judge brinkley found him in technical violation multiple times.november 2012, she banned meek from touring for a month after he was arrested for suspected marijuana use but never charged. in 2014, she sent meek to jail for four to six months for traveling without permission and testing positive for opioids and added more years to his probation. and two years later, she slapped him with house arrest without permission to work for 90 days. again, for travel violations. and for giving a fake urine sample. and again, added more years to his probation. >> a lot of law-abiding people who hear this story and think technical or not, you knew what the rules were, you violated them. how do you explain that? >> you know, we've never made any excuses for anything. they're expected to tow a line. but when you put somebody on a tight rope, and i don't mean probation, but tight rope for their entire adult life, they are going to fall off. >> according to the bureau of justice statistics, meek was one of a staggering number of people on probation, one-third were

leslie brinkley is on the story. leslie: bart police say it was a targeted attack, a man shooting a man on a marc train at 1:25 this afternoon the suspect, police said, was able to escape. but you can imagine panic among passengers. they were trapped in that train car until it got to the lake merritt station, where they ran out. >> based on the video we received, at this time, we are confident that this was not a random attack. leslie: we are told that the man who was shot was severely injured, life-threatening injuries. he was takenhe is undergoing surgery and listed in stable condition. bart police say multiple shots were fired and they have videof. meanwhile, the suspect got away. there was a moment when bart detained a suspect outside the lake merritt station. they later released him as not connected to the shooting, so the suspect in the shooting is at large. in oakland, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. dion: happening in just about one hour, leaders from the aap i community are scheduled together in oakland's littl

i'm leslie brinkley. abc7. >> the other big concern, the heat wave. >> sandhya patel has when the warm-up will begin. >> i would call it a heat up. today is warmer. towards thursday, temperatures soaring. excessive heat watch in effect for the entire bay area beginning saturday morning got extended today until 8:00 p.m. tuesday. highs upper 90's to up to 110 degrees possible. lows in the 60's to 80's. risk of heat illnesses will be going up considerably. taking a look at the sampling of temperatures. saturday into the triple digits. sunday. 105 in antioch. monday, possibly exceeding the 110 degree mark in fairfield. high risk of heat illnesses. limit outdoor plans in the heat. keep cool and check on the elderly and pets. i will let you know when you get a break and a full look at the holiday weekend forecast. >> still ahead. could one school districts unusual request to families be a sign of the housing challenges in the bay area? we tell you about the message sent to try and ease the housing crisis for t

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. dan: earlier this year abc7 news took a deep dive into this topic to see what needs to be done to make this zero emission dream a reality. check out the full special. go to the abc7 bay area streaming tv app on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and google tv. ama: new develop its. chp detectives arrested two suspects in connection to two separate freeway shootings. what happened when a single bullet struck the windshield of a couple's car in june. the suspect was arrested and is facing multiple charges, including attempted murder. the second shooting occurred on 680 near stone valley road last month. police found a single vehicle with multiple gunshots. the chp arrested the suspect in that shooting. he was booked in martinez detention facility and is facing multiple charges. no reports of injuries in either shooting. dan: still ahead, a dog held for ransom in the south bay. how the scary situation unfolded and the condition of the dog right now. ama: plus, after flashing his membership card

and douglas brinkley. glad to have you on tonight. i mean carl, i'll start with you. because i feel like we are in the wild wild west. more often than not. so much of what we've experience together over the past six or seven years is astounding. but nuclear documents potentially being within the documents, not within the federal government's control? but at mar-a-lago? the seriousness of the potential threat to national security information. i just don't know what to say. it is so concerning. what is your thought? >> my first thought is, let's find out exactly what those materials are. we do not know yet. but i tell you what i do know, if you go back to what i said on anderson's show. the other night. i had spoken with someone in the highest level of intelligence, bureaucracy or establishment. the highest level. through the trump presidency. throughout those years, who said look. these documents are of the highest magnitude. there is no question, or garland and the justice department wouldn't have done mess. that's what we're seeing now. we need to wait for them to id

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ama: leslie brinkley has been trying to stay cool by exploring new air-conditioning technology beingexplored. reporter: a cool story on a hot day. after all, this is the time of day that is peak use for the electric grid and running ac at your house is very expensive. uc davis is trying to address this. this is the western cooling efficiency center at uc davis where they are trying to develop new air-conditioning technology that addresses problems with the grade and challenges of climate change. >> this could change commercial air conditioning. it could replace a traditional unit. reporter: this would address the problem of energy consumption on hot days. >> what occurs is there is too much demand for electricity. one way to address it is using a battery. this new technology instead of using a battery uses a liquid that absorbs moisture. by using this liquid, it acts like a battery but is much less expensive. reporter: they are basically integrating air quality index, forecast, and air purifier totye coming to california. fascinating. there are only -- those are only two of the proje

both edited by douglas brinkley.f you have not read it and if you love thompson, i highly recommend that. but again i think it's on his best stuff. not on deadline, his voice not edited. not written for money, it's just him expressing himself in a direct and powerfulls way. they also see what a great literary networking he was paid maybe that is why he kept everything the way he did. i think it was inspired by some other people like henry miller are posted in big sur and uses correspondence to keep his literary network live it. that's what you have to do for going to live in these remote places. it was model of authorship was so unique. he had to do things a little bit differently. one was write letters like crazy. so the letters are ahe great source except the ones of publishing the books bite brinkley unavailable to everyone including his son i think his son is only seen once when he was writing his. >> responsible? echoes sold to a a consortium. includes johnny depp. there has been some talk about trying to do som

it's not abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley looks into the safety of swimming in the bay as we head toward labor day weekend. the second we got in i i knew it wasn't right. it was way too dark. it was almost like swimming through chocolate this triathlon club president got out when she realized the salty tasted the brown water was different a couple of weeks ago and she hasn't gotten back in since then. we've actually advised our athletes not to go in the water with that kind of warning that's out there. it's just too risky to put our health at risk signs are posted at some locations along the east bay shoreline warning pets and children not to go in and reminding people to not eat clams or muscles harvested from the bay right now, but technically swimming is still okay, according to the east bay regional park district signage is good to go in the water. you may go in the water. the water out of your mouth and after you've been in the water. shower off and towel off this current red tide or algae bloom is wreaking havoc on aquatic life all over the bay area even spreading into oakla

both edited by douglas brinkley. if you haven't read it and you love thompson i highly recommend that. i think it's some of his best stuff. not on deadline,his voice, not edited . notwritten for money . just him expressing himself. in a direct and colorful way. you also see what a great literary networker he was maybe that's why he kept everything the way he did. i think it was inspired by other people like henry miller who posted up at big sur and used his correspondence to keep his literary networker alive. >> .. one of them was write letters. so the letters are a great source but except for the ones that were published in his books by brinkley, including. his soni think has only seen the archives wants when he was riding his -- >> who is responsible for being so -- >> they sold it to a consortium, the family or thompson sold it to a consortium that includes johnny depp and that includes some talks about try to do something with them but his finances and personal life are little messy right now and so i don't think

so the letters are a great source, but except for the ones that were published in those books by brinkley. unavailable to everyone including his son. i think one even i think is only seeing the archives wants, you know when he was riding his mom who's the archives? why why who is responsible for it being so shut so close all the to a consortium the family or thompson sold it to a consortium that includes johnny depp. and there has been some talk about, you know trying to do something with it, but he probably know that depth finances are and personal life are a little messy right now. and so i don't think these letters are really at the top of the list of things, you know, he's going to get to in the short term. and also, i think they may be trying to sell them, you know to to a different place. i understand they have librarians research librarians working on them. you know processing them. and so on they're supposed to be in a storage facility in los angeles right now. they make they may be made available. who knows but right now and go about your research then for the book. yeah. so what

because in that case, we are not united states and its allies, brinkley, britain, we will go to war to overthrow a democracy. went to war to overthrow one of the most vicious dictators in the post . $945.00 history of the world. we were not successful in achieving a stable and outcome as we hoped. but i don't think anybody graphs that saddam hussein has gotten no one in iraq and no one outside iraq. and so we were in the issue. there is one we weren't successful in doing what we hope to do, but to suggest that there is some excuse for russia by in its war of atrocity atrocity as a deliberate tactical war in ukraine. you know, they can invoke anything they want, but the fact is they are firing rockets at apartment buildings right now. you are one of george w bush's speech writers at the time, in fact, to colorado. what i missed the axis of evil phrase that he used in his 2002 state of the union speech. the speech touched on iraq, north korea, and iran. and said, states like these and that terrorist allies constitute an access of evil arming to threaten the peace of the world. in any of

it's not abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley looks into the safety of swimming in the bay as we headkend. the second we got in i i knew it wasn't right. it was way too dark. it was almost like swimming through chocolate this triathlon club president got out when she realized the salty tasted the brown water was different a couple of weeks ago and

leslie brinkley talked to chevron officials at an event called the richmond road to zero. >> politicians and oil company giants seem to agree. there are ways to transition away from fossil fuels. >> [inaudible] >> they can be powered by that police. being able to supply this emerging market. >> technology is here and part of a zero vehicle transition. the first will open in richmond. it will end up dominating the car market but they foresee hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles taking over much of the trucking industry. >> as you scale up in either size or the distance or range, that's where hydrogen makes a lot more sense. >> 30 are being donated to replace aging vehicles. leaders hope richmond can be big nick of a city where the road to zero emissions starts. larry: this comes after months of rising gas prices slowly going back down. the national average is $3.87 a gallon. in california, we pay $5.29 a gallon. san francisco has $5.52. kristen: looking at what needs to be done to make this zero emission dream a reality. the check out the full special called california dreaming, go to abc

leslie brinkley tells us it appears to work against all current variants and all future variants.e changer. >> a year from now, we could be using a nasal spray to keep from getting covid. not current variants, but even future mutations. to science emerging from uc berkeley that researchers are ready to take to the fda to start human trials. it is a team effort that does not target the spike protein on the to -- on the covid viruslike current vaccines do. instead, the new treatment targets the heart of the virus, the nucleus, as it attacks human cells. >> the virus actually reprograms the cell into its own copy machine. it's like a trojan horse that injects the genomic rna from the virus into the cell. that rna then makes copies of itself. we are binding molecular velcro to the virus, tiny snippets of dna binds to specific sequences in the viral rna and jams the copy machine. this is very different from previous efforts. >> the newly developed nasal spray is designed to prevent infections even from mutations. if someone already has covid, it could be dispensed from something like a

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in the bay area, leslie brinkley says hp is on the lookout more than ever. >> high-speed was behind this fatal pedestrian accident in oakland last week. speed is one of the things officers look at as a warning sign the driver could be impaired. >> we have had so many people reach out and say the drivers have gotten so much worse since the pandemic. i have heard so many different theories on why, but it is all anecdotal. leslie: the latest statistics from the national highway safety administration show a huge spike in fatal crashes in the first quarter of 2022. over 9500 people died, a 7% increase over the previous year. the highest since 2002. >> why this spike has been taking place, i do not think there is one thing we can point our finger to. but we do know it appears there have been some who have consumed more alcohol than they have previously. hopefully we can reduce duis getting the message out. i california -- leslie: a state law takes effect this week requiring waitstaff at bars and restaurants to take mandatory training as a way to put it down in duis. the other is the "drive sob

leslie brinkley has details. >> the second we got in, i knew it wasn't right. it was too dark. it was like swimming through chocolate. leslie: this triathlon club president got out when she realized the water was different a couple of weeks ago. she has not gotten back in since. >> we have advised athletes not to go in the water. with that kind of warning that is out there, it is too risky. leslie: signs are posted at some locations along the east bay shoreline warning pets and children not to go in and reminding people to not eat clams harvested from the bay right now. technically, swimming is still ok according to the east bay regional park district. >> the signage is good to go. you can go on the water. keep the water out of your mouth. after you have been in the water, shower off. leslie: this current red tide algae bloom is wreaking havoc on aquatic life all over the bay area, spreading into oakland's lake merritt where thousands of dead fish have been washing up on the beaches. the algae admits that she emits a fish toxin and sucks oxygen out of the water. >> there are ab

leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. ama: california's largest wildfire of the year is now named for a fifth death. the mckinney fire started july 29th. the u.s. forest service announced that one of its longtime fire lookouts died at her home in the small town of klamath river. the first service posted this photo of her. flames from the fire have scratched more than 94 square miles and destroyed more than 100 homes. the fire is 40% contained. a new study is shedding light on the dangers of dry lightning three wildfire season. researchers from the national lightning detection network say dry lightning sparked four of the seven largest world fires in california in the past three years. the non-happens during storms in extreme drought areas where the air is so dry, rain evaporates before it even hits the ground. with california in the mega drought, experts expect dry lightning to become more frequent, in the digital become more extreme. dan: our commitment to covering health issues, a pillar in building a better bay area fo

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> a fifth person has died in the fire in far northern california. the u.s. forest service posted this picture of 73-year-old kathy shupman. she was one of the agency's fire lookouts. officials say she guide in her home in the small town where many homes were destroyed. that fire is the largest in this state this year. started july 29th. it has burned 60,000 acres. it is 40% contained. new study shedding the light of the dangers of dry lightning during wildfire season. researchers from the national lightning detection network says it sparked four out of seven of the fires in the past few years. it happens during storms in extreme drought areas where the air is dry and rain evaporating. experts expect dry lightning to become frequent and the danger more extreme. >> happening today activists are demanding action to slow the spread of monkeypox. they will hold a protest in 30 minutes to advocate for more testing, treatments and vaccine doses. organizers say local and federal emergency declarations are the first step. they want officials to look ahead to

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and and the reporting again david brinkley since sunday morning mobs of angry -- paralyzed the city spreading fire and destruction military metaphors we use to cover the crisis and reinforce the dominant white opinion of black urban communities as dangerous violent and crime invested not seeing beneath the surface or the how this all played out the press gave scan to teach attention to underlying conditions that fueled these pitched urban battles, but it did set office scramble for political advantage. the republicans started, you know getting on johnson saying you haven't done enough to protect people on the street. and governor ronald reagan got into the action now ted it as possible candidate for president and branded the racial stripe in detroit and elsewhere as riots of law breakers and mad dogs against the people. president johnson went on television and delivered an address on july 27th announcing that he had created a commission to investigate the causes of the riot and make recommendations. he didn't ask the looting arson plunder and pillage and the criminals who committed these acts

and they love my wife over there in brinkley. gloria hunt, that's my wife's name.irst grade students. i mean, just like they were hers. she knows how to teach. a lot of people, they watch what you do. they say ms. hunt, we got your back. my wife was getting ready to retire, but she said i love those kids, i am not going to leave. but if they don't start giving these teachers the proper financial support, you are going to lose a lot more. they need to start paying these teachers. i watch my wife, every day, she comes home and works until she gets ready to go to bed. let me tell you one other thing she does before i get out of here, she goes to walmart and buys gifts for kids to incentivize them to do good. when they do good, she takes money out of her own pocket to give to these kids, these little gifts, and they love that. yellow have a good day -- y'all have a good day. host:host: that was kenneth talking about there was a special session last month in arkansas in the governor said a teacher salary increase would not be included in that debate because there is not

and they love my wife over there in brinkley. gloria hunt, that's my wife's name.es those first grade students. i mean, just like they were hers. she knows how to teach. a lot of people, they watch what you do. they say ms. hunt, we got your back. my wife was getting ready to retire, but she said i love those kids, i am not going to leave. but if they don't start giving these teachers the proper financial support, you are going to lose a lot more. they need to start paying these teachers. i watch my wife, every day, she comes home and works until she gets ready to go to bed. let me tell you one other thing she does before i get out of here, she goes to walmart and buys gifts for kids to incentivize them to do good. when they do good, she takes money out of her own pocket to give to these kids, these little gifts, and they love that. yellow have a good day -- y'all have a good day. host:host: that was kenneth talking about there was a special session last month in arkansas in the governor said a teacher salary increase would not be included in that debate because th