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sheriff's department, are now all involved in the vestigation. >> it happened here at the toyota of berkeley service center, which is located in albany. that's where abc7 news reporter anzar hassan is live with the very latest on this answer. >> yeah, good evening. as you heard alameda county sheriff's office confirming that a female employee was shot and killed here on scene and that a male suspect also died on scene. you see right now that the dealership is still closed. berkeley police say when its officers arrived on scene, there was an exchange of gunfire with the suspect here is how events played out. >> possible active shooter. it's going to be an albany. we do have a gsw victim. >> all employees of toyota have been evacuated from the building . unknown if the subject went upstairs or went down the stairs and walked. >> earlier today, there was a massive police response. berkeley police. albany police and alameda county sheriff's office, even uc berkeley police responding officers were quickly to evacuate the area. here is berkeley police officer jessica
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perry. >> when officers arrived on scene, officers entered the building locate a victim, encountered a suspect and an exchange of gunfire occurred at this time, the berkeley police department. it has been determined at this time that the berkeley police department was involved in an officer involved shooting involving multiple officers from the berkeley police department. now the dealership remains closed. >> berkeley police want to emphasize that there is no current threat to the community . reporting live on sara hassan, abc seven news. >> all right, answer thank you so much. highway patrol officers are reviewing dash camera footage that shows a fatal collision between a chp cruiser and a pedestrian who was walking on highway 92 last night. the collision happened at 10 p.m. at the delaware street overcrossing chp officers say that the driver was driving a suspected dui driver back to the station when the pedestrian walked into the eastbound lanes of traffic. that
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pedestrian was killed. >> traffic may seem light and that you can make it across, but traffic is moving and they can't estimate the speed. and it's very dangerous on the freeways. >> neither the chp officer nor the dui suspect was injured. the name of the pedestrian has not yet been released. >> san francisco city leaders are uniting to combat the car break in epidemic and their plan involves more warning signs. abc7 news reporter lina howland was at today's inter-agency brainstorm. she is in the newsroom for us. and lina certainly so many people absolutely fed up with the number of car break ins. want to hear more about the possible solutions. dan that's right. >> police say the victims of these car break ins are mostly tourists hauling around luggage and valuables. and officials say they're easy to spot. usually parking near tourist attractions with out-of-state plates. and as one resident pointed out today, they don't curb their wheels. so the question now is, how do we warn people who aren't from the bay area? nine and a half months into the year and san francisco police say there have been more
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than 15,000 car break ins. so far this year, down by about 500 at this time last year. >> we want people to be able to come to san francisco and not have to worry about this. but that ain't going to happen overnight. >> supervisor dean preston calling for a coordinated response across all city departments to cut down those numbers. in my opinion, the path to reducing car break ins cannot rely on any one strategy to the exclusion of others. >> san francisco police say they're making progress on a daily basis, with 37 arrests made so far this year in relation to auto break ins. >> this on top of adding more officers in neighborhoods where break ins are happening, even using bait cars to catch thieves. >> i think it shows the good work that we're doing based on the challenging, you know, things that we're dealing with as far as apprehending some of these suspects. >> challenges like current policy, not allowing pretext stops, things like pulling over cars for no plates, for tinted windows. sfmta says they're working on a pilot program to
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update parking meters citywide with digital warnings on meters and on the pay by phone app to not leave any valuables in your car. supervisor preston wants to see an upgrade to the city's park smart program, which has similar warning signs up around the city. but san francisco mayor london breed says it needs to be more than that. >> it's not just park smart, it it's everything. it's awareness . it's ambassadors, it's police, it's arrests, it's accountability, it's not just one thing to deal with this real epidemic, not just here in san francisco, but all over the bay area. >> i feel very buoyed just to hear that attention is even being paid to the issue. >> andrea. carla michaels, the woman behind lost and found san francisco.com reunites people frequently, tourists with their lost belongings. grabs it's one minute to shatter someone's vacation and dreams. she's happy to see more
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attention on the problem. but believes there's a long way to go. as sfpd says, officers are also working to break apart the groups who commit these break ins because a single group could be responsible for dozens of break ins in one day alone. live in the newsroom, lena howland, abc seven news. >> it's incredible how prolific these thieves are. lena, thanks very much. we want you to be able to get the true picture of public safety your area. our abc seven news neighborhood safety tracker sws you a wide rae of statistics for san francisco, oakland and san jose. you'll find it on our website abc7 news.com. happening now, we are continuing to monitor air quality across the bay area and as we take a live look out at the conditions, you can see that smoky haze means the spare. >> the air alert has been extended so for the details, let's get to abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya. >> yeah ama those scenes like that that you're looking at from our emeryville camera right now pretty common around the bay area as we are still seeing wildfires smoke from oregon and
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northwestern california move into our area. >> spare the air alert has been extended through tomorrow. poor air quality. today we're expecting moderate to poor for tomorrow. and as we take a look at the air quality right now, you will notice a couple of green sensors in the north bay. that is an indication that the sea breeze is helping good air quality there. but for the rest of you, it is moderate in yellow and orange, which is poor for sensitive groups in the oakland area. so we're not completely out of the woods yet. as we go hour by hour, that smoke is still going to drift in through tonight and even into tomorrow. might get a little bit worse tomorrow morning before it starts to push on out of here as we head towards the weekend. it is not going to be completely gone until the second half of your weekend. and i do want to show you that smoke is coming from the fire that's burning right around oregon. there and you can see some smoke from the northwestern california wildfires as well. so i'll be back to let you know what the air quality looks like for your weekend and what you can expect
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as we head towards autumn ama. >> all right. thank you so much , sandhya. and you can check on the air quality anytime using our online interactive tracker. find it along with our full weather forecast right now on abc7 news.com and 40 niners fans coped with that poor air quality to tailgate this afternoon ahead of the team's home opener. >> abc7 news sports director larry beil is at levi's stadium and caught up with former 40 niner richard sherman as he was signing autographs for the faithful. sherman has high expectations for the niners this season, so richard sherman is busy doing autographs and interviews. >> right. how does it feel now that you've jumped over to the dark side and you're a member of the media brother? >> it feels good. you know, i don't know. you know, i don't know if i spread the dark side of it, but i try to speak it from the players perspective. get my guys some love, and i have a good time doing it. >> what does it feel like to come back here and feel the love from what seems like countless fans? >> it feels unbelievable. it's great to talk to the faithful.
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it's great to support the team, to see my guys. it's fun. >> okay. 40 niners you look at their roster a loaded stacked up. how far can this team go if they stay healthy they can win a super bowl you know but it will come down to execution. >> it'll come down to health. as always. you know, it's 100% injury rate game. but you talk about all pros that every level of the defense, every level of the offense, left tackle, running back receiver brandon aiyuk coming into his own, you know, brock purdy is playing incredible football. he's pushing all the buttons that kyle wants him to push. i mean, it's exciting. >> last question in an absolute dire emergency, how fast could you take this off and get on that field? and how many snaps do you have in you? i got about 23 snaps of cover, three, maybe cover two. >> but that's about it for me. i can get him on the ground, but huff, huff and him going have to stay back. >> it's great seeing you, brother. >> great seeing you too. >> all right. fun to see him. don't forget, you can watch monday night football right here on abc. 718 games will be aired this season on abc. you can catch the niners right here on
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happening on northbound 87. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes has a look at the work being done. >> state route 87 is one of the most important stretches of freeway in the south bay. taking drivers through san jose's downtown and connecting to other highways like to 80, 85 and 17. but the road and its surroundings are in need of some critical work. that's where the state route 87 road rehabilitation project comes in, replacing the roadway pavement with 20 year life cycle, flexible pavement structure. >> we're upgrading 28 curb ramps at six different intersections and we resurfacing 2.9 close to three miles of class one bikeway that runs parallel to the main line. while the $69 million project will bring in those necessary repairs, it's going to take time. >> caltrans, in partnership with vta and the city of san jose, have condensed much of that work into two 56 hour weekends. >> we're going to be saving time potentially three months by doing the work during this full weekend. it's also going to reduce all the overnight nighttime lane closures or
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nighttime work that can impact the community. >> it starts a 9 p.m. friday, stretching through monday, n later than 5 a.m, the first weekend tackling northbound 87 between state route 85 and interstate 280. >> northboundill be closed. and we do have detours. >> here's a look at two of those detours. caltrans is posted northbound detour a runs southbound to state route 85 to northbound 101 to northbound to 80ur b runs northbound 85 to northbound 17, then southbound to 80 though signage with detour information will be on display. caltrans still recommends giving yourself plenty of time to get to destinations while the weekend work is finished. work officials say, needs to be done as soon as possible before the threat of bad weather impacts the project. >> if we can go ahead and get this work done before the winter months, that will definitely save us a lot of time, a lot of money and it'll just save the impact on the nighttime work following this weekend's 56 hour closure. >> the next closure to do the same work to southbound 87 is
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scheduled starting october 20th in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news together sj launched its second phase today in an effort to bring san jose city hall to neighborhood roads and better connect with people. >> it's really by bringing people together, building community, forming those bonds and relationships and then giving them access to trains and to other resources that we're going to empower our community to create the safe, clean, vibrant neighborhoods that we all want. >> mayor matt mehan said today that the city selected 20 neighborhood associations to be part of the grassroots program together. sj is designed to support neighborhood groups as they work on plans to beautify the places where they live, as well as create safety and emergency preparedness plans. >> coming up, addressing issues with homeowners insurance for people in california. it comes in the wake of several big name companies limiting and even canceling coverage because of wildfires and climate change. now, governor newsom is taking
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management and the amount of defensible space around the property. >> if you filled up your gas tank this week, you may have noticed a jump in the price. triple a says gas prices in california have climbed $0.29 a gallon since last thursday. nationwide, a gallon of gas is now $3.86. in california. that price soars to $5.49. most expensive gas in the bay area is in napa, where a gallon costs $5.73. triple a says prices have jumped because of the high cost of oil. >> all right. we still have that haze in the air, but it is a little bit cooler. and i'm a fall is about to. >> i know around the corner, my kids been counting down the days. sandy. i don't know why he has something to do with a birthday cake. oh, i was just gonna say close to a birthday. >> yes. dan and ama tomorrow night. autumn arrives at 11:50 p.m. let's show you a live picture right now from zephyr cove, where it's a little hazy out there as well. and it is breezy, as you will notice, we had gusty winds in our hills this morning, over 50 miles an hour. but those winds have
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subsided and the red flag warnings have been dropped. fortunately, now we are have been seeing in the sierra nevada scattered showers, some thunderstorms and even some isolated snow showers mixing in with the showers, all in association with that low that brought the gusty winds to parts of the bay area in the hills. now, that area of low pressure is going to shift off to the east. winds are going to start to turn more onshore. a stronger onshore winds will help to clean out our air as we head towards the weekend. we certainly have onshore wind right now along the embarcadero. definitely seeing some haze in the air still spare. the air alert has been extended through tomorrow, moderate to poor air quality expected saturday. you start to see some green and sunday and monday, good air quality for the entire bay area. so we're heading in the right direction. just going to take another day to get there. temperatures in the 60s and 70s right now as we look at a live picture from our golden gate bridge camera, a nice blue sky here. temperatures will be coming up a little bit
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and then back down hazy through tomorrow. better air quality this weekend. fall arrives tomorrow night at 11:50 p.m. and we do have a chance of showers late monday into tuesday morning . tomorrow morning, we will see the low clouds fill back in. and as we head towards tomorrow afternoon, pulling away, most areas will see sunshine, but it will be filtered by that smoke from the wildfires up to our north. 40s, 50s on those temperatures tomorrow morning and it will be a little bit cooler than the last couple of mornings. tomorrow afternoon, we're looking at low 60s to the low 80s. so we'll call it hazy sunshine for your friday. i do want to show you what's ahead as we head towards early next week , the first rain of the season coming our way. this is an atmospheric river for the pacific northwest, but not for us. pacific northwest looking at a couple of inches of rain. northern california could see upwards of one to almost two inches. but for us, between monday night and tuesday, far lower rainfall amounts. the good thing with this is it'll help the firefighting efforts up north and it will also help
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their air quality, our air quality will continue to improve rainfall estimates. this is the weather of the models. it's showing anywhere from a few hundredths in the south bay to a half an inch in santa rosa, 8/10 in ukiah. the other computer model is keeping that rain line mainly in the north bay. so stay tuned. the accuweather seven day forecast tomorrow night. we bring in a change of seasons us and over the weekend we'll notice a drop off in the temperatures by a few degrees, but the air quality will get better. we may need to pull those umbrellas out monday night going into early tuesday, we will see the opportunity for some wet weather. ahmet, dan, all right. >> we welcome it. yes thanks, andy. >> yeah, we do. well, divers in lake tahoe have discovered invasive new zealand, new zealand mud snails near south shore officials say this is the first time this species has been detected in the tahoe basin. these tiny snails are smaller than a dime, but can outcompete native species and harm ecosystem as strict protocols are now in place to try to
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reduce the spread, including the decontamination and cleaning of boats and gear. we'll be back. >> this is abc 724 >> live in san francisco, live in the south bay in san jose in concord, live in oakland. >> yes, you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. >> we are. we are. >> we are. >> we are. >> we are. we are where you are . >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area streaming app join us and start watching
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google tv, fire tv and roku. just search abc seven bay area and download it the observation wheel that popped up in san francisco's golden gate park back in 2020 could be moving to the waterfront. >> according to our media partners at the sf standard, there is an idea floating around the port of san francisco's northern advisory committee to relocate the wheel to fisherman's wharf when the city hosts the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit in november. organizers are still working on a permit and figuring out the best stop. >> we'll keep tabs on that. and julie ertz is playing in her final soccer match right now. yes, ertz went to santa clara university and is married to pro football player zach ertz. >> he grew up in danville and went to stanford. she was on the 2015 and 2019 women's national teams that won the world cup and hinted at her retirement during this year's world cup. ertz says she's prioritizing motherhood over her soccer career. >> i think time with my family
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is just irreplaceable, especially with just where madden is in his age. when i get to a point to be able to choose myself when i could step away and i. i do feel like i could step away and be like, it's not because mama can't play mom. i can play julie ertz is considered one of the best defensive players to ever play for the national team. >> all right. well, we still have much more news ahead. >> let's go to abc7 news anchor karina nova for a look at what's coming up at 530. karina. thanks dan and alma tonight. >> we're going to continue our air quality coverage with sandia . plus the smoke that's clouding our air quality here in the bay area is actually part of a disturbing long term trend. we'll discuss. a new study from stanford researchers about the risk of significant health consequences. plus, a new movie about the human bond and spirit. we'll hear from the two bay area filmmakers behind it ahead of the screening in a local
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theaters. join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv. dan? >> okay, karina, thanks a lot. >> and you can download the abc seven app or head to abc7 news.com and join karina in two minutes. >> and if you're watching us on tv, world news tonight with david muir is next with sanjay patel. all of us we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ahmed daetz. we'll see you again at six we made it! bmo has arrived. hello? you said it.
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tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. just outside new york city, the horrific and deadly bus crash tonight. high school students, the bus flipping down an embankment. also, the east coast suddenly bracing for a major storm. warnings up tonight. in the path, north carolina, then washington, d.c. and new york city. and president zelenskyy at the white house at a critical moment. first tonight, the images coming in, that bus crash on i-84 in orange county, new york. at least one dead, more than 40 injured. at least five students
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