>>> i'm luz pena in the east, covering the ghost ship trial. day ten of the deliberations, judge decided something unexpected. dismiss three jurors. >>> tom steyer made his case for president. hinges on climate change. >>> amanda del castillo in m milpitas with pets and people experiencing homelessness. abc7 news starts right now. >>> now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >>> bombshell developments at the ghost ship trial today, three jurors were replaced with alternatesnd deliberatio have to start from square one. >> luz pena is live with what this means for the case going forward. luz. >> reporter: tensions ran high inside the carom. started with six alternate jurors, down to one. four months into the trial, ten days into deliberations and now the jury panel must start over. >> hope this new jury does a good job. can't comment on it because of what's happened. >> reporter: one of her friends died in the fire. troubled with today's change. unclear why the judge decided on the switch, replacement apparently because of misconduct. now f

now continue with deliberations tomorrow at 9:00 a.m., east bay, luz pena, abc7 news. >> as luz mentioned, makeup of the jury shifted. this morning nine women and three men. see the women indicated in turquoise and men in gold. then the judge dismissed three of the female jurors. now seven women and earli. said deliberations are at critical juncture. >> you're at point where people are saying i have other things going on. if you lose few more jurors and don't have alternates to come in, that's a mistrial. >> we have more on our website, abc7news.com. and abc7 news app as well. >>> in the north bay, people have been given all clear following a salvage yard fire in santa rosa. by 101 thick black smoke. residents were told to stay within their hessevel cars went. bus company that operates out of the property were making repairs when fire started. didn't go into details. no one was hurt. >>> high end heist in union square before noon. three people walked into mcm store on geary street and grabbed several things. dashed out into waiting car for getaway. known for luxury leather goods, particul

. >> "abc 7 news" reporter luz pena is live in oakland with more on the story. about it, luz. >> reporter: eric and dion, i have to confess i'm not much of a gamer, but what is happening inside of this place is more than students creating and designing video games. it is truly inspirational. i spoke to several students who love video games, but they got a chance to finally be able to come up with their own video game. i spoke to one student who said they created a video game based on their experience with their mom. this was beautiful. i spoke to other students who also came up with the idea of creating a video game based on what they've seen here in the streets of oakland, side shows. we spoke also to the ceo of game test and this is what he had to say. >> we work with low income students of color in the east bay. we teach them game design and development from the ground up. we train for about 1,092 hours per year. so from january to june we train them up. >> reporter: like going to a side show, is it the same feel, the same look? what would you say? >> well, ou

. >> i'm luz pena at sfo where hundreds of international travelers had to wait for hours to go through customs. >> i'm in san jose. it's a bit warm out, but there is a storm here at the silicon valley comic-con. she and 70,000 others are expected over the weekend. abc7 news starts right now. >> now news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> a mistake was made that allowed someone who unfortunately is clearly a danger to the public to be released. >> there is growing fallout tonight over a judge's decision to release the suspect in a violent attack in san francisco. today, the judge in the case ruled the suspect must wear an ankle monitor. >> news reporter liz kreutz caught up with san francisco mayor breed who says that's not enough. >> reporter: this video has been widely shared but dayslarity the story is getting messier. today we learned the judge hadn't even seen the video. we asked the mayor about this. she was critical about the judge and says mistakes have been made. >> regardless of who made the mistake, a mistake was made that allowed someone who unfortunately is clearly a

luz pena is on the story. >> when you're a kid, playing with trucks is one thing. having a truck back up to your house to take i another. >>e how. >> 6-year-old benjamin woke up to city workers evicting him and his family from this parking lot. today he was supposed to go to first grade instead he stayed back because he was stressed. >> do you wish you had a different type of home? >> yeah. >> like what. >> a home that's a house. water for fish. >> you want a room? >> yeah. >> reporter: while he dreams of a forever home, his dad is trying to figure out where they can sleep tonight. >>. >> reporter: what are you thinking? >> i don't know where to go right now. m okiny rht ior >> wa. r t, wifeidstheir home. a week ago the city of oakland handed out eviction notices. >> we have had outreach workers out there. some children we identified. we made a family shelter available for them. >> reporter: according to the city of oakland, before deciding to clear the encampment, they checked for health, safety location and size. according to them the location met all four in a n

in gilroy, luz pena, abc7 news. >> thanks, luz. donations have been pouring in.he gilroy garlic festival relief fund has raised more than $500,000. the money can be used for funeral expenses, hospital bills, wages for lost income. the executive director of the fund says that within 24 hours of setting it up, hundreds of donations came in. >> people kept sharing on facebook, on instagram, and by the end of the day, we had over $50,000. >> the amount given ranges from as little as 5 to $2500. if you would like to donate or find out how to access those funds we have a link on our website, abc7news.com with more information. and we have a link on our website, abc7news.com on how to donate to the gilroy garlic festival relief fund. >>> cancelling an upcoming rifle featuring a semiautomatic rifle. proceeds would have been used to support the san jose department's chaplain department. the department's former police auditor called the raffle into question, especially in the wake of the gilroy garlic festival shooting. retired judge kordell spoke to us tonight. >> the mis

abc7 news reporter luz pena has a story you'll see only on abc7 news what do you tell him? >> we love him so much. that he needs to fight this. no matter what. >> reporter: christine hasn't left her son's bedside for three days and believes he's hearing her voice. he's in a coma after getting hit by a car while crossing 16th and brian streets saturday afternoon. the driver fled the scene. >> why he just left and left my son there. instead of calling 911 right away. he just left. >> according to witnesses the driver of an black mercedes was stopped at a red light behind another car, then abruptly hit raja croing the streets in the crosswalk. the 48-year-old was transported to san francisco general general hospital where his family him after a day of not hearing from him. >> right now my son is fighting for his life. >> he has several injuries to his brain, a crushed femur, five broken ribs and unconscious but stable. >> activity that would possibly indicate if his brain is really fully functioning in the wake mode. there's no perceptable activity. >> reporter: the pedestrian

in the news room, luz pena, abc 7 news. >> violent incidents take an emotional toll on all of us.e have a list of resources on our website, abc7news.com. get link to professionals and groups that can help. >> firefighters in contra costa county are hoping for full containment on several brush fires by the end of the day. 12 fires started in clayton and have murjed to burn 655 acres. this morning part of marsh creek road between the marsh creek detention facility and deer valley road remains closed. only people who live along the road are allowed to use it. >>> three people escaped injury when their small plane went off the runway at oakland airport. the oakland fire department tweeted out these pictures. officials say first responders found this single engine cessna at the end of runway 33 with its nose gear collapsed. the crash happened yesterday morning. the pilot and two passengers were able to walk away from the airplane. now the faa is investigating. >>> caltrains electrification project is facing a possible years' long delay. a federal monitor warned it won't be complete unt

here is luz pena with annie's story.he picked up everything and building her home on the east coast while still running her business here in the bay area. >> dancing is all about movement and flexibility, annie henry is the founder of the company dance theater san francisco. she's had to master those two skills not only for dancing but also for living. >> i was living in the bay area and i was paycheck to paycheck. >> she was flexible and left her studio for a bigger place in santa rosa but when it came to buying a house, that was not an option. >> felt like there was really no hope and i decided that i just was going to get out of there. and it is. it's sad. it's very sad because i loved the bay area. >> home values here in san francisco so we're talking about oakland and san mateo county and marin is $950,000 for the median home. >> so she looked east and we're talking about the east bay. try a little farther. >> to start to see what i could afford in new hampshire and new england. >> so five months ago this single mom

in san francisco, luz pena, abc7 news. >> we want to thank annie for reaching out to us for our weekhe lengths people go to to have a roof over their heads. we want to hear your ideas for a better bay area by joining our building a better bay area facebook group. >> back in the early 1980s, high interest rates compounded the problem. >> the average mortgage rate was around 17% to help fight double digit inflation. we take a look now at the kgo news archive to a report on the situation nearly 40 years ago. >> reporter: tonight suzanne sanders is in the studio with us for the first part of a series of reports in what is being called the crisis in housing. now, there is so much information about this very complicated but very important subject that it's going to run over ten parts. ♪ ♪ ♪ little boxes on the hillside, little box etz made of ticky tacky little boxes ♪ ♪ little boxes, little boxes, little boxes all the same ♪ ♪ >> reporter: back in the early '60s, we made fun of the tracks littering the skyline. these little boxes carry price tags of $100,000 and up. and the fact is middle

news reporter luz pena from us us from san francisco international airport. >> international travelers were expected to greeted like many of them had been traveling for five plus hours. they were tired. they got off the plane thinking they would go through customs. instead, they had to wait in line. some of them waited for an hour and 45 minutes. an hour and 30 minutes. the good news is the system is coming back on. the u.s. customs and border protection tweeted the computers are back up and running. "the effective systems are coming back online and ralphers are being process the." cbp will continue to monitor the incident. we spoke to several customers that had to wait. and this is what they had to go through. >> the biggest line i'vever seen. really long. went all the wait pretty much to the plane and they had us hold about 30 minutes before we got off the plane. said nobody could get off because the system was down. we're picking up relatives from germany and we just texted them just a few minutes ago. it has been like 2 1/2 hours since they got off their plane. he told me it's stil

as abc7 news reporter luz pena explains, one city supervisor is now calling for a state of emergency for traffic safety. >> reporter: market street is one of the most congested streets in san francisco. and on saturday, a vehicle hit and killed another person. this time the car was a taxi. >> there is incredible urgency around safety on our streets. three people killed just within blocks of each other over the last month. >> reporter: on july 18th, a man using his walker was struck and killed by a truck. his body was dragged for several blocks. on july 21st, benjamin dean and his wife kelly dean were hit by a tesla driver who ran a red light. benjamin was killed. on august 10th, 79-year-old was struck and killed by a taxi driver. according to witnesses, she was collecting recyclables minutes prior. >> we want ramped up enforcement so we have more red light cameras, more traffic cops in the these areas. >> reporter: according to supervisor matt haney, the chinese community and elderly are most affected by these crashes. one of his plans is to take private vehicles off market street. >

. >>> i'm luz pena in gilroy. we'll have the heroic story of a man who brought several victims shot to the emergency room. >>> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. bringing the heat this weekend. i'll show you how hot it's going to get. >> i'm liz kreutz in mill valley. teaching kids new techniques to play football safely. this as california passes a law restricting how long they can play. abc7 news starts now. >> i know, news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> today marks one week since the gilroy garlic festival opened, and tonight more stories of heroism are emerging from the tragic shooting that happened just days later on sunday. >> three people were killed in the shooting. more than a dozen others were hurt. and in a news conference today, the police chief determined the gunman, 19-year-old santino legan died from a self-inflicted gunshot. a change from earlier accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. >> tonight we spoke with john perales, a gilroy resident who was flagged down by multiple shooting vic

"abc 7 news" reporter luz pena spoke with the school district about the changes they plan to make. >> reporter: this padlock was from this chain and instead of being linked here, it was hooked on here. >> reporter: a gap that was big enough for christina's 5-year-old son to fit through, and according to her end up on the other side. this all happened on thursday during recess at the elementary school. >> i found out about this from another parent, and my concern is if she hadn't told me i wonder if the school would have even disclosed this to me. >> reporter: according to pleasanton's unified school district the parent was called and said an aide saw the student and he never made it off campus. >> has it happened before? >> we checked with the school site and with our maintenance and we have not received any concerns. >> reporter: now the proximity of the fence to the street is christina's biggest concern. let's see how long it could have taken her son to get from here to the street. let's time it. over seven seconds, almost eight. >> it is honestly my worst nightmare. >> reporter: th

abc 7 news reporter luz pena went there today and talked to some witnesses. luz? >> reporter: we're learning more about this victim. according to the san francisco coroner's office, she was a 79-year-old woman. we spoke to witnesses tonight who said she was walking and collecting plastic bottles and cans minutes prior to getting struck by this taxi driver. the shopping cart flew several feet away from her. one of her shoes ended in the middle of market street. >> i heard a loud boom and then i seen a lady's cart right there. and then the car drove a few u the car. >> reporter: ivan bay ran toward the crash and called 911. 71-year-old eun yang of san francisco died at the scene. >> did the driver stop? >> he stopped and then i ran over to call the police and his passengers hopped out. >> reporter: san francisco police is investigating this crash. they don drugs were a factor. it's still unknown if yang was in the crosswalk during the collision. walker executive director says young's death marks the 15th person killed while walking or biking in san francisco this ye

. >> luz pena joins us live prfro san francisco international airport. how are you lines there in the. >> reporter: not too bad right now. imagine in th imagine this scenario, being awake since 3:00 a.m. landing here to sfo and being told you so wait in line more with no explanation. the system is slowing coming back up. u.s. and border protection tweeted the computers are back up after the backup and travelers are no longer being processed manually. a travel agent had to wait for hours for his clients and the golden family who are happy they are leaving the airport. >> waited like an hour. >> maybe an hour and a bunch of flights getting off at the same time. so it was down the whole -- >> yeah, it was maybe, probably almost to the gates. that's how long the line was. >> reporter: did they explain what was going on? >> no. >> klm 11:00 in the morning, we have to wait almost five hours. they have a flight for 11 hours and they just come out. >> reporter: sfo's duty manager said approximately 30 flights landed during the audit and 20 airlines were affected

luz pena spoke to the parents that are relieved to be out of jail on bail and want this experience behind them, luz? i spoke to the accused couple that said they never hit the 17-year-old boy and when they found them inside their 15-year-old daughter's closet, they thought he was an intruder. less than 24 hours after they were released on bail they decided to speak out. did you guys tie him? >> no, no. we never hit no one, so now it's like he can say whatever he wants but it's not the truth. >> reporter: she and the 15-year-old's biological dad were all booked into san mateo county jail facing multiple felony charges related to committing a hate crime, kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats. san mateo district attorney says they have strong evidence to back up those charges. >> it was done by use of viral, racist terms beating him. additionally, they grabbed a rope and tied it around his hands and around his head. >> reporter: when asked about these charges, they said they are not racist. >> we are afraid about the family. we talking about we don't think about th

in san francisco, luz pena. >>> abc 7 news is committed to building a better ababay area a dig into the issues. one is homelessness. it's a topic folks tackle today in santa clara county. supervisors approve a request to have staff look into what it would take to build affordable housing on property that the county already owns. you can see the locations on this map. one supervisor spoke with us today about why it makes sense on more than one level. >> for every person who is hopelehop homeless on the street, we spent 60 to $90,000 a year keeping them homeless with ambulances and the jail and the hospital and mental health services when we have someone housed, we spend closer to 25 and $35,000 a person. if we weren't doing this for the reasons of compassion, it makes sense financially for us to look at alternatives for people in need of housing. >> another part of the financial picture is measure a that voters passed to fund almost a billion dollars in affordable housing in the next decade. abc 7 news was there yesterday for the unveiling of the first completed project. three more proje

abc 7 news reporter luz pena looks what is being done about it. >> reporter: it's only mid august andstrian death marks the 15th person killed while walking or biking in san francisco this year. that number is more than double what it was at this time last year. >> that ten had been people of color and more than 50% have been seniors. >> reporter: walk sf is calling for san francisco's leadership to reduce speed limits and add time for pedestrians to cross streets hoping this will eliminate injuries by the year 2024. >> there is incredible urgency around safety on our streets, three people killed just within blocks of each other over the last month. >> reporter: so we went to those blocks and timed how long pedestrians have to cross the street. the rule is one second per three feet. and times many pedestrians were asking for. on july 18th a man was crossing this walk with his walker when he was hit by a truck and dragged several blocks away from here. let's time this. on july 21st the couple was crossing taylor street when they were hit by a tesla driver who run a red light. a 39-year

police say they are keeping a close eye on everything and s reporter luz pena has the story. reporter: more than le are exp the three-day festival this weekend. >> it is a great experience. awesome music, and people watching. >> reporter: she is not the only one people watching. according to sfpd law enforcement have eyes throughout golden gate park. >> we have a robust lineup of officers. we were working closely with the event coordinator and their security staff. >> reporter: during our time at the festival we saw police officers on bikes, medicals of the s.w.a.t. team, park rangers and even event security. even vendors noticed a difference in security compared to last year. >> we have people checking underneath our vehicles, we have mirrors. >> reporter: after the gilroy shooting where police say the suspect cut part of the fence to enter the festival sppd says they are covering the perimeter of the event. >> there are multiple layers of security. i can't speak to specifics but the fencing is defense. >> rep bags were changed are prohibit. clear bags are members even with

here's luz pena with the story. >> reporter: step by step, lesley is walking, but that doesn't mean she'secovered. >> when i walk, it hurts. where i got shot. >> reporter: a 12-year-old talking about getting shot is unthinkable. and to her, it still feels unreal. >> happened so quick. >> reporter: she plays back and forth those ten minutes prior to the shooting, captured by her mom in this photo. >> we were eating. popcorn and then we heard this gunshot and we were confused what it was. >> lesley's family was across when the shooting began. she ran away from the gunshots and stopped when she got to the fence area and met up with her cousins around here. she says they jumped over the fence and hid quietly. minutes later she noticed this. >> i was like sad and then i touched myself and then there was blood on my hand. so then i got shot. >> her parents hid under these benches hoping their daughter was safe and praying quietly as the shooter appro >> translator: the third magazine he loaded was going directly to us because we were right across from him. in that moment, the police stopped him

"abc 7 news" reporter luz pena has the details. >> the international arrivals hall is at capacity. >> this was a complaint at major airports across the nation. >> longer than i have ever seen it anywhere. >> ridiculous. >> yes, ridiculously long. >> reporter: international travelers landing at jfk, l.a.x., here in chicago, sfo and others were welcomed with the news with a system wide outage. the gordon family landed after an 11-hour flight. >> maybe an hour and a bunch of flights were getting off at the same time. so it was down the hall. >> reporter: faced with this, the u.s. customs and border protection agency reported to alternative procedures. in other words theyel haders ma. according to sfo's on duty manager, the outage lasted more than four hours, approximately 20 different airlines were affected, and around 30 flights landed during the system back up. travelers were coming in from singapore, paris, london, amsterdam and others. at sfo while travelers waited inside to be processed, family members and travel agents at the international terminal waited. >> 11:00 in the morning,

in san bruno, luz pena, "abc 7 news." >>> if your weekend plans included hiking you want to avoid the open space preserve in cupertino. a family of mountain lions is forcing the park to close this weekend. amanda del castillo has more on what is being done. >> reporter: a family of cougars was caught on camera walking along a trail at the rancho san antonio preserve in santa clara county. >> we believe there's a mother lion with three adolescent cub that live in or near the preserve. >> reporter: the district initially cut down a few trails to keep a safe distance between pumas and people. after addition allen counters expanded it to include the entire park. park rangers redirected drivers friday, including sung wu kim who says he runs the trails five days a week. >> it is very busy at this place. surprised me. even on the weekends, i come here like 7:00 a.m., the parking lot is full. >> reporter: he says rancho san antonio is busiest of the 26 open spaces it manages and they say wildlife adds to the activity. >> i have seen bob cats, deer, rabbits, snakes, all kinds of stuff and neve

in san bruno, luz pena, "abc 7 news." >>> if your weekend plans included hiking you want to avoi the rancho san antonio open space preserve in cupertino. a family of mountain lions is forcing the park to temporarily close this weekend. "abc 7 news" reporter amanda del castillo has more o begdone >>ter: a family of cougars was caught on camera walking along a trail at the open space preserve in santa clara county. >> we believe there's a mother lion with three adolescent cubs who live in or near the preserve. >> reporter: the mid peninsula regional open space district initially shut down a few trails to keep a safe distance between pumas and people, but after addition allen counters expanded the closure. >> trying to give the animals and people a break. >> reporter: he says he runs the trails five days a week. >> it is very busy. on the weekends i come at 7:00 a.m. and it is full. >> reporter: he says it is the busiest of the 26 open spaces it manages and visitors and wildlife add to the activity. >> i have seen bobcat with the little tails, i have seen deer, rabbit, snake, but frankl

"abc 7 news" reporter luz pena spoke to the school district about the changes they will be making. >> this padlock was from this chain, and instead of being linked here it was hooked on here. >> reporter: a gap that was big enough for christina's 5-year-old son to fit through, and according to her end up on the other side. this all happened on thursday during recess at lydiksen elementary school. >> i found out about this from another parent, and my concern is if she hadn't told me i wonder if the school would have even disclosed this to me. >> reporter: according to pleasanton's unified school district the principal called the parent and said an aide saw the student and he never made it off campus snoos. >> reporter: has anything like this happened before? >> i have checked and we haven't received any concerns. >> reporter: now the proximity of the fence to the street is christina's biggest concern. let's see how long it could have taken her son to get from here to the street. let's time it. over seven seconds. almost eight. >> it is honestly my worst nightmare. >> reporter: now the

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luz pena, "abc 7 news." >>> if your plans include hiking, avoid the rancho san antonio preserve. it is closed this weekend. amanda del castillo has more on what is being done. >> reporter: a family of cougars was recently caught on camera walking along a trail at the rancho san antonio open space preserve in santa clara county. >> we believe there's a mother lion with three adolescent cubs who live in or knee the preserve. >> reporter: the district initially shut down a few trails to s dis between pumas and people. after addition allal encountere they expanded the closure. drivers were redirected friday, including sung wu kim who says he runs this place five days a week. >> it is busy. it surprises me. i come here and the parking lot is full even at 7:00. >> they say it is the busiest of the open spaces they manage, and visitors say wildlife adds to the activity. >> i have seen bob cats, deer, rabbits, snakes, tarantulas but never a mountain lion and i would be good never to see one. >> mid pen is working on it hoping to restore balance in the preserve. >> fish and wildlife has p

luz pena spoke with an artist who lost her life's work but has found a way to help neighbors get backtheir feet. >> some of the dresses like this snowfall dress that i built for a client, i'll never get that back again. >> reporter: a dress that took 130 hours to make, paintings, woodwork, metal work, and memories of dozens of workers all gone with these flames. >> i turned on the news and saw the livestream and saw where it was burning. i'm incredibly sad because i lost 20 years of my work that i had saved. >> reporter: rachel watched as firefighters hosed down her studio along with colleagues' businesses. more than 50 firefighters battled the blaze for nearly three hours. >> no fatalities. no one was here. a very clean, well-maintained workspace where artists are able to create some very actual beautiful artwork. unfortunately it was lost. >> reporter: bays one and two, there. ea >> the three-alarm fire destroyed the front third of the warehouse. what it didn't destroy is rachel's passion. she is the executive director of monster toys. >> monster toys is offering scholarships so peo

. >> abc7 news reporter luz pena has the store friday union city where california's largest nonprofitng operation might have to close soon. >> reporter: in this warehouse with piles of sorted reesbl 0 people a year. but now they're holding on by a thread. >> we're not able to sell anything. we have to pay to g our paper, we're having to go to third world countries, which we don't feel good about. >> reporter: the majority of the material inside this facility is mixed paper, which is also the hardest material to market. in the past, china used to buy 90% of what you see here from the united states. but now with the trade war, they buy close to 0%. >> what we are faced with is finding other locations to accept those recyclables. >> reporter: in july, union city tried to buy triceps some time by charging an extra $2 a month to keep the center afloat. now with other centers clthe in entering this center has increased. and they say they only have a ch at least the mayors in alameda county because we do have a mayor's conference where we can discuss this issue because it is an issue that im

luz pena spoke with an artist that lost her life's work but has found a way to help neighbors get onheir feet. >> some of the dresses like the snowfall dress i built for a client, i will never get it back again. >> reporter: a dress that took 130 hours to make, paintings, woodwork, metal work, and memories of dozens of workers all gone with these flames. >> i turned on the news and saw the livestream and saw where it was burning. i'm incredibly sad because i lost 20 years of my work i had saved. >> reporter: she watched as firefighters hosed her studio along with colleagues' businesses. more than 50 firefighters battled the blaze for three hours. >> no fatalities, no one was living here. a very clean, well-maintained workspace where artists are able to create some very actual beautiful artwork. unfortunately that was lost. >> bays one and two, this area here includes g6 is still there. >> reporter: the three-alarm fire destroyed the front third of the warehouse. it did not detroit rachel's passion. she is executive director of a maker's space stepping up to help artists like her afte

"abc 7 news" reporter luz pena has his heroic story. >> i went to make a u-turn here and i did this and they were right there. right there by that sign. >> what did they tell you? >> well, i kept going a little bit like this. i rolled my window down and i said, i don't even know what i said, but they said, "we've been shot, can you take us to the hospital." >> reporter: a thought that pushed john to keep on driving, blood stains in his car remind him of the horrific moment of victims crying out for help, his teenage son in the front with him trying to talk to the victims and calling his mom to alert the hospital. leighann is a nurse at the hospital. >> we just picked up three injured victims. at that point i didn't know what their injuries were but i assumed the worst and started texting our emergency room director who i knew had left his home in morgan hill and headed in. >> reporter: for the next ten minutes, this father of three drove en route to the er. he didn't know their name, he just knew they needed help. several days after the shooting john saw the two girls speaking at this p

"abc 7 news" reporter luz pena has his story. >> i went to make a u-turn here and i did this, and they were right there. right there by that sign. >> reporter: what did they tell you? >> well, i kept going a little bit like this. i rolled my window down and i said -- i don't know what i said, but they said, "we've been shot, can you take us to the hospital." >> reporter: a thought that pushed john to keep on driving, blood stains in his car, reminding him of the horrific moment of victims crying out for help. his teenage son in the front with him, trying to talk to the victims and calling his mom to alert the hos hos hos lei leighann is a nurse at the hospital. >> we just picked up three injured victims. i didn't know at that point what their injuries were but i assumed the worst and started t texting our emergency room director who i knew left his home in morgan hill and headed in. >> reporter: for the next ten minutes this father of three drove en route to the hospital. several days after the shooting he saw the two girls speaking at a press conference. gabrielle was shot in the shou

"abc 7 news" reporter luz pena has history. >> i went to make a u-turn here, and i did this and they were right there. right there by that sign. >> reporter: what did they tell you? >> well, i kept going a little bit like this. i rolled my window down and i said -- i don't even know what i said. but they said, "we've been shot, can you take us to a hospital." >> reporter: a thought that pushed john to keep driving, thoughts of blood stains in his car. that moment, victims calling out for help, his teenage son in the hospital. his wife is a nurse manager at san luis regional hospital. >> we've just picked up three injured victims. at that point i didn't know what their injuries were, but i assumed the worst and started texting our emergency room director who i knew had left his home in morgan hill and headed in. >> reporter: for the next ten minutes, this father of three drove en route to the er. he didn't know their name, he just knew they needed help. several days after the shooting, john saw the two girls speaking at this press conference. gabrielle was shot in the shoulder and bry

"abc 7 news" reporter luz pena has the details. >> the international arrivals hall is at capacity. >> reporter: this was a complaint at major airports across the nation. >> it is the biggest line i have ever seen. >> longer than i have ever seen it anywhere. >> yes, ridiculous. >> ridiculously long. >> reporter: international travelers landing at jfk, l.a.x. or here in chicago or sfo and others were welcomed with the news, a system wide outage. the gordon family landed after an 11 hour flight. >> there were a bunch of flights getting off at the same time so it was down the hall. >> reporter: faced with this, the u.s. customs and border protection agency resorted to alternative procedures. in other words they had no other option but to process these travelers manually. according to sfo's on duty manager, the outage lasted more than four hours, approximately 20 different airlines were affected, and around 30 flights landed during the system back up. travelers were coming in from singapore, paris, london, amsterdam and others. at sfo while travelers waited to be processed, family members

. >> luz pena joins us live prfro san francisco international airport. are you lines there in the. >> reporter: not too bad right now. imagine in th imagine this scenario, being awake since 3:00 a.m. landing here to sfo and being told you so wait in line more with no explanation. the system is slowing coming back up. u.s. and border protection tweeted the computers are back up after the backup and travelers are no longer being processed manually. a travel agent had to wait for hours for his clients and the golden family who are happy they are leaving the airport. >> waited like an hour. >> maybe an hour and a bunch of flights getting off ath

this couple spoke to luz pena. >> spoke to accused couple who dauger's clet,ug he found inside was intruder hit crime against african-american boy. they spoke out. >> never hit him. he can say whatever he wants. it's not true. >> reporter: says the 17-year-old boy punched her in the lip trying to leave the house after her husband found him hiding in 15-year-old daughter's closet. >> arm is better but was a lot of bruises on my hand and he smashed his sb

luz pena was there. >> reporter: that's right. we are still learning more details. according to san francisco police, all started around 5:20 p.m. when one suspect was arrested and another fled the area. plain closes officers called for additional backup, and that's when the chase began down geary boulevard. a man can be seen laying on the ground behind an undercover police vehicle. according to the witness a man was being chased by two other police officers moments earlier. san francisco police confirmed this information. >> they were chasing two auto burglary suspects. during that time they called for additional units. at that time an unmarked police reporter: according to sfpd, a plain closes officer was chasing the suspect on foot before they were both struck by an unmarked vehicle on geary boulevard. >> that vehicle struck a police officer and the suspect. those two were taken to the hospital. the suspect was in life-threatening condition. and the officer is in nonlife-threatening condition. collision, the unmarked police car was removed from the scene with a s

luz pena spoke to people that called that park home. >> reporter: this morning nicole burns and her neighbors woke up to this sound and a hard reality. >> they are getting closer. you know, getting closer. we got to go. >> reporter: a week ago dozens of people living in this parking lot at union point in oakland were handed eviction notices by the city at least six of the people who lived here are children. >> we're on the streets before. >> yeah, unfortunately i've been homeless for probably about two years now. >> reporter: what happened. >> quite honestly, a bad divorce and a loss of job because it was non-profit. >> reporter: in april a group of these residents who the city of oakland for violation of what they say are the city's evictions procedures. according to the city of oakland before deciding to clear an e encampment they check for health, location, city and size and the union point location in a negative way. the rvs that can't be driven out will be toed and placed in an inpound. everything outside this area will be thrown out. so they are just migratin, is that the solution? >> i

. >> luz pena has the story where the non-profit recycling operation might have to close soon. >> thisur recyclebles are, it's accessible to 330,000 people a year. the pile of recyclebles grow, s does this. >> we're not able to sell anything. we have to pay to get rid of our paper, we're having to go to third world countries, which we don't feel good about. >> reporter: for more than a month, several piles of mixed paper have sat in this warehouse. >> with more ma terecycling com running out of time and space so now they areavg to pay $90 a ton to send some of the material to a lake to be>> ist china used to buy 90% of what you see from the united states but with the trade war, they buy close to zero percent. in july, union city tried to buy some time by charging residents an extra $22 a month to keep the center afloat. but with other centers closing, more recycling ends up here. >> i think it would make sense just to have a conversation with at least the majors in alameda county because we have a mayor's conference where we can discuss this issue because it is an issue that impacts al

luz pena, "abc 7 news". >>> hundreds of strangers attended the burial for one of the victims of the mass shooting in el paso. yesterday people lined up inside and outside a chapel to hug antonio basco. his wife, margie, was an employee of the walmart store where 22 people were killed. they had no other family so he asked that the public be invited to the services. >> we didn't know her personally, but she was a fellow el pasoan so we're family. >> the funeral director who is footing the bill says 420 flower arrangements were sent from around the world including japan. attendees came from all over, one woman even flew from los angeles. >>> victims of the tubbs fire that tore through santa rosa in 2017 will get their day in court. a judge has decided their cases against pg&e can go to trial. state investigators announced it was not pg&e but privately owned equipment that led to the fire, but victims lawyers haven't agreed with the result and asked pg&e's bankruptcy judge to okay a trial. >>> some survivors of the north bay wildfire who waited almost two years to have a place they can call

francis, luz pena, abc 7 news. >>> the commute into san francisco from the east bay will be a little different tomorrow and you'll really notice downtown near sales force transit center. buses will resume service today, the first anniversary of the center's original grand opening. it was shut down six weeks later after workers discovered cracks in steel beams. the beams were fixed, the center reopened july 1st without its main tenant ac transit. some muni routes have been using the ground floor. the first to run buses along dedicated bus ramp to the center's third floor. >>> in an effort to build a better bay area, abc news is committed to finding solutions to the region's housing crisis. we're looking at how people are buying and living in vans. they are not every day vans. in this case they are called glamper vans. abc 7 news reporter checked them out. >> it's great for watching sunsets, sunrises. >> reporter: rob novotny started glamper vans as a way to update old campers. but he's increasingly getting calls for people not looking for a place to camp but a place to live. >> the on

here's luz pena. >> reporter: once the clock hit 4:30 p.m. this poster marked the last car allowed to cash in their recyclables. >> i am grateful to be able to take my recycling in and get the money for it. >> reporter: acouple of cars ahead of her we met nancy with her bag of recyclables on the back of her bike. >> two other centers close down. >> reporter: replanet closed 300 centers statewide. now smaller recycling centers are having to pick up the slack and process new customers. >> we will get about 320 customers. that's normally -- well, that's about 100 more customers than we normally would get. >> reporter: more than 6,000 pounds of plastic were collected a of the this center. their question is now where to sell it to make a profit. tri-ced is california's largest non-profit corporation. they have been in business 40 years and now they are concerned that the trade war with china is going to put them out of business. >> now all of those ports in china have been closed to us. so we are having to go as far as india, singapore, indonesia,

luz pena has the latest on his visit. >> reporter: outside of their san francisco homeland, ethan elder, his wife, and oldest daughter stood behind the family lawyer while he read a statement. >> we saw our son finnegan. he was okay. but tired, remorseful, and stared. >> reporter: police in rome say elder and his friend from the bay area, natalie morales on july 26th went to the night light district to buy cocaine and that a milled man with a backpack directed hthem to a dealer. but an offduty officer interrupted. the officer was stabbed 11 times. >> the officer who we understand at the time of his death was acting as a plain clothes paramilitary officer is gone too soon. this is a tragedy. >> reporter: through the statement the family confirmed they obtained more information about the matter and returned home with a plan in place to get to what they describe as the truth. >> the public has an incomplete account of the true versions of the events. it is said, however, the truth will set you free. we look forward to the truth coming out, and the our son coming home. >> police allege that

abc 7 news reporter luz pena says the woman was walking and collecting plastic bottles and cans minutes before she was hit. >>> i heard a loud boom and i seen a lady's cartwright there. the car drove a few more and she came from under the car. >> reporter: he ran towards the crash and called 911. 79-year-old hui jun yang died at the scene. >> did the driver stopped? >> he stopped. i ran over and told him to call police. passengers hopped out. >> reporter: fran police are investigating the crash. they don't believe alcohol or drugs were a factor. it's still unknown if yang was in the crosswalk during the commission. walker says executive director says yang's death marks the 15th person killed while walking or biking in san francisco this year. >> we are asking that our mayor step in and intervene. >> reporter: two weeks ago and only four blocks away, a tesla driver sped through a red light and killed benjamin dean. his wife tried to shield him before they were both hit. we interviewed supervisor matt haney on these deaths. >> weave now identified seven intersections in the tender loin th

luz pena is on the story. >> when you're a kid, playing with trucks is one thing.r house to take your belongings is another. >> used to race each other on our bikes. >> show me how. >> 6-year-old benjamin woke up to city workers evicting him and his family from this parking lot. today he was supposed to go to first grade instead he stayed back because

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