live in studio lena howland abc seven news. >> thanks, lena. developing us authorities are concerning concerned about possible attacks and retaliation to the assassination attempt on former president trump. the fbi has issued a new bulletin warning of possible violence at election related events. it also details some of the gunman's movements ahead of the shooting. this comes as the head of the secret service is expected to testify on capitol hill next week about what went wrong. here's abc news reporter lionel moise this morning. >> a new fbi and homeland security bulletin sent to law enforcement nationwide reveals on the day of the trump rally, thomas matthew kirk purchased 50 rounds of ammunition from a gun shop in bethel park, pennsylvania. also, that two improvised explosive devices were found in his car and home, sources say. on the day of the rally, crookes, a member at a local gun club, told his father he was going to the shooting range and that's when his father gave him the rifle used in the attack. fbi investigators say they've condu

abc seven news reporter lena howland joining us live in lena.sident is really at a critical point here. >> kumasi. that's right. over the weekend, senate minority leader chuck schumer met with president biden behind closed doors, according to abc news. he told the president very bluntly it would be best if he dropped out of the race. a similar message has also reportedly been given to biden from hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader in the house, and also former house speaker nancy pelosi. that's almost the entire elected leadership of the democratic party, telling him to get out the calls to step aside, continue with california representative adam schiff. in audio obtained by abc news, schiff is heard privately telling donors he doesn't think biden can win. >> i do not think he is the best person to go into this election. i think if he is our nominee, i think we lose. >> it comes as a new poll from the ap and norc center for public affairs and research shows 70% of americans think president joe biden should withdraw from the race, 65% of democ

abc seven news reporter lena howland is here. lena, how are people in silicon valley responding to this shakeup? >> reggie, from liberal tech executives to investors and young democrats, many say they're invigorated. they're invigorated and fired up by the changes in store when presidential, when republican presidential nominee donald trump named jd vance his pick for vice president, local tech entrepreneurs like elon musk and david saks were ecstatic. musk said he would donate $45 million a month to support former president trump, but now there may be reason for liberal tech executives and investors in silicon valley to feel rejuvenated and optimistic about the election. in november. professor olaf groth is with the uc berkeley haas school of business. he believes vice president harris can do well over a number of issues in silicon valley. >> look, i mean, i think silicon valley is generally in favor of more diversity. i think she will draw hispanics. she will draw black voters, she will draw younger voters. she will draw a crowd

lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right. thank you. ting ready to celebrate the holiday at alameda's annual parade. some eager residents set up their lawn chairs yesterday to reserve spots. >> and people tend to do it earlier and earlier because the parade is so popular that you want to carve out your spot and get a good get a good spot for the parades. it's a big deal. yeah we love it. we've been here about 20 years and try to make it every single year. >> city of richmond got an early start in celebrations with its fireworks show yesterday. that event is held along the water. people say it's not just a beautiful way to ring in the holiday, but also a way to escape the extreme heat and stay with abc seven news. as we continue tracking the heat wave, we'll have more updates on the fires and a list of cooling centers around the bay area. to get the latest, go to abc seven news.com or the abc seven bay area app in oakland, 13 senior citizens living in a community living center have reportedly been brutally attacked and robbed in just the

that's where we find abc seven news reporter lena howland live in dublin. how's it feeling out there right now? lena >> hey, kumasi. good morning to you. things are pretty calm out here right now. a much different story than what fire officials are expecting over the next couple of days. with the wind really being the biggest wildcard. now, santa rosa fire officials told us that fire season traditionally hits california later in the year. but with this year's rain came a lot of growth and that vegetation has quickly dried out. plus, this week we're expecting a heat wave with temperatures hitting the triple digits all combined. a real threat of wildfire across northern california. p-g-and-e's now warning that these conditions could prompt public safety power shutoffs, which are planned outages that prevent wildfires. those are expected to start as early as tomorrow, mostly for small areas in solano and napa counties. >> we're watching really closely for tuesday is what the wind speeds are going to be in these areas that have really dry conditions. >> typicall

lena howland abc seven news. >> thanks, lena. developing news on the largest wildfire in the state this year. this is near chico. police arrested a suspect accused of pushing his burning car over an embankment, sparking the park fire. that fire has burned more than 164,000 acres since wednesday, and containment is at only 3% now. parts of the town of paradise, which was destroyed in the 2018 camp fire, are now threatened and under an evacuation warning. just to give you an idea of where this is happening, the fire zone sits on the border of butte and tehama counties. >> cal fire says the flames have moved closer to homes in cohasset and forest ranch. crews say homes have been lost, but it's not clear how many at this point. a couple who lives in chico evacuated and saw a picture of their home still standing, but five other homes near theirs burned. >> when you see close friends, family, neighbors losing their homes and you're celebrating the fact that you have a home, you know you're going to go home to, you can't help but shift

lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you lena.ir india passengers currently stranded in siberia are expected to finally make it to san francisco today. the airline said it is sending a relief flight to pick them up after their flight from new delhi made an emergency landing in russia. the cockpit crew found a technical issue in the boeing triple seven's cargo hold two hours into the flight yesterday. air india says it worked with russia officials so the passengers could stay at hotels overnight. this was not related to the cybersecurity issue we just talked about with lena. >> now to your voice, your vote. former president donald trump has formally accepted the republican nomination for president. he gave his first live speech since the assassination attempt on his life, abc news reporter perry russom tells us the other hot topics he addressed on the final night of the rnc. >> former president trump formally accepting the republican party's nomination for president trump on stage for the first time since the assassination attempt

lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you lena. the republican national convention heads into day two today. so here's a live look in milwaukee, where delegates will gather later on. donald trump is officially the republican presidential nominee, the ap reports. nikki haley is likely to speak today. she was a last minute addition to the schedule today will focus on immigration and crime, with the theme make america safe. once again, let's show you what happened last night. trump paraded onto the floor and appeared emotional as he walked through his supporters. he joined his new running mate, j.d. vance, for the first time, a prerecorded speech from trump played for the crowd. >> whether you vote early absentee by mail or in person, we are going to protect the vot. that's the most important thing we have to do is protect the vote. >> many of the speeches yesterday focus on economic policies and claims that president biden has mishandled the economy. >> j.d. vance, just like current vice president kamala harris, has bay area ties. he

lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you lena. the contra costa fire protection district district is advising you to avoid hiking trails. many local and regional parks are closing down because of the heat. mount diablo state park is shut down and it may stay closed into the weekend. mine ridge open space in concord is closed, as are many walnut creek open spaces and parks. east bay regional parks shut down a long list of places through the end of the weekend to coincide with this sustained heat wave. >> many east bay regional parks will remain open for visitors during this week's increased temperatures, including swim facilities and shoreline regional parks. unfortunately, we had to close some, hill and inland parks, due to the extreme fire conditions and heat. >> all park districts are asking you to check the website before you head out. now, this is video of rescued wildlife being hand-carried into the lindsay wildlife rehabilitation hospital in walnut creek. you might see unusual wildlife behavior in this heat, including birds

live in dublin lena howland, abc seven news lena. >> thank you. now we take a live look at the golden gate bridge starting this morning. it's going to cost you a little more to cross it. fares increase by $0.50. while you were sleeping. fastrak users will now pay 925 if you have a pay as you go account, that's 950 and fares will continue to go up every year for the next four years. because the golden gate bridge is facing a1a $220 million budget deficit. and if you think, oh, i'll avoid it by going on the ferry or bus, you really won't because golden gate transit or golden gate ferry will also see fares going up this morning. they'll increase by a quarter like the bridge. these are going to go up every year until 2028. >> if you've been thinking that your morning commute feels a bit longer and longer, you're right. >> in a way. new data from analytics company inrix shows congestion is trending worse every year. in 2023, drivers in san francisco lost 45 hours in traffic, which is five hours more than the year before. san francisco scored 13th worst

abc seven news reporter lena howland joining us live in lena. they recently had a one on one discussion about the election. >> kumasi. that's right. and this is something we've been seeing a lot more of in the aftermath of the debate between president biden and former president trump at the end of last month, more democrats calling on biden to step aside. a source tells abc news. former house speaker nancy pelosi went to biden a week ago about concerns over his candidacy. she warned other top lawmakers in the party would start to grow louder in the house. in in those calls to drop out of the race, and it is happening. abc news now reports senate minority leader chuck schumer met behind closed doors with president biden on saturday, saying it would be best if he dropped out of the race. here's abc's jonathan karl. >> one person who has been out there publicly defending biden told me just a short while ago, biden is going to see the whole house of cards come down soon. as for that meeting in rehoboth, delaware, i am told that this was a one on one

lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena.outdoor food and art market is returning to san francisco, according to the chronicle, the sunset sunset night market is going to be more than double the size of the initial street festival, with 150 vendors filling seven blocks. it's going to have happen along irving street from 19th to 26th street. the city held the first night market in sunset last year. it attracted so many people, thousands of people, and it's coming back for two fridays this year. so august 30th, mark your calendar and september 27th. seven blocks. >> today's a ten year anniversary of the ribbon cutting at levi's stadium. the stage is set for the rolling stones. santa clara police are issuing a traffic advisory for tonight's concert. police say drivers can expect some heavy traffic around the stadium. that includes highways 101, two, 37, 880 lawrence expressway, great america parkway and san tomas expressway. have i named every single road stone around santa clara? >> 280 is your only option? >> clearly great. >>

lena howland, abc seven news. kly seeing numerous and powerful political groups rally around kamala harris as the democrats presidential nominee. the largest political action committee is representing communities of color. all endorsed vice president kamala harris as the next president. the aapi victory fund, the collective pac and the latino victory fund had also backed president biden before he decided to step aside. reuters and axios are reporting the democratic party chairs of all 50 u.s. states has endorsed harris for president, however, notably missing from the list. former house speaker and bay area lawmaker nancy pelosi. >> and you probably know that kamala harris's roots go way back to the east bay. she was born in oakland, grew up in berkeley, and started her legal career at the alameda county district attorney's office. there are a lot of reactions in the east bay on the future of the election. so here's what some people in oakland had to say. >> i appreciate biden stepping aside. a good example of what

abc seven news reporter lena howland joining us live in studio, and lena, how are some in silicon valleyatchup? >> well, kumasi from liberal tech executives to investors and young democrats, many say they're invigorated and fired u, fired up by the changes in store when republican presidential nominee donald trump named jd vance for his pick for vice president, local tech entrepreneurs like elon musk and david saks were ecstatic. musk said he would donate $45 million a month to support former president trump. but now there may be reason for liberal tech executives and investors in silicon valley to feel rejuvenated and optimistic about the election. in november, professor olaf roth is with the uc berkeley haas school of business. he believes vice president harris can do well over a number of issues in silicon valley. >> look, i mean, i think silicon valley is generally in favor of more diversity. i think she will draw hispanics. she will draw black voters. she will draw younger voters. she will draw a crowd that is more in favor of immigration, because immigration is good for labor short

live in walnut creek, lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you lena. the contra costa fire protection district is advising you to avoid hiking trails. many local and regional parks are closing down because of the heat. mount diablo state park is shut down and may stay that way into the weekend. lime ridge open space in concord is closed, as are many walnut creek open spaces and parks. east bay regional parks shut down a long list of places through the end of the weekend to coincide with this sustained heat wave. >> many east bay regional parks will remain open for visitors during this week's increased temperatures, including swim facilities and shoreline regional parks. unfortunately, we had to close some, hill and inland parks, due to the extreme fire conditions and heat. >> all park districts are asking you to check your websites for details before heading out. now this is video of rescued wildlife being hand-carried into the lindsay wildlife rehabilitation hospital in walnut creek. you might see unusual wildlife behavior in this heat, including bird

live in oakland lena howland abc seven news thank you. >> lena, if you fly delta, the company says itnda, this is a big relief for people who had a rough week. >> and when we say rough, delta has had roughly 5500 cancellations in more than 8000 delays since the outage occurred friday. that's according to data from flight tracking website flightaware. at last check, there are only four cancellations listed for delta on flightaware this morning, even though the company says operations are back to normal, there are still thousands of customers with complaints. delta is taking refund requests on their site, letting customers get back the money they've spent on replacement tickets. on other airlines. this is for travel taking place between when the global outage started last friday to sunday the 28th. delta also plans to issue 10,000 bonus miles. >> i've never seen such a chaotic scenario with bags everywhere. >> this is the worst experience i've ever had in my 35 years of business travel, the us department of transportation has announced they will be launching an investigation into the wi

abc seven news reporter lena howland live near that scene, and lena, the fire grew overnight. >> hey, kumasi. that's right. the fire grew by about 100 acres overnight. according to cal fire. this fire is now about 400 acres. and we can tell you that these firefighters are up against some very, very windy conditions up here right now on the altamont pass. now, while cal fire says the cause is still under investigation, the initial report from chp is a car caught fire in the westbound direction, and the flames then spread to the grass. caltrans reported the car fire around 945 last night. luckily everyone got out of the car safely. this is happening near the westbound side of 580 at flynn road, just outside of livermore. fire officials said. the fire was wind driven last night, and the terrain up here in the altamont made it difficult for fire crews to access. despite that, cal fire said firefighters are making good progress. just before midnight last night, cal fire says they have about 90 firefighters assigned to this fire, 20 engines and at least four dozers. their crews are working

lena howland, abc seven news. t, lena, thank you so much. >> unfortunately, over in berkeley, police say two teenagers were injured by fireworks. one of them was taken to the hospital. it happened on fairview street. this is near ellis. officers responded to the intersection shortly before ten last night. it's not clear if the teens were handling the fireworks or if somebody else was. >> one of the juveniles had to be transported to a local area hospital with moderate injuries. but he's expected to survive. the second juvenile he had minor injuries. he was treated on scene and he was released to a parent or guardian. >> sergeant donovan edwards says that the teens parents were notified as soon as they found the boys. >> there were some illegal firework shows that went off with a hitch. people came from all over to celebrate at san francisco's waterfront, crowds gathered hours before the show to watch early performances and to get some good food, while thousands were keen to come here to sf to see the fireworks amid

lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena, no matter what your plans are today, make sure you keep the holiday safe on the roads. the chp is starting its maximum enforcement period. fourth for the 4th of july holiday. it means all available officers will be out on patrol looking out for speeding, distracted and dangerous drivers. maximum enforcement runs through sunday night. if you are still trying to figure out your plans for the fourth, just head to the front page of our website for info on fireworks, drone shows, festivals and county fairs. it's at abc7 news.com or on our abc, abc7 news bay area app to ask you see the ash fall? >> then the smoke started coming in the sun was being blared out, you know, and that's when you see neighbors just panicking and trying to get out and that's when it hit me like, this is real. i got to leave. >> happening now. thousands of people are being forced to leave their homes because of a growing wildfire near oroville this morning, the thompson fire has burned over 3500 acres in butte

abc7 news reporter lena howland is live in san francisco. to break this down, lena, overtime pay and an officer shortage is playing a big role here. >> hey, reggie. that's right. and this plan essentially means paying older officers more in exchange for them putting off their retirement. this deferred retirement option program, known as drop, only, applies to officers that have been with the san francisco police department for 25 years or more. it would allow them to defer their retirement for up to five years, to then get an additional pay bump. this is only if they agree to perform neighborhood patrol or investigative work during that time, it could raise some officer's salary to nearly $500,000 a year. supervisor hillary ronen called the proposal insulting to other city public safety workers, such as social workers. >> we don't need to throw money away at 25 year officers that are just going to game the system and retire earlier than they would have because they can get an additional if they stay the whole five years, half $1 million when

abc7 news reporter lena howland is live for us in san francisco. to break this. to break this down, lena. overtime pay and an officer shortage all playing a role here. reporter. >> yeah. reggie. that's right. and the goal of this plan is to help offset the department's existing staffing shortage. this plan essentially means paying older officers more in exchange for them putting off their retirement. the deferred retirement option program, known as drop, only, applies to officers that have been with the san francisco police department for 25 years or more. it would allow them to defer their retirement for up to five years, to then get an additional pay bump. this is only if they agree to perform neighborhood patrol or investigative work during that time. it could raise some officer's salary to nearly $500,000 a year. supervisor hillary ronen called the proposal insulting to other city public safety workers, such as social workers. >> we don't need to throw money away at 25 year officers that are just going to game the system and retire earlier than they would have

lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you. lena. no other democrat has announced plans to run for the nomination. many thought governor gavin newsom would throw his hat in the ring, but yesterday, the california governor tweeted his support for his fellow californian, writing, quote, tough, fearless, tenacious, with our democracy at stake and our future on the line, no one is better to prosecute the case. a case against donald trump's dark vision and guide our country in a healthier direction than america's vice president, kamala harris. perhaps most notably, nancy pelosi of san francisco, has not offered her endorsement for harris in a recent meeting with other california democrats, the speaker emeritus stressed the need for an open nomination process. >> some of the other top rumored democratic nominees are instead choosing to back vice president harris. so here are some of the possible running mates if she were to receive the nod. the very popular governor of pennsylvania, josh shapiro, and north carolina's roy cooper, both gave

live in oakland, lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you. lena.n bay area tech innovation. it's hydrogen electric aircraft successfully completed a 523 mile flight above monterey county back in june. so this is believed to be the first forward flight of a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft powered by liquid hydrogen. the trip was a part of the air taxi development program, and these emissions free journeys are aligned with california's goals in clean energy. >> if you fly delta, the company says it will be back to normal starting today. amanda, that is big relief for people who have had a rough week. and when we say rough, delta has had roughly 5500 cancellations and more than 8000 delays since the outage occurred friday. >> that's according to data from flight tracking website flightaware. at last check, there are only four cancellations listed for delta on flightaware. this morning. and even though the company says operations are back to normal, there are still thousands of customers with complaints. delta is taking refund requests on their s

live in dublin lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you lena. new this morning, the biden administration is expected to propose new regulations today to protect millions of workers exposed to dangerous heat on the job, including farm workers delivering construction workers, landscapers and kitchen cooks. if finalized, the measure would protect an estimated 36 million u.s. workers from injuries related to heat exposure on the job. establishing the first major federal safety standard of its kind, it would require employers to take action once temperatures reached 80 degrees by giving workers access to drinking water, break areas where workers can cool off and rest breaks when needed. >> the high fire danger and dangerous heat have prompted east bay regional parks to close some areas for the rest of the week. more than two dozen parks are off limits, including the trails at tilden park, anthony chabot regional park and round valley regional preserve. they'll be closed until at least friday morning. park officials say swim facilities and shoreline r

lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you. power outage warnings, we are putting all of this week's weather stories in one place. abc seven news.com/weather and make sure you bookmark it now so it will be easy to find all of our updated stories are going to be posted there. now if you're using our app, there's a weather section. it's easy to find as well. one of the first things you'll see when you open the bay area app abc seven bay area app. you can use it and find it wherever you stream. >> this morning, prosecutors are trying to determine what comes next in the case against former president donald trump. as you know, yesterday, the supreme court ruled trump and all presidents have broad immunity from prosecution. abc news reporter emma wynn has more on how president biden is responding to the court's decision. >> this morning, donald trump taking a victory lap after the us supreme court ruled presidents have broad immunity from prosecution both during and after leaving office. the decision upends special counsel jack smith

lena howland, abc seven news. >> lena, i can't let you go. i need to have this answered.h, hold on now, before she leaves woodstock, it's name woodstock, because of the yellow bird from the peanuts, right? like charlie brown and snoopy's friend. >> yeah. let me ask her real quick. sarah, tell me a little bit about the name. where did the name woodstock come from? >> actually, yeah, absolutely. so woodstock is actually one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city of alameda. and so and the neighbor, it's located on the west end. so we saw woodstock, we saw her bright yellow color. and then we thought about our own history and our own neighborhood on the west end. and we thought, this is a perfect match, a perfect match. >> thank you so much, sarah. hopefully that answers your question. >> well, i'm gooped i really thought i had to be from snoopy, but okay, we'll accept that answer. okay. not really. it's definitely because of snoopy. okay, thanks, lena. in my mind, yeah, in my mind, it's. >> why else would it be? >> yellow woodstock flying. okay. legacy i like that though.

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lena howland abc seven news. >> thank you. lena will hop across the bay and take you to okay this morning with a live look at the airport. we do have partly cloudy skies here. our marine layer is very compressed, just limited fog this morning and that is going to create a very warm, if not hot afternoon out there later on on our friday 58. right now, that current temperature in oakland will have a good visibility reading. humidity is up and the winds are basically calm out there. let's get you going on this friday. if you're traveling over the next couple of hours, the weather really cooperating, we stay pretty calm and quiet. over the next six hours, we will have full sunshine and it will have temperatures warming to the 70s pretty early this morning. in a lot of areas. those temperatures are going to take off pretty quickly today. so looking at the highs versus average map can't get enough of this graphic. temperatures today anywhere from ten to nearly 20 degrees above average. and we do expect our hottest cities. clearly you

lena howland abc seven news. >> three juveniles are under arrest for a series of robberies and assaults in oakland. police say the first robbery happened on saturday about 12:30 p.m. near fruitvale avenue and macarthur boulevard. the victim was robbed after withdrawing money from an atm. the second happened roughly two hours later on 24th street. a vendor was robbed and then shot after confronting one of the suspects yesterday on 24th street, and a victim was pushed to the ground and then robbed. the last incident happened 30 minutes later on international boulevard, where police say the victim was pistol whipped and robbed. investigators are loing into whether this trio may be involved in other crimes as well. >> we are now learning more details of a us attorney issued subpoena in oakland following last month's fbi raid at several locations across the city, including mayor tsingtao's home. well, now we have a better idea of the documents they're looking for. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn is following the story for us. >> we're getting a look at a federal grand jury subpoena addr

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lena howland, abc seven news. >> okay, the nominations are out for the emmys.two time winner tony hale and sheryl lee ralph and emmy winner from abc's hit abbott elementary announced this year's nominees from the iconic el capitan theater in hollywood and a pair of hit tv shows on fox fx streaming on hulu. led the way. shogun is the most nominated series the show with 25 nominations. the bear received a comedy series record 23 nominations, only murders in the building was next, with 21. the emmys are sunday, september 15th on abc. we're still waiting to find out who will host the ceremony. disney is the parent company of hulu and abc seven. thanks for joining us on abc seven news at three. world news tonight with david muir >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. we have just learned that president biden has been diagnosed with covid. >>> also two ddeveloping, we ha stunning new video tonight of the

lena howland, abc seven news. >> and joining us live right now for more insight. cybersecurity expert and former fbi counterintelligence operative eric o'neill. eric, thanks for joining us. oh, we can't hear you right now. i'm not sure if your mic is muted, you want to try turning it on or hear keep talking. still cannot hear you. still can't hear you. >> what should be on there? you are. >> all right. live television. what are you going to do? got to love that. eric, thank you so much for joining us. what exactly is crowdstrike? what role does it its software play in cybersecurity? >> so crowdstrike is one of the preeminent cybersecurity software companies on earth. they have a massive market share in protecting customers all over the world. i think they make up a 2023 numbers, about 15% of the entire market. the next is microsoft, which is 40, and they have 25. that's a quarter of the market of what's called endpoint detection and response software. and that's unfortunately the kind of software that was responsible for the glitch we're seeing all over the world.

lena howland, abc seven news. >> he's a top california democrat vying for a seat in the senate.ongressman adam schiff joins me next to talk about why he called for president biden to step aside in his fellow californian, now fighting for the white house. plus, a new push for oakland police to carry out more pursuits. why the state says chases and into the oval office. oh my goodness. >> that's former president barack obama announcing his endorsement of vice president kamala harris in her bid for the white house. the former president posted this video to x showing the moment he and the former first lady called harris to tell her the news. meanwhile, her opponent, former president trump, met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu at mar a lago this morning. it's the first meeting between the two men since trump left the white house. netanyahu met with president biden and vice president harris yesterday. now, one of the house members who prosecuted trump in his impeachment trial was california congressman and u.s. senate candidate adam schiff. schiff arrived in the bay area

abc seven news reporter lena howland is following that story. >> oakland police staging around the 76 gas station on hegenberger. this three days after the gas station was ransacked by a group of around 80 people following a sideshow in the area. >> 40 minutes you could do a lot of damage in 40 minutes. that's how long they were in here. >> sam ardai is the manager and co-owner of this gas station. he believes the vandals caused upwards of $100,000 in damage. that includes the $22,000 taken from their own atm. he says the only employee working the gas station's window at the time left for fear of their own safety and called police. >> they said there was nothing we could do. you cannot just file a report online that's a respawn. >> he says it wasn't until nine hours after the incident when an officer was sent to the scene. police said they weren't aware of the magnitude of the incident until seeing this video. >> it was being looted. it's lawless. >> ken houston is director of oakland's beautification council. he had a backpack with all of his devices stolen and later hacked while par

. >> abc seven news reporter lena howland looks at what the county and volunteers are doing to try totect the south bay's most vulnerable population. >> volunteers are handing out water to the people who need it most. as the heat returns to parts of the bay area trying to hand out more water, the bay area is now in its second heat wave of the month. the first sending temperatures soaring over the 4th of july holiday, contributing to at least 14 deaths. in santa clara county. and the county medical examiner's office says that number could grow with more deaths overnight still under investigation. in a statement on the deaths, they confirmed two individuals were unhoused and one individual was enrolled in a transitional housing program. >> i could see them, you know, having a lot of death involved in that because it's just body can't withstand the temperatures and these cars and vans, you know, and there's going to be people who just don't make it through this. >> sean cartwright is an advocate with the unhoused response group. she says of the 14 people who died, at least six were older

lena howland, abc seven news. >> thank you so much, lena. lots of smiles out there today. officials in the east bay are trying to reduce the fire risk. this 4th of july holiday that includes shutting down several streets in the oakland hills. these streets are closed today. southbound lakeshore boulevard from macarthur to east 18th street. bellevue avenue, el embarcadero, and portions of grand avenue, including the off ramp from i-580, grizzly peak boulevard between skyline and centennial drive, is closed until 6:00 tomorrow morning. this is usually a popular spot for people to watch fireworks, but because of fire concerns, this stretch of road is going to be closed. there will be emergency personnel on hand to keep people fr this stretch of road is going to be closed. there will be emergency personnel on hand to keep people from entering. this corridor has been closed for the 4th of july for the last five years, officials say because of that, there have been no confirmed fires and the closures have significantly reduced crowds and illegal parking at the lookout points. an

abc seven news reporter lena howland spoke with wildlife officials about these latest concerns when it comes to coyotes and pets. >> wildlife officials say it's just not worth the risk. >> bring pets inside, you know, lease your pets while you're walking. >> coyote sightings are forcing the temporary closure of parks in san francisco, including saint mary's rec center field and presidio's mountain lake park dog area. it comes less than three weeks after a five year old girl was attacked by a coyote in the city's botanical garden at golden gate park in the east bay. pleasanton police are advising people to keep their pets indoors after receiving multiple reports of dead cats due to coyote attacks. >> coyotes can be denning and rearing pups through august, so that could be a factor. you know, you might want to avoid dawn, dusk, or nighttime walks. these are when coyotes are more active. >> the california department of fish and wildlife says if you encounter a coyote, take action. >> try to scare the coyote off. you know, wave your arms, make noise. be big, bad and loud. we say if the coy

lena howland abc seven news. >> taking a live look now across the bay area on yet another hot day, day four of this brutal heat wave, now expected to last through wednesday. you can see there that qr code on your screen that'll give you details on places to cool down. abc seven news meteorologist drew tuma is tracking the hot temperatures and the dangerous wildfire conditions. sticking with us. >> look at the red flag warning. this continues through tomorrow evening. this will end at 9 p.m. tomorrow, but it still is in effect for parts of the north bay, the east bay hills, the santa cruz mountains, because it is quite warm in our hills, a lot of our hills have surpassed 100 degrees in the afternoon. and then you have that humidity that just drops to about 10% and some gusty winds. and that is the trifecta. that is why we have that red flag warning. the combination of the low humidity, the winds and the hot temperatures. speaking of the hot temperatures, we still have heat advisories around the bay shoreline. san francisco is now removed from the heat advisory, but we still have hot tem

abc seven news reporter lena howland has reaction from san francisco bay oakland international airportfter more than a half century, the unique first come, first seated boarding policy on southwest airlines will be departing for good. >> i mean, this is pretty revolutionary for southwest uh- shocking news that they're getting rid of open seating. >> southwest announcing thursday morning plans to switch to assigned seating. >> i don't think it's going to go faster. i don't know what the goal is. >> that's a bummer. yeah, that's rough for us. >> i think once they start having availability to do assigned seating, that means the fares are going to go up too. >> the airline says when a customer chooses to stop flying with them and picks a competitor instead, open seating is cited as the number one reason for the change. according to their own research, 80% of existing southwest customers prefer an assigned seat and 86% of potential customers prefer an assigned seat, too. >> maybe it might be good, because that way i can make sure that he sits right next to the window, or i can have the aisl

. >> today, abc seven news reporter lena howland talked to impacted business owners and they kicked this one open. >> here they are. you can see right there where they kicked it open door after door. >> ken houston shows us 16 small businesses that were kicked in and ransacked early saturday morning. >> this is the remnants of them cutting our fence right here. >> houston is the director of oakland's beautification council and one of five owners of this office building on collins drive near hegenberger road. he believes thieves cut through two fences and broke in through an exit door on the second story. >> i've never seen it like this. it's lawless. they're not scared. it's called healthy fear and respect. they have no healthy fear and respect for the law. that's scary. >> houston says their space is an incubator for small businesses with primarily black and latino owners, like chris prater's barbershop. >> every single time you go through the door, you're like, it's like somebody slept in your bed who wasn't supposed to be in your house. >> their office building is directly behind the

abc seven news reporter lena howland caught up with passengers stuck today at sfo. >> i'm just feeling pretty terrible, like i've got a really massive migraine right now, and i just i just wish i, i just wish i we'd given up and stayed home. >> other airlines got back to normal in the days after friday's outage, but delta wasn't so lucky. the airline canceled 950 flights on monday. more than a quarter of its schedule. the department of transportation is now opening an investigation into the company, transportation secretary pete buttigieg said on x, all airline passengers have the right to be treated fairly, and i will make sure that right is upheld. >> this is our fourth cancellation, so now we're in this big long line. >> sarah lassig, her husband and their two year old are just trying to make it to salt lake city for a family reunion. >> really difficult. so i've tried the phone. i've tried online. like the other day i was on the phone for 2.5 hours and nobody ever answered, right? so so the last two times we've been to the airport, we just don't leave the airport until we talk to a

abc7 news reporter lena howland spoke to supporters today at a rally this morning outside city hall. when we figh, san francisco, democratic leaders are getting behind vice president kamala harris as she hopes to shatter another glass ceiling as the first female president. >> right now, she needs us more than ever. she needs us to come together. we as democrats, we don't have time to waste. >> vice president harris was the first woman to ever serve as district attorney in san francisco, less than 24 hours after she announced her intention to run for president, san francisco mayor london breed is giving her support to the oakland native at a rally on the steps of san francisco city hall. >> we're going to have to travel to battleground states. we're going to have to hit the doors and the phones. we're going to have to do text messages. we're going to have to defend her record, because there are people right now, as we speak, that are trying to tear her down, and we'll consistently go after her every single step of the way. but we know the real kamala harris. >> city attorney david chu

abc seven news reporter lena howland tracking multiple fires. us live from san jose and lena, some small fires broke out just as a professional fireworks show was going on. >> yeah, that's right. kumasi, we are at lake cunningham in san jose and this is where multiple fires burned last night. san jose fire officials calling it all very chaotic as they moved from call to call. now, as you mentioned, one of those fires is where the city held a sanctioned fireworks show for the 4th of july last night, though fire officials tell us there's no confirmation that this fire was started because of the professional show that is still under investigation. a viewer also shared some video showing a hillside on fire with fireworks going off over to contra costa county, where fire crews were also juggling multiple fires. one fire off of lotus street temporarily forced people in antioch out of their homes. this fire broke out just after ten last night. police had to help evacuate seniors in wheelchairs from an assisted living home right above the fire. we also

lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you so much., so good results. okay, relief is in sight for americans with student loan debt. today. the biden administration is notifying some 25 million student loan borrowers today, laying out options for how they could get some or all of their debt canceled this fall. officials say borrowers with runaway interest rates, or those who have been paying their debt for more than two decades, will get priority. the education department says it's still in the process of finalizing who will be eligible. >> a hayward business that's been making some old school candy bars for decades is closing its doors for good. rocky road big hunk and several other familiar names are made at annabelle's candy company. abc seven news reporter anser hassan spoke to employees about the end of an era working at a chocolate factory like annabelle's candy in hayward can be a lot of fun, says samuel valdez. >> he made candy bars, scraping the candy. >> it's too heavy. if you it's turning cold. it's getting like a stone. you

abc seven news reporter lena howland spoke with one organizer about the decision to move forward withtown feel that you don't get at all places. >> i don't know, it's got kind of a midwest atmosphere. >> it's fun to be out here with everyone. the diehards started setting up their chairs nearly 24 hours in advance. >> my favorite part of the parade is like, right now when you show up at six in the morning and you look down the street and it's lined with chairs, it's always better to be early than to be late because, you know, if i'm late by a minute or five minutes, it's over. >> but this year, the 4th of july happens to fall in the middle of an eight day heat wave for california. danville parade organizers opted to move forward with it anyway because of the early start time. >> we've been doing it for so long and we've endured heat in previous years. it hasn't been like this for the last 4 or 5 years, but we've had hot days like this before, and the fact that we do it at 9 a.m, it's still relatively comfortable. we're just doing lots of water, sunscreen, and we're gonna swim later. >>

lena howland abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you. it already feels like we've been through this heat wave for so many days, but really, we still got a long way to go. >> several days left in this thing. we check back in now with abc seven's sandhya patel for a look at the extended forecast here. yeah. >> and julian and dion, this is the fourth day of the heat wave inland. >> and as we take a look at our 24 hour temperature change, you will notice that the coast and the bay, many areas are actually running lower than where they were san francisco and hayward down seven degrees, mountain view, four degrees cooler. you can thank the fog that is just shrouding the golden gate bridge right now. hard to see here. visibility is poor, so watch out. 69 in the city, 78 degrees in oakland, 92 right now though in san jose. and it is 61 in half moon bay where we have another view from emeryville. camera showing you that fog layer. it's shallow, but it's there 92 degrees right now in santa rosa. if you're away from that marine influence, you defin

abc seven news reporter lena howland spoke with wildlife officials about the newest concerns when ites to coyotes and pets. >> wildlife officials say it's just not worth the risk. >> bring pets inside, you know, lease your pets while you're walking. remove access to anything that might attract a coyote. coyote sightings are forcing the temporary closure of parks in san francisco, including saint mary's rec center field and presidio's mountain lake park dog area. >> it comes less than three weeks after a five year old girl was attacked by a coyote in the city's botanical garden at golden gate park in the east bay. pleasanton police are advising people to keep their pets indoors after receiving multiple reports of dead cats due to coyote attacks. >> coyotes can be denning and rearing pups through august, so that could be a factor. you know, you might want to avoid dawn, dusk, or nighttime walks. these are when coyotes are more active on social media. >> coyote sightings have been reported recently in the pleasanton valley neighborhood and even on main street downtown pleasanton. police

lena howland abc seven news. >> another rally today against a ballot measure to close the san franciscoighway to traffic. keep it open, keep it open, keep it open. more than 200 protesters delivered letters to city hall asking officials to withdraw the plan to close the great highway and divert cars to sunset boulevard, but opponents are worried about that traffic being pushed into their neighborhoods. >> this legislation provides nothing except closing that road. if we're going to have a park, let's fund it. if we're going to have close a road, let's figure out where the traffic is going to go. and i think it's irresponsible to place this on the ballot as a thumbs up, thumbs down, open close issue. >> opponents of the ballot measure want to keep the current setup. with the great highway closed only on weekends, that arrangement is set to end in 2025. >> i tell you that area is probably one of the few comfortable spots around the bay today. >> it's probably a lot cooler than what we're seeing inland. lisa. >> yes, that's right. in fact, it's pretty nice in the city with breezy condition

here's abc seven news reporter lena howland. fight san francisco, democratic leaders are getting behind vice president kamala harris as she hopes to shatter another glass ceiling as the first female president. >> right now, she needs us more than ever. she needs us to come together. we as democrats, we don't have time to waste. >> vice president harris was the first woman to ever serve as district attorney in san francisco, less than 24 hours after she announced her intention to run for president. san francisco mayor london breed is giving her support to the oakland native. >> we're going to have to travel to battleground states. we're going to have to hit the doors and the phones. we're going to have to do text messages. we're going to have to defend her record, because there are people right now, as we speak, that are trying to tear her down, and we'll consistently go after her every single step of the way. but we know the real kamala harris. >> city attorney david chu was at monday's rally, too, wearing a 21 year old shirt sa

find out if your community would support it, and, you know, don't wait in daly city. >> lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right. and when it comes to building houses, how about tiny houses, adus, accessory dwelling units could become a lot more popular thanks to a new state law. we're going to have details on the bay area cities leading the way on this coming up at 630. so stay with us. >> now to developing news on the largest wildfire burning in the state. the park fire near chico tonight. it remains 14% contained. it has scorched almost 387,000 acres. that's 604mi■!s, most in tehama county. the park fire has burned more than three times the surface area of lake tahoe. flames destroyed 194 structures, including 116 houses in butte and tehama counties. some evacuation warnings were lifted today in butte county. cal fire officials say crews are having some success and they are pleased with the progress. fighting fires is emotional, dirty, dangerous work and these three are helping to support fire crews. three dogs have reported for duty at the park fire. their main task is to provid