kate larson, abgs 7 news >> a grieving mother in the east bay said her daughter is one of two that died from opioids. she call her oshi. >> i will never see her get married. i am never see her with children. >> police have not officially released the teen's identities, but dill better cartoonist scott adams believes the other victim was his stepson, justin miles. liverpool police said two teenagers died in two days. it will take weeks for toxicology to determine the cause. police died this was too urgent to wait so they decided to share suspicions now. >> the diocese of sap jose is hearing from parishioners and victims of clergy sex abuse. the new session will be next friday, october 12th st. maarten of tours, san at 7:00 p.m. >> nearly a year after the north bay destroyed thousands of homes, many families are without permanent housing. work is under way to install 15 cottages in windsor and fountain grove. the cottages are only a temporary solution for the displaced families. once neighborhoods are rebuilt, they will be turned into accessory dwelling units on properties with people wit

jobina fortson, abgs 7 news. >> we welcome your thoughts about improving safety. use better bay area on twitter, facebook and other social media. >>> firefighters will treat kids to free glow in the dark necklaces so they can be seen at night. starting at 6:00, families can visit any firestation in san jose. >> and a way to trade in unwanted treats. reese's has a candy exchange vending machine. you can swap out the candy for n alexis. this is not in the bay area. sit only happening in new york city. if it's a hit, the candy exchanger may be coming to other cities next halloween. what a brilliant p are r and marketing move. >> i'm going to make you a deal. we don't have a vending machine here in the bay area, so i will give you my reese's. if you give me all the rest of your candy. >> you mean the garbage? >> me too? >> of course. >> i don't like peanut butter. >> we created this. we spent entirely too much time coming up with this yesterday. this is our kind of scientific view of how this should be done if you were to make a candy bracket. >> you make very hard fi

you can make sure you're ready for an earthquake by checking out resources at abgs 7 nec >>> a new crime trend is targeting women at restaurants across california. a thief uses a coat or j from the fact she is stealing items from her purse. the kul preuculprit liens againt person's chair and uses the fabric as a shield as he steals a wallet, cash or cards. one victim said it happens so fast. it's completely unexpected. >> i don't understand how people can do that. it's violating to know i was sitting there, and literally behind me, behind me back, someone stole from me. that's what's upsetting. >> she will now keep her purse in her lap at all times. >>> an american sailor got excited after winning invictus race and broke protocol, but incident was all in good fun. he hugs prince harry and lifts him into the air. he also hugged wife meghan. it is a sports competition for military members and veterans wounded in action. they are being held in australia. >>> that happened with prince william. there is a lot of hugging going on with the royals. >> that's okay fp. they're human too. >> and th

abgs news reporter maggie rulli is live in panama city beach, florida with the latest it looks worse than the last time we checked in with you >> reporter: the is storm is getting more intense by the hour. it is getting stronger and stronger. winds have picked up. the rains are coming down. at this point yesterday it was a category 1. now it has afpld up to a strong category 4. if you haven't evacuated yet, it may be too late. the raw power of hurricane michael is already being felt on on the high seas. >> battled 13 to 15 foot swells last night. >> reporter: all passengers aboard empress of the seas are safe. but now the monster storm is taking aim to the florida panhandle, overnight becoming a strong category 4 storm. >> do not underestimate the power of this storm. it will be deceive stating >> reporter: seen from space, this hurricane is intimidating. it left a path of destruction and more than a dozen dead in central america. are not taking any chances, fearing high winds and double digit storm surge. >> we can rebuild your house but not your life. your family members, take care

reporting live from oakland, amy hollyfield, abgs 7 ne hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> firefighters battledire several blocks away. flying embers ignited two homes. everyone inside managed to get out safely. neighbors describe the embers as raining down on them as they escaped from their homes. >> a fire on west grant avenue is the sixth major construction site in oakland to burn in six years. >> here are all the events we have seen recently. july of last year, a seven-story apartment building on valdez street burned down. the cause of fire was not determined but arson not ruled out. >> a development on the border between oakland and emeryville in july 2016 and again in may 2017. both were ruled arson. >> halloween 2016, five-alarm fire hit a construction site a block from lake mary. investigators couldn't determine that cause. >> and in 2012, arson fire burned a construction site for a senior housing complex near west oakland bart station. >> you can find the latest developments with our abc 7 news app. it has enhanced live features to get more of the news you want delivered to your phone

abgs 7 ne abc 7 spoke with hias. >> there has been in this country and actually around the world, a dramatic rise in anti-semitism, xenophobia, a rejection of our responsibilities to help asylum seekers and refugees. >> bowers said hias likes to bring invaders in that kill our paper. official the group helped millions of refugees around the world. he made some of his anti-semitic statements on gab. it is popular with the alt-right. it is now offline. >> itst under attack and being smeared by the mainstream media. it is suspending operations because it is being forced to find a new web host approximately -- >> it is say free speech alternative to facebook and twitter used by right wing commentators. >> people have very strong opinions that don't mind to share them even when it constitutes hate speech. >> they are working around the clock to keep gabion line after it became known that it was being used to post anti-semitic messages. it says gab unequivocally disavows and condemns all acts of terrorism and violence. san francisco-based stripe said it was sending transfers to the bank account. >

seen this same pattern be used repetitively, i imagine law enforcement, especially in this day and abge, it's how to track these things down aggressively. you're seeing local, federal responding very aggressively. i imagine they're going to move really, really quickly and we're going to hear some developments within the day. >> bill bratton standing by. i want to go to hans nichols first. hans i understand you've also gotten some response from members of congress as well to all of this. what are they saying? >> you're seeing several republican members of congress condemning these acts of violence. you've heard from speaker ryan, mr. scalise, i'm going to read you mr. ryan's speech. those behind such reprehensible acts must be brought to justice. we cannot tolerate any attempt to terrorize public figures and i'm grateful to the secret service, capitol police and all law enforcement who guard against these threat. mr. scalise, he himself was a victim of violence at that baseball game last spring. he's saying that the violence has no place in our society. you saw earlier this morning the w