news. >> that breaking news is it's of the south bay, where two people accused of kidnapping a 3-month-old baby boy back in april are expected to plead guilty. good evening,. >> thank you for joining us. >> this all stems from the san jose kidnapping in which police say samuel ramirez and her boyfriend, jose p portillo kidnapped the 3-month-old baby while his grandmother was unloading grocery. fortunately, he was found 24 hours later. >> we're live now from the santa clara county courthouse. zach. the reporter: this is all just wrapping up today. yesterday and today were preliminary hearings to see if the case would go to trial, but now we're being told there are negotiations and prepared to plead guilty. those two suspects. this comes after we've heard testimony from police who worked on the case and the lead detective, we also heard today

from the baby's mother, and grandmother. we have some new video today of baby claire who is now six months old, coming out of the santa clara county courthouse in san jose. cameras were not allowed inside. the two suspects of ramirez and portillo, both believed to be in a romantic relationship but portillo is not the only man ramirez was believed to be involved with. court testimony revealing a man named francisco ram was involven a relationship with ramirez. ramirez is accused of faking a pregnancy and passing off the baby as her own. one of the suspect's mother spoke to us this evening. she's saying in spanish, i'm scared this may turn out worse, but always hopeful justice will be served.

now, also revealed throughout this testimony, were claims vehicle manipulation. we'll see pictures given to our partners at univision, by baby brandon's mother. san jose police detective testified if court they had evidence that the suspects worked together to cut her brakes. ayala testified in court she noticed the brakes were severed four days before the baby's kidnapping and was about to take her older daughter to school when she realized the car did not have brakes and the lead detective testifying today they had evidence that backed that story up, so just to recap, the two suspects are facing one count of kidnapping, four counts of attempted kidnapping and robbery and again, we're just now finding out that they are preparing to plead guilty as charged. right now, live in san jose, zach fuentes, abc 7 news. >> all right, zach, thank you so much. happening now, the san francisco school board is considering whether to reprimand commissioner an shoe for her comments stereotyping black and latino families. abc 7 news education reporter melendez is in the newsroom with

more on the controversy that has not gone away. leanne, any idea how this will go. there's a provision that clearly states that the other school members can remove her. they're not going to do that. what may happen is that she ends up with a slap on the wrist, and some are speculating that they could add some provisions like forcing her to do, for example, cultural diversity training, or antibias training. well-known columnist herb kane described san francisco where a city where ideas are traded and opinions clashed. thrown into the mix is commissioner ann shoe, appointed by mayor london breed and who will likely be reprimanded by her colleagues. >> people can stay any demeaning thing about you and it's ok. >> the reporter: the naacp held a rally if front of the school district today, asking for her resignation, after shoe made racist comments about black and brown parents, in the school

district. yet, the naacp refused to ask former school board member, allison collins, who resign. even after her 2016 tweets, describing antiblackness among asian-americans. supervisor dean preston, a progressive, supported collins, yet he too has asked shoe to step down. abc 7 news insider phil matere has an insight into that. >> two hits taken in the last couple of months was the school board recall and the other was the recall of a progressive reformer in criminal justice. in san francisco politics, you hit and you hit back and this is a hit back. >> the reporter: the san francisco democratic party has been more consistent, asking both collins and shoe to resign. >> we ask both black and latino communities consistently get pitted against each other. political climate has gone too

toxic. it's gotten too divisive. the reporter: nowhere is that more apparent than within the members of the board of supervisors. in march 2021, 10 of the 11 supervisors said collins should resign, yet as of today, only four of them have asked the same of shoe, or said they would not vote for her in november. >> the difference here with ann is she harmed another community, she immediately acknowledged that something was wrong, and she apologized, and opened up dialogue to learn from this experience. >> the reporter: here's another likely reason for not going after shoe. >> the chinese americans swung their weight in the recall of the school board and the recall of bow dean and they are now a force to be reckoned with. >> the reporter: and one thing that we've heard from many people is that it's time for these groups, time for the city, and the school board, to focus more on educating kids and student outcomes rather than continue with all this adult bickering. in the newsroom, leanne

melendez, abc 7 news. >> all right, deann, thank you. police in piedmont are investigating a road rage shooting that happened this morning. they say about 7:00 a.m., officers received several reports of shots fired near sunnyside and oakland avenues. officers learned that two cars were involved in a road rage incident. this is video of the white alpha romero that they said about five or six shots were fired from. two bullets struck the victim's car, luckily no one was injured however and the suspect drove off. >> in neighboring oakland, the city is getting $6 million in state funding to help with gun violence prevention. the money is earmarked specifically for a new strategy. abc 7 news reporter has details. >> the reporter: the saying in legislative circles is, your budget is your values. >> we want to fix this problem. we just have to decide that we're going to do it. we have to decide that we're going to put political will and doing it and we're going to fight at the budget table to make sure that our communities are invested in. that fight includes a new

$6 million grants for the city of oakland, to help fight gun violence. >> this grant is the first that i know of, in which the emphasis will be on working with individuals at the highest level of risk, and working with that individual's family. the reporter: chief of oakland's department of violence prevention, was established in 2017, and focuses on prevention and intervention. this new program will focus on 192 individuals, who are at the highest risk. >> those individuals that either have their fingers on the trigger, or have a gunpointed at them. the reporter: he says the goal is party of a comprehensive strategy, at focus deterrents. the grant money will be put towards prevention, but also outreach, to teach how to resolve everyday conflicts without violence. >> the street code calls for a revamp and automatic, you know, get back, and you know, so therefore, those are the people that's most essential. >> the reporter: adams and moore are part of the community engagement teams that are

already doing some of this work. they say, more money means more reach, such as going into neighborhoods that are often neglected. >> the key is nowadays, they don't have the path to go this way. they only know this way, because there's nothing out here. they only know violence because there's nothing out here for change. the reporter: the grant money will pay for coaches to work with families. families need to be involved in order to create sustainable change. >> the family economics end up not only supporting the violence, so that's the second layer of intervention. the reporter: the grant money funds the program for the next three years. in oakland abc 7 news. >> it is national night out, which means just about every city in the bay area will have an event where the community can get to know their first responders. the idea is to help build a partnership between law enforcement and the people they serve and protect. among the things people can expect are barbecues, live music, contests, and events geared toward kids. >> people dealing with mental

health issues have a new safe space to stay and get the support they need. victoria's house is a 12-month housing and treatment facility for people who need assistance with mental health and coping skills. mayor rondon breed was at today's opening and says she knows the challenges. >> there are people who can't necessarily and i'll tell from you experience with my aunt, can't necessarily even decide how to pay her rent and to figure out some of the basic things about the things that she needs to buy. >> the 46 bed rehabilitation center is on shotwell street if the mission district. victoria's house is part of the city's pledge to create 400 new treatment beds for those struggling with mental illness and addiction. >> zuckerberg sf general administered 650 doses of monkeypox vaccine on day two of its pop-up clinic. people waited in long lines for the jab this morning. hospital officials say they will administer vaccines as soon as they become available.

san francisco is expecting more than 10,000 doses, but are unsure with those will actually arrive. the pop-up clinic is open wednesday from 8:00 a.m. until noon, while supplies all-star game. >> late this afternoon, the city of long beach announced its first case of monkeypox in a child. it's believed to be only the second child case in the state. long beach health officials say the child was symptomatic, but has already recovered. stay with

large out-of-state corporations have set their sights on california. they've written prop 27, to allow online sports betting. they tell us it will fund programs for the homeless. but read prop 27's fine print. 90% of profits go to out-of-state corporations, leaving almost nothing for the homeless. no real jobs are created here. but the promise between our state and our sovereign tribes would be broken forever. these out-of-state corporations don't care about california. but we do. stand with us.

dan: warnings of ride tailation tonight from china after house speaker nancy pelosi landed in taiwan. chinese officials same the visit infringes on that nation's sovereignty and sends the wrong signal to separatist forces, for taiwan independence. china's ambassador to the u.s. is condemning the visit. >> we're going to take whatever we can, to respond, and to protect, to get back our

sovereignty territory and our response will be very strong, and forceful. dan: chinese officials say they will launch exercises and targeted military operations around taiwan in response to nancy pelosi's visit. for her part, she says in a statement that the visit, quote, honors america's unwavering commitment to supporting taiwan's vibrant democracy. >> after the amy's kitchen san jose plant closed suddenly two weeks ago, former employees have called for a boycott of the products sold by the petaluma based company. today, abc 7 was at a rally where the employees continue to call for justice for the hundreds left without a job. >> this amy's kitchen plant may stand empty after closing two weeks ago. but there is a new addition to its exterior. 300 ribbons representing the employees left without jobs, after they say the company decided to abruptly close the san jose location. a symbol from these employees to fight back against what they call, unfair treatment.

>> we are kids, we have families, we have elderly who we take care of and it's hard to go out there and start from the bottom to look for jobs. please, please support us. the reporter: ruby, one of the employees of the petaluma based company who prepared temperatures today -- vegetarian frozen meals found at grocery stores, that was until the stout bay plant closed, a spokesperson for amy's kitchen told us the location losing $1 million a month was among the reasons. but the employees and local workers rights organizations believe it was a result of the employees aiming to unionize. this after alleged mistreatment of nonenglish speakers and elderly workers, among other violations. >> andy barlander, you own this company. this is all on you. you say this plant was closed due to loss of profits and it had nothing to do with your attempt to silence or rather distract this powerhouse of workers who are ready to organize. i say prove it. amongst the group fighting for fair and just treatment of these workers, san jose assembly

member, the chair of the assembly labor and employee committee in california, he says rather than the company listening to the needs of the employees, they hired consultants to break up talks of a union. assembly member callra says this must be stopped. >> they don't want to treat the workers with respect the workers deserve, if they don't want to get rid of the union busting consultants, then they're really showing who they are and we have to stop buying any amy products. the reporter: the workers have called on ownership to meet with them to discuss a list of demands, including reemployment to a new amy's location. they say no conversations have happened at this time. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. dan: a reminder, that you can get our live newscasts, breaking news, weather and more with our abc 7 bay area streaming tv app on apple tv, android tv, fire tv and roku. search abc7.com and

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>> like a war zone, that's how some north bay residents describe the usually quiet community ever since one homeowner began using his property as a shooting range. as abc 7 news anchor reports, neighbors are now planning to take legal action to stop it. >> in this rural neighborhood outside the city of sevastpool, neighbors say the quiet communities has been anything but. tom recorded these videos on his property, and now you can hear a neighbor firing off rounds and rounds of ammunition. tom and several other neighbors say the man who lives here has been using his home as an unofficial shooting range, spending hours firing off semi-automatic weapons. >> literally sounds like you're in the middle of a war zone. >> loud bursts, explosions of noise. >> the reporter: neighbors say this gunfire started about two months ago and can be heard for miles. it's terrifying to many who hear it, including one neighbor, a

korean war veteran. >> he's described it as having ptsd symptoms. >> one moment he said i had to convince my kids that someone wasn't coming to shoot them. that was the quote. >> the reporter: the neighbors reached out to the county supervisor but he says the they can't do anything, because the neighbor is on their property. they have hired a attorney. >> we have two local ordinances, where a plain reading of them we have a violation. one of the ordinances says a firearm cannot be used within 150 yards of a residence or an area where people frequent and assemble. neighbors say he does not keep that distance from their properties. >> you can't see where they're shooting, you don't know if you're safe. >> the reporter: the homeowner in question did not return abc 7 news' for comment. a sonoma county officials referred to us the sheriffs department, a spokesperson for

the sheriffs department sent us a brief statement saying the shooting range is a noncivil issue and neighbors disagree and say it's time for a judge to decide it. dan: we'll stay on that story. one of the largest rent to own companies in the united states is being hit with a massive fine by the state of california. today, attorney general ron bonta announced that rent a center has agreed to pay $15.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed by his office. bonta says the texas-based company, violated state consumer protection laws related to unlawful leasing practices and deceptive marketing. >> our investigation into the rent a center found the company's kiosks operating out of traditional retail stores used an inflated cash price, for products in its preferred lease program. these products were 15% higher than the retail price violating california's rent to own law.

dan: as part of the settlement, bonta says rent a center will implement substantial reforms to its preferred lease model in order to deter future misconduct. jobina: tragic new developments from the mckinney fire, burning. the death toll has increased to four. the sheriff's office announced that search teams located two more people dead inside separate homes. there is still no containment on this fire. more than 56,000 acres have burned in three days. but firefighters did say they made good progress overnight, thanks to lower temperatures, and rain over some areas of the fire. dan: yeah. that change in the weather made a real difference. let's check now on the weather here in the bay area. >> that's right, sandy pa tell is here with the latest. >> gentleman before we get to our local weather, dan and ama i want to show you warnings up north near the mckinney fire and over that fire, we have a red flag warning until 11:00 p.m. and a flash flood watch until 11:00 p.m. the concern here is abundant lightning strikes, which we're already seeing on top of

critically dry vegetation, you have the gusty winds and that gets it going even more. fortunately, we have seen rain, but that rain could cause the possibility of flash flooding and debris floes, especially if there is excessive rain. you can see here on live doppler 7, they're seeing thunderstorms over the mckinney fire and the sierra nevada as the monsoon flow and remnants of what was once a tropical storm previously a hurricane frank, heading in our direct. you can see some of the moisture, just off the coastline from frank. we have seen a few showers, as i was driving if today, had to use the windshield wipers, the showers were spotty and light, but as we expected, they materialized and as we take a look here, very impressive looking system here. this is what's left of frank. there isn't a whole lot. it's post-tropical now, but it's going to make its way northward and then turn northeastward, leftovers expected to continue to move if our direction. just keep in mind, that right now, we're not putting any extra

showers in for later in the week, but certainly that's going to keep the humidity up especially as we go into tomorrow. dewpoints 61 in afternoon bay. that's in the humid range. 63 in palo alto, so it is muggy to humid from our santa cruz camera, can you see some of the subtropical and tropical clouds, 67 in san francisco, 72 in oakland. 83 in san jose and 81 in santa clara. from our exploratorium camera a nice view of san francisco right now. we have a good breeze. 90 in 1 santa rosa, 93 in fairfield. live view from our camera, we see a shaky view. isolated shower chance into early morning, mild and humid with a mix of clouds and we're looking at hot inland. tomorrow morning, can't rule out a sprinkle or two around mendocino county. primarily in northern california and the sierra nevada, once again, showers and thunderstorms fire up. humidity lingers first thing tomorrow morning. mid 50's to upper 60's. really a mild start tomorrow

afternoon. you're looking at hot weather inland. mid 90's there. right along the coast in the mid 60's, it is going to be breezy, which of course, makes it easier for people who don't like the humidity. the accuweather seven-day forecast not as humid thursday, white range of temperatures, slightly cooler on friday before we see minor fluctuations in the temperatures going into the weekend and next week. ama and dan. dan: thank you. a global accounting and tax firm is celebrating 125 years in business, by sending 1,000 employees to volunteer all over the bay area. abc 7 news caught up with kpmg employees near stow lake. employees came together to do gardening, planting and weeding, it is the tax firm's way to build connections and relationships while helping out their community at the same time and for some employees, it was the first time coming together as many employees continue to work from home during the ongoing pandemic. >> still ahead, ethnicity golden

state warriors unveil the new statement edition uniforms. we'll show you and explain the significance of introducing them to for years, california's non-gaming tribes have been left in the dust. wealthy tribes with big casinos make billions, while small tribes struggle in poverty.

prop 27 is a game changer. 27 taxes and regulates online sports betting to fund permanent solution to homelessness. while helping every tribe in california. so who's attacking prop 27? wealthy casino tribes who want all the money for themselves support small tribes, address homelessness. vote yes on 27. ama: the giants made some trades before this afternoon's deadline, but didn't move some of the players, people thought

they might. carlos and jeff peterson are staying put. infielder and outfielder, darren ruff went to the new york mets for infielder-outfielder j.d. davis and three pitchers. giants cents injured catcher curt kaslai to the seattle mariners for two minor leaguers. dan: the warriors are showing over the new statement edition uniforms that they're going to wear next season. ama: the you'll forms feature a jersey, showcasing golden state. the first time the words have appeared so prominently since 1975. you see young stars jonathan cominga and moises moody showing them off. in 1971 they moved from san francisco to oakland. dan: i like the statement. world news tonight with david muir is next. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. ama: i'm ama daetz. for sawe'll see youagain at

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. prop 27. they didn't write it for the tribes or the homeless. they wrote it for themselves.

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breaking news as we come on the air in the west. the state department issuing a global warning for americans following an attack that killed one of the world's most wanted terrorist masterminds. new details emerge about the cia drone strike taking out al qaeda leader ahman al zawahiri in kabul. two missiles targeting him as he stood on a balcony of his safehouse. smoke seen rising from the neighborhood. the white house releasing a picture of president biden with his national security team plotting the attack weeks ahead of time. and nearly one year after the u.s. withdrawal from kabul, growing concerns about other terrorists possibly now in afghanistan. cecilia vega at the white house. those images coming in tonight. house speaker nancy pelosi on the ground in taiwan. her highly anticipated trip defying threats from beijing and