abc 7 news reporter anser hassan live at uber headquarters. good morning, anser. >> reporter: good morning. as you mentioned, uber and lyft drivers don't want to be considered contract workers anymore. they said if they were made employees, they would likely get more benefits and higher pay. the drivers have been protesting for the past several months. today is very specific to california state assembly bill 5. several years ago the dynamex corporation was sued, they were sued because they were accused of wrongfully classifying workers as independent contractors. we spoke to an uber driver back in may. he says he makes about $200 a day. but after expenses, he claims it's just not enough to live on. >> i love this industry. i love the driving. i love meeting people, a living wage. we're asking for benefits, you know, such as medical, dental, you know. >> reporter: back in june uber ceo and lyft co-founders wrote an editorial. they say turning independent workers into employees won't fix the problem. one of the solutions the company is proposing

nbc 7 reporter anser hassan is live for us. >> reporter: good morning. suspect shaun gallon, part of his plea deal, the sonoma county district attorney will not seek the death penalty in this case. instead, gallon is likely to be sentenced to three consecutive life terms. last month gallon pled no contest to three murders. two years ago gallon was arrested on suspicion of killing his younger brother. the d.a. says during that investigation, gallon wrote a note to investigators saying he would talk to them about the jenner beach murder case. that case involved 26-year-old jason allen and 22-year-old lindsay cutshall. the couple died from gunshot wounds to heason the beh. that case went unsolved for 12 years. the 40-year-old gallon has always been a person of interest in this case but wasn't named as the main suspect until 2017. the d.a. says the decision not to seek the death penalty is in part due to his plea but also in speaking with the victims' families. gallon is likely to be sentenced this morning. we'll the latest coming up later on. in santa rosa,

abc 7 news reporter anser hassan is live in blackhawk this morning. >> reporter: good morning.hankfully no reports of injuries, but people all around the bay area saying they felt both of those earthquakes, especially here at blackhawk which is close to the epicenter. sky 7's sky map 7 technology talked about where the earthquakes originated. the first quick measured about 4.3. the second was a 3.5, later downgraded to a 3.2. seismologists at uc berkeley say the quakes set off the warning system which is a good sign system is working. they likely happened on the greenville fault. they say despite there being no damage, it shook things up. >> it happened all of a sudden, didn't last very long. it was disorienting because it shook everything right away. it was really big and it stopped. >> reporter: again, no reports of any injuries. scientists say it's almost impossible to predict an earthquake, but this greenville fault is the least understood fault of all the ones we have here in the bay area. reporting live, anser hassan, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 news can help you get prepared fo

abc 7 news reporter anser hassan is live at sfpd headquarters.d morning. >> reporter: good morning. sfmta will be holing an open house to discuss ways to improve security and safety at the taylor street intersection where this fatal accident happened. now the san francisco police officers association is also joining lawmakers advocating for installing traffic cameras around the city. california state assembly bill 342 would have allowed cameras to take pictures of license plates of drivers breaking the law. that bill failed last year, mainly over privacy concerns. according to sfmta speeding is the cause of 25% of fatal accidents here in san francisco. sunday's deadly accident is an example of that. police now believe the tesla driver was speeding as she drove through the intersection. police are preparing a warrant to review the car's camera footage. >> obviously there's going to be video cameras on that car at the time this event happened. if it shows the lights on the intersection, that's even better. >> reporter: tonight's meeting will be fro

an abc 7 news reporter anser hassan is live this morning where people definitely felt the shaking. >> reporter: good morning. so many people around the bay area say they felt both of yesterday's quakes, especially here in blackhawk. even though it originated almost eight miles under ground. sky 7's sky map technology was able to pinpoint the epicenter close do blackhawk where people felt it pretty good. the first quake struck just after 1:00 p.m. it was measured at 4.3. the second was a 3.5, later downgraded to 3.2. these quakes likely happened on the greenville fault which runs through al meade ka and contra costa county. there were no reports of damage. over at uc berkeley seismologists say it did set off an early warning system which they say is a good sign it's working. >> at berkeley lab we received four seconds of warning before the shaking hit us. we got alerts onour cell phones, four seconds later we felt light shaking. it was a great test of the system. >> reporter: scientists credit the early warning system for alerting people in the bay area eight seconds before the 2014 6

abc news reporter anser hassan live in gilroy. >> reporter: good morning, guys. they've been cooking here for about an lour. the smell of food is in the air. ifpyro chefs here, cooking garlic and calamari which has become the official food the f garlic. two tons of garlic has been donated for this year's festival. they have everything from garlic tofu, garlic frog leg, even garlic ice cream. new this year, the garlic gilroy festival signature cocktail which is a whiskey daisy. ashley schaffner who you saw a few minutes ago grew up with the festival. her dad is one of the original pyro chefs, cooking since 1978 when this all started. now she's one of the only female pyro cooks at the festival. >> it's very hot back there. again, it's so much fun to be back there. all this goes to charity which is the best past. we all donate our time. it all goes back into the community. it's also that bu a co of not just my personal oerch >>epr:hat's ashley and her dad cooking right now. gilroy is one of the largest producers of garlic in the world. this is the 41st year they're

anser hassan, abc 7 news. >>> the man accused of stabbing and killing two people on a remote road in san mateo county will be arraigned on murder charges. malik dosouqi is accused of killing 32-year-old abdulmalek nasher and 31-year-old john pekipaki. the victims were stabbed to death a day apart on the same stretch of skyline boulevard. dosouqi told abc 7 news he doesn't remember anythin and wants to prove his innocence. >>> president trump is waving off new reports about disease outbreaks at detention facilities along the u.s./mexico border. a joint investigation by "the new york times" and the el paso times says border agents witnessed outbreaks of scabies, shingles and chickenpox among hundreds of children held in cramp cells. over the weekend, the president dismissed those accounts. >> an abc news "washington post" poll says only four in ten of americans approve of the president's handling of the immigration issue. >> president trump is seeing the highest job approval rating. in the late of the poll, his job approval hit 44%, that's up 5% from april. political analysts say the s

abc 7 news reporter anser hassan live at uber headquarters. good morning, anser. >> reporter: uber and lyft drivers say they don't want to b contract employees anymore. they've been protesting for the past several months. this one is specific to a.b. 5, state assembly bill 5. several years ago the dine mechanics corporation was sued for wrongfully classifying employees as independent contractors. the drivers support a.b. 5 says it would assure they get a minimum wage, worker's compensation and other benefits. we spoke to an uber driver in may, he said he makes about $200 a day. after expenses he claims it's not enough to live on. >> i love this industry. i love the driving, i love meeting people, a living wage. we're asking for benefits, you know, such as medical, dental, you know. >> reporter: in a statement uber says they want to improve the quality and security of their employees, and the drivers will be out here protesting starting at 10:30. anser hassan, abc 7 news. >>> new developments in the case of a man san francisco police call the ri

anser hassan live in santa rosa is a. >> reporter: part of sean gallon's plea deal they will not seek the death penalty. instead he's likely to be sentenced to three consecutive life terms. two years ago gallon was arrested on suspicion of killing his younger brother. the d.a. says during their investigation gallon wrote a note to investigators saying he would talk to them about the jenner beach murder case. that case involved the murders of 26-year-old jason allen and 22-year-old lindsey cut shaw. the christian camp counselors who were newly engaged, died from gunshots to their head as they slept on the beach. that went unsolved for 12 years. two years after issuing his note, the eaold gallon was identified by the sheriff's office as the lone gunman in that case. the d.a. says the decision not to seek the death penalty is in part due to his admission but also based on conversations with the victims' families. gallon will likely be sentenced later this morning. anser hassan, abc 7 news. >>> it's 5:03, president trump doubling down of his criticism of democratic congresswomen. here is

. >> abc 7 news reporter anser hassan is in gilroy. how far away can you smell it coming? >> reporter: you can definitely see it. these chefs will light things up, steve in the red cap has been cooking here for the past 40 years. some of these flames get six to seven feet high. if you're c arfestival, of course food is the heart of it all, the gilroy garlic festival's gourmet alley is a giant outdoor kitchen serving everything from garlic-styled chicken, garlic-styled corn, even ice cream. the official food, garlic-laced calamari in scampi. the food, if there's food, that means will will also be celebrity she was. top chef head judge tom cal lick i can hosts the great cookoff, one of the country's most prestigious amateur cooking competitions. and also cookbook author theresa giudice. also a professional barbecue team battling it out at the barbecue challenge. if you or planning on coming out, note new hours this year. they open at 10:00 a.m. friday they close at 7:00, 8:00 on saturday. sunday they close things out at 6:00. we'll have a lot more to bring you later on in th

in the news room, anser hassan, abc 7 news. >>> the man accused of stabbing and killing two people on remote road in san mateo county will be arraigned. malik dosouqi is accused of killing abdulmalek nasher and john pekipaki. the victims were stabbed to death a day apart on the same stretch of skyline boulevard. does souk i can says he doesn't remember anything about the incident and wants to prove his innocence. >>> president trump is waving off reports about disease outbreaks at detention camps along the u.s.-mexico border. border agents witnessed outbreaks of scabies, shingles and chickenpox among hundreds of children held in cramp cells. over the weekend, the president dismissed those accounts. >> "the new york times" story is a fab ration. those are people that are very happy with what's going on because relatively speaking, they're in much better shape right now. >> an abc 7 news "washington post" poll shows only four in ten americans approve of the president's handling of the immigration issue. >>> president trump's job approval rating hit 44%, up 5% from april. political analy

anser hassan live in san rafael. >> reporter: good morning, guys, one of the first steps is putting up safety fencing railroad crossings like this one in such a way that people have to zigzag their way through the area. one of the smart train board members was quoted as saying at laugh night's meeting, if you're on foot or on bike, you'll hit the fence before you hit the train. this is an effort to improve safety at the 62 crossings along the 43-mile stretch of track. some board members say another problem centers around mental health issues. there have been six suicides on the tracks since smart launched in 2017. the board says suicide is a community issue which requires a community response. smart formed a suicide prevention coalition made up of publy safety, mental health and transit officials. they'll alsos hire more oics to sto legal crossings. some of the construction of the new safety barriers will begin in the next few weeks. anser hassan, abc 7 news. >> if you or someone you love is struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can find your ally at abc7news.com/takeaction. we have l

anser hassan is live in san francisco. >> reporter: natasha and reggie, good morning. sfmta holding an open house this evening to discuss ways to improve the taylor street intersection, the site of sunday's fatal crash. now the san francisco police officers association is joining lawmakers advocating for installing cameras around the city. california state assembly bill 342 would have allowed for cameras to be set up. but it failed to passion last year, mainly over privacy concerns. according to sfmta speeding is the cause of 25% of fatal accidents here in san francisco. as you mentioned, on sunday a man was killed and his wife seriously injured when a woman drove through a red light in a rented tesla. police now believe that the driver was speeding. >> if not on auto pilot, can we say that the drive e was at fault? >> so far that's what it looks like. speed was the primary collision factor. >> reporter: sfmta has been working with local community groups on ways to improve safety at the taylor street intersection between market and center street. that open house is 4:3

anser hassan has more on what officials are doing. >> reporter: one of the first steps is to put up safety fencing in these crossing areas so passengers will have to zigzag their way through. if you're on foot or on bike, you would have to hit the dpens before you hit a train. it's an effort to improve safety at 62 railroad crossings along the 43-mile stretch of track. the smart board members say another problem centers around mental health issues. there have been six suicides on the track since smart launched in 2017. the board says suicide is a community issue which requires a community response. they formed a suicide prevention coalition, made up of public safety, mental health and transit construction on some of these new barriers is set to begin within the next few weeks. live, anser hassan, abc 7 news. >>> a reminder that, if you or someone you love is struggling with suicidal thoughts, you can find your ally at abc7news.com/takeaction. we have links to suicide, domestic violence, bullying and school safety. >>> happening today sks bay area comunity and faith groups are asking nancy

reporting live in oakland, anser hassan, abc 7 news. >> weapon found. we don't know what kind of weapon. we don't know if it's connected to the shooting or if they found a weapon. but it could be the suspect dumped that weapon. we don't know. >> now we're taking a live look. sky 7 is back up in the air giving you a different vantage point of the mall. a rather wide one where you can still see on the ground lots of police presence. we should explain the reason why we did not have sky 7 moments ago. it is because of the conditions. we're told it was rather foggy. visibility not quite the best. also for a time sky 7 initially, when this story broke at around 4:00, after a short time was told to pull back a little bit as not to interfere with the investigation. but sky 7 live once again over the tanforan mall in san bruno. where you can see still a large amount of police presence along with other agencies on the ground. >> sometimes a helicopter has to refuel after it's been up for a while. and sfo is not far away. the police response largely inside the mal