valley around eden canyon road, also castro valley boulevard. you see the sensors blowing. a couple big rigs involved. this might have started with a stalled big rig and crash injuries sound like they are involved as well. chp is not on scene yet. this could prove to be a huge issue as folks travel off the dublin interview and over towards castro valley. i will show you the live camera we have in dublin, traffic is moving slowly with those taillights over toward the scene. i have heard a lot of activity and a lot of chatter in the newsroom, i'm following up. back to you. >>> we also have breaking news in campbell right now where police tell us they have arrested an armed man near highway 17 in hamilton after he fired several shots at officers. now, this started about 1:00 overnight, the officers responding to reports of a prowler outside of a home on cyprus lane. that's near 17 and hamilton as i mentioned. officers say when they located the suspect, he ran into a nearby yard. that's when he fired about 12 times. no officers were injured. they ev

located in the heart of the castro at market and castro streets. and you won't miss it, there will be hundreds of booths lining the streets and multiple stages with live music. money from the event goes toward maintenance of the world famous rainbow flag that flies in harvey milk plaza. entry is a suggested 10 bucks. for details on these events and more, go to our website, abc7news.com and hook you up with hood line. >> great weather for all of it. >> toompbl >> >>> coming up on abc 7 news at 4:00, high-end chocolate with a twist. medical marijuana and the company behind it is hoping to open a store in a place you might find a little unusual. >>> and t catch. willie mays gets a new honor were being one of the all-time greats of the game. that story tonight on abc 7 news at 5:00. >>> but right now, one of our favorite segments of the week, perfect pet. as promised, drew is back to introduce us to two little friends. hey, drew. >> yeah, hey, reggie, today we're featuring two dogs from the peninsula humane society. spca. let's meet bella and stripe, b

. >>> 4:33 am, police in castro valley investigating a hate crime after racist graffiti was found on school property. paul chambers says it's not the first time this year that castro valley schools are dealing with this issue.>>> these hateful words and images written on the back inside his pickup truck were found at cannon valley middle school in castro valley. the truck is the property of the district and was parked near the basket courts. >> graffiti was racist, anti- somatic.>> for that reason investigators investigating as a hate crime. the writing seems to be done with a sharpie. deputies believe those involved maybe under age. three months ago and invest get us a similar writing appeared on the campus of castro valley high school. another incident that had similar language written on a pole and a quad of the castro valley high school and the language is similar. >>reporter: the latest as yet to respond. after the incident in june the superintendent wrote this, we are deeply disturbed by the incident involving racist graffiti this past week. when our african-american students a

castro valley and approaching the y is the only big backup for the y.eekend people tend to have a lighter flow of traffic anyway. >> get an early jump on t too. >> a lot of different places will have nice weather this weekend. >> if you're sitting in that traffic you're probably thinking i cannot wait until this weekend. we have some events going on and also some beautiful weather headed our way. looking at saturday's draft for the bay it will be 75 degrees, 68 degrees for the coast and the inland areas will also be comfortable with lower 80s on sunday even just a touch cooler for the interior valleys reaching 81 degrees and 67 degrees for the coast. if you are going to the beach bring a jacket. now, this saturday there will be bark in the park for the humans and their f. you ary friends, we will have very nice and comfortable weather. we will start out with some low 60s at 10:00 but it does quickly warm up. we will be in the lower 80s throughout the day. on sunday comedy day in the park this looks like a hilarious event. it is going to be also very nic

there was no diplomatic initiative that castro didn't know ahead of time what america's hand was.very single one of our moves. how do you think he made seven presidents? >> he was the personal spy for fidel castro. >> not all american citizens take an oath of allegiance. but he took an oath of allegiance to the u.s. government to protect the u.s. government. and he violated that. >> did he say he was sorry? >> no, he's not sorry. kendall myers is not sorry about anything that he did. he is completely unrepentant. he's do it all over again. >> cnn films presented by volkswagen.

returned fire and killed castro.ording to a new report tonight, the district attorney found the killing by the officers to be justify. >>> also according to that report, detectives searched castro's home and found several items of interest including ammunition, zip ties, a suicide letter and more. tonight the fate of pearl pinson is still a mystery. police never found a body. about yet another violent attack.. on bart.. and police were nowhere to be veronica de la cruz, kpix 5. >>> tonight we're learning about yet another violent attack on bart, and police were nowhere to be found. hic.. christin ayers this time a man tells us a stranger came up and sliced his neck. we want to warn you, the images of graphic. christin ayers has the story you'll only see on kpix 5. i could've died, you know. my a father >> i do have symptoms of ptsd. >> reporter: carlos perez struggles to sleep these days. the scar on his neck reminds him of what happened on bart seven weeks ago. >> i could have died. my kids could have not have a fat

castro. his could quickly escalate and escalating 19,000 more people that would be required to have cameras. once again, without getting into what i just talked about, this is going to be a very costly item. we have something called chain of custody on evidence. i.c.e. agents deal with some very, very serious issues, felony issues under federal law. they've got a wide jurisdiction, one of the widest jurisdictions than any agency and some even wider than the f.b.i. now that chain of custody on that camera, where that camera information has to be kept in addition to the evidence so if you are going to present it in court, you can prove the chain of custody. you just enhanced and expanded the amount of costs that it's going to take for an agent to go to trial. i know this is a very popular idea all over the country because it has been supported by the media. but i really in good faith that people have not considered the evidentiary problems that are going to create for themselves by the presence

police castro valley investigating a hate crime, racist graffiti was found on school property.t the first time this year that castro valley schools are dealing with this issue. >> reporter: these hateful words and images written on the back and sides of this about pickup truck were found at officials in canyon school in castro valley. the truck is the property of the district and was parked near the basketball court. >> the graffiti was racist and antisemitic. >> reporter: alameda county sheriff is investigates the incident as a hate crime. the writing on the truck appears to be done with a sharpie. deputies believe that those involved may be under age. three months ago, similar writing appeared on the came pulse of castro valley high school. >> we had another incident that also had very similar language written on a poll in a quad at the castro valley high school and the language is similar. the district has yet to respond to this latest case but after the incident in june, castro unified superintendent wrote this. we are deeply disturbed by the incident. when our african amer

castro left his native syria in the one nine hundred seventy s. when syrian refugees fled to greece two years ago he helped them become squatters in abandoned buildings in central athens as donations to help the refugees began to dry up he set up a charity called syrian solidarity house it rents land to grow fruit vegetables honey pulses and wheat refugees are being taught how to feed themselves and then mix a bit of this but it's not dignified to expect charity racists accuses of burdening greek society now we can prove the opposite we plant sale and even pay wages to those who come with tractors to plough up the fields contributing to the community using a former high school as headquarters castro distributes organic produce to one thousand two hundred people in his care and bart has some of it for fish and milk and the old schools kitchen tomatoes are turned into paste and cans to eat during the winter syrian solidarity house has further ambitions to establish a dairy farm and produce cheese and yogurt and a seed bank to set up individuals as f

traveling towards the castro valley. if you're coming from further out than that i would head south on 680 or north depending where your final destination is. that is still looking great and wide open at this point. it's only going to get worse from here. or mass transsit a decent option. another traffic update in a few. >>> hi, everybody. a changing of the guard that's going to happen today. gone the heat and humidity, back cool temperatures and dry air. you can see the winds gusting to 23 in fair field. no radar returns on live doppler 7. it doesn't mean it's completely dry. still patches of drizzle out there will hang through about 9:00. it's cloudy in san jose. 60 to 63 with drizzle through 7:00. 12-hour day planner sunny everywhere except for the coast. you'll also be locked in the low to mid-60s while the rest of us are in the upper 60s at noon. back in the low to mid-60s, grab a coat if you're heading out this evening. >> mike, thank you. police in campbell are still investigating a shooting overnight. >> officers

castro of texas. the chair: a recorded vote has been requested. those in support of the request for a recorded vote will rise and be counted. a sufficient number having arisen, a recorded vote is ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. this will be a two-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] the chair: on on this vote the eas are -- the chair: on this vote the yeas are 203. the nays 211. he amendment is not adopted. the unfinished business is the request for a recorded vote on amendment number 76 printed in part b of house report 115-295 by the gentleman from california, mr. correa, on which proceed prgs postponed and on which the noes prevailed by voice vote. the clerk will redesignate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 76 printed in part b of ho

castro valley, something is reported. i'm going to check on that with chp.d on the way there at castro valley boulevard. plenty of time of adjust. there may be issues through the area and one lane blocked. i'll track these. i thiz it will be one smaller incident. 680 coming up past automall parkway. the waze system, this is reported by nondescript wazers. we want to know who you are so we can share that conversation. register with our team. let me show you how. this animation we have. go to your profile and click on nbc bay area wazers. that's here, the name of the team and this is how you do it. make sure you join. share the conversation. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> the producer for a netflix series died. carlos munoz was shot several times and left for dead outside mexico city. he felt lucky to have that job. >> a show, how beautiful country, really. how nice people are and to be able to show it off. >> netflix extended their condolences to the family. he made a career scouting places for the movies. experts say the rise in drug gangs make mexico a r

president castro is even i -- invited the fbi to come here.is spoken to the american ambassador. this is unprecedented. l is baffled as american health authorities about this whole thing. juan: we want to look at a new documentary about u.s.-cuba relations called "embargo." it is premiering this week in new york. this is a clip of the trailer that begins with robert f kennedy, junior, th. of hisather spent most days in the white house and said we had to be good soldiers and show up at school. and if there was a cuban war, the none of us would want to be around afterwards. >> [indiscernible] dad virtually told me nothing about cuba. when castro came in to overthrow batista, my father must've been pretty thrilled, actually, because he could remember batista was not such a good guy. >> we are still being lied to today. this unholy alliance between the mix of them off yet and the cia still impacting us today. >> at no time has the cia engaged in any political activity that was not approved at the highest level. made it the united states policy to

we are live with what could be a nightmare commute developing in castro valley. you can see the lanes that are blocked there. could be a rough one. mike is working on the work around for you. want to say good morning to you. thanks for joining us, i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> and i'm marcus washington. we want straight to mike inouye for the latest on that breaking news. >> we're looking at west 580, all lanes, all lanes of westbound 580 are blocked at edie canyon road or just shy of that exit there. you see the big rig, what happened was two big rigs from what i understand they sandwiched a smaller vehicle in between them. the person in that vehicle died as a result of this crash and the drivers from the big rigs were taken from the scene from injuries. there are a couple other ambulances still there, they may be addressing others involved here. there is no fire but there is a fluid leak of some sort. you see these fuel tanks, those are the ones concerning us. already they're complicating this issue, it's complicated because they are also talking about a hazmat s

and castro, when wen intellectuals, for example, a famous sociologist visited castro, and lo and behold, castro knew about one of his books. and this was not an accident, obviously. so intellectuals actually, this whole phenomenon of what i call the politics of hospitality or techniques of hospitality whereby intellectuals invariably encountered ordinary citizens who were familiar with their writings, and, of course, this made a huge impression on intellectuals who thought in their own countries they were underappreciated and not, and didn't have sufficient influence. so these are the two major differences. here i am interested in the broader phenomenon of political hero worship and not limited to the communist ones. now, some of my major findings of conclusions. what these leaders had in common different -- well, apparently different political outlook and certainly different political ideologies, you know, nazis and communists and fascists and so forth. that they projected the sense of mission. i think that was very important. and again, this made a big impression on intellectuals who

this sort of racist graffiti results in great harm and has no place in castro valley." however, with this recent incident it appears it has happened again. investigators believe both cases may be connected. >> we want to reassure families that our officers are patrolling the schools that there's no known threat. >> the sheriff's office says they are reviewing surveillance video in the area of the middle school. call police with information. i'm paul chambers, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> a 30-year-old man is undergoing a mental health evaluation after being arrested in san rafael earlier today. investigators say they received several reports from drivers about a man driving erratically and holding up signs that read, kill jews and kill cops. it all started just after 11 a.m. in the santa rosa-petaluma area. police ended up following the man for more than 20 miles until he finally pulled over and in san rafael. he was taken into custody without incident and is being evaluated by doctors. >>> a bomb threat prompted administrators to evacuate redwood city in larkspur today. offici

look at the massive backup of lights in castro valley. most lanes h after a deadly coln involving two semitrucks and a car. and sky 7 is over the scene right now, cleans up continues. our sky map 7 on sky 7 shows us exactly where this crash happened. on 580 east of and how far this backup extends. at one point, if was up to about 13 miles. thanks for joining us, i'm kristen sze. the traffic nightmare in the east bay is not going away any time soon. it began when one semi stalled, got hit by a car and clipped by a second driver of the secondses dead. even now lanes are open. abc 7 morning's traffic anchor alexis smith, any word on a full re-opening night? >> no, they have not given us a solid timeline. they're working on it, that's gridlock on westbound 580 approaching eden canyon in the castro valley area. getting close to seven hours now we have had total total total the roadway. two lanes open as kristen mentioned, new as of 15 minutes ago. looks like they're making quite a bit of progress. it's a major project, having to offload the se

castro should have made every single one of our moves.think he survived seven presidents? >> he was the personal spy for fidel castro. >> not all american citizens take an oath of allegiance. but he took an oath of allegiance to the u.s. government to protect the u.s. government. and he violated that. >> did he say he was sorry? >> no, he's not sorry. kendall myers is not sorry about anything that he did. he is completely unrepentant. he'd do it all over again. >>> we talk about the arms race, you know, big bombs and big things that could kill people. they're very dangerous, and we don't ever want those out there. but you know, the majority of the people in the world are killed from small arms fire. >> in the last two decades the d.e.a.'s definitely witnessed a large-scale convergence of weapons trafficking and terrorism. >> at least 60 people are confirmed dead in what is clearly a paris terror attack. gunfire, ak-47s in multiple parts of the french capital. >> an arms dealer doesn't care who he sold the weapons to or what they were goin

castro valley, i'm trying to gather as much information from sources. west 580 off the dublin, we have this crash reported. yes, chp went from a disabled vehicle to it was a crash. it was two vehicles set there. no injuries. we are tracking activity and the categories differently now coming off the dublin interchange. i'm concerned. look at the camera off the dublin interchange. all the traffic westbound. moving smoothly over 580, 680 toward san ramon. now, the problem will be past that to the windy road there. let's show what we have via waze as well. the information on the waze community, look at all these icons, look how cute they are. one could be yours. one is a nondescript wazer who reported early on. 25 people said thank you and acknowledged that. we are going to say thank you to that unregistered wazer. we want you to register as well so we can share that conversation as well. we can all benefit from the information from waze and also you can benefit from being on our team. nbc bay area waze zers is where we have the conversation. back to you. >

>>> this is a major problem in the castro valley area.nd 580 just before you get to eden canyon road, this is a sig alert. a crash involving two semis and a smaller vehicle, and they are still working to get someone out of the smaller vehicle that is pinned between both semis. sounds like serious injuries possibly could turn into a fatality investigation as well. obviously we're hoping for the best here. it's not sounding good. right now you can use dublin canyon road for an alternate, essentially cutting around on the surface street that runs parallel to 580. this is not going to be a great alter fat once we start to ramp up for the commute. for now it is working. you can cut around this. the backup not quite to 680 in the dublin/pleasanton area yet. it will get there. be aware today. today might be a great day to use mass transit. highway 4 to the maze, 16 minutes. bay bridge looks great at 8. san francisco to sfo in the green at 9 minutes. we don't have any delays there. let's check in on our forecast with mike nicco. >>> thank you, al

about two miles before castro valley boulevard so we have a backup here.e're hearing a disabled vehicle turned into a collision and that is blocking the middle lane. more details on that as soon as i find them out. take a look at mass transit up next. >>> alexis, thank you. just ahead the reason raiders fans may still be on a sugar high this morning. >>> and is he ready to play? what colin kaepernick is saying about returning to the gridiron. first this morning's "tech bites." >>> in today's "tech bites" a scam connected to the equifax hack. >> thieves are contacting consumers claiming they want to verify accounts and then they steal the information. officials say never give out info to anyone who calls or e-mails you. >> the breach potentially impacted 143 million people. porsche is showing off its first all electric car, the mission e. the company says it will go 0 to 60 in just over three seconds. >> the mission e will go on sale in about two years, a price tag around $80,000. >>> and as expected the emmys dominated social media overnight. >> twitter sh

for example, shea guevara is not in the same class as castro but an important figure. this is a quote, he was the most complete human being of our age. .. this was a remarkable exhilaration that of course the evidence of the society will not or human beings. the projection while so obvious in many of these instances. another intellectual not the same class but some of hume i know sure. he was perceived and he has his own news letter. under the misperceptions. one desire to heal. that he had set out to combat with the powers of the world. he was like taking refuge in the desert. only that can be that purity of the face. you know that he was indeed an ideologist. he died in an attempt to start the movement. and he was executed he himself killed people in the course of the cuban revolution. he was a ruthless idealist. but of course there had been very few people. they take action. another explanation with the high expectations the high expectations could be connected with the very useful complex. and it originated with the american sociology. with the high expectations. p

==scott== lanes of westbound 580 are still shut down in castro valley... a story we )ve been bringing you since 4:30 this morning on today in the bay. bob what is the latest information you are getting there at the scene? what's the latest you've got? >> reporter: good morning, to you scott and kris, as you can see behind me, headlights are heading in the westbound direction. the number three and number four lanes of westbound 580 are reopened here at eaten canyon, but if you look towards the right, number one and number two lanes, they're shut down while caltrans continues to clean up the mess caused by this early morning crash. it is going to take time, an hour or two, that big rig needs to be offloaded and hauled away. we've heard from commuters who've been stuck in this back-up for four to five hours this morning trying to get from the outer rim of the east bay into places like oakland and san francisco. this accident happened around 4:20 this morning. the chp tells us that the driver of a black sedan clipped a big rig on westbound 580, that truck driv

saying they wanted to show that there's no room for racism in castro valley. police are reviewing surveillance video from the area to try and find the people responsible. (pam) hapening now: police are on the hunt for the suspect in connection with an armed robbery that occurred at a danville walgreens. it happened around eight -this morning... at the walgreens on san ramon valley boulevard. the suspect was wearing a surgical mask and holding a gun,he entered the store and went straight to the store's pharmacy. he demanded prescription pillsthen left the scene. no one was hurt. (pam) in petaluma, police are looking for the robber who held up a seven- eleven store at gunpoint. it happened around one- this morning at the store on redwood highway. the suspect demanded money -- then ran away on foot.. no one was hurt. (pam) belmont police have released photographs of a woman they say... stole from a teacher's purse last month. it happened at central elementary school on middle road.. authorities say, the woman told school staff she was picking up her child.... but

a deadly big rig crash has stopped traffic near castro valley.t the scene and robin will have your detours. and ahead in gary's world... the cleveland indians are on a winning streak... why there's so much love for them.. and hate for the warriors. and how one of the warriors carries the larry o-brien trophy where ever he goes, (mark) breaking news we are following this morning... a big mess for the commute as a big rig crashes on west bound 5-80 in the east bay. (darya) this is video of the scene... it's happening near castro valley. one person has died in the crash... and all lanes are blocked right now. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom. (mark) and i'm mark danon. we have team coverage of the crash

what have you do don't head into the castro valley area.at our forecast with mike nicco. >> a gorgeous shot from the sun rise. check it out. drizzle to dry conditions this afternoon. fewer clouds. much cooler tonight and seasonal. small craft advisory gets breezy at 9:00 north of the bay bridge this morning through 3:00 tomorrow evening. look what it does to our temperatures. 64 to 66 from the coast to san francisco. 70 to 77 for our bay temperatures. about 77 to 82 in our inland neighborhoods. this all comes with lighter humidity. 50 in santa rosa. wouldn't be surprised if some neighborhoods 48 or 49 tonight. hurricane max just developed raking heading to the east over the next 24 hours. 40-mile-per-hour winds and some rain, maybe localized flooding. another system that could be hurricane norma could hit sunday afternoon. and then head into the mainland and up into texas. more sunshine and then look at saturday and sunday. back to average. morning clouds, afternoon sunshine and a touch of autumn in the air. >> mike, thanks. if this cat cou

bay and 90s possible a little farther north with a little more sunshine. 80 to 84 until you get to castro get to 90 to 1 about. the air is still hat at least by average standards. going to the game this afternoon. poor air quality out there. hazy and temperatures in the upper upper 60s along the coast and after we get to the low 80s say around 2:00, and we'll be in the 60s and 70s everywhere by 8:00. >> let me show you the low, 65 to 15. that's what i'm talking about. we're still not going to cool off until the 50s and 660s that we're used to in the overnight and that will keep your some areas that are really warm right now from getting the comfort level that you want. my accuweather forecast, but the time we get to the wednesday is all of us are dealing with the sea breeze and everybody will be able to breathe easier and sleep better. >> open the windows. >> thanks, mike. >> you bet. >> at mission is 8 bucks on lone tree way and the city is opening the community centers for those who need a place to be out of the heat. >>> hundreds of cyclists are competing in the 43rd annual giro d'san

and the world to know in castro valley there is no room for racism(julie greenfield/castro valley resident-so disappointed and hurt. castro valley is such a wonderful town in so many ways. however every once in a while this under current pops out)the school district quickly told the alameda county sheriff's office about the racist graffiti which was directed towards african americans and the jewish community investigators consider the act... a hate crime(todd finley/castro valley resident-i thought right away we needed to respond. that people need to show we care. we wanted everyone to know they are supported in our community)(will tran/castro valley-the school district says it's unfortunate what happened but they're using this as a teachable moment that they have talked about it and will continue to talk about. that they won't stand for racism. in castro valley will tran kron 4 news) (vicki) a five-year-old modesto boy was suspended last month when he told his teachers he had a bomb in his backpack... but it's the school's reasoning for the suspension that has his parents upset. (vicki) a fi

but right now daca is the only legal paperwork allowing her to stay.sot: amanda de castro/ dreamer//can't imagine having to drop out of college, leave everything i have here. and i don't even know where i would start over there."a meeting to renew her daca paperwork is this tuesday - the same day the president is expected to make an announcement to phase out the program within the next 6 months.sot: amanda de castro/ dreamer// "so i was feeling extra nervous about it tomorrow."(nats: typing) amanda's channeling those nerves into action by taking matters in to her own hands and launching an online petition to keep daca alive called "bay area defending daca now!"sot: amanda de castro/ dreamer// "it's something that benefits me as a person but i think doesn't get in the way of anybody else's life so i wish people would reflect what are you really doing, what's the goal here?"she's already reached a goal of at least 100 signatures but the support keeps growing. the petition will be sent to attorney general jeff sessions.but until a final decision is made - the future of about 800 thousan

a quick check of drive times, overall not too bad, tracy to castro valley, 1 hour, 3 minutes a. crash blocking the far left lane. so we'll take a look at that in just a minute. highway 85 to the san jose airport, you look great at 11 minutes. northbound 280 highway 1 to san francisco wide open in the green at nine minutes. >> thank you, alexis. developing news out of the east bay, san leandro police are looking for the suspect they say ran over two of their officers. here's a live look at the scene in the parking lot in front of the safeway. police say the officers were trying to stop a suspect after he shoplifted from the store last night. that's when the suspect jumped into his car and drove off hitting the officers. both officers taken to the hospital. one has been released. the other is recovering from some broken bones. we're told that officer is expected to survive. >>> okay, think about how you might react in this situation. someone hands you a note on b.a.r.t. saying you need to give up your wallet and your phone or else. >> crazy. the woman it happened to had to get cre

castro valley, 55. about 60 to 63 for the rest of us.temperatures everywhere. pretty mild this morning. you can see sfo becoming partly cloudy. not expecting delays this morning. mass transit will be cool to mild today and it will be very breezy on the bay. more on the cold front that's going to bring all of this to us. i'll have a timetable up next. a timetable for stuff this weekend? >> i sure do. b.a.r.t. giving us the early warning that the station will be closed all for work on the silicon valley extension. this is going to add to your commute if you are starting things out at that warm springs station so there will be a bus there to ship you over to the fremont station and that could add about 20 to 30 minutes to your trip and, again, this is for the next couple of weekends. plan ahead if you're going to be t b.tginiv doon't drive warm springs, driv to fremont instead saving you that shuttle time there rds this morning, no major issues so far. westbound 580 near north flynn road. a disabled vehicle. they were able to pull off to th

live from castro valley, jackie ward, kpix 5. >>> time now 6:57.ocrats say there is an agreement to protect daca illegal immigrants brought to the u.s. as children. but president trump says no agreement was reached. this morning, mr. trump tweeted, no deal was made last night on daca. it followed a dinner the president and two democrats held to discuss the immigration program. the white house suggested there was an effort to find common ground. >>> a boost in security is expected tonight in uc-berkeley as conservative author ben shapiro heads to campus. police are preparing for protests to get violent. the berkeley college republicans invited shapiro and hope the event remains peaceful. >>> the president and first lady go to florida today to see the devastation left behind by hurricane irma. the storm knocked out a transformer and powered a nursing home air-conditioning. eight people died. a criminal investigation is under way. >>> campbell police have a suspect in custody and are searching for more possible suspects after police received reports o

but after the incident in june, castro county unified superintendent wrote this: >> with this recent incident, it appears it has happened yet again, and investigators believe both cases may be connected. >> we want to reassure families that officers are patrolling the schools, and that there's no known threats. >> reporter: officers are reviewing surveillance video. if you know anything about advertise case, you're asked to give them a call. >>> a group of business owners and oakland residents rally ed today against a propose nod ballpark for the oakland a's, calling themselves the save the rightway coalition. they oppose the proposal to build a 35,000 seat stateium west of lake merit. they say a ballpark at that site could harm the lake, cause even more traffic congestion, and worsen housing problems in the area. >> when you come into the community, and you displace thousands of people from their homes, change the character of the home and neighborhoods they live in, you are attacking that neighborhood. >> but a number of other local business groups, including the oakland chamber of

. >> 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 fight to prevent this from happening again, th

market and castro street.here will be hundreds of booths lining the streets and multiple stages with live music. money from the event goes toward maintenance of the world famous rainbow flag that flies in harvey milk plaza. entry is a suggested ten duckbu. for more, go to our website, abc7news.com, and we'll link you up with hoodline. >>> san jose earthquakes are giving a young boy with leukemia a once in a lifetime chance to be a pro soccer player. 8-year-old jason will sign a one-day contract with the quakes and serve as the honorary captain. he'll also kick the game's ceremonial first goal and greet his teammates as they come out of the tunnel. this is part of major league soccer's childhood socancer awareness month. good luck, jason. >>> still to come, permanently grounded. tom price, the secretary of health and human services, resigns after being scrutinized for chartered government flights. >>> plus is your jack o'lantern in jeopardy? there's talk of a possible pumpkin shortage. ♪ ♪ hi! leaving a career

in cuba under staffed during a crucial period when relations were just beginning to thaw and raul castro is expected to step down as president of cuba soon. yeah well actually remember oh castro not only is expected but he signs are that yes he will be extending down in february of two thousand and twenty eighteen this will be the first time in over five decades that one of the castro brothers is not the president of cuba. this comes at a important time. i think that the since the announced opening restoration of diplomatic relations we've seen a number of different working groups that have formed with us and cuban officials look you know cuba is is ninety ninety miles off of the off of us u.s. shores this is you can reach cuba you know on a hydrofoil and you know under two hours hour and a half and the cooperation with cuba is so fundamental to u.s. security from everything from narcotics trafficking to environmental concerns and across a number of other issues and so that has been i think very positive over the last couple years to actually have us in cuban authorities seem down and ta

stand by for the castro valley y. that crash did clear from the roadway to the shoulder, northbound we had a lot of slowing for because for about ten minutes we had the left lane blocked as you're approaching the sum met. chp -- there you go, yellow to green the speed sensors just updated slowing for the distraction just as summit road itself. everything should be off the roadway now. also this son the connecter it should be clear it shortly. eastbound 580 then looping back on to northbound 238 so not really a commonly used route through the area because most folks get being on to 238 or 880 go directly over there. a smooth flow of traffic through the maze, we do ray crash west 80 at willow that's clearing to the shoulder. mild slowing just before you goat highway 4, and the north bay no delays over on this side. we'll look at the bay bridge toll plaza. 4:47, no delay at the toll plaza. >>> it's 4:47. president trump's son expected to meet privately with the senate committee staff. it's all tied to the investigation o

our own jessica castro is here with key leaders to talk about some of today's pressing issues in our hispanic or latino communities. >> okay, thank you, cheryl. and joining me in the studio are anna gagliuffi with the latino community foundation, or lcf. janeth medina is corporate strategy analyst for bank of the west and is a part of lcf san francisco latino giving circle network. juan cruz is superintendent of franklin-mckinley school district in san jose. and maricela gutierrez is executive director of siren, which stands for services, immigrant rights, and education network. thank you all for joining me today. >> yes. >> today, we want to discuss why it's so important to support the latino community here in the bay area, and one of the first topics i wants to ask you about is philanthropy. we hear about philanthropic organizations all across the bay area, but only about 1% of philanthropic dollars in the entire country go to latino-based organizations. and for our community here locally, i want to ask you -- anna, let's start with you -- why it is important to give dollars to lat

the slowing's because the volume out of castro valley.tually two crashes involving a total of five cars we're waiting for tow trucks to arrive. look at the travel times, you do see 238 slows a bit, nothing dramatic but it's what we saw on the sensors of course and the drive time get over toward the bay bridge, an easy drive, 20 minutes from highway 4 down to the bay bridge toll plaza where those metering lights are on. not a surprise for anyone there. >>> it's almost friday. >> look ahead to the weekend. >> a lot of people this week did go by pretty fast because maybe had you monday off and as we look forward to the weekend we will have some warmer temperatures than we're going to see today. so it's going to be in the low 80s for the bay. the coast at 69 degrees, not like this past weekend. and it's going to be up to 88 degrees for the inland valleys. and for sunday, looking at some hot temperatures, even hotter than saturday, 96 degrees. so think you'll be trying to find a place to cool off, maybe you'll be making plans go to the coast w

i was in one of cuba's most prominent schools when i made a joke about president fidel castro.slept on the bunk bed on top of me recorded our conversation and i was expelled from school. my mom said the only choice is for us to leave cuba. i'm a business man. i've lived in miami for 35 years. it's my home base. i come back and forth to cuba. i've been coming to cuba for over 20 years. i mean, cuba is a communist country in economic transition. fidel castro allowed cubans to establish more businesses. there are people that are making money. there are people that have created a tremendous amount of wealth. >> anthony: people with family connections to the states, people tied to the exploding tourist industry, small business owners, taxi drivers, people operating in ever-changing gray areas of what is permissible. how's it work right now? if you're cuban, you can sell your property to -- >> hugo: another cuban from cuba. and that's what's happening right now. a lot of cuban-americans, a lot of cubans living abroad are now coming back, and through relatives, are buying property. ob

artie's lewis castro staying across those protests for us thank you for the update and. now the region's minister for foreign affairs has called on europe to intervene in the situation he says that by trying to block the vote madrid is violating democratic principles of the e.u. the call echoes the calland president's earlier statements accusing the european commission of turning its back on his region's right to vote. i was going to i think we will have earned the right to be heard this is something that has not happened up to now this is something the european commission has been deaf to they will not be able to continue ignoring this issue. well catalans voiced their anger at madrid journalists have been trying to pin down the e.u. to get its view of the media briefing this week r.t. spoke to one of the reporters who were there. now when you have a double stand out in a freedom of expression whilst found that four thousand. in other strand out for the throne yet you condemn it when they shut down cambodia daily but you stay silent when a member states starts playing w

livermore to pleasanton to did you brain and castro valley looks pretty good. interstate 880 in oakland moving along pretty well. a little bit wet. not a major problem for the commute, at least not at this time. 5:02, back to the desk. >>> expect bay area thunderstorms last night, steve told us. that's exactly what many of us saw and heard. >> for quite a while. in oakland, streaks of lightning across the sky. the national weather service says as of 10:00 last night, about 1000 cloud-to-ground strikes were spot across the bay area. >> and at the san francisco skyline, some lightning spotted, startling many people. >> a tree was hit by lightning at 24th and fulton. it fell on a car. no one was hurt. the man who took the photo says that traffic lights were out in the area and the air smelled like burning smoke. this is how hard it was raining in the santa cruz mountains around dinner time. lightning struck a tree and caused a live power line to come down on east san inez avenue and ramona street. firefighters say that branch that fell was about 8 to 10 feet long.