>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc news. >> a dramatic scene indicating possible signs of trouble. an s.u.v. on its sign and debris strewn about hundreds of feet down the side of the cliff on the pens la and tonight, how quick action helped save the man trapped inside that vehicle. >> a good samaritan jumped into action trying to save the trapped man who had been missing overnight. >> more on a remarkable story of herrism. reporter: this is the steam and rocky terrain of the cliffs. where the missing white man

driving a land rover ended up overnight. that elderly man spent the night in the spotted until tuesday morning, by a man who was about 70 years old who drove past and did something remarkable. >> he went back to the scene and tied a rope to his truck and tried to climb down the hill to assist this person. reporter: first of all c.h.p., fire crews and sheriff's officers ae.r.a.d. while they don't recommend climbing down a hill, there are grateful for the good samaritan's quick thinking. he's now recovering from various head wounds and expected to be ok. >> and breaking news in oakland where a woman was reportedly shot while driving today. just before 3:00 this afternoon on 17th avenue nearly -- near international in east oakland. the woman was driving only a --

along 1th. when someone shot at her. she drove another 50 feet before crashing into a parked car. shell is hospitalized. and oakland police are officering a $5,000 award for information leading to an arrest. >> flames were seen shooting out of one of the top floor united states in calster street in san francisco around noon. lina is on the scene and joins us with the latest details. reporter: yeah, the fire has been out for a couple of hours now and the streets as you can see behind me have just reopened within the past couple of minutes but the fire left a massive hole in one of the buildings you see right behind me and we're told 13 resident dent from that building have been displace and the each is working with the red cross right now to find temporary housing.

the fire broke out just after noon and quickly turn into a three-alarm fire bringing in more than 100 firefighters from across the city. flames damaged all three floors and the roof. one woman and three cats had to be rescued. we spoke with a friend of the woman who was rescued through the roof with her two cats and she says she is blown away by her bravery. >> one of them hilled pretty deeply and she was so scared she wasn't going to be able to get the cat out but she was able to do it all. i cannot believe that my friend got down that ladder, like -- i am not even afraid of ladders that much and that looks terrifying so we're amazed and nail and grateful. reporter: and this is a photo of the rescued woman. tack that, who managed to get her cats and get out safely. she sit -- sent it this picture from the hospital where she was

treated for smoke inhalation. she is doing ok and is going through the discharge process right now. the cause of this fire is still under investigation and as i mentioned, the avenue has since reopened but parts of mcalister right behind me are still closed so you're going to want to avoid this area if possible. abc 7 news. >> lina, thank you very much. another huge fire in san francisco this afternoon. this one on a pier at the end of van necessary avenue. the blaze broke out about 2:30 and destroyed a historical building belonging to the national park service which had been abandoned for some time. the pier no longer in use. no reports of any injuries and no word yet on how it started. >> two more fires happened near the site of a large homeless encampment in oakland.

this is one reported around 7:30 this morning on wood street and the second was about 11:30. last week firefighters responded to a large r.v. and debris fire in the same area. there have been 48 encampment fires so far this year. on friday, the governor's office sent a letter to the city of oakland threatening to pull state funds over the handling of the cleanup of the area. >> the third oldest lgbtq community center in the country is losing its home in berkeley. the building that has housed the pacific center for human growth has been sold. the new owners plan to raze the building and replace it with a new apartment build welcome 35 units. it's been there since 19778 and is the only sliding scale mental health clinic serving the lgbtq

community in berkeley, california. they're looking far new location, they say. >> san francisco based yelp says it's rolling out a new feature to help those seeking out abortions from being misled. today they announced they will place a consumer notice to inform uses -- users that the centers "tipically provide limited medical professionals." yelp says it's also trying to find better eyeses for the centers. >> wage net is an issue statewide that officials say is being seen targeting the most vulnerable. >> millions have been ordered to be paid to workers who are victims of pay theft. and now it's been expanded to make sure those in the food industry get what they're owed. reporter: jeffrey has spent 25 years in the restaurant

industry, a long career of work he says was often underappreciated and wasn't always paid for. he said his former employer would often promise to pay him on certain dates and then give him the returnaround. >> and then he would pay me on a personal check so i don't know if the hours were right. >> he's now two months behind on rent. it's this type of scenario that california's wage work enforcement program is trying to address. >> in 2012 too 222, in all industries in santa clara county, there were $23 million of wage theft. wages owed to workers. >> the statement learn ordered to pay workers back. if they don't, the county can use its own authority to suspend their food permit.

>> they know there is an issue so we're just coming in after the fact saying that we know the state has made in determination and this is how much you have owe and please come into compliance. >> the freshman gives the businesses resources and education to bring them into compliance. the program started with sunny valley, mountain view. now it's expanded to all of san jose. wright ner says his hope is that the expansion homes the many former colleagues he says still face wage knelt -- they felt. >> i may have had it a little rougher than most but it's very, very similar. >> enforcement for the new program starts in october and leaders of the program say they hope to stand -- expand it to all cities in the county. >> a former twitter employee is accusing the tech company of reckless cybersecurity policies.

the allegations from a whistleblower complaint by the company's former security chief in a disclosure to congress he said that many twitter satisfiers have access to sensitive information and central controls without proper oversight. he said twitter doesn't properly delete user data after accounts were canceled. this man was released from his job for poor performance. he says twitter and security are among its prime priorities. >> the husband of nancy pelosi arrested for driving d.u.i. >> plus, president biden getting ready to make an announcement about

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>> the bottleneck at the port of oakland is causing problems for california wine makers. according to the "san francisco chronicle," dozens of oak barrels are sitting inside shipping containers at the port and they've been there for weeks. the barrels are essential during harvest season, which is just about to get underway. the wine makers are worried about it. the port's director acknowledged the backlog, adding they're working with their stakeholders to clear out that cargo. >> let's turn to weather. it's been quite nice the last couple of days. >> it has. try -- dry but not too hot.

>> we're going to continue to see temperatures going down. >> really? nice. >> a nice change of pace, especially in the middle of summer when we're dealing with the heat. i want to show you a live picture from our cam and i want to draw your attention to the haze sitting here. you can see a little film of gray there. it is actually a little bit of smoke, the six rivers complex fire burning in northern california. that air quality advisement remains up for today with moderate air quality expected. even though it right now is still good. the wind is going to start to push some of that smoke eastward out of the bay area. it is breezy right now. 25 miles per hour at s.f.o. live doppler 7, some

participates of the coast seeing the sun but some areas are pretty socked in at this hour. while it's only about 1,000 feet right now, that is going to start to deepen, get in further inland and we'll see the drop in the temperatures. 70 in the city. oakland, 72. san jose, santa particulara. our hot spots in the 90's. you had to go towards fairfield to get into the low 100. 94 in santa rosa. 100 right now in fairfield. a breeze coming through napa, 84. 96 in concord and a live view from our san jose camera where the sun is shining. fog and spotty drizzle tomorrow morning. breezy and cooler the next few afternoons. it's going to be a pretty good than push. tomorrow starting with drizzle between 5:30 and 10:00 a.m. and it's going to be a slow burn back to the coast. never quite clearing the coast,

we'll see temperatures dropping off. first thing in the morning, 50's, 60's. watch out for the fog and drizzle. still going to get up into the low 90's for some of our lower inland valleys. 73, oakland. 82, santa rosa. 82 in san jose. still too warm for you? check out saturday. sixth to 80's for most of the bay area. sundays even lower temperatures inland, which is exactly what we need to help keep the fire danger down. and the cooling trend by friday, a little bit of a bump up but right back down again. mid80's and low 60's coast. below average for this time of year. the warmth will return for those of you who like it. >> thank you. >> local firefighters are turning to technology.

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tonight, the news on former president trump. the national archives indicating the former president had more than 700 pages of classified documents at mar-a-lago. also, major news coming in from ukraine tonight. president zelenskyy warning the ukrainian people of potentially brutal russian strikes tomorrow. first, those 700 pages of classified documents. the national archives indicates were at mar-a-lago. this new information tonight from a letter released by the former president's own team. the former president asking for a special master to review the evidence seized, and tonight, what a judge is now saying about that request. terry moran with late reporting. also breaking, that warning in ukraine tonight from

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