close to civic center along market street, union plaza, powell street and in the mission, 16th and mission. >> our goal in san francisco and in seattle is to work with individuals who are cycling in and out of criminal justice and are falling through the cracks and using this as intervention to address that population and the racial disparity we see. we want to focus on the mission in tender loan district. >> it goes to the partners that hired case managers to deal directly with the clients. case managers with referrals from the police or city agencies connect with the person to determine what their needs are and how we can best meet those needs. >> i have nobody, no friends, no resources, i am flat-out on my own. i witnessed women getting beat, men getting beat. transgenders getting beat up. i saw people shot, stabbed. >> these are people that have had many visits to the county jail in san francisco or other institutions. we are trying to connect them with the resources they need in the community to break out of that cycle. >> all of the referrals are coming from the law enforcement agenc

plaza. >>> rolling strikes as union workers there hit the ten-day mark. several public libraries closed saturday due to the workstomach average. workers picketed outside the cupertino library protesting what they say are unfair labor practices. they also called the county to hire more workers and to do more to retain new staff. on tuesday, santa clara county, negotiators presented the union with its last best and what they say will be the final offer. >>> more details about a video that is going viral highlighting the brave rhode island. an incident that happened back in may. the coach who is also a security toward guard. embraces him. police say the 18-year-old student was suffering from a mental health crisis and did not intend to hurt others. he didn't want to kill himself at home. he said his mother would find the body. the teen did plead guilty to gun position and this past thursday was sentenced to three years probation. he served as an assistant coach. >>> people in florida are assessing the damage. the storm manging landfall saturday on florida's

plaza. these conditions look typical including 880 north and south and no problems heading south to union cityd the east bay and from the east bay to the peninsula on the bridges. 6:39. let's go back to the desk . >>> more people in the bay area have no power this morning. pg&e activated phase 2 of its public safety power shutoffs affecting parts of the east bay, the south bay and santa cruz county. look at video from orinda last night when the power went off. earlier yesterday power was shut off to parts of the north bay, all because of the red flag warnings and the possibility for high wind. at this point, more than 350,000 homes and businesses in the bay area have no power. the first phase of the pg&e power outages began in parts of sonoma, napa and marin county early yesterday morning. then last night pg&e shut off power to parts of the east bay, the south bay and santa cruz county. >>> this morning people in different parts of the east bay are waking up in the dark. power went out just before 11:00 last night in areas including orda and moraga. many homes lost power. the streetlights stay

union city. san mateo bridge, moderately heavy, then the bay bridge toll plaza a 10 to 15 minute delay to get on to the span. steve? >>> thank you. what a difference a day makes, 75 yesterday morning, 47 right now. pope valley is 40 even. that's good news, temperatures 25 to 30 degrees cooler. the wind speeds have come down, more variable now. you can see west southwest, that was all easterly yesterday. while the humidity and higher elevations are in the teens, it's much higher for others. there's 74% with santa rosa now. that was in the teens yesterday. some areas are on the mild side. 71 for berkeley. again, it's all because of that easterly breeze. this is lightening up over the bay and in the east bay hills and marin county hills. the direction is northeast or north, equaling warm temps. i'm having a hard time buying into some of these but every projection shows temperatures near this. 85 in the city for today, and it's been a warm stretch since this time last week. the high in san francisco has been going up, and looks like a quiet day today for the most part compared to yesterday. then the

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it is sluggish until you get past the toll plaza, that's where you merge into the two lanes westbound. again, give yourself extra time there. better news in union city. southbound 880 in docoto, that has been cleared off the shoulder, but you are on the brakes from southbound highway 84 towards the dumbarton bridge making your way towards union city and into fremont. extra time and patience on this not to friday light. >> thank you. we're going to give you a live shot now from los angeles. you can see how this fire is onn this house. >> that's scary. you understand now why people have had to evacuate. some people telling the reporters on the ground they had to run for their lives. this fe is so close to peoples homes. we know firefighters are working to get those flames out and protect it's stuff right now. we'll follow that situation in southern california throughout the morning. >> zero percent containment there. >>> "good morning america" is coming up at 7:00 here on abc 7. ginger, those winds are not to be played with this morning. >> not at all. we've seen gusts upwards of 70 miles per hour in san bernardino county, 60 miles per hour in lo

plaza. highway 4 is slow. it is lighter than usual on this friday. union city, fremont traffic is okay. the south bay commute is going to be busy. 7:50 am we will y a below average temperatures. the city has dropped to 54. that is normal. if you go north, late friday into saturday. next week looks sunny, warmer with dry conditions as far as the eye can see. we may have a quiet stretch over the next 7 days. warm weather will kick in sunday and more say monday, tuesday in the mid-80s. 60s and 70s are below average. remember the average high temperature. we haven't seen that since last saturday. yesterday was 63. systems are weak. hi, mid-level clouds. partly cloudy to the north. there is cloud cover in the lake county. it looks to be the line. 40s, 50s on the temperature. 42 in boulder creek. 47 collier morning friday trifecta. santa clara, we will make it a super effective. high clouds to the north. partly cloudy and mostly sunny. after that it looks quiet. it looks warmer. if you have roofing work, go for. 60s, 70s on your temperatures. they will stay this way.>>> it is 7:52 am. the bes

union. >> the baby was checked out by medical staff. no injuries. she's in good health. >> idanielle curtis with two kis was shopping in the plaza. she says the car being stolen is a strong reminder for parents, don't take shortcuts. >> sometimes it is tempting with a quick errand. but when stuff like this happens, it reminds you, like, it's not safe. >> the sergeant says a good rule -- >> if they're not capable of protecting themselves and defending themselves from a would-be attacker, they shouldn't leave them behind in the vehicle. >> reporter: police say that stolen car is a 2018 honda accord, dark gray in color. the license plate is 8egl 341. police don't have any leads. reporting live in emeryville, anser hassan, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. >>> let's turn your attention now to a warming weather forecast. >> you could feel it a little bit today. >> you could indeed. it's going to cool down a bit. more warmth for the weekend. sunny skies across the bay area. little bit of a breeze at the coast. we have mixed conditions now in terms of the comparison between current temperatures and this time yesterday. 4, 5, 6 degrees warmer t

union city. there has been slow traffic. this is a 80 in oakland. it is moderate. there was an earlier accident at the bay bridge toll plaza. they took it out of the way to the parking lot as a backup that is about normal. 6:36 and let's go back to the desk. >>> keep looking at your screen. ricky news in downtown pittsburgh, pa. your eyes are not deceiving you. a big sinkhole opened during the morning rush hour and followed part of a bus. you are looking live. this is a port authority bus in pittsburgh, pa. if you are familiar with the area, this is near penn avenue and the westin hotel. it's followed part of the bus. the bus was stopped at a red light when the hole just opened up underneath the bus. there were only two people on the bus at the time including the bus driver the passenger is being treated for minor injuries and probably some shaken nerves. >> there working hard and you can see the propane tanks are already venting. >> a viewer took this video in healdsburg following fire crews as they worked to put out the flames from the kincade fire. healdsburg is one of several communities under mandatory evacuation order

plaza. >>> other activists have a rally plan today in san francisco, to protest >> decision to remove u.s. service members from syria. that demonstration is scheduled to happen at noon at union square. yesterday, dozens of those demonstrators took over the ticket counter at san francisco airport. you can see video right there. they are now calling on the united nations security council to force turkey to hold its defense against northern syria. this comes as turkey pushes deeper into omboth sides, and airstrikes are escalating in the violence. attorney general heavier but serious is leading a multistate charge to prevent the trumpet ministration from building a southern border wall in california, new mexico, and other states. a motion was filed yesterday to block the white house from diverting $3.6 billion earmarked for military construction, to build the border wall. the motion argues that the barrier would cause irreparable harm by damaging the environment. it also says it will eliminate jobs and revenue associated with the plant military projects, that would have to be scrapped. president donald trump's power is not limited, congress which holds the power has repeatedly r

plaza. this is a look at 880 in the traffic here's looking good. as a look at the 880 commute, it is about normal. slowing from hayward to union city.lick sadie slows through pleasanton and 84 is slow. the peninsula traffic looks good and so far the south bay commute is all right. 6:51 am. did i hear you say something, steve ? >> talking to myself. >> i do that all the time. >> no or not. yes i am. let's get to it. we have a rare occasion here. what's that? well, the national weather service in monterey has sent out the storm prediction center in norman, oklahoma, has portions of the north bay and northern california in a rare, extreme fire weather outlook for later today. usually it's a marginal or critical. extreme is arrear. what does that mean? that means humidity is less than 20%. high wind and very dry soil. that's not something we see very often but that has been issued by the storm production center. high fire danger today with gusts 45-65 miles per hour possible in the north and east bay hills. also very dry conditions with humidity in the teens or single digits for some gusts 45 plus will make it into the santa cruz mounta

plaza brit 15 minutes to make it off to fremont street. our crashes on the nimitz cleared 80 south admission and at fremont boulevard south. but you're still backed up through fremont union drive time from 2.38 to 2.37 james. thank you very much. >>invitation to a homecoming dance in florida has gone viral. 19 year-old david cohen surp garcia with the invitation while she was cheering at her. a school's football game on thursday. and there she is. happily say has so she jumps up and down the queue couple they both have down syndrome they known each other for years. and they took a lot of courage for him to come up and ask and she said yes homecoming was this past saturday. they had a great time in this video now has been viewed. millions of times. coming up in the next hour of the kron 00:04am morning news, san francisco based jewel will stop supporting a ballot measure to overturn san francisco's anti-vaping law. another death has been linked to vaping and that's helping to drive this decision more on that in a moment plus an east bay man is charged being a spy for mhina with details on how he was caught a double agent was involved will have the full story and a man con

union. do t whose be left did he that? vladimir putin. protestors moved to occupy the central plaza of kiev. clashes between those protestors became violent and resulted in the deaths of 130 civilians. most of them died from government-ordered sniper fire. to nsions rose, he fled russia to take cover. and on that same day, the parliament declared by a vote of 328-0, their congress, their arliament voted that he be removed from office. the fight for liberty is being fought in real-time. not just the ukranian people and the american people, the leader of the free world. in that very same year, putin mobilized russia's vast military machine to illegally and without provocation invades ukraine at its crimea edge and launched a not so covert war on ukraine's astern flank, an effort to re-impose his dream near soviet empire. over five years leader -- later, they are trying to preserve its freedom and sovereignty. its people have bravely faced own artillery ba rajes carried out by pro-forces including putin's little green men while the country, ukraine is not a member of the european union or nato,