police say the devices help bring criminals to justice. others say the issues put spying ahead of safety. all this is playing out as the san jose police department joins the move to partner up with citizen surveillance. i'm larry beil. >> i'm kristen sze. thanks for joining us. the agency joins a long list of others that have already signed on, but some say the program raises privacy and civil liberty concerns. >> abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen joining us live in san jose with that story. chris? >> reporter: the police chief telling me he looked at the pros and the cons. at the end of the day, he believes this program will help keep neighborhoods safe and give detectives more time to investigate crimes taking advantage of new technology, the san jose police department is the latest law enforcement agency to join forces with amazon ring neighbors app. >> it's important for our

community to know their police department is leaving no stone unturned when it comes to helping solve crime. >> reporter: privacy advocates believe programs like these could threaten civil liberties and subject innocent people to greater surveillance. >> they have the possibility of making people less free and making it so people don't feel like they can live their lives without being under the eye of a corporation or of the government. >> reporter: others, however, are praising the partnership. the president of non-profit safe ever san jose is working to equip 300 homes in the southern part of the city with 4k cameras and license plate readers over the next six months. >> it's great evidence because we as people can't be everywhere every place. cameras can. that's what's important. >> reporter: police say surveillance cameras have helped them solve countless cases including the recent arrest of

the sjs unchtsz library shooting suspect. >> getting video footage that can bring criminals to justice. >> reporter: the san jose police department joining more than 400 other law enforcement agencies across the country in joining this program. we're live in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> chris, thank you. fire crews are mopping up hot spots on a grass fire on mare island in vallejo this morning. high winds today rekindled the place that broke out yesterday. smoke poured from the fire as you can see from this video from sky 7 shot around 2:15. it took crews more than an hour to bring the fire under control. no homes were threatened but we did see some out buildings in the fire's path. this is video of the scene from the ground. you can see the fire burning near the historic cemetery on mare island. fire officials say yesterday's fire was sparked after five power poles were intentionally cut down likely by copper

thieves. check out this video shot from a ferry as it slowly passed by the fire. touro university canceled classes today as a precaution. a skydiver was killed after accidentally landing on a big rig. the chp says the female skydiver landed in the southbound lanes of state road 99 north of lodi and was hit by a big rig and at least one other car and was pronounced dead at the scene. the accident caused a chain reaction of collisions with at least three other vehicles involved. it's not clear if any of those drivers happen to be injured. protesters gathered this afternoon calling for an end to what they say is a toxic workplace at facebook. sky 7 was over the social network's menlo park headquarters. protesters are demanding an investigation after an employee died by suicide at a facebook building just last week. abc 7 news reporter chris reyes has the story.

>> reporter: protesters filled the lawn in front of the iconic facebook like sign. many don't work here but describe themselves a concerned community members. one facebook employee said he joined the protest because he can relate to the man who died. >> we need the truth. we need the truth. we need a fairn what happened. >> reporter: a software engineer at facebook says he understands the pressure and stress of working for the social media giant. he says he simply wants to know what happened and he's not getting any answers from his company. organized on a chinese online platform, this group said they want to know the truth about what happened to the man who died after he jumped from the fourth floor of a building on facebook's campus last week. facebook confirmed that he was an employee, releasing this statement. we were saddened to learn that one of our employees passed away at our menlo park headquarters. we're cooperating with police in

their investigation and providsug int orppmpto >> some have the speculation that the victim has endured extreme stress and maybe also a toxic working environment. >> reporter: jonathan tran pham is the founder of reflect that provides access to therapy services. he says career-related stress is the number one people why people use their platform and he's not surprised by what happened at facebook. >> there's a constant pressure in the tech community and in tech companies to be chasing metrics and chasing growth. i think folks are saying if there's something really broken, if i were the companies, i wouls culture and provide more support so people don't feel it's toxic. >> reporter: we reached out to facebook for further comment. we did not hear back from the company. if you or somebody you love is struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can take action and find your ali at

abc7news.com/takeaction. we have links to resources on suicide and other issues like domestic violence, bullying and school safety. happening now, an urgent search for the suspect who police say is behind a cruel, cruel attack. robbing and beating an elderly man with a rock while he was visiting his wife's grave. here is the guy detectives say you need to be on the lookout for. he's described as a middle-aged man with long hair and a mustache like you see here. the 91-year-old man is recovering from the beating, but the attacker got away. this happened at santa clara's mission memorial cemetery this month. if you think you recognize that attacker, call police. some al meet da fourth graders got a tough lesson when someone stole a truck of donated bicycles just before an educational bike safety program. abc 7 reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: for 21 years cycles of change has been teaching kids bike safety. this past week in alameda,

fourth graders at the elementary school and their parents got an unexpected lesson when someone stole a u-haul with 50 bikes. >> how do you explain that to a 9-year-old? >> i can't even explain it to myself. >> reporter: the u-haul had been parked on school property for two weeks without any problems. >> we were parking the truck on campus and then the district came and was, like, oh, the blacktop isn't made for vehicles to drive on it, so we were asked to park it off campus. >> reporter: it's because the truck is so heavy and we have a fairly new asphalt blacktop out there. it actually damages the sass fault. >> we put a club on it, locks on it, locked the doors. we'll be okay. but we came back in the morning and the truck was gone. >> reporter: the alameda police department is now investiating. as for the likelihood of finding the truck with the bikes in it -- >> if they knew the bikes were

in there and were stolen, maybe the bikes were taken. if not, maybe they abandoned the truck and we can recover. >> yes need secure bike storage when we're doing programs. so it's a lesson for us. >> cycles of change needs donations now more than ever, especially to replace all of the stolen bicycles. the elementary school is one of several donation drop-off locations. the others are in oakland and alameda. this woman and her daughter decided to donate this bike. in alameda, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. uber is wrapping up its safety features as it comes under fire over allegations that the company is putting profits ahead of passenger safety. abc 7 news reporter lyanne melendez has moore. >> reporter: uber is guaranteeing riders that when you get into this car, you will be safe. >> because it's the right thing to do. >> reporter: that's head of uber's safety program who rolled

out the company's safety tool kit. for one, you will now have the option of requesting a code to make sure you have the right driver. >> and only if the pin is the right pin can the driver start the trip. >> sometimes late nights, all cars look the same. you may hop into the wrong car thinking it's the uber, so the confirmation would definitely help on drunken friday nights. >> reporter: you're revealing too much of yourself. riders or drivers can now text 911 discreetly if in trouble. >> all you have to do is hit the send button and all the important information from your trip such as your current location, the driver information, the vehicle information is automatically texted to the 911 center. >> there will also be a racial recognition feature to make sure the driver with the account is the same person behind the wheel. this is perhaps my favorite feature. the app alerts me when i'm close

to being dropped off next to a bicycle lane. bicyclists have been injured when the passenger was not paying attention while opening the door. veronica sours says uber needed to enhance safety measures. >> in a big city like this, something like that would help me feel more comfortable. >> reporter: in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area. to solve the problems most important to you and one of the big pains many commuters share are the people trying to cheat the system by evading b.a.r.t. fares. you've surely seen the many videos like this one here. b.a.r.t. says the evaders cost them millions. today b.a.r.t. leaders approved new swing gates similar to the ones muni uses to stop jumers, duckers. we have a full report at 6:00. a pair of east bay high

schools had to cancel football games due to safety concerns. san leandro high school said the games were canceled when school officials were contacted by san leandro and oakland police who are investigating a threat involving people off campus. the schools canceled both games out of an abundance of caution and they will not be rescheduled. a uc professor is fire after a student claims he tried to rape her. the vaping lung disease epidemic continues to grow. new numbers on a crippling problem. a sense of closure for families of military veterans as a bay area memorial gets a little more personal. significantly cooler and cleaner air. i'm meteorologist sandy patel. i'll let you know what's in store for the weekend coming up. an easy way to save some mone

uc santa cruz says they've dismissed a professor accused of sexual assault. as reporter megan meier found out, she's not stopping there. >> reporter: bob amazing her says yesterday's announcement was a relief. gopal balakrishnan is employed. >> i was expecting the struggle to continue. the regents made the right decision there. >> reporter: it's been a years' long battle. back in 2017 he was accused of sexually assaulting a student and placed on leave. a report from the university says balakrishnan's behavior harmed the victim and the school does not protect faculty who attempt to rape people. >> there's a lot of community healing that has to go on in the department, the division and more broadly as a campus. we want to respond effectively

to allegations of sexual harassment. >> a freshman student who wanted to remain anonymous can attest to the skol's effort to reduce sexual violence on campus. >> during orientation, they just gave us all these options to say, oh, if you want to tell someone, you can tell these people. >> reporter: anna lease posted to facebook about the news saying she'll now move forward with the lawsuit against him. >> we can win. we can take positive steps forward to end gender violence. >> that was megan meier reporting. the professor has yet to comment on his firing. family and friends gather to honor korean war veterans at a special ceremony in san francisco today. 72 new commemorative tiles were added to the wall of remembrance at the korean war memorial. these will be the last tiles to

be added to the memorial in the presidio. this family came to remember their father killed in action in 1951. first lieutenant was a tuskegee airman and a prisoner of war. >> i felt like he wouldn't have wanted us to miss it. >> i would like to recognize all those who fought, the 30,000 u.s. servicemen killed in the war. it's just tragic. >> we should never forget. the memorial is the final resting place for more than 2,000 korean war vets. new at 11:00 -- new at 5:15, the trump administration notified california officials that the state is failing to meet federal water quality standards. in a letter to governor newsom, the epa attributes it in part to the homelessness crisis. the letter gives newsom 30 days to demonstrate the state has adequate authority and

capability to address the issues. the governor's office said it is political retribution against california. department of transportation has been looking into an ash you for three years. it says it won't ask airlines to review their policies. >> "7 on your side's" michael finney is here with that. you see it happen. kids in one part and the parents are up -- last few seats. >> you could get a toddler sitting between you two. >> usually i'm the toddler. >> the department of transportation is saying no to family friendly airline seating policies. when airlines started charging more for aisles or window seats, families had to pay more if they wanted to sit together. congress was concerned enough to ask the department of transportation, the d.o.t., to look at the issue. well, the d.o.t. has and says it will not help families.

consumer advocates are gearing up for a fight saying toddlers sitting in middle seats surrounded by strangers is risky if there's a flight emergency. turning off the tap when you brush your teeth can cut your water bill by as much as 13%. the average american wastes 900 cups of water a week from leaving the water running while they brush -- who still does this? 42% of us admit to doing it according to a survey commissioned by colgate pal mall live. a family who turns off the faucet can save 11,000 gallons a year. the american water works association says the simple action could amount to savings of about 65 bucks a family. how much candy are you buying for halloween? the national retail federation's annual survey may surprise you. u.s. consumers are expected to spend more than $25 on candy on average for a total of $2.6

billion for the candy makers. if you add in halloween costumes, decorations and greeting cards, shoppers will part with more than $86 or $8.8 billion altogether. down from $9 billion last year. 68% of americans plan to celebrate. here is how it always works. if i buy a ton of candy, no trick-or-treaters. if i say i'm just buying one bag this year, i'm running the the store. >> it happens to all of us. >> so strange. all right. murphy's law says we have this weather and it's changing and we like it. that's not how it works. but okay. >> it's getting better, right? >> it is improving. it was so hot yesterday larry and kristen. the first thing that's changed is the fog is back. the southerly surge as the marine layer crept up the coast from the monterey bay and worked

its way up the entire coastline which helped along with the sea breeze to drive those temperatures down. speaking of, let's take a look at those numbers right now. it is much more in the comfort zone across the entire bay area. yesterday we had 90s, 100s, right now in the 60s to 80s range. compared to 24 hours ago, look at the drop. 29 degrees cooler in santa rosa compared to yesterday at this time. 24-degree drop in concord and down 15 in san jose. i want to show you a live picture from san jose as we look at the shark tanging. it is nice and sunny, but you definitely got the breeze. that helped to take those numbers down. right now we have a goodell that breeze gusting out of the southwest to 30 miles an hour in fairfield. here is a live picture from our sutro tower camera. it's a bouncy camera right now as the wind is blowing. widespread fog and patchy drizzle. cooling trend tomorrow with below average temperatures. the hour-by-hour forecast, you

notice the cloud cover and the fog pushing into the valley. the valleys at 5:00 a.m. will see drizzle out there. 7:00 a.m. at commute time. be prepared to have slick roadways. later in the afternoon an evening some of the clouds will pull away. first thing tomorrow morning, it will definitely be fooler than where we were the last few mornings. it will be better sleeping weather, low 50s to low 60s. tomorrow afternoon in the south bay, 77 in morgan hill, 77 in san jose. 74 in sunnyvale. quite a bit of cloud cover filtering the sunshine on the peninsula. mid 70s from redwood city to palo alto. 63 in pacifica. daly city, 62. north bay temperatures, 73 in san rafael. 74 vallejo, petaluma. up to 76 in santa rosa. pretty mild in the east bay, 70 in oakland. head inland and it's no heat here. it's really going to be nice and comfortable. 77 in concord, 75 fairfield and in pleasanton. here is a look at the

accuweather 7-day forecast. those temperatures will slip a few more degrees for your weekend as you will notice. mid 70s for our warmest inland valleys. by monday only talking low 70s. inland low 60s coast side. a little warmup tuesday, wednesday. no heat wave is expected here. today's high temperatures anywhere from the 60s to the upper 80s. big difference. >> a better case of murphy's law. if you plan a pool party, it's definitely going to rain and be cold. but that's not in our future. >> not any time soon. nasa does it again. takes something first conceptualized by einstein and turns it on its axis. that's next. and on world news with david muir. >> tonight, the transcript delivered. >> no pressure, no nothing. >> the whistle-blower complaint delivered. >> i fully support transparency. >> now with impeachment battle lines drawn, the latest.

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new details about vaping. there are now 12 vaping related deaths in the u.s., the latest in mississippi. other deaths were previously reported here in california, kansas, illinois, indiana, minnesota, missouri, oregon, georgia and florida. the centers for disease control says the number of vaping cases has surged to 805 in 46 states and the u.s. virgin islands, up from 530 reported last week. sales of vaping products are sinking. some dispensaries report customers are choosing ed eible and traditional weed. uber is stepping up efforts to get electrical vehicle charging site to promote the use of electric vehicles. the ceo sees the agreement as a great opportunity for everybody

involved. >> we're wanting to work with them to figure out where do we build more fast chargers so ride share drivers have convenient, reliable charging near where they live and near where they're driving people from place to place. >> evgo has 1200 stations in 34 states. charges are compatible with all fast charge capable ev models on the market. nasa create add simulation of what it would look like if we could could see as a black holman into lates gravitational ways. black holes have huge gravitational pull. so it's powerful, not even light can escape from it. insanely fast, hot carousel. the carousel is a bright halo of matter. nasa's visualization has us seeing it edge on so the light at the top of the image is actually from behind the black

hole. so hopefully that helps us understand it just a little bit better. >> very cool visual right there. mesmerizing. what happens when a warrior goes on a shopping spree? you'll find out next. first we want to show this post of the oakland dreams mural. you can share your pictures with

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san francisco's e-cigarette protections. say no to juul, no to big tobacco, no to prop c. i'm ama daetz. coming up, b.a.r.t.'s board takes action to crack down on fair evaders voting to install these new gates. a mjor obstacle that still stands in the way. also -- >> they disconnect me -- >> a bay area mom reaches out to "7 on your side" to restore her phone service, her vital health line that helps her care for her

son who has been in a coma for years. jacob evans of the warriors hosted five middle school students. they went on a shopping spree at the warriors team store. >> the students from bessie carmichael school each got $600 to spend on themselves, family and friends. evans picked up the whole bill and personally helped them pick out their dream items. >> i could tell the excitement, the joy that brought to them. that's what i get out of it. just making a person happy. >> for them, j uft knowing somebody cares and people cared enough to make this all happen is so cool. they're really having the time of their lives. >> this is probably the most fun i've ever had spending money. >> the warriors team store is open now, but the official grand opening will be october 5th before their first preseason game. these kids got such a special treatment. >> yes, jacob evans will get more minutes because the warriors have -- not a brand new squad, but a lot of new faces.

>> he deserve those minutes. >> "world news tonight with tonight, the whistle-blower's complaint revealed. was there a coverup in the white house? the acting director of national intelligence grilled today, asked why he held onto the whistle-blower's complaint. why he went to the white house first and not congress. he acknowledged the whistle-blower did the right thing. and tonight, what the whistle-blower's complaint now public reveals. he says white house officials were alarmed by that phone call with the ukrainian president and that some allegedly tried to lock down the transcript on a separate computer system to keep it from view. meanwhile, as this was playing out today, president trump behind closed doors here in new york city, and a recording now surfacing of what he said. furious and unloading, comparing the whistle-blower and white house sources to spies. and telling people in the room, "you know what we used to do with spies and treason."