dispatch broadcast the stabbing occurred in stockton and sutter. suspects pointed out by witnesses. they were able to detain without incident. the suspect two companions fled but before they were detained as well a short time later by other officers. meanwhile central patrol officer gary and dexter responded to the area to assist. they were advised by witnesses in the area that a stabbing incident occurred on-board a muni bus. they boarded the bus, which parked on stockton street and found the victim on his knee in a pool of blood with lacerations to neck area. officer sang and (indiscernible) removed the upper garment performing life saving measures to stop the bleeding. transportded to san francisco general hment and the actions by the offices saved his life. numerous officers assigned assisted in the complex investigation which included the stabbing weapon, conducting multiple interview jz obtaining video surveillance from numerous sources. the suspect was booked. attempted homicide. i like to congratulate for their fine work officer gary and dexter sang. [applause] [applause] >>

kaiser in santa rosa and sutter health in san francisco already restored some of the rules. the rise in cases from summer travel, coupled with the summer heat that has many people indoors where the virus can easily spread. >>> they may be the cutest animals in the water. sea otters are also powerful players when it comes to fighting climate change. >>> and the home of the giants could be taken over by another baseball team. we will explain . >>> a little bit of fog going passed the camera lens there. more evident as we look to the east. the temperatures today, still, warm, even, hot for the hottest locations in san jose and livermore up to 90. this was a step back from yesterday's heat. we will be back to near normal for tomorrow. how long does it last? that is a big question. we will answer it co baback in the e day, snsneaker dropops meant gettining online t to waitit in line.. now wiwith xfinityty mobile.. ...we get t the fastesest mobilele service and cacan get the e freshest kicks asasap. i got ththis. get ththe best pririce for 2 s of unlimitited when yoyou switch t to

some providers and santa rosa have already reinstated mask mandates and one sutter health spokesperson says that this is in alignment with county masking requirements, adding that they strongly recommend masks for everyone. unsurprisingly, people are split on the idea of masking up again. >> they didn't know they would need them again this time. >> doctors say that this comes from the summer heat keeping many people indoors, where the virus can easily spread. >>> more than 52,000 acres of the smith river fire have been burned and nearly 1500 firefighters are working to knock them down. here in the bay area an air quality advisory will be in effect due to the wildfire smoke in northern california. smoky or hazy skies may be on display but the district says pollution levels are not expected to exceed federal standards. county officials are using a.i. sensors to analyze air temperature particulates in the air to locate fires and prevent larger ones from igniting. let's check in with first alert chief meteorologist paul heggen. we were talking about some of the smoke advisories and the hay

sutter house has him listed as a resident that graduated from their program in 2020.ng to investigators, at least one of these sexual assaults took place in the bay area. 13 women allegedly drugged, violated and videotaped. those are the latest allegations against a new york doctor with ties to the bay area. >> translator: from one day to another, it felt bad knowing this happened to me. >> reporter: she was a patient of the doctor and filed a lawsuit two months ago against new york presbyterian queens hospital, alleging he drugged and sexually abused her inside an exam room. now she's learning her alleged assault was videotaped along with several other patients and acquaintances. >> i said this could have been a much younger girl than me and that feels bad. >> reporter: the video discovery came after an acquaintance or a girlfriend found video evidence showing her trauma. they also found narcotics, drugs used to sedate patients in health care settings and videos of at least 13 women being raped or sexually abused. six of the women seen in the videos have yet to be id

sutter healthcare says its healthcare workers are masking in san francisco and recommending patients do the same. >>> other top stories we're following, russian investigators have confirmed prigozhin was among those killed on the plane crash wednesday. two months after he lead a failed uprising against the kremlin. and experts called him dead man walking. >> there were plenty of people who were painting a target on prigozhin's back. the system, itself, expected him to be taken out of the picture in some fashion. >> he had been named as one of those on board the private plane, which crashed in a field northwest of moscow. but until now, authorities had stopped short of confirming his death. >>> pentagon says the u.s. will start training ukrainian f-16 pilots. this comes after the netherlands in denmark said they would allow ukraine to use the planes from their fleets. that training is expected to take about five months. >>> san francisco's golden gate park was filled with ukrainian music this afternoon as hundreds of people celebrated their country's independence day. ukrainian americ

we can see the sutter buttes, the mountain ranges mount diablo. there are two towers, one in amador and one in el dorado county. there are 18 dedicated staff that stay on alert from now through the end of the fall season. a reminder now is stretch of interstate 80 and the east bay is closed once again for the entire weekend for a major repaving project. caltrans is closed down the eastbound lanes of interstate 80 in contra costa county for the third and final time. the closure stretches from highway four in hercules to the coming skyway in crockett. the lanes will reopen 5:00 monday morning. detours are in place. you can take eastbound highway four to northbound i6 80 just to get back on i-80. there will be one more closure, though, over the labor day weekend so that caltrans crews can work on the westbound lanes. that stretch of 80 wraps up. the big repaving project. well, you're likely to see fewer self driving crews, cars from the streets of san francisco, at least for the time being. the dmv has ordered the robotaxi company to drastically cut

while the elites compete for a title, doctors from sutter health are standing by ready for support, both in competition and beyond. a local podiatrist, dr. west, is a former gymnast, now uses her background to help mentor local college athletes who are hoping to use their sport as a springboard to a career in medicine. >> my surgical training, i did just as much repetition learning how to fix a fracture or repair a tendon in the operating room. gymnastics taught me the value of repetition in building muscle memory and confidence in a skill. >> dr. west there also a former stanford varsity gymnast, now mentoring current stanford gymnast brennan nuts, a premed major and aspiring physician. >>> the xfinity u.s. gymnastics championships set to begin tor at s.a.p. garvin thomas live at the shark tank. what's going on down there? >> the competition may begin tomorrow, but the eyes of the gymnastics world right now are on what's going on behind that curtain. simone biles is making her return to the u.s. national championships this year. we have video we shot just within the last few minutes of

and are scheduled to start ing as early as next restaurants coming with them m is on nob hill on sutter street previously known as hotel vertigo reopening as hotel julian in october. the investor group originally bought the hotels in 2019 during a record breaking year of san francisco tourism, but when the pandemic hit, they enrolled the hotels into the city's shelter-in-place program for the homeless. >>> in nearby union square nordstrom is now officially closed. today this sign is in the window thanking customers. the department store shut its doors for good last night after 35 years. it all comes amid a steep decline in foot traffic at the westfield mall. westfield is currently in process of transferring control of the mall back tothe lender. >>> caltrans will close a huge section of interstate 80 for road repairs. the closures will take place in the westbound lanes between the 780 interchange in vallejo and highway 4 in hercules beginning at 9:00 a.m. thursday. it will reopen at 5:00 p.m. next tuesday. >>> drivers in the south bay should expect heavy traffic on wednesday night. >> t

. >> taxi drivers like matthew sutter say they barely got through the pandemic, and now they say they'rehting for their survival with the possibility of robo taxis expanding. >> if there's no limit on the amount of the robo taxis. i'm afraid we won't be able to get through this. >> san francisco isn't the only city where these taxes are driving. cruise is testing them in atlanta and waymo. taxis are coming to austin, texas. >> well, coming up, a freak accident involving thousands of wheels of cheese. >> also ahead, the dramatic rescue of a newborn baby caught rescue of a newborn baby caught on camera the pandemic may be over, but unfortunately covid-19 isn't going anywhere. in fact, it's still among the top five leading causes of death in the us, right after heart disease and cancer. and covid-19 related er visits are three times higher than the flu. so stay up-to-date with the latest covid-19 vaccines this fall, just like you do with the flu. because you've got no time for 19. stay up-to-date with the latest covid-19 vaccines. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so glad we did this. i'm so gla

kaiser permanente and sutter health, we've seen that they have restored some rules wear masks are concerned. to blame, summer travel, summer heat . people traveling come home to closed spaces. that has reall helped boost the spread. >>> the fate of your favorite movies and tv shows hangs in the balance as hollywood studios and writers go back and forth over money. the writers guild offered the highest wage increase but it did not go far enough to address their concern about ai and shshoestring staffingng issues. . >>> the babay area can be proud something this morning. we are looking to mark the 60th anniveversary of the first t m on wawashington. . and we all thisis, dr. martin luther k famomous i haveve a dream speec and inin thisis histstoric vide one ofof our local iconons, am brown. h he was s there as itit orgaganizer and d rereagan fif alall these e yearars lalater b and kings mission continues. keep inin mind, ththe originin march in 1963 . you see it here but t the e ststruggle for ci rights on national tv. people wewere seen and d heard, some for the first time. and it really mark

its mask mandate for staff, patients and visitors at its santa rosa hospital and medical centers at sutterealth facilities in the north bay. masks are for patients and visitors, according to the cdc, the new variant made up more than 20% of covid cases in the us last week. the sonoma county health department is issuing a health advisory to participants of an endurance race through a mud filled obstacle course. 22 people have come down with infections, symptoms include rashes, fever and vomiting. the patients competed in the tough mudder challenge last weekend at sonoma raceway. tiny red bumps started appearing on their arms , chest and legs. it was the next morning i had to started noticing i had breakouts on my stomach. any part of my body that touched the ground because we do those like army, army, like mud crawls had kind of red spots. while it may appear to be a staph infection, the sonoma county health department is operating under the assumption this is likely a bacterial infection. we want to be sure that we make people aware that if you attended this event and you have a rash and y

cabdriver matthew sutter was one of dozens of people who spoke out in front of the cpuc headquarters. he has been a driver for more than three decades. he got through the pandemic and now he is fighting for his survival with the possibility of robotech he's expanding in san francisco. >> if there is no limit on the amount of robotech sees i'm afraid we will not be able to get through this. >> this afternoon representatives from the companies testified at the public hearing. the big concern on many minds, how safe are the robo taxis in san francisco? >> now to the question of the number of unexpected stops. >> how many times have they blocked emergency vehicles? >>>> we are looking to make sure vehie stay out of the way of active emergency vehicles wheneverble. >> leaders say they share this information saying there have been almost 600 incidents of unexpected stops reported in the city since the launch of driverless operations. it is likely a fraction of actual incidents. the sf fire chief says the city does not have all the data from the companies. she testified sharing her earnest o

those opposed to autonomous vehicles like taxi driver matthew sutter, held their own rally. he says expanding the number of autonomous vehicles on the roads would take away from his livelihood based on what he calls unproven technology. he says taxi drivers are already making half of what they did in 2010, and that's after he paid a quarter of $1 million for his taxi medallion. i've been driving 31 years here in san francisco and i feel cheated. the puc is set to meet again on thursday to take up the issue of expanding the number of autonomous taxis in san francisco. christien kafton ktvu fox two news. a large group of bicyclists temporarily took over the bay bridge over the weekend performing wheelies and engaging in other dangerous stunts. video posted to social media shows a massive young bikers riding eastbound on the span. it happened yesterday. hundreds were reportedly involved leading to heavy backups on the bridge. the group that posted the video safe street rebel, calls itself a decentral ized group of activists seeking to end car dominance. there's no word from the

those opposed to autonomous vehicles like taxi driver matthew sutter held their own rally. he says expanding the number of autonomous vehicles on the roads would take away from his livelihood based on what he calls unproven technology. he says taxi drivers are already making half of what they did in 2010, and that's after he paid a quarter of $1 million for his taxi medallion. i've been driving 31 years here in san francisco and i feel cheated signing this during the public comment period, the puc is set to meet again on thursday to take up the issue about expanding autonomous taxi service. we're live in san francisco. christien kafton ktvu fox two news. christian thank you. thousands of san jose city workers are going on strike next week. two unions representing more than 4500 city workers making that announcement today. the unions say 99% of their members voted to authorize this strike. the workers will hold a three day work stoppage that starts on august 15th. they say they have been working without a contract now since the end of june. the unions are demanding better pa

those opposed to autonomous vehicles like taxi driver matthew sutter held their own rally.hicles on the roads would take away from his livelihood based on what he calls unproven technology. he says taxi drivers are already making half of what they did in 2010, and that's after he paid a quarter of $1 million for his taxi medallion. i've been driving 31 years here in san francisco and i feel cheated. the puc is set to meet again on thursday to take up the issue of expanding the number of autonomous taxis in san francisco. christien kafton ktvu fox two news. another major financial firm is altering its predictions of a recession for the us. jp morgan's chief economist says the bank no longer forecasts a recession and has actually raised its economic growth estimate for the year. the bank credits a, quote, healthy pace of economic expansion. this follows bank of america and goldman sachs also retracting predictions of a recession and increasing their outlook for the year. on wall street today, investors kicked off the week with a buying spree as they await earnings reports and

also applies to areas north of napa, including sacramento and sutter counties. and crews are monitoring certain areas of concern. kind of that eastern side of our unit, the colusa and yolo county areas. there's obviously greater portions that extend beyond you up north all through the sacramento valley in sacramento, officials say they are on high alert. sacramento metro fire crews are gearing up to respond and to assist other fire departments if a wildfire breaks out. metro fire is fully staffed going into the next 24 hours and throughout the week. we also have our dozer operations and our helicopter operations. so if there is a fire that breaks out, we can attack it from a number of different angles, whether it be boots on the ground or from the air. fire officials are urging people to be alert and cautious as 95% of wildfires are caused by humans. governor newsom has declared a state of emergency for two northern california counties due to wildfires. the smith river complex fire in del norte county has burned more than 73,000 acres. it's currently 7% containe

patients and visitors at its santa rosa hospital and medical offices amid an increase in cases at sutterealth facilities in the north bay. masks are strongly recommended for patients and visitors, according to the cdc. a new virus variant made up more than 20% of covid cases in the us last week. new at ten. it was a good day to be wading in the water at the annual tournament of the american casting association. it's being held at anglers lodge in san francisco's golden gate park. today's event featured two handed fly casting , one competitor who set a personal best, said she hopes people will come out to watch or even try the sport. the competition continues through saturday. with that, we check in with chief meteorologist bill martin. hey, bill. all right, mike. yeah we had a pretty warm day or a hot day out there, even out at the casting ponds in golden gate park, it was warm temperatures out there in the 70s. it was 69 for a high in pacifica today, 101 in fairfield, 97in antioch. high temperatures tomorrow drop off a little bit. that's the trend. a little bit cooler each day, but not

we can see the sutter buttes, the mountain ranges, mount diablo.re are two towers, one in amador county and one in el dorado county. and there are 18 dedicated staff that stay on alert from now through the end of the fall season. well, people in new england are cleaning up after a tornado swept through the area the strong winds and debris caused by an ef two tornado in rhode island. and here's that moment where it barreled across interstate 285 firefighters reportedly rushed to help a driver who got very close but was unharmed. officials say it's the most powerful tornado to hit the state since 1986. on the west coast, though, it is all about tracking hurricane hillary tonight. let's go back to meteorologist roberto gonzalez, who's tracking this storm. hi, roberta. and people always ask me if here locally, if we could be adversely affected by a hurricane. and i always have to say yes because it's not so much that core that center of the hurricane, when it's at its most powerful moments. but the remnants of the hurricane and i'll get to that right n

hotel on seventh, the best western carriage inn is reopening as hotel fiona and the hotel vertigo on sutter street will reopen as hotel julian the three hotels on seventh are expected to reopen in the middle of next month. well, police in southern california rescued 15 caged dogs from a van in. now, this happened in pasadena yesterday where temperatures were around 100 degrees. a security guard from a nearby shopping center heard barking and alerted the officers. and police say they found that vehicle with its doors shut and locked. the pasadena humane society is handling the investigation and an air quality advisory for the bay area has been extended through today because of smoke from a wildfire burning along the california-oregon border. you're taking a live look over the oakland estuary at this hour as we look toward san francisco and see one boat coming up the estuary and that sun looking beautiful out there. pollution levels not expected to exceed federal health standards, but smoky, hazy skies may be visible and the smell of smoke is possible. so keep that in mind. yeah, you can see

mask mandate for staff, patients and visitors at its hospitals and medical offices in santa rosa at sutterded for patients and visitors, according to the cdc, the new variant made up more than 20% of covid cases in the us last week . barry medical researchers are trying to give voice to people who've lost their own voices to vocal paralysis. it's only been that way in the last five years. stanford researchers use implants in the head to collect signals from individual brain cells, then amplify and run them through machine learning software that translates the signals into english and puts the text on a screen. researchers say the software currently gets the text right more than 75% of the time. but a smaller vocal hillary has a better than 90% accuracy rate. we were able to decode a 50 word vocabulary, which is much smaller, more useful. it's a useful vocabulary that someone with severe paralysis could use to communicate a essential needs . researchers at uc san francisco say human communication involves more than the sound of a voice they're working on using avatars to help people get the

abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes spoke with a doctor about what he created as a father and sutterhealth pediatrician. >> dr. navneet singh is devoted his life to providing care to children. >> i've been seeing, unfortunately more and more youth that have been having issues with anxiety and depression, especially as we went through the pandemic. >> it led the san jose based dr. singh to do some research looking to see what makes people happy. an answer he found was gratitude actually has been shown to help things like reducing your blood pressure, making you feel less stressed and the amazing thing is that when you express gratitude, not only are you helping your own physical and mental health, you're helping the physical and mental health of the person that you give the gratitude to. and that was the catalyst that led him to create this. it's an app called gratis purpose of the app is to be able to express gratitude towards others for acts of kindness. the process is simple. you open the app, pick a charity of choice and donate in the name of someone you'd like to express gratitud

prudential and the thought in mind was trying to reinvigorate something on the corner of sansom, sutter and market street and to do something that was unique. and you know, i kind of want to express that this is a three pronged project. one of its pretty easy and it's a bar and a restaurant inside the lobby of an office building and from a sound perspective, there's really no issue. um, you know, it's going to be a very traditional space monday through friday there to actually service and embrace the financial district. we're going to be open for sit down breakfast. we're gonna be open for sit down lunch. and then it is a small plate happy hour business into the evening. now we are requesting from that space. we're going to be open from 7 30 in the morning until midnight monday through friday to start we'll see you know where the financial district has a tendency to get very sleepy, but we're going to walk into this with some with some hopes. the actual public space, which is attached to this building the one sansom street building that you might be familiar with. the public spaces in 8

we can see the sutter buttes, the mount ranges mount diablo. there are two towers, one in amador county, one in el dorado county. there are eight dedicated staff that stay on alert from now through the end of the fall season in palm springs, known for its clear, dry desert air. but not today. the forecasters say tropical storm hillary could drop enough rain to cause cataracts atrophic flooding in that southern california desert. some of the major roads into and out of palm springs are closed. so people don't try to go up in the hills . palm springs police are stationed at barricades on those roads. so people don't try to drive or hike around them. all right. for 49 is the time. a lot of weather to talk about planning. good thing we have roberta gonzales here covering everything. thank you. because steve is getting some much well-deserved rest, right? yes. yeah. okay so here's the deal. if you're going to southern california, you want to check with the local airports for the potential of airport delays or cancellations. things are beginning to q

several medical centers such as sutter have foundations for physicians so when the health plans sign agreements with hospitals, the foundations get rolled into that, but ucsf, this is medical group not a foundation, so this has to be negotiated separately is the way i understand it rchlt i want to make sure everyone is clear about the complexity of these relationships and don't-it is not appropriate to throw a hissy fit in front of the ucsf administrative offices because it is the medical group. i don't know where the offices are so i will not comment on that, but that is the way i understand it. >> it is close. i don't know-look on the website, they have a vise president of the ucsf health network, because their health network is both the medical group, but they have a 20 county reach, so there are other hospitals and medical groups that are part of uc family. legally i dont know exactly how it is all established, but it is consolidating for certain, so that's the that we are approaching it is just trying to get the attention of the networks, the medical groups, contacting team to j

sf general, sutter, kaiser and uc. my colleagues and i are small business and office in the neighborhood like inner and outer richmond and sunset. we may lose our choice to operate businesses and thousands patients lose easy timely access to care. it is perfect to look at broader policy issue jz put the acquisition on agend paw for future meeting. uc stated they like to close by the end of the year so time is of the essence. look at the sale through the prism of your health service master plan and future direction of healthcare in san francisco. in closing, thank you president bernal bringing congressman pelosi and commissioner guillermo. thank you lori green for all your care for women, myself included. thank you for your attention to the proposed action of the two important historic institutions. thank you. >> thank you. anyone else in the room on general public comment? we can move-i see one hand. jaime, please unmute the caller. >> thank you mark. this is public comment. i'm addressing a issue not on today's agenda

hopeful leave we do this when we come back from our break i was visited by sutter health. they would like to peek with our department and may be the department of health around the concerns about the safety of their nurses who are visiting. and how to how to -- figure out how to make that work. i think they do both programmed contract with us and the holings and their patriot patients. thank you very much is great i think the more we work with the private health care sector. in in helping street safety and mental health. tell be better. i will keep everybody posted. >> admissibility public had would like to comment on item 5 prop the podium. no public commentsful discussion and action adopt urging the board to authorize the police department to accept and extend i granted 7, 549 from theical cal office of emergency services for the confer daily forensic program equip for the laboratory beginning on april first of twe through june 24. discussion and possible action. where thank you for being here for questions we read the material. anyone have questions? none. upon get a mo

patients and visitors and at its santa rosa hospital and medical offices, amid a increase in cases at sutter health facilities in the north bay. masks are now strongly recommended for patients and visitors in hollywood. lionsgate studios has reportedly asked nearly half of its employees to wear face coverings indoors. and a college in atlanta is bringing the mask requirement back for two weeks. health officials are reminding the public that those n95 masks provide the best protection. these type of masks, steve, these little surgical masks will not protect you if you're going to wear a mask and you choose to wear a mask, then these are the better quality masks to make sure that you are protected. according to the cdc, a new virus variant made up of more than 20% of covid cases in the us last week. the spike comes as the biden administration prepares to promote new booster shots for americans. this fall. all right. let's turn now to our weather here in the bay area and we are really turning up the heat today . this is a live look from our sutro camera looking out over san francisco toward the

we can see the sutter buttes, the mount and ranges mount diablo.re are two towers, one in amador county and one in el dorado county. there are 18 dedicated staff members that stay on alert there from now through the end of the fall season. and we do have towers here in the bay area as well, mount tam just being one of them. one of the biggest fires burning in northern california is the deep fire in trinity county. that fire was started bt been evacuated as the fire north continues to burn out of control and has covered nearly five square miles. fire crews are using the stewart fork trail as a firebreak. the fire area is so remote, supplies, including water pumps and fire hoses, have to be brought in by a mule train. meanwhile an air quality advisory has been issued in the north bay today due to the wildfires burning in northern california. one of those fires is burning in siskiyou county. this is near eureka and it's pushing wildfire smoke down to the bay area. the bay area air quality management district says smoky, hazy skies may be visible in th