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bay. victims tonight. >> i'm amanda del castillo, reflection at veterans memorial. >> who says i can't? nobody. yeah! >> tribute to perseverance, local high school football coach honored at espys. >> i'm cornell barnard, keeping it local, growing everything six feet up in middle of berkeley. abc7 news starts right now. i can tell when started coming towards me it wasobad. >> only onnews, security descri y san accused of drug-fuelled rampage on july 4th. >> kate larsen has the story from bodega bay.

>> reporter: unusual scene as law enforcement took over the blocks. >> freak incident, just doesn't happen. >> reporter: say this man had a bad trip, longtime friends, all from san francisco rented this holiday weekend. took four times as much acid as his friends and became violent. >> actually picked up a colored pencil and stand him in the chest. zero criminal record, never been given a speeding ticket, committed any crimes. friends were completely shocked by his behavior. >> reporter: four by fours buttress the house where he grabbed a light when confronted with security guard. >> came at me looking this to stab me. very forceful. >> reporter: stabbed to his chest and knocked him down, stole his truck.

>> fair to say you're big guy, not someone i would choose to attack. were you surprised this happened? >> no, i could tell when he started coming towards me it was going to go bad. >> reporter: first time in career bought new armor, tactical vest and body camera. >> i figure i need a little bit extra protection. >> reporter: after investigators say he stabbed guard and stole truck, drove to pelican loop and hit a man and woman walking on the road and allegedly went off-roading and hit another woman, arete thatasthe et night on july 4th, heard a gunshot. >> reporter: heard sheriffs deputy opening fire at coffey, driving towards a chp officer's car. all eight victims expected to be

okay. questioned why stanford graduate would take so much acid. >> his life's ruined. >> expected to be arraigned at hospital in santa rosa in thursday, kate larsen. abc7 news. new developments in san francisco. police need your help to find this silver bmw, two car burglars ran over a tourist with this sedan away. victim had been snapping pictures after they broke into his car. mayor lo mayor london breed says staffing shortage. >> pushing for academy classes. need a police presence in areas with large groups of people any given time. >> the victim remains in the hospital, suffered

life-threatening injuries. north bay, man struck by train has been identified, keith marquam, facing charges of sexual abuse against minors, death ruled a installed fencing to make it safer. goes up after two other fatal pedestrian accidents happened at this spot. over two days a train struck bicyclist and woman who walked around gate crossing arm. looking to increase security at that intersection. neighbors in one south bay community say temporary gym relocation is threatening a sacred space. moving los gatos gym to building across from the veterans memorial. amanda del castillo is live with the debate. >> reporter: just about 15

minutes ago, planning commission unanimously approved that conditional use permit for the temporary building. located just across the street from the veterans memorial. what that means is that the gym could be fully functional in that temporary space by august 1st. what many have described as serenity at the veterans memorial will be met with sounds of 6:00 a.m. workout classes. >> can't say memorial not getting attention with members down there. >> reporter: others say attention is not the problem. those opposed are concerned about activity, cars, crowds and workout classes they believe will disturb the peace. >> this particular building has been used as car dealership, isn't really correctly framed or constructed for that use. >> reporter: kent is the president of the los gatos veterans foundation, says the

plexiglass won't stop the loud music. >> use permit and beyond. >> reporter: says $11 million remodel should take 12 months. asking members to park at main lot and walk over to 66th east main. >> should be a focus of peace and retreat. >> reporter: son mark bingham is memori memorialized here, he and others thwarted terrorist flying plane into washington, d.c.. >> no ill will for the gym, just seems inappropriate to me. >> reporter: while the gym is expected to be there temporarily, growing concern that conditional use permit would allow the issue to continue long after the gym is gone. amanda del castillo, abc7 news. >> thank you amanda.

federal judge is ordering pg&e to respond paragraph by paragraph to article published by "wall street journal," reported they declined to repair and update the transmitter blamed for the fire. 49 towers needed to be replaced. delayed upgrading oldest lines, ranking them as low risk projects, detailed inspections only after the camp fire killed people. >> this is a company that puts profits before people again and again and again. >> reporter: pg&e later decided to retire the transmission line plamamed f starting the camp fire. citizens group filed to stop the city from building a homeless navigation center on the waterfront, embarcadero

between ferry building and oracle park. it's been controversial, also seeking temporary restraining order to keep it from getting started until the lawsuit is decided. city's attorneys office in response stated in part quote rather than trying to shift the problem to someone else's backyard, everyone needs to do their part. east bay farmer is helping build a better bay area by taking crops to nhe ighn berkel entrepreneur is looking to give back to theuny. >> cornell barnard takes a look. >> right now i have a lot of flowers i need to get into the world. >> reporter: most days tending quarter acre of sweet peas, zinnias and edible chocolate cosmos. >> i have lots.

>> reporter: not earthbound but in the sky, roof of six story apartment building in downtown berkeley, leasing space. it's a nice office. >> it is. >> reporter: could be first working rooftop farm on the west coast, certified organic, sells culinary herbs to restaurants and flowers to stores. relocating to berkeley to give back to the town where she grew up. >> hopefully people see how important and wonderful it is to not only support local do here. >> reporter: sophisticated irrigation keeps all the flowers happy. all the flowers and soil is pretty heavy, believe it or not this building was designed a few years ago to support this farm in the sky. benjamin farr designed it, says the bay area needs more of these. >> working on projects with

san francisco and different clients that see the value of not just providing food but also habitat for pollinator friends. >> reporter: admits competing is not easy. most are imported. but digging in. >> so much can grow on a roof. >> reporter: harvesting in the sky. cornell barnard, abc7 news. backstage at espys. stay tuned. >> state of emergency. >> big flooding swamping the big easy. meteorologist sandhya patel, get ready for summer's return. "jimmy kimmel live" after abc7 news at 11:00. >> i think you're going to like this a lot. wondering why are you so handsome right now? >> i don't know. >> animated movie, don't need to be. >> i save it for these moments.

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tonight. president trump announced raids in late june, postponed them saying would get republicans and democrats time to work out solution to problem at southern border, but apparently rescheduled for this sunday. tonight was the sport's world's turn to roll out red carpet and celebrate the stars. >> u.s. women's national team victory at world cup was front and center and local coach who received a prestigious honor. >> amina was there to catch the glitz and glamour. >> reporter: espys, sports performers and performances. >> celebration of the year's sports. >> reporter: host tracy morgan poking fun to biggest celebs in the room. >> dwyane wade, just dropped r&b album. know you got it. >> reporter: don't spit on any celebs in the front row.

>> reporter: celebrated the blood, sweat and tears. >> recognize your power, use to better your communities, fight for change. >> reporter: rob mendez honored with award for perseverance. >> who says i can't, nobody, yeah! >> reporter: and celtics legend bill russell, arthur ashe award for courage. saquon barkley, breakthrough athlete. >> thanks the giant for drafting me and taking me. >> reporter: best female athlete for alex morgan. >> sorry, second best trophy we won this week. >> reporter: and best team, u.s. women's national soccer team. >> super proud of all 22 fabulous ladies. props to all of you, thank you so much, here's to the next world cup in another four years.

>> reporter: winners voted on by fans, not just honoring who is best but recognizing who has the most dedicated romina -- abc7 news. >> more on rob mendez in 13 minutes. more rain on the way to new orleans, french quarter and other neighborhoods flooded after eight inches of rain drenched city in four hours. made driving impossible, found other ways to get around. >> just getting to the store. >> pick up grocery? >> yeah. >> thunder and lightning, which is cool until we looked out. car halfway under water. >> uncertain what impact will be, will be affected and must be prepared to respond effectively. >> now looking at video taken inside a home damaged by flooding.

look at all that water. mayor of new orleans has declared a state of emergency. get more now about what's happening in new orleans. terrible storm. >> sandhya patel with the latest. >> could get exacerbated, tropical system potentially developing. what would be future named barry, tropical storm, could be a hurricane. almost a depression in gulf of mexico, intensifying to category one hurricane friday night and making landfall possibly over louisiana. when it does, storm surge and very heavy rain expected to be major threats. 18 to 24 inches for parts of louisiana, not good obviously. back home, mt. tam cam, watching fog layer this afternoon and into the evening as sun was getting ready to set, pretty obvious it was not going very far.

tonight it is limited, we're going to continue with our warming trend. look at temperatures for a couple of cities. san jose and antioch. antioch, 63 in morning, 63 in san jose. lunch hour, mild and does get hot around the afternoon hours, low 90s in antioch, low 80s in san jose. get away from inland if you don't like heat. lovely view of bay bridge looking towards san francisco. fog is patchy, mainly at coast. those temperatures on the mild side. 50s to 70s at this hour as we look at live picture from sutro tower camera, little bit of fog over san francisco. patchy fog near the coast in the morning, wide range of temperatures, summer h monday. fog could be dense locally, 50s and 60s out the door. afternoon, 83 in the south bay,

warm in gilroy, 80 in sunnyvale. downtown san francisco 68 degrees, fog linger in daly city. east bay, mid-70s, berkeley and oakland. 76 castro valley, 90 in concord, 85 in livermore. if you're going to the aids walk, foggy start, great walking weather, peeks of sun in the afternoon. accuweather seven-day forecast, heat is coming up. mid to upper 90s friday, saturday, sunday. coast in comfort zone with 60s. cooling next week. >> thanks sandhya. a cactus crashes through a car's windshield, how the driver ended up in prickly position. aids walk san francisco is four days away. 10k walk benefits dozens of

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in the fourth and win 73-69. espys center stage tonight. bay area football coach rob mendez honored with award for story of perseverance. born without arms or legs but positive spirit led to award and gave a powerful speech. >> any message i want to give you tonight, look at me and see how much passion i put into coaching and how far it's gotten me. when you dedicate yourself to something and open your mind to different possibilities and focus on what you can do instead of what you can't do, you really can go places in this world. >> goosebumps there. wrestling coach, espy winner. won all three fights, inaugural winner of best mma award.

ticker tape, tens of thousands of fans celebrating the u.s. victory over netherlands. >> we have to be better, love more, hate less, listen more, talk less. we got to know this is everybody's responsibility, every single person here. every single person not here, every single person who doesn't want to be here, who agrees and doesn't agree. it's our responsibility to make this world a better place. >> after the parade flew across the country to l.a. to attend the espys. won best team award. why npots sponsored by river rock casino.

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