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pena. >> i'm tara campbell. >> i'm j.r. stone at abc7 new even has you covered,ected witlet'!ckup tlp -let's power on! power on with the leader in connectivity. stay connected with comcast si plus ask how to get up to a $500 prepaid card. call today! >> i'm abc's perry russom in washington. more than 19 million san jose state and the university of volleyball game has been relocated to the south bay. good october 23rin clear skies. loor sky conditions across the board. and you can cloudy, which is a big improvement from the cloudy start we've had the past couple oferure change. it is a lot colder in spots right now compared to this time yesterday. ten degrees colder in fairfield, 14 degrees colder in half moon in oakland, 52 in san jose. san mateo waking up to some cool air at 48 degrees. but we do recover very nice and warm, but note breezy once again, but daytime highs feel great in the mid 70s. now along the coast we do have partly cloudy skies. currently , but we do bounce back very >> you know, so far it's looking pretty good out there. we have a live look o get a little b

j.r stone, abc seven news. >> well, you can track the heat wave with our abc seven bay area apps. you can follow the forecast with the very same live doppler seven tools that our weather team uses and find tips to stay cool. we'll send you alerts with any important updates. the sports world is remembering one of the greats tonight pete rose. baseball's all time hit king has died. he was 83. rose topped mlb's all time hit list over a 24 season career. he played for three world series championship teams from the 1960s to the 80s. he was a player and then manager of the cincinnati reds, but his gambling on his own team ended his managerial career and kept him from the hall of fame. no cause of death has been announced. new details tonight in the water worries at oakland schools. oakland unified leaders say they may have to spend more than $50 million after lead was found in the drinking water at dozens of schools. abc seven news reporter tim johns looks at the price tag as the struggling district asks for help. >> we teach oakland's future parents, students and teachers from the oakl

in concor, j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> new developments with embattled san jose city council member omar torres. he's asking for a 30 day medical leave of absence. torres cited the investigation into the allegations. he sent sexually explicit text messages to a minor. he says it has affected his mental health and he needs time to recover. at least one city council member appears to be ready to reject torres's request and wants him to resign immediately. >> if we don't do anything, then shame on us. this is not about council member torres. this is about our constituents. this is about our city. this is about our pride and our moral fortitude to do the right thing. >> earlier this week, the city council removed torres from all the committees he serves on. >> another mild fall day in the books. and there's more to come. looking live out at san francisco tonight. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel has your 24 hour accuweather forecast. sandhya. >> yeah. dan, we are in the clear tonight. as you look

j.r. stone talked with antioch's mayor about his half $1 million ask to help police. >> i don't play in that game of pro-police versus anti-police. the measures that i'm proposing today are pro public safety because our residents demand public safety. and so if it means hiring more police officers, we're hiring more police officers. >> antioch mayor lamar hernandez thorpe, who i spoke with wednesday night, says he will seek to have the city council approve $500,000 in funds to go towards long term assistance from outside law enforcement agencies. this comes after antioch saw at least 15 shootings in september. two people died in those shootings. pastor damon owens of genesis church in antioch reacted to the mayor's move. >> let me applaud the mayor for doing his best and trying, putting his best foot forward in order to address the problem, this is a systemic issue within certain pockets of the community within the city of antioch. >> damon's wife, chantelle, says the funeral for elijah scales w

but first, here's abc seven news reporter j.r. stonewith the update on a scary attack on an assistant principal in san ramon now escalating to a kidnaping charge. >> it's not what happened at the actual homecoming dance here at california high school in san ramon. it's what happened in the parking lot during that dance that is raising eyebrows. an assistant principal was attacked by a 16 year old visiting student who, according to san ramon police, dragged her by the hair from one spot in the lot to another. >> it's alarming to see that our students would respond to authority figures in that way. >> christine arneson has kids in the san ramon unified school district, and like others we spoke with, is surprised and upset over the alleged assault. >> it's a big deal. and on top of that, you know, i think when you go to another person's homecoming, it's a night of celebration for that school and for those students. so my suspicions were, did they go there for reasons that weren't great to begin with? >> this is a what we consider a nice ar

j.r. stone abc seven news. >> well, san francisco has struggled to repair its reputation on the national stage, dealing with negative perceptions like you just heard. so we asked the top candidates for san francisco mayor how they would approach the city's pr problem. watch our special in-depth interviews with the mayor. major candidates in the race at abc7 news.com slash s.f. mayor, or wherever you stream abc seven news. an update to a story we brought you at the top of the hour. our media partners at the bay area news group have received a statement from san jose councilman omar torres, who they report was served a warrant by police today in his statement. torres says he was wrongfully detained and that the sexual misconduct claim against him is baseless. we also reached out to torres tonight, but did not hear back. >> fascinating story tonight. the wreck of a world war two destroyer known as the ghost ship of the pacific has been found near point reyes. the uss stewart served both american an

j.r stone, abc seven news. >> well, you can track the heat wave with our abc seven bay area apps. you can follow the forecast with the very same live doppler seven tools that our weather team uses and find tips to stay cool. we'll send you alerts with any important updates. the sports world is remembering one of the greats tonight pete rose. baseball's all time hit king has died. he was 83. rose topped mlb's all time hit list over a 24 season career. he played for three world series championship teams from the 1960s to the 80s. he was a player and then manager of the cincinnati reds, but his gambling on his own team ended his managerial career and kept him from the hall of fame. no cause of death has been announced. new details tonight in the water worries at oakland schools. oakland unified leaders say they may have to spend more than $50 million after lead was found in the drinking water at dozens of schools. abc seven news reporter tim johns looks at the price tag as the struggling district asks for help. >> we teach oakland's future parents, students and teachers from the oakl

j.r. stone talked with antioch's mayor about his half $1 million ask to help police. >> i don't play in that game of pro-police versus anti-police. the measures that i'm proposing today are pro public safety because our residents demand public safety. and so if it means hiring more police officers, we're hiring more police officers. >> antioch mayor lamar hernandez thorpe, who i spoke with wednesday night, says he will seek to have the city council approve $500,000 in funds to go towards long term assistance from outside law enforcement agencies. this comes after antioch saw at least 15 shootings in september. two people died in those shootings. pastor damon owens of genesis church in antioch reacted to the mayor's move. >> let me applaud the mayor for doing his best and trying, putting his best foot forward in order to address the problem, this is a systemic issue within certain pockets of the community within the city of antioch. >> damon's wife, chantelle, says the funeral for elijah scales w

and abc7 news reporter j.r. stone looks at the impact on the commute and downtown businesses starved for foot traffic. >> reporter the rush hour backup of cars leaving san francisco tuesday night may have felt a bit different. that's because tuesday, october 1st, marked the first day of salesforce requiring many of their workers to come back to the office. in downtown san francisco, this is the week. >> this is the week to come in. >> we spoke with chelsea yoshi's and priscilla yip at the popular 83 proof cocktail bar downtown. both work for salesforce and both were back in the office tuesday. i am excited about it. >> i'm excited to, like, connect with my coworkers again and be able to just see the people in the office and the in person connection will be really valuable. >> i feel like our teams are super, super flexible, but you know, they definitely want to see more in person, you know, connections. and you can already see with the downtown just how alive it's come even for this week with the new mandate. >> both

the situation and a football fio unfolds, abc seven news reporter j.r stone looks at the impact of thoserter of t walkout that happened monday at el cerrito high school. >> anger over the school and due tot's decision for the el what the principal calls ineligible players. parents and students are furious.thg that tt football team is asking for is for fairness. if true, show us. show us. >> el cerrito high school played in varsity football games d 202a result of this players particip, so now the and in at least c given. while the m still has three games left, this decision could mean >> when you talk about 12th graders, seniors who may have interests of colleges, that's comi school to see them play. this shortened if the season is shortened, do that interest still remain or t wantsmissed.nt >> at this point we would like to see him >> new at 11 san jose city leadersowre up be done. if torrs misses five straight city council meetings, his seat can be considered vacant. we've reached out t. >> another wild weekend of for , the chp says it was with 60 offd 21 vehicles and recovered 16 stole

abc seven news reporter j.r stone breaks down the case here. >> dan effect. hundreds of employees felt like their vaccine exemption requests weren't taken seriously by bart. those that i talked with in 202e the same opinion. we're not giving in uh. we're holding ground. we're holdiboard. you kd to be homeless again. now they're they're tapping into people's rights and i'm not going to stand for that. not plaintiffs argue they weren't accommodated. what does that mean? anvicc tested regularly, they argueo td the first finished up this past friday. this is theall six casea religious conflict with the thas bart case is similar to a covid vaccine mandate case in vaccinea mandate to do so. now, bart is y between 350 and $400 million in e board of directors did vote stone, abc seven news. >> all right j.r. thank you. so much. it is a mild night acrossa pretty perfect fall day. looking live out from our mount tam cam. we are tracking a warm up on the way for your wednesday. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with your 24 hour accuweather forecast. sa

j.r. stone abc seven news. >> all right. let's turn now to your forecast with showers moving into the bay area tonight. but the good news for the trick or treaters is these showers are not sticking around for very long. >> abc seven news meteorologist andy patel is tracking the wet weather and has your halloween forecast. hi, sandhya. hi, there. >> yeah, it's going to be a splash and dash kind of situation, which is obviously welcome. any time. but let's take a look at live doppler seven and we'll talk about what is happening right now. those showers are moving in exactly as we had predicted. as we take you into street level radar, right into the north bay across highway 101, we are seeing some damp roadways. also seeing some wet weather around oakland and emeryville. street level radar tracking. the showers on the peninsula heading towards the burlingame foster city area next. so watch out if you are going to be stepping out this evening. it is a level one on our exclusive abc7 news storm impact scale. that front is going t

and as abc seven news reporter j.r stone explains, some experts aren't sold. >> these are what are called bollards. they surround the salesforce tower in san francisco for safety reasons. now there's a push to bring those or something similar along with planters, to union square in light of another attempted crash and grab like this one at the louis vuitton store monday. >> we just want them to prevent vehicles from ramming into these businesses in order to rob them. >> san francisco mayor london breed held a press conference in union square tuesday. she said the city will cut some of the red tape involved in the approval process. >> we appreciate the support from the city to not only allow us to easily navigate the process for permitting and that sort of thing, but also to help support the financing of this tool. >> but as to how much money the city will give out, that is unclear. rob ryder, co-founder of the storefront safety counci, says bollards have been installed in new york city, las vegas and chicago. while he applauds the effort here in san francisco, he has questions and concern

in concor, j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> new developments with embattled san jose city council member omar torres. he's asking for a 30 day medical leave of absence. torres cited the investigation into the allegations. he sent sexually explicit text messages to a minor. he says it has affected his mental health and he needs time to recover. at least one city council member appears to be ready to reject torres's request and wants him to resign immediately. >> if we don't do anything, then shame on us. this is not about council member torres. this is about our constituents. this is about our city. this is about our pride and our moral fortitude to do the right thing. >> earlier this week, the city council removed torres from all the committees he serves on. >> another mild fall day in the books. and there's more to come. looking live out at san francisco tonight. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel has your 24 hour accuweather forecast. sandhya. >> yeah. dan, we are in the clear tonight. as you look

j.r stone, abc seven news and you can get detailed information about what crime is like where you live with our abc seven neighborhood safety tracker. >> it includes information and trends for san francisco, oakland and san jose. you can find it at abc seven news.com or on our app. >> all right. just a terrible, tragic story in the east bay tonight. police in fremont say a three year old is dead after being run over in a parking lot. it happened just before noon yesterday near dunsmuir common and colleen terrace. police say a driver was pulling out of a parking spot when the toddler moved in front of the car. the driver hit the child and immediately stopped. paramedics could not save the child. police are investigating the crash, but say alcohol or drugs were not factors. >> two dozen people can't go home tonight after a fire raced through their apartment complex in pleasant hill. fire sparked just before three this afternoon at the viking apartments on north drive, right next to diablo valley college. firefighters say the flames spread between two units and into the attic. they put ou

j.r. stone abc seven news. >> well, san francisco has struggled to repair its reputation on the national stage, dealing with negative perceptions like you just heard. so we asked the top candidates for san francisco mayor how they would approach the city's pr problem. watch our special in-depth interviews with the mayor. major candidates in the race at abc7 news.com slash s.f. mayor, or wherever you stream abc seven news. an update to a story we brought you at the top of the hour. our media partners at the bay area news group have received a statement from san jose councilman omar torres, who they report was served a warrant by police today in his statement. torres says he was wrongfully detained and that the sexual misconduct claim against him is baseless. we also reached out to torres tonight, but did not hear back. >> fascinating story tonight. the wreck of a world war two destroyer known as the ghost ship of the pacific has been found near point reyes. the uss stewart served both american an

j.r. stone abc seven news. >> new developments tonight.th the clock ticking on the catholic diocese of oakland's bankruptcy. the diocese is up against a november eighth deadline to work out its reorganization. it entered chapter 11 proceedings last year, overwhelmed by lawsuits over sexual abuse. it says it's in mediation with those survivors to reach settlements. it's also suing more than a dozen different insurers, trying to get them to cover claims and contribute to the settlements. all this will need final approval by a bankruptcy judge. >> well, big piece of vegas history is about to come down. the tropicana las vegas is being demolished early wednesday morning to make way for the a's ballpark. officials say there won't be a public viewing area because of potential danger, but that's not stopping visitors who are booking nearby hotel rooms to catch a glimpse of this implosion. >> i have a work event and it falls right over the date. >> so the implosion and then that's great for me. so i can be here around two, 230 in the morning to wa

and abc7 news reporter j.r. stone looks at the impact on the commute and downtown businesses starved for foot traffic. >> reporter the rush hour backup of cars leaving san francisco tuesday night may have felt a bit different. that's because tuesday, october 1st, marked the first day of salesforce requiring many of their workers to come back to the office. in downtown san francisco, this is the week. >> this is the week to come in. >> we spoke with chelsea yoshi's and priscilla yip at the popular 83 proof cocktail bar downtown. both work for salesforce and both were back in the office tuesday. i am excited about it. >> i'm excited to, like, connect with my coworkers again and be able to just see the people in the office and the in person connection will be really valuable. >> i feel like our teams are super, super flexible, but you know, they definitely want to see more in person, you know, connections. and you can already see with the downtown just how alive it's come even for this week with the new mandate. >> both

j.r. stone abc seven news. >> all right.let's turn now to your forecast with showers moving into the bay area tonight. but the good news for the trick or treaters is these showers are not sticking around for very long. >> abc seven news meteorologist andy patel is tracking the wet weather and has your halloween forecast. hi, sandhya. hi, there. >> yeah, it's going to be a splash and dash kind of situation, which is obviously welcome. any time. but let's take a look at live doppler seven and we'll talk about what is happening right now. those showers are moving in exactly as we had predicted. as we take you into street level radar, right into the north bay across highway 101, we are seeing some damp roadways. also seeing some wet weather around oakland and emeryville. street level radar tracking. the showers on the peninsula heading towards the burlingame foster city area next. so watch out if you are going to be stepping out this evening. it is a level one on our exclusive abc7 news storm impact scale. that front is going to

but first, here's abc seven news reporter j.r. stone with the update on a scary attack on an assistant principal in san ramon now escalating to a kidnaping charge. >> it's not what happened at the actual homecoming dance here at california high school in san ramon. it's what happened in the parking lot during that dance that is raising eyebrows. an assistant principal was attacked by a 16 year old visiting student who, according to san ramon police, dragged her by the hair from one spot in the lot to another. >> it's alarming to see that our students would respond to authority figures in that way. >> christine arneson has kids in the san ramon unified school district, and like others we spoke with, is surprised and upset over the alleged assault. >> it's a big deal. and on top of that, you know, i think when you go to another person's homecoming, it's a night of celebration for that school and for those students. so my suspicions were, did they go there for reasons that weren't great to begin with? >> this is a what we consider a nice a

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone is live on the cal campus, where the game day is underway. how's it going out there? j.r. >> stephanie the sun finally came up so that's certainly the good news. and you can see in one of our shots i want to hand off to the right here. you go into the background and i want to show you all of the people who are out here we're talking about and everybody was wondering how, how's the turnout going to look in comparison to some of the other schools they go to? well, this has been a very strong turnout. we have been here since the wee hours of the morning talking with fans who were here late last night. this is what they had to say. take a listen. what time did you guys get here? >> we got here at 1130 and we're pumped. what time did you get here? 1130. >> what's your thought? you got no shirts on? you think they have a chance? you think cal's got a chance? of course, of course. >> we got odds. we got. >> we have fernando mendoza. we're winning this game. let's go fans! >> go fans. and you can see. you can see in some of this video what it looked l

j.r. stone abc seven news. >> former 49 san francisco 40 niners. quarterback colin kaepernick says his experience being shunned by the nfl inspired his new business venture. kaepernick spoke about his silent sideline protest in 2016 at the techcrunch disrupt conference in san francisco. he's promoting his ai driven storytelling storytelling platform called lumi, which is meant to help others tell their stories. >> where we're focused is how do we enable stories? and that may come from ai assistants. it may come directly from users. >> kaepernick says he was inspired by his experience taking a knee during the national anthem to protest police brutality, saying he lost control of his own narrative at that time. now, the latest on efforts to bring two chinese pandas to the san francisco zoo. the chronicle reports the zoo is close to its goal of $20 million in donor commitments needed to build an enclosure for the pandas. chinese wildlife officials are working with the zoo to bring the pandas to san francisco next year. the ceo of the san francisco zoo

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone is live on the cal campus where the set is up and running. j.r. how's it going out there? >> reporter well, it's been lou. it's loud right now as the music is playing. these students, many of them have been here all night. and before we talk with some of them i want to show you what the crowd looked like. we are talking about hundreds, if not thousands of students. many of whom got here late last night. the show starts at 6 a.m. this morning on espn. goes till nine, but then the game isn't till tonight. but this is first time ever that we've seen something like this. so you got your signs out here today? yeah. we do. >> yeah. >> when you heard that they were coming, what was your thought? i started making my sign right away. you start making it right away. and a week later, we have go bears. yeah. this is one of those where they decided last week that this college game day crew, which is like the biggest college football program in the nation, came out here. do you think cal even has any sort of chance against miami? >> any given saturday? go bear

j.r. stone abc seven news. >> new developments tonight.atholic diocese of oakland's bankruptcy. the diocese is up against a november eighth deadline to work out its reorganization. it entered chapter 11 proceedings last year, overwhelmed by lawsuits over sexual abuse. it says it's in mediation with those survivors to reach settlements. it's also suing more than a dozen different insurers, trying to get them to cover claims and contribute to the settlements. all this will need final approval by a bankruptcy judge. >> well, big piece of vegas history is about to come down. the tropicana las vegas is being demolished early wednesday morning to make way for the a's ballpark. officials say there won't be a public viewing area because of potential danger, but that's not stopping visitors who are booking nearby hotel rooms to catch a glimpse of this implosion. >> i have a work event and it falls right over the date. >> so the implosion and then that's great for me. so i can be here around two, 230 in the morning to watch the implosion and the sho

abc seven news reporter j.r stone breaks down the case here. >> dan in 2021, bart worker into effect. hundreds of employees felt like their vaccine exemption requests weren't, and now some other workers are seeing their case before a jury. >> yeah, i'm not what our beliefs are. >> i've been homeless before, and this is what i told the bart board. you know, i'm not afraid to stand for that. not on my watch. >> bart did initially grant vaccine exemptions none of that happened and firstt friday. this is the proven that the plaintiff could not be reasonably accommodated without undue hardship? the casd vaccine mandate case in tennessee, in thatthan 600 grand to the plaintiff, who did not get the vaccine, despite a mandate to do so. now, bart is a transit agency that $400 million the red. but bart's board of directors did vote 8 to 1 inj. . >> all right j.r. thank you. so the bay area tonight after a pretty perfect fall day. we are tracking a warm up on the way for your wednesday. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya pao l warmer as we look at a live view from our san jose camera. all is c

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abc7 news reporter j.r. stone shows us the fired up cal fan base, who we whose most recent we >> espn college gameday personality pat mcafee hyping the cal crowd with nfl great and cal bears alum marshawn lynch. >> beast mode all for the first time ever in berkeley. >> we're here all day, all night. and there's nothing that's going to stop us from having a great time. go, bears! >> that interview came during one of our live shots on abc seven mornings. i saw you're done with your breakfast sandwich. you came for the food? >> yes. it's fun to be out here. i mean, it's awesome. i didn't think that cal had any fans. this proved them wrong. >> thousands showed up, but perhaps the most energetic and diehard fans. the students. what time did you guys get here? >> we got here at 1130, and we're pumped. >> let's go. you got no shirts on? you think they have a chance? you think cal's got a chance? of course, of course. >> we got jayden. we got we have fernando mendoza. we're winning this game. let's go back. go, bears! >>

abc seven news reporter j.r stone shows us the fired up cal fan base, who we held the most cal. >> oh, espn college game day personality pat mcafee hyping the cal crowd with nfl great and cal bears alum marshawn lynch. >> beast mode all for the first time ever in berkeley. >> we're here all day, all night. and there's nothing that's going to stop us from having a great time. go, bears! >> that interview came during one of our live shots on abc seven mornings. i saw you're done with your breakfast sandwich. you came for the food earlier? >> yes. it's fun to be out here. i mean, it's awesome. like, they didn't think that cal had any fans. this proved them wrong. >> thousands showed up, but perhaps the most energetic and diehard fans, the students. what time did you guys get here? >> we got here at 1130, and we're pumped. let's go. >> you got no shirts on? you think they have a chance? you think cal's got a chance? of course, of course. >> we got janus. we have fernando mendoza. we're winning this game. let's go! fans! go, bears! >> i'm so excited. this is amazing. i've never seen so muc

j.r. stone spoke with employees who say several hospital floors are hitting scorching temperatures. >> right now it is. it is so miserably hot on our floor. it is 95 to 100 degrees and we are taking care of extremely ill patients. >> that's melton smith, who's a registered nurse at ucsf medical center at parnassus in san francisco, where he and more than a half dozen other nurses tell us on certain floors, there is no air conditioning. >> my anger level is like up to here. i've been dealing with this for years and i don't know what else to do. i'm sick of it, and we're all sick of it. >> smith says cold towels were given out, but those gave him this rash. >> not only is it difficult for us, but especially for patients that are trying to get better. >> several of the nurses we spoke with wished to remain anonymous. >> from a like a top hospital in the u. s, it seems really ridiculous. like i can't even put on my gloves to do the work that i need to do to take care of my patients, because my palms

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone shows us the fired up cal fan base, who we held the most cal, cal. >> oh, espn college game day personality pat mcafee hyping the cal crowd with nfl great and cal bears alum marshawn lynch. >> beast mode all for the first time ever in berkeley. >> we're here all day, all night. and there's nothing that's going to stop us from having a great time. go, bears! >> that interview came during one of our live shots on abc. seven mornings. i saw you're done with your breakfast sandwich. you came for the food earlier? >> yes. it's fun to be out here. i mean, it's awesome. like, they didn't think that cal had any fans. this proved them wrong. >> thousands showed up. but perhaps the most energetic and diehard fans. the students. what time did you guys get here? >> we got here at 1130 and we're pumped. >> let's go. >> you got no shirts on? you think they have a chance? you think cal's got a chance? >> of course, of course we got jayden. we have fernando mendoza. >> we're winning this game. let's

abc seven news reporter j.r stone is on the cal campus where the set is up and running. how's the party? j.r. >> yeah, we've got thousands out here stephanie good morning to everyone out there. >> you can see a lot of them behind me. >> uh- yeah i'd say there are a few people here and there's a few people there and there's a few people there. you can see they've got the signs. they're dressed to the t. this game isn't even happening until 730 tonight. but they came out for this college game. you hear the chants to they came out for this college game day crew, and they're going to be out here for most of the day. i do want to show you some of the video that we shot earlier. and this is what you could see. some of we are right front and center down the stage. now, some of the people that you see in this video, they came out here late last night. they said we had to get out here. we got to represent cal and the entire state of california. they were out there. they were rowdy. i said, i hope you guys have a voice later on. and yeah, they were they they are in the midst of th

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone spoke with the person who was on that plane and witnessed the attack. she says the victim is deaf and nonverbal. >> the next thing i know, i just hear the this just these sort of blood curdling screams. >> sandhya gupta is describing the moment she woke up two hours into her united airlines flight from sfo to washington dulles airport on monday. in the row in front of her, she could see one passenger attacking another. >> he was just very violently and very aggressively just pummeling the guy who was in the window seat in front of me. it was it was vicious. this wasn't like a bar room. i'm going to throw a couple of punches around. i mean, this was this was vicious. >> the fbi says the suspect, everett chad nelson, had just gone to the bathroom and was walking back to his seat when he attacked the victim, who was sound asleep in a random row, not his. another passenger jumped in to help. basically. >> kind of like wrapped this guy and sort of like a hug. and the assailant just. it was

abc seven news reporter j.r. stone looks at the questions from parents and police. >> dozens of students surrounding what appeared to be either a fight or an attack at the bank right next door to ignacio valley high school, around 230 wednesday afternoon. >> i saw people running and i went to go follow them. and then i just saw a kid getting jumped. >> that from a student who witnessed what happened but chose to protect her identity. we received video from an anonymous member of the school community. look closely in the back and you can see someone in a ski mask throwing a punch, joining others in masks during an assault. officers say they broke up what they call a fight involving several teens. security and property management told me this was a, quote, straight up ambush of a male and female student by several individuals. end quote. you can see one of those people dressed in all black in this shot while police didn't locate a knife. witness video shows a knife just lying on the ground in an area near the crowd. >> i

j.r. stone news. >> san francisco has struggled to repair its reputation on the national stage, dealing with negative perceptions, and it doesn't help that we have these stores closing like you just heard in our story. this week, i met with each of the top four candidates. i was joined by tech journalist and podcaster kara swisher and the sf standard, and we asked all of them about how to address sf's pr, sf, pr problem. you can watch our special in-depth interviews with the major candidates in the race at abc7 news.com/sf mayor, or wherever you stream abc7 news. >> now to uc berkeley. they're going to be in the national spotlight tomorrow, is playing the university of miami. but before that big game, espn's college game day will be live on the cal campus for the first time ever. abc seven news reporter zach fuentes is in studio, and zach fans can be part of the live show. >> yeah, fun chance for audience participation for them. and it's just a huge moment for cal. it's never hosted an espn coll

the school's football team is now at risk of having their winning record wiped seven news reporter j.r stone explains why and shows us how students tt el cerrito high school to what the principal calls ineligible playershe only thingt football team is askingse accus, show us principal malcolm norrington sent out this letter last friday saying it was discovered that ineligible players participated in varsity football games during the 2024 2025 fall season. as a result of this violation, el cerrito high school participate, so now the and in at least one case, fake documentationha three games lef. >> when you talk about 12th graders, seniors who may have interest of colleges, that's go elsewhere? looking for players calling for the principal to be dismissed. >> at this point, we would like to see him leave peacefull distr questions about this matter stoc seven news. >> a recent of excitement, but e in west san jose are fighting to stop a costco from opening near them. and there's an important city council vote tonight. >> the city council will vote today to turn part says that the costco will b

j.r. >> stone at abc seven news. >> we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our city betterove, member of the abc seven family who passed away suddenly yesterday. emily montgomery, first came to kgo in 1983 and worked in various roles, most recently, she spent most of her time operating the teleprompter specifically for this show. that's right. i was waiting for her yesterday and she never made it in to do the show. emily was smart. she was feisty. she knew everything about the bay area. if there was ever a geographical or grammatical error in the script, she would point it out. she would tell me in my ear she cared about the quality of her work and her coworkers. emily was so proud of her daughter, who's a teacher, and her grandchildren. she is. she was sadly the kind of person you want watching your back and had just endless supply of love and compassion for everyone. she was a light and joy and beloved by all here. emily montgomery's enduring impact will extend well beyond her days here at abc seven, and we are all better >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air.

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j.r. >> stone at abc7 news we deliver local stories with real answers to help make o to shake up city halln years as supervisor, mark grew the bureaucracy by authorizing or creating a commission almost every year. he rubber stamped hundreds of millions to homeless nonprofits with zero accountability and orchestrated a pay-to-play scheme that sold out taxpayers to the highest bidder. mark farrell has all the wrong experience for the change we need. they're both banged up. coach kyle shanahan said he'd obviously rather see those guys practicing, but they're veterans. they don't necessarily need the reps and the work to be ready for the cardinals on sunday. just to give you an idea of how good brock purdy has been, he started 25 games. so here's the list of highest passer ratings since 1970. dan marino's fourth. kurt warner's third. patrick mahomes is second. you want to guess who's first? brock purdy leading the pack with a rating of 112.6. kittle making that catch obviously helped him. he's a tad ahead of the chiefs star. mahomes was one 12.5. purdy no longer the new kid on the block trying

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j.r. >> stone at abc seven news we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our city better number one. the l.a. county district attorney has filed a recommendation to resentence the menendez brothers for the 1989 murder of their parents. d.a. george gascon says he believes the brothers have paid their debt to society. it means both lyle and eric could soon be out of prison. number two. >> embattled san jose city council member omar torres is now requesting a 30 day medical leave of absence. torres says the investigation into allegations he sent sexually explicit text messages to a minor have affected his mental health, and he needs time to recover. >> number three. a big day on the campaign trail. vp kamala harris is expected to campaign with beyonce in houston. donald trump will sit down with podcaster joe rogan. >> number four some bay area cities are testing new technology to stop sideshows. it's a sensor that listens for them, using ai to identify specific tire screeches, then alerts police. >> and number five in the accuweather forecast. a live look at our mount tam ca

j.r. >> stone at abc seven news we deliver local stories with real answers to help make our city better and we need real experienced leadership. we need mark farrell. our interim mayor who got things done. who showed we can clear tent encampments, fight crime, and address the drug crisis. who will make the tough choices for our city's future. "i'm mark farrell. i'm running for mayor because san francisco deserves better." "i'm ready to deliver that change on day one." mark farrell. a proven leader with the experience we need. just that guy that played bass and hung around and wanted everybody to just be happy. >> now, at 830, we're remembering the great phil lesh. he was a pioneering bassist for the grateful dead. the group developed a sound that helped define san francisco's 1960s hippie movement. good morning to you. let's start this half hour first, though, with a quick look at weather before we get to that, here's meteorologist frances dinglasan. >> yeah, zack, it's going to be pleasant and comfortable this afternoon with temperatures that are really mild, but we will start to see i

j.r. stone is live from cal's campus with a preview.evident that this is one of the best cities in this year. >> united states of america. >>