that's where he was caught. it all started at the b.a.r.t. station. that's where the killing happened at the south hayward b.a.r.t. station. b.a.r.t. police say a good samaritan tried to stop a man from stealing from a passenger. the two got into a lloo arnd 1:00bofighs and approached a salesman. >> as soon as i opened it up, somebody grabbed my arm. i thought it was a customer. i looked to the side it was a weird guy with no shirt on. i was like what the hell? >> they got into a fight. the salesman let him go and says the man sat and waited for police. b.a.r.t. police arrested him and charged him with murder and carjacking. they have not released his identity or information about the victim.

amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> you can take your concerns about safety on b.a.r.t. to the system's new general manager today. robert powers will continue his listening tour at the macarthur station at noon. he has been going station to station listening to riders issues and questions. >> time is 4:31. if you're just joining us, good morning. we have a yik quick update on weather and traffic. >> let's talk about the winds in the lower elevations, from 12 to 30. a bit warmer there because of the winds. the rest of us calm to 10 miles per hour. we're significantly cooler than this time yesterday with mid 40s, upper 40s there. low 50s around the bay. mid 50s in san francisco, novato, upper 50s in napa. so the breezes, the dry air, the high fire danger is today's big story. temperatures at 7:00, around 50 degrees. 60 to 65 at noon. 60 to 67 at 4:00. back into the 50s at 7:00.

we'll talk more about the fire danger coming up next. breaking news out of san jose, at the live desk, police are investigating a major three-car crash. look at this video coming in to our newsroom. this crash happened at alum rock and jackson avenues late last night. a fire captain says nine people were involved a tenth person may have left the scene. some people were taken to the hospital with critical injuries. a witness said he saw a car going fast down the street before he saw the crash. >> thank you. in a couple of hours, the latest pg&e power shutoffs are set to start. >> more than 51,000 customers in sonoma, napa and solano counties are on notice. the shutoffs will start around 7:00 this morning. the utility is planning on shutting off power to prevent

wildfires, but pg&e says weather conditions have improved and power will not be shut off in other counties. some schools in sonoma county will be closed because of those power shutoffs. >> they include the alexander valley unified school district and forrest school a bay area state senator is proposing legislation to help people cope with the power outages. steve blazer of contra costa county wants to require pg&e to have battery backup on cell phone towers and to provid battery packs to customers whose lives depend on access to electricity. this morning executives from at&t, time warner, comcast, t-mobile and verizon wireless will appear at a state puc hearing on how they handled operations at recent state shutoffs and fires. we will send out push alerts when pg&e decides when and where

they will be shutting off power. the city of orinda voted to change its short-term rental laws. the ordinance comes after five people were shot and killed at a halloween party hosted a the an airbnb. last night a 45 day emergency ordinance was passed. that bans non-hosted short-term rentals in orinda. it requires a two-day minimum stay with the owner of the property. people against this are calling the changes arbitrary and unfair. >> i have an objection that a host would stay in the same structure as their guests. i think that objectionable to most people. >> having the host on the property is beneficial because it's helping control what's going on with the rental. >> the ordinance takes effect immediately. it expires in 45 days but city leaders can extend it for two years. this morning all eyes are on a critical witness in the

impeachment inquiry. american bams did or ambassador gordon sondland will testify. he changed his testimony saying he remembers president trump offering a quid pro quo to the ukrainians. >> reporter: this morning, the stakes are rising in the impeachment inquiry against president trump. not only was sondland on that july 25th call between president trump and ukraine, he also has a close relationship with the president. on tuesday, national security official tim morrisson testified former national security adviser fiona hill might have coined it a gordon problem. >> i decided to keep track of what ambassador sondland was doing. i didn't necessarily always act on things gordon suggested. >> reporter: tuesday's testimony began with lieutenant colonel alexander vindman, a decorated veteran and top ukraine official on the national security council, and jennifer williams,

an aide to vice president mike pence. both were on the president's phone call with ukraine, and both testified it was concerning. later former special envoy told congress that he wasn't aware that the ukraine investigations tw that were being demanded targeted the biden the aand the6 elections. >> they're not things that we should be pursuing as part of our national security strategy with ukraine. >> reporter: and while this testimony was going on yesterday, president trump at the white house attacked lieutenant colonel vindman in realtime, seeming to undermine his military service and said he'd never seen him before. megan tersargsyan, abc news, capitol hill. abc will cover the impeachment hearings starting at 6:00 a.m. we'll stream the hearing live on abc7news.com. we're not going anywhere when the impeachment hearing starts. you can watch abc mornings live

on abc7news.com. we'll stream our entire show live until 7:00 a.m. it's your voice, your vote. the top polling democrat candidates will meet tonight for their fifth primary debate. ten candidates will take the stage in atlanta. since the last debate mayor pete buttigieg jumped in the polls. one iowa poll shows he has a double digit lead. former vice president joe biden, elizabeth warren and bernie sanders are also fierce contenders. state voting begins in 2 1/2 months. the iowa caucus is just 75 days away. fremont is a diverse and inclusive community. how it's using the strength of family to building a better bay area. and san francisco's muni says it has a solution to ending an operator shortage. the problem is it may take a while. >> first it's 4:37. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast hi, mike. >> hi, everybody. can you tell where the winds are

the fastest? look where the temperatures are warmer this morning than yesterday. in santa rosa, napa and fairfield. for the rest of us, 7 degrees cooler. 46 at yucaipa. we are sheltered, calistoga, 42. look at the temperatures elsewhere in the 50s, even american canyon now, 60 degrees. we have 43 in lafayette, san ramon and redwood city. brentwo brentwood, 57. san francisco, 53. san carlos, 51. kind of all over the scale this morning. we'll become more homogenized this afternoon. for driving, breezy on the bridges today. be aware of that gusty for the bay commute. cool to mild for mass transit. here's what's going on as far as our temperatures in the east bay. 58 through 9:00. mid to upper 60s from 11:00 through 5:00. as far as the peninsula, breezy today. 56 at 9:00. 61 at 11:00. mid 60s this afternoon. our last stop will be the south

bay, 49 this morning. mid 60s from noon through 4:00. we have a great weekend shaping up after wectllounother chance of rain. that's some good news. >> that's very good news. >> we'll take it. >> good, that's what i'm giving you. >> here's our commute so far. 87, nice and clear right now. we're pretty much seeing this all across the bay area. much better start in comparison to what we were seeing at the beginning of the commute yesterday morning. now live to walnut creek, it's getting busy for 4:39. certainly smooth there as well. no problems that i'm seeing on the maps. to our drive times here before we go. santa rosa to petaluma, 13-minute ride here. castro valley to the maze, 13 minutes. 280, 680, to highway 85, an

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we're not the only ones dealing with critical fire conditions. look at that red in sacramento valley up to redding and eureka. almost 2.3 million people there. on the flip side of this. we have our winter weather advisory, which is now a winter

storm warning up in the sierra until 7:00 today. 8 inches of snow there. you can takea lookatitere. you can see the snow from tahoe to yosemite down to the grapevi grapevine. some thunderstorms possible around san diego. going back to tahoe, snow is possible today, tomorrow and next tuesday. >> thanks. one person suffered burns, two others were rescued as flames ripped through a two-story house in san francisco. flames were pouring from the home on noriega and 35th avenues last night as firefighters got to the scene. fire crews had to deal with downed power lines. the injured person was taken to a burn center for treatment. for the p mthbc7 new has been embedded in fremont. this week we're bringing you stories to problems we all face. >> behind those st. louises at.l

>> behind those st. louises aol the people of fremont. we tried to capture their essence in photos. >> reporter: the longest and largest piece of art in fremont harkins to long ago. it's based on the 1907 photo of the train that runs through niles canyon. a rustic time before the suburbs sprouted. some families still have links to that area. has fremont changed? >> yeah. >> this couple has been married 69 years. >> they said it wouldn't last. >> reporter: kathy and arnold still live in the house they built in 1968 with a mortgage of $65 a month on walnut avenue. how times have changed. >> i think the best days we had was in the '50s. >> reporter: times when they raised their kids cindy and

arnie. now those kids have taken over and continued the trucking company their family built from scratch with sweat and toil in 1946. they're like a new tread on wheels. >> does fremont fit with san francisco? >> no. >> it's a big city but also a small town. >> reporter: fremont is a changing town. just sample the local restaurants. your taste buds will tell you all about that. >> indian, afghanistan, i like to try everything. >> reporter: 53% of fremont is asian. people like this owner of a restaurant. he moved here 14 years ago. >> in the united states, i'm happy to have freedom. we have a good life. >> reporter: this is a man who fell in love overseas, married and emigrated. his wife had been in the states much longer. >> we're fortunate to have a

sense of security here in the u.s., whereas in afghanistan you don't have that. >> reporter: now they have 11-year-old miriam and 2-year-old michelle and two weeks ago they added two sons. the only constant here is change. in fremont, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> look at his little face. >> i'm touched. >> i like that story. we are dedicating the week of our building a better bay area coverage to fremont. area coverage're looking at iss impact the way area's fourth largest city including housing, job creation and diversity. i'm excited to look at more stories. muni riders in san francisco know buses run late on a dale lay daily basis. now they promise sweeping changes by 2021. muni will make it a priority to hire bus and muni operators. an audit in 2018 found hundreds

of city buses not in service because there ere not enough drivers. let's check in with weather. i know some of you did get a little rain last night. that was exciting. >> the key is a little bit. about five-hundredths in san jose, eight-hundredths in los gatos and a couple hundredths in the north bay. we were talking about it. yesterday i was like i don't think it will happen. it did. sometimes it does. sunny and breezy today. high fire danger continues to be the main threat in our forecast. as you look at 87 here, it looks bone dry already. threat tapers tonight. much cooler conditions. a pleasant hill weekend is on tape. the area of low pressure stalled further to the north. some energy wrapped around the back of it, came off the sierra, that brought us showers are and a thunderstorm around santa cruz. we're in the drier pocket now,

ahead of this storm in the four corners region. they're expecting flooding. low to mid 60s from half moon bay to santa cruz. mid 60s all around the bay. and about 66 to nearly 71 degrees in our inland neighborhoods. look at these temperatures tonight, yucaipa, santa rosa, livermore, san ramon valley in the 30s. rest of us in the low to upper 40s. temperatures in the 50s and 60s with lighter winds thursday, friday, and just a touch milder for saturday and sunday. a great time to be out shopping. >> good morning. just want to give people a heads up that will be traveling in and around san francisco the dreamforce convention is back. it's here. apple's ceo tim cook spoke yesterday. we know former president barack obama is expected to speak. why does this affect your traffic? this closure, howard street between 3rd and 4th streets will be closed through november 24th.

8:00 p.m. is when all of that will reopen. the best advice is not to take a car down there at all. a live look at our emeryville camera. things are moving along nicely. we're not seeing many problems this morning, which is really great to report on. leaving you with a live look at san rafael, this is 101, empty and smooth this morning. google is admits anned a droid security flaw can let rogue apps record video without permission. in today's tech bites, your android phone may be sharing your videos and pictures without your permission. checkmarks revealed a flaw that allows an app to bypass restrictions and access yours camera. amazon is looking to add facial recognition to ring doorbell cameras. amazon insisted the images would not be shared as part of its

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bear exhibit is safe. that assurance comes after a child threw a rock at the window on the exhibit and it shattered the laminate cover on the glass. zoo officials say the glass is not compromised and the bears are secure. the damage is going to cost $67,000 to repair, and force the closure of the exhibit next month. what did we learn from this? >> what? >> please watch your children. don't let them pick up rocks and throw it at the window. what are you doing? >> don't you judge. a consumer alert for disney plus customers. hackers are selling some stolen account log-ins on the black market. disney overwhefficials say ther no reports of a breach to the streaming service itself. some users say they noticed they were unable to access the accounts. it appears the log-s in were

swiped from breapast breaches. disney is the parent company of abc7 news. what did we learn? >> we learned you don't share your password, kumasi. >> you could give it to me, i wouldn't have go through these measures. >> i'm not trying to be a news story on my own show. >> impacts 10 million people. that's a lot of folks. here's 5:00 this morning. the winds spreading and they stay fast in the north bay mountains through 9:00. as we head towards noon, they'll let up a little bit. 25 to 30 miles per hour. we have a secondary push from . the fire threat will start to wane. l high orange in solano and napa

count tips. some red, the extreme fire danger in those same areas already by noon. they happen again at 7:00. watch what happens over night. just about everything goes away and we're down to low to moderate. we have to be vigilant today. jobina? >> thank you. good morning. we'll start off with a look at our drive times. tracy to dublin, 40 minutes. antioch to concord, 15-minute ride. san rafael to san francisco, 18 minutes. earlier there was a wind advisory on the altamont pass, that has been canceled. a live picture from the san mateo bridge, things are moving nicely. we're seeing brake lights as people head in towards the peninsula, outside of that, it is looking great. definitely really good at the richmond-san rafael bridge right now. live picture here, just two cars riding along, enjoying their commute this wednesday morning. >> a new art exhibit is focusing colorful attention on the housing crisis. the welcome tower now stands at

pier 14 along the embarcadero. that 34-foot artwork is a replica of coit tower. the tower's message is that san francisco needs to be more welcoming and affordable for artists. >> that's cool. coming up next, it appears uber is back to doing curbside pickup at sfo, but only if you order a specific ride. one quick kick causes nearly $5,000 in damage. the reward the tesla owner is offering to track down the guy who did it. and cleaning blitz in some of the busiest areas of san

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it's just getting a little tiresome. business doesn't stop because we're closed. >> now at 5:00 a.m., north bay businesses try their best to prepare for another round of public safety power shutoffs. >> when three bay area counties could start going dark today. >> good morning on this wednesday, november 20th. >> well get to that in a few moments. first let's check in with mike looking at our weather forecast for today. good morning. >> hi, everybody. we're in it. the critical fire conditions now through 7:00 tomorrow. we have gusty northeasterly winds up to 45 miles per hour. right now the surface winds are okay. they're picking up in places like fairfield, 39. 18 in napa, 20 in novato. we're already around 30 to 40 up in the north bay mountains. so we are at that threshold. the area will keep getting drier as we head throughout the day. here's san rafael right now. you can see it's quiet there. temperatures are cooler ever