jobina is here. >> jobina doing traffic this morning. >> we had a nice warm weekend.t about this week? >> i think it's going to taper a little bit. if you like the warm weather, it will come back for the weekend. can't stay cool forever, not this time of year. high everybody. here is a look at what's going on outside. a couple of items i'm watching the winds as always, stout sea breeze pulling in the low clouds. that's going to lock in a seasonal air mass and drizzle for the morning commute. also, we have a chance of high clouds coming in this afternoon. that's going to dim the sunshine and drop our temperatures a degree or two here or there. the next 12 hours, 57 to 61 at 7:00. transition from low clouds to high clouds around noon. stikts and 70s. we'll reach the 80s inland. even 90s possible out highway 4 in contra costa. 60s and 70s at 7:00. let's get over to jobina for a check on traffic. >>> we're following a sig alert and three rollovers this morning. we have a whole lot to talk about. first, i want to take you to oakland. this is westbound 580 before golf links

jobina. >>> thank you, mike.is an image from the sig alert we've been talking about all morning long in the east bay. rv versus car situation. the rv flippe over, shattering the upper portion. caltrans was called out to clean up. at this point it's not clear when caltrans is going to get there to wrap everything up. we have good news though. all lanes were blocked earlier. now we have word that the right lane has opened. it's going to be a challenging process for them to get that all cleaned up. so in the meantime, if you can take an alternate route or stay at home, work from home, i would recommend it. you can see the purple line shows where all the lanes were blocked. the red and yellow on the opposite side shows the onlooker traffic. this is san jose, 101, things looking pretty smooth there. now we've got the richmond-san rafael bridge. this is typically our problem spot due to emergency road work. things are looking fairly smooth over there. >>> thanks so much, jobina. caltrains electrification project is not

jobina. >> reporter: natasha and reggie. there's hope there will be a sense of healing in numbers at the start of the school year and also with the students get back with their friends and teachers, that that will allow for some sense of normal see as well. we're back in the classrooms on monday, specifically undergoing training on how to respond to children who may be upset by the garlic festival shooting. extra police will be on hand as the extra precaution. two additional counselors will be at its 15 schools today. the additional counseling services will be available throughout the week. >> once you're around all the people you love, you're distracted by what happened. easier to move forward. >> the routine, it getsetsets back to normalcy. >> reporter: three people including a 13-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy were killed and at least a dozen others were hurt. live in gilroy this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> in the east bay there was a show of support for the victims of our nation's recent mass shootings alo

live in san jose this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> thanks jobina. as part of building a better bay area, we're focused on homelessness and possible solutions to the housing crisis. in san francisco there's a short-term fix up for a vote today. the city is considering converting a parking lot near balboa park to overnight parking for people living in their vehicles, 33 spots for up to 90 days. it's only for residents vetted by the city's department of homelessness. according to a new report there are more than 8,000 homeless people in san francisco, up 17% since 2017. about 7% live in their car or rv. >> people need to understand that those living in their vehicles aren't the hard, hard core homeless that people think of, drug addicted, mental health issues. >> the proposal goes before the planning commission today and to the board of supervisors if it passes. >>> in the east bay the son of a former police chief is once again facing criminal charges, this time for a deadly shooting and robbery in oakland. 19-year-old tyrone mccallister and another ma

abc 7 reporter jobina fortson joining us from police department headquarters with how this happened. jobina. >> reporter: the assault victim in this case, paneez kosarian says she feels like a prison in her own home. police identified this man as james austin vincent. vincent who is believed to be homeless was arrested, charged with battery, false imprisonment and second degree robbery. he appeared in court on tuesday morning. the video of the attack that startled much of the bay area. you can see kosarian falling to the ground as she struggles with vincent. kosarian is finally able to crawl in. kosarian told abc 7 news that vincent told her during the attack that he was trying to save her from her security guard who was a robot. >> the judge has seen the video. she still thinks that this man is okay to be on the streets. >> reporter: the judge ordered vincent to enroll in a program with assertive case management which falls under the jurisdiction of the san francisco pretrial diversion project. also vincent is scheduled to be back in court on september 12th. all parties here are hop

live in the studio, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. >>> a formal google engineer is facing federal charges. >> accused of stealing trade secrets and taking them to his new employer, uber. anthony levandowski helped google's efforts in self driving vehicles. prosecutors claim he stole key files from google before he took a similar job with uber's self driving program. they say levandowski illegally downloaded 33 different files that belonged to google. >> each of these trade secrets was reasonably protected by google, had economic value and was not generally known. >> anthony levandowski is innocent of these charges. he never stole or attempted to steal anything. >> uber has agreed to pay waymo $245 million to settle a civil lawsuit dealing with the possible theft of trade secrets. the companies involved issued statements after that announcement. this is from waymo. it says we have always believed competition should be fueled by innovation. we appreciate the work of the u.s. attorney's office and the fbi on this case. this response from uber. we've cooperated with the

our reporter, jobina fortson, is headed to that area to see what she can find out.s soon as we have that information, we'll pass it along to you. >>> th to help amazon countries fight wildfires. that's on top of $5 million pledged by foundation started by leonardo dicaprio. a u.s.-based water dropping tanker is part of the effort. brazil denies claims that it has been slow to respond to those fires. >>> a bizarre twist this morning in a deputy involved shooting in lancaster. the alameda county sheriff's office says the whole thing was a lie. deputy angel reinosa said he was shot in the parking lot of the lancaster substation on wednesday. investigators thought the bulletproof vest is what saved him. he had no visible injuries and deputies recovered no bullets. investigators say he had been with the department for about a year. he has been fired and is now facing criminal charges. >>> it could be another wild week on wall street. let's take a look at what is happening at the new york stock exchange. we're up 165 points. overnight world markets were a mix. u.s. future

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson live in gilroy. jobina. >> reporter: good morning. many people in gilroy are feeling the impact of -- this past sunday's shooting, rather, even if they weren't there. that's the point of having these meetings last night, to make sure people know that they do not have to go through this healing process alone. there are several resources available for people because their sense of safety and security has been shattered. community agencies like the department of behavioral health and gilroy united school district, also collaborated with community solutions and children's services opened their doors for anyone in need of healing. they had help from the center for living with therapy dogs. experts say it will be a long and collaborative effort. >> this is not about isolationism. it's about saying, hey, this is affecting all of us, every single one of us. >> reporter: you can find more information on counseling and healing resources and this story on our website. that's abc7news.com, and you can also find it on the abc 7 news app. live in g

live in gilroy, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. stick with abc 7 news for continuing coverage of the gilroy shooting. we are posting updates at abc7news.com and on our abc 7 news app. >>> lyft has yanked its entire electric bike fleet in san francisco after two of them burst into flames. the first happened on saturday in the city's south of market neighborhood. another caught fire earlier yesterday in the earlier haight. cornell barnard has the details. >> reporter: anybody trying to rent a lift will see these warning lights. that means it's off-line. all of them will be until the company can trouble shoot possible issues with the batteries that may be causing fires. joan howe says smoke was coming from a bike dock, electric ride share bike on fire. she took these pictures as firefighters responded to put it out. >> even the firefighters took a step back i. had the snapping and popping of the battery going, i guess explodinexplodin >> this is all that was left of the charred bike. on saturday, another electric bike seems to have my

jobina fortson is taking us live inside in san francisco. good morning, jobina. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. welcome to the budweiser club. you can see the drinks, and there's an area where you can get food as well, and this is a big change for warriors fans that are used to oracle arena, because -- it's here. you can see the whole arena from this vantage point and some can experience this sooner than later because the pre-season tickets go on sale today, and there are presale opportunities ahead of that, for example, season ticket holders can begin buying pre-season tickets at 9:00 a.m. the golden state warriors will have their first pre-season game on saturday october 5th against the los angeles lakers, and they are expecting fans to have an incredible experience here. >> whatever they have in their mind for a sports arena, it doesn't look like a sports arena, it's a grand entry space and setting the mood for the whole night. >> reporter: the first regular season game will be thursday, october 24th against the los angeles

, jobina. >> reporter: good morning.ters have been so excited. i was chatting with a woman sitting on one of the buses behind me. this morning buses will drop off and leave from the sales force transit center. i've seen people walking around in yellow shirts making sure everyone knows where they're going. ac transit operates 26 bus lines from the third floor deck as well as four early bird express lines. one treasure island bus from the deck. all other buses on the ground e for the first time in ten months since those cracked beams were discovered. the bus deck was the last major transportation component that needed to reopen. the main advantage of the bus deck is that one lane goes directly from the upper deck of the bay bridge to the transit center. >> it's what we know about the rider experience, it's two-hold. one, it allows our riders to be inside and out of the elements. two, it's a time savings. we know from the dedicated lane that brings our buses from the upper deck of the bay bridge directly here. the benefit i

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson live in sausalito. good morning, jobina. >> reporter: good morning reggie and natasha. as of 11:30 last night, the pg&e outage map showed about 20,000 customers without power and over an hour later that number nearly doubled to 54,000 customers without power. as of 1:30 this morning, the utility company tweeted the power had been restored. look at the video from overnight. it was completely dark in sausalito, larkspur and several other areas. crews rushed to put out stop signs all over the county at intersections for drivers. others managed to have a little fun during the outage. >> bark spur, no power, stilling inks a hin a good time at the silver peso. >> reporter: here is a look inside. the blue emergency lights adding extra vibe to the bar's aesthetic. people continued to play pool and drink until the power was restored. a reminder, pg&e is saying with a major outage like this, please don't call 911 unless you have an emergency. live in sausalito, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> in the south bay it

it's jobina. >> we have two major issues, one on the peninsula and one in the east bay. let's go to the issue on the peninsula. this is near sfo. looks like we will go to the east bay incident for us, but we have two sigalerts, and we have a fatality on the on-ramp eastbound 580 on dutton in san leandro, and it's going to be blocked for quite a bit there so we will keep following that. there's a signal alert in the peninsula, northbound 101 and 380. three vehicles involved and all lanes blocked and a good actually, that's my buick.. your buick doesn't have a roof rack! this is my buick. how are we gonna fit in your mom's buick? easy. i like that new buick. -me too. i was actually talking about that buick. i knew that. -did you? buick's fresh new lineup is full of surprises. current eligible non-gm owners and lessees get 20% below msrp on most 2019 buick encore models. >>> let's take a look at what is going on around state today. the clouds being stubborn from eureka to santa barbara. 76 to 85 in l.a. toasty through the central valley, and chico, 99. fresno, 104. palm spr

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson is live in san jose. good morning, jobina. >> good morning, kumasi and natasha. this is great news to hopefully take more cars off the roadway. the fire department is p the federal government is hoping to fast track the pro squaekt by more than 14 months. we're learning the berryessa station will be the new end of the line. vta is the first transit agency in the nation being considered for this new program. the federal government is allocating the funds to speed up the projects. in this case vta's four-station b.a.r.t. extension to take riders through downtown san jose into santa clara. >> we'll need to be faster. infrastructure will need to be delivered faster. it will be interesting to see how we make it through this pilot program. >> reporter: in the meantime, the vta is working to finish the formalal application with the federal government to get phase two as well. that would go from north san jose to downtown san jose and on to santa clara. live in san jose, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> this is pr

here's jobina. >>> there are two reports of possible mateo bridge coming from the hayward area. the chp is sorting out details right now but if you look at the map and see the speed down to 9 mles per hour, so not too good if you are coming from that way, and at least one lane is blocked right now. in san leandro, we have the all clear from this morning at dutton avenue leading into east bay 580. >>> coming up next, seven things you need to know as you start your day. >> and one woman explains her decision to run her san francisco-based business from across the country. if you are joining us, here are the seven things you need to know this morning. number one, authorities say the gunman in the walmart shooting cased the store before shooting looking for mexicans. >>> a gunman opened fire in dayton early sunday morning killing nine people, including his sister. >>> gilroy police and fbi agents are scheduled to give an update on last sunday's shooting at the garlic festival. that update is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. and we will stream it live on abc7news.com. >>> and jury deliberati

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jobina fortson is there live this morning. jobina? >> good morning, natasha and reggie.ooks like work crews are wrapping things up, and i have watched six pg&e trucks pull off in the last few minutes, and it looks like the crash was quick and happened across the street from the fire station. the fire captain said firefighters on duty heard the crash and lost power and were forced to manually open doors to access the leans. san jose fire says 11 people including the driver were evacuated from the vta bus. the driver of the suv also escaped. aom and my son told me, mom, a bus crashed on king road. i didn't think much of it but i came over here and saw a lot of smoke and a lot of fire and a lot of water, and then i seen the light post -- well, not the light post but the post that fell on the bus and it was ugly, and it looked like hell over here. >> reporter: at its peak the crash caused 5,800 pg&e customers to be without power, and the cones were just lifted about 20 minutes ago. for now, reporting live in san et's get you up-to-date on weather and

live this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. >>> a 12-year-old brentwood girl hospital this morning being treated for critical injuries after being struck by a hit-and-run driver. it happened yesterday morning on sunrise road and trail side drive. the girl was just walking to school, to edna hill middle school. the driver of an suv hit her and kept on going. she had to be airlifted to uc davis medical center. police tracked the female driver to a nearby parking lot and arrested her. she's facing dui and felony hit-and-run charges. >>> the man accused of attacking a woman outside her san francisco condo building is back in court today. yesterday prosecutors dropped a second charge against austin james vincent saying he was misidentified in that case. after reviewing surveillance video of the attack, the judge denied the request to release vincent from jail, saying he is still a public threat for this incident. as vincent was leaving, he cursed at the judge. >>> a san francisco police sergeant facing charges in pacifica for disrupting a meeting on homelessness. 4

first i want to bring jobina back in here this morning.his morning. >> yes, good morning everybody. we're looking at our emeryville camera, eastshore freeways beginning to fill in there. look at this. the cash lanes at the bay bridge toll plaza there, it looks like they'll be opening some more around 5:00 a.m. if you have fastrak, you can breeze through there. just a little look at our drive times now. all green, so we're good. 27 minutes antioch to hercules, highway 4 to the maze, 17 minutes, and highway 85 to the san jose airport looking at eight minutes. >>> the number of young people playing sports is down nationwide. our sister station espn partnered with the aspen institute's project play to launch something called don't retire kid. the aim is to get and keep american kids involved in sports. >> i'm here to announce my retirement from sports, baseball, basketball, all of them. i feel like it's time. the pressure that it takes to play at my age is just too much. i said i'd play this game as long as i was having fun. now it's time to c

here is jobina with traffic. >>> good monday morning.cash lanes already backed up here. this is a look at the bay bridge toll plaza, and also our mass transit situation. of course, b.a.r.t. no delays, a.c.e. 1 no delays. normal service for the ferry. quick note about b.a.r.t., you heard it at the top of the show, no more paper cards at the 19th street b.a.r.t. station today. amy hollyfield will have more on that. guys? >> thank you, jobina. we'll have the latest on the deadly mass shootings in just a moment. but we'll start with the beginning of the end, as job bean nah mentioned, for the end of paper tickets on b.a.r.t. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in oakland. amy. >> reporter: you won't be able to buy these anymore here at the 19th street station. they will have staff members today and the next new days to help people with this change. starting today here at the 19th street station in oakland, they will no longer sell paper tickets. you can use paper tickets that you already have. but if you need to buy a ticket, you c

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson is live in sausalito.ood morning. >> reporter: good morning, reggie and natasha. 54,000 pg&e customers were without power as of 12:30 last night. that's a major bump up from the 20,000 customers the outage map showed about an hour earlier. the power was out for about threht there added a little extra aesthetic to the bar as people continued to play pool and drink until the power came back on. >> it instantly went out. there was no indication, nothing at all. >> reporter: crews rushed to put out stop signs at intersections all over marin county. sausalito, larkspur and other areas affected by the outage. with a large outage like this, police remind you to not call 911 unless you have an emergency. in sausalito, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> in the south bay firefighters are on the scene of a wildfire to make sure it doesn't reignite. it broke out along santa teresa boulevard. flames approached about a dozen homes. the fire spread to 60 acres before crews got it under control. one firefighter needed medica

life from sfpd headquarters, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> a lot of us struggling with that judge's decision this morning, thank you. >>> is homelessness a medical condition and is housing a health care issue? >> hawaii declared a state of emergency because of a homeless crisis there. it's been suggested california should do the same. abc 7 news was at a commonwealth club event yesterday in san francisco. that's where a panel discussed ways to find permanent housing. darrell steinberg is a co-chair of governor knew some's homelessness commission. >> as much good work as we're doing in california, as many people are being helped, the numbers are growing. until we commit as a matter of public policy to bringing people indoors first and then providing them the services they need and permanent housing, the problem is going to get worse. >>xpts s for every one person housed, three more people will fall into homelessness. >> san francisco mayor london breed and oakland mayor libby schaaf withdrew from that commonwealth club event because of a keiser employee protest outside. >> ain't no p

hi, jobina. >> reporter: good morning natasha and kumasi. to know is starting yesterday buses will be picking up and also leaving from the sales force transit center. we're told there will be ambassador around the area to make sure people know where they're going. buses back on the bus deck for the first time in ten months since the cracked beams were discovered. the main advantage of the bus deck is one lane goes directly from the upper deck of the bay bridge to the transit center. ac transit operates 26 lines from the third floor deck as well as four early bird express lanes for b.a.r.t.

good morning, jobina. >> reporter: good morning. yes. watching the buses roll through here. if we take a peek around the corner -- they seem to have left. but there are people with yellow shir helping people get around this area, make sure they're navigating this as smoothly as possible. robert liles is here from ac transit breaking it all down. good morning. >> good morning. this is a great day, not just for the reopening of the sales force transit center, but a great day for our riders. it's been a year they have been waiting or two things, one, to get inside out of the elements as they commute and, two, see some kind of time savings. we anticipate that's going to happen with the relaunch of the transbay bus lines into the sales force transit center. what we hope with the savings of time is with the newly designed and implemented transit-only lane from the upper deck of the bay bridge, that riders and our couches are able to transition directly from the bridge onto and into the bus deck. what we know from years past is that our riders

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson live in sausalito.ing, jobina. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie. as of 11:30 last night, the out panel map showed about 20,000 customers were without power in marin county. about an hour later, they bumped that number up to 54,000 customers without power. earlier this morning around 1:30 the utility company tweeted all the power had been restored. look at this video from overnight. it was completely dark in sausalito, larkspur and several other places. police rushed out to put out stop signs at intersections. others managed to have a little fun during the outage. >> larkspur no power, we're still serving drinks and having a good time at the silver pay sew. blueme light added nside. to the bar's aesthetic as people continued to play pool and drink. pg&e is also reminding customers, with this major outage, to not call 911 unless you have an emergency. live in marin county, fortson, abc 7 news. >>>? the south bay firefighters still on the scene of this wildfire. it broke out along santa teresa

reporting live from the great mall in milpitas, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> thank you jobina. >>> two other mall robberies happened across the state within hours of that incident in milpitas. modesto police released this vance image showing two men robbing a jewelry store at the vintage fair mall yesterday afternoon. police say four men used a sledgehammer to break glass at the stofr, causing a loud noise and panic. they got away. in southern california, two suspects were arrested after reports of a possible shoopting at the topanga mall in canoga park. there was a smash and grab at the neiman marcus store. abc 7 sent out the push alert last night. you can find out about breaking news as it happens by downloading our free abc 7 news app. >>> this morning hong kong lawmakers are blaming the other side for protests that escalated into violence. protesters clashed with police yesterday. protesters attacked officers were sticks, rods and water cannon trucks. police drew their guns and fired a warn shot. they also used teargas to gas t disburperse the crowd. pro democracy lawmakers say

now live in gilroy, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> we wish them luck today. in the east bay there was a show of support for the victims of our nation's recent mass shootings along with a call to action. it mobilized people to stand up against white supremacy and gun violence. lee said when it comes to gun control, congress needs to do more than pass a bill for stronger background checks. >> we must demand congress support legislation to ban assault weapons and get these weapons of war off the streets of america. >> the rally was also an opportunity for people to stand in solidarity with gilroy, el paso and dayton. >>> flights resumed in hong kong today following two days of chaos. >> you can see the protesters crashing with police dressed in riot gear. that violence forced the cancellation of hou flights. a live look at sfo at 5:05 this morning. flights from san francisco to hong kong have departed on time so far today. >>> president trump says he hopes the conflict in hong kong is resolved peacefully but remains focused on trade talks with china. the preside

jobina fortson, abc7 news. >>> and wildfirfirefighters are to get the moose fire out. flames spread to 150 acres within two hours. cal fire says the moose fire is 25% contained. smoke has been drifting to the south and people report smelling it in sonoma county. it's west of clear lake and about 45 miles from santa rosa. there are no reports of injuries or buildings burning so far. >>> cal fire is doing reconscious flights to look for hot spots. firefighters in shasta county have put out 14 lightning fires since friday. >>> a new rule could limit legal immigration to the u.s. the trump administration announced the public charge rule. it makes it easier to reject green card and visa applications for immigrants that rely on public benefits. critics say the rule targets low-income immigrants and supporters say it encourages self reliance. >> it will promote immigrants' success in the united states as they seek opportunity here. >> it does not make america greater as well, but it will make us poorer, hungrier and sicker. >> asylum seekers and refugees are exempt from that

jobina joins us and tells us what it means going forward. >> the jury was ten days into deliberations before the judge decided to make that switch yesterday. this means today starting at 9:00 a.m., deliberations will start all over. the new jury popanel consists o five men and seven women. a fourth juror has an upcoming scheduling conflict. the reason they are responsible for the fate of the defendants, both men face 36 counts each of involuntary manslaughter for the 36 lives lost in the fire, and prosecutors argue both men were criminally negligent and guilty. one development, really. >> you think it's taking too long? >> i don't know. we're just going with the flow. >> it's not exactly clear why the judge made the change to the jury but apparently it had something to do witivn the stud this morning, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >>> a civil lawsuit filed by the families of the ghost ship victims. the landlord was not charged in the criminal trial. she and her family claimed the original lease signed by almena was for original use. you can find more on the ghost ship case by going to ou

jobina fortson is live in san francisco. hi, jobina. >> reporter: hi, guys. i am just checking out my new seat, and i don't know how much it cost but somebody will find out because tickets go on sale for the public. we're just taking a look live now live in the beautiful chase center here. there are radio stations where the court is right now because they will be talking about all the new developments. it's exciting with a great vibe in here this morning. i talked about the special opportunities for presale tickets. if you are buying a pre-season game ticket, you can do that at 9:00 a.m. if you are a season ticket holder. the warriors will have their first game against the lakers, and that's the first time there has been a nba game in that san francisco since 1971. the warriors' president said the 18,000-seat chase center is more than just a basketball arena. >> i think they are surprised at the scale and scope of the building. it's a big building and it's in an incredible beautiful setting and in a have not explored before. >> a piece of the old court is sig

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jobina fortson was at the high school this monk. >> reporter: the first day of school is often filled with excitement and nervous jitters. in this case, it's a day where you'll find foopd additional security and counselors. >> we've been preparing for today since the shooting. >> reporter: gilroy was already a close knit community but now bond by tragedy. just over two weeks ago, a gunman opened fire at the gilroy garlic festival killing three including a 6 and 13-year-old and injuring at least a dozen others. the festival is a popular spot for school fund raisers >> when the shooting occurred, we had -- we're estimating 500 students and family members at the park when the shooting occurred. so it's just incredibly that they got out safely. >>. >> reporter: and since then, superintendent dr. debra nor rez said they'ving had hundreds of students use the available counseling services. two additional counsel irs would be on hand plus extra security and teachers have been trained how to substantial students still grieving. > they need help. they should talk to someone about it. make sure

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson has the details. >> reporter: major news for commuter around the bayrea. the plans to bring b.a.r.t. to the south bay and connect the region? it looks like it could be coming much sooner thanks to fell help from the federal government. >> i'm very pleased to announce a $125 million funding. >> reporter: putting all the money toward the four-station b.a.r.t. extension that would take riders through downtown san jose and into santa clara. the expansion is known as the b.a.r.t. silicon valley phase two extension project. when it's done, rapid rail service will connect the bay area helping commuters like this man who takes amtrak from hayward to san jose. >> people from the east bay community in san jose,i think that would definitely help a lot and save a lot of time and money as well. >> reporter: thcaltrain doesn't drop off in the heart of the fd k and walk 20 or 25 minutes. it was a lot of transportation. i'm just going to walk. if i had just taken the b.a.r.t., i could have walked two minutes to my workplace. >> it's good taround. >> reporter: ben isn'

. >> abc7 news reporter jobina fortson went in certainly of options in the bay area right around that price. >> data shows the median national rent is $1500 a month. i know, median rent in oakland, san jose and san francisco is more than double what the rest of the country is paying but what can you get in the bay area for about the same price as the rest of the country? well, s fi out. >> first up, missi by star city. how many people live in this building? >> there are a total of 20 rooms and every room is occupied. >> whew. 19 roommates is one way to make friends. >> nice open kitchen. nice appliances. fully stocked. >> basically all you need is a suitcase and you can show up. >> you move in, everything in the room is furnished. you plug into a community also. most of the members are younger professionals a couple years into their careers. we have outliers we call them restarters, older in age, maybe 40s, 50s. >> floor number one has ten units and we have two full baths. and one half bath. and they are cleaned monday through friday. >> and here's the room. >> good size. not bad for

here's jobina. >>> i am truly thinking of anybody that is on their way from tracy moving into dublinecause look at the speeds here. we have 17 miles per hour, 8 miles per hour, and then again 19 miles per hour. it has been a rough one for them this morning. four miles per hour in sunol. this is southbound 680, and it is not looking like it will clear up anytime soon. it's a three-car crash and three lanes are blocked. antioch to hercules, 85 minutes. highway 85 to the san jose airport, eight minutes. reggie and natasha. before i get to you guys, i have to talk about this real quick. a police chase in napa ended with one person dead and another person hurt. police say they got a call last night about a driver passed out behind the wheel. when medics arrived the driver took off and would not follow police orders to pull over, a sheri sheriff deputy threw out a spike strip but the car swerved and crashed. >>> today the governor of ohio is set to introduce his proposals to address gun violence and mental health issues. reports say a friend of the dayton shooter cut ties with him earlier

abc 7's jobina fortson explores your options. >> the median national rent is $1,500 a month.edian rents in oakland, san jose and san francisco is more than double what the rest of the country is paying. what can you get in the bay area for the same price as the rest of the country? let's find out. first up, a co-living building in the mission run by star city. >> how many people live in this building? >> there are a total of 20 rooms. every room is occupied. >> 19 roommates is one way to make friends. >> nice open kitchen, nice appliances fully stocked. >> basically all you need is a suitcase and you can show up. >> all you need is a suitcase, you move in. everything in the room is furnished. most of our members are younger professionals, a couple years into your careers. we also have outliers, we call them restarters, older, 40s, 50s. >> floor one has ten units. we have two full baths and one-half bath. they are cleaned monday through friday. >> and here is the room. >> good size. not bad for san francisco. >> rent is $2,075 a month. on to stop two, efficiency studio in the

news reporter jobina fortson showed the video to police today and has their reaction. >> wow. >> that's the reaction they had to this video after we showed it to them wednesday morning. shots were fired on market street around 5:30 tuesday inciting chaos and fear and the gunman is still out there. >> had you seen this video. >> on your broadcast. and if anybody with surveillance video like that is encouraged to hand that over and to the police for our investigation. >> reporter: police say one person was assaulted by the gunman. it's not clear if they knew each other or what led up to the gunfire. >> how do you respond to the concerned people? ot only in san francisco but the bay area that traveled to this area? >> this violent leb incidents like this are shocking to any neighborhood here on the thousand block of market. we actually have assigned foot beats that patrol the area at this the time of this incident. the foot beat was not there to witness that. >> but they were around the corner and heard the shots. investigators are reviewinging video from the scene. there's still lots of u

jobina fortson has details. >> good morning to you. >> reporter: principal brian williams is pullingty outside the middle school. traffic monitor and official greeter to new sixth grade students. >> fremont unified never had sixth grade in a middle school model. it's always been k-6 in elementary. >> reporter: it's the first of five junior high schools in the district to be converted into a middle school. >> we have 22 new classrooms, three new buildings. it looks like a community college. we're pretty excited about it. >> i'm so happy and glad to see the new building. my son, so he will be going to the sixth grade this year. >> reporter: it can fit an extra 600 kids. the change is providing a major relief to the overcrowded elementary schools. >> as you see, middle schools filled with three different types of age groups. you know, it's just a different type of exposure. >> reporter: as for the students, we're getting mixed reviews as well. >> nervous. very, very nervous. and kind of excited. >> i just don't feel nervous because it's the same thing, teachers, classes, all the same th

abc7 news reporter jobina fortson has a look at the first weekday morning commute. >> reporter: this is a thrilled yohann. >> we did it. >> reporter: stepping off the first transit bus into the sales force transit center monday morning. buses are back o the bus deck. >> lit mput wn wt sh a nice experience. i've been waiting so long for eporte month to t. last seber, crand in are assuri everyone is safe. >> we impanelled our own engineering staf to nuts. inspection reports, you name it. we wanted to make sure before we put another employee into this building, another rieder into this building it is structurally sound. >> reporter: they say the center will improve the user experience in two big ways. >> one, it allows our riders to be inside and out of the elements. two, it's a time savings. >> reporter: the upper deck goes to the transit bay center. it should cut down 10 to 15 minutes on the ride. >> i'm glad to be back. about time. >> it's a nice easy commute. i get on at hercules, i nap on the way here. it's great. eem tonow in case, a-c transit navigateers on to help navigate the s

live in the studio, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> developing news now, president trump wants a border wall built by election day in 2020. the president has directed his aides to fast track billions of dollars worth of construction contracts. "the washington post" reports officials involved in the project were told they'll be pardoned if they break laws to get this job done. >>> a terrifying home invasion with a shocking twist. mountain view police say it was an attempt by the landlord to evict a family. abc 7 news reporter amanda del castillo has the details. >> the subject tried to kick down the door. >> reporter: you can see signs of monday night's mayhem here, damage to the home along rock street. mountain view police say landlord, 50-year-old reenu saini was frustrated over late rent payment wanted the individuals gone. >> that landlord plus four others showed up to the home. >> reporter: the group of five seen here took their efforts to a criminal level. someone in the crew cut power to the family's unit. in the dark, suspect steven carling tried using a knife to break open the d

here's reporter jobina fortson with the story. >> what did it sound like? >> it was like, boom, boom. boom. i thought it was something happening in the apartment. it was so hard. >> reporter: elsa gomez is describing what she heard before walking out to smashed cars in front of her apartment complex on moore park avenue in san jose thursday night. >> police was here really quick. >> reporter: witnesses say the driver of this green truck hit the security guard of the building as she was pulling into the complex. >> she was braking and trying to get in. apparently, what had happened was he was racing with another car and maybe he just didn't see her pulling in. he ended up hitting her in the back which then spun her. >> he was long gone by the time jason rutherford made it downstairs to see what happened. >> they said that the guy had ran away. how someone was able to get out of that truck that flipped and runaway was pretty remarkable. >> reporter: as bad as this looks, amazingly, the security guard is going to be okay. reporting in san jose, jobina fortson,

live in san francisco this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> at long last, right? >> about time. if you're just joining us, we're getting a check of the weather at 4:30 this morning. what can we expect this morning? >> a lot more heat, especially inland. if you like the mid 70s through san francisco, let's say we do it again. winds blowing a little bit offshore. the warmth will also make it to the coast. mid 60s there as we head in noon to 4:00. 77 to 86 at noon around our bay and inland neighborhoods, 78 to 82. i think we'll see more 80s. i'm going to have to change that. as we head to 7:00, still hanging on to the 80s inland. mid to upper 70s around the bay and low 60s at the coast. we could have triple digits for a couple days. let's bring sue back in for the morning commute. >>> good morning. we have a couple of trouble spots unfortunately. an accident cleared to the right-hand shoulder 580 west as you come off the altamont into livermore should be clearing or improving slightly, although there's plenty to look at there. better news traveling eastbound in towar

live this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> time is 4:30 this morning. mike is standing by with our weekend forecast. >> we'll start with what's going on outside right now. weave got a lot of low to mid 60s out there. there are separations. morgan hill, fremont, 59. we've got san ramon at 58, along with 59 at napa, santa rosa. 59 cloverdale and ukiah. this afternoon you can see clouds along the coast. temperatures upper 60s there and into san francisco. the most sunshine and the warmest temperature around santa cruz. you know it will be busy. parking can always be troublesome. temperatures mid to upper 70s around the bay. low to mid 80s until you get to santa rosa, towards antioch. here is frances. >>> we have a new crash just reported in the pittsburg area, east bay 4 willow pass. it's blocking a lane. a live shot of interstate 80 as headlights move through berkeley, emeryville, looking good to the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll take you down to the south bay. no problems, no delays in san jose. headlights are northbound on 101. that's 880 running across

jobina? >> good morning. that took over our newscast this morning in the east bay. we're looking at 580 right here eastbound right before seminary. involved an rv and a car. that rv flipped over. the debris spread all the way across the highway there. and we do have a little bit of good news. there's one lane open but still going to be a 52-minute slowdown. >> thank you. >>> coming up on "gma," helping your children cope with mass shootings. how to talk to them and hopefully ease their anxiety. we have another abc 7 news update in about 30 minutes and always on our news app and and out of respect, we will let you make the first offer. thirty minutes. thirty minutes? objection! overruled. one hour. sweeten the deal by doing the dishes and i'll consider it. i wouldn't do it. i hate the dishes. one hour with the tablet, you walk the dog and do the dishes. if you insist. congratulations. only xfinity xfi lets you take control of your family's online time. that's simple, easy, awesome. xfinity xfi gives you the sp

. >> three of the jurors were replaced with jobina fortson joins us. >> reporter: keep in mind therelly six alternate jurors and now they are down to one. the ghost ship trial has been going on for four months now and the jury was ten days into the deliberations before the judge decided to make the switch, and there was a switch made due to some sort of misconduct. they are responsible for the face of two defendants for the 36 lives lost in the aisaday e . >> we dthetion w restarutst m going to get resolved. >> according to the "san francisco this long trial may come to the release of a fourth juror who has a strict schedule change. >> it has been such a long process. a civil lawsuit is still pending, and the landlord was not charged in the criminal trial. they claim the original lease was for commercial use. stick with abc7 news for continuing coverage of the jury deliberations. yo

abc 7's jobina fortson is live in san jose.orter: good morning kumasi and natasha. i want to point out something we noticed as we pulled up to the scene. you can see behind me in the distance there are flowers and a candle in honor of the bicyclist. witnesses say drivers often speed through the intersection at story and jackson. many heard the sound of the crash yesterday. then when they looked out, they saw the driver get out and run off from the scene. san jose police say a man was behind the wheel of this

. >> jobina fortson joins us with what this means going forward. >> good morning.ack to square one. deliberations will start all over this morning and there were six alternate jurors and now they are down to one. the ghost ship trial has been going on for four months now. the jury was ten days into deliberations before the judge decided to make the switch. it's not clear why but apparently the change was made due to some sort of misconduct. the new jury panel consists of five men and seven women and they are responsible for the fate of the defendants. both men face 36 counts each of involuntary manslaughter for the 36 lives lost in the fire. lisa is a friend of one of the victims. >> i hope that this new jury does a good job. i can't comment on it because of what has happened. a lot of anxiety, and a lot of, yeah, not knowing, and we won't know. >> a civil lawsuit -- there has been information this could last a little longer due to a fourth juror having a conflict at this point. the shredeliberations will star 9:00 a.m. >>> a civil lawsuit filed by the families of

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> a 12-year-old brentwood girl is in the hospital this morning being treatedinjuries after being hit by a hit-and-run driver. it happened yesterday morning on sunrise road and trail side drive. that girl was just walking to edna hill middle school at the time when the driver of an suv davis medical center. police tracked the female driver to a nearby parking lot and arrested her. she now faces dui and felony hit-and-run charges. >>> hurricane dorian is on track to hit florida twine monday night and tuesday morning possibly as a category 4 storm. >> reporter: lots of uncertainty with regards to how strong the storm will be and where it will hit. if forecasters are right, this could wind up being the strongest hurricane to hit florida's east coast in nearly three decades. forecasters taking no chances when it comes to dorian. hurricane hunters from noaa flying right into the storm to try to figure out where it will make landfall. >> all the data is sent realtime to the national hurricane center. >> reporter: the category 2 storm is growing stronger and could bec

reporting in berkeley, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> the kids are all excited and the parents moving in the freshmen are emotional wrecks. a bay area city made the top ten in a list of safest cities in the country. to raise a child. san ramon, safest city in the state came in at number 7. this is according to a home security and safety company called safe wise. folsom in sacramento county made the list number 24 pless santon in at 30, sunnyvale 47, safe wise comprised its list based on graduation rates and the number of sex offenders per capita, crime as well as other factors. safe is good. >> definitely. and our weather is good too for now. >> yeah. for now. you turn to me. i'll try to keep it good. >> how about that? it's going to get warmer. that's pretty good. a look at live doppler 7. mainly sunny skies for now. a few clouds offshore. we expect a little bit of a marine layer to develop tonight. but for right now, mainly blue sky. this is the view from the east bay hills camera. currently of 5 in san francisc oakland 2, 74 redwood city. 1 gilroy. 64 half moon bay. even at the gol