. >> the first troops could be sent to the border as soon as >> abc 7 news reporter kate larsen spokeith a local congressman who says he needs more specics from the white house about the plan for national guard troops at the border. >> reporter: after days of ntin on twitter about immigration policy and weak border laws, he signed an order to send the national guard to the mexican border. >> we do hope the deployment begins immediately. >> reporter: the homeland security secretary said troops could be sent as soon as wednesday night, but they didn't say how many, how much it would cost or where they would actually be deployed. >> it will be strong. it will be as many as needed to fill the gaps w have today. >> reporter: run from contra costa county says he nds more information from president trump. >> it's not a bad idea, we already have national guard troops, but there's no plan for this. >> reporter: it was requested in 2006 under governor schwarzenegger. >> they have to work with the governors of each border state. in this case, it would be governor brown. we do not have the best r

kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> we getting information about the shooting at youtube headquarters. the gun range where nasim aghdam practiced shooting contacted police after they recognized her from news reports. at the youtube headquarters she empties the cartridge before refilling it. the gun was purchased legally in january in san diego. it was registered in her name. youtube has increased security, putting a guard at every entrance. san bruno police have also put a patrol car out front for the time being. >>> and an abc 7 exclusive. the father of the shooter sat down with matt gutman. can you catch it at 7:00 a.m. right after abc 7 mornings. >>> police in southern california have captured a man they suspect of setting off two explosive devices inside of a sam's club. hugo gonzalez, police are searching an apartment connected to him. them found items inside his car that resembled what was used to make the devices. no one was hurt. >>> stay with us tonight. a rare public interview with facebook's second in command. >> to be clear, we a late. >>> also, the eayesha curry opes up ab

. >> abc 7 news reporter kate larsen spoke with a local congressman who says he needs more specificsout the plan for national guard troops at the border. >> reporter: after days of venting on twitter about immigration policy and weak border laws, he signed an order to send the national guard to the mexican border. >> we do hope the deployment begins immediately. >> reporter: the homeland security secretary said troops could be sent as soon as wednesday night, but they didn't say how many, how much it would cost or where they would actually be deployed. >> it will be strong. it will be as many as needed to fill the gaps we have today. >> reporter: run from contra costa county says he needs more information from president trump. >> it's not a bad idea, we already have national guard troops, but there's no plan for this. >> reporter: it was requested in 2006 under governor schwarzenegger. >> they have to work with the governors of each border state. in this case, it would be governor brown. we do not have the best relationship with the president of the united states on immigration. >> r

kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> we getting information about the shooting at youtube headquarters. the gun range where nasim aghdam practiced shooting contacted police after they recognized her from news reports. at the youtube headquarters she empties the cartridge before refilling it. the gun was purchased legally in january in san diego. it was registered in her name. youtube has increased security, putting a guard at every entrance. san bruno police have also put a patrol car out front for the time being. >>> and an abc 7 exclusive. the father of the shooter sat down with matt gutman. can you catch it at 7:00 a.m. right after abc 7 mornings. >>> police in southern california have captured a man they suspect of setting off two explosive devices inside of a sam's club. hugo gonzalez, police are searching an apartment connected to him. them found items inside his car that resembled what was used to make the devices. no one was hurt. >>> stay with us tonight. a rare public interview with facebook's second in command. >> to be clear, we are late. >>> also, the up about a difficult p

abc 7 news reporter kate larsen was there. ♪ i'm a survivor, i'm not going to give up, i'm not goingl, i'm going to work harder ♪ >> san francisco's grace cathedral looked and sound more like a concert than a church for a first of its kind beyonce mass. >> it was amazing. it was one of the best spiritual experience i've ever had. >> it was fun. it was uplifting. it was also really rejuvenating. >> people wrapped around the side of the cathedral an hour ahead of time to attend. normally the wednesday night service has 50 people in attendance. but with beyonce in the house, this service had 750 people. >> we didn't expect this response. >>everend jude harmon said they put the service on facebook and it blew up. >>e thought it would be a small exploration as a community about what it means to lift up black female voices. >> i use beyonce as a central figure to have these conversations about the realities that black women face. >> reverend yolanda norton is the brain behind the mass. norton is a professor at san francisco theological seminary. she explains that she is using beyonce's wid

kate larsen explains why. >> reporter: electric scooters, the latest in tech transportation are dealing with a few bumps in the hall at stran city hall. >> the scooters have popped up by the hundreds on san francisco streets in the past three weeks. >> these are stationary items that are very, very dangerous for seniors, families and especially people under ada, blind individuals. >> when not in use, they're left wherever riders please. riders tend to ignore laws like not wearing a helmet and not riding on sidewalks. >> reporter: supervisors are asking them to go through a permitting property. >> their general motto is ask for forgiveness rather than permission. >> reporter: lime bike spokesman says lime is satisfied with the rollout so far, even though people are getting jirtd. >> does lime take any responsibility for the fact that they're not being used responsibly by everyone. >> we can't police 100% of our users but we can continue to do the education. >> reporter: in san francisco, kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> san francisco voters may decide whether uber, lyft and other ride hailin

abc 7 news reporter kate larsen was there. ♪ i'm a survivor, i'm not going to give up, i'm not goingfall, i'm going to work harder ♪ >> san francisco's grace cathedral looked and sound more like a concert than a church for a first of its kind beyonce mass. >> it was amazing. it was one of the best spiritual experience i've ever had. >> it was fun. it was uplifting. it was also really rejuvenating. >> people wrapped around the side of the cathedral an hour ahead of time to attend. normally the wednesday night service has 50 people in attendance. but with beyonce in the house, this service had 750 people. >> we didn't expect this response. >> reverend jude harmon said they put the service on facebook and it blew up. >> we thought it would be a small exploration as a community about what it means to lift up black female voices. >> i use beyonce as a central figure to have these conversations about the realities that black women face. >> reverend yolanda norton is the brain behind the mass. norton is a professor at san francisco theological seminary. she explains that she is using beyonc

in san francisco, kate larsen, abc 7 news. >> full disclosure, i know the pastor in that package.n he was really surprised by how much of an impact this had. it was in "the new york times." >> the entire country is talking about this. >> they got an enormous amount of attention and turnout last night. >> 750. wow. >> i like that. >> let's take a look at what's going on. you're never more than seven minutes away from my accuweather forecast. here is a look from our roof camera. the flags once again, look at them, blowing to the east on the ferry building. the marine layer is even deeper today, reaching all of our neighborhoods. more cooling especially inland. we'll have sunshine this afternoon. tonight, cloudy, some patchy drizzle possible near the coast. sprinkles this weekend and a warming strend next week. our low pressure is on the move. it's actually shifted just about straight north and northeast during the overnight hours. now it's going to start to make a beeline for northern california. before it does that, it's just going to deepen our marine layer and drop our temperatur

abc 7 news reporter kate larsen was at tonight's school board meeting. >> that's what those images meant to you? they meant money? >> reporter: parents are furious at the albany school board over lawsuits the district settled to the tune of $400,000 and counting. that money is going to students who posted racist images of other students on instagram last year. >> images of herself compared to a gorilla and her friends with nooses tied around their necks. >> it was comparing her to an animal. >> reporr: cheryl suta's daughter along with other students and a teacher that wr fathers of the posts. after albany high administrators found out about the racist images they along with the school district took inappropriate disciplinary action against the posters, one of whom was punched in the face by another student. >> there was a lot of ruckus, and then they were escorted, almost paraded through arowd of students. >> it should have been handled in a much more structured way. >> this is definitely a first amendment case. >> reporter: daryl yorkie is an attorney representing six of the students w

in san francisco kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> they went to dance class to practice their leaps. they never thought they'd be jumping for their lives. hear from one of the students who escaped the flames. >> incredible video to share with you. >>> plus first responders in the youtube shooting are being rewarded in a way that could help save more lives. and -- >>> we're already at more than 800 animals. >> a bay area wildlife center has been inundated with orphaned baby animals. today they have tips on how to co-exist with wildlife during this peak spring season. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, live doppler 7, tracking a cold storm that will bring us more than rain tomorrow. i'll let you know what coming up. >> thanks, sandhya. all that's ahead but first a look at what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" right after abc 7 news at 11:00. >> thank you, dan and ama. here's a bit of what we've got going tonight. >> do you ever forget you're pregnant? >> i always forget. oh, my gosh, the other day i was sleeping and the alarm went off and i was going to jump out of bed and

abc 7 news reporter kate larsen was at tonight's school board meeting. >> that's what those images meanto you? they meant money? >> reporter: parents are furious at the albany school board over lawsuits the district settled to the tune of $400,000 and counting. that money is going to students who posted racist images of other students on instagram last year. >> images of herself compared to a gorilla and her friends with nooses tied around their necks. >> it was comparing her to an animal. >> reporter: cheryl suta's daughter along with other students and a teacher that wr fathers of the posts. after albany high administrators found out about the racist images they along with the school district took inappropriate disciplinary action against the posters, one of whom was punched in the face by another student. >> there was a lot of ruckus, and then they were escorted, almost paraded through a crowd of students. >> it should have been handled in a much more structured way. >> this is definitely a first amendment case. >> reporter: daryl yorkie is an attorney representing six of the students

in san francisco kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> they went to dance class to practice their leaps. they never thought they'd be jumping for their lives. hear from one of the students who escaped the flames. >> incredible video to share with you. >>> plus first responders in the youtube shooting are being rewarded in a way that could help save more lives. and -- >>> we're already at more than 800 animals. >> a bay area wildlife center has been inundated with orphaned baby animals. today they have tips on how to co-exist with wildlife during this peak spring season. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel, live doppler 7, tracking a cold storm that will bring us more than rain tomorrow. i'll let you know what coming up. >> thanks, sandhya. all that's ahead but first a look at what's coming up tonight on "jimmy kimmel live" right after abc 7 news at 11:00. >> thank you, dan and ama. here's a bit of what we've got going tonight. >> do you ever forget you're pregnant? >> i always forget. oh, my gosh, the other day i was sleeping and the alarm went off and i was going to jump out of bed and

kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> the mother of stephon clark, the unarmed man been in the spotlight since his brother's death last month. he disrupted a city council meeting in last month and told the mayor to shut up. in a video posted on clark's facebook page he was seen carrying a dagger saying i want the dagger, i want the chief. clark's girlfriend sought a restraining order against him on wednesday. >>> a record crowd is to descend on goll ten gate park. >> expectations at robin williams me dough will draw even more participants because it comes on a friday and it's the first time recreational pot smoking will be illegal. last year's event drew more than 10,000 festival goers. >>> thousands of people expected to light up for 4/20. city officials say they neither condone or sanction the holiday. the city is working with a private sponsor for fencing, security and park maintenance. >>> san francisco police tweet out there reminder, don't drink and drive, smoke and drive or text and drive. >>> a controversial statue will remain in san francisco's civic center. a city board voted to over

kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> developing in concord, a fire at an apartment building under construction is still smoldering more than 24 hours after it started. this was a live look right now. you can see it for yourself by galindo street and concord boulevard. the fire department is worried more of the building will tumble. hundreds of people who live in the building next door have been evacuated. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield is at the scene. >>> a new state safety finds the california university system has done a poor job protecting students and employees against hazardous materials in labs. allegations of an asbestos coverup at sonoma state university. sonoma state was among four schools with on going problems. the audit says the csu chancellor's office has repeatedly ignored safety recommendations by the auditor. >> i want to show you brand new video coming in overnight of the suspect accused of shooting two dallas police officers and also a security guard. police arrested this man, 29-year-old armando juarez late last night. he pleaded guilty for stealing a car and wanted for

abc 7 news reporter kate larsen was the latest developments. >> right under the bar tracks on a busy bike path where children play a man was found shot in broad daylight. >> big surprise, very big surprise. >> reporter: he lives right across the street from where police discovered a gunshot wound on a bench around 11:30 in the morning. he didn't hear any gunshots and couldn't believe the crime scene, right outside his front door. according to citydata.com before this homicide there had been only two murders in the past 15 years in albany which explains the neighbors' surprise to wake up and seeing police taping off the area. >> people come running here early in the morning. >> reporter: howie and lisa miller have lived across from the path for two decades. >> it was recently rebuilt a few years ago. we come out and run here five days a week. >> i take the bike path every day. it seems like a really safe place, always well populated. >> reporter: in albany, kate larsen, abc 7 news. >> one of the original investigators on the golden state killer says joseph dee anglo's arrest brought o

kate larsen spoke to a dna expert who said the public should think long and hard before completing an at-home dna testing kid. >> when you provide them with a sample, they have all your dna. >> the san francisco based defense attorney who specializes in dna cases. she says people should be cautious. 23andme and ancestry.com have become popular selling millions of dna >> the genealogy website led to his arrest. she sees parallels between privacy concerns between social media and dna testing companies. >> the fact that people got access to millions of poem's information through facebook would not be dissimilar to the police getting access to dna profiles -- dna evidence is not foolproof. >> barlow argues technology is increasing the chances of miss identifying people with dna. >> when you did dna testing back in the good old days you'd get a single profile of an individual and it makes it easy to do a comparison. nowadays the tests are so sensitive that the crime labs come up with mixtures, meaning multiple people in a sample, somewhere around 70 to 80% of the time. >> barlow says you n

kate larsen has details. >> this is probably the first stage right here. >> juan martinez showing his ghraib buds which like many brokerly this year in february. >> as soon as the buds break you have to watch for frost protection. >> reporter: martinez has been working with wine grapes for more than 20 years. he says this time of year is tough because the weather is cold enough to damage fruit and vines with frost. >> the buds can get freeze, and then after that all the cells inside get frozen. you lose most of the harvest. >> reporter: it's really starting to cool down. it's gotten cold enough this week that vineyards in napa county and sonoma county have had to turn the fans on. >> push the throttle out to give speed to the fan there. >> reporter: he drives to the ranch to turn on the vance which circulate warmer air down to the vines. he's turned on the vance twice this year, both times in the past week. the wine country is at risk of frost until june. in napa, kate larsen, abc 7 news. >>> happening today in the south bay, the vta will have five newly purchased battery powered elec

tonight kate larsen spoke to a comedian who said it hits close to home. >> what did they do. >> it's a question that's being asked across america. after a cell phone video of two men being arrested was posted on line. >> that happens to people of color all the time. it was just that situation was notable because there was a white woman there to sort of record it. >> kamau bell, host of cnn's united shades of america had a similar experience. three years ago he came here, he met up with his wife, he was showing her a book when an employee knocked on the window and told him to go away. >> i hear from people all the time, what happened? nothing. the owner of the elmwood cafe stopped answering my e-mails. because when they got through the storm, they were able to go back to business as usual. >> reporter: kamal says it's about more than starbucks, the employees or the police officers. >> we have to make it about societies, institutions of racism. white people need to understand that it's hurting them too. it's creating a world that's not free and just. >> reporter: he hopes more people,

kate larsen has our story. >> reporter: a new way to get around town. >> you stand on it and it goes. >> reporter: electric scooters with a max speed of 15 miles per hour have been popping up on street corners for the past three weeks. >> we wanted to experience the city and this was the easiest way to cover the most ground. >> three companies have rolled out dockless scooters that you rent through an app. but city rules have not caught up with technology. all three companies were asked to submit plans by friday. line bike sent me their plan. they said they want their riders to obey state laws like wearing helmets, but none of them come with a helmet. and no one brought their own. >> i don't have a helmet on me for obvious reasons. i think either they should provide one or it should be enforced more. >> reporter: one user did show us where you could collect a free helmet. and as popular as they seem to be, not everyone is a fan. >> i saw them in wild places. >> reporter: chris is a petty gab driver and seen riders break all the rules. >> they're strewn about all over and i'm concerned