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facing federal charges, plus. >> cases, nonviolent cases have been dismissed by the das office. anchor: the antioch police texting scandal could have an unprecedented impact on cases. building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. second anchor: it is a long night for las vegas with the future of the oakland a's possibly hanging in the balance. anchor: thanks for joining us. our top story tonight, at the hours on a special session by the nevada legislature on the possibility of a new stadium that would mean a move out of oakland for the a's. second anchor: a bill to build a ballpark in las vegas is being debated by the state legislature in a special session. dan: it has rest of her hours with the public getting a chance to weigh in as well. earlier there was a rather intense exchange involving the a's president. listen. >> we think our project could be

a net positive for the community, was the quality of life that comes with the baseball team. >> that did not answer my question. when you commit to pay the live entertainment tax to fix the equity issue that exists. >> we are committed to being a great community partner in southern nevada, and investing over $1 billion to ensure -- >> that does not answer the question sure -- question, sir. you commit to paying the tax? ama: one lawmaker indicated she expected some amendments to the bill in its current form. there is no indication of if or when we will see about. dan: new from the idea, a san francisco wellness education company is at the center of a federal indictment. melanie woodrow has the story. reporter: according to an unsealed federal indictment the former founder and ceo and

former head of sales obtained the labor and services of members by subjecting them to economic, sexual, emotional, and psychological abuse, surveillance, indoctrination, and intimidation between 2006 and 2018. she appeared in feder today and was released in $300,000 bond. dadon is still at large. the recruited members who suffered a prior trauma and induce them to open lines of credit to finance expensive courses they could not afford as well as subjected them to surveillance in communal homes. prosecutors say under the guise of wellness the sought complete control over the lives and directed them to promote search of while withholding wages. the current ceo of one taste now

based in santa rosa. she called the allegations unfounded writing in part one taste is a women lead organization that is devoted itself to wellness, healing, inclusion, and personal growth and as always focused on female empowerment at its core. we remain undeterred even as we commit to fully defending ourselves and the practice that has transformed our lives in the face of a multiyear media instigated in pain. juror weights' next court appearance will be in the eastern district of new york. ama: san jose police are investigating a shooting that killed a man. police say it happened just after 3:00 p.m. near beatrice court. the shooting victim was transported to the hospital with life threatening injuries and we just learned he did not survive. police have not given information on the suspect area dan: new details on the accused of killing a toddler on the oakland freeway. the district attorney as it

dropped the special circumstances from the murder charges filed against ivory and driver. the suspects face lifetime prison sentences. they are accused of trying to shoot someone in the car while a stray bullet hit the toddler in november of 2021. bevins faces 265 years to life. green faces 107 years to life. dropping the special circumstances mean they would not face the death penalty. ama: a student at willow glen high school has died. his name was justin. >> i just saw him recently, so it is shocking. he was so close friend. it is very hard loss. ama: san jose police say the teen was killed in a collision with a car around 1:00 a.m. near

an apartment complex. police say the driver of the car was in her late teens and did have a valid license. they say she cooperated with the investigation it was released. >> there is no indication this was done on purpose. we are investigating it as a simple vehicle collision. ama: the driver of the vehicle could still face charges pending a review by the district attorney. dan: new developments related to the antioch police department texting scandal. county prosecutors moved to dismiss the case, saying it was tainted by the officers involved. the officers faced -- two people faced charges of arson in connection with the death. prosecutors say the case relied heavily on the investigative work of officers associated with a racist text communications.

the das office said it reviewed other roles in the case and no longer had confidence in the integrity of the prosecution. that case could be one of the first felony cases we know of to be dropped because of the texting scandal. some experts say thousands of cases need to be reviewed, and the review will likely be the largest ever in u.s. history. the public defenders office is gearing up for hiring new staff to help them with a process that will likely take several years. our abc7news rep following this story for months and has the latest. reporter: alan mcdonald is the chief public defender in the county. >> we will be reviewing thousands and thousands of cases by the time we are able to pull together all of the data of impacted cases. reporter: over the next couple of years the contra costa county defender's office will be reviewing any cases involving

the antioch police officers link to texting scandal. it will go back to the beginning of each officer's career in the county. >> before that they worked at other police agencies, so we will be doing a fairly complete review of any cases they were involved in during their career as a police officer. reporter: mcdonald's has five new deputy attorneys will be hired to help that thousands of cases that may have been impacted b racial bias, false evidence, or civil rights violations. priority will be given to individuals cuy in jail or state prison. those on probation or parole next and those with a prior conviction on the record. mcdonald says this is not a get out of jail free card. >> records will be involved and the courts will evaluate the role of the officer in the case, the status of the evidence and whether there is integrity to any prior conviction. reporter: even before a review,

some cases are being dismissed says evan hewitt. >> what has been happening thus far is that the lower level cases, nonviolent cases have all been dismissed by the das office. >> is absolutely unprecedented. reporter: a professor of san jose university and many other experts say this type of review to be the largest of its kind in u.s. history. woods says that this will serve to address police accountability and transparency and may even be an opportunity for police department's the country to reevaluate their hiring and training practices, but he says it is mostly about restoring public trust. >> if we do not, then we can continue to spiral in a downward position where the concept of public safety, the relationship between police and community in antioch will be tarnished forever. ama: breaks it both water and

gas mains for his people in a san francisco neighborhood out of their homes were ours today. emergency crews responded to a break in a water main. it is believed the water break forest the gas line rupture. people were activated around 7:00 a.m. and started being allowed back on around 2:00 p.m. dan: remember the day back in 2020 when the sky turned orange above the bay area? the east coast is experiencing something similar now. meteorologist: i will have the latest warnings for the east coast, was a look at our temperatures bouncing back in the bay area coming right up. ama: wheel of fortune is on at 10:00, followed jeopardy at 10:30, then stay with us were

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♪ ama: to -- con and is now getting a star on the hollywood walk of fame. fans lined the street for the unveiling of a star. tupac sold more than 75 million albums before he was shot and killed at age 25 in las vegas in 1996. the suspect in the shooting at a high school graduation ceremony in richmond, virginia was charged today with two counts of murder. the shooting killed a stepfather and his 18-year-old stepson who just graduated.

the grant's nine-year-old sister was hit by a car trying to run from the chaos but is expected to survive. five of the people were shot and survived, although one man has injuries considered life-threatening. one witness described what she saw. >> i walked past this guy, and he ran and the next thing i know he was shot. it was total, total chaos. ama: police believe the shooting was a targeted act. dan: dangerously bad air quality across the east coast has forced major league baseball to postpone two games. look at how hazy it is. the yankees white sox game at yankee stadium as been delayed until tomorrow. so has the phillies game with the detroit tigers in philadelphia. major league baseball says the decision came after a day of conversations with health and weather ethics -- experts and with the affected teams. air-quality alerts have been issued in at least 16 states.

the haze has caused by delays at airports in new jersey and new york for several broadway shows to cancel performances because of wildfires in canada, which is had an especially early start to the fire season. we were a few years ago when that happened here in california . the morning we woke up to those strange, eerie orange skies across the bay area. it was so surreal. it was like we were living on mars. ama: i had a friend who just flew in from new york and she was telling me what it is like on the east coast. we lived it. >> night at 8:00 a.m., and believe it or not as bad as it seemed for us, it is actually worse for new york city. let's take a look at an air-quality comparison, is 11th, 2020 when we experienced the orange sky.

many of our numbers were indeed to hundreds. in new york city right now, 323. earlier in the date new york city was over 400, which was the worst air quality in the world. let's take a look at visible satellite from earlier today. you will notice all of the smoke from the canadian wildfires pouring in, getting funneled by this area of low pressure that has been stationary across the northeast. they have air-quality warnings for millions of people in all areas shaded in purple. not just across the northeast. air-quality is in the unhealthy to very unhealthy category for many parts, that there are hazardous as well, which obviously it is hard to breathe there, and over the next 24 hours not a lot of change expected. it is going to be bad air quality across that region. saturday, some of that gets pushed a little bit, but it is

going to hang around until we see a big shift in the weather pattern, the trough is locked in their. our low is starting to push out and taking the mugginess and instability with it. a lot of cloud cover, not it just returns from the radar. as we look at the wind, it is a little breezy out toward rio vista. our air quality is all green, which is good locally. golding gate bridge camera showing you a murky view tonight, low 60's from san francisco to oakland. 64, san jose. we are not expecting temperatures to rise a lot, just a bit. a lovely view of san francisco read upper 50's to santa low 60's in concorde and livermore. you can see the waves washing lunch or -- on shore.

widespread clouds and patchy fog overnight, a little warmer tomorrow afternoon. it will be a mild weekend but below average for this time of year. tomorrow morning, we start out with low clouds and a higher clouds, a little bit of fog out there. 2:00 in the afternoon, clouds break apart and we will continue to see a mix of sun and clouds. morning temperatures in the 50's. layer up in the morning. it will be a nice, mild thursday. as we check out the accuweather 7-day forecast, a milder thursday, a dip friday. temperatures rising as we had the weekend. next week we will bring in low 80's, but until then we will stay in this cooler than average pattern we have been dealing with all week long. ama: thanks. >> is it

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story. reporter: it has been six days since the family touched on it san francisco international, the first time ever in the u.s., this smiling group of women there to greet them. >> [indiscernible] reporter: nadia, her husband two children have just fled their war-torn home in kha a city devastated by russian airstrikes. >> it is dangerous for kids to stay here. a lot of bombs, a lot of bad things happening ukraine right now. reporter: that is why they made this difficult decision to leave behind everything they know and to embark on this 6000 mile journey, taking trains and planes into a place they have never been to live with people they never met. >> ever since the war started i was seeking a way to sponsor a family. reporter: alison smith and her

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dan: within the next few hours of plane carrying hundreds of air india passengers were stranded -- who were stranded in russia is expected to land that san francisco international airport. ama: the passengers got stranded when their original plane and to make an emergency landing in russia because of engine trouble. earlier today we got a look at where they had to stay. it was not a hotel or the airport. >> it is a school. the classrooms are used for people to lie down and stretch their legs. these are my fellow passengers.

this is a kid's classroom so we have books. dan: the plane is expected to land at sfo in a couple of hours. ama: see the latest on abc 7 news at 11:00 streaming on abc 7 bay area app. that is it for this edition of abc 7 news. dan: we appreciate your time is always. we will see you again in one hour. ♪

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