melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> all right melanie thank you for that update. investigators are trying to figure out whether a fire that ripped through a san leandro 7-eleven was set on purpose. a spokesperson for the alameda county fire department says a bush next to the convenience store at 136 avenue at east 14th street caught on fire. the flames eventually spread to the store, burning the entire roof and attic. one witness recalls the incidents he saw leading up to the fire. so as i come outside, i saw one guy, i guess he had like tried to start the fire, went back and bent down, and i guess that's when he was starting the fire. and thankfully, no one was hurt in that fire. >> well, five years ago today, the deadliest wildfire in california history swept through part of butte county. that was back in 2018 when the camp fire ravaged the town of paradise. 85 people were killed when nearly the entire town was destroyed and 18,000 homes and businesses were lost. and today, only about a third of the population has returned and only about 20% of the homes have be

melanie woodrow, abc seven news. >> okay melanie thank you very much. we have an update to an i-team story from three weeks ago that we brought you about. the unhoused man who camped across from a richmond district grade school for more than a year after joseph adam moore posted a sign offering free fentanyl for new users, police arrested him. moore now faces charges of public nuisance battery on a parent from the school and a probation violation. moore is also a registered sex offender. today, a superior court judge lowered moore's bail from 35,000 to $10,000 and issued an order that moore stay away from the two blocks that contain the school and a nearby library. moore's attorney told the i-team, dan noyes that moore survives only on social security, so he cannot afford even the lower bail amount and will remain in jail. therefore until his trial within the next month or so. >> after two months of work, today's united nations plaza in san francisco reopened the site near city hall has gone through a makeover and the hope is that this is the start of a

so abc7 news, i-team reporter melanie woodrow will have more on the school board meeting tomorrow right here on abc seven. >> and to get in touch with our abc seven news team for a story you want investigated, you can call this number on your screen or go to abc7 news.com i-team, our daily effort to build a better bay area can happen in a variety of ways, and tonight the city of san francisco is spending millions of dollars to upgrade its un plaza. >> the family friendly makeover is the latest hope to revive a troubled section of the city. it's been a hotbed for drug deals and overdoses in recent years. and tonight, abc seven news reporter joe stone shows you what the city is now trying to do about it. >> permanent ping pong tables, cornhole setups, tech ball, foosball and some chess tables. but that's just the small stuff. san francisco's un plaza skate park officials opens wednesday in an event called reopening un plaza, bringing some more energy to the neighborhood, which i felt like it was been missing maybe past years. >> i think all the skateboarders and bmxers and extreme sports

and tonight, i-team reporter melanie woodrow has new developments in her investigation.'s after a second. san lorenzo unified school district mom says her child with special needs was also lost by del rey elementary school. the school district's response and what's next for that family? plus, seven on your side's michael finney with more answers about important paperwork like your pay stubs and taxes and why you may want to hold to on all that paperwork. a little bit longer. and you can join us for those stories and more at 530 on abc7 bay area streaming tv. >> and if you're watching us on tv, world news tonight with david muir is next for patel. all of us here. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley and i'm karina nava. >> i'll see you over on the stream in just two minutes and we'll be back at >>> tonight, for the first time, hundreds of civilians allowed out of gaza, including five americans. hundreds of u.s. citizens remain trapped. >>> donald trump jr. on the stand today. >>> and the deadly pileup on i-80. >>> first tonight, the rafah border crossing in gaza openin

she will follow up with i-team reporter melanie woodrow after she spoke to the san lorenzo school districtperintendent. the school board's response after a five year old boy with special needs was lured away from del ray elementary school. so that's all coming up at 530. you can join karina in just two minutes for the streaming newscast at do that and you can download the abc seven app or head to abc7 news.com to join her in two minutes as we said. >> and if you're watching us here, world news is next. we appreciate your time. i'm dan ashley. i'm ama daetz. stinging, 5-times-a-day,... ...makeup smearing drops user. i want another option that's not another drop. tyrvaya. it's not another drop. it's the first and only nasal spray for dry eye. tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. relying only on drops? not me. my own real tears are my relief. ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya. >>> tonight, breaking news as we come on the air. just in, the image

. >> abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow joining us live now in the newsroom with the latestin part because of a san francisco standard article that featured four pictures of neema mumini in his jail cell. the pictures taken by a freelance photographer in august who was working on a different story with the la times and recognized momeni. he then sold those pictures to the san francisco standard, the judge in the case says the sheriff's office is now looking into all of it. nima momiji's attorneys calling for a change of venue in the bob lee murder trial. >> obviously, the media publicity, okay, the reputation of the defendant, the reputation of the victim, whether or not a person can get a fair and impartial jury. >> adding fuel to their argument, a san francisco standard article publi included four photos of momeni in his jail cell, is so inappropriate and next level

so abc7 news, i-team reporter melanie woodrow will have more on the school board meeting tomorrow rightbc seven. >> and to get in touch with our abc seven news team for a story you want investigated, you can call this number on your screen or go to abc7 news.com i-team, our daily effort to build a better bay area can happen in a variety of ways, and tonight the city of san francisco is spending millions of dollars to upgrade its un plaza. >> the family friendly makeover is the latest hope to revive a troubled section of the city. it's been a hotbed for drug deals and overdoses in recent years. and tonight, abc seven news reporter joe stone shows you what the city is now trying to do about it. >> permanent ping pong tables, cornhole setups, tech ball, foosball and some chess tables. but that's just the small stuff. san francisco's un plaza skate park officials opens wednesday in an event called reopening un plaza, bringing some more energy to the neighborhood, which i felt like it was been missing maybe past years. >> i think all the skateboarders and bmxers and extreme sports people wer

of victims against the san francisco based ride sharing company and abc7 news, i-team reporter melanie woodrows here with the story that we'll see only on abc7 news. larry, i spoke with two survivors, one who lives here in the bay area, the other was visiting san francisco. >> tonight. their stories and uber's response. billions of uber rides are taken and given every day and according to uber's own 2019 to 2020, us safety report, close to 4000 sexual assault across five categories were reported on the uber app. >> these are predator drivers. i thought it would be safer to take an uber and it was. it was not. >> it almost felt like the driver. he was just waiting for someone to get in the car and like a young girl to take advantage of. >> now, two women who say they were sexually assaulted by uber drivers are sharing their experience in the hopes that uber will change its safety practices around screening, hiring and removing drivers from its platform. i'm on her way to cat sit in the mission this summer. jennifer says she took an uber to avoid walking through the tenderloin, thinking she'd be

. >> abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow has the story. you'll see only on seven. this has to do with which assaults and attempted assaults. uber is self reporting. i interviewed two sexual assault survivors, one who lives in the bay area and one who was visiting san francisco tonight. their stories and uber's response. billions of uber rides are taken and given every day. and according to uber's own 2019 to 2020 us safety report, close to 4000 sexual assaults across five categories were reported on the uber app. these are predator drivers. >> i thought it would be safer to take an uber to an. and it was. it was not. it almost felt like the driver. >> he was just waiting for someone to get in the car and like a young girl to take advantage of. >> now, two women who say they were sexually assaulted by uber drivers are sharing their experience in the hopes that uber will change its safety practices around screening, hiring and removing drivers from its platform. on her way to cat sit in the mission this summer, jennifer says she took an uber to avoid walking through

so be sure to speak with abc seven news i-team reporter melanie woodrow will have more on the school meeting today right here on abc seven. >> to get in touch with our abc seven news team for a story you want investigated, you can call the number on your screen or go to abc seven news.com slash i-team. >> today, five candidates will be participating in the third republican presidential debate. foreign policy and the israel-hamas war are expected to be prominent. topics. the five candidates who qualify side are chris christie, ron desantis, nikki haley, vivek ramaswami and tim scott. donald trump will again skip this debate in miami and hold a rally nearby. ivanka trump is expected to take the stand in her family's civil fraud trial today. unlike her father and brothers eric and donald jr, she's not a defendant in the lawsuit. ivanka was an executive vice president for the trump organization. she then became a senior adviser at the white house during her father's presidency. new york attorney general letitia james accused donald trump of inflating his net worth to obtain favorable loa