abc 7 news reporter kate larson is live with more. kate? >> reporter: the past six weeks, the california blil organizaons focused on education has received more than $20 million in donations to make sure charter schools survive the ranks of governor. >> the california charter school association advocates spent millions on ads like this to boost his bid for governor. >> he literally spent two decades to improve the schools. >> reporter: his oorgization supports him and funding and access to charter schools for low income students. some are worried gavin newsome will take away the choice to attend charter schools. >> any growth on charter schools is detrimental 20 to what supporters want? >> we started gavin because gavin supported teachers. >> reporter: the teacher's union endorsed him for govor. and hines says it's not about a that. and tells newsome's holistic approach to public education. >> we need to focus on every child. it's not one of two children to go to this school or that school. >> kate larson, abc 7 news. >> well with, we will

abc7 news reporter kate larson is live in santa rosa tonight with the story. kate, it's understandable. >> reporter: absolutely, dan. you know we're on stoney point road which is extremely busy and it's also right next to a bike path which is completely exposed and yet the arsonist decided to set one of the fires right here. did i mention we're surrounded by neighborhoods? >> oh, very scary. >> reporter: eva lives on a cul-de-sac in santa rosa. her house is on one side of 6th street and a bike path is on the other side. that's where someone was lighting fires over the weekend which eva says could have trapped her in her home. >> you see it's a circle in here and we cannot get anywhere. we don't know what to do with this kind of people. i heard that sometimes our homeless, but i don't see anything. >> reporter: investigators say someone set the fires around 11:40 saturday night which reminded eva of the fires h st's home in c wit fire, we can lose lives. >> reporter: video from droneview7 shows the path saturday's arsonist took, lighting 13 fires within an hour.

kate larson is live at city hall with more on the vote kate. >> reporter: we were having some audio issues. as eric said, london breed pulled ahead of mark leno by vo department of elections. so they counted 16,000 votes between yesterday and today. there is about another week of counting. i want to give you a tour because a lot of busy election workers obviously doing important work. these folks now are processing provisional ballots. they take four passes at the ballots to make sure the vote is counted. they are on the second pass. the workers here are double checking ballots kicked out of the machine. that might happen if there was a write in. and behind this worker these workers tabulating actual results. they are here from eight to eight every day making sure the election is properly counted. i spoke to john arntz says it has been a very exciting few t the spokesperson for london breed and she says they are here every day waiting for meaningful results. >> we have come down every day since the election to observe the count. but i would say that it's been a roller coaster of eemss and

kate larson. >> listen to this, oakland a's dave cobble just tweeted what a terrible situation. the athletics will match donations up to $5,000 to make sure we get the kids back on the field. way to go, dave. we have a link to a go fund me site, abc7news.com. >> police have identified a suspect in a string of cold case murders that terrorized the gay community in the 1970s. a serial killer named the doodler is believed responsible for as many as 14 murder from 1974 to 1975. this is the sketch police released at that time. cnn reports sfpd sent dna samples to be tested and will release an updated sketch of what the suspect might look like now. if alive, the suspect would be in his early 60s. >>> a witness captured video of a violent incident today involving san francisco police in the tenderloin man struggling with officers refused to stop blocking a police motorcade and began fighting with officers. police say an officer punched the suspect in self-defense. another was hit in the head by a flying bottle. the injury officer is expected to be okay. >>> a 6 week old puppy stolen ou

live in oakland, i'm kate larson, abc7 news. we'll send it back to you. >> thank you, kate. if you want to watch it on tv, abc7 is the only place to watch the nba finals presented by youtube tv. it's friday in cleveland. we'll have the pregay show at 5:00, abc coverage starts at 5:30. stick with us for toyota after the game. >> warriors fans have a chance to beat the cavs off the court, too, while doing good. bay area and cleveland area food banks are competing in a drive for the food bank. so far the bay area has raised $3,000. for more information, go to abc7news.com/community to root for your team and help others at the same time. >> absolutely. what small item knocked out people's power today in san francisco? >> also a truly bizarre road rage incident in sacramento. one witness calling it like a scene in a movie. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. we're taking a break from the heat, but not for long. i'll show y it's g to uper cg. >> also olympic sailors from across the country are moving to the bay area. the first of its kind facility opening up on treasure island and

abc 7 news reporter kate larson is live with new details on the incident from the hospital. kate. >> reporter: kristen we know three people were shot here at seeser chavez and this housing kpreks. we learn the condition of the three men all in the 20s. unfortunately one man died. another in critical and a third in sowers condition. let's take a closer look at the scene here. an area right on the border of the mission district. this entire housing complex is taped off. there are town homes. i spoke to a william through the won't not allowed to leave she was sobbing and heard the gunshots and people shot were her friends. let's go to video of sky7 overhead of san francisco general this afternoon. the sheriffs department tell us at 3:45 this afternoon a man drove up with two gunshot victims nasdaq his car after dropping them off the deputies asked him to get out of car. he refused. the deputies drew weapons at that time he kprid. it's unclear if he was arrested. however we do have video of one man in handcuffs at the hospital. there is also a silver consider, a sedan we have rei

abc7 news reporter kate larson has the latest. >> reporter: sky 7 overhead san francisco general hospital's emergency department, after it became a crime scene when several shooting victims showed up in their own cars to the hospital. deputies had to draw their weapons after one of the drivers on of tho cars.ed to get out of the shooting took place a mile om the hospital at the bernal dwellings, a housing complex on caesar chavez street and treat way. three men all in their 20s were shot as deputies said they found one man at the scene who later died. the medical examiner said his name is jaime pool. the other two men are in serious and critical condition. one woman told me the shooting happened inside her home. the blue building right there. she said she wasn't home at the time but doesn't know why anyone else would have been inside either. >> we are investigating to see where they were injured, kwek people, looking for surveillance footage find anything we can to help us. >> reporter: the bernal dwelling apartments have been the scene of many shootings over the years. police are hoping su

kate larson is live in noe valley with new developments. >> reporter: the attack happened right here. 28th and sanchez, a quiet family neighborhood. doctors asked the victim not to get over stimulated while brain heals so spoke to her best friend with her right before the attack. shared surveillance video. take a look. mother's screams and baby's cries caught on camera. attacked after crossed the street walking home carrying 16-month-old after got a call from witness. >> heard her say he hit me. >> reporter: playing with daughters before the attack. based on the ct scan believe hit her on the head with blunt object like a hammer. >> she had severe skull fractures and pieces of her skull entered her brain. that night had to have emergency brain surgery. >> reporter: after crossed the street, person in dark clothing carrying something moving quickly down 28th, around the call. ten seconds later you hear the mother scream, see another person running up 28th street. friends from all over the bay area spent the evening canvassing the neighborhood with fliers looking for evidence. motive is

kate larson went to the last rental shop in berkeley which is now calling it quits. >> would import films to show at art house theaters. >> reporter: andy katz demonstrated the difference between video store and online streaming. unlikely to get this personal service and options with netflix. >> customer base is aging. younger people not adopting this transition. >> reporter: transition to streaming which he can't sell proved to be too much. >> it is very convenient, no question about it. few key-strikes or clicks away but you lose the adventure. >> reporter: after 30 years of ownership closing. last day to rent a movie is sunday. in oakland we found rico behind the counter at video room, only one in oakland we could knew every customer who comes into the store. enjoys job but not delusional about the fate of video rental stores. >> not doing terrible but not great. barely breaking even. video stores endangered species. >> reporter: need customers willing to pay extra for customer service. east bay, abc7 news. >> used to be everywhere. >>> honoring a hero, big thank you after dramatic res

. >> abc 7 news reporter kate larson has the story. >> it a place you have probably been before. perhaps would prefer to forget. the dmv and it's seemingly endless lines. >> this is the san francisco office, but field offices all over the bay area experienced long wait times. 3 hours and 40 minutes and more than four hours in walnut creek. >> there's always a wait, no matter what. >> to improve the experience, 40 offices will open two saturdays a month. from 8-1 beginning in june. >> would you come on a saturday morning? >> gladly. >> i was speaking to a come that was here for seven hours. saturday hours would really help her out. >> i won the lottery. >> frederick did not actually win money, but after ten hours of waiting he was that excited to hear his number called. >> you have the people who work during monday through friday would do not have time to get in, so, saturdays would offer an opportunity and might cut down on the lines during the week. >> others feel thes of hours are just -- the office hours are part of the problem. >> bigger facility, more employees, another few

here is kate larson. >> that's why antio villaraigosa brought both parties together. california advocates spent millions to boost villaraigosa's boost for governor. >> he spent two decades working on the schools. >> the director of the organization supports him because he supports increased funding for charter schools and students. they are worried gavin newsom will take away the choice to attend charter schools if he's elected governor. >> any pause on growth of charter schools is really detrimental to what parents have ultimately said they want and need in their public education system. >> we supported gavin because gavin supported teachers. >> eric heinz is the president of the california teachers association politically influential union endorsed newsom for governor. most aren't unionized. as mayor of los angeles villaraigosa fought against teachers unions. he said it's not about that and touts his holistic system for education. >> we need to focus on the system for every child, not just one or two children lucky enough to go to this school or that school. >> news

kate larson, abc7 news. >> and you'll want to stay with abc7 news and abc7news.com for the very latest developments in this case. you can also download the abc7 news app and enable push alerts to get breaking news any time. >> an oakland teenager who was at the center of a national debate over what defines death has died. in 2013 jahai math was declared dead following throat surgery. her family moved her to new jersey where she was kept breathing with a ventilator and feeding tube. tonight her family's attorney announced she was removed from the machines june 22nd after suffering internal bleeding from surgery for an intestinal problem. mcmath's body will be flown back to the bay area next week. her brain will be used for research. >> a 9-year-old boy was burned today during a science experiment at the summer camp scientopia blue oaks school at the city of napa. the boy's clothes caught on fire while staff were conducting the experiment. counselors tried to put out the flames and called 911. the boy was air lifted to the u.c. davis air center. he is listed as being in stable condition.

. >> abc7 news reporter kate larson was at the dubs watch party. : hi there, alma. you know the game may have been in cleveland tonight, i can tell you the party was still right here in oakland. there were fans packed into the arena. the energy was just fantastic. take a listen. here are some of the moments right after the warriors won the game. oracle was packed with 8,000 fans tonight. they were treated to quite a show. great to see so many families and kids in the arena. the $20 watch party ticket price was definitely a welcome relief from the sky high game ticket price tags. the first two quarters were tough, but in true warriors fashion, the dubs picked it up in the third. >> it was kind of suspenseful. i was like, oh, god, they're not going to win. next thing you know, right there, they just won the game l >> we call it dub con three for some reason. we shine, we win all the time. >> i love the game. i've been a warriors fan since 4th grade. i'm 40 almost, a long time congy happy for the warriors in the city of oakland. >> after the game the f

kate larson just got on scene. >> reporter: many families get on pedi cabs to get around the city just pink and white one. this happened just in the 4:00-hour. i am told by the owner there was a family in this pedi cab when a car hit them and drove off. the owner of the company says her driver of the pedi cab is in critical condition. the family, two adults and two children, some of them are going to the hospital but she believes they are in okay condition. now she says she has spoken to witnesses and nothing like this has ever happened in her time with the pedi cab company. >> a pedi cab was crossing the intersection on a green light and was hit from behind by

kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> happening today the case of oakland's deadly ghost ship fire is back in court. almena and max harris are both charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter in the december 2016 warehouse fire f. convicted they each face up to 39 years in state prison. the attorney for almena says a plea-bargain is at least a possibility. the trial is set to begin july 16th. the abc 7 news i-team reported almena rejected an offer from the district attorney's office for 18 years in prison. the settlement talks are set to continue today. >>> 5:05 and also happening today a protest outside of the epa office in san francisco. demonstrators say that epa director scott pruitt will make an appearance today and they plan on picketing outside of the office on hawthorne street starting at 9:00 this morning in support of environmental protections. >>> oakland mayor libby schaaf is bracing for the worst. she said she expects the department of justice to use every means at its disposal to investigate her warning to immigrants about a federal sweep. the feds want to know where she