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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc7news. liz: a shooting in oakland leaves three people dead. among the victims, a bicyclist writing by. >> you -- india up and you -- america up. >> i did not see a point of me trying to engage someone bent on picking a fight. liz: a man shouting profanities in an east bay taco bell caught on camera. good morning. it is saturday, august 27. i am liz kreutz. we will have more on the two stories in a moment before, let's start with a quick look at the weather with lisa argen. good morning. lisa: good morning to you. we have some fog out there and it is not everywhere. as we look at live doppler 7, you can see where the peninsula
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is clear but in the north bay and east day, pretty solid daca. looking around san francisco through san mateo, sunshine there and you can see we are breaking out here in emeryville with a little more of a brighter sky. it is 65 where the sun is shining palo alto. it is clear out the shark tank, 60 napa, mid 60's concord, and the 24 hour temperature change not too dramatic but we will be looking at more dramatic temperature changes this afternoon as we drop at least 10 degrees in inland valleys. it will be breezier on the bay, gusty at the coast, and we talk about a similar sunday before we begin a steady warm up. liz: thank you. police are investigating the deaths of three people overnight from a shooting in oakland. the police chief was at the scene and said it happened around 7:15 on martin luther king jr. way. police found two separate
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multiple gunshot victims. as they were investigating, officers were in -- are advised of another victim, a cyclist hit by a car. >> we know there was an initial shooting. we know there was a second shooting and we know that, after the second shooting, the vehicle, which the individual who had been shot was inside of, fled from the scene and that is the vehicle that appears to have struck the bicyclist. liz: all three men died including the two shooting victims and cyclist. none have been identified by police. the shooting came just hours after the shooting on a train in oakland. police are still searching for the suspect. bart police say the shooting happened at the fruitvale station before 1:30 but they did not learn about it until after the train had pulled away toward the lake merritt station. that is where the victim was taken off of the train with life-threatening injuries. the shooter ran off. bart police say that shooting does not appear to be random. >> based on the video we
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have received at this time, we are pretty confident that this was not a random attack. it appears to be a targeted attack. liz: investigators say some of the video comes from surveillance cameras in the train where the shooting took place. last night, leaders from the aapi community called for an end to violence in another part of the city of oakland. they held a piece gathering at clinton park. their message comes in the wake of a shooting last weekend that killed a dentist. earlier this month, a grandmother was shot and another man, and it over driver, was shot in an attempted robbery. we are following a story out of fremont where a man was the victim of a profanity-laced tirade inside of a taco bell. the man takes aim at a resident's religion, appearance, and more. abc reporter amanda del castillo spoke with the victim and shares his experience, and we should warn you that some may find this
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video disturbing. amanda: what should have been a quick trip to the taco bell turned into a traumatizing experience for a longtime resident on the receiving end of this unprovoked verbal attack. >> walk around here with your -- out. this isn't india. you -- india up and you -- america up. amanda: nearly 8.5 minutes of video recorded sunday night. the man seen here spewing anti-hindu speech directed at christian. >> hindu bits, it was wild. amanda: even after receiving his order, he stayed inside the restaurant and recorded in silence, worried that if he walks to his car, the men would -- man would follow. >> you indian people are a joke. look at this nasty --. >> i did not see a point of me trying to engage someone who was bent on taking a fight. and wanted me to engage, he was close to my face, throwing his dollars on my face, spitting everywhere. amanda: even more shocking, he
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recognized the way the man spoke hindi words and how he spoke. in the last few minutes of the attack, he believes man revealed what may have been his motivation. >> [indiscernible] >> toward the end of the video, said the late prime minister's name. then i realized, my god, he may have been indian. amanda: behavior he says aligns with an independence movement in northern india. one that has created high tension across north america. >> that group was deemed a terrorist organization. >> you are the ones to kneel first. your people were the ones to put your head down. amanda: he says a supervisor made the call to 911 though he shares criticism over workers not stepping into deescalate. we reached out taco bell for a response but have not heard back. his video ends with officers arriving. the police chief later addressing the community saying, "we take hate incidents and crimes seriously.
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these incidents are despicable." on friday, he explained the hindu religion teaches the whole population is your brother and and -- brethren and everyone is equal. >> that gentleman is the same. he probably just had an off night. amanda: this so-called off night seen by thousands, including his 13-year-old son who was at home sunday waiting for food. on friday, he arrived for our interview with his teenager's taco bell order. >> i don't want his vision of how he sees the world to change. i said i will go in there and pick it up. he said, this time, drive-thru. amanda: amanda del castillo, abc 7 news. liz: new developments with the influx of card scammers found in the bay area in recent weeks. morgan hill police arrested two suspects on tuesday and discovered a skimming device in their car. it is not clear if this arrest is connected to a story we told you thursday night. there, a skimmer was found attached to an atm in morgan hill a couple of weeks ago.
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on monday, nasa will send its most powerful rocket ever into space in an attempt to send humans to the moon. the historic launch would not be possible without the research and technology from mountain view's nasa research center. abc7news reporter dustin dorsey caught up with a member of the launch team. dustin: on monday, a momentous step in the history of space travel. the apollo mission was called one small step for man and artemis one will be another giant step for humankind. >> artemis one and flight test designed to bring humans to the moon. dustin: nasa will launch the world's most powerful space launch system rocket into space. artemis one will orbit the moon before returning to earth hotter and faster than ever before at 25,000 miles an hour. at the top of the ship, the orion space capsule with a mannequin named moon-equin on
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board, the only capsule of its kind designed for humans. the ultimate plan is to establish a moon base where humans will stay, an ambitious goal that is setting in for a nasa engineer born shortly before the apollo mission. >> i followed the history of it for my whole life. i have been a space nerd for a long time. right? so i understand that it happened and what it takes. but to actually be part of the first steps back, it is humbling and it is an honor. dustin: vandercam was part of the team at nasa ames research center in mountain view who put nearly two decades into testing, designing, and planning to make monday's historic launch a reality. the bay area center contributed in many ways, including the development for use of a thermal protection system, called the orion heatshield, one of the key pieces to making a sustainable trip for humans. >> to finally get this point in time, to fly this flight test, to see all of our systems working for the mission that we designed them for, it is incredible. i have to stop and remember to
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enjoy it from now and again and look up from the hard work it takes to make it happen. dustin: they will be doing inspections and tests during and after the mission that will travel 1.3 million miles over 42 days. if all goes well, artemis two could be our next manned-mission back to the moon in two years. in the south bay, dustin dorsey, abc 7 news. liz: the launch window opens at 5:33 pacific on monday in the morning. abc news will air a live report when the rocket launches. definitely something worth waking up for, hopefully we get a clear view of it. lisa: good morning. you can see the sun outside our window and it has been quick to clear on the peninsula, parts of the city, but not at the beaches. it is extensive in parts of the bay area but we will usher in cooldown. breezier winds and numbers above average, next. liz: a big weekend in the south bay. there is pride, a comic-con, and
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there have been 200 fires there in the last two years. friday, a judge dissolved a temporary restraining order allowing the city, county, and caltrans to clear the encampment in three phases. more than 200 people will need to relocate. officials will have to come up with a plan for people's belongings that would not result in those items being destroyed. happening today, a celebration to mark the cleanup of the indian basin shoreline. it used to be filled with industrial pollution in bayview hunters point but now the city's recreation and park department says everything has been cleaned up. crews spent 18 months restoring the area, which means construction can begin on a new waterfront park. to celebrate, a free community day event will get underway. there will be kayaking, a rock wall, and other activities. it is happening at the future site of the park on hunters point boulevard from 11:00 to
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2:00 today. also happening today, a festival celebrating irish heritage, culture, and music. it is called rock the gates and is put on by the united irish center of san francisco. the feile, the irish word for festival, will include multiple stages of live music, face painting for the kids, favorite irish goodies, and more. organizers say people are excited to be back enjoying the arts while also engaging with the local community. oakland kids interested in sports can try a bunch today to see which one they like. it is the second annual oakland athletic league middle school sports fair. it gets underway at 10:00 this morning. it is happening at fremont high school in oakland. the sports fair is open to everyone interested in playing. you do not need previous experience. organizers say students will be able to try team athletics, get into shape, have fun with friends, and make new friends. there are lots of different sports available. when you can expect to see everything from pop culture, technology, cosplay, and more
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today at silicon with adam savage in downtown san jose. get a chance to meet your favorite heroes from star trek and back to the future. there will be demonstrations, workshops, and contests that you do not want to miss. all weekend long. tickets are still on sale. the event takes place tomorrow and today at the mccanna reconvention center. it is a big weekend full of fun in the south bay. 20,000 people are expected to celebrate the lgbtq community at the silicon valley pride parade. it is the second in-person festival. there will be activities, entertainment, and fun for the whole family. the festival and prayed kicks off today in san jose. local businesses look forward to representing pride and the economic boost. >> we have been struggling for quite some time. these past few weeks in downtown san jose with san jose jazz, with cindiquest, and silicon
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valley pride, downtown is turning a corner. liz: the san jose downtown association has supported pride over three decades. the festival kicks off tonight at 6:00. the parade starts tomorrow morning at 10:30. lisa, a lot going on this weekend around the bay. what is the weather going to be like? lisa: we have a little bit of everything. we have clouds, sun, and mist and drizzle and fog area here is live doppler 7 where you can see the fog has expanded across the bay. temperatures in the upper elevations from mount tam, you can see the dark spot there have gone from the upper 70's to the 60's and the relative humidity from 20% to 55%. over into the east bay, about the same deal. relative humidity is coming up and the wind will come up as well allowing for a breezy to gusty afternoon. we have sun on the sea lines. 39, they seem to be having a good time. 65 with sunshine on the peninsula. sunny and the south bay at 62 and we have fog half moon bay. you can see the clouds here over
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parts of the city. today, a couple of degrees cooler, the winds are kicking up, gusty at times, to 30 miles per hour. right at the coast. 55 santa rosa, you have had fog, and over to where the east bay, there has been some fog, some clearing, and evidence of the deck of low clouds that has expended overnight. because a cooler air mass is coming into play, we do not expect it to be solely -- totally solid. the warmer, we will have to wait. it is a cooldown we are going in that direction for the weekend with the gusty winds, a little cooler than average, then looking at the summer-like eat, not only is it returning, it will continue to incrementally warm of day today into next week. here is a look at the deck of low cloud, marine layer quickly retreating, and it will come into play temporarily overnight into the early morning, but again, it is back out to sea. look at the winds, over 25 maybe 25 to 30 miles per hour, 2:00
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read by late in the day, a little breezy in the east bay hills, the winds dial back, the fog comes back in, a breezy to gusty day for your sunday. a little changed from saturday to sunday, monday begins the warm up, mid and upper 80's so you can see into these in the north bay coming up a little bit. it has been quite a stretch of temperature is not out of control for much of the summer, but come tuesday, getting closer to the holiday into wednesday, maybe you want a little heat and it is coming into play in our east valleys. the winds back off so a little warmer on the bayshore but nothing too extreme. today, fog in parts of the bay, but a lot of sunshine and temperatures cooler than yesterday, three to four degrees cooler in the south a for a hive 80 today. partly to mostly sunny in fremont but noticed the 74 at the peninsula out of the 80's, low to mid 70's for most of you come up or 70's redwood city, low 80's, that is a good 10
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degrees drop in inland valleys. the accurate weather seven-day forecast, a cooler day in wine country, breezy around the bay, gusty around the coast, not much change tomorrow. we will have sun but the fog is not going anywhere. we get into sunshine sooner for the week ahead and the wind is backing off. backing off. looks like labor day working out ♪ (don't stop me now) ♪ ♪♪ ♪ (don't stop me) ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm having a good time ♪ ♪ having a good time ♪ ♪ i'm a shooting star leaping through the sky like a tiger ♪ ♪ defying the laws of gravity ♪ ♪ (don't stop me now) ♪ ♪ 'cause i'm having a good time ♪ ♪ i don't wanna stop at all, yeah ♪
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with flex alerts, the power is ours. learn more at powersaverrewards.org. liz: the i-team is looking into a loophole in a state regulation that is supposed to help california tax in wildfire service. many residents across the bay area have been dropped by their insurance providers and are finding the state's alternative plan is not as comprehensive as they hoped. stephanie sierra is pushing the state's insurance commissioner for answers. stephanie: after their beloved ranch survived the 2020 glass fire that ripped through napa county, mark and elma o'brien are facing another hazard that has left their property with a
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different burn. >> there is no questions. they just came back and said, "you are done." stephanie: their insurance provider, aig, dropped them as the company announced in january they are pulling out of the state for certain categories of homes in the regulated insurance market. >> we were left to scramble and we have been trying to find an alternate insurance. i went to probably three or four different carriers and got turned down. stephanie: weeks go by, they tried farmers, state farm, and aaa with no luck. >> they go, what is your address? they type it in, you hear the pause, and they say we are not insuring in that area. stephanie: the o'briens have yet to file a claim. since the glass fire tore through their neighborhood, burning down 60 homes on their street, they have made investments to reduce their wildfire risk, something known asardening your meadding things like vulcan vents, sprinklers on the roof, and cleared out five feet of their structure.
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>> we trimmed all the trees off of the house, we put hardscape in our entry. stephanie: the same story with their neighbor, harriet buckwalter. >> my husband was cutting down trees for about six weeks straight, exhausting work. spent another $4500 hiring someone to do the trees we could not do. cleared all around our home. we had cal fire do an inspection. had our local fire company doing an inspection. stephanie: buckwalter says she contacted 25 different providers. but -- >> none of them were providing -- were writing policies in our area. >> we are continuing to push the envelope when it comes to forcing these insurance companies to be accessible. stephanie: in february, the california insurance commissioner proposed a regulation that aims to prevent this. >> that will mandate 100% of all insurance companies have to give california consumers discounts for hardening their home. it is the only way we will be able to bring down the risk so that californians can keep their insurance, keep it affordable. stephanie: if approved, it will go into effect by the end of the
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year, bringing benefits aside from mandating discounts like requiring that insurance companies provide consumers their property's risk score.tha. critics argues not as pretty as the press release. >> it is a big loophole. stephanie: people like the o'briens and talkwalters are still not getting insured. >> that is a huge loophole that can swallow its promises. stephanie: the executive director of consumer watchdog says, while the regulation sounds good on paper, it does not tell the whole story. >> there are two parts of the insurance transaction. one, insurance companies decide if they will sell you coverage, and second, they decide what price they will charge you. this regulation addresses price, which of course is super important to all of us, but it does not address the sales question, whether or not you will get a policy at all. stephanie: in other words, insurance companies are not required to consider mitigation steps when deciding whether to sell a consumer a policy.
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so residents living in areas with high fire risk may be left unprotected. even the state's former insurance commissioner was not renewed by his carrier, despite spending tens of thousands of dollars on mitigation, according to an op-ed published in the l.a. times. just like these families. >> i don't know of anybody who has been able to get insurance. stephanie: both say they are only left with one real option. >> it looks like we will have to go through the california fair plan. stephanie: the california fair plan is the state's insurer of last resort, providing access to fire coverage for california homeowners unable to find insurance in the traditional marketplace. >> it is externally confusing. stephanie: and it is not cheap. >> at least double what we paid before with less coverage. >> our coverage is about 3.5 times more than what we had before and it is also with a $20,000 deductible. stephanie: without the deductible, buckwalter says the california fair plan would have been around seven times more expensive than her existing policy. >> the fair plan needs to be
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affordable and available for every single californian that needs it. stephanie: problem is it is not affordable now and it is not comprehensive. what are you doing to change that? >> what we need to do is to provide a comprehensive policy option that currently does not exist in the fair plan, so that people are not having to pay the extraordinary amount of administrative fees that only adds to the cost. stephanie: eliminating administrative fees is one step but consumer advocates argue unless the regulation is amended, the loophole leaves the most vulnerable communities -- >> we are working really hard. stephanie: paying the price. >> it is happening and it is unfortunate. liz: that was stephanie sierra reporting for the i-team. consumer watchdog, along with several other consumer organizations, sent several letters calling on the commissioner to use his authority to close what they consider this nonrenewable loophole but the department of insurance rejects these claims, adding the regulation will still require insurance
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companies to recognize and reward consumers mitigation efforts by offering discounts. we have an early show or the show is ending a little early today so, lisa, let's get over for one final check of the forecast. lisa: good morning. we are looking at sun. the golden gate bridge. even though it looks sunny, wait a minute, the winds will kick up. 62 in san jose where it is sunny, look at the coast, senators, 55, low 60's today. we are getting clearing along the peninsula and even the airport but the winds will be kind of brisk in parts of the bay today. 80 san jose, that is about four degrees cooler. the peninsula and fog sets up along the coast, bringing in breezy to gusty winds. mid 70's redwood city, a switch, downtown, make some and sun. it 60's north bay, in the 80's could be -- 80's. could be a lot warmer in the country. a pleasant afternoon and inland valleys. we are down 10 degrees. the accurate seven-day forecast, a cooler weekend, today,
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tomorrow, below average. monday he returns and the how to stay looks to be wednesday and thursday. summer is still with us through early september. liz: look at those rising times for labor day. thank you for joining us here on abc7news mornings. i am liz kreutz with lisa argen. abc7news continues at 5:00 p.m. today. we are off early today because the world series is next. hopefully you stay with us for that. have a great saturday. see you tomorrow. what's the difference between prop 26 and prop 27? 26? not one dime to get people off the streets and into housing 27 generates hundreds of million to help solve homelessness. the choice is clear yes on prop 27.
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