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this morning an abc news i-team exclusive from dan noyes in rome. a lawyer is criticizing the criminal investigation and dismissing a photograph showing the suspect with a knife before his trip to rome. here is dan noyes. >> reporter: the factor of the san francisco teen accused of stabbing to death an italian police officer walked by cameras in rome. family attorney craig peters spoke to us exclusively. >> they're looking forward to seeing their son. this is actually where they spent their honeymoon. they have a great love for italy and feel devastated that this happened here. >> reporter: peters is also dismissing this photo posted to finn's instagram attack that aired on italian television that shows him in san francisco before his trip holding a knife that appears to be the same style as the murder weapon. >> the kid has a knife. at least in san francisco and mafr ka, that's not a super surprising thing. people carry it for protection. about leaks. as for the other defendant i tried to reach gabe natale's grandfather. no one came to the door. hi

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i'm dan noyes of channel 7. i need to talk to you about the fire alarm. can you tell me what happened? >> no. no. i'm not talking. thank you. >> reporter: why not? >> it's clear. >> reporter: and today, prosecutor steve wagstaff filed a misdemeanor complaint that carries up to a year in county jail and a possible $1,000 fine. >> we do follow a philosophy that for bad conduct, there's consequences. >> reporter: other cops tell me she should have known better. she's no rookie, and worked at the department for 24 years, and earned $226,000 last year if you count overtime and benefits. for the i-team, dan noyes, "abc7 news." >>> here in oakland, i'm talking to this man about the barber academy he's working on opening to help people who live here stay here. we'll have more coming up. >>> a mom is fighting to keep her long-time vanity license plate. >> why the dmv asked her to change it after 15 years. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. a nice combination of fog and sun today. >>> here's a look at what's coming up on jimmy kimmel live. jimmy? >> watch this. [

dan noyes got it done. >> these flowers are a hint. see the turnout to the funeral for a woman killed in the el paso shooting. her husband had no family to invite so he invited the whole >>> a 76-year-old vietnam veteran is finally receiving medical care at a v.a. hospital this week. but only after the abc 7 news i-team helped him cut through the red tape. >> he called dan noyes for help and he may help other veterans in a similar situation. >> it may be difficult to work through if you're not feeling well. this came down to lost records and i helped find them. >> he had a tough couple years, heart failure and leg amputation and staph infection. so as a vietnam veteran, he turned to the v.a. for help. >> for no other reason just to get a number of medicines i was on via the v.a., i applied for health care. >> reporter: there was a hitch. staffers couldn't find his records and they asked for proof that carter had actually served in vietnam. >> do you have any picture that show you on the ground in vietnam? so i thought yeah, i've got a

dan noyes, abc 7 news. >> you can follow him on twitter to get the latest developments. @dan noyes.me of the differences between italian and american law. >> here in rome, any time someone from this case wants to go and see something lawyers from all sides have to be there. so here at the meridian hotel this morning the prosecution has asked to take another look at the hotel room where the two young men stayed. so attorneys from both sides, plus, the widow are here. >> dan has been in italy for more than a week for this case. you can find all of his reports on abc 7 news.com/i-team. >>> coming up next, you'll meet a former beauty quieen who's abe to smile again after a stroke. >>> concerned with your rental agreement? we have wit looks like jill heading offe on an adventure. jill has entresto, a heart failure medicine that helps her heart so she can keep on doing what she loves. in the largest heart failure study ever, entresto was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. it helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entrest

abc 7 news reporter dan noyes first interviewed heather marlo in 2013. we'll keep you posted on her case. >>> investigators are trying to find out what caused a fire that damaged a structure next to a house in brentwood. the fire broke out yesterday afternoon off anderson drive. the crews are determining if the fire start fld the structure and spread to vegetation nearby or if it was the other way around. the house was just sold within the last month. >>> the popeyes is back open after san francisco health inspectors found a cockroach infestation. the department of public health posted a notice saying the violations constituted an immediate danger to public health or safety. the restaurant quickly fixed the issue and it now has a clean bill of health. >>> in the south bay a pool used for several professional and olympic teams will be closed for the rest of the summer while its boiler is repafrd. the boiler that maintains the temperature at the international swim center in santa clara failed on tuesday. that forced the closure of the 50-meter and training

for the i-team in rome, dan noyes, abc 7 news. >> dan has been tweeting extensively during his time in italy. you can learn the latest developments as soon as they happen. we'll have his reports through the rest of the week on abc 7 news, abc7news.com and the app. >>> after three months today a jury began deliberations in the ghost ship warehouse fire trial. two defendants faced 36 counts of involuntarily manslaughter for the lives lost in oakland's deadliest fire. here are the faces of victims, friends, musicians, artists, students. they ranged in age from 17 to 61. laura anthony is live with us tonight with what the prosecution offered as its final words to the jurors this morning, laura. >> reporter: they did have the last word, dan and they were powerful words, the jury was able to deliberate for just a couple of hours this afternoon. they did return to court late this afternoon to ask a question of the judge and the attorneys. they wanted to know if terms like tenant and lease holder are interchangeable. it is early but so far, no verdicts. >> it's nerve wracking that you just hav

dan noyes has the latest. >> reporter: the san mateo county coastline has a problem with the possibly homeless. i found ten rvs here in pacifica. >> homelessness presents our community with a wide range of problems. >> reporter: this pastor volunteered to be part of an advisory board to address concern over sewage spills, plight in neighborhoods and drug bus. they held their first meeting here. >> suddenly, there was a loud knocking on the door. >> reporter: like a bang? >> a real loud bang. like somebody wanted to get in urgently. >> reporter: police tell me police sergeant marie yea denati objected to being kept out. and after she banged on the door and confronted the police chief, she pulled this fire alarm in the lobby and left. >> i think we hold our police officers to a higher standard. we would expect them to behave better than that. >> reporter: his investigators spent valuable time trying to track down the suspect. as i explained on monday, the fire department had to divert an engine to handle the false alarm. >> reporter: when i approached her at the traffic desk she runs at

. >> now, the i-team's dan noyes has been digging into levin dowski's background. >> he was a pioneerlooked up to especially by a lot of younger more ambitious folks in the business. >> but industry expert and author ned says today's charges were not a surprise. he was a defendant in recent lawsuits over trade secrets and needer meier says the case announced in san jose sends a message that the feds are willing to step in. >> and i think that's a message that will probably reverberate with a number of companies because we kind of have this gold rush, if you will, around self-driving car technology. i think this is a shot across the bow to say, you know, you don't want to step over these lines. >> reporter: abc7 first interviewed him in 2004. he was a cal state graduate student building an autonomous motorcycle for competition with a million dollar prize. >> victory is very important to us. we want to win. however, we realize that the amount of engineering work that we're sort of taking on is tremendous. >> reporter: he worked on that project for two years and it led to a job at google

the i-team dan noyes spent ten days in italy investigating a deadly stabbing.e finn elder and gabe natale both from the north bay. they didn't know he was a police officer the boys say and act in self-defense during a drug deal gone wrong. >> both of those suspects are being held in jail but have not been formally charged. >> that's right, dan noyes joins us in studio. what's the latest? >> it will be a long haul. the autopsy just got finished. we haven't heard the exact results. justice goes slowly in italy. here in this country basically three days to be charged with a crime or not or you're let go. in italy, the prosecutors can ta up to a decide even if there is going to be a charge of not. >> they hold you the entire time? >> they hold you the entire time. attorneys for both young men have filed an appeal to get them out early while this process goes underway but the judge has already signalled that's not probably going to happen. one, because of how violent the attack was. >> sure. >> and two for the chance of them actually leaving the country. >> right. >

his handle is at dan noyes. have his reports on abc7 news, abc7news.com, and the abc7 news app. >> all right, now to washington where the president offered a six-point plan to address the mass shooting crisis in this country. democratic lawmakers ska they want more reform on background checks and assault weapons. here's abc news reporter tara pa palmieri with more. >> our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. >> reporter: president trump condemning two mass shootings this weekend in texas and ohio, calling it domestic terrorism, but blaming mental illness. >> mental illness and hatred pulls the trigger, not the gun. >> reporter: and announcing a six-point plan. >> i am directing the department of justice to work in partnership with local, state and federal agencies as well as social media companies to develop tools that can detect mass shooters before they strike. >> reporter: but democrats are demanding more. calling on senate majority leader mcconnell to call members back from their summer r

dan noyes, abc7 news. >> follow dan on twitter to get the latest developments @dan noyes.e'll have his reports throughout the week through the abc7 news app. >> is it a piece of history or a time forhange here? that's what we'ring or abc7news.com about a controversial mural painted inside san francisco's george washington high school. >> today, hundreds of people showed up to get a closer look at the life of washington mural. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez was there. >> reporter: people had he two hours to examine the panels that have lived at george washington high school since 1936. even a few of those who attended the school years ago say they had never noticed the depictions that offend so many. such as the dead native american whose land was taken from him. another panel shows enslaved african-americans. francie covington is on the fire department commission. >> you come to school to learn. you come to school to broaden your horizons, not to have the people that you come from denigrated. >> reporter: yet those on the other side of the argument say this is part of

team's dan noyes has been in italy for a week tweeting updates.an follow him@dannoyes if you want the latest developments onthe case. >>> the man convicted to sending pipe bombs to president trump's critics. his attorney said he was trying to intimidate and scare the president's perceived enemies. investigators intercepted the packages which he sent from florida before they exploded. no one was hurt. >>> developing news right now. if you're just joining us, the latest on two mass shootings. one in el paso, the other in dayton, ohio. a total of 29 people died over the weekend. the ohio shooter was killed. the el paso suspect was arrested. in just about 13 minutes, abc news will air a special report with the president. >>> the search for a mow tiff in the el paso shooting is leading investigators to a familiar place. >> a website hosted by a san francisco company is where the gunman reportedly posted his manifesto. abc 7 news reporter anser hassan is live with the details. >> reporter: good morning clo cloudflare cut off 8 clete chan's access to its

from rome, dan noyes, abc7 news. >> dan has been tweeting extensively during his time in italy.ok at the pictures he tweeted the past few days. there he is in the purple shirt right in the middle of that international media scrum. there you see him with his back to you. follow him at dan noyes to learn the latest investigation on the development as soon as they happen, and we'll have his reports throughout the rest of the week on abc7 news, abc7news.com, and the abc7 news app as well. dan doing a terrific job reporting from italy for us. >> sure is. >>> is it a piece of history or a time for change? what's what we're asking at abc7news.com. the mural inside george washington high school. >> lot of debate about it. hundreds of people showed up today to closely examine the paintings titled life of washington, referring to the nation's first president, of course. in june the school board voted to paint over that artwor. >> as abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez tells us, many of the people there today want that mural to stay. >> reporter: the doors to george washington high school o

. >>> dan noyes has information about the two bay area teens facing prosecution in rome. >>> a peacockredicament. why kevin is searching for a new home in the bay area. yes, mike, we confirmed from last time, kevin is named from the bird in "up." and it's a female. >> pea hen -- >> when did you look that up? >> my mind, it's a strange place. >> wow, hash tag, impressive. low 60s along the east bay shore and down into the south bay. los gatos, 69. low 60s for the rest of our east bay inland neighborhoods, and mid to upper 50s, cooler in the north bay. it's 60 in walnut creek. not as much cloud cover as yesterday. most of the mist is near the coast. it will be hot if you are headed back to the inland neighborhoods this afternoon, and we're locked in the 60s in the east bay in 9:00. mid to upper 70s this afternoon. a very nice 67 under sunshine at 7:00. north bay, we go from 50s at 7:00 to 60s at 9:00, and 70s as 11:00, and 80s at 1:00, and we don't go to the 90s at 3:00, and we stay in the 80s. san francisco, look for more sunshine today and temperatures in the mid-70s to -- excuse me, m

. >>> dan noyes has new information about the two bay area teens facing serious charges in rome.h defense teams and the prosecution is investigating. >>> you are looking live at the big board, and we are in the green, up 187 points this morning after the major selloff yesterday. we will keep tracking this. >>> the one and only mariah carey goes camping for a good cause, and that's not all, she's tweeting me? the actual mariah carey? that's up next. >> best news of the morning. >>> breaking news -- >> i don't deserve it. >> oh, don't say that. >> just say you remember the little people, reggie, you know. >> yes, as you ascend, remember us back down on the ladder. down in the south bay we are seeing increasing clouds and upper 50s to low 60s. 63, the warm spot. we have a mixture of napa in the north bay, 60s. san francisco, 57 and half moon bay 55. your commute from the east bay over towards the peninsula on the san mateo bridge, 61 degrees. it's a little foggy there, and not as much drizzle as yesterday. hot for mass transit riders from inland to the bay. out on the bay today it's

. >> dan noyes is digging into levandowski's background. it's extensive. >> lot to look at. >> first spoke to levandowski about work with self-driving vehicles 15 years ago. take a look. technology was rough. anthony levandowski was a cal graduate student building autonomous motorcycle for a competition with a prize. >> victory is important, we want to win. however we realize the amount of engineering work is tremendous. >> worked on it for years and led to job at google. cofounder and technical lead on waymo. technical indictment says that still at google, started side company for autonomous trucks that would become otto. resigned from google w acquired hired levandowski. google sued uber, settled in 2017, uber paid google. levandowski refused to testify in the case pleading the fifth. out the l road in the ted to, s industry. >> after leaving uber spent many nights in berkeley think of what is next. >> today they removed him as ceo and his name from the website. said from marin county but current address is napa county, appears to be his

. >> dan noyes is back with an update on this strange story and his investigation into it. >> dan and kristen, we haven't seen that surveillance video yet. it is now part of the criminal case, but new interviews with people who were there paint a clear picture of what happened and why. the san mateo county coast line has a problem with homeless. rvs and scenic parks and city streets, i found ten in a row on ocean boulevard and pacifica. >> homelessness presents our community with a wide range of problems. >> reporter: pastor jonathan markham volunteered to be part of a citizens advisory board to address sewage spills and blight in neighborhoods. they held their first meeting in this room of the pacifica police department of all 7. a closed session so the 11 members could get to know each other. >> suddenly there was a loud knocking on the door. >> reporter: like a bang? >> real loud bang. and like somebody wanted to get in and get in urgently. >> reporter: police tell me the 46-year-old pacifica resident and san francisco police sergeant maria danadi objected to being kept out of the

. >>> the abc7 news i team's dan noyes has been in italy reporting for abc7 news and tweeting updates. you can follow him @dan noyes to get the latest developments on this case as soon as they happen. >>> cal fire says the series of brushfires near clayton are now 85% contained. all the fires started overnight friday into saturday morning forcing families to grab their belongings and evacuate their homes. abc7 news reports. >> reporter: 12 fires off marsh creek and morgan territory roads left fire fighters scrambling to get ahead of the flames. cal fire brought in air support to help the 400 firefighters on the ground. these fires moved fast and eventually rolled into three larger fires called the marsh complex fire. >> the three large fires are holding at 165 acres. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is still under investigation though some of the area claim to have heard small explosions in the predawn hours. the fire started here and spread six square miles. it didn't cross marsh creek road. but it did get within a few hundred feet the clayton palms community. everyone there was fo

today it the father of the other man accused gabriel natale sat down with dan noyes. told him about the recent visit to his son's jail. he said it was extremely emotional. he busts out crying and started telling me he had no idea about the stabbing, that the other guy had a knife. he had no idea it would turn out that way and kept repeating that over and over again. more of his exclusive interview tonight at 6:00. follow dan on twitter to get the latest developments fres italy. we'll have his reports on abc7 news, abc7news.com and the abc7 news app. >> financial markets rebounded today making up some of the ground they lost in yesterday's huge selloffoff fueled by america's trade war with china. the dow up 311 points today after dropping more than 760 points yesterday. the nasdaq gained 107 and s&p 500 enjoyed a 37-point bounce. today the white house tried to downplay concerns about the trade concerns. >> larry kudlow told reporters that president trump is open to negotiations with china and suggested the president may be flexible regarding those tariffs. >> a new law

. >>> i-team exclusive from dan noyes in rome. spoke with attorney for one of the local teenagers accused of stabbing to death italian police officer. >> i'm convinced at this point there's a good chance the police don't know what's happened. >> lawyer is criticizing the criminal investigation and dismiss social media photograph showing the suspect with a knife before his trip to rome. see the full story on abc7news.com and follow dan on @dannoyes. abc7 news, >> she's living in a closet. >>> as we put the calendar on this, starts out foggy but tracking warmer weather. we've have numbers in accuweather forecast ahead. >>> first "jimmy kimmel live" after abc7 news at 11:00. >> tonight we ruin a second night of the presidential debates. >> feel like i learned what it's like to be a candidate from your show, then wait a minute, i don't know if it's really like this at all. ♪upbeat music she's doing it again. no cover-up spray here. it's the irresistibly fresh scent of febreze air effects. [harsh aerosol spray] cheaper aerosols can cov

. >>> i-team reporter dan noyes sits down with the father of a bay area teenager suspected of killingicer. tells dan about his recent visit to the prison in rome where his son is being held. you can see the interview on our website, abc7news.com. and follow dan on twitter to get the latest developments from italy. his handle is @ dannoyes. we'll have his reports on "abc7 news," abc7news.com and the "abc7 news" app, as well. >>> mill valley used national night out to get residents up to speed on wildfire ordinances. a series of ordinance also go into effect in 2021. mill valley is requiring homeowners to have three feet of hard scape around any structure and banning certain plants. >> we know that fire in mill valley is not an if but a when. so this is really importat for our community preparedness as a whole and a way to protect everyone. >> the city decided it needed to come one a plan following the 2017 north bay wildfires. the fire chief lost his home in the tubbs fire. >>> on the tennis, tpeninsula, hasn't stopped a santa mayo shop from thriving for 35 years. amanda del castillo s

the i-team's dan noyes was there as he walked through the airport. elder visited his son in jail thursday and again yesterday. he released this statement saying, quote, it was good to see finnegan, who is struggling but holding up. the family remains heart broken over the loss of life. we are focused on working with finn's attorney to establish the facts. we are hoping the prosecution produces the video footage of the incident to show what actually happened. finn elder and his friend, gabe natal, who graduated from tam high in mill valley last year, are accused of stabbing an italian police officer to death in rome last friday after an alleged drug deal went wrong. >>> now, sympathy for the officer continues to pour in from around the world. as "abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman found out, that includes the bay area. >> this murder is not going to change our love for italy. >> reporter: it has been one week since the murder of an italian police officer in rome with two northern california teens charged. now here are two women who felt they had to d

dan noyes has been following this story and confronted donati. >> i need to talk to you about the fire alarm. can you tell me what happened? >> no, no. i'm not talking. thank you. >> why not? >> it's clear. >> we follow a philosophy down here, for bad conduct, there's consequences. >> donati could face up to a engineer in county jail and possibly a $1,000 fine. >>> it's 4:35. happening today, the man accused of attacking a woman outside her san francisco condo building is due back in court so the judge can set a trial day. yesterday prosecutors dropped the second charge against austin james vincent saying he was misidentified in that case. after reviewing surveillance video the judge denied the request to release vincent from jail saying he's still a public threat. as vincent was leaving, he cursed at the judge. >>> we're learning one more person was wounded during last month's shooting massacre at the gilroy garlic festival. three people died when the gunman opened fire. gilroy police say a man suffered a graze wound to his head, that increases the number injured to 17. at least one o

the i-team's dan noyes shared notes with a renowned italian investigative journalist. she says the officers handled the situation in an odd way. >> translator: what usually happens in a case of a ransom for something thats that been stolen, the police arrive after the exchange happens. >> court documents say the fallen officer didn't have his gun and died after finn elder stabbed him 11 times. their attorney says they acted in self-defense because they thought they were being mugged. >> one of his latest posts shows him in the middle of the crowd covering the rome it's received an nor mouenormoun there. >>> we're spending this week looking into the housing crisis in the bay area, some of the more inventive ways people are choosing to live in san francisco. how did we even get to this point to begin with? abc 7's liz coit is breaking down the numbers. >> we know home prices in the bay area are out of control. it wasn't always this way. to understand what it was once like, we're going to do it. let's start in the '90s. those were the days, right? not just for cam pi tele

follow him @dan noyes to get the latest on the case as soon as they happen. >>> a day at the beach turned into a frantic rescue effort in san diego. >> it's just horrifying that the people underneath were there in the wrong moment. >> coming up, witnesses left in disbelief when a cliff collapsed, burying people below. what geologists are saying about the area now and the new measures in place to keep people safe. >>> also a b.a.r.t. service alert. possible delays this weekend for some rid so that early retirement we planned. it's going ok? great. now i'm spending more time with the kids. i'm introducing them to crab. crab!? they love it. so, you mentioned that that money we set aside. yeah. the kids and i want to build our own crab shack. ♪ ♪ ahhh, you're finally building that outdoor kitchen. yup - with room for the whole gang. ♪ ♪ see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. at at&t we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more conn

>> the i-team dan noyes questions a san francisco police sergeant accused of pulling a fire alarm at police station in another city. at 6:00, sources tell dan how it all unfolded. >>> and recycling worries. find out why international politics could force california's largest nonprofit recycling operation to close. all that plus much more coming up in just a half an hour on abc7 news at 6:00. dan, kristen? >> thanks, ama, we'll see you then. >> earlier tonight in this newscast we showed you a dion lim story about salmon. >> but there was one part you didn't get to see until now. check this out. >> reporter: maybe if i hold it like this, like this? >> yeah -- >> reporter: ah! oh, no, did i ruin it? >> we're going to scale it. >> reporter: do you have that on camera? is that going to go on the blooper reel? >> forget the blooper reel, it's going on the news right now. dion, it is going on the blooper reel. >> oh, in slow motion. >> america's funniest home videos. she should send this in. >> she was so cute on her tweet. so sorry, salmon. >> "world news tonight" with david muir is next. i

coming up at 6:00, only on abc7 news, dan noyes sits down with the father of a bay area teenager implicated in the killing of italian police officer. what he knows about what allegedly happened that night. >> also, a fake vacation rental listing in bodega bay. the people who actually live there full time and hear their advice that could help you from falling victim to a phony listing. all that plus much more coming up in half an hour at 6:00. dan, kumasi. >> see you then. a neighbors across the bay area are gathering to mark the 35th annual national night out. >> this is a live picture from the eagle hill neighborhood. residents just getting started. looks like they're having a lot of fun. the point is for them to meet with law enforcement officers. national night out is held on the first tuesday of august. it started in 1984 as a way toive form people about community efforts like drug prevention campaigns and neighborhood watch programs. >> and some are seeing this year's event is even more important in the wake of the mass shooting in gilroy, dayton, and el paso. >> world news tonight is

dan noyes and the i-team have a followup report. >>> a woman gets an interesting offer, pay a small feehundreds of dollars she didn't know about. good idea? "7 on your side's" michael finney says no way and explains why. all coming up on abc 7 news at 6:00. >> we'll see you then. finally to night, the video you're about to see might keep some people from heading into the water at cape cod this holiday weekend. >> he's coming right up to the boat! >> oh [ bleep ]. >> ooh. too close for comfort. this wasn't a catch a fisherman was hoping for on tuesday. he got up close and personal with a large great white shark while lobstering in cape cod bay. >> the encounter took place not far from the carcass of a dead humpback whale. he called it the most epic thing he's ever seen on the water.ter. >> seeing more and more sharks on video. >> i don't know if there are more sharks. >> or more cameras out there. >> or changing weather patterns. >> all right. could be. "world news tonight with david muir" is up next. >>> for all of us here, we appreciated your time. probably some sharks in that >>> toni

dan noyes reports from rome.ities just, you know, deciding to opt out. we are all in this together. >> at 6:00, the groups taking a different approach to solve our housing crisis and build a better bay area. >> and switching from paper to plastic, bart is changing its ways and it's going to impact a lot of riders. that's all coming up on abc7 news at 6:00. >> hope you can join us for that. finally tonight, the civic anchor in novato. >> yes, sits in the city's downtown area and has a lot of history behind it. >> when people come into town, they identify with it. and visitors come in and say, oh, my gosh. i'm jean mclamy, former mayor and city council member, city of novato, also a registered architect in the state of california. city hall is the icon of the city of novato. you'll see it on all the logos and brochures. really, it's the heart and soul of downtown novato. the city bought this building from the presbyterian church. presbyterians had it since 1896 when it was constructed. we might note it has a rooste

see how dan noyes got it done.ance of safe driving especially now that kids are heading back to school. we tested how big of a difference five miles per hour can make. from 7 on your side, the growing popularity of travel insurance especi here in the bay area. michael investigates the benefits coming up in a half hour at 6:00. kristen sze, dan. >> sounds good. >> it is time now to get out and enjoy life. we have a plan to help you do that. >> michael does. >> we're just living off his glow. >> free stuff. >> let's start with food. tin won noodle company, they've been in the city for 30 years declared a legacy, san francisco legacy business. pretty cool. they make them in the city, enriched egg noodles. they've been at making ramen in the city since 1940. absolutely amazing. it's an artisanal family owned intoal soup with a product line of japanese and taiwan he's style noodles. why would you buy -- >> i do proclaim myself a ramen and noodle expert. these look amazing. >> do they look good? >> ramen. >> you can tell

. >>> running through rome, the i-team dan noyes goes through the streets of italy working the case ofan's death. >>> the plug is pulled on an internet site linked to one of this week end's mass shootings. we talk ethics. >> we can't have communities opting out. we're in this together. >> together we can build a better bay area. meet the men and women taking on the housing crisis and taking on solutions. >>> and that breaking news police have shut down a few blocks in the mission district in san francisco. the theater on valencia street tweeted these pictures. they are evacuated for a police investigation. valencia street is closed. >> sky 7 was over the scene. you can see the heavy police response in the area and crime tape has gone up. blocking off the streets. but police will not give us details about why there is such an intense response. >> we also spotted several firefighters about a block from where the investigation is underway. we will continue to keep an eye on the situation. we'll bring you new information as we learn it. >> good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan as

. >>> the abc7 news i-team dan noyes is in rome with the case that's captured international attentionthe killing of a newly we had police officer with two bay area teenagers as suspects. >> plus a live discussion of the ghost ship warehouse fire case in oakland as the jury completes its first day of deliberations. >> announcer: now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> i think they're heroes. i don't think they view themselves that way. i think they view themselves that they were just doing their job. >> doing a job that saved lives. for the first time we know who is responsible for putting a stop to the gunshots that were fired at the gilroy garlic festival. good evening, thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. just hours ago we learned the names of three gilroy police officers who the chief says were involved in stopping sunday's attack. >> that shooting left three people dead. 6-year-old stephen romero, 13-year-old keyla salazar, and 25-year-old trevor irby. the suspect was also killed. >> more than a dozen people were wounded. two friends who were s

. >>> new at 6:00 dan noyes join us live in studio. he's back from spending weeks in italy investigating the case of two bay area teens accused of killing a police officer. >> announcer: now news to build a better bay area from abc 7. >>> a woman orders a ride home from a bar. the description of what happened after she was picked up is something that lyft calls terrifying. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. >> aim ama daetz. today was the first court appearance for a lyft driver accused of kidnapping and sexual assaulting a woman that was his passenger. >> melanie woodro is live with details on this case. melanie? >> reporter: dan and ama, we learned today this lyft driver did not have a criminal record that would have shown up on a background check and learned this is one of several incidents like it that happened in san mateo county. in the last 18 months there have been four alleged sexual assaults by uber and lyft dri r drivers by female passengers. >> this makes it a matter of concern for the public we have th

i'm dan noyes from channel seven. i need to talk to you about the fire alarm.l me what happened? >> no, no, i'm not talking. thank you. >> why not? >> it's clear. >> people there at the time tell me she a pacifica resident was not happy of a meeting to a task force on homelessness was closed but wouldn't give me her side of the story. it's clear? >> clearly why i'm not talking. >> san mateo district attorney steve wag staff is con

dan noyes has been in italy all week reporting for abc7 news and tweeting updates.ollow him @dannoyes for the latest developments. >>> still ahead, more tributes pouring into the victims of the el paso shooting. how texas sports teams paid respects tonight. >>> brush fires kept firefighters busy. what some people heard as flames erupted. >>> low fog moving in, i switched to geico and saved hundreds. that's a win. but it's not the only reason i switched. geico's a company i can trust, with over 75 years of great savings and service. ♪ now that's a win-win. switch to geico. it's a win-win. that leave therea lasting impression. like the feeling of movement as a new journey begins, or the sight of soft fur, warmed by the morning sun. you might remember new flavours, or a view that defies all expectations. these are the memories that stay with you, long after the moments have passed. >>> please join the texas rangers as we observe a moment of silence in honor of those that lost their lives, family members and fellow texans that lost loved ones and those who suffered inju

our coverage coinues. 5:00, i-team's dan noyes has been digging into the background. and then the problem of corporate theft in silicon valley. >>> protesters from rideshare companies uber and lyft protested outside headquarters, get the company not impede plans to unionize. >> hundreds caravanned today to raise awareness of the pro union bill under consideration at the state senate. anser hassan with the latest. >> reporter: drivers on the 500 mile pilgrimage to the state capital. started in l.a., today in bay area, oakland right now. state assembly bill 5 reclassifying them from independent contractors to employees. and possibly mean more benefits and more bay. >> uber, uber, you're no good. >> i'm picking up seven people for six cents a mile. >> reporter: 63-year-old debra garcia drives full-time for uber. working conditions need to change. >> california law supposed to be paying us minimum wage or 52 cents a mile. not getting that. >> reporter: among the drivers and protesters rallying in san francisco. supporting state assembly bill 5, small change with big impac

>>> an abc 7 news exclusive i-team reporter dan noyes sat down with the father of a bay area teenageruspected of killing an it tannian police officer. you can see the whole interview on our website, abc7news.com. you can also follow dan on twitter to get the latest developments from italy. his handle is >>> a potentially dangerous wildfire burning in southern california is now under control. a brush fire in whittier started around 11:00 last night. firefighters say it could have quickly grown to ten acres. they got it under control overnight. no homes were threatened. >>> juul launching a bluetooth connected e-cigarette that requires users to be at least 18 years old. it connects to an android app that monitors your vaping. adult users must go through an id verification process to use it. the device locks if you're not verified so no one else can use it. >>> neighbors in one oakland neighborhood won't be able to head to their local safeway to get alcohol for the next 60 days. the state suspended the liquor inspectors took action after clerks were caught selling to minors. eyears. re w

dan noyes with the abc news i-team has been following the story and confronted donati. >> i need to talkout the fire alarm. can you tell me what happened? >> no, no. i'm not talking. thank you. >> why not? >> it's clear. >> we follow a philosophy down here that for bad conduct there's consequences. >> donati can face up to a year in county jail and possibly a $1,000 fine. >> new security cameras are monitoring a busy street in san francisco's chinatown, in response to complaints about crime driving away customers. city officials and neighborhood leaders hope to stop crimes like this one. you're looking at pictures taken by a business owner when thieves broke into the suv parked outside his store. 18 new high definition cameras are recording what happens along stockton street between sacramento and washington streets. >>> starting tomorrow, hundreds of new b.a.r.t. station platform signs will have the ability to let riders know if the trains are canceled. b.a.r.t. riders have long been frustrated when the signs say the arrival time is in five minutes and if train doesn't come or is rerout

. >>> the i-team's dan noyes is on a plane now that will land in about an hour. he's returning after two weeks in italy working the case of two bay area teens accused of stabbing a police officer to death in rome. dan posted this tweet from the plane quote only regret, didn't reach widow despite trying several times understandable given shock she felt as a newlywed. wanted her to know the remorse from americans. check out an example of where the murder weapon was hidden and got the first interview with the father of a suspect. that family says they are using dan's reports in the preparation of their son's legal defense. finn elder and gabe na charged with killing a police officer in a drug deal gone wrong. >>> abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area as you know and we're focused on the issue that affects all of us, housing. >> meet a man that searchrved h country and has nowhere to live. >> our 7 on your side hot line is open now. we're looking live. call 415-954-7621. >>> cool and breezy but summer heat is on its way. i'll have the ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

. >>> the i team's dan noyes is back in the u.s. after being accused of killing an italian police officer. the officer's partner has been questioned for a third time. this partner on left and visible scratches on his neck. finn elder and gabe natal are accused of killing a police officer. the teens did not know he was a police officer the defense says and said they were acting in self-defense during a drug deal that went wrong. >>> now at 6:00 san jose police officers are trying to get a man out of a house. officers originally told neighbors to get out but they are being awill ying allowed to. they say the man has an active restraining order against him. abc 7 news is committed to building a better bay area and at one of the issues we are focussing on is your safety. several cities are in line to get help in combatting one of the fastest growing crimes. car break-ins. the help is coming in the form of money, lots of it. chris nguyen has how the funds will be spent. >> the sight of broken glass, that dreadful feeling of coming back t

i'm dan noyes from channel seven. i need to talk to you about the fire alarm. can you tell me what happened? >> no, no, i'm not talking. thank you. >> why not? >> it's clear. >> people there at the time tell me she a pacifica resident was not happy of a meeting to a task force on homelessness was closed but wouldn't give me her side of the story. it's clear? >> clearly why i'm not talking. >> san mateo district attorney steve wag staff is considering filing misdemeanor charges. >> there is danger in it. think of the fire department. what if a fire department responding to a fire alarm gets into a car accident and somebody gets hurt. there is always potential danger. that's why it's against the law. >> the sfpd says she's on the job while they conduct an administrative duty. the case appears to show a serious lapse in judgment. >> if they are not exercising good judgment in personal life or on good duty, that puts you on notice to look and see is this the right person for the job? >> reporter: i pulled the dispatch recordings from the day. >> engine 72 fire alar

dan noyes shared the notes on the case with a renowned italian investigative journalist. she said the officers handled the situation in an odd way. >> translator: what usually happens in a case of a ransom for something that been stolen, the police arrive after the exchange happens. >> court documents say the fallen officer didn't have his gun and died after finn elder stabbed him 11 times. elder's attorney says the boys acted in self-defense because they felt they were being mugged. dan has been tweeting during his time in italy. one of his latest posts shows him in the middle of this huge crowd of international media covering the rome stabbing. follow him @dannoyes for the latest developments. >>> as part of our efforts to build a better bay area, we're spending this week looking into the housing issue. how did we even get to this point to begin with. abc 7 news reporter liz kroit is going back in time to show how and why things have changed. >> we know home prices in the bay area are out of control. it wasn't always this way. to understand what it was once like, we're

. >> the abc i-team dan noyes has updates.him to get the latest on the case as soon as they happened. >>> in the east bay firefighters had to move quickly to put out a series of brush fires near clayton are 80% contained. overnight fires started saturday into sunday morning forcing families to grab their belongings and evacuate their homes. abc 7 news reporter lisa amin reports. >>> firefighters scrambling to get ahead of the flames. cal fire brought in air support to help 400 firefighters on the ground. these fires moved fast and eventually rolled into three larger fires called the marsh complex fires. >> these fires holding and we're up to 75% containment and crews have been doing a lot of good work. >> reporter: the cause of the fire is you said investigation. some in the area claim to have heard small explosions. the fire started here and spread six square miles. it didn't cross marsh creek road over there because it's a natural firebreak. it did get within a few hundred feet of the community. everyone there forced to evac

dan noyes has been following this story and confronted donati. >> i need to talk to you about the fireu tell me what happened? >> no, no, i'm not talking, thank you. >> why not? >> it's clear. >> we follow a philosophy down here that for bad conduct there's consequences. >> donati can face up to a year in county jail and possibly a $1,000 fine. >>> vallejo police looking for these car burglaries. police say the thieves targeted their victims by using phones to detect wi-fi and bluetooth signals coming from electronic devices inside the vehicles. new security cameras now monitoring a busy street in san francisco's chinatown and it's in response to complaints from local merchants and crime driving away customers. city officials and neighborhood leaders hope to stop crimes like this one. you're looking at pictures taken by a business owner when thieves broke into an suv parked outside his store. 18 new high definition cameras are recording what happens along stockton between sacramento and washington streets. >>> starting tomorrow, hundreds of new b.a.r.t. station platform signs will have

the i-team's dan noyes shared notes with a renowned italian investigative journalist.ficers handled the situation in an odd way. >> translator: what usually happens in a case of a ransom for something that has been stlen, the police arrive after the exchange happens. >> court documents say the fallen officer didn't have his gun and died after finn elder stabbed him 11 times. elder's attorney says the boys acted in self-defense because they felt they were being mugged. dan has been tweeting during his time in italy. you see here the mob of people covering this from international media. follow him @dannoyes to get the lettest developments. >>> in the north bay, the sonoma county sheriff's deputy shot a man they say tried to stab a security guard. >> it happened after 5:30 at the santa rosa plaza. the suspect ran from the mall. a deputy found him. the suspect got inside the patrol car. the deputy fired the weapon and hit the man three times. he was arrested and taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. >>> a pilot and passenger are recovering from injuries

noyes, abc 7 news. >> you can follow dan on twitter to get the latest developments from italy. we'll have the reports on abc 7 news and abc7news.com and the app. >>> moving on a tough conversation about gun violence took place hours ago at the state capital that said california is considering new laws. >> the absence of fellow leadership that's where this belongs but in the absence, we'll continue to lead and take a look at all these gun laws that are proposed. >> those part of the conversation included state education and emergency services leaders, the state attorney general and police chiefs and sheriffs. the autopsy results were released today from the shooting at the gilroy garlic festival. two of the victims were shot in the chest. 6-year-old stehpen romero was shot in the back. the gunman die from a gunshot to the head and took his own life. in el paso, two more people died today. bringing the total from saturday's shooting there to 22. eight of the dead are mexican citizens, mexico's foreign secretary says his government considers the shooting an act of terrorism. inves