avoid westbound 580. >>> number two this morning our own abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has been hat massive backup for nearly two hours now. this was the live picture from that crew. amy telling us the cars on the shoulder have even been going in reverse trying to escape the stand still. >>> and, number three, campbell police arrested a man after a standoff near los gatos creek. authorities say the suspect fired several shots after officers contacted him. reports of a prowler. no officers were hurt. >>> number four, uc berkeley blocking off streets and shutting down buildings as they ramp up security for a speech by conservative commentator ben shapiro tonight. police are anticipating protesters. >>> number five, president trump is on his way to florida to survey the damage following hurricane irma. mr. trump is scheduled to visit naples and ft. myers, two of the hardest hit areas of florida. >>> and number six check out your 12-hour day planner, gray this morning with patchy, light drizzle. cooler. upper 50s to low 60s. we transition to sunshine and humidity levels back where th

let's go live to abc 7 news reporting amy hollyfield. od morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning, natasha. we are at fire station number 7 here in san francisco, and this ceremony is open to the public. if you're looking for a way to pay tribute today you're welcome to come here. here is a look at last year's event to give you an idea of what to expect. they hold a moment of silence at this memorial and then they read the names of the 343 firefighters who died that day. this will start at 6:45, the plan is to ring a bell at 6:59, the time the south tower of the world trade center collapsed. fire administrators say they planned this event because they never want people to forget the sacrifices the firefighters and other first responders made as they headed into the buildings to try and save people. this station is at fulsome and 19 if you'd like to come out. reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> we will think of all of them, thank you. >>> a cal grad is taking up a campaign that has gone viral. >> you're going to take his hard

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield was live at scene on sylvia dry. aim, somehow that woman doing now? >> kristen, her adult son just stopped by moments ago help. says it's not looking good. she is in critical condition. firefighters tell us they had a hard time getting to her because of what was inside the home. firefighters say the 71-year-old man living in this burning home in pleasant hill heard an explosion and then ran out of the home. his next door neighbors ran outside, too, and saw him realize that his wife was still inside. >> he was just shouting that he couldn't find his wife, and she was still trapped in the house, so we were out here for probably 20 to po minutes while they were trying to cult open the roof and find her and get her out of the house. >> firefighters say she was likely disoriented from the smoke. they had a tough time getting to her because the home was full of stuff. >> this is considered. a border house with a lot of debris. r.there was a difficult time trying to get her inside structure and getting her out. >> investiga

reporting live from emeryville, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> okay, amy, thank you. and of course we'll continue to check in on the progress there on i-80. >>> i want to show you the other problem. this unusual bus crash. you see the sidewalk right here. and you see where the bus ended up on the sidewalk right in the middle of downtown san francisco, hurting a number of people. abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom is live for us, jonathan. >> reporter: well if you've ever been here you know this is one of the busiest corridors in the morning commute, perhaps one of the busiest corridors in the entire bay area. it was here that this ac transit bus went out of control about a block away from here, careened on to the sidewalk and came to rest against a scaffolding that is being used to finish that building project up there. this is a corridor that is packed with construction and there are construction workers everywhere. many of them witnessed the accident, told us that there was a bus full of people when that bus actually clipped another ac transit bus and according to p

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us at san francisco fire station 4. amy. >> reporter: they are bringing in firefighters from around the bay area to handle 911 calls here in san francisco while this department attends the funeral. you can see behind me where they are going to have a briefing with all of these visiting firefighters. they are going to feed them, give them breakfast, hand them out hand radios out to them, san francisco radios, so they will be ready to respond to emergencies here. that will free up tier to attend the funeral of terry smerdel. the battalion chief had just returned from a building alarm call and was at his station in china town when he studly died. his funeral will be at st. ago neighbors on usf campus at 10:00 this morning, then there will be a funeral procession to the cemetery. we want to show you a map of that route so you can plan your late morning accordingly in that area. you will see the procession head down the great highway and it's going to make its way to southbound 280. it will exit east moore and wind its way to

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live for us at the palace hotel. amy? >> reporter: hi, good morning, reggie. this event is just about to get under way. 400 korean war veterans and their family members all here to be celebrated at a luncheon here at the palace hotel. pretty special to have them all in one place. we watched as they checked in this morning. these are members of the u.s. and korean military. many of them wore their uniforms. their relatives are all dressed up. there seems to be a lot of pride and appreciation for this event. the consul overageneral told us celebrate the national day of korea every year on october 3rd, they decided this was a good yooyoo year to dedicate it to veterans and host a big bash because they realize this population is shrink shrinking. >> the younger is 85 years old, they're very aged and passed on very rapidly. we thought it would be a very timely period now to host this kind of event. >> it's great because there's so many of us getting up in age here and who knows how many more years that we have. to associate wi

amy hollyfield live on cal's campus this morning. amy? >> reporter: good morning, reggie. i talked to a student who pulled an all-nighter studying. i asked him how people feel about free speech week. students are worried about safety and concerned what this will cost the university. the "l.a. times" is reporting that uc is going to help this campus a bit and pitch in the of security. here is what we know so far about free speech week. it will start sunday and will last through wednesday. all events will be outside at plaza.spul more than 20 speakers. one confirmed speaker is milo yiannopoulos. he has been here before. his planned speech in february was canceled because violent protesters showed up and police other expected speakers next week include steve bannon and ann coulter. campus officials have estimated that security next week for all of this could top $1 million. reporting live in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. >>> recent hate incidents are prompting tighter security at some synagogues as members observe the high holidays. abc 7 news was a

abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield joins us live with more. kno good morning, amy. >> reporter: natasha, these animals traveled here in style. take a look. charlie's acres of sonoma provided a private jet to get the animals here to the bay area from houston. there are 50 dogs and 20 cats. they'll go to the san francisco spca and a few other shelters here in the bay area. these animals weren't stranded because of the storm but moving them here will help animals who were storm victims. >> really thrilled to be able to help with this effort as so many people have been affected by this devastating disaster. we know one of the most important things is people be reunited with their pets. >> so these animals were already in the shelter when the storm hit. they're going to move them out to make room for animals who were stranded by the storm. they want to keep them local in the hopes they'll be reunited with their humans and they'll find each other in houston. these guys will now have a life here in the bay area. they will be available for adoption hop

amy hollyfield is live on the scene in pleasant hill. amy. >> reporter: hi, matt. yeah, they tell me they don't know if she's going to make it. they tell me the 69-year-old woman is on a breathing machine at the hospital. they say she could not get out of this home. they could hear her banging on the walls, begging for help. firefighters say they had trouble getting to her because of all the stuff in the home. they consider this a hoarder situation. her 71-year-old husband did make it out. the next door neighbor saw him as he frantically worried about his wife. >> we got out here and the neighbor was just getting out. he was shouting that he couldn't find his wife and she was still trapped in the house. so we were out here for probably 20 to 30 minutes while they were trying to cut open the roof, try to find her and get her out of the house. pretty nerve-racking time. >> firefighters got the call about this fire on silvia drive in pleasant hill at 2:15 this morning. the homeowner reported hearing an explosion from the garage. firefighters are now focusing on the ba

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in walnut creek. hey, amy. >> reporter: hi, reggie, yeah, you know, this happened while we were sleeping. the acting deputy chief said he couldn't bring in extra officers today for overtime but did redeploy the officers he has today to help keep the system safe. some b.a.r.t. riders had the london attack on their minds this morning as they headed in to catch their train. >> i've been to london. i've been on the tube. i've often wondered how secure our transit system is. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. officials are thinking about it, too. they pulled officers from other assignments today to focus on patrol and being visible to their customers. they also deployed their k-9 units to sniff for explosive devices. >> we've had a lot of suppresupe suppressant teams working overtime. today we diverted them back to being highly visible, being inside stations are. >> reporter: we asked riders about the thaulgtss thoughts o increase of officers. >> i don't have a problem. people out here trying to keep people safe. maybe

reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> thanks, amy. it's the decision d.r.e.a.m.ers have been dreading. president trump is expected to announce a program that protects undocumented immigrants who were brought here at children. the program is daca, deferred action for childhood arrivals which will mean d.r.e.a.m.ers will no longer be able to work legally or in certain states apply for a driver's license. matthew dowd says he thinks president trump is in a difficult situation. >> the country instead of looking for a commander in chief is looking for a chief of compassion. he's kicked the can down the road. looks like he's going to give it to congress. the president promised his base one thing and he knows the country wants something else today. >> the president wants to end daca and in six months it will give them time to make their decision. >>> developing news and escalating nuclear threat from north korea. abc news reporter emily row has more. >> the security council is called to order. >> the second emergency u.n. security council me

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at oakland airport where local crews are flying out. amy. >> kristen, firefighters are on a flight scheduled to be departing right now out of oakland. pg&e workers are packing up today for a departure tomorrow. they all want to get to the area as soon as they can and as soon as the storm passes through they can rush through and help. there's a sense of duty and a range of other emotions as pg&e employees back up to head to florida. i'm excited and they are vows. there's a lot of unknowns and forward to facing the unknown hurdles as they come towards us. >> the storm hasn't even hit yet, but the utility workers in florida are already predicting they will need help restoring power, and they called northern california because of a three-year-old alliance. >> in 2014 we signed a cross-continent mutual aid agreement with florida power and light that essentially says should there be a disaster either in florida or in pg&e's territory we're there for each other and we will be there to support one another. >> in a briefing this morning, workers

amy hollyfield has more from the studio of 95.7 the game. , amy. >> reporter: hi, good morning, natasha. this talk show, the game, is talking about it this morning. so far the hosts have done all the talking setting up the situation, easing the audience into it. when they do open the phone lines they expect to hear a lot of passion. this is what they're talking about, nfl players protesting during the national anthem. most of the raiders sat out on the bench with arms linked together. with president trump saying that fans should never condone players who don't stand for the anthem. one host said this morning that the players had no choice but to do something. >> whether they believe in trump or not the way he made that statement, the nfl and the brotherhood could not do anything else but unite and say, look, even though we're going to show you that we're united, you can't tell my guys they should be fired, run out of the league, or walk away. >> reporter: about 200 players protested during the anthem over the weekend. these radio hosts say th

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield life at that building this morning. amy? take a look behind me, reggie, you can see that the fire was contained to one unit, but it did a lot of damage to that home. two people were hurt. and an orange cat na missing.meismao ng look at this video taken by firefighters. you can see that from the outside, firefighters could see a huge raging fire coming out of a seventh floor apartment unit around 5:30 this morning. but inside, residents of the 13-story building were battling the smoke. >> because when we got down one stairwell, it was so filled with smoke we couldn't get the rest of the way down. we just couldn't make it. it was -- we were choking, so we had to find the other stairwell which was on the other side of the building. >> reporter: getting out of this building and fighting the fire truly was a community effort. >> and then i heard people banging on the doors. there's a fire, there's a fire, get out. there were a few people who had -- were kind of hysterical. i was like, you know what, his tash hysterics later, let'

live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. if you have the abc 7 app, you were alerted to the road closure in san francisco this morning. we sent out this push alert. download the app for free and enable push alerts to get breaking news any time. >>> developing news in antioch, investigators are looking into a series of suspicious fires. contra costa county firefighters responded to seven fires between sunday night and yesterday morning. all within a three-mile radius. no one was hurt but now investigators are asking witness to come forward. they want to know if the fires are connected and whether an arsonist may be on the run. >>> uc berkeley police will investigate a viral video captured after saturday's football game. the video shows an officer citing a hot dog vendor for selling food without a permit then confiscating his cash. police issued warnings to three other unlicensed vendors at the game. the video was then posted on facebook. it gained lots of attention from people who believe the man was unfairly targeted. the ve

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at station 7 with the story. >> reporter: kristen, it was a somber morning. they hold the ceremony early in the morning about 6:59, when the south tower collapsed at the world trade center and read the names of the firefighters who died. it takes several minutes, 15, 20 minutes. they say they never want them to be forgotten. >> donald j. -- >> reporter: 343 names. they may be strangers but these firefighters know their names could just as easily be on a list like this one. >> read a name, it's not somebody you know, but you can connect it to somebody, okay, this name sounds like this person. >> reporter: station number 7 in san francisco held its annual tribute this morning to the first responders who died on 9/11. even though the attacks were 16 years ago, longtime veterans still get choked up thinking about it. especially since a new group of young firefighters just became members of the team. >> watching these baby firefighters working the first day yesterday, we have responsibility. >> reporter: the department is also a bit raw today bec

buts abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield discovered, this is not what most bay area fans want to talk about. >> reporter: these radio show hosts on 95.7 the game have a feeling the nfl protests would dominate their four hours on the air this morning. they knew people would be passionate and were ready to let them vent. >> about being heard, about having a conversation, it's about different points of view and listening. >> reporter: about 200 nfl players protested during the national anthem including many oakland raiders with the entire offensive line sitting on the bench during the anthem. but when the game first opened up the phone lines this morning, they only got one call about the players' actions. >> i was shocked we didn't have -- i thought this would be a day where the phone lines were lit up the entire day. >> reporter: instead callers wanted to talk about the raiders' loss to the washington redski redskins. one sports writing linked the two together in a tweet, vir tafur wrote "the raiders sat for the national anthem and never got up." >> what's on your mind? >> reporter: a c

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live with the details for us, amy. >> reporter: this parking garage is full by 7:00 a.m. every weekday. that creates quite a scramble for commuters. well b.a.r.t. officials say they are on it. and that is why they are having a press conference right now to announce details of how they're going to solve this problem. ask anyone at the walnut creek b.a.r.t. station about parking and you'll hear about the need for more. >> we need more. i have to pay, i think $85 a month for one of the garages next, neighboring the station. my husband does the same. because we can't get b.a.r.t. parking. >> i would like parking if they had an extra parking garage for sure. yeah, that would be great for peop people. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. says relief is on the way. at a press conference, b.a.r.t. board members describe plans for a new garage and new transit village. the garage will add 100 new parking spots, plus new restaurants and shops and 600 apartment units. but some commuters wonder how all of those people will fit on the trains. >> i mean, i think trains are already

live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> in mexico, a frantic rescue operation. crews work to free a girl trapped under the rubble of a schol. it collapsed during tuesday's earthquake. rescuers encountered a setback early this morning when the remains of the building shifted dangerously. crews had to evacuate for several hours for their own safety. working to reinforce the wreckage before resuming their search for the girl. 11 have been rescued from the rubble. >>> new developments in the caribbean. the death toll is climbing in the wake of hurricane maria. slammed into the island of dominica early this morning killing 15 people. 20 others remain missing. the storm is now blamed for 17 deaths total. in puerto rico, a 24-hour curfew is still in effect. even though power has been restored to most of the island. the storm is now headed toward turks and caicos. meteorologist mike nicco is tracking maria's path, what this all means for the u.s. mainland. mike? >> all great questions, kristen. let me start what's going on in puerto rico len work through the questions y

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield was there. >> reporter: a loving message greeted students as they arrived at castro valley middle school this morning. a group of citizens who organized through a facebook post stood on the corner and took a stance against hate. >> i think the big message is that we care and we to ant make sure that people feel accepted and that hate isn't going to stand. >> reporter: they're responding to racist graffiti found written on a school truck in black marker. the demonstration on the street corner was comforting to parents as they dropped off their kids. >> it was nice to see that their support and people are not accepting the racial and hateful words that were on that van. >> reporter: the superintendent is asking campuses to be vigilant and if people see something, they need to say something. she thinks another layer of security will also help keep this from happening again. >> we have installed new cameras at some of our sites already and we're in the process of doing that. at all of our sites. it's a part of our measure g bond. >> reporter: as they fi

reporting live from castro valley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> all right. by 1:00. amy, thank you for that, updating information. if you have the abc 7 news app, you got an alert on this crash minutes af been sending out upd all morning. to get breaking news whene news app for free and enable push alerts. >>> breaking news in the south the san j usgs says the quake was magnitude 3.3. this map shows you the location where it struck in the foothills. it's the star there. i'm going to zoom in so you can see exactly where it i even e . people on social media say they felt the shaking after 10:30 this morning. no immediate reports of injuries or damage. several abc news viewers are tweeting us to tell us where they saw or felt shaking. here's one from brian saying, oh, yes, in milpitas near great mall, it rattled windows and shook my desk. thank brian. catherine says, just felt an earthquake in san jose, good thing i'm in a ten-story apartment building, sometimes you feel a little swaying when you're in those tall apartment buildings but 3.3 relatively small. >>> more br

reporting live from erk aboutly, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> happening today, attorney general jeff sessions joining the heated debate about free speech. he will give a speech at the georgetown university law center in washington, d.c. many students and faculty members plan to protest that event. georgetown student newspaper says an invitation to the protest reads, quote, a university that claims to care about the travel ban and dak ra rescindment shouldn't invite the man to defended both. session's speech comes after they called off free speech week in berkeley. >>> an officer in town to assist with the canceled event in berkeley had two guns stolen from his vehicle. his defendant in taft in kern county doesn't have set rules for how officers store handguns, however, state law says that officers must lock away guns or face a fine. this is the latest in a string of bay area incidents where thieves have stolen firearms from officers vehicles. >>> the resolution limits cooperation between local police and u.s. immigration and customs enforcement or ice. the goal it to build trust. und

live in san leandro, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>>s new this morning, big mess at oakland's main library. the search is on for the vandals. scores of graffiti on the library building at 14th and madison streets. police say it was tagged over the weekend. cleanup is now under way. a member of the cleanup crew tells abc 7 the markings are believed to be an attribute to the graffiti artist named animal. >>> san francisco police are investigating an early morning robbery and shooting that happened in the mission district just before 1:00 a.m. on cap street near 17th. two pedestrians were approached by two people in a car, at least one person was armed in a gun. after a short struggle over the victims' wallets and phones, shots were fired and one victim was shot in the leg. the person was taken to the hospital but is expected to be okay. the suspects took off with the stolen items. officers have not yet released their descriptions. >>> gilroy firefighters and police are investigating the cause of a two-alarm fire at the salvation army

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live where this all happened. amy?er: hi, good morning, reggie. look behind me. this is the patrol car of the officers who were injured in this attack, an officer who was here just moments ago is looking into how to pick this up, this car. he says the department definitely has an urgency to catch the man who did this. this happened at 8:30 last night in san leandro at the greenhouse marketplace. the officers were trying to arrest a man who was shoplifting from the safeway. they say they got to his car. they still had hold of him when he sped away hitting them with his car. a witness said it was tough to watch. >> oh, i feel so bad. i was shaken up. i was really shaken up witnessing that. especially the officer really getting hurt. >> reporter: the female officer is still in the hospital, the male officer, her partner, was treated and released. the officer here at the safeway just moments ago was telling me that the woman is going to be okay. she has some broken bones but is going to survive. reporting live in san leand

. >>> amy hollyfield is live in oakland. >> reporter: good morning, natasha.re is very strong here in this neighborhood. we don't see any active flames. we do see some firefighters here in the neighborhood but they aren't out were damaged, though and no one was hurt. >> they were great once they got here. they just jumped into action. i didn't know they could climb that way. it is a steep grade right there and they just took off and they were amazing. they were very quick. there were flames everywhere, helicopters, water dumped everywhere. >> reporter: here's the view from sky 7 of the affected area. they did lift that evacuation order so everyone got to sleep in their homes, and it looks like the active emergency part of this is over. firefighters are even going to take a breath and give a briefing to the media at 8:30 this morning. they are worried about today's weather and the red flag alert. that's why we see the firefighters here on sky view drive. they're not ready to walk away from this one quite yet. live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> a g

amy hollyfield is live in san francisco with more on what's happening. amy. >> reporter: hi, jessica. san francisco mayor ed lee is going to be showing his support for daca today here on the steps of city hall and he will be joined by so-called drooemers. that's happening this afternoon. we all know attorney general jeff sessions has been pushing president trump to end daca, the deferred action for childhood arrivals and now word is that the sprez going to do just that. san francisco officials say they are ready do what they can to fight for it. >> i don't think there's much chance that we're going to change trump's mind, but i think what we can do is make a very strong statement of support for daca and for whatever congress decides to do. >> the fate of nearly 800,000 daca recipients would then be in the hands of congress. so san francisco leaders say that's where they plan to focus their efforts. they're going to lean on congress representatives. they say it's going to be a community effort but they will do it to fight for dreamers and they will be here

amy hollyfield is live for us this morning. >> reporter: good morning, reggie. several police agencies were involved in this but emeryville police is the lead agency and is asking for any more witnesses to come forward and tell them exactly what they saw and what happened. they already have dozens of witnesses, at least one posted this video of the actual shooting on social media. officials say the homicide suspect got out of his car and fired at officers and police fired back, killing the man. >> we're still trying to determine how many officers and which officers were involved in the shooting, so that's under investigation right now. our detectives are learning about who was present and what actions occurred. >> reporter: interstate 80 was closed in both directions. it was shut down around 9:00. they opened eastbound lanes around 11:00, but westbound lanes headed into the city closed until 5:00. the backup was horrendous. officials said they had to keep it all closed so they could gather evidence in this shooting. they haven't released any information about th

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live at golden gate fields with the latest. amy? >> reporter: hi, kristen, this huge parking lot here at golden gate fields is the staging area for the chp. we're just three miles away from uc berkeley, and they're offering support to police on campus today. look at all of these cars. this gives you an idea of the scope of their security plan. preparations are under way on campus, too. they have surrounded the plaza with water-filled barriers to protect the plaza. mutual aid is on scene. officers from as far away from uc davis are ready to go. back at golden gate fields, we want to slow you the great view from drone view 7 of all the chp officers who will be involved today. they mobilized 140 officers for today's events. these are not just officers they plucked from highway duty. this is a specially trained unit. >> the california highway patrol maintains special response te teams, trained in urban search and rescue, civil unrest and trained how to deal with this. and given the size of some of the crowds that have come in the past,

. >> amy hollyfield is at the airport with that scary experience. >> he works out on the runway, he wast ringing in his ears, they were worried that possibly he had been struck by lightning. he did refuse medical attention so he is okay. here is a look at the impressive show that flour nature put on last night. we have incredible video of this lightning show. there were strikes all over the bay area from san francisco to san jose, we also picked up some from our emeryville camera over in the east bay. it was also accompanied by thunder, that was also impressive to hear and then also rain came down. so quite a show. so unusual for this area and this time of year. now, all of this lightning did cause some problems. we have power outages to report to you this morning, these are the very latest numbers just in from pg & e. the biggest problem on the peninsula and south bay. peninsula 565 people without power, san jose and the south bay 400 people, san francisco a lot of people in the dark there as well, over 500 customers there without light. so worried some alarm clocks won't be going off

. >> right now, abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in hayward where pg&e workers are about to head out. >> they'll be showing up here at this yard in hayward within the hour to start packing up and head to florida to help with hurricane relief. this is just one component of the bay area's response. 50 oakland firefighters are also going to be helping out. about a dozen of them are already on the road. 50 will be flying out this morning, and about two dozen are already on the road. they're all part of the urban search and rescue task force. the crew on the road was in houston helping with hurricane harvey. they were on their way home when they got turned around and told to head to florida. >> initially started heading towards home and then things changed and we ended up getting turned around. we made it to new mexico, and now we got a phone call late last night. >> pg&e will start packing up this morning and then when they get to florida, they're going to help restore power outages that are expected from the next hurricane. we will be here when they start loading up. stay with

let's check in with amy hollyfield live at the scene with the latest. sounding like this lane closure will not last as long as we initially thought. >> reporter: that's right, alexis. they are about wrapped up here at the scene. look behind me and you will notice the car -- it has just gotten towed away since i turned my back. they are ready to open these lanes. this scene is cleared. what happened was it was an unusual scene for first responders, they had to deal with a body that was on top of the car. the car hit the pedestrian who was walking in the lanes and the body ended up on top of his car. they had to shut down all these lanes while they had to remove the body and tow that car out of here. this is the backup that you are looking at. not too bad, because it is so early in the morning, and they worked quickly to get this cleared. so this is the reverse commute, this is eastbound toward oakland, this is headed toward the east bay, but it looks like this is all going to be cleared if you do head that way in the morning you are not going to have to

reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> a lot of schools dealing with the heat.art move on some of them to let out early. let me give you an idea of what's going to happen today. let's take a lock at our day planner. what you're going to see is no clouds. no clouds out there right now. let's roll out these numbers. at noon it's 83. at coast, 95 by noon. 100 inland. and 83 at the coast. look at can coast. 90 around the bay. 101 inland. i'm working ob record high. temperatures for today. it looks like just every official reporting station will set a record

amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. 6:02. dangerous rock slides at yosemite national park are not keeping climbers away from the mountain and the sport they say they love. there have been two rock slides in as many days. the most recent one took place late yesterday and climbers say the rock fall was the size of a couple of apartment buildings. one person was hurt and hospitalized. a spokesperson says it is rare but rocks break loose about 80 times every year. one rock climber says he still plans to climb el capitan though a friend died two years ago. >> he put his weight on the rope and it pulled through the system and he fell. >> i'm not going to leave san francisco because there might be an earthquake or stop climbing because there might be a rock fall. >> another massive rock slide wednesday killed a man from great britain. >>> we're learning more about a homicide suspect killed by police in a standoff that stopped traffic for hours. state prison officials showed this of demilo hodge, convicted of stalking nearly 20 years

. >> amy hollyfield is live at san francisco city hall with what's next. good morning, amy. >> reporter: hi, natasha. everyone is looking at congress right now, and democratic leaders will hold a press conference first thing this morning, calling on republicans to bring the d.r.e.a.m. act to the floor for a vote and legalize d.r.e.a.m.ers. many d.r.e.a.m.ers and their supporters took to the streets of san francisco yesterday. and protested and showed their outrage over president trump's decision to phase out protections for immigrants who came here as children. they say this isn't over and that they do not want to or plan to leave the country they consider home. >> the country that they say i should go back to, yes, that's where i originally come from, but this is where i made my friends, where my teachers live, this is where i went from preschool to high school to college. >> the protest was disruptive at times to traffic, as they marched from the federal building to city hall, but it was a peaceful demonstration. deportations of d.r.e.a.m.ers could start

amy hollyfield is stuck in that and has not moved.f the dublin area or head north on 680. if you're heading to south bay starting to fill in as well and measuring tool back on our map for nine miles. ace rail or b.a.r.t. no delays. everyone else is start to go fill in. 5:30 was the time for the metering lights flipped on. a typical commute from the east bay into san francisco. let's check in with mike nicco with a look at our forecast. >> let's take a look at walnut creek. maybe mother nature is sleeping in this morning. cooler than average temperatures and from that humidity we've been dealing with to much drier air. it will become seasonal to below average highs in my accuweather seven-day forecast. see that cloud deck to our north sliding down towards us, that's going to bring 40s and 50s back to our nighttime. today 74 to 78 with san jose and morgan hill at 77. we'll have about 63 along the coast with more sunshine than yesterday. breezy and sunny this afternoon in the north bay. 74 to 79 degrees. along the east bay shore 77. berk

reporting live in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> amy, thank you. happening today a dental assistant from the east bay will be sentenced guilty. 24-year-old saro faces 25 years to life in prison. investigators say he molested as many as 50 young girls while they were sedated. he was arrested in april in concord. an 8-year-old girl says he sexually assaulted her and recorded it on his cell phone. he work at four different dental offices. investigators found evidence of more victims there between 5 and 13 years old. >>> happening today investigators are planning a march and rally in san francisco to demand justice. artist anthony torres known as bubbles was killed two weeks ago in the tender loin. no arrests have been made. there's no evidence to suggest a hate crime took place. today's march begins at 4:00 p.m. at larkin and myrtle street. >>> developing news now, antioch police are warning anyone who visited a gas station to check their credit and banking information. they discovered credit card skimmers attached. they found six yesterday. police ar

reporting live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> amy, thank you. 7 was over the fire for hours as it raged out of control yesterday afternoon. we were live on the air bringing you updates and sent out push alerts to your phone through the abc 7 news app. to find out what's happenng where you live download the app. it's free and works on apple and android devices. >> recreational marijuana becomes legal january 1st. this morning it's not clear if san francisco will allow businesses to start selling cannabis on that date. the city won't issue permits to sell recreational marijuana until it passes new law to regulate the industry and that may not happen by january 1st. the city also wants to create what it calls an equity program to make sure low-income individuals and people of color are eligible for permits. >> palo alto school superintendent is resigning. our media partner "the mercury news" reports glenn max mcgee will call it quits on friday. the announcement follows a closed door meeting earlier this month to re-evaluate his performance. he was

let's go live to abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield. amy? >> reporter: good morning, reggie. this will happen here in san francisco. this is open to the public. if you are looking for a way to pay tribute today you are welcome to come here. they hold a moment of silence at the memorial and read the names of the 343 firefighters who died that day. this will start at 6:45 this morning. the plan is to ring a bell at 6:59, t time the south tower of the world trade center collapsed. fire administrators say they planned this because they never want people to forget the sacrifices the firefighters and other first responders made as they headed into those buildings to try and save those people that day. if you'd like to come out and pay your respects. reporting live in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> all right, amy, thank you. >>> developing news out of florida. hurricane irma slamming tallahassee. the hurricane first made landfall as a category 4 storm on sunday morning and you are watching wind gusts up to 142 miles an hour in naples yesterday. at least five people ar

amy hollyfield has more on the measures being taken. >> reporter: just too hot for school.elementary school and all the elementary schools here will be getting out at 1:55 this afternoon. they are letting the kids out at 1:057 it's just too the kids can't play outside and it's hard to concentrate when it's hot. most if not all bay area schools have moved recess indoors to keep the kids can safe. they have several schools thatten don't have air-conditioning. the classroom would be like an oven this afternoon. santa rosa is letting the kids out early. some other schools will also have early dismissal. we have a complete list of those schools on our website. the friday night lights will also be turning on a little later. the football games here in lafayette all for tonight are going to start at 8:00. a little later than normal with the hope that it will be a little cooled off by then. reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc news. >> a statewide flex alert is in effect between 1:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. they are being asked to conserve electricity during the afternoon hours. record d

amy hollyfield is live at canyon middle school. , amy. >> reporter: good morning, natasha. they're going to be here in about an hour to hold a rally here in front of this middle school to show they are united against hate. look at these pictures at what happened here on this campus. a truck was vandalized, a school truck. someone wrote racist words and drew swastikas on the truck in black marker. the sheriff's office is investigating this as a hate crime and is looking at surveillance video to try to figure out who did this. they also plan to increase patrols around castro valley schools. the school sent a letter home to parents saying they are committed to making sure students feel safe and welcome while they are at school. reporting live at castro valley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. it is 6:36. a chp pursuit caught on camera. a suspected car thief led a string of patrol cars late last night. this chase started in san joaquin county and wound through several counties. police use add spike strip to stop that suspe

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us on campus. amy? >> reporter: hi, good morning, reggie. both sides are mobilizing here on campus. we walked around sproul plaza and found these flyers calli them to shut down milo yiannopoulos. yiannopoulos post add video showing someone posting anti-berkeley signs full of expletives and then shows someone pulling them down. yiannopoulos, the alt-right speaker, is set to s peak wednesday. there are already plans to protest his appearance. >> this, quote/unquote, free speech week, terror week, series of speakers is just meant to harass, to target, isolate and harass like the most vulnerable students on campus. >> reporter: the city of berkeley has put out advice on how to deal with these protests. first separate yourself from the violence. second, the city says don't create a spectacle out of an event. counterprotests should be planned far away from the main event. the city also encourages residents to focus on what else is going on other than protests and counterprotests. free speech week is starting

amy hollyfield live for us in berkeley. amy? >> reporter: good morning, reggie.il got quite a show last night here in berkeley. take a look. a woman who was at the meeting decided to take off all of her clothes and then she paraded around in front of the councilmembers. she climbed up on a table and then on the dais after the councilmembers left the chambers. this all came after a discussion over whether they should lift the law that says women must keep their chests covered. activists say the law is sexist. >> you cannot show but men if men can expose their nipples everywhere on the street, in public places, women should have the same rights. >> reporter: the council did not take action on the item. one member said maybe they should pass an ordinance that says men must wear shirts. another said they should consult the commission for the status of women before they decide. right now it is a misdemeanor for women to bare their breasts in berkeley. one councilmember noted it is not strictly enforced here. reporting live in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>>

amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. >>> new this morning, caltrain tracks are clear in redwood city following a deadly crash. the chp tells us the victim was a 29-year-old man from redwood city. according to officers it happened when a van plowed into a fence and on to the tracks. the car became disabled there and a train slammed into it moments later. >>> developing news out of gilroy this morning where firefighters have their hands full with this stubborn wildfire. residents tell abc 7nous that the fire was started by the kids playing with fireworks start night. the cal fire says the cause is still under investigation. one woman compares the scene to being at the burning manifest value. >> our cars are completely covered with ashes. it was so thick if we even open the window three or four inches it just came and fill the house with just a super, super strong smoke smell. >> the fire impacted some kids going to school today. families will have to make other student pickup because the area is closed. >>> hurrican irma has now been upgraded to a category 5 headed to the caribbea

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live where this all happened. amy? >> reporter: hi, reggie.nd maybe some other stores in the shopping center will have surveillance video to give them a better idea of what happened and a good look at the man who did this. they say this happened at 8:30 last night here in san leandro in the greenhouse marketplace shopping center. the officers were trying to arrest a man for shoplifting from the safeway. they got to his car and still had hold of him when he sped away hitting them with his car. a witness said it was tough to watch. >> oh, i feel so bad. i was shaken up. i was really shaken up witnessing that. especially the officer really getting hurt. >> reporter: i got an update this morning on the officer's condition. the female officer is still in the hospital suffering from broken bones but she is expected to be okay. her partner was treated and released from the hospital. they have not made an arrest, and they don't have a description of the suspect. reporting live in san leandro, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> on to developing news out o

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is live in berkeley, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, natashaey are still cleaning up right now from last night's protests. here are the barricades that they are picking up that they used to create quite a buffer between the protesters and the speech last night this is on bancroft, these final barricades coming up this morning so life can return to normal here. a university spokesman says the huge perfect imeter cost about $600,000. police made nine arrests. some new mug shots of some arrested. the charges range from battery against a police officer to carrying banned weapons and disturbing the peace. we are working to get the other four mug shots for you. here is a look at the protests. police say about 1,000 people showed up. both sides were represented and passionately spoke out. >> ann coulter, ben shapiro, the whole parade of fascist thugs coming to this campus. >> we cannot be silenced by those that would try to silence us with violence. >> reporter: uc police say no one was hurt because of violence. no damage was done to businesses or any

amy hollyfield is live where all of this happened. >> reporter: the injured officer is in the hospitalut is expected to be okay. she and her partner were hurt last night. her partner was treated and released. they were trying to prevent someone from shoplifting last night around 8:30. when he took off witnesses say they felt shaken up watching this guy get away from police. >> he was holding a basket of bottles or alcohol or something so he put it in his trunk. this lady cop, she was able to grab him on his waist while he was trying to get in his car. >> reporter: he drove away and hit the officers. investigators don't have a description of him and have not made an arrest. they are looking at a better idea of what happened and to get a good look at this man. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> nancy pelosi will join bay area elected officials to call for the passage of the dream for the passage of the dream act. they're urging for the immediate passing of the dream act. the d.r.e.a.m. act protects 800,000 young, undocumented immigrants. >> a mcdonald's employee is expected to enter a plea

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live for us in berkeley this morning. er: hi, good morning, reggie. they create add large buffer between the speech and the protest. still out this morning creating a huge perimeter keeping activists far from zoellerback hall this is bancroft and bowditch. people made their statements but they did it without any violence. police say no damage was done to any buildings or businesses. demonstrators say, though, that they felt a little frustrated being kept so far away. >> i come here to learn, to study, to improve myself. i'm not allowed to occupy the student union building, and yet here i stand on the street. >> reporter: here are the mug shots of five of the nine arrested. some of these just coming in this morning. charges range from battery against a police officer to carrying banned weapons and disturbing the peace. police had a huge presence out here, university spokesperson says securing the campus last night will cost about $600,000. reporting live in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >>> there were no issues insi

reporting live in berkeley, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. we're certainly wide awake now. it is 4:30. if you're just joining us a quick update on your weather and traffic. mike, definitely some drizzle outside. >>> there is so you need to work out for that. it will hang around all through the morning commute. we'll keep an eye on the thunderstorms in the central valley and see if they're going to make their way anywhere closer to us over the next couple of hours or so. we'll keep that threat of thunderstorms in the forecast this morning. let's take a look at some temperatures out there right now and what you're going to see as we're running mainly in the mid to upper 60s. daly city, 60. the cool spot, 63 to 66. we'll take a look at our threat of thunderstorms hour by hour. and that cooler weather coming up in the accuweather seven-day forecast. alexis? >>> i had my wipers on for the majority of my drive in this morning. you likely will, too. a look at golden gate bridge and mist and drizzle. certainly not a washout. we don't have any standin

abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in emeryville with more on the shooting this morning. amy?rter: good morning, natasha. several agencies were involved in this, but emeryville police is going to be the lead investigating agency in this case. the officers have about 40 witnesses to interview. they're going to keep doing that today, but they want more. so if you saw anything, they want you to give them a call. they not only have eyewitnesses, they also have video. take a look at this cell phone video of the shooting when it happened. officers say the homicide suspect got out of his car and fired at officers, and police fired back, killing the man. >> we're still trying to determine how many officers and which officers were involved in the shooting, so that's under investigation right now. our detectives are learning about who was present and what ations occurred. >> reporter: interstate 80 was closed in both directions around 9:00 in the morning. the eastbound lanes opened at 11:00, but westbound headed toward san francisco closed till 5:00. the backup was horrendous. people sa

amy hollyfield live at canyon middle school now. amy? >> reporter: hi, good morning. they're planning that rally for 7:30 this morning in front of the school to show that they are united against hate. here are the pictures of what happened to that school truck. someone wrote racist words and drew swastikas on the truck in black marker. tingsheriff's office says 'reythenv i a hate crime and looking at surveillance video. they plan to incre patrols around castroas valleys schools. the school sent a letter home to parents saying they are committed to making sure students feel safe and welcome while they are at school. reporting live in castro valley, amy rolly field, abc 7 news. ose wchin hrica>>> maria. this is very new. it just made landfall in puerto rico. i wanto show you that live image just coming in. this is in puerto rico, san juan. you can see the winds pounding ee category 4 storm could be the most powerful hurricane to ever hit that country in a century. here is arlette saenz. > >> reporter: hurricane maria barreling toward puerto rico. >> this is without a do