but for now, reporting live at sfo, amanda delcastillo, abc7 news. >> thank you, amanda. well, as hillary made its way to southern california, the los angeles area was rocked by a series of small to mid-size earthquake x. the biggest measuring 5.1 magnitude centered around ojai in ventura county. it happened yesterday afternoon. there were no reports of any injuries or serious damage. experts recorded an. six aftershocks in the 3.0 range. governor newsom spoke about the laundry list of natural events happening all at once throughout the state. >> certainly interesting times. tornadoes, lightning strikes. i've got cal fire worried about wildfires because of the winds, not just the tornadoes. walk out of the os. the office of emergency services in san bernardino. check my phone and learn about an earthquake that originally came in at 6.0. appears to be close seismology. >> i want to emphasize there is no known connection between the tropical storm and these earthquakes. >> president biden and the first lady will be on maui today. they will meet with first responders. surviv

amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. >> thank you, amanda. well, retail theft isn't just affecting shops here in the bay area in today's gma first look, dick's sporting goods and other retailers across the country are seeing a significant drop in profit s due to increasingly serious retail theft. here's abc news reporter rebecca jarvis in this morning's gma first look, the retail theft ripple effect. >> dick's sporting goods blaming an increase in serious theft problem at its stores for a 23% drop in its profits. the retailer joining a growing list of companies including target, home depot, tj maxx and ulta recently sounding the alarm on organized retail crime. >> it's extremely difficult to quantify the degree of the problem because not a lot of information is shared from this flash mob stealing nearly $100,000 worth of items at a california mall earlier this month. >> two big box retailers like home depot getting hit especially hard time and time again, investing hundreds of cases. and losing billions of dollars. so what does this mean for

reporting live in the newsroom, i'm amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. >> ooh, that is nasty. okay, amanda, thank you. this morning , we're waiting for an appeals court to rule on a legal battle over how to handle encampments in san francisco. hundreds on both sides of the issue rallied outside the ninth circuit court of appeals yesterday. and injunction has temporarily blocked the city from clearing encampments. as long as the number of people experiencing homelessness is greater than the number of available shelter beds. the city is trying to get that injunction removed. they say those on the street aren't taking the help and are actually refusing shelter. and the fact that the courts have crippled our ability to do our jobs, to help get people into shelter is criminal. >> we're trying to get them to stop illegally confiscating property and criminalizing them when they have no choice but to be on the streets. >> the coalition claims the city only has enough shelter beds for half the unhoused population and that the city is simply marking people down as refusing shelter. as fo

amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. >> thank you, amanda. san francisco police are promising to take action to stop scenes like this. a former news photographer recently captured people breaking into three vehicles in just two minutes. now the video is sped up. you can watch the whole thing, though, right now at abc7 news.com, abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez is live in san francisco this morning with more on the details of the plan to crack down on criminals. well good morning, coomassie. >> right now we're live at fisherman's wharf. this is one of the popular tourist areas where police will be ramping up their patrols to try to stop these car break ins and we know that residents in the city are just so sick of these brazen car break-ins happening across the city every single day. tourist lindsay dobbelaere from missouri got her family's rental car broken into near the palace of fine arts yesterday. she says they shattered her glass, stole four backpacks with electronics and passports. and this happened just before the san francisco poli

abc seven news reporter amanda delcastillo live in the newsroom with the details on this. amanda, the complaints range from staph to serious bacterial infections. >> yeah, and complaints are coming in by the hundreds, highlighting that new health alert being issued. people who participated in the popular tough mudder obstacle race in sonoma this past weekend are coming forward with flu like symptoms and bumps all over their bodies. a warning this early morning. some of the images are graphic, but we'll start with video of the event which has gained popularity in the us and canada, the united kingdom and germany. it's touted as having the world's best obstacles and it made a stop in the north bay this past weekend. you can see teams of people crawling through mud, even waist neck deep in water. but the fast paced, popular team oriented challenge is facing challenges of its own. people have complained about staph and bacterial infections after the weekend event, one woman we spoke with described having smelled cow manure at certain parts of the obstacle and skipping those por

i'm amanda delcastillo from abc seven mornings. and here's jobina with a look at traffic. gged up in that area. we have no estimated time on when the sigler will clear and we also have a second sig alert that's reported in discovery bay so that's going to be eastbound foreign. all lanes are blocked. they're in both directions. well in here with the live look at the bay bridge toll plaza metering lights are still on flipped on at 534. >> temperatures are warming fast this morning in the 60s and 70s. already a live look outside. we've got a lot of sunshine, but we do have coastal cloud cover. it is humid out there this morning. it stays humid this afternoon and temperatures are warm. we're back into the 80s and 90s away from the coast by 4 p.m. amanda all right. >> thank you so much, drew and time now for live with kelly and mark. we'll be back at 11 for midday live. have a great day deja vu: it's live with kelly and mark. today, actress, naomi watts. and from shark tank, mark cuban. plus, abbott elementary star, quinta brunson. and steve patterson takes us to the ice cream m

i'm amanda delcastillo from abc seven mornings. here's sue with a look at traffic. o the city. so drive carefully and enjoy the rest of your day. >> hey, sue, fog is lifting out there. we're increasing our visibility in both the north bay and along the coast right now. so we're going to start to see more sunshine over the next couple of hours. looking at temperatures, you can see we're starting to warm inland where we have that sunshine into the 60s. we're currently in the 50s along the coast here is a live look from the exploratory camera starting to see some brighter conditions. it's a warmer afternoon. we're back near average by 4 p.m. amanda, thanks. drew >> time now for live with kelly and mark. we'll be back at 11 for midday live. our reporting continues now ♪♪ deja vu: it's live with kelly and mark! today, from the hit series grown-ish, marcus scribner. plus, getting more from your common kitchen gadgets as live's summer school week continues. and we'll open up the inbox to hear your comments and questions.

i'm amanda delcastillo from abc7 mornings. let's get to jobina with a look at traffic. aza metering lights came on at 538. the backup is not as significant here as it is elsewhere in the east bay. you have a slow ride through emeryville as you travel westbound on 80. we also have some other slow pockets coming out of the altamont pass. tracy to dublin an hour and five minutes. antioch to concord, 43 minutes. amanda it is slow out there. >> thanks so much, jobina meteorologist drew tuma has your accuweather forecast every busis deserves a great deal. that's why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. with our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. it's our best internet. powered by the next generation 10g network and with 99.9% reliability. plus one line of free mobile for an entire year. it's the mobile made free event-happening now. get started for just $49.99 a month. plus, ask how to get one free line of unlimited mobile. comcast business, powering possibilities. >> just want to get you a quick up

abc seven news reporter amanda delcastillo live in the newsroom with the latest on this. amanda carmassi breaking down the numbers using data obtained by the abc seven news i-team year to date there's been a 27% increase in robberies and a 19% spike in carjackings from . 2022 to 2023. >> oakland mayor shane tao acknowledging the uptick in crime, but emphasized it is not unique to oakland. she addressed issues yesterday after returning from a trade mission to vietnam. tao making a point to mention oakland has the highest number of police officers in uniform now compared to the past three years. however one key vacancy remains chief of police. the mayor fired chief laurent armstrong in february for allegedly failing to discipline officers for misconduct and she says the process to hire a new chief begins with the police commission. in meantime, mayor tao says the city is working on ways to increase the police department's capabilities to investigate all of this happening as oakland faces a historic deficit. >> we're talking about how do we free up our officers, you know, whe

amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. ank you, amanda. >> state leaders are heading back to the drawing board trying to figure out another way to find critical funding for local transit agencies. yesterday, state senator scott wiener of san francisco put his idea on hold to increase bridge tolls by $1.50. the strategy would have added an estimated 100 and. $180 million for bay area public transit without any additional funding. sfmta expects service cuts to begin near the end of next year. bart expects cuts sometime in 2025. >> we're learning more about a big change for driverless car company cruise. we told you yesterday cruise has pulled 50% of their fleet from the streets of san francisco at the request of the dmv. this is following safety concerns, as cruise now says, 150 cars will drive at night and 50 will be on the street during the day. the company says it will work with the dmv to make improvements to its fleet. meanwhile, cities like atlanta are joining the list of robotaxi test places. the company started test d

amanda delcastillo, abc seven news. >> thank you, amanda. san francisco police are promising to take action to stop scenes like this one. a former news photographer recently capturing people, breaking into three vehicles in just two minutes. the video sped up, but you can watch the whole thing right now at abc7 news .com. abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez is in san francisco this morning with details on the plan to crack down on these criminals. hi, gloria. >> good morning, reggie. yeah right now we are live at fisherman's wharf. this is one of the popular tourist areas where police will be ramping up their patrols to try to stop these car break-ins. and as we know, residents are just so sick of seeing these brazen car break-ins across the city. every single day. tourist lindsay dobler from missouri got her family's rental car broken into near the palace of fine arts yesterday. she says they shattered her glass, stole four backpacks with electronics and passports. this just before the san francisco police chief talked to the media about th

i'm anna delcastillo, your abc seven news. >> thank you, amanda. we are learning more about a big change. driverless car company cruise has made in san francisco. we told you yesterday cruise has pulled 50% of its fleet from the streets at the request of the dmv over safety concerns. now, cruise says 150 cars will be driving at night and only 50 cars will be on the street during the day. the company says it will work with the dmv to make improved cuts to its fleet. meanwhile cities like atlanta are joining the list of robots taxi test cities. the company started test driving cars there earlier this month. >> they gave us the impression that they were going to do the rollout pretty steadily and slowly and not all at once. so i wouldn't expect to see a big wave of them. the dmv says a 50% reduction in san francisco will remain until an investigation into, quote, concerning incidents ends and crews improves road safety crews told us yeste they believe robotaxis can positively impact overall road safety. >> this morning, san francisco mayor london bree