j.r. stone has been looking through these court documents all night and has all new details. j.r. >> umma, i know what you're thinking. what? i thought we've been through this, and you're partially right. right there. there was further testing done in this case in 2013 and 2019, and peterson was denied a new murder trial in 2022. now, though, a group that helps exonerate the wrongfully convicted is involved in this case. this 89 page motion has been filed on behalf of convicted murderer scott peterson by the los angeles innocence project. the motion is in response to stanislaus county prosecutors, who argued just two weeks ago that there is no need for additional dna testing relating to the murder of peterson's wife, laci, and unborn baby connor. >> 20 plus years later, this is going to be a tough call for the judge because this is a case that there is a lot of evidence against scott peterson, but at the same time, you want to make sure you get this right. that's legal analyst stephen clark, who

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone is live at the scene. we got the latest from police just a short time ago j.r. still a lot of police out there. what do you have for us? >> yeah. dozens of officers out here tonight dan here at skyline high school. this is still an active crime scene. and i can tell you we learned within the last hour that two people had been shot, a male and female, both in the hospital right now and both in stable condition. the principal of this school does tell us that this was after graduation ceremonies. i did talk with witnesses a little while ago. this is what they had to say. >> you start seeing the people running and everything like that. >> they were running? yeah. >> oh, yeah. anybody hell, i started ducking down, trying to figure out you. just trying to figure out. was it some kind of pop, like, celebration or what? they were popping off the little confetti poppers and i thought it was all cool. >> and then everyone started running and we saw hella smoke. i don't know what happened, but it sounded like someone

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone joins us live with more j.r. umma. >> dan, at this point, it's unclear how big all of these rallies will be. an unclear if protesters will target any bridge or highway like they did two weeks ago, seeing a march and rally shut down the port of oakland on international workers day, known as may day or may 1st, is nothing new. you can see one of the past rallies here this year, though, may day and the threat of another port shutdown comes just weeks after pro-palestinian protesters shut down the golden gate bridge and interstate 80. and it comes as hundreds of college students have taken to their campuses to protest the situation in gaza. as for what will happen wednesday, nobody knows. >> and of course, the protesters don't want anyone to know exactly where they're going to be or what they're going to do. uh- law enforcement is geared up, i think, for a pretty major, the responsive effort to keep highways and bridges open. >> professor rory little of uc law, san francisco, says there is much more acceptance of pro

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone joins us live with more j.r.ma. >> dan, at this point, it's unclear how big all of these rallies will be. an unclear if protesters will target any bridge or highway like they did two weeks ago, seeing a march and rally shut down the port of oakland on international workers day, known as may day or may 1st, is nothing new. you can see one of the past rallies here this year, though, may day and the threat of another port shutdown comes just weeks after pro-palestinian protesters shut down the golden gate bridge and interstate 80. and it comes as hundreds of college students have taken to their campuses to protest the situation in gaza. as for what will happen wednesday, nobody knows. >> and of course, the protesters don't want anyone to know exactly where they're going to be or what they're going to do. uh- law enforcement is geared up, i think, for a pretty major, the responsive effort to keep highways and bridges open. >> professor rory little of uc law, san francisco, says there is much more acceptance of protes

end quote j.r. stone, abc seven news happening now a heated community fight over fast food for hours now, leaders in walnut creek have been debating whether to let chick fil a open a second location in the city. >> this debate is apparently hotter than the sandwiches. public comment went for on more than an hour. the chicken chain wants to open a new restaurant in the citrus marketplace shopping center that's off oak grove road, near ignacio valley road in walnut creek. it would take the place of a vacant bank and have no drive thru, dine in and takeout only. now, the city doesn't expect a significant traffic impact, but neighbors just don't agree. they're appealing an initial approval by the city, arguing chick fil a will bring in too many cars. >> it's going to ruin the quality of walnut creek, our neighborhood. >> i think that this chick fil a is a terrible idea. it's not well thought out, and i think it's going to bring a lot of additional traffic and congestion. >> this is our neighborhood right here

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone is live at the scene. got the latest from police just a short time ago j.r. still a lot of police out there. what do you have for us? >> yeah. dozens of officers out here tonight dan here at skyline high school. this is still an active crime scene. and i can tell you we learned within the last hour that two people had been shot, a male and female, both in the hospital right now and both in stable condition. the principal of this school does tell us that this was after graduation ceremonies. i did talk with witnesses a little while ago. this is what they had to say. >> you start seeing the people running and everything like that. >> they were running? yeah. >> oh, yeah. anybody hell, i started ducking down, trying to figure out you. just trying to figure out. was it some kind of pop, like, celebration or what? they were popping off the little confetti poppers and i thought it was all cool. >> and then everyone started running and we saw hella smoke. i don't know what happened, but it sounded like someone wa

and at this point that is unknown in berkeley, j.r. stoneews and new tonight we've learned the union that represents uc grad students and academic workers have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over the uk's response to the protests. >> now, this vote doesn't guarantee a strike will happen, but the union is demanding the uc system divest, and they're upset with how they feel. uc officials interfered with its members right to protest. this means union leadership can call for a work stoppage at any point. classes and research could face major disruptions as many of the institutions wrap up the school year. police cleared an encampment on uc irvine's campus this afternoon and arrested several pro-palestinian protesters after they had barricaded and occupied a university building. >> there were some small clashes as officers moved in and corralled the demonstrators. as you can see, some of that chaos right there in that video, police say some of the protesters had chained the doors to a lecture hall shut. the group was demanding the uni

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> all right, j.r, thank you so much. onto the peninsula. now, the mayor of redwood city is taking action after a fire at a recycling facility sent smoke across the region. we've been following incidents involving sims metal for years, including at this metal recycling center today. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez spoke to the city's mayor tonight, who wants an investigation. >> a fire that broke out at sims metal on the redwood city port sent plumes of smoke that reached parts of santa clara county. manuel michelle took these videos. he works at a water recycling plant next door. michelle said workers were advised to put on respirators because of all the smoke. >> this has probably been the biggest fire i've seen. we had to stop for maybe an hour or so while it got contained. >> sims metal is a recycling facility that shreds things like cars, refrigerators, washers and more. the fire broke out just before three wednesday afternoon . redwood city fire said crews put out the fire by six, mayor jeff guy said this is not the first big f

i'm ama daetz, and i'm j.r. stone. >> today's san francisco is downtown, has been busy with workers, but they weren't in the office. they were building a better bay area. volunteering to clean streets to make the city more inviting. >> abc7 news reporter luz pena is live on howard street with that story from an event city leaders are hoping will draw tens of thousands of people loose. >> hey, j.r, we are at first thursday. this is one of the events the city is holding to bring back people to downtown san francisco. and just a couple hours ago, over 200. listen to this. 200 san francisco office workers left their jobs to clean up downtown san francisco. this is not a typical work day. trash bags. everybody more than 200 employees from five major companies in downtown san francisco joined forces to give back to the city. >> this is our home and people take care of their homes. and so we want to ensure that the neighborhoods that our employees are living and working in, the places where people are coming to visiting, are

j.r. stone looking through these court documents all night and has all new details. j.r. >> umma, i know what you're thinking. what? i thought we've been through this, and you're partially right. right there. there was further testing done in this case in 2013 and 2019, and peterson was denied a new murder trial in 2022. now, though, a group that helps exonerate the wrongfully convicted is involved in this case. this 89 page motion has been filed on behalf of convicted murderer scott peterson by the los angeles innocence project. the motion is in response to stanislaus county prosecutors, who argued just two weeks ago that there is no need for additional dna testing relating to the murder of peterson's wife, laci, and unborn baby connor. >> 20 plus years later, this is going to be a tough call for the judge because this is a case that there is a lot of evidence against scott peterson, but at the same time, you want to make sure you get this right. that's legal analyst stephen clark, who has clos

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> all right, j.r. thank you so much for that.omorrow, a large protest is planned at google headquarters in mountain view, with the hopes of disrupting the company's key i o conference. demonstrators held a similar rally at google headquarters last month, where some were arrested and 50 were even fired as a result. tomorrow's rally is once again seeking to stop google's so-called project nimbus. it's an ai surveillance software that protesters allege is being used by the israeli government to target civilians in gaza. we have reached out to google for a statement, but have yet to hear back. the protest is expected to start at 9 a.m. tomorrow, and that gets us right into tonight's abc seven news deep dive at 11. >> it's our way of giving you some thoughtful, expanded perspective on the issues that matter to you. and tonight we're diving more into the fast paced advancements we're seeing play out in the world of ai. >> this certainly is going to be the summer of ai. that's the way i would kind of compromise. i would summarize it. >>

good in antioch, j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> ten out of ten. >> that's saying something. well, every day here, we at abc seven news are looking for ways to build a better bay area and the complex issue of homelessness is something we all are hoping to crack. >> yeah. tonight, the city of san francisco is celebrating its new numbers on homelessness, but it doesn't really paint the full picture. >> so let's walk you through it. the results of the most recent homelessness count were put out today. the city says the number of people living out on the street has reached the lowest level in nearly a decade. however, when you look at the total number of homeless across the city, that number is at a record high at more than 8300 people. the number of people sleeping in vehicles spiked 37. this is all despite a massive amount of money being spent on the issue, according to a recent city audit, funding for the crisis reached 676,000,000 in 20 2223. >> across the bay. we're also keeping a close eye in on oakland this week with the city's new era in law enforcement. of course. police

and at this point that is unknown in berkeley, j.r. stones and new tonight we've learned the union that represents uc grad students and academic workers have voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike over the uk's response to the protests. >> now, this vote doesn't guarantee a strike will happen, but the union is demanding the uc system divest, and they're upset with how they feel. uc officials interfered with its members right to protest. this means union leadership can call for a work stoppage at any point. classes and research could face major disruptions as many of the institutions wrap up the school year. police cleared an encampment on uc irvine's campus this afternoon and arrested several pro-palestinian protesters after they had barricaded and occupied a university building. >> there were some small clashes as officers moved in and corralled the demonstrators. as you can see, some of that chaos right there in that video, police say some of the protesters had chained the doors to a lecture hall shut. the group was demanding the unive

good in antioch, j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> ten out of ten. >> that's saying something.l, every day here, we at abc seven news are looking for ways to build a better bay area and the complex issue of homelessness is something we all are hoping to crack. >> yeah. tonight, the city of san francisco is celebrating its new numbers on homelessness, but it doesn't really paint the full picture. >> so let's walk you through it. the results of the most recent homelessness count were put out today. the city says the number of people living out on the street has reached the lowest level in nearly a decade. however, when you look at the total number of homeless across the city, that number is at a record high at more than 8300 people. the number of people sleeping in vehicles spiked 37. this is all despite a massive amount of money being spent on the issue, according to a recent city audit, funding for the crisis reached 676,000,000 in 20 2223. >> across the bay. we're also keeping a close eye in on oakland this week with the city's new era in law enforcement. of course. police chi

end quote j.r. stone, abc seven news happening now a heated community fight over fast food for hours now, leaders in walnut creek have been debating whether to let chick fil a open a second location in the city. >> this debate is apparently hotter than the sandwiches. public comment went for on more than an hour. the chicken chain wants to open a new restaurant in the citrus marketplace shopping center that's off oak grove road, near ignacio valley road in walnut creek. it would take the place of a vacant bank and have no drive thru, dine in and takeout only. now, the city doesn't expect a significant traffic impact, but neighbors just don't agree. they're appealing an initial approval by the city, arguing chick fil a will bring in too many cars. >> it's going to ruin the quality of walnut creek, our neighborhood. >> i think that this chick fil a is a terrible idea. it's not well thought out, and i think it's going to bring a lot of additional traffic and congestion. >> this is our neighborhood right here

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> all right, j.r, thank you so much. onto the peninsula.mayor of redwood city is taking action after a fire at a recycling facility sent smoke across the region. we've been following incidents involving sims metal for years, including at this metal recycling center today. abc seven news reporter lauren martinez spoke to the city's mayor tonight, who wants an investigation. >> a fire that broke out at sims metal on the redwood city port sent plumes of smoke that reached parts of santa clara county. manuel michelle took these videos. he works at a water recycling plant next door. michelle said workers were advised to put on respirators because of all the smoke. >> this has probably been the biggest fire i've seen. we had to stop for maybe an hour or so while it got contained. >> sims metal is a recycling facility that shreds things like cars, refrigerators, washers and more. the fire broke out just before three wednesday afternoon . redwood city fire said crews put out the fire by six, mayor jeff guy said this is not the first big fire at thi

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> all right, j.r. thank you so much for that. tomorrow, a large protest is planned at google headquarters in mountain view, with the hopes of disrupting the company's key i o conference. demonstrators held a similar rally at google headquarters last month, where some were arrested and 50 were even fired as a result. tomorrow's rally is once again seeking to stop google's so-called project nimbus. it's an ai surveillance software that protesters allege is being used by the israeli government to target civilians in gaza. we have reached out to google for a statement, but have yet to hear back. the protest is expected to start at 9 a.m. tomorrow, and that gets us right into tonight's abc seven news deep dive at 11. >> it's our way of giving you some thoughtful, expanded perspective on the issues that matter to you. and tonight we're diving more into the fast paced advancements we're seeing play out in the world of ai. >> this certainly is going to be the summer of ai. that's the way i would kind of compromise. i would summarize it.

j.r. stone partners at the sf standard report, the supervisor representing that district, rafael mandelman, is aware of the defacements and working with san francisco police. our requests for comment to supervisor mandelson's office were not returned. new developments now in the case of david depape. a federal judge is now reopening his sentencing on friday. depape was given 30 years in prison after being convicted of attacking congresswoman nancy pelosi's husband, paul, with a hammer at their san francisco home. now, the judge says they will review his sentence again because he did not get a chance to speak during the sentencing hearing. a new sentencing hearing has been scheduled for tuesday, may 28th. all right. time to turn things now over to the accuweather forecast as we take a live look outside. this is our camera looking at downtown san francisco. all lit up and looking pretty clear as we approach a nice, beautiful stretch of weather ahead. spencer is standing by tracking what we should

aside from inflation, which is not factored in, abc7 news reporter j.r. stone talked to multiple businesses in san francisco who say we are far from being back to where we once were. >> jr dion it's true. money is being spent in california and that is good news for our economy. but you should have seen the looks i got today when i mentioned the governor touting tourism and it being back at the little clam chowder huts in the wharf, they told me they used to stay open late during the week. now they closed around 730. just because the people aren't here. >> so we couldn't be more proud to announce today record breaking tourism numbers in the state of california. over $150 billion of tourism spend unprecedented in our state's history. >> from the top of the golden gate bridge, california governor gavin newsom announced record breaking data sunday, showing the tourists spent more money than they ever have in california last year. exciting to hear, but that headline drew skepticism. with all of the businesses i spoke with in san francisco's fisherman's wharf. >> the

j.r. >> stone. it's official. the oakland international airport will be renamed despite major opposition, including a lawsuit from san francisco. >> let's take a live look at the abc seven oakland airport camera. just a short time ago, the port of oakland, which is in charge of the airport, voted on moving forward with the name change, and they released this new logo. it will be called san francisco bay oakland international airport. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan is live at the port's headquarters in jack london square. answer jr and umma. >> we don't have a new airport, but like you said, we do have a new name and it takes effect immediately because this was the second vote by the port commission, which happened today. so why the name change? the port says the main reason is location. the port says there's a lack of geographic awareness about oakland and it's creating challenges. as they argue, oakland should be serving the top 20 markets, but it's not. and that research shows the name change could attr

j.r. stone spoke with industry experts about the future of robotaxis, experimenting on our roads. >> you're looking at viewer video showing a waymo self-driving car not only driving in the all new red bus lanes along van ness avenue in san francisco, but also stopping to make a left hand turn at post street on sunday, a move that, according to the sign, is illegal. phil koopman specializes in self-driving car safety. carnegie mellon university and has done so for 20 plus years. >> we're seeing a lot of loose ends that the technology isn't quite there. the companies are claiming it's safer, but things like driving the wrong way down the street, as long as there's no crash, they would say don't count for unsafe meaning this incident likely would not get logged as a dangerous or concerning one since no one got hurt. >> we did reach out to waymo to see what happened, but as of late monday night, they have yet to respond. koopman has major concerns with the way testing is being done with the self-dri

abc7 news reporter j.r stone has more on this river rafting boom. oh yeah. oh, lovely >> there's something special knowing that not only is whitewater rafting happening right now in the sierra, it's thriving again. >> so this is the first time we've had back to back really strong snow years. and i don't know how long, like 20 years or 20 plus years. derek roth owns the rafting company sierra whitewater and says the late season storms have and will make a huge difference. so let's say it snows a lot in november and december and gets warm. you lose all that before the summer months. here where we have the big snowfall was like april and into may. so it's right there right now coming down now. >> paulie miltner of tahoe whitewater tours says the start to this year's whitewater rafting has been, quote, epic. the snowpack was not as high as last year, but it was still around average. and that is night and day better than a drought. miltner took this video earlier this season on the north fork section of the american river. a section where rafting can be limited i

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abc seven news reporter j.r. stoneeighbors who share concerns about that stretch of highway. >> half moon bay mayor joaquin jimenez's family seen here in this video saturday night, are in mourning right now after the mayor's son died in this motorcycle accident. >> you know, saw the there was the truck there and the motorcycle that was more or less lodged under the truck was somewhat in the middle of the intersection. so they i, i think he was trying to make a left turn. >> the san mateo county sheriff's office is still trying to figure out what led to the crash, but says the accident happened here on highway one at morada road in half moon bay. the mayor's son is also named joaquin, and he was just 28 years old. sunday a picture of him and friends was left on display at the crash site, surrounded by dozens of flowers. one of those flowers is left lying along highway one, just feet from where joaquin's motorcycle collided with a pickup truck. community members are heartbroken for what happened and for the mayor, who th

uh- really a great time. >> j.r. stonews. >> all that water boy is going to be exciting. i love whitewater rafting. >> oh, rafting, floating. it always is a good time out there for sure. >> yes, indeed. maybe not today. just a little on the chilly side a little bit, yeah. >> started off great too, but the sun eventually started to peek out. we check in now with abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian for a look at that forecast. right. >> julian and kristen. well, the sun did burn through and gave us a nice mild afternoon after a little bit of a chilly start to the morning and there's much more warming ahead in the next few days. let's take a look at what's going on right now on the satellite radar. composite image. the old familiar onshore flow, which is giving us some really gusty conditions. right now we have gusts at sfo up to 45mph. and just in the last hour, we've seen gusts between 20 and 30mph across along the coastline, around the bay and over into some inland areas like concord. now, as we look at the win

j.r. stonenews. >> happening today, the captain of the scuba dive boat that caught fire off santa barbara in 2019 will be sentenced. 34 people died in the fire. jerry boylan was found guilty of neglect of a ship officer last year. he faces ten years in prison. boylan was the first to abandon ship. the fire was the deadliest maritime disaster in recent us history. some of those who were killed lived right here in the bay area. vallejo city hall will reopen today, but business will be by appointment only. this after students staged a sit in yesterday protesting the recent city council decision to deny a charter school's permit for a new downtown campus . students from elite public school took over the second floor of city hall in a very loud and spirited rally on tuesday, the council overturned a planning commission decision to issue the school a major use permit. it was for a campus inside a vacant building on georgia street in the city's downtown. opponents say the city's downtown core is no pla

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone neighbors who share concerns about that stretch of highway. >> half moon bay mayor joaquin jimenez's family, seen here in this video saturday night, are in mourning right now after the mayor's son died in this motorcycle accident. >> you know, saw the there was the truck there and the motorcycle that was more or less lodged under the truck was somewhat in the middle of the intersection. so they i, i think he was trying to make a left turn. >> the san mateo county sheriff's office is still trying to figure out what led to the crash, but says the accident happened here on highway one at morada road in half moon bay. the mayor's son is also named joaquin, and he was just 28 years old. sunday a picture of him and friends was left on display at the crash site, surrounded by dozens of flowers. one of those flowers, left lying along highway one, just feet from where joaquin's motorcycle collided with a pickup truck. community members are heartbroken over what happened and for the mayor, who

j.r. stone explains what the thieves might be really after cut all the tesla charging cables. >> that's joshua beckler, who recorded that video in vallejo sunday, monday, tesla crews could be seen fixing the stolen nozzles, the supercharger location behind the target. >> i went to go to the gym with the wife i went to, parked the tesla to charge it while we were inside, and found that the majority of the tesla cables have been cut right before we walked in. >> as to how many nozzles were cut and stolen, there's one, two, three. we'll speed it up. since so many were hit seven, eight and nine that were head yes, nine charger nozzles cut and stolen, nine others untouched along with generators that were untouched. >> it's crazy stupid. like i don't know, why would they do that now that i hear it from you , i'm shocked. >> we broke news to some tesla drivers and even showed them the wires that had been cut after crews replaced them. this is what they cut here on the wire. what is your thought looking

i'm j.r. stone. >> and i'm diane lim. today, two of the four men charged in 2021 homicide avoided life in prison as part of a plea deal because of the racial bias of the officers investigating the case. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan was in court today and has more on how the texting scandal has now impacted a murder trial. >> reporter sentences were handed down in the landmark case linked to the antioch police texting scandal. >> i think in this case, this is a strong outcome, all four defendants will be facing, a lengthy prison sentence. >> this case dates back to 2021. four suspects were facing murder charges for a drive by shooting in antioch. gun and gang enhancements would have meant life in prison. instead, all four men pled no contest to manslaughter and lesser sentences. >> the resolution that has been struck in this matter, brings accountability, to this case, the decision is a result of an fbi investigation that uncovered racist texts being sent between antioch police, including the arresting officers

. >> it is historic, and abc seven news reporter j.r stone spoke with some experts tonight. j.r what's their take on all of this. >> well dan umma it seems that today's verdict actually strengthened both political sides. if you can believe that. meaning that if you didn't like trump before you really don't like him now. and if you like trump before you stand with him now when his back against the wall, the question in the upcoming election is about those in the middle. former president donald trump not shying away from cameras even after he was found guilty on 34 counts. the question from some will he be given jail time when he is sentenced on july 11th? >> it's going to be probation, i guarantee you he's a first time offender, just like you or me would be. he's a nonviolent offender that's constitutional law. >> professor rory little of uc law, sf this is not a crime of a century uh- this is this is treated as a misdemeanor. >> other than the fact that it was done to influence an election, which makes it a felony. but this is still the first time a former us president has be

. >> j.r. stone, ancient egyptians may have tried to treat cancer. medical texts from the time show healers were aware of cancer and the visible tumors it produced. researchers looked at scans of a skull more than 4000 years o to scientists. healers used sharp metal instruments to remove the growths. however, it's unclear whether this was a surgery meant to heal the patient while they were alive or was an autopsy. after their death, a major breakthrough in the effort to help stroke survivors. and it happened right here in the bay area. ucsf scientists have developed an ai brain implant that's bilingual. it's helping a man communicate in english and spanish. nearly two years after a stroke left him paralyzed, the patient first received the implant in 2019, but it took another three years for ucsf's team to train it to be bilingual. using ai. the patient was not bilingual before his stroke. >> that's truly amazing. it is. well, for the first time in decades, san francisco will host an oceanside parade to celebrate independence day. the area's superviso

j.r. >> stone. the new name will be san francisco bay area oakland international airport. >> yes. abc seven news reporter anser hassan was monitoring tonight's vote. he joins us now live on. sir >> umma and gr, like you said, we don't have a new airport, but we do have a name. as j.r. mentioned, the oakland airport will now be the san francisco bay area oakland international airport. now, this is the second vote, which means this name change takes effect immediately. so why the name change? the board says the main reason comes down to location. the port says the lack of geographic awareness of where oakland is creates challenges. they argue that oakland should be serving the top 20 us markets, but it's not. they say they've conducted research that shows the name change would attract more passengers to use the oakland airport, and by letting people know that oakland is another gateway to the bay area. >> and a name change can certainly do that. that brings the knowledge for people past the mississippi to really understand where oakland sits in the greater bay area and also internat

abc seven news reporter j.r stone has their stories. >> this round table house foreign affairs committee meeting might not get the same attention as wnba star brittney griner, describing her time in a russian prison. but similar topics are being discussed. you see, these families have loved ones that are being wrongfully detained in other countries now, for 628 days, he's been held hostage in a basement cell by the taliban intelligence services 11 years, eight months and one week. >> he was stopped at a checkpoint and wrongfully detained till today. we don't know why or what happened. we last heard from my dad in october and he could barely make out the words that he was saying because he had stabbing chest pains and difficulty breathing. >> giselle charmot is describing her father, jimmy. she says he's being held in iran, leaving his family in california, fearing for the worst. there are currently 49 americans wrongfully detained in other countries, according to the james foley foundation. those at this meeting also have loved ones being held in afghanistan, syria and russia. news of th

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> time now to get to tonight's abc seven news advancer at 11.t's our way of keeping you informed on top of the big headlines you'll be hearing about in the days to come. and a trio of court proceedings will be featured prominently in the news as our first advancer is scott peterson's bid for freedom heading into a hearing with potentially huge implications tomorrow, a judge will hear arguments about whether to revisit dna evidence in the murder of laci peterson and her unborn child, 20 years ago. the la innocence project is focused on a van and bloody mattress found near the peterson home in modesto. tests five years ago found no signs of laci's dna. peterson's attorneys want them tested again. >> the technology, the assays, the way that we collect and analyze evidence has not changed enough since 2019 that these samples warrant retesting. but we know uc davis forensics expert ashley hall doesn't think new testing will make a difference in the case, says peterson's attorneys try to revive a theory that burglars killed laci. >> hall is worried if

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone talked to industry experts about the future of robo taxis, experimenting on our roads. >> you're looking at viewer video showing a waymo self-driving car not only driving in the all new red bus lanes along van ness avenue in san francisco, but also stopping to make a left hand turn at post street on sunday, a move that, according to the sign, is illegal. phil koopman specializes in self-driving car safety. carnegie mellon university and has done so for 20 plus years. >> we're seeing a lot of loose ends that the technology isn't quite there. the companies are claiming it's safer, but things like driving the wrong way down the street, as long as there's no crash, they would say don't count for unsafe meaning this incident likely would not get logged as a dangerous or concerning one since no one got hurt. >> we did reach out to waymo to see what happened, but as of late monday night, they have yet to respond. koopman has major concerns with the way testing is being done with these self-d

i'm j.r. stone. it's the warmest weather.ome of us have seen this year, and that's only the start. let's bring in our abc seven news meteorologist, sandhya patel for more. she's tracking everything we should be ready for in our 24 hour accuweather forecast. >> j.r. tri heat tomorrow you might want to have a cold brew or some ice cream. it is definitely going to be unseasonably warm to hot. here are the high temperatures for today 70s and 80s a good 8 to 12 degrees above average. oakland hit 80 degrees. that's the warmest. it's seen it in since october, believe it or not. so seven months. here's a view from our sutro tower camera. and it is certainly still a shaky view. a beautiful view of san francisco. no gusty winds continue. mount diablo right now 53 miles an hour, 33 on mount hood. a wind advisory for the north bay mountains and solano county until 8 a.m. tomorrow. gusts up to 45 miles an hour. you will notice the winds will remain high and then taper off as we head into tomorrow afternoon. but those gusty winds will cert

. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm j.r. stone. the bay area gets a taste of summer with one of the warmest days of the year. it drew large crowds to beaches and other popular spots where people could soak up the sun. >> uh- just going for a river float. first hot day of the year. going to get out there and enjoy the water in the north bay, people took advantage of the warm weather and decided to cool off by hitting the russian river. >> for some that meant kayaking while others decided to relax on the beach, pointing out this was a good chance to beat the weekend crowds. as always, if you are going to go out on the water, it is recommended that you wear a life jacket. >> today felt pretty good, but what about tomorrow? >> yeah, that's a good question. sandyha patel is here with our 24 hour accuweather forecast. sandy. yeah, and that 24 hour forecast will include heat, but not for everyone. >> armand jr, let me show you a live picture right now from our mount tam cam. you see what's back. the fog surrounding sutro tower. onshore wi

abc seven news reporter j.r stone has more on this river rafting boom. oh, yeah. lovely. >> there's something special. knowing that not only is whitewater rafting happening right now in the sierra, it's thriving again. >> so this is the first time we've had back to back really strong snow years. and i don't know how long, like 20 years or 20 plus years. >> derek roth owns the rafting company sierra whitewater and says the late season storms have and will make a huge difference. >> so let's say it snows a lot in november and december and gets warm. you lose all that before the summer months. here where we have the big snowfall, was like april and into may. so it's right there, right now. coming down now. >> paulie miltner of tahoe whitewater tours says the start to this year's whitewater rafting has been, quote, epic. the snowpack was not as high as last year, but it was still around average. and that is night and day better than a drought. miltner took this video earlier this season on the north fork section of the american river, a section where rafting can be li

j.r. >> stone is following the story, joins us live tonight with those details jr. >> umma dan there are certainly still questions out there on why in a digital age like the one that we're seemingly in, it took authorities nearly three years to find this man. nevertheless he is in custody right now. the man blurred out in this photo, 31 year old ian cleary, who was wanted by u.s. marshals, has now been caught in france, according to the associated press. >> he did uh- forced himself on me and raped me and after he did that, he started crying said, i'm sorry. like i didn't mean to hurt you. i didn't mean to hurt you. did i hurt you? and then i said, yes, he hurt me. >> that is shannon keeler speaking to abc news. three years ago. she said she was raped by cleary in her room after a frat party in 2013 at gettysburg college in pennsylvania. she went to campus police and local authorities, but nothing was initially done and no charges filed. that was until keeler says cleary sent facebook messages to her admitting guilt. police then reopened the case and put out an arrest warrant. cleary is

. >> it is historic, and abc seven news reporter j.r stone spoke with some experts tonight. j.r what's their take on all of this. >> well dan umma it seems that today's verdict actually strengthened both political sides. if you can believe that. meaning that if you didn't like trump before you really don't like him now. and if you like trump before you stand with him now when his back against the wall, the question in the upcoming election is about those in the middle. former president donald trump not shying away from cameras even after he was found guilty on 34 counts. the question from some will he be given jail time when he is sentenced on july 11th? >> it's going to be probation, i guarantee you he's a first time offender, just like you or me would be. he's a nonviolent offender that's constitutional law. >> professor rory little of uc law, sf this is not a crime of a century uh- this is this is treated as a misdemeanor. >> other than the fact that it was done to influence an election, which makes it a felony. but this is still the first time a former us president has be

j.r. >> stone. it's official.rport will be renamed despite major opposition, including a lawsuit from san francisco. >> let's take a live look at the abc seven oakland airport camera. just a short time ago, the port of oakland, which is in charge of the airport, voted on moving forward with the name change, and they released this new logo. it will be called san francisco bay oakland international airport. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan is live at the port's headquarters in jack london square. answer jr and umma. >> we don't have a new airport, but like you said, we do have a new name and it takes effect immediately bse

i'm ama daetz and i'm j.r. stonelast night at uc berkeley as pro-israel and pro-palestinian demonstrators clashed in front of the encampment at sproul plaza. it's the first known incident in what has otherwise been a peaceful movement. >> abc seven news reporter ryan curry joins us live from uc berkeley. with this developing story. tonight, ryan. >> yeah. j.r. ama. good evening. things been mostly peaceful here at berkeley throughout the day. the encampment is about the same size as it's been throughout the week. campus is pretty busy with students preparing for finals coming up next week. but from what happened last night, it's a concern for both sides. when pro-israeli protesters arrived in front for the palestinian encampment thursday, tensions began to build. someone grabbed an israeli flag out of the hands of a counter protester, and a fight began today. those at the encampments say they had nothing to do with it. >> we had one person who i've never seen at the camp. no, no, none of us knew who disappeared immed

. >> j.r. stoneeve ancient egyptians may have tried to treat cancer. medical texts from the time show healers were aware of cancer and the visible tumors it produced. researchers looked at scans of a skull more than 4000 years old. they found cut marks around lesions believed to be malignant tumors, according to scientists. healers used sharp metal instruments to remove the growths. however, it's unclear whether this was a surgery meant to heal the patient while they were alive or was an autopsy. after their death, a major breakthrough in the effort to help stroke survivors. and it happened right here in the bay area. ucsf scientists have developed an ai brain implant that's bilingual. it's helping a man communicate in english and spanish. nearly two years after a stroke left him paralyzed, the patient first received the implant in 2019, but it took another three years for ucsf's team to train it to be bilingual. using ai. the patient was not bilingual before his stroke. >> that's truly amazing. it i

i'm j.r. stone and i'm ama daetz. >> city leaders have been searching for the secret to unlock san francisco's pre-pandemic past and they think a series of new night time events may be the key. >> it's something we have closely followed every step of the way. we were there to watch one such effort get going back in march, with the start of the chinatown night markets now running on the second friday of every month. then just this past monday, a reported on the nightlife summit held by mayor, breed and city leaders, stressing the importance of bars and clubs to keep the city energized and another good example of that tonight with the new first thursday block party downtown. yeah, the boost to san francisco is a central focus of our mission to build a better bay area. and the breakthrough we found tonight, abc seven news reporter tara campbell has more on the new energy coming to the work night. >> the stages to the food trucks. san francisco taking another step towards a comeback with downtown. first

i'm dionne lim and i'm j.r stone. >> today in san francisco there was a small business week pop up shop. more than 40 makers and artisans took part, joined by some food trucks, live jazz music and a dance performance. sf small business week runs through friday as a way for entrepreneurs to network and get a boost from the community. changing how businesses are taxed in san francisco could soon be up to the voters. >> a new proposal aims to place the measure on the november ballot. abc seven news reporter tim johns has been following this story and joins us live now with a look at how exactly this would work. hi, tim. >> hey jr dion. now these potential changes are really aimed at boosting small businesses here in the city. it's no secret that many of those places are still having a hard time recovering from the pandemic.nd

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone experts about the future of robo taxis, experimenting on our roads. >> you're looking at viewer video showing a waymo self-driving car not only driving in the all new red bus lanes along van ness avenue in san francisco, but also stopping to make a left hand turn at post street on sunday, a move that, according to the sign, is illegal. phil koopman specializes in self-driving car safety. carnegie mellon university and has done so for 20 plus years. >> we're seeing a lot of loose ends that the technology isn't quite there. the companies are claiming it's safer, but things like driving the wrong way down the street, as long as there's no crash, they would say don't count for unsafe meaning this incident likely would not get logged as a dangerous or concerning one since no one got hurt. >> we did reach out to waymo to see what happened, but as of late monday night, they have yet to respond. koopman has major concerns with the way testing is being done with these self-driving companies. >

i'm j.r. stone. it's the warmest weather.of us have seen this year, and that's only the start. let's bring in our abc seven news meteorologist, sandhya patel for more. she's tracking everything we should be ready for in our 24 hour accuweather forecast. >> j.r. tri heat tomorrow you might want to have a cold brew or some ice cream. it is definitely going to be unseasonably warm to hot. here are the high temperatures for today 70s and 80s a good 8 to 12 degrees above average. oakland hit 80 degrees. that's the warmest. it's seen it in since october, believe it or not. so seven months. here's a view from our sutro tower camera. and it is certainly still a shaky view. a beautiful view of san francisco. no gusty winds continue. mount diablo right now 53 miles an hour, 33 on mount hood. a wind advisory for the north bay mountains and solano county until 8 a.m. tomorrow. gusts up to 45 miles an hour. you will notice the winds will remain high and then taper off as we head into tomorrow afternoon. but those gusty winds will certainl

abc seven news reporter j.r stone has more on this river rafting boom. oh, yeah. lovely. >> there's something special. knowing that not only is whitewater rafting happening right now in the sierra, it's thriving again. >> so this is the first time we've had back to back really strong snow years. and i don't know how long, like 20 years or 20 plus years. >> derek roth owns the rafting company sierra whitewater and says the late season storms have and will make a huge difference. >> so let's say it snows a lot in november and december and gets warm. you lose all that before the summer months. here where we have the big snowfall, was like april and into may. so it's right there, right now. coming down now. >> paulie miltner of tahoe whitewater tours says the start to this year's whitewater rafting has been, quote, epic. the snowpack was not as high as last year, but it was still around average. and that is night and day better than a drought. miltner took this video earlier this season on the north fork section of the american river, a section where rafting can be li

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> time now to get to tonight's abc seven news advancer at 11.t's our way of keeping you informed on top of the big headlines you'll be hearing about in the days to come. and a trio of court proceedings will be featured prominently in the news as our first advancer is scott peterson's bid for freedom heading into a hearing with potentially huge implications tomorrow, a judge will hear arguments about whether to revisit dna evidence in the murder of laci peterson and her unborn child, 20 years ago. the la innocence project is focused on a van and bloody mattress found near the peterson home in modesto. tests five years ago found no signs of laci's dna. peterson's attorneys want them tested again. >> the technology, the assays, the way that we collect and analyze evidence has not changed enough since 2019 that these samples warrant retesting. but we know uc davis forensics expert ashley hall doesn't think new testing will make a difference in the case, says peterson's attorneys try to revive a theory that burglars killed laci. >> hall is worried if

. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm j.r. stone.he bay area gets a taste of summer with one of the warmest days of the year. it drew large crowds to beaches and other popular spots where people could soak up the sun. >> uh- just going for a river float. first hot day of the year. going to get out there and enjoy the water in the north bay, people took advantage of the warm weather and decided to cool off by hitting the russian river. >> for some that meant kayaking while others decided to relax on the beach, pointing out this was a good chance to beat the weekend crowds. as always, if you are going to go out on the water, it is recommended that you wear a life jacket. >> today felt pretty good, but what about tomorrow? >> yeah, that's a good question. sandyha patel is here with our 24 hour accuweather forecast. sandy. yeah, and that 24 hour forecast will include heat, but not for everyone. >> armand jr, let me show you a live picture right now from our mount tam cam. you see what's back. the fog surrounding sutro tower. onshore wind