according to alameda county sheriff's office. he has been free of course as we know that decision coming after 02:00pm and he has been behind bars here for about 2 years but we're told he may not walk out the front door just behind me this ramp that is where most defendants walk out when they are released from jail. so we're told he may be accommodated just with the situation. we have not seen that much activity since we've been out here where i am this is where those defendants eyes. i mention come out we haven't seen any of their cars or other exits but again we're told by alameda county sheriff's office that this could happen any time at first we were told it would happen at 8 o'clock. so this of course is really up to mister harris so our hope is that he will talk to us as his reaction is something that people would want to hear and of course we're not sure if he will talk to us about of course, and you know his situation. he was arrested first in 2017 of june with his connection to the fire. his role, the dorm and the guy co

it was her first day on the job as a dispatcher at the alameda county sheriff's department. wide-eyed, amid the chaos, her future became clear . >> from that day till now i did not look back. i knew this was where i wanted to be. >> reporter: 30 years later, she is back here, winding down a career that has brought her full-circle, from dispatcher to captain at the alameda county sheriff's department. only the third african-american woman to reach that rank in department history. >> for me to be the unit commander, that is huge. >>reporter: her colleague say that they knew she had it in her from the start . >> one of the dispatchers when dave said, you should be a deputy at they get to boss people around . >> she was then add my trainer says that she needs to be a cop. >> that day i filled out my application. took her first job, a happier stint at santa rita jail, where she guarded inmates, whose stories reminded her of her mothers. >> my mom struggled with addiction when we were younger. my mom was able to lift her self up. she went on to get a phd from syracuse. >> reporter

alameda county superior court: "absolutely!ry attorney in this case brought their a-game">we caught up with judge trina thompson here at the alameda county superior court in oakland to get some of her reflections of the courtroom process during the ghost ship fire trial, the day after the jury aqcuitted max harris and deadlocked on the charges against co-defendant derick almena. judge thompson says both the prosecution and defense made stellar legal efforts on behalf of the people and the defendantssot the jury deliberated on a 4-day schedule with the judge deciding to give them friday's off. she explains why...sot she talks about the decision to have no cameras allowed in the courtroom during the trialsot judge trina thompson is the firs

i understand there were four cases of lung illness in alameda county. ose cases?arities among >> yes, across the state and the country we are using some criteria to define w calling cases. some of them -- all have been hospitalized and have rays and some ve needed cks x- support whether it's oxygen or extra pressure and in extreme cases they have been intubated anin intensive care. they definitely have all had some use of vaping devices within the last 90 days. and st of thcases have reported either using thc or cbd in the devices. th >> is america -- that is anthe ingredient in mari that makes you hike essentially . >> exactly. >> are they honing on that thc products? >> it's been hard to determine the cause and there are still no conclusions within the state or nation my. there have been conference calls across the nation talking to pulmonologist another clinicians across the country characterize what are the commonalities and common exposures that we are all still stumped and trying to trying to get the vaping lso cartridges of me of the cases and do different

tomorrow, yeah, it sounds like he should be released some time this evening, according to the alameda county sheriff's office but after that. >>what's next, here's kron four's theresa >>max harris is 29 years old and for the past as to 2 years nearly. he has been incarcerated at the rita jail but that's all going to change here shortly that after the jury here in alameda county acquitted him of 36 charges of involuntary manslaughter now just a short time ago i spoke with sergeant ray kelly is a spokesperson for the jail. he kind of walk me through what's going to happen tonight as max harris gathers up his stuff and he will be set free listen in. >>though we already arranged a special transport for him back to a santa rita jail in dublin. and during the next a 3 to 4 hours we'll be processing out of that facility and then once he's done there will be a free person walk out of our jail. >>as you have personal effects is he does he's been in our custody for a couple years now and so i would imagine he's writings and personal effects that he's probably going to want will be allowed access to go

>>i'm here the alameda county office of emergency services and this is where the alameda county sheriff's. dive team is based. >>yeah we have sonar when the communications equipment we have buoys ropes. >>sergeant ray kelly watch me through and showed me their mobile unit deployed in circumstances like what they are dealing with in that boat tragedy in santa barbara. sergeant kelly talked about the protocol and steps as those crews worked diligently to bring the victims back to their loved ones. >>there's a lot of different tools to use not just divers but these remote operated vehicles that go under water, the of cameras there kind like robots under water. they can give you a lot of imagery and then you can use your side scan sonar. and sonar will give you a picture of what it looks like underneath there. and then year-old julian at the sun down divers and you're going to do that with a lot of safety and a lot of other team members being ready to go in a rescue diver if they should become trapped, you know one of those lost to 2030 minutes the pending on what you're doing how much are re

alameda county ptorocu o'malley announcing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter defendants on and harrisknowingly created a fire trap. >>their arrests. elmen a in lake county harris in los angeles hailed by former goes to ship 10 it shelley mack, they're monsters, they're criminals there everything i said they work after a year and the santa rita ty jail. the 2 men were ready to accept a deal finally manning and mister harris taking responsibility. >>for their actions in the death of 36 individuals, the 2 men agreed to plead no contest in exchange for reduced >>this too. cajuns so just hate that he will be out 3 innings. >>you just sense is they not long enough. according to some of those who lost their loved ones in the fight say. guilty basically there was what we wanted to hear. sentencing part of it. >>but the attorney for the families of 12 other victim said she was glad those families would be spared the agony of a trial. is very. the sentencing hearing one month later the first to judge replaced with a new judge alameda county superior court judge james cramer listened as families

>>i'm here the alameda county office of emergency services and this is where the alameda county sheriff's. dive team is based. >>yeah we have sonar when the communications equipment we have buoys ropes. >>sergeant ray kelly watch me through and showed me their mobile unit deployed in circumstances like what they are dealing with in that boat tragedy in santa barbara. sergeant kelly talked about the protocol and steps as those crews worked diligently to bring the victims back to their loved ones. >>there's a lot of different tools to use not just divers but these remote operated vehicles that go under water, they have cameras there kind like robots under water. they can give you a lot of imagery and then you can use your side scan sonar. and sonar will give you a picture of what it looks like underneath there and then year-old julian at the sun down divers and you're going to do that with a lot of safety and a lot of other team members being ready to go in and rescue diver if they should become trapped. >>in alameda county tree says stasio kron 4 news. >>we have continuing coverage of the

. >>> i'm christin ayers at the alameda county courthouse where the verdict came in. first there were audible gasps from stunned friends and family members. then there were tears and anger. tonight, the ghost ship warehouse sits unassuming on the street where the deadly fire happened two and half years ago. but outside an alameda county courthouse, the pain was still palpable. >> maxis guilty. they didn't find him guilty. i don't know why. max is guilty. >> reporter: for mary vega, whose son alex died in the fire, grief gave way to anger. >> i lost my son. and this is what happens? i am not happy about this. >> reporter: angered that max harris is now a free man. outside the courtroom, david gregory, whose daughter michela also died in the fire did not hold back. >> absolutely i'm disappointed. there is a man walking out there that should be in jail right now. he was willing to take a plea deal for six years, okay? you tell me if that is a not guilty person? come on. >> reporter: parents of the ghost ship victim said they simply wanted someone to be held responsible.

what are some of the ways that you are addressing that with the alameda county financial officer thatwith the di rict right now? mber one ki would say that alameda county is actually a decision i made to actually have a oser partnership with our alameda county of education, and actually, my three priorities were me coming into this role and being a product of this district where i was the teacher when we first went into state ceivership. i was e teacher who had a pink slip because we had a make massive cuts. i became a principal and had toy lay ofclass of five staff because we had to beve a massive cut. so for me, the grand jury only substantiated what i was able to see and experience actually being an employee inthe system on systemic issues. >> yes. but one thing you can point ac is anmplishment. >> one is an increase in our reserve. when i took over the position, we were at .67% in our reserve.y that is actubelow what you are required to have as a district of our size. your are supposedto have a minimum of 2%. that is important because when you drop down below the minimum, it means

this weekend at the alameda county fairgrounds. to learn more about how you can find your new four-legged best friend visit kpix.com/pets. >>> some new images tonight of a rare will siding off the southern california coast. experts say the last time they spotted a say will of laguna beach was two years ago. the siding has created a buzz in the whale watching community as you can imagine. because the say well is listed as an endangered species.>>> is going to be a nice day tomorrow. >>> the only place where you will get relief. so much of our weather is dictated i sitting next to a chilly ocean. not when the wind is calm. it doesn't matter. the wind is called almost everywhere. even at the beach three miles per hour. the wind is calm in san jose pleasanton santa rosa novato no ocean influence whatsoever. temperatures are staying mild. san francisco 72 right now. concorde 73. santa rosa 65. livermore 67. we cool off tonight. fremont 52. san francisco 60. mill valley fall arts festival this weekend. not the 90s like tomorrow in mill v

. >> reporter: seconds that ended his life according to the alameda county sheriff's department. he fled from deputies after failing to yield at a traffic stop at oakland international airport. he later ran through a gate that led to the tarmac. he was also seen jumping into the san francisco bay. his body was found yesterday. >> he had drug induced schizophrenia, paranoia disorder. that creates that situation. >> reporter: his mom says this was called by mental health and a drug addiction. she believes he had a mix of multiple drugs in his system. prior to sunday she says he had been sober for seven years. >> i had great recovery. he built a beautiful life for himself. and whatever triggered it, it's done. it's the end of a beautiful life, a beautiful boy. >> reporter: now prior to the incident, alameda county sheriff says he was seen driving around the airport. his mom says she missed three calls from him. she believes he was hallucinating. what did he say in the voice mail? >> he said he loved me. >> reporter: initially the alameda county sheriff expressed concerns about a nex

>>i'm here the alameda county office of emergency services and this is where the alameda county sheriff's. dive team is based. >>yeah we have sonar when the communications equipment we have buoys ropes. >>sergeant ray kelly watch me through and showed me their mobile unit deployed in circumstances like what they are dealing with in that boat tragedy in santa barbara. sergeant kelly talked about the protocol and steps as those crews worked diligently to bring the victims back to their loved ones. >>there's a lot of different tools to use not just divers but these remote operated vehicles that go under water, they have cameras there kind like robots under water. they can give you a lot of imagery and then you can use your side scan sonar. and sonar will give you a picture of what it looks like underneath there and then year-old julian at the sun down divers and you're going to do that with a lot of safety and a lot of other team members being ready to go in a rescue diver if they should become trapped, you know one of those lost to 2030 minutes the pending on what you're doing how much are

kick off at alameda county fair runs through tomorrow.ter: 154th scottish highland games happening at alameda county fairgrounds. >> scottish games held annually at alameda county fairgrounds in pleasanton, oldest west of the mississippi, highlights are pipes and heavy events. >> long log cut from tree, about 75 to 85 pounds. they vary, 18 feet to 120, 130 pounds. scots made anything they could think of out of the game. >> this is heavy, no way i can hold this. cool. whoa. >> so monumental, it's very unique. where else? don't see any other sport where you do that. there's a caber, a weight over the bar, two stones, two hammers, there's two weights. we have a sheep. >> reporter: highland dance is a lot more athletic, used to be old military dances. country dance is social dancing, more in groups. highland dances done in kilts were originally military dances to show off how strong the military was. >> he pleasanton is biggest games on this west coast, we have a traditional sport, reenactment, clan tents, food vendors, vendors for anything y

the county takes extreme steps to minimize that happening . >> the topic varied as das from alameda, ntra costa counties addressed a variety of issues from new laws to proposed legislation . >> we look at the pending bills but we don't start changing our procedure until it becomes a law because we enforce laws, not pending bills. >> is it just a matter of fact that the das office comes to a parole hearing with the preconceived idea that they have to, you know, keep you in prison? >> absolutely, no sir. would we just say no to everybody's for the sake of saying no? in alameda county, no. i do most of them. i evaluate each hearing differently and i have evolved. in 2006, i did object to every single hearing. if there is a case where a victim vehemently disagrees with it or next of kin, we will come in and oppose. however, in other cases, we are actually recommending that people be released . >> i see prison has become a dumping ground for people of mental illness and they are doing the best they can to help with the but on the sentencing level, what is being done to mitigate those facto

. >> major traffic trouble in alameda county hours after a big rig crashed and spilled fuel. >>> a soggy morning commute, good afternoon, thank you for joining us, i am kenny choi. >> i am michelle griego. clouds over san jose, oakland and san francisco have mostly cleared out, mary has the details.>> the first major storm, and the cold front pushing up to the east, and ea of sacramento and stockton, this is high definition doppler, and several lightning strikes, quincy, approaching reno, the morning rainfall, and almost half an inch of rain in castro valley, oakland 16/100, san francisco 7/100.>>> futurecast taking you through 4 pm, we will talk about the rest of the work week ahead, and when temperatures will climb above average with summerlike weather coming up.>>> a major cleanup underway on an alameda county freeway, a jackknifed big rig created a hazardous response, and we are live near the scene along 680 in fremont.>> reporter: i'm ashley on six cities southbound side, the traffic is fine, the accident happened 680 northbound, still trickling through, we're talking about an accid

according to the chronicle, it is costing alameda county $83,000 a month to keep the heat and air conditioningon at the glen deyer center. county officials defending it saying it is needed to prevent mold and mildew. the sheriff office closed that detention center in order to save money and the inmates were transferred over the sum tore the santa rita jail. >>> well, cbs is suspending the sale of the drug, zantac at their stores nationwide. the company says it is also pulling the generic version of zantac. it is used to treat. ed the food and drug administration says zantac and the generic version manted, but cbs says customers, if you have it, you can return the products and get a refund. >>> forever 21 moving forward announcement over the weekend and intends to to 178 stores in the u. s. the company is ceasing operations in 40 countries as part of its restructuring efforts. the family grew quickly in the early 2000s with trendy pieces of affordable prices but it has struggled with fewer people in the malls inth growing popularity of consignment clothing among teenagers. >>> after 15 years, a

speaking of the pet festival, the bay area pet festival, this week, alameda county fairgrounds had low 90s tomorrow for saturday. cooler in the low 80s for sunday if you are heading out there. i hope they get a chance to check it out. here is the seven-day forecast. temperatures a little cooler saturday mama but still hot inland. much cooler sunday and monday. looking at the potential for showers with our next weather system next monday. sunshine and some slowly warming back at the middle of next week. >> we will be ready for the showers. whatever we can get. >>> next month, jurors will consider the death penalty for the serial killer dubbed the hollywood ripper. >> 43-year-old michael was convicted earlier this summer of a string of brutal attacks on young women. i spoke with 48 hours host to is reporting. >> it took a couple of years were going to talk to us. 2011, we run the report, and literally that evening, i made contact with the witness who reached out to me who said that he had confessed to him that he killed a woman in illinois. >> you can watch the season premiere tomorrow a

. >> we'll begin with abc7 news from the alameda county courthouse. >> reporter: an emotional kay for family and friends. for defense attorneys it was a very different sentiment. >> it was just ridiculous they charged max in the first place. it was almost comical. it was transparent. it was a scapegoat. >> reporter: this is the moment harris heard the news he would be a free man. this is also the moment the hearts of the victims' families sank. >> there's a man walking out there that should be in jail right now. he was willing to take a plea deal for six years, okay? you tell me if that's a not guilty person. come on. >> reporter: anger filled the courthouse as the verdicts were read and the reality set in that max was not guilty and the jury was hung when it came to derick almena. >> i'm upset. my son and his girlfriend died. was it in vain? i've been here every day for five months and for the jury to come back with this. it's frustrating. >> the worst day of my life was on december 2nd. it can't get any worse than that. just a lot of suffering after that and we continue to suffer. >

. >> and just about every agency in alameda county. >> reporter: the city of berkeley, in the alameda county sheriff's office, joining this group effort to stop an ongoing problem. before hitting the streets, they took us to the 911 perjury call center for all calls for help or dispatch. >> if e is a call. >>there meet with the communications supervisor in a fear for an update on the emergency calls. >> rignow we have a total of i would say at least 100 calls. >> reporter: here describes the real impact that sideshows are having on the city of oakland. >> we just had another car scratched out with a person who was armed. because of the resurfaces are being smashed, we are seeking research from the other side. >> an officer was unable to respond to that call for 40 minutes. from the air oakland pd's helicopters spotted something unusual. >> we saw smoke coming up from an intersection. >> the driver is not happy, saying he was running from somebody and why he was driving crazy. >> that is them right there. there is the second one. >> tay refuse to stop and police will not chase them bec

the program is funded through alameda county. >>> stanford's new $2 billion hospital includes 4 acres of gardens, art work and state of the art equipment for patients. among the visitors, our devin fehely. >> reporter: planning and construction of the hospital was 10 years in the the public officially opens. it features 368 private patient rooms, an expanded er and more than 20 state of the art operating rooms, including two connected directly to an mri machine. >> amazing. state of the art. patient rooms are incredible with the views, the glass. >> reporter: eva sutton was one of a thousand people to tour the hospital this weekend. the facility's been under construction for the past 6 years. stanford says the goal was to design a place of healing and comfort for people who are sick. that's why each patient gets their the top garden area. >> enabling the patient to feel like it's not just in a room. >> repo and running, they plan to renovate the existing hospital. >> construction was difficult. so yeah, i was very curious to see how it ended up. and it's quite beautiful. quite spectac

what are the factors you think are at play here. >> i think a huge factor in play, at alameda countycountability and transparency that is happening. the broader larger picture, the in custody deaths that are happening, even after the fact, the information provided to the family and the information provided to the public is not happening. >> what has your organization done to try to push to get more information revealed publicly? >> we have gone back and towrt with the county on this and the sheriffs office. we were not able to get a lot of information, the limited information we got was very concerning, that includes your news coverage. 29 women have spoken out. >> in many cases we are talking about suicides. you have dealt with a lot of the families, what is it that you think is driving inmates to true to harm themselves and to take their own lives behind bars. >> there are a number of factors behind that. people experiencing mental health issues should not be sent to jail. they should be kept this the community for treatment. the other factor, bhen people are in almada jails, a sig

>>i'm here the alameda county office of emergency services and this is where the alameda county sheriff's is based. >>yeah we have sonar when the communications equipment we have buoys ropes. >>sergeant ray kelly watch me through and showed me their mobile unit deployed in circumstances like what they are dealing with in that boat tragedy in santa barbara. sergeant kelly talked about the protocol and steps as those crews worked diligently to bring the victims back to their loved ones. >>there's a lot of different tools to use not just divers but these remote operated vehicles that go under water, they have cameras there kind like robots under water. they can give you a lot of imagery and then you can use your side scan sonar. and sonar will give you a picture of what it looks like underneath there and then year-old julian after sundown divers and you're going to do that with a lot of safety and a lot of other team members being ready to go in and rescue diver if they should become trapped, you know one of those lost to 2030 minutes depending on what you're doing how much are reserving. i

. >> reporter: before the holiday break, alameda county judge replaced three jurors with three alternates and ordered the group to start deliberations from the very beginning. today marks a third full day of deliberations for this new group. >> the passage of time requires them to think more slowly about who said what and whether the light of truth was in the eyes of the speaker. >> the judge will not declare on her own a mistrial. >> reporter: jurors return first thing tomorrow morning, 9:30 a.m. they'll deliberate again. the lawyers, the judge and the jury all back here and they're present the entire day just in case the jurors have a question or make the announcement they have reached a verdict. >>> it has been slow going to resell so-called fire lots in napa county. nearly two years since the deadly wildfires ripped through. only 3.6% of the home sites where homes were lost have owners. the average sale price, $540,000. all but one sold for less than originally listed. brokers say some home owners want replacement property right away, while others are working through the claims proces

and alameda county to use this as an opportunity to clean house. this isn't a time to celebrate for max harris. because this community is sick. it is sick because the leadership is sick. >>> overtime oakland mayor libby schaaf get more inspectors on the streets. but it came too late. and the fire chief at the time when on leave and then retired. while oakland was in and deceit for the criminal trial. the family still have the option of suing the city for what it did and did not do. to prevent one of the deadliest fires in california history.>>> in a way this outcome actually helps the victims families and their civil cases. to go civilly after them they don't have anything. pg&e and the city and the owner of the building is where the deep pockets are. >>> the burden of proof changes. rather without a doubt or without a shadow of a doubt. it becomes a preponderance of evidence. we talk about civil suits. this is going to cost the city millions. the lives that were lost are just so large. this was the largest homicide trial i believe second largest i

>> reporter: frank, representatives say the salaries here in berkeley are 18 out of 20 now in alameda county. they say they deserved hundreds staffing students, all a piece of berkeley, demanding higher wages and a new contract for educators. >> we are working on an expired contract. we didn't settle. we didn't get to an agreement last spring. >> and berkeley federation of teachers, the union thatrepresenwere asking for more special statues of 5.75% rate for the current school year in a similar amount for next year. the district is only offering 2.25%, which some feel is one reason more than 80 teachers left the district last year alone. >> teachers, they're coming, going. we've seen a few leave. and i know it is because of the way that they are not being able to afford this high cost of living. we keep losing them, moving to fremont. they are moving out of state. we can't keep them mo money and some teachers would return both interest and i live in the city of oakley. >> we feed teachers to be able to show you that they have these strong sides. and to say in them. >> the board meeting is st

it is tomorrow all day 10:00 to 5:00 at the alameda county fairground. >>> tropical storm humberto is strength in the atlantic, but it is moving away from florida's east coast. and from the bahamas. the island nation was devastated by hurricane dorian that hit only two weeks ago. the national hurricane center says humberto is about 85 miles north of great abaco island. there are no watches or warnings in effect but residents are still bracing for the rain as they deal with the aftermath of dorian. >> no tourists are on the island. no ship is comeing to the island. >> there is nothing we can do about it. just have to be ready and prepared. >> while tropical storm humberto is not expected to make landfall, forecasters say it could cause life threatening surf and rip current conditions from east central florida north carolina. >>> meanwhile, golden state warrior klay thompson is pledging his support for the bahamas. the nba star whose father is from the island has pledged to donate all of on the subject of weather, might as well continue. here is darren peck. >>> brian, i the cameras on

call it america's largest pet adoption event people from across the bay area came to the alameda countys to find a new pet to take home. the event also included classes and workshops for new pet owners. many animal rescue groups say this is their most successful adoption event. >>we had. >>40 dog serious today, we've got 36. like 18 or 19 and we've got that out. >>26 different adoption shelters and rescues for all on hand at the pet fair. not every newborn gets to go home straight from the hospital right away those babies who need extra care also need some extra love of alley children's hospital in fresno is making sure that happens with their volunteer color program, kiersten mitchell explains. >>it's donna garcia's favorite day of her week. hand washing. she's ready to meet any this is and he was born early weighing just 2 and a half pounds per boe is about as big as she is the neck, you is her home for now until she put on enough weight to head home in u all that growing can be stressful for the little ones that's why the hospital relies on volunteer colors like donna to provide some

it's closed between the alameda county line because of a motorcycle accident. land to get this person out and right now there's a big traffic jam in the region. >>> outside our doors this morning, partly cloudy skies. temperatures on the mild side. we'll check in on your current conditions tracking your afternoon highs for today and a warmup for the day's ahead. >>> an ohio state trooper had to leap to safety as he was helping a driver. his patrol car dash camera recorded him waving down a u haul driver then yelling watch out. the truck hit his car and kept going. the truck did stop 8 miles down the freeway. the woman behind the wheel says she fell asleep and thought she hit a guardrail. state officials are not saying what, if any charges she may face. >>> this is going viral. look at this video of a tesla driver in boston. the driver looks like he's asleep at the wheel. a boston driver shared this cell phone video of the sleeping driver and his passenger. the man who took the video says he drove alongside the tesla for about a minute beeping his horn. the tesl

family members of the young man who died in june after being held in alameda county jail cell plan to sue the sheriffs d the parents say they told place officers and sheriff's deputies about their son's mental health issues but they say the warnings were ignored, their legal claim accuses the place of beating the 20-year-old man and says deputies at the jail left him chained and a restraint device that he used to try to kill himself. he was hospitalized and died several days later, the family has hired civil rights attorney john burris. >> even this young man's condition he should've been taken to medical care. >> fremont police say madrigal didn't meet the criteria for psychiatric hold, the alameda county sheriff's department in the da office are investigating the incident. >>> an investigation continues in rohnert park into the death of a man deputy say managed to escape fwhile handcuffed and jumped off ge. sheriff deputies received a call yesterday morning that a man wanted to jump off the fifth floor of the garage a great and casino, they say 24- year-old man was the spotted and d

. >>> developing news from alameda county. two people are reportedly dead after a train struck them in berkeley. the victims were struck by an amtrak san joaquin train after 8 last night near 4th street and bancroft way. there are no reports of injuries among anyone on board the train. train service in the area was disrupted by it appears everything should be back on schedule this morning. . >>> and campaign 2020, 10 democrats squared off in the lengthy debate at texas southern university last night. >> health care was again a big focus like it was in the previous two debates as was guns. natalie brand is in houston with details on the debate last night. >> reporter: a feisty fight over health care kicked off the 3rd democratic presidential debate. >> nobody said how much it's going to cost. >> reporter: senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren defensed medicare for all. >> under my legislation people will not go into financial ruin. >> i never met anybody who likes their health insurance company. >> reporter: more moderat

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. >>> giving back to the community in alameda county. we will let you know about flavor, the season, and how you can help this good cause. >>> today, oakland's new indoor football team will be welcome to the city. the franchise, the oakland panthers is started by marshawn lynch. it was chosen because of the city's history in the 1960s with the black panther movement. at a news conference today, they will announce that they will play at the former warriors home now called oakland arena starting next spring. it will be part of the indoor football league and they will play seven home games in oakland. >>> the california state senate is expected to vote on a bill that would allow college athletes to accept endorsement money. they give her final approval of the deal yesterday. the pay to play show that college players can be paid for their name or likeness. if the governor finds it, it will be low the year 2023. >>> a new fitness drink called hydra biking. is essentially riding a bike on the water. hydra box said they are popular with people

more than a dozen firefighters from alameda county are helping firefighting efforts. the cause believed to be a lightning strike thursday afternoon. mandatory evacuation orders are in place for parts of tehema county. >>> fire crews in southern california are showing off two new weapons to fight those type of fires, the video of them right here. they're called super scooper planes and they're in l.a. county. they arrived there last week. for more than a quarter century the fire department has been leasing these guys from canada. the aircraft will assist in local firefighting efforts throughout l.a. county. the department rents the aircraft during the fall because of those dryer conditions. >> that's right. and we're still in that time frame where this is when we are really monitoring, a, the winds, the temperature, the humidity. those are three things that are always, you know, a moment for concern. tonight we certainly will see the winds kicking up, but at least we are cool. the onshore winds, especially along the coastline in the higher elevation areas, already start

another adds alameda county as well as san jose to the list of places that can declare emergencies to build shelters on publicly owned land about 200 protesters gathered outside chevron's headquarters in san ramon today, the group. >>the us versus apocalypse led the protest. the activists are calling on chevron to change its ways saying the company has a history of contributing to climate change. chevron responded by saying it supports an honest conversation about climate change and says it is investing in technology and low carbon business opportunities. this could reduce greenhouse gas emissions. >>taking a live look outside right now the environment camera overlooking san francisco of fog is back. >>that is 5 but it could be snow. good side hard ao tell from that vantage point chief meteorologist lawrence karnow is here and we are talking about snow. >>hard to believe that night in october but here we go again we've already had some snow in the sierra nevada already but if you're planning to go up there watch this is the latest forecast models we're going to show you the rain begin

. >> within the past 15 minutes, the alameda county sheriff's office confirmed the man suspected of driving onto the tarmac at oakland international airport has been found dead. the body was found in the bay near the oakland estuary. about five miles from where the suspect's car was located yesterday. authorities say the man did not stop when they tried to pull him over at the airport yesterday afternoon. he started speeding down an airport access road and rammed down a gate at 50 miles per hour and made his way onto the tarmac. they chased him for two miles. he got out of his truck and jumped into the bay. the sheriff's office is working with the fbi to try to figure out a motive. air soft weapons hoods and masks were found inside his vehicle. >> in oakland, a 44-year-old woman believed to be leaving a wedding reception was shot and killed by a stray bullet. it happened shortly after midnight this morning on east 22nd street. oakland police say an argument at the other end of the street escalated and someone started firing shots. one bullet hit the victim who was walking to her car with an

the city has the third highest homeless population in alameda county behind oakland and berkeley. >> the city of fremd has seen a 27% increase in the number of homeless people since 2017. >> yeah, and as the bay area struggles to find ways to address the homeless, the city launches a new service tomorrow. >> ansar hassan joins us live with how this would work. ansar? >> yeah, kristen and dan, good evening. one of the major obstacles homeless people face is trying to keep their bed and their clothes clean. this new mobile unit gives them a place to shower and do laundry, two very simple tasks that can be very difficult for people who have no police to go. craig johnson has lived in fremont since 1968 and has been homeless for the past few years. he says being homeless is tough, but what most people don't realize is just how hard it is to keep clean. >> it's pretty hard. i've got a lot of friends because i've lived here so long. but for a lot of these, especially the younger people, they don't have nowhere to go. they're hoping this new cleanll assistance. >> i think the goals are real

attorney in this case brought their a game i caught up with judge trina thompson here at the alameda county superior courthouse in oakland to get some of her courtroom s of thth process behind the goal ship fire drought. it is the day after the jury acquitted, max harris and deadlocked on the charges against co-defendant derick of judge thompson says both the prosecution and the defense made stellar legal efforts in th case. mister mister kent consummate professionals, i mean they were calm. >>their demeanor was amazing. there was no stone unturned in terms of research. the district attorneys were. respectful there were times where you know some of the council have. a little push here in the air and even with me but i think everybody would reset the following day the jury deliberated on a four-day schedule with the judge deciding to give the fridays off. >>she explains why these are individuals who are not getting paid. who are away from their families who are away from their job. we tried to come up with a schedule that allow to have some time in me the morning. >>some time during the lunc

attorney in this case brought their a game i caught up with judge trina thompson here at the alameda county superior courthouse in oakland to get some of her reflections of the courtroom process behind the goal ship fire drought. it is the day after the jury acquitted, max harris and deadlocked on the charges against co-defendant derick of judge thompson says both the prosecution and the defense made stellar legal efforts in this case. mister mister kent consummate professionals i mean they were calm. >>and their demeanor was amazing. there was no stone unturned in term of respectful there were times where you know some of the council have. a little push here in the air and even with me but i think everybody would reset the following day the jury deliberated on a four-day schedule with the judge deciding to give the fridays off. >>she explains why these are individuals who are not getting paid. who are away from their families who re away from their jobs. so we ied to come up with a schedule that allow to have some time in the morning. >>some time during the lun hour. and some time in the e

i prayed he would survive. >> reporter: now prior to the incident, alameda county sheriff said he wasing around the airport. his mom said she missed three calls from him. she believes he was hallucinating. >> he had drug induced schizophrenia, paranoia disorder that creates that situation. >> reporter: terry believes her son had a mix of multiple drugs in his system prior to sunday she says he had been sober for seven years. initially alameda county sheriff expressed concerns about a possible nexus to terrorism after finding air assault weapons inside his car. today they sent this statement. the loss of mr. hirano is very unfortunate and we expresscondos family. we wish he had the opportunity to intervene and get him the help he needed. terry wants to create awareness over mental health and drug abuse. >> you tried to help him. >> everybody did. he tried to help himself. he tried very, very hard to save his life. >> reporter: luz pena, abc 7 news. >> on our website at abc7news.com take action we have links to resources, health, issues, substance apbuse and moe to find your ally. >>> w

it's going on all weekend at the alameda county fairgrounds. i had the honor to mc today's events and we will have much more from the pet fair coming up later in the newscast. >>> sco cited the big runway project that just hit a major milestone, repaving work now complete. where it intersects with runway one right. that means one right is now back open for business. and, because one right follow me closely, is a thousand feet longer than runway 1 left, it will allow for more aircraft to use it. the work moves from the intersection between runway 28 left and one left. see that area in purple there kind of just left in the center of your screen. that's where it is going to be repaved now. the whole project expected to wrap up by the 25th. that will be to days ahead of schedule. in the meantime, passengers still should expect delays. that's the bottom line, but the delays won't be as long. sfo is reporting 168 delays today. each averaging just under 90 minutes. >>> bart riders can expect delays as track work continues on the antioch line this week

>>i'm here the alameda county office of emergency services and this is where the alameda county sheriff'sm is based. >>yeah we have sonar when the communications equipment we have buoys ropes. >>sergeant ray kelly watch me through and showed me their mobile unit deployed in circumstances like what they are dealing with in that boat tragedy in santa barbara. sergeant kelly talked about the protocol and steps as those crews worked diligently to bring the victims back to their loved ones. >>there's a lot of different tools to use not just divers but these remote operated vehicles that go under water, the of cameras there kind like robots under water. they can give you a lot of imagery and then you can use your side scan sonar. and sonar will give you a picture of what it looks like underneath there. and then year-old julian at the sun down divers and you're going to do that with a lot of safety and a lot of other team members being ready to go in a rescue diver if they should become trapped, you know one of those lost to 2030 minutes the pending on what you do and how much are reserving. i t

alameda county prosecutor nancy o'malley announcing 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter defendants d harris. >>knowingly created a fire trap. >>their arrests elmen a in lake county harris in los angeles hailed by former goes to ship 10 it shelley mack, they're monsters they're criminals there everything i said they work after a year in the santa rita county jail. the 2 men were ready to accept a deal finally mister manning and mister harris taking responsibility. >>for their actions in the death of 36 individuals, the 2 men agreed to plead no contest in exchange for reduced sentences science. >>cajuns so just hate that he will be out 3 >>you just sentence is bank are not long enough. according to some of those who lost their loved ones in the fight say. guilty basically there was a what we wanted to hear. the sentencing part of it. >>but the attorney for the families of 12 other victim said she was glad those families would be spared the agony of a trial. is very. the sentencing hearing one month later the first judge replaced with a new judge alameda county superior court judge jam

we have plenty question of low gray clouds extending through the east bay of alameda county.wards san jose, we a the low clouds there. we get rid it was all by late morning. just like yesterday, the temperature will come up to right about average for this time of year. so here is the spread. oakland going to 74. fremont and mountain view going to 77. inland, it is 88 for concord. not 90 but it is 88 degrees and that gets you right on the mark for average for this time of year. that is pretty much right where we should be. santa rosa going to 87. tomorrow, effect will cool down from five to seven degrees. let mow show you the comparison. this is the drop an that is right side of your screen. it one six degrees cooler in concord. so we'll go to 82. an i brief pickup a bit as well. just a weakling weather system will clip the bay area tomorrow. enough to drop our temperatures down and to all pick up a breeze. that is about it. just to give you latest view on dorian, we just talked about this in the new cast a little while ago. you can see the eye now just moved off from cape hat

investigators say it all started about noon when an alameda county sheriff's deputy tried to pull the driver over. the driver took off on to an airport access road and ran the secured gate at more than 50 miles per hour. shortly after driving on to the tarmac, the suspect gets out of the car, runs towards the water. crews have been scouring the water. it's believed the man went in the water and drowned. investigators from alameda county will be working with the fbi to try to determine the motive. >> there is always the mental health factor. was it just one person acting out? and i think we need to learn who this person is before we can begin to make a determination. not seeing necessarily a nexis to domestic terror or international terror at this point. it really appears to be some type of lone individual acting very bizarrely. >> there was very little impact at the airport on this very busy travel week, and no one else was hurt. >>> we're learning more about the deadly crash in san jose that killed two people. christie smith has reaction from a family member and an update on the car