amy hollyfield is live for us in san leandro. amy? >> reporter: natasha, the backup is bad. it's early in the morning but already it's at a crawl. i can only imagine what this is going to look like as the morning progresses. they are barely moving down there. you're looking at southbound 880. we are in san leandro. these people probably very sorry that they didn't know about this and avoid this area. northbound still looks okay. looky loos are not slowing down the traffic, but southbound is what you want to avoid. look at the video of the scene. where this happened and why this is happening to these people. there was a shooting on southbound 880. the police got the call about 2:45 this morning that somebody had been shot in the head. they're still working on the investigation and that's why they have shut down all lanes. people are being diverted on to lewelling boulevard. they are not being allowed to drive on 880. you have to get off at lewelling boulevard and then go around and then they can be allowed back on once they pass this crime scene. at this point, the chp doesn'

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us at the chp office in hayward with more on this investigation> reporter: hi, reggie. this is the 92nd bay area freeway shooting in the past year and a half. the second one this week. the chp tells us it is a high prtyrior f an end to these shootings, which are very dangerous and are inconveniencing drivers. here's a familiar picture that comes with these shootings. traffic backed up as chp shuts down lanes ora tficff g sather . this was northbound 8 yag in hayward. near highway 92 around 10:00 last night. they got a call that someone was hanging out of a car window shooting at another car. no one was shot, but the passenger was hit with glass. we asked if this shooting was possibly rel tedo happened on monday on 880 in san leandro. >> too early in the investigation to make any assumption that these shootings are connected in any way, shape, or form. at this point, we're turning this over to our investigative services unit. >> there were two people in that car. the car that was being shot at. investigators say they were young. they're teenagers.

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abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with the latest, amy. >> reporter: kristen, all san francisco police officers will be working on saturday. i just talked to a spokesperson and asked is this because they're responding to intelligence they have that something's going to happen on saturday? they said no, they're being proactive. as protesters head to the field on saturday, so will san francisco police, many of them. >> so the department has cancelled days off for available -- so that we can have all available officers ready to respond and keep the city safe. >> reporter: the mayor hopes there will be more police than protesters. he's calling for san franciscans to skip the demonstration altogether and instead attend a counterrally on friday. >> maybe we ought to consider not dignifying going to chrissy field. >> reporter: we tested this idea out on the street. >> i think people should go. yeah, i think people should go and voice their opinion, you know. >> i say just ignore the whole thin and don't even dignify it. >> reporter: the organizer is gearing up for saturday. he posted o

amy hollyfield. abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. the man whose rally is causing concern for the businesses spoke with abc 7 news in a skype interview. joey gibson told us he knew all along he would be granted the permit to hold the rally because of freedom of speech. gibson also said the patriot prayer rally has nothing to do with president trump. >> what i'm trying to do is bigger -- it's beyond trump. it's beyond politics. we're talking about culture here right now. we're talking about love, respect, kindness, you know, honest, being good to one another and so we're not throwing a trump rally. >> city leaders have denounced patriot prayer rallies in other cities for having been a forum for white supremacists. gibson says the last thing he wants to see is the kind of violence that erupted in charlottesville which was unrelated to his group. saturday's rally is planned from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. at crissy field. several counterprotests are scheduled nearby. there's also a rally at noon at harvey milk plaza are in the castro and at the c

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is like at berkeley with the latest. amy? >> reporter: hi, kristen. these organizers who spoke out this morning say you may have seen or heard that a group of anarchists dressed in black violently turned on a right wing demonstration. well, they came out here this morning because they wanted to change that narrative. >> we're just here to claim a victory against forces of white supremacy, alt-right and neo-nazis. >> reporter: a group of sympathizers proudly say that their resistance yesterday worked, those who came to berkeley for an anti-marketism rally were sfully run out of town. >> we will not tolerate or normalize white supremacy in this city. >> reporter: the group takes issue with the media showing video of fights that broke out calling most of the day peaceful. police say six people were hurt, two of those were taken to the hospital. they arrested 13 people. >> it seems to me that the news media is very interested in portraying to people who were not sfphysically here that ther were only acts of skirmishes which is th

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in hayward, amy. >> reporter: hi kristen, they are going from one case to the next. officers here at the hayward chp office tell me they were deep into their investigation last night on monday's san leandro freeway shooting when they got the call that it had happened again. last night's freeway shooting on northbound 880 in hayward was the 100th freeway shooting in the bay area since november of 2015. >> it's unfortunate that it appears like now it's just common place. that it happens, you know, any given point in time on any night out here. >> reporter: no one was shot at 10:00 last night when a white car pulled up next to another car and a passenger leaned out and started shooting. >> for the amount of shots that were fired, we're quite lucky that this could have been much more serious. >> how many shots? >> several shots. >> reporter: the chp says it is doing everything within it's power to prevent and investigate these shootings. funding has been set aside to buy and install more cameras in contra costa county where most have happened. it is

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live outside the center with the latest. amy? >> reporter: kristen, we just got a strongly worded statement from the brius healthcare calling what's going on behind me is grandstanding and a vengeful statewide campaign against brius. these workers are on strike at the san rafael health and wellness center but they are not fighting for what you think, but they are fighting for a website where they post their complaints about how the company treats them and the patients. workers say they often don't have enough supplies and sometimes even enough food for the patients. they say brius wants them to take the website down as part of contract negotiations. labor representatives and members question if that is legal and say they think it is protected under freedom of speech. >> this is the worst company that i have ever worked for. when it comes to the way they treat us, you know, by not giving us the increases and by not giving us enough supply to do our job and not having enough staff, and that's why for us it's very important to have

amy hollyfield live for us in hayward. good morning, amy. >> reporter: natasha, we are coming up on 100 highway shootings in the bay area. this was the 92nd in a year and a half. the second one this week. chp officers tell us they're doing all they can to try to stop this dangerous trend that also creates a huge inconvenience for drivers. as you can see in this video, they once again had to shut down a section of the freeway as they gatheredevidence. this was northbound 880 in hayward last night, just south of highway 92. they did say they found some shell casings on the freeway during their investigationwork but it created a backup. this was at 10:00 last night. some drivers near the shooting called in and described what was happening. >> the initial calls had been reported that onlookers observed a person hanging out a car window shooting at another vehicle. >> reporter: no one was shot, but the passenger in the car that was being shot at was hit with glass. investigators say the victims are in their teens. there was a dr

amy hollyfield is live in santa rosa this morning. hi, amy. >> hi, good morning, jessica. we're finding there's a little confusion. we have seen a couple commuters show up thinking the trains were going to start running this morning. that is not the case. today is the ribbon cutting ceremony. today is all about celebrating. you can count on those trains for the monday morning commute. they'll start the celebration this morning at 9:00, and they have waited a while for this. the smart trains were supposed to start running last fall. but a problem with the diesel engine caused a delay. this 43-mile-long stretch will go from san rafael to santa rosa, all the way to the airport. we met a commuter who lives in santa rosa but works at marin general. he's so ready for this train. he showed up this morning to catch a ride. >> oh, it says trains will be running august 25th. and the schedule says, you know, 5:30. but i gotta go. >> the first train will run today, but not until 12:49. so not for the morning commute. it's going to launch out of the santa rosa airport. all the rides to

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in berkly. amy, you just spoke with the mayor. >> reporter: i did, kristen, and he told me he knows that protesting is in berkeley's dna. he supports it. he supports freedom of speech, but he also has to weigh the fact that he has to protect this city and protect the people here. >> i feel in the interest of public safety that milo and ann coulter, not clear whether steve bannon is come. they should not be allowed to speak on the berkeley campus. >> reporter: talking about a scheduled appearance by milo yiannopolous next month and ann coulter and steve bannon. they are worried about violent protests from are the masked activists of antifa. >> i think antifa is a gong and we need to deal with how we deal with these extremist groups who are using peaceful protests to commit mayhem. >> reporter: ben shapiro is also set to set at berk lay couple weeks before. we asked the planners that have event about the mayor's call for the conservatives to stay away. >> it really is interesting that the mayor's r

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at the scene, amy. >> reporter: hi kristen. yeah the business owners just got here about an hour ago. they are very upset. so are their customers. few of them got here this morning before the business owners, police would not let them go inside yet so they were trying to get a glimpse of the damage. one man told us he has two classic cars in there up. one from 1949 and the other from 1952. they look like they did have a lot of damage. he was upset and he did not want at 1:23 this u or.heut morning in the bayview district, firefighters put it now the a half hour. no one was hurt. but one resident was worried about what he was breathing when he smelled the smoke and saw what was happening. >> four fire trucks, a lot of bright lights that average like burnt plasticy something smell going on. shut my windows. try to go back to sleep. >> reporter: i checked in with the fire department, a few minutes ago, firefighters have wrapped up their investigation. they did that while they were on pso that strongly suggests the cause was obviou

amy hollyfield at the scene, we had a shooting very early on this morning. 580 looking good. if that's there for long this morning boy we'll have a significant delay. also, still seeing a backup on northbound 87, however we're getting word from chp that sig alert was cancelled and all lanes are back open at curtner. we had another issue with some police activity there too. i'm thinking that should clear out fairly quickly for now we are seeing a little bit of a delay. take a look at the bay ridge commute in less than ten. >> thanks. >>> investigators in red wood city are trying to figure out what caused this fire in a pickup truck. the fire department posted this photo from near veterans boulevard and maple street. that truck was engulfed in flames when they arrived on the scene early yesterday morning. firefighters stopped the flames from spreading. >>> the prices at the pump have be on a steady climb and industry analysts say the jump is due to the increase in crude oil prices. the current average price is $2.40 a gallon. 23 cents above a year ago. drivers in san francisco

abc news reporter amy hollyfield is live with more details. >> reporter: just this morning supervisor mark farrell released a statement about the planned rally, saying his office is working with the national park service to come up with the safety deal. he have's also calling on san franciscans to unite and condemn hate speech and actions. residents we spoke to this morning say they are ready. peaceful crissy field will be the site of a right wing rally next saturday. those who love this spot said this morning they hope it stays just that, peaceful. >> i think they have every right for free speech, even though i completely disagree with them, and i would hope that the police would enforce, you know, no violence. >> reporter: after the violence that erupted in charlottesville during a white nationalist demotratn,ome said t hey wished officials could keep this viewpoint from coming here. >> i am surprised that the federal government permitted it, gave them a permit here, but i think it's obviously >> reporomter: a spokesperson f the national park service says by law they have to grant f

amy hollyfield is live at berkeley city hall. amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning, jessi jessica. the groups meeting here in berkeley this morning giving a press conference say they are calling this weekend a success. they are celebrating, saying they won a victory against the forces of white supremacy. fights did break out as members from the right and left faced off in berkeley's civic center park. patriot prayer founder joey gibson showed up at the park but was pepper sprayed by an teefa members. one man who showed up for what was supposed to be an anti-marxist rally says he is tired of how he's being labeled. >> keep getting called white supremacists. i'm a legal latino. the lady throwing this event is a trans woman. they're still trying to portray her as a white supremacist. doesn't make any sense. >> overall, police say the level of violence was nowhere near what they have seen at pastoralies. they made 13 rasts. they say six people were hurt. two were taken to the hospital. one officer was hurt during an arrest, and several officers were hit with paint. the group is holding

amy hollyfield is live for us at the consulate. >> reporter: hi, reggie. americans who were in barcelona are now starting to arrive home. we saw some very special, happy, joyful reunions at oakland international airport yesterday as people started coming home. the only airport in the bay area that offers direct nonstop service to and from barcelona. one young man from castro valley cut his trip short because of the attack much to the relief of his mother. >> absolutely relieved. i haven't slept in two nights. happy he's on california land. >> one american who was killed in the attacks, a bay area man, 43-year-old jared tucker of lafayette, here in the bay area, victims are on people's minds. if you would like to sign the condolence book at the consulate, it will be available today from 10:00 to 1:00. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> all right. let's talk more about the great american solar eclipse. here's some statistics for today. it's going to pass through 12 states. it starts in oregon and then heads to south carolina, bu

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in novato this morning. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, natasha. eight schools in novato do not have air conditioning. all of elementary school is one of them. and according to our media countydent journal, some parents have complained and expressed concern about the upcoming heat wave. one parented she's meeting with the prince pal today on ways to cool the classroom. the district says recess will be moved inside during this heat wave. teachers will be keeping the blinds drawn and the lights low in the classroom, and the kids will be allowed to have water bottles at their desks. one mom says she plans to attend the school board meeting next week because this just isn't enough. she wants to demand air conditioning and industrial-sized fans in the classrooms. reporting live in novato, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> new this morning, the u.s. has flown some of its most advanced war planes to south korea. it's a show of force after north korea's latest ballistic missile launch. a south korean millty official

reporting live in san leandro, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> yeah, forget about southbound 880, i second what amy just said. we have sky 7 up right now. they are getting close to the scene there so you see that heavy traffic on that southbound side approaching that closure where everyone is forced off at lewelling. there are those flashing police lights so that's where the investigation continues. and again, it sounds like likely 8:30, possibly 9:00 this morning. basically the entire morning commute. right now you're parking lot for about four miles approaching that. 580 is looking great. evening big rigs are -- even big lop acan use eastbound 580 right se eye onno that. another update in a few minutes. right now, let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco with a look at the monday morning forecast. >> hey, everyone. i want to show you where it's brighter and we're not dealing with mist and drizzle, 108 and 880 in san jose. the lighter winds at only six mimes -- miles an hour. look at oakland, up to 25 and 29 in fairfield. we're actually a little bit warmer this morning, 57 to 61. let'

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with details. ica. 92nd highway shooting in the bay area in the last year and a half. the second one this week. the chp says it's a high priority for them to take a stop to these shootings. take a look at this familiar video associated with these highway shootings. cars at a standstill. that's because they have to shut down all the lanes of traffic, all the lanes of the highway as they gather evidence. this was northbound 880 in hayward, south of highway 92. niis was around 10:00 last got a call that someone was b autngti the of a car window passenger was hit with glass. we asked if this shooting could possibly be related to the one that happenedn880 in san leandro. >> too early in the investigation to make any assumption that these shootings are connected in any way, shape, or form. at this point, we're turning it over to our investigative services unit, the shooting team, and they'll take the lead on the investigation. >> there were two people in the car that was being shot at. two young teenagers

the pta tomorrow is buying popsicles for everyone at school n.novato, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> you can track the extreme heat on your phone with the abc 7 news accuweather app from san jose where we're looking live right now and all across the bay area. you can get updates on the temperature where you live. just search accuweather in your app store to download t.harvey is finally moving out of texas this morning but the damage left behind is devastating. these are new images showing the conditions around port arthur. as you can imagine, the road to recovery is going to be a long onech here's what we know this, mo. at least 31 deaths. the red cross is preparing for 32,000 displaced people. harvey could be one of the costliest storms in u.s. history, estimated at around $80 billion in damage. abc 7 is devoting this entire day to fund-raising. it's all part of disney's day of giving. here's a live lock at our phone bank. volunteers working hard right now. you can support the red cross by phone or online. just call or go to abc. >>> and as recovery efforts get underway an explosion

amy hollyfield is live for us at crissy field. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. the sports basement in the presidio is one of the businesses that will be closed. it sent an e-mail to its customers saying it it had to shut douse bon of the highly charged atmosphere. all the businesses closed are from the main post to crissy field where they're going to have that rally. the patriot prayer rally at 2:00. other businesses impacted includes roaring mouse cycles and a bowling party where some birthday parties will have to be cancelled. some businesses are frustrated. >> i understand free speech, but if you couldn't insure the safety of your employees or customers or people on a regular day, i think there's something wrong. >> the rally's permit was issued yesterday and came with 26 conditions, including no firearms, aerosols, ammunition, big backpacks, drones, explosives, helmets, mace or pepper spray, selfie sticks, glass, thermal, or metal containers. businesses will be open friday and sunday, but losing saturday revenue will hurt.

that's where amy hollyfield is live. amy. >> reporter: hi, reggie. the building looks okay. see behind me, but it's what's inside that's the value here and that has some damage. we're at the crown customs vintage speed shop in the bayview on dan viek. this is where they restore old cars. the owner on the website has a lot of pride for what he does. he moved here from england in 2002 and hasn't looked back. there's about five cars inside. we can't tell how much damage was done to the cars, but some do have some fire damage. the call came in at 1:23 this morning. firefighters got this one out pretty quickly. they siit was out at 2:00 this morning. te owner is not out here at this time, but we will be o watching for him for when he comes to survey the damage. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> chp investigating a deadly overnight hit-and-run crash on highway 4 near concord. one person was found dead before 10:30 last night. two cars were involved in the crash. the other car fled the scene. chp still trying to find the driver that drove

let's get right to abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield. amy? >> reporter: hi, jessica. the situation has improved significantly. the backup has cleared. they reopened all lanes at 8:45 this morning so this looks great compared to what drivers early this morning had to face. monday morning commuters who use southbound 880 made a slow crawl to work today a freeway at luellen boulevard and san leandro was shut down because of a shooting that happened at 2:30 this morning. >> an hour late to work. >> reporter: how long have you been in this? >> like 45 minutes. i'll stiff got an hour to drive to south san francisco. my job is driving me crazy right now. >> reporter: investigators say the gunman pulled up in a white car next to another car full of people and started shooting. >> we had a call of some shots fired. all units arrived on scene. at the time we got here there was a vehicle located in the fast lane, the number one lane, with four occupants. one of them was critically injured. the other three were not. >> reporter: this is the 91st freeway shooting in the bay area i

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us at crissy field. amy. >> reporter: good morning.ll days off have been canceled. that's according to our media partner, the san jose mercury news. not all plans are set for this rally. the permit for the crissy field event hasn't even been approved. the organizer of the event says he has no doubt the permit will be issued. mayor ed lee is hoping one condition will be that no weapons are allowed. >> the number one is everybody's safety and preventing violence. in that, we have insisted, demanded that there be no weapons allowed. guns, concealed or otherwise. weapons that can be made out of signs and bats and sticks. >> the mayor is pushing for a counter demonstration and some social media posts he encourages people to come to civic center plaza friday for a united against hate rally. telling people not to go to crissy field on saturday and dignify that event. if approved, the patriot prayer rally will start at 2:00 here at crissy field on saturday. live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> in berkeley, city l

amy hollyfield is live at the consulate this morning. yeah, reggie, the book will be here for a couple days if people are interested in signing it. meanwhile, yes, people who were in barcelona, americans, are starting to return home. we saw some very happy reunions at oakland international airport yesterday. that is the only airport in the bay area that offers nonstop service to barcelona. one castro valley young man cut his trip short after the attack happened, much to the relief of his mother. >> absolutely relieved because i haven't slept in about two nights. so i'm just happy he's on california land. >> didn't really know what else could happen, there were news reports and sources we were getting there could be more attacks. >> one american was killed in the attack. jared tucker of lafayette, in the east bay. he was traveling with his wife. she is okay. if you want to let spain know that americans are thinking about them, the book will be here at the consulate here on suter street at franklin starting today and tomorrow from 10:00 to

weep want to get to reporter amy hollyfield live at valley medical center. reporter: hi, natasha. yeah, one injured firefighter is being treated here at the hospital. you can see he is getting support from the fire department. you can see this car from the oakland fire department parked right here behind me, right in front of the emergency room. and we just saw three young firefighters leaving the e.r. we talked to them, they said they got to see him. and that it appears he's going to be okay. he's listed in stable condition. now, look at this video of the support that the fire department also gave to the man who was killed. a 30-year-old firefighter died, and he received a procession as his body was transported to valley medical center. fire trucks escorted that body to show its support down interstate 280. these two men, a 26-year-old and a 30-year-old, just graduated from the fire department's academy in april. so they have only been on the job for a few months. both of them shot last night. one in stable condition and one was killed. the fire department h

amy hollyfield is live at crissy field. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, natasha.ment is one of the businesses here in the presidio that is being forced to close. it sent an e-mail to its customers announcing what was happening saying it's because of the expected highly charged atmosphere. the shutdown impacts all businesses here in the presidio from the main post to crissy field where a pro-trump patriot prayer rally is scheduled to start at 2:00 on saturday. other businesses impacted include roaring mouse cycles and the presidio bowling alley where some birthday parties will have to be cancelled. some businesses say they're frustrated. >> i understand free speech and it's in the constitution, but i feel like if you couldn't insure the safety of your employees or customers or people on a regular day, then i think there's something wrong. >> the rally's permit was issued yesterday and came with 26 conditions, including no firearms, aerosols, ammunition, big backpacks, drones, explosives, helmets, mace, or pepper spray, selfie sticks, glass, thermal, or meter contai

that's where we found amy hollyfield. reporter: reggie, firefighters were able to save the building, but it's what is inside that really has the value here. old classic cars are inside this warehouse. this business is called crown customs vintage speed shop. the owner restores classic cars. the fire here on van dyke avenue in the bay view district was called in at 1:23 this morning. firefighters kept it to a one-alarm fire and had it out by 2:00 a.m. no one was hurt, and all the firefighters are okay. they haven't released a possible cause of the fire. the damage looks like it is all inside the building. the owner isn't here yet to assess how much damage was done. we can see standing water inside the building. and the cars look like they might be okay, but we'll wait for the owner to give us the word on that. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> new developments in contra costa county. overnight, the board of education decided not to approve a plan to create a new school district.

amy hollyfield is live at berkeley city hall. amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning, jessica. counter protest are going to have a press conference to celebrate what they're calling a successful weekend. there were some fights. masked members of antifa could be seen even pepper spraying the leader of the patriot prayer group and some of his supporters. but some counter protesters from the left say they're grateful that antifa helped protect chem from what they call white supremacists. one protester said he doesn't want these rallies in their community. >> i'm afraid these people from out of town are bringing violence to our community. how do we stop the rallies from happening? that's the real question. >> berkeley police made 13 arrests. they say one officer was hurt during one of those arrests. six others were also hurt. two of those were taken to the hospital. at this morning's press conference, groups like showing up for racial justice will be here. and they'll be celebrating the weekend, and they say they will be looking ahead to future resistance. reporting live in berkele

amy hollyfield live for us at chrissy field. amy. >> reporter: hi.n franciscans we talked to do nont want to see this group come here to chrissy field. the alt-right group patriot prayer has been granted a permit for a rally at chrissy field next saturday, the 28th from 2:00 to 5:00 here in chrissy field. the national park service says, by law, they have to grant first amendment permits. but some we talked to don't want them here. >> free speech when it's tied to violence, which is what this is, and which breeds violence. i mean, it's the first thing. it's based on hate and then it causes people -- what they don't understand about this free speech is it causes the kinds of consequences we saw in virginia. >> reporter: so that ralley will be here next saturday, the 26th. then a rally is also plachbed then a rally is also plachbed for berke lib, the marksism in america has organized that one for the 27th. one will be from 1:00 to 5:00 and that will be in civic center park in berkeley. counterprotests are expect the at both events. we asked the organize

amy hollyfield is live for us at the consulate. amy. >> reporter: hi, reggie.ho were in barcelona are starting to arrive home. we saw some happy reunions yesterday at oakland international airport, as people are coming home. that is the only bay area airport with nonstop service to and from barcelona. one young man from castro valley said he cut his trip short because of the attack. but another man, this one from san francisco, said he actually wished he could have stayed longer. >> 24 hours later, the stores were open. people were back out on the streets. nightclubs were filled. so we are sad to leave, actually. >> one american was killed in those attacks. a bay area man, 43-year-old jared tucker of lafayette. here in the bay area, victims are on people's minds. if you would like to sign the consolation condolences book, it is available at the spanish consulate in san francisco starting today at 10:00 to 1:00 this afternoon. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> there is a major story happening right now. ten american sailors are missing. five are hurt. following a co

abc 7 news report amy hollyfield lye forever us at berkeley city hall. amy. >> reporter: hi, reggie. the mayor is worried. the san francisco chronicle is reporting this morning that the mayor's concerned maihem will come to campus and then spill out on to the streefts berkeley. according to the chronicle, mayor jesse ar gene wants cal to cancel scheduled appearances of conservative speakers. a cal spokesman tells the paper they can't. the university cannot legally kans sill a student group's invitation to speerkz. the group patriots has lined up my low yew no poe lis to speak in september and ann cultor and steve bannon to speak. they're calling it free speech week. the mayor's worried it will attract extreme activists who will violently pro protest and do damage like we saw in february the last time he was scheduled to speak. he says he doesn't want berkeley to become a punching bag. cal says all it can control is the safety plan which they are working on. lye in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> happening today, five koernt protesters arrested in

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us in novato this morning. amy.o do not have air conditioning. according to the marin independent journal, some parents have complained and expressed concern about the heat wave. especially here at olive elementary school, one of the schools that doesn't have ac. the one parent says she's meeting with the principal at olive today to discuss ways to keep the kids cool. the district says recess will be moved inside, and teachers will keep the classrooms cool by lowering the lights, drawing the blienldz, and allowing the kids to have water at their desks. one mom think it's just going to be too hot to tolerate. she's keeping her kids home tomorrow. another mom is taking action and going to the school board meeting next week to demand air conditioning or in the very least, industrialized fans in the classrooms to cool the kids. it is supposed to be 106 degrees here in novato tomorrow. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thanks. >> if you want more information about cooling centers in the bay area, go to our website, abc7news.

. >> amy hollyfield has more. >> we're just here to claim a victory against forces of white supremacy, alt-right, neo-nazis, and all of their sympathizers. >> reporter: a group of activists proudly announced today that their resistance yesterday worked. that those who came to berkeley for an anti-marxist rally were successfully were run out of town. >> we will not tolerate and not normalize white supremacy in this city. we made it very clear we will do that collectively. >> reporter: the group takes issues issue with the media showing video of fights that broke out. calling most of the day peaceful. police say six people were hurt. two of those were taken to the hospital. they arrested 13 people. >> it seems to me that the news media is very interested in portraying to people who were not physically here. that there were only agents of skirmishes which there is no clarity about who started the skirmishes w.h.o. were even involved. >> reporter: they also think the ma -- thank antifa for protecting them. >> we want every organization that stood up yesterday and defended us. >> reporter:

amy hollyfield is live at berkeley city hall. morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. counterprotest group will have a conference here in a couple hours to celebrate what they're calling a successful weekend, saying they won a victory against the forces of white supremacy. there were fights over the weekend at the protest in berkeley's civic center park. patriot prayer founder joey gibson showed up at the park but was pepper sprayed by antifa members. so were her supporters. one man who showed up for what was supposed to be an anti-marxist rally says he is tired of being labeled. >> keep getting called white supremacist. i'm a legal latino. the lady throwing the event is a trans woman. they're still trying to portray her as a white supremacist. it doesn't make any sense. >> police say they made 13 arrests. six people were hurt. two of those were taken to the hospital. the groups holding the press conference this morning say they were grateful for the help from masked antifa members who they say protected counterproteste

amy hollyfield is live for us this morning. amy. >> reporter: hi, reggie. can see standing water inside this warehouse. and you can see the classic cars. on the outside, they look okay. it's tough to tell how much damage they really have. firefighters got this out in about an hour, about a half hour. they got the call at 1:23 this morning. the fire was out by 2:00 this morning. this is a classic car restoration business. one man who lives across the street is worried about what was burning and if it is toxic. >> four fire trucks, a lot of bright lights. that acrid like burnt plastic smell going on. so shut my windows, tried to go back to sleep. >> the fire happened on van dyke avenue in the bayview. no one was hurt. no one was here at the time and all the firefighters are okay. they haven't said what they think started this fire. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> i've been gathering new details on those reports from this morning that the country's largest oil refinery is shutting down because of hurricane harvey. motifa, this i

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us at crissy field. ning, amy. >> reporter: hi, natasha. sports basement is one of the businesses that is being forced to close. it sent an e-mail to its customers announcing the closure and emphasizing isother locations in the city would be open on saturday. all businesses from the main post to crissy field here in the presidio will close on saturday. they will lose that saturday revenue. the national park service saying they all have to close for safety reasons during the patriot prayer rally. that includes the roaring mouse cycles and presidio bowling. some birthday parties there will have to be rescheduled. >> bad timing, i guess. anytime you lose a day's revenue for something like this, it's not good at all. >> all protesters will be screened for banned items. that's including firearms, aerosols, ammunition, big backpacks, drones, explosives, helmets, mace or pepper spray, selfie sticks, glass, thermal, or metal containers. protesters will have to walk in, no vehicles or bicycles are being allowed fr

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amy hollyfield live in santa rosa this morning. seems like we've been talking about this forever and here we are. >> it does. they're excited. narver having a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning at 9:00. they're in a celebratory mood for sure. it's going to be free today to rine the train and all next week, you get a 50 cent discount. they're excited. there have been delays getting this up and running. it was supposed to start last fall, but they had diesel engine issues. that kept them from getting started when it was supposed to bow. this is a 43-mile line from san rafael to the santa rosa airport. what's unique about the smart trains is the positive train control. the safety feature that they have on them that's designed to stop the train in the event that it goes too fast or for whatever reason the engineer can't stop it, the positive train control can stop the train. today's first train is going to start running from the airport. that's going to be at 12:49. that's after the big ceremony here where they're going to have free

. >> abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us at berkeley city hall. good morning, amy. >> reporter: good morning. the san francisco chronicle is reporting this morning that the berkeley mayor says accident want berkely to become a punching bag. the conservative group on campus called the berkeley patriot is hosting my low uno lous during its free speech week and is trying to book steve bannon and ann culture. the mayor says infight variety these people here makes berkeley a target for anarchists. we saw the huge group over the weekend in berkeley. we also saw a large group of masked and dressed in black do damage in february, that's what yew no lis was schedule to speak on campus that speech was canceled because. violence but this one is on it is set for the last week of september. a university spokesman told the chronicle uc berkeley doesn't have the legal ability to cancel student group invitations. he says what they can focus 0 n is a safety plan. but the mayor is worried that maihem will come to the campus and still out on to the city streets. live

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in lafayette with their story. amy. >> reporter: reggie, i just spoke with a family friend. he says the wife of the missing man, heidi, is very frustrated. she still doesn't have any news this morning. the lafayette couple was on the tail end of a two-week-long european vacation. 43-year-old jared tucker and his wife, they were in the la las ramblas area of barcelona, and now she can't find him. he stepped away to go to the restroom when the attack happened. heidi hasn't been able to get information from the state department or the red cross. jared's broernl spoke to us. he was too distraught to appear on camera. he told us about heidi's frantic search. she also has the help of a friend who lives in barcelona. >> went to the hospital to see if there were names or anything given. they were redirected to a red cross type setup. they were going to post names at a certain point. as of yet, they have yet to release those names. >> heidi was told to leave the area by police right after the attack. she says she couldn't ca

amy hollyfield live for us in novato this morning. amy. >> hi, natasha.e parents are very concerned about this heat wave. one mom told our media partner the marin independent journal she plans to keep her kids home from all of elementary school tomorrow because the school doesn't have any air conditioning. the paper is reporting that the district has let parents know they will bring recess inside during this heat, and that teachers will be doing what they can to keep the classrooms cool, like keeping the blinds drawn, the lights low, and allowing the kids to have water at their desks. eight schools in novato don't have air conditioning. now, one mom plans to meet with the principal here at olive elementary here today to talk about other ways they can keep the kids cool, and yet another mother says she's going to go even further. she's going to the school board meeting next week to demand air conditioning or in the very least, industrialized fans to keep the kids cool. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> and remember, you can download the abc7 new

reporting live in novato, amy hollyfield. >> thank you. >>> happening today, the giants are holding a job fair for service members, veterans, and military spouses at at&t park. b.a.r.t.'s police chief is set to announce a $10,000 hiring bonus to promote officer recruitment. b.a.r.t. is about 40 officers short of the 176 budgeted for by the department. that's about 20% of the force. last month, b.a.r.t.'s directors urged the police chief to aggressively recruit new officers and offer higher pair or perks to keep them. >> oakland police trying to determine the cause of a crash that hurt six people last night on 55th avenue. the oakland fire department says some of the victims were trapped in their cars. the accident left two cars badly mangled. a stretch of the road was shut down for more than two hours. >> an east bay antiviolence activist is hoping once again someone will return his stolen dog. the same dog whose return was chronicled after she was stolen three years ago. here's that reunion from june of 2013. arthur, who was paralyzed from being shot during a robbery, couldn't thank

amy hollyfield live for us. >> reporter: one of the flyers has found near this islamic center here onlara avenue. here's a look at the flyer. it has a swastika ton and also a woman wearing a hijab. the couple that found two of these flyers called police. they also attended a rally at the center last night to send a message this is not wanted in alameda. the hateful message had an emotional impact on residents. >> i was sad. you know, i was disappointed that something like that fwhob our community and our country, in our world. >> this isn't the first sign of hate in alameda. last week some swastikas appeared at tifrm israel. this has the attention of the city council. it will addressed at the next meeting. one topic being discussed as a possibility is some training so people can quickly spot and report hateful messages. reporting live in alameda amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> antioch police asking you to be on the lookout for a missing teenage thers morning. 14-year-old herald rivera whereas last seen be in front of black diamond middle school at 1:00 yesterday afternoon. he is 5'7",

live in novato, amy hollyfield, abc 1 news. >> aim, thank you. >>> happening now, pg&e going to walk us through how it plans to handle the power hut it will take during the eclipse on monday. the bay area will see a reduction of the sun's power by about 75% while the eclipse is happening. to make up for that brief but significant absence of full solar energy, pg&e has a few backup plans in place, including increasing hydroelectric power sources. abc 7 news has a crew at the concord distribution plant where pg&e is giving us a tour explaining the whole process. for more on the actual eclipse and what we'll see or not see in the bay area, let's check in with meteorologist >> let's talk about the solar eclipse. wednesday morning at 9:01 a.m. the eclipse begins, the max eclipse will happen at 10 sack a.m. let's walk you through the sky cover. what you see here are three colors, green meaning clear skies and yellow a mixture of clouds and sunshine and red just meaning total overcast so as the eclipse starts at 9:00 a.m., a mixture of clouds and sun in the area, but by 10:15 a lot of spots

amy hollyfield is live at crissy field. good morning. >> reporter: that is according to our media partners the san jose mercury news. they're reporting all days off have been cancelled for san francisco police. they will all be working here at crissy field. not all of the plans are set for the rally. the permit for crissy field's rally hasn't even been approved. the organizer says, though, he has no doubt that his permit will be issued. san francisco's mayor ed low, is hoping there will be a condition put on the permit that no weapons are allowed. >> number one is everybody's safety and preventing violence. in that, we have insisted, demanded there be no weapons allowed. guns concealed or otherwise, weapons that can be made out of signs and bats and sticks. >> the mayor's office is pushing a counterdemonstration in some social media posts, the mayor is asking people to come to civic center plaza on friday, telling people not to go to crissy field. if this permit is approved, the patriot prayer rally will be here at crissy f

reporting live in hayward, amy hollyfield. >> thank you. >>> police are searching for a gunman in alameda after a person was shot around 8:30 last night. the shooting victim was found inside an apartment. no word on arrests. >> uc berkeley police are investigating after a man attacked a woman, hitting her in the head with a large piece of wood. this happened on monday before 8:00 p.m. in the eucalyptus grove. witnesses say the victim was arguing with the suspect. she got knocked out and taken to the hospital. police looked around the area but they could not seen the man ee sst onxford street. >> it's 4:30. let's get a quick update on weather and traffic. >> hi, everybody. let's open up the weather window on the exploratorium. the marine layer is above all the buildings. i checked for drizzle. there's a ce hundredths in tilden park. it looks like we're going to be mainly cloudy at 7:00. temperatures 56 to 60. at noon, 74 aroundbay. 70 around the bay, 60 inland. a mild lunch. warmer inland, mid 80 at 4:00. 63 at the coast, and 60s and 70s for a delightful evening. grab the sunglasses you'll

reporting live in alameda, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> the man charged with the murder of an off-duty oakland firefighter will make his first court appearance. he is accused of shooting jake walter and another firefighter last thursday night. second man survived and is stilled in the hospital. firefighters were confront by at least two men in a japantown neighborhood. they were shot without warning after a brief exchange of words. they still haven't found the weapon. walters and his colleague had just graduate from the fire academy in april. >>> now from the live desk. >> there's more breaking news at the life desk that i'm tracking a big train crash in pennsylvania early this morning. dozens of people are injured and right now investigators are looking into how the train crashed. officials say 42 people were hurt when the train krachd crashed into an unoccupied parked train newspaperer darby just outside of philadelphia. happened just after midnight local time. train operator was treat and released from the hospital. a spokes penn for the transportation authority says none of the inj

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us at crissy field. orning, amy. >> reporter: good morning. the rally isn't even officially approved yet, but the police department is smaking big plans. according to our media partner, the san jose mercury news, all time off has been canceled for san francisco police for this saturday. every officer is working because of the crissy field rally. but mayor ed lee is telling people to not even come here, to not dignify the event. he says this just isn't welcome in san francisco. >> enjoying the freedom of speech also means enjoying themes of collaboration and support and inclusion and diversity. not necessarily division and hate. that i think they are expressing. >> the mayor even took to social media to rally people for a counter demonstration. he wants everyone to rally outside of city hall on friday for a united against hate event. the national park service hasn't said whether the permit was approved for saturday, but the organizer of the event says he feels confident his permit will be approved and his

reporting live in alameda, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> new developments in the search for missionard u.s.s. mccain. navy officials have confirmed divers have found some remains today. they say that they were discovered in a flood compartment of the warship. ten sailors went missing after the ship collided with an oil tanker early yesterday morning. there's not been an immediate explanation for the collision, divers will continue search and rescue operations for sailors still unaccounted for. >>> now breaking news from the abc 7 live desk. >> quickly want to slayer breaking news i'm seeing in columbus, ohio. a confederate statue knocked down this morning. an investigation is now under way. our abc colleagues in columbus twilighting out this photo only moments ago and you can see what appears to be a type of soldier, concrete soldier there laying on the grass. the monument was inside the camp chase cemetery, it's a military cemetery. that stone monument actually dates back to the year 1897 which makes it 120 years old. reggie. >> thanks, jess. >>> happening today the man charged wit