katie utehs is on the story. >>. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. police say this woman tried to rob a fellow rider passing a note. claimed to have two guns, seen her pulling a shopping cart. >> unassuming. >> reporter: threat, there are two guns pointed at you now, if you want to live, hand back your wallet and phone. passenger riding to east bay when rider gave her the note. >> maybe most scared i've been. >> advised she pretended to have a seizure. >> i slumped over to the left and started shaking and people started to notice. >> reporter: the scene she caused saturday scared the attempted robber. police say she got off train at powell street. >> been in b.a.r.t. police 19 years and never seen anything like this. >> reporter: 20 to 30 people on the train at the time and asking them to come forward and act as witnesses. >> never seen a police officer on b.a.r.t., ever. >> commute every day? >> for about three years. >> 46 stations, don't have enough officers. increasing staffing levels. >> reporter: reviewing station surveillance footage for more

katie utehs is on the story. >>. >> reporter: b.a.r.t. police say this woman tried to rob a fellow rider passing a note. claimed to have two guns, seen her pulling a shopping cart. >> unassuming. >> reporter: threat, there are two guns pointed at you now, if you want to live, hand back your wallet and phone. passenger riding to east bay when rider gave her the note. >> maybe most scared i've been. >> advised she pretended to have a seizure. >> i slumped over to the left and started shaking and people started to notice. >> reporter: the scene she caused saturday scared the attempted robber. police say she got off train at wepo street. >> been in b.a.r.t. police 19 years and never seen anything like this. >> reporter: 20 to 30 people on the train at the time and asking them to come forward and act as witnesses. >> never seen a police officer on b.a.r.t., ever. >> commute every day? >> for about three years. >> 46 stations, don't have enough officers. increasing staffing levels. >> reporter: reviewing station surveillance footage for more ev

in the east bay, katie utehs, "abc 7 news" >>> travelers have faced delays at sfo because of the heat. you're looking at people waiting for shuttle buses after hot weather forced sfo's air train system to close this afternoon. air train is running limited service along with shuttle buses collecting terminals and the rental car center. >>> now imagine get married on one of the hottest days of the year. that's exactly would one south bay bride and groom did today. "abc 7 news" reporter katie marzullo will show us how they copied with the heat coming up at 11:14. and we're following breaking news from southern california where a brush fire burned more than 2,000 acres. this is a live picture from the area near burbank. the la tuna fire is burning heavy hillside brush and forced nearly two -- it has closed -- it has forced the nearby 210 freeway to close along with the voluntary evacuationful 200 homes. triple digit temperatures certainly aren't helping. it was 106 degrees in the burbank area today. new at 11:00, firefighters had a hard time getting to a brush fire in san jose, but once t

"abc 7 news" katie utehs shares their warm homecoming at the oakland airport. >> he was at texas for, like, nine days, and we were missing him a lot. so i made him a sign. >> reporter: families beamed with pride welcoming home firefighters who responded to hurricane harvey. >> definitely knowing he's there helping people in a huge time of need is amazing, to know he was able to make a difference in so many people's lives. >> reporter: david watson is part of oakland's urban search and rescue, task fours four team. around 50 personnel landed at oakland international airport tonight following more than a week of deployment. >> a lot of it was trying to keep people calm and try to let them know that leaving their homes, which was very hard for them, was something that needed to be done. >> reporter: fema funded the mission. >> it is sad to see that much stuff under water and for so long. even on our way to the airport we could still see parts of houston under water. >> reporter: while this is the bulk of the crew returning from houston, still two dozen firefighters are driving back with

in the east bay, katie utehs, "abc 7 news" >>> travelers have faced delays at sfo because of the heat. you're looking at people waiting for shuttle buses after hot weather forced sfo's air train system to close this afternoon. air train is running limited service along with shuttle buses collecting terminals and the rental car center. >>> now imagine get married on one of the hottest days of the year. that's exactly would one south bay bride and groom did today. "abc 7 news" reporter katie marzullo will show us how they copied with the heat coming up at 11:14. and we're following breaking news from southern california where a brush fire burned more than 2,000 acres. this is a live picture from the area near burbank. the la tuna fire is burning heavy hillside brush and forced nearly two -- it has closed -- it has forced the nearby 210 freeway to close along with the voluntary evacuationful 200 homes. triple digit temperatures certainly aren't helping. it was 106 degrees in the burbank area today. new at 11:00, firefighters had a hard time getting to a brush fire in san jose, but once t

"abc 7 news" katie utehs shares their warm homecoming at the oakland airport. >> he was at texas for, like, nine days, and we were missing him a lot. so i made him a sign. >> reporter: families beamed with pride welcoming home firefighters who responded to hurricane harvey. >> definitely knowing he's there helping people in a huge time of need is amazing, to know he was able to make a difference in so many people's lives. >> reporter: david watson is part of oakland's urban search and rescue, task fours four team. around 50 personnel landed at oakland international airport tonight following more than a week of deployment. >> a lot of it was trying to keep people calm and try to let them know that leaving their homes, which was very hard for them, was something that needed to be done. >> reporter: fema funded the mission. >> it is sad to see that much stuff under water and for so long. even on our way to the airport we could still see parts of houston under water. >> reporter: while this is the bulk of the crew returning from houston, still two dozen firefighters are driving back with

in oakland, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> the nfl continued its protest over racial injustice.llas cowboys including jerry jones and the arizona cardinals linked arms last night. president trump sent a tweet that said, the booing at the nfl football team when the entire team dropped to its knees was the loudest i have ever heard. >> a quick update on your weather and traffic. >> 49 is the coolest number right now in napa, low 60s in the south bay. as we look at live doppler 7 no fog to speak of. we are looking at temperatures that are warmer this morning than yesterday, so 24 hours ago we were cooler, starting out 4 to 7 degrees warmer from concord to antioch and that means another warm day. in fact, we will be 120 to 20 degrees above average. notice the wind direction out of the north or northeast here and that's key to our critical fire weather that lasts throughout the next 48 hours. 40s and 50s right now, 70s and 80s around the bay. a quick

katie utehs reporting, abc 7 news. >>> it's 4:36. in the north bay a crash caused downed power lines and sparked a grass fire that forced the chp to close highway 116. that fire started around 5:40 yesterday afternoon near petaluma. according to the press democrat a car crashed into a fence and a utility pole causing the downed power lines. the press democrat also reports the driver was arrested on suspicion of dui. highway 116 is still closed because of a planned closure, it will reopen at 5:00 this morning, no one was hurt and the fire burned about five acres. >>> sonoma police are looking for a bank robber, this happened around 10:00 at the umpqua bank. he is described as a white man wearing a dark hoodie, dark pants and sunglasses, appears to be wearing a plaque and gray wig. a witness claims he saw the man taking some of his clothes off while leaving the area, it is not clear how much money he got away with. >>> police arrested a suspect for running over two police officers with a car during an incident. he is identified as 57-y

katie utehs joins us live with the role our local crew played. >> cutter "stratton" participated in halfhe missions for the drugs. we have new information on the challenge facing at sea. armed with infrared, u.s. coast guard catches a glimpse of something far off the coast. in abc news exclusive video, submarine like vessel and coast guard bus tha that follows. more and more turning to semi-submersibles to smuggle drugs into the u.s. alameda's coast guard cutter "stratton" spent time in the drug transit zone. more than 50,000 pounds of drugs off-loaded in san diego wednesday morning. part of a record-breaking year for cocaine seizures. >> we want to put continued pressure on the cartels, call on the american people to reject the drug culture. >> "stratton" went on several of the missions, helps with bigger picture. >> biggest value is introduce folks into the u.s. justice system. >> from there investigators can learn more about the operations and leadership of the cartel. more than 600 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested this year. abc7 news. >>> equifax under fire once again,

katie utehs, abc 7 news. >> milo yiannopoulos is one of the scheduled speakers. he plans to hold a press conference in san francisco today before free speech wins. >>> we sent out a push alert when uc berkeley revealed costs for the event. to receive push alerts, downled. >>> wouldn't you love to see one of these nfl owners when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a [ bleep ] off the field right now, out, he's fired. >> he didn't mention any specific players while speaking at that rally in alabama. as you know, former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick refused to stand for the national anthem last season in protest of police brutality. president trump went on to say that stiffer penalties are, quote, ruining the game. >> today if you hit too hard, right, they hit too hard, 15 yards, throw him out of the game. >> players are reacting on twitter. detroit lions' tight end eric ebron wrote, does anyone tell trump to stick to politics like they tell us to stick to sports? zack brown said, trump, stay in your place. the president says fans should leav

in oakland, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> strike up the band.in walnut creek today. the annual twilight parade will be marching from mt. diablo boulevard down main street to civic park. this is the 81st year of the parade. it's the kickoff event for the annual walnut festival which starts next thursday and ends sunday. walnut creek ford is a long time parade sponsor and they're ready with their cool parade waves. >> not a lot of movement. just kind of smile a lot and very small hand features. >> yeah, i love seeing marching bands. >> and she'll get plenty of those marching bands tonight. that parade starts at 6:00 in downtown walnut creek. tickets for the festival are $10. >>> it's going to be a pleasant night for folks heading to walnut creek this evening. live doppler 7 satellite image shows very limited cloud cover right now, just along parts of the north bay coast and the peninsula. some fog into santa rosa right now. a pretty view from the east bay hills toward the bay bridge in san francisco. it's currently 57 in san francisco. oakland, 58

abc 7 news reporter katie utehs reached out to campus police who say they'll be ready no matter what. >> reporter: the university of california at berkeley is preparing for the worst ahad of an event dubbed free speech week. milo yiannopoulos's event in february deteriorated into a riot. >> if you would just let him spak, none of this would happen. >> reporter: this student debated organizers who are planning to protest. >> we've got to have the whole community coming out to shut them down and defend the wellbeing and safety of this community. >> reporter: cal state police's officers are being brought in as has been done in the past, even as the speaker list evolves. >> because of the unknowns, we are treating it as if it's going all the way. >> we're caught between a rock and a hard place. our compliance with the first amendment and the law as a public institution is not discretionary. >> reporter: some students say they're caught in the middle too. >> i'm going to see how it looks on monday and then decide whether or not i'll go to class. >> this is a good school. i'm a philosophy s

katie utehs joins us live with h the role our local crew played. >> cutter "stratton" participated inthe missions for the s. we have newugdr information on challenge facing at sea. armed with infrared, u.s. coast guard catches a glimpse of something far off the coast. in abc news exclusive video, submarine like vessel and coast guard bus that follows. more and more turning to semi-submersibles to smuggle drugs into the u.s. alameda's coast guard cutter "stratton" spent time in the drug transit zone. more than 50,000 pounds of drugs off-loaded in san diego wednesday morning. part of a record-breaking year for cocaine seizures. >> we want to put continued pressure on the cartels, call on the american people to reject the drug culture. >> "stratton" went on several of the missions, helps with bigger picture. >> biggest value is introduce folks into the u.s. justice system. >> from there investigators can learn more about the operations and leadership of the cartel. more than 600 suspected drug traffickers have been arrested this year. abc7 news. >>> equifax under fire once again, this ti

in brentwood, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> it's that time again.he bay bridge is scheduled to close this morning to continue the implosion of marine foundations from the old eastern span. the bridge is scheduled to shut down sometime between 9:00 and 11:00 a.m. for about 30 minutes total. this will be the third of six scheduled implosions and the final step in removing what's left of the old bridge. >>> meteorologist lisa argen is here. we're off to a mild start. >> we are, 51, still some fog. 61 in san jose. pretty nice out there, you can see the marine layer and looking wall to wall sunshine throughout the day today. we'll talk about how warm you'll get in your neighborhood and a look at the first week of october, in just a few minutes. >> lisa, thank you. >>> also next, a volcanic eruption captured on video. why the photographer says he was caught by surprise. >>> and this is what it will look like once it's all finished. >>> welcome back. take a look at this time lapse video. a videographer captured this mountain erupting on wednesday. the erup

in brentwood, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> time now is 5:08.t's that time again, the bay bridge is scheduled to close this morning to continue the implosion of marine foundations from the old eastern span. the bridge is scheduled to shut down sometime between 9:00 and 1:00 a.m. for 30 minutes total. this will be the final step in removing what's left of the old bridge. >>> meteorologist lisa argen is here. >> it looks pretty nice out there. we'll have the fire danger increase over the weekend. the winds will pick up out of the north. right now the golden gate bridge, numbers in the mid-50s. plenty of sunshine from the coast to our inland valleys today. and temperatures will be comfortable. we'll talk about that fire danger and a fall-looking week ahead, next. >> lisa, thank you. >>> also ahead, hundreds of free ipads are going home with san jose students. how the technology could change their lives. >>> and this is what it will look like when it's finished. next, own abc 7 news goes ♪ ♪ hi! leaving a career to follow a calling takes courage. a

abc 7 news reporter katie utehs has more on the mess the flock left behind. >> reporter: more than 30irds, egrets and herons, nested in this city-owned tree next to danielle witrykus's backyard. we showed you the problem earlier this month. feces, dead birds, and dead fish. the flocks held the family hostage. >> it was about the june time frame that we had to stop opening our windows because the smell was so bad, we were afraid for our children especially to be breathing that kind of smell. >> reporter: there was nothing the brentwood family could do about the federally protected birds at the time. now that the birds have migrated, city workers trimmed the tree. but the remaining bird waste concerns the family. danielle's 5-year-old daughter builts this fairy garden last summer and loved playing with it. but as you can see, it is disgusting. the family is unsure how to clean up this potentially toxic mess. >> you can feel it in your nostrils, it's almost stinging, especially when it's very warm or if the dust is picked up, you can feel it heavy on your chest. >> reporter: we spoke wit

katie utehs reporting, "abc 7 news" >>> and just about 45 minutes ago thereafteris air force's air mobility wing tweeted its team will fly to st. croix within 12 hours to support relief effort there. >> look closely at the screen shot from flight radar 24. delta flight 302 was the last airplane to leave san juan's airport before it shut down. what a flight it must have been, flying in between bands of a devastating hurricane. delta says the flight was completely safe, with the pilots working in tandem with dispatchers and airline meteorologists to chart the flight plan. remember, you can download the "abc 7 news" app and enable push alerts for up to the minute information on hurricane irma >>> the recent record-setting hot weather in san francisco is being blamed for three deaths now. the medical examiner's office says the victims all were in their 80s and 90s and found alone inside their homes. no 911 calls were made by them asking for help. san francisco hit 106 degrees last friday, setting an all-time record high. >>> during the heat wave, the city's 911 system received more than 2400 ca

. >> katie utehs has a look at the damage and the investigation. >> i heard like crackling and like aloud noises so i looked out our balcony window and i just saw a huge fire and i told the whole family and ran out of the house as fast as we can. >> reporter: shane davis shot video as his father used a garden hose to spray the fire outside the indonesian baptist church in antioch. >> i don't know why they would do that. what harm could a church do them. >> reporter: all of the fires are with an three mile radius. >> we do believe that there is something to that and that there may be somebody running around setting a bunch of fires. >> happened out of nowhere. >> reporter: this man recorded video of the vegetation fire that threatened his home. he says firefighters were already near somerset place because of another fire. >> made it right in time because this tree here was almost going% to tip over, a whole bunch of branches fell on the roof. by the time they got here it was like just touches the house. >> reporter: nobody has been injured. the fires only have proximity and time frame

katie utehs reporting, "abc 7 news" >>> and just about 45 minutes ago thereafteris air force's air mobilityg tweeted its team will fly to st. croix within 12 hours to support relief effort there. >> look closely at the screen shot from flight radar 24. delta flight 302 was the last airplane to leave san juan's airport before it shut down. what a flight it must have been, flying in between bands of a devastating hurricane. delta says the flight was completely safe, with the pilots working in tandem with dispatchers and airline meteorologists to chart the flight plan. remember, you can download the "abc 7 news" app and enable push alerts for up to the minute information on hurricane irma >>> the recent record-setting hot weather in san francisco is being blamed for three deaths now. the medical examiner's office says the victims all were in their 80s and 90s and found alone inside their homes. no 911 calls were made by them asking for help. san francisco hit 106 degrees last friday, setting an all-time record high. >>> during the heat wave, the city's 911 system received more than 2400 calls