in san francisco, lillian kim, abc 7 news. >> lillian, live in the city tonight, thank you very much. developing news along the atlantic seaboard, evacuation orders take effect for a million people in hurricane florence's path. >> reporter: the gas lines are getting long. >> you can see people lined up at the gas station. >> reporter: and the highways tan a million people are under mandatory evacuation orders ahead of hurricane florence. >> this storm is strong. and it's getting stronger. >> reporter: nasa shows the massive storm from above, it's eye, now well defined. swirling across the atlantic. picking up speed and gaining strength, as it takes aims the outh east. it's a -- southeast, it's a category 4. >> north carolina is taking hur complain florence seriously. and you should too. get ready now. >> reporter: at the store, there's a run on flashlights, gas cans and water. even the life vests are gone. >> this one lookser more ugly than other ones. rather be safe than sorry. >> reporter: in south carolina more than a million people are being forced to leave starting at noon on tue

live in san ramon where, lillian, two fires have broken out in the past two days. >> reporter: kristen, today's fire was put out quickly thanks in part to a special strike team that was organized in response to the red flag warning. fire to break out in san ramon over the last 24 hours. this one was west of interstate 680. crews from all over the bay area helped put out the fire. therapy called beforehand to a staging area. >> i believe the departments are lot more reactive as far as having people in place out in the field rather than having them in firehouses waiting for call. >> reporter: one of the city's? gen units was part of that special strike team. other oakland crews, however, have been patrolling the oakland hills. fire crews have been paying special attention to the skyline corridor, the area above 113. >> when it's september, the end of august it is so dry. you know that fire danger is just always present. >> oakland residents are ree mind reminded what to do during red flag warnings. >> i have no plans to do anything besides walk the dog, get her exercise and then go shopp

lillian kim is live in berkeley. >> reporter: this is one of the locations targeted by thieves, now with the arrests customers say it's about time. security video from separate locations tell the same story. a group of men wearing hoodies is seen entering the stores and grabbing as many apple products on display as they can. it's unclear if it's the same people every time or whether they're a knelt work of thieves. either way, officers arrested six people on the heists. from the north bay to the east bay to the peninsula. >> i think it's great that they're getting them. >> reporter: the customers, news of the arrests comes as relief. many people feared it was a matter of time. >> just the disregard for public safety and there could be customers here that could be hurt. we could have been hurt when they did what they did. >> reporter: the state attorney general's office says the investigation involves multiple law enforcement agencies and more information will be released later. at least one customer hopes the arrest will send a message to others, especially kids. >> afterpple is a good c

lillian? >> reporter: this fast moving fire trapped thousands of people on interstate 5 and it's their video that's giving us a close-up look. >> oh, my god. it's coming toward us. >> you could they're the horror in her voice. this is video posted on instagram by the woman trapped on interstate 5. flames broke out this afternoon. a huge plume of smoke could be seen above while these people flee for their lives. >> that car just caught afire. we cannot stay right here. we gotta walk! >> reporter: so far the fires are not burning towards large towns but it is threatening cabins. i-5 is closed about 10 miles north of redding to south of mount shasta. julio vega was stuck. we spoke to him on skype. >> some of the guys that were in front of us, i don't know, like five or ten trucks in front of us were closer to it. they had to drop their trailers and turn around. >> the forest service has launched a full aircraft and ground response. 600 firefighters vr called in. this fire comes just weeks after t

. >> lillian, thank you. download the "abc7 news" app for the latest develops on chris dev ford's accusations against brett kavanaugh. we will have complete coverage next monday of the hearing, starting at 7:00 a.m. our time. >>> new developments tonight in a family's fight to keep a child on life support. the boy has been moved to a new hospital. "abc7 news" was at oakland's children hospital where 6-month-old kingston holmes has been in a coma since going into cardiac arrest more than a month ago. he was transferred tonight to stanford children's hospital after the oakland hospital said it would turn off his breathing machine, then reversed course to give the family more time. >> he still has brain function. he's not clinically brain dead. he's wiggling his toes. >> the children's hospital said it greatly empathizes with the family, but could not get into specifics on kingston's condition. >>> flags across the state will be flown at half staff tomorrow to honor the sacramento county deputy gunned down this

. >> how old are you, lillian? >> 16. >> reporter: some in line won't be seeing them at all.antha went to the concert in l.a. and came here to oakland and is waiting in line for buying a t-shirt. >> stuff cold out very quickly in l.a. so i was like, you know, maybe i'll try again in oakland. >> reporter: she expects to spend between $800 and $900 inside. >> once i saw them on the boys, because they wore them on the concerts and once i saw them on them, you know, it was just like i need it. >> eporter: check out the view mid-morning on wednesday from sky 7. that's a long line for the concert. why does bts have a massive appeal? fans say they have the usual boy band good looks and great dance moves, but they also really connect with their lyrics. >> they tackle trying to love yourself mostly. that's what their latest albums are about. they tackle about like sicknesses and depression also. >> they make really good music, and they are really seven humble guys. they do so much for us. we just want to really give back to them. >> reporter: now look at this. arm loads of merchandise

. >> lillian, thank you very much. a similar vigil was held tonight in new york city. that crowd gathered with candles to publicly declare their support for christine blasey ford. >>> a peninsula politician is revealing a secret, that she was the victim of a sexual assault. the incident happened decades ago but the palo alto mayor says she was inspired by christine blasey ford to come forward. she opened up about what happened. >> reporter: revealing a personal secret she's only shared with her sister, that she is a survivor of sexual assault. >> somewhat liberating, but it's also somewhat frightening because you really do feel vulnerable. >> reporter: she says she was assaulted twice in the 1960s. the first time when she was a teenager getting a ride home from a party with a friend. >> he decided to take a shortcut home, which turned into an assault, a really unpleasant assault. >> reporter: the second assault happened years later when she was attacked by a coworker at a hotel. both times niss says she got away and narrowly escaped being raped. >> both times caught of

in napa county, lillian kim, abc 7 news. >>> to our north, progress is much slower against a wildfire that shutdown interstate 5 in shasta county. officials now saying it will be closed indefinitely just north of redding. the delta fire broeng out wednesday and is now 5% contained. families in several neighborhoods are still being told to stay away from their homes. >>> smoke from the wildfires is affecting our air quality. here's a look at the smoke today from the bays. we are under an advisory until tuesday. >> that summer spread today 64 at the coast, but yes our air quality is declining in the north and east bay throughout the next several days until we get our cooling trend under way. it is beginning. we saw a couple of degrees of cooling today but it has to do with the wind component and we are looking at still the wind being moved in from the west but that fog being chased away out of directions out of the north. as soon as we get that onshore push all around the bay area we'll get that cooling under way. we are looking at winds gusty at the coast, and then that's going to tran

. >> lillian, thank you. out this morning about the claim against kavanaugh the abc 7 news app sent this push alert that a palo alto professor had come forward about the accusations. just enable push alerts on the abc 7 news app. >>> developing new now from the east coast, hurricane florence has been downgraded to a tropical depression. rivers continue to swell and flood emergencies are expanding. abc news reporter nattily in wilmington, north carolina, with the latest. >> reporter: officials say the storm has never been more dangerous. crisis in the carolinas. swift moving waters turning homes into islands. islan the dangerous surge prompting more evacuation orders and a warning from officials. >> if you need to leave, you need to do things like notify your next of kin because the loss of life is very, very possible. >> reporter: rivers flowing tlo through neighborhoods, swallowing cars leaving some drivers stranded. >> we're stuck here now. >> you can't cross. >> cannot cross. >> reporter: the wrath of flor

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my name is lillian and i'm a parent to 8th and 6th grader at cacs since kindergarten. i also serve as a member of the school board of directors. joining me tonight is judy daniel who is parent and board member. gina griffiths who is a teacher, teaching 8th grade, 1st grade and kindergarten. and brook, our lower school administrator and she's been at cac for 11 years. -- [inaudible] -- related to charter school oversight tonight. we have reviewed this resolution and want to share the creative arts story as a partner and asset that is deeply rooted in the san francisco community and committed to serving all students through a unique arts-integrated model. as you may know, creative arts charter school is the oldest charter school in san francisco. serving our community since 1994. we are currently and have always been locally authorized by the sfusd board. cacs was founded by local parents and teachers who wanted an innovative arts-integrated school option for their children. at our last renewal in 2014, the board unanimously approved our charter petition. >> nonprofit ch

abc 7 news reporter lillian kim has more on the evacuations in the area >> reporter: with police permission, the mendoza family returned to the berryess estates. they said the drive to their home was reassuring. >> now that i look, it's better. when we left, there was a big cloud of smoke. we have seen how close it was >> reporter: firefighters spent all day dousing hot spots in what has been called the snell fire. the waterway serves as a natural barrier between the burning hills and the nearly 200 homes under evacuation orders since. fire broke out on saturday. >> the concern now is it is holding along the creek. if it jumps that, it gets into the community area. we want to make sure we are confident that that area is cooled down enough that we are not going to have to re-evacuate people >> reporter: residents are pleased that the worst is behind them. >> i tell her you have to take the dog. i have to help other people. it was stressful, chaotic. >> reporter: now everyone is eager to return home for good. >> kwroi don't see the fire. i don't see the smoke. they have cleared things up. >>

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lillian ballard live in morehead city north carolina. just north of wilmington. lee linda, we've been watching you throughout the day. definitely picking up in the intensity you are. >> certainly is, martha. we are one of those people getting their hurricane/near hurricane gusts and it's picked up right there. it is hard to state -- if you are outside, you can turn your face into the wind, it gets pretty painful as it's now whipping across here. the island, atlantic beach, is beginning to get flooded. it's difficult to get across the bridge, very difficult for any kind of movement. you can see behind me a lot of the shingles starting to rip off the roofs. we drove through the town. there are a number of signs blowing around, power is out not only on the island but also back here on the mainland as well as we are getting another one of these gusts coming into the wind we are standing at is an impressive visual but as he can see the torrential rain coming down, that's going to combine with this storm surge potentially what's a catastrophic storm notches for the bar

. >> lillian turner reports, facebook and twitter sent a stark message during a capitol hill meeting. >> the air of the wild west in social media is coming to an end. >> reporter: the hearing highlighted a major issue tech companies are grappling with behind-the-scenes social media addiction. developers have long thought to harness universal human needs or connection, communication, and approval to get people engaged on their platforms. now capitol hill is tuning in. >> people are affected by the information your platforms channel to them. that channeling is not passable random. it is a function of brilliant algorithms and incentive structures that prize engagement. >> reporter: experts are now rattling around the idea that addiction to social media opposes a real danger to billions of users worldwide. >> if they are designed to be addictive and make the company more money and people are going to spend more and more time on them. people who are on their phones five, six, seven or eight hours a day is linked to unhappiness, depression, even risk factors for suicide. particularly among