reporter: j.r. stone -- dan: j.r. stone is there to help us start off our holiday break down. reporter: westbound lanes along i-80 are now closed. this is what it looks like. in fact, it will look like this friday, saturday, sunday, and monday before reopening tuesday. >> that's too much. reporter: some aren't happy about it. >> absolutely crazy. >> i'm thinking public transit tomorrow. >> it makes things more difficult. reporter: those with caltrans say this is no small project. >> we will be pouring 9000 cubic yards of concrete this weekend and completely refacing four lanes of traffic heading westbound coming off the bridge. reporter: some are upset that this is not happening just at night. >> i feel like they should do it overnight and by morning they should open the lanes up so nobody has to suffer. >> they should do it in the middle of the night like they usually do, between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.. reporter: barton a, who recorded this informational video about the project from the top of the alfred sample memorial bridge, says it would take nine months of overnight clo

reporter: j.r. stone -- dan: j.r. stone is there to help us start off our holiday break down.reporter: westbound lanes along i-80 are now closed. this is what it looks like. in fact, it will look like this friday, saturday, sunday, and monday before reopening tuesday. >> that's too much. reporter: some aren't happy about it. >> absolutely crazy. >> i'm thinking public transit tomorrow. >> it makes things more difficult. reporter: those with caltrans say this is no small project. >> we will be pouring 9000 cubic yards of concrete this weekend and completely refacing four lanes of traffic heading westbound coming off the bridge. reporter: some are upset that this is not happening just at night. >> i feel like they should do it overnight and by morning they should open the lanes up so nobody has to suffer. >> they should do it in the middle of the night like they usually do, between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.. reporter: barton a, who recorded this informational video about the project from the top of the alfred sample memorial bridge, says it would take nine months of overnight clos

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reporting live in sparks, j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> j.r, you spoke with so many of those burners today, a lot of them just excited to finally get out of there. >> how many of those folks that you spoke to are making plans to return next year? julian >> i talked with at least a dozen burners today. you can hear some of them driving by here. all of them said they would love to come back next year. i said even with all of that mud and with all of that rain, they said they had a phenomenal six days going into it. and really humans helping humans, people helping people was amazing to see. and they would come back next year if they have the chance. but, you know, it's a whole process of organizing everything. julian it definitely is. >> they'll remember burning man 2023 for quite some time. thank you, j.r. and all that mud that covered black rock desert is now raising health concerns for the thousands exposed to it at burning man. >> abc seven news reporter loose pena spoke to an infectious disease expert who says being c

in hayward, j.r. stone , abc seven news.eanwhile in san francisco, police just finished giving new details about a deadly shooting of a man who was armed with a knife that happened in the tenderloin last month. >> abc7 news anchor karina nova listened to that town hall and joins us now live in the newsroom with the latest karina. >> larry, that town hall just wrapped up and we got to see a lot of body camera video from that incident when police shot and killed a man armed with a knife on august 28th in the tenderloin. that man identified as 54 year old richard everett, was shot on jones street at eddy. people called 911, telling dispatchers everett was holding a large knife and threatening people. sfpd body cam video shows the moment police arrived and saw everett holding that knife. and you can hear police asking everett to put the knife down for about 20 minutes. >> hey, put the knife down. put the knife down. hey, gentlemen, get out of here. put the knife down, down! hey, get out of here . john five. we're giving one comm

abc seven news reporter j.r stone joining us live now in nixon. and you've been talking with the people heading out of the desert. kind of surprising how optimistic and upbeat they were given the conditions. i know i know. >> they said we just rolled with the punches, larry. six days. they all described that first six days as so memorable. and then just some bumps in the road during those 24 to 48 hours. but they were some tough bumps at that. and some bumps getting out of burning man on this day two, we are along 447 and at one point today, traffic along this roadway was backed up for ten miles. it was a standstill for ten miles. it has cleared quite a bit, but you can see it is still slow going. this has been a mess. >> it's been a mess. >> kimberly collins, who just left burning man with her friend james smith, is having that kind of tuesday. they left their burning man camp and spent the overnight hours sitting in traffic like it was from midnight till 7:00 till 7:00. >> and it was 5.1 miles or something. and it took seven hours. >> now they'v

j.r. stoneabc seven news. >> a notorious bay area serial rapist and killer who eluded capture for decades has died in prison. john arthur getreu was convicted of the murders of three people. a high school sophomore in germany who was raped and strangled, and two female students at stanford, gutsu, served only six years for the murder of a high school girl at a us army base in germany. he was released in 1969 and came to california. once here, he killed at least twice more in the 70s. two people at stanford, including the daughter of the athletic director and hall of fame football coach chuck taylor . for more than 40 years, he escaped justice until police using dna evidence linked him to the murders at stanford. i spoke today with a reporter who has covered the case extensively over the years. grace and all of your years of reporting this story, you have long been convinced that getreu was responsible for other killings as well. but we may never know. with his death. >> and that is incredibly ve

j.r. stone, abc seven news.here's still a lot of people trying to get out of that desert. >> we want to get you ready for your wednesday. here's abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel with your 24 hour accuweather forecast sandhya. >> yeah and larry tomorrow morning our weather is much quieter obviously we're going to wake up to this take a look at a live picture right now from our sutro tower camera salesforce barely visible with all the fog around. so here's a look at what you can expect tomorrow morning. it will be foggy to start 50s on your temperatures. sunny for most areas by noontime and in the afternoon. really pleasant, mild weather for summer, low 60s to mid 80s. once the sun sets the fog and the low clouds will regroup once again in the evening hours. larry, i'll be back to tell you when the summer heat will be back in the forecast coming up. >> all right, sandy, i'll see you in a few minutes. tonight local officials and california representative jimmy panetta hosted a community forum on the recov

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> and earlier in the day, president biden was in wayne county, michigan, where he joined united auto workers who were picketing outside at general motors, willow run distribution center. mr. biden is the first sitting president to join the picket lines of striking workers. >> let's keep going. you deserve what you've earned and you've earned a hell of a lot more than you're getting paid now, uaw members are demanding better benefits. >> a 40% wage increase over four years and a 32 hour workweek. the union says ford is taking the request more seriously than the other two big auto companies , general motors and stellantis . uaw represents nearly 150,000 auto workers in the united states. more labor action to talk about it is now up to the members of the writers guild of america to approve a new contract. the board gave its approval today and declared the strike over. however, it encouraged members to support sag-aftra on the picket lines. wga members also received auth

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> a notorious bay area serial rapist and killer who eluded capture for decades has died in prison. john arthur getreu was convicted of the murders of three people. a high school sophomore in germany who was raped and strangled, and two female students at stanford, gutsu, served only six years for the murder of a high school girl at a us army base in germany. he was released in 1969 and came to california. once here, he killed at least twice more in the 70s. two people at stanford, including the daughter of the athletic director and hall of fame football coach chuck taylor . for more than 40 years, he escaped justice until police using dna evidence linked him to the murders at stanford. i spoke today with a reporter who has covered the case extensively over the years. grace and all of your years of reporting this story, you have long been convinced that getreu was responsible for other killings as well. but we may never know. with his death. >> and that is incredibly

j.r. stone, abc seven news. there's still a lot of people trying to get out of that desert. >> we want to get you ready for your wednesday. here's abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel with your 24 hour accuweather forecast sandhya. >> yeah and larry tomorrow morning our weather is much quieter obviously we're going to wake up to this take a look at a live picture right now from our sutro tower camera salesforce barely visible with all the fog around. so here's a look at what you can expect tomorrow morning. it will be foggy to start 50s on your temperatures. sunny for most areas by noontime and in the afternoon. really pleasant, mild weather for summer, low 60s to mid 80s. once the sun sets the fog and the low clouds will regroup once again in the evening hours. larry, i'll be back to tell you when the summer heat will be back in the forecast coming up. >> all right, sandy, i'll see you in a few minutes. tonight local officials and california representative jimmy panetta hosted a community forum on the rec

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> and earlier in the day, president biden was in wayne county, michigan, where he joined united auto workers, who are picketing outside general motors willow run redistribution center. mr. biden is the first sitting president to join the picket lines of striking workers . >> let's keep going. you deserve what you've earned and you've earned a hell of a lot more than you're getting paid now, uaw members are demanding better benefits. >> a 40% wage increase over four years and a 32 hour workweek. the union says ford is taking the request more seriously than the other two big auto companies , general motors and stellantis . uaw represents nearly 150,000 auto workers in the united states. more labor action to talk about it is now up to the members of the writers guild of america to approve a new contract. the board gave its approval today and declared the strike over. however, it encouraged members to support sag-aftra on the picket lines. wga members also received autho

in sparks, nevada, j.r. stone, abc seven news and the deluge of rain didn't stop. >> festival goers from wrapping up on a strong note. for many, the weather brought the gathering of people even closer together. abc seven news south bay reporter lauren martinez has their story. >> everything's drying out despite the cold and muddy conditions, some burning man festival goers are ending the event with good spirits after a two night delay. >> the annual burning of the man was lit up on monday night. >> as dramatic as people have made it, it actually hasn't been that terrible. if there's ever a group of people to get stuck with, this is this is the one this is the sixth burning man festival. >> kiana beale has attended. she said the torrential rain brought people together, so it was shelter in place and try to just find somewhere warm and dry and keep each other warm and ideally find somebody who has an rv. >> if you don't have one. and then it just became really like a beautiful, um, sense of even more beautiful sense

. >> but first let's hear from abc7 news reporter j.r stone. he's in sparks, nevada, where burners are showing up. j.r. what are they telling you? >> well, most of them are downplaying the mud situation, saying that if you listen to the officials and you didn't move your rv on saturday or sunday, then you are in pretty good shape. however, that being said , i have seen a lot of mud today and i have heard a lot of stories about mud today, an electric bike stuck in the mud. this is what it looked like on saturday morning at burning man . >> i'm sure you don't want to help me get the. >> and this is what those attending the festival referred to as burners were dealing with monday. some of the muddiest shoes that you may have ever seen cleaning them the best they can at one of the popular spots. for those leaving the festival, the in and out burger in sparks, nevada, where you can see dirt scattered on the ground in the parking lot. >> it's super heavy. we it feels like 5 pounds on each leg. if not more. we had to put a trash bags on the shoes in or

reporting live in nevada, j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> hey, j.r, did the shortage of food or water lead to any other issues for the burners as it did? >> i talked, larry, with several burners who have been here nine, ten years, and they said they had never seen what they saw when there was somewhat of a food and water shortage when they were telling people to conserve. there were actually some camps where water was stolen. they heard numerous reports of that happening. and also, they, you know, burners often take their garbage elsewhere where they don't want to ruin the land or anything like that. there are also cases of trash being left at camps and a lot of cases like that that burners dealt with. >> larry. yeah, stealing is not part of the burner culture, but obviously there were extenuating circumstances. j.r, thanks for your reporting and we'll see you at five and six. >> and as the mass exodus from burning man continues, we're hearing stories of just how long it's taking some people to get out. when you see this

turning our attention now to j.r. stonets tonight, just warming it up. >> who says thursdays aren't a big sports day? not this guy. we are in countdown mode for the 40 niners showdown with the cardinals on sunday. we'll hear what george kittle had to say after practice today. that is up next in sports you got two jacks. and then my grand slam. i signed a ball for you. okay. and it says papa i love you. why did you do that? because you've taught me everything about baseball. oh hunny bunny, that's so sweet. (♪) (♪) at cretors, we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. great on their own, even better together. try cretors, handcrafted small-batch popcorn. well, it would lead the sports segment, but the giants were officially eliminated yesterday . so we go to the next best thing, the san francisco 49 ers. we are now just three days away from 40 niners cardinals at levi's stadium. and believe it or not but niners tight end george kittle has yet to score a touchdown. that is a f

i'm j.r. stone. you're watching abc7 news at 11. the woman killed was a grad student here from her home country of india. and tonight the south asian community in fremont honored her memory with a candlelight vigil. abc7 news reporter tara campbell shares the community's emotions and the allies showing up in support at her picture held prominently a vigil sunday evening in fremont for john v kandula. >> the 23 year old graduate student struck and killed by a seattle police department vehicle in january. >> everyone that i talked to about this incident just felt really torn up and really traumatized by what happened. and the way that the officer had made such really callous remarks about this young woman who died. body cam footage released this week captured an officer on the phone laughing at the fatal incident and saying kandula is life has limited value. we wanted to create a space to grieve this young woman, john kandula death, and to send a message that our immigrant community or aapi women, we have limitless value and contrary

i'm j.r. stone. you're watching abc7 news at 11. our top story tonight centers on the climate crisis. we're bringing you stories like this as part of our focus here at abc7 as we work to build a better bay area. happy opening tomorrow. that lawsuit will take center stage in the big apple. california attorney general rob bonta and governor gavin newsom will both be there to speak at climate week during the opening ceremony. they're expected to talk about the lawsuit against those big oil companies. but before that, abc7 news reporter ryan curry caught up with the attorney general today to learn more. >> california is taking on major oil companies claiming they deceived the public about how oil and fossil fuels contributed to climate change. document nation of internal discussion among fossil fuel. >> big oil leaders talking about the impact on global warming and on climate of their industry and as they acknowledge that internally and privately, they were telling the world something different. >> attorney general rob bonta is demandin

abc7 news reporter j.r. stone has a closer look at the impact of this decision. >> trustee after trustee took to speaking in long beach, california wednesday to discuss raising tuition costs by 6% for the next five years at all. 23 california state university schools. >> the final vote is 15 years, five nays, zero abstentions. the motion passes. >> that was the final vote from the california state university board of trustees to raise the cost of tuition. a vote that will directly impact students and parents who had adamantly been against the multi year plan, one that will increase tuition by $342 next year and nearly $2,000 by 2028. >> i'm. it's going to affect us in the most negative way possible. i'm already in immense debt for what the csu costs right now. >> i don't feel like that price increase is justifiable based on what i'm offered here on campus. >> several trustees have stated that they feel as though they don't have a choice on this issue. >> i can't like not look at the facts and the facts is if we do

abc seven news reporter j.r stone caught up with some of those campers leaving burning man today. joining us live now from sparks , nevada with that part of the story j.r. >> yeah, what a busy day here in sparks, nevada as folks leave burning man and they make that first pit stop to get that burger. you can see some of the rvs directly behind me. there's also a lot of mud. well, what was mud and now is dried up dirt . but talking with those burners, a lot of them have been downplaying the mud, saying, oh, you know, we had six great days, but i will say they did have a great time. they admit to it. but they were also cleaning up all of that mud here in the parking lot, an electric bike stuck in the mud. this is what it looked like on saturday morning at burning man. >> you want to help me get this? you and this is what those attending the festival referred to as burners were dealing with monday. >> some of the muddiest shoes that you may have ever seen, cleaning them the best they can . at one of the popular spots for those leaving the festival, the in and out burger in sparks, neva

i'm j.r stone. you're watching abc7 news at 11 on. these are no doubt small steps but steps that are part of a much larger shift happening where we live right now and tonight we want to look at how they fit into our mission here of building a better bay area. our team coverage tonight begins with abc7 news reporter suzanne fawn getting us ready for this week's dreamforce conference from salesforce. while even more in-person attendees are expected this year, there's talk that it could be the last one in downtown san francisco. so there's a beehive of activity at moscone center. >> welcome to dreamforce, the massive dreamforce tech conference runs tuesday through thursday. salesforce employees from around the world are already here. >> i'm from brazil. this is my fourth time. i love san francisco. i love that. here is all about technology. >> 43,000 people are expected to show up with guests. matthew mcconaughey and the foo fighters . another 200,000 people are registered to attend online this year. >> is all about artificial intelligen

i'm j.r stone. you're watching abc7 news at 11. people are being told not to try and leave with their rvs and ration their food and water because it could be a couple of days before they go home. organizers postponed tonight's planned burning of the man. it will now happen tomorrow night as long as the conditions improve. that is, people could start to leave tomorrow, weather permitting. this gives you a better idea of where everyone is stranded. there in the black rock desert north of reno. most people can't get a cell phone signal making it a challenge to communicate. we begin our coverage tonight with abc seven news reporter cornell bernard. >> we had planned on leaving yesterday, but you know, it seems that's not that's not the plan. >> matt schuster from san francisco is patiently waiting for the weather to change in black rock city, home to burning man. >> so right now, how some some, you know, it's a light shower. it's schuster's 19th year attending the counterculture arts festival. >> and this year, torrential rain has stra

i'm j.r stone. we start with the latest on the rescue efforts underway in morocco. the death toll stands at more than 2000 victims as a result of the 6.8 magnitude quake which struck friday night. thousands more have been injured, many terrified moroccans are spending the night on the street, too afraid to return to their homes. the epicenter was not far from popular tourist hub marrakesh, where the historic sites a number of them have been damaged. but the hardest hit areas are those nearest to the atlas mountains. a bay area family that was visiting morocco when the shaking began. is sharing a frightening story about the quake. they tell abc seven news reporter cornell bernard. the quake ready training. they learned growing up here helped to keep them calm. >> it's insanely beautiful. it's really an interesting mix of cultures. >> it was a dream moroccan vacation for my friends, the garnet hunter family from marin and san francisco. but their last day visiting marrakesh was truly unforgettable. this was the terrifying moment. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck morocco

i'm j.r stone. neighbors are reacting to news ooting that happened friday a night on 38th avenue. it marks oakld' 89th homicide of the ye. abc7 newrerter cornell bernard tells us neighbors are demanding action and safer streets right now. >> i hear 1011 shots. i'm so scared. i was so scared. neighbor monica heard the gunfire friday night near 39th avenue and masterson street in oakland's laurel district. >> police say a stray bullet killed a wife and mother a block away while she was sleeping on the second floor of her own home . monica says the family wants owned a neighborhood laundromat. she was so nice, friendly, friendly, friendly. friends, neighbors and strangers have been leaving flowers at the home. this woman did not want to go on camera. >> i have no clue who this family is. i just know they're missing a mother. it's pathetic and disgusting. >> investigators say there was a dispute on the street. a group of people were gathered on masterson when shots were fired. no arrests have been made. neighbors say they've complained to authorities about groups congregating here in

let's get to abc7 news anchor j.r. stone for a look at the stories coming up at 530. >> j.r. thanks, dan. >> and at 530, we continue to look back at the life of california senator and former san francisco mayor dianne feinstein will remember some of the big political moments she was involved with over the years. that includes that assault weapons ban and the major renovation of san francisco's cable car system back in the 80s. join us for those stories and more. 530 on abc7 bay area streaming tv. dan i'ma okay j.r. >> thanks. and download the abc7 app or head to abc7 news.com to join him in just two minutes. >> and if you're watching us on tv, world news tonight with david muir is next. for sandy patel. all of us here we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ahmed daetz. we will see you again at 6:00. we handcraft every batch of our delicious popcorn. like our cretors cheese and caramel mix. great on their own, even better together. try cretors, handcrafted small-batch popcorn. don't mind me. i'm just the flu. i'm quite harmless, really. and when people ask, “but a

i'm j.r. stone. that shooting happened friday night on 38th avue it marks oakland's 89th homicide of the year. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard tells us neighbors are demanding action and safer streets right now. >> i hear 1011 shots. i'm so scared. i was so scared. neighbor monica heard the gunfire friday night near 39th avenue and masterson street in oakland's laurel district. >> police say a stray bullet killed a wife and mother a block away while she was sleeping on the second floor of her own home . monica says the family, once owned a neighborhood laundromat . >> she was so nice, friendly, friendly, friendly. >> friends, neighbors and strangers have been leaving flowers at the home this woman did not want to go on camera. >> i have no clue who this family is. i just know they're missing a mother. it's pathetic and disgusting. in investigators say there was a dispute on the street. >> a group of people were gathered on masterson when shots were fired. no arrests have been made. neighbors say t

abc7 news reporter j.r stone was in nixon where he's been talking with people who tried to get a jumptart on their journey home . >> people have left burning man by the thousands over the course of the last 24 hours. now this gas station here in nixon, nevada is one of the first spots that they hit and it has been busy here. people needing to fill their gas tanks. it's been so busy, they've actually had to bring in extra fuel so people could fill up. it's just been a mess. >> it's been a mess. >> kimberly collins, who just left burning man with her friend james smith, is having that out kind of tuesday. they left their burning man camp and spent the overnight hours city ing in traffic. >> it was from midnight till 7:00 till 7:00. >> now they've got air quickly leaking from their tire. >> i have a spare, but i'd have to unpack the entire car to get to it. >> but they're fine. relaxing. the same thing they did when the torrential rain started falling friday night. and led to mud everywhere. once the sun started drying out, black rock city, the conversation among burners quickly went fro

i'm j.r stone. let's get right to the latest on the rescue efforts underway in morocco. the death toll stands at more than 2000 victims as a result of the 6.8 magnitude quake which struck friday night. thousands more have been injured, many terrified moroccans are spending the night on the street, too afraid to return to their homes. the epicenter was not far from the popular tourist hub, marrakesh, where historic sites have been damaged. but the hardest hit areas are those nearest to the atlas mountains, a bay area family that was visiting morocco when the shaking began is sharing a frightening story about the quake. they tell abc seven news reporter cornell bernard the quake ready training they learned growing up here helped to keep them calm. >> it's insanely beautiful. it's really an interesting mix of cultures. >> it was a dream moroccan vacation for my friends, the garnet hunter family from marin and san francisco. but their last day visiting marrakesh was truly unforgettable. this was the terrifying moment. the 6.8 magnitude quake struck morocco late friday night.

abc seven news reporter j.r stone caught up with some of those campers leaving burning man today. story j.r. >> yeah, what a busy day here in sparks, nevada as folks leave burning man and they make that first pit stop to get that burger. you can see some of the rvs directly behind me. there's also a lot o

j.r. stone, abc seven news in the east bay oakland business owners are calling for city leaders to take action to combat robberies and burglaries. >> it comes as a merchants association was expected to meet with opd tonight. oklahoma police confirmed to abc seven news there investigating at least two burglaries in the last week. video here shows a group of people using a car to break into a store. police say thieves are targeting stores carrying expensive items such as jewelry and electronics. some business owners say they are losing tens of thousands of dollars. >> we're paying taxes. we pay city tax, property tax, business tax. we pay all these taxes and everything is where's the protection you call 911. it takes five minutes. just to get through today, the city of oakland announced a $2.5 million investment to improve 911 response times in the city. >> and we are giving you the power to get the full picture of the public safety in your area. our abc7 news neighborhood safety tracker is always

i'm j.r stone. neighbors are reacting to news ooting that happened friday a night on 38th avenue. homicide of the ye. abc7 newrerter cornell bernard tells us neighbors are demanding action and safer streets right now. >> i hear 1011 shots. i'm so scared. i was so scared. neighbor monica heard the gunfire friday night near 39th avenue and masterson street in oakland's laurel district. >> police say a stray bullet killed a wife and mother a block away while she was sleeping on the second floor of her own home . monica says the family wants owned a neighborhood laundromat. she was so nice, friendly, friendly, friendly. friends, neighbors and strangers h

abc seven news reporter j.r stone is in the newsroom with new information that goes back all the wayack to 1987. >> it certainly does. dan on the same day that authorities brought suspected murderer fred kane, the third back to california from oregon where he was arrested. he was named a person of interest by another law enforcement agency, tsay. in another case. it's now been more than 36 years since nine year old eric coy was killed after leaving to go to his cousin and best friend's house in martinez , california. >> the boy was brutally murdered just minutes after leaving his house, stabbed with a blunt object for the last two days. >> that play site has been a grim searching zone for police. >> no one was ever convicted of the killing, but now less than a week after prosecutors say they used dna to link this man, fred kane, the third to the murder of six year old jeremy stoner in vallejo back in 1987. in a authorities in martinez are taking notice. they're working with the solano county district attorney's office to learn more about kane and if he could also be linked to coy's m

i'm j.r stone. let's get right to the latest on the rescue efforts underway in morocco. 2000 victims as a result of the 6.8 magnitude quake which struck friday night. thousands more have been injured, many terrified moroccans are spending the night on the street, too afraid to return to their homes. the epicenter was not far from the popular tourist hub, marrakesh, where historic sites have been damaged. but the hardest hit areas are those nearest to the atlas mountains, a bay area family that was visiting morocco when the shaking began is sharing a frightening story about the quake. they tell abc seven new

. >> abc seven news reporter j.r stone has reaction to the shooting. >> bullet holes mark this area.unded like the end of the 4th of july fireworks. it's all boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom. that's all you heard. rapid fire. >> angela koontz lives on the streets and was sleeping in this structure on city center drive behind the safeway and starbucks on foothill boulevard. officers say they responded to a report of a man with a gun. koontz described her time with that man who she says is also unhoused on wednesday. >> and he was up in here last night drinking with a fake gun like a fake gun, a fake gun in his backpack. and like i think he might have pulled it wanting suicide by cop. >> police confirmed to us that the man had a gun and he he's not complying. >> he's walking away from us towards the old city hall parking structure. >> at least one witness saw the man point a firearm in the direction of officers and an

j.r. stone, abc seven news. all right, j.r.hank you. >> now we want to get you back to that contentious school board meeting over in the small town of sunol. >> yeah, that's just south of pleasanton. the school district there just voted to ban pride flags and it got quite heated. >> it did. abc seven news reporter tim johns was at the meeting all night. he shows us how the debate is dividing that community. >> yeah, the school board meeting was extremely heated, so much so that they actually closed it down to the public because so many people were interrupting and screaming over each other. and it wasn't just people in the audience either. at one point, the superintendent of the district was fighting with the president of the school board right in front of the crowd. dozens of people from both sides packed the small meeting room hall on tuesday. while the resolution passed, technically states that the district can only fly the us and california flags on their campus. much of the debate has stemmed around the lgbtq pride flag. t

j.r. stone, abc seven news. all right, j.r.. >> now we want to get you back to that contentious school board meeting over in the small town of sunol. >> yeah, that's just south of pleasanton. the school district there just voted to ban pride flags and it got quite heated. >> it did. abc seven news reporter tim johns was at the meeting all night. he shows us how the debate is dividing that community. >> yeah, the school board meeting was extremely heated, so much so that they actually closed it down to the public because so many people were interrupting and screaming over each other. and it wasn't just people in the audience either. at one point, the superintendent of the district was fighting with the president of the school board right in front of the crowd. dozens of people from both sides packed the small meeting room hall on tuesday. while the resolution passed, technically states that the district can only fly the us and california flags on their campus. much of the debate has stemmed around the lgbtq pride flag. the topic

abc seven news reporter j.r stone is in the newsroom with new information that goes back all the wayack to 1987. >> it certainly does. dan on the same day that authorities brought suspected murderer fred kane, the third back to california from oregon where he was arrested. he was named a person of interest by another law enforcement agency, tsay. in another case. it's now been more than 36 years since nine year old eric coy was killed after leaving to go to his cousin and best friend's house in martinez , california. >> the boy was brutally murdered just minutes after leaving his house, stabbed with a blunt object for the last two days. >> that play site has been a grim searching zone for police. >> no one was ever convicted of the killing, but now less than a week after prosecutors say they used dna to link this man, fred kane, the third to the murder of six year old jeremy stoner in vallejo back in 1987. in a authorities in martinez are taking notice. they're working with the solano county district attorney's office to learn more about kane and if he could also be linked to coy's m

j.r. stonec seven news in the east bay oakland business owners are calling for city leaders to take action to combat robberies and burglaries. >> it comes as a merchants association was expected to meet with opd tonight. oklahoma police confirmed to abc seven news there investigating at least two burglaries in the last week. video here shows a group of people using a car to break into a store. police say thieves are targeting stores carrying expensive items such as jewelry and electronics. some business owners say they are losing tens of thousands of dollars. >> we're paying taxes. we pay city tax, property tax, business tax. we pay all these taxes and everything is where's the protection you call 911. it takes five minutes. just to get through today, the city of oakland announced a $2.5 million investment to improve 911 response times in the city. >> and we are giving you the power to get the full picture of the public safety in your area. our abc7 news neighborhood safety tracker is always ava

j.r stone, abc seven news and the deluge of rain didn't stop festival goers from wrapping up on a strongthe weather brought the gathering of people even closer together. >> abc seven news south bay reporter lauren martinez has their story. >> everything is drying out despite the cold and muddy conditions as some burning man festival goers are ending the event with good spirits after a two night delay, the annual burning of the man was lit up on monday night as dramatic as people have made it, it actually hasn't been that terrible. if there's ever a group of people to get stuck with, this is this is the one this is the sixth burning man festival kiana beale has attended. >> she said the torrential rain brought people together, so it was shelter in place and try to just find somewhere warm and dry and keep each other warm and ideally find somebody who has an rv if you don't have one. >> and then it just became really like a beautiful, um, sense of even more beautiful sense of community than before. >> i think drinks were served at their makeshift bar to combine food, and we made meals toge

traffic, right now, they do have one more temple burn come this evening reporting live in nevada, j.r stone, abc seven news. hey, j.r. we heard a lot of people saying they had to leave their bikes behind because it was just too muddy to get them through. >> so what about those? yeah that is the a big question asked by a lot of folks who haven't been out here. >> i talked with a number of burners and organizers about that. they said what they do is they collect all of those bikes . they'll then donate the bikes or they'll bring them back next year. so they can be used again. now that being said, we now have electric bikes, so that adds quite a bit to the scenario. electric bikes that were left behind, those are worth thousands of dollars. i didn't get a clear cut answer to what happens to those electric bikes going forward. ama >> all right. we'll see. thank you, j.r. those bikes are going to need some cleaning. >> yeah, i have a feeling. all right. coming up next, why so many california students are missing school after the pandemic. plus, seven on your side's. >> michael finney joins us li

i mjr stone. >> all right, j.r, thank you so much. and now let's switch gears to weather because i know a lot of you are planning the weekend out. and lisa, how's it looking for the rest of the weekend? >> pretty good in fact. sunnier. we've got this area of low pressure that is pushing to the north and east throughout the day today. so we're not done with the rain yet. but boy, all the activity has been in the mountains. we've had some snow, some high elevation snow, some thunderstorms. northern sacramento valley and a winter weather advisory for the southern sierra. while the bay area sits on the other side with a mixture of clouds and sun and still a few showers, perhaps a thunderstorm into the early afternoon. there's a look at gray sky. emeryville, 55 downtown. it is 57 mountain view, half moon bay, 58 in oakland and 61 in san jose. and look at this scene. it looks winter like on top of mt. tam. we will get some clearing in the clouds will thin out a bit. but we're also going to see that atmosphere are still kind of unstable for

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we asked many if they would go back after what happened this weekend and they told our reporter j.r stone, who was up there, they would consider doing it again. live in the newsroom, ryan curry, abc seven news. >> all right, thank you, ryan. they have a good attitude about it. well, all that mud in the desert is raising health concerns for the thousands of people exposed to it at burning man. ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. monica gandhi says organisms sitting in the soil can be the leading cause for skin infections. she says less exposure to mud in these wet desert conditions is key. >> if you really drag yourself through the mud, like at the tough mudder competition in sonoma last month, you and if you especially if you have skin abrasions, you can get skin and soft tissue infections or cellular itis from those soil organisms. >> dr. gandhi, does not recommend people to stay covered in mud for more than two days. she suggests cleaning off the mud with water as soon as possible. at last check, no outbreaks of any kind have been reported in the black rock desert and the east bay. >

in hayward, j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> right now, san francisco police are holding a virtual town hall meeting on a fatal police shooting that happened last month. >> abc seven news anchor karina nova joining us live in the newsroom with exactly what police are saying. karina >> larry and kristin in that town hall, which is still happening right now, sfpd is sharing video and information about the shooting of a man armed with a knife on august 28th in the tenderloin. that man identified as 54 year old richard everett, was shot on jones street at eddy, sfpd. officers were wearing body cameras and police showed some of that video of the incident today. you can see here when police arrive and they see everett holding a large knife. you can hear police asking everett to put the knife down. many times to whichever it responds. no the people who called police say everett was threatening people. police say they tried to get everett to put the knife down and surrender for about 20 minutes with his left hand. >>

i am j.r. stone. >> all right, j.r, thank you so much. now let's shift gears and talk about the weather. you may have woken up to some kind of wet conditions today. lisa, are we expecting more rain this weekend? >> not this well, today we are, yes. but tomorrow we're going to be much sunnier and drier as we get on the backside of this system. you can see all the activity from the northern sacramento valley where we've had thunderstorms, some heavy rain and also down into the southern sierra where there is a little bit of snow here. so look at all the activity in the valley here area of low pressure will be forming and dropping to the south and east of us. and that's going to allow for some active weather. on the other side, which we have seen a few showers. but right now we have mostly cloudy skies to partly cloudy skies around the bay area. look at that winter scene on mount tam. you can see a few drops still coming down there 57, san francisco at 60. in oakland, 61 in san jose with upper 50s, half moon bay and another vantage point, 704

j.r. stone, abc seven news. >> santa clara county child care centers now have access to millions of dollars in grants to reopen, rebuild or grow. and the county has made $15 million in federal recovery funds available to child care facilities that were forced to close during the pandemic. existing providers that want to expand and new child care centers. the president of the santa clara county board of supervisors, susan ellenberg, says nearly 2000 children are receiving state funded vouchers for child care, but there are no available facilities as the access to child care was at crisis level prior to the pandemic. >> and we know that that has impacted primarily women who have been held back from the workforce because of that access, child care providers who want to apply for funding need to do so by mid-november. >> coming up, forget the high seas. there's a fight against pirates right here in the bay area turf trouble. the calls for a return to natural grass in the nfl. and we will meet sail f

i am j.r. stone. >> all right, j.r. thank you so much for your sports updates.'s get a check of that forecast. as we mentioned, some of you may have woken up today and just felt those showers this morning. but, lisa, it's just kind of light, right? the rain is not too heavy right now. >> right. we have a system that will allow for the chance throughout the day today. our level one on our exclusive abc seven storm impact scale. but further to the east of us with a little lift, we're looking at the showers and the thunderstorms more widespread in the mountains and also in the valley, the san joaquin valley. but we are looking at the scattered light showers, a wave already moved through while you were sleeping. so we certainly have some wet pavement. and as we go in closer, you can see from highway one here, this is where the rain is showing up. but it will be hit or miss. and we are looking at mild temperatures, 59 in sunnyvale as well as campbell and 60 for you in newark. upper 50s in the north bay. visibility not an issue or a 24 hour temperature change. much mi

they told our reporter j.r stone they would definitely consider doing it again. live in the newsroom, ryan curry, abc seven news. >> all right, ryan, thank you so much. well, all of that mud in the desert is raising health concerns for the thousands of people exposed to it at burning man, ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. monica gandhi says organisms sitting in our soil can be the leading cause for skin infections. she says that less exposure to mud in these wet desert conditions is key. if you really drag yourself through the mud, like at the tough mudder competition in sonoma last month, you and if you especially if you have skin abrasions, you can get skin and soft tissue infections or cellulitis from those soil organisms. >> dr. gandhi does not recommend people to stay covered in mud for more than two days. >> she suggests cleaning off the mud with water as soon as possible. at last check, no outbreaks of any kind have been reported in the black rock desert as thousands are finally able to leave burning man celebrity dj diplo is telling us about his expe

stone is here with sports. >> j.r.ma, the san francisco giants making a huge move today as they fire their manager. >> gabe kapler is out after just four seasons. you'll see what the head of baseball operations with the giants had to say. and you'll get larry's take every day, businesses everywhere are asking: is it possible? with comcast business... it is. is it possible to help keep our online platform safe from cyberthreats? absolutely. can we provide health care virtually anywhere? we can help with that. is it possible to use predictive monitoring to address operations issues? we can help with that, too. with the advanced connectivity and intelligence of global secure networking from comcast business. it's not just possible. it's happening. giants making national headlines on friday. manager gabe kapler is out after four seasons and just days after the team was eliminated from the playoffs. in those four seasons, kapler led the team to the playoffs just one time. farhan zaidi, head of baseball operations for the gi