sites in some california cities has now only fueled the governor could be contemplating higher office. one of his longtime friends and a top democratic donor is telling us he believes newsom will run in 2024 if biden does not. governor newsom is in the midst of his reelection campaign. in recent months with his tweets calling out red state governors and his tv ads in texas and florida -- it has felt less like he is running for state office and more like he is in presidential run. >> there's no question in my mind from what i know about him that he will run for president. >> that is a top democratic donor and longtime friend of newsom and president biden. he believes if biden does not run for reelection, newsom is setting himself up as a democratic candidate despite newsom repeatedly denying he has

interest in the job. he recently told the san francisco chronicle he has a subzero interest in running to >> he may have a subzero interest in it now but not if joe biden says i'm not going to run. >> i went biden to run. >> willie brown believes biden will run for reelection and would not speculate about newsom's bigger ambitions if he does not. >> i think jode biden should keeping president as long as he physically can. >> a recent poll from the berkeley school of political studies shows the majority of americans prefer biden not seek a second term. vice president harris's third. >> we know from polling he is more popular than the vice president in california. would he be willing to leapfrog over her in contest with her for the same donor base in

california? >> a political strategist says his decision to veto the bill that would have allowed for safe injections sites may be a move part policy and part politics. >> start talking about general election and we'll swing states in this country. that could have been a liability for him. >> he believes there is a possibility newsom could be eyeing a run for senate in 2024 should dianne feinstein retire. sussman pointed out newsom is just doing whatever other california governor has done and that is at the least contemplate a presidential run. of their not he does, we will have to see -- whether or not he does, we will have to see. > it will be fascinating to watch. her speculation grows over a potential white house around for governor newsom, there is another big question. what are his chances if he does?

i asked phil matier on abc 7 news at 4:00. >> what he has is a tricky situation. not the least of which is a sitting president, joe biden, who has said he is going to seek a second term. that would mean newsom would have to do an insurgency campaign against joe biden who despite his lack of popularity in the nation still commands about 40% of the democratic vote in california which is 30 points more than gavin newsom is when he is put in a presidential poll. >> phil went on to say the next hurdle could be if biden decides not to run and harris does. phil says he believes a primary race between harris and newsom would be tough because since they both hail from the bay area their main fundraising base is here meaning they both only get a share of that money. >> the chb dropped hours of

video of paul pelosi's dui arrest in napa county. the -- cam video shows the husband of how speaker pelosi undergoing field sobriety tests in may. that is when he was involved in a crash that injured another driver. pelosi the tourney entered a guilty plea on his behalf. pelosi was not there. the county district attorney called the sentence standard for this kind of incident. >> the consequences of the sentence was three years of summary probation, all fines and fees, restitution owing to the survivor. he has to submit to blood, breath or urine test if requested by law enforcement if it is suspected he is driving under the influence. >> paul pelosi sentence includes five days in jail, four of which he has already served. the judge ruled the one additional day can be spent doing community service. >> two building fires kept fire crews very busy in san francisco. the fire started at 2:30.

the burning building belongs to the national park service. witnesses say the fire got out of control fast. >> it was a tiny bit like a bum was having a cookout and then it was much larger. >> cruz kid get the fire under control in 15 minutes. no word yet on how it started. raging flames and smoke rose from a san francisco apartment building. a woman and three cats had to be rescued. several firefighters were hurt. the fire happened before noon on mcallister at divisadero near alamo square. that is where wayne howland is live for us to walk us through what happened. >> that is right. the fire has been out for a couple of hours and the streets all around this happened -- where this happened have for the most part reopened. if you take a look behind me,

you can see a large obvious hole left behind on the building from the fire. we are told teen residents have been displaced and each one is working with the red cross to find temporary housing. take a look at our sky 7 view from above fire. it quickly turned into a three alarm fire burning in more than 100 firefighters from cost the city. flames damaged all three floors and the roof of this building. two firefighters suffered minor injuries and one woman and three cats had to be rescued. we spoke with a friend of the woman who was rescued with her two cats and she said she was blown away by her bravery. >> she is a hero of the day. she is in the third unit and she has two cats. she was able to get the cats. the smoke was coming through. they could not get out of the hallway. she had to go to the roof with two cats and climb down the

ladder to get to safety. we are all blown away at her bravery and how she got out. insanely grateful she got out. >> this is a photo of the rescued woman who managed to get her cats and get out safely. she sent us this picture from the hospital where she was treated for smoke and elation. she is doing ok and is going through the discharge process right now and we have learned she has since been discharged from the hospital. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. there is still quite a bit of traffic around us on divisadero. he will want to take an alternate route and avoid this area if possible. >> to developing news now, it is a federal. kiely rodni has been found. an autopsy confirmed what we have believed since sunday at

the missing 16-year-old and her carper located in prosser reservoir. researchers with the volunteer group adventures with purpose made the discovery. hundreds of law enforcement searched for her from within two t makes -- for more than two weeks after she left a party at a campground. circumstances of her death remain unknown. a missing man was found in san mateo county the day after his car crashed down a cliff. a good samaritan help with the rescue. dion lim has the story. >> this is the steep and rocky cliffs in la honda. it is where in elderly men ended up overnight after tumbling more than 300 feet. >> the vehicle had gone down the embankment. >> the elderly man spent the night in the cold and is not spotted until tuesday morning by a man who did something remarkable.

>> he went back to the scene and tied a rope to his truck and climbed down the hill to assist the person who had gone down the hill. >> chp, sheriff's officers and fire crews arrived soon after 11:30. will chp does not recommend climbed on a hill, they are grateful for the good samaritans quick thinking. >> we appreciate when the public fills in. >> he is recovering from various headwinds at stanford hospital and is expected to be ok. >> watch your step in san francisco. we are live with a lawsuit filed over sinking sidewalks. whose responsibility is it to fix them? >> will be joined alive by michael finney and the animal abuse charges filed against dog trainers. >> noticeably cooler days ahead. i will be back with how much the temperatures will drop by the time

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now add sinking sidewalks and a lawsuit to the list. luz pena is here with the story. >> san francisco's mission bay neighborhood is relatively a young neighborhood. about 24 years ago, the city approved the development of this area. now sidewalks and roads are sinking. the concern residents have is utilities and pipes could be impacted as the soil continues to settle. before chase center, multimillion dollar constructions were going up, san francisco's mission bay neighborhood was filled with dirt and rock in the 1800s and now some parts are sinking. >> the edges around the building, the actual streets are sinking. >> leanna has lived under the neighborhood for over seven years. welcome for over 13 years. there noticing an increase in cracks in roads and sidewalks.

>> there could be some old lady tripping on one of the elevator tiles. mission bay residents have paid for repair work through taxes or fees. since october 2020, they are suing the city of san francisco and demanding for the sinking sidewalks and roads to get fixed. >> as part of the building is on a big concrete slab. there are piers and they go all the way through the bay mud film down to bedrock. it is solid all in place. this sidewalk does not have in any piers. >> in the reports that were done before any of the building happened, they said there would be as much as 24 inches of sink over 50 years. we are really less than 10 years into the development and some areas of some more than 18

inches. >> some buildings are trying to fix the uneven sidewalks but the gaps keep getting larger. san francisco's city attorney office said in part the risk of subsidence was disclosed to all property owners prior to purchase. these sidewalks are private sidewalks that are the responsibility of the property owners to maintain. these attorneys want the city of san francisco to take responsibility. >> no homeowner can repair the sidewalk correctly. it is not like you can go out and replace a paver. you need to dig deep into the soil. >> the lawsuit claims city officials ignore the weakness of the soil and should pay for these repairs the city attorney's office said they will respond to the lawsuit and is considering options. as to a timeline, san francisco has until october 6 two respond. >> we will stay in the city for another moment drivers in san

francisco that i rake on arcing citations during the pandemic but ticketing is back. according to our media partners at the san francisco standard, sf mta antidote -- handed out a and a half million dollars of citations last month. the standard revealed the most ticketed neighborhoods. >> the financial district can be the number one neighborhood for citations. mission neighborhood is coming in second pick third is going to be the tender luncheon >> there were some specific hotspots. one is the terry france while boulevard near the chase center. parking in a street sweeping zone is the number one violation >> dueling lawsuits have been -- the truck was driving from a jewelry show at the san mateo fairgrounds last month to another show in pasadena. we're learning more about what the guards were doing when the

theft happened. >> gyms, jewelry and high end watches all part of the multimillion dollar stash stolen thieves broke into the truck the heist fit for a hollywood movie july 11 when officials say the tractor-trailer heading south had stopped at a highway gas station. brinks acknowledging that one of the drivers was asleep in the vehicle. according to the complaint, per department transportation regulations, driver one with driver two asleep and went into the flying j for food. driver one returned 27 minutes later and saw that the red plastic seal around the trailer was caught and lying on the ground. the valuables all part of the international gem and jewelry store, a national traveling exhibit. >> most of the diamonds do have serial numbers engraved in the stone. we a microscope to read it.

a lot of this is trackable. > the value of the missing haul now at the heart of the lawsuit. the jewelers say the goods were worth close to $100 million. according to the complaint, the pickup manifest for the missing shipments declare a total value of 8.7 million. local media reported the value exceeds 100 million. officials say there is a commonly known reason among vendors for the discrepancy. >> they under ensure because the extra insurance is very expensive. and because everybody trusts brinks a million percent and they have never lost anything of hours after all these years. people are comfortable. >> until now. the l.a. county sheriff's department and the fbi on the manhunt for those thieves and the stolen jewels.

>> interesting. let's get to our weather. kind of cool. >> it did cool down. i know it will heat back up but we are enjoying this. >> the temperatures started coming down for parts of the bay area. we still have the hot weather well inland with 90 showing up. you had to go toward fairfield to get 101 degrees. ruth camera -- ruth camera, some beautiful blue skies. santa cruz camera showing you a lovely view of the boardwalk. vollmer is our hazy one. impacts aloft from the smoke in northern california. high-pressure has been the dominant factor. this area of low pressure has been the bigger player the last few days. we do have some fog near the coastline. as we check out the winds, ready five miles per hour coming off

the cooler ocean water in san francisco. we do have good air quality right now. we are expecting some haze to linger. from that wildfire burning to our north. tomorrow it is going to be much better and you will see less haze in the upper parts. right near the coast, half moon bay, 59 degrees. as we check out the view, this is the haze i am talking about. here is a look at the air-quality advisory that remains up today due to the smoke from the six rivers. breezy and cooler than the few afternoons. below average temperatures this weekend. a good push of the marine influence tomorrow morning means a little bit of drizzle. measurable drizzle again tomorrow morning before the low

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times to emergency calls. >> when you have a thinly staffed police department that is losing people to attrition, resignations, retirements, that affects us. national average, 1000 citizens across this country is two officers. we are hovering at one. >> they are down to about a thousand total uniforms officers -- uniformed officers compared to 1400 at its peak. the department has required overtime for some officers and they have opened up 17 paid overtime patrols to alleviate the need leaders say that is not enough. >> overtime is not a solution. officers are overworked and burned out. >> councilmembers planta: the city to find money from this year's budget to add more officers. >> relying on overtime whether it is voluntary or overtime is

not a sustainable model. >> public safety is not just one of our core services. it is our primary responsibility to our residents. we are in critical need of more police officers. >> cat brooks with the anti-police project disagrees saying police only respond but do not prevent crime. budgets should be used to prevent bad things from happening. >> when needs to be invested in are things like living wage jobs, supports for mental health, supports for trauma, improving our schools, housing. those kinds of things, things that produce healthy and whole citizens, healthy and whole community members are crime preventers. >> the issue will be taken to the rules committee next week. >> a former san francisco man and his business partner face felony charges in connection with injuries and disappearance of pets left with their dog

training business. michael finney is in the newsroom. >> the charges, as the state legislature considers final approval of a bill that would put some controls on the unregulated dog training industry. antoine is accused of six counts of felony, animal cruelty and a counts of obtaining money and/or property under false pretenses. families paid him to train their dogs but he left them covered in feces and urine. does family say some of the dogs became seriously ill, died or disappeared. court records indicate his business partner also faces six counts of fraud in this case in placer county. both men face charges in connection with their business, auburn canine. the judge ordered him not to have any contact with dogs while

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>> a sonoma county tech firm is helping fire agencies craft a blueprint to help save homes and lives. cornell barnard has the story. >> most of the bay area lives with the threat of wildfires everyday. california's epic drought is only making things drier and more dangerous. in her normal but is anything -- a new normal that is anything but. >> those are areas you would not want extreme fire behavior. >> tammy from sonoma technology shows a map of marin technology where fire danger remains high. -- of marin county where fire danger remains high. >> because of the climate change and the droughts more agencies are trying to plan what can they do in advance of a fire happening to >> the science

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the drought monitor gets updated on thursday. you know they had record-setting rain in texas. louisiana, mississippi still waterlogged. multiple reports of flash flooding. . mississippi valley will be under the heavier rain and thunderstorms as pharrell -- as far as the rainfall projections. some areas, three, four to even six areas -- six inches. they are dealing with severe flooding. our weather is so quiet. you can see a live picture from our emeryville camera. the relay areas surrounding sutro tower. parts of the coast on live doppler 7. afternoon highs are coming down. areas any the mid-90's going to drop down to the low 90's. breezy along the coast. as we check out the temperatures

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>> abc 7 sports with chris alvarez. >> 41 games remain for the giants. six and a half games before the final wildcard. giants taking on tigers with the third worst direct in baseball. top of the one scoreless. 1-0, san francisco. in the sixth, a two run blast to left. look at the catch by the all-star kid in left. carlos redone was dealing like he is. set a new career-high for strikeouts in a single season. at last check, or-one, giants in the ninth. padres star shortstop spoke for the first time since receiving an 80 game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. he was close to making his

season debut. he will have surgery on the troublesome left shoulder. a lot of things going on with him. today he took all the blame for the suspension and his questionable decision-making over the last year. >> no one to blame but myself . have not made the right decisions. i made a mistake. >> switching fares to football, the final practice before thursday's dresser her so game in houston. san francisco is going to play their final preseason game and then it is all eyes, chicago bears in chicago. kyle shanahan will not get any snaps at quarterback. coach did say expects to play the starters most the first half. that means you're going to see plenty of snaps for trey lance,

george kittle and company. san francisco, we know the roster is loaded with talent. he says expectations remain high especially for a team within a couple snaps of the super bowl. >> wouldn't come in in that close last year and you know that the nfc championship, was the super bowl in our eyes, two teams in the league so when you come that close to being to the big dance, it is hard to taper down your expectations for the next year especially when you think the team is just as good if not utter. >> that niners rams video hard to watch. kevin durant is staying in brooklyn after all. gm sean mark said both sides have agreed to move forward together. durant reportedly one of the franchise to choose between him or the combination of head coach steve nash and the g.m..

apparently all is good now. the warriors play in brooklyn december 21 and a host and it's at chase center january 22. the t-rex derby in washington state returned. 150 dinosaurs taking part. take a look. not only is it a good video but we had a photo finish coming up as they come down the home stretch. this is good stuff. our producer found at all on twitter. the race was back after a three year hiatus due to the pandemic. there are little dinosaurs, dinosaurs, medium dinosaurs. >> that is hysterical. >> we should have one of those here. it would be so fun to do. >> no wonder they went extinct. they are slow. >> you guys ever run in any sort of celebrity race or anything like that? >> sure.

a long time ago. >> what did you do? >> it was just a celebrity race. >> did you win? >> no. i held my own. >> that is important. >> i would do that in a heartbeat. >> i will go with you. let's run somewhere. >> i will have the stopwatch. coming up tonight, at 8:00 it is cinderella the reunion followed by rogers and hammerstein cinderella and then stay with us for abc7news at 11:00. abc 7 is streaming 24/7. if the bay area have and join us where ever you are. thank you for joining us. >> for sandhya patel, chris alvarez, we appreciate your time. chris is shopping for tyrannosaurus rex suits right now. we will see you again at 11:00.

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