live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, "abc 7 news." >> all right, melanie.hank you. >>> now to other news, the latest on the controversy surrounding supreme court justice nominee brett kavanaugh. a vote on his nomination is set to happen by the end of this week. now, two women have publicly accused him of sexual misconduct. christine blasey ford of palo alto and deborah ramirez. the attorney for ramirez said tonight she is now willing to testify under oath to the fbi. on thursday, kavanaugh and blasey ford are set to testify before the senate judiciary committee. the committee fired a former sectisex crimes prosecutor, a woman, to question blasey ford. on friday the committee has scheduled a vote on kavanaugh's nomination. thursday's highly-anticipated hearing could well seal the fate of president trump's pick to fell the open seat on the high court. reporter omar jiminez with the latest. >> reporter: the countdown is on for a senate hearing that will likely decide the fate of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh, and now republican leaders -- even kavanaug

in the newsroom, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> all right, melanie, thank you. new at 11:00, surveillance cameras in the macarthur bart station parking lot were accidentally turned on and sent information to a database that i.c.e. can access. the cameras were installed to read license plates. a bart spokesman confirms to abc7 news the bart board told the police department in april 2016 not to turn them on, but at some point they did get activated. the police department figured out they were recording in november of last year and immediately shut them down. >> an 82-year-old castro valley man had to be rescued after he fell 80 feet down a hill in his backyard. you can see him here being loaded into an ambulance outside his home on green ridge porch. the alameda fire department had to go down the hill to rescue him and says the man is fine and went to the hospital as a precaution. it's not clear what caused him to fall. >> well, the world is watching. that's the message of a stunning art piece recycled for this week's global climate action summit going on in san f

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> all right, melanie, thank you. a homeless man is suing san francisco to change a state law that allows people's cars to be towed away if they have too many unpaid parking tickets. right now, local governments can impound someone's car if they have five or more overdue marketing tickets. homeless advocates claim that's unconstitutional. thousands of homeless californians live inside their vehicles, and they face other problems beyond losing a former shelter. >>> unfortunately, you know, you can go to jail for not paying the fine. so it's just yet another way the communities tend to criminalize people experiencing homelessness. >> one proposal would allow people to set up a payment plan for fines while getting to keep their cars. >>> if you drive or maybe take muni along san francisco's water front, rethink your plans tomorrow night. there will be detours and delays for a run put on by jp morgan chase. signs have been posted advertising that drivers of tomorrow's closures between 6:45 and 8:30 in the evening be warne

abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live in san francisco. melanie? >> reporter: kristen and dan, over my shoulder you can see a uniformed san francisco police officer. apple is one of several san francisco retailers that's now hiring uniformed officers. it's a move that seems to be making a difference. thieves targeting apple stores bay areawide, surveillance video capturing the heists in walnut creek, emeryville and santa rosa. the berkeley aim store also hit. this past sunday, burlingame well. the association president doesn't think it's a coincidence that the apple stores in union square haven't been targeted recently. both have uniformed police officers on site. >> it's an overall deterrent for these -- when they are casing these locations, whether or not they're going to go in and steal the products. >> reporter: hooded thieves hit august 22nd, gapping $19,000 in merchandise. the man who thought to take this cell phone video asked we not identify him. he says he could tell us they were going in and out of the store, something wasn't right. >> i

melanie woodrow is there now. melanie, what is the latest? >> reporter: we were here outside for most of the day. we had crews on the opposite side of the fbi building here in san francisco on the golden gate side. we did not see dr. ford come in or go out of the building. they said oftentimes agents conduct interviews off sight at somebody's home or business. word spread it was possible she could be here, at least one woman came out to support her. >> it's the reason i came here. the fact that, obviously, she should definitely go to the fbi about death threats. very necessary. at the same time, she's being refused an investigation by the white house from the fbi about her sexual assault by potentially, allegedly, brett kavanaugh. i think that's a reason to protest and to support her. >> reporter: we reached out to dr. ford's attorney regarding the reported meeting with the fbi. we did not hear back. in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> her sister-in-law was just here at abc 7 news a couple hours ago. this was her

that's where abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow joins us live. melanie? >> kristen, we're talking about alleged forged documents and permit fraud. the motive was to gain a competitive advantage. these three san francisco property at 147 marietta drive, 457 roosevelt -- they have one thing in common. according to a lawsuit filed by san francisco city attorney dennis herrera. >> you had a web of permit fraud and deception. at the center of that web is one company. >> that company is engineering firm santos and a route i can't associates. the allegation that they obtained permits for bathroom and kitchen remodels and they were excavated to add new floors and spaces below the existing structure. the spokesperson for the city attorney's office roderick owe santos a former president of the -- used his expertise and understanding to gain the system by saving on costs and increase speed. >> the fraud was perpetrated to get a competitive advantage. >> santos says he's being falsely accused and his job was to provide structural drawings for the projects. >> we don'

melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >> melanie, thank you. >>> interstate 5 in shasta county is back open, thanks to progress in the fight against the delta fire. authorities reopened one lane around 8:30 this morning in each direction. the fire has burned nearly 41,000 acres, and is 5% contained. homes along the i-5 corridor are still evacuated. >>> all evacuation orders are lifted for the snell fire burning in rugged terrain burning 40 miles north of napa. the blaze is 30% contained and it's burned nearly 2500 acres. no structures have been lost. the fire broke out saturday afternoon, threatening nearly 200 homes and prompting evacuations. the cause of the fire is under investigation. >>> the plans for someone to repel down san francisco's millennium tower to inspect a cracked window have been pushed back at least a month. engineers checked it out from the inside. lawyers working for the millennium tower association ruled out any foreign objects causing that crack. >> here today, one of the mediators assigned to this case suggested that the builders and their experts would like to do a j

melanie woodrow live in the city showing us current traffic conditions from inside our van, melanie. >> reporter: exactly. we're live in the live truck, and we're going to flip a switch here in just a moment and show you what it looks like on main street joined us an hour ago, we're showing you the backup on free month street. it took ten minutes after our earlier live schott. so right now you're taking a look at the situation on main street. some of this, of course, is likely your typical friday commute, which is never a ton of fun, but some of it likely related to the fact that the center has been removed. workers in tie beck suits were clearing the way for temporary supports after workers discovered two cracked beams earlier this week. the shoring system design will be finalized over the next day. it will then be reviewed by a third party. >> you'll see first a shoring system that's on pads, basically right on the asphalt that will be all the way up to the bus deck. >> once the support system is in place, free month street will be reopened, though it's unclear how many lanes could

melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >> melanie, thanks. a uc berkeley professor suspended after accusations of sexual harassment decided to retire. the paper says the decision was announced in an e-mail to the dean of the college. the professor was initially suspended for three years without pay, starting august 13th. he's accused of harassing a graduate student between 2012 and 2014. >>> still to come, local search and rescue. up next, first responders tell us what's different about hurricane florence than other disasters they've seen. >>> a popular ferry operator gets some powerful support. so it's full speed ahead for captain maggie. >>> the president announces new tariffs and one bay area company breathes a high of relief. >>> apple's new plan. if you're clumsy with your iphone, added piece of mind will not come cheap. >>> i'm at at&t, we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, we've created ac

does it matter, melanie? >> look, jared and ivanka there was surprising and awkward given megan mccann's direct shots america is already great and this long applause which is unusual at a funeral. jared and ivanka have their own funerals. she's trying to push child care and for jared a criminal justice reform bill so they really want to have their own relationships on capitol hill and build themselves as these figures willing to work across the isle so not entirely surprising they would want to be involved but some of trump's allies said it was a big mistake and they shouldn't have been there. they weren't the only trump administration officials there. there was some john kelly chief of staff, there was some cabinet officials including john or secretary of defense mattias as well as eileen child, the secretary of transportation. they weren't the only ones who were in attendance. >> john, melanie brought that up with john and mattias there alongside cindy mccain. how did that read and how do you think the pres

melanie woodrow is live in the sales force transit center now with the latest. melanie? >> reporter: fremont street where i'm standing and the transit center will be closed until at least the end of next week. and for good reason. that's because the damage is above fremont street. the main crack approximately two feet, six inches. and another smaller crack on an edadjacent beam. this is the cracked steel beam workers discovered at 10:00 a.m. yesterday. >> the beam is basically supports the roof, the bus deck, and spans fremont street. it's holding up the bridge over fremont street. >> reporter: which is why they decided to close fremont street and the transit center. >> we will not open until we're 100% the issue is rectified, is corrected, and the building is safe. >> reporter: during their investigation last night, workers found a second crack. >> the adjacent beam to the beam in question also suffered some cracking. not to the same extent as the beam in question, but still has some cracking. >> reporter: this is what the beams looked like when they were installed in j

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> melanie, this is a question that is going to be asked frequently in the days ahead. is it possible there's any relation to the millennium tower issues with that sinking building? >> reporter: larry, that is a question that makes a lot of sense because this building is next to millennium tower. tgpa is absolutely adamant that there is no connection between the leaning, sinking, and now cracked millennium tower to the ople ain how they could possibly be so absolutely certain about that just a day and a half after the crack was discovered in these steel beams. >> all right. melanie, thank you. live in san francisco. so thus far, we know what has happened inside the transit center. we don't know the why, we don't know the how. is it the beams? is it the design? the beams were fabricated in stockton. they will under go testing. wayne freedman spent today looking into the future investigation. >> reporter: just last month to a commuting niet mare today, this is a ride no one imagined for the center. >> it's worryin ining zblrks -- >> rep

melanie woodrow as covered the story since the beginning. >> melanie? >> reporter: the department of social services served oakmont senior notices to revoke the licenses of varena, which still has residents living there. oakmont senior living has 15 days to appeal and request a hearing. the -- it failed to protect senior residents. villa capri burned down during the october 2017 tubbs fire. in a scathing legal page notice dss details a lack of staff training. there were four staff members on duty overnight at villa capri for 62 elderly and disabled residents. the executive director deborah smith failed to ensure staff members were familiar with the emergency procedures. the four had never participated in a fire drill. dss says they left more than 20 elderly residents at villa capri the night of the fire. family member kathy allen helped rescue them. >> all i could think about was helping those people to safety. >> more than 20 residents would have perished. there were two care staff members and two maintenance staff members according to dss on duty over

let me tell you a little bit about melanie. the art of in persuasion, she teaches how to inspire an audience, even skeptics, to follow your lead, enticing people out of their column seeks, her to expose readers to unconsidered ideas, leading them to uniting conclusions. she hopes to change minds, but her goal is to open them, for a free society depends on an informed and thoughtful citizenry. having learned from her column how to communicate with people who think they disagree, melanie persuasion, with arthur brooks. by creating disciples who can help uncover and fortify the common ground we instinct and, she addresses our eras distressing polarization. let's give a warm welcome this morning to melanie stern. ♪ >> i'm going to start my timer. thankof all, i want to jennifer for the kind introduction that i got to write for myself, it's always nice when that happens. [laughter] >> we have become very good friends, comrades in arms, i call it. i am delighted to be down here from aspen, colorado to steamboat springs, where it is f

as we switch back here, reporting live, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> and, melanie, anyone who's driven through there know there's a lot of construction. given the problems, what kind of pulse are you hearing from people? are they worried or thinking about leaving that area? >> reporter: sure. great question. as we switch back here, i'll show you. there is one of those new really nice buildings that's going up. it's 181 free month street, free month residences. it's funny that you asked this. i did see a real estate agent that went inside for probably some sort of listing appointment and i stopped him and asked that very question, which is how do people feel between what we've seen with mel len yum tower and what we're seeing with the transit center and the issue they're having with cracks and the millennium with the leaning and the sinking, how do people feel about moving to this area. their response was they feel great. he said they're confident that the issue at the transit center will be fixed, that they consider this to be a booming area in san francisco and they're not worried, no

melanie woodrow is live from san francisco with the details on this story. melanie?e big question tonight. what caused this exterior panel of glass to crack on the 36th floor. building officials say they won't know for certain until they replace the window within the next week and open up the side of the building to get a better look. the leaning, sinking millennium tower has a new problem, a cracked window on the 36th floor. >> this is a window system that is designed to withstand hurricane-force winds. so this is obviously of serious concern. >> the city's department of building inspection took these photos. tom miller, the attorney for the homeowners association said the person who lives in 36b heard a loud pop in the middle of the night over the holiday weekend. it's the outside pane of glass that cracked. >> is that glass going to hold or is it going to be a falling object? >> the department of building inspection tells abc news an inspector has been through to the site three times. that inspector determined there is no imminent risk to pedestrians below, specif

melanie woodrow as covered the story since the beginning. >> melanie?nt senior notices to revoke the licenses of varena, which still has residents living there. oakmont senior living has 15 days to appeal and request a hearing. the -- it failed to protect senior residents. villa capri burned down during the october 2017 tubbs fire. in a scathing legal page notice dss details a lack of staff training. there were four staff members on duty overnight at villa capri for 62 elderly and disabled residents. the executive director deborah smith failed to

abc 7 news reporter melanie woodrow is live at the store on chester street with the story. melanie? >> well, dan, you can see over my shoulder there is a uniformed san francisco police officer. apple is one of several retailers here in san francisco that is now hiring uniformed police officers. it's a move that seems to be working. thieves targeting apple stores in santa rosa. the berkeley apple store also hit. and just this past sunday burlingame as well. san francisco police officers association president tony montoya says it's statewide. >> but these things are happening from pasadena to pittsbu pittsburg. >> he doesn't think it's a coincidence that the apple stores in the marina and union square haven't been targeted recently. both have uniformed police officers on site. >> i think it's an overall deterrent for these -- when they are casing these locations whether or not they're going to go in and steal the products. >> in san francisco, retailers contract with the city, which in turn pays officers overtime for working these assignments outside of their regularly scheduled shift

. >> melanie woodrow is live outside the hall of justice with the story. melanie? dan, the d.a.han 170,000 ride most of those are completed safely. it's the ones that aren't that may havefr prompanciscdi or gascon announcing the ride share with care campaign. the san francisco police department and ride share company uber joining the announcement. >> the safety features that are built into the uber app don't work unless you're in the right car. >> to that end, the campaign outlines three points. the first, verify the license plate number, color, make, and model of the car to the ride share app. second, confirm the driver's name before you provide your name, and make sure the driver matches the picture on your ride share app. and finally, share your location and destination with a friend, family member or someone you trust. >> this is a very safe service, right? it's just when things go wrong, they can go terribly wrong. >> the district attorney said there wasn't any one incident that prompted the campaign. he declined to comment today about the alleged ride share rapist case. in

in the newsroom, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> thank you, melanie.here is new video of the fires obtained by abc news. you can see it on "nightline" just after 12:30 a.m. if you're not planning to be up late, set your dvr now so you don't miss it. >>> trying to find out what went wrong the night the fire sparked. they answered some questions and raised others. wayne. >> reporter: the report tells an interesting story as most people know. the fire caused a drop in water pressure that overwhelmed the system and it blew thrgh area. the report aims to keep it from happening again. there are lesso only for santa rosa but perhaps the rest of the state. there are places in santa rosa, even though the water flows people cannot drink it. blame the pollution from the fires. continuing to drink bottled water provided by the city. >> every two weeks. >> reporter: when pipes and homes melted the cancer causing chemical leaked into the water system, it's been fixed but not taken as long as expected and natalie finally had plans to rebuild. >> we had wide streets,

melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> we do have a timeline on the vallejo kidnapping case. abc7news.com. >>> new uncertainty in washington, d.c. this evening over the suprem court nomination of judge brett kavanaugh. today, senate judiciary committee chairman, charles grassley said he's canceling the vote on kavanaugh's nomination. that of course, following the sexual assault allegations made against him by college professor christine blasey ford. kavanaugh denies ford's accusations. a hearing is set for monday where they've been invited to testify. acording to grass lee, ford has yet to confirm whether she'll be there. this comes as president trump sparred with democrats over their demand to have the fbi investigate ford's allegations. >> the fbi, john said, that they really don't do that. that's not what they do. >> we all signed on to this letter to demand an fbi investigation. but really, guess who is perpetuating all of these actions? it's the men in this country. i want to say shut up and step off. do the right thing. >> one person not at the hearing is mark judge who

joining me now melanie zenona and jeff mason. right out of the gate to you, jeff, are there limits to this investigation? free rein, doesn't that mean anything or is there now an agenda and it says you can do this, this, and this? and what about julie swetnick? >> well, to start with even the democrats as well as certainly the republicans have to some extent limited the investigation by giving it a time deadline and saying it needs to be done within about a week. so that's number one. number two, the reporting that i've seen and that you've already cited at the "new york times" suggests that there are just four witnesses so far that the fbi will be focusing on, so that seems like a limitation. that said, it also indicated that if they determine after making -- or conducting those interviews that additional ones need to be made, that that's an option that the fbi will have. so it does -- it certainly has some parameters and whether that ends up being portrayed or actually in reality being limitations, that will no doubt have some

. >> melanie spent the day outside the federal building today. melanie? >> reporter: we are, as you said, on turk street. this is the back of the building. we have been camped out all day. we have crews on the opposite side of the building. we did not see dr. ford coming in or going out today. an individual that works here at the building did tell us oftentimes agents will conduct interviews off site, either at someone's home or business. still, as word spread that dr. ford might be here, at least one person came out to support her. >> it means you are being oppressed by systematically oppressed thach oppressed. that is a future we may be facing. that is something i'm scared of with a potential brett kavanaugh confirmation. i'm trying to show people what they could see in the future. maybe not a red outfit with wings, but something else. >> reporter: we reached out to dr. ford's attorneys to ask about the meeting with the fbi today, that was reportedly happening. we have not heard melanie woodruff abc p news. >> we are sending out push alerts to get updat

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >>> hi there, everyone. our scene is changing very much so with extra clouds around on live doppler 7 and some fog near the coast. here's a view of both of those from our mt. tam cam looking pretty cool. those temperatures, 58 in san francisco, it is 63 in oakland, 71 in san jose and 57 in half moon bay. our temperatures have begun to come down. is that a dramatic view or what, of the marine layer and the clouds just coming in, rushing in. 70 in santa rosa and 69 in napa. 84 in concord, 82 in livermore. our hot spots this afternoon in the low to mid-90s, along the coast in the low 60s. the cooling has starrted, but you'll feel it inland tomorrow. much cooler tomorrow around the bay and inland. better chance of seeing a few showers early next week. hour-by-hour we go. 7:00 tonight we have the fog and high clouds passing through. tomorrow morning's commute will include foggy areas. a little more widespread than we've seen in days past. then we fast forward to saturday. that's when at midnight clouds will begin

. >> melanie woodrow is live at the scene with incredible dash camera video of the crash. melanie?er: that video in just a moment. you can see over my shoulder the broken glass at a drycleaner that was here where this bus crash happened. he said he just installed a dash camera in his vehicle a couple of months ago. he told us if he didn't have the video you're about to see, he wouldn't believe what happened. this is the view from the dash camera as he was driving west on lombard street to a 6:00 a.m. yoga class. >> suddenly i saw a big bus coming from the other side, jumping over and coming my way. and i was literally shocked. >> reporter: without skipping a beat, he slowed down and pulled over left. >> i don't know what to say now. >> reporter: the 66-year-old long-time bus operator crossed over the median and crashed into a tree and building under construction. the driver was taken to the hospital with life threatening injuries. three passengers were also transported. another surveillance camera on lombard street captured this angle of the crash. they say they heard a big bang.

in the newsroom, melanie woodrow, "abc 7 news." >> melanie, thank you. >>> christine blasey ford has deep roots in the palo alto area. as far as her accomplishments academically. >> lesley brinkley is at stanford university with more on her background. >> reporter: she is a professor at palo alto university where she teaches ph.d. students in psychology. the school confirmed she is not in class this week and would only say blasey ford is a highly-regarded professor. none of her students or co-workers wanted to comment. she lives in the south palo alto neighborhood. her social media accounts have all been taken down, but according to an ar kied linkedin page, she got her ph.d. in educational psychology 20 years ago at usc and in 2009 she got a masters in epidemiology and biostatistics here at stanford. >> obviously she is a well-studied, serious person had has been through a lot of academic training. >> reporter: lanny chan is a fellow at stand forward's hoover institute and professor at stanford law school. he also served at mitt romney's policy advisor in his 2012 presidential run.

melanie. >> reporter: larry and ama, a yellow-tagged building would have meant restricted access, andwould have been set by the department of building inspection, but that's not what is happening here tonight, in part because of what you see over my shoulder, scaffolding. the other reason is 36 floors up. with a 3:00 p.m. friday deadline looming, millennial tower homeowners association made good on its promise to the city. >> crisis averted, so we're able to give db i what they wanted in terms of their demand. >> reporter: including taping up and securing the cracked millennial tower window as well as ee racketing scaffolding around the building in case of falling glass. the attorney, tom miller, says there's one demand the hoa could not meet. >> there's no way we can expect 416 units, the city has basically giv

in san francisco, melanie in woodrow, abc 7 news. >> there's been so many problems with that. >> i know. >> let's move on. >>> going to be a nice day? you said it's going to be sunny for folks. >> outside of the coast, a lot of sunshine on the way. temperatures starting to peak inland. as you head out tomorrow enjoy 56 in walnut creek, increasing clouds right now. that warmth peaking tomorrow means it gets cooler starting saturday and all the way to temperatures well below average for next week. a fall flavor to that forecast. a look at the cloud cover and you can see it's going to pull back to the coast a little bit faster today. there will be a few lingering clouds but not as many as we had yesterday during the lunch hour over the bay. you can see the white just blanketing the coast as we head into the afternoon hours. all right. as far as temperatures, let's see that southern spread once again in the south bay. 75p in milpitas, 80 cupertino and san jose to 93 in gilroy. 73 in santa cruz. head up to the peninsula upper 70s, 69 in millbrae. temperatures around 60 degrees at the coast t

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, "abc 7 news." >> all right, melanie. thank you. >>> cal fire report out today highlights the dangers of fighting forest fires. we have learned the plane that dropped fire retardant on a firefighter killed on the ground was flying way too low. "abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman has seen that report and wayne joins us live from sonoma county. wayne. >> reporter: when crews are on the fire lines you might compare it to a battlefield. you might compare what happened here to the fog of war, a combination of circumstances, a crew in the wrong place at the wrong time with the disastrous result. >> we all remember the somber send-off of ba talan chief from draper, utah last month. a motorcade, an honor guard, a salute as his body returned home, and there were questions about what happened. we already knew that burchett died and three others were injured during a drop in the mendocino complex fire on august 13th. this plane may have been involved but not this pass. a report reveals the plane in too low due to an unseen rising h

in san francisco, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. >> thank you, melanie. >>> new at 6:00, governor brownired middle and high schools to start classes after 8:30 a.m. brown agreed with the bill's opponents who say class schedules should be left to local control, and that starting cool later could make it difficult for working parents to drop off their kids. supporters say a later start time is better for student health. governor brown signed the plastic straw ban into law this afternoon. what does that mean and when will it affect you? abc 7 news anchor kristen sze breaks it down for us. >> reporter: if you go to a full service, dine-in restaurant, they can no longer automatically give you a plastic straw. a customer has to ask for it. if a restaurant violates the law, it gets two warnings. after that, it's a $25 per day fine topping off at a maximum of $300 per year. the rule only applies to full service restaurants. it doesn't apply to fast food restaurants or take-out orders. critics argue it won't really help the environment and will only hurt people with disabilities. but supporters

live in san francisco, melanie woodrow, "abc 7 news." >> thank you, melan. dreiew 7 wasveru odn see ith sht outside the transit center. traffic wasn't too bad when we were overhead, but that's probably because more people knew about the closure today. now, b.a.r.t reported ridership almost 5% higher than usual today, but it was expecting an increase anyway because of the dream force convention underway in the city. >>> san francisco mayor london breed visited the center herself today to see the site and to talk to people about what is being done. in a series of tweets the mayor said, quote, someone needs to be held accountable once the cause is determined. >>> let's take another live look at the transit center from sky 7. you can see the roof top park there. and it is -- so far we know what happened but not the why or how. now, there could be three reasons behind the problem with the beams. experts say it could be the fabrication, installation or design. the beams were fabricated by eric steel in stockton and will go undergo testing. wade friedman spent the

viviendo >> ella tendría que estar conmigo, ella no tendría por qué irse >> las palabras de la pequeña melaniea esta madrugada a su país >> y las prostestas se hacen sentir porque irregularidades en esta deportación, >> más de 34 años de trabajo con la comunidad se han perdido no se tuvo en cuenta que su esposo sus hijos sus nietos eran ciudadanos, >> solo se le pudo entender por teléfono a gloria que se sentía muy triste, se dirigió en bus desde laredo a méxico, la familia no puede entender que sin tener antecedentes criminales fuera deportada >> es injusto, quienes estan atrás de esto son inhumanos, >> la familia y amigos se resisten creer que ya no estara en la casa por la que luchó tantos años, >> en una declaración ice indica que en el pasado fue deportada y luego volvió a reingresar >> solo le pido a diosito que la mande para atrás >> se estrella en plena carretera, todo queda captado en cámara >> la ciudad de san francisco tiene una cara oculta, la de la discriminación, >> y hemos notado un incremento en temperaturas en san josé 78 auckland 71 hablaremos qué nos espera para el resto de

. >> let's get right to melanie woodrow with a story you'll only see here. melanie?the idea for this story came from social media when a friend of mine posted a picture of a vehicle covered in writing, appealing to potential criminals to give their family a break. turns out not once, not twice, not even three times. felix and his wife had their vehicle broken into four times over a year and a half. so they took pen to glass, writing on the windshield, thank you for let thing glass remain unbroken. we are a poor family with two kids. no value is inside, except diapers. >> maybe they feel pity. >> reporter: on the driver side window, no valuables inside, except baby's milk. and the rear passenger window, nothing to take in this war, thank you. they learned what would take the hardway. the first break-in, they lost $1,500 in sporting goods. >> i think it's my fault. >> reporter: the second break-in, just bag. but that third break-in -- >> my passport and social security, working

the director of the rothchild archive will be here, melanie. this is an historic banking house. again, a week from this thursday.

well for more on this let's speak to melanie sloan she's a partner of some a strategies which is a public affairs firm specializing in crisis management and she was formerly a minority counsel for the house judiciary committee she is by skype from washington thank you very much for being with us melanie you know for people outside of the u.s. this is all quite puzzling the way this is happening to what extent do the respective republican and democratic party need to particularly when you consider that the midterm elections just weeks away trump everything else when it comes to the controversies surrounding brett kavanaugh is confirmation are these sexual harassment charges on a geisha it's simply further politicising and already crucial confirmation. well in the wake of this mini two year that we've been having how the committee treats christine blasi for it is particularly important in this what is being viewed as another your fear of the woman election which is to say that the female electorate is incredibly important and they already don't like president trump and there is a big concer

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melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >> melanie, thank you. >>> developing news near redding. the delta fire has forced the closure of interstate 5 in both directions. the fire broke out more than a week ago and closed i-5 for almost six days as you may recall. the fire has burned 90 square miles. it is 17% contained. >>> new at 6:00, catholic leaders in san jose are working to be more transparent about sexual abuse by priests. bishop mcgraph released a statement saying, a diocese plans to release names of priests believed to have abused minors. we stand with the victims and survivors and families. we can't defend priests perpetrators and those who enable or protect them. >> we don't change the path that we're on today, the future of humanity is at stake. >> star power, the governor, and demonstrat demonstrators. it's been a busy day two of the global climate summit here in san francisco. lyanne melendez is live with more. >> reporter: well, today, two protesters were arrested, cited, and later released. just another day in san francisco. meanwhile, inside, the governor made i

winning are slow and would put world cup qualification back in their own hands just before the break melanie leupold try to look from distance. netted the rebound . one nil for germany. in the second half the visitors failed to profit from chaos in the ice fundies friedrich stuck to narrowly missing their targets. a nervous period of play for the germans. but the tryst world champions managed to seal the victory on seventy four minutes to be no potsdam striker who dropped a second of the game iceland's defending again letting them down. germany leapfrog iceland to the top of the group a win over the faroe islands on tuesday will secure qualification. and that one does need to show is coming up after the break with pablo will be bringing you the best of the highlights including held by munich got on at stuttgart the champions make it two wins out of to find out very shortly. and if you can't you can always get the news on the go just download our app from google play all the apple store and that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications fo

melanie woodro has the story you'll see on abc 7 news. >> reporter: not once, not twice, not even threehis wife had their vehicle broken into four times over a year and a half. so they took pen to glass. writing on the rear windshield, thank you for letting this glass remain unbroken. we are a poor family with two kids. no values inside except diapers. >> maybe they feel empathy. >> reporter: on the driver's side window, not valuables inside except baby's milk and the rear passenger window, nothing to take valuable in this car, thank you. first break in they lost $1500 worth of sporting goods. >> i think maybe it's my fault i left car in such a place. >> reporter: second break in, a bag but the third break in at golden gate park. >> my passport, social security, working permit, everything, it was my wallet. >> reporter: the fourth on otis street. >> i see the thieves just open and see milk and diapers and left it. >> reporter: could it be? a softer side to san francisco criminals? r sea dahen he deco ea wedia askin for yourcres on pot thieves and you delivered. like this one, someone al

a win in iceland would put world cup qualification back in their own hands just before the break melanie leupold try to look from distance and netted the rebound. one nil for germany. in the second half the visitors failed to profit from chaos in the iceland defense. germany hoped they wouldn't be left to rue the miss. and soon iceland almost equalized fundies friedrichstrasse narrowly missing the target. a nervous period of play for the germans. but the twice world champions managed to seal the victory in seventy four minutes to be no potsdam struck a hoot after a second of the game iceland's defending again letting them down. germany leapfrog iceland to the top of the group a win over the faroe islands on tuesday will secure qualification. and of course we still have the bonus think a show coming up for you after the break probably for the earliest bringing you the highlights so far this weekend including alpine munich go on away too short call the question there was the champions make it two wins to. four in just minutes you know a bonus like a show with pavlova ileus that's up next h

a win in iceland would put world cup qualification back in their own hands just before the break melanie leupold strike a look from distance. netted the rebound one nil for germany. in the second half the visitors failed to profit from chaos in the iceland defense . germany hoped they would be left to rue the mess. and soon iceland almost equalized fundies free to narrowly missing the target. a nervous period of play for the germans. but the twice world champions managed to seal the victory on seventy four minutes to be no potsdam struck a hoot practice second of the game iceland's defending again letting them down. germany late for iceland to the top of the group a win over the faroe islands on tuesday will secure qualification. a quick reminder for you of our top story at this hour rival demonstrations have been hauled in the eastern held rather in the eastern german city of cemex the city in the national focus made a wave of unrest following a thankful stabbing allegedly committed by my current last set. of sure news for half an hour be back with more at the top of the hour you're wat

a win in iceland would put world cup qualification back in their own hands just before the break melanie leupold strike a look from distance. netted the rebound. one nil for germany. in the second half the visitors failed to profit from chaos in the iceland defense . germany hoped they wouldn't be left to rue the mess. and soon iceland almost equalized fundis friedrich stuck here narrowly missing the target. a nervous period of play for the germans. but the twice world champions managed to seal the victory in seventy four minutes to be no potsdam struck a hoot after a second of the game iceland's defending again letting them down. germany late for iceland to the top of the group a win over the faroe islands on tuesday will secure qualification. as far as men's football here in germany don't worry the bundesliga show coming up after the break with problem is waiting in the wings we'll bring you all the best of the highlights so far this weekend including how by munich caught on at stuttgart at the champions make it to britain's trade fine now in just a second. when the snake is. up next h

melanie woodrow, "abc7 news." >> melanie, thank you. >>> now check out this accident in dublin today. it happened just before 7:00 this morning. officers tweeted out this photo saying the driver will be okay, and no one else was injured. >>> a former police officer is being held on $250,000 bail after allegedly trying to run down police officers during a confrontation at gilroy high school. the suspect is 42-year-old chad browning. he worked with the hollister police department in 2007. his crime spree began when he stole a car in fresno. officers confronted him at the high school not far from where children were playing tackle football. some parents got involved, throwing tired at the suspect to stop him. browning drove directly toward an officer who opened fire. browning lost control and crashed and surrendered. >>> a house fire could have been a lot worse. it broke out in the garage of a house. the two cars inside, a prius and tesla, were heavily damaged. because of the potential hazards from the batteries in the cars, the fire department will work with the homeowners to make sure

bob prentice, mike lion, melanie grossman, james sandoval and mary mickoluchi. next speaker, please. >> good morning, commissioners. i work with community housing partnership and i'm also a representative of the good jobs for all coalition. i want to first acknowledge that sutter cpmc has been having success in hiring economically disadvantaged workers by the city's first source hiring program for entry-level positions. we would like to know, however, that sutter cpmc and echo what has been noted before it's had a glaringly decreasing its over all entry level hiring. we urge the commissioners to explore the reasons behind this slow down. as what was noted before, we urge the commissioners to ask how many of the entry level operations his ove hires have bn retained. we think this is very important, there were six targeted neighborhoods in the development agreement. if those targeted neighborhoods are not being reached, we should have them be identified so that this can be addressed. although progress has been made, such an extreme shortfall from over all predicti

. >> laura: let's go to melanie brown, who prefers not to reveal her political party. melanie, welcome. >> thank you for having me. all right. so we know that all police aren't bad. you know? but when some of the police officers hurt our community, then we feel like some of the other police officers should come together and try to help the community because they should care about what the community this about the police department. i just wonder, whatever happened to the good cop/bad cop, where there's one group of police officers you might be afraid of, but then there's the good cop where they can share, you know, who was murdered, what's the crime, and we can get more crime solved for our community and help everyone. laura: going back to the issue of trust. trust between the community and law enforcement. law enforcement is supposed to keep people safe. when you call the police, you want to have that level of trust. the police want you to trust them, otherwise they're not able to do their job either. >> as a writer in the group, i would answer that by pointing to one