jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. watch more of steph's interview with our sister network espn coming up on "gma" starting at 7:00 after abc 7 mornings. >>> the "game of thrones" series finale is this weekend. >> millions of people might miss work because of it. the final battle will air on hbo sunday. according to a poll by the workforce institute, 10 million people plan to miss work the next day. that seems like a lot. 17 million say they will work late, work remotely or be less productive. >> this isn't like an all night party. what's happening? 10 million people? >> a lot of people do stay up late to watch the east coast feed. if you have any streaming service or a roku box or an apple tv, you can get hbo and they put the episode on 6:00, 9:00 p.m. on the east coast. there you go. you get ahead of it. >> that's when i watch. >> i post comments on twitter and people say i haven't seen it yet. it's 6:00. get ready, folks. >> i'll be there with you. >> wow. >> i'm not into dragons or incest. >> i have a bracket going

reporter jobina fortson is live in san jose this morning. jobina?nvestigators say all of pablo cabrera's victims were asian femas carrying expensive handbags and were attacked from behind. let's look at the most recent incident. police say that is cabrera slowly walking over as the mother and daughter head up the stairs of the building off towers lane in san jose. then he drags the mother and her daughter down the stairs. investigators say another camera showed cabrera take off from the scene in a black four-door lexus. when he was arrested they found items in his home linking him to other purse snatching cases. according to jail records cabrera is due in court today and police are asking for the public's help. they say if you recognize cabrera please contact them right away. you can do that anonymously. jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> thank you, jobina. >>> now your morning money report. >> later this year google will begin showing advertisements on the app's home page. p>> despite a big price cut whoe foods is still the most expensive grocery store

jobina?> reporter: the director and lead are making their film debut with "the last black man in san francisco." they're telling a story of friendship and putting some of the city's problems on the national stage. tonight, they spent the evening in our hometown hosting a workshop and talked to us about the movie. of a loud and crowded cafe, we sat down with two guys hoping to make more noise with their new film. that's a clip from "the last black man in san francisco," directed by joe talbot. natives of the city and best friends. >> it started out as an idea. >> reporter: an idea that's gotten pretty big. his life inspired the story about a fictional jimmy, who is obsessed with reclaiming the victorian home his grandfather built in san francisco. his father left it. >> that's not your old house and that's not your neighborhood. >> you start to lose those people that are such an important part of the city, what is the city? >> reporter: the city digs into gentry fi case and a shift in racial d

jobina fortson is live with when you might need to find a different ride. jobina? >> reporter: good morning. the strike is scheduled for wednesday and uber/lyft drivers have a list of demands, a livable wage and also a cap on the company's commission. drivers want to guarantee that at least 80% to 85% of proceeds from the car go to the driver. they feel their working conditions are geared to corporate level employees. the director of the new york et's investors are telling uber and lyft to cut down on driver income, stop incentives and go faster to driverless cars. while some are set to walk away with billions, some drivers will be left bankrupt. uber is the latest so-called tech unicorn poised to go public. lyft make its debut in march. several people rely on uber and lyft to come and go. for now reporting live from sfo, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> appreciate it, jobina, thank you. the alabama choir whose tour bus was involved in a deadly crash on highway 101 in brisbane early saturday performed in san francisco last night. they sang with heavy hearts thinking

reporting live this morning jobina fortson abc 7 news. >>> jobina, thank you.d out of a vigil for the victims for the deadly shooting in highlands ranch. >> i'm going to stop everybody because i don't know what's happening. >>> students say they were frustrated because all they saw were speeches from anti-gun advocates. they say their trauma was being politicized. students eventually returned to the gym and spoke as part of an open microphone gathering. >>> this morning we are learning more about the hero student police say tackled the gunman during tuesday's school shooting in colorado. police say kendrick castillo charged the gunman, pinning him against the wall, protecting other students before being fatally shot. >> when i see the people that he saved, it makes me happy and i know my son wouldn't have had it any other way. as any parent will tell you, it's a heck of a tradeoff. >> it's hard to imagine. they made their first court appearances yesterday and an 18-year-old boy and teenage girl face charges including murder. >>> hundreds of teachers are ready t

good morning, jobina. >> reporter: good morning. the threat was found in a boys restroom calling out black students. here's a look at the message. it details who would be targeted and where in a may 9th shooting. california high school principal christopher george sent a letter saying there would be considerable police presence and additional administrators on hand today in the wake of the deadly school shooting in colorado, parents we found yesterday say they are not willing to take any chances and will be keeping their students home today especially since this school has received threats before. >> i feel like i'm sending her to a war zone every day. she uses her desk as protection. it's really scary. >> it's a terrible conversation to have with your child. this is a time when they're finishing their school year, getting ready to graduate. and, by the way, you also have to be careful because there might be a shooting tomorrow. >> reporter: what's still unknown is who is behind the threat. reporting live, jobina fortson, abc 7 news

thanks, jobina. you can watch more of steph curry's interview with our sister network espn coming up on "gma" at 7:00. >> she's great. she has me awake and so does the weather. >> real cute, too. >> adorable. >>> a look at live doppler 7. a rain shower pulling away. going to leave some slick conditions behind. in fact, to yountville and 15 minutes or so. it's may. winds out of the west this time so it's bridges that will have the gusty winds and especially the evening commute. the north bay stuck in the mid to upper 50s with our better chances of steadier rain today. it will be scattered as we head into the afternoon and evening hours. the east bay, a chance of showers just about anytime today with mid to upper 50s. a little breezy from noon on and in san francisco it's going to be breezy all day with a chance of wet weather and look at these temperatures, stuck in the mid-50s. we'll take a look at some dry conditions coming our way, not rst alexis.s going toavrain >>> good morning, mike. people aren

for now reporting live this morning in san ramon, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. >>> in colorado students walked out of last night's vigil for the victims of the deadly shooting at the s.t.e.m. school in highland ranch. >> i'm going to stop everybody because i don't know -- i don't know what's happening. >> students got frustrated because they were listening to speeches from politicians and t really said they needed the time to speak. students returned to the gym as spoke as part of an open microphone gathering. >>> and this morning we're learning more about this hero student who police say tackled the gunman during tuesday's school shooting in colorado. police say 18-year-old kendrick castillo charged the gunman who burst into his class pinning him against a wall protecting other students before being fatally shot. >> when i see the people that he saved, it makes me happy, and i know that my son wouldn't have had it any other way. but as any parent will tell you, you know, it's a heck of a tradeoff. >> the two suspects in the attack made their first court appearanc

as jobina told us. we are looking at sky 7 in the traffic center.crews put down some type of absorbing agent there. it looks like maybe that was some of the substance that they used to tap out the fire that started with the tires. i think they almost contained it to the tires on that truck. there is some type of tow truck on the scene him i'm not sure if that's a big rig tow or if that is going to possibly carry some debris. but they have not started hooking it up yet. no traffic is anywhere close to that truck. they set up the detour prior to that location. so the actual truck fire was on the ramp from westbound 3580 to westbound 580 in the maze, they are forcing everyone off. will you have to go to emeryville toward berkeley. turn around there and head back towards the maze if that was your plan here this morning. so 880 much better, bart looking good as well, everybody else for the most part looking okay. i wanted to check some drive times. with reheavy tracy into dublin, one hour, 8 minutes. dub will into mission boulevard in the yellow at 25 an

. >> reporting jobina fortson live for us at sfo. jobina? >> reporter: good morning.taxi companies to be ready to deploy more drivers today and b.a.r.t. tweeting options to get to the airport including discounts for people because we know travelers rely so heavily on uber and lyft to get here. strike organizers are telling us that more than 200 uber drivers will demonstrate outside uber san francisco headquarters as part of a national day of action. lyft drivers will be participating as well. this is happening in seven major cities on the west coast including l.a. and san diego as well as, of course, san francisco. this is all coming ahead of uber's initial multibillion dollar public offering that is set for friday. reports claim frustration began to grow following lyft's ipo in march. uber and lyft drivers have a series of demands including increased job security, livable incomes, and a cap on the company's commission. drivers want to guarantee 80% to 85% of proceeds from the car go to the driver. we're learning that san francisco drivers are planning to turn off the

for now reporting live from sfo this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> thank you, jobina.ek digging into the issues surrounding ride shares in the bay area. we called it ride share realities, part of our building a better bay area series and you can find all of those stories on our website, abc7news.com. rebuilding is under way in paradise with 100 crews of 10 to 15 people each cleaning up every day. the region has a long way to go to recover. another issue with most of the population gone businesses are suffering. 50% say they intend to move back. 86 people were killed in paradise with 18,000 structures burned. >>> a federal judge plans to order pg&e's board of directors to visit the cities of paradise and san bruno. they want the board to see the result of i the dsa the judge wants all of this to happen by july. >>> dub on are you getting nervous? >> a little nervous. it seems inconceivable but tonight could be the final game at oracle arena ever. the playoff series shifts back to oakland for game five and the rockets won both games in houston to even the series at two g

for now reporting live, jobina fortson, action 7 news. >> okay, jobina, thank you. a reminder to our viewers that you just want to avoid that area altogether. there's no turning back anywhere. if you're lucky and still at home watching this, take an alternate route. our team sending out push alerts like this on your screen. we have updated you. download the abc 7 news app to get the latest on the crash. it goes right to your mobile device. >>> the san francisco medical examiner does confirm for us bones found at this mission district home are, in fact, human. police say the remains were found buried behind the home on 21st street last thursday. investigators will now try to identify them and find the cause of death. >>> in the north bay some parents say a racist photo was included in a middle school yearbook. >> take a look at this photo of the kenilworth junior high and three students are seen making an upside-down okay sign. it's a symbol used in a game called the circle game but in recent years has taken on a different meaning after white supremacists began using

good morning, jobina. >> reporter: good morning. you may be able to make out the train behind me here, the older one. passengers will have to be dealing with those for a bit longer. some of the trains date back to the 1970s. the idea here is that with b.a.r.t. pushing back the time line the agency and its contractor will be able to work out some of those technical failures. so far the california utilities commission has approved 75 cars and that is the equivalent of 7 1/2 trains. b.a.r.t. planned to have 775 new cars in service by 2022. "the chronicle" says the chief mechanical officer revealed the date will now be spring 2023. 6,000 hours before any sort of failure that causes a delay of more than five minutes. right now issues are popping up at more than 1,000 hours, not six. we met michael hughes at the millbrae b.a.r.t. station. he says he rides b.a.r.t. every single day and loves those new trains, and he wan those kinks to be worked out but was not happy to hear this news. >> i think it's disappointing. we've all been waiting f

reporting live this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you.it-and-run rampage leaves an 80-year-old man with life threatening injuries. >> the shocking scene all caught on surveillance video from sfpd's tenderloin station. take a look. you can see the stole edge kia running on to the sidewalk, slamming into scaffolding and pinning a pedestrian against it. the female driver then backs up, hits a parked car as dozens of police officers pour out of the station. seconds later, she hit the 80-year-old man as he was in a crosswalk. >> it was like a movie. i thought they were filming a movie. it was unreal. we didn't hear any sirens when it all unfolded. >> police say the driver hit two cars at fifth and market before slamming into a police car on sixth street when she was arrested. her name has not yet been released. both pedestrians that were hit remain in the hospital this morning. >>> developing news in europe, searchers are looking for at least 21 people missing after a sightseeing boat sank in hungary. seven others died and all of the passenger

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> 4:33. house speaker nancy pelosi says president trump actually wants to be impeached because he believes the republican-controlled senate would bail him out. speaker pelosi appeared on jimmy kimmel live last night. she says she's making sure everyone is onboard before seriously pursuing impeachment proceedings which could further divide the country. >> the only person who knows better than i why this president is not above the law, why this president must be held accountable, the only person who knows better than i do, is the president of the united states. he knows. he knows what his violations have been. >> speaker pelosi said the public deserves to know the truth. president trump continues to deny he has done anything wrong. >>> president trump threatening to impose escalating tariffs against mexico and the plan calls for a 5% tariff on all imported goods starting on june 10th and then it would be raised over time for as much as 25%. the president says he is punishing mexico for not stop

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> 4:33. house speaker nancy pelosi says president trump actually wants to be impeached because he believes the

good morning, jobina. >> reporter: good morning.clara county district attorney's office is expected to decide by today whether r not to file hate crime charges against isaiah peoples. that would be on top of the eight attempted murder charges he is already facing. a question still remains as far as the motive of the crash that happened last month. prosecutors say peoples, who is an army veteran, was on his way to bible study when inteioll plod his corolla into a crowd of people and a cross walk at el camino real and sunnyvale avenue. family members say peoples suffers from ptsd and is not racist. investigators say he targeted some of the victims based on their race and his belief they were of the muslim faith. last night an interfaith gathering in support of muslims was held at the sunnyvale senior center in light of the incident. previously peoples' attorney told us his mental state would be a critical factor in this case. for now reporting live in san jose, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. 4:30 right now if you're just j

>> jobina, thank you for that.r you, what happens for riders now that uber is a public company? >> reporter: well, market watch had an interesting piece on this. their report is claiming that in the long term uber and lyft both need to find a way to turn a profit here. they believe that getting rid of the drivers is the route they will take, but in the short term, that means higher cost for the rides, for the riders in the near future. >> all right, jobina, thank you. >>> on the peninsula the university of hawaii women's water polo team is in town to play cal in the ncaa quarterfinals this afternoon happening at stanford. their stay so far has not really been in the aloha spirit. two vans in a parking lot were broken into wednesday night. crooks took their equipment, their cameras, and their passports. the auto burglary happened when the team was having dinner at wahlburgers blocks away. the university's athletic director estimates between $5,000 and $10,000 of equipment and belongings were boosted from the vans. h

jobina fortson live for us in the newsroom with all the details.reporter: good morning. the tech ipo tidal wave continues this morning. uber is valued at $82 billion, but with its shares on the lower end of the price range, it may be a reflection of the doubts some have on the company's ability to turn a profit. the disappointing performance its rival lyft doesn't seem to be helping either. on the road the company boasted its plans to expand in other transportation businesses like autonomous driving, mass transit and scooters. uber wants to become a one-stop shop. there's been turmoil surrounding the ipo, too. drivers were protesting wednesday outside the main headquarters in san francisco claiming the ride hailing service has continued to cut the pay of drivers often leaving them earning less than minimum wage. former uber ceo travis kalanickn is being barred from the bell ringing. the listing is set to be among the tenth largest ipos of all time. jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> the controversial citywide ipo tax. san francisco supervisor gordon m

. >> jobina fordson joins us live with the story. good morning. good morning. the department of fish and wildlife says people are 1,000 times more likely to be struck by lightning than attacked by a mountain lion. still it's very important to keep an eye out for something like there. let's go out to the video. so you can see this large animal here. this is under surveillance video captured on the nest cam. based on the size, tail and the way that it jumped over, it's clear the an pam was a mountain lion. the encounter happened around 9:00 thursday night at their home on oak view way. the sighting put people in fear of what could happen if people come in contact two a wild an ma. >> when i was pulling up to the driveway, i thought i saw a cat. the closer i got, that is not at ka. it was very large so i kind of flashed my high beams at it to spook it. it ran down the driveway. i lost sight of it after that. california's fish and wild life says more than half the state is prime mountain lion habitat. reporting live, job na fordson, nbc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> so

jobina? >> reporter: dung ly died after he was treated at that dentist's office. the family says that -- a family member wrote on the go fund me page that ly was given two doses of anesthesia and stopped breathing. family friend jimmy tran helps translate for ly's parents who recently emigrated from vietnam. he says an ambulance took ly to benoff children's hospital where he died the next day. according to tran the day of dental procedure ly's mother was worried about a cold her son was getting over. the mother was in the waiting room when ly stopped breathing. >> they didn't give her any update until she questioned them and then the next thing she knew an ambulance arrived. >> reporter: youthful tooth has not responded to our request for comment. the california dental board says if a violation is found, they will take disciplinary action. they do not have a time line for their investigation. reporting live, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> and new this morning missouri expected to become the latest state to pass sweeping anti-abortion legislation. the republican-l

good morning, jobina. >> reporter: good morning.s is already facing eight attempted murder charges. these hate crime charges would add on to that. the santa clara county district attorney's office told us they were hopig to make this decision by today. still questions as to the motive for the crash that happened last month. prosecutors say peoples, who is an army veteran, was on his way to bible study. he plowed into a cross walk at sunnyvale avenue. peoples' attorney told us his client's mental health state will be a critical factor i the case. family members claim peoples suffers from ptsd and is not a racist. last night an interfaith unity solidarity event in support of muslims was held at the senior center in light of this incident. investigators do believe peoples targeted his victims based on their race and also his belief that they were of the muslim faith. reporting live in san jose, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> an 80-year-old man was left with life threatening injuries. >> the shocking scene caught on surveillance video

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson live at sfo this morning. jobina?ning, the sign just over my shoulder says lyft, uber keep left. we're wondering how many drivers will be here come wednesday, the day of the strike. according to business insider drivers feel working conditions are geared towards corporate level employees. reports claim frustration began to grow following lyft's ipo. the company made its nasdaq debut in march. uber and lyft drivers have a series of demands including increased job security, livable incomes, and a cap on the company's commission. drivers want to guarantee 80% to 85% of proceeds from the car go to the driver. the executive director of the new york taxi worker alliance says wall street investors are telling uber and lyft to cut down on driver income, stop incentives, and go faster to driverless cars. people at the airport here rely heavily on uber and lyft. it's possible the strike could impact them on wednesday. for now reporting live from sfo, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. >>> the alabama choir whose

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> that video is awful. also today in san jose the woman accused of a dui crash that killed a 17-year-old boy is due in court. the highway patrol says ashley marie oliver was driving the wrong way on highway 17 over the weekend. that is when she crashed into a car with five teens from fremont. 17-year-old armando was killed. he was a junior at washington high school where he played football. the highway patl says he and two of the other teens in the car were not wearing seat belts. in the east bay uc berkeley police are trying to find a man who took pictures of people in a campus bathroom. investigators say they believe he placed a camera on the fourth floor of moffitt library. it was discovered march 15th. photographs of five people have been taken that day. 13 people photographed at that same location in october. investigators do not know if the man is a uc berkeley student or is affiliated with the university. >>> some breaking news coming in to our live desk. the u.s. state department has ordered all non

for now reporting live, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. >>> get ready to pay more aty says it is raising prices on some items because of the goods. >>> shares were priced at $16 raising $180 millio for the company. if you want to track the stock today it will trade under fsly. >>> and here is a live look at the big board. we are starting down about 108 points. so the markets ended up closing up yesterday after the massive sell-off. >>> another live look at the situation in arlington, massachusetts, where there is a bear hanging out in a tree. he was in the neighborhood so there are homes in the area and there are authorities out there trying to strategize how to get this animal down safely and, of course, keep everyone in the neighborhood safe as well. we've been watching for probably more than an hour as they assess the situation. >> it is raining there? >> it seems it is cold. at least he has his fur coat on. >> he went from sitting up al and now is yawning and lying down. >> he's been taking a nab for quite some time. things are probably boring. >> he seems okay. >

. >> i want to update you on a story, jobina was there early there morning in san jose in the almondine we got an update minutes ago. so i want to share that this is at tucson drive and via monte drive. spd telling us five a ossaulted men. the men were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. there were reports of gunfire, san jose has not located any victims. you can see eight to nine place cars on the scene. the teenagers have not been captured. so an investigation is still ongoing. we will be following this developing story to you. back to you. >>> happening today, google's developer's conference in mountain view. >> they will meet for the kickoff later this morning, abc reporter jobina fortson has more on what we can expect. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, guys. so tech writers describe google's annual conference as something like a big party, where google will layout its plans for the future and you know google is turning 21 this year. the party could be a plast, right? the idea is that the coders in the room will help google build that future vision. let's st

reporting live from sfo, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> jobina, thank you. >>> it is now 4:30. if you're just waking up to us, good morning. a quick update now on your weather and traffic. >>> we'll start with live doppler 7. you can see the gray, that's the cloud cover, the winds showing a pretty stout sea breeze but the marine layer is drying and so even faster sunshine than yesterday. there could be more fog developing in the north bay and along the coast than we've seen. in the low to mid-50s. we'll stay in the upper 50s to low 60s at the coast. we'll hit the upper 60s, a comfortable lunch. low to mid-70s at 4:00. and mid-60s starting to need a jacket as the sun sets around 8:00. let's get another check of the commute. hi, alexis. >>> we are looking live at walnut creek, still nice and light. we did have road work here right around the 24 split, treat boulevard. looks like they have picked that up for the evening. everything is moving along fine. no delays concord into walnut creek. westbound 580, tracy to dublin, 1:03, much worse than that if you're starting on 205 due to

jobina fortson is live at san francisco.rning, jobina. >> reporter: she doesn't have the name recognition like joe biden or bernie sanders which could hurt her chances in the long run, but amy klobuchar out of was the star last night. she was welcome to a packed fund-raiser yesterday evening. klobuchar promised to work across the aisle and help reunite a country she sees as divided. many who came out last night are supporting her but there were others wanting to learn more. melinda jackson said she does have appeal. >> some of the democratic voters who maybe switched and went to trump and could be brought back into the democratic fold. >> reporter: beto o'rourke will be speaking at manny's and eric swalwell will be there as well sunday. reporting live, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> right now thousands of homes in danger after a levee in arkansas breached early this morning this is coming after several weeks of severe weather, look at this new video. residents are being urged to evacuate as soon as possible. officials say t

they will be turning off their apps at noon and that will last for 12 hours. >> jobina, thank you.week digging into the issues surrounding ride sharing in the bay area, call it ride share realities and all of the stories as part of our better bay area can be found on our website. >>> six months to the day since the towns of paradise burned in the campfire. the worst in california history. rebuilding is under way in paradise with 100 crews of 10 to 15 people each cleaning up every day. businesses are suffering. the may 7 news that in a recent poll only 51% say they intend to move back. 18,000 structures burned. >> visiting the cities of paradise and san bruno because of pg&e equipment. the judge says he wan the board to see the results of the damage firsthand. he wants the board to meet with city leaders in san bruno. a gas pipeline explosion killed eight people in 2010. the judge wants all of this to happen by july. pg&e is warning to prepare for planned power shutdowns this summer and this fall to prevent wildfires. county supervisors pressed pg&e to find out what residents should

for now reporting live in san francisco this morning, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >> thanks, jobina.eard a lot about manny's. it's hosted a lot of political events. five democratic presidential candidates have appeared there in the past two months. four others are expected within the next week. the owner tells us people need to meet these candidates one-on-one. >> it's really important for folks in the community to get to meet the people who are asking for their vote and their dollar. we do feel like the advantage here people have the ability to get some face time with these candidates. >> in a short time it's amazing what manny has done. the name was originally going to be centered around civic like town hall or common ground but feedback that it was a little too serious and might exclude people so he named it after himself. >> that's good. >> manny's. >>> the warriors have a couple days now to try to figure out what went wrong after dropping game one of the nba finals to the raptors in toronto. >> the dubs played after nine days off and it showed. toronto outplayed golden state for

. >> it happened at tucson drive and jobina fortson has more.: good morning, we reached out to san jose police to gather more information about this. we are waiting to hear back at this moment. i want to take you to the video of the scene earlier. you can see a heavy police presence there, lots of flashing lights, at least eight or nine police vehicles on the scene there. >>> the call for the initial shooting came in at 9:47 p.m. that initial first call that is. there are unconfirmed reports of two victims. at least one of the two victims inside a residence. again, this is a developing story this morning. we are waiting to hear back from san jose police on this, as soon as we get updates we will be sure to share that on our app and on here. >> jobina, thank you. >>> it is now coming up on 4:30, if you are just waking up with us, good morning. >> i overlaid the wind. you can't pick up mips and wind on the radar. it overshoots it. you see 17 miles per hour. we are waking up to that cloudiness, the closer to san francisco, the embarcadero, more lik

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson joins us live. >> reporter: good morning.nders explain google's conference party over three days google will present their vision for the future. they're hoping these coders in the audience there will help them build that future, in light of recent events, for example, lawsuits, tracking users locations or violating privacy laws, they report google needs to respect privacy andjol"ay google is set to ride out artificial intelligence. they said last year, google announced a feature for google maps that projects the step by step directions over the real world using ar. the opening keynote for the conference kicks off today at 10:00 a.m., reporting live from google headquarters, jobina fortson abc 7 news. >> a live desk update. >> i want to update you on a story that jobina was on in google. it's in san jose. it's a shooting. there were two unconfirmed reports of victims. our newsroom waiting to hear back from san jose police on more details. i want to show you this detail. you can see a heavy presence. there were a lot of flashi

back to you. >> jobina, thank you.very troublesome for commuters this morning. we'll stay on top that have throughout the newscast. >>> building a better bay area a shared responsibility. a group of high school students on the peninsula is rising to the occasion. they pitched ideas to solve the bay area's housing crisis and pitched those ideas to facebook. the company listened. uc berkeley's y plan to interview east view and menlo residents and they came up with the idea to build more granny flats. one of the projects has been homeless and witnessed other families squeezed out of the bay area. >> it's really sad, last year my best friend moved to sacramento because her family couldn't afford to live here no more. it just goes to show the relationships that are broken through gentrification going on. >> has decided to help. they've seemed up with soup and pledged more than $1 million to finance low-interest loans for building those granny flats. we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by

abc7 news reporter jobina fortson joins us live with the story.ou've got to hear this. >> and see the reaction. it giving you chills. it is truly amazing. the president of atlanta's morehouse college says almost 95% of their students receive some kind of financial aid. student loan debt is a national issue but historically black colleges and universities. "the wall street journal" says alumni have a median federal loan debt 32% higher than graduates of other four-year schools which makes this gift all the more special. >> so graduates, look to your right, look to your left. >> this is robert f. smith, the richest black man in america giving the commencement speech at morehouse college sunday. >> this is my class, 2019. >> it's already an exciting days next sentence just may have turned it into one of the best days ever. >> and my family is making a grant to eliminate their studen loans. >> what? this man's face says it all. smith promised to pay up to $40 million to pay off each student's loan debt. >> being one who is getting ready to pay back st

jobina fordson, nbc 7 news. >> thanks, jobina. what should you do? do not run, make yourself as big as possible and there are more tips you should snow. >>> san francisco mayor london breed wants to restore the public's trust. police chief william scott relinquished control into the death of a former public defender. a controversial police report was leaked to a freelance reporter. the police raided his home. chief scott apologized for the raid. >> the facts haven't changed. there were issues in, i am not going to point fingers publicly and make asaysment when we're asking for outside eyes to come in and look at this investigation. >> the police union suggested chief scott resign or be fired. when asked if he should resign, mayor breed said, quote, i'm not jumping to any conclusions based on demands from an organization or person. the naacp issued a statement in support of chief scott writing the civil rights community stands solidly behind chief bill scott. he is recognized of a raid of a journalist's home office. we believe his admission the search

jobina fortson live at sfo this morning when you might need to find a different ride. jobina? >> reporter: good morning. we know several people here rely heavily on uber and lyft to get to and from their destination and it's possible the strike could impact travelers. the strike is scheduled for wednesday. reports claim frustration began to grow amongst drivers following lyft's ipo. the company made its nasdaq debut in march. uber and lyft want increased job ers wa touara%oable. 85% of proceeds from the car go to the driver. i talked to my driver this morning for context. he said driving in the bay area can be particularly tough because of the tolls and cost of gas in california. drivers feel their working conditions are geared to employees. wall street investors are telling uber and to cut down. he says while some are set to walk away with billions, some drivers will be left bankrupt. now when lyft went public that day the company's valuation became over $29 billion. we're now reporting live from >>> a plane burst into flames in russia. >> this morning 41 people are dead, nea

abc 7 news reporter jobina fortson is live. >> reporter: good morning. "the chronicle" is saying by stretching out this time line b.a.r.t. and its contractor will be able to work with some of the in thentimeassenger wlorceoideo to the 1970s. b.a.r.t. planned to initially have 775 new cars in service by 2022. "the chronicle" says the chief mechanical officer revealed in a new interview that the date will now be spring 2023. an example of that is car "d." it is the cab where the operator sits. they expect those cars to run 6,000 hours before any sort of equipment failure that cause as delay of more than five minutes. right now issues are popping up around 1,000 hours, not six. "the chronicle" is reporting that b.a.r.t. gets to hold on to the last 5% payment of the $2.5 billion fleet of the future trains until both sets of cars hit their maintenance targets. it was noted in this article that maintenance issues are common for new rail cars, but muni dealt with this as well in san francisco. it's not unherpd of ard of in o. tbina fortson, abc 7 news.> hek rni

reporting in oakland, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> san francisco international airport has become a magnet for homeless people looking for a warm, safe shelter overnight. >> they come by way of b.a.r.t. abc 7 news was there for the last train of the night to see how the airport stops them from camping out in the terminals. >>> if you let an institution like that go you're really going to kill part of the city's heart, at least for me. this is one of me favorite reasons to come here. >> a san francisco comedy club hopes it gets the last laugh when it comes to keeping its space from glad you're back how you feeling? ♪ ♪ (both) exhausted. but finally being able to make that volunteer trip happen was... awesome. awesome. you have to scrub. what do they... they use for washing. ♪ ♪ let's do it every year. we'll do it every year. i thought you'd say that - let's do it. ♪ ♪ see how investing with a j.p. morgan advisor can help you. visit your local chase branch. you might or joints.hing for your heart... but do you take something for your brain. with an ingredient originally discovered i

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> a big story at the live desk. the trade war between the u.s.lly escalating and overnight while sleeping the u.s. imposed new tariffs on billions of chinese goods. those tariffs more than doubling what they were yesterday which means that you and i will most likely pay much more for chinese goods. tariffs that were 10% yesterday are 25% this morning. the trade deal talk deadline was midnight. they didn't get a deal done. president trump essentially saying that's okay but he feels the trade war is a win either way. in fact, he says we either get a new deal or reap the benefits of billions of dollars in tariffs. >>> i'm different than a lot of people. i happen to think tariffs for our country are very powerful. >> the trade war is driving financial markets down. the dow closed down 138 points yesterday. we're going to see how the markets react again this morning. the chinese government has vowed to retaliate but hasn't yet quite said how. back to you. >>> on the peninsula the university of hawaii's women's water polo team is in town to play cal in

reporter jobina fortson has the story. >>> so, graduates, look to your right.left. >> reporter: this is robert f. smith, the richest black man in america, giving the commencement speech at morehouse college sunday. >> this is my class, 2019. >> reporter: it's already an exciting day for these graduates, but smith's next sentence just may have turned it into one of the best days ever. >> and my family is making a grant to eliminate their student loans. >> reporter: what? this man's face says it all. smith promised to pay up to $40 million to pay off each student's loan debt. >> paying back student loans, i know they won't even have to worry. >> reporter: morehouse college alum mccants was sitting in his oakland home when he saw the news, like much of the world, he was stunned and a bit jealous. but the 2013 grad now working for a consulting firm is just trying to take the high road. >> i had barack obama as my speaker. the commitment at morehouse and bringing in influential people who can give back in this way is just something that words can't express. >> repor

thanks, jobina. >>> meanwhile, the sharks are headed to st. louis for game three. the giants manager bruce bocci served as the door opener. the blues won the game 4-2. the sharks have won the opener and lost game two in all three playoff series this year. the series is tied at one game apiece now. game three is tomorrow night at 5:00. >>> we are well into spring, but fresh snow will fall on the sierras this week. this is video from earlier this year from the heavy snow in the mountains, a snowstorm will hit starting about midnight tomorrow and ramp up as it heads through thursday into early friday. as temperatures dip into the 20s. snow level down to 6,000 feet. up to a foot-and-a-half of snow is possible by the end of the week. i feel bad for those ski resorts. they had to close. sometimes the workers have to leave and mover on after the season is over. here's a look at what's going on back here at home. nothing like that mid-50s throughout most of our east bay neighborhoods, especially inland, concord 57 degrees. a little warmer there. same thing in oakland and s

jobina fortson spoke with the rector and star. >> reporter: we sat down with two guys hoping to makeore noise with their new film. that's a clip from "the last black man in san francisco" directed by joe talbott starring jimmie fails. >> it started out as an idea. >> reporter: racking up awards at the sundance film festival. fails' life inspired the story about a fictional jimmie obsessed with reclaiming the victorian home his grandfather built in san francisco. his family lost it. >> that's not your old house. that's not your neighborhood. >> the people here make san francisco great and if you start to lose those people that are an important fabric of the city what is the staet? >> reporter: the film digs into what we see, gentrification and a shift in racial demographics. the title clearly doesn't shy away from the city's dwindling black population. >> i definitely felt it needed to be mentioned. >> reporter: talbot calls it unfortunately universal. >> letters from london and paris and new york who are saying these same things are happening here. >> reporter: this is a story of fri

reporting from sfo, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >>> developing news out of texas.rom a mother whose daughter is missing. the girl's stepfather says she was kidnapped by three men. the stepfather of 4-year-old maleah davis also says the same men beat him and stole his car on friday. darri darion venrioion vence went unc and woke up holding his son and little maleah nowhere to be found. we spoke exclusively with our abc sister station in houston. >> i love you so much. and i'm not going to stop looking for you, i promise, baby girl. i'm not going stop looking for you. >> just heartbreaking. both police and loved ones say it's critical to find maleah quickly. look at that. >> adorable. >> oh, goodness. the 4-year-old has had multiple brain surgeries and needs regular medical care. volunteers on foot and on horseback have joined the search. >>> president trump's former personal attorney is now in federal prison. michael cohen arrived at a minimum security prison about 70 miles northwest of new york city today. mr. trump's so-called former fixer spent the last few weeks

jobina fortson, "abc7 news." >>> in the east bay, a defense attorney laid out his case of day two ofhe ghostship fire. they claimed someone used molotov cocktails that set the fire that killed 36 people. defense attorneys chaim no one from the fire or police department ever issued a warning about any kind of fire hazard. >>> new details out of charlotte, north carolina, where the skyline is awash in green, a color of the university of north carolina at charlotte. tonight, it's a sign of support for six people shot on campus. two of the students died. and we're learning more about the heroic last moments for one of them. ♪ >> grief, for this senseless loss of young life. >> people packed the stadium to remember the victims of tuesday's shooting, include 2g 1-year-old riley howell now considered a hero. howell had nowhere to run or hide, so he fought back. >> for his work, the assailant may not have been disarmed, but unfortunately he gave his life in the process. >> howell was shot trying to take down the shooter, who police identify as a former student, tristan terrell. >> bang, bang

. >> jobina, thank you. >>> it is now coming up on 4:30, if you are just waking up with us, good morning. >> i overlaid the wind. you can't pick up mips and wind on the radar. it overshoots it. you see 17 miles per hour. we are waking up to that cloudiness, the closer to san francisco, the embarcadero, more likely you will be dealing with mist and drizzle. we stay pretty close to the upper 50s at the coast. mid-60s by noon. everywhere else mid-70s, a jacket this evening. let's kick it practice, to alexis. >> we don't have any incidents to talk about so far today. so things are looking nice and light to start the day off. we are checking out our walnut creek camera. vlumes are slowly filling n. obviously, that is not too bad as you can see there. a quick check of drive times, our only drive time that is not in the green, it's in the yellow, west bound 580, tracy to dublin, dublin to mission boulevard 15. and 101 to cup weretino, 15 minutes. >> alexis, thank you. >>> from the live desk this morning, tensions are escalating between democrats and the trump administration at the capitol. >> d

. >> jobina reporting for us. >> the warriors play the rockets tomorrow.ame three right here on abc 7. >> sports anchor mindi bach arrived in houston today and tweeted from the airport where she found warrior super fans cameron and carlos. they're 20-year season ticket holders and flew there for the game. >> game three tomorrow. tipoff set for 5:30. >> immediately following after the game, larry beil, mindi b h bach, donald foyle and carrie keating will break it all down for you. >>er. >> shocking video of a newborn baby being dropped after delivery. why the parents want you to see it. >> president trump's phone call with russian president putin today. what they said and how local lawmakers are responding. >> and see why it takes snow plows and guts to clear this road in yosemite. >> first here's a look what's coming up up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live." >> please devote a tiny portion of your lives to this. when you come in and you have everybody going like there, and then you sit down i get rewarded wherever i go. going out for a bite. rewarded. going ne

for now reporting live in san jose, jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> thank you. 4:30 right now if you're just joining us let's get a quick update on weather and traffic. mike? >>> hi, everybody. here is a look at what's going on with live doppler 7. 30-mile-per-hour winds. that's what it's nearly reaching in concord and fairfield. and because of that, look at how thick the cloud cover is, and it is juicy this morning. maybe we'll use that word instead of moist because it is letting go of a lot of drizzle out there. i had to use my windshield wipers the whole way in from the east bay, intermittently. it gives you an idea how deep the penetration is of the moist marine layer. you can see it here on our camera on our roof. so drizzle through 7:00. low to mid-50s. dry and cooler but still lingering clouds. look at this, mid-50s to mid-60s. we stay in the mid-50s at the coast. we try to get near 70. that's significantly cooler than yesterday at 4:00. that's when we'll start watching north bay. by 7:00 everybody be is pretty quiet, mid-50s and mid-60s. >>> a look at the commute. so far so good

jobina fortson, abc 7 news. >>> the controversial citywide ipo tax. san francisco supervisor gordon maher says the board of supervisors is supporting his propos proposal. he introduced it on tuesday. he said inequality could worsen with other tech companies in san francisco set to go public in the coming months. his proposal would restore a 1.5% tax on compensation, the same paid prior to 2012 when san francisco began offering tax breaks. >>> if you're just waking up to us we'll check in with your weather and see what your traffic is like. we start with mike nicco. >>> hi, everybody. i want to start with the winds. they're not as fast as they have been the sea breeze is relaxing. let's see how the day plans out. we're starting off with temperatures just about the same. not hearing any reports of drizzle out there. in fact, mostly cloudy at 7:00. low to upper 50s. we're already near 70 around our ba near 60 at the coast. we'll be at 60 at the coast but mid to upper 70s. 73 to 77. that's warmer than yesterday. and a gorgeous evening on tach. look at thi