katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >> abc 7 ne at 11:00 continues. the sidewalk repair job in the east bay prompting outrage among earthquake scientists. >>> plus pet stor shoplifting. the tiny felines targeted in the east bay andhe happy reunion tonight the. >>> and the huge mega millions jackt. find out if anyone is striking it rich tonight. >>> i'm spencer christian. we have some very unsumm-like temperatures coming our way this week. how cool it's going to be in my accuweather forecast coming up. >>> first, a look at what is coming up tonight on jimmy kimmel live after abc 7 news at leng. >> look at what we made f you tonight. one, two, three, then grab it. >> okay. and? it'sone. >>> walnut creek, burling gate andcampbell, all the abc 7news area. >> normally a sidewalk repair job would be seen as something beneficial to a neighborhood. >> but tonight people in one hayward neighborhood say the city had ruined what was once an iconic landmark for earthquake scientists. alissa harrington. >> reporter: this fault was moving. since the 1960s it shifte

abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live in newark tonight with our developing story. katie? >> reporter: ama, the danger is that there could still be hot spots smoldering underneath all of that burned material. so as you can see, firefighters still very much on scene, keeping an eye on that. and they will continue to do so overnight. authorities will also continue to monitor air quality. >> i got home, put the kids in the house, locked up the house, and went in the backyard to see the smoke just billowing. >> wanda paulison lives across the street from ahg recycling, but you didn't have to be that close to see the smoke. the massive plume was visible for miles. >> it's a recycling business. so there was a mixed load of fuels in there, papers and some plastics. really it's the plastics that make the dark smoke. >> i already use mid inhaler. it was a lot of black smoke and i could smell it, and it was making me hard to breathe. >> alameda county issued a shelter in place for about 500 people who could have been in harm's way. >> let people know that they should stay indoors, s

abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live in san ramon. you talked with her heartbroken father. >> reporter: christien, you could hear the despair in his voice. the family is very much grieving. they don't know exactly what happened inside that building. 3-year-old died either at the dentist's office or shortly after at the hospital. it was saturday morning when first responders got a call of an unresponsive child at the dental office. >> they were performing cpr. >> she was rushed to the emergency room but she did not survive. she apparently developed complications during a dental procedure. her dad declined to offer any further details. san ramon police say it's not clear if there will be a criminal investigation. in san ramon, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> new at 11:00, fire victims of the east bay who lost everything are victims once again. a huge fire broke out in an apartment building under construction in emeryville earlier this month. the flames spread to nearby homes. the neighbors say they've been tarkted by looters. reporter a

abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live in san ramon. you talked with her heartbroken father. >> reporter: christien, you could hear the despair in his voice. the family is very much grieving. they don't know exactly what happened inside that building. 3-year-old died either at the dentist's office or shortly after at the hospital. it was saturday morning when first responders got a call of an unresponsive child at the dental office. >> they were performing cpr. >> she was rushed to the emergency room but she did not survive. she apparently developed complications during a dental procedure. her dad declined to offer any further details. san ramon police say it's not clear if there will be a criminal investigation. in san ramon, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >>> new at 11:00, fire victims of the east bay who lost everything are victims once again. a huge fire broke out in an apartment building under construction in emeryville earlier this month. the flames spread to nearby homes. the neighbors say they've been tarkted by looters. reporter a

abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live at the first street on-ramp. katie? >> i have more good news for you. larry, i know you'll be specifically happy to hear this. at this location at first and harrison, the on-ramp is open. typically it's been closed. and that has been a huge part of the problem. as for the work on the bridge, it's actually been going on since april, but only recently we've seen this kind of gridlock. >> this was the worst traffic i've ever experienced in my life. >> matt shoup was trying to get home to danville. not only was he stuck on the harrison street approach, he had no idea why, i got out of my car and was looking around, trying to see what it was. >> because traffic was at a complete stand still, he decided to tweet. >> two hours later i finally got to the on-ramp which was five or six block. >> caltrans is replacing expansion doengs upper >> we do have a window to get the work done during the night. >> tuesday night it was a perfect storm. the giants-a's game at at&t park got out late and the contractor closed the lanes later th

abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live at the first street on-ramp. katie? >> i have more good news for you. larry, i know you'll be specifically happy to hear this. at this location at first and harrison, the on-ramp is open. typically it's been closed. and that has been a huge part of the problem. as for the work on the bridge, it's actually been going on since april, but only recently we've seen this kind of gridlock. >> this was the worst traffic i've ever experienced in my life. >> matt shoup was trying to get home to danville. not only was he stuck on the harrison street approach, he had no idea why, i got out of my car and was looking around, trying to see what it was. >> because traffic was at a complete stand still, he decided to tweet. >> two hours later i finally got to the on-ramp which was five or six block. >> caltrans is replacing expansion doengs upper deck. >> we do have a window to get the work done during the night. >> tuesday night it was a perfect storm. the giants-a's game at at&t park got out late and the contractor closed the lanes la

. >> katie marzullo is live in san jose with the pros and the cons. katie? >> reporter: eric, ama, the gas tax that you pay here at the pump has been serving california well for decades. but the problem moving forward is that it's producing less and less revenue as more and more people drive fuel efficient and electric cars. under the current gas tax, drivers who use more gas pay more tax. >> some people are going to be paying a lot more in gas taxes than other people to drive. and there is a fundamental unfairness to that at some level. >> reporter: with a mileage tax, everyone pays per mile they drive. but why should fuel efficient drivers be punished? >> if somebody is driving an electric vehicle, they're doing the right thing pour the environment, we should give them a little break. i think the real question is if we're moving forward the a mileage tax, how do we pick the right one? >> 5,000 are taking part in the program testing the merits including how the mileage data would be collected. >> at the absolute simplest we could once a year check people's

abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo is live in newark tonight with our developing story. katie? >> reporter: ama, the danger is that there could still be hot spots smoldering underneath all of that burned material. so as you can see, firefighters still very much on scene, keeping an eye on that. and they will continue to do so overnight. authorities will also continue to monitor air quality. >> i got home, put the kids in the house, locked up the house, and went in the backyard to see the smoke just billowing. >> wanda paulison lives across the street from ahg recycling, but you didn't have to be that close to see the smoke. the massive plume was visible for miles. >> it's a recycling business. so there was a mixed load of fuels in there, papers and some plastics. really it's the plastics that make the dark smoke. >> i already use mid inhaler. it was a lot of black smoke and i could smell it, and it was making me hard to breathe. >> alameda county issued a shelter in place for about 500 people who could have been in harm's way. >> let people know that they should stay indoors, s

. >> let's continue our team coverage with abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo who was at a watch partyn san francisco. >> plenty of applause for hillary clinton at the holiday inn on van ness in san francisco. >> that i thought was really, really, really good that she actually took the time to lay out her plan, to say what is going to happen and how shh is going to get everything done. >> to understand what she has come through, read more about her story, what he has done over her entire career, really inspired me to support her. >> emma rich was moved to tears. >> it's a very emotional thing seeing a woman actually get the nomination of a major party. i think it opens up a lot of possibilities and changes people's minds about what women can do. >> one woman told me she was bernie sanders supporter right up until the end. >> it involves some compromise. and i think that's what bernie is trying to do. and that's what he is trying to tell everybody, that we now all have to work together. he always said it wasn't about one person. he said it was about a movement. >> clinton took aim at do

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. >> let's continue our team coverage with abc 7 news reporter katie marzullo who was at a watch partyn san francisco. >> plenty of applause for hillary clinton at the holiday inn on van ness in san francisco. >> that i thought was really, really, really good that she actually took the time to lay out her plan, to say what is going to happen and how shh is going to get everything done. >> to understand what she has come through, read more about her story, what he has done over her entire career, really inspired me to support her. >> emma rich was moved to tears. >> it's a very emotional thing seeing a woman actually get the nomination of a major party. i think it opens up a lot of possibilities and changes people's minds about what women can do. >> one woman told me she was bernie sanders supporter right up until the end. >> it involves some compromise. and i think that's what bernie is trying to do. and that's what he is trying to tell everybody, that we now all have to work together. he always said it wasn't about one person. he said it was about a movement. >> clinton took aim at do

. >> katie marzullo is live in san jose with the pros and the cons. katie?er: eric, ama, the gas tax that you pay here at the pump has been serving california well for decades. but the problem moving forward is that it's producing less and less revenue as more and more people drive fuel efficient and electric cars. under the current gas tax, drivers who use more gas pay more tax. >> some people are going to be paying a lot more in gas taxes than other people to drive. and there is a fundamental unfairness to that at some level. >> reporter: with a mileage tax, everyone pays per mile they drive. but why should fuel efficient drivers be punished? >> if somebody is driving an electric vehicle, they're doing the right thing pour the environment, we should give them a little break. i think the real question is if we're moving forward the a mileage tax, how do we pick the right one? >> 5,000 are taking part in the program testing the merits including how the mileage data would be collected. >> at the absolute simplest we could once a year check people's odometers

katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> investigators arrested two people accused of selling illegal fireworks. the city of dublin has a zero tolerance policy for illegal fireworks. it's one of the bay cities still allowing safe and sane fireworks to be sold. >>> a crash happened just before 6:00 last night on broadway and samson streets. the lady was riding a scooter. we're told that passengers on the bus were left off the after the crash. no one else was hurts. police have has determined who was at fault. >>> san francisco police are also investigating a crash that involved a limo and pedestrian. it happened at 9:30 last night on 19th avenue and winston drive. the 30-year-old victim was taken to the hospital but there's for word yet on the extent of the victim's injuries. >>> you might face delays if you're heading between east bay and the richmond county. caltran will close one lane tonight and tomorrow night for emergency pothole repair visiting the golden gate bridge won't be easy this holiday weekend. abc7 news is visiting the parking lot as workers closed off car access. north and south

and katie marzullo is in pacifica with more. katie marzullo?yes, matt, this story is the stuff of my nature mayors but i have seen "jaws," too many times. the city will pest wanting signs four the sharks that have been spotted off the coast pacifica. however, most people say though are not afraid. this is the second siting of a shark in the month at pacifica's beach likely more have been spots but just not reported. surfers warn each other but do not always call police. the shark is estimated to be 6' in length and seen 80 yards offshore, and some could fine the share sighting alarming but the share sighting alarming but others go with the flow. >> surfers we have been talking to say they have seen sharks before and it does not scare them out of water, and people say they have noticed marine wildlife coming closer to share this season and whale watchers have been flocking to pacifica. the beach will remain open and police want to warn then coming into the wart this weekend to remain vigilant which is good advise whether you are sunning or swimm

katie marzullo has more. >> reporter: wanda paulson lives across the street from the recycling center. but you didn't have to be that close to see the smoke. sky 7 shows the massive plume was visible for miles. >> it's a recycling business, so there was a mixed load of fuels, papers and plastics. really it's the plastics that make that dark smoke. >> i already used my inhaler. it was a lot of black smoke. i could smell it and it was making me hard to breathe. >> reporter: alameda county issued a shelter in place order for people in fremont and newark who could have been in harm's way. >> people should stay indoors, shut their windows, turn off air conditions systems. >> i have a 5 and a 7, grandkids, and then i have my mother who is 98. and i wanted to make sure that the smoke wasn't coming into the house. as luck would have it, the way the wind was blowing, it was heading south. >> reporter: the deputy chief says the fire burned hot and was moving quickly towards surrounding businesses. damage was contained to the recycling plant and no one was hurt. the cause of the fire is being in

katie marzullo? >> this is not just a bunch of people standing around checking e-mails. >> i did not find what i was hinting for, my egg hatched. >> hundreds started their pokemon go pub crawl at lawns park. >> my friends thought i was crazy, and i said, no, you are crazy. >> we found a woman would posted the invite on face book insuperintendently. >> i woke up the next day for work there were 500 people going and then a thousand, and then today 9,000 people. >> this man loved pokemon so much he has a tattoo. >> some ask in it is new? >> i have had it nor years. >> when they captured all the characters off they went in search of more. >> one of several places offering discounts and prizes to people playing pokemon go. >> we walk all way down from the embark oh down market, charging phones, getting money. >> and making new friends because of an old game with a new spin. >> i played as a kid and relive my childhood. >> people are getting out. >> one player said her phone crashed an hour into the crawl

. >> abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has more. >> i spoke with a man in livermore who captured it with his cell phone. he says he was outside with his friends when he saw the bright light moving fairly slowly across the sky. he said he grabbed his phone and started rolling and then posted this to youtube. >> i have seen a shooting star and it lasted four seconds. i thought about making a wish and then it kept going. another angle and this is a video out of utah. you can see a more defined trail. it looks like it was made up of smaller pieces. one more angle for you. this video shared with us from rancho cucamonga from down in southern california. you can see the object making its way across the sky. right now no definitive answer as to whether this is a meteor. the national weather service says it is not, rather it is a piece of space junk. we did reach out to vandenberg air force base and they tell us it was definitely nothing they launched. >> thanks very much. >>> now to ourother top story. >> day three of the democratic national convention. >> president obama passes the baton to hi

. >> abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has more. >> i spoke with a man in livermore who captured it withis cell phone. he says he was outside with his friends when he saw the bright light moving fairly slowly across the sky. he said he grabbed his phone and started rolling and then posted this to youtube. >> i have seen a shooting star and it lasted four seconds. i thought about making a wish and then it kept going. >> another angle and this is a video out of utah. you can see a more defined trail. it looks like it was made up of smaller pieces. one more angle for you. this video shared with us from rancho cucamonga from down in southern california. you can see the object making its way across the sky. right now no definitive answer as to whether this is a meteor. the national weather service says it is not, rather it is a piece of space junk. we did reach out to vandenberg air force base and they tell us it was definitely nothing they launched. >> thanks very much. >>> now to our other top story. >> day three of the democratic national convention. >> president obama passes the baton to

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has the story. >> that stretch you mentioned starts just about behind us here. right now it doesn't have any carpool lane at all. the metropolitan transportation commission has put together enough funding so san mateo county will start to study it and look at possibly adding a carpool lane or a lane that solo drivers can use if they pay. >> it is the worst. it is no surprise to run into traffic for no reason. >> the metropolitan transportation commission says highway 101 between 380 and whipple avenue is one of the most unreliable stretches in the bay area. >> that roadway is bad now and it has been bad for years and will only get worse unless we do something about it and we can do something about it. >> the san ma day yo county trans -- san mateo county transportation authority will look at options such as a traditional carpool lane. they believe an express lane is the only way to go. it is basically a carpool lane that solo drivers can pay to use. >> the express lanes are always there for you. they are priced to make sure traffic is always moving. tra

in san jose, katie marzullo, abc 7. >>> sacred heart community services is reminding families that registrationrrow morning for those who need help getting any school supplies. parents will begin lining up as early as 4:00 a.m. for the a pack program. eartt plans to distribute 3300 back bag packs n august 12. >>> it is one of the biggest days ever for dub nation. today kevin durant he signs hiáh contract. and he'll be introduced at a news conference at the warriors practice if a set. bob myers and steve kerr will be there and you can see it right here live on abc 7 that starts at 1:00 p.m. >> very exciting. >> big day. >>> so what will the weather be like as we welcome kevin durant to the bay area family? >> it will be much different than what he's used to, that's than what he's used to, that's for sure. clouds and drizzle, they will be heaviest tomorrow morning and especially saturday morning and then we'll get back to average highs next week. look at san rafael where it's cloudy and 53. i want to talk about the winds i want to talk about the winds real quick. as you head up the peninsula, mid

abc7 news reporter katie marzullo has the story. >> that stretch you mentioned starts just about behind us here. right now it doesn't have any carpool lane at all. the metropolitan transportation commission has put together enough funding so san mateo county will start to study it and look at possibly adding a carpool lane or a lane that solo drivers can use if they pay. >> it is the worst. it is no surprise to run into traffic for no reason. >> the metropolitan transportation commission says highway 101 between 380 and whipple avenue is one of the most unreliable stretches in the bay area. >> that roadway is bad now and it has been bad for years and will only get worse unless we do something about it and we can do something about it. >> the san ma day yo county trans -- san mateo county transportation authority will look at options such as a traditional carpool lane. they believe an express lane is the only way to go. it is basically a carpool lane that solo drivers can pay to use. >> the express lanes are always there for you. they are priced to make sure traffic is always moving. tra

reporter katie marzullo of our station in san francisco with the story. >> reporter: peek-a, pikachu. they're not checking e-mail. >> even though i didn't find the pikachu i was hunting down my egg that hatched was a pikachu. >> reporter: hundreds of people chose to start their pokemon go pub crawl at dolores park. >> i'm going to go to the crawl in san francisco. >> they're like, you're crazy. >> no, you're crazy. >> reporter: the park is also where we found the woman who innocently posted the invite on facebook. >> i woke up at 8:00 and there were 500 people going and by the end 2,000 and by the end 9,000. >> reporter: sean wouldn't have missed it. he loved it so much he has a tattoo. >> some have asked me is this new, is that temporarily? no, i've had this for years. >> had they captured all the characters they could in the park off they went in search of more pikachus and pooints. this was just one place offering discounts and prizes for those playing pokemon go. >> we walked all down market and stopping here charging our phones getting something to eat. >> reporter: and making ne

in hayward, katie marzullo, abc 7. >>> firefighters are mopping up after a brush fire that started yesterday afternoon in clear lake oaks right off highway 53. dry and windy conditions spread the flames at least 30 acres burned. people and animals were are forced to evacuate. the fire has destroyed one building, but is now 75% contained. >>> and a fire in monterey county has burned more than 35,000 acres. it started more than a week a aago. the area burned is slightly bigger than the city of san francisco. it is still 15% contained and could take nearly a month to put out. >>> this weekend the spca animal shelter in monterey county is letting adopt ters choose their adoption fee. the spca has 94 pets available. you can choose your fee on dogs, cat, puppy, kittens and other small pets. the shelter also has free pet food and supplies to anyone affected by the fire. >>> and as you probably noticed, the smoke from that fire is making its way through the bay area. lisa argen has been monitoring the air quality for us. >> no spare the air day and stronger push marine air. cool in san francisco, bu

in newark, katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> a team of federal agents arrived in the bay area to investigate a huge fire in emeryville. yesterday abc7 news gas on macarthur boulevard as agents from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms surveyed the damage from wednesday's fire. the atf expert still can't go into the building, which was still under construction, because it hasn't been deemed save by structural engineers. the acts are interviewing witnesses and looking a the video of the fire. they hope to go inside sometime this weekend. >> they are going to look for the site, the or is -- the origin of the fire and how it spread in hopes that we can can he remember a cause. >> the team of atf agents including explosive experts, chemist and engineers. they will also use dogs trained to sniff out explosives and fire ac accelerants. hi, lisa. >> it is mild out there. southwest winds out of a cold front ahead of it that's well into california. we are waking up to upper 50s here, mid-60s elsewhere. it will be a cool afternoon. we will talk about when the warmup begins in a few minutes. >> t

in san jose, katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> happening today, calling all pokemon trainers. you can catch a bus to catch them all. free rides all day today. francity officials say the trainer who catches the most pokemon today on vine buses at the transit center or near a bus stop will win a gift card and free bus pass. they want to inspire new riders to explore their community in hopes of using public transportation around napa regularly. >>> the full accuweather weather forecast with francis dinglasan. you're tracking the possibility of triple digit temperatures. >> we're definitely going to see that in some of our inland locations. for now, live doppler 7 to show you a few clouds out there off the coast. they are trying to trickle in, but they're not going to get very far. i'll show you a live shot looking at that very con debsed marine layer. it's moving back to the coast pulling out of san francisco right now. we saw some avon walkers moving through a few minutes ago in san francisco. temperatures have already climbed up. it's 58 degrees. oakland and mountain view at 64

in newark, katie marzullo, abc7 news. >> we have developing news out. contra costa county this morning. a fire truck is out of service after a car slammed into it in pittsburgh. two units were on highway 4 at the daily road off-ramp addressing a separate accident. that's when a speeding car hit one of the fire trucks that was supposed to be protecting the scene. the driver was taken to the hospital. his condition is unknown at this time. no firefighters were hurt. >>> a team of federal agents arrived in the bay area to investigate a huge fire in emeryville. yesterday abc7 news gas on macarthur boulevard as agents from the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms surveyed the damage from wednesday's fire. the atf expert still can't go into the building, which was still under construction, because it hasn't been deemed save by structural engineers. they are interviewing witnesses and looking a the video of the fire. they hope to go inside sometime this weekend. >> they are going to look for the site, the origin of the fire and how it spread in hopes that w