katie utehs, "abc7 news." >> what an impact he had. katie, thank you.te. the nfl quickly followed, showing himself brati celebrati super bowl victory. and the trail blazers expressed their condolences. and apple ceo tim cook remembered allen as a pioneer. >>> in the north bay, pg&e says 70% of customers affected by the fire prevention power outage will have their service restored by midnight. pg&e cut pow tore lier to lines night to prevent sparks in areas with a high fire danger. power will be fully restored by tower. some businesses said it didn't make any sense. >> take care of where the real problem is, up in the higher elevations and more rural areas and save the small communities the pain, shall we say, until it's absolutely necessary. >> pg&e says winds gusted at 70 miles per hour in the hills, and the company only cuts power as a last resort. so are we done with the wind? let's check in with sandhya patel. >> we are done with the real strong winds that weed a last night. take a look at the winds right now in the hills. everyone under 20 miles pe

katie utehs has more on the seeds of change. >> reporter: grandma keeps the former nursery lot clear of weeds while her grandson has a vision for its future. >> we will have the cannabis retail on this end. >> reporter: the budding entrepreneur is sowing the seeds for the cannabis nursery. >> it will be off the seeds of the plant, maybe pollen. >> reporter: the white way nursery has been in the family since 1984. >> i helped my father and mother way back when, starting at six or seven years old helping my dad. it is in my blood. >> reporter: cannabis wasn't in the cards until cancer took his grandfather and aunt. >> what got us into it was the passing of some of our family members. >> reporter: the nursery closed in 2014 when she died. she and kenny ran the business their parents started. now they're ready to go in a new direction. >> we come from a family of gardeners. i'm excited he has gotten the green thumb. >> we want to have our nursery as a platform, educational platform if anything. >> reporter: there are plenty of zoning, local regulations and state laws that pose challenges

>> be an olympic swimmer and also a teacher. >> reporter: in martinez, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >> great opportunity for those kids. the feet first program will start in the mt. diablo unified school district on november 8th. for more information on the program, head to abc7news.com. >>> first lady melania trump opened up about many hot-button issues during an exclusive interview with abc news. mrs. trump explains why she thinks she is one of the most bullied people in the world. >> you think you're the most bullied person in the world. >> one of them. if you really see what people saying about me. that's why my be best initiative is focusing on social media and online behavior. we need to educate the children. >> the first lady spoke bluntly about the turmoil involving president trump's staff. you can see more of her exclusive interview in a 2020 special "being melania" tomorrow on abc 7. >>> a special service will take place later this month to honor the wyoming man murdered in an anti-gay hate crime in 1998. tomorrow is the 20th anniversary of the murder of 21-year-old matthew shepard

katie utehs with what the project means. katie? >> reporter: within the last ten minutes pg&e arrived on scene for the second time today. that's because that large backhoe behind me, which is doing cleanup work, making quick work of this demolition struck a gas line. firefighters and deler he the investigation and cleanup doesn't delay their efforts. as sky 7 shows once the warehouse fire got going there was no stopping it. power lines fell on the building at 72nd avenue. paint supplies and a f firefighters worked to protect nearby homes. >> i thought the whole house would be taken away but luckily nothing happened. the firefighters got here on time and it's fine. >> reporter: this woman shot this video as she and her family watched the fire around 6:30 in the morning. but it wasn't the only fire last night. crews responded to a call around 3:00. >> it turned out to be a woman using some debris to make a warming fire. it was a simple incident. >> there is a lot of homeless people out here, and it's only going to get worse. >> repor

katie utehs is live with more. >> reporter: dan, kristen, this is only time of day you will see la taqueria this quiet. earlier the place was packed. locals were surprised that fate of the taqueria is in peril because of family dispute. line is worth it. >> best taco place in town. >> reporter: eating here more than 30 years. >> i want them to keep it, i make a darn good burrito, not like they do. >> reporter: even reached sweden. >> best from her tip and what i found online. >> reporter: court appointed receiver has listed it for $1,595,000. dispute between business owner and siblings following death of parents has led to the sale. parents did not have a will naming miguel as property owner. >> families get messed up when anybody dies. hope they get to keep it. >> miguel's sons help run the family business operating here since early '70s. if sell to third party, likely relocate the business. locals hope that doesn't happen. >> changed it last two years, can't imagine changes in the neighborhood. we need to keep some things the same. >> reporter: family tells me they would like to share the

in berkeley, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> our time is 8:14. in the north bay, monday marks one year since the deadly wildfires. golfers, fans and organizers of the safeway open golf tournament in nap aif were caught in the middle of the disaster last year. but the tournament is back in full swing this weekend. leslie brinkley has more now from silverado country club. >> last year when the event ended as we no he it was the scariest moment of my zblief the executive director of the safeway open pledged that all proceeds from ticket sales this year combined with another $8 million will go to fire relief efforts. he remembers the flying embers as golfers were evacuated on the sunday night after the tournament concluded. >> it's the little hot pieces of wood that were flying through the air at 70 miles an hour. when they landed they started fires. it wasn't flames. it was the embers. they hit, boom, fire. we lost two safeway semis you see going down the freeway with groceries. three courtesy car was be the suites behind number 17. the plastic you

live in oakland, katie utehs, "abc 7 news." >> that is so much fun. katie, thanks.heir your warriors pride online and the hashtag dubs on 7 like these people did. >>> it was another day of gains on wall street as stocks soared today, making up for some of last week's big losses. investors gained confidence from upbeat earnings reports and robust economic data. the dow gained 547 points, closing at 25,798. the nasdaq jumped 214 points to 7,645. the s&p jumped 59 points to 2,809. a federal judge will approve a settlement between elon musk and securities and exchange commission regulators. he will pay $40 million in fines and give up his seat as tesla chairman for at least three years. the sec argued a tweet he sent about taking the company private was misleading and harmed investors. it calls for tesla to clamp down musk's communication with investors. >>> the fairway operator serving alcatraz agreed to pay a fine for violating san francisco law by denying health care insurance to its employees. horn blower yacht operates alcatraz cruises. the san francisco city attor

abc 7 news reporter katie utehs explainsment. >> not an he is -- >> there's a long lineup of fremont city council candidate. >> i'm super involved. >> at age 25, justin sha can't help but stand out as the youngest in the district 4 race. >> there are many reasons. the one most relevant is youth representation. but also be inclusive of everyone. >> he's learned early that politics can get nasty. >> someone drew a swastika and devils horns on his campaign sign along mission boulevard. his father ron first discovered the vandalism. >>> he texted me the photos. i was in shock. i felt sadness, pain an anger. >> so sad this can happen. emotional. to anybody else, it's not right. covering the candidates forum, we learned of more unsettling incidents. this time involving a school board candidate. last week, i got a series of hateful comments posted on to my facebook account. they're anti-muslim. bigoted. horrible comments calling me all sorts of names. >> she reported the post to facebook. then deleted them. >> we need to be respectful towards each other and teach our children that we have t

kat katie utehs with details. >> reporter: people are in shock over discovery of human skull. >> very sad about that. >> reporter: sky7, the background where two people visiting home found it in plain sight. >> decomposed and had a little bit of flesh on it. >> reporter: what they did next, surprised seasons officers. >> thought it was real enough to bring to attention immediately. >> reporter: brought it downtown to the police station and officers thought it was prank close to halloween. but stepped outside and looked in car, knew it was real. >> i can say in my years of service, never had a human skull delivered to the police station. >> coroner's office working to determine identity and cause of death. >> not saying any foul play in this at all except for how he got here. that's something we're working on. >> mystery made more difficult because the skull was moved. >> found it, have to call police before take it. >> reporter: police are working to locate the rest of the body, asking anyone with information to come forward. abc7 news. >>> john hailey, embattled san francisco municip

and we need to keep some things the same is. >> reporter: katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> we reached tou to the family attorney but haven't heard back yet. we are told the restaurant ornd will be bidding on the prosecutor and continuing his fight in court. earlier this month la victoria bakery shut doors after nearly 70 year on the corner of 24th and alabama in the mission. family disagreements were blamed for the bakery's closure. >>> senator kamala hair sis working to get out the vote. she attend adderally in south carolina. people there cigaretted her with chants of quote, the next president. even though she hasn't said if she plans to run in 2020, many are asking could a harris candidacy succeed in what will likely be a crowded field of democrats? here a close are look snt senator hair sis seen as a rising star and off to iowa next woke to support mid-terms candidates as the presidential speculation surrounding her continues to build. >> she has taken some progressive stances in favor of single payer health care for example, things that people who are very, very liberal will like. an

in oklahoma, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> john hailey the embattled san francisco mumble transi want director has announced his retirement. last month the examiner reported hailey was being sued by his senior assist accusing him of groping and harassing her on the job. reports said hailey was pressured to 11 when a group of female fmtta staffer demanded action. hailey joined the agency in 2010. 5:so is the time. lisa argen is tracking the weather appear and lisa fog out there to begin saturday >> fls like summer in the afternoon in some parts of the bay area. it will get warm again inland. but cooler changes for the weekend for most of u, a live look outside from the sutro tower camera. it's 57 downtown. more low 50s inland. and upper 40s in the north bay. can you see the ribbon of fog there. but it's dense on the bridges. do be careful. we will talk about the weekend, the look ahead and another warmup on the way next. >> thanks, lisa. >>> also next one more than one milestone in the recovery efforts following the north bay wildfires thanks to processingen e. thousands of gamer today

and we need to keep some things the same. >> katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> we reached out to the family attorney but haven't heard back yet. we are told the restaurant owner will be bidding on the property and continuing his fight in court. >>> now, earlier this month, la victoria bakery shut doors after 70 years. it was on the corner of 24th and alabama in the mission. family disagreements were blamed for the bakery's closure. >>> a billionaire coowner of san francisco giants is currently in hot water. he donated to a political action committee behind a racist radio ad. charles b. johnson put out a statement saying he had no knowledge that the donation would be used i in manner and i like the giants organization strongly condemn any form of racism and in no way condone the advertisement that was created by in entity. the giants also weighed in saying we are unaware of mr. johnson's political donations because they are entirely separate from his stake in the giants ownership group. in no way do the giants don condone the disturbing political activity. >>> 5:07 is the time. senator kamal

reporter katie utehs joins us live with what she's learned and what the fire means for the development of housing. katie? >> reporter: kristen this will eventually be 59 units of affordable housing on this property and developers are hoping the mess behind me doesn't slow that effort. within the last half hour you can see that a fence has been put up to secure the property. the backhoe you see on scene was making quick work of the cleanup effort until it hit a gas line. pg&e is on scene to cap that line. sky 7 shows the large east oakland warehouse firelighting up the early morning darkness as power lines fell, there was little to be done to save the nearly empty building. firefighters worked to protect homes in the area of 72nd avenue and holly street. >> you're just in shock and trying to get away as far as possible. and then the next you're thankful you're still here and your stuff is still here. >> reporter: lopez shot this video as she and her family watched the fire around 6:30 in the morning. but it wasn't the only fire at the warehouse. crews responded at 3:00. >> a woman was u

in oakland, katie utehs, abc 7 news. >>> john hailey the embanquetsed san francisco municipal transit director announced retire pmt last month the examiner reported he was being sued by his assist accuseding him of groping and harassing her on the jb. reports said hailey was pressured to leave when a group of female sfmta staffers stepped forwarded demanding action. hailey joined the agency back in 2010. the time is 6:09 lisa argen has tracking the accuweather forecast and we are seeing fog early this saturday morning. >> yes compressed so dense right at the superiorities on the bridges and that's why the visibility is poor in some pots. but from the sutro tower camera it looks good here. a good vantage point por the city where it's 56. a degree cooler over the past hour. upper 40s in the north bay. another day with temperatures above average in some spots. but we'll have fog at the coast. and then a cold front wants to approach the north bay. i'll explain next. >> thanks, lisa. >>> more than one milestone in the recovery efforts following the north bay wildfires pangs to pg&e. but no

news reporter katie utehs has the bizarre details. this west oakland neighborhood are in shock over the discovery of pennsylvania human skull. >> i'm very sad. i'm very sad about that. >> reporter: sky7 shows the backyard at west and 29th streets where two people visiting the home found it in plain sight. >> it was decomposed and had a little bit of flesh on it. >> what they did next surprised even seasoned officers. >> they @raies real enough it had to be brought to our attention immediately. >> the people discovering the severed head brought it downtown to the police station and at first officers thought maybe it was a prank being so close to halloween. but when they stepped outside and looked in the car they knew for themselves the head was real. >> i can say in my years of service i've never had a human skull delivered to the police station. >> reporter: the coroner office is now working to determine the identity and cause of death. >> i'm not saying that there is any foul play in this at all >> the mysry made more e.on ve >>f i t

katie utehs explains. >>> i'm super involved -- >> at age 25, justin shaw can help but stand out as the youngest in the district 4 race. >> the one most relevant tonight is youth representing. but a fremont inclusive of everyone. >> he's learned early politics can get nasty. someone drew a swastika and devils horns on his campaign sign along mission boulevard. his father ron first discovered the vandalism. >> he texted me the photos. i was in shock. i felt sadness, pain and anger. >> so sad that this can happen. >> to anybody else, still it's not right. >> while kofrgt candidates forum, we wanted a more unsettling incident. this time involving a school board candidate. last week, i got a series of hateful comments posted on to my facebook account. they were anti-muslim, bigoted. horrible comments. call me all sorts of names. >> she reported the post to facebook then deleted them. >> we need to be respectful towards each other and teach our children that. we have to be good role models. >> civil discourse can be civil. >> we have different political opinions. that's what america is all a

abc 7 news reporter katie utehs has more. >> reporter: the line at san francisco's la taqueria is worth it locals say. >> i love it. i think it's the best taco place in town. >> theresa lopez has been eating here more than 30 years. >> i want them to keep it because i make a good burrito but not like they do. >> reporter: the word has even reached sweden's simon nordland. >> i heard it's the best. it's the best from her tip and what i found online too. >> reporter: also online a real estate listing for the property located near 25th and mission streets. a court appointed receiver has listed it for $$1,595,000.$$1,59 a zut between the between the owner and his siblings following the death of their parents has led to the sale. the parents did no the have a ne l naming >> famies get messed up when anybody dies. so i hope that they get to keep it. >> reporter: miguel's sons help run the business operated in in location since the early '70s. if it sells to aed third party the family will likely relocate the business. locals hope that doesn't happen. >> it's change it like in the last two yea

abc 7 news report katie utehs has more on >> grandma tomako yabusaki keeps it clear of weeds while her grandson has a vision for the future. >> retail on this weekend. >> he is sewing the seeds for cannabis business. >> we are starting off the seed of the plant maybe even pollen. >> the dwightway nursery has been in the family since 1984. >> i helped my father and mother way back when starting at 6 or 7 years old helping my dad. it's in my blood. >> cannabis wasn't in the cards until cancer took both masao's grand faert and aunt. >> the nursery closed in 2014 when emi yabusaki died she and ken heeth ran the business the parents started. now masao is ready to grow in a new direction. >> we have come from a family of gardeners. i'm excited that he has gotten the green thumb. >> we really want to have our nursery as a educational platform if anything. >> there are plenty of zoning, local regulations and state laws that pose calks. on october 9th, the city council is expected to take up the issue but the family isn't waiting. they constructed trelises and planted shrubbery to hide the cann