live in pleasant hill, eric thomas, abc news. >> thank you. this is the second time this year a sacramento area police officer has been killed in the line of duty. 22-year-old davis oic natalie corona was responding to a car accident and shot to death in january. first responders here and across the nation are sharing condolences on twitter and you can share yours on line by sharing this badge on social media. >> the federal government today awarded b.a.r.t. the first part of a billion dollar grant mint to ease overcrowding and buy new trains after 1 months of lobbying by b.a.r.t. including comparing passengers to sardines. it also comes on the same day b.a.r.t. held a twitter town hall to petition the federal transit administration for the money. more from dion lim. >> reporter: as the town hall got under way at noon today, b.a.r.t. tweeted out the breaking news from the general managering. > we got the grant. i want to thank speaker pelosi and senator feinstein for working with the administration to make this happen. >> reporter: which opene

live at city hall, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> no doubt. eric, thank you. this is not the first scandal to rock laguna honda. the iteam uncovered hospital administrators used money from the patient gift fund to purchase airline tickets and expensive meals in 2010. the fund is meant to buy simple pleasures for the patients. you can find those reports at abc7news.com. >> abc news is committed toable a better bay area digging deep near the big issues. the gig economy has exploded and state lawmakers are looking for solutions to give independent contractors workers basic protections. dozens of gig workers from nannies to uber and lyft drivers testified in front of a san francisco board of supervisors committee today asking the city to support a bill which would grant the workers more rights and benefits. abc news reporter melanie woodrow has the story. >> reporter: one by one they shared what life is life working in san francisco when you're not a full-time employee. >> in order to support my family, i have to work every day more than 11, 12 hours. >> reporter:

i'm eric thomas. thanks for joining us. we have team coverage of the heat and the fire weather conditions tonight starting with abc news meteorologist drew tuma. >> yeah, we are wrapping up a hot weekend that created record warmth across the entire region. look at the numbers, oakland set a record of 91, half moon bay it's hottest day reported in june at 86 degrees and san francisco hit a record high of 91. that 91 degree reading in the city, the hottest day in nearly two years. go back to september of 2017 to find a hotter day than that. it's been awhile pore some cities in terms of warmth. out there right now, a warm night. you open up the windows, you can feel the mild air near 80 in san jose, 81 in mountain view. 75 in oakland. tomorrow morning as we get you out the door, sunny skies. a warm start especially around the bay and inland, already into the 60s. watch these temperatures take off tomorrow. future tracker temperatures by noon on your monday, widespread 80s and 90s. we have self more hours

eric thomas is live in the hills bob lafayette with the mess mess and from half a dozen east bay fire departments today. >> am marks for most of us there are four seasons unless you're a california firefighter. then there's fire season driven by dry fuels like you see right here, drivenly climate change and fires that burn hotter. firefighters can't handle it alone. >> we rode along with regional park's firefighters shawyn anderson and justin neville today to see the spots they monitor closely. >> so this is an area that either gets mowed or grazed every yearer. >> to avoid a repeat. things like the grizzly fire of 2017 which burns of burned 20 acres above the uc berkeley campus and took 200 firefighters to put out and especially of the 1991 oakland hills firestorm that killed 25 people and destroyed 3,000 homes. so today, this is plea. >> fire season is upon us and we need your help to keep our communities safe. >> a local firefighters now say every season is fire season in california. today a consortium of more than half a dozen east bay fire departments a group called the hills eme

eric thomas has a story you'll see only on abc7 news. >> they got me walking here. >> reporter: sergeant major vincent salsetto has been waiting to make this walk since 1953. ♪ . >> that's dave. >> reporter: when his friend david ferrari and two other men went down when their squad was attacked during a patrol. >> we were hit with a military barrage. it was just -- it was chaos. >> reporter: vince pulled two of the wounded men to safety. when he went out a third time to get david. >> as i turned him over, he was hit pretty good. >> reporter: david was killed in action. sharing the fear and rush of combat had turned the two into brothers, vince took his death hard and vowed he would never go through those emotions again. >> nobody got close to me. >> reporter: he promised after the war, he would track down david's family and tell them what happened. but at first, he couldn't find them. then marriage, six kids and a 30-year career as a philadelphia cop took priority. however, nightmares about what happened never went away. ad two weeks ago, a lead pointed to the italian cemetery in in colm

abc7 news anchor eric thomas is live from treasure island tonight. he has responses from bay area leaders about what's happening. eric? >> reporter: and dan, i.c.e.'s acting director confirmed a couple thousand people would be targeted, not the 1 million people that president trump tweeted about earlier in the week. but a couple of thousand is plenty. for people here including local officials to be outraged. >> he says what he says in order to get the result that he repor the director of the bay area chapter of the california rapid response network, a group that helps immigrants facings raids and enforcements. he says this is part of a trump administration campaign to frighten undocumented people. >> unfortunately, this is part of a policy by this administration to spread fear and terror among the immigrant community. >> reporter: the vice chairman of san francisco's republican party has a different view. >> this is something that's been brewing for a long time. and it just came to the time they said we've got to do something sometime and now is the t

that's it, i'm eric thomas. >> i'm dion lim, (john h.)o spring forward, america, and wipeout. ♪ sing it in the key of "wipeout"! ♪ uhh! springtime on "wipeout"... i feel like i'm drunk. and 24 competitors are about to go head-to-head in a battle for $50,000... aah!

eric thomas explains this is about more than just shopping. a celebration. >> everybody has to eat. >> reporter: that is the main reason bram amani worked so hard the past seven years to turn a good idea into a brick and mortar reality to help people in an underserved community. >> they want the good produce and meat and seafood and good bakery and dairy and quality and affordable for them. >> reporter: the last full service grocery serving hoover foster and clawson neighborhood pulled out in the 70s leaving behind a food desert for 9,000 residents. when amani began pursuing his idea, come up with millions of dollars to acquire land and construct a new building and staff it. 13 million came from grants. >> we raised $2.2 milion from average people. >> like this woman who said it is more than just a market. >> i'm really excited. community members coming in and being able to do music or us being able to test run someone's homemade jam. >> in addition to produce, it will have everything a grocery store specialized in and you could get espresso a

as eric thomas explains, this is about more than shopping.s a celebration. >> that's the main reason activist brahms ahmady worked so hard to turn into an idea to be in an underserved community. >> they want the good bakery and dairy and the quality and affordable for them. >> the last, full-service grocery serving hoover foster and clawson neighborhood pulled out in the '70s leaving behind a food desert for 9 sno,000 resid. the first step was simple was come up with land, and staff it. 13 million came from grants. >> we raised $2.2 million from average people. >> those people bought stock in the store like this woman who said this will be more than just a market. >> i'm more excited like community members being able to do music and us being able to test-run someone's homemade jam. >> in addition to fresh produce it will have everything a grocery store deli specializes in and you'll be able to get espresso and custom-made coffee. >> they'll have organic foods and all kind of stuff and i'm having a baby so it's another city, san leandro, emori

i'm eric thomas. >> right away we begin with that breaking news. shot in the caldecott tunnel. officers are searching for suspects. >> kate larson is there near the tunnel life, kate? >> reporter: eric and dion, i'm on the side of highway 24, the traffic is now moving quickly towards the tunnel, but that was certainly not the case here for hours tonight after someone was shot. take a look at this. this was on the westbound side and one of two lanes that headed towards san francisco. that was more than two hours and that opened up and major traffic jam for two hours. someone opened fire at a car inside the tunnel. there were two people inside and the driver was shot in the head and the passenger was not shot. we just learned from the c that they believe this is an isolated incident. the only suspect description we have is that the suspect car is white. as soon as we get more information, we will update you on our website, abc7news.com and abc 7 mornings that start at 4:30 a.m. traffic is moving through the caldeco caldecott tunnel as the chop contin

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i'm eric thomas. dion is covering the nba finals in toronto tonight.n moment. first right to abc7 sports director larry beil who i could hear shouting from the other room as the game was concluding. > fairly stressful. the warriors seemed to be running out of healthy bodies. kevin durant out, klay thompson went down, so did kevon looney. the warriors still able to even the series. steph curry was dehydrated early in the game, blinking his eyes. weren't sure what was wrong. kevon looney left the game with a shoulder or collarbone after that collision with kawhi leonard. 18-0 run gave the warriors the lead for good. klay does the splits there, left with a hamstring strain in the fourth quarter. andre iguodala seals it with a huge three in the final seconds. the warriors even the finals at a game apiece, 109-104 the final. >> it was a great win. now we've got to go home and protect our home floor. we'll see about all the injuries. but i'm very proud of our team. >> everybody's going to have a chance to h

. >> eric thomas is live on treasure island and has responses from bay area leaders tonight. eric? >> reporter: dan, immigration groups and attorneys are readying this weekend for what they fear might be a flood of calls about people being picked up by i.c.e. we've heard from police departments in the area who say they won't be helping out because they are sanctuary cities. but as always, this argument is very loud. >> at some time you have to enforce the law. >> reporter: that's what the vice chairman of san francisco's republican party says about his group's support of the trump administration's crackdown this weekend on undocumented families. and here's why. >> and he doesn't want people coming into the country not being able to make a living and being on the dole. >> reporter: but the head of the bay area chapter of the rapid response network says this is all part of president trump's plan to cause fear and anxiety in the immigrant community. he has this advice for those who fear the raids. >> there are emergency hot lines for community members to report i.c.e. activity. the go

abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is live where city officials say they are outraged by these allegations. eric? >> reporter: and lieu aguna hons a combination of hospital of the poor of san francisco. the relationship between patients and staff builds on trust and now the city has to work to regain the trust. >> we are better than this. >> reporter: san francisco mayor london breed wasn't the only one outraged by the allegations at laguna honda but had a personal connection. >> my grandmother suffered from dementia and was there. >> this behavior is not something we will tolerate. this behavior is not something i will tolerate. >> reporter: health officials say while investigating an unrelated dispute by two employees, they found evidence that 23 dementia patients were victims of abuse starting with improper talk about sex and it got worse. >> verbal and physical abuse. neglect, privacy violations, medication errors and administration of non-prescribed substances to some residents in an attempt to passfy them. >> reporter: the six workers are accused of making unauthorized video and audi

eric thomas, abc 7 news. >> interesting. thank you so much, eric. >>> on the peninsula, detectives have a murder mystery to solve. two victims in two days. each victim suffered multiple stab wounds along skyline boulevard within more than a mile of each other. we are joined live and there is a suspect in custody? >> reporter: that's correct. one suspect was arrested this morning. investigators are trying to determine if he's linked to both stabbings. skyline boulevard in rural san mateo county was blocked off for a second day following an investigation into a second fatal stabbing. on tuesday night, sheriff's deputies were searching for evidence into the first fatal stabbing when they found another stab victim, 31-year-old john pekipaki screaming for help. deputies saw a man drive a car towards them they believe was the suspect. >> a deputy fired at the oncoming vehicle driving towards the vehicle and both deputies. the suspect was not hit by gunfire but the vehicle went off the road way into a ditch. >> the suspect has been

in lafayette, eric thomas, abc 7 news. >>> today in the ghost ship trial the wife of co-defendant and ghost ship founder derrick testified. also an oakland firefighter told the jury he had been inside that warehouse and saw no safety issues. the defense very pleased saying their clients should not be held responsible for the deadly fire back in 2016. >> today was one of the best days of the trial for the defense. >> defense attorneys say micah alison was a strong witness for their side. now she acknowledged conditions at the warehouse were kind of rough in the beginning but also said she often saw law enforcement officers inside the ghost ship. the trial is now on break until after the fourth of july holiday. the last witness is expected to be derrick. >> you're going to be surprised. he's very articulate and poet i can. the heart of him is 100% artist. he doesn't deserve to be in jail. >> testimony resumes july 8th. there are 36 counts of involuntarily manslaughter. >>> the first man was bassed on electric cigarettes and smoke shop owners are fuming. san francisco has some of the tou

abc7 news anchor eric thomas is live in pleasant hill, o'sullivan's alma mater. eric. >> reporter: dan, tara o'sullivan graduated with the class of 2011 from college park high, a young woman with a clear goal to become a law enforcement officer ahead of her. today this afternoon, we've been watching people build a may morial at the base of the flag pole where the flag was flying at half staff. a law enforcement officer who is also a classmate is responsible for this. another friend we spoke to this afternoon called tara o'sullivan fearless, absolutely fearless. tara o'sullivan graduated with the college park class of 2011. the school book chose her taking a class in ceramics. a classmate also in law enforcement left a bouquet of flowers at the base of the pole where the flag was flying half staff. he did not want his face on camera, but his eyes were filled with tears. she was drawn to law enforcement as a teenager. she joined the explorer program run by the martinez and pleasant hill police departments. a police lieutenant told me off camera she had the drive ess

i'm eric thomas. dion lim is in toronto covering the nba finals. >>> a developing story, an explosion at a chemical plant in santa clara caused a shelter in place for residents and busiarea. it happened around 4:30 at the air products plant. santa clara firefighters have been there ever since. abc 7 news reporter luz pena is live with the latest for us. >> reporter: eric, it took firefighters over an hour to put out the fire at this air products facility, known for producing hydrogen. many neighbors we spoke to said they felt the explosion and then the flames followed. flames bursting out of this chemical facility shook buildings and residents at least five miles away from it. >> first you heard the boom. and then you felt like a wave of pressure, of like a force, just hitting you. like all around you. just like moving you. >> reporter: several block blogss away rosales could see the flames. he described them as 50 feet high. his first thought was to save his workers. >> i went outside. and i saw a bu

eric thomas is hosting a special about the fans and workers who made the arena the home of the goldente warriors. >> they're going to leave you open, make them pay. >> few people who work in the arena know the players today better than curtis jones. he stands at the tunnel when the team takes to the court. he's also the guy who tosses the ball to steph curry for the three-point tunnel shot before every home game. steph and i are warming one day and he was shooting these deep shots from the corner and from the tunnel. so we just got into a conversation about it and we opened a rapport or whatever and then he just started throwing me the ball and i started passing the ball and we went from there. >> he says the warriors star is a role model and the essence of what it means to be a golden state he's a really grounded, down to earth person and you can tell that he has great values and morals and you can tell that he's really a passionate person because there are times when they get a certain amount of time to warm up and then he has a certain amount of time to sign autographs and then som

. >> eric thomas is hosting a special about the fans and workers who made the arena home of the goldenors. >> reporter: few people who work in the arena know the players today better than curtis jones. he stands at the tunnel when the team takes to the court. he's also the guy who tosses the bay home game. >> steph was warming up one day and shooting these deep shots from the corner, from the tunnel. so i just got into a conversation about it. we had a good rapport and he just started throwing me the ball and i started passing the ball and we went from there. >> reporter: he says the warrior star is a role model and the essence of what it means to be a golden state warrior. >> he's really grounded, down-to-earth person. you know, you can tell that he has great values and morals and he p y you can tell he's really a compassionate person because there are times when they get certain amount of time to warm up and then he has a certain amount of time to, you know, sign autographs. and then sometimes some kids would come that wasn't in a position to get autographs and, you know, steph will

abc7 news anchor eric thomas was at the lesher center for the ceremony. >> we hope today to take you on a journey through ellen's multifaceted life. >> ellen o'cain tauscher, eot to friends was a true trail blazer as one of the first women to hold a seat on the stock exchange, and then as a salve say republican who took a seat in the east bay, flipped it blue and won a seat in congress. also as a cancer survivor. she also worked on nuclear disarmament under former secretary of state and personal friend hillary clinton, who sent this video. >> i was always a little in awe of ellen, not only because of her big brain and her amazing personality, but because she was game for anything. ♪ i will remember you >> some of the music was somber, but this memorial was anything but sad. east bay congressman eric swalwell called tauscher his political mom and said she gave him some valuable advice. >> in life you need to know three things. who's important, what's important, and when to leave a party. >> congressman mark desonnier is a close friend. >> it's hard to believe she is not here. she was

abc 7 news anchor eric thomas is hosting a special about the fans and workers that make the arena theden state warriors. >> they're going to leave you open make them pay. >> few people who work in the arena know the players today better than curtis jones. he stands at the tunnel where the team takes to the court. he's alsohe ball to steph curry for that three-point tunnel shot before every home game. >> steph and i were warming up one day and he was shooting these deep shots from the corner, you know, from the tunnel, so we got into a conversation about it and we opened a rapport or whatever and he started throwing me the ball and i started passing him the ball and we went from there. >> he said the warriors star is a role model and the essence of what it means to be a golden state warrior. ar y know.nd morals and you ca tell that he's really, a really compassionate person because there are times when they get a certain amount of time to warm up, and then he has a certain amount of time to, you know, sign autograhs and then sometimes some kids would come that wasn't in a position to g

i'm eric thomas. >> a wave of blue in san francisco today hoping to strike gold. democratic presidential candidates are campaigning in the bay area for the california democratic party convention. 14 candidates are scheduled to speak throughout the weekend. abc 7 news reporter is live from the convention tonight. the candidates all seem to agree on one thing today. >> reporter: you're right. defeating president trump the rally cry today. candidates taking their shot at the president energizing the crowd. >> are you ready to elect a democratic president of the united states? i thought so. >> reporter: nancy pelosi rallied the troops. 5,000 attendees and delegates who want to take back the white house. >> my first criteria is to beat trump and my second is who would give us the best president. >> reporter: senator kamala harris, one of 14 presidential hopefuls speaking at the convention urging the crowd to unify against president trump. >> we need to begin impeachment proceedings and we need a new commander in chief. >> reporter: candidate beto o'rourke targeted the

hi, i'm eric thomas, we're working hard to keep track of pg&e's proactive power outages. they are starting to restore power to the areas affected earlier, parts of unincorporated napa county and lake berryessa and areas near vacaville and yolo county. we have live team coverage, including a look at weather conditions. but first, cornell bernard is live with details on a new outage impacting nearly 27,000 pg and e customers. >> reporter: we've just learned that pg and e is about to shut down power to areas in the sierra foothills, and those include butte, yuba, nevada, placer and el dorado counties. power was shut down in napa and solano counties. that power is slowly being restored. but i have to tell you, it's been a very long day for people living there. >> you know, the elderly and it's not okay they stay here. >> reporter: margarita sanchez is picking up her parents because their home nearak berryessa has no power. >> no power, no internet, no nothing. so they >> reporter: they cut power due to red flag conditions. >> i'm pretty sure they know what they're doing. >> r

eric thomas, abc7 news. >> there are lots of stars out there.ate someone to be a star, you can find all the information at abc7news.com/stars. >> that will do it for now. thanks for joining us for abc7 news at 4:00. i'm larry beil. >> abc7 "news at 5:00" starts now. >> by the time we were out, it was halfway across the building. > i could see the smoke and a big raging fire. >> a south bay construction site goes up in flames. the heat was intense. just now, word that police are talking with a person of interest. >> and scandal rocks a san francisco hospital. years of alleged abuse recorded on video and shared among staff. >> the gig economy. lyft and uber drivers are making demands in san francisco. >> backing berkeley. long-time residents respond to kamala harris's comments on bussing during last night's feisty democratic debate. >> this piece of cloth is a symbol of pride. >> now, news to build a better bay area. from abc 7. >>. >> and this building was almost fully involved by the time firefighters got on >> i seen the whole fourth floor in f

a grocery store called community market as abc 7 news anchor eric thomas explains, this is about more. it's a celebration. >> everybody's got to eat. >> that's the main reason activist brahms ahmady worked so hard to turn a really good idea into a brick and mortar reality to help people who work in an underserved community. >> they want the good seafood choices and good bakery, deli and quality and affordable for them. >> hoover foster and clawson neighborhoods pulled out in the '70s, leaving behind a food desert for 9,000 residents, when ahmady started pursuing his idea the step was simple to acquire land, construct awe new building and staff it and 13 million came from grants and we raised $2.2 million. this woman who says it will be more than just a market. i'm really excited that things like community members coming in and being able to do music or us being able to test run someone's homemade jam. >> in addition to fresh produce it will have everything a grocery store deli specializes in and you'll be able to get espresso and custom-made coffee. this couple can't wait. >> they'll

eric thomas. abc7 news. >>> happening now, another day of power outages across the bay area. right now pg&e is working to restore electricity to thousands of people in the communities. the biggest outages are shown in red as well as orange and yellow. that includes more than 6,200 in san francisco. 611 are in fairfield. >>> we are just over 24 hours away from the final warriors game. the doves will try to keep their quest for a three peat and send the series back to toronto for a game seven. of course they'll be without kevin durant who underwent surgery today for a ruptured achilles'. he wrote this on zbraem and said, i know my brothers can get this game six and watching while they do it. >> play for k. try to keep our season alive. >> we're not even thinking about it. i expect our fans to be the loudest they've ever seen. >> you remember when he went down of now they've started a fund me. remember, abc7 is the only place to watch the warriors. game six is tomorrow night in oakland. the sports director larry is the only one who will be there. the doves' pregame show at 5:00.

. >> can you talk about klay eric thomas klay thompson's performance? >> without klay, it's tough.s some shooting aufd tof floor. spacing is not quite there. obviously one of our best defende defenders. probably the guy that got the most heart it's not real the most popular opinion but as a guy who's been with klay for seven years, i don't know many people with as much heart as klay. the way he was playing, as aggressive as he was, you know, he was carrying us. you know, when he went down, obviously we lose a lot. >> when he came back out of the tunnel, did you know it was just to shoot the free throws or did you think cklay was coming back to play some more? >> i knew it was just to shoot the free throws. but with klay, if they would have let him stay out there, he would have stayed. that's just who he is. how many people are going to play with a hamstring injury? no one. like no one does that. so that's just who he is, man. he's a warrior. no pun intended with that but it's no other way to describe him. he's going to give everything he got every time he step on the floor. and eve

eric thomas has the story how hope and possible activity are building a better bay area. >> this project has been in the works really -- i started working on this in 2012. no one took me seriously at that point in time. >> you've got to take him seriously now. it's set to open to the public tomorrow. today workers were still stocking the shelves and making sure everything was right. >> our focus is on fresh foods, perishable foods and the biggest gap. >> the last ones pulled out in the ' 70s, leaving behind a food desert. when he began pursuing his idea, step one was simple. come up with millions of dollars to i choir land, construct a new building and staff it. $13 million came from grants. >> we've raised $2.2 million. >> this woman says it will be more than just a market. >> i'm really excited like community members coming in, being able to do music or us being able to test run someone's homemade jam. >> in addition to fresh produce, it's going to have everything a grocery store deli specializes in and you'll be able to get an espresso and custom made coffee begins tomorrow. >> this w

. >> and that was eric thomas reporting.asons of golden good-bye on all abc 7 platforms including amazon fire. >>> well, abc 7 is the only place to watch the warriors in the nb finals. game six is thursday in oakland. >> larry beil will be live at the arena. >> our coverage begins thursday on abc 7 news at 4:00 followed by the dubs on 7 pregame show at 5:00, and game six of the nba finals is at 6:00 p.m. followed by after the game live from oracle arena. >>> in the north bay a great white shark spotted in bodaga bay. this was the scene. the crew had thought about doing some water training but decided against it when they spotted the shark at the mouth of ostero americano. >> maybe the shark just wanted to do some training. cooling off. hopefully it'll be a little cooler tomorrow. >> we need a bit of a break here. >> you will get a bit of a break. it's not going to be so oppressive tomorrow dan and ama. 8:32 and the sun was setting. we had a few high clouds going through, and it was absolutely stunning tonight so i had to sha

i'm eric thomas. >> it was part of an organized movement to push congress to action. >> a decent crowd showed up for a protest in new york city. a few counterprotesters as well showed their support for president trump. closer to home several protests were held in the bay area demanding impeachment. >> abc 7 reporter cornell bernard joins us live in san rafael with details. >> reporter: dion and eric rallies we saw today from the south bay to the north bay were small in size but pretty vocal but support for imp remains divided. at san jose city hall this group joined others across the country calling for the impeachment of president donald trump. >> there are americans who are against the president who believe he should be impeached. >> reporter: in san rafael this group held signs on 4th street with the same message. >> democracy, itself, is at stake. >> what do we want? when do we want it? >> reporter: this group of about 50 activists rallied near the federal building in oakland calling for impeachment. >> those lies materially impaired the investigation of russian interference. >> re

. >> let's go first to eric thomas on the front lines of the fire. who is affected most?ple in about three counties. we'll tell you exactly which counties are affected. let's start with the problem. dry vegetation in the hills right up here and the solution. that is one of the 27 fire engines that responded to this fire. there are more fire engines than acres burmd. 27 acres, 24 acres. let's show you how tough a fight this was. the fire was called in before 1:00 this afternoon. when we got here, there was a waffle smoke. you saw fire running up the hiside. part of it in the city of fairfield. part of it in solano county. with red flag conditions the way they were. the sheriff's department evacuated 50 nearby homes. they hope to be back in their ho

eric thomas live in milpitas what the highway patrol is saying about this investigation. >> reporter:ough to scare the heck out of anybody who regularly drives on 680 here in the south bay. the good news the chp don't believe there's a random shooter out there firing at cars. they say the worrisome part is these might it be all road rage incidents two the most recent shootings happened two hours apart last night at 8:30 at king road, the victim says a shot into her vehicle atentlyg.asse tough two windows. it does not appear to be a round that remained in the vehicle reporter. the bullet didn't hit anyone but a 12-year-old girl in the passenger seat suffered cuts from the glass. the victim says a white vehicle pulled up alongside her and the driver brandished a gun. the other shooting between 10:00 and 10:30 last night when the a car going northbound on 85 as trying to merge onto highway 17. the driver herd a thud but didn't see the bullet hole till he got home. lee says in both cases the victims were lucky. >> yeah, the capability of that person being seriously injured, killed as a re

i'm eric thomas. >> hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. >> you see it right there.n forum where a man walked up on the stage and grabbed the microphone right out of the hand of senator kamala harris and spoke about 15 seconds before security removed him. it is not clear who the man was. but he appeared to have a press pass. over at musconi center, it was a parade of presidential candidates. we have more with their >> reporter: one delegate told me it is almost campaign overload. so many presidential candidates speaking this weekend. and there is a common theme here. defeating president trump. >> house speaker nancy pelosi rallied the democratic troops at the state convention, 5,000 attendees and delegates who want to take back the white house. >> my first criteria is who can beat trump and my second criteria is from that group, who would give us the best pres

eric thomas. >> dion lim. swift backlash yesterday as word got out about planned deportation rates.ot happening, migrant communities remain concerned. >> unser is live. >> good evening, not surprisingly here in san francisco there's a lot of strong support for the i.c.e. raids being delayed but now asking why, wondering if just another political ploy by the white house. president trump says this is delayed by two weeks in hopes that bipartisan solution to the border crisis can be reached. acti acting director morgan says this is not about fear, no one is instilling fear in anyone, this is rule of law, integrity of the institution. some saying that announcement gave groups time to prepare and protect undocumented immigrants and potti

. >> eric thomas is live on treasure island and has responses from bay area leaders tonight. eric?mmigration groups and attorneys are readying this weekend for what they fear might be a flood of calls about people being picked up by i.c.e. we've heard from police departments in the area who say they won't be helping out because they are sanctuary cities. but as always, this argument is very loud. >> at some time you have to enforce the law. >> reporter: that's what the vice chairman of san francisco's republican party says about his group's support of the trump administration's crackdown this weekend on undocumented families. and here's why. >> and he doesn't want people coming into the country not being able to make a living and being on the dole. >> reporter: but the head of the bay area chapter of the rapid response network says this is all part of president trump's plan to cause fear and anxiety in the immigrant community. he has this advice for those who

. >> i'm eric thomas.ad to a nearby house but several others are were saved. >> abc 7 reporter laura anthony joins us with details. >> reporter: this is a frightening example of why officials are asking people not to use fireworks at all. they are illegal here. let's show you where the fire started this afternoon just after 2:00. we are showing you this community park across the street from where i'm standing. witnesses told us there were several men in the park shooting off fireworks. one witness said he actually saw the sparks fly across the street and then start this grassy field to my left on fire. this was all dry grass. the witnesses told us that within seconds the entire field was on fire, started burning down the fence lines here, and began setting some of the trees and the fences and the things that people have in their back yards on fire. at that point, we talked to some neighbors, a father and a son, who told us they heard first the scps of those fireworks, then

i'm eric thomas. >> i'm dion lim.map shows the location of the fire not far from the love ridge road exit. if you look closely, it is a heavy industrial area. >> news reporter liz kreutz joins us now live. do firefighters know yet what caused this fire, liz? >> reporter: yeah, hi eric and dion. we got an update. they say the three-alarm fire started at the elite roofing supply company and say it started at a hopeless encampment north of this roofing yard. as far as that injured firefighter, the firefighter injured battlinging this fire, we don't have an update yet. here is what we know. it started around 2:30 this afternoon. plumes of smoke went into the air. you can see the photos taken by people driving by. smoke could be seen as far away as stockton. this is largely an industrial area. near love ridge road. about 100 firefighters and personnel worked to get the fire out. it was a challenging fire. the weather played a role. take a listen. >> the weather caused us some problems

i'm eric thomas.ounty residents are spending the night in a shelter after a wildfire drove them from their homes. flame burned about 1700 acres. cal fire said 500 firefighters are battling the flame. >>> pg&e cut off power as a precaution due to increased fire danger. electricity was turned off today and power is restored in most of the affected areas. >> we continue to track the red flag warning for the hills in the north bay. this will last until 5:00 tomorrow evening for dry north winds gusting over 40 miles per hour, bringing dangerously low humidity and the chance for any fires to spread quickly. we will have more in a few minutes. >> rumors about gunshots being fired triggered a panic at washington, d.c.'s pride parade. parade goers ran for safety after hearing what they thought was gunshots. one man describes what he heard and saw near du pont circle. >> when we heard somebody say somebody had a gun, one of the cops said there was an active shooter and like a couple seconds later when we heard

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in colma, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> that's powerful. >> definitely. >> all right.'s refocus your attention on the weather forecast. >> spencer christian is here with what's coming for the weekend ahead. spencer. >> dan and ama, it looks gray out there with lots of high clouds. we have bright skies coming our way. let me skip ahead. speaking of bright skies and show you the three-day forecast for pride weekend. the next two days will be mostly sunny. sunday will be absolutely sunny with high temperatures in the city, the pride parade reaching about 67, maybe even 68 degrees. it's going to be nice and mild over the weekend here in the city. overnight we'll see across the entire region an increase in low clouds, especially at the coast and here at the bay overnight lowes will be mainly in the mid 50s, little cooler up in the north bay valleys. then tomorrow breezy at the coast again. but we have a bit of a warming trend beginning tomorrow with inland highs in the low 80s in the warm est spots. mid 70s around the bay and 60s on the coast. here's the accuweather seven-d

abc7 news anchor eric thomas is live from treasure island tonight. area leaders about what's happening. eric? >> reporter: and dan, i.c.e.'s acting director confirmed a couple thousand people would be targeted, not the 1 million people that president trump tweeted about earlier in the week. but a couple of thousand is plenty. for people here including local officials to be outraged. >> he says what he says in order to get the result that he repor

live in milpitas, eric thomas, abc7 news. >> thank you. >>> a person is in custody following two homicides in san mateo county. detectives are work to see if the cases are related. each victim suffered multiple stab wounds, both found along skyline boulevard within a mile of one another. deputies discovered abdual nasher on monday evening and last night looked for more clues about his death and that's when they heard john pacci screaming for help and confronted a suspect. >> deputies saw who they believed to be the suspect fleeing in a vehicle. a deputy fired at the con coming vehicle driving towards the victim and both deputies. >> he died at is malik dosouqui. they have not released motive in that case. >> a motorcyclist died after a crash in fremont along mission boulevard and brown road. driver of the car involved ran away from the scene just before 5:30 this morning. it appears the person made a left turn right in front of the motor strikalist. the officers have located the owner along with another person and both are cooperating with investigators. >> today pg&e released the results

. >> that was eric thomas reporting. it's a nice way to honor, though, the sixth players, right, on that team. you can watch 47 seasons a golden good-bye on all abc 7 platforms including amazon fire. worth watching. >>> the san francisco museum of modern art is teaming up with the works of art. an official announcement is expected late earp today. one of the pieces will include a twisting and turning 700-pound mobile by alexander calder. warriors president rick welch says this will be the first time a professional sports fan has joined forces with a major metropolitan museum to place art at a stadium. it's basically right down the street. >> mobile? i haven't said that word since junior high. ken durant's mom talks about her son's injury in game five. that's an abc news exclusive. >> the world's highest paid athletes and the two bay area stars that made the top ten. >> also, a blow-out win. the rec since my dvt blood clot i was thinking... could there be another around the corner? or could it turn out differently? wanted

eric thomas is in pleasant hill with more on tara's bay area connections. >> we'll begin with wayne

eric thomas is hosting a special about the fans and workers who made the arena the home of the goldens. >> they're going to leave you open, man, make them pay. >> few people who work in the arena know the players today better than curtison. sherethteo rycot.or that three-point tunnel shot before every home game. >> steph w shooting these deep shots from the corner, you know, from the tunnel, so we just got into a conversation about it, you know? we opened a rapport or whatever and he started throwing me the ball and i started passing the ball and we went from there. >> he says the warriors star is a role model and the essence of what it means to be a golden state warrior. >> he's a -- a really grounded, down to earth person, you know, he can tell that he has, like great values and morals and you can tell that he's really, really a passionate and compassionate person because there are times when they get a certain amount of time to warm up and then he has a autographs and sometimes some kids would come that wasn't in a position to get autographs, and you know, steph would look over nod

eric khalid long. i just graduated from thomas jefferson university. weren't realized he credits psa with setting him on a different road to success. >> you can play basketball and be smart. long as you put the work on and you're focused you can be whatever you want to be. >> when you lift these two boys up as examples to young boys and girls coming in the program, which is the star of those two? >> they're both the star. >> that's our job-s to ma, is t sure they see you don't only have one dream. with young black boys a lot of times we're taught that things can be very singular. right? and that there's certain paths that you can go down. >> reporter: psa has sent 62 student athletes to college since 2009, and awarding over $13 million in scholarships every year. >> now we finally have, what, 20 guys graduate college with either a bachelor's degree or master's degree in the last two years. >> our numbers are a little bit fudged because the guys who don't graduate are going into the nba, they're leaving as freshmen or sophomores or juniors. >> so they're