. >> abc seven news reporter lena howland has more on these new developments. >> a community manager, a husband and dog lover. 37 year old michael dileep was shot in the head and killed outside of dublin's emerald park apartments last friday. his wife heard the gunshots and found him outside, but the suspect was nowhere to be found. >> based on social media. we were, we were able to link our suspect. 38 year old nicholas palovaara as having an online some type of online conversation with our victim and from there, the investigation was off and we were trying to locate him. >> dublin police chief nate schmidt says the suspect and

abc seven news reporter lena howland talked with the founder about what's being done to find a solution. >> muttville senior dog rescue has a new home. triple the size of their last location, the only problem? the power, the 29th of july. >> our power went off and it's been off since. >> p-g-and-e's says they worked extensively with muttville to provide guidance on steps needed to ensure safe, reliable and timely electric service. however montville's electric demand went beyond the low limit and p-g-and-e's was not informed of the change. the utility company said the demand overloaded p-g-and-e's circuit, twice damaging their equipment. >> my hope is dwindling by the day. >> sherri franklin is the founder and ceo of muttville. after weeks without power, she was asked to sign a so-called load limiting agreement on friday. by tuesday, p-g-and-e's got the lights back on, but it's still not enough power to run medical equipment and the computers needed to admit new senior dogs to the clinic. >> it's frustrating to wake up day after day sitting in this incredible space, knowing what we can b

abc seven news reporter lena howland live in san francisco this morning. d really, lena, if you're not going to either of these events, traffic could really be an issu. >> kumasi that's right, san francisco is expected to be packed all weekend long starting today, and there are already road closures in effect that we wanted to tell you about before stepping out for your morning commute. now for outside lands, the san francisco recreation and park department says that meadow and road closures in golden gate park began earlier this week. that includes closures at middle drive to accommodate the load in and load out for the festival, along with the polo field and mclaren path. mayor london breed says police will be on high alert all weekend. they have enhanced their safety plan over the years with technology this year that includes drones, mayor breed says. outside lands is expected to bring a $75 million boost to the local economy and year over year they continue to do well, contributing $1 billion to the city's economy over the last six years, $45 million in

lena howland, abc seven news. >> thanks, lena.arrests after some scary moments at uc berkeley, there was an hours long lockdown yesterday. the search for a suspected shooter, the reports of shots being fired near the clark kerr campus just after 7 a.m. one neighbor we spoke with said that he heard the shots. >> i was laying in bed about 737. i don't know what time and i thought i heard a pop, you know, the gunshot. and then all of a sudden, about two minutes later, all you heard was sirens and everything going off for about ten minutes. >> authorities later raced up to a home on panoramic way. yesterday afternoon, officers left without finding anything or anyone there. >> happening today, thousands of hotel workers across the bay area will be voting on whether or not to authorize a strike. it comes as their current union contract is just days from expiring and amanda, what are they asking for? >> well, kumasi, the local chapter of the unite here union is calling for better wages, affordable health care and lighter workloads. >> th

live in the newsroom lena howland, abc seven news. all right, lena, thanks so much. >> weeks after a fire destroyed a beloved east bay bookstore, a book lovers are coming together to help it recover. east bay booksellers in oakland's rockridge neighborhood is just a total loss. as we reported to you after the fire last month. other bay area bookstores are working together to help. organizing a gofundme that's raised nearly $220,000 so far. they're also planning a fundraiser in berkeley on sunday featuring local authors. >> an appeals court has ruled that california state law, designed to protect children online likely violates the first amendment. the age appropriate design code act prohibits social media platforms from using children's personal information, but a panel of judges objected to a portion of the act which calls for online businesses to mitigate the risk that children may be exposed to harmful materials online. the panel determined this would likely fail first amendment scrutiny. the law was supposed to go into effect this

. >> abc seven news reporter lena howland explains why some say these changes are untenable. >> the fall semester starts this week at uc berkeley and for uc president michael drake, it's been a summer of reflection. he said in a letter on monday. campus leaders spent recent months reviewing the events of the past year, which involved pro-palestinian protests taking over uc campuses. some like this demonstration at ucla, devolving into violence. now the uc system wants to strengthen and clarify policies and procedures. drake is vowing to enforce bans on campus encampments and identity concealing masks, but said in his letter our ultimate goal is for all of our community members to feel supported in their ability to express themselves. uc berkeley's chancellor echoed his support in a video message sent to all students. >> we will also continue to respond in a quick and concerted manner to violence to violations of laws, and to words or deeds that rise to the level of harassment and or discrimination. behavior of that sort will not be tolerated. >> some are against the restrictions. >> it i

but as abc seven news reporter lena howland uncovered, festival goers are facing more problems whiletrying to get a refund. >> people are jokingly comparing it to the fyre festival. >> seven on your side has learned that organizers of the west coast taco and beer festival have postponed an event. labor day weekend at history san jose. this comes after our reporting on the same event in san francisco last weekend. the event promised unlimited taco samples and bottomless beer tastings, but attendees say that isn't what they got. susie normally paid 96 bucks for one vip ticket. >> i would like to know what where the money from the ticket, from the tickets. where did it go? >> and catalina reyes says even the vendors had no idea samples were even part of the deal. >> he said, you know, they told us when we got here this morning that we were supposed to provide, free taco samples, and we don't have enough. and we did not. we didn't, you know, we didn't prepare for that. >> so many complaints have been pouring in about the san francisco event. yelp disabled the comments while they investig

lena howland abc seven news. >> coming up, the oakland a's agree to sell its half of the coliseum to a local developer. the future plans for the site now and why the city's police officer association is not happy. when we're young, we're told anything is possible... ...but only a few of us go out and prove it. witness the greatness of anna hall on a connection worthy of gold: xfinity mobile. only xfinity gives you the most powerful mobile wifi network, with speeds up to a gig in millions of locations. and right now, xfinity internet customers can buy one unlimited line and get one free for a year. get the fastest connection to paris with xfinity. entertainment group. the deal is for $125 million, and it gives the group full control of that land with a plan and the pushback, here's abc seven news reporter ryan curry. >> the african american sports and entertainment group is one step closer to turning the oakland coliseum into a housing and entertainment hub. >> this really gives us a chance to get down into the details of exactly how this development will work. >> the group's founder

in burlingame, lena howland, abc seven news. >> that is fantastic. >> it's awesome. love it. >> all right. let's turn our attention to the weather forecast. almost the weekend. yes. >> abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with what's coming. sandhya. yeah, and we're going to be seeing some big time changes come this weekend. >> but i want to show you some live pictures right now, and you will notice just how bright and beautiful the views are from our tower cameras, no matter which direction you're looking. but from mount tam, you're looking towards the coast. you're starting to see some signs of the low clouds regrouping 90s for our warmest spots, right now, from santa rosa to saint helena, we have 60s right near the coastline and also in san francisco. everyone else in between the winds are getting gusty once again. 28 miles an hour in san mateo, 29 at sfo and even san jose is gusty at this hour, so the next few hours do expect the gusty winds they come down during the overnight hours, and then we'll pick back up again tomorrow afternoon. high pressure kee

abc seven news reporter lena howland was there when they did and has the details. three them all. >> three at home, one by one, 26 protesters walked into the san francisco county jail. >> everyone is surrendering themselves today so that they can be cited out and then show up in court. >> san francisco district attorney brooke jenkins issued arrest warrants for the group on saturday. they each face 40 charges, including false imprisonment, conspiracy and trespassing for their role in the antiwar protests that shut down the golden gate bridge in april. >> it's a humongous waste of resources, the humongous waste of money. but this is how d.a. jenkins chose to go forward and we're going to fight this case, and we're going to get a dismissal. >> but this group is wondering why they're being treated so differently compared to the bay bridge. >> 78 at the end of the day, we were dismissed from our charges. they were dropped against us. and we were able to, you know, to go on. >> masamura was one of the 78 protesters who shut down the bay bridge back in november. she says

in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right. let's talk about the weather for a few moments. as you look, live outside. look how great it is out there as you look at the east bay hills. so what's in store for the weekend? >> we know the sun coming back. sandhya >> it will. okay, good. but ama and dan, it's not going to be immediately. okay. let me show you that live picture from mount tam. now, where we have a lot of clouds out there. and we definitely have autumn like weather here in the bay area as we look at live doppler seven taking you into street level radar right around rio vista. highway 12 seeing some damp roadways at this hour. taking a look back at the last few hours, we did see some showers roll through. we're going to continue to see this theme as we go. hour by hour you will notice the steadiest of the rain. heavier rain up along the northern california coast. but for us, we will see some spotty showers and some drizzle continuing off and on. so 1130 tonight it's up around mendocino county during the wee hours of t

abc seven news reporter lena howland has the latest now on the investigation. >> gunshots at uc berkeleyet off an hours long manhunt, just as summer session comes to a close. it started thursday morning when campus police say a man fired at least two gunshots toward the clark kerr campus track. a neighbor told us he heard the shots. >> i think about us laying in bed about 737. i don't know what time. and i thought i heard a pop, you know, the gunshot and then all of a sudden, about two minutes later, all you heard was sirens and everything going off for about ten minutes. >> no injuries were reported, but the nearly seven hour search for the suspect put both the clark kerr campus and the hillside campus on lockdown. seven bay area law enforcement agencies did an exhaustive search of the area, including the popular hiking trails right behind clark kerr. >> seeing an earnest response is, you know, it's reassuring to some degree. >> rishi garg was in the area to drop his daughter off at a nearby gymnastics class, but the class was canceled as a precaution. >> it's blocked off and we heard f

. >> abc seven news reporter lena howland has more on these new developments. >> a community manager, a husband and dog lover. 37 year old michael dileep was shot in the head and killed outside of dublin's emerald park apartments last friday. his wife heard the gunshots and found him outside, but the suspect was nowhere to be found. >> based on social media. we were, we were able to link our suspect. 38 year old nicholas palovaara as having an online some type of online conversation with our victim and from there, the investigation was off and we were trying to locate him. >> dublin police chief nate schmidt says the suspect and victim knew each other from several different online platforms, including discord, a popular site for gamers to communicate. less than 24 hours later, palovaara was arrested on his way back home to arizona. >> it's just a very strange case for somebody to drive all the way from arizona to the city of dublin and commit this type of a crime. in dublin, we don't see these type of crimes here. >> while the chief says they are still confirming if the two parties ha

lena howland, abc seven news the university of california president michael v drake has announced plans to step down next year after five years of leading the state's university system. >> he announced today that he's trying to leave this institution in better shape than it was before he reached tenure. during a time of growing enrollment and then massive protests. drake is 74 years old and plans to retire. closing out a 50 year career in higher education. >> a man who dedicated more than three decades to making sure children are safe is retiring. >> up next, grandpa joe's story. he's a man who's been in the lives of some families for you can pick up the tab even when you forget your wallet. (kaz) i got this. (ben) fargo, send kaz $145 dollars with zelle®. (kaz) smooth. (vo) want faster, easier banking? you can, with wells fargo. what else can fargo do? (woman) oh, come on! come on! (vo) fargo lets you do this: (woman) fargo, turn off my debit card! i found it! i found my card! (vo) and also, this: (woman) fargo, turn on my debit card! (vo) do you fargo? you can, with wells fargo. retir

abc seven news reporter lena howland on what they found and why some teachers think it's working out for the better anyway. >> wednesday marks the start of a new chapter for 450 students at longfellow middle school. after a bit of a manic summer, vacations were canceled. >> plans were put on hold. but this is what we do. >> instead of returning to their usual campus in berkeley, they're starting the school year about a mile and a half away at berkeley adult school, construction workers discovered dry rot at longfellow over the summer. >> everyone was really surprised because it was supposed to just sort of a remodel that was going to be done in time for today, superintendent annika ford martell says the building had to be redtagged during that modernization process. >> they broke into one of the walls and discovered something, and then looked even closer and said, it's not just in this one section. it's actually throughout. wasn't anything that we could have foresaw, but in just two months, the district quickly pivoted, moving everything into the adult school campus and moving more t

abc seven news reporter lena howland spoke with the victim's mother. >> one piece of peach cobbler at a time. sherry barfield is working to keep her restaurant afloat while her 14 year old son recovers at home. >> this week i said, i'm going to try to recover and reset and it's just so much we really need to be closed at this moment. >> his well-being threatened after he was attacked in the boy's locker room at dublin high school last friday afternoon. >> his blood was everywhere, all over the floor, and he was sitting on a bench in front of his locker and he was just screaming at the top of his lungs, nobody help me. how could four adults attack me? five adults. >> she says her son was first confronted by a dublin high school mother with her daughter. dublin police services say the boy ran into the locker room, but was followed by four masked suspects believed to be between 16 and 19 years old. all were wearing hoodies. >> it started initially with one on one. the guy sucker punched my son and broke his nose while he was sitting down looking at his phone, and then my son got up to fi

abc seven news reporter lena howland talked with the founder about what's being done to find a solutiontriple the size of their last location, the only problem? the power. >> the 29th of july, our power went off and it's been off since. >> p-g-and-e's says they worked extensively with muttville to provide guidance on steps needed to ensure safe, reliable and timely electric service. however, montville's electric demand went beyond the low limit and p-g-and-e's was not informed of the change. the utility company said. the demand overloaded p-g-and-e's circuit twice damaging their equipment. >> my hope is dwindling by the day. >> sherri franklin is the founder and ceo of muttville. after weeks without power, she was asked to sign a so-called load limiting agreement on friday. by tuesday, p-g-and-e's got the lights back on, but it's still not enough power to run medical equipment and the computers needed to admit new senior dogs to the clinic. >> it's frustrating to wake up day after day sitting in this incredible space, knowing what we can be doing, and yet we can't actually do it. >> so

break-in live in the newsroom lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thanks very much. now find the full picture on public safety where you live with our abc seven neighborhood safety tracker. the interactive tool has thorough historical data and trends for san francisco, oakland and san jose. it's available for you right now on our website, abc7 news.com. >> oakland's police chief says his city's problem with crime isn't necessarily the amount of it, but the perception of it. chief floyd mitchell says there's still work to be done, but today he shared new numbers that he says show violence in oakland is trending downward. here's abc seven news reporter anser hassan. >> we are seeing a reduction in total crime across oakland, but it's important to understand that when you look at our violent crime, it is decreasing. and we know these numbers are very accurate. >> just three months into his new role, oakland police chief floyd mitchell is praising the gains oakland is making fighting crime, which includes targeting crime corridors and working with community based partner

lena howland abc seven news. >> the show will go on for a community theater group in orinda this eveningkes said it reached its $350,000 fundraising goal thanks to an online campaign and matching pledges as well. the theater company has said today that the deadline to raise that money or close, was happening today, so they really time was really of the essence. cal shake suffered a financial blow during the pandemic. then other pledging pledged funding that they were hoping for simply fell through. and now the theater company says its 50th anniversary production of as you like it will go on as planned. >> get ready for the return of hot weather tomorrow. a heat advisory is on the way for the south bay. details sounded like a constant train whistle i couldn't escape. then i started taking lipo flavonoid. with 60 years of clinical experience, it's the number one doctor recommended brand for ear ringing. and now i'm finally free. take back control with lipo flavonoid. cliffhanger. jen's ex-boyfriend flew to new zealand, professed its love and asked if he could join the show. tonight we'll f

abc seven news reporter lena howland has the latest on the investigation. >> gunshots at uc berkeley set off an hours long manhunt, just as summer session comes to a close. it started thursday morning when campus police say a man fired at least two gunshots toward the clark kerr campus track. a neighbor told us he heard the shots. >> i think about us laying in bed about 737. i don't know what time. and i thought i heard a pop, you know, a gunshot and then all of a sudden, about two minutes later, all you heard was sirens and everything going off for about ten minutes. >> no injuries were reported, but the nearly seven hour search for the suspect put both the clark kerr campus and the hillside campus on lockdown. seven bay area law enforcement agencies did an exhaustive search of the area, including the popular hiking trails right behind clark kerr. >> seeing an earnest response is, you know, it's reassuring to some degree. >> rishi garg was in the area to drop his daughter off at a nearby gymnastics class, but the class was canceled as a precaution. >> it's blocked off and we heard f

but as abc seven news reporter lena howland uncovered, festival goers who went to last weekend's san francisco festival are facing more problems trying to get their money back. >> people are jokingly comparing it to the fyre festival. >> seven on your side has learned that organizers of the west coast taco and beer festival have postponed an event. labor day weekend at history san jose. this comes after our reporting on the same event in san francisco last weekend. the event promised unlimited tacos, samples and bottomless beer tastings, but attendees say that isn't what they got. susie tenmile paid 96 bucks for one vip ticket. >> i would like to know what where the money from the ticket, from the tickets. where did it go? and catalina reyes says even the vendors had no idea samples were even part of the deal. >> he said, you know, they told us when we got here this morning that we were supposed to provide, free tacos, samples, and we don't have enough. >> and we did not. we didn't, you know, we didn't prepare for that. >> so many complaints have been pouring in about the san francis

in dublin, lena howland abc seven news. >> hayes is visible in the bay area from a wildfire called the coffee pot fire. we have a time lapse view for you here. the fire was sparked by lightning and has been burning for almost a month in sequoia national park in tulare county. it's burned 7500 acres and has resulted in evacuation orders and warnings now. our weather is going to heat up next week. but. but the holiday weekend is looking really good. >> it's looking fabulous. larry wright, a meteorologist. sandhya patel is here. great. next few days and then sandhya. triple digits. >> yeah. so enjoy while you can. dan and larry right now, i do want to show you the haze that is still visible here in the bay area from our mount tam cam, so you can see that layer just kind of hovering. the good news is it's in the upper parts of the atmosphere. so not all of this is reaching the ground. purple air unofficial reporting agency, is showing some pockets of bad air quality. so if you are sensitive to smoke, you'll want to keep this in mind and try to avoid exposure. that coffee pot fire in tulare

lena howland abc seven news. >> now to developing news. the weather is expected to complicate efforts to contain the park fire, which continues to burn north of chico. thunderstorms could cause erratic fire behavior, possibly causing the fire to grow. the wildfire is already the fourth largest in state history, having destroyed about 400,000 acres. containment is at 24%. the fire is so big cal fire has deployed two incident management teams to coordinate more than 6000 fire crews battling the flames, higher temperatures and low humidity this weekend will further challenge the fire crews, so let's bring in abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. >> sandhya, what's the situation that firefighters are going to face in terms of conditions? this weekend? >> yeah, larry and ama, the biggest concern is of course, the threat of thunder. but as we take a look at the current conditions right now, it is hot 95 degrees. the relative humidity slowly creeping up into the 25% range. winds are light, which is the good news out of the south, nine miles

. >> abc seven news reporter lena howland explains why some say these changes are untenable. >> the falltarts this week at uc berkeley, and for uc president michael drake, it's been a summer of reflection. he said in a letter on monday. campus leaders spent recent months reviewing the events of the past year, which involved pro-palestinian protests taking over uc campuses. some like this demonstration at ucla, devolving into violence. now the uc system wants to strengthen and clarify policies and procedures. drake is vowing to enforce bans on campus encampments and identity concealing masks, but said in his letter our ultimate goal is for all of our community members to feel supported in their ability to express themselves. uc berkeley's chancellor echoed his support in a video message sent to all students. >> we will also continue to respond in a quick and concerted manner to violence to violations of laws, and to words or deeds that rise to the level of harassment and or discrimination. behavior of that sort will not be tolerated. >> some are against the restrictions. >> it is an unten

abc seven news reporter lena howland live at the concord airport for us now, where that plane took off around 8:00 this morning. lena, what else have you learned? >> well, this really is a miraculous story. i just talked to the pilot on the phone earlier this afternoon. and while he says that he does have some back pain from the crash, he says he is okay and as we're about to show you, he was able to walk away from the scene of the crash without any help. see you later for we'll see you all clear in concord, when a single engine cessna 150 took off for a flight around eight friday morning, but within an hour and 20 minutes, something went terribly wrong. the plane went down about 40 minutes southeast of livermore in san joaquin county. it happened near the intersection of mines road and terryville creek road. the plane flipped upside down. the pilot seen here getting out of the plane on the backside of the left wing. as alameda county firefighters arrived to help, but in just shorts and a t-shirt, he was able to walk away from the crash site without any help. an instagram account linke

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lena howland, abc seven news. >> now, an update from seven on your side. a renewed effort is about to begin to make recycling easier and more convenient, especially here in the bay area, thanks to $70 million in state grants, cal recycle plans to provide more than 250 new recycling options across 30 counties, eight in the bay area. the new options will include mobile pickup, bag drop and reverse vending machines. recyclers in san jose applaud the effort. >> i think you would be able to get more people to recycle if there was closer locations, you know, more locations. >> yeah, there should be more. you know, we're a green city, so, you know, why not walk the walk instead of just talking the talk? >> local sustainability officials are also excited, saying better participation in recycling programs will help conserve natural resources, helping to fight climate change. right now, there are only 19 places to take recycling in san jose, and only seven are recycling centers. all right, on to the weather. >> and it is just stunning out there. that's right. >> and

in berkeley, lena howland, abc seven news. >> now, when it comes to the way we recycle.ay, california is investing millions to bring more recycling options to residents up and down the state. 30 new counties will get new mobile pickup, bag drop or reverse vending machine options, and that includes eight counties here in the bay area. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has our details. >> reporter it's a busy day at the recycling center in west san jose. mike pavian just moved here from michigan, and he's bringing his bottles and cans in to collect his crv money. but unlike in the great lakes state, it's not easy to do in california. >> i take a bag to the grocery store, and they look at me like i got lobsters coming out of my ears. okay so i looked it up and i said, oh, you got to take it to the recycling places, and there's hardly any recycling places around. >> the cal recycle website show. he's right. there are only 19 places to take recycling in san jose, and only seven are recycling centers like this one on meridian, near fabian's home. but he knows oth

lena howland explains, the issue is aging infrastructure. >> crews at oakland's 12th street bart station are making repairs to make sure this doesn't happen again. a fire in an electrical room forced four oakland bart stations to close over the weekend, prompting the evacuation of about 300 riders. >> yeah, there's been some pretty bad delays. >> margaret lehman says she experienced delays taking bart every day this week through wednesday. >> delays in the in the afternoon. when you're going back and then the train just get really, really uncomfortably crowded. >> bart says service had been fully restored by tuesday, but they were running trains slower on wednesday out of an abundance of caution, people might notice that their trains were slowing down. >> that was just to not overstrain our electrical system. >> bart board director deborah allen says this has brought to light a much larger issue. >> we have a fire like this. it brings to mind for me that we are not working fast enough. bart is not working fast enough on the replacement of these critical components. >> bart says the issue

lena howland abc seven news. >> in the east bay, a new tenant will take over the oakland coliseum starting next year, with the a's moving to sacramento. the oakland roots announced plans to play their home games at the coliseum. abc seven news reporter ryan curry was there for the announcement. >> we have the oakland values and together we're going to get stuff done here in east oakland and oakland at large. >> big cheers from city leaders as the coliseum welcomes a new team, the oakland roots announced their home games for the 2025 season will be in the recently sold stadium. >> we have been nomadic up to this point, playing at different venues around oakland and the east bay, and this gives us the opportunity to be here in oakland and also to significantly increase our capacity, team president lindsay baron says securing this site was once a vision now turned to reality. >> once the a's announced they would move out after this season, the roots immediately worked on a plan to move in. >> it was always the dream to be able to play at the coliseum. this is such a historic and iconic venue

that's what my advice is to riders in oakland. >> lena howland, abc seven news. >> and we're followinghe story about an oakland, bookstore's, rise from the ashes after a devastating fire that we told you about on tuesday. east bay booksellers on college avenue had been in business for 30 years. a gofundme in about 48 hours raised more than $140,000 to help the store reopen, and the bookstore is organizing a fundraising event on august 12th. we have a link to the gofundme on our website, abc seven news.com. a second fire fundraiser in the east bay. this one set up for a cancer patient who lived in his van yesterday. ryan, six, parked overnight in berkeley when a fire ignited in a vacant warehouse nearby. he lost his van to the flames. six has stage four cancer. a gofundme for him has raised about $5,000 of its $50,000 goal. the fundraiser says the money will be used to help him get new transportation, so he can make it to his medical appointments. california shakespeare theater is making progress toward its goal to raise $350,000, so it is extending its deadline from today to monday, bu

abc seven news reporter lena howland spoke with the victim's mother about the attack and what she is doing now. in response. >> one piece of peach cobbler at a time. sheree barfield is working to keep her restaurant afloat while her 14 year old son recovers at home. >> this week i said, i'm going to try to recover and reset and it's just so much, we really need to be closed at this moment. >> his well-being threatened after he was attacked in the boy's locker room at dublin high school last friday afternoon. >> his blood was everywhere, all over the floor, and he was sitting on a bench in front of his locker, and he was just screaming at the top of his lungs. nobody helped me. how could four adults attack me? five adults. >> she says her son was first confronted by a dublin high school mother with her daughter. dublin police services say the boy ran into the locker room, but was followed by four masked suspects believed to be between 16 and 19 years old. all were wearing hoodies. it started initially with one on one. >> the guy sucker punched my son and broke his nose while he was si

in san francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. >> okay. time to focus on our weather. the weekend is here. >> it is here. and so is some strange weather for this time of year. meteorologist sandhya patel has the forecast. >> yeah, you call it strange. i call it interesting. let's take a look at this area of low pressure. this is rare for this time of year to have a deep, upper level, low like we're seeing right now. heavy rain is being reported up around the northern california coast. about a third to 4/10 is already fallen. and they're going to continue to see some steady rain across the region. as we look at live doppler seven, we're seeing some breaks in the cloud cover. but we did have a few showers go through here earlier this afternoon. now where the heavier rain is expected in the park burn scar area, the rest of sacramento county. flash flood watch up until tomorrow morning. certainly possible to see some flash flooding, mudslides, debris flows, that kind of thing. as we take a look at the winds right now, gusting to 28 at oakland, livermore is getting gusty wi

abc seven news reporter lena howland talked to the district superintendent today to learn about what and students can expect. >> san francisco unified students head back to school on monday with around 120 teacher vacancies and a cloud of uncertainty looming. >> overall, we're stretching our resources too thin. >> superintendent matt wayne says because of declining enrollment, they have the capacity to serve an additional 14,000 students across their 102 schools. >> it means it's harder to staff our schools. it means that a school needs to share a social worker rather than just having one who's there full time. >> that's why the district is planning to close a number of their schools to better realign their resources. while they haven't said how many, they did say the recommended list of schools will be released by september 18th. >> and we're making sure that families will have a choice near where they live to send their students to schools. and ultimately it will mean more resources at each school by having fewer schools that their student will be able to take advantage of. >> vane

like hard work always pays off in oakland. >> lena howland, abc seven news. >> well, move in day foreek. the first day of school for northeastern is september 4th. happening today, burning man begins in the nevada desert. the gate to the festival is back open after yesterday's rain caused delays on one of the biggest arrival days. although it was a wet start for some burners, it was not as bad as that muddy situation some experienced last year. you must remember that organizers say the mud yesterday dried up quickly in the afternoon to get cars able to move again. the burning the man burns in six days. next on abc, seven mornings at 6 a.m, a possible disruption for transit riders tomorrow. the warning from samtrans officials due to failed contract negotiations. [upbeat music] ♪ yeah, baby, i like it like that ♪ ♪ i like it like that, i like it like that ♪ ♪ si a ti te quiero mi amor, i like it like that ♪ ♪ eeeeeh, baby, i said i like it like that ♪ ♪ stomp your feet if you think i'm neat ♪ ♪ clap your hands if you want some more ♪ ♪ i said i like it like that ♪ ok, 500 deluxe garden

like, hard work always pays off in oakland. >> lena howland, abc seven news.hip recipients happens this week, and the first day of school for northeastern is september 4th. >> yeah. remember this. sea lions have taken over a beach in monterey. san carlos beach is still closed after officials closed it earlier last week. this is their rest stop between their breeding grounds in the channel islands. the city asked people to stay at least 50 yards away. if you're watching the sea lions and divers are asked to stay away from the popular diving spot. as the beach is still, as you can see, being closed to people. happening today, burning man begins in the nevada desert. the gate to the festival is back open after yesterday's rain caused delays on one of the biggest arrival days. although it was a wet start for some burners, it was not as bad as the muddy situation some experienced last year. organizers say the mud yesterday dried up in the afternoon to get cars moving in again. the man burns in six days. guys, remember that last year? yeah, it was such a mess. >> it

abc seven news reporter lena howland talked to the superintendent today to learn about what parents and students can expect. >> san francisco unified students head back to school on monday with around 120 teacher vacancies and a cloud of uncertainty looming. >> overall, we're stretching our resources too thin. >> superintendent matt wayne says because of declining enrollment, they have the capacity to serve an additional 14,000 students across their 102 schools. >> it means it's harder to staff our schools. it means that a school needs to share a social worker rather than just having one who's there full time. >> that's why the district is planning to close a number of their schools to better realign their resources. while they haven't said how many. they did say the recommended list of schools will be released by september 18th, and we're making sure that families will have a choice near where they live to send their students to schools. >> and ultimately, it will mean more resources at each school by having fewer schools that their student will be able to take advantage of. >> vanessa

like hard work always pays off in oakland. >> lena howland, abc seven news. >> and move in day for theseip recipients happens next week and the first day of school for northeastern oakland is september 4th. that's it for abc. seven news at four. abc seven news at five is coming your way next. to the next. did they even send my lab work...? wait, was i supposed to bring that? then there's the forms. the bills. the 'not a bills.' the.... ”press 4 to repeat these options.” [chaotic music] [inspirational music] healthcare can get a whole lot easier when your medical records, care and coverage are in one place. at kaiser permanente, all of us work together for all that is you. z's baking the house special. arisa's styling a new look. and steve's filling his biggest order ever. with the first ever comcast business five-year price lock guarantee, these business owners get five years of value on gig speed internet and advanced security. all from the company with 99.9% network reliability. so now they can focus on doing what they do best for the next five years. that's a lot of bread. you got thi

. >> abc7 news reporter lena howland looks at what led up to the company's decline. >> reporter for nearly 40 years, sunpower has been keeping the lights on through solar panels in millions of homes nationwide. >> they were one of the early manufacturers of premium solar panels. >> but on monday, the company announced they're filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy as solar panels got cheaper and cheaper. >> you know, it just became harder and harder for premium solar panel manufacturers that were using a little bit of older technology to compete with the up and rising stars from china, really. >> dustin mulvaney is an environmental studies professor at san jose state university. he says the company stopped manufacturing a few years back, which didn't help. but he says policy changes, leading to fewer incentives to install solar panels also hurt the company. >> we undermined incentives. it's not as economic for a roof for a ratepayer, in p-g-and-e's territory to put solar panels on the roof. it just doesn't pencil out all the time. and that has hit the rooftop solar industry pretty hard with mond

abc seven news reporter lena howland shows you what led to the company's decline.eporter for nearly 40 years, sunpower has been keeping the lights on through solar panels in millions of homes nationwide. >> they were one of the early manufacturers of premium solar panels. >> but on monday, the company announced they're filing for chapter 11 bankruptcy. >> as solar panels got cheaper and cheaper, you know, it just became harder and harder for premium solar panel manufacturers that were using a little bit of older technology to compete with the up and rising stars from china, really. >> dustin mulvaney is an environmental studies professor at san jose state university. he says the company stopped manufacturing a few years back, which didn't help. but he says policy changes leading to fewer incentives to install solar panels also hurt the company. we've undermined incentives. >> it's not as economic for a roof for a ratepayer in p-g-and-e's territory to put solar panels on the roof, it just doesn't pencil out all the time. and that has hit the rooftop solar industry p

lena howland, abc seven news. >> the city of oakland is apologizing to the widow of a police officer killed in the line of duty after asking her for money. the city sent officer twan lee's widow, an invoice in may, asking her to return $461. it was money that was overpaid to lay during a ransomware attack last year. oakland's police union claims the city even threatened to take the money from the pension. the widow started receiving after her husband's murder. the 36 year old was shot and killed in december while trying to stop a robbery. >> realistically, the letter that we saw that was sent to her, we were inferiors with it because of how devastating it is for her to go through the experience that she's going through. >> the union offered to pay the $461, but now the city is waiving the debt and apologizing for any distress or inconvenience to the family. >> two san jose police officers are on the other side of the law tonight. officer timothy hackney of morgan hill, is charged in a series of assaults on his now pregnant girlfriend. investigators say he threw her into a bedroom, co

until i can. >> in burlingame, lena howland, abc seven news. >> yeah. nothing like food to foster connection, right? all right. in our next half hour on abc, seven mornings. a new tool for medics approved the gel that could stop severe bleeding from things like gunshot wounds and spreading the word about 988. how south bay officials are working to make the lifeline more accessibl [thinking] why always the couch? does he need to go to puppy school? get his little puppy diploma? how much have i been spending on this little guy? when your questions about life turn into questions about money... there's erica. the virtual financial assistant to help you spend, save, and plan smarter. only from bank of america. nutrish whole health blend. for happy, healthy dogs. [dog food pouring] ugh. i'm a stick. made out of stick. nutrish whole health blend for balanced energy, active mind and immune support. helping dogs dog healthy. now at 630, a ride on a ferris wheel turns into a nightmare. cable cars catching fire at a music festival in germany. >> plus, we're a day

abc seven news reporter lena howland explains why some say the changes are untenable. >> the fall semester starts this week at uc berkeley, and for uc president michael drake, it's been a summer of reflection. he said in a letter on monday. campus leaders spent recent months reviewing the events of the past year, which involved pro-palestinian protests taking over uc campuses. some like this demonstration at ucla, devolving into violence. now the uc system wants to strengthen and clarify policies and procedures. drake is vowing to enforce bans on campus encampments and identity concealing masks, but said in his letter our ultimate goal is for all of our community members to feel supported in their ability to express themselves. uc berkeley's chancellor echoed his support in a video message sent to all students. >> we will also continue to respond in a quick and concerted manner to violence to violations of laws, and to words or deeds that rise to the level of harassment and or discrimination. behavior of that sort will not be tolerated. >> some are against the restrictions. >> it is an unt

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until i can. >> in burlingame, lena howland, abc seven news. >> excellent program there.even mornings. a new tool for medics approved the gel that could stop severe bleeding from things like gunshot wounds and spreading the word about 988. how south bay officials are working to make the lifeline more accessible right now at 5.30, a ride on a ferris wheel turns into a nightmare. cable cars catching fire at a music festival in germany. >> plus, we're a day away from the democratic national convention kicking off. i'm jacqueline lee in chicago. we'll have more coming up. >> good morning to you. thanks for being with us this half hour. we're going to get things kicked off with a look at the weather with lisa argen. >> it's a little crazy. yesterday we had the clouds, a little bit of precip and temperatures were sort of muggy from that system to the north of us. so they were on the mild side, but boy, it felt humid right now. we're still in the 60s, so we haven't cooled off that much in the south bay. and temperatures are cooler in the north bay with partly cloudy conditions.

abc seven news reporter lena howland has more on how it's bringing seniors and young people together. >> raise your hand if your stomach is growling with heaping trays of pasta, cheese covered garlic bread and a seemingly endless bowl of salad. >> oderzo is doing buffet lunch at his restaurant a little differently. >> this is a house. it's not a restaurant. everybody know each other. >> d'urso has owned sapori italiano on the peninsula for 24 years. about three weeks ago, he slashed prices of their lunch buffet to just 9.99. from noon to two. every weekday, it would normally be 32 bucks. >> no. advertise the first day there were 60 people. >> he came up with the idea after having a regular group of seniors coming in for lunch to play poker with him during the pandemic. a group he loved bonding and sharing stories with so much he didn't charge full price. >> i just charge a little bit, just my cost to the food, and then i say, why i don't do for everybody. i say, just for a couple of hours. >> this comes seven months after san mateo county declared loneliness a public health crisis, an