good afternoon, i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. the file burned 250 acres. eric thomas is live in clayton where the evacuations, eric, are still in effect? >> reporter: they are still in effect, and it is still oppressively hot out here. the winds are occasionally gusty. that's a bit of a m,souch today yesterday. that's how things can go. on this house, fire approached on three sides, but firefighters were able to surround it and keep it intact. further up on espara drive up there, that's the one home you were talking about that was completely destroyed, just burned to the ground. and we saw remnants of that. that's where we start. by late this morning this was the last open flame we could

. >> and i'm kristen sze. alma daetz has the night off. 27-year-old tatiana of san francisco was traveling with her husband celebrating their wedding anniversary when she was shot. >> abc7 news reporter lilian kim is here now with more on the story. lilian? >> reporter: dan and kristen, they had been to mexico many times since childhood. this trip included three other couples and her husband who was a few steps ahead of her when she was shot. they just left a taco restaurant in an upscale neighborhood of mexico city. >>> she married one year ago, and to celebrate she and her husband james left for mexico city. the young couple from san francisco was on a quest to dine at as many michellin restaurants as they could. she was shot by a stray bullet. mexican authorities say a gunman was aiming at a bouncer at a nearby bar when one of their bullets struck her in the head. >> she was telling me how wonnerful time -- how safe it was. >> reporter: her family spoke to us from chicago where she grew up. >> a year ago we

. >> i'm kristen sze. we want to show you this, matthew hodging driving to walnut creek when the flames nearly overtook his car. >> we parked with our hazard lights on to help stop traffic behind us. that's when we saw the fire come around the corner. one of the fire trucks pulled up, i think it was one of the first two trucks over to the left, and we just saw the flames get bigger and bigger and it was windy. so i just saw something i had never seen before. it looked like a fire tornado moving through away from some of the fire trucks. they did -- we were -- we were just waiting for it to hop across the road. it was really neat to see how well the fire department worked. those guys are the real deal. >> did you hear what he said? it looked like a fire tornado as he described it. let's check in with abc 7 news meteorologist sandhya patel for a look at the weather conditions in the east bay. >>> they could have had localized winds which caused some rotation of the smoke there. let's take a look at the condi

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley.ee you again at 6:00. >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. president trump explaining himself again. after what he said today, a question from our cecilia vega. asking, is russia still targeting the u.s.? the president saying no. even though his director of national intelligence said otherwise, just saying the warning lights are blinking red. tonight, the white house now saying that's not what the president meant this morning. >>> also tonight, new reporting. the young russian woman here in the u.s. now charged, accused of being an agent of the kremlin. what she said in court late today. prosecutors now saying she was offering sex for influence. and these images tonight from investigators. at the trump inauguration, and at this dinner. and what they say it shows. >>> the shark scare on the east coast.

i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. alma daetz has the night off. the first fire broke out just before 2:00 p.m. in morgan hill, burning 40 acres. then about an hour later, another one broke out just south of san jose. >> that's where abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo is live tonight. amanda? >> reporter: dan, kristen, the main road into the santa teresa park is still shut down at this hour. i was told by a cal fire representative just a few moments ago that crews are expected to be here all night long pushing for full containment. at last check the san jose fire department says that the curry fire is 85% contained after it burned 70 acres. >> yeah, it's scary. it really is. >> reporter: brian del favez is one of dozens who watched the fast moving fire scorch the hillside behind their san jose homes. the curry fire started around 3:00 tuesday afternoon. hours before, he said he had ridden his bike through the county park. he said conditions were fit for a fire. >> i was up there at 11:00, very dry, windy, hot. >> r

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i'm ama daetz in for kristen sze. >> and i'm dan ashley.iate your time. we'll see you again in half an hour. >>> tonight, several breaking stories as we come on the air. the sweeping indictment from special counsel robert mueller on the eve of the president's summit with vladimir putin. 12 russian intelligence officers have now been charged by name. what they are accused of doing starting eight months before americans headed to the polls. tonight, calls for the president to cancel the summit. >>> also breaking tonight, the massive protests paralyzing parts of london. our team on the streets as the president meets the queen. and just hours after the president took aim at the british prime minister, theresa may saying she wrecked brexit and he could have done it better, he was then standing by her side. as a reporter asks the president, is that what an ally or a friend does? how the president answers. >>> tonight, the video and now the outrage. officers flipping a coin to

. >> and i'm kristen sze. dan and alma are off tonight. jerry brown has declared a state of emergency after a growing wildfire to close california's border near oregon. really far up north. and flames jumped across i-5 in siskiyou county this afternoon. it broke out at 12:30. it's already burned 12,000 acres. highway patrol officers abandoned a roadblock as flames raced toward them. fire crews from marin county are headed there after battling fires close to home. redding and the fire area are full. firefighters believe their job may get harder battling the county fire as the weekend approaches and the forecast calls for hotter, dryer weather. this map gives you a comparison of how much area the county fire has burned near yolo and napa counties. on the left that is the fire area in red. that will cover from the northern tip of san francisco if it were here in the bay area all the way to belmont now on the peninsula. flames have now charred 88,000 acr acres or 137 square miles. it is 33% contained. 3,400 firefighters are on lines. >> a navy

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. see you again in a half >>> tonight, as we come on the air in the west, the new and deadly fire exploding in size. the wall of flames burning out of control. two firefighters killed, battling what's now called the carr fire. more than a hundred homes and structures the destroyed. a hospital evacuating its neonatal unit. we're on the scene. >>> in the northeast tonight, the severe storms sweeping through just as millions now drive home from work. >>> also developing as we come on the air tonight, the new report accusing cbs chairman and ceo les moonves of sexual misconduct. one of the most powerful men in hollywood, what moonves is now saying tonight, and we hear from the reporter at "the new yorker" who broke the story, ronan farrow. >>> also tonight, abc news learning that michael cohen now says the president did, in fact, know about that meeting with the russians in trump tower before the meeting happened. >>> the frightening bus crash. newly released images made public. the driver

. >> i'm kristen sze.i started crying. >> a young man suffers a devastating injury from setting off an illegal fire work he found in the trash. >> a police vehicle is stolen, and found. the search ends with an arrest and a surprise in the backseat. >> the man on the front lines, this fire fight increases. >> california's fight to be a sanctuary state. a federal judge issues a big ruling. >>> we begin tonight with the danger of fireworks. good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil in for dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. doctors are trying to save the hands of an antioch man after an illegal fire work exploded. >> outside the repair shop where this happened, lyanne? >> i saw several pictures of this man's injured hands. i will say they are so gruesome, of course too gruesome to show on television. but they are a sad reminder of what fireworks can do. >> reporter: juan bravo told investigators how he made a tourniquet to stop the bleeding after his brother-in-law was injured. a fire work had gone

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze. bart riders are nervous about being on the train. nia wilson was one of three people killed on the system in five days. >> lesley brinkley talked with the bart board president one on one and asked tough questions about what riders can do to be safe. >> she's live at bart headquarters in oakland. lesley? >> reporter: bart police told me they are not going to be releasing the video of that 18-year-old being stabbed at the mcarthur station, it's too bloody and vicious to share with the public. they do say really clear cut camera shots they have of the suspect ended up -- it was shots from a previous encounter he had with bart police over not having a valid ticket. that's what led to bart police say last night a male rider called dispatch directly from his cell phone to say i think i saw the guy you want on a richmond bound train. he described him as having a 925 tattoo on his neck, a reference

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley.m coverage on this developing story for you. >> abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard begins our coverage live in oakland. cornell? >> reporter: dion and dan, there will be no trial for the ghost ship warehouse fire, two men derick almena and max harris could have faced almost 40 years in prison. instead, both agreed to a plea deal which happened moments

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thank you. >> kristen sze reporting for us. now to get another look at the suspect's pictures go, to abc7news.com and look for this story as soon as you can. >> let's listen in. >> numerous helicopters as well. the response right now is including most of the bay area counties, napa county, alameda, contra costa agencies from across the bay in san mateo county, as well as some out towards the sacramento valley as well. right now there are mandatory evacuation orders from the marsh creek and morgan territory road intersection going kind of to the northeast and east from that location. contra costa county sheriff's department is managing the evacuation orders for that area, and as we encourage everybody, if they see smoke, if they smell smoke or if they see fire or they have needs that require them some extra time to get out in those areas, to get out while they can safely. it is windy. there is a fire established in this area. and getting out early really is the key right now. the road is closed here on marsh creek road. so if an

i'm dan ashley. >>> i'm kristen sze.hy they can't stop him from lighting up. >> we're live at powell station with the story. vic? >> reporter: dan, first of all, b.a.r.t. says this is not acceptable. by the way, you cannot smoke, period, on any b.a.r.t. train. b.a.r.t. says you can't have a b.a.r.t. police officer on every train just like you can't have a cop on every block. >> in april, this video went viral. video of drug addicts shooting up in the civic center b.a.r.t. station as commuters walked by. since then, san francisco and b.a.r.t. police officers have beefed up their patrols at the station. now, another series of videos emerging. all showing this unidentified person smoking meth on b.a.r.t. trains. adding insult to injury, he sits on priority seating for people with disabilities and pregnant women. so far, we've

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. thank you for joining us.es are being let back into parts of potter valley. 12,000 homes remain threatened by the fires. >> they've destroyed seven homes and three other structures. the fires have burned more than 74,000 acres. >> vic lee is live off highway 29 in lakeport tonight with the latest there. vic? >> reporter: well, dan, we are at this red stop at the edge of lakeport. residents here, by the way, are still under evacuation orders. and behind me you can see that thick inversion layer. somewhere in there is the fire and the firefighters. last night

good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm kristen sze.e victims were quite emotional. >> leslie brinkley was there and she joins us from sacramento. leie? >>maine. they were all victims of the golden state killer back in the 1970s, and they told me they wanted to see the man accused of attacking them in person. >> super intense. just seeing the back of his head, it was really hard. >> reporter: -- >> the wounds heal. >> reporter: a sisterhood of women marching into a courtroom to confront the man that irrevocably changed their lives forever. 72-year-old joseph james deangelo emerged into a caged area of the court for a brief hearing. he kept his back to the victims as attorneys addressed the judge. >> we would ask for another court date of september 5th. >> reporter: and then it was

. >> i'm kristen sze. here's what we know right now. flames are charred more than 44,000 acres. the fire is only 3% contained. >> 38,000 residents are evacuated tonight from their homes in and around redding. two firefighters have died battling these flames. 800 national guard members are in redding tonight assisting the crews. cal fire spoke a short time ago calling firefighters' efforts herculean. >> this fire whipped up into a wi whirlwind of activity, uprooting trees, moving vehicles, moving parts of roadways, very significant extreme winds challenging for firefighters. end of the day, bottom line, we say it time and time again, but i'm going to say it, you're going to hear it from everybody here. these are extreme conditions, this is how fires are burning in california, we need to take heed, evacuate, evacuate, evacuate. >> now, we want to show you the area where the fire is burning tonight. the small box is the size of the fire 24 hours ago. the red is how much it's grown since then. and you can see it's significant. it's bigger now than the city of oakland. >> we have liv

i think kristen sze has done it and loves it.ou get a ticket to the game also which starts at 12 kplon 45. a little breezy and 66 by the end of the game. here's a look at the golden gate bridge. let me throw up some nuls. the numbers are lower today by about 2 to 8 degrees. the cooling breeze will bring the temperatures back to average this afternoon. let's get another check of the commute. >> we're off to a great start today. no major issues on the roads. live at the south bay. 101 and 880. the volumes starting to increase on the northbound side. but still, you will not encounter any delays if you head north and perhaps going through the downtown area there. i want to talk about the san francisco giants day game today. there's additional overflow parking if you plan to take the ferry. they're using that once again today with three shuttles over to the ferry terminal. 10:26, 10:36 and 10:46 are the times. next traffic update coming up at 5:00. >>> alexis, you like to cook. only on abc 7 news you'll hear about this. faster times a

i'm ama daetz for kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley.hour. >>> tonight, the president tries to take it back. after what he said on that stage with vladimir putin, when asked who he believes more, russia, or his own intelligence agencies, appearing to side with putin in front of the world. tonight, what the president said late today at the white house. saying he misspoke. reading from a carefully written script. the lights going out as the president was talking. as republicans and democrats tonight offer harsh words for the president. >>> also at this hour, the severe weather in the east. the rare funnel cloud over new york city. flash flooding up and down the coast. the rescues in arlington, virginia. dozens rescued from stranded vehicles. more than 1,500 flights cancelled. ginger zee is standing by. >>> the investigation. this video. police in pursuit. opening fire through the windshield, with the chase

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. we have live team coverage on this developing story for you. >> abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard begins our coverage live in oakland. cornell? >> reporter: dion and dan, there will be no trial for the ghost ship warehouse fire, two men derick almena and max harris could have faced almost 40 years in prison. instead, both agreed to a plea deal which happened moments ago. almena, the master tenant, will serve nine years in prison. harris, the creative director, will serve six years, both pleaing to 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter, the tragic fire happened at a concert in december of 2016. >> this is a plea that's been entered into as a moral imperative, to eliminate all of the trauma and pain and suffering that everyone who touches this case endures. >> the city of oakland botched this entire situation. when the ghost ship fire happened there was 300 warehouses just like ghost ship. there was thousands of people exposed to those warehouses that were in danger. and it's onlyecse

. >> i'm kristen sze, remnants of a faraway hurricane is bringing dangerous surf conditions and rip tidesl barnard is live. >> reporer: kristen and larry, we are seeing a beautiful day today. lots of people heading to the beach. as you can see, gorgeous day, most p thing. they are watching the waves instead of getting into the water. we've seen waves at 44 to 46 feet today. it's the dangerous rip tide currents that you can't see that have life guards and first responders so concerned today. >> super dangerous today. for sure. >> reporter: jessica from napa is keeping a very close eye on her two sons who are sampling the water at ocean beach, she wants both of them to stay on dry land. >> it's not safe today. see how the waves go out, they'll suck you in. >> reporter: swimming is never recommended at ocean beach, this weekend especially. >> you're going to have two forces meeting together, which also creates turbulence in the water. >> reporter: this captain says remnants of hurricane fabio near baja is churning the pacific. >> they create rip currents, and stheek sneaker waves. >> reporte

. >> i'm kristen sze. the home invasion suspect is in the hospital after being shot by the homeowner. >> it happened near groom drive and richmond. the suspect tried to break into two other houses before he forced himself into a third home. >> eric thomas is live at the police station where officers are calling this self-defense. right, eric? >> reporter: they are, indeed. and larry, kristen, the suspect is in extremely critical -- dealing with injuries, disregarded crime scene tape, one clue that something extraordinary happened at this home in the 3100 block of alta mira drive overnight. here are two more, a bullet hole in the front window and in a mini van parked outside. >> i thought i was hearing fireworks left over from the fourth of all-. >> so she rolled over and went back to sleep. she had no idea there was a life or death struggle going on right next door. she shared her thoughts when she found out. >> shock. this doesn't -- this is a very quiet neighborhood. this doesn't happen around here. >> r

. >> and i'm kristen sze. bart riders are nervous about being on the train. nia wilson was one of three people killed on the system in five days. >> lesley brinkley talked with the bart board president one on one and asked tough questions about what riders can do to be safe. >> she's live at bart headquarters in oakland. lesley? >> reporter: bart police told me they are not going to be releasing the video of that 18-year-old being stabbed at the mcarthur station, it's too bloody and vicious to share with the public. they do say really clear cut camera shots they have of the suspect ended up -- it was shots from a previous encounter he had with bart police over not having a valid ticket. that's what led to bart police say last night a male rider called dispatch directly from his cell phone to say i think i saw the guy you want on a richmond bound train. he described him as having a 925 tattoo on his neck, a reference to the area code. john lee cowell was arrested at the pleasant hill station. he had just transferred at the same mcarthur station where the mrder

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm larry beil. thanks for the time. next newscast coming up in a half hour.4/7 at abc7news.com. >>> breaking news. embattled epa chief scott pruitt resigns. president trump tweeting the resignation. pruitt facing a long, growing list of ethics scandals, from his sweetheart apartment deal to his first class flights to that $43,000 phone booth in his office. >>> race against the rain. new images tonight from inside the flooded cave. the around the clock rescue effort to save 12 boys and their soccer coach. a new sense of urgency with more flooding rains just hours away. >>> escaping the flames. the massive new wildfire forcing hundreds from their homes. dozens of fires burning at this hour. ginger zee tracking the dangerous heat, and the new tropical storm forming late today. will it become a hurricane? >>> deadly fireworks explosions. more than a dozen killed in

. >>> i'm kristen sze. many are wondering why they can't stop him from lighting up. >> we're live at powell station with the story. vic? >> reporter: dan, first of all, b.a.r.t. says this is not acceptable. by the way, you cannot smoke, period, on any b.a.r.t. train. b.a.r.t. says you can't have a b.a.r.t. police officer on every train just like you can't have a cop on every block. >> in april, this video went viral. video of drug addicts shooting up in the civic center b.a.r.t. station as commuters walked by. since then, san francisco and b.a.r.t. police officers have beefed up their patrols at the station. now, another series of videos emerging. all showing this unidentified person smoking meth on b.a.r.t. trains. adding insult to injury, he sits on priority seating for people with disabilities and pregnant women. so far, we've seen videos featuring the same person riding b.a.r.t. on three different days, each time brazenly smoking meth. other passengers seemingly oblivious to it all. this video was shot

. >> and i'm kristen sze. many of the victims were quite emotional. >> leslie brinkley was there and she joins us from sacramento. leie? >>maine. they were all victims of the golden state killer back in the 1970s, and they told me they wanted to see the man accused of attacking them in person. >> super intense. just seeing the back of his head, it was really hard. >> reporter: -- >> the wounds heal. >> reporter: a sisterhood of women marching into a courtroom to confront the man that irrevocably changed their lives forever. 72-year-old joseph james deangelo emerged into a caged area of the court for a brief hearing. he kept his back to the victims as attorneys addressed the judge. >> we would ask for another court date of september 5th. >> reporter: and then it was over, in less than two minutes. deangelo, back to his jail cell. >> the emotion was so intense for me. adbut for me i thought to of his myself this is the man that came into my bedroom when i was 13 years old and i haven't known who that was for ove

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. see you again at 6:00. >>> tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. president trump explaining himself again. after what he said today, a question from our cecilia vega. asking, is russia still targeting the u.s.? the president saying no. even though his director of national intelligence said otherwise, just saying the warning lights are blinking red. tonight, the white house now saying that's not what the president meant this morning. >>> also tonight, new reporting. the young russian woman here in the u.s. now charged, accused of being an agent of the kremlin. what she said in court late today. prosecutors now saying she was offering sex for influence. and these images tonight from investigators. at the trump inauguration, and at this dinner. and what they say it shows. >>> the shark scare on the east coast. were two children attacked by sharks on two separate beaches? what authorities are now saying. those beaches closed. >>> the wildfires raging in the west. the

. >> i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. have evacuated. 44,000 acres burned, two firefighters have died fighting the blaze. the official count of buildings destroyed is 65. but that number is expected to rise as neighborhoods like this one are surveyed. and here's a map of where the fire is burning. firefighters are working in brutal, bone dry conditions, temperatures are expected to hit 110 degrees today. right now the fire is 3% contained, and threatening 5,000 homes. >> give you a dramatic look at people driving through the flames last night to get out as quickly as they could. and then when the sun rose this morning, the extent of the devastation really came into focus. look at what's left. dozens and dozens of homes are lost. this is a neighborhood in northwest redding. so many residents left wondering this afternoon what, if anything, they'll return to find. >> abc 7 news reporter laura anthony is live in the devastated town of kezwick next door to redding. >> it's reminiscent of the north bay fires. >>> very ominous

i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. see you again in a half hour. >>> tonight, the deadly flash flooding as we come on the air. the water rescues under way. bystanders can be seen forming a human chain in the east. and the new warnings just issued rtheast.s afternoon here in the authorities tonight say take this seriously. and meteorologist rob marciano is standing by in the middle of it all. also, the mudslides in the west. the car swallowed into a sinkhole. the evacuations at yosemite. and the new fire that just broke out now raging outside los angeles. >>> the police video sparking outrage tonight. the man with a gun appearing to run from police, shot in the back and killed. what police now say happened beforehand. >>> president trump under pressure after his own tariffs, many believe, igniting a trade war. several countries retaliating. american farmers paying the price. well, late today, what the president is now promising. >>> the surprise development involving vladimir putin's visit to the u.s. and the secret rec

. >> i am kristen sze. >> the senate republicans hold the power to approve any nominees.ident's pick. democrats want to vote to be held off until after the midterm election. special report. this is an abc news special report. president trump's supreme court nominee now reporting george stephanopoulos. >> good evening, we are coming on the air right now, president trump is about to announce the most consequential move a president can make. kennedy was appointed byron n r reagan. president trump's choice almost certain to be a consistent conservative locking in a five vote majority if confirmed by the senate. john carl is

good afternoon, i'm kristen sze in for ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. the file burned 250 acres.thomas is live in clayton where the evacuations, eric, are still in effect? >> reporter: they are still in effect, and it is still oppressively hot out here. the winds are occasionally gusty. that's a bit of a m,souch today yesterday. that's how things can go. on this house, fire approached on three sides, but firefighters were able to surround it and keep it intact. further up on espara drive up there, that's the one home you were talking about that was completely destroyed, just burned to the ground. and we saw remnants of that. that's where we start. by late this morning this was the last open flame we could find in the hills above clayton fed by gas from a nearby propane tank. we brought it to a firefighter's attention, and it was quickly shut off. most of the work now consists of mopping up. >> firefighters are driving all around the incident, are inside the perimeter of the fire making sure they mop up and completely put the fire out, at least 100 feet from the perimeter of the f

. >> i'm kristen sze. the county fire has burned 86,000 akers, 134 square miles. than 3,400 firefighters are on the front lines and they expect their job to get harder with hotter and dryer conditions expected in the coming days. they're also working in steep terrain on the fire's northern edge. >> give you a closer look at where the fire is burning. see how massive this thing is, along the border of yolo and napa counties. there are more than just numbers to this fire. for more on that, we go to abc news reporter reporter wayne friedman, joining us live from the yolo county fairgrounds, which is a staging zone, wayne. >> reporter: it is, indeed, with 31 1/2 miles, roughly 31 1/2 miles from the front of the fire. and yet, what happens here, there's direct importance to what happens out there. here is a part of stopping wildfires you don't often see, a place where there are more fire trucks lined up than you can count, a small city serving firefighters, home for now. >> they need a place to shower, a place to sleep, they have to have food and medical care at times.

. >> i'm kristen sze in for for fr >> 18-year-old nia wilson died sunday night.nd her sister were transferring trains out of oakland and out of nowhere a man attacked them in the neck with a knife. a transient with a history of mental illness was captured within 24 hours at another bart station. >> her funeral would be held at acts gospel church at 11:00 a.m. the service is open to the public. >> we've been talking to a lot of bart riders since her death. most say safety is their main priority. >> with homelessness and people sleeping in cars, that sense of security is not there. >> near the bart station at sfo, where police are trying to address those issues. lyanne? >> reporr: is a bart station that has some homeless people. this has brought problems sfo, one o

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i'm kristen sze in nor ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. good evening.s of people are at a vigil right now to honor the young woman killed in this case, 18-year-old nia wilson. >> she died at the macarthur bart station in oakland last night, stabbed to death by a total stranger as she and her sister transferred trains around 9:45 p.m. bar surveillance cameras captured the suspect. >> who has been identified now as john cowell, this man, take a look. bart police call him arm and dangerous with good reason, of course. we have team coverage on this story tonight, the sister who was attacked and survives with abc 7 reporter melanie woodrow. >> first, let's hear from amanda with the latest on the investigation. >> yeah, there is -- excuse me, there is an added challenge in this investigation into the they say the man was a transient, meaning he doesn't have a permanent address. also, they say he is a violent felon. 18-year-old nia wilson and her sister boarded a bart train in concord sunday night. bart police say

abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with those details. kristen? >> ama, the center of the fight, whether to let californians vote on a plan to split the state into three. northern california, which includes the bay area, southern california, which includes fresno, and california, which includes the los angeles area. the proposal qualified for the november ballot after its author and a backer, venture capitalist tim draper gathered over 400,000 valid signatures. but today the supreme court blocked prop 9 from oy peering on the november ballot. the ruling says significant questions have been raised regarding the proposition's validity, and the potential harm in permitting the measure to remain on the ballot outweighs the potential harm in delaying the proposition to a future election. the court ruled in response to opponents' lawsuit, arguing the proposal would have abolished the state constitution. the issue is not dead, though. now comes a legal battle fought on many fronts. californians could still have a chance to vote on the split as early as 2

. >> abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with the details announced today. kristen? >> dan and ama, outside lands has become a major event for san francisco, bringing more than 200,000 people over three days to golden gate park to enjoy music, food, and arts. as the festival celebrates its 11th year, organizers hope to cash in on the growing interest in legalized recreational cannabis. at a special area called grasslands, visitors will be able to learn more about marijuana, though they can't buy anything actually containing cannabis. organizers unveiled a glimpse on instagram today at the greenhouse visitors can talk to bud tenders about all things cannabis. at the confection area, people can buy sweet treats from vendors that also make them with marijuana. at the lemonade stand there will be regular lemonade made by venders that also make the infused variety. at the flower shop, people can pick up wearable weed flower crown. and at the smell wall, growers can explain the different scents that come with different types of cannabis. again, it's all just information. t

an abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is more with us on this. so tough, kristen. >> so tough. james hoover allowed us to share their facebook photos. he wanted tatiana mirutenko remembered as a woman who lived life to the fullest, right up to her final moment. saturday night in mexico city, they were leaving a restaurant when tatiana was hit by a bullet meant for a bouncer a few feet away. the san francisco couple had been having the time of their life, celebrating one year since they got their marriage license in chicago, her hometown. they were in mexico city after the u.s. issued travel warnings, but james says they felt perfectly safe. james tells abc 7, we love to travel, and we spent our best times together see the skeeing, hike, surfing, exercising and eating. their social posts are a test top of the their wanderlust. skiing in colorado, where he proposed. soaking up the warm sun in san diego, or hiking beautiful trails in the pacific northwest. they were partners in exploration. her mother spoke with us from chicago on monday. . >> she inspired me to be better. i'll gi

and to that end, kristen sze is here with more on the carr and mendocino fires specifically. kristen? >> that's right, dan. we used nasa worldview satellite to track how the smoke has spread over southern california over this past week as the carr fire grew. take a close look. i'm going to circle redding for you right now so you can track it. here is the bay area, of course. this is the first day. and look how the white smoke comes out, and it starts spreading east towards nevada and south towards the bay area, although as spencer mentioned, not too bad for us here today. also, i want to take a look at the mendocino complex fire we've been talking about. you see the two fires. they're getting very close. only about eight miles apart now. and then as i zoom in a little bit, we can really see the neighborhoods that are in danger, upper lake right there, so close to the flames, and lakeport as well you. certainly see why just outside the fire zone. both are under a mandatory evacuation orders tonight. dan and ama? >> kristen, thank you. firefighters are making headway on an exist

news anchor kristen sze is here with the details. >> 48-year-old demetrius pitts was given a public defender this afternoon in his first court appearance on terrorism charges. the fbi says the al qaeda sympathizer did surveillance in downtown cleveland, telling an undercover agent he planned to blow up parade there this fourth of july. and then after that, he said he wanted to go after his birthplace, philadelphia on labor day. so that was next on his list. and then he also discussed possibly traveling to san francisco to look for additional targets. charging papers also allege pitts wanted to hurt the children of military personnel, suggesting giving them remote controlled cars packed with explosives to blow up bases. >> we track these very closely. we work very closely with our partners in the area, but we didn't feel this was credible threat. >> pitts has previously been convicted of robbery, assault and theft. he is now accused of attempted material support of a foreign terrorist organization. facing up to 20 years in prison. now san francisco police won't comment on this case, but they

. >> and i'm kristen sze. the cost of the fire storm is still adding up.n live in santa rosa. wayne? >> reporter: good after,onno of california cities. they have money problems. their costs and their taxes are not keeping track. now add the element of a major disaster. a fire storm that takes on a whole new element. on a seemingly perfect day in santa rosa, not a care in the world for visitors nor a storm cloud on the horizon. and yet -- >> has santa rosa ever faced anything like this before? >> never, no, no city has. >> reporter: that is the mayor in a meeting of city department heads today where stress from last year's fire storm has home to roost on the city budget. they need to cut $14.5 million. almost 10%. the reserve fund is severely depleted. >> i don't think we should be hurting the economy in order to build atoday. >> reporter: santa rosa spent $5 million on the fire in just its first month and now it has more issues,

. >> kristen sze is here with more on that. >> the movement is called say her name. the african-american foreign policy movement launched it to give attention to women who are black -- the demand for justice won't be forgotten. in the past few days, the hashtag, and the name nia wilson are trending. the asian-american feminit collected tweets, we are outraged at the bra it will murder of nia wilson and stand in solidarity with all communities plagued by white supremacists. pictures of nia and her sister, along with the hashtags, say her name, and protect black women. celebrities are also speaking up, actress rose mcgowan, a central figure in the me too movement, indoctrinated hate is a deadly weapon. busy philips write, i will stand with my sisters, i will stand up and scream, i will demand justice for nia. some of the say her name posts link the attack with white supremacists, right now, as you heard from authorities, they have no evidence suggesting a racist motivation. nia wilson's death is highlighting a painful truth, according to the cdc, black women are murder

. >> i'm kristen sze. home invasion suspect is in the hospital after being shot by the homeowner. >> it happened near groom drive and richmond. the suspect tried to break into two other houses before he forced himself into a third home. >> eric thomas is live at the police station where officers are calling this self-defense. right, eric? >> reporter: they are, indeed. and larry, kristen, the suspect is in extremely critical -- dealing with injuries, disregarded crime scene tape, one clue that something extraordinary happened at this home in the 3100 block of alta mira drive overnight. here are two more, a bullet hole in the front window and in a mini van parked outside. >> i thought i was

abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here with a visual of how much land is burning right now. kristen? >> the county fire is now over 70,000 acres, represented over there. flames stretch from ginde da in yolo to the southern part of lake berryessa. on the right, if the fire were burning in the bay area, it would basically cover all of san francisco going south, daly city, san bruno, all the way down to san mateo, right at the san mateo bridge. now remember, the county fire is about twice the size of san francisco right now and still growing. now, let's get a feel for the size of the pawnee fire in lake county next to is the indian valley rfsz. on the left, it's much smaller, having scorched just under 13,000 acres. now look to the right. if the fire were in the bay area, it would cover not even all of san francisco. maybe less than half of the city. i also want to show you the immense smoke from these fires. you can clearly see it from the satellite image from the national weather service. now fortunately, the marine layer has really been keeping the smoke at higher elevations yesterda

. >> i'm kristen sze. you might be surprised by what a deputy police chief at bart is telling riders to do when they come face to face with violent criminals. >> like one woman did this week at bart's fruitvale station. >> tuesday morning around 9:00 two people in two separate cars were robbed at gunpoint on the second floor of the parking structure. >> i heard a pop and a blood curdling scream. >> reporter: beth amy says she narrowly escaped being victimized herself. a man was driving slowly next to her as she walked. angled his car in front of trying to box her in. >> i looked at him in the face, he started opening his car door, and immediately i knew he was going to rob me or do something. so my instincts kicked in. i looked him in the eye and i said, don't you dare. i kicked his car door closed, and i ran away. >> reporter: as she ran she says she heard another woman scream. our police deputy chief ed alvarez says the man robbed the other woman at gunpoint after shattering her passenger window, and the

. >> abc 7 news anchor kristen sze is here to explain. >> at the center of the fight, whether to let californians vote on a plan to split the state into three, northern california in orange there, stretching from the bay area to the oregon border, southern california in green, which would begin in fresno and cover most of socal, and california in blue, covering the coastal areas, including los angeles. the proposal qualified for the november ballot with the backer tim draper gathered over 400,000 valid signatures. but the supreme court blocked prop 9 from appearing on the november ballot. the ruling says significant questions have been raised regarding the proposition's validity and the potential harm in permitting the measure to remain on the ballot outweighs the potential harm to delaying into a proper election. there is argument the proposal would abolish the state constitution. >> creating three new governments, three new governors, disrupting our prison systems, our higher education systems. >> the issue is not dead. now comes a legal battle fought on many front seat. california