news and that breaking news is in castro valley where a car plowed into the trader joe's on redwood road injuring several people sky 7 arrived at the scene shortly after the accident happened 3:45 this afternoon an hour and 15 minutes ago authorities. say a man drove the car about 50 feet into the store. they don't believe it was intentional alameda county fire tweeted these photos showing the car well into the store at the checkout area where people wait obviously to pay for their groceries. so there were people in that area. crews managed to pull the car out of the store about 35 minutes ago, and they had to use saws to widen the doorway to get the thing out at this point. we don't know exactly how many people were hurt or the extent of their injuries, but we did see people and you can see them here being taken out on stretchers. we will stay on this obviously. good evening.

thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm a dates the other story we're following tonight is an alleged case of racism in the east bay. i've never heard about this kind of treatment for example a white man who may have been in a similar instance. and i've heard about this many many times this kind of disrespect and humiliation for black men and brown men and other folks of color. tonight one woman is speaking after her husband was handcuffed and wrongly accused of driving a stolen truck abc 7 news reporter loose pena spoke with that man's wife who strongly believes. this is an example clearly of racism and loose joins us in the newsroom with the story. there's danielama, this happened 48 hours ago in oakland resident was gearing up to go to work when a couple accused him of stealing their vehicle. he kept telling them the truck was his he was too shaken to speak today, but his wife said police detained him and questioned him unfairly because he's black.

on tuesday morning around 11:30 am nicole hirsch's husband was sitting in his vehicle when a couple approached them. he described it like they were looking in his truck bed and he rolled down his window if i'm not mistaken and said to them can i help you with something and they said something to the effect of our truck was stolen. nicole's husband is a landscaper. his truck had worked tools in the back. she said that couple went on to accuse him of stealing their vehicle even after he showed them this photo taken for years ago of the same truck minutes later. multiple oakland police vehicles surrounded him he put his hands up is my understanding and followed there orders this whole time. nicole said her husband tried explaining to officers, but the truck was in fact his they put him in handcuffs before he was even asked for his license or

frustration nicole believes her husband was treated this way because he's black. i definitely do just like this couple that's claiming. this is our truck. he's also a person why was his voice and his opinion not given that same weight and credence. opd can oakland claiming they had found it and said in part when officers arrived they located a vehicle that matched the year make model and color of the victim's vehicle and detained the occupant pending further investigation officers later determined that the vehicle in question was registered to the individual who was detained. we went to the area to speak to neighbors who preferred to remain anonymous in fear of retaliation. he is black so they look at us like since we're black. we're the most targeted was to either still a call or it's just very scary because you can't trust anybody be cold tweeted

about the incident hoping to bring awareness on how oakland police conducts investigations. what are you hoping changes? my hope is that protocol changes? with ironic is an equalization sociologist who focuses on diversity equity and inclusion research. she says what happened to her husband is exactly why she does the kind of work now the couple is now exploring legal action after this incident in the newsroom loose peña abc 7. all right loose. thank you so much results of a new poll published by san francisco chronicle detail the fear and frustration felt by many asian americans in the city abc 7 news reporter suzanne fund talked to a few of them and has their reaction to the numbers suzanne the business owner and community leaders. i spoke to today say they're not surprised by the poll results abc 7 has been extensively reporting on business break-ins and attacks on asian americans living in the city people tell me they feel unsafe and their

number one concern right now is crime. nancy you law has been running her gift store in san francisco chinatown for more than two decades in july someone burglarized her business and did more than $4,000 in damage the people poking the store. they they bought my dog. they my cash register. and the money inside you law agrees with the results from the new sf next poll published in the chronicle more than 1,650. people were surveyed one poll question asked what people living in the city think about conditions in the next two years 44% of the asian americans who answered say conditions would be worse. well, i think things are not getting better, but we're hoping to get better, but i see getting getting worse abc 7 reported on a number of break-ins and attacks on asian americans across the city of san francisco. the issue is personal for lily ho president of the delta chinatown initiative. i know two people personally that i know within the last two weeks that have been physically

randomly attacked. my best friend's father and a friend of mine. our community has been drastically impacted by the crimes and random unprovoked hate crimes against us the san francisco chronicle says, it's poll illustrates that asian americans are quote more pessimistic and more critical of the city than other ethnic groups even so long time chinatown community advocate and essa police commissioner, larry. ye says there is progress. there was a lot of senior attack this last month and all three of those people or all three of those instances has apprehend the suspects on there. it tells you that they're moving in the right direction this afternoon, mayor london bridge shared this response to the sf next poll results quote. i know the community is frustrated and some are fearful. i share their frustrations too our aapi community and all who call san francisco home deserve to feel safe when they go to work pick up children from

school and enjoy what san francisco has to offer. it's why i'm intensely focused on investing in public safety. economic recovery supporting small businesses bringing muni back online and keeping streets clean and healthy for everyone. and according to the poll asian americans were sharply critical of city officials only 20% responded that the mayor is doing an excellent or good job and only 9% of the asian americans polled rank the board of supervisors performance as excellent or good live in the newsrooms suzanne fawn abc 7 news. okay, suzanne. thank you the recent spike in crime aimed at asian americans has citizen making a multi-million dollar commitment to help build help better protect members of the aapi community the community which the app rather uses allows users to report suspicious activity and potential crimes and it's offering 20,000 free premium accounts to asian american citizens in san francisco. anyone in the asian american community that's taking us up on our offer a free account.

they ever feel unsafe. they can reach out to one of our safety agents 24/7 and they can connect them to emergency services. they can utilize the power of our community to let folks know what's going on around them and keep their be safe. today's announcement also a doubles as an initial training session for those new to citizen to learn the most effective ways to use the app. today president biden addressed the rash of hate field violence in america at the white house sponsored united we stand summit the president told nds the country can no longer be silent when it comes to white supremacy and hate saying they have no place in america. he also called for accountability for social media platforms for their role in fueling hate the daylong event included experts and survivors and honored communities that have been through hate based attacks antioch city council is calling on its mayor to resign leaders. just learned that contra costa county settled sexual harassment claims involving mayor lamar thorpe. this is a distraction for our

city. we have a city of 114,000 people in the council has very serious business to do yet. we are sidetracked in these meetings by these types of issues. according to court documents two former employees of the los medanos community health care district accused thorpe of inappropriate sexual conduct when he was the district's executive director, they claimed thorpe made unwanted sexual advances and created a hostile working environment the case was settled for 350,000 thorpe has not been convicted of a crime. he released a statement saying he's heartbroken by the allegations, which he calls completely false. san francisco unified school district is under fire after a second victim says an ex-athletic director. allegedly sexually abused her on campus. it comes after a former student filed a lawsuit in august the school district allowed lawrence young yet chan to resign from san francisco's george washington high school. the former student says chan

started sexually abusing her in 2012 when she was a minor in the 10th grade. she is filing a lawsuit against chan and the school district for emotional and physical harm the first victim filed a complaint against the athletic director in 2017. in the south bay $500 a month for two years could soon be finding its way into the pockets of some residents. the city of mountain view is kicking off a pilot program to provide a guaranteed basic income abc 7 news reporter zach fuentes was there as the program was outlined and has more on the impact that it's expected to have. former stockton mayor michael tubbs featured in the new york times thursday called the pioneer after the city started the first mayor-led guaranteed income program starting in 2019 that program gave $500 a month to $125 people for two years since then cities in the bay area and across the country have worked on similar programs. the city of mountain view is now the latest 500 dollars a month to 166 people for two years to

randomly selected low-income families. there's far too many families across the united states and our region that are struggling. so what you see in this program is the city of mountain view taking action. the program has been funded by a grant applications open up friday at mountainview.gov/elevate mv and stay open through midnight september 25th families have to meet specific criteria a family of four would have to make 50,550 or less per year qualify for the pilot. participants must be a parent or custodial caretaker for at least one child under the age of 18 or pregnant at the time of application critics have said guaranteed basic income will encourage people not to work results released after the first year of stockton's pilot program found that there was an increase in employment and productivity wellbeing and a decrease in stress. they also found that people paid off debt and that the money was spent unnecessities not drugs dr. michael stanton is a clinical psychologist and a

professor of public health at cal state east bay, you know, when people don't have enough money for their children for their schools for their families, i mean that has a real impact in it. it is related to, you know, depressed depression. stanton says pandemic era stimulus payments have also indicated that a guaranteed income program could have broad positive impacts poverty actually declined because of payments like this that the government gave to some of the lowest income families the family selected for the program. be notified the first week of october those first $500 a month payments are expected to start december 15th in the south bay zach fuentes abc 7 news. governor newsom ups his attacks on abortion restrictions across the country and now he's launching billboard campaigns in seven states. also the governor is calling on the department of justice tonight after the governor of florida sends dozens of migrants to martha's vineyard to make a to martha's vineyard to make a point abc 7 ♪ ♪

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ask your doctor about entresto billboards in support of abortion care throughout seven of the most strict anti-abortion states the ads point residents to a new website that provides resources for women to receive abortion and reproductive care in california regardless of their state of residence governor newsome also sent tweets to the governor's of texas, mississippi, ohio, indiana. south carolina, south dakota and

oklahoma letting them know the billboards are coming to their states meantime the governor is calling on the department of justice to open an investigation against states transporting migrants across state lines. it comes after florida governor desantis transported dozens of migrants by plane to massachusetts island, martha's vineyard on wednesday, massachusetts officials say they had no idea this was happening governor abbott of texas started sending migrants to sanctuary state since april, including, illinois. won't tell us how many infants or children seniors or families are on board. they won't provide any information. that would actually help their fellow americans welcome and care for these human. governor pritzker calls on the national guard wednesday to help with the influx of migrants from texas. in a statement the governor florida says sanctuary states are better equipped to help with illegal migrants today dozens of migrants were dropped in front of vice president harris's

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and cleaner air. yes on 30. weekend, and that means one pittsburgh neighborhood is a little nervous about potential mudslides. it's all because there's a burn scar nearby from a wildfire that happened back in june abc 7 news reporter. ryan curry has the details. there was a hundred firefighters here just like that dan mill poynter remembers that day in june all too. well the day would he woke up in the middle of the night to a

fire burning feet from his house. that was like the morning the oh, my neighbor came by knocked in the door. we could see right away. what's going on? the whole back windows lit up video from that morning shows bright flames from the hillside getting very close to homes millpoint or another residents were forced to evacuate for several hours. what remains is a burnt hillside that poses a new threat with incoming rain mudslides. there's a big trench behind here to catch anything like that mill pointers showed us that trench in his backyard designed to keep mudslides away. although the burn scar is feet from his house. he thinks he should be fine this weekend when we first moved here. it was already set up. it's not to worry. we've had landslides in the back hill and they're never really substantial the contra costa fire protection district is aware of the threat this rain brings. it has several hundred plus acre fires this season already and some smaller ones as well that you know have the potential to have left these scars that could

result in mudslides. they don't expect mud. like southern california saw earlier this week. however, they suggest residents should still be ready with an evacuation kit in case of an emergency if you feel unsafe don't wait evacuate if life or property isn't danger call 911 and report it but do it from a safe location in pittsburgh ryan ryan curry abc 7 news. again rain may be coming on the weekend. yeah, sandia patel has a timing of it. all sandia. yeah, dan and alma we have not only rain coming but we're gonna see the wet weather lasting for a few days. so let me show you the exciting news. it's a one on our storm impact scale. as early as saturday night, we will see some showers in the north bay, but it's a one on sunday monday and tuesday, so get ready for some wet weather. there is a system that is brewing in the gulf of alaska. it's going to come together with another system and basically move through here bringing us that wet weather this weekend. so start looking for those

umbrellas as we look at live doppler 7. we do have some clouds right along the coastline right now and the wind has been blowing off the cool ocean water 28 miles an hour right now sustained in san francisco gusting to 26 in oakland live view from our south beach camera, certainly enjoying good air quality because of that breezy condition out there 62 in san francisco oakland is 66 degrees low 70s from san jose to palo alto half moon bay 63 degrees and pier 39. looks like the birds are all by themselves today. here's a look at the temperatures 78 degrees in santa rosa 75 in napa. you're in the low 70s concord livermore these temperatures running below average for this time of year. the marine layer is already there from our mount tam cam and we'll advance so we're looking at areas of morning fog a warmer afternoon early-season storm arrives this weekend and it is going to be unsettled into early next week temperatures first thing in the morning in the 40s and the 50s. there will be fog around and some higher clouds around and then for the afternoon numbers going up so mid 80s inland lots

lots of sunshine out there mid-60s. side it is going to be a lovely end to the work week and then we have our storm impact scale coming in. it's a light level one sunday through tuesday. we are expecting a combination of rain or showers isolated thunder chances not out of the question and it is going to be breezy to gusty timing it out for you saturday night the first batch of showers begin to arrive as we go into sunday morning. this is when the steadiest and most widespread rain is coming through there will be some brief downpours with it and then scattered showers are expected behind the system as we head into monday and even into tuesday now in the higher elevations, it looks like potential is there for some mixed precipitation, but the snow levels will be pretty high. all right. the european model is the weather of the two models. it is showing most areas anywhere from three quarters of an inch in san jose to over two inches by tuesday. the other computer model is not as aggressive even though some wetter totals higher totals. i should say over an inch as you will notice up to the north most

areas are looking at a quarter to a half an inch of rain. here's a look at the accuweather 7-day forecast morning fog a warmer afternoon showers at night in the north bay on saturday. and then we're going to go with the level one with windy conditions. certainly. we'll need the rain gear thunder chance sunday monday lingering chance of showers on tuesday, and then we'll warm it up for you. i'm in dan i bring this on? yes. want a permanent solution to homelessness? you won't get it with prop 27. it was written and funded by out-of-state corporations

to permanently maximize profits, not homeless funding. 90% of the profits go to out-of-state corporations permanently. only pennies on the dollar for the homeless permanently. and with loopholes, the homeless get even less permanently. prop 27. they didn't write it for the homeless. they wrote it for themselves. have you seen my new phone yet? it like, folds in half. i would never switch to samsung, i love my phone. what??? ♪♪ (...it folds in half.) you see i love my phone. i would never switch to samsuuu... (gasping) ♪♪ kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. here's the reality we face every day.

this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30. prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. yes on 30. teams are commemorating roberto clemente day the a's honored the late pittsburgh pirates star and humanitarian from puerto rico with a video tribute on its twitter feed the tampa bay rays marked the day with a batting order entirely made up of latino

hitters. that's the first time that's happened in league. history. all war clemente's number 21 2. this is the 21st year. the league is honored clemente while it's always been in september the league moved it to today, september 15th to coincide with the start of national hispanic heritage month. finally tonight. it's known as the grito or cry for independence and it's taking place this evening. the grito first happened in mexico on this day, september 15th on the eve of mexico's freedom from spain that was in 1810. and today you'll hear it as the kickoff to mexican independence day festivities all across the bay area. the celebrations just got underway in san jose with food and activities and in san francisco mayor london breed will be on hand for the cried during an event at civic center plaza at 6 o'clock and then tomorrow san francisco city hall will be lit in the colors of the mexican flag. all right world news tonight with david muir is next. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. i'm on a dates for sandia patel all of us.

thank you so much for joining us. we will see you again at 6 o'clock. i believe prop 27 is the right thing to do. i had experienced being in shelters at a young age. having nothing. prostituting. we don't choose this life. i never knew what safe was until i came to city of refugee. people that's coming through these doors are trying to break the cycle. prop 27 will help provide more funding for places like this and help people get off the streets.

it feels good to have a place to call home. support prop 27. kevin: i've fought wildfires for twenty years. it feels good to have a place to call home. here's the reality we face every day. this is a crisis. we need more firefighters, more equipment, better forest management to prevent wildfires and reduce toxic smoke. and we need to reduce the tailpipe emissions that are driving changes to our climate. that's why cal fire firefighters, the american lung association, and the california democratic party support prop 30.

prevent fires. cut emissions. and cleaner air. yes on 30. tonight, tropical storm watches and warnings as we come on the air. tropical storm fiona gaining strength in the atlantic. winds now at 60 miles per hour. expected to hit puerto rico, up to ten inches of rain and flooding. it will affect the eastern u.s.? rob marciano standing by. the immigration showdown heating up less than two months before the midterms. republican governors in texas and florida flying migrant men, women, and children to martha's vineyard in massachusetts and bussing them to washington, d.c., to sanctuary cities. some of the migrants who landed on martha's vineyard had no idea where they were. tonight, the democratic governor calling this cruel, calling for a federal investigation now.