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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dan: exclusive new details this evening about the ride-share driver shot and killed near oaklands little saigon neighborhood. at his forhe time about his death. thank you for joining us. ama: just two days after the brazen daytime murder, his family is sharing their story. dan: the family is speaking out, looking for solutions and seeking justice. the story will see only on abc seven news. >> she is afraid to leave her house. she can't sleep. reporter: pushing through tears, judy, recalls the horror that played out outside her home just before 11:00 sunday morning.
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>> the whole incident happened in less than five seconds. she lost her boyfriend. reporter: the surveillance video is stunning and disturbing. to persons and hoodies approach him. telling him to get out. shot is fired and the young man -- oakland police are calling this an attempted robbery. >> translation: he even works on sunday. they got killed. reporter: her home is close to little saigon. i was there last month as dozens of business owners spoke out over the crime plaguing their neighborhood and nearby predominantly asian areas. >> she wants to know why. why us? we are hard-working. we go to work, we pay our bills. why are we being targeted over and over again?
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this has to stop. reporter: it is the same reason why patrick's brother is speaking out, hoping this is a wake-up call to spark change. >> done control. way too much gun violence. if the government could put more restrictions on gun control, it will help our society. reporter: the oakland chinatown improvement council helped translate is helping with the gofundme to pay for funeral expenses. dan: ama: in san francisco, we are learning more about the stabbing that happened as a boat near the terminal three baggage claim. -- that happened at sfo near the terminal three baggage claim. reporter: one of the first steps for travelers landing in san francisco after security, crime scene tape and cleanup crews, mopping up after an employee working for the security vendor clear was attacked with a knife. >> this area of the airport is
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not screened for security measures. reporter: although they could not confirm, police say they have witness reports of the suspect in his 40's being on housed. they say he was not a traveler out of sfo. something that did not faze tim robinson, who traveled here from d.c.. >> keep an eye on our personal possessions, keep her eyes open. reporter: the sfo bart station serves the connector from the airport into the city. it works both ways. it also provides fast, easy access for bart writers into the airport, something that can create security challenges. >> anyone can walk off the street and be in this area. reporter: this is the second stabbing sfo since june, when a 33-year-old with a machete
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injured several people. police shot and killed a transient near this bart station. >> if staffing is an issue, or needs to be addressed, so we can make this area safer, than those are steps we are willing to take. reporter: clear, the security vendor, released a statement saying we are working closely with all appropriate law enforcement and airport security officials investigating this matter. the safety and well-being of our employees is a top priority. the suspect was arrested and the victim was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. dan: new details tonight, a second man faces charges in the beating of a san francisco community leader. happened last friday outside the
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community center. which the victim helps run. friends say to homeless people attacked james with two by fours when he asked them to leave the property. please made one arrest at the seams of the district attorney's office arete -- announced the second arrest today of a 24 go man. the victim is expected to recover. ama: the san joaquin county das office is trying to determine whether to file criminal charges and disturbing case. on saturdays of the cherokee memorial park and funeral home told police a fetus was missing from storage. security video showed the transport security contractor taking the bag from cold storage and dropping it on the ground than swinging before he threw it into a waste container. a search of a local landfill proved unsuccessful. the revelation was another heartbreaking blow for the parents. still grieving the death of their stillborn child. >> we can't even have her alive
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and that we can't even have her body. ama: there are just no words. prosecutors are trying to determine if there was anything illegal about the handling of the remains. dan: in the south bates of hand -- hundreds of health care workers are pleading with county management for help. they say they are shortstaffed and critically overworked. zach fuentes spoke with some of them and has more on what they say they desperately need from leaders. >> how do we go from health care heroes to being treated as zeros. reporter: dozens of physicians came together outside santa clarita hospital. that had to overcome countless hurdles to do their jobs well and they are fed up. >> they want us to see more patients with fewer resources and fewer positions. reporter: they say the issues
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they're facing predict the pandemic. it is not just the physicians speaking out. alongside the more nurses and support staff. >> the way time is eight to 14 hours. -- the wait time is eight to 14 hours. reporter: the union represents many employees. they say the toll has been devastating. >> it is a crisis when in may a beloved physician colleague dies by suicide in his office in that building. another just last week attempts suicide. reporter: pediatric gastroenterologist dr. rudy's tells me what is happening county hospitals is impacting some of the most vulnerable. >> the vast majority of my patients, the pandemic has really hurt them. their families are struggling.
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reporter: the main thing dr. rudy's says the county health system and she needs is more physicians. >> i need more bodies. that is all i need. just we can do our job. reporter: we reached out to the county executive's office for an -- a response of their claims. we also reached out to the valley clinical center who redirected us to the county executive's office. ama: solano county is confirming its first case of monkeypox. there are two probable cases pending confirmation. there almost 200 probable or confirmed cases in the bay area. this map shows where each local county stands. there are more than 2000 confirmed cases nationwide. a report today by health news website says most experts do not believe it is possible to contain the virus at this point. one expert from texas, who advises the who said we missed
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that train. dan: bay area congresswoman jackie speier among 17 members of congress arrested at an abortion-rights rally today outside the supreme court. >> we won't go back. dan: the group marched from the capital to the height court. -- the high court. the demonstration comes less than a month after the supreme court issued that ruling to overturn roe v. wade. congresswoman spear tweeted saying i have never been arrested before, but i can hear the late congressman john lewis employing me to get into trouble. we must be willing to speak out for patients who have a right to health care and fundamental right to bodily autonomy. late this afternoon's of the house passed a bill to protect same-sex marriage as a federal law. the final vote was 267-177.
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the bill repeals a provision in the defense of marriage and enshrines marriage equality in federal law and adds extra legal protections on marriage equality. the bill adds to the senate, but it is unclear if it will be taken up before the august recess. ama: caltrans attempt to clean up and clear out a massive homeless site in oakland halted by a judge. why a temporary restraining order has been granted. dan: the new unique approach to offering shelter front house people in san francisco. a new concept being tested my neighbors are wary
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2000 people are in shelters on any given day, with more than 9000 in supportive housing. moore is on the way, a newly renovated shelter with the new housing model. we have the details. >> another one checking people in, making sure everyone is ok. reporter: the mayor of san francisco is used to touring homeless shelters. this is the first of its kind in the city. it is who gets to live here and how they will accommodate people that makes the hotel a unique shelter. >> this was a former hostel. it has quads, triples, doubles. it's even got some single rooms. reporter: the idea is that if four people living on the streets have bonded and formed their own community, they will be offered a room with four beds. the shelter is open 20 47 and residents can state indefinitely. -- 24/7 and residents can stay indefinitely.
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not everyone feels safe in the open space shelters. 250 people will be housed here. because it was a youth hostel, some of the amenities were already here. hope is they can eventually move into supportive housing. mayor london breed said san franciscans will begin to see the homeless situation improve after spending millions on services and accommodations. >> we expect to have, within the next three months, an additional 1000 units including 250 here be available. not to mention, since the pandemics of 1800 people have been housed permanently. reporter: while it all sounds promising, in the case of this new shelter, some neighbors worry about people congregating outside, since there is no outdoor space. if you look around, there is a courtyard by marriott, behind me some restaurants, cap eight, not everyone is welcoming the new shelter with open arms. >> don't let people sit around
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and loiter outside. if you want to stay inside, that is fine. i will not before it if i see people hanging out there. reporter: he is the group running the shelter and has workers patrolling the 700 block of post street. today we saw them engaging with small business owners, promising them they will be good neighbors. dan: residence of homeless encampment in oakland won a court decision prohibits crews from clearing out the area. a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order for the site and would streets of protected -- preventing caltrans from removing 200 people and their belongings from that site after a massive fire there last week, they said that homeless camp would be close. some people vowed to stay. ama: college supporters in oakland have lunch and effort to -- they have concerns of
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possible fraud. this a financial problems force the school to close. a merger between boston-based northeastern university ml's became official last month. they are calling for a state investigation. alumni say mills is an integral part of oakland. >> it has been part of the social fabric for so long. we owe it to mills, to all the women, and the residence of oakland -- residence of oakland. ama: it operated since 1871, the once all women college will become quiet. more than 800 students are expected to attend this fall. dan: an all-time heat record shattered in the united kingdom. that is not the only place with scorching temperatures. we are going to tell you about the wildfires across the globe and here in the united states. and here in the united states. what scientists say check out this time space wormhole i creat
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ama: president biden considers declaring a national climate emergency as he seeks to salvage his environmental agenda. this comes amid record-breaking temperatures across the country and the globe. scientists say the heat is fueled by climate change. reporter: across the globe, scorching temperatures are causing major concerns, as people struggle to find relief. >> we are trying to avoid extreme son. reporter: united kingdom, racing for even hotter temperatures after the national all-time heat record was shattered midday tuesday. he throat, home to london's main airport recorded a temperature of 104° fahrenheit. >> we've never had this kind of heat. reporter: in france and spain, thousands of evacuated their homes as several wildfires rage throughout southern europe. here at home, with a 100 million americans are under heat alerts
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the touch portions of more than 20 states. the worst settled over the plains and lower mississippi into much of texas. >> we need to be prepared for more severe events happening more frequently. that will affect emergency management system outside the city of dallas. but the regional, state and federal level. reporter: scientists say climate change is fueling the heat. >> we just have to adapt. dan: here in the bay area is air-quality advisory has been extended to tomorrow for parts of the state. advisory is because of the wildfire smoke from the marsh pittsburgh, antioch, oakley and wrightwood. it has burned more than 500 acres since it started a may 28. the smoldering fire is now mostly burning pete -- burning peat.
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it has been causing some air problems. ama: we've been keeping on top of it. abc7news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the latest. sandhya: the air quality has been deteriorating, especially let me show you the air-quality advisory. extended through tomorrow. expecting overall good air quality for the bay area, it is eastern contra costa county that will continue to deal with the mark -- with the smoke. the air district says flooding the fire is helping. they are making progress, there is less smoke. still sing some pockets of moderate air quality across the region. on live doppler 7, we have active weather. as expected, the activity has shifted eastward across the central sierra, parts of nevada tonight. we have our usual fog along parts of our coastline.
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that will advance overnight tonight. one thing we are watching is a speech hazard statement is up through 9:00 tonight. the wave heights out of the south, is going to bring higher risk of recurrence and seeker waves through tomorrow night. if you are out there, be careful. we have a nice breeze blowing, as above 25, oakland 20 miles an hour. certainly helping to take our temperatures down. 11° cooler in the votto -- in novato. as a marine layer is rolling in over san francisco, it is 60 in the city of oakland, 66, mid-70's around santa clara and san jose. palo alto, 69°. a breeze along the embarcadero. in one ties with the low to mid 90's today. you're going to cool off nicely. 92 in fairfield. here's a live view from our san jose camera, the sun is shining.
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areas of fog overnight, rough and dangerous surf through tomorrow. the heat persists inland the next few days. first thing in the morning, we will see the fog. it might be dense along the coastline. a little mist and drizzle. the fog will be there at 8:00 before pulls away and hangs around along parts of the coast. morning temperatures in the 50's and 60's. afternoon highs will look like this. mid 90's inland, a little warmer and parts of the bay area, low to mid 60's along the coast and in the city. 60's and 70's around the bay. the heat hangs on inland tomorrow. our summer pattern with us going into thursday with the low 60's to mid 90's. breezy and cooler for your friday afternoon. it will be noticeable. thus temperatures will bounce back a few degrees. minor fluctuations expected through next week. a little above average. sounds great dan:.
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team is returning to the olympics in 2024 after winning the championship last night in mexico. they beat canada with the title will made by customer -- it secures an olympic birth for the training olympic bronze medalist. she celebrated the championship with an epic postgame photo. she posted this on instagram, copying steph curry's night night pose with the championship trophy as well as the tournaments best player trophy. congratulations. ama: steph curry is preparing to host the sp's tomorrow in los angeles. >> i'm just going to be myself and have fun with it. embrace the opportunity and the honor to host the espy's. something i thought i would never have the honor to do. ama: you can watch them here on abc 7 at 8:00. he is up for four awards including best nba player.
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you can vote for him now at espn.com. dan: it will be fun to see how he presents the words to himself. finally tonight, a truly wonderful summer camp is underway in walnut creek. ama: some 40 young people with down syndrome are taking part in the first ever i can shine like camp. -- bike camp. today they were learning to steer, and peddle adaptive bicycle. >> 90% of people with down syndrome never learned to ride a two will like. there hoping to -- we are hoping roughly 70% to 80% of them will leave camp writing a two wheel bike. dan: organizers bleed -- believe riding a bike will give them the confidence to learn other things. it was due to a brand and the efforts of more than 100 volunteers. that is incredible. ama: it's wonderful.
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world news tonight is next. dan: seen this ad? it's not paid for by california tribes. it's paid for by the out of state gambling corporations that wrote prop 27. it doesn't tell you 90% of the profits go to the out of state corporations. a tiny share goes to the homeless, and even less to tribes. and a big loophole says, costs to promote betting reduce money for the tribes, so they get less. hidden agendas. fine print. loopholes.
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