highest homeless population in alameda county behind berkeley and oakland. fremont is considering two locations for navigation center. >> the parking lot behind city hall or surplus city property in the northern part of the city. the center could house up to 45 people while helping them get back on their feet. it is been a divisive issue. even sparking a rally to recall the city's mayor. >> abc7 news reporter chris nguyen is where the meeting is about to begin. chris? >> reporter: we're live at fremont city hall where you could see behind me officials have set up an overflow viewing area in the parking lot. a big crowd gathered here. we're still about an hour away. or about 30 minutes away from that meeting. that special city council meeting. there is room for about 300 people in the building and the city is expecting much more than that. a lot of people coming out tonight to make sure that their voices are heard. after months of debate, the fremont city council could vote tonight on where to place a

homeless navigation center. the topic has split the community. >> nothing is a good option because they're here. they're here. so we need to try something and give it the best chance. >> reporter: this summer city staff narrowed the list of potential sites down to two. one in north fremont off dakota and the other on capital avenue. >> you don't divide your people to fight each other. this is totally wrong. >> reporter: the center would house 45 people up to six months at a time. those urging the council to vote no say the center should be located closer to public transit and essential services. >> things need to happen here that will cost more money and then the risk from highway 84 which is a major commute artery. >> reporter: some believe the center shouldn't be built at all saying the nearly $2.3 million cost for construction alone should be spent on programs to prevent homelessness.

>> they are becoming homeless too quickly than we could even help to get them back on feet. >> reporter: according to the city, a recent point in time survey found more than 600 homeless people in fremont, an increase of 27% since 2017. >> we've just needed more opportunities to bring people in off the street and to get them focused on housing and into some kind of more table living situation. >> reporter: the bay area homeless crisis now pitting neighbor against neighbor. >> we need to fix this problem. it is not going >> reporter: hundreds of people are expected to sign up for public comment. we've been told the city council is bracing for a very long night ahead. we're live in fremont, i'm chris nguyen, back to you. >> thank you. president trump reportedly wants to crack down on the homeless crisis in california.

"the washington post" tote reports that federal housing officials are in los angeles on a fact-finding mission. some possible ideas include tearing down tent camps, creating temporary shelters or renovating existing government facilities. the president as criticized l.a. and san francisco for their homeless populations. now this may put the homeless crisis into perspective. california has the second highest poverty rate in the nation. according to the census bureau. coming in at 18.2%. only washington, d.c. is higher at 18.4%. the state's poverty rate is about 5 percentage points higher than the national average and accounts for the cost of living in each state. we want to hear your ideas for building a better bay area. share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. concord may take a step toward finding a housing solution. the city is planning to turn part of the old concord naval station into a development.

the city would need to buy it first. concord wants a deal by early next year to turn 58 acre news housing. the city council will give an update on the negotiations tonight. we'll tell what you happens. a nonprofit group is taking the housing issue to new heights in los angeles. the aids health care foundation is putting up billboards around town with an abbreviated form of the word gentry fied in the style of a california license plate and organizers say the expensive apartment and condominium projects are pushing low income people out of local neighborhoods. >> rents are going up at astronomical rates that are forcing people on the edges into homelessness. this is a sin in a city as wealthy as los angeles. >> l.a. mayor eric garcetti said the city is working to fight the problem. all new housing projects must include some affordable units or the builder must pay a fee to the city which is used to help build low income units. thousands of people had

flights canceled today because of planned construction at sfo. let's give you a live look at the airplane from the sfo cam. more than 100 flights were canceled today which is better than over the weekend. it is due to a construction project on 28-left. since it closed saturday, approximately 1075 flights have been delayed. nearly 500 have been canceled. the closure is affecting shorter hops into the airport. the changes are also impacting car rentals. >> they said they don't have any more cars for us and that our reservation is canceled. so they wanted us to pay for a 15-passenger van and there is only four of us. >> the runway is not scheduled to reopen until september 27th. happening tonight, there is another concert going on at the chase center and there is also a giants game not far away as well. >> so the arena and oracle park are folt far away from each other. as you know it could put drivers' patience to the test. this is the first time we've seen dualing events at the two

venues. >> lisa amin gulezian is on the road getting a taste. hw is the drive so far, lisa? r: so far so good. we're on the bay bridge and coming up on the harrison street, fremont street exit and planning to take the fifth street exit and less than a mile away. we left emeryville at 4:42 p.m. so not that long ago and made it all the way here. take a look at traffic ahead of me. and you could see it is flowing pretty well. in fact, it was flowing great up until we got to treasure island and since then there has been a stop and go but not that bad considering the fact that it is rush hour now and coming up in just a few hours we'll be a lot of traffic in and around the city because of the two events as you mentioned. dave matthew's band is playing at the chase center at 8:00 p.m. and at oracle the giants are going to be playing at 6:45.

so a lot of activity but right now the bay bridge is flowing. and we expect to get to our destination by about even before 5:20. so i think that is a good commute. back to you in the studio. >> good luck. let's see what happens, lisa. we'll check back in with her later on in the show to see how it is going. mayor london breed announced new record low numbers of new-cases today. abc 7 news was in san francisco. the results of the guesting to zero initiative were announced. encouraging news. in 2018 new hiv diagnosis dropped to 197, that is 13% lower than in 2017 when there were 227 new cases. a three cre groups saw improvements including asians and women and men who have sex with men. >> we in san francisco since the 1980s have been at the forefront of pushing for innovative ways to change policies, new sciences

and technologies to help us get to this milestone that we are so excited about today. >> it is encouraging but as i said, there is work to be done. that number of-infections increased in four populations. people who inject drugs, the homeless, african-americans and latinos as well. pg&e is moving closer to determining how it will pay the many wildfire victims. the utility company filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy. melanie is live in court with the latest. >> the hearings are aimed at estimating the value of claims against pg&e so that the wildfire victims and their loved ones could get paid through the bankruptcy. pg&e has been linked to a series of deadly california wildfires. including the campfire which destroyed thousands of homes and buildings along with hundreds of businesses. the utility company filed for bankruptcy in january. now pg&e is in u.s. district court forest amortization hearings to determine the value

of the cases by wildfire claimants. attorney mary alexander represents some of the wildfire victims. >> some people are still living in tents from the campfire and people have lost loved ones need to be compensated and the judge seems to want move fast. >> reporter: the judge suggested experts come in and the middle ground might be to take an average claim and multiply it by the total number of people who have a claim against pg&e. >> trying toest pate the value of the cases so the people could get paid through the bankruptcy and the amount of money that set is side for those victims. >> reporter: san francisco has offered $2.5 billion to buy pg&e wires in the city. the mayor london breed. >> we are just focused on taking advantage of this opportunity to really provide clean power and to provide public power through our resources here in san

francisco. >> reporter: the mayor said the city's goal is to continue to hold pg&e accountable but also work with pg&e to deliver the best quality service to customers. attorney mary alexander represents ghost ship fire victims families also suing pg&e amongst others. she said the cases are also on hold at the moment. the next estimation hearing is scheduled for october 7 th. in the newsroom, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. big bounce america is bouncing out of another bay area event. this time over goose poop. the company said droppings from canada geese has forced them to cancel the visit to loel park in oakland. the kre said -- the ceo said the customers are kids in socks and this would make the bounce house a bigger mess. the oakland parks and recreation department said the company should have inspected the grounds before signing a $20,000 lease. would-be bouncers can get a refund but they'll be disappointed. stay here with us. apple unveiled a bunch of new

tough today. >> several new versions of the iphone coming and that is not all. see what other gadgets and services are on the way. and are you a fan of the game show jeopardy? we'll explain how you could take it on the go and play along in your car. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. temperatures fell below average today but a big rebound is coming. we'll talk about the heat straight ahead. and raiders fans are vented about the departure of antonio about the departure of antonio br face buried in your phone. stop! look up. look both ways. let's start looking out for each other again. it's a busy world out there. and we're all in it together. go safely, california.

face buried in your phone. stop! look up. look both ways. let's start looking out for each other again. it's a busy world out there. and we're all in it together. go safely, california. apple has new versions of the iphone including more color choices. >> and also apple tv plus is coming in november. that is a streaming service that showed off a new version of the ipad. >> now with iphone sales all over the world it is obvious the

company is fighting harder to keep customers and win over new ones. >> chris rayes tells us lower prices were prominently on display during today's event. >> today i am thrilled to share with you the newest iphone. >> reporter: iphone 11. phones have always been the centerpiece of the apple annual september event. but this year they're on the defensive. with iphone sales on the decline. so emphasis on cheaper options and beefed up camera features. the most basic iphone 11 will retail for $699. >> we'll see if there is hype by how many people line up to get the device. >> reporter: the first pro line of iphones is the three camera lens with wide, ultra wide and telephoto capabilities and apple wasn't shy showing off just how it could be used bringing filmmakers on to the stage. >> we've divided the view finder into individual feeds. >> reporter: in a competitive landscape apple acknowledging that iphones alone can't keep

customers. they need to provide content too. arcade and apple tv plus will offer original and exclusive games, movies and tv hoes including jennifer aniston's highly anticipated return to the screen. >> apple focused on a language. we'll give you the features that matter. we want to give you innovation that matters and the reason that is interesting is because they've been behind. that was a big subtext of what was talked about here because they know they still have to catch up. >> reporter: there were no big celebrities on stage, spotted in the demo room, lorrine powell jobs, the wife of the late steve jobs and johnny ive who stepped down this year. we have everything from features to launch dates to pricing all on our website at abc7news.com. in cupertino, chris rayes for abc 7 news. google is moving to creating baby monitor that relies on

artificial intelligence. a patent document shows that the device would track the baby's eyes and body movements and warn parents five to ten minutes before they wake up. this device would use video streaming and audio recordings i to monitor the behavior against the data base of normal patterns. it is not clear if this idea will ever come to fruition. fans of the show jeopardy will be able to play along while you drive. the show is releasing a hands-free voice-based app hosted of course by alex trebek. it will test your knowledge. questions from real jeopardy episodes over the past 35 seasons. there is a free game every week day but you need a subscription to access past games on demand. and talking about jeopardy, alex trebek has officially returned to the show. as you probably know this year the long-time host revealed he has been treated for stage four pancreatic cancer. this is the 36th season of that

popular show. taping wrapped up just a few days ago for the new season. watch jeopardy tonight on abc 7 at 7:00 p.m. immediately following abc 7 news at 6:00. >> happy to see him back. ruthless flames are gaining ground as a wildfire whipped through the plumas national forest. take a look. the fire scorched 74 square miles north of tahoe since it started five days ago. this is the largest wildfire so far this year and is 12% contained. one sign of progress, some evacuation orders have been downgraded to warnings. nearly 1100 people from various agencies are working on this fire. new developments with the forecasting of hurricane dorian. you may recall president trump said alabama to get hit. the noaa office in birmingham weighed in and said the storm would not hit the state touching off a dispute and now there is a question over whether jobs were threatened. abc news

update. >> reporter: noaa now defending the trump administration even after the president falsely claimed repeatedly that hurricane dorian was projected to hit alabama. dr. fleel jacobs telling the national weather association, this administration is committed to the important mission of weather forecasting. there is no pressure to change the way you communicate or forecast risk in the future. this is as the "new york times" reports -- commerce secretary wilbur ross threatened to fire officials after the birmingham office contradicted the president tweeting alabama will not see any impacted from dorian. noaa issued a rare statement saying that tweet was wrong. ross denied the "times" report but a source whn the commerce department tells abc news there is an open investigation into the threatened noaa firings. some were concerned the trump administration is politicizing the weather service. >> we make forecasts, we don't deal with politics.

our job is to protect the american public with the weather information we pass around. so of course it is frustrating when things get politicized. >> reporter: president trump first warned dorian would hit alabama in a tweet on september 1st. then doubled down on his claim by holding up what appeared to be a doctored map of dorian's path in the oval office. >> alabama could even be in for at least very strong winds and something -- >> reporter: even as he defended president trump, dr. jacobs said he was proud of the work done by all weather forecasting offices, including noaa's birmingham office and said no one's job was under threat. abc news, washington. time to get to our accuweather forecast. >> it is nice and cool today. but changing rapidly. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. >> we'll see the hot weather returning to the bay area. now live doppler 7 showing you just a few clouds along the coastline in the sierra where a system is passing through. we're noticing thunderstorms

firing up. mainly around northern california and right around north of south lake tau hove. so definitely a concern there with this time of year and fire danger. we'll keep a close eye on it for you. winds westerly gusting to 32 miles per hour and out of the southwest in fairfield to 22 and that wind is certainly keeping those temperatures down today. most of you in the 60s to 80s range. now the wind is going to remain elevated as we head into this afternoon and evening if we could take a look at graphics. you'll see the wind. if we can't we'll move along and show you the picture from our mt. tam cam as you notice we do have some low clouds right around ocean beach. the wind will remain elevated through the evening and then drop off. from our kgo roof camera along the embarcadero, you could see the flag and the trees swaying in the wind. san francisco 65. in the low 70s from oakland to san jose. 74 and 63 in half moon bay.

this might be a good place to go if you don't like the heat. santa cruz, blue skies and a few people out there. 84 in santa rosa. 83 in fairfield. 80 degrees in concord as we take another live picture from our emeryville camera. looking out toward sutro tower, very limited cloud cover out there. so we'll call it patchy fog near the coast overnight tonight. warming trends starts tomorrow and it is turning hot inland thursday through saturday. watch the hour-by-hour forecast. 7:00 p.m. tonight the clouds are limited. not going to see a whole lot tomorrow morning between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. and as we head into the afternoon skies clear. the winds will relax. that will allow the temperatures to warm as high pressure builds back in. first thing tomorrow morning, a few patches of fog. temperatures ranging from the upper 40s to upper 50s. feeling like fall especially in the morning with thendio then t afternoon it is going to be warmer than today. and noticeably warmer. 88 in the south bay and gilroy and 88 in san jose and 81 in

sunnyvale. on the peninsula 82 in palo alto. mountain view 69. half moon bay downtown san francisco 71 degrees. a little breezy in daly city but not as windy as today. 68 there. and in the north bay, 84 in san rafael, napa and 87 in santa rosa heading into the east bay and sunshine and mild weather. 77 in oakland. 81 in fremont. inland areas will be warm. 90 in pittsburg. antioch 87 and livermore 88 in wk. accuweather seven-day forecast. brace yourself for the heat. warming trends start tomorrow so this is your transition day. september heat thursday through saturday. upper 90s to low 100s inland, low 70s at the coast but saturday it does cool and by sunday sharply cooler. dropping down into the mid-60s to mid-80s. i do want to turn your attention to monday. one computer model is bringing in slight chance of a few showers. certainly much cooler weather pattern coming your way by then.

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we have breaking news in san francisco. sad to say a young boy has been hit by a car at leavenworth and golden gate. the child has been rushed to san francisco general hospital. the driver tayed at the scene. police have cordoned off the streets to begin their investigation. we'll keep you updated on the boy's condition. if you watched last night's raiders game you probably heard the fans directing some chants toward former wide receiver antonio brown.

at least one fan decided to express his displeasure. with the drama on social media. 'poached the jersey and decided will burn it after learning he signed with the new england patriots. there are a handful of online stores that will let you exchange a jersey if a player changes team. >> there goes $150. >> that is dramatic. in the east bay, the contra costa library unveiled a new library card. here they are. five of them. one shows mt. diablo and another otter and a fox. if you already have a card and want one of the new ones you could replace it at no charge. first time card holders could choose a describe wh-- choose an they sign up. a lesson in life for some students. >> why one school district is

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francisco shop owner said he's under siege by, quote, violent street people. and has the bruised to prove it and what he's ready to do about it. and parking problems on the peninsula. one area will charge residents to park in front of their own homes. and rental relief in sight. a bill to cap rental increases in california coming up in half an hour on abc7 news at 6:00. >> thanks ama. before we go, every kindergarten student in boston received a special gift on the first day of school. >> the gift could impact the rest of their lives. 4,000 children received $50 in a bank account. >> it is part of a citywide program called boston saves. the money is intended to get families to save for college and one parent already likes it. >> it helps parents, to have those conversations early about planning for college. it kind of makes me feel like you're doing the right thing. >> the money go news a credit

union account and any interest goes back -- into the program. >> and they can't touch the money only for college and job training. the huge test for the san francisco mission bay neighborhood and the game and the concert at the chase center. >> how will that affect traffic. lisa drove in from the east bay to see how traffic would be. and hey, looks like the outcome is not bad, lisa? >> reporter: look where i am. i made it to the chase center. we got here at 5:21 and left emeryville at 4:42. so not too bad to make it across the bay bridge. and we did have to truth be tolled we did get confused and took the wrong exit. but we got here right on time. we have plenty of time before the concert tarts. so of course we did put it to the test and i think all is smooth sailing at this point. >> that is good to hear. >> and they got twisted around. world news tonight with david muir is next.

>> i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen zse. for all o tonight, the major shakeup at the white house. president trump fires his national security adviser, john bolton, saying, "your services are no longer needed." bolton texting a cable news host while on the air. what he says about the president, contradicting him. the alarming new headline on vaping tonight. the emergency right here in houston at a high school. a student collapsing, rushed to the hospital. and tonight, the new death. now six people possibly linked to e-cigarettes, this time, the patient in their 50s. we are following a major train derailment. evacuations under way tonight. homes and schools. what the train was carrying. tonight, the stunning images. look at this. what we rarely see. this is what it was like inside dorian, a category 5. tearing through this home. loved ones wondering if the home would come down on them.