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wayne freedman live for us. thank you. >> now to the east bay and ongoing battle over a homeless encampment encroaching on home depot. oakland city officials and home depot attorneys met to fry to fig out how to get the homeless camps around the store under control. the company threatened to close the store. news reporter jobina fortson has more. >> reporter: home depot's teerns met with oakland officials in hopes of hearing solutions to the encampments taking over areas outside their stores. >> they were pleased with the closure of 37th avenue. we talked about other improvements that need to be made for public health as well as public safety. >> that's good news seeing as how there was talk of a lawsuit and the company threatened to close the sforpz council member noel gallo says that would put 300 jobs at risk. >> oakland needs to get it together. >> reporter: one recommendation discussed was the idea of an rv safe parking site. to give perspective, across the street here is the current encampment in front of

in novato, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> wayne, thanks very much. happening now in san francisco, a debate is under way over how much you will pay for a shopping bag. at least one city leader wants the current fee increases from a dime to a quarter. to encourage more people to rely on reusable bags. news reporter luz pena is live from city hall with the story. >> reporter: that's right. the votes are in and it was approve but it still has to go through a second hearing. the idea is for san franciscans to use more reusable bags like this one as well as compostable produce bags like the one i'm holding. supervisor valerie brown is calling it the plastic bag bin 2.0. in a 10-0 vote the first hearing of this ordinance passed unanimously. the idea is to increase the current 10 cent fee to 25 cents. the legislation also includes a requirement for grocery stores to provide recyclable or compostable bags as other option in 2007, san francisco became the first city in the nation to ban plastic bags. this ordinance wants to stretch that further. now, some cit

"washington post" reporter andrew freedman covers weather and imate and he joins us no from washington, d.c. he first a little science explainer, what's t dome? >> a heat dome is basically a high pressure aa kind of in the mid to upper levels of the dtmosphere. it forms this kif bubble if you will. where the air within it is sinking and heting. and the weather systems around it are basically rerouted as if there was a detour in the atmosphere. >> sreenivasan: okay so as this heat dome moves over the arctic, we are expecting higher temperatures than normal an then what happens? >> so we are expecting a potentially exceptional melt event this week over the greening land iceet s. that could potentially lead us to new record losses in sea ice and new record in green l raising sea levels. >> sreenivasan: is there a cycle that this leads into? as the ice melts what happens? >> it doesn't raise selevel, what it does is it exposes more dark ocean water tonc ioming sunlight. which raises the ocean temperatures which in turn melts more sea ice. so there is a posite feedback there. >> sreenivasan

. >> news reporter wayne freedman is live at broadway and front street where police caught up with the big rig. >> good afternoon. this one was by all descriptions brutal. we're a bit of a distance from where the accident happened. it may be not so much a case of a hit and run as a hit and did not know. this truck pulled over on broadway is the aftermath of an early morning accident some people neither saw nor herd including perhaps the driver. >> it's too early for us to comment on the mechanics of the incident. >> by all descriptions it was bed trailerigith a 54-year-old man who appears homeless and using a walker at the corner of mason and eddie streets in san francisco. he got stuck beneath the trailer as it dragged him to fifth and market streets. the driver of the big rig kept going till police pulled him over at the corner of broadway and front nearly two hours front. he remained there speaking with investigators till noon. >> this morning's accident is the 20th fatality on san francisco city streets this year, a number that includes pedestrian and bicyclists and drivers with th

live in alameda on park street, wayne freedman, abc7. >> very well done. thanks.ay have seen it on highways throughout the area today. caltrans has a stern warning for drivers to drive sober this holiday. but the message may not sit well with local fire departments. electronic freeway signs read only sparklers should be lit. drive sober. problem is, sparklers and other fireworks are banned in most bay area cities. the spirit of the message is not lost. chp officers will be in force on the roads looking for dui drivers during this period. >> they were trying to make a point. >> if you're using air-conditioners, when the weather is warm, can that be bad to your health. >> abc7 news's 7 on your side michael finney joining us with more on this. explain. >> not that. homes are air conditioned here. most of our workplaces are. air-conditioners are a godsend during the hot and humid days of summer. could the same appliance that cools you down make you sick? as consumer reports revealed, ac can spread a lot more than just cool air. >> if you don't have central air conditi

live, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thank you. the drag races are expected to cause major traffic problems around sonoma raceway all weekend. most notably highways 37 and 121. chp is encouraging drivers not attending to use alternate routes. last year some 85% of vehicles passing the raceway were not attending the event. anybody head together races should allow plenty of time to and from the event. >> there's been another fire at a residential building under construction in the east bay. >> at stanford avenue in north oakland. fire investigators and the atf are investigating. melanie woodrow is there. >> reporter: eric, within the last hour, those investigators released the origin of this fire. they say it was inside the building towards the front of the building. they have still not determined the cause. this is what's left of tony willson's building. he was converting an old print shop into seven live/work units. >> we put a lot of effort into these things and now it's all up in smoke. >> reporter: as flames raged thursday night

wayne freedman, abc7 news news. >> that easy. thank you. >>> the head of the centers for disease control is in oakland looking at the hiv/aids epidemic in alameda county. aids is still a threat especially among the homeless population as lyanne melendez explains, the city wants to get to zero cases by 2030. >> alameda county is going to be the first county that's going to end this epidemic. so you're here now to listen. >> reporter: it was a commitment made by oakland congresswoman barbara lee to the head of the centers for disease control. why travel to soek oakland. >> alameda county is one of the locations with the highest number of new hiv cases. >> those 50 total jurisdictions represent more than 50% of all new diagnoses in america. when you realize our nation has over 3,000 jurisdictions. >> despite the positive work to reduce the number of new infections, advocates at mit there is still a lot to do while men having sex with men have known about prep, the anti-hiv medication to reduce the risk of being infected, women have

wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thanks a lot. we were just talking about how minor league teams want to be part of the community. this is an example ow they do that. >> i hope a lot of people go and i hope the weather is going to be conducive to good baseball. >> meteorologist lisa argen. >> cute little town up there. many of you folks right in the middle of your holiday weekend. looks pretty nice here. in san francisco, lots of clear sky. it took all day. we finally got some clearing at our local beaches. if you're going to the giants game tonight, cardinals in town and a couple more hours of sunshine. about 60 7:00. as the sunsets after 8:30, the numbers will drop into the 50s. winds up at about 12 miles an hour. bring the jacket. kind of cool out there. it will be a nice night before the fog pulls back in. if you're heading out of town, we do expect to see a nice day tomorrow with numbers reaching to near 90 degrees but heading to honolulu, how about a lot of sunshine. rainy in new york, chicago rain. 90s to 70s from the east

wayne freedman has more on these new accommodations. >> reporter: they were never designed to be home sweet homes, this community of cabins at 27th and northgate, but postal worker carmen randall will tell you this place beneath the freeway beach, the tent in which she used to live. >> does this program work? >> yes, it does. >> today oakland opened a fifth community cabin site as an alternative to homeless camps. >> we cannot force anyone to move in here, however if they decline the invitation, we will have them move outside of the area. >> reporter: this community cabin site in a dusty noisy caltrans maintenance yard beneath the 880 interchange will provide housing for some 76 people who had been living in tents nearby. it's the latest step at a social experiment, that oakland's sarah bedford has been working in places like portland and seattle. >> i talked to people who said i could never have gone from my tent straight into a housing first unit. i needed this interim step. >> reporter: each of these units looks a lot like a tough shed with a window and a bed. >> we provide wrap ar

in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> wayne, thank you. >>> now take a look at this video. watch the bottom left-hand corner closely. it shows a man coming up and using a broom to smash the window of a car right there in san francisco's chinatown before he runs off. now, that happened yesterday and it comes as community members held a meeting this morning to talk about the recent crime. >> they are looking for solutions amid high-profile crimes where they say the suspects are targeting seniors and members of the chinese american community. abc7 news anchor dion lim has the story. >> reporter: more than 200 community members packed the chinatown benevolent association headquarters. fed up after this violent attack last week where one of their leaders and another senior were crossing the street in the middle of the day and brutally attacked and knocked to the ground for a wrist watch. >> this guy, outrageous' behavior must be stopped. >> reporter: one of the victims face bruised and hesitant to go on camera, telling me today he feels apprehensive being out in chinatown. super

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has more. >> reporter: it happened at the bottom of this intersection, a right/left/tee with a golf course on the other side. you see teerns there right now. they've been coming all day leaving flowers. let's begin with jenna kelly friends with a 16-year-old girl who died after being thrown from the car. >> i mean, they're all good kids. like all teenagers, they wanted to have fun. it just didn't go well. >> reporter: it happened at roughly 12:30 this morning, a fast-moving car that appears to have blown the stop sign, hit the curb, gone airborne and hit three trees on the way down. that impact ejected two of the teens from the car. the driver received only minor injuries. the santa rosa police withheld names, kids and parents at maria krill a high school know all of them. >> this is the worst phone call you could ever get in the middle of the night. >> reporter: santa rosa police arrested the 16-year-old driver. they have charged her with misdemeanor, vehicular manslaughter. well, police say there is no indication of another car being involved, witness

wayne freedman live in santa rosa. thank you, wayne. if you're facing an issue we can help with, we want to hear about it. we're on all the social media platforms. abc7 news on facebook, abc7 news bay area on twitter, and any time you're online, you can go to abc7news.com. >> new at 6:00, san francisco police have arrested a suspect in the theft of a dog that was caught on camera. the theft happened outside a grocery store in japan down july 13th. the dog named lili has been safely reunited with her owner after being found in the tenderloin. san francisco police shared this picture of the suspect, 53-year-old lay van luck. investigators arrested van luck after he was detained by patrol officers suspected of vandalizing cars. >>> a abc7 news is committed to building a better bay area and that means a better bart. transportation is one of the big issues where we look for improvements. we've held bart accountable, asking the tough questions time after time on safety issues. like safety, cleanliness and reliability. oftentimes it's abc7 new

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman had a firsthand look at the effort today and he joins us live from the c.h.p. headquarters in martinez. wayne? >> reporter: indeed we did have a firsthand look. sometimes in excess of 100 miles an hour. the c.h.p. has been busy, but as we learned today, that they went only by the guidelines in the speed limit, enforcement would be easy. there are some finer points, even on highway 4. highway 4 in contra costa county today maybe you caught a glimpse of c.h.p. officer brendan correa. if you did, it may be a little too late. >> you have to see them before they see you. >> reporter: that's the ticket. that is not meant as an intentional pun. but after recent road work and widening, they see this as a dangerous corridor and they're out to slow people down the old-fashioned way. how fast are we going? >> 102. >> reporter: this stop turned interesting fast. >> whoa. >> reporter: the white cara head had been going 90 miles an hour and this was just the beginning of what shouldn't have been such an adventure. the driver pulled over on the center divider. >> i

that's the good news. >> all right, wayne freedman reporting live for us this afternoon. thank you, wayne. >>> the effort to allow a state prison parolees the right to vote in california came to the steptz of san francisco city hall today. politicians and activists gathered to encourage the board of supervisors to pass a resolution encouraging state lawmakers to support assembly constitution amendment 6 and a pse in san frci free thet. itiative in 20t aser pol icaforn shodhappo bejayou we. o e fedal pron, you would have the right to vote. in the event you are on probation, you would have the right to vote. the only people not entitled to vote is people coming from a state prison. >> supporters saying neerlz 50,000 people in parole on california are working, paying taxes and contributing to their communities, but are unable to vote. >> targeting tourists, the rash of break-ins around san francisco, we'll look at what people are leaving in their cars that makes them a target. sanctuary violation, why oakland's mayor is now looking into the actions of i.c.e. agents over the

let's begin with attorney richard freedman. >> it is a moral disaster for people who had lost absolutelyg who got some slight glimmer of hope that they were going to be able to rebuild their homes, put their lives back together. and to have him take their money and not follow through on his commitments was devastating to them. >> attorney richard freedman says devastating to the tune of $3 million or $4 million that fire vips paid for which some haven't seen any work done at all. in toe larry county, chiaramonte construction did not respond to a knock or return our calls. as some tubbs fire sites sit

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wayne freedman has a firsthand look at the effort. >> reporter: maybe you caught a glimpse of one chp officer, and if you did it may have been a little too late. >> you have to see them before they see you, don't you? >> that's the ticket. >> that's not meant as an intentional pun, but after recent roadwork and widening the chp are out to slow people down the old fashion way. >> how fast are we going? >> 102. >> this stop turned interesting fast. the white car ahead had been going 90 miles per hour, and this was just the beginning of what shouldn't have been such an adventure. the driver pulled over on the center divider. it's just another day in the life of a chp officer trying to keep our roads safe. yes, the driver of that white car did receive a citation. >> dui impairment and speed is our bread and butter. >> reporter: there can be a difference between written speed limits and how people drive. he also pulls cars over for going slowly, and generally he is looking for one car going faster than the rest. >> you are thinking? >> he got me. >> reporter: in this case, london was not e

wayne freedman rode along with an officer today and what was it like out there. >> reporter: eric, wead a really fast ride today. the chp are receiving complaints from drivers on highway four about other drivers going way too fast. so we went for a ride today. let's begin with brandon as he sat by the side of the road with his radar detector on. >> that's the ticket. >> reporter: he might not have meant it as a pun but sounded like one. officer brandon decides to cite a speeder, it's minutes. he's not looking for every car that's speeding but ones speeding the safest in relation to the others. the first car he stopped a porsche doing 81 miles an hour that had received a ticket in eight years. that got to me he said. feel to fast to you? >> no, because i'm going the speed. i hate to say that. >> reporter: he has nothing on his prior history. interaction was great. there is no other things wrong with his car. everything is up to date and locked on so hey, i don't always have to write a ticket. >> but you did. >> reporter: it did not in this scenario. i gave him a verbal warning. >> repo

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman has the story that is shaking that community. >> reporter: flowers by the side of the road, a gouge in the pavement, teenagers comforting each other and for parents. >> this is the worst phone call you could get in the middle of the night. they are all good kids. they just like all teenagers wanted to have fun and it just didn't go well. >> reporter: jenna, kelly, one of many teens from the high school who left flowers today following the early morning accident a fast-moving car that appears to have blown a stop sign missed a turn, hit the curve, gone airborne and hit three trees on the way down. that impact ejected two of the teens from the car killing one and injuring another. the driver walked away. >> it was like just smash really loud. >> reporter: santa rosa police arrested the 16-year-old driver. they have charged her with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter while police say there is no indication of another car being involved, witnesses tell a different story based on all the people here after the crash. >> i come out and look at the street an

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wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> thank you so much. another different vantage point of the podium there. again, we'll come back to this as soon as someone comes to start speaking. >>> we'll the uyour attention t the family of trever irby. his family spoke with abc 7 news about the son they lost and recent college graduate that recently moved to the bay area. he was with his girlfriend when he was shot. luz pena is on that story. >> reporter: emotional distraught, trever irby's parents agreed to speak to us. his mother tammy played back and forth. the last words she told her son on saturday, a day before the shooting. >> the last thing i said to trever is trever, i love you. he said mom, i love you. i'm having a good time. i'll be all right. i'll call you tomorrow. and my call tomorrow never came. [crying] >> that call for me was getting on the plane to come here to bring him home to bury him. >> reporter: the call came from an officer telling her her 25-year-old son had been killed. >> apparently it was at close range. he was behind my

abc reporter wayne freedman i o spoke to people who called places like these a home. >> reporter: you call it a social experiment, a row of cabins. not prime real estate but postal worker will take it after all she's been through. >> it is noisy but beats having to be out there on the streets in a tent. >> reporter: hence the problem that has led to a solution. in the caltrans maintenance yard near 808 freeway, the opening of another community cabin site as alternative to homeless camps. >> this community is voluntary. we cannot force anyone to move in here. however if they decline the invitation, we will have them move outside of the area. >> there was a the mayor, fighting noise and dust and pointing to units that will provide housing for 76 people living in nearby streets. oakland's director of services says programs like this have been working in cities like portland to seattle. >> i talked to people who said i could never have gone from a tent into a housing unit. i needed this interim step. >> it looks like a tuff shed with window and bed. when new residents move in tomorrow the

so that's a good thing. >> in oakland, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> every county in the bay area hassed updated data on the number of homeless. from this year's homeless census, we've mapped out each county and the percentage change since the last census was taken in 2018. in the east bay alameda, contra costa increases of 43%. santa clara's homeless population rose by a third, close to a total of 10,000 people. san mateo saw a double digit percentage increase. only two counties saw the homeless population drop. those were marin and solano. you can dig into the data where you live online. we have information about nine counties and numbers that go back a decade. go to abc7news.com and search the words homeless census to find it. >>> time now is 6:42. a lot going on this weekend. francis, the temperatures definitely going to dip a little bit today compared to yesterday. >> yeah, especially in san francisco, will be below average. going to be breezy. only 60s if you're headed to fillmore jazz festival all due to a system to the north bringing heat index yigh clouds. i'll have your neig

live at san rafael, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> it is a win-win. many thanks to you. >>> you see the blue skies there. it is not that way everywhere in the bay area. >> yeah. abc 7 news weather anchor spencer christian has the forecast. looking into the weekend. hey, spencer. >> dion and eric, we expect to see some coastal fog this time of the year. it is a regular feature. this time of the day, but right now we're seeing very little along the coast and live doppler 7. this is a view from mount tam on to the bay. just a few minutes ago, in the last hour, we saw quite a bit of fog surging through the golden gate. now there is just a whisp showing up. a current temperature, 65 at san francisco. oakland 67 and 81 at redwood city and 79 morgan hill and 79 at half moon bay. a few puffs of clouds but not a lot. 81 degrees in santa rosa. napa 69. it is 80 at petaluma, 86 fairfield, concord 89 and 84 in livermore. and one more live view from the low cloudiness off in the distance. not a lot though. these are the forecast features. fog will push across the

in mill valley, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> we will stay on top of this case and so can you.noyes on twitter to stay up to date on the latest developments from italy. we'll have his reports throughout the week on abc news jill jill has entresto, and a na heart failure pill that helped keep people alive and out of the hospital. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. where to next? >>> and let me give you a live look at this vigil well underway for the shotting victoting vict gilroy police department. about 1,000 people have gathered. the mayor of san jose who hard to say is a friend, as well. i spoke with him as he arrived to pay respects. i assume he'll be speaking as well. he with everyone else in this community grief stricken by what happened, angered and saddened. this is one of two vigils tonig

wayne freedman was there as they tried to open it. >> it's contrast and toil. is this your good safe? >> yes. i hope summer the sun is out, the water and beach sgreat and those attractions might as well be in another universe because of this compelling and evolving mystery inside the old river theatre. >> did you know it was here? >> no. >> it being this concrete encased hidden safe found by the theater owner that came in to do renovation work. as of this morning, they still couldn't get the safe out or open. >> this was made by the hermann safe company. >> those are the same people that installed saves for the u.s. mint. >> if you go online and check it, you cannot use nitro, you cannot drill it, you cannot cut it. >> in the meantime, they were teased when they found old steel pennies left sprinkled around the outside of the safe maybe for good luck. what's inside, one can only fanaticize. >> $20 gold pieces, silver dollars, the deed to the town. [ laughter ] >> it's a mystery. it's the unknown. >> here is what we can surmise. whoever hid the safe intended it

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abc7 news reporter wayne freedman is on the story. >> reporter: this truck pulled over on broadway is the aftermath of an early morning accident that some people have neither saw nor heard, including perhaps the driver. >> it's too early for us to comment on the mechanics of the incident. >> reporter: but all descriptions it was tragic and gruesome. 5:40 a.m. police say the big rig with a flatbed trailer hit a 54-year-old man who appears to have been homeless and using a walker at the corner of mason and eddy streets in san francisco. he got stuck beneath the trailer as it dragged him roughly two blocks to 5th and market streets. going until police pulled him over at the corner of broadway and front nearly two hours later. he remained there speaking with investigators until noon. this morning's accident is the 20th fatality on san francisco city streets this year. a number that includes pedestrians, bicyclists and drivers with the tenderloin ranking as one of the city's most dangerous areas. >> whirlpool stop calling this accidents and call them crashes. >> reporter: the transportatio

. >> the cause traces back to the hot days we had last june at wayne freedman found out, implicationsder. >> reporter: the particular splinter of low tide along northern california's coast, a sliver of low-lying summertime fog, year round tranquility and pregiktable or maybe not for ckief th marine lab. chki the popul he she noticeded a distinct change. >> normally the mussel beds are dark and tight. it looks like a carpet. >> what she found that day and what now remains, dead mussels on the rocks, more dead mussels than anyone could count. >> we're talking tens of thousands of mussels. fur it is what scientists call a mass mortality event we know extends as far as north as fort bragg ablikely due to climate change. >> we've seen smaller dieoffs, patches throughout the mussel bed but haven't seen a dieoff to this extent. >> reporter: scientists say this should never take place in early june. it was a confluence of events, three very hot days, and low tide. the mussels never had a chance. pacific coast mussels thrive at around 50 degrees. they can survive in rare temperatures approachi

news reporter wayne freedman will have more coming up at 5:00 >> abc word news tonight tweeted this photoominous storm clouds hanging oh over alton, illinois. six tornadoes were reported across the region, one death has been reported. >>> overseas, people are still trying to come to grips with a devastating arson attack at and i may studio in kyoto, japan. w eatea killed in the fire. here's reporter ian pannell with what the attacker yelled before setting the fire. >> reporter: who are rick scenes in kyoto, japan, where this three-story building was set alight early thursday morning deliberately. this was an arson attack, the building was full of people hard at work producing and i may films which are popular in japan. what we understand from police and fire officials is a man entered the building early on thursday morning shouting you die. he apparently sprayed some kind of liquid fire accelerant onto the ground, set fire to it. and you can see how it caught blaze quite quickly. it's the moek that normally skills people. you can see it billowing up. a number of people were discovered on

wayne freedman joins us live in marin county. wayne? >> reporter: good evening. this is hamilton stations in novato. down this track a few motel, another train will be coming. smart has been running for 23 months now and finally they're beginning to find some of the same problems as railroads elsewhere. the north bay smart train had more than the usual bells, lights and gays near golf course drive and reasoner in the park today. they had a police officer keeping an eye on the crossing after a pedestrian died here yesterday afternoon. in this case, smart general manager far had mansourian says it appears to have been a suicide. >> my heart stops. we feel about the families that have to go through that. >> reporter: yesterday's death may have been suicide but two or three other deaths here since june have been ruled accidents. trains moving at 79 miles an hour in close proximity to cars and people have never been a popular mix. >> you know the train is coming. you either choose to be there or you move. >> reporter: now with the suicide, smart encountered some of th

>> what i would love to know from tommy freedman at the "new york times" and all his liberal pals -- tommy, is it? la-di-da. >> they're saying is trump going to get re-elected and i think maybe what some of them are really saying is, with a secret ballot, i'm going to have to vote for him if the alternative is marxist revolution. neil: interesting. i'm looking to the china trade thing, how that plays out. it's going to be crucial. the tweeting battle notwithstanding, you get a deal with china, all bets are off. i guess if it's a good deal. right? >> i think that's actually a very interesting piece in the "journal." neil: this is getting ridiculous. >> with the dallas fed rob kapler. he basically said people have kind of accepted there's going to be a long-term new normal with china. well, we start getting into trouble when we look at investment by the business community into longer term cycle spends, talking manufacturing, whether there's unpredictability and volatility around non-chinese trading partners like mexico, for example, or places like vietnam that people are going away fro

. > abc news reporter wayne freedman joins us live in gilroy. wayne? >> well, let's talk more about caila salazar, the 13-year-old girl. she went to school here on this campus in san jose at 6:00 tonight, her family will come out and tell us more about her. for most of the day, they were behind closed doors. it's been a tough one. at this home on a quiet san jose street, a seeminglyymth o visit today. but except for gee or dana, we could only guess at the grief within. >> she was that kind of person you would think is actually an angel. everything she did was not for her. it was for everyone else. she tried to make everyone happy but herself. >> reporter: that's gee or dana speaking of his niese, caila who lost her life at the garlic festival shooting. he says she was probably trying to protect her family. >> she was the first one that stood up and she turned around to look at her family where they were and that's where she got shot. >> reporter: caila was a student here at ace empower academy, a charter school in san jose. the family intends to hold a

. >> here's abc7 news reporter wayne freedman. >> reporter:. and toil. >> is this your first? >> yes. >> i hope it's my last. >> reporter: in jurnville this summer, the sun is out is, 9 water and beach sublime. for the past week, those may as well be in another universe because of this evolving mystery inside the old river theater. >> did you know it was here? >> no. >> it's being this concrete encased hidden old safe by jerry knight and john who came in to do renovation work. as of this morning, they couldn't get it out or open. >> this was made by the herman safe company. >> those are the same people who instaualled safes for the u.s. mint. >> if you go online and collect it, you cannot news nitroglycerin, you can't drill it or cut did. >> reporter: they were teased when they found steel pennies spring offed around the safe maybe for good luck. what's inside one can only fantasize. >> $20 gold pieces, silver dollars, the deed to the town. >>. the mystery. the unknown. >> reporter: here's what we can surprise. whoever hid the safe intended rem

sonoma raceway, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news". >>> you can see the "abc 7 news" app to get alerts abouter this weekend where you live. the app lets you customize your forecast. >>> in the east bay an annual music concert in memory of a 14-year-old girl. jenny lin was stabbed to death in her castro valley home 25 years ago and the crime remains unsolved. the jenny lin foundation was incorporated soon after. its mission is to promote child safety and music education. they are sponsoring a concert at chabot college at 6:30 tonight. cheryl jennings will serve as emcee. >>> hall of fame horse racing trainer jerry hollendorfer may take action against the owners of the horse park. both tracks banned him after 30 horses died at santa anita in june. those deaths included four of his horses. yesterday a judge ordered del mar racetrack to lift a similar ban to allow his horses to race and train there. >>> happening today, hundreds of swimmers will brave the chilly waters of san francisco bay for the alcatraz shark fest swim swim. the treacherous journey poses challenges for elite swimmers. they st

at sonoma raceway, i'm wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >>> as you plan your weekend, emergency officialsyou handle the heat. here is where what santa clara county's office of emergency management is telling people. >> stay hydrated all day to stay healthy. also, if possible spend some time in air conditioning so your body temperature can cool down. we recommend that people look into cooling certainties. you can even go to a shopping mall, and if it is air conditioning enjoy a couple of hours there to cool down. >> another tip is to just stay out of the sun. that's especially good advice for young children and senior citizens whose bodies are more sensitive to temperature swings. you can use the "abc 7 news" app to get alerts about the dangerously hot weather this weekend where you live. the app lets you customize the forecast. >>> in the east bay an annual music concert in memory of a 14-year-old girl. jenny lynne was stabbed to death in her castro valley home 25 years ago and the horrific crime remains unsolved. the jenny lin foundation was incorporated soon afterward. it's mission is t

here is "abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman. >> reporter: what you're facing now in october is -- >>t a mess. >> reporter: october, that's when october and sally will have to begin paying their own rent not finished on time. this region has thousands of others just like them. david cully in fountain grove. >> it is too big. there's too many people fighting for the same resources, and it is just going to take a while. >> whatever it takes to get us through this disaster. >> reporter: now the city of santa rosa has stepped in to speed up the process. >> you're doing something that would normally take five years, ten years to build, and you're shoving that into two years. >> reporter: gabe osborne from santa rosa's development service. with so many houses approaching the insurance deadline the city eased restrictions on construction noise, allowing work as early at 5:00 a.m. and late as 9:00 p.m. in shough fra- contractors like mike williams tell us the city had not been enforcing those rules anyway. >> so is there really any difference in what they decided to do and what they're doing?

>> i don't -- i'll have one on tonight probably. >> reporter: at sonoma raceway, wayne freedman, "abccan use the "abc 7 news" app to get alerts about the dangerously hot weather this weekend where you live. the app lets you customize your forecast. >>> in the east bay an annual music concert in memory of a 14-year-old girl. jenny lin was stabbed to death in her castro valley home 25 years ago and the crime is still unsolved. the jenny lin foundation was incorporated soon after. its mission is to promote child safety and youth music education. the foundation is sponsoring a music concert at chabot college in hayward at 6:30 tonight. former "abc 7 news" anchor cheryl jennings will be the emcee. >>> happening today, hundreds of swimmers will brave the chilly waters of san francisco bay. the treacherous journey poses participants start at alcatraz and swim to aquatic park. the race starts in just under an hour at 9:30 this morning. the event emulates the attempts by participant participant par a francisco. >>> a woman who wanted to be an art teacher has found a very different career after

ambassador david freedman and special envoy jason green blatt both took part in the inaugural ceremony pilgrimage road is a tunnel the created in occupied east jerusalem which has been under israeli occupation since 967 it lies under the still one neighborhood and was excavated by the israeli antiquities authority they believe it's an important holy site in judaism but palestinian officials say the tunnel is an attempt to remove their hopes for a future capital in east jerusalem but its myth has more from seal one. the tunnel runs underneath the east jerusalem palestinian neighborhood of silwan and comes out on the other side of that war on the other side of that wall is the western wall now having 2 senior u.s. officials present the own organization of this tunnel is yet a further and dorfman by the americans that they recognize the whole city of jerusalem as the capital of israel this this is the truth whether you believe or not i mean the people that that discovered this these are largely secular archaeologists scientists no particular agenda this is the truth and the truth is the o

wayne freedman is in santa rosa with the very latest. wayne. >> reporter: good evening, eric. is one of those homes in question. it's roughly three weeks away at this point from being finished and that's a major victory from the homeowner who is doing the work himself. it it's interesting. he said something to me today that was fascinating. he said that fire may have taken 30 minutes to burn this home, but it's been two years of heartache, and he blames much of that on the contractor. >>> if you've heard the stories about clients who become their own attorneys, here's the twist. andy guy, one of many tubbs fire victims who have had to become their own contractors. >> framing, the trussing, the damage to our septic system. >> reporter: andy is describing what he called substandard work by the tulare contractor who promised to rebuild burned tubbs fire homes at central valley prices. but the plan never worked out. >> i think i

accepting the award is deputy public defender jennifer freedman, who many of you know from her outstandingwork in new york state and francisco, our long time colleague and champion. [applause] >> good afternoon, thank you. i want to thank the immigration rights office and immigrant affairs for this recognize and all of us in the immigration defense unit at the public defenders office. through the generous support of the city of san francisco, we, the public defenders immigration unit, represent detained immigrants facing deportation right here in san francisco. there arality attorneys and five support staff. this work has never been more important and never been harder. this unit was designed by our fear less leader to fight back. we believe fiercely that every immigrant deserves zealous representation, even those with criminal convictions. everyday, we're bringing our public defenders' spirit and determination to the table to bat many on behalf of our immigrant neighbors. we represent the entire san francisco community, all of us. when we show up to court and demand our clients' rights. t

. >>> and we'll talk to thomas freedman who thinks the future of israel itself is on the line. but first, here's my take. the best illustration of the in co haeurpbs of the straoepblg towards iran came last week in a white house press release. it read, there is little doubt that even before the deal's existence, iran was violating its terms. the white house has not subsequently explained how a country can violate the terms of a deal before that deal existed. this is not the only example of in co haeurpbs. when donald trump announced last month that he called off military strikes against iran he said it was because he learned that an estimated 150 iranians would have died. instead, he further tightened economic sanctions against iran. the sanctions being levied against iran are having a massive and crippling effect on the country, says jeffrey sacks, who has studied such measures. he noted, sanctions like these are known to cause a significant rise in mortality. given the size of the population, around 81 million, this is sure to be far larger than 150 deaths. and keep in mind,

goal here to the isolation of iran is the united states and i am reminded of the comment that tom freedmanmade during the middle of the iraq war when we invited them to speak to our caucus and what would you do about iraq and he said to quote the new york cop who was asked by a tourist directions of how to get somewhere the cop says i would not start from here. i would not choose to start from here but that is what we need to do. >> lastly, i want to ask you about it was reported recently that devon nunez met with now use the ranking member on the intelligence committee about what donald trump discussed a replacement for the director of national intelligence dan coats. do you have concerns about that next appointment in about dan coats feature and about heaven nunez conversation and potentially being a possible candidate for that role? >> well, let me just say that what you should want the director of national intelligence is someone who understands what the agencies do someone who's a good manager of people and someone who has the strength to speak truth to power, whether that is true to

andrea: jonathan freedman, de la organización we count, dice que las autoridades no han lanzado aquíenen que abrir la puerta. si migración llega a su casa para entrar y registrar su casa, necesita una orden firmada por un juez. tienen derecho de guardar silencio y no firmar nada. andrea: antonia catalán, más conocida como tonia tonia, se dedica a ayudar a los migrantes y está muy preocupada con el efecto del miedo. antonia: la gente tiene un pánico de salir. han dejado de ir a la iglesia, han dejado de ir a los parques con sus niños, las familias prefieren estar en la casa. andrea: la preocupación mayor de tonia son los niños. antonia: bueno, que platiquen con sus hijos y tengan un-- un plan, ¿verdad? lo que yo les recomiendo es que no les metan miedo a los niños. andrea: lucía trata de que ninguno de sus cinco hijos tenga miedo, pero dice que no lo logra. ¿y tú tienes miedo, dianita? lucía: asustan a los niños y no es justo porque... todos tenemos el derecho de vivir en paz. y yo salí hoy, pero con miedo. siempre estoy así, mirando. andrea: es que al marido de lucía lo deportaron ha

we hear from bess freedman. that is coming up next.loomberg. ♪ mark: i'm mark crumpton with bloomberg first word news. a heckler disrupted president trump's speech at an event today in jamestown, virginia, commemorating the 400 anniversary of the rise of american democracy. the person stood up and held hate andt read "deport reunite my family." the man was let out of the site as some members chanted mr. trump's name. hate and reunite mymexican officials sayr of mainly central american migrants traveling through their country to reach the u.s. border has declined by 39% since may. officials say the drop is a result of greater mexican enforcement of its immigration laws as well as investment and job creation in central america. president lopez over door is calling on the central bank to lower interest rates. micklethwait john in his first interview with international media since taking office. they are more cautious about in

bottom line, it's hot and loud and likely to remain that way in live in sonoma county, wayne freedman. >> the races are on. thanks. use the abc 7 news app to get alerts about the dangerously hot weather where you live. the app lets you customize the forecast. >>> new at 6:00 a san jose police officer is under arrest on gun and drug charges. officers with the sunnyvale department of public safety arrested john thompkins this morning after searching his house and finding firearms and illegal drugs. he's been booked on felony and misdemeanor charges. >>> in the south bay, six cars collided late this afternoon including a police car. it happened in san jose. ambulances took several people to the hospital including children and a police officer. one of the accident victims told abc 7 news a police car was going through the intersection with lights flashing when the collision happened. >> he came through. turned his lights on, in the intersection and as he got to the eastbound lane he got hit. >> after the impact, several other cars coal lieldllided in reaction. son j san jose police said t

with james freedman writing, for a candidate who is supposed to be the voice of moderation for the presidentialion, joe biden spends a lot of time proposing a surge in federal taxes and spending. joining me now is james freeman, assistant editor of the wall street journal editorial page. healthcare remains the number one issue for people across the country. been that way for a long time. democrats are starting to have the debate. bernie's giving a big speech today. is biden being honest about how much this will cost? >> i think you have to be skeptical. certainly, he is not telling the truth, whether he knows it's not the truth or not. he's not telling the truth when he says he can create this new government plan, this public option to get insurance, and not affect all of the existing private plans. you remember ten years ago the reason they didn't put this in obama care, democrats said it's too radical to create a government competitor to private health plans. >> dana: you said this would be the thing. $750 million pub lib healthcare option. he would also roll back the trump tax cuts. that wou

. >> that's the tom freedman argument.y about these later because the differences among the democrats are not that. >> one of the questions is what does elizabeth warren do in the last debate? embrace medicare for all and will she stick to that tonight and say yes, we should eliminate. she did in the last debate private insurance or will she seek a more moderate grunt on that? >> i want to thank everybody for this discussion. i want to remind everyone we'll be up late tonight, very late. we'll be on at least until 2:00 a.m. and talk about everything we're about to see on this stage behind me. the cnn democratic debate live from detroit starts right now. [ applause [ applause ] >>> live from detroit, it the democratic presidential debate. >> the stage is set. the candidates are waiting in the wings. >> this audience is eager to hear what they have to say. >> right now, the road to the white house drives through detroit. the democrats are in michigan for a premiere two-night event. a defining moment that will determine who g

what was tom freedman's headline in "the new york times"? he's asked over and over this question, donald trump is going to win again, isn't he? that's what the democrats are saying. right now the answer is yes. >> greg: can i just -- there is a difference in the criticism. trump's criticism is predicated on what he perceives harms america. their criticism is what america harms. it's a difference. it's between patriotic americans and radical leftists. patriotic americans can see what harms america. they only see what america harms. that's the underlying engine for those tweets that you talked about monday. trump reacts in the perception of disloyalty. you can disagree with it and find it shallow and incorrected. it's not racist. it's based on loyalty to your country. if you were born after 2000, you might find that idea so stupid and old fashioned like ribbon candy and bicycles with giant tires what is love it or leave it in it's an old concept. i agree. >> juan: i think racism is very divisive. >> greg: i agree, too. look for it sometime, ju