david louie, abc 7 news. >> lets get one last check with drew. >> a day of transitioning.he morning will feature clouds in the afternoon and ton of sunshine and live doppler 7 is showing you most cloudy in my spots and dealing with clear skies at this hour. it is probably most cloudy for most. mid-50s to lower 60s, our over night temperatures. as we get you into your days on thursday. low humidity and 77 for san jose. 79 in santa rosa. a big race for this weekend, three days forecast, a lot of sunshine around the 80s for each and everyday. slap on the sunscreen uv index running very high. some morning drizzles to sun. it is beautiful on friday. a little warmer over the weekend before it takes a nose dive. it feels like fall and by wednesday, it is nice and sunny and it is seasonable first time of the year. >> i like the fall nose dive. >> it is great. thanks drew. >> all right, larry is here with some sports. >> i have a fall nose dive in my sport. >> entertaining? >> absolutely. >> it is going to be good. if we have time, i don't think we'll have time but i was going to g

david louie, "abc7 news." >> thank you, david. and "abc7 news" is in livermore right now, one of the hottest places in the bay area. oh, look at that. the temperature is 107 degrees. and the heat is forcing people to change some of their plans. "abc7 news" reporter leslie brinkley gives us some examples from walnut creek. >> reporter: well, it peaked at 109 here, dipping to a balmy 108 in the shade right now. just imagine what you might be thinking if you were getting married outdoors this weekend. kara beasley is getting married this weekend, when it's predicted to be 105 degrees. >> i just kept thinking oh, my god, not me, not today. why me? why me? but when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. >> now it's more of a panic situation where they're looking for anything that will help to alleviate. of course, they're canceling their heaters. the biggest things right now are umbrellas and the small canopies for people just for shade. >> reporter: cooling centers dotted throughout the east bay offered a respite for seniors who at

david louie, "abc7 news." >> thank you, david. and "abc7 news" is in livermore right now, one of the hottest places in the bay area. oh, look at that. the temperature is 107 degrees. and the heat is forcing people to change some of their plans. "abc7 news" reporter leslie brinkley gives us some examples from walnut creek. >> reporter: well, it peaked at 109 here, dipping to a balmy 108 in the shade right now. just imagine what you might be thinking if you were getting married outdoors this weekend. kara beasley is getting married this weekend, when it's predicted to be 105 degrees. >> i just kept thinking oh, my god, not me, not today. why me? why me? but when life gives you lemons, you make lemonade. >> now it's more of a panic situation where they're looking for anything that will help to alleviate. of course, they're canceling their heaters. the biggest things right now are umbrellas and the small canopies for people just for shade. >> reporter: cooling centers dotted throughout the east bay offered a respite for seniors who at

. >> let's go to david louie in san jose with the lookt the damage there. david. >> reporter: what a strge weather day this has been especiallyn the south bay. lightning in the past hour. in the early morning hours this moing, we had heavy winds that took down trees and power lines. the gusts of winds woke up residence starting srtly after 2:30 this morning. the howling sound was nothing they expected. >> it sounded like a little mini hurricane, nothing like florida. >> reporter: dispatchers at the fire received calls as people caed in down power lines and broken te limbs. thisree was planted 60 years ago but the tree lost limbs to winds three yrs in a row. a cable has kept it from falling over. >> it did fall over and block >> reporter: retired san jose firefighter russ sereman found himself pressed. large limbs fell on to the neigor's house, another limb brok a window in a pa's suv in another neibor's driveway. >> it could have done a lot more mage. there is pung churs in the roof up here some of it the ze of my leg. >> reporter: crews were required to res

. >> let's go to david louie in san jose with the look at the damage there. david. >> reporter: what a strange weather day this has been especially in the south bay. we've had rain, thunder, lightning in the past hour. in the early morning hours this morning, we had heavy winds that took down trees and power lines. the gusts of winds woke up residence starting shortly after 2:30 this morning. the howling sound was nothing they expected. >> it sounded like a little mini hurricane, nothing like florida. >> reporter: dispatchers at the fire received calls as people called in down power lines and broken tree limbs. this tree was planted 60 years ago but the tree lost limbs to winds three years in a row. a cable has kept it from falling over. >> it did fall over and block two lanes of traffic. >> reporter: retired san jose firefighter russ sereman found himself pressed. large limbs fell on to the neighbor's house, another limb broke a window in a park's suv in another neighbor's driveway. >> it could have done a lot more damage. there is pung churs in the roof up h

david louie went for a hike on opening day. >> reporter: it's been clouzed for six years when it became an air force station. used to look for soviet aircraft during the cold war. but now the nearly 3,500 foot summit has been restored for visitors. you do have to work your way to the top. there's a total of 159 steps to ascend. but once you get to the top, what an incredible view. there is an alternative for those with disabilities. they can take a road and be dropped off at the top. you survived the steps. >> i did, i did. but it's glorious. it's a wonderful place. such wonderful views. just really interesting. >> reporter: a dozen interpretative signs provide the history of the site. it was the native -- tribe's name for hummingbird. it's planted california fuchsias, a favorite of the birds hoping attract them. the new park has a no dogs policy. you'll also need to bring your own water and remove any trash. there's a 3.7 mile hiking trail, and for cyclists a challenging paved road to the summit where the grade is steep at 17%. >> it's pretty intense. i think it's definitely more diffi

abc 7 news reporter david louie shows you why robots should be feared if you're on the wrong side of law. >> reporter: a crime-fight robot can be the cutest thing you've ever seen or something to fear if you're a bad guy. >> and so if you put a 5 foot tall, 3 foot wide 400-pound machine there and no one knows what it does that will deter a lot of negative behavior. >> reporter: those robots are becoming more sophisticated. nights scopes have the k-1 which stands stationery at offices and airports and a the k-3, a multi-terrain vehicle that can cover large areas such as oil fields. >> we're throwing different ways in looking at any disturbances in those ways and then using mag sheen learning to realize that that might be an object that's not normal for someone to be carrying. >> reporter: a 6'5" police officer can be very intimidating, but by comparison this model k 1 is only 5'6", about my height. it's not very intimidating yet its mission is extremely critical can, especially when it comes to saving lives. now this is intimidating. p this robot in the 1951 sci-fi classic "the day it

david louie has the story. >> reporter: it is a newer faster laser device for removing tattoos.an jose and santa clara valley medical center have three of them. for over 20 years, a program called clean slate has targeted former gang members seeking a fresh start. but now victims of human trafficking will be offered tattoo removal. mario runs clean slate and he says the sex trade often brands or tattoos young women against their will to exert ownership. >> they'll put their names on their necks, faces, wrists, anywhere on the body, to be able to remove that marker off that young victim of sexual trafficking i think exponentially speeds up their transformation and recovery. >> reporter: leah lee offered to test the new laser device to remanufacture a wrist tattoo. >> it is a confidence thing for me. not something i was walking around showing off. to get rid of it will be a fresh start. >> reporter: it will take a series of treatments to break up the ink. the first treatment showed results and she says it didn't hurt much. rebecca got tattooed at age 15 and now she's about to get

abc 7 news reporter david louie is at the event now, live treatments as they happen includesing giving us a first hook at the new steve jobs theater. check out these pictures. david says feels like a mini spaceship. a full report on later editions of abc 7 news. >>> i've been foaling david on social media, saw he had a selfie with he and wozniak. bet he's like a kid in a candy store. both of them down there today. here's a look. you cansun dancing through our skies. last night, .2 inch at sfo.sfo. hayward, newark, san francisco. oakland and san jose are rainfall amounts a little bit less than that as you can see right now. let's talk about what's going on right now. the way it looked earlier from the exploratorium camera. absolutely gorgeous. spectacular sunrise from the clouds left over from the last night's thunderstorm. there you go. doesn't it look gorgeous? when the sun starts to come over the bay bridge, that's when you know fall is almost here because you remember a couple months ago it was coming over the northern side of treasure island. all right. here's the way it looks from

encouraging news and as david louie explains, there's also to measure progress. >> reporter: droughtsed to goals to lower water use and parched recharge ponds across the santa clara valley, water table dropping. if prompted reduction in pumping. sinking of the ground as groundwater is tapped. >> see a change in summer was more groundwater is pumped and recoveryn i spring with precipitation. but during the drought, a net downward trend because of pumping and reduce recharge. >> reporter: paid off. along with the rains, heaviest in 20 years. indicating groundwater is reer toed -- returned to predrought level. wildlife have come back. geese for example and people wh. >> payoff for heeding the call to cove however nancy yeager misses a certain bird. >> there was a beautiful white swan that was here a couple of years ago and can't find him anywhere. there was no water so probably went elsewhere. >> reporter: conservation goals in place. >> another drought could be around the corner so board has said keep up good work and habits you put in place in the drought andconservation a way of life

. >> david louie shows us how it works. >> reporter: seven students on a mission to break down barriers that divide people, race, politics, religion or the debate over global warming. >> goal is connect students who wouldn't ordinarily get to interact and learn each other's stories. >> reporter: spent the last three months creating an app that matches strangers from other schools or classrooms of different backgrounds. anoymous at first to foster chat that's open and honest. algorithm by senior senior senin >> connect the most different backgrounds of different experiences. likely don't have similar experiences and story. goal is for students to share stories and understand a different perspective. >> reporter: provide viewpoints they might not hear in predominantly white school. >> i think it provides a way to have discussion in healthy environment. >> reporter: faculty adviser believes this will be welcome addition to classroom discussions. >> they communicate to us what they want to learn and how they want to learn it in a way that's productive. i think it inspires a lot of the teach

abc 7 news reporter david louie has a look at the damage. >> reporter: the gusts of wind woke up residents starting shortly after 2:30 this morning. the howling sound nothing like what they expected. >> it sounded like a mini hurricane. nic like florida, but it was really windy and nothing i've ever heard before. >> reporter: dispatchers received a flurry of calls as people called about downed power lines and broken tree limbs. he planted this tree, but the tree has lost limbs to wind three years in a row. a cable has kept it from falling over. >> luckily no cars were going by at the time. >> reporter: a retired firefighter found himself pressed into service when gusts of wind broke large limbs taonto a neighbor's house. >> there are some punctures up here. this is the size of my leg. >> reporter: among the hardest hit communities were campbells and son jose. one tree on university avenue in san jose displaced an active colony of bees. their hive located inside a large limb. and a tree that fell outside bowers elementary school in santa clara posed littled damage. >> the school didn't fall

. >> david louie shows us how it works. >> reporter: seven students on a mission to break down barriers that divide people, race, politics, religion or the debate over global warming. >> goal is connect students who wouldn't ordinarily get to interact and learn each other's stories. >> reporter: spent the last three months creating an app that matches strangers from other schools or classrooms of different backgrounds. anoymous at first to foster chat that's open and honest. algorithm by senior jahn. >> connect the most different backgrounds of different experiences. likely don't have similar experiences and story. goal is for students to share stories and understand a different perspective. >> reporter: provide viewpoints they might not hear in predominantly white school. >> i think it provides a way to have discussion in healthy environment. >> reporter: faculty adviser believes this will be welcome addition to classroom discussions. >> they communicate to us what they want to learn and how they want to learn it in a way that's productive. i think it inspires a lot of the teaching. >>

encouraging news and as david louie explains, there's also another way to measure progress. >> reporter: droughts or -- led to goals to lower water use and parched recharge ponds across the santa clara valley, water table dropping. if prompted reduction in pumping. sinking of the ground as groundwater is tapped. >> see a change in summer was more groundwater is pumped and recovery in the spring with precipitation. but during the drought, a net downward trend because of pumping and reduce recharge. >> reporter: paid off. along with the rains, heaviest in 20 years. indicating groundwater is reer toed -- returned to predrought level. wildlife have come back. geese for example and people who come to the parks are delighted. >> payoff for heeding the call to conserve. however nancy yeager misses a certain bird. >> there was a beautiful white swan that was here a couple of years ago and can't find him anywhere. there was no water so probably went elsewhere. >> reporter: keeping conservation goals in place. >> another drought could be around the corner so board has said keep up good work and h

. >> reporter: david louie, abc 7 news. >>> immigration advocates held a rally to defend daka, the 5-year-old program that allows children brought here illegally to live and work with a permit. the white house could announce its demise as soon as tomorrow. the president may allow the immigrants known as dreamer to stay in the united states but only until their permits ran out. and something that would make it tougher for 10s of thousands of immigrants to obtain permanent residency. >> time to check on our forecast and how hot it's going to get and how quickly. >> meteorologist is here with the forecast. >>> the kind of heat that could make you sick. let me show you live doppler 7 right now. remember the fog along the coast, it's gone. that's an indication that the pattern is definitely changing. when you take a look at why the air quality has been so bad today, people are asking on social media, smoke from these fires extending with a north/northeast wind from oregon to northern california and working its way southward into the bay area because we have the north/north easterly wind. b

abc7 news david louie. >> reporter: san jose joins about 15 states and the district of columbia in askingr an injunction to stop daca from being redescribeded. >> if we're going to protect our d.r.e.a.m.ers, we need to take action. we can't hope for a solution. >> president trump had dinner with democratic leaders of congress last night. no deal was struck but the president said they're working on a plan. how will courts handle these multiple lawsuits? >> there are procedures in place to coordinate and consolidate cases that are similar some of that will be from the entities who are bringing the lawsuits. and some of it will be from the federal government. >> reporter: an estimated 800,000 immigrants face deportation. one reason san jose says it identified the lawsuit. community leaders believe efforts to rescind daca are part of the sentiment. >> we need to protect every member of our community. while it is protecting and reinstating and improving upon daca, there is a larger game at play and we don't like that our community is being considered pawns in this game. >>> a republican sees b

. >> david louie is live on santa clara street a b.a.r.t. tunnel will be about it. >> an estimated 30,000 people will be using in it san jose on an average day. that's still nine years away. but in two years, this will back major construction zone in order to build the b.a.r.t. tunnel of the b.a.r.t. is inking its way south tfrlt new mill pete as station will be open soon and in 2026, b.a.r.t. will reach downtown san jose but not without some pain of the. >> this is going on the main street. dozen and dozens of businesses and restaurant. it could take two or more years, creating the kind of construction mess san francisco has been dealing with for a muni extension to owed tims mchhtatn.ow remember it was like on market street in the early 1970s, sparking protests and hurting businesses. vta, in charge of the b.a.r.t. extension, is about to make crucial dpigss will determine where and how much it will be. >> when you talk mitigation, they talk no access for my tenants. no access to parking and transportation disruption for years. each has its

abc 7 news reporter david louie has more on how a wide net is being cast to registered voters who want a say in issues that affect them. >> it was difficult at times to get people to stop. the two staff members from the county registrar's office aren't selling anything. they're here to register voters. it's part of a national voter registration day. last year 3/4 of a million new voters were signed up gray move ago from florida, so they wanted to register. >> i think it's incredibly important. i think that we can make a real impact in all of the elections. i think that we should have our opinions count. >> while malls and libraries are often used, some are going into targeted communities. the bakery in san jose is hosting an evening registration table sponsored by the iranian american counsel. they believe it's an opportunity that should not be missed. >> to make sure in the future we have a better united states, something that all of us, i mean all of our immigrants and all of the minorities came to u.s. for. i think this is actually going to be very critical to make sure we get our v

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