doorbell if somebody came to knock at our door. i think my neighbor got the same message and asked me tma.

abdual says his cousin was a good man. >> he was working hard and working for his family. a very, very nice guy. he got not problems with nobody. >> reporter: abdual malik leaves behind a wife and daughter and a very large extended family. authorities still looking for the killer. vic lee, abc7 news. >> vic, thank you. a person is in custody after a manhunt in oakland that followed a police officer fire his gun in hayward. it all started at west concern avenue in hayward last night. an officer fired at least one shot. >> a group of suspects then led police on a chase into oakland. those suspects crashed their car near 106th and bancroft avenues where police captured one person. heavily armed officers searched the area for at least two other people for several hours. the highway patrol needs your help to find out more about

a deadly freeway shooting in san jose. officers found a wounded man inside his car consider near lan easy aechb. matthew rio died at scene just after 10:00 last night. officers closed northbound 680. >> a family of five living out $10,000. this is one of the top viewed stories on our website. >> touched a lot of people. we've heard from many viewers hoping to help this family. news reporter luz pena has been following the story and has an update. >> so here is our update. after our story aired last night, so many of you reached out and said you wanted to help. we received thousands of comments on facebook. we got tweets, we got calls, e mails from so many of you. and all of had you one thing in common. you wanted to help the gonzalez. bay area, you stepped up in such

a massive way.i s t of your comments. so beautiful to read the kindness of our people in this community and just to see how when you see a family out there that is homeless, how the community can come together to lift them up. that's what happened last night and what's what happened today. after all the comments and tweets i said i want to meet you guys. we're about to call a mom that says she wants to help the family. her name is misty. >> reporter: well, i woke up and saw the story and my heart broke immediately. i begged my husband, can we take the kids in? he said yes, do. and so that's when i reached out and e-mailed you. >> reporter: you're tearing up. >> i am. just because i don't know, i feel so bad for kids whenever they have to sleep on the sidewalk not on the sidewalk but in their van. >> reporter: but she was not the only generous one. so many of you reached out and i can't wait to show you what's going do happen at 6:00.

you won't want to miss it. >> thank you, luz. it's great the way so many people are jumping in to contribute. that gofundme account has raised more than $12,000 for the family and we have a link on our website, abc7news.com. 12,000 and counting at this point which is great. >> the happening now, crowds of trump supporters waiting for hours for the chance to cheer on the president as he announces his re-election campaign in florida tonight. >> and the search for alien life. the berkeley scientist trying to find out if there really is somebody out there. >> i'm spencer chris. cooling breezes around the bay right now. i'll have the accuweather

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happening now, president trump set to officially launch his re-election campaign in florida tonight. event in the florida. the president expected to speak in about an hour. people lined up four hours to get a chance to be at the event. >> marci gonzalez is in florida for the announcement. >> reporter: decked out abbumped up. >> whoo. >> reporter: crowds of president trump supporters gathering in downtown orlando for his official 2020 re-election campaign kickoff. some lining up more than 40 hours before its start. >> i want to the support my president and the country. >> because we're trumpsters and love president trump. >> reporter: the president visiting the center of florida's critical i4 corridor along with mike pence, the first lady and his adult children. the state which he narrowly won in 2016 a major focus for the

president who in that interview with george stephanopoulos disputed internal polling from march showing him trailing joe biden in some key battleground states including florida. >> it's untrue. i like the truth. you know, i'm actually a very honest guy. if i thought they were correct, i wouldn't be complaining at all. >> reporter: before departing today, the president posting several headline making tweets including announcing i.c.e. will begin dee porting millions of illegal aliens next week. an official tells us that is not accurate. immigration is one of the primary topic ins here people say they're eager to hear the president to discuss. >> i want them all. >>. >> reporter: but you yourself are an immigrant. >> but i came legally. >> reporter: while outside the rally, several groupses are planning protests. >> but for the supporters the white house says about 100,000 tickets were given out even though this arena holds fewer than 20,000 people. those who don't make it inside will have to brave the rain to watch this rally out here on big

screens. marci gonzalez, abc news, ar lando. >> here in marin county, trump supporters got into theird caraf the president's 2020 campaign. we'll have their story coming up on abc7 "news at 5:00." >> so are we alone in the universe or not? scientists as the berkeley are trying to figure this out. the break through listen team that is based at berkeley sethi research center has been using all sorts of techniques to see if there are aliens out there. they've been collecting information from 1700 stars. they're looking for technosignatures. which could be generated by alien technology. the team wants to survey a total of 1 mill job stars in its search for extra terrestrial life. >> thae. that's going to tame tike i think. >> the an a big universe. >> we might have a couple in the building here. you never know. >> you don't seem to ever age.

so. >> oh. >> suspicious. >> unless you process oxygen differently. >> he doesn't get much sleep. that's very weird. >> my secret has been discovered. shall we take a look at e.t. weather? a live look at live doppler 7. fog at the coast. it's bringing with it a cooling breeze. this is the view from mount tam looking onto the advancing layer of low clouds moving out over the bay right now. 61 in san francisco, oakland 68, 74 mountain view, 86 morgan hill, 59 at half moon bay. this is how the advancing fog looks hovering over the golden gate. 77 in santa rosa, napa 75, 80 at pet lumina. look how warm in the other locations, fairfield 91, concord 90 and livermore 92. the view from emeryville shows the fog just about ready to swallow our sutro tower. these are our forecast futures. mild to warm which is was today. again tomorrow with a one-day

cool down on thursday and temperatures will rebound on friday which by the way is the first day of summer. overnight, look for lots of low clouds and fog near the coast. moving locally over the bay and locally inland. overnight lows generally in the low to mid 50s. maybe a few upper 50s notice inland east bay. here's the forecast animation showing advance of the fog during the overnight hours pushing over the bay. locally inland, as well. as we approach the early morning hours, we'll see the fog pulling back to the coastline. some of it will probably be around for the morning commute reducing visibility a bit. a mostly sunny day after about 10:00 a.m. highs tomorrow will be generally in the low to mid 80s. 83 at san jose's, 86 on morgan hill. peninsula, 79 redwood city. palo alto on coast low to mid 60s. downtown san francisco 64 degrees tomorrow. 67 in south san francisco. up in the north bay, 0 at novato and sonoma and santa rosa.

79 at petaluma. 75 at san leandro and inland east bay our warmest region with mid to upper 80s from the pleasanton up to walnut creek. a little bit warmer farther east, 90 antioch, 92 brentwood. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. there's that one-day cool down on thursday. temperatures will drop about six degrees or so in inland areas. only a couple near the coast and bay. temperatures bounce back on friday. the summer solstice curse at 5854:00 p.m. a little bit warmer on saturday and sunday with highs inland at 90. very pleasant weather coming our way. it's nice to see summer come in with a gradual warmup as opposed to a sudden spike in heat. >> this is just the forecast for

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acting while he played for st. mary's college in morega. the globies picked other celebrities including kyler murray, he's a little bit busy because he will play football for the cardinals, the first ever top pick for both the nfl and baseball. >> he can fit in a third sport. >> easily, sure. >> if you like tacos it's not too late to get free ones today thanks to our golden state wars and taco bell. get a free taco till 6:00 tonight. it is being offered to celebrate the warriors win over the rat tors in game two of the nba fina game on the road. so there you have it. it's kind of a consolation prize. >> but not a great one but okay. a plan to dee port hundreds of thousands of immigrants. >> when people come into our country and they come in illegally, they have to go out. >> but is the president's plan

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breaking news in san francisco's mission bay district. you're looking live from sky 7. at what's left after a fire in a shed at sparks social left this

street. there is no injuries. you can see in this shot a few of the fire department members there and the shed just came down. that's where the fire started out. much different scene compared to what we saw about 30 minutes ago. as you see the fire trucks there. people from miles awaaw this billowing black smoke just before 4:00 this afternoon. there was annics motion right before the flames started pouring out of that shed you saw. this is the same neighborhood where a massive inferno destroyed a building under construction five years ago. investigators believe a welding torch sparked that fire which obviously was much worse in march of 2014. >> in today's other stories pg&e could be paying out a billion dollars to several cities and counties over recent wildfires. abc7 news learned sonoma county, the city of santa rosa, napa and the city of napa are all in line to receive part of the settlement over the north bay wildfires. but any agreement must be

approved by a bankruptcy court first. residents and businesses are not covered in the settlement. news reporter lesley brinkley was in court as ghost ship warehouse fire defendant max harris copied his testimony. harris apologized and said he misspoke. world news tonight sent this picture of a huge drug seizure in philadelphia. 33,000 pounds of cocaine were found on the street. that translates into more than 1 bibens-dirkx. >> the president threatened deportation of millions of undocumented immigrants in a series of tweets. some officials say that's not feasible. abc news reporter has the latest live from los angeles. ra mina? >> reporter: kristen, washington is chiming in on the security issues at the border. >> when people come into our country and they come in illegally they have to go out. >> reporter: president trump says that u.s. immigration and customs enforcement will remove

millions of undocumented immigrants starting next week. >> it sounds like it's an empty threat but also all the operations have been in motioning to have raids and identify people with prior deportations. >> reporter: an official says the effort will focus on the more than 1 million people issued final deportiont ar in t. mike pompeo echoing the president's concerns. >> it is an important undertaking to insure we have sovereignty and security at our southern border. >> reporter: but the top senate democrat is calling the president's policies inhumane adding the highest ranking officials within agencies overseeing the border say it's impossible to do. >> the president tweets one day with no basis, in fact. he's going to dee port millions of people. >> reporter: trump also praised mexico and guatemala's immigration mexico proposed to deploy 6,000 national guard troops by today. we found troops collecting for migrants at a checkpoint but

says there's been no visible buildup on the border itself. >> we haven't seen any authorities, any military presence or whatever. >> reporter: officials telling abc their national guard was still organizing the effort. a senior administration official told abc news that immigration authorities would never announce such actions in advance. ra mina puga, abc7 news, los angeles. >> a lot was said today. what are immigration authorities saying about the president's threats? >> reporter: as of now, they haven't commented directly but the president's announcement allegedly caught them by surprise and publicizing enforcement operations information can jeopardize officer safety. >> thank you so much. coming up on abc7 "news at 5:00," a bay area mayor responds to the president's claim what libby schaaf is saying coming up in about 30 minutes. >> patrick shanahan stepped down and with drew from the process to be confirmed for the job

permanently. questions arose about him after the "washington post" reported details of a domestic violence incident in 2011. shanahan's son faced charges of attacking his mother with a bat. shanahan defended his son at first. trump said he did not learn about what happened in 2011 till yesterday. >> a great vetting process but this is something that came up a little bit over the last short period of time. i didn't ask him to withdraw. he walked in this morning and said it's going to be a rough time for him. >> current army secretary mark esper will replace him. the pentagon hasn't had a permanent boss since former general james mattis retired in january. developing news on america's escalating tensions with iran. mitch mcconnell claimed president trump is certainly not trying to start a war. the republican's comments followed the president ordering a thousand more u.s. troops to the middle east. mr. trump made that decision after iran said it would break

the international deal that would limit its nuclear program. iran denies accusations made by the u.s. that it attacked two oil tankers. >> a strong 6.4 earthquake jolted japan this morning. it struck off the coast of yamagata. it was initially reported as a 6.but downgraded by the u.s. geological survey. only a few minor injuries reported but thousands lost power. seven nuclear reactors in the area were offline at the time. and they appear to be working normally. >> thankfully. facebook jumping into the cryptocurrency business. we'll tell you what it means for the menlo park based company and what you need to know about the future of crypto. >> after what has been mainly a mild to warm day, we see some cooling fog moving out over the bay and out over my mouth. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up in a

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newly launched cryptocurrency libra. while it was a social media giant who unveiled the coin, libra will be controlled by the non-profit jaeb based libra association. cofounded by facebook but made up of 28 partner organizations that include visa, paypal, mastercard, uber, spotify. >> the mission ultimately is to effectively create a simple global currency and financial infrastructure that empowers billions of people. >> will libra succeed or fail? is facebook the company to lead the charge? well, that debate will rage on for a little while but a reality that no one can deny is that moving around money can be very costly and frustrating. that $100 i just took out of the atm it, charged me $5. if i wanted to wire that money to someone anywhere in the world, i would have to pay anywhere between $15 to $30. if someone wanted to send me the money instead i would have to pay a feep. add it up, and i would have very

little left of the $100 i started with. some are fuel calling it a game-changer a signal duthal currencies are ready to go mainstream into some are saying this is a good technology with the wrong company. and if it's another company other than facebook, not going to center resistance. let's see what's going to happen. >> reporter: chris reyes, abc7 news. >> you may wonder exactly what is cryptocurrency? how does it work. in the simplest of terms, it is ray digital currency that uses strong cryptograph if i can protocols that make transactions secure and difficult to fake. it's not controlled by any central authority or banking system, no governments involved. it makes it theoretically immune to the old ways of government control. it works through ledger technology typically a blockchain serves as a transaction database that cannot be hacked. there are currently dozens of cryptocurrencies in use.

the most popular bitcoin selling around $9,000 a coin. at its highest, it was $20,000 a coin. so it's volatile in nature how facebook is going to use it to control volatility, it's up here one day, this price that, price, this price if you're buying stuff. we'll see how they manage this. >> vol at this time has kept it from become morgue mainstream. facebook's entry could help stabilize things. >> get everybody used to it. >> speaking of stable, the weather this looking pretty zeddy. >> i thought you were going to talk about spencer. >> stable. >> the weather is stable. we're not sure about the forecaster. live doppler 7, low clouds and fog at the coast. cooling down around the bay and on the coastline. over night low temperatures in en tomorrow we'll see mainly sunny skiesware from the coast. highs from mid 60s at the coast to mid and upper 70s around the

bay shoreline, about 90 in the warmest inland locations. ahead -- the 12-day planner, the 12-hour planner, i need a vacation, don't? i 12-hour planner shows lingering low clouds in the early morning hours bright skies the remainder of the day. highs getting up to about 90 in the warmest inland locations. now the seven-day forecast. it's going to cool down a bit on thursday. temperatures will bounce back on friday because friday brings us the summer solstice. first day of summer will feel summer like and even a bit warmer on saturday and sunday by a couple degrees. a minor cool down early next week. summer is on the way. nice. >> the search for happiness. it's actually a job. and it pays pretty well. details coming up. >> i'm 7 on your side michael finney. a warning pore parents as we head into summer

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uber and lyft drivers hit the streets in san francisco today to back a proposed law that could transform their employee stat tuesday. the drivers rallied outside uber

headquarters on market street urging voters to pass ab5 which recently passed the state assembly and now in the senate. it would tighten rules on the so-called gig economy possibly forcing companies like lyft and uber to classify workers as employees instead of independent contractors. >> that way, business days can appropriately categorize the people working for them and give them the appropriate benefits. >> and so what we're trying to do with this is ensure workers are protected and that these companies don't have the ability through technology to roll back what labor organizers and workers fought centuries for. >> ab5 is expected to have strong support in the democratically controlled state senate. >> do you want to live in the world's happiest country. >> ikea is looking for a happiness hunter to help determine what truly makes a home happy. one winner will spend two weeks in copenhagen, denmark and stay in a home filled with happiness by taking local tours and dining out.

candidates have to be at least 18 years old and film a one-minute video explaining why they want to find happiness. payment is $3,000 a month. that's the average danish salary. also included free meatballs. that's a thing. >> and a home. no expenses. >> the deadline is july 1st to apply. >> drugmakers are pushing back against a new rule that would require them to include the list prices of their products in tv ads. >> michael finney here with the details. >> this is a big deal. the association of national advertisers and three major drugmakers filed a lawsuit to stop the implementation of this new rule. the suit claims consumers could become subject to sticker shock when they see the listed price. the lawsuit also alleges this is rule exceeds the authority of the department of health and human services and violates the anniversary's first amendment rights. health and human services announced the new rule back in

may saying it wants to make drug prices more transparent for consumers. >> frito-lay is recalling lay's slightly salted barbecue flavored potato chips. the product may contain milk which was not declared on the label. the recalled clipses are in seven-ounce bags with a guarantee fresh date of august 27th of this year. if you have any of these bags of chips, take them back to where you bought them and you'll be given a full refund. that massive weekend register outage is going to cost target plenty. bloomberg says the retailer could be out as much as $50 million because of saturday's two-hour outage. more than 1800 stores were impacted causing long lines and lost business. the company says the outage was caused by an internal technology issue that it was not security related. a consumer advocacy group is reminding parents of the dangers

of classic summertime toys. boston based world against toys causing harm issued its annual list of ten summer safety traps today. toys on top of the list include kiddie pools, water balloons, slingshots and on groundwater slides like the slip n slide. in the summer, it is all about water safety. >> we can't emphasize enough vigilance around water. >> trampoline parks all-terrain vehicles, pool covers and effective pool drain covers were other child safety risks included on the list. the organization says july and august account for more preventable accidental deaths than in any other two-month period of the year. we report on therein every year. check your pool drains, please. >> okay. kids have a lot of free time. >> be vigilant. >> celebrity organizer is accusing marie kondo of stealing her method. kondo became a tv sensation after her show called into a

huge hit. but now la celebrate organizer linda couper smooth claims the japanese star stole her folding techniques. according to the "new york post" cooper smith claims she created this method 27 years ago and published hernd yet topondo claim. >> a bay area teen vogue. elaine welter roth infused social con ysciousness into the pages of the magazine. she told a story about her first aha moment in school. >> i found myselves in preschool you know sitting around a pile of magazines. we were all asked to make a family collage. so i opened the magazine and flipping through the pages. i don't see anybody that looks like me or my family. >> background, you have a black mother and white father. >> yes.

so i had a lot of white dad ogss to choose from, and fewer versions of me. that was the first moment where i felt different, other like an oddity. and in an otherwise really white world. i decided i was going to try to blend in and fit in with my friends and decided to cut ought owl white people. i came home with that and my mother who is a proud black woman says we have a problem. we're going to redo that assignment. she pulled out effective bonni and "essence" magazines and made me redo the assignment. and put it on my wall so it was the first thing i saw every morning and even i could see who i am and be proud of it. >> that's pretty interesting. >> already really strong. really authentic. just great stories to tell in that book, as well. you can see more great interviews on midday live weekdays at 11:00 a.m. right here on abc7. she was 29 when she became

editor-in-chief. now she's moved on to become a judge for project runway. >> wow. >> where she makes sure that designers from different backgrounds are represented on the show. >> sounds terrific. >> yeah. >> a high school football player goes from summer training camp to hero. >> i was just praying tyo n o w severely injured. >> how he came to the rescue after a scary accident. >> and dan is here with what we have coming up on abc7 "news at 5:00." >> new, the fight over vaccines takes a turn as state lawmakes controversial bill. plus, beyond the court. warriors forward jordan bell asks his fans a question and boy, do they respond. and how to save water and money by detecting and fixing leaks. those stories and a lot more when kristen and i see you for abc7 "news at 5:00."

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called a hero after he witnessed an accident and bravely stepped in to rescue the victims. >> reporter: reyshawn jackson spent saturday running football drills in sacramento. the 17-year-old plays varsity wide receiver at clayton valley charter high in concord. on the way back to pittsburgh, reyshawn and his mom saw an suv driving out of control on highway 160 in the delta. >> it was coming towards us. the person turned the steering wheel to the right and flew off the end of the cliff. >> tracy pulled over and seconds later, reyshawn jumped into action to rescue those trapped inside the sub which had flipped twice down an embankment. >> i was praying everyone was dead and injured. >> that's reyshawn on top of the suv pulling folks to safety. >> i'm looking at reyshawn but i'm looking at the car like is the gas tank going to explode. it's too much glass. he could get cut. i don't want him to hurt

hisself. >> i got on top of the driver door and let the driver and passenger out. >> he and his mom helped the injured driver till paramedics arrived. >> did they thank you. >> yeah. >> clayton valley's football coach tim murphy isn't surprises reyshawn was so brave. >> he's one of those kids that's going to step up and be the guy. he's the definition of a man and the guy you want on your team. >> it was just anything to be that type of person. >> reporter: he doesn't think of himself as a hero but his mom sure does. >> he's the type of kid that likes to help people. he's always been that way. that's my boy. >> injuries to the victims were not considered life-threatening. he'll be a senior here at clayton valley charter high next year. he would love to play college football and already being scouted by several schools. >> i'm told by his coach that reyshawn is a terrific kid. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil. abc7 "news at 5:00" starts right now.

pg&e says it will pay $1 billion in wildfire damage. what has to be done before anyone sees the mone >> libby schaaf steps back into the nash fight over immigration. >> meanwhile the president is finding support in marin county. today's caravan celebrating his re-election valley. >> what would be the first in the nation ban on e-cigarettes in your going to hear from both sides of this issue. >> and the ghost ship warehouse fire, a key witness apologizes and all but admits he lied toe o police. >> going down in frisco, man. a big fire. >> big fire is right. a blast of flames in san francisco's mission bay neighborhood not far from where the warriors new chase center is under construction. i'm dan ashley. i'm

ab ns reporter kate larson joins us live from spark social, a food truck farc at fourth street. >> scary moments in the past hour or so, right? >> absolutely. because there were 508 people here at sparks social. you can see sheds behind my shoulder that burned about an hour ago. take a look. you can see the san francisco fire department is still on scene here. we've also got some cell phone video shortly after the fire broke out around 4:00. black smoke filled the sky here in mission bay. so spark social be an outdoor food truck, biergarten event venue. there were about 50 people here when the fire suddenly broke out and because of the astroturf which is made of rubber it, spread quickly into the dining area. now, joining us live now is