. >> anser hassan, mcclatchy and powell packed up the kids and headed for the sand and sea breezes of stinson beach, leaving his very hot house behind in oakland. >> the house has been about 97, till about two in the morning. then it gets down to about 75. >> so beating the heat is this weekend's only mission, as the heat wave continues inland with triple digit temperatures. all of these people had the right idea because right now it's a balmy 72 degrees with just the right amount of fog. >> we just wanted to get away and get out of the city and, and try to beat the heat and come to some cool weather. >> here's what the beach looked like on july fourth. but getting here isn't so easy when everyone else has the same idea. by noontime, traffic into town was getting messy and may only get worse. >> it's going to be crowded, so if you don't leave early on saturday or sunday, there's a very good chance you're going to stuck in traffic for like an hour. >> the parking lot for the beach filled up quickly, leaving many hunting for a space. >> it's really bad and i haven't been able to find pa

reporting live anser hassan abc seven news. >> okay. thanks very much. answer.all right. >> the weather, of course. important to monitors. let's bring in abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian. >> spencer. the wind seems obviously to be a factor today. blowing pretty strongly, isn't it? that's true. >> dan, right now the wind is the most significant factor, probably because some of the other factors are changing just a little bit. so earlier we had temperatures up around or even above 90 degrees. it's down to 84 degrees right now relative humidity is coming up from a low of about 12% to 31%. now we typically see an increase in humidity in the evening hours. but of course, this is not a significant enough increase to reduce the fire danger winds out of the southwest. the steady winds at 15mph. but the gusts are at or above 25mph. so you can see it's still dangerously low. relative humidity and strong, gusty winds that are even gustier now than they were in the previous hour. so that's still an issue and i'll continue watching it and reporting any changes

abc seven news reporter anser hassan has been following the budget process over the past week. he has more on what's included in this new budget. >> in order to close our current deficit in may, oakland mayor shengtao submitted a proposed budget which includes more than $100 million from the sale of the oakland coliseum property. >> then on tuesday, the finance department submitted a revised budget proposal that does not include that money. >> it's technically presented as an alternative, but in reality, we know that it is the only option. >> oakland city council member janani ramachandran says it's fiscally irresponsible for the city council to plan a budget to include the deal with no sale date in sight. >> investors are going to want to take their time and be wise before they put that much money out here. >> that translates to $63 million in potential budget cuts, mostly to the general fund. a lion's share of the general fund goes to oakland police and fire. cuts may include 100 police jobs by freezing positions, closing four fire stations and some funding reductions to viol

abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more. >> michael perillo helped direct this motorhome out of an encampment near the bay bridge toll plaza. perillo and others were ordered by the city to clear out by tuesday. >> there's no water out here. there's nothing out here. there's no trash, there's no restrooms and all. that's where we're going. >> so paolo has lived here for the past year, but like others, has agreed to city terms to leave. he's thankful the process has been peaceful. >> we're smart to not, go in and, try to use force to establish some type of rule of law. you can't have a war on homelessness. what we're having is a problem in investment, lack of investment in affordable housing. housing is creating the homelessness, though some have been living at the toll plaza beach for more than a year, the sense of urgency to clear out the encampment comes from the san francisco bay conservation and development commission, or bcdc, which oversees the bayfront. >> it threatened to fine oakland $30,000 if people didn't leave. bcdc says it opened an investigation after receiving com

abc seven news reporter anser hassan has the details. >> reporter the bay area hosts many world class parades. alameda's claim to fame. it's said to be the longest 4th of july parade in the country. >> it's a tradition. it's something we always do every single year, and we're all together. and like i said, these guys, i went to kindergarten with and noriega has been friends with these ladies for more than 60 years. >> even the hot temperatures wasn't enough to break tradition. >> we always have a chair and we always have some shade. usa. >> usa. the usa's longest 4th of july parade spans 3.3 miles, with more than 170 entries and 2500 participants. >> i've seen it so many times, but i still enjoy it and i like seeing. i always see people i haven't seen in a while. >> daytime parades and festivities packed the streets, but some busy streets and popular parks throughout the east bay are closed due to extreme heat and the threat of illegal fireworks. police earlier in the day directing traffic away from grizzly peak. >> the right thing to do because we have had a few years of bad fire sea

in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> now to the latest on the attempted assassination of formernt donald trump. new footage shows the moments immediately after saturday's shooting. now, this video was taken from behind the stage in butler, pennsylvania. it shows a new angle of those frantic moments and that rush to get trump off the stage. we're learning today. the secret service increased trump's security detail in recent weeks because of an iranian threat to assassinate the former president. there's no indication saturday's shooting is connected with iran in any way. meanwhile, the pennsylvania state police says it was not responsible for securing the building from where 20 year old thomas matthew crooks opened fire. that job was left to local police agencies. the feds are now warning of possible retaliatory attacks in response to saturday's violence. >> now, taking a live look at the republican national convention floor in milwaukee, where day two of the gathering is now underway. today's theme is making america safe once again focusing on immigration, crime and combating ill

at the same time, abc seven news reporter anser hassan takes a closer look at the deal and what happenst. >> oakland city officials are celebrating a win and they say it's big. >> today is the start of a boom loop here in oakland, so let's do it. >> oakland mayor shengtao signing the terms of agreement, which allow the city to sell its 50% ownership in the 112 acre oakland coliseum complex for $105 million. this is a vicious cycle. >> we are continuously looking at how we don't have enough resources. so this investment in the coliseum is going to be felt decades from now. >> the city will get $63 million in installments between now and january, the remaining 48 million by june 2026. the deal pumps millions into a city facing a historic deficit. the funds were already included in the recently passed mid cycle budget and prevent massive cuts and layoffs. >> it falls in line with the oakland budget. we worked with our finance team in. the funds will be coming in where we can account for them immediately. >> it's being sold to the oakland based african american sports and entertainment grou

abc seven news reporter anser hassan explains that a court decision paves the way to remove that high profile encampment. >> michael pah'-huh-roe has been living along the coast of the bay bridge toll plaza for almost a year. he was told. you'd have to leave by friday morning by court order. he now has until tuesday. >> that's good news. uh- all of us need a couple more days. honestly, to try and find a place to go. >> last month, the u.s. supreme court ruled cities have the authority to enforce bans on people sleeping and camping in public places. oakland is taking action on this encampment because it faces daily fines from the san francisco bay conservation and development commission if the people don't leave. >> it's been difficult in every every single city i've gone to, there's they don't have the resources, crutchlow says he knows this isn't a long term solution, but he doesn't have the resources to go elsewhere. >> and the cities and counties don't have the resources either. >> clearing out the encampments is one thing, but providing housing for those people is completely diffe

anser hassan abc seven news. >> the city of richmond is playing chicken with its golden goose. >> one of the bay area's largest refineries is making it clear it is against a tax measure. on the november ballot, which could force it to pay more in taxes. details w officials at the chevron refinery argue the proposed tax hike would hurt consumers and employees at richmond's biggest employer. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has the details. >> this tax is the wrong approach. >> the director of chevron richmond refinery making it clear the company is against a refinery tax dubbed the polluters pay initiative. >> in november, voters will decide whether or not to tax one of the state's largest refineries. $1 for each barrel of oil processed in city limits. company officials say a yes vote could raise prices at the pump. >> at chevron, our objective is always to provide reliable, affordable and ever cleaner energy to our customers, and this tax puts all three of those things at risk. >> graves spoke in the parking lot of a chevron gas station. he says chevron is one of richmond's

reporting live anser hassan abc seven news. >> angela, thanks very much.et's check in now with abc seven news. weather anchor spencer christian. >> yeah, spencer, we know that the heat has eased some, but let's talk about the wind. oh, yeah. >> well, i'm of the wind is still quite strong. the sustained winds now aren't very strong. they are out of the west southwest at about ten miles per hour. as you can see on the graphic here, the gusts are up to a slightly above 20mph. and it's those gusts that are of greater concern than the sustained winds, which aren't very strong right now, but the relative humidity, which is so dangerously low, is also a big concern. that's only 15%. and that will increase gradually going into the evening hours, as we generally get an increase in humidity. but it won't be a significant increase. the temperatures earlier were around 9192 degrees. now the temperature in the nearest reporting station is 88 degrees. so that's gradually coming down. but as i'm as you pointed out, the wind is the major factor right now. whipping the fir

here's abc seven news reporter anser hassan. >> thursday morning, vacaville police officer matthew bowen'sorcycle laid in the road after he was fatally struck by a driver who may have been driving under the influence of drugs. >> we lost a tremendous police officer, but an even better human being this morning in matthew bowen. >> the chp says officer bowen was conducting a traffic stop when he was hit from behind by the vehicle. officer bowen worked at the concord police department prior to joining the vacaville pd. concord honored bowen with this tribute, saying he was known for his work ethic, solid performance, and friendly demeanor. officer bowen was extremely well liked and respected as a member of our department. he's left a lasting impact on all of us who worked with him. >> he meant a lot to us. and then to find this news out, uh- it sucked and it hurts, but we'll miss him so. >> officer daniel gallegos joined the police force around the same time as bowen. they worked together alongside one another for a few years, he says. officer bowen wasn't just a good friend, but also a stron

anser hassan abc seven news. >> lake tahoe is a popular destination for 4th of july festivities.l the boats out there. this is a live look from our camera at zephyr cove. i feel cooler just looking at that. >> i know that looks amazing. imagine being in one of those boats right now. okay, so lots of people already enjoying the long holiday weekend. how will the weather shape up to be? we check back in now with meteorologist sandhya patel. >> yeah, it is going to be sunny and warm to hot up there in tahoe as well. julian and ama, let's take a look at a live picture here. locally you can see from our east bay hills camera that there is some haze out there by the way, tahoe right now is 85 degrees. they're going under a heat advisory saturday morning to wednesday morning. next several days going from the upper 80s to the low 90s. all right. let's talk about our local weather right now. it is 107 degrees in livermore, 107 in concord. these are our hot spots, 106 in fairfield, 90 petaluma and santa rosa from our exploratorium camera, you are seeing clear skies over the financial distr

abc7 news reporter anser hassan has a look at today's launch and other ways we are expanding commutingbay. >> alameda residents stephanie and todd davis were passengers on the first day of the new oakland alameda water shuttle. >> it's so convenient. it's going to make going back and forth really easy. so it gives us more options for dining, entertaining, maybe working if you work over there or even here, it'll be great. >> there will be 30 daily trips to and from alameda landing to jack london square in oakland. as the city continues to build more housing and grow, mayor marilyn ezzy ashcraft says they have to find more ways to get people on and off the island. >> we are an island, so we are acutely aware of the impacts of climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to that. and so that's why we need to offer folks a better way than driving their cars. >> i'm surprised that we don't use them so much because it's cleaner. it's safer. >> professor ellen givental says the u.s. has a history of relying on cars and expanding highways at the cost of developing s

abc seven news reporter anser hassan talked to firefighters about the dangerous combo of bad weather and the 4th of july holiday. >> fire crews were quick to put out a small fire that was burning near homes in lafayette. no injuries and no damage reported, but firefighters note fire danger is high this week. >> typically, we see a lot of foggy mornings in may and the no sky july, you know, the june gloom. and we really haven't seen a lot of those, fog year, heavier, moisture week mornings, what we are seeing right now is just a lot of really dry back to back weeks. >> paul lowenthal is a division chief with the santa rosa fire department. he says it's already been a busy past few weeks. the point fire in sonoma county broke out two weeks ago. burned more than 1200 acres and prompted evacuations. a wildfire near brentwood burned more than 250 acres. this past week, cal fire tweeting it is already been one of the busiest starts to a fire year in the cal fire sonoma lake napa unit, with over 20,000 acres already burned. that's more acres burned than the unit saw over the entire three pr

abc seven news reporter anser hassan tells us. fire officials say the fires linked to illegal fireworks will be investigated as possible arson. >> me and my neighbors have no fear as anthony hamilton tours the backyard that used to be blocked off by a fence, he knows he and his family are lucky to be alive. >> he says they only had minutes to evacuate as a wildfire raced up the hill. it likely was started by illegal fireworks being shot off in the shopping plaza below. >> this is our house on the hillside. it's going up the hill. we're about to get burnt out. our home. me and my son. >> he's not coming home this weekend. concerned about the health impacts of the lingering smoke on his fiancee and young son. >> i could stay here, but he just. you just don't want to smell that all day for a toddler. and so it's really just kind of a lot of stress right now, a lot on your mind. >> the two acre fire that burned close to hamilton's house was the biggest, but it wasn't the only one we saw that we had over 1100 calls that came in to disp

anser hassan abc seven news. >> answer. thank you so much.ings involving politicians and candidates in the united states are quite rare. the most recent one prior to today was congressman steve scalise of louisiana. he was shot and severely injured during a practice for the congressional baseball game in july of 2017. the gunman was shot and killed by police at the scene. scalise would return to congress in september of that year. he posted this on social media, quote, praying for president donald trump. there is never any place for political violence before that. in 2011, arizona congresswoman gabby giffords was shot during a public event. six people died in the incident. the shooting left giffords permanently injured and she would resign from congress the following year to focus on her recovery. she has gone to become a vocal proponent of gun control and anti-gun violence causes. the shooter pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life plus 140 years in federal prison. giffords posted this to ex. political violence is terrifying. i know i'm hol

abc seven news reporter anser hassan. there clement street in san francisco's richmond district was packed with kunal, who grew up in these streets, is happy that her neighborhood is getting some love. >> it's like, good to see, like good positive things that like support, like this is what clement is. but there's also new things happening here as well. >> thousands turned out for the richmond district's second summer night market. but beyond the fanfare and food, organizers say there's a strategy at play. >> our theory, our premise is that the road to san francisco's recovery is actually through events and through the streets. >> many yekutiel is executive director of civic joy fund, a nonprofit working to revitalize san francisco. he's also owner of the popular manny's cafe, which hosts political forums. the group is putting $100,000 towards eight night markets, an investment he believes that will pay off big. >> the goal is to have san francisco become the night market city, and we're going to get there in the next few

abc seven news reporter anser hassan has been following the budget process over the past week, and haswhat's included, what's been called a motion passes with a vote of five ayes three noes. after two days of debate in a 5 to 3 vote, the city council finally passed its $2 billion budget, which oakland mayor shengtao called the public safety budget. >> this means that we're going to be able to continue to keep our cease fire. our crt are walking officers, so this means that oakland will be safe. >> the general fund makes up 40% of oakland's budget, which accounts for police and fire. this budget cycle, which began on monday, provides for 678 police officers. it will freeze vacant positions or those open due to attrition. it funds three police academies and allocates $39 million for opd overtime. it helps with violence prevention by adding five new cease fire positions. >> it's been complex. it's been very transparent. >> this budget does include the sale of the oakland coliseum, for which the city administration explains there is no purchase and sale agreement in writing. the proceeds a

abc seven news reporter anser hassan spoke to some bay area activists who are in washington and others who rallied in san francisco to lock him up, lock him up as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed congress, protesters took to the streets of san francisco. >> we are outraged that our tax dollars are funding the genocide of gazans. and it's being done in our name as jews and against, a defenseless palestinian population. >> at the same time, thousands protested netanyahu's visit in washington, d.c, among them oakland resident liv kunis berkowitz. >> netanyahu denigrated protesters as iran's useful idiots, and it's an utter insult to our movement for collective freedom, collective liberation and safety for all human beings. this is his fake news and his pro genocide agenda. talking >> samir arabi is with the arab resource and organizing center in san francisco, which also protested in d.c. i've been dreading this. you know, the fact that this war criminal is here speaking to congress, getting standing ovations, uh- asking for another round of weapons and financing to con

abc seven news reporter anser hassan has a look at the heat's impact on the holiday in the bay area.> hosts many world class parades. alameda's claim to fame. it's said to be the longest 4th of july parade in the country. >> it's a tradition. it's something we always do every single year, and we're all together. and like i said, these guys, i went to kindergarten with and noriega has been friends with these ladies for more than 60 years. >> even the hot temperatures wasn't enough to break tradition. >> we always have a chair and we always have some shade. usa. >> usa. the usa's longest 4th of july parade spans 3.3 miles, with more than 170 entries and 2500 participants. >> i've seen it so many times, but i still enjoy it and i like seeing. >> i always see people i haven't seen in a while. >> daytime parades and festivities packed the streets, but some busy streets and popular parks throughout the east bay are closed due to extreme heat and the threat of illegal fireworks. police earlier in the day directing traffic away from grizzly peak. >> the right thing to do because we have had

irresponsible to, sort of blame the entire organization for whatever faults may have occurred. >> anser hassanbc seven news. >> thanks, unser. friends and family are heralding the acts of the man killed at the rally, corey cooper, a comparator, was the former fire chief at a volunteer fire department. a little more than ten miles away from where the shooting happene. he spent his final moments shielding his family from the bullets. his fellow firefighters remembered his commitment to protecting his community and his love for his family. >> it's just one of them guys in the morning greeting at church would be the guy he went from one side of the church to the other greeting people. one of them smiles that lit up a room. he he was a family man for sure. loved his wife and his daughters dearly. >> besides competitors. death. additionally, tonight, two other victims are still in the hospital. pennsylvania state police identified them as 57 year old david dutch, who is now in stable condition, and 74 year old james copenhaver, who was also stable at this hour. the trump campaign started a go fund m

as abc seven news reporter anser hassan found a decades old bill limiting property tax increases andpeting local, state and federal laws have all contributed. >> you can think about homelessness as being a math problem, where, you know, people have an income and then there's a rent and it doesn't quite add up. >> jennifer friedenbach is the executive director of the coalition on homelessness, based in san francisco. she says most recently, inflation, the pandemic and layoffs have all had an impact. >> you have large swaths of our community that are barely getting by, and so any kind of hit and that knocks them into homelessness, they're also more complicated problems linked to gentrification and corporate landlords, friedenbach says. >> 30 years ago, there was just more housing options. she uses community housing in san francisco as an example. >> there was the, you know, the classic cd flat in the mission where you rent a room, and, you know, you have pretty low rent. it was pretty easy for low income people to get by, she says. >> those options turned into private homes over time,

in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> all right, it's tuesday, so i believe we're still in the cool zone. >> we are. it was nice, wasn't it? yes. >> very nice. meteorologist sandhya patel is here. sandy. yeah, it was absolutely gorgeous. >> we're going to go into the hot zone inland later on this week. so, dan, let me show you a live picture right now from emeryville. camera. you are looking towards emeryville and part of 80 there. absolutely beautiful blue skies right now. temperatures today were in the mid 60s to mid 80s, so just really nice and mild. here's a look at what you can expect this evening if you are stepping out inland areas in the mid 70s. still clear at 9:00. upper 60s. dropping off into the low 60s and around the bay. sun shining 65 degrees. a little breezy at 7 p.m. you will notice those temperatures coming down into the upper 50s late tonight and along the coastline. a mostly sunny at 7 p.m. going down and clouds rolling in into the mid 50s. late tonight. as you look at live doppler seven, the marine layer is off the coastline. it will fill back in. as we hav

abc seven news reporter anser hassan has a look at today's launch and other ways we are expanding commuting via the bay. reporter alameda residents stephanie and todd davis were passengers on the first day of the new oakland, alameda water shuttle. >> it's so convenient. it's just it's going to make going back and forth really easy. so it gives us more options for dining, entertaining, maybe working if you work over there or even here, it'll be great. >> there will be 30 daily trips to and from alameda landing to jack london square in oakland. as the city continues to build more housing and grow. mayor marilyn ezzy ashcraft says they have to find more ways to get people on and off the island. >> we are an island, so we are acutely aware of the impacts of climate change, global warming, greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to that. and so that's why we need to offer folks a better way than driving their cars. >> i'm surprised that we don't use them so much because it's cleaner. it's safer. >> professor ellen givental says the us has a history of relying on cars and expanding highways at

reporting live anser hassan abc seven news. >> answer. thank you. we'll continue to track what's going on with that as we are new developments tonight with the enormous park fire near chico that's showing no signs of slowing down. it's now burned over 350,000 acres combined in butte and tehama counties, making it the seventh largest wildfire in california history. firefighters caught a break with the weather and containment is now at 10% there. still, though, numerous evacuation orders in place and people are being told to get out. here's abc seven news reporter tara campbell. >> flames scorching over 350,000 acres, the park fire growing at a rapid rate. governor gavin newsom ordering a state of emergency in butte and tehama counties saturday. the governor getting a first hand look as evacuations continue. >> fire blows over. i can't make any promise or guarantee that we can get up there to save your life. >> rachael vaughan, fleeing her home near forest ranch. >> it's been stressful. i mean, i had to leave some animals behind, turn them loose, and

reporting live anser hassan abc seven news. >> thank you.e open, but you got to watch out. >> the smoke could come your way and you could see behind unser there, the dried out vegetation. it's just parched in that area. and it's unfortunately the perfect fuel for a fire like this, and especially with the wind. yep >> let's check in with spencer now and find out what the winds are doing right now. >> yeah, larry and kristen, we've had some minor improvement in weather conditions, but not enough to significantly change the situation. so right now, in the area of the fire near bay point, it's 90 degrees down a couple of degrees relative humidity, which had been around 10% earlier. it's now up a little bit to 15%. that's still dangerously low. the wind hasn't changed much. it's out of the west at ten miles per hour. the sustained winds are and the gusts up to about 20, maybe 22mph. so the wind is still blowing in the same direction at roughly the same velocity, and the smoke is still being carried generally off toward the east. and that's what w

so it's so sad. >> in hayward, anser hassan abc seven news. >> governor newsom is putting more moneylopment of new housing across the state. he's awarded $94 million to 15 california counties, with the money going toward construction of more than 1600 new homes. the funds will also go to projects to transform undeveloped properties into affordable housing, all part of california's goal to create 2.5 million new homes by the year 2030. >> new developments in an abc seven news i-team investigation, alameda county filed charges against the former president of a youth swim team in alameda accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the organization. today, the district attorney announced 45 year old sarah new has been charged with three felony counts of embezzlement. new is accused of embezzling more than $50,000 over several months during her time in charge of the alameda gators swim club. >> we're not precluding the possibility of additional charges, but at this time, we're able to say that we have begun the process of holding mr. new accountable for the harm that has been caused to

abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more. >> michael perillo helped direct this motorhome out of an encampment near the bay bridge toll plaza. perillo and others were ordered by the city to clear out by tuesday. >> there's no water out here. there's nothing out here, there's no trash, there's no restrooms and all. that's where we're going. >> so pulo has lived here for the past year, but like others, has agreed to city terms to leave. he's thankful the process has been peaceful. >> we're smart to not, go in and, try to use force to establish some type of rule of law. you can't have a war on homelessness. what we're having is a problem in investment, lack of investment in affordable housing. >> housing is creating the homelessness, though some have been living at the toll plaza beach for more than a year, the sense of urgency to clear out the encampment comes from the san francisco bay conservation and development commission, or bcdc, which oversees the bayfront. it threatened to fine oakland $30,000 if people didn't leave. bcdc says it opened an investigation after receiving comp

abc7 news reporter anser hassan talked to people who had to evacuate. >> the smoke billowing out onto oakland streets was coming from the 12th street bart station below. it was pretty smoky in the tunnel. >> i don't know how bad the fire was. i didn't see it. once they told us there was a fire, they said evacuate at the back of the car, rene morfin and his girlfriend were among the hundreds of bart passengers evacuated. >> they were stuck on bart for 30 minutes until they were let out. >> it was a bit scary just because we didn't know what was going on, but after they evacuated us, we were like, fine. >> we had an engine company that was here at the 12th street bart station. they were here for a medical call and they smelled smoke, so they continued to investigate and found smoke in one of the tunnels. >> battalion chief linda buell says they located the fire coming from an electrical room that burned through some wires and immediately cut power, which impacted the bart stations and forced the evacuations. the smoke in the tunnels by the bart ventilation system was cleared out, which

the only thing that is out here is it's safer than the city. >> in oakland, anser hassan abc seven news. >> mayor breed says the city of san francisco is planning to start a very aggressive sweep of homeless encampments next month. breed talked about that this morning during a mayoral debate hosted by san francisco's firefighters union. our media partners at the san francisco standard were there and say breed applauded the supreme court decision in june that allows cities to enforce rules restricting unhoused people from sleeping outside. mayor breed says the city may start issuing criminal penalties for violations on our 3:00 pm news, we've been talking to all the candidates running for san francisco mayor today, supervisor asha safai explained why his approach to crime is investing more in community policing. >> we're down officers right now, but we're not down the willpower and what i put forward this past january was to have mandatory foot and bike patrols. let's get the officers out of their cars and doing proactive community policing. we have never fully done that in san francisco

not too long after the giants game, abc7 news reporter anser hassan talked to fans who had to evacuate >> the smoke billowing out onto oakland streets was coming from the 12th street bart station below. it was pretty smoky in the tunnel. >> i don't know how bad the fire was. i didn't see it. once they told us there was a fire, they said evacuate at the back of the car, renee morfin and his girlfriend were among the hundreds of bart passengers evacuated. >> they were stuck on bart for 30 minutes until they were let out. >> it was a bit scary just because we didn't know what was going on, but after they evacuated us, we were like, fine. >> we had an engine company that was here at the 12th street bart station. they were here for a medical call and they smelled smoke, so they continued to investigate and found smoke in one of the tunnels. >> battalion chief linda buell says they located the fire coming from an electrical room that burned through some wires and immediately cut power, which impacted the bart stations and forced the evacuations. >> the smoke in the tunnels by the bart ventil

anser hassan abc seven news also largely unaffected. >> san francisco. it's really quite remarkable. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke with the city's executive director of technology about why the city was really not hit that hard. lucy. >> very interesting. yes, despite san francisco not facing the brunt of this outage, city departments are taking notes and said many lessons will come out of today as the world woke up to a global crowdstrike outage. san francisco mostly dodged a bullet. >> it's a lesson learned from us that things happen unexpectedly early friday, the city's executive director for the department of technology began to deploy his team throughout the city, making sure all city operations were live. emergency management, public safety, public health and other critical city operations remain unaffected. >> we checked with multiple city agencies, sfmta said. the city's transportation was not impacted earlier this year, we reported on how the mta's train system operates on floppy disks that prevented any setbacks. the city's fire dep

abc seven news reporter anser hassan talked to local leaders and experts. >> violence has never been the answer. violence is not the answer. violence will never be the answer. >> bay area congressman eric swalwell, himself a victim of political threats reaching across the political divide, condemning what appears to be an attempt to assassinate former president donald trump and warning against threats of retaliation to anyone who is seeking to use this for any political benefit. >> i urge you not to do that. that unity must be our antidote. in a moment like this. >> desperation. this is a desperation move. it's very tragic. >> lisa drisko is a moraga resident and longtime trump loyalist who has organized rallies at the overpass in lafayette. she sees the shooting as an outcome of an escalation in political polarization. >> as president trump was walking off the platform, he put his fist up and said, fight. and that's exactly we need to fight in the political realm. not with bullets, not with fists. >> there's been a build to something like this for some time. john dennis, chairman of

here's abc seven news reporter anser hassan. >> thursday morning, vacaville police officer matthew bowen's motorcycle laid in the road after he was fatally struck by a driver who may have been driving under the influence of drugs. >> we lost a tremendous police officer, but an even better human being. this morning in matthew bowen. the chp says officer bowen was conducting a traffic stop when he was hit from behind by the vehicle. >> officer bowen worked at the concord police department prior to joining the vacaville pd. concord honored bowen with this tribute, saying he was known for his work ethic, solid performance, and friendly demeanor. officer bowen was extremely well liked and respected as a member of our department. he's left a lasting impact on all of us who worked with him. >> he meant a lot to us. and then to find this news out, uh- it sucked and it hurts, but we'll miss him so. >> officer daniel gallegos joined the police force around the same time as bowen. they worked together alongside one another for a few years, he says. officer bowen wasn't just a good friend, but also a

anser hassan abc seven news. >> many people had not heard of crowdstrike until today. the company is a cybersecurity firm founded in sunnyvale, but now based in austin. it provides cloud security and cyber attack response. crowdstrike has worked with the us government on responding to global hacks and cyber espionage coming from russia, china and north korea. it was the first to issue an alert about russian interference in the 2016 election. this morning, its ceo responded to the faulty security update that caused global computer systems to crash. >> i want to personally apologize to every organization, every group and every person who's been impacted by this, and we understand the gravity of the situation. >> crowdstrike stock fell 11% today as a result of the global computer outage. >> now, earlier today, we spoke with doctor grant keene from cal state east bay department of communication. and he says we're only going to see more of these types of events as we continue to rely on technology, the things that we haven't really even thought about for example, electric v

abc seven news reporter anser hassan takes a look at the deal and what happens next. >> oakland cityfficials are celebrating a win and they say it's big. >> today is the start of a boom loop here in oakland, so let's do it. >> oakland mayor shengtao signing the terms of agreement, which allow the city to sell its 50% ownership in the 112 acre oakland coliseum complex for $105 million. this is a vicious cycle. >> we are continuously looking at how we don't have enough resources. so this investment in the coliseum is going to be felt decades from now. >> the city will get $63 million in installments between now and january. the remaining $48 million by june 2026. the deal pumps millions into a city facing a historic deficit. the funds were already included in the recently passed mid cycle budget and prevent massive cuts and layoffs. >> it falls in line with the oakland budget. we worked with our finance team and the funds will be coming in where we can account for them immediately. >> it's being sold to the oakland based african american sports and entertainment group, headed by ray bo

abc seven news reporter anser hassan takes a look.always hot, but experts say there's something important to understand about what's different about this current heat wave hitting the bay area. >> temperatures that you're about to experience. this week and maybe next week in california, would have been made virtually impossible without human induced climate change. >> shel winkley is a meteorologist and the weather and climate engagement specialist at climate central, a nonprofit that studies climate science. he says july is always the hottest month of the year in the bay area, but the intensity and the duration of these heat events are signs of climate change. >> i think the excessive length of this is the biggest teller, right? you can have a heat wave where maybe it's 1 or 2 days. but when it lasts for weeks on end, that's not that's not normal. that's abnormal. >> the national weather service issued a dire warning. it calls this current heat wave an exceptionally dangerous situation, going on to say, quote, an event of this scale,

abc7 news reporter anser hassan was there >> clement street in san francisco's richmond district wasked. abril canul, who grew up in these streets, is happy that her neighborhood is getting some love. >> it's like good to see, like good positive things that like support, like this is what clement is. but there's also new things happening here as well. >> thousands turned out for the richmond district's second summer night market. but beyond the fanfare and food, organizers say there's a strategy at play. >> our theory, our premise is that the road to san francisco's recovery is actually through events and through the streets. >> many yekutiel is executive director of civic joy fund, a nonprofit working to revitalize san francisco. he's also owner of the popular manny's cafe, which hosts political forums. the group is putting $100,000 towards eight night markets, an investment he believes that will pay off big. >> the goal is to have san francisco become the night market city, and we're going to get there in the next few months. >> what i've heard time and time again is that people wa

abc seven news reporter anser hassan.was there clement street in san francisco's richmond district was packed. >> abril canul, who grew up in these streets, is happy that her neighborhood is getting some love. >> it's like, good to see, like good positive things that like support, like this is what clement is. but there's also new things happening here as well. >> thousands turned out for the richmond district's second summer night market. but beyond the fanfare and food, organizers say there's a strategy at play. >> our theory, our premise is that the road to san francisco's recovery is actually through events and through the streets. >> manny yekutiel is executive director of civic joy fund, a nonprofit working to revitalize san francisco. he's also owner of the popular manny's cafe, which hosts political forums. the group is putting $100,000 towards eight night markets, an investment he believes that will pay off big. >> the goal is to have san francisco become the night market city, and we're going to get there in the

abc7 news reporter anser hassan talked to people who had to evacuate. >> the smoke billowing out onto oakland streets was coming from the 12th street bart station below. it was pretty smoky in the tunnel. >> i don't know how bad the fire was. i didn't see it. once they told us there was a fire, they said evacuate at the back of the car, renee morfin and his girlfriend were among the hundreds of bart passengers evacuated. >> they were stuck on bart for 30 minutes until they were let out. >> it was a bit scary just because we didn't know what was going on, but after they evacuated us, we were like, fine. >> we had an engine company that was here at the 12th street bart station. they were here for a medical call and they smelled smoke, so they continued to investigate and found smoke in one of the tunnels. >> battalion chief linda buell says they located the fire coming from an electrical room that burned through some wires and immediately cut power, which impacted the bart stations and forced the evacuations. >> the smoke in the tunnels by the bart ventilation system was cleared out, wh

abc seven news reporter anser hassan spoke to some bay area activists who are in washington, and others who rallied in san francisco. lock him up. >> lock him up. as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed congress, protesters took to the streets of san francisco. >> we are outraged that our tax dollars are funding the genocide of gazans. and it's being done in our name as jews and against, a defenseless palestinian population at the same time. >> thousands protested netanyahu's visit in washington, d.c. among them oakland resident liv kunis berkowitz. >> netanyahu denigrated protesters as iran's useful idiots, and it's an utter insult to our movement for collective freedom. collective liberation and safety for all human beings. this is his fake news and his pro genocide agenda. talking >> samir arabi is with the arab resource and organizing center in san francisco, which also protested in d.c. i've been dreading this. you know, the fact that this war criminal is here speaking to congress, getting standing ovations, uh- asking for another round of weapons and financing to co

abc seven news reporter anser hassan spoke to some bay area activists who are in washington, and otherscisco. lock him up. >> lock him up. as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed congress, protesters took to the streets of san francisco. >> we are outraged that our tax dollars are funding the genocide of gazans. and it's being done in our name as jews and against, a defenseless palestinian population at the same time. >> thousands protested netanyahu's visit in washington, d.c. among them oakland resident liv kunis berkowitz. >> netanyahu denigrated protesters as iran's useful idiots, and

. >> i'm anser hassan in alameda.d as the longest 4th of july parade in the bay area and the celebrations continue tonight with fireworks and more fun. >> a historic water park is now reopened here in the south bay on this hot holiday, and a certain someone is going to check to see how things are going. >> we will get to all of that in just a second. good afternoon. thanks for being here. happy 4th of july. i'm julian glover and i'm j.r stone. >> the heat wave continues and as you can see people are flocking to the beaches like santa cruz. it was not just santa cruz though. huge crowds, packed bay area beaches as people head to the coast to try to beat the heat, take a look at sharp park beach by the pacifica municipal pier. it was a perfect day to bury yourself to lounge in that wet, cool sand. >> those triple digit temperatures are something else we want to check in now with spencer christian for a look at the hot forecast now. spencer there are several more days left in this heat wave, right? >> you're right about

abc seven news reporter anser hassan is following the story at city hall, and we'll have an update for us at 5 p.m. also today, the city council is expected to take up a resolution on the recall of mayor shengtao. if approved, it would place the recall on the november general election ballot . oakland voters would be voting on two recalls. if this happens, the recall of alameda county district attorney pam price was already approved for voters throughout the county. >> well, you're focused on the future of ai here at abc seven news. and today, a plan to rein in its most frightening applications passed a critical test. san francisco state senator scott wiener's bill to regulate major ai systems passed an assembly committee today. the bill would require safety assessment for ai models that cost more than $100 million. the goal is to prevent powerful ai systems from being used to hurt humanity in really catastrophic ways. tech companies are arguing the bill would have a chilling effect on a fast growing industry. wiener says startups would not be impacted. the assembly appropriations comm