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are terrorizing his community. tonight we are hearing from that man who is fighting back keep his neighborhood safe. good evening. dan: thanks for joining us. although some support this masked man who patrols the streets, police are not happy about what he is doing. karina: abc7 news reporter luz pena talked to him and joins us live. luz: the san francisco resident you are about to meet says he's hoping to help his neighborhood. at first he was dealing with thieves breaking into cars. now he is walking around the area hoping to scare them off. he has lived in san francisco for over 20 years and lately, instead of going by his legal name, people call him -- >> i am called boots. working from outside rather than inside. luz: covering his face with a ski mask to protect his identity, boots walks around his neighborhood, fisherman's wharf, looking like this, and with a nonlethal gun on his waist. his goal, to scare off thieves

from breaking into cars. >> the criminals are getting to know us. i would not call us an organized anything. it is just concerned citizens. every day is a small victory. you chase them off from one corner. luz: for years he has captured videos of car break-ins and now says frustration led him to take matters into his own hands. he said he is doing it to help the area where he lives and owns a business. >> tourists will not come here. people that have lived and been here for their entire lives, it's not fair. luz: according to sfpd's incident data, on average there are 67 thefts from vehicles every day in san francisco. outside of this spot, employees see car break-ins on a daily business -- on a daily basis. >> less than five seconds they grab your stuff and they are gone. luz: many people here share a sense of hopelessness. yesterday, while boots was walking in the area, sfpd

arrested him for brandishing an imitation firearm, which is a misdemeanor. >> we don't recommend anyone doing that. we understand everyone's frustration. officers are frustrated in taking the number of police reports regarding auto burglaries throughout the city, however there is a system in place to do that. luz: karina: -- luz: says they are shortstaffed but boots views this as another victory. >> there was no one getting their car broken into for another half-hour. luz: there is no way to know if what he is doing is working. but we met this couple from new york who did the un-thinkable. >> isee your suitcases in the back. i guess we are lucky nothing happened. luz: maybe thieves are noticing. >> there is some protection here. luz: sfpd does not recommend doing what boots is doing. boots could face charges from his arrest last night. he said he is aware of the

dangers and knows he could get shot anytime. he is not considering moving out of san francisco. luz pena, abc7 news. dan: what a story. don't forget we are tracking of our abc7 neighborhood safety tracker. we have data for different crimes in different cities. check it out at abc7news.com. karina: oakland police are confirming stray bullets injured children in two separate shootings. after 3:00 p.m. yesterday, an eight-year-old boy was shot on the elbow on martin luther king boulevard. the boy's car happened to pass by as four people in another car shot at someone in a third car and missed. the boy is recovering e. last night in eaakland, a rabulletzed the head of a 13-year-old girl as she sat in a car on mar boulevard and 99th avenue. her injuries are minor. she did not have to go to the hospital. the person who fired the bullet was aiming at someone he confronted on the sidewalk. that victim has serious

injuries. dan: today a santa clara county judge ordered a suspect in a string of intentionally set fires to be held without bail. the suspect is charged with 10 counts of arson connected to a string of fires over the last several weeks. the biggest damaged condominium complex. other fires damaged fences and brush near a motel. authorities are looking into the possibility that the suspect is connected to even more cases. >> in terms of the police reports we received regarding all the arsons in this area in the past few weeks, i believe it is the tip of the iceberg. dan: the suspect was on probation for an assault conviction and if convicted faces up to 29 years in prison. karina: if you noticed smoke today and san jose near matt hamilton it was because calfire -- near mount hamilton it was because calfire was doing a controlled burn, burning close

to 300 acres. the goal is to cut back on the fuel available to feed fires. the effort will wrap up in about an hour. dan: we have been telling you about the heat this weekend. now that excessive heat watch has been upgraded to an excessive heat warning for some areas inland. karina: here is a live look at the conditions outside. for the details on the upcoming hot weather, let's go to abc7 weather anchor spencer christian. spencer: you are right about that. i will give you a look at the excessive heat warning off the top. it will be in effect from 11:00 a.m. saturday to 11:00 p.m. sunday for virtually all the bay area except the shoreline and coast. the high temperatures in the afternoon will range from the upper 90's to near 110 degrees. it will be very hot. this kind of extreme heat increases significantly the risk of heat-related illnesses. the entire state or virtually is under this dangerous excessive heat warning. only a little sliver of the

easternmost part of the state and northeast will not be under that heat warning but it will be under an excessive heat advisory. forecasting highs for tomorrow upper 90's and a few triple digits in the far north. saturday we will see numerous triple digit high temperature readings, especially in the inland and east bay. up north, 111 at cloverdale. i will give you a look later in the newscast at when we can expect cooling relief. karina: in the north bay, the quest to keep cool is creating an air conditioning boom with more homeowners ready to pay for the comfort of cooler air. with extreme heat on the way, technicians are busy. abc7 news reporter cornell barnard is in petaluma and joins us live. cornell: it's not too bad right now actually, low 80's according to the temperature sign behind me. but by this weekend temperatures could spike into the triple

digits. for folks who have gone for years without air conditioning, a lot are deciding they can't take the heat anymore. extreme heat is moving into the bay area and it seems everyone has concerns. >> it will be a little tough because i work outside. i am a home health nurse. i see patients at their homes. >> we had plenty of preparation coming from texas. but i do understand here you don't have air conditioning like we do back in texas. cornell: but some heating and air technicians say they have never been busier. >> these guys are installing an air conditioning unit for our customer right before the heat wave. cornell: elevated comfort owner matt mcdonald said he is seeing and air conditioning boom. on thursday alone his technicians worked to install five new systems across the north bay and prepared eight units. his company doubled in size in

the past year just to keep up with demand. >>eeps us busy. we are booked out a couple weeks. cornell: with summer heat waves lasting longer, mcdonald's has many customers are willing to make the investment in comfort, and additionally the electricity it takes to run the units. >> it definitely has gotten warmer over the last few years and the heat waves last longer and it has been pushing people over the edge. cornell: across town another crew was upgrading a homeowner's ac unit. the installation jobs can be hot and sweaty. >> you are definitely sweating a lot and you have to take breaks. it is to fork but it makes you more proud at the end. cornell: there are incentives and rebates for installing new ac unit. >> the good thing is the state of california has given out rebates to go all electric. as their customers are looking to get air conditioning, it's starting to make more sense because they are getting $3000 rebates, even up to $6,000 in

rebates because you have multiple systems. cornell: those new central ac units can be pricey, between $10,000 and $35,000. if that is out of your budget there is also looking -- also local cooling centers this weekend, even a neighborhood movie theater. live and petaluma, cornell barnard, abc7 news. karina: the mall, the library. thanks cornell. we have more on the extreme heat on our website. just go to abc7news.com. dan: happening now in san mateo, a hazmat spill shut down a stretch of highway 92. the fire department says the material the tree water spilled on the road the eastbound side of 92 is closed from delaware street up to u.s. 101. a nearby school was evacuated for the day. here is a live look at the scene where cleanup crews just arrived. there are no reported injuries.

the closure is expected to continue through the evening commute, so look for some traffic hassles there. chp says if you think you drove through the spill this morning you can just rinse off your car. it should be ok. karina: we are learning more about this weekend's cyberattack in hayward. the special session meeting scheduled for tonight as the mayor of hayward calls for action and operation. abc7 news at 5:00 will be right back. >> severe storms taking aim at the northeast this hour. multiple tornadoes near chicago. the hunt for that murder suspect across state lines. and tonight, news of the discovery. hollywood comes to a halt.

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even though it has been declared unconstitutional and not enforced. the amendment to repeal prop 8 passed unanimously in the senate today. aca5 will appear on the ballot in november 2024. karina: in hayward tonight, the city council is expected to vote on a proclamation declaring a local emergency following sunday's ransomware attack. dan: tonight the mayor said no personal data was compromised. the mayor spoke with abc7 reporter anser hassan who is following this story. anser: preliminary evaluations indicated no staff data has been compromised, no community data has been compromised. anser: the hayward mayor says his city is slowly coming back online following last weekend's ransomware attack that shut down many online services. >> almost everything we do is online. 911 services. protection services, our

library, to pay a water bill. when something like this happens, it really traumatizes a city. anser: personal data appears to have not been breached, but salinas says the city still does not know just how much damage has been done. >> we will get a full report deils. as of right now i am not aware of a particular demand or a ransom that was held up to the city. anser: coming from a tech background, i really pushed the city of hayward to invest in cybersecurity defense mechanisms. anser: a california state senator is a former hayward city konta member. she spoke to abc7 news earlier this week. she is praising the city's response to the cyberattack. she said those it investment paid off. >> it would have been a lot worse. we have a wonderful i.t. department. they think differently, you know?

[laughter] they have done a great job at doing preventive measures to protecting data. anser: both the senator and mayor salinas say cities need help from both the public and private sector to prevent future attacks. >> not only the state needs to prioritize this, the office of emergency services needs to prioritize this and also tech organizations like google and microsoft. anser: the city council will vote whether to declare its local state of emergency which can bring in more resources. salinas is also praising the city attorney's office for putting in legal protections and making sure the city was insured against these type of attacks. >> it wasn't if it happened, it was when it happened that we were prepared and able to plan accordingly. anser: in hayward, anser hassan, abc7 news. dan: coming up, which forces and trends affect wildfire risks and make them so devastating. a new study out tonight based

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karina: welcome back. as we head into fire season, a study by the nonprofit climate central is pointing out trends that affect wildfire risk. dan: abc7 news weather anchor spencer christian is here with a look. spencer: the smoke had barely cleared from the devastating 2021 caldor fire when we first touched base with a climate central resource or who grew up near death -- researcher who grew up near trudeau. she released a study on the forces that help drive wildfires. >> we are no strangers to fires but we are seeing things get a lot worse. and so yeah, this is an issue that is close to my heart. spencer: to better understand the issues, trudeau and the team at climate central pinpointed what they describe as fire whether days.

>> fire weather days are unusually hot, dry, windy days that set the stage for extreme fire behavior. they don't necessarily start fires, but should a fire breakout you will see a much more severe fire than if conditions were otherwise. spencer: the research show that areas in the west are experiencing a dramatic irease in the number of those days, with more than three extra weeks on average compared to the 1970's. but she says the risk in certain areas is growing in another way because of population shift to what researchers call the wildland urban interface. heavily forested areas like the sierra or communities expanding on the edges. california leads the nation with highest concentration, with more than 5 million households now within the boundary. >> plosser country, nevada county, these places have seen some of the highest number of homes, the highest increases in california since 1990.

spencer: it all adds up to a changing environment of new risks and new realities down the road. here is a bit of new good -- of good news for the bay area. the fire weather danger calculation becomes less so near the coastline. right now the coastline, that is a nice onshore flow. pretty brisk breezes. surface winds up to 27 miles per hour in san francisco. many other locations have speeds 15 to 20 miles per hour. this flow is offsetting to some extent the building heat in our inland areas and brings more humidity to these areas, which will reduce to some extent the risk of wildfires. looking out over san francisco under sunny skies, it is 63 degrees in the city. 73 at mountain view. 77 degrees at palo alto. 61 at half moon bay. at the golden gate, where we

normally this time of evening expect a marine layer, we have blue skies at the moment. 90 degrees in santa rosa. 85 in fairfield. 93 at concord. 92 at livermore. one more live view. from the emeryville camera, just patches of low clouds, but this will be a shallow marine layer as the building pressure is giving us a thin and shallow patchy marine layer. these are our forecast features. much warmer pattern begins tomorrow but the excessive heat inland will occur this weekend. cooling relief arrives early next week. let's look at our overnight conditions. little patches of low clouds and fog, not a very significant marine layer. offshore however there will be lots of patches of drizzle and one or two patches may hit land, but we are not expecting much. the skies will clear early tomorrow and we will continue to warm up.

overnight lows will be in the mid to upper 50's. highs tomorrow, 62 at half moon bay, 67 in san francisco. oakland 76. finland and east bay upper 90's for the most part tomorrow. although antioch could easily hit 100. up north, 101 in cloverdale and ukiah. most of the bay area except the bay shoreline and coast will be under an excessive heat warning until 11:00 p.m. sunday during that two day period, high temp is will range from the upper 90's to 110 degrees. saturday we expect 111 at cloverdale. numerous inland locations will top out at or above 100 degrees. there will be more heat on sunday. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast. after an excessively hot weekend, we will see heat easing on monday. inland highs upper 90's. may 80 around the bay shoreline.

much cooler on tuesday, wednesday and thursday as conditions get healthier. karina: at least it is not lasting for so long. spencer: not very long. just a three-day heat wave. dan: long enough. karina: yeah, it is going to be rough still. spencer, thank you. dan:

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karina: warriors guard steph curry is a huge golf and and pretty good player too. this week he is in tahoe for the american century celebrity golf championship. plenty of fans have been surrounding him on practice rounds. previously he finished as high as fourth but never one the event. today abc7 news sports reporter chris alvarez asked him about what it would mean to win it. chris: you have so many trophies, what would it mean to win tahoe? >> any time an athlete can go to another sport and win something, even though it is like minded like myself that are accessed -- that are obsessed with the game, this would be a great tournament. i played here nine or 10 times and got close twice. hopefully this year is it. karina: steph and his dad have an ongoing bet that the

weekend's loser of the group has to jump in the lake. as you see there, everyone goes in anyway. dan: it is cool, that water. big day for an iconic san francisco business, celebrating the grand reopening of its flagship store. >> three, two, one. [cheers and applause] dan: the store back open now after undergoing renovations for the last six months. dear a daily brought in a little star power for the event, destiny child's member kelly rowland. she told abc7's morning anchor what makes the chocolate so special to her. >> i think the smooth list -- the smoothness of the chocolate. there are these flavors that are really vibrant, the raspberry, the mint. like i said, my favorite is the cecil caramel. my son put me onto a new crispy rice downstairs that is delicious. dan: the newly renovated store

features the 19 foot g from the historic marquee sign. behind that, north america's largest flowing chocolate wall. they have been in san francisco for 171 years. back here in just a moment. karina: you can join us at 5:30 on abc7 bay area streaming tv. dan: if you are watching us on tv, world news tonight is next. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. karina:

tonight, damaging new storms as we come on the air, taking aim in the northeast at this hour. it comes after at least ten reported tornadoes near chicago. all part of the same system now racing its way into the northeast. and in areas already that have seen catastrophic flooding, several days in a row now of