reporting live in san francisco, i'm leslie brinkley. abc 7 news. >>> leslie, thanks again. [ inaudible ] >> for the republican point of view, we spoke with committee chairwoman and attorney. >> she takes the sexual assault allegations very seriously. but it's not fair to judge kavanaugh to let an unfounded accusation dee la'el hrail his appointment. >> i think it's -- to hold up a judicial nomination for one thing. she doesn't know when the incident occurred. she doesn't know where it occurred. she has told different stories about who was present. and she cannot verify the specific details of any of it. >> the bombshell accusations surrounding the kavanaugh case created a teachable moment when it comes to behavior and social skills. >> cornell barnard is live in berkeley with that part of our coverage for you. cornell? >> reporter: dan, kristen, there's been a lot to talk about here at bay hill high school in berkeley. judge kavanaugh and the sexual assault allegations back from high school days, giving students and administrators a lot

here's abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley with why the issue is hitting home for many right now. >> 14-year-old freshman fired a gun inside balance boa high school in san francisco. last month 16-year-old was shot and killed near a high school in fairfield. the school was put on lockdown. >> it affects every american in every community and every town in every household. >> reporter: here in oakland a panel of students, educators, and gun violence prevention groups brainstormed what to do about it. >> we have become desensitized to gun violence. it normalizes shootings in our schools. >> the kids are on lockdown because there are guns in the neighborhood. there is nothing good that comes from guns. >> it was announced that the federal government was thinking about using federal education dollars to arm teachers with guns. >> reporter: passionately opposed to arming teachers, groups like sandy hook promise offered alternatives to connect local schools to national programs. things like a phone app to anonymously submit tips about students at risk. th >> this year alone in the state of

leslie brinkley is live at medshare with more. leslie? >> reporter: that's right. medshare is set to gear up with hurricane florence. last year they were dealing with seven disasters in seven weeks including hurricanes in texas and florida, and now it's florence. >> i mean pallets like this is everything. >> reporter: he walked through with a vast amount of surgical supplies donated by area providers along with the personal products that often make their way here from the public. 34 partners on the ground and in the carolinas are right now drawing up lists of what supplies they're going to need. volunteers from chevron today started boxing up m-95 masks and gloves that are likely to top those lists along with diapers. >> shampoo and soap and mouth wash and toothbrushes. people are evacuated from their homes and they're in evacuation centers and don't have that kind of stuff. >> part of the challenge of that kind of stauf staying, we're not sheer where it's going to be and where we need to send those supply. any means that we k folks have been able to put things on

in turlock, i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> kaepernick, the protest against racial injustice began in august 2016. in march of 2017 kaepernick opted out of his contract with the 9ers and he hasn't played in the league ever since. in october 2017 he filed a grievance against the nfl accusing owners of colluding to keep him out of the league. last week an arbitrator ruled it could go to trial. for more, go to abc7news.com. >>> would you buy nike products because of this new campaign? >> you can weigh in on abc7news.com/vote and see the results in realtime. and right now it's fairly even. >> yeah. we'd love to hear from you. you don't have to register or sign in. please take part. >>> meantime, part of the gulf coast is under hurricane warning as tropical storm gordon barrels toward land. >> waves crashes toward -- hitting before midnight. >>> kristen and dan, take a look at live doppler 7, tracking tropical storm gordon getting heavy rain along the gulf coast, also getting hit around alabama and the pan handle of florida by tropical storm force winds. gordon is 75 miles southeast of

leslie brinkley is live in downtown lafayette with the story. >> reporter: i just got word from the sheriff's department a woman walking here in the 3500 block of mout. diablo boulevardn the heart of lafayette was heading to a bart train. a dark colored sedan pulled up alongside her at 4:25 a.m., a suspect wearing a mask grabbed her and tried to pull her into the car. she escaped and called as the car sped away. >> any police department is going to ramp up all their resources to solve it quickly. >> reporter: lafayette police have an extensive network of surveillance cameras in the area along with business and home security cameras. >> in this case it was a camera that helped us identify the car involved with the case leading to us locating the vehicle and apprehending someone. >> reporter: 24 hours after the attempted abduction pittsburg police made a felony stop on a vehicle matching the description at 4:15 this morning. with guns drawn they made one arrest. >> now it's like do i have to carry a pocket knife or pepper spray, do i need to make sure i keep my hair short? you know, do i have t

in berkeley, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >> what a tough way to start. >>> a woman who fell 40 feet into marin county creek is recovering. video shows the rescue. you can see crews airlifting her out. the woman in her 40s was walking near the cataract falls when she fell. officials called in a chopper so they could get to her faster and she was hurt but she is expected to be okay. >>> crews plan to inspect a dam in the south bay concerned about it following a 3.4 magnitude earthquake that happened at the reservoir around 7:00 last night. that's about five and a half miles from milpitas. officials are concerned how the dam can stand up to an earthquake. crews inspected it last night and will look at it again today. in 2001 the state ordered the water level be reduced by 60% as a precaution. a new dam is in the works and the project expected to be done next year. >>> severe weather is making for a stormy labor day weekend from the upper midwest to the south. a small torna zoo, michigan, on the ground for a couple minutes. no one was killed or injured in the storm. at least one other t

"abc 7 news" reporter leslie brinkley is at uc berkley with reactions. we will begin with eric thomas who spoke with his neighbors. >> reporter: we did indeed. he lives on k street in very nearby au. we went up to his door and knocked to see if someone is home. he is married but nobody answered. the people who live here, once they heard about what happened, the arrest, they displayed shock. wide-eyed shock. roy waller lives here behind the neatly-trimmed lawn and white pickett fence, a quiet guy in a quiet neighborhood. >> i walk up and down this road every single day. i've seen him. i have seen his wife. so -- but i have never really spoken to him that i can remember. >> reporter: but now these people must come to grips with news that their 58-year-old neighbor is behind bars accused of being the nor cal rapist. >> you would look at him and think he is a normal person. you would never, ever think that. >> you know, this is a nice neighborhood. you don't really imagine that somebody who's been accused and arrested of doing such a thing, or so many attack

abc 7 reporter leslie brinkley is near the fire line and spoke with firefighters just a short time ago. what are they saying tonight, leslie? >> well, over 500 acres burned here. it's believe the fire started here along this road at what's called rush ranch nature city. it quickly moved east. you can see the black charred earth here along grizzly island road. they're still investigating what triggered the fire. no cause yet for this aggressive brushfire that started near a nature center as it burned toward a dump. the leading wall of flame climbed up and down the dry grass lands in the center of grizzly island south of suisun city. the plumes of smoke became several plumes by early afternoon as 18 engines from eight different fire departments responded here to keep the brushfire from spreading. they cut firebreaks with dozers. crews from the potrero hills landfill worked the edges with water trucks. >> it's definitely one day we have 15-miles-per-hour gust to 20. the smoke is impacting kind of the city of dixon, vacaville areas. so unfortunately, if we can get it out a little quicker t

leslie brinkley captured this image in oakland. and our own drew tuma says it's a hole punch cloud it's happening from very cold water drop lets falling. >>> there is a cool pictures in right now i want to show you the live doppler 7 and satellite image. we are waking up to scattered low level clouds and high level clouds right now. doppler picking up bits of green. this is moisture in the low level clouds we don't expect any rain the next 7 to ten days. it's gusty. currently winds at 26-mile-per-hour from the west. we also have some breezy d,8 miless in fairfield and hour-mile-per-hour. that gives you an idea what oh expect. here a life shot. we see low clouds moving in over san francisco. oakland 57. mountain view at 56. morgan hill, cool at 49 appear hf half moon bay 57. this time as we look from emeryville across we see low clouds near the coast. santa rosa. 53. novato cool at 52. and some mid-to upper 50s in fairfield, concord and livermore. as we show you a pretty shot from the exploratorium, looking at quickly moving clouds

i'm leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> new developments for the man wanted for stabbing a b.a.r.t. passage or a train over the weekend at the macarthur station. oakland police arrested the suspect identified as 59-year-old jamar coleman. investigators say surveillance shows coleman pulling a knife on the victim. that man suffered a cut on his thumb. >>> if you take b.a.r.t., heads-up. major track work is planned again for this weekend. crews are working on the rails between the 19th street and west oakland stations, as well as between lake merritt and west oakland. this is the third week b.a.r.t. will work on the tracks. they have one more weekend planned in september. some riders have said the buses add a lot more time to their trip, so plan accordingli. >>> in the east bay, firefighters have con trained a grass fire near the tesoro refinery. the fire was reported around 2:15. a fire official says about 25 acres burned. firefighters originally had trouble getting to it because of gates at the refinery. no one was hurt. the fire did not interrupt work at the refinery. >>> let's tur

leslie brinkley captured another image in oakland.w tum aifr says it's a hole punch cloud when water droplets freeze and fall from the center of the clouds outward. >>> now the accuweather forecast. >>> starting off with live doppler. and the satellite mink clouds over parts of the bay area. picking up a few lightning strikes right now near the sacramento area. and also winds have been pretty gusty out there. in concord up to 25-mile-per-hour. fairfield gusting up to 21 as well as san francisco. so that breeze will bring us some cooler temperatures today. and you can see of the low clouds over frist right now as we look from the exploratorium but we see clear skies out there as well pl temperatures are mostly in the 50s. san francisco 54. oakland 57. san jose 5 a but morgan hill is cool at 49 degrees right now and half moon bay 57. check out the beautiful shot as we look from walnut creek with the scattered high clouds right now passing through parts of the inland east bay area. santa roosz is 53. as well as napa. novato 52 degrees. a

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley is live from downtown lafayette with the very latest on this. leslie? >> i'm told a 19-year-old man from pittsburg, jordan wilson, has been arrested for the attempted abduction, but two other suspects police say are still at large. they say the men approached the woman wearing masks. a woman walking here in the 3500 block of mt. diablo boulevard in the heart of lafayette was heading to an early bart train a few blocks away tuesday morning. police say a dark colored sedan pulled up alongside her at 4:25 a.m., and a suspect wearing a mask grabbed her and tried to pull her into the car. she escape and called for help as the car sped away. >> we have a citizen walking on the street who is approached by strangers and is essentially victimized. and for us, that's a crime that we can't let go unsolved. we've got to put all our resources behind it. and technology was definitely a component. >> lafayette police have an extensive network of surveillance cameras in the area, along with business and home security cameras. >> in this case, it was a camera tha

in palo alto, leslie brinkley, "abc7 news." >> leslie, thank you. a uc berkeley professor suspended after accusations of sexual harassment decided to retire. the decision was made over an e-mail made. the professor was initially suspended for three years without pay. he's accused of sexually harassing a grad student from 2012 to 2014. >>> police in san francisco are asking for help finding a missing 11-year-old. this is dennis dixon. police say he was last seen last night around 8:30 when he left his family's home in the diamond heights neighborhood. he's four feet tall, weighs 90 pounds, black hair and brown eyes. he was last seen wearing a gray sweatshirt. >>> a 10-year-old east bay girl is in critical condition after a car hit her in a cross walk. it happened in brentwood just before 8:00 this morning. police say the car hit the sixth grader as she was crossing the street in a cross walk. you can see the damaged windshield. medics flu the girl to the medical center. the driver stayed on the scene. alcohol or drugs go not appear to be involved her

i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> a crew on a mission to save the environment is now docked in sanrancisco bay. abc 7 news was at pier 19 in san francisco where greenpeace's "arctic sun rise" is docked, for jerry brown's global climate action summit. the ship has taken the lead in many environmental missions from stopping whaling to protesting oil drilling. greenpeace says the 50-foot banner reminds people we need real climate leaders. >> it's the icebreaker in our global fleet of ships. this ship has traveled from pole to pole. most recently, before it was in the united states, it was actually in antarctica, doing some research there. >> and you can check it out up close. the "arctic sunrise" is open to the public for free for tours today and next weekend. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >>> hi, everyone. first sunday of september, and right on cue we're warming up a bit. we do have fog from the marin county coast, san mateo coast, a little bit of it working across the bay. overall you can see some sun trying to make its way out here in emeryville, whe

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley spent the day in turlock. >> once upon a time before the 2013 super bowl, colin kaepernick was worshipped here in turlock. the local bakery crammed out cookies and restaurants, named sandwiches and hot dogs after him. >> very hot. the dog is very hot. >> things have cooled down a lot. the sandwich and cookie honors have vaporized. >> i don't think he would be the hero that he once was, like the hometown hero. >> he was the football star, but here they say the day he started taking a knee during the national anthem august 14th, 2016 is the day the wind shifted in turlock. >> he was our favorite son kind of thing. and then all of the sudden with the kneeling and everything, a lot of the conservative people that live in this area in the valley decided that that wasn't something they wanted to support. >> it just seems like everybody was behind him. and now it's like he's -- it just seems like real letdown. i'm just like i said, i'm embarrassed for him. >> he caused a lot of trouble. i mean, you know, that's the united states flag, you know. that's what a

i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> now, your accuweather forecast with lisa argen. >> hi, everyone.unday morning waking up to some typically cool conditions. patchy fog, certainly at the shoreline. but not reaching as far inland. we have a bit of a warmup on the way, but it's going to take a had the on our air quality. haze back in the forecast today. live doppler 7 showing the stratus right along the coast and reaching over into oakland and san pablo bay. that will retreat and allow for a lot of sun today. take a look at mt. tam, where it looks pretty nice out there. the sun coming up in another 25 minutes or so. and temperatures slightly warmer in the far north bay today. right now it is 56 in san francisco with 57 mountain view in san jose. oakland checking in at 58. and a hazy shot from our east bay hills camera. and a northerly push today. we're going to bring that moderate air quality back. you may have noticed it yesterday. it hasn't been ideal. but it hasn't been horrible, either, where we have a spare of the air alert. just kind of on the edge there, where we're looking at

leslie brinkley has more. >> pallets like this this is ready to ship. >> reporter: med shares regionaled thu the warehouse filled with surplus medical supplies donated by bay area medical providers. >> we have gunnarys and table. >> along with personal products making their way here from the public. >> right now our partners -- we have about 34 partners on the ground in the carolinas monitoring the situation as well as national partners. they are putting together needs lists. >> reporter: volunteers from chevron started box attention up n 95 masks and gloves likely to top the list of needs, along with things like diapers, shampoo and tooth brushes. >> my mom lives in north carolina and is there right now with a lot of flooding. it's home for me. but, yeah, definitely more people are calling in to want to help us out. >> reporter: with florence expected to linger and trigger flooding for days to come med share is on stand by how they will fwitd the supplies in hurricane zone. >> it's a matter of trying to fly it, truck it? >> any means we can and sometimes folks have been able to put th

reporter leslie brinkley tells us why the issue is hitting home for so many right now. >> reporter: last week a 14-year-old freshman fired a gun inside balboa high school in san francisco. last month, a 16-year-old was shot and killed near a high school in fairfield. the school was put on lockdown. >> it affects every american in every community and every town, in every household. >> reporter: here in oakland, a panel of students, educators and gun violence prevention groups brainstormed what to do about it. >> we have become desensitized to gun violence and have normalized shootings in our schools. >> our kids get put on lockdown because there's guns in the neighborhood. there is nothing good that comes from guns. >> tonight got started when it was announced that the federal government was thinking about using federal education dollars to arm teachers with guns. >> reporter: passionately opposed to arming teachers, groups like sandy hook promise offered alternatives to connect local schools to national programs, things like a phone app to anonymously submit tips about students at risk.

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >>> it is a busy weekend with giants, a's and cal bears in action, coulde bad news for b.a.r.t. riders in east base facing a track closure. 19th street in oakland, long line of riders waited for bus break today. track repairs between that b.a.r.t. station and west oakland. riders say it's as busy as last two weekend closures. >> university of new orleans versus cal football, that's going to -- wow. then the mets are in town. i guess there's no good time to do it. >> fourth weekend on september 22nd if more work is necessary. >>> crew on a mission to save the environment docked at san francisco bay. pier 19, greenpeace's "arctictic sunrise" arrived leading up to global action summit. taken lead in stoppinghaling to protesting oil drilling. 50 foot banner reminds people we need real climate leaders greenpeace said. >> ice breaker in the global fleet. traveled from pole to pole. before in the united states it was in antarctica doing research there. >> open to the public for tours the next two weekends. >>> abc7 news was in oakland at jack london square for th

. >> leslie brinkley is live in solano county near where the fire is believed to have started. leslie? >> and the first thing you'll notice is the wind. problems out here today. charred, black earth along grizzly island road. the fire is believed to have started here near the entra an area for nature walks. it quickly moved east. like you said, extremely smoky out here. the smoke blew with the wind in various directions, and we dodged around it to get you this video. the leading wall of flame climbed up and down the dry grass lands in the center of grizzly island south of suisun city. 18 engines from 8 different fire departments responded here to keep the brushfire from spreading. they cut firebreaks with dozers. crews from the potrero hills landfill worked the edges with water trucks. >> gusts up to 20. the smoke is impacting kind of the city of dixon, vacaville areas. so unfortunately, if we can get it out a little quicker it doesn't impact as much people. i think we did an okay job today of trying to catch it where we

reporting live at medshare, i'm leslie brinkley, abc news. >>> tim cook has tweeted that apple is donating. you can make a $10 donation just by texting the word florence to 90999. stay on top of the latest regarding now tropical storm florence with abc7 news.com and the abc7 news app. be sure to get the latest news when it breaks. >>> new details about the death of a utah firefighter who was killed battling the mendocino cal fire said a retardant drop by a super fighter is probably what killed him. he didn't know it is a hill where they were working and dropped the retardant just 100 feet from above the treeline. the force of that liquid uprooted a tree and fell on the firefighter. another tree snap and injured three ore firefighters. it's unclear what discipline that pilot may face. >>> a big finish to the climate summit in san francisco. ♪ sa. >>> dave matthews helped wrap up the what does help for heart ♪ the beat goes on. it looks like emily cooking dinner for ten. ♪ the beat goes on. it looks like jonathan on a date with his wife. ♪ la-di-la-di. entresto is a heart failure medicine th

i'm leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. >>> there's a new app that could make it easier to get your kids toores. it's called busy kid. 7 on your side's michael finney, shows us how it works. >> reporter: 11-year-old mea hahn takes out the trash. she's fairly honest about how she feels about it. >> it's not the the world, but i'll do it if i have to. >> reporter: big brother nicholas pretty much felt the same way. then his parents told him about busy kid. it includes cleaning up after the pet rabbit. money is transferred into the child's account after the parent confirms the task is completed. >> i could either use it and get money with it or not use it and don't get money. so i just took the obvious answer. >> reporter: in a few months, nicholas says he's earned $150. the 14-year-old is looking forward to saving money to buy his first car. gr gr greg mercer is ceo of busy kid and father of six children. >> i wanted to give them the skills to get out of my house and never come back, except to visit once in a while. >> reporter: he compares the app to a child's first job direct go mia and nic

in san francisco, i'm leslie brinkley, "abc 7 news." >> thank you very much. >>> peninsula congresswoman jackie spears agrees there needs to be an investigation. we spoke with her live on "abc 7 news" at 4:00. >> if all this is, is a charade to once again do what they did with anita hill, which is basically give each party the opportunity to speak and then move forward with their vote, then they haven't done an investigation and they had no intentions of doing anything but doing -- going through the motions. >> the congress woman also says mark judge, the man blasey ford says witnessed the assault should be subpoenaed to testify. also harsh words from the senator from hawaii. >> we all signed on to this letter to demand an fbi investigation, but really guess who is perpetuating all of these kinds of actions? it is the men in this country. i want to say to the men in this country to shut up and step up. do the right thing. >> "the washington post" has been at the forefront of reporting on the accusations against kavanaugh. one of its articles today argues this is not a case of he said/she

leslie brinkley is live in downtown lafayette with the story. >> reporter: i just got word from the sheriff's00 block of mout. diablo boulevardn the heart of lafayette was heading to a bart train. a dark colored sedan pulled up alongside her at 4:25 a.m., a suspect wearing a mask grabbed her and tried to pull her into the car. she escaped and called as the car sped away. >> any police department is going to ramp up all their resources to solve it

reporting live in suisun city, leslie brinkley, abc news. >> we first sent a push aletters on our app when the fire started. you can enable push alerts for breaking news where you live. >>> firefighters are making progress on another fire burning in marin county. it is burning in samuel p. taylor state park northwest of the community of lagunitas. it has burned 130 acres and is 35% contained. marin county fire tweeted this video of a water drop on the fire today from this helicopter, fairly dramatic. and they can be effective when they hit the bulls-eye. wayne freedman spoke with some residents who live near the fire lines. there. >> are a couple of twists on the road and dots on the map. and by the standard of california fires this summer, the residents of lagunitas and forest knolls are counting their good luck tonight. >> i'd never seen anything that close. >> so close and yet so far away, over a ridge near samuel p. taylor state park. the fire has yet to burn 200 acres, but last night it siemens seemed like a force of nature. >> it was scary. at probably 6:00 we could smell smoke.