leslie brinkley is on the story. leslie: bart police say it was a targeted attack, a man shooting a man on a marc train at 1:25 this afternoon the suspect, police said, was able to escape. but you can imagine panic among passengers. they were trapped in that train car until it got to the lake merritt station, where they ran out. >> based on the video we received, at this time, we are confident that this was not a random attack. leslie: we are told that the man who was shot was severely injured, life-threatening injuries. he was takenhe is undergoing surgery and listed in stable condition. bart police say multiple shots were fired and they have videof. meanwhile, the suspect got away. there was a moment when bart detained a suspect outside the lake merritt station. they later released him as not connected to the shooting, so the suspect in the shooting is at large. in oakland, leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. dion: happening in just about one hour, leaders from the aap i community are scheduled together in oakland's little

i'm leslie brinkley. abc7. >> the other big concern, the heat wave. >> sandhya patel has when the warm-up will begin. >> i would call it a heat up. today is warmer. towards thursday, temperatures soaring. excessive heat watch in effect for the entire bay area beginning saturday morning got extended today until 8:00 p.m. tuesday. highs upper 90's to up to 110 degrees possible. lows in the 60's to 80's. risk of heat illnesses will be going up considerably. taking a look at the sampling of temperatures. saturday into the triple digits. sunday. 105 in antioch. monday, possibly exceeding the 110 degree mark in fairfield. high risk of heat illnesses. limit outdoor plans in the heat. keep cool and check on the elderly and pets. i will let you know when you get a break and a full look at the holiday weekend forecast. >> still ahead. could one school districts unusual request to families be a sign of the housing challenges in the bay area? we tell you about the message sent to try and ease the housing crisis for t

abc7 reporter leslie brinkley talked with chevron officials and local leaders. leslie: in a waterfront warehouse in richmond, politicians and oil company giants seem to agree, there are ways to transition away from fossil fuels without destroying the local economy. >> an entire sector of our economy to transition from petroleum. sorry, you won't be selling fuel, but maybe you will sell a different fuel. maybe it will be hydrogen. leslie: as electric vehicle use zooms ahead, they could buy hydrogen fuel cells. chevron is uniquely positioned to ramp up hydrogen production. >> they did a project two years ago that was over $1 billion which helped us build the largest, most modern, and lowest emission hydrogen plants in the west coast. that plant that has -- that plant has capacity to support the emerging market. >> we need to scale that up. leslie: chevron is getting ready to load hydrogen onto trucks as they build 30 new hydrogen stations in northern california by 2024. the first will open in richmond. the california air resources board projects battery-powered ele

abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley has been trying to stay cool bay exploring new air-conditioning in uc dave vision to tell us how we will weather this hot weather in the future. leslie? reporter: yeah. we got a lilac at glimpse at the future. it is a little cooler maybe than right now. i mean, we are all worried about reducing lec ritz electricity consumption, then, of course, running air-conditioner is exence pensive. but at the uc davis lab, there is fas naying science going on. >> this is the western cooling efficiency center at uc davis, where they are trying to develop new air-conditioning technology that addresses problems with the grid and the challenges of climate change. >> this could change commercial air-conditioning. right. this could replace a traditional pack and i rooftop unit. >> reporter: there research would address this problem in peam periods on hot days. a this grid late afternoon, and what occurs is that there is touch demand for electricity. >> one way to address that is you use a battery. this new technology instead of using a battery, uses a liquid, that abs

ama: leslie brinkley has been trying to stay cool by exploring new air-conditioning technology beingexplored. reporter: a cool story on a hot day. after all, this is the time of day that is peak use for the electric grid and running ac at your house is very expensive. uc davis is trying to address this. this is the western cooling efficiency center at uc davis where they are trying to develop new air-conditioning technology that addresses problems with the grade and challenges of climate change. >> this could change commercial air conditioning. it could replace a traditional unit. reporter: this would address the problem of energy consumption on hot days. >> what occurs is there is too much demand for electricity. one way to address it is using a battery. this new technology instead of using a battery uses a liquid that absorbs moisture. by using this liquid, it acts like a battery but is much less expensive. reporter: they are basically integrating air quality index, forecast, and air purifier totye coming to california. fascinating. there are only -- those are only two of the proje

it's not abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley looks into the safety of swimming in the bay as we head toward labor day weekend. the second we got in i i knew it wasn't right. it was way too dark. it was almost like swimming through chocolate this triathlon club president got out when she realized the salty tasted the brown water was different a couple of weeks ago and she hasn't gotten back in since then. we've actually advised our athletes not to go in the water with that kind of warning that's out there. it's just too risky to put our health at risk signs are posted at some locations along the east bay shoreline warning pets and children not to go in and reminding people to not eat clams or muscles harvested from the bay right now, but technically swimming is still okay, according to the east bay regional park district signage is good to go in the water. you may go in the water. the water out of your mouth and after you've been in the water. shower off and towel off this current red tide or algae bloom is wreaking havoc on aquatic life all over the bay area even spreading into oakla

it's not abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley looks into the safety of swimming in the bay as we headkend. the second we got in i i knew it wasn't right. it was way too dark. it was almost like swimming through chocolate this triathlon club president got out when she realized the salty tasted the brown water was different a couple of weeks ago and

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leslie brinkley talked to chevron officials at an event called the richmond road to zero. >> politicians and oil company giants seem to agree. there are ways to transition away from fossil fuels. >> [inaudible] >> they can be powered by that police. being able to supply this emerging market. >> technology is here and part of a zero vehicle transition. the first will open in richmond. it will end up dominating the car market but they foresee hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles taking over much of the trucking industry. >> as you scale up in either size or the distance or range, that's where hydrogen makes a lot more sense. >> 30 are being donated to replace aging vehicles. leaders hope richmond can be big nick of a city where the road to zero emissions starts. larry: this comes after months of rising gas prices slowly going back down. the national average is $3.87 a gallon. in california, we pay $5.29 a gallon. san francisco has $5.52. kristen: looking at what needs to be done to make this zero emission dream a reality. the check out the full special called california dreaming, go to abc

leslie brinkley tells us it appears to work against all current variants and all future variants.e changer. >> a year from now, we could be using a nasal spray to keep from getting covid. not current variants, but even future mutations. to science emerging from uc berkeley that researchers are ready to take to the fda to start human trials. it is a team effort that does not target the spike protein on the to -- on the covid viruslike current vaccines do. instead, the new treatment targets the heart of the virus, the nucleus, as it attacks human cells. >> the virus actually reprograms the cell into its own copy machine. it's like a trojan horse that injects the genomic rna from the virus into the cell. that rna then makes copies of itself. we are binding molecular velcro to the virus, tiny snippets of dna binds to specific sequences in the viral rna and jams the copy machine. this is very different from previous efforts. >> the newly developed nasal spray is designed to prevent infections even from mutations. if someone already has covid, it could be dispensed from something like a

leslie brinkley has details. >> the second we got in, i knew it wasn't right. it was too dark. it was like swimming through chocolate. leslie: this triathlon club president got out when she realized the water was different a couple of weeks ago. she has not gotten back in since. >> we have advised athletes not to go in the water. with that kind of warning that is out there, it is too risky. leslie: signs are posted at some locations along the east bay shoreline warning pets and children not to go in and reminding people to not eat clams harvested from the bay right now. technically, swimming is still ok according to the east bay regional park district. >> the signage is good to go. you can go on the water. keep the water out of your mouth. after you have been in the water, shower off. leslie: this current red tide algae bloom is wreaking havoc on aquatic life all over the bay area, spreading into oakland's lake merritt where thousands of dead fish have been washing up on the beaches. the algae admits that she emits a fish toxin and sucks oxygen out of the water. >> there are abo

in the bay area, leslie brinkley says hp is on the lookout more than ever. >> high-speed was behind this fatal pedestrian accident in oakland last week. speed is one of the things officers look at as a warning sign the driver could be impaired. >> we have had so many people reach out and say the drivers have gotten so much worse since the pandemic. i have heard so many different theories on why, but it is all anecdotal. leslie: the latest statistics from the national highway safety administration show a huge spike in fatal crashes in the first quarter of 2022. over 9500 people died, a 7% increase over the previous year. the highest since 2002. >> why this spike has been taking place, i do not think there is one thing we can point our finger to. but we do know it appears there have been some who have consumed more alcohol than they have previously. hopefully we can reduce duis getting the message out. i california -- leslie: a state law takes effect this week requiring waitstaff at bars and restaurants to take mandatory training as a way to put it down in duis. the other is the "drive sob

leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. ama: california's largest wildfire of the year is now named for a fifth death. the mckinney fire started july 29th. the u.s. forest service announced that one of its longtime fire lookouts died at her home in the small town of klamath river. the first service posted this photo of her. flames from the fire have scratched more than 94 square miles and destroyed more than 100 homes. the fire is 40% contained. a new study is shedding light on the dangers of dry lightning three wildfire season. researchers from the national lightning detection network say dry lightning sparked four of the seven largest world fires in california in the past three years. the non-happens during storms in extreme drought areas where the air is so dry, rain evaporates before it even hits the ground. with california in the mega drought, experts expect dry lightning to become more frequent, in the digital become more extreme. dan: our commitment to covering health issues, a pillar in building a better bay area fo

leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> a fifth person has died in the fire in far northern california. the u.s. forest service posted this picture of 73-year-old kathy shupman. she was one of the agency's fire lookouts. officials say she guide in her home in the small town where many homes were destroyed. that fire is the largest in this state this year. started july 29th. it has burned 60,000 acres. it is 40% contained. new study shedding the light of the dangers of dry lightning during wildfire season. researchers from the national lightning detection network says it sparked four out of seven of the fires in the past few years. it happens during storms in extreme drought areas where the air is dry and rain evaporating. experts expect dry lightning to become frequent and the danger more extreme. >> happening today activists are demanding action to slow the spread of monkeypox. they will hold a protest in 30 minutes to advocate for more testing, treatments and vaccine doses. organizers say local and federal emergency declarations are the first step. they want officials to look ahead to

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