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information today on the shooting of forty-niners player ricky pearsall. that crime is now a top issue in san francisco's heated mayoral race. the one candidate who didn't pull any punches, and a one man crime spree that spans from oakland to san francisco. how it came to an end. abc seven news at 4:00 starts right now. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> it definitely is a setback and it's very tragic event. >> a setback for san francisco and possibly the mayor's reelection campaign. the broader impact of the shooting in union square. a forty-niners rookie, ricky pearsall. good afternoon, and thanks for joining us i'm j.r. stone ricky pearsall is out of the hospital one day after being shot in the chest during a robbery gone wrong. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard is following the story with reaction and an update on pearsall's condition. cornell. >> hey, j.r. lots of get well

wishes coming in from across the bay area and across the country for ricky pearsall. london breed says it is a setback for the union square shopping district, but she says plenty of officers were on duty when that shooting occurred yesterday. >> we are so grateful that he is okay and that he is doing well >> mayor london breed sending get well wishes to 23 year old forty-niners wide receiver ricky pearsall. the san francisco 49 ers confirming that ricky pearsall was released from the hospital this afternoon as he continues to recover from a bullet wound to his chest. lebron james posting on x foxborough home work and back home prayers for ricky pearsall. pearsall was in union square saturday afternoon after signing autographs at the cow palace. police say a 17 year old suspect confronted pearsall and pulled out a gun. both were wounded during the robbery attempt. >> 17 year old from tracy, california. you know, all of the

situation around this is suspicious from my perspective. >> more than a random crime. >> well, i would just say it's suspicious that in light of all the police officers that are in union square on a saturday, you know, in the middle of the day that something like this would occur. >> it's unclear what mayor breed meant by that comment. breed says extra officers are being deployed to the area sunday, and we saw many in cruisers and on foot. our officers were on the scene within a minute and were able to make an arrest. breed denies the shopping district was understaffed at the time of the shooting saturday. >> even a holiday weekend. there are officers all around union square, more so than any other community in the city. >> the san francisco police officers association says given our severe staffing crisis, however, there's only so much we can do. this is just another reason why we need to implement strategies to retain our veteran officers quickly. >> the scariest part was that it was at 3 p.m. in the afternoon, and not at night. yeah.

>> this family visiting from sweden, say they have heard stories about san francisco being unsafe, a reputation city officials are trying to repair. >> that's part of why we chose this area to stay at the hotel, because this was kind of the safer parts. uh. but i guess not anymore. maybe >> and that 17 year old from tracy is in custody awaiting charges. police say the crime was random and that pearsall was not targeted for being a forty-niners player. i'm cornell bernard, abc seven news. >> cornell, thanks so much. shortly before the 40 niners released the statement about ricky pearsall's release from the hospital, one of our photographers spotted a small caravan of vehicles leaving the parking lot. one of them, the black tesla, had specialty vanity license plates from florida with the gators logo on it. pearsall went to school at the university of florida and played for the gators in 2022

and 2023. top contenders in the race for san francisco mayor issued statements on social media about the shooting on x, daniel lurie wrote, this senseless violence must end. aaron peskin said police moved quickly to arrest a suspect. ahsha safai said, quote, violence like this has no place in our city. end quote. and mark farrell pointed the finger at city leadership, writing, enough is enough. if we want public safety in san francisco, then we need change in city hall. abc seven news insider phil matier joins us live to discuss some of the political implications. phil when you looked anywhere yesterday, whether it was local tv, national tv or on social media, this story was everywhere. what kind of impact will this have any impact on this mayoral race? >> well, it's already had an impact on the mayoral race. it's underscored one of the primary issues in the race. one third of the voters polled put public safety as the top issue in san francisco. and this does little

to enhance the mayor's ability to make the city safe. now, even though crime has gone down, a third in the city and violent crime is lower here than in many major metropolitan areas. nonetheless, it has been a cornerstone of controversy for the mayor. and it's not just violent crime like this. remember, in 2021, we had the looting going on at the same union square, a neiman marcus, where we had flash mobs go in and steal thousands of dollars worth of merchandise and then run off in cars. so this has been a hotspot area, j.r. and it is a place where a lot of attention is. and we've already seen mayoral candidates respond to this. how long? this remains an issue remains to be seen. uh- thank god, as his mother said, the rookie was the bullet passed through him without harming any major organs, and he's already out of the hospital. >> you know, the mayor we heard in cornell's story, the mayor saying that there are still there is still a big, busy and

big police presence there. but i've personally talked with officers who said overtime hours have been cut in that area for the officers that work in that area. do you think that becomes an issue going forward? >> well, it's interesting, jeff. it's interesting because while police budgets have been cut back and staffing is some 300 officers under what it ideally should be, it's not just police that are out there patrolling, it's also off duty police officers who are in the pay of the stores down there. so you have police officers, you have regular officers on patrol. you have special units put out there. you have these off duty officers there and on top of that, we have retired cops working as ambassadors. so inch for inch there's more police or public safety presence in those few blocks than anywhere else in the city. and that's, you know, possibly what was behind some of the mayor's comments about how this is suspicious, because privately, people are saying how stupid could somebody, a 17 year

old from tracy, be to think they would get away with something like this? and indeed, there was a police officer on the scene within seconds. >> phil, we also heard out of cornell's story, mayor london breed today said she thinks it's quote, suspicious that something like this would occur where and when it did. what do you mean? she was asked follow up questions and didn't quite answer what that would mean. what does suspicious mean in this case? in this case, we don't know. >> is possibly the mayor just thinking out loud and under the pressure of a rather embarrassing moment. but as you know, the idea that it is suspicious is was it targeted? the police say no. what was the point? possibly a very expensive watch. was somebody spotting this? was it a were they eyeing possible targets? all that comes into play. was this person here alone, 17 years old, from tracy. were they part of a gang that was here looking to rob all of those in her mind might ring suspicious, but i think what we're talking here is a mayor that's sort of off the cuff. and

as you said, she didn't have much of a follow up answer to that. yeah. >> phil matier abc seven news insider we certainly appreciate your time on this sunday afternoon. thank you. moving along now, we want to stay with abc seven to cover any developments in this story. get updates anytime on abc seven news.com and we'll take a deeper look at the political implications coming up tonight at 11:00. turning to the war in gaza and a massive protest today calling for a cease fire between israel and hamas. thousands of israelis protested outside prime minister netanyahu's office, seeking an end to the war and the release of hostages still held by hamas. a funeral was held today for one of the six hostages found dead in gaza yesterday. israel confirmed those deaths included israeli-american hersh goldberg-polin. >> john and rachel have done everything in their power to help their son be released from captivity after 11 months of captivity. he was murdered by

hamas, the israel israel defense forces say the six bodies were recovered from tunnels under rafah. >> rafah, where another hostage was rescued earlier in the week. officials say they were killed within the last 2 to 3 days. just heartbreaking. family and friends of hersh goldberg-polin will hold a memorial service tonight in his hometown of berkeley. the group gathered last week to rally for his safe return. tonight, they'll meet again at congregation beth israel. the 23 year old goldberg-polin was raised in berkeley. he was taken hostage when hamas attacked a music festival on october 7th. a friend says goldberg-polin also lost part of his arm in the attack while trying to throw out grenades that hamas militants lobbed into a bunker last month during the democratic national convention, goldberg, poland's parents, made an emotional plea for their son's return. president joe biden spoke with the family of hersh

goldberg-polin. the president released a statement about the hostages, saying, quote, i am devastated and outraged. make no mistake, hamas leaders will pay for these crimes. a neighborhood in san francisco spent part of the morning on lockdown today. there was the sight. this was the sight along douglas street and carson street in the eureka valley neighborhood, when neighbors were told to shelter in place. our crews on the scene saw a large police presence, including a tactical truck. neighbors told us shortly before 11, they saw officers walk out of a backyard with a man and bring him into an ambulance. >> eventually, they wheeled him out of the end of the block and down the street into a fire with a fire ambulance there that he was moaning and screaming and, carrying on. >> our crew saw police tow away a smashed up car with a shattered windshield. we're still trying to confirm what led up to this situation. a fire ignited inside a building under

construction in san francisco. happened this morning on california street near presidio avenue. it caused some muni delays in the area. no word just yet on what ignited the fire or how badly it damaged the building. cal fire is battling a nearly 50 acre grass fire in solano county near interstate 80 and highway 12, in cordelia. officials say forward progress of the flames has been stopped. the fire is now 60% contained. evacuation warnings have been lifted. dramatic new images today of a plane crash in the north bay. the small plane consumed in fire. federal investigators are now on the scene of the deadly crash. what we've learned about their investigation. also responding to hate with love. the mother of a student violently attacked at this high school in the east bay responds by embracing the community. >> and we have plenty of blue skies for the labor day weekend holiday. it's going to be much like this tomorrow with this

live shot from sutro looking towards san francisco. temperatures hold steady for the holiday, but then get ready for a big warm up midweek. i'll let you

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pilot was the only person aboard whose identity has not been released. the ntsb investigation will be focused on three primary areas the pilot, the environmen. >> from what i hear right, the plane sort of shimmied and went off the runway to the left and into this hangar, and all i could see was what was left was the tail of the plane. >> a preliminary report is expected within 30 days of the accident. happening now. more than 2000 hotel workers are walking the picket line in san francisco and san mateo this weekend. their union says they're taking part in a three day strike. it follows months of contract negotiations and is expected to last through tuesday. marriott, hyatt and hilton properties will be impacted the most. workers from the unite here local chapter are protesting increased workloads, lower staffing and wages. they

say aren't enough to afford the cost of living. a bit breezy today in parts of the bay area. taking a live look outside. but are you ready for the return of some triple digit temperatures? we'll find out when we'll sweat through a return of the heat. and the son of a certain former giants manager makes his major league debut today. how the bay area kid did in his very

ten year old son was brutally attacked by four teens in the school's locker room today. shari barfield held a unity prayer lunch at her southern kitchen restaurant. she made a special menu for the event with a portion of proceeds going to the dublin high school athletic department. she says she's hoping to bring about change throughout the community and the bay area. >> this is just unacceptable. violence is not the answer. no matter what the case, it's hard enough for kids to be kids and teenagers on the playground without bringing in the extra element of chaos and confusion and hate and racism. they're all things that i wish i could eradicate. >> police say the incident was not random. barfield believes the attack was a case of mistaken identity. no arrests have been made, but good to see that that young man is doing much better. frances dinglasan here to talk about this. what continues to be beautiful

weather outside? yeah. >> look at all these blue skies. it is clear out there. and what it looks like on live doppler seven is not much. not a single cloud out there, not even with the satellite radar image. but we are seeing some strong breezes, especially at sfo, 31mph and also gusting up to 20mph in san mateo, 21 in novato, 24 in fairfield, or rather, 21 in fairfield, 24 in rio vista. and you can see the wind causing some reflective ripples on the bay right now. and the wind is also keeping things on the moderate side in terms of temperatures. san francisco 67, oakland and hayward at 75, san jose 78. half moon bay though at the beach 66 degrees for you and this time for mount tam. look at the gorgeous blue out there in the bay. all the sailboats out. it is warmer in the inland areas. santa rosa 82, and we're also seeing 86 in fairfield, concord 84, livermore 81 degrees. so the clouds will return later on, much later this evening, into

early tomorrow morning. temperatures will be milder, so mostly upper 50s, even some low 60s out there. san francisco 57, oakland 59, san jose 60. but we're going to start to see a change and then the clouds will clear pretty quickly. we'll get plenty of sunshine even by late morning. so look for temperatures to be similar to today's, but maybe even coming up a degree or two in many spots. so san francisco will be really comfortable at 71 degrees. san rafael 80. again, that sea breeze keeping things in half moon bay at 66 degrees. oakland 74, san jose 81. and then the warmest inland locations are generally in the mid 80s like concord and antioc. we're going to jump ahead to tuesday and check out the numbers. this is when we see triple digits in many inland areas like concord and fairfield. 101, danville, livermore near 100. san francisco even getting up to 81. san rafael 96 degrees. san jose 93. now get ready for the heat to stay, because even on wednesday, more triple digits.

stick around for the inland areas, and we're still in the 80s and even 90s around the bay, hanging to on the heat through thursday and friday is when we tend to get a little bit more of relief from the heat. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. sunny. gorgeous. tomorrow and then three hot days with summer weather starting on friday, then cooling into next weekend, the first day of september, and the giants are still on the very fringes of the playoff chase, but they need to have a great september to make a serious run. >> six and a half games out of the final wild card spot. when the day began trying to get back to 500 yet again. busy day out in the cove as it should be on a gorgeous labor day sunday. mike yastrzemski leading off for the giants, who wow, almost hits it into the water. almost. but hey, we'll take that. just like that. it's one nothing. giants home run number 12 of the year for yaz logan webb on the hill had a bad fifth inning. marlins score four to take the lead. three on

a two out homer into the bullpen by kyle stowers, four two. miami bottom of the fifth. we go. giants battle back. mark canha. he singles in the tying run and they take the lead back on a sac fly. that was nice to see. yeah, i think a lot of us like it, but webb gives it right back. marlins score two in the sixth to take the lead for good. giants lose this thing 7 to 5. a's finishing up their series in texas against bruce bochy. and the rangers tied at two. we go to extras in the 10th. seth brown sends it. just fair down the line and into the corner. shea langoliers hustles around to give the a's the lead, and brown slides in with his first triple of the year. bottom of the 10th. normally outstanding closer mason miller. he's in trouble. it's a one run game. two outs. breathing deep again. and josh young hits it. just fair for a walk off three run homer that does it six four rangers. bochy is a happy man.

the second straight day the rangers have walked it off the a's will host the mariners tomorrow on the labor day holiday. and finally last night, darren baker, the son of dusty, also a cal alum and born in redwood city, got the news he was getting called to the majors for the first time. dusty grabbed a flight to dc with the rest of the family. and there you have it. darren made his debut as a pinch hitter in the ninth, smacked his first pitch. he saw right back up the middle for a hit. how about that? a proud mama, a proud papa. congrats to darren. great stuff. and that is sports. we'll b

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