rescued. >> from fighting in world war ii to a congressional gold medal. top honors in hayward for a man who helped dee segregate the military. >> now, news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> good evening. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm ama daetz. a major new revelation this afternoon in the garlicestival ooting investigation. >> just a short time ago, authorities announced that the gunman, 19-year-old santino leggen died from a self-inflicted gunshot, a change from earlier police accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. >> unser hassan join us live from gilroy with the latest. ansar? >> yeah, good evening. as you mentioned the chief says that according to coroner's report, the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound but he was adamant this doesn't change anything in this case. earlier this week, the chief said his officers fatally shot and killed the gunman. he says the gun moon identified

as 19-year-old santino leggen saw the police. then stopped shooting into the crowd and began shooting towards the police officers. he says his officers shot several rounds at the suspect hitting him multiple times. according to the chief, the suspect dropped to his knees after being hit and then fell to the ground but he doesn't know when the suspect shot himself. >> it appears now with that ruling on the cause and manner of death that once he was down, that he was able to get a round off and shot himself. it sounds like that round was to the head. >> the chief smithee says three of his officers shot at the suspect. they don't know how many rounds were fired off or how many times he was hit. back out at the garlic festival crime scene, they said there's no new developments from there and hoping to have new information next week. reporting live ansar hasan, abc7 news. >> gilroy police released one of the many 911 calls that came

into its dispatch center moments after the gunfire. one woman frantically asks for ambulances to help the wounded. >> we understand. we understand. we have somebody going to that specific location where you are. >> people are down. >> listen, listen to me. >> we need ambulances. >> we have everyone on the way. the ambulances are on the way. >> she helped one of the gunshot victims and stayed with the man till paramedics an rbied. >> the governor visited san francisco's emergency dispatch center today to announce a major upgrade to the state's 911 system that will allow people to get the precise locations of cell phone callers and accept texts, photos and videos paid for with a new 33 cent surcharge on bills. the previous surcharge taxed only phone calls. >> 80% of the utilization is no

longer land lines, it's smart phones. a disproportionate use is text and data, not necessarily voice. we have a system that will is collapsing in terms of its funding. >> the new 911 system will allow cities to route calls to another region if there's a power out and or a major disaster. upgrade should be completed by late next year. >> now, to what looked like a hate crime but police say it was just a cover in that the motive was something else entirely. it happened in the east bay community of bay point where an arrest has been made after wednesday night's vandalism at the homes of three african-american be families. abc7 news reporter laura anthony has the story. >> that's pretty creepy and scary for us. >> cassius mcgill still has graffiti on her van after an attack she and her neighbors thought was a hate crime based on language but she learned her neighbor, 63-year-old alvin brown has been arrest and

charged with felony vandalism. >> all this time we were thinking something totally different and we had no reaction with him for him to do this to us. he knows who is in the house. could he have injured anybody, our three children. >> mr. brown has a personal relationship with one of the victims of the vandalism. all evidence indicates this was not a hate crime but rather an attempt by mr. brown to make the vandalisms appear to be raiselly motivated. >> neighbors say brown was lishing in one of the vandalized homes with his girlfriend. this man next door had graffiti on his garage and a rock thrown through his window which hit his grown son in the mouth. >> i'm shocked because i know him. he's a good neighbor, you know? but it was going on, i don't know. >> police say the racist graffiti was a cover for the underlying motive. so much so that the suspect even allegedly spray pained his own

van. >> what's upsetting is if this ever does happen in our community people are going to say well, it could possibly not be raiselly motivated. >> brown is being head on $0,000 bail on three countsf felony vandalism. but so far, no hate crime charges. in bay point, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> a dramatic rescue unfolded on the cliffsf fort fund son in san francisco today after a mother and son and their dog went over the edge. cornell bernard is live with what happened. cornell? >> reporter: yeah, that family luckily from the peninsula is safe after a really scary afternoon. somehow they went over the cliff here at fort funston and got stranded. >> you guys okay? >> yes. >> a mother her 8-year-old son and their dog walked up from the beach at fort fundston with paramedics. it was a scary afternoon. >> we're very grateful. our rescuers were wonderful.

>> firefighters say it's unclear how they wound up 20 feet down the treacherous 300 foot cliff. >> we were able to make contact right away and we assessed any injuries at the cliff level. there were none at the time but obviously they were scared. >> the department's cliff rescue unit jumping into action using 600 feet of rope to lower the boy, mom and dog to safety. assisted by a firefighter. the rescue taking several hours. these cliffs are pretty scary. >> max schulte shot this from the beach showing where the family was trapped and how steep that cliff was. >> i don't get too close to the edge and i definitely try and keep my dog away from the edge. yeah. >> so we had a landslide not long ago. >> that landslide killed a woman in february. her body wasn't found till a month later. the message to all, use caution. >> but we are encouraging folks to not be anywhere near the edge. there are pathways and we encourage people to enjoy the

beautiful national park service on the pathway. >> you know, time was not on the sides of firefighters today. after a firefighter repelled down, they had only 30 minutes to pull this off before high tide came in and swallowed up the beach. luckily it went according to plan. at fort if you wantston, cornell bernard, abc7 news. >> a hayward man received the koj greggsal gold medal is, the highest civilian award given for service to the country. joseph alexander bed in world war ii when segregation in the military was the norm. today only a few of those who paved the way for other african-americans in the marines are still alive. abc7's lyanne melendez has his story. ♪ soon they will find the streets are guarded by the united states marines ♪ >> reporter: it was a tribute to a man who served his country at a time when his country didn't

always be him. joseph alexander received the congressional gold medal today, a tribute for his service as a marine when african-americans were segregated. blacks were only allowed to train at camp munford point in north carolina. he was later sent to the pacific to fight against the japanese. his daughter says when he came back from defending his country, he quickly discovered that nothing had changed for him. >> one time when he came back home to new orleans, how you know, he was in his dress blues and he had to sit on the back of the bus. >> years would pass before those african-americans who served in the marines from 1942 to 1949 would be recognized. >> finally, in 2011, president obama signed a law honoring all those who served at monford point with a congressional gold medal. >> it means the country has finally taken a deep breath and they realized that we're all

americans and we all deserve to be treated equally. >> at 95, alexander was too franl jill to speak. his wife did instead. >> it's wonderful. and i know he should be proud. because i'm very proud of it. ♪ o'er the land of the free the home of the brave ♪ >> in hayward, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> incredible. well, boiling point that's only getting hotter. we're talking about the bay area's housing crisis. up next, one man's mission is to tackle the big picture by going small. >> plus finding solutions and common ground on this crisis. dan ashley holding a town hall right now live and we want to hear from you. >> and the baseball fan the oakland a's just signed to a minor league contract.

>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel.

>> a lot of work being done 50 volunteers helped build new housing for the homeless today. abc7 was in san jose where 80 units are being built for the bridge housing community project. the cab bibs offer a clean, safe space to sleep as well as restrooms, showers and kitchen and laundry areas. the sharks foundation and sap bay area donated $200,000 to habitat for human man the to help fund the project. >> we want to make the area a better place to live. abc7 is dedicating more time,

resources and reporting to the major stories helping to build a better area. all this week we're looking at our housing crisis. >> for many communities, that means being smarter about how we build new housing in the bay area. news reporter laura anthony introduces us to a developer who thinks going smaller is the answer. >> reporter: the bay area has a housing shortage. too many people too few homes. this project at 12th and harrison streets in san francisco is designed to help by make apartments smaller but more efficient. one building will house 200 individual apartments. the other five with multiple units sharing a kitchen and other living amenities. >> our philosophy is make every square inch count. >> patrick kennedy is with panoramic center, developer of city spaces high density homes designed to maximize living space and apartment density. units like had one are on

display in his company office. tiny homes with just about everything you'll need to live comfortably. they are simple, a couch turns into a queen size bed. there is storage. a kitchen with a mini fridge. and a bathroom that includes the toilet in the shower. >> we don't profess that it's for everybody and don't force it on anybody. we just want to make the city and all its opportnities accessible to everyone as cheaply as possible. >> he says the bay area's job boom means we need to be building more homes along transit corridors. his microhousing plans allows more people to live next to the region's existing commuter infrastructure. >> the only way to do that now in the bay area with our traffic more or less at capacity is to build housing close to transit. >> he's proposed this 23-story project next to west oakland. 1,000 units one stop away from

jobs in san francisco. walking distance from oakland's busy downtown. buding set to go on this lot is getting positive reaction from city leaders but critics worry about the lack of parking here, just 59 spaces. kennedy says microhousing could be adapted to solve another bay area housing issue. homelessness. that's a huge problem in berkeley. kennedy wants to the convert this empty berkeley lot to housing using his high density design. it typically could would be a single family home. he envisions something that looks liking there. >> would he could build 40 furnished studio apartments on a 5,000 square foot lot. >> he's still working with the city of berkeley to build the units. the city expressed concern about the density of the project. they wouldn't answer our repeated requests for an interview. >> if we have to, we'll have to sue them on that, but we'll prevail ultimately. >> kennedy says that would be a small sacrifice to make a big difference.

laura anthony, abc7 news. >> abc7 is holding a town hall right now in fact in an effort to finds solutions to the bay area's housing crisis. >> abc news and core dan ashley is hosting and joins us to tell us more about it. >> listen, we are having a trach conversation online. we're on our abc7 news web page, our facebook page and youtube channel with a panel of six terrific experts from around the bay area who really are deeply involved and deeply informed on the housing crisis and why it has become such a problem. it's really a nuanced and complicated issue, more more complex than sometimes people realize. we always say we need to build more housing. that's more complicated than it may appear. mary and leshen, the deputy director of housing and community development in oakland, mary anne, thank you and all you guys for being with us. let me ask you, you've seen so

much change in oakland in the last two or three years which is exciting. the economy is doing very well. people are moving in. restaurants are going up. businesses are thriving. but has created a significant housing challenge in oakland has it has everywhere else in the bay area. talk about what you're seeing in oakland and you're hoping can be done about it. we have about 40 seconds. >> well, i'd like to throw into the conversation another sort of vantage point which is the anti-displacement vant and paint. cas sa the compact addresses this, as well but we have stepped in and invested quite a bit of funds and been able to enlist, through the mayor, philanthropy to create these anti-displacement programs that assist individuals who are residents of oakland in staying in their homes to the extent that there may be an eviction if they had legal representation they might be able to stave off

or if there was some blip in their ability to pay rent on a given month, there's emergency financial assistance that can be provided. >> so a big focus now in oakland is to preventively keep people from. >> to keep people here. i thought about the program when the comments were being -- >> i have to wrap in a minute. >> around change and what rights do people have to keep a community the way that it is. that's the flipside because for many of us who lived in oakland for a long time we're seeing that change happen because of market forces and we want to. >> and one of the things we've been talking about here is that not in my neighborhood issue. where people who may realize there's a housing crisis but they don't want to be part of solving it in their neighborhood and the tide is beginning to turn. mary anne will have a lot more time onlineton continue our conversation and to finish those thoughts. but chriss and ama, i'd encourage people watching to go

to our facebook page and send in your questions. this panel of experts is anxious to answer as many as an we can get to. we're having a lively and interesting discussion on a complicated and important issue the housing crisis we talked about in our effort to build a better bay area. it's on everyone's mind. we'll come back in a little while. back to you. we'll continue here online. >> thank you so much, dan. >> as dan said, there are no constraints on line in terms of time. thetown hall will go on till 7:00. send us your questions on twitter, instagram or facebook by tagging them with the #had better bay area. >> we have questions about the weather. and the temperature for the weekend. >> better or not? depending on your taste. >> i would say better. look, can it get better than this, santa cruz, people enjoying sunshine. it's warmer out there. but the coast has been pretty socked in. it hasn't really reflected at

the coast but away from the coastline, everyone is seeing an increase in temperatures. those temperatures will continue to go up. if you live inland, places like antioch in the mid-90s this weekend. temperatures will fall as we head towards the middle to latter part of next week. good news is, with the marine layer, you don't have to worry about the heat along the coast. this is a live look from our mount tam camera. you can see the fog coming back in. as you look at live doppler 7, the fog is near the san francisco coastline around point reyes and heading southward. it has compressed since last night. temperatures from 59 degrees in half moon bay to 92 at clear lake. we have our microclimates here compared to 24 hours ago, running warmer about everywhere. concord up 12 degrees. why would you want to go anywhere with the nice weather like this? let me show you the forecast, sunny, mild po warm. airports 69 to 87 degrees. we're looking at a west wind 10 to 20 tomorrow. honolulu 87 with the rain.

new york city heavy rain, 84. chicago, los angeles. in the 80s. and mostly sunnyskies. tomorrow morning, fog is going to be thick around the bay and along the coastline. temperatures anywhere from the mid 50s to the low 60s. tomorrow afternoon, a beautiful day in the south bay. 86 in san jose, 85 cupertino. 92 in gilroy. 76 santa cruz. menlo park to redwood city in the low 80s. 64 in pacifica. breezy and foggy near the coastline. daly city, 64, 69 in downtown san francisco. north bay, 86 san rafael. the sun will be shining. we're not expecting extreme weather. 77 in oakland. 80 in hayward. head inland and this is where it will be hot. hotter than today. some temperatures up into the mid-90s in firefield. you're going to be up there again tomorrow. 94 concord. a look at the accuweather seven-day forecast. mid-90s for both saturday and sunday inland.

low to mid 60s right near the beaches. the temperatures will be in the wide range category for monday. cooling will come into play as we head into tuesday. that trend continues right on through the middle to latter part of next week with temperatures in the mid to upper 80s by thursday. we may be talking about a drizzly start again which means help keep the fire danger down when the temperatures go down. we like to see the 80s in the middle of summer. ama and kristen. >> thanks. it's the stuff that dreams are played of. listen to this. a baseball fan lights up a speed pitch radar booth and now he's on the

>> this is a big deal. this is the key. >> this is cool. 926 days after breaking down at the chase center, breaking down, breaking ground, the chase centers is it was a big day for

the warriors. team president was presented with a key to the front door and abc7 news sports director larry beil was there for the moment when they unlocked the door for the first time. >> this is the moment. >> raymond rit ser inside. >> it worked. >> it worked. >> awesome. look at that. >> nice. >> awesome. this is the ceremonial key. >> it just shows you can have a dream and make it work even a dream this audacious in san francisco which is a hard place to get something like this done. >> so cool. yeah, can't wait. the warriors will start playing at chase center this fall. but in other sports news. >> this is cool, too. a fan threw a baseball during a fan event at a colorado rockies game and now he has a contract with the oakland a's. >> unbelievable. look at him throwing his stuff. >> i hit 96. >> come on, 96 nathan. >> come on, do it again. 96.

>> yeah! >> whoo. >> 6. the radar gun does not lie. two weeks after this nathan patterson took to his instagram page and posteds showing him signing a contract with the a's. >> he had been speaking with the a's since february but it was his pitching at the stadium that went viral that helped him seal the deal. he thanked his friends, family and coaches for making his dream come true. >> anyone can do it. >> with the a's coaching he'll hit 100 in no time. >> it's time to get crafty and celebrate a beloved anim

coming up on abc7 news at 6:00, drink this in. san francisco international is banning plastic water bottles. why the move is being made and what travelers need to do to quench their thirst. >> also, how two women started a movement to help the family of a

police officer killed in the line of duty in rome. plus -- >> gosh, it's so beneficial to them. >> for five days -- >> a summer camp like no other in california. kids spend five days in prison to get to better know their moms who are inmates there. coming up at 6:00. >> it is time to get out and enjoy life. we have a plan to help you do just that. >> at least michael does. >> michael fibby. >> cool stuff. let me show you some crafts here. the reason i have these is the american craft show is this weekend. this is kind of cool in san francisco. we've got free tickets for you. it's very cool. it's one of the oldest in the bay area. they' been going for 44 years. 250 artisans, 40% are from here in the bay area. the show takes place august 2nd, which is today from 10:00 to 6:00, running out of time for

that one. saturday and sunday, $12 tickets. you ought to get in on that. finally the walt disney family museum. have you been over there? it's stunning. isn't it? >> we've got free tickets for you. they're vip tickets. it the walt disney family museum is out of the presidio. one of the most popular museums in san francisco. the tickets are worth $35 each. walt disney raised animation to an art form. you know that. they are -- it's an amazing museum set up by the family not run by a non-profit. you'll have a great time. go to abc7news.com and look for the finney's friday free stuff page. >> you just know michael. kristen's getting stylish with the craft exhibits. >> thank you. that will do it for us tonight. world news with david muir" is next. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm kristen sze. for all of us here, thanks for joining us tonight.

>> a reminder about our town hall on the bay area's housing crisis right now till 7:00 p.m. send us your questions on twitter, instagram or facebook tagging them with the #better bay area. tonight, the tragedy on the kennedy compound. the kennedy granddaughter found unresponsive at the family home. the family devastated. grandmother ethel kennedy and what she is saying tonight. what her granddaughter saoirse kennedy hill talked openly about before. also, an nypd judge now recommending the firing of an officer accused of using a choke hold in the death of eric garner. what will the police commissioner now do? and what we learned tonight. >> china shooting back tonight saying, we're not afraid to fight, as president trump escalates the trade war and the items you'll pay more for. the officer at routi