abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez is in palo alto this morning. ia ahead, all of those windows and doors closed, all of yesterday afternoon. >> yeah, same with me, reggie. i was over in san mateo county yesterday and i took my baby to the park about an hour earlier. i was fine. then an hour later, it was just so smoky. it was just hard to breathe when you were outside. so yeah, i kept my windows closed as well. and right now we're in palo alto and i was looking at the air quality tracker. it's showing an unhealthy level here. i can smell the smoke even this morning. and all of this haze throughout the bay area is prompting an air quality advisory right now. so we want to show you some footage from yesterday. an orange haze was hanging over cupertino in the south bay. and we also saw people buying masks at a san francisco hardware store. people all around the bay area are seen smelling and really feeling that smoke. air quality experts say we could expect to see the impacts for the next couple of days. >> fires up north in california and in southern

live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thanks, gloria. in san francisco, mayor london breed says public safety ambassadors will be expanding their routes, starting on thursday. breed says the ambassadors will be going to clement street and park presidio. the program deploys retired police officers and supports merchant corridors across the city. ambassadors are meant to be friendly faces to help provide directions and to act as crime. deterrence >> san francisco organizers are getting ready to hold the biggest international event in the city in decades. the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit, or apec, is in less than two months, and nearly 30,000 visitors are expected to attend, including heads of state, ceos and foreign journalists. city leaders believe san francisco is the perfect place for apec. >> yes, i think we're ready. i think san francisco is a great place to hold our apec with our large asian population. i've heard the number of $50 million of direct economic impact to the city. >> hotel managers say dreamforce, which brou

live in palo alto, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria. in the east bay, the effects of the smoke were felt all over oakland children's fairyland closed early yesterday because of poor air quality and the oakland zoo didn't even get that far. they decided that morning to be closed for the entire day. a preschool near lake merritt ended up having to sing kids home after the air quality got worse throughout the day today, we had probably about 40 students come by and they were only able to play for about two hours before we had to make that phone call to send them home early. oakland public schools took precautions, including keeping kids with sensitive conditions like asthma in side. the district says canceling classes is a last resort. >> there's a possibility that some of the bay area could lose power today. i'm talking about very few people. p-g-and-e's has raised the likelihood it's going to shut off power. a preemptive move to reduce the risk of wildfires. only one bay area counties affected. that would be napa county. and it's only se

live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria.ave three things i'm going to remember from this morning over the sad passing of this really giant and in politics, you have phil matier talking to us about how sitting across from her and she would kind of give you that. now, phil, when she didn't like the way something was going on, you have jackie speer talking about how great she was as a mentor and a political friend, but then also saying like, girl, i like your lipstick. where did you get it? >> yeah, she said she was a girly girl. girly girl, right. >> and then scott wiener talking about how she never really stopped being the mayor of san francisco. she always felt like there was such an important part of her career politics, and she wanted to be a caretaker of who was going to be in that supervisor seat, which ended up being him. yeah those three stories, i think, paint a picture personally of who this was. >> a lot of big takeaways today , but i think at the end of the day, we've heard it so many times, people just calling her

live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thank you, gloria. >> today marks 22 years since the nine by 11 attacks, 2753 people died in lower manhattan that day. and just this weekend , the medical examiner identified the remains of two more people, 40% of those lost are still unidentified. the testing of remains all these years later is part of a pledge so that the families of as many victims as possible can have closure. 341 members of the new york fire department have now died from ground zero related illnesses. the tribute and lights shined during a test overnight just hours before the tribute to the victims of the world trade center's san francisco's fire department will be holding a commemoration at 645 this morning. >> that is the moment when the twin towers in new york city were hit. the names of the fallen first responders will also be read aloud. today's remembrance ceremony is happening at all san francisco fire department facilities as this list now started over the weekend here in the bay area, santa clara county o

live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria. today marks 22 years since the nine by 11 attacks. 2753 people died in lower manhattan that day. and just this weekend, the medical examiner identified the remains of two more people, all 40% of those lost are still unidentified. and the testing remains all these years later as a part of a pledge so that the families of as many victims as possible can have closure. 341 members of the new york fire department have now died from ground zero related illnesses as the tribute in lights shined during a test overnight just hours before the tribute to the victims of the world trade center, the san francisco fire department will be holding a commemoration at 645 this morning. >> that is the moment when the twin towers in new york city were hit. names of the fallen first responders will be led read aloud today's remembrance ceremony is happening at all. san francisco fire department facilities. luh- this right now some tributes started over the weekend here in the bay area, santa clara county o

live in palo alto, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria. in the east bay the effects of the smoke were felt all across oakland children's fairyland closed yesterday early because of the poor air quality. the oakland zoo never even got that far. they decided in the morning that it would be closed for the entire day. a preschool near lake merritt ended up having to send kids home after the air got worse throughout the day. >> say we had probably about 40 students come by and they were only able to play for about two hours before we had to make that phone call to send them home early. >> oakland public schools took precautions, including keeping kids with sensitive conditions like asthma indoors. the district says canceling classes is a last resort. >> p-g-and-e's has raised the likelihood it's going to shut off power for a preemptive move to reduce the risk of wildfires. this will affect very few of you, only one bay area counties included napa, and it's only for 7 in 7 customers. it's part of a psps warning. it went into effect yesterday. it

live in palo alto, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. thanks. >> you can check on the air quality anytime using our online interactive tracker. you can find it along with our full weather forecast right now at abc7 news.com. >> activists are criticizing oakland's naacp chapter claiming it works against the local black community. in a letter to the national naacp, this group of activists, including one former member, the host of the black business roundtable podcast, is saying this tough on crime rhetoric targets black people. they also say it evokes stereotypical narratives of black criminality. so now this group is calling on the naacp nationally to look into the oakland chapter. >> the oakland branch is currently using its position to hijack the legacy of the historic organization and using it as a weapon, a weapon. >> in a statement to abc seven news, terry wiley, who's a member of the oakland chapter of naacp, says, quote, i have no comment to accusations that are intended to distract everyone's attention from the rising number of ret

as abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez joins us live at city hall this morning. and gloria, the public safety committee met yesterday to take up several safety issues. >> they did, karina and the city officials met here yesterday. the rise in traffic deaths was one of the topics that they discussed. and the city officials are asking for answers this morning. a recent report shows that traffic citations dropped drastically over the past several years. this as the number of pedestrians being killed is on the rise. and the public safety committee took up the issue thursday, led by supervisor rafael mandelman, the supervisor sent a letter of inquiry to the police department after it reported a 97% drop in traffic citations in eight years as i would like for us to get closer to a plan to actually have more traffic enforcement, we have less people overall in the department. >> those resources at the traffic company are being pulled in different direction as. and you heard right there, the police department is pointing to its staffing shortage as a key part of the proble

live in san francisco, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. you, gloria. >> nearly 140 alleged criminals are off the streets in oakland this morning. it was a part of a huge us marshals service initiative called operation north star three. now it took place in 20 cities across the us and in total, nearly 4500 fugitives were arrested and oakland. the arrests were for homicides, assaults, sex offenses, robberies and weapons . an investigation is underway after two people died in shootings at a car service center in albany. happening yesterday morning at the toyota to berkeley service center. investigators say a man shot and killed a woman who worked there and there was a shootout with police when officers arrived on scene. >> officers entered the building located a victim, encountered a suspect, and in exchange of gunfire occurred. we're told multiple officers from the berkeley police department opened fire. >> that suspect died at the scene. it's not clear if or how the suspect and victim knew each other. concern are growing on capitol hill over

i'm gloria rodriguez. and if you're getting ready to head out. meteorologist lisa arjun is in the weather center with what you need to know. good morning, lisa. hey there, gloria. >> hi, everyone. good morning. if you look at live doppler seven, boy, it certainly doesn't look like the last day of september. looks more like january, right? well, we've had a few showers around here, but right now it looks ominous out there. and we're not done with the storm impact scale yet. we're going to leave it up throughout the day today. it's a weak system, level one. we've had the slick roadways, gusty winds, and we still could have a chance of a thunderstorm. there you see at the golden gate bridge kind of back lit there with the clouds and some sunshine. 55 downtown, it's 59 in mountain view, 61 in san jose. and awfully cloudy with some fog here at sfo, 59 in santa rosa, 56. fairfield, we've seen a couple of hundreds since about one 2:00 this morning. but the wind is with us. it will be breezy and temperatures as much as 15 degrees cooler today. so here it

i'm gloria rodriguez. it is the first day of fall. and lisa, you are dressed for fall. i love the colors. >> you too. thank you. i know it's going to be a nice one. we are expecting some big changes. we still have a spare the air alert that is lingered day after day due to the hazy conditions. the north winds still not totally shut off. so we're looking at some of that smoke from the north still being brought into the bay area. but look at that. we've got a cold front that is going to clean everything out, bring fire ending rain to extreme northern california. so some really good news there. here's a look at live doppler seven moderate air quality right now. that means we're in the yellow and we'll look for these hazy conditions. this is a 24 hour loop that shows the blue indicating, yeah, we're going to have some of that high elevation smoke. but by the time we get to the second half of our weekend skies will be much clearer. so poor air quality, mainly north bay, the coast and central bay. then everyone gets into the good air quality. tomorrow it is 59 in oakland, 57

i'm gloria rodriguez. and of course, we'll get to those top stories in just a moment. but first, we have a look at your labor day weekend forecast. here's meteorologist frances donaldson . how will it be this weekend for labor day? it's going to be cloudy. >> a little bit like yesterday. so temperatures are still going to be below average. a live look outside from our east bay hills camera shows you lots of cloud cover around the bay area, but we will get some more sunshine in parts of the north bay this afternoon. we'll also be dealing with some possible morning drizzle temperatures right now in the 60s and we're tracking a chance of isolated showers that may pop up throughout the day this afternoon will be breezy at the coast. temperatures there in the mid 60s around the bay, mid 70s and inland areas will be warming up into the upper 70s as sun sets at 738 and the chance of showers lingers through tomorrow and i'll have the labor day forecast coming up. >> gloria, we want to know that for those labor day barbecues. thank you so much, frances. well, icon and singer ji

and gloria rodrÍguez -- i am gloria rodrÍguez. let's start with drew to see what the weather has in store. drew: we have a lot of cloud cover out there. we have some drizzle. we will take a closer look at the drizzle. it is peppered across the region. don't be surprised if you encounter wet pavement. a cooler weather moved in. the marine layer has reestablished itself. starting out in the 50's and 60's. a lot of cloud cover throughout the morning. a little bit of sunshine by the afternoon. temperatures, today. temperatures are going down with the cooling trend. mid-60's to low 70's later this afternoon. let's get a check on traffic with jobina. jobina: we are entering the holiday weekend. the drive times certainly reflect that. tracy to dublin only 24 minutes around 5:30 in the morning. i cannot recall that except around the fourth of july. you are in good shape for the most part. we do have a closure on eastbound 80 i want to let you know about that might impact some people if they are trying to travel into the east bay. at the 1

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> reggie, thank you. e turn now to the landmark antitrust case against google going to trial today. the question, is google too powerful ? is it a monopoly that needs to be broken up? jobina is tracking that from the live desk. jobina >> thank you, reggie. this morning, google goes on trial, as you just stated, the mountain view based search engine access by some 8.5 billion users daily handling an estimated 99,000 queries per second is accused of stifling competition and creating an online monopoly. the implications go far beyond google and into the growing artificial intelligence market. columbia law professor tim wu says a win for google at trial will mean business as usual, a loss, though he says, will allow for more search engine options from competitors. >> google is accused used basically of buying its way out of competition. the allegation is that it made a bunch of deals with mainly with apple to prevent other search engines from getting a foothold and challenging it. google is going to say, we've

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria, thank you.nd there's more on the story. you can watch our one on one interview with da price about her first nine months in office. it's streaming right now at abc7 news .com or our abc7 news bay area app. we have seen scenes like this far too often retail theft from smashing grabs to mass organized theft. >> it's happening all across california. and now we're learning more about governor newsom's plan to stop the crime by investing hundreds of millions of dollars in dozens of cities and counties. abc7 news reporter lena howland live in san francisco with how the money could help here in the bay area. lena well, governor newsom says californians can soon expect to see more takedowns, more police, more arrests and more felony prosecutions. >> when it comes to organized retail theft. this thanks to a $267 million investment being made by the state and we've since learned some of that money is being sent right here to the bay area. take a look at your screen. the governor's office says that include

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. loria. >> a record amount of money will be going toward retail crime prevention here in california. governor newsom announced the state will be sending more than $267 million to 55 cities. that's the largest single investment in state history. he says this money will lead to the hiring of more police officers and securing more felony prosecution. as sheriffs and police departments statewide, including those right here in the bay area, could be getting up to $23.6 million each, district attorney's offices could also get some of that money. it's all part of the governor's real public safety plan. >> san francisco's efforts to crack down on the drug crisis is about to enter a new phase. the city has already asked for assistance from the federal government. and we are getting a better idea now of what that might look like. a senior reporter with the san francisco standard, our media partner, believes an emphasis is going to be placed on the federal prosecution of drug crimes. >> they have

gloria rodriguez, abc7 news. k you, gloria. >> for more information on when, where and how to schedule your booster, just head to our website abc7 news.com. a decision eight years in the making coming up at 530. what a judge has just ruled in a case involving a kentucky couple and a defiant county clerk who refused to issue them. a marriage license. >> and police are investigating an attack on a bart train. we're hearing from the victim who is now vowing to never -had enough? -no... arthritis. here. aspercreme arthritis. full prescription-strength? reduces inflammation? thank the gods. don't thank them too soon. kick pain in the aspercreme. in the mood for breakfast? at denny's, the super slam is now only $9.99. come get the biggest, crispiest, fluffiest, sweetest deal in breakfast for only $9.99. and for a limited time, try our new pumpkin pecan pancake breakfast. at denny's, it's diner time. directv sports central gives you access to every game. but terry doesn't have directv. come on. come on. work for dad- her

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria. covid booster shots are at fighting the new omicron variant. and those shots could be ready as soon as next week. abc7 news reporter ryan curry joins us live from walnut creek with that. ryan >> yeah, reggie, good morning. we're just waiting approval from the fda and cdc about this matter which could come as soon as next week. and now we're waiting to see what health experts are telling us, because right now their advice is that people should go and get it once it is approved. and moderna says this new booster creates more antibodies designed to fight the newer omicron subvariants. they say it also offers additional protection against the subvariants currently making up majority of the cases in the united states. doctors right now say they don't appear to be any more dangerous than other subvariants. however there may they may be more capable of causing infections in people who were previously infected or have older covid vaccines. that is why doctors say it's best to get this new sho

gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> kumasi, thank you, gloria.ng today, santa clara county supervisor users are expected to take action on a series of measures to help battle the fentanyl crisis. one proposal calls for investment and resources so people can get services as soon as possible, particularly those who want to get into a treatment program. another idea is to help doctors understand and how to properly diagnose and treat addiction. >> we really want to educate as many people as possible so that they can both treat addiction, but also be aware of it and make connections to the appropriate location or resource. the this is supervisor cindy chavez. >> she says the county also wants to fund education programs about fentanyl and make narcan and fentanyl test strips more widely available. >> more changes to the office of san jose's independent police auditor. the assistant police auditor, eva roa, has stepped down. this comes just months after the top watchdog retired and the independent police auditor office is tasked with making sure city i

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. u, gloria. >> happening today, one of the most critical votes of the year , according to san jose mayor matt mehan. it involves a plan that would turn a plot of land off of zanker road into a tiny home village to get unhoused people off the streets. abc7 news reporter ryan curry is live in san jose this morning with more on today's vote. ryan. >> yeah, reggie, good morning. there are several reasons why many here at vta do not want to see this site turn into housing . they range from safety concerns to security concerns. matt meehan very, very much so pushing for this. he wants the site turned into temporary temporary housing. he says he wants to use it until vta says they need it for something else. vta says the suburban division bus yard is the only yard vta has and that has room to expand the agency says they have already leased three other sites to the cities of san jose and mountain view for housing. the agency says workers would be concerned about safety if there are non employee

i'm gloria rodriguez. we're starting this half hour with a look at your weather. good morning to you, lisa. hey, gloria. >> good morning to you. we are looking at less than 30 minutes to sunrise. it's hazy out there, cloudy in most parts. another spare the air alert, moderate air quality today, that sea breeze not really helping us out because the smoke is offshore. so when we get into our sea breeze, still looking at those hazy skies for your saturday, but not for sunday. so we have an improvement for the second half of the weekend outside here , you can see it doesn't look great, right? 57 downtown. it is 58 in palo alto. and a look from our exploratorium camera, partly cloudy skies. look at those 40s from novato to napa. pretty chilly there. 54 santa rosa fog in napa at quarter mile visibility. so today poor air quality. north bay coast in central bay. it gets better tomorrow the fog will erode back to the coast by noontime. but then we'll get some high clouds late in the day. 60s to mid 70s for most maybe a couple upper 70s and then we'll see a cold front head

i'm gloria rodriguez and happy saturday day. meteorologist lisa arjun is here this morning. sa, good morning. is it going to be a nice weekend? >> yeah, good morning to you, gloria. the first weekend of fall. yes we have some changes for the second half of the weekend that i think you'll like. but unfortunately, we are starting out with some moderate air quality. it is hazy and we have another spare the air alert today. so that haze is lingering into your saturday. a lot of the smoke was pushed offshore. and then with our onshore flow yesterday, it got pushed right back at us so that will be the case again today as we have a lingually lingering northerly upper level component and so that keeps the smoke in our vicinity. but by late today into tomorrow, we have more blue sky to look forward to and there will not be a spare the air alert. but you look outside here and you get the idea why the air quality is moderate now. but throughout the day it could get poor in the north bay, the coast and central bay, moderate everywhere else. and then by sunday day, this is behind us and w

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thanks, gloria.people in san francisco's cow hollow neighborhood say they are still without water three days after a water main break flooded the area. the main has been fixed, but crews are still working to repair a giant sinkhole that opened at green and fillmore during the flooding. the owner of marina submarine on union street has surveillance video showing the water that rushed into his business. >> the whole basement is flooded . even the sidewalk, you know, the water went between the cracks and there is a office downstairs and there's a basement. it's all flooded. i have a lot of equipment such as like freezers. you know, i have fridges. i have a lot of inventory downstairs. now, i have to toss everything down the street to smaller holes have opened up in the ground. >> businesses say the road closure is impacting the foot traffic that many rely on for their customers. >> p-g-and-e's is hoping to bury 10,000 of its 25,000 miles of power lines over the next decade. but the process to do that is

i'm gloria rodriguez. it is saturday, september 30th, the last day of the month. and lisa argent is here with us. and lisa, can't believe it's already going to be october. my goodness. yeah. >> and we're certainly not only going to flip the page of the calendar, but the weather is really going to do a 180 as we get behind this system that is bringing some showers, even a thunderstorm to the east of us. but for the bay area, it's a level one system. it's weak. we have seen a wave of light showers move through while you were sleeping. and right now in the south bay from the summit, ben lomond pescadero highway one. and this afternoon, still the possibility of a few scattered showers. the roadways could be slick and we could even see maybe a thunderstorm. but we are looking at the system on the move throughout the next 24 hours. look how mild it is. upper 50s to near 60 out there. and temperatures as much as 10 to 15 degrees cooler today in spots. so we'll talk about how we warm up when we warm up, how much and the look for the first full week of october coming up. >

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. s starting on monday. the agency is planning to run more trains. it should mean your commute will be smoother and shorter. abc seven news reporter ryan curry is live in walnut creek with the details of the service changes. ryan >> yeah. reggie the longest wait time will be 20 minutes for riders taking part throughout system wide. the goal right here is to make it more efficient for anybody riding bart now and also accommodate the new style of riders. there's a lot less. people are now taking bart's and also their hope is to make it easier for anybody who is taking bart. there will be a 20 minute maximum wait for trains now. no more. will you see those half hour wait times. more trains will be running at night as well. trains on the yellow line will be running every 10 to 15 minutes on weekdays. on weekends , trains on the richmond line will run every ten minutes. bart ridership has been dramatically lower compared to pre pre pre-pandemic levels excuse me. more people are returning to b

abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez has their story. up by my sister yelling for help and a loud bang of our wall, our fireplace actually coming crashing in. and then that's when we saw all of the mud coming into our home, not knowing how high the water and mud would rise. they rushed to the roof of their home. um, from there, they could see the flooded streets, cars being swept away. they called 911. our dispatcher. she was really kind , but she was basically just telling us like one like we're getting they're getting a lot of calls already. and two, that help is on the way that they're aware of our situation. however, they're unaware when we're going to be able to get help. you almost feel hopeless seeing the fire, the firefighters flashing their lights at us from the street behind us and having to go back because they can't get through to top it off, there was a gas leak. r.c. prayed on the roof. i'm a mess. i'm calling my son eddie, because i don't know if it's the last time i'm going to see him. and. to tell him that i love him. an

abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez has a look at their efforts. bright line defense has 19 monitors like this one tracking the air quality in four san francisco neighborhoods, including the tenderloin and south of market. >> we had the opportunity to do these community input meetings with particularly sro tenants, single room occupancy tenants that live in the tenderloin mission district and also throughout eastern san francisco and ask them where they would like these air quality sensors sited so that then they would know whether it's safe to go outside or not. >> executive director eddie on tells me they started this tracking in 2020 because of the wildfires. then today, residents can check the data online in real time and they're seeing the impact from these current wildfire hours. >> air quality has gotten significantly worse, unfortunately, particularly in eastern san francisco. >> groundwork richmond has given out more than 20 purple air sensors similar to this one to residents as part of their air rangers program. if you look at the air qua

abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez has their story. we got woken up by my sister yelling for help and a loud bang of our wall. our fireplace actually coming crashing in. and then that's when we saw all of the mud coming into our home, not knowing how high the water and mud would rise as they rushed to the roof of their home. from there, they could see the flooded streets, cars, cars being swept away. they called 911. our dispatcher, she was really kind, but she was basically just telling us like one like we're getting they're getting a lot of calls already. and two, that help is on the way that they're aware of our situation. however they're unaware when we're going to be able to get help. you almost feel hopeless seeing the fire, the firefighters flashing their lights at us from the street behind us and having to go back because they can't get through. to top it off, there was a gas leak. r.c. prayed on the roof. i'm a mess. i'm calling my son eddie because i don't know if it's the last time i'm going to see him. and to tell him that

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria.ture will help provide financial relief while they're on strike. wga writers and sag-aftra actors rallied outside amazon studios yesterday in la, urging support for california senate bill 799. that led legislation would give unemployment insurance to writers and actors while they're out of work. writers have been on strike for four months. actors have been striking for nearly two months. labor unions also joined in the rally to urge state legislature to pass the bill and send the governor this bill to sign. the 800,000 union members of the los angeles county federation of labor is standing with you. >> and we got your back. the bill has passed through committee and could be on the governor's desk as early as next week. >> a heads up for some bart riders. big changes are coming next week. the agency is rolling out a new service schedule, hoping this will improve service across the entire day. abc seven news reporter ryan curry live in walnut creek this morning with what you need to know

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria.ow to the new data released overnight about moderna's new covid booster shot. the company saying it is extremely effective at protecting against the current subvariants. now they're waiting for fda and cdc approval to get the shot into the arms of americans. abc seven news reporter ryan curry live in walnut creek this morning with what you should know. as health officials prepare for a possible fall surge in cases. ryan >> yeah, reggie, good morning. approval from the fda and cdc could come as early as next week. and of course, health experts are advising people to get this new covid shot as soon as possible with the colder months approaching. moderna says this new booster is designed to target these new subvariants that are coming from the omicron variant. they say it also offers protection against the subvariants currently making up the majority of the cases in the united states. doctors say they don't appear to be more dangerous than other subvariants . however, they may be more cap

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you, gloria.d 19 hospitalizations are on the rise , having increased for a seventh straight week. the centers for disease control reports more than 17,000 hospitalizations have happened just during the last week of august, compared with 150,000 during the peak of omicron in january of 2022. officials believe the upcoming covid 19 booster could protect against severe disease and death. and it's expected to be available as early as next week in southern california, one city is banning mask and vaccine mandates. even with this covid spike, citing personal freedoms , uh- huntington beach's mayor introduced that measure last night. it narrowly passed it. reporter david gonzalez with our sister station in los angeles, spoke with one opponent who says this move is politically motivated. >> city should ban broad universal mask and vaccine mandates by declaring the city to be a no mask, no vaccine mandate. city. >> my issue is why are we talking about this in a narrow 4 to 3 votes? >> the huntington beach

live in the newsroom, gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> and the conversation doesn't end there. you can watch our one on one with da price about her first nine months in office right now online. it's at abc seven news.com or on your abc seven news bay area app. now to the growing frustration over oakland's next police chief, mayor shengtao told the chronicle she will be declaring a state of emergency by the end of the year if she does not receive a list of finalists from the for this position from the police commission. >> opd is saying violent crime is up 15% this year compared with last year. tao fired the previous chief, laurent armstrong, after an independent investigation found he failed to hold some of his officers accountable for misconduct. five east bay police officers appeared in court on charges of conspiracy and accepting bribes that allegedly includes tequila in exchange for voiding citation of friends. the contra costa county da's office filed the charges against four antioch police officers and one pittsburg officer in co

i'm gloria rodriguez. and before we get to that story, meteorologist lisa argent is here with what to expect today. good morning to you, lisa. morning to you. >> a little wet pavement out there. did you see it this morning? >> you know what? i didn't experience it, but i hear we could see some showers today. >> we have our storm impact scale. we're dusting off and we are looking at a few scattered showers. as you look at live doppler seven right now. thunderstorms to the north and east of us. it's an area of low pressure that will drop down and kind of hug the shoreline. and that's going to keep some instability with us throughout the day. here's a look at live doppler seven, a few showers right along the coast there by pescadero. so we're keeping this a level one on our storm impact scale. so some very light scattered showers, gusty winds, slick roadways, even a chance of a thunderstorm, 60 right now in oakland, it is 59. in santa rosa with all the cloud cover and the breeze overnight, we are much warmer,

i'm gloria rodriguez from abc seven mornings. let's get to jobina with a look at your traffic. w you, but hopefully we'll be able to bring it to you when we go back to gloria in just a moment. we do have a crash on the bay bridge. that's blocking one lane. and our biggest issue right now is actually going to be what is happening in vallejo. we have roadway concerns section there that is going to have all the lanes shut down on westbound 80 and that's going to be between 780 and then state route four in hercules. and let's get back to gloria. >> all right. thank you so much, jobina meteorologist drew tuma has your accuweather forecast after the break. >> commit to comfort with a mattress from mancini sleep world with our labor day sale sleep free for three event and experience the avocado collection only at mancini sleep world your perfect mattress match is waiting for you online or in stores at mancini sleep world. >> when you drive america's best light duty pickup summer is yours for the taking to take bigger toys to take fun to the limits and take in every day surrounded by co

i'm gloria rodriguez from abc7 mornings. ely, completely packed here. you're averaging around 30mph in that area. we still have two sig alerts in effect. the first one is here in fremont, southbound 880 at mission boulevard, and the second is in novato. hey, drew. >> hey, good morning, jobina. we have temperatures that are getting into the 60s where we have that sunshine this morning. we'll take you outside our exploratorium camera. we're getting those breaks in the clouds. so we'll see that sunshine appear over the next 1 to 2 hours across the city. here's how the day shapes up. sun and clouds. right now. it's a bright afternoon. it's a warmer afternoon compared to the holiday yesterday, 70s and 80s away from the coast. gloria >> all right. thank you, drew. and time now for live with kelly and mark. we'll be back at 11 a.m. for midday live. have havea great day ♪ ♪ >> announcer: it's "live with kelly and mark!" today, recording artist and author, melissa etheridge! plus, team building exercises as we kick off "live"'s "teamw

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i'm gloria rodriguez. reggie: let's see what drew tuma has in his visual forecast. drew: it will be very visual this morning. the marine layer has been reestablished. you see a peppering of green on the screen. the windshield wipers getting a bit of a workout this morning. some wet pavement. it is not meaningful rainfall. pockets of rainfall the next couple of hours. here's a live look at the south beach camera looking at the bay bridge. it is quite cloudy from this vantage point. we keep the chance of drizzle through noon. we are dryer this afternoon. we will get some sunshine breaking to the cloud cover but it is a windy afternoon. temperatures. dress more for fall temperatures than summerlike. we will be in the 60's and low 70's by 4:00 p.m. how was traffic doing on this friday? jobina: happy friday to you. we start the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights on. if you're coming from the east bay, you have a clear ride. where we don't is in oakland. big backup due to a crash on westbound 24 before northbound 13. definitely want to make sure you leave yourself

i'm gloria rodriguez and frances ding lawson joining us here this morning for labor day weekend. frances, i'm so sad to hear about jimmy buffett passing away. such great songs. >> yeah, it's unfortunate. and also, i love those hawaiian shirts and outfits. unfortunately for us, we will not be wearing anything summery this weekend. temperatures are on the cool side and it's going to be cloudy through the labor day holiday. here's a live shot from the exploratorium looking at some of those gray skies over the bay bridge. winds are light right now, but they will pick up this afternoon. sunrise at 640. temperatures generally in the low 60s. we could see some morning drizzle. it'll be cloudy in the afternoon with a chance of isolated showers. temperatures inland will hit the upper 70s this afternoon around the bay. low 70s at the coast mid 60s. sunsets at 737. those lingering chances of showers continue tomorrow though. and then things don't really warm up until next week. i'll show you that with the accuweather seven day forecast gloria. >> all right thank you so much frances icon and

abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez joining us live in the newsroom with reaction to the report and what could potentially come next. >> gloria good morning. kumasi the report is largely in favor of former oakland police chief laurent armstrong. he's saying this is clear vindication and he wants his job back. his supporters are calling on mayor shengtao to rescind state him a new 55 page report by an independent arbiter later exonerates armstrong of any wrongdoing in relation to allegations that he mishandled two incidents of misconduct within the department. the report calls for the city to consider for his reinstatement and some community leaders believe that oakland should bring him back. >> chief armstrong, he knows oakland. you know, he has seen many years of our experience when it comes to public safety. he he was part of the cease fire, the gang, the gang injunction and dealing with many other law enforcement actions that we currently need today. >> everybody makes mistakes. that's why they put erasers on the back of pencils. the point of it is to say that she made a mistake and a

i'm gloria rodriguez. >> yes, we're checking in with drew now for a look at the forecast. >> yeah, and it looked real pleasant today. we'll have sunshine. we'll have temperatures that are very comfortable, a little bit warmer compared to yesterday. so right now, our cool spots in the valleys of the north bay, we're in the upper 40s to lower 50s. so a little bit of a chill in the atmosphere in parts of marin and sonoma county this morning. as you head around the bay shoreline. we're in the upper 50s for the most part as you step outside a lovely picture. this is from our east bay hills camera and you can see that low level fog out there this morning. but once we get rid of it, we've got sunshine coming our way. so here's how the day shapes up. very september like pattern with that morning cloud cover our marine layers overhead, giving way to sunshine a few degrees warmer today compared to yesterday. but all in all, it's very comfortable. we're in the mid 70s around the bay shoreline, mid 80s and our warmest spots inland high jobina high. >> true. thank you. good morning, everybody. so w

i'm gloria rodriguez. and, of course, we'll get to those top stories in just a moment. but it is labor day weekend, so we all want to know about the weather. here's meteorologist frances lawson. good morning, frances. >> morning, gloria. morning, everybody. it is going to be cloudy this weekend and temperatures are going to stay below average. we had some of that drizzle yesterday that just stuck around san francisco. almost most of the day. we could see some drizzle again this morning. temperatures generally in the low 60s for the next couple hours. and then this afternoon, noon, we're tracking chances of isolated showers popping up around the bay area. very little rain expected, though. inland areas in the upper 70s this afternoon around the bay. generally in the low to mid 70s and at the coast mid 60 soquel's. so we'll be tracking those chances of showers and i'll let you know when things will finally warm up, gloria. >> all right. thank you so much, frances. new this morning, icon and singer jimmy buffett has died at the age of 76. he was known for his beach bum att

i'm gloria rodriguez. >> yes, we're happy you're here. >> thank you. thanks. >> we're going to start with a check of our forecast with drew. >> yes, it is going to be lovely today. today is the nicest of the three day weekend outside this morning, a live look from the tam cam. we do have our morning marine layer with us right now. no significa drizzle out there, but we do have dense fog in the valleys of the north bay. temperature wise, we're in the 50s and in the 60s as you go about your labor day. so here's future weather. hour by hour, we'll have that cloud cover really breaking down for sunshine. it's just a really pleasant day. get out. enjoy the sunshine. 69in the city, 73 in oakland, near 80. in san jose, 84. in santa rosa. very comfortable. inland with concord and antioch in the mid 80s. guys . >> all right. thank you, drew. developing news, tens of thousands of people are trapped in nevada's black rock desert as the burning man festival continues this morning. heavy rain over the weekend turned the festival site into a thick, muddy mess. and l

this abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez joining us live in the newsroom to explain why this is happening. >> gloria, good morning. kumasi city attorney david chu says a judge clarified an injunction which limited the city's response. chu says the city can clear encampments as long as they first offer shelter to those who are living on the streets. this action is just the latest development in a months long legal battle between the city and homeless advocates. the director of the coalition on homelessness, which is suing the city, worries that the increased sweeps could lead to the city violating its own rules on clearing encampments. she pointed to policies prohibiting the destruction of homeless people's property. she says that can be counterproductive. but chu believes it's a step in allowing the city to enforce its own laws. >> san francisco has really tried to balance providing compassionate services and shelter to unhoused individuals with maintaining a healthy and safe streets. but that balance is really upset, particularly as as over half of the folks who have received offers of s

and abc7 news reporter gloria rodriguez joins us live in the newsroom with reaction to the report andxt. >> good morning, reggie. that report is largely in favor of former oakland police chief laurent armstrong. he is saying this is clear vindication that he wants his job back, his supporters are calling on mayor shengtao to reinstate him. a new 55 page audit criticized the report that led to the termination of chief armstrong earlier this year after allegations that he mishandled misconduct within the department. the report calls for the city to consider his reinstatement and some community leaders believe that oakland should bring him back. >> chief armstrong, he knows oakland. you know, he has seen many years of our experience when it comes to public safety. he was part of the cease fire, the gang, the gang injunction and dealing with many other law enforcement actions that we currently need today. >> everybody makes mistakes. that's why they put erasers on the back of pencils. point of it is to say that she made a mistake and ask him to come back, maybe even apologize. >> that is

abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joining us live in the newsroom to explain why this is happeningng, kumasi. >> city attorney david chu says a judge clarified an injunction which limited the city's response. chu says the city can clear encampments as long as they first offer shelter to those who are living on the streets. this action is just the latest development in a month long legal battle between the city and homeless advocates. the director of the coalition on homeless, which is suing the city, worries that the increased sweeps could lead to the city violating its own rules on clearing encampments. she pointed to policies prohibiting the destruction of homeless people's property, which she says can be counter productive. but chu believes that it's a step in allowing the city to enforce its own laws. >> san francisco has really tried to balance providing compassionate services and shelter to unhoused individuals with maintaining a healthy and safe streets. but that balance was really upset, particularly as over half of the folks who have received offers of shelter would turn i

i'm gloria rodriguez. >> september, y'all. >> yeah. yeah it's september the 5th. >> so just you know, try this halloween oratio. >> that's right. halloween. it's due. yeah >> let's wait till halloween and then thanksgiving. >> yes. >> that is christmas. >> and we still have some warm weather. >> yeah, this year. >> you know, it's been cool, but we're having some warmer temperatures this afternoon in the summer has just been below average. and so far, you know, we haven't had too many heat spells. we'll say that. but it has been warm from time to time. it will get warmer later on this afternoon right now, live look from the exploratorium camera, not totally overcast. we have holes in the cloud cover right now. so patchy fog out there at best. there's no dense pockets right now that could change over the next hour or so. we'll watch that. temperatures right now, some low 50s in the valleys of the north bay. we have upper 50s, low 60s around the bay shoreline this morning. here's future weather noticing that patchy fog. we will see a part

. >> i'm gloria rodriguez from abc seven mornings tens of thousands of people are trapped in nevada'sal this morning. some people are making it out of the desert. so sad. san francisco shared this video with abc seven. she got to reno and stopped at an in-n-out for one look at her boots and some of the people in the restaurant just gives you an idea of the situation that everybody was in. organizers say they plan to have another update for attendees by 9:00 this morning. now let's get a check of your traffic this morning with jobina. >> thank you, gloria. good morning, everybody. we are starting here with a foggy look from our golden gate bridge camera. the chp still has not issued a fog advisory this morning. the san mateo bridge, nice and light overall because of the holiday traffic is not much of an issue unless you are traveling through this stretch. westbound 80 between 780 and vallejo and state route four and hercules is shut down until 5:00 this morning due to roadwork. gloria all right. >> thank you so much, jobina and meteorologist drew tuma has a quick look at the bay area i