investigation that led to the allegations. pled not guilty to all charges. must wear ankle bracelet until next court appearance. father, step-mother and friend were there in court. argued to be a flight risk. dual citizenship, american and french. and money from google they believe to be worth $120 million. prior to the arraignment, u.s. attorney's office presented details of his indictment. >> forensic investigation revealed that on or about 2017 downloaded to google computer approximately 14,000 google files, including critical engineering information. >> levandowski's -- in the indictment it's alleged that the

39-year-old engineer made the decision to resign from google no later that december 2017 and quit in 2016 with no notice shortly after he signed a term sheet with uber. >> let me be very clear, not a single one of these supposedly secret files ever went to uber or any other company or person. anthony levandowski is innocent of these charges. he never stole or attempted to steal anything. period. the government has it dead wrong. >> reporter: levandowski appeared stow nick a dark suit throughout the hearing. however our court artist noted he apare peered emotional towards the end. prosecutors said he was flight risk because of considerable wealth, asking to next week to

set the full conditions t get ea of the wealth. defense arguing he has ties to the bay area, including young children, chris reyes abc7 news. >> waymo said we have always believed competition should be fuelled by innovation. uber spokesperson said we cooperated with the government throughout the investigation and will continue to do so. >> and pronto, just founded last year, said the criminal charges filed against anthony relate to lidar and don't in any way volve pronto's groundbreaking technology. of course we're fully supportive of anthony and his family. >> levandowski has a storied reputation in silicon valley. labeled as serial entrepreneur. cal grad, went to work for google in 2007, year later, side

business called anthony's robots. goal of self-driving prius. left google in january of 2016 to start otto, self-driving kits to retrofit big rigs. uber acquired them eight months later for nearly $700 million, then levandowski was fired by uber in 2017. launched pronto ai for semi trucks. our coverage coinues. 5:00, i-team's dan noyes has been digging into the background. and then the problem of corporate theft in silicon valley. protesters from rideshare companies uber and lyft protested outside headquarters, get the company not impede plans

to unionize. >> hundreds caravanned today to raise awareness of the pro union bill under consideration at the state senate. anser hassan with the latest. >> reporter: drivers on the 500 mile pilgrimage to the state capital. started in l.a., today in bay area, oakland right now. state assembly bill 5 reclassifying them from independent contractors to employees. and possibly mean more benefits and more bay. >> uber, uber, you're no good. >> i'm picking up seven people for six cents a mile. >> reporter: 63-year-old debra garcia drives full-time for uber. working conditions need to change. >> california law supposed to be

paying us minimum wage or 52 cents a mile. not getting that. >> reporter: among the drivers and protesters rallying in san francisco. supporting state assembly bill 5, small change with big impact on the gig economy. right now classified as independent contractors. made employees as ab 5 seeks to do, drivers would be given benefits and labor rights. unemployment insurance, health care, overtime pay and guaranteed minimum hourly wage. has the support of presidential candidate pete buttigieg, on hand as well. >> where i come from, gig is another word for a job. working a gig, you're a worker, you ought to be protected as worker.

>> reporter: chair of the labor center says it's strong case. platforms set the terms, cost to ride and amount paid to drivers, should be classified as employees. >> under any test difficult to argue they're not employees and shouldn't have access to those rights we give employees. >> reporter: uber and lyft both declined on camera interviews, both issued statements, saying working with lawmakers and labor groups to get some of the things demand, including representation. anser hassan. >>hank you. chp activity that shut down part of the freeway. >> west wnd 580 at intersection with oakland. leslie is following it.

>> reporter: finally got word of what happened. mess on westbound 580 for a while. started when a chp officer in dublin got a bulletin from stockton to be on the lookout for a silver chevy impala driving recklessly. tried to make a traffic stop on that car, driver took off on westbound 580, two officer unit out of castro valley joined the pursuit. driver tried to pass east bay transit vehicle driving between the bus and concrete wall and got stuck. chp unit tried to go in front to block him in with push bumpers and the suspect began ramming the occupied chp car and transit bus to escape. one officer fired at least one shot, no one injured. westbound 580 was closed for four hours and drivers were a

bit confused. >> and they just motioned me saying can i make a u-turn here? >> reporter: chap called in investigative service unit and drone was dispatched to investigate the scene. that woman you saw somehow made it across the barricade, all of traffic was supposed to get diverted on to 24 and 980 for four hours, causing serious delays. reopened 580 at 3:00 after the chevy was finally towed and said in the release that the suspect appeared to be under the influence of a controlled substance. chp is asking for the public's help. if you have any information or witnessed anything about the police pursuit or what happened on 580, would love to hear from you. reporting live, leslie brinkley,

abc7 news. >> thank you. san jose police officer is recovering after a driver bit him, then dragged the officer with his car. you can see on this map where it happened. west alma and stopped what they call suspicious vehicle and drove away and dragged him. officer has released from the hospital. another bold crime caught on camera in san francisco's chinatown, this as many residents and merchants feel they're vulnerable targets. story you'll see only on abc7. >> reporter: happened middle of the day at 1:30, busy stockton street in the heart of chinatown, a brazen car burglary. rental was parked outside the

travel agency owned by ed su. >> yelled out to stop. they didn't. took pictures, called the police. >> reporter: some of the photos, two men in hoodies taking luggage, electronics and passports belonging to four tourists from southeast asia who stopped in chinatown for lunch, parked their car, broke two windows, got the loot and left. he saw it all go down. >> really fast, 15 to 30 seconds. that's it. >> reporter: chinatown merchants and residents still reeling from vicious attack in mid-july on two community leaders, also on stockton street. since then banded together to monitor crime in the community. >> 259 merchandise people, be

careful, robbery over there. >> reporter: police believe this group committed other burglaries across the city. double parking care next to the victims seems to mean new m.o. and they're getting bolder. vic lee, abc7 news. someone is in trouble after side swiping the mayor's official car and taking off. parked in japantown, mayor is out of town, supervisor was usg it in role as acting mayor. tongue in cheek response. >> she's not going to let me use it anymore, is she? back to bicycle for me. have to wait until comes home. oy. >> driver's side mirror has to be replaced. no word on the driver. corporate theft, dig deeper in wake of today's criminal charges against a former google

engineer. inside chase, back inside the new chase center and hear from the warriors owner. project runway, work at sfo. weather is

as we told you a few minutes ago, former google engineer anthony levandowski is facing federal charnels, accused of stealing secrets and taking to new employer uber. here to talk about that development, it's one thing, corporate giants battling out over intellectual property. different deal with feds involved with criminal charges. >> absolutely right and also unusual bringing it against a single senior executive. seen companies battle each other, file lawsuits all the time when one executive moves to another company, especially in tech, trying to get competitive advantage can be slim thing and want to get ahead.

but you're right, criminal charges, 33 against a top executive, that's unusual. >> what message does this send to others in silicon valley? people are changing companies constantly. >> right. attorneys for the u.s. government and fbi said today that people do move, go across companies. but they also need to adhere to the law. this comes at time when there's a lot of uncertainty, little bit of fear even of the tech industry. how important it's become to the economy, people a little bit concerned about how some companies do business. government taking a closer look at tech and scrutiny is to be expected. >> one of the things i find interesting here is google and uber settled their case, wrapped it all up. now you have a matter that what's closed that's very hope now with the federal government taking an interest. >> you're right. i don't know if a lot of people know what this is all about, but

he was a google engineer, led their self-driving car efforts which have turned into waymo, name of the group at google. left the company, took a group of engineers with him, started another self-driving truck company, uber bought it for $700 million, then a year later were sued by google over this theft of corporate information and -- it really just shows how high stakes we are in the tech industry. shows the government taking closer scrutiny of tech, also shows that cavalir attitude about i work here, can go someplace else, you walk out the door with 14,000 files, company knows what you're walking out with, might give people pause before they make the jump. >> uber and google, u.s.-based companies but corporate espionage is international problem. do you think we're likely to see more prosecutions like this

inside the u.s.? what about outside the u.s.? >> technology is such an important part of the u.s. and global economy, talking about companies with tremendous power and also have important market might, basically directing our future. i think the level of scrutiny across the board, how they do business, who is doing business with them. who is working for them, all is going to get higher scrutiny, that's the trend last two years as more governments have got involved regulating and taxing the big tech giants. >> you've been following this since steve jobs and palm were trying to come to agreement many years ago. problem that existed and will continue to exist but this is a new wrinkle for sure. >> definitely. and speaks to how high stakes this is. self-driving technology is one of the big techs of the future. it's not going away. fact you have google and uber

battling over it, and case settled last year after four days, didn't see full trial, settled pretty quickly. shows you how important the technologies are. one of many technologies underpinning our future. a lot at stake. >> as i mentioned. connie has been covering this a long time. follow her at c-net for the best reporting in tech. connie, thank you for your time. >> you're welcome. get over to the weather. spencer, today could be the worst day of the week because of the mugginess? >> not as warm as yesterday, but humidity is elevated. feels sticky. live doppler 7. high clouds passing over. subtropical moisture in the area, low clouds and fog on the coastline, but temperature change, most locations are several degrees cooler than this hour yesterday. sutro tower camera, looking over san francisco.

high clouds. 69 in the city, 75 in oakland. redwood city 79. 85 in san jose, 95 in gilroy and 63 at half moon bay. looking gloomy at golden gate now. north bay, 79 in santa rosa, 97 at fairfield, 94 at concord and livermore. mt. tam into the bay, forecast features. areas of fog continuing to develop overnight, muggy tomorrow morning. humid into the afternoon tomorrow, warm inland. cooler and breezier developing thursday and friday. forecast animation taking through the overnight hours. more fog along the coastline, more clouds lingering mugginess into the afternoon tomorrow, probably start to get more comfortable after that. overnight lows tonight in the low 60s near the bay, mid-60s in and mid to upper 60s in inland

locations. mild and normal and more humid, going to feel muggy. here's guy. remnants of tropical stormvo flowing up into the area, mugginess will linger into midday tomorrow. high temperatures, mid and upper 60s at coast, to low 80s around the bay shoreline. tropical atlantic, dorian is moving just west of dominica, headed on a track that will probably take it over puerto rico, weaken because of the higher terrain, still tropical storm, reintensify and expected to make landfall sunday morning, easterm coast of florida, daytona beach and melbourne.

accuweather seven-day forecast. high temperatures on thursday, upper 80s, cooler and breezier as well. same pattern holds on friday. then slightly warmer on saturday by a couple of degrees and more seasonal, wide range of highs will prevail sunday and monday. mid-90s inland, 80s around the bay. cooldown coming. humidity go away by end of week. feel nicer. >> love it. just days away from the opening of the new chase center, i sit but in my mind i'm still 25. that's why i take osteo bi-flex, to keep me moving the way i was made to.

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new home of the warriors only a few days away from opening. first event at chase center will be friday, september 6th, concert by metallica and the san francisco symphony. sat down with owner, seen his distant dream become a reality. >> feel amazed, every time i walk into the building, see something new, i think we did it. want to see what the people say, they're the ultimate judge, but i think we did it. i feel incredibly proud of it. >> when you walked in this morning, it's not totally, totally finished, chase center, but what was your first impression? >> i saw it, thought i have to talk to him? >> oh, no, not

>> look the arena is unbelievable. been here, walked around the business offices. outside of it, community, anchoring, i-like most excited to walk in and watch the team. >> everybody has their own tv in the locker room which is cool. they have manicure and pedicure station for people. probably craze crest thing i heard of having in the locker room. i want to get hands fixed. >> show to the camera. >> look good now, in couple of weeks, going to be shiny. >> i come in here, don't want to leave, find reasons not to go home. hard to believe it's real and won't entirely until the first concert, first basketball game. i think then i will perhaps think wow, this is it.

>> no more bay bridge. >> there you go. i get that bridge every single day, bud. >> makes me feel better you're on that commute. >> why -- >> had to do it. >> like he gives you grief. >> bob meyers and i have a strange and wonderful relationship. he's strange, i'm wonderful. >> how do we get the mani-pedis here? >> i'll have to take you to the arena. first warriors game, preseason against the lakers october 5th. >> looking forward to it. looks cool. >> unbelievable. jeremy lin is heading overseas to play hoops. chinese media reports a deal with the beijing ducks. free agent in the nba after winning title with the toronto raptors. started with the warriors, few weeks with the knicks when linsanity took over the nba.

now going to china. ways to tell if drivers are impaired by alcohol but now bay area company says figured out how to tell if impaired by cannabis ...6, 7, 8 ♪ ♪ ♪ big dreams start with small steps... ...but dedication can get you there. so just start small... start saving. easily set, track and control your goals right from the chase mobile® app. ♪ ♪ chase. make more of what's yours®.

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actress lori loughlin and her husband were back in the court in the latest twist in the college admissions scandal. >> there to settle a dispute over choice of lawyers. romina is live in newsroom. >> could be facing years in jail each. accused of paying half a million dollars in bribes to get daughters into usc. lori loughlin and massimo appearing before the judge choosing to be represented by same law firm for trial. asking court to waive right to separate counsel so they can't claim later didn't get fair trial. two of 50 people involved in largest college admission scandal in history. pleaded guilty, including

felicity huffman, recommending four months behind bars. loughlin and gee newely declining the deal. source says loughlin is obsessing over every detail of the team and in constant communication with the legal team. says this legal strategy is good. >> they have to believe both people are lying. smart strategy. >> but going to trial also a big risk. >> evidence here, emails, things on wire tap, other people that will testify against them. looking at 20 years in prison each. >> loughlin is going in prepared. share some lawyers but separate lawyers on the individual teams. abc7 los angeles. more than a dozen women who

claimed to be sexually assaulted by jeffrey epstein spoke. judge wanted to give them chance to speak because epstein killed himself awaiting trial. >> hearing other victims is, similar stories to what i have endured. thank the judge for letting us speak, having some closure. >> judge berman did not issue a ruling today on prosecutors' request to drop the charges. investigators will continue to investigate possible accessories involved in the alleged sex trafficking investigation. we want to make the bay area better place to live. since cannabis was legalized,

arrests and injuries from drivers behind the wheel stoned have increased. dion lim tells us about one bay area company that can narrow down when somebody is too stoned to drive. >> reporter: dui checkpoints across the state, police seeing increase in number of drivers getting behind the wheel stoend. according to california highway patrol arrests have increased 31% and injuries related to people driving under the influence of marijuana has increased 102% since legalized. determining how stoned the driver is has eluded police. can use a breathalyzer for determining drunk, but no device for the cannabis. >> when you can find thc in breath, requires extraordinary

tools and person used recently. >> thc is what makes you high and can impair a driver's reaction. emergency room physician and reserve sheriff. maker of the first breathalyzer to measure recent marijuana use and alcohol in breath. study published last month determined that thc can be found in breath. >> found in all 20 test subjects. and what was really interesting, thc peaked about 15 minutes, then out of the breath within two to three hours. >> reporter: says now they're legal in california, tests that check for it in hair are less useful for law enforcement, instead if you're high at time of arrest, not use in past months. >> thc in breath, means smoked in the last couple of hours.

>> reporter: lab roa tests show first two to three hours is period driver is at greatest risk for being impaired. dr. lynn says the new data could help clear people expected of being high when they're not. >> if it's not in your breath, unlikely to have used recently. >> reporter: secured funding to accelerate manufacturing and will roll out breath tests to several agencies around the state by the end of the year. dion lim, abc7 news. >> unlike alcohol, there is no statewide standard for determining impairment. officers are using field sobriety tests when they make an arrest. halloween decorations are coming out. how early is too early to start decorating for halloween? preparations under way as tropical storm closes in on puerto rico.

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bracing for tropical storm dorian. it's gaining strength and could become a hurricane with the island of puerto rico in its cross hairs. >> not good place to be next two or three days. >> reporter: across san juan, buying what they need to prepare. >> have enough water and canned things, food. >> reporter: more than 200 firemen from miami heading down to assist if they may be needed. >> be here before the storm hits. weather the storm at base of operations. >> reporter: as cruise ships change itineraries and airlines alter flights. memories of hurricane maria fresh on the island, devastated puerto rico, killing nearly 3,000 people. house after house still heeled only with blue tarp, power grid still vulnerable. fearing the next storm. expected to hit wednesday night

but bit of good news, appears to be fast moving and will be out of the island in just about six hours. maggie rulli, new york. >> last thing puerto rico needs right now. >> absolutely. here in the bay area, weather is calm, no complaints. high clouds, thunderstorms, usual in the sierra, and fog at coastline, feels muggy because of the subtropical moisture flowing up with the clouds. overnight, continue to see the high clouds. low to mid-60s, mild and muggy overnight. mugginess lingers to part of the day tomorrow. warm again. not as arm as today. low 90s inland, upper 60s on the coast. accuweather seven-day forecast, mild and muggy but mugginess will disappear thursday as we get cooler and breezier, drier air coming into the bay area.

won't change much on friday, warm up over the weekend and sunday, morning, back into the mid-90s inland, mid-60s on the coast. mild to warm, nothing extreme. >> i like that. it is still august, okay? but apparently it's already fall at starbucks. selling its pumpkin spice lattes this year, added pumpkin cream cold brew, maybe because it's hot still. too early to think about fall? halloween decorations, really? >> pumpkins. check this out. producer's cousin has already decorated house for halloween, went up over the weekend. thanks to jessica lopez for sharing the photos. >> not just that, pumpkins already out at safeway. halloween candy at walgreens. we're used to this christmas

decorations coming out before thanksgiving, now getting to halloween before we finish summer? >> ahead of labor day. >> grandson is asking about jack-o'-lanterns and halloween gear. >> there's already discussion in moms group about it. >> costume for your daughter yet? >> not yet. i know, so behind. >> how are you raising this child? >> clearly not correctly. feel it's early. >> six or seven weeks away. >> too early. >> probably is. >> telling little dudes to settle down. >> settle down. >> thank you spencer. cleaning up the streets of san francisco, high tech trash cans moving in. is it enough to move the trash out? out? easing jill jill has entresto, and a na heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital.

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visit att.com/accessnow, to learn more. sfo is about to welcome its own project runway, instead of winning a prize, flight gets delayed. how about that? >> yay. >> construction project on heavily used runway, will affect

thousands of passengers. >> already bracing for the impact. any hollyfield has the warning. >> reporter: will be shut down most of the month of december, big news that doesn't seem to have spread. >> really? are they notifying the passengers or are we supposed to -- telling the passengers at all? >> i'm telling you. >> wow, good to know. >> reporter: travels a lot for tech job. after the intervew he was going to email his company to let everybody know about the shutdown to adjust september travel plans. he's leaving today for new york and thinking of changing return trip. >> my divert to oakland or go as well as san jose. sfo is already notorious for delays. if they have runways closing, can't even imagine what that's going to be like. >> reporter: airport officials

say expect delays and possible cancellations. united airlines will waive change fees for passengers who want to avoid the issue. >> i fly a lot, i'm a consultant. that won't be good. >> reporter: jordan also heard the news. may look elsewhere for business trips. >> maybe oakland. depends where i'm going i guess. >> reporter: shut down september 7th through the 27th. after labor day weekend but much of the month, selected september to not interrupt busy summer and holiday travel seasons. abc7 news. thousands of california residents can attend two years of community college for free thanks to a new program promoted by governor newsom. this year's state budget includes more than $42 million

to expand the program, two years of free tuition for first-year students attending full-time. community colleges are the country's highest system of higher education. >> going to help so many families. heading back to school, stress is big problem. experts say it's important time to teach important life lessons. man man mandy gager with the tips. >> reporter: it's that time again. >> things are new. we forget how stressful it was for us doing it. >> reporter: says stress can manifest as stomach or headache in children and teens but trouble with sleep is usually first sign something is wrong. >> coping is to be used when you're stressed.

not learning them. i'm nervous, do extra deep breathing. >> reporter: says teaching your child how to handle life's ups and downs now can set them up for success later in life. >> our kids tend to be hard on themselves, important for them to figure out how to accept themselves, appreciate they were brave in a situation and tried and did their best. >> reporter: letting children know it's okay to fail can also shed some stress. >> making sure child gets plenty of physical activity also helps kids and teens deal with stress. some major league umpires took time out to help deserving kids in the bay area. treated young cancer patients and siblings to a build-a-bear workshop. got to outfit the bears and decorate the carriers. put to the by charity umps care, support where major league

baseball. chance to get out from behind the plate for a great cause. >> it's our ability to give back to the communities we travel around and work our games in. and it's for me also the opportunity to come see the children and the young adults that you get to maybe put a smile on their face. that's what it's all about. >> umps care has handed off more than 15,000 bears last decade or so. in town for the giants/diamondbacks series at the park. share love for team while checking out books in san jose. sourdough sam. students joined sam and 9er ian williams. library cards are free to the public. next story might make you think before posting next

selfie. washington state university psychologists found that those who posted a lot of selfies were seen as less likeable, less successful, more insecure and less open to new experiences. >> i know you're not talking about me. >> also researchers found those who posted pictures of themselves taken by other people were seen as having higher self-esteem, being more adventurous, more outgoing, dependable and successful. do you know people in either of those categories? >> i might. we're >> so we feel good. bins that city leaders will help make a difference. >> right now dan is here -- >> i'm sorry. >> go ahead. >> new at 5:00, san jose wants n

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somebody else's problem. farther from a trash can, more likely you are to litter. with that in mind, city hall has taken another approach to cleaning up city neighborhoods. >> welcome up acting mayor, supervisor of district 5, natalie brown. >> wait a minute, i want to hug this. >> reporter: mayor enjoying time off, supervisor brown introduced new crash receptacles in attempt to change bad habits. solar powered and using sensors can compact as it fills up, holds up to three times amount of garbage. big belly. >> totally full, notifies anybody with the app to come out here and dump it real quick. >> reporter: eliminate the ability to

cans, end up on the ground. >> don't have case of someone going through the garbage and leaving it all over, complaint i hear all the time. >>. >> reporter: also means that people who collect recyclables will have to find them elsewhere, japantown obtained four. grace is with the benefit district. >> see that, maybe starts a domino effect. >> reporter: plans to install 80 throughout san francisco, collaboration between neighborhoods and the city. in san francisco, melendez, abc7 news. >> one example of build a better bay area. want to hear your ideas, share

them going to build a better bay area facebook group. >> hopefully it helps get the trash off the streets. thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00, larry beil. >> ama daetz. abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. talks with peninsula mother accused of tying up and threatening to kill a teenager found with her daughter. freeway shut down for hours is open. thousands frustrated as chp opens fire after chase. going after tech engineer charged with stealing secrets. digs into long history the uber and google. ride share workers fight for benefit wages. wants to make building a granny flat easier. peninsula couple is out of

jail afterccused of tying up a teenager found in their daughter's bedroom. i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. this couple spoke to luz pena. >> spoke to accused couple who dauger's clet,ug he found inside was intruder. first time after arrest for what police categorized as hit crime against african-american boy. they spoke out. >> never hit him. he can say whatever he wants. it's not true. >> reporter: says the 17-year-old boy punched her in the lip trying to leave the house after her husband found him hiding in 15-year-old daughter's closet. >> arm is better but was a lot of bruises on my hand and he smashed his sb