identify which one pulled the trigger. >> reporter: david returned to the community justice center. his public defender tells me he is accused of taking clothes from an unlocked car in february and the charge will be dismissed if he completes the program. >> he is actually doing pretty well in the court. he's programming. he's engaged with the court, engaged with the services. at all of the staff and court know him. he missed a court date. >> reporter: on that date, august 30th, they didn't know he was in the hospital, so the judge issued a warrant for his arrest. the next week, four sheriff's deputies arrived at his home with a battering ram and guns drawn. the deputies' attorney defends the response, even for someone like wesser >> all training dictates that you approach with extreme

caution, including being prepared for what comes out of that door, whether it's someone armed or whatever. >> reporter: for 40 m shall tminutes, the deputies could see him through a peephole but he wouldn't respond. a gunshot hits his plunges into the dog's neck. a doggie stretcher appears to take ruby's body away. >> we would like to think in san francisco you don't get shot for failing to appear at a court date, and your companion animal doesn't get killed. that's not the punishment. >> the last thing in the world that these great deputies wanted to do is harm a dog, and that is 100% the felony suspect's fault. >> reporter: the san francisco sheriff's department has identified the deputy the involved. richard

why release the four names but not identify which of them pulled the trigger? >> it's under investigation right now. >> reporter: sheriff hennessey refused to be interviewed. the spokesperson says they immediately called in the d.a.'s office for an independent review of the shooting. such an incident is very rare, she says. >> this is the first time we've had an incident where a firearm was discharged to my knowledge. >> reporter: at court today, david wesser would not explain how it has affected him, but it has been a setback to turning his life around. >> he's having a hard time. he's struggling to understand why this happened and whatever difficulty he was having before is now greatly compounded. >> reporter: his public defender tells me wesser has met with the judge 30 times since february as

part of the program. he has received no additional charges in connection to the incident at his home two weeks ago. i'll keep you up to date on the investigation into the officer-involved shooting. this is a tough one. >> is there any indication as to why he just didn't open the door? >> his attorney says he was playing possum. it wasn't a great choice, but he was hoping it would just go away. >> unfortunate turn of events for everyone involved. now toic brai breaking news train collided with a bicyclist. the boixi bicyclist was taken to the hospital alert and breathing. a bus bridge has been set up between because this incident. a global climate strike. events all over the world. organizers in australia say over 300,000 people took part there, 100,000 converged on the

brandenberg bridge in berlin. roughly 250,000 people showed up in new york city. in the bay area, the biggest gathering took place in san francisco. thousands of young people took to market street, calling for more urgent action on climate change. this was a look from sky 7 around noon. parents say they pulled their children out of school for this lesson in real life. >> the world is not the way it used to be. it's very depressing, actually. my parents and the generations before us got to have such a beautiful world and we have to fix it. >> like they say, the house is on fire, it's time to panic, and i agree with that. >> the march wound past the offices of dianne feinstein, nancy pelosi and pg&e. >> we have team coverage on climate change events taking place around the bay area. >> chris nguyen is live. but we'll start with amanda in

palo alto with a climate strike that will feature the raging grannies. >> reporter: yeah. larry, ama, we've seen plenty of young people participate in today's global climate strike. but the raging grannies are stealing the show here in the south bay. we want to take a look at this growing crowd. of course the grannies are no strangers to demonstration. the group kicked off this climate strike here at palo alto city hall with a sing along a few moments ago. the growing crowd equipped with signs related to the crisis. demonstrators will held toward university avenue. the plan is to walk a few blocks before turning around and heading here. then come the speeches. we'll hear from several climate activists and scientists on this kbhoebl effort. we've already connected with people in the crowd. >> we're here pause we were pbe part of an age group that was a little unaware of the choices that we have made that have kind

of led us to where we are today. >> we have five grand children. three in new york and two here in the bay area. and i just feel like i need to do it for them. >> reporter: of course this crowd, you're looking at them live here in palo alto city hall, demanding people and power build a climate solution. the group is just getting ready to take off from city hall. they are expected to be here until 8:00 tonight. reporting live outside palo alto city hall, abc 7 news. earlier on the peninsula, abc 7 news was at san mateo high school. students walked out of their classrooms this morning to take part in a climate change protest. >> i'm very angry about our government. i think they're not taking the proper actions to change, and they're not, they're denying that this is a real issue when it really is. >> my favorite way to combat climate change is talking about it.

if we have conversations with each other and our families about climate change and educate each other, then we're going to be able to spread more awareness on it and really make a difference. >> hundreds marched and listened to speeches for about an hour and returned to class. >> in the east bay, sky 7 was over uc berkley where hundreds took part in a walk-out. cal students have a list of demands. they want the university of california to be carbon neutral by 2025. >> for more coverage in the south bay, let's go to chris nguyen where people took to the streets there as well. >> reporter: yeah, the rally rapped up here in san jose about an hour ago. demonstrators marched from deardon station to city hall, many braving the sun to make sure their voices were heard. a call to action. a call for change. at deardon station in san jose,

a community gathers out of concern but full of optimism. >> it's so inspiring to see young people caring about their future and standing up for what they believe in and what they really need to survive. this is what it's about. >> reporter: demonstrators took to the streets as part of today's youth-driven global climate strike, joining millions around the world. >> this is i think the single most important issue for me personally, for all of my friends, my community. i think this is the one issue that regardless of where you are on the political spectrum, you can really rally behind. >> reporter: at san jose state university, professor cordaro has spent his career studying atmosphere dynamics. >> we're seeing more wildfires, moe droughts. and that's caused by human activities. >> reporter: cordaro's team created green ninja, the only curriculum in california that focuses on climate change and

environmental stewardship. it is piloted in 20 school districts across the state. >> when we see the state of our planet and what we can do about it, students then start to make different choices. >> reporter: these people coming together from all walks of life. >> these kids are out here knocking the doors down. and if there's a chance to save the world, they're going to do it. >> reporter: and that, by the way was rod deardon senior. he's been very active in bringing attention to climate change through the years. he was very happy to see the young people come out. about 1,000 people showed up here at city hall. ? a . >> and you can help. tomorrow is california coastal clean up day. this is video from last year's event. this year it's the battle for the bay cleanup challenge between the mayors of san francisco, oakland and san jose.

san francisco has taken the lead over oakland. you can find a link to register on our website, abc 7 news.com. the bay area's climate is one of its best features. >> so is meteorologist sandhya patel. >> nice transition. i want to show you what you can expect. the weekend is here. warmer weather today, sunshine from coast to inland. and now we're going to take a look at our live golden gate bridge camera where we're seeing nothing but blue skies. we're going to continue the warming trend for most areas. warm to hot tomorrow. 79 in san francisco. tomorrow there's very little change, oakland expected to hit 84, six degrees warmer in san jose. concord, both in the low 90s. you will notice 90 degrees in sata rosa. four degrees warmer than where you were this afternoon. sunday will feature some changes. i'll be back with those details coming right up.

>> you weren't expecting a compliment. >> i don't think anybody was. >> it's so unusual. california's dry weather is not nearly as bad as it once was, but the damage is done. >> next, how a chain saw is part of the remedy to prevent problems. >> we know the bay area is one of the most expensive places to live in the country. imagine doing it on how much? >> $65,000 per year. >> and that's with a wife and a cracker barrel makes every meal one to remember. with favorites like sunday homestyle chicken, now available every day. and our new sweet n' smokey homestyle chicken blt for $8.99. come on home to scratch-made. come on home to cracker barrel

come on home to scratch-made. they took $12.8 billion from big tobacco. juul marketed mango, mint, and menthol flavors, addicting kids to nicotine. five million kids now using e-cigarettes. the fda said juul ignored the law with misleading health claims. now juul is pushing prop c, to overturn

san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. new developments now in a shooting that sent panic last

night. this is a person of interest police want to speak to. take a close look here. officers say multiple rounds were fired at fourth and east san fernando streets. the pullets shattered some windows at the mlk junior student library and hit a city-owned parking lot. several people narrowly escaped being hit. they don't know if the person of interest is the actual shooter, but they do believe he has some information relating to the crime. fire officials caution that the weather in the next few days could be extremely dangerous. this led to an early warning and response in the north bay. wayne freedman explains. >> reporter: it has become an extreme measure. pg&e turning off the power to prevent the ignition of wildfires. now a new twist on that, an early notification before a warning. >> any of our customers could be grass,weather, electrical power lines.

it prompted an early warning on twitter today from the santa rosa fire department. >> so you can do exactly what we want people to do, be prepared. >> reporter: the tweet cites an early report that might cause the utility to cut power from the bay area east to the sierra foothills, a public safety power shut off or psps. what is notable is that it is the first of the year in sonoma county but not the first of the year in the region. you can ask east napa all about that. remember june 8? >> no power! no internet, no nothing. so we got to go. >> reporter: that was margarita sanchez last june as pg&e shut off power. communities may go as long as 48 hours without power. this year santa rosa asked for notifications as early as possible. today they got one, with 100 hours' notice, twice the normal lead time, and this when the

area remains in threat-level two of four. >> so we're not even 72 hours out, and at the 48-hour mark when we reach that fourth level of potential psps, that's when we start contacting customers and letting them know this could p h happen. >> we don't want anybody to be caught off guard. >> reporter: better to plan than be surprised, they wildfire victims and bondholders are teaming up and have their own plan to get the company out of bankruptcy. it includes a $24 million settlement. pg&e has offered to pay fire victims from a trust that's capped at just over $8 billion. it includes investing over $28 billion in exchange for a sta wf a $24 billion trust to handle the settlement.

we reached out to pd and e for comment but have not heard back. >> a year ago, most of california was in drought. now, as you can see, it's the opposite, with almost 90% of california drought free, but the dry weather has certainly taken its toll. as a result, cal trans has launched a program to make it safer. they want to avoid a repeat of a deadly accident on state route 13 in oakland several years back. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas reports. >> reporter: while tree cutters fired up their chain saws, drivers zipping by caught just a brief glance of what they're doing. >> the trees are being removed to prevent possible damage to traveling motorists and property. >> reporter: cal trans says in the east bay along roads they take care of, there are 4,000 trees that have been damaged or destroyed destroyed by drought can and

in danger of falling. a 40-foot tree fell across state route 13 at park boulevard. it disabled one car with four people inside. while they stood on the shoulder, another vehicle hit the tree, went airborne and hit and killed one of them, a uc berkley freshman. critics accused cal trans of being lax about tree maintenance, but the agency says that's not true. >> our primary goal is always safety and that we are protecting the traveling public as they are using our roadways. this is why this project is happening and why it's so important to get these trees down. >> reporter: it is under way in alameda and contra costa counties. a separate contract is being let in the north bay and santa clara county. cal trans warns there will be lane closures where the work is taking place, as well as noise from chain saws and wood chippers. in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> all right, and hot and dry

next few days. >> yeah, look at the weekend forecast now with abc 7 meteorologist sandhya patell. >> yeah, let's take a look at live doppler 7. it signals what you can expect. there is no fog right now. as a result, the temperatures came up today. it is a beautiful day from our emeryville camera, looking at sunshine right now. 77 in oakland, san jose, gilroy, upper 70s. here's a live look from the golden gate bridge camera. we have a gentle breeze, low 80s from napa to santa rosa. live more, you're currently at 81 degrees. tomorrow, as we see the downsloping winds developing, the temperatures are going to come up pretty fast. let me show you the temperatures at 10:00 a.m. 70s. already warm. as we head towards noon, 70s and 80s and going into the afternoon, we will see some of those numbers rising up into the 90s. get ready for a last weekend of summer that will feel like it. here's a live picture as we look

toward sutro tower basking the sun. autumn arrives monday. the winds begin to increase. first thing in the morning, 50s to low 60s. here's the south bay numbers. 29 i 92 in gilroy. on the peninsula, mid-80s from redwood city to palo alto. 70 on the coast and half moon bay. downtown san francisco, 79. 87 in san rafael and napa. 84 oakland, 86 castro valley. head inland, it's hot. 92 in liv liv liv liv liv liv lv preside pleasanton.

here comes the heat. upper 90s to low 100s, mid-70s at the beaches, much cooler thursday and friday. ama and larry? >> thank you, sandhya. want to be on "wheel of fortune"? our meteorologist, drew tuma is live with some hopefuls, drew? >> reporter: yeah, we are live in the north bay. look at all these folks ready to look at all these folks ready to pl 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.

starting right now. >> right now. >> you have a chance to be part of the "wheel of fortune." >> meteorologist drew tuma is live. hey, drew. > reporter: hi, guys. we are live. you can see behind me, pat and vanna, trying out contestants for america's game, "wheel of fortune." and they want to see you here. come on down here until 10:00 tonight. even tomorrow from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., we're going to have several rounds of people around the bay area, trying out for this game. we have a couple folks we want to first off. first off, this is randy, do you watch america's game all the time? >> all the time. >> reporter: why do you watch it so much? >> because it's fun. been watching it with my family growing up.

my mother is one that has the original dalmatian from back in the day. >> reporter: that is so great. what makes you the perfect contestant for "wheel of fortune"? >> because my best friend and i have opinibeen watching it for together. and we are great. >> reporter: and what would you do if you won $1 million? >> retire. >> reporter: i think that's what everyone would do, right? >> but i'm of retirement age, so yes, i would be retiring. >> reporter: good luck. i hope you make it on the game. you're from where? >> rio advicesvista. >> reporter: you can come today until 10:00 p.m. we would love to see you come down and maybe one of you at home to take home $1 million, guys. good luck. we want to see you, come on down. >> how exciting. >> i wish drew was more enthused. >> i don't know how he could be

more enthused. >> for everything you need to know, go to abc 7 news.com and good luck. what may be the most lavish event of the year is under way right now. next, a look inside the state dinner in washington, d.c., only the second one ever of the trump presidency. >> we might not be able to did you eat all of your treats?

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stretch. the governor declaring a disaster in 13 counties in a thousand year flood. >> it's like we're on an island here. >> reporter: with roads washed out, many forced to wade through chest deep water to get to higher ground. >> everybody's like, get out the car, get out the car. >> reporter: in harris county, workers using air boats and tractors to help people in need. >> we're only seeing the very rooftops. >> reporter: hundreds of cars abandoned. more than 1,000 people have been rescued so far. north of houston, rushing water spinning this car like a top. the driver escaping through the window. this high schooler jumping into action, saving a mother and her toddler when their car began to sink in a ditch. one driver tried to force his way through the flooding and was killed. with so many roads impassable, parents separated from their children, schools force the to hold them overnight. 50 roads across the city are still closed because of

flooding, including this major cross country interstate, i-10, closed after two barges got loose during the storm and hit the bridge. for now, reporting from houston, courtney fisher, abc news. new at 6:00, the feud between the 49ers and the city of santa clara over events at levi's stadium, it's escalating with the football team filing a lawsuit. the city moved to end an agreement that allows the 49ers to end ha to handle things like concerts at the stadium. in the lawsuit, the 49ers say there's a complete misunderstanding of this agreement and the attempt to end it is being made under false and unlawful pretext. also, charles manson follower leslie van houten was denied parole. she is serving a life sentence for helping manson kill a los

angeles grocer and his wife in 1969. governor newsom last year also denied her parole saying she is still a threat at age 70. her lawyer says she'll appeal the decision to the state supreme court. police are questioning the man suspected of driving into and through a suburban chicago shopping mall, sending shoppers running for their lives. >> yo, this is not happening right now. what? >> what is right. shoppers reacted in horror. the driver was peeling around corners inside the wood field mall in schaumburg. police raced to the scene. they thought there was an active shooter in there. the vehicle slammed through the double doors of a sears store. police arrested the driver of the car after the suv broke down, and the fbi has since joined the investigation. happening now, the white house is hosting a state dinner. it's just the second one since president trump took office. australian prime minister scott

morrison and his wife are the guests. also attending are professional golfer greg norman, the president's personal attorney, rudy giuliani, and u.s. attorney general william barr. the u.s. military is providing entertainment. the dinner features sole and apple tarte a la mode. it is suppose to pay tribute to australia's mix of culinary adaptations from various cultures. most of the wines served will have some sort of connection to australia. the yellow roses are from california. california filed suit today to try to stop the trump administration from revoking the state's authority to set emission standards for cars and trucks. 22 other states joined the suit filed by xavier becerra. the move comes one day after the federal agency issued a regulation designed to preempt emissions authority in california as well as 13 other

states and the district of columbia. walmart is planning to stop selling electronic cigarettes at all its stores once its current inventory runs out. they made the announcement, critesing growing concern about safety of vaping products. there have been seven confirmed deaths. walmart's current inventory could last until january. the company says it will continue to sell traditional cigarettes. in san francisco, a family can still be considered low income with a six-figure salary. >> crazy. next, meet a man and woman as well as a child living in the city on five figures. we'll show you how he does it in an example of building a better bay area. a 24 year old decides he's going to buy a house right here in the bay area. don't laugh. he pulls it off. i'm micha

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san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. we have made a commitment to building a better bay area, which means we dig into the issues we all face here like the insane cost of living. >> a san francisco man has opened up his family's budget to

show how they make it on a relatively low income. and he opened up to dion lim to show how they live. >> this is my favorite store and everything in it is $3.99. >> reporter: he is not what you would imagine someone in tech being like. >> all you see here is the baby furniture, all the stuff in here we've gotten for free. >> reporter: living in his modest,400 square foot knob hill apartment. >> cook your own food at home! don't go to restaurants. >> reporter: alex admits as the fifth employee of proton mail, he does own equity, possibly in the millions, but it's not guaranteed. >> it's basically like playing the lottery, right? there's still a lot of risk. >> reporter: some highlights of husband budget, rehis

he does things to grow his to gs college fund. alex says the key to making this lifestyle work, not only an understanding wife. >> we are on our parents' phone family plan. >> reporter: but a shift in mind-set. >> you have to really address, what do you want out of life? and work towards that, like it's not about keeping up with the joneses. >> reporter: but pranerhaps not forever especially with baby number two on the way. >> probably moving to florida for lower cost of living and opening an office there. >> reporter: dion lim. >> 400 square feet? >> and with another baby on the way? >> you and i couldn't survive in that half an hour with each other. you can go on facebook market place, and there is a lot of free furniture there. that is an option.

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bls. you hear it all the time. it is impossible to save up for a home in the bay area, but is it? >> pretty much. >> michael finney has been digging around looking at government programs, unique loan options, and you've found one guy who's figured it out? the secret sauce? >> you have got to meet this guy. i remember saving up for the first down payment, i bet you guys do, too. you stop eating out as much, vacations seem to disappear. if you want pro it can still be done today, you have got to meet isaac. >> it's been probably a one-year process of finding things and -- >> reporter: really? >> it ain't easy. >> reporter: he is showing me around his new pittsburg home. wow, it is under construction,

huh? >> yeah, everything was here, but i wanted kind of a fresh, new start to this. >> reporter: it's remarkable, and a time for celebration when anyone buys their first home in the bay area. and that makes ivan's story all that more remarkable. >> i'm 24. >> reporter: and you just bought this house? >> yes, yes. saved a lot of money, lived with my parents. >> reporter: the house cost $410,000. he put $8,000 into the deal and had an amazing team behind him, which included mortgage planner janice knew jepts. she got him two loans, a conventional mortgage for 97% of the home's cost and a down payment assistance second mortgage from cal fha. a loan he doesn't have to pay a cent on for years. >> until he refinances, sells the house or in 30 years. >> reporter: that's a spectacular deal. >> it's awesome. and he got it for less than 3%. >> reporter: that mortgage came through mountain west financial

which specializes in down payment assistance programs, programs you might qualify for. do people know about these loans? >> i don't think enough people know about these loans. i think the word really needs to get out, and we try to promote it, because it really offers people a lot of assistance, especially in expensive areas where it's hard to save money. >> reporter: once the mortgage was put into action, it was time to make the deal happen. >> i think we wrote 35 over asking, and the seller was willing to work with us, and i knew the property was going to appraise. it appraised for more than we purchased it for. >> reporter: good job. >> thanks. >> reporter: tions.>>ppciet. p . i really am. i'm proud of him. >> there are dozens of programs out there that could help you get into a house. now i posted resources along with this report, check it out on abc 7 news.com. i want to hear from you with any

consumer issues, my hotline is monday through friday, 415-954-8151. you can reach me through abc 7 news.com. 24 years old. do you feel like a slacker? >> i think it's, i'm stunned. normally, you have to put 10% down, $40,000. he only has to put 8 down? >> and really, that money, i believe, i don't have the paperwork in front of me, was really all the closing costs. so that loan, then the 3% down and then 97 from a traditional loan. the first 3% he doesn't have to pay for 30 years. >> more people need to know about that. thank you, mierkal. that's great. we need to know about