we're all from out larson former cia veteran who served as moscow section chief among other politicians welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. now wolf the american intelligence community has been accused of being politicized many times in a bush sheriffs' the politicians use it to justify iraq now the agencies are again the world in a political scandal i know you pride yourself on your colleagues for being patry arctic nonpolitical but can you really be about politics in this line of work i mean that sounds kind of like fairy tale almost. i think it's a standard you have to strive for i've been a lifelong political independent for that reason that you outline that it's crucial for intelligence officers to be independent and objective and serve the country not just the president and the government but we are also all citizens now they. are taxpayer funded they have no private sector competition appointments there are made by politicians how can all that not be politicized. actually the in the intelligence profession all of our officers are career professionals we spe

incidentally, reverend larson burned to death trap at the window bars of the up stairs lounge. with his last breath he screened the words oh, god, no. and then his body was left of their, exposed in its gruesome final repose for at least four hours. he became a spectacle for the media and drunken onlookers. and afterwards his mother did decline to accept his remains. so after the fire, these aliases and nicknames, bill larson, a deacon of the new orleans church whose legal name was wayne george mitchell. it was mitch mitchell at the up stairs lounge. this would all hamper efforts by the court nor to id the victims but ordinarily these mechanisms, he's convoluted methods of compartmentalization that only did the gays remain safe in new orleans but men the average new orleans in connective knowledge was happening right in front of everybody's noses. they could also appear upstanding when you do choose to violently punish those who did not point out what was happening in the undeveloped lungs all of the other vices the sea had managed in which it thrived in the city for decades if

incidentally, reverend bill larson tracked the window bars of the upstairs lounge. with his last breath, he seemed the words of god know. and then hisbody was left there . soaked in its gruesome final proposed, for hours. >> it became a spectacle for the media and drunken onlookers and afterwards, his mother refused to accept his remains so after the fire, thesealiases and nicknames, bill larson , the deacon of the new orleans church, his legal name was duane george mitchell at the upstairs lounge, this would all hamper efforts to have the coroner id the victim but ordinarily, through these mechanisms, these convoluted methods of compartmentalization not only did hayes remain safe in new orleans, but then the average indian have to acknowledge what was happening in front of everybody's noses . and they also appear outstanding when they did choose to violently punish those who did point out what was happening in the underbelly alongside all of the other bystanders the city had managed and which it right inthe presence of the city for decades and centuries . prostitut

representative matt gaetz and john larson, thank you for being here.e are gathered here to honor a great warrior, sergeant john award him our nations highest and most revered military honor. would you all please join me in welcoming the wonderful family that i just met in the oval .ffice, the chapman family please stand up. >> [applause] pres. trump: and to his beautiful wife, valerie, who agrees that he was a very brave man writes from the beginning. right, you knew that? this day has brought special meaning, exactly 26 years ago, you married john. today it is our great honor to share his incredible story with the world, so thank you very much. appreciate it. and your daughters, madison and breanna. we award your dad the congressional medal of honor. i know he is looking down on you right now from heaven, proud this day, but even more proud of the incredible young women that you have both become. it is great to know you. treat to have met you, thank you. to have met you, thank you. we are meant by john's mom, his sister, his brother, and valerie's par

we're all from out larson former cia veteran who served as moscow section chief among other politicians welcome to the show it's really great to have you with us. now wolf the american intelligence community has been accused of being politicized many times in a bush sheriffs' to politicians use it to justify iraq now agencies are again the world in a political scandal i know you pride yourself on your colleagues for being patry atsic nonpolitical but can you really be about politics in this line of work i mean that sounds kind of like fairy tale almost. i think it's a standard you have to strive for i've been a lifelong political independent for that reason that you outline that it's crucial for intelligence officers to be independent and objective and serve the country not just the president and the government but we are also all citizens. now they. are taxpayer funded they have no private sector competition appointments there are made by politicians how can all that not be politicized. actually the in the intelligence profession all of our officers are career professionals we spend ou

kate larson, "abc7 news." >> thank you very much. >>> at oakland, three arrivals from hawaii came in on time tonight. in san jose, one flight from honolulu was canceled. united airlines canceled all flights two and from maui. >> if you have a trip planned to hawaii in the next few days, you can rebook for free. but the new flight usually has to be within a couple of weeks, so may or may not work for your schedule. if the airline cancels your flight, you get your money back. we have information on all the major carriers at abc7news.com. >>> let's move on. firefighters are working into the night monitoring a fight that broke out outside the tesla family in fremont. the flames billowed above contractor road around 5:30 this evening. this shows what it looked like from a ground. a tesla spokesperson said some cardboard materials caught fire and the flames then spread to a patch of grass. power lines also then caught fire. no one was hurt and none of the buildings were damaged. >>> firefighters are watching for hot spots after flames broke out on mt. diablo around 3:30 this afternoon. you

live in san francisco, i'm kate larson, back to you. >> good stuff there. thank you. >> af r. >>> a memorial service for kirk grisz tomorrow. this is the man who hit and killed him last friday. shawn walker is accused of being distracted on his cell phone. he just pulled him over along i-80 when walker crashed into them. he is out on bail. we will be live streaming tomorrow's procession and memorial starting at 9:00 a.m. >>> no more plea deals for the ghost ship fire defends. the alameda county district attorney is urging the judge to move forward with a trial as soon as possible. karla has reaction from the defense as well as a victim's family member. >> in the latest case, the da's office said they will no longer accept plea deals for the defends. in this letter obtained and published by our partners at the east bay times, nancy o'malley said people stand ready to try the case against both defendants. last week a county judge tossed out a deal accepted by another judge, setting the stage for a lengthy trial. max harris's defense attorney responded to the

the abc7 news reporter kate larson is live now in hercules where she spoke with the family. kate. >> reporter: well, dan, that's right. you know, the homeowners tell me who you're going to hear from in a moment, the robbers were wearing masks, gloves, and all black clothing. it was frightening because one of the robbers actually started to hit the homeowner while his family was right there. >> he hit my son watching tv. i heard, boom, boom. and i come out. >> reporter: he was taking us through how a group of masked men kilkd in his front door tuesday afternoon and attacked him with a crow bar. >> he tried to hit me and after that he say, don't move. i will hit you and kill you if you move. >> reporter: he said he was terrified for his wife and 2-year-old son who were watching as the robbers ransacked their home looking for valuables. >> where is your money? where is your jewelry? >> reporter: he said he didn't have anything to steal, so the robbers left with a small box. >> he took the small box. i don't know what is inside. >> it's scary because, you know, it's so close. >>

news reporter kate larson is live outside hemlock tavern on polk street with the story. kate? >> reporter: larry, ama, the manager tells me over the years more than 15,000 bands have played here but not much longer since the building is going to be demolished to build new housing. >> it's sad. now that you this is gone and red devil, i don't think i'll have anywhere to play. >> reporter: when hemlock tavern first opened in 2001, chris would come and play his bass guitar with punk and noise rock bands. now 17earsng tt s sudsoa before is converted into a 54-unit mixed use condo building. >> ever since i moved here it w there. change is what happens. >> we provide an afternoon into san francisco that allows for adventurous music to meet fans. > reporter: michael started working at hemlock as the sound guy. now he's the manager till it closes october 6th. >> hopefully, some people will get the idea that this is a vacuum that needs filled and that they'll make a new space for this adventurous music to happen. >> reporter: down in the mission, another bar and music venue is worried

abc 7 news reporter kate larson is joining us live. kate? >> reporter: larry, google says they want easy access to transportation, which is why the center of their proposed development right here is at dierdon station. many neighbors are worried that they're going to be on a train out of san jose for good. san jose residents rallied outside. >> do not be displaced. >> reporter: and inside city hall to protest google's mini development in downtown san jose. >> the safety concern i would have, i wish you guys would go outside and voice displeasure. >> reporter: police barred many attendees from a public advisory meeting. going the says the development would be 6 to 8 million square feet and would include office, residential and retail space. >> what is google doing to ensure that san jose residents don't get displaced by their new complex. >> google is listening to the input along with the city and they expressed early on their intention to be part of some of the solutions. >> if google wants to come here, they've got to be a good neighbor. >>

in san francisco, kate larson, abc 7 news. >> i liked how they were playing your song by elton john. i hope that is their song. congratulations them and what a great effort. a lot of people don't talk about male sexual abuse. >> that's true. he's opening up the gates for people to talk about it more often >>> we'll switch gears and talk about crazy flavors oreos, cherry coke, but now one that might bite you back. >> hot chicken wing and wasabi flavors. the company says that both flavors are so spicy they recommend you drink them with a glass of milk, but don't race to the supermarket yet, they are only available in china right now. both of those sound disgusting to me. >> not getting on a plane to get those. >> really. okay. even daredevil mike. i'm shocked. we thought when we saw the picture it was macha flavor. >> i think that could work. >> i think it could too. not what sabby. >> keep the wasabi. we're good. >> that's a resounding no. all right. let's move on and talk about what's going on weather wise and how many of you would say resounding no to the fog we've been dealing with

kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> now to developing news on the mendocino complex fires.ory evacuations last night. this is the area north of the glenn colouisa county line, east of the mendocino national forest boundary, south of 308 and west of county road 306. the ranch fire which is part of the mendocino complex is 76% contained. it is the largest wildfire

now we're back with cia veteran ralph mol what larson former top cia official on a two decade veteran of the agency tell you about this only in today's united states internal and external policy so off michael powell has just recently matt had so fresh us intelligence verus to protect the american people as he put it so hostile rhetoric threatening sanctions aside russia and the u.s. are still program enough to work together on some issues right oh that's right sophia it's really important that professionals in the intelligence business not cease cooperation even at the hardest times we have a long history between the u.s. and russia that goes back in the soviet days of setting aside our most grievous complaints against one another to cooperate in areas like counterterrorism and sometimes on counterintelligence and other issues that impact on both on our bilateral relations and i applaud the recent meeting of the three russian intelligence. visits chiefs in washington with director pompei and others i think it's a great move toward to reinforce the idea that we must continue to cooper

let's take a short break right now and when we're back we'll continue talking to cia veteran ralph larson discover a spy agencies position and it's today squalls tensional states and. uses to. put themselves on the line. to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president and you. want to be. to going to be for us this is what the full story of the beautiful. interstate or was it belongs in the. city. you know world of big. logs and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to get the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. now we're back with cia battering ralph while what larson former top cia official and a two decade veteran of the agency tell you about the spy bureau's role in today's united states internal and external policies are all from michael powell has just recently met had so fresh us intelligence verus to protect the

i'm kate larson.ea man $28 9 million from monsanto, the company that makes round up. the janitor regularly used round up while working as a groundskeeper for the benicia school district. he was diagnosed with non-hodgkin's lymphoma. they have no plans to settling future cases. good news, progress is being made on the ferguson fire which is allowing the national park service to re-open yosemite valley next tuesday. highway 140 will be open as well except highway 41 at the super end of the park. 41 will remain closed from warona to the valley floor for at least another week. the giants will retire barry bonds number 25 in a special ceremony in at&t park. bonds' career ended 11 years ago at the age of 42. he has the most mvp awards in baseball history. bonds godfather willie mayes along with a host of former teammates and two of his managers, jim jim we have frances dinglasan. >> you can see here with live doppler 7 and the satellite image, but it will clear pretty quickly. here is a live shot looking th

with senators boseman, blumenthal, casey, murphy and senator toomey and representative gates and larson you for being here. thank you very much. we appreciate it. we are gathered together this afternoon to pay tribute to a fallen a fallen warrior, a great warrior. technical sergeant john chapman to award him the nation's highest highest and most revered military honor. could you all please to join me in welcoming the wonderful family that i just met in the oval office, the chapman family. please stand up. [applause] and his wife valerie agrees he was a brave man from the beginning. right?. right? you knew that. i know it has special meaning. exactly 26 years ago you married john and today it is our great honor to share this incredible story with the world. thank you very much. i appreciate it. and your daughters, we award your dad a congressional medal of honor he is looking down on you right now from the house and proud on this day but even more proud of the incredible young women that you have both become. it is great to know you and great to have met you. thank you. we are also grate

analysis, let's bring in our tech analyst, matt larson.ow big is china for the gaming industry globally? >> we are looking at a $125 billion market globally. china and the u.s. maintain half of that market, which is not surprising given population distribution. another telling fact, as a percentage of gdp, most countries, video gaming is around .2%. china is .49%. these are huge numbers for the industry generally. emily: the government is trying to implement a one-hour rule for parents to impose on their children. of the amount of time the child can sit in front of the screen per day. is that realistic? even in china? matt: it's like something coming out of my childhood. china has done it in the past. there have been regulations on a game called honor of kings there have -- that have been imposing time limits on underage users so it is possible. some of the other regulations they are looking at is making the games less addictive. we in the u.s. have looked at triggeringiction features in games like random generation of the various rewards

kate larson is live in the studio with more. >> at heart of the bill is more equitable criminal justice system but people are concerned with more incarcerated or hundreds of businesses with thousands of employees say the bill puts them out of business. california is closing door on money bail. decisions whether a suspect is released pretrial is risk assessment, not coming up with right amount of cash. >> based on individual's full set of circumstances, risk to the public, risk of flight. that's right thing to do, better thing to do. >> my charges are five kidnap, four robbery and three robberies with use of firearm. >> did you do it? >> nope. >> met at bail bonds business in san francisco. after six months in custody was released on $700,000 bail, now awaiting trial but codefendants are still locked up. >> i feel bad they don't have money to pay bail. i'm lucky. >> business that let him put up the cash bond will likely be forced to close for good. >> we're very disappointed. >> president of the kalsz bail agents association, spoke via facetime from southern california, nearly half the l

i'm kate larson in for chris nguyen today. meteorologist frances dinglasan in for lisa arjen. i've been saying it all morning, but we have good news. >> we have good air quality and gorgeous weather ahead. here's a look at live doppler 7 and lots of clear skies, and clouds along the peninsula coast and here is a good shot of the go bridge. it's looking clear out there right now. sunrise at 6:21. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. the breeze will peck ick up thi afternoon andithimproved air quality expect cooler temperatures inland and upper 70s at the coast and upper 50s and lots of sunshine. sun

near his old friend and ex-roommate, chuck larson. mccain row this. other friends have left, too, i'm tempted to say before their time. that is not the truth. what god provided is what we must accept. it's up to us to make the most of our time. my dear friend, chuck larson, who i looked up to since we were kids made the most of his. shepard? >> shepard: tributes pouring in long beyond politics. >> yes. mccain was a big sports fan. larry fitzgerald will be among those that speak here. yesterday at the diamondbacks game, the cardinals game, there was a moment of silence in honor of senator mccain. >> join in a moment of silent reflection of senator mccain and his tireless service to our country. senator mccain was intimately involved with his own funeral services. he chose opera singer renee fleming will sing "oh danny boy." he chose his eulogies former president obama and bush. megan mccain will give some remarks and the glee club will sing for him. he liked bag pipes. they will play as well. shepard? >> shepard: william la jeunesse live in phoenix. an

. >> abc7 news reporter kate larson spoke to him as he finished his journey. yo t wait for the big surprise at the end. >> i have like a billion emotions. >> reporter: those feelings propelled christian to run the last three miles of 3,000 mile journey across the united states. >> he's run 30 miles a day. 119 marathons. >> reporter: spent last five months of his life with a purpose. >> i'm a victim of childhood sexual abuse. i have to continue to say it. >> reporter: message reached countless people as he stopped in cities across the u.s. to talk about childhood abuse. >> even though it happens a long time ago, first thing you think it every morning and last thing every night. want people to know not alone. we're all done. >> reporter: helping christian, baby girl born in his literal cross country run and lindsey, surprised by her own personal best at end of the race. >> will you marry me? >> this is a good day. i get him back and get to marry him. it's been a great year. >> reporter: much of the money raised by christian and help the children goes to bay area

kate larson with what he said. >> tonight he said that president trump's particular attention to thect words and phrases that he used as press secretary was unusual compared to other politicians he's worked for. about his time in the white house spicer says many moments he wished he could have done better. >> replayed that day in my head more times than you can imagine. >> attempts to lessen the enthusiasm of the inauguration are shameful and wrong. >> says the first briefing was day he would like to do over. got a call from the president that surprised him. >> he was, what was that? what do you mean? i went in tough. he's like, that was horrible. >> spoke to sold-out crowd in san francisco at commonwealth club event. said everything about the role surprised him. including melissa mccarthy's impersonation on "saturday night live." >> million thoughts. okay, funny, well deserved. oh, my god. >> on his resignation said he knew there was no coming back from some of his blunders. >> too often was becoming the story. >> speaking about new book, "the briefing," slow sales before the event.

in the mission district, i'm kate larson, abc 7 sneenews. >>> live doppler 7, sunny skies prevail allw temperatures ranging from low to mid-60s on the coast to mid and upper 60s around the bay -- 50s, rather, and then upper 50s to about 60 inland, east bay. looking at tomorrow's forecast, breezy at the coast with partly sunny skies there, highs on the coast will be in the mid to upper 60s, mid to upper 70s around the bay shoreline, one or two locations topping out at 80. the real heat will be inland tomorrow, mid-90s, upper 90s in some locations. now as we look ahead, the high temperature trend over the next three days look like this, on saturday we'll see even warmer weather than tomorrow. in fact, we'll see highs near 100 in some inland locations on saturday. the heat will be quite intense inland. mild to hot on sunday. mid-90s in some inland spots on sunday. a more significant calldown on monday, breezy and cooler. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast, and you can see, it's going to be pretty warm through sunday in all locations except for on the coast where it will just be mi

kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> the city of sunnyvale may put the brakes on a scheduled increase in its $15 an hour minimum wage so other cities can catch up. some council members want to maintain regional consistency, expressing concern that other cities may cheaper than sunnyvale. the council will decide next month to allow that wage increase to take effect. >>> let's head up to the mendocino complex fires. the ranch fire to the north, the river fire to the south. in between you've got clear lake. one of the buffers between those two. good conditions this morning, at least on the ranch fire. it's 59 degrees and 79% relative humidity. no winds. light wind to about 7 in the river fire. that's a change from the last couple of nights. it is warmer at 72 and the relative humidity is already dry at 39%. temperatures are going to flirt with 100 today, tomorrow and then mid 90s from friday all the way to tuesday. no break there, at least not from the heat. back here at home, wish we could send some of this up there. low to mid 50s around san francisco right now, with 53 downtown, same tempera

i'm kate larson in for chris nguyen. we have meteorologist frances dinglasan in for lisa arjen. it is such a beautiful day. we are having trouble choosing our beauty shots. >> we had a gorgeous sunshine. clear skies on satellite image, i'm showing you an onshore flow and the clouds starting to push in across the bay right now, but that will quickly clear. in the next couple of hours, temperatures will start to climb into the upper 70s like fairfield, 10:00 and san francisco will still be under some clouds and by lunchtime in the afternoon, the clouds will retreat and san jose warming up in the low to mid-80s and we'll see some of the warmest temperatures in the inland areas and low 90s there. this evening should be nice and clear and grab a jacket, specially near the coast where the sea breeze will keep things cool, but inland will be a little mild tonight and we have a bigger cooldown on the way, kate, and i'll tell you about that with the accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> we do have developing news out of the east bay this morning. police in richmond are investigating some s

both buried at arlington national metery, but he will be buried in maryland near his friend chuck larson, a four star admiral. sel tor mccain w laid to rest at the u.s. naval academy cemetery in annapolis. he graduated there in 1958 and wrote in his book back in may that's where he wanted to be buried in the cetery near the southern river where it all began. >>> news this morning, a shocking letter from a former vatican ambassador that says church officials knew about abuse allegations of archbishop theodore mccarrick, but promoted him anyway. the former ambassador says former pope benedict xvi sanctioned mccarrick back in the te 2000s, but those sanctions seemed to be lifted after mccarrick met with newly elected pope francis in 2018. so far the church has not responded to the allegations in the letter. bishop mccarrick of course si reed as cardinal last mon after a church investigation learned that an abuse claim against him was credible. >>> and another development in the case of 10-year-old makiyah wilsonut gunned downde her home in d.c. one man is icu ody, but a second man is on the

i'm kate larson in for chris nguyen today. we have meteorologist frances dinglasan in for lisa arjen. i've been saying it all morning, but we have good news. >> we have good air quality and gorgeous weather ahead. here's a look at live doppler 7 and lots of clear skies, and clouds along the peninsula coast and here is a good shot of the go bridge. it's looking clear out there right now. sunrise at 6:21. temperatures in the 50s and 60s. the breeze will peck ick up thi afternoon andithimproved air quality expect cooler temperatures inland and upper 70s at the coast and upper 50s and lots of sunshine. sun sets at 8:07. we have a great weekend ahead and i'll let you know about some temperature drops coming up in the seven-day forecast. kate? >> thanks, frances. >> police in richmond are investigating some sort of incident involving multiple cars. it happened last night around 10:00 on 13th street. it is not totally clear what happened. several evidence markers are on the ground as officer investigate the scene. we have the police

brett larson host fox news headlines 24/7 on xm. he frequently investigates tech stories for us.son i know this can't be true because we've ised this for a long time but the industry has denied it repeatedly but you are saying it is real? >> they have denied, denied, denied but every time someone sits down and researches it seems it is actually happening. that the conversations that you are having in front of your smart phones are being listened to and then advertisements appropriate to the conversations you had will pop up the next time you go online. >> tucker: can i interrupt to you make sure this is not when you are speaking to serrie, when you are talking to the phone when you are in a restaurant. >> even now. >> tucker: how is that legal? >> here's the thing. this is where when why had mark zuckerberg in congress, congress said over and over these end user agreements that we click through and don't pay attention. for what we know it could be buried in there but it could be buried in there in such a way that you don't really understand what they are saying. when you open an

kate larson spoke to the victim's family. ♪ >> reporter: two months since her dad was hit, and seveneeks since he died. >> a lot of people want justice for my dad and i do as well. >> reporter: she is keeping her father's memory and the investigation into his death alive. >> he was giving and selfless and just his -- just even what he was doing when this was bik >>reporter: june 27th kevin was shuttling tourists down the embarcadero in his pedicab when a car hit his bike flowing him on to the pavement. police released this video, a gold honda civic weaving through traffic towards the bay bridge after the wreck. >> everybody has to go at one moment but the way that it happened is, you know, very painful. it could have been avoided. >> i came to the hospital the day he passed. that was the tragedy when we found out he couldn't heal from his injuries. >> reporter: vince brown met kevin at college in oakland 40 years ago best friends until the day kevin passed. vince with hundreds of others spent the day eulogizing kevin. >> never expected anything back in return. ♪ >> reporter: but vinc

here's news reporter kate larson. >> reporter: at 6:00 monday morning, sahib singh natt can be seen walking. 30 seconds later the man in black kicks nath to the ground. >> they kicked really hard. really hard. >> reporter: nat's family says the 71-year-old grandfather came home injured after the man in black kicked him repeatedly and spat on him before running away. police arrested a 16-year-old boy and 18-year-old tyrone mcallister in connection with the attack. police identified mcallister as the attacker wearing black. >> everybody is scared. you know, me. everybody. >> reporter: police chief daryl mcallister posted a statement on the depth's facebook page explaining tyrone is his estranged son he hasn't seen for months and says in part, words can barely describe how embarrassed, dejected, and hurt my wife, daughters and i feel right now. violence and hatred is not what we have taught our children. >> doesn't matter that assailant was the son of a police chief. it could have been anyone. >> reporter: this is one of the founders of the sikh coalition, a nationwide sikh civil rights group

here's abc 7 news reporter kate larson. >> i've replayed that day in my head more times than you can imagine. the attempts to lessen the inauguration are shameful and wrong. >> reporter: sean spicer said his first press briefing is a day he would like to do over. he got a fall from the president that surprised him. >> he said, what was that? i'm like, what do you mean in like i went in tough. he's like, that was horrible. >> reporter: he spoke to a sold out crowd in san francisco at a commonwealth club event. he said everything about his role as president trump's first press secretary surprised him including melissa mccarthy's impersonation of him on "saturday night live." >> they were like a million thoughts going through my head like, okay, it's funny, it's well deserved, oh, my god. >> reporter: on his resignation he knew there was no coming back from some of his blunders. >> i too often was becoming the story. >> reporter: spicer was on tour speaking about "the briefing." book sales appeared slow before the event but after he spokespeople lined up to get their book signed. >> i t

live in san francisco, i'm kate larson, abc 7 news, dion, eric, back to you. >> kate, much preeshappreciated >>> if you've been outside at all anytime today, you can't help but notice the haze. >> live look outside from our abc 7 east bay hills camera. it's pointed at mt. diablo, but that's hard to see right now because of how bad the air quality is. let's check in with our meteorologist. >>> despite the clouds and the fog, you see blanketing much o the coast, those north westerly have been in training, the smoke from the fires to the north. today, the air quality, of course, was not helped by that. the poorest air quality in the santa clara valley, moderate elsewhere and we're going to continue to see the winds pump in some of that clean air from the coast. but it's going to take a while. notice the winds out of the north in novato and ukiah, bringing down the poor air quality in trapping the pollutants at the surface. for your monday, back to work, you'll notice that a lot of oranges on the map, and that indicates sensitive groups could have trouble tomorrow once again in the east bay and

>> kate larson has the story now on this landmark legislation. >> reporter: dan, kristen, for those who feel like the bail system is unfair, it penalizes low-income defendants and their families, this is a huge victory. there are many questions about how the bill will affect public safety and how the new system will be administered. >> it ends money bail, period, full stop, end of story. >> reporter: today california governor jerry brown made history in sacramento. the state is doing away with bail and instead will rely on a risk assessment when determining whether suspects should be released before trial. however, those accused of violent felony crimes will not be eligible for pre-trial release. assemblyman rob bonta says it levels the playing field for those accused of crimes. >> it will no longer be based on money anymore, that is wrong, it is based on the individual's circumstances, their risk to the public, their risk of flight. it's a better thing to do, a much more just, more safe approach. >> if someone is arrested for a non-violent misdemeanor they're supposed to be released fr

kate larson, abc 7 news. >>> now to developing news on the mendocino complex fires. cal fire issued new mandatory evacuations last night. this is the area north of the glenn colouisa county line, east of the mendocino national forest boundary, south of 308 and west of county road 306. the ranch fire which is part of the mendocino complex is 76% contained. it is the largest wildfire in state history burning more than 340,000 acres in a little more than three weeks. we sent this push alert at 10:00 last night soon after those new evacuations were issued. download our free abc 7 news app to get updates on evacuations where you live. >>> time is 4:31. if you're just joining us time to get an update on weather and traffic where you live. drew tuma in for mike today. good morning. >> good morning, guys. live doppler 7 and satellite and patchy dense fog as well. take a look at visibility, santa rosa when you get to zero that's as bad as it gets. you will encounter areas of dense fog in the north bay at this early morning hour. today it's a typical august day. a lot of cloud

here's abc 7 news reporter kate larson. >> reporter: california is closing doors on money bail. under the new law decisions about whether a suspect is released pretrial will be based on risk assessment rather than if the defendant can come up with the right amount of cash. the assemblyman co-authored the bill. their risk to the public and flight and that's the right and better thing to do. >> five kidnap for robbery and flee robberies with the use of firearm. >> did you do it? >> nope. >> reporter: we met him at a bail bonds business in san francisco after six months in custody he was released from jail on $700,000 bail. he is now awaiting trial. his co-defendants are still locked up. >> i feel bad like they don't have money even to pay bail. i'm lucky. >> reporter: the very business that let him put up $50,000 cash bond will likely be forced to close for good. >> we are very disappointed. >> reporter: gloria mitchell president of the california bail agency association and spoke to us. she says more than half of california's 3,000 licensed bail agents are women and minorities. >

abc 7 reporter kate larson caught up with the group. >> citizenship for who?> citizenship for all. >> this group of immigrant youth just arrived in san francisco. they have been on the road for three weeks now and have cycles almost 1,000 miles south from seattle. >> there's so much emotion just going uphill. like i keep asking myself, why am i doing this? why am i going through all this pain? >> her family immigrated to the u.s. from korea when she was a child. she's now a college student riding to raise awareness that all immigrant communities deserve equal opportunity. >> i'm doing this for community. i wish i could have done more training before this. >> i'm mexican-american. i have seen this -- i have seen my family targeted. but i know there's other groups that are also vulnerable to deportation. >> allison is from the texas border town of mccalen, where many of the i.c.e. detention centers are located. she's a dhaock dacya recipient. >> to really address the problem, i wouldn't want my community to be pitted against other communities. because we're just