the streets are packed. backed up traffic. >> it's hard to get gas. water. >> i went to five different stores. nobody has water. >> it will be a big storm. wind, rain, surge. gas stations have run out of the fuel. >> trying to cut the line. >> it's good to take precautions and be ready for it. >> we came from california. we're always worried about things shaking, burning and sliding. now we come here and it will be a worst storm. >> he's exactly right. hurricane dorian could be florida's most powerful storm in 25 years. good evening. >> the whole state of florida is under a state of emergency. hurricane dorian has strengthened to a category 3. >> it could make land fall as a four. up to 18 inches of rain expected. >> we have the latest on the

time line. >> let's look at live doppler 7. hurricane dorian has a very well defined eye. this is an indication that this storm is gaining strength as you can see there. let's look as to what's going to happen. it moves over the warm waters. it will intensify. category 3 now. wind of 123 miles per hour. moving at 10 miles per hour. it will slow down saturday it's nearing the bahamas. becoming a category 4. sunday morning it crosses. by monday morning it is eyeing the eastern coast of florida. there are some model differences exact time line as far as land fall. it's expected to strengthen to a four. bahamas rain. strong winds and dangerous storm surge. >> at least one florida airport orlando announced it will shut

down early monday morning. because of storm danger. >> san francisco. flights were still arriving and departing on schedule. some were trying to reach the state before the worst. others say they're happy that to just be getting out. >> i'm going home a day early. the normal florida folks don't worry too much about it. but i have lived there five years i get nervous. >> we are here on a work trip. because of the hurricane. our office in orlando may shut down. >> i'm concerned. i have been watching the maps and everything. my friend is stocking up for a hurricane party. we have the plans already. >> am track has suspended service in florida. and several cruise lines changed schedules. >> you can keep track of the hurricane with the news app. down load the app and enable push alerts to get breaking news

updates. >> a california appeals court threw out the gun conviction against the man who shot and killed kate shrinely on a san francisco pier in 2015. >> the judge in trial failed to instruct the jury on one of the defenses. it was the sole conviction against garcia. and undocumented immigrant i quitted of murder in that very high profile case. >> he remanes in custody and faces federal gun charges. attorneys argue that will be double jeopardy. >> the investigation into dozens of commercial burglaries in cities across the bay area. san jose police arrested ten people. we're live from police headquarters with details on operation kick stand. >> police say the crew targeted construction sites, school districts and bike shops which explains the name. the investigation uncovered

guns, ammunition. stolen driver's licenses. credit cards and other stolen property. in addition to drugs. police believe the crew of ten are responsible for dozens of commercial burglaries across the bay area including san jose, burling game. oakland and santa cruz. really all over the region. the department says the crew was at it since january. on thursday a team of agencies served search warrants in both san jose and sunny vail. searching a locker, three vehicles in a home. i sat down with the police chief. >> oftentimes we don't think of it burglary as a violent crime. it's a very personal crime. and now especially with the guns that we recovered we can see this type of crime isn't necessarily as non-violent as people make it out to be. >> the ten suspects all adults were booked into the county jail on multiple felonies. including commercial burglary

and conspiracy. chief says his department seized several full-time firearms including a rifle, shotgun and handgun. several agencies were involved in the operation. led by the burglary prevention unit. >> all right. thank you. new developments in a fatal hit and run accident in san jose. it happened yesterday. story road and south jackson avenue. we're live from the intersection with the story. >> good evening. you can see flou flowers and candles have been placed here. i spoke with police they say the search for the suspect is still continuing. >> the sisters of the victim came out this morning to pay respects. at the intersection where their brother was killed. the family wouldn't comment on camera. but said their brother was originally from mexico. police say on thursday afternoon, a driver of a gold

chevy hit a chevy. and hit him in the crosswalk. with his bicycle. the driver took off running. >> my mom started crying. maybe it's a customer. i know many i customers. i feel so sad. >> this gas station employee who didn't want to be identified, heard the crash. she says drivers running red lights and speeding are always a problem at this intersection. >> that's crazy. >> a lot of speeders. >> people running red lights. >> yes. yeah. >> city counsel member has been working on vision zero. a city wide initiative to reduce the number of accidents. especially on the most dangerous streets. story road has been identified as one of them. >> if somebody runs a red light it's difficult to stop that accident pr happening.

pay attention to your driving. focus. don't cause an accident. >> the changes are making a difference. adding bike lanes and creating buffer zones and some of bha it's about. like the new bike lanes at the intersection of thursday's crash. residents says they are helping. >> i love that. >> does it help? >> it's helped me to be more aware. >> some residents asked us about the traffic cameras that are at the intersections. counsel member says they do not record traffic. they are live feed. just to monitor the timing of the red light. >> their search for a suspect continues. >> thank twitter ceo account has been hacked. just before 1:00 this afternoon his account sent out a flurry of sweets with racist language.

the hacker group took credit for the attack. twitter hasn't released details on how they were able to get in. the company tweeted they're investigating the incident and his account has been restored. >> cyber security experts report they found a major vulnerability in iphones. hackers used mall ware to plant bugs on phones granting access to the victims i message. mail and contacts and location. all of the phones data would be exposed. it has the hallmarks of government espionage. likely infecting thousands of phones. >> google agreed to pay $200 million to settle a federal trade commission investigation. into you tubes alleged violation of the children's privacy law. prohibiting the collection of personal information from children without con set. google already took steps to

address the issue. it launched you tube kids yesterday. to give parents tools to customize the experience for their children. >> a 14 year-old student was taken into custody last night after making online threats against a high school. police now believe the student did not intend to actually carry out act of violence. just the threat has left people stunned. >> community members raelkt. after learning about the threats made against students and staff. >> there's a lot of kids that are sad. i wish people would be kind. >> police received a message from someone by instagram. threatening to shoot up the school. >> this was deemed unfounded and really we believe the student didn't have any intention of carrying it out. we certainly have to take it seriously. >> within hours police were able to identify the person who sent the message. who turned out to be a student. at the school. they were located at their

parents home and taken into custody for a memberal health evaluation. >> if you see somebody struggling, talk to them. rather than ignoring it and blaming guns as the problem. it's more than that. >> district officials are trying to determine what sort of discipline action will be taken. in the letter to students and families, the principal wrote it is of the utmost importance to us to create a physical envirnlt that promotes student and staff safety. through protocol and procedure. mass shooting threats have gone up across the country. following gilroy, and el paso. >> we have to acknowledge we live live in tough times. >> detectives will be submitting the case to the county district attorney office. for review.

>> still ahead. a army descends on brooklyn. the net work installed to ensure we have water when the big one hits. >> another wipe out for mavericks. why it looks like the surfing contest maybe scrapped. >> a close call in the waters off san francisco. a paddle border tells us what happened when he saw a great white shark this morning. >> the weather looks good for us. we

live in perkily in the hills where crews worked all day on a new pipeline above the fault.

>> it's significant. they predict if there were a 7.0 quake along the hayward fault next week or month, there would be hundreds of water main breaks. and that means no water for six weeks even up to six months. so it's a scenario they're preparing for. out with the old, in with the new. >> 1927 cast iron water mains run under these streets. >> we are right in the middle of the fault zone. >> engineer over seeing the pipe replacement is excited about the new materials they're using. >> when i say hazard resilient. pipes that can expand and contract. they can rotate. they can deflect. they can move with the ground during a seismic >> it's laborious and expensive.

they're tackling 17 and a halfs july. 6.5% rate hike. >> those dollars make infrastructure improvements like this possible. so that we can strengthen the system and make it reliable. >> we're prepping the water system for the big one. >> it's a hassle. but i want it to be done. so we're safe. >> eleven crews are fanned out across the service area. replacing the old pipe with the flexible pipe. mile by mile. >> east bay mud engineers say the new pipes should be able to with stand the pressure of a major earthquake and they say they have a life span of 120 years. that means the pipes would be good until 2140. >> okay. thanks so much. what happened to the mavericks surf competition today amounts to a wipe out.

the event sponsor pulled out throwing the wave contest into reel chaos. live in pacific with the story. >> the waves that you see blind me are nothing compared to the 50 or sometimes 60 foot swells you'll see at mavericks. and the competition to ride those epic waves is in limbo. >> reporter: with waves 25 feet high and cresting up to 60. mavericks is a world renown surf spot. with an epic competition to match. that is when there is one. this is the fourth one it hasn't happened. >> everybody in the world knows about it. >> this time it's not because of weather. the world surf league decided to pull out. sending this statement. saying march ricks will not continue as a big wave event. due to various logistic challenges and inability to run the event the last two seasons.

>> not various. a huge amount of logistic challenges. it's a breath of fresh air. >> despite his love for the invitation only event says even he understands weather isn't the only challenge. >> it seemed like everybody all the agencies thought they could get money from it. are starting to require permits. final will the red tape is not worth cutting. >> he estimates the permit cost alone to total $808,000. $80,000: unless somebody else steps up the future of the competition is in limbo. >> there's going to be the biggest wave the best wave. it is going to be a judgment of the peers. and no one else. and i think sometimes that isess

success. >> now according to jeff the world surf league holds the sponsorship rights to the surf competition for the next several years. if there were to be a new sponsor so come in. they have to dpet the permission first. >> thank you. couple of surfers got too close for comfort look at the great white shark in san francisco. friends surf big waves and sometimes they train by paddling around the coastline. they saw a great white shark breech the waters with a seal in its mouth. >> we were paddling along the beach. and we saw a couple seals on the rocks. they were talking. they're so cute. and all stoked. a shark came up and snatched the seal. we just started sprinting for the shore. >> the two men estimate the shark was about 14 feet long.

experts say the sighting fits migration pattern. they are known to breed in the area in september and october. >> they always get our attention. fascinating. >> let's turn our attention to the weekend forecast. holiday weekend. >> it's a beautiful weekend. i want to show you where maybe you'd rather be. santa cruz the beach. some people are soak up the beach. it's a mild sky. 72 in oakland. san jose managed to get up to 78. pier 39 a view of the a a a a traz. it's hazy. we have 89 in concord. and 87 degrees in livermore. really if you're making plans for the holiday weekend and

wondering where the temperatures are going. hour by hour. two cities and talk about what the whether looks like for tomorrow. redwood city. low to mid-60s tomorrow morning. around the lunch hour it will be pleasant. mild conditions. and then we head into the afternoon and you know where it's going to be hot. in the mid-90s. really comfortable in redwood city in the low 80s. a live look. one of the reasons why it won't get too hot along the coast. what you're looking at. the fog. it's going to be around again. it's here right now. from the san francisco coast to the san mateo coastline and will expand. a lovely view. fog crawling over downtown san francisco. warmer weather for the weekend. mild at the coast. we are looking at a cooler pattern by middle next week. here's a look at the travel forecast.

west wind 5 to 15. here's the forecast for hawaii. scattered showers 91 degrees. new york city 78. sunny. same for chicago. 72. a slight chance of showers. l.a. patchy fog. 85 degrees. hour by hour forecast 7:00 tonight. fog along the coastline. pushing into the bay 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning and pull back to the coastline and hang around into the afternoon hours. so the coastal areas will remain comforted by the fog. first thing tomorrow morning temperatures in the midr50s to the low 60s. for the afternoon get ready for the heat. in morgan hill. 88 in the south bay. 84 sunny ville. temperatures in the low 80s have mountain view. 79 san mateo. 68 half-moon bay. breezy, foggy.

just a nice variety of weather. and the east bay oakland 79 degrees. hayward 81. inland it will get hot. 939 walnut creek. 96 fair field. 7-day forecast. mid-60s to mid-90s the next two days. nice for the labor day plans and cool it off. back to work and school with 80s returning. midweek inland. 60s near the beach. >> very nice. >> enjoy. >> it is cheers with beer and sweets at october

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have you gone to this? >> nope. >> looks fun. you have to go. it's very fun. we have 150 pairs of tickets. that means 50 bucks each. the big headliner of the this thing is called the band. >> all 21 pieces. the only american band invited to play at the real october fest. >> they're pretty good. it's really fun. if you like the chicken dance. >> check that out. >> really fun. >> okay. go to abc 7 news.com. look for the page and hook you up. $75 worth of stuff today. >> good stuff. all right. you'll hear a tale. tale of a truly inspirational trip. >> we want to thank ryan for

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coming up tonight. the move that could be a game changer for the economy. tonight why lift and uber drivers are a step closer to becoming employees. not contractors. >> also the busiestusiestusiestt of the year. >> the former employee who got clipped in more ways than one during a recent stay at a local hotel. all coming up in half hour. >> finally tonight. the ultimate girls trip for a

great cause. >> yacht called maiden l female a trip around the world. >> they want to show females can do anything they set their mind to and bring attention to a worldwide problem. >> sailing around the world and raising awareness there are 130 million girls who don't have access to education. >> when we were asked to be pa part the answer was an easy. 750 million people around the world can't read and write. two-thirds are women and girls. >> this isn't the first time the maiden circled the globe. >> 30 years ago in a race with an all female crew. which had never been done before. they finished second. >> world news tonight is next chlts we appreciate your time. >> have a great day.

see you again in half an hour. at 6:00. the. tonight, bracing for a monster. the life-threatening storm seen lighting up the sky. the state of emergency across florida this holiday weekend as hurricane dorian continues to gain strength, already a major category 3. rob marciano standing by with the brand-new track just in. as residents rush to stock up on supplies, police escorting fuel trucks, concerns about a gas shortage. nasa even pulling its launcher from the pad. the travel impacts already being felt. where evacuations have just been ordered and hurricane warnings just went up. new tonight from the white house. president trump's personal secretary, one of his closest aides, forced to resign after revealing personal details about the first family.