swatting scare and just be glad this camera doesn't have a nose the terrible stench in one local community tonight abc 7 news begins i building a better bay aa

moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. it's a troubling trend school shooting hoaxes now impacting the bay area. i i left work and then i run here i just have to come here. active shooter reports on campus turning out to be empty threats tonight the calls that have damaging effects on students parents and teachers and the search now for who's responsible. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm on a dates. it may be a 10th day of class tomorrow at six local high schools all hit with false threats of a shooter on campus today forcing some campuses into lockdown obviously just terrifying in this day and age abc 7 news reporter. tim johnson has more of a panic and the investigation now underway moments of terror at

several schools across the bay area wednesday various police departments received calls throughout the day that there was an active shooter on the campuses. the claims turned out to be unfounded the sith schools located across the region in the east bay the south bay the peninsula and in san francisco. this is someone calls in any create a fake emergency and that emergency is supposed to be this extraordinary chain of events that causes a tremendous amount of panic in the response team whether it's law enforcement or security team and it creates havoc and panic. it's a tactic known as swatting at first. i know what was going on until i saw a lot of cops with their guns out and that's when i felt a little bit more safe, but swadding, isn't just happening here in the bay area. this is a trend nationwide and

mental health experts say it can cause some serious problems. it's incredibly traumatic and a lot of us have ptsd from the other school shootings that have happened dr. andrea zorbos is a clinical psychologist. she says the impact of swatting can be felt by teachers parents and students as well as by the wider community. it's something that doesn't just sort of go away when we know that the threat is over. it's something that sticks with us for a little while and while parents tell us they're thankful that no one was injured due to wednesday's false alarm. they worry we're swatting might take us next. i think that the worry is even stronger with these hoax calls because you fear that maybe the next time that something really is happening that perhaps they won't respond with such efficiency like they did today in south san francisco tim johns abc 7 news. and lieutenant kelly with the alameda county sheriff's office says his office believes today's calls are related to another series of calls from last month

and that one person may be behind this. there are now several law enforcement agencies working on the investigation and we were sending out critical updates as these threats were unfolding you can make sure you have the most up-to-date information through the abc 7 bay area app. just be sure to enable push alerts when you download new at 11 violence was the topic at tonight's berkeley unified school district meeting. it's the first time the board has met since two berkeley high school students were killed at a house party in oakland one board member said that they to do more. it's not an oakland issue and a richmond issue and berkeley gets the aftermath. it's like we are all part of the of the dynamics that are going on in our community and the more we can work together to get guns up our streets. and to deal with more of a community health approach, you know, the more i think we can come up with solutions.

violence was also the subject at last night's berkeley city council meeting after one person was killed and three others wounded. shooting near the uc berkeley campus over the weekend you at 11 there seems to be a strange smell moving through the town of crockett and it's not a good one. neighbors are complaining of a stink. they can't escape no matter what they try. and now they are demanding an end to it. it's been pretty bad for some very real perspective. the smell is so bad that even our own crew didn't want to stay out there very long. now. this is all centered near the c&h sugar factory in town abc 7 news reporter jr. stone. get into the source of the smell and has the potential concerns. this crockett wastewater treatment plant may look fine, but it cert smell fine.

nope. it smells like sewage here and it smell like that in different parts of town depending on the wind because of that residents are angry. we have been suffering with the smell outside as well as in it's like a slam in the face when you walk out the door. i have friends who's nose. noses are beginning to bleed and i have been experiencing nas. yeah. brain fog those at c&h sugar factory run the treatment facility as part of a long-term deal with the city. they say last month's extreme delay as you know in this economy, the things are not really available the lead time was months out. and we said no we do not want it months out. we want it like yesterday. so we throwed money at it and the earliest we could arrange was the earliest contractors started working on it was october 10th as of late

wednesday. that work is finished still though. there is a delay in getting rid of the smell even with the diffusers being clean. it'll take 7 to 10 days more before this order is gone for good the contra costa public health director recommends staying indoors if the odor is strong in your neighborhood. i'm not expecting any long-term health from this it's you know, it smells bad it can cause the short-term issues the levels that we're seeing are really not at the levels that could impact people for the long term still though many here are concerned. i have a two year old daughter and watching her cough and not feel well is very difficult to watch a town hall meeting to discuss all of this will be held at the crockett community center seven o'clock on thursday evening. and crockett jr. stone abc 7 news hillary rodham clinton will make a stop at san

francisco tomorrow. she's expected to take part in a discussion about proposition 1 which if approved by california voters next month would add the right to an abortion directly into the state constitution abortions have been legal in california for many years. so the amendment would be mostly symbolic at a time when other states are limiting and in some cases banning abortion access and that visit comes amid a newly released poll of voters in san francisco homelessness and crime are the top frustrations of people in the city so much so that it may actually now be changing the political preferences of the city abc 7 news. anchor is croix breaks down the

findings our san francisco voters moving more towards the center. that's one key takeaway from survey conducted by the san francisco standard the poll would surveyed 900 san francisco voters one month before the f tt resi frustrated with homelessness crime and housing are increasingly open to supporting more centric policies to try to combat these issues. what we are seeing is a general level of exasperation with the way things are going in the city and that seems to be translating into a shift in terms of supporting more law and order type policies and wanting more san francisco. mayor london breed may realize that heretoric in recent months

has become noticeably tough on crime. she appointed vocal chase ubudin critic brooke jenkins as interim district attorney and matt dorsey a former spokesperson for the san francisco police department as district 6 supervisor still melissa michaelson a professor of political science at menlo college says, it might be a leap to say san francisco voters are really moving that much to the middle when london breeds said that she was gonna crack down on the tenderloin. san francisco's didn't exactly jump for joy, so i don't see that san francisco's san francisco's are ready for that kind of let's just clean it all up mentality. so how far might voters be willing to go the outcome of next month's election election will be a good indication. in san francisco liz kreutz abc 7 news election day is now just weeks away and if you need help understanding the state propositions on the ballot. we have you covered go to abc7news.com/take action to check out this interactive proposition voter guide. you can get easy breakdowns of the arguments for and against

each measure and helpful explainer videos so you can cast your vote with confidence. pharmacies nationwide are facing a shortage of adhd medication adderall the federal drug administration announced the shortage of the drug today adderall is the immediate release formulation of amphetamine mixed salts. the largest manufacturer of adderall says one reason for the shortage is demand being way up the fda recommends patients speak with their health care provider to receive alternative treatments. silencing those sideshows the one bay area city that may now throw demonstrators in jail and to stanford apology the troubling discovery tonight on the students the elite university once tried to keep out plus what do draymond green and tom brady have in common the growing game. these sports stars are jumping in on i'm meteorologist sandia patel. we have been in a stagnant pattern but a shift could be coming and that would bring rain back to the bay area.

i'll be back with a closer. look when abc new developments th

bay area cities efforts to crack down on sideshows santa rosa is enacting an ordinance that could result in participants and spectators facing jail time. the ordinance was introduced yesterday and is expected to be approved at the next city council meeting at the end of the month would take effect at the end of november currently police can only cite sideshow participants. this ordinance would give them the power to arrest people and adds the possibility of hefty fines. the landscaper killed in that terrible wood chipper accident in menlo park has now been

identified the san mateo corner. so office says 47 year old jesus contreras died after falling into the chipper yesterday investigators say controllers was part of a crew from fa bartlett tree expert company trees in the area calosha is now investigating the death new developments with the los angeles city council controversy. yeah, one of the city council members has resigned over racist remarks that were leaked over the weekend nuri martinez had taken a leave of absence and stepped down as council president today martinez announced she was resigning entirely something governor newsom called quote the right move the acting council president addressed the situation. the wound is deep the harm is vast. the transgressions are of a profound significance in an order for us to move forward with the people of los angeles. we need two more resignations. two other council members were

on the leaked conversation and so far they've apologized president. biden is among those who've called for all three to resign a bay area university. a major one is trying to write a decades-old wrong stanford university issued an apology today after discovering a 1950s policy limiting admission for jewish students their new advisory task force found a drop in enrollment from predominantly jewish high schools after a 1953 memo among administrators expressing concerns about the number of jewish students being admitted stanford's president today sent out a statement reading in part this ugly component of stanford's history confirmed by this new report is saddening and deeply troubling as a university. we must acknowledge it and confront it as part of our history as repellent as it is and seek to do better and quote. the school is also taking up recommendations to enhance jewish life on campus. a bombshell verdict today

against right-wing internet personality alex jones a connecticut. jury has ordered him to pay almost one billion dollars to the families of sandy hook school massacre. jones put out falsehoods that the shooting was a hoax saying parents of the children killed were paid actors ridiculous. of course, he was now he has now been ordered to pay $965 million dollars to eight families who suffered from his false claims now whether those families actually ever get any money is an open question their lawyer says jones recently moved 62 million dollars out of his accounts to hide his assets. he has also filed for bankruptcy. happening tomorrow it could be the last public hearing of the january 6th committee and it comes just weeks before the midterm elections. it's expected. the hearing will focus on former president trump's state of mind and present and present new evidence secret service reports along with surveillance footage are supposed to be shown now at this time. there aren't any witnesses scheduled to testify live abc

news. will air special report starting at 10 am you'll be able to watch it live on abc 7 or wherever you stream. san jose city hall is lit up tonight in support of the women of iran the building rotunda and tower are showing the colors of the iranian flag. it's a show of solidarity with demonstrators who for nearly a month now have been protesting the death of a 22 year old woman. she died while in custody of iran's morality police for allegedly wearing her head scarf to loosely san jose mayor sam. licardo said in a statement that his city demands iran's government and all governments honor the autonomy and freedom of women, an oakland woman is celebrating a major accomplishment boy. yeah, she's been awarded the prestigious macarthur foundation genius grant for some really life-saving work and they actually tricked me they told me that they needed me to provide a reference for someone and so i called them back right away because i know how important

that can be and then they said no we called you under false pretenses. you've actually won the birth or fellowship. how they got her preteen crystal is a healthy justice lawyer. she's also co-founder of imac the initiative for medicines access and knowledge a team of lawyers and scientists that fights inequities to boost access to affordable lifesaving medications. christel says she became aware of the drug affordability problem while working with low-income hiv and aids patients early in her career, and i saw a lot of people during that time pass away because they weren't able to get the medication that they need it and so it just felt like a really big injustice to me. and the genius grant is an $800,000 gift that gives each recipient the opportunity to pursue creative ideas in their field. congratulations good for her. that's awesome. all right time now to take a look at the weather. yes any rain coming our way sandia? there's a possibility that is definitely an awesome story by

the way good for her, dan and amma. let me show you the rainfall. possibility 8 to 14 day outlook. this is from the climate prediction center. so below average rainfall is predicted for the eastern us near normal for the central and above average out west so that would include us there's a 33 to 50 percent chance that between october 20th, which is a week from today through the 26th sometime we would be looking at rainfall. so above average chances. that's not a done deal, but it's encouraging certainly some rain down in southern california as you look at live doppler 7, it was rain and thunderstorms earlier in the day all an association with that same low that's been sitting there high pressure once again diverting the storm track what we call the blocking high. that's what's been keeping us in the stagnant pattern, but there is a system out here that is going to work its way towards the west coast and eventually kick that low off the southern california coast out of here. that's when we can potentially

see a pattern change. so tuesday, there's a slight possibility this peter model wants to bring in a possibility of a few showers, but the other model is way drier certainly southern california still has potential for rainfall the next seven days as we had into october 22nd. it looks like there could be something coming in our direction a live view from our kgo roof camera right now and here's a look at the tree pollen that has been running moderate. so if you've been suffering element pine or the biggest culprits, that's why we need the rain to get some of that pollen out of here certainly overcast skies from our san jose camera right now widespread morning clouds apache fog and drizzle a brief warm up on friday and we are looking at cooler and

breezier weather for the upcoming weekend as we look at live doppler 7. there's quite a bit of fog and low cloudiness not just near the coast but extending into the north bay also parts of the east bay the peninsula tomorrow morning you're going to be waking up to gray skies. it is going to be great sleeping weather tonight 50 60s on those temperatures hour by hour tomorrow at 5 o'clock. watch out for the drizzle and the fog and there's certainly is more of a marine layer that is deeper. it's about 2,000 feet deep. so pretty much everyone going to wake up to that and it'll hang around in the afternoon near the coast of forties and 50s on those temperatures out the door. you need the jackets but later in the day short sleeve weather inland low 80s there along the coast low 60s a little bump up in those temperatures inland on thursday as you take a look at the art and pumpkin festival and half moon bay. half moon bay. it's gonna be a mix o ♪♪

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rock casino evening seems like everybody has an opinion on draymond green's punishment or lack thereof being away from the warriors for a week seems a little light for punching a teammate in the face, but honestly the only opinion really matters here is jordan pools because he was on the receiving end of that fist veterans like steph curry and kavan looney have helped smooth things over but draymond remember he was suspended for an argument with kevin durant in 2018. no physicality only a fine no suspension in this case steve curse at pool and green have spoken the team now ready to move forward. i trust him. he broke our trust with this incident. but i'm i'm giving him the benefit of doubt because i i

think he's earned that and i think our team feels the same way. so he knows he needs to to regain that. preseason action tonight nets and bucks the return of ben simmons sat out all last year physical and mental challenges 10 assists one right there to kevin durant simmons seven points three or five shooting eight rebounds will float game right there positive step on the road back and that's a big in the third kd pull-up three finished with 19 brooklyn 107.97 auto baseball if you watch the playoffs you see former a's in

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