. >> abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom shows us how pokemon go works and why it is so popular and the warning police are sending out tonight. >>> and plus putting samsung's latest phone to the test. is it water-resistant and does it work after you drop the thing? we'll take a look. >>> also -- >> a lot of generous people out there making this possible. >> the big milestone today at a san francisco nonprofit that helps thousands in need every day. >>> and later -- >> can you believe that. some bay area >>> over the weekend, the nation and bay area was invaded by a swarm of colorful imaginary creatures called pokemon and swarms of players looking for them with their smartphone. >> jonathan bloom is live at the ferry building in san francisco. are you finding anything out there? >> reporter: yeah, there are a lot of pokemon out here at the ferry building. we've been watching as people walk by like this trying to find them using smartphone. players are getting exercise and making new friends but we've heard they are wandering in the lobby at the fremont police department and other places

jonathan bloom will emseat independence eve event tonight.nt is fun for the entire family with live music, food, a petting zoo and fireworks display over the bay. it all starts at 6:30 tonight. >>> coming up next on the abc 7 sunday morning news at 6:00, friends of a uc berkeley student killed in the terrorist attack this bangladesh are heartbroken by the sudden loss. >>> plus crews hurry to repair a broken water main in the east bay before tomorrow's fourth of july parade. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver. his name is carl. but that's not what we all have in common. we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®. xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. xarelto® is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. for people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, there is limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. you know, taking warfarin, i had to deal with that blood te

jonathan bloom will emcee the independence eve event tonight. with live music, food, a petting zoo and fireworks display over the bay. it all starts at 6:30 tonight. >>> pretty get a final check of the accuweather weather forecast with lisa. >> it will be foggy there, but we will look for the low clouds and fog to clear. warmest day out of the next 7 in san jose, about 81. and then the temperatures trail off. we should mix out the marine layer after the 4th. 65 in richmond, 77 palo alto, 81 san jose, 70 in vallejo. upper 50s coast, upper 80s inland and then cooler throughout the week. from thank you to joining us on the abc 7 sunday morning news. i'm carolyn tyler. the news continues now online on, twitter, facebook and all your mobile devices with our abc 7 news app. abc 7 news continues at 9:00 this morning. "good morning america" is up next. have a happy holiday weekend. i drive to the hoop. i drive a racecar. i have a driver. his name is carl. but that's not what we all have in common. we talked to our doctors about treatment with xarelto®.

jonathan bloom got to tour the office in san diego. >> reporter: like any startup space, there are tablesfit the room with some sound proofing and human proofing, because in vr, you are blind to the world and sometimes you run into the wall. >> reporter: it's where they examine their creations. >> i can get up really close to this person. she's real. and she looks totally real. >> reporter: make no mistakes, they test that new social game. >> this is the center of the world. this is the eye of the storm, and these storms are going to be sizable. >> reporter: robert skoble is in residence here. he's labeled virtual and augmented reality the next big thing. >> every night, there's an event here, just this morning the chinese investors were here. >> reporter: of course, vr isn't just for games. there are companies working on much more serious experiences that have nothing to do with entertainment. one can even cure arachnophobia. studies have shown it's just as effective in vr. >> a lot of people will lean back in their chairs as the spider get closer. >> reporter: another company wants to t

. >> jonathan bloom caught up with the forest service as they figure out where and why the trees are dying. >> reporter: early in the morning the u.s. forest service takes to the skies. soaring just above the tree tops. >> we're trying to identify trees that have died fairly recently. >> reporter: you can see them from above. >> the foliage will change color. >> reporter: last year they found record numbers. this year they expect more after six years of mild and severe droughts. >> the trees have been fighting for water. and now the beetles can take advantage. >> reporter: california's bark beetle thrives on dry wood. a weakened tree is bug food. >> the beeltles are at huge population levels. >> reporter: the foresters have to find where it's happening. >> we're trying to assess the high priority trees. near power lines or roads. >> reporter: they use electronic shorthand to mark down where the dead trees are, how many and what kind, all without slowing down and counting anything twice. >> i basically just draw a polly gone and in shorthand, 88 ponderosa pine. >> reporter: flying lik

jonathan bloom explains it's a free service that could save you money and those teens are more than happyide it. >> reporter: make sure you get a ladder. they're the tools to turn your house into a green house. >> a nozzle for the hose. >> reporter: these teens are hitting the streets. >> hi. we're raising energy -- >> reporter: making green house calls for free in a program backed by cities and utilities they'll evaluate your home from the appliances, to the facets. they take down measurements. and dish out information. and when they find a problem. >> we can change those. >> reporter: they bring gifts to fix it from replacing light bulbs to lamps. the new lighting can save this family 10% on their electric bill. >> it saves us money and if we can save the program it's a win, win. >> reporter: free help reducing utility usage but it's a win for students, a summer job they can be passionate about. >> i think saving the planet and making a change even if it's small. >> reporter: for many this is a first job and a chance to learn. >> a lot of conservation, and then they also get a lot of re

jonathan bloom found people taking advantage of this craze. >> i dropped people off here before. >> this is no ordinary lift driver. when he's logged off, he does another sort of driving. >> high school students so far. >> we were among his oldest clients. >> during the week it's better than lift. >> reporter: his car has the right chargers. and he knows where the pokemon are hiding. >> libraries. >> reporter: we tried to be quiet. >> librarians are getting upset because of the noise. >> reporter: that's not the only quiet spot they're hiding. >> this is cemeteriecemeteries, result. >> reporter: that's where thing get interesting. it's not that the cemeteries don't want visitors. these are places filled with history, but when the visitors are busy doing this, it can create other problems. >> we don't want to have people inundating the cemetery and interrupting funerals or visitors. >> reporter: this cemetery had a meeting after players started showing up at all hours of the day. >> we haven't had any problem with our visitors. i'm happy about that, but we want to be careful. there are ce

jonathan bloom has the latest. >> long time resident say santa rosa changing. >> things ramp knowledgeup around here. big homeless problem. i have seen sketchy stuff. >> in normally quiet city the second stabbing in less than a week. this one at businessy movie theater. 10 minutes into afternoon showing of the shallow real life horror unfolded. >> suspect came up behind the victim with largekitchen knife and began stabbing the victim in the upper body area. >>reporter: employee says movie goers streamed out of the theater shouting to call 911. witness say the 21-year-old man now hospitalized with stab multiple times including once in the neck. they describe this man who police arrested two blocks awa away. they say 23-year-old hart showed up here 4 months ago originally from baltimore. >> we don't think he lives any.where we believe he's hom homeless. >> local seen him around. >> look like a kind of mentally ill person. he doesn't look like a normal person. >>reporter: now they wonder if he's connected to the other stabbing the murder of homeless poet known as shobing. >> it was heart

abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom caught up with the u.s.as they figure out where california's trees are dying and why. >> clear! >> early in the morning the u.s. forest service takes to the sky, soaring just above the tree tops. >> we are out there trying to identify trees that have died fairly recently. >> from 1,000 feet up you can see them. >> as it dries out the foliage will change from the green color to yellow, red or brown. that's what we are looking for. >> last year they found record numbers. this year they expect even more after six years of severe -- first mild, and then severe drought. >> the trees are fighting for with water and now the beetles are able to take advantage of that situation. >> the bark beetle thrives on dry wood. a healthy tree grows new bark to keep the beetles out but a weakened tree is bug food. >> now the beetles have a huge population level. >> they can attack otherwise healthy trees and kill them. the foresters have to find out where it's happening. >> we are trying hard to assess the high priority hazard

jonathan bloom found people taking advantage of the craze. >> reporter: when he logged on for the ride hailing app, he does another sort of driving. >> high school students so far. >> reporter: we were among his oldest customers as a pokemon driver. his car is equipped with all the right chargers, and he know where is the pokemon are hiding. we tried to be quiet. >> i'll find librarians getting upset because of all the there is sent tecemeteries. >> reporter: when the visitors are busy doing this, it can create other problems. >> of course, what we don't want is to have people inundating the cemetery and interrupting funerals or visitors. >> reporter: the holly cross cemetery had a meeting after players started showing up at all hours of the day. >> we haven't had any problem with our visitors, but there are cemeteries throughout the country that have had to say no, that this is a non-gaming area. >> reporter: they say if you must play here, be respectful and stay on the main path. there are lots of other places to catch pokemons like the said of the road. >> they realize there's a rar

jonathan bloom found people taking advantage of the craze. >> reporter: when he logged on for the rideling app, he does another sort of driving. >> high school students so far. >> reporter: we were among his oldest customers as a pokemon driver. his car is equipped with all the right chargers, and he know where is the pokemon are hiding. we tried to be quiet. >> i'll find librarians getting upset because of all the noise. there is sent tecemeteries. >> reporter: when the visitors are busy doing this, it can create other problems. >> of course, what we don't want is to have people inundating the cemetery and interrupting funerals or visitors. >> reporter: the holly cross cemetery had a meeting after players started showing up at all hours of the day. >> we haven't had any problem with our visitors, but there are cemeteries throughout the country that have had to say no, that this is a non-gaming area. >> reporter: they say if you must play here, be respectful and stay on the main path. there are lots of other places to catch pokemons like the said of the road. >> they realize there's a

jonathan bloom explains it's a free service that could save you money and those teens are more than happyr: make sure you get a ladder. they're the tools to turn your house into a green house. >> a nozzle for the hose. >> reporter: these teens are hitting the streets. >> hi. we're raising energy -- >> reporter: making green house calls for free in a program backed by cities and utilities they'll evaluate your home from the appliances, to the facets. they take down measurements. and dish out information. and when they find a problem. >> we can change those. >> reporter: they bring gifts to fix it from replacing light bulbs to lamps. the new lighting can save this family 10% on their electric bill. >> it saves us money and if we can save the program it's a win, win. >> reporter: free help reducing utility usage but it's a win for students, a summer job they can be passionate about. >> i think saving the planet and making a change even if it's small. >> reporter: for many this is a first job and a chance to learn. >> a lot of conservation, and then they also get a lot of real world skills in

jonathan bloom found people taking advantage of the craze. >> right here at the bart station?> oh jacques. >> he's no ordinary lyft driver. when he logs off he does another sort of driving. >> high school students so far. >> we were among his oldest drivers as a pokemon driver where he makes 27 to $50 an hour. >> during the week it's better than lyft. >> his car is equipped with all the right chargers and he knows where the pokemon are hiding. we tried to be quiet. >> librarians were getting upset because of the noise and whatnot. >> that's not the only quiet place they are hiding. cemeteries. it's not they don't want visitors, after all they are filled with history, but when they are busy doing this, it creates other problems. >> we don't want people inundating cemeteries and interrupting funerals or visitors. >> there was a meeting about it after players decided to show up all hours of the day. >> we haven't had problems with the visitors, and i'm happy about that. but we want to be careful. there are cemeteries throughout the country of that had to say no that's correct thi

as abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains it was created by a stanford student who is getting worldwideention. >> these are just a few, a couple i've got in the past few days. >> 19-year-old josh broader has a problem with parking tickets. >> after the fourth ticket my parents said to me, you're on your own. you have to deal with your own tickets. so out of necessity, i game a local parking guru. >> he researched the laws. >> using the freedom of information act, i found the 12 most popular reasons why the tickets are dismissed. >> he became a hero. >> family, friends, everyone i knew, and ultimately i couldn't help them all. it was taking up too much of my time. >> josh goes to stanford, a world leader in machine learning. >> maybe i should create a computer robot to help people. >> he built a chat bot. the latest thing on facebook. >> unfortunately, all i'm seeing are pizza ordering and flower ordering bots. >> this is different. >> i got a parking ticket. >> do not pay is a robotic lawyer who works for free. >> it finds a sound legal defense. >> and there you have it, your full lette

as abc 7 news reporter jonathan bloom explains it was created by a stanford student who is getting worldwidetion. >> these are just a couple i've got in the past few days. 19-year-old josh broader has a problem with tickets. >> my parents said you're on their own. i became a local parking guru. >> josh researched the laws. >> using the freedom of information act, i found the 12 most popular reasons why the tickets are dismissed. >> he became a hero. >> family, friends, everyone i know and ultimately couldn't help them all. it was taking too much of my time sgll he goes to stanford, a world leader in machine learning. >> i thought maybe i should create a computer robot to help people. >> he built a chat bot. they're the latest thing on facebook. >> unfortunately, all i'm seeing is pizza ordering and flower ordering. >> this bot is different. >> i got a parking lot. >> do not pay is a robotic lawyer who works for free with a series of questions, it finds a sound legal defense. >> there you have it, your full letter and it is detailed with the relevant laws for example -- so far is successfully

here's jonathan bloom. >> they have taken the world by storm.nomenon that only started last week. it looks like this. >> see the group of two to 4 people standing around staring at the phones. >> naked eye there's nothing there but through the camera on the phone. >> you are able to see pokemon on the shoulder like i catch i it. see behind you. >>reporter: editor justin took on the tough task of teaching me pokemon go. game you may out in the real world. >> a couple bowl items do it while you are walking. >> object to catch the mythical creature. >> pokemon just showed up and he's right over there. >> hundreds of species. what's the other kind of bat. >> zoo bat. >> they prefer different habitat. >> in the city this is a forest or park this park was packed with players. >> looking for pokemon to show up on the screen. and they are all kind of walking around like zombie. >> faced down in virtual world you may not notice danger in the real world. >> last we want is some one to get assaulted or robbed so or wander into traffic to get hit bypassing

abc news reporter jonathan bloom found people taking advantage of the craze. >> right here at the bartation? >> oh yeah.. >> he's no ordinary lyft driver. when he logs off he does another sort of driving. >> high school students so far. >> we were among his oldest clients as a pokemon driver where he makes 27 to $50 an hour. >> during the week it's better than lyft. >> his car is equipped with all the right chargers and he knows where the pokemon are hiding. >>ably burglaries. >> we tried to be quiet. >> i'll find librarians getting upset because of all the noise and whatnot. >> that's not the only quiet place they are hiding. >> cemeteries. >> it's not they don't want visitors, after all they are filled with history, but when they are busy doing this, it creates other problems. >> we don't want people inundating cemeteries and interrupting funerals or visitors. >> the holy cross cemetery had a meeting about it after players started showing up all hours of the day. >> we haven't had problems with the visitors, and i'm happy about that. but we want to be careful. there are cemeteries th

. >> jonathan bloom is live in the newsroom with the latest. of the deepest mysteries of the solar system but it hinges on a few critical moments beginning at 7:30 tonight. nasa won't know if it worked until 8:18 and that is how long it takes for the radar signal to travel from jupiter to earth. and they have studied it and modelled it and practiced it but even the scientists aadmit they are getting awfully nervous. >> and liftoff on a trek -- >> that was five years ago. the principal investigators still remember the feeling. >> i was scared watching the rocket going juno is on top of that fire cracker. >> it used earth's gravity as a slingshot headed for this. >> it is the king of our solar system. this is it. the largest planet, more massive than all of the other planets and everything else in our solar system combined. >> reporter: it is an uninvited guest. to see the king it will have to battle a moat of radiation. >> something equivalent to a human being having a hundred million x-rays in less than a year. >> the sensitive instruments seale

jonathan bloom had the honor of emceeing tonight's performance, including the oakland symphony. for the forecast. here is drew. >> we are talking about fog for the fourth of july evening. low cloud cover for the fireworks. right now tonight you notice a lot of low clouds pushing in around the bay. 52 overnight in richmond. 56 in san jose. about 57 in antioch. and san francisco a little bit of that marine i flew enfrom the ocean water getting done to 49 degrees overnight. highs tomorrow, very similar. a lot of sunshine. 85 antioch. 80 san jose. oakland, pretty comfortable high of 768 degrees. advancing into tomorrow evening that marine layer will stick in again. here is the look at who will have fog and who will have clear skies at 9:30 tomorrow evening. you notice our typical area. half moon bay in san francisco. oakland. patchy fog in hayward likely and on the north bay and outside there and clear skies and ample conditions to see the fireworks shot off. sunday forecast, tuesday, fog to sunshine. on wednesday, cool. thursday, friday and saturday or sunday, lots of sunshine on t

but now, there's a way to get out of them that won't cost you a dime as abc7 news reporter jonathan bloomstudent who is getting worldwide attention. >> these are just a few. >> reporter: 19-year-old josh browder has a problem with parking tickets. >> after about four tickets, my parents said you're on your own. >> reporter: in his hometown of london, josh researched the law. >> using the freedom of information act i found the 12 most popular reasons tickets are dismissed. >> reporter: to some he became a hero. >> i ultimately couldn't help them all it was taking up too much of my time. >> reporter: josh goes to stanford, a world leader in machine learning. >> i thought maybe i should teach the robot. >> reporter: he built a chat bot on facebook. but this bot is different. >> i got a parking ticket. >> reporter: do not pay is a robotic lawyer who works for free with a series of questions with a sound legal defense. >> there you have it. it really details what the relevant laws are, for example, new york. >> reporter: so far, it's successfully overturned 160,000 tickets. now josh has a new

abc news reporter, jonathan bloom will emcee the event tonight. it is free for the entire family.ting zoo, and a fireworks display over the bay. and let's get a final check of the holiday weekend forecast with lisa. a high of 65. 69 in oakland today, and 77 fremont, palo alto with a bit of sunshine along the san mateo county coast, and we are looking at temperatures in the upper 50s and upper 80s today and tomorrow, and trending cooler, that is below average, and more below average around the bay. carolyn, have a great day. >> thank you, thank you for joining us. the news continues now online, on twitter, facebook and all of your mobile devices with our abc 7 news app. abc 7 news continues at 5:00 p.m. have a great day and happy holiday everyone. on today's special paid presentation ) for cindy crawford's new meaningful beauty ultra, brought to you by guthy-renker, you'll discover the secrets to not only aging gracefully, but beautifully while looking your absolute best every step of the way. i think my philosophy on aging is really more my philosophy on living, which is just do i

and as jonathan bloom found out astronaut rubens no ordinary student.rter: as rubens walked to the launch vehicle approve was watching from mission control in houston. as the rocket is sort of heading up into the sky, i just choked up. i was overwhelmed. >>reporter: david was the mentor wrote her a recommendation saying her graduate work with deadly disease like 0he e.coli prepared her for space. >> many same kind of conditions that she will now have to faces a astronaut. literally wearing a space suit in dealing with life threatening dangers. >>reporter: kate didn't take the easy road because there is no easy road to space. >> she learned how to fly a jet fighter. learn survival track. kate interest in sighans instant began longer before graduate school in napa some folk still remember her including the principal. >> she's top student and really dove in the tivrment mike was the health teacher and soccer coach in the honor society campus newspaper. >> editor-in-chief. >> did you look at her she's an astronaut. >> well no i can't say i did. but i knew t

the jonathan bloom explains. >> i voted in every election since i was 21 years old andap proud democrati bothersóz me. for quite tÑtá couldn't vote for hillary clinton. >> i voted for mr. sanders. i was hoping would he win. >> sanders waited before endorsing clinton. >> she will be the next president. >> coleman went a different route. clinton campaign never got the memorandum oychlt they kept calling me. they called 2 month ago. they called 4 or 5 days in a row driving me crazy. >> one volunteer especially persistent. >> i said how about if i write a check for crooked hilary fund and i give you 5 dollars. will you shut up and leave me alone then he said yes. >>reporter: trump campaign use in commercial and tweet so he wrote the check. >> low and behold this past friday the check was cashed. >> bank couldn't get the original check back but they did give johnny this cope showing that the funds were deposited by the clinton campaign. >> they haven't called back since. >>reporter: sure enough made out to the crooked hilary fund and deposited by hvf hilary victory fund. >> they didn't look

abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom caught up with the u.s.service as they figure out where california's trees are dying and why. >> clear! >> early in the morning the u.s. forest service takes to the sky, soaring just above the tree tops. >> we are out there trying to identify trees of that died fairly recently. >> from 1,000 feet up you can see them. >> as it dries out the foliage will change from the green color to yellow, red or brown. that's what we are looking for. >> six years of severe throughout. >> the drought and then the beetle able to take advantage of that situation. >> the bark beetle thrives on dry wood. a healthy tree grows new bark to keep the beetles out but a weakened tree is bug food. they can attack otherwise healthy trees and kill them. the foresters have to find out where it's happening. >> we are trying hard to assess the high priority hazard trees, near powerlines or buildings or road. >> once in the sky they use an electronic shorthand to mark down where the dead trees are, how many and without throwing down and with

abc7 news reporter jonathan bloom caught up with the u.s.gure out where california's trees are dying and why. >> clear! >> early in the morning the u.s. forest service takes to the sky, soaring just above the tree tops. >> we are out there trying to identify trees that have died fairly recently. >> from 1,000 feet up you can see them. >> as it dries out the foliage will change from the green color to yellow, red or brown. that's what we are looking for. >> last year they found record numbers. this year they expect even more after six years of severe drought. , the trees are fighting for with water and now the beetles are able to take advantage of that situation. >> the bark beetle thrives on dry wood. a healthy tree grows new bark to keep the beetles out but a weakened tree is bug food. they can attack otherwise healthy trees and kill them. the foresters have to find out where it's happening. >> we are trying hard to assess the high priority hazard trees, ones that are near buildings or powerlines or buildings or road. >> once in the sky the