northern california, over the entire northern california -- >> it's okay if he can just finish this last slide. >> this is the last slide. local apprentices, blue line, light blue line, women. gold, abc. again, 40 times the number of apprentices done in these union programs. the abc is another bad contractor. >> thank you, mr. lanesburg. [applause] >> good morning, supervisors. mayor elect. john doughty, electrical 6. at least been a really coordinated misinformation campaign coming across to us today here. the p.l.a. doesn't restrict l.b. contractors from bidding to work, doesn't require that they're no longer eligible to bid this work. it's in the law. we have to do that. local hire is not under threat by this p.l.a. local hire is a success because of the building trades unions in san francisco. based on the slides you just saw from alex, northern california abc who was helping to coordinate this misinformation campaign can't in half of one of the most populous states in the country cannot match the numbers we do in 49 square miles because they don't have a complotmemitm women. they don't have a commitment to african-american -- [applause] >> thank you. >> good afternoon, supervi s

the products were sold in several states, including safeway stores in northern california. abcuyen is live in santa clara to explain how you can protect yourself from getting sick. chris? >> reporter: dan, the recall itself was announced about a week ago, but many people are still learning about it, and now health officials are urging the public to check their freezers just in case the beef was stored there after purchase. more than 25,000 pounds of ground beef products processed in a colorado facility have been recalled following the discovery of a possible link to eco lee. the u.s. department of agriculture is warning others of the class 1 recall related to safeway stores in seven states, including northern county healt officer says the public shouldn't take any chances if they still have beef in the freezer. >> young children are at particular risk for very severe outcomes, including death. so play it safe, just discard the meat. >> reporter: this week safeway sent an e-mail to some customers explaining the recall on the more than 80 different products that could have been c

abc 7 is a proud sponsor of the event. proceeds support the foundation's mission, which is to provide wellness programs for northern californian with life-threatening and chronic illnesses. abc 7's cheryl jennings, meteorologist mike nicco, and traffic reporter sue hall will be on hand. it starts 11:30 this morning at camp arroyo in livermore. lisa, they might enjoy the cooler temps. >> definitely. some 80s out there, but not the upper 80s. we're beginning to see hazy sun, temperatures in the low 60s right now. low to mid-80s for you this afternoon. hope you're enjoying that. if you still like it cooler, we have a forecast you're probably going to like to start the week. but not in line with the averages for august. we'll talk about that in detail coming up. >> thank you, lisa. >>> also ahead, the a's get another important win on the road. and a career night from jonathan lucroy. mindi bach has highlights. isee that right there? boyou can't say that.ki. i can't tell people to try my bowls? no. check out my bowls? nope. what about my billboard? (sighs) what? try my teriyaki bowls. now available comwith steak or chicken,s. cove

northern california. >>> live where you live, this abc 7 news. >>> a police incident on i-680 in san jose has shut downhe freeway in that area. >> good morning to you. it's thursday, august 30th. natasha is off today. that shutdown will clearly impact our morning commute. >> check in now with abc 7 news reporter with more on the investigation and closer. looks like that's ongoing, matt. >> yes, it is. we were hoping to have this freeway open, chp told me 30 to 40 minutes for this closure but see here at alum rock they still have the northbound on ramp to 680 blocked off. this is being blocked off at capitol expressway all the way up to berryessa road. an issue for people who are driving this early in the morning. an officer told me they got the call from san jose police at 3:00 a.m. a man told investigators he was driving in his black honda accord with a woman between mckey and berryessa when someone shot at him. the man was hit but able to drive off 680 to the 7-eleven parking lot at flickinger. multiple bullet holes were found in the car and his front tire was car. he had no idea why someone shot at

california. the mendocino complex fire in the northern part of that state is now the largest wildfire in state history. nearly the size of los angeles. abc's will carr tonight from california. >> reporter: tonight in the west, wicked wildfires burning their way into the record books. the mendocino complex fire in northern california, now the largest in state history. scorching an area nearly the size of los angeles. and in southern california, the holy fire going from a spark to 4,000 out of control acres in a split second. >> that fuel hasn't burned for almost 40 years. >> reporter: this time lapse capturing plumes of smoke and ash billowing into the sky. the flames forcing mandatory evacuations. fire crews doing everything they can to put out those flames. you can hear a chopper in the distance, and homes like this just didn't stand a chance. you have a burned stove here. and that gas line is still burning. two firefighters treated for heat exhaustion. two people trapped by flames rescued by helicopter. >> fire travels faster than you think. it's an incredible sensation to be in this and to be faced with life and death. >> reporter: acro

abc 7 is a proud sponsor of the event. proceeds support the foundation's mission to provide wellness programs for northern california childrensses. abc 7's cheryl jennings, meteorologist mike nicco, and traffic reporter sue hall will all be on hand. it starts at 11:30 this morning at camp arroyo in livermore. >>> how will the weather be, lisa argen? >> good morning, carolyn, hi, everyone. the persistent cloud layer, the stratus, is beginning to clear. mid- and upper 50s from the city to mount viain view, not a big range there. we'll have partial clearing, 54 by the delta. breezy at times at the coast. here's the plan with the fog, it pulls back to the shoreline by the afternoon. but then it fills in quickly. so limited sun there. and it will be cool, 60s at our coast. and then once again, it's back by the overnight hours. highs today 68 in oakland, 77 in fremont, napa 78. low to mid-80s inland. ahead, we're cooling off by the middle of it week. middle of it week. >> thank you, lisa. you know when you're at ross and you're like... middle of it week. >> thank you, lisa. hello. ...and then the price is like, helllooo! that's ye

abc 7 news. >>> and here are the stories making headlines at 4:30. two fires continue to ravage northern californiad mendocino counties have burned more than 91,000 acres, the carr fire has burned 115,000 acres, a thousand homes have been destroyed. abc 7 news reporter vic lee tweets this photo from lake county community of kelseyville where evacuation orders have been lifted. eric thomas tweets a similar scene. evacuation orders were lifted here today, and first responders and pg&e meeting with residents as they drive into their community to check out their homes. san francisco's new mayor london breed signed a new two-year budget for the city. it targets homelessness, housing, street cleanliness and public safety. lean lyanne melendez joins us live to break it all down. >> reporter: if you live or work here in san francisco, homelessness is a big problem you know. housing, how many teachers, for example, do you know that can't afford to live here? street cleaning? well, look around you. and third or fourth of public safety, most of us have been victim of smash and grab. now, this is an $11 billio

abc 7. that is the taylor family foundation and their support of cam arroyo. it benefits supporting northern california children with life threateni threatening illnesses and chronic illnesses and we're going to raise a lot of money come sunday down in livermore when we have the fundraiser for the year. look how comfortable it's going to be. a lot of times we worry it's going to be 100 degrees but no, it's mid tos on, gitsack in a it, wt,night. texas taking on the giants, 7:15 first pitch. 61 cooling to8. >> good morning, so far so good. we don't have any significant issues on our major highways. checking out state route 92 across the san mateo bridge still fairly light leaving hayward heading over to foster city. everything is slowly starting to fill in. friday light for the most part. southbound 680 highway 4 to walnut creek in the green at six minutes. another eight if you're continuing to westbound 24, walnut creek to highway 13 and westbound 580 tracy to dublin you are in the yellow but not terrible. that's coming in at 40 minutes. >> thanks. >>> students at california state university maritime ac

northern california. the steps you should be taking long >>> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> new help is arrivingers across the state are battling more then a dozen active wildfires threatening thousands of homes. >> 140 australian and new zealand firefighters will arrive in l.a. before the end of the night. this is video of the first contingent arriving late last night. >> from there they will be sent to boise, idaho, to train before heading out on the front lines wherever cal fire and oregon fire officials need them. it is winter in australia, of course, and new zealand. so they have spare firefighters to help. >> our firefighters are pretty aware of the fact that they're going into some hostile environments, but that's what they're trained to do. tat's what they're experienced in doing. and our focus is all about safety and making a positive difference to helping their united states colleagues and the united states communities. >> the group of firefighters will help with about 90 fires ad will remain in the u.s. for up to six weeks. stop one will be either redmond, oregon, or redding. >> their

abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> a suspected isis member who lives in northern california is in custody accused of murdering a police officer in iraq. court documents show omar ameen committed several acts of violence on behalf of the terrorist organization. everything from murder to planting ieds. he was tracked down to sacramento yesterday. here's anchor dion lim. >> reporter: the fbi joined terrorism task force and the sacramento sheriff's department arrived wednesday at the eastern villa apartments in sacramento with a search warrant. >> the neighbors are from iraq. >> yeah. >> reporter: a man who lived next door described his neighbor as a nice man. another didn't want to go on camera but described what she saw. >> there was a family with children about 10 to 15 people huddled upstairs on the patio. there was an -- several fbi, highway patrol, several undercovers and then a woman that looked like they were up there talking to the family. >> reporter: throughout the day agents took boxes of possible evidence out of the apartment. then a court document was released stating iraq made a formal request for the extra

abc 7 news. >> thank you. >>> a suspected isis member who lives in northern california is in custody accused of murdering a police officer in iraq in 2014. court documents show omar ameen committed several acts of violence on behalf of the terrorist organization. everything from murder to planting ieds. he was tracked down to sacramento yesterday. a man described him as a nice man and another neighbor described what she saw. >> there was a family with children about 10 to 15 people huddled upstairs on the patio. there was several fbis, highway patrols, several undercovers. there was a woman that looked like they were up there talking to the family. >> ameen is an iraqi refugee who was in the process of ob take a green card. documents show iraq has made a formal extradition request for him. >>> now an abc 7 news live desk update. >>> china announcing it will send a delegation to the u.s. for trade talks. we have not heard yet a specific date but the chinese commerce ministry says it should happen this month. the plan is to discuss economic and trade issues between china and the u.s. both countries have imposed bil

northern california fires. she says the stress from those fires can definitely donations are so important. amanda decastillo, abcin about a month in golden gate park's robin williams meadow. 48 comedians take the stage. the whole deal is free. just show up. some of the greatest comics have appeared on that stage including robin williams and my two guests, debi durst and will durst. why do we need free comedy? >> good lord. everybody needs to laugh these >>colnte lau in order not t w we the rest of the world doesn't feel the same way we do. >> oh, my god! please help me laugh. >> it is an interesting time. good time for political satire. >> yeah, yeah. the hard part is keeping up. i switch between the news and the giants. stuff happens between batters. >> who is going to be there this year? >> well, will is going to be there. margot gomez, diane amos, also known as the pine-sol lady. she'll be performing. >> felicia michaels. >> felicia michaels. >> brian copeland. >> of course brian copeland will be there. >> he's on the boord directors. >> we can't say no. >> we have quite a few people. i have messages out to o

. >>> tonight thousands of northern california residents are worried about what, if anything will be left when they are allowed back home. >> abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley dug deep in santa rosa for sage advice if people who went through the north bay fires last october. >> lots of us are now reexperiencing our sense of loss. >> but for the grace of god, we survived a devastating fire. almost a year ago. >> when it happens to you, it becomes more than real. >> those who lost everything here in fountaingrove and other parts of santa rosa know what it's like to survive a fire one week, one month, ten months down the road. and today they shared the life lessons they'd like to pass on. >> feed us a meal. we need vegetables. we can't just go to burrito shops. you know, you're not eating. you have nothing. >> richard allen took action on day two after his house burned down. he ordered a computer overnight and called his insurance company. >> i called an attorney and had an attorney help me and coach me, an insurance attorney. people that didn't do that, some of them did okay, and some of them are still floundering nine months l

northern california fires will reach containment. >>> what's >>> good morning, bay area. >> let's get up and get going. >> this is "abc 7 mornings." the salesforce transit center is open and it cleared the balloonlento t air. jessica castro was on board. >> we will talk to her live in a few minutes. >> there are close moments. i thought the bus would hit the letters that were spelled out across the way. >> dramatic and intense and we got through it. >> together. >> we did, reggie. all right. it is monday, august 13th. mike and natasha have the day off. jessica is live for us at the transbay terminal. we've got francis in the weather center. how are we looking. >> looking cloudier and foggier at the coast. we could see a little bit of drizzle. here's live doppler 7 and the satellite image, stronger onshore flow that pushed the clouds inland and here's what you can expect. have this available searching the accuweather app. temperatures in the 50s with lots of low clouds and fog. clearing by noon except at the coast and then this afternoon that sea breeze will pick up 10 to 20 miles per hour that will cool things down for everyone. i

. >> abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley looks into what could stop these changes. >> could what's happening up in northern california happen here in the bay area? >> sure. i mean, you look -- we brag about the open areas that we have in the bay area. you look at the hilltops covering the east bay. they're all vulnerable to that same fuel, the fuel load that's out there. >> here in the east bay, urban areas interface with wild lands. on the back side of mt. diablo, last week was a warning. a fire was tamped down but clse to housing developments. >> there is so much dead wood out there and fuel for any fire up and down this state, i'm surprised the whole state isn't burning at times because of the fuel load that's out there. >> the drought years killed millions of trees across the state and here in the bay area. >> with the 2016 rains, the big storms that came in, and all that new vegetation grew, and now it's dead again. it just compounded the issue. we just have a massive fuel loading everywhere in the foothills and in the state. >> these fire experts say there is really not much that would dramatically reduce the r

reminder we are always updating abc7news.com and our abc 7 news app with the latest information on all of the fires burning here in northern california. if you're using the app make sure to enable push alerts. >>> let's face it, for most of us, the dmv is a drag. >> even more so this summer because lines have dragged on and on. relief comes tomorrow as some offices start saturday service. matt keller live in san jose. matt? >> reporter: good morning, reggie and jessica. visiting the dmv has never been a great experience, but recently the lines have gotten so bad you can end up spending the whole day here. at least now you won't have to miss work to do that. the dmv is expanding its saturday hours at several field offices starting tomorrow. 60 offices will be open every saturday from 8:00 to 5:00 p.m. 14 are in the bay area including daly city and hayward. it's gotten so bad some people say they've waited in lines nine hours or longer. dmv says that's because of the implementation of real i.d. people can't get those on-line or through the mail. they have to show up. the dmv opened up the driver's license processing center and the oakl

. >>> we're always updating abc7news.com and our abc 7 news app with the very latest information on all of the fires burning here in northern california. if you're using the app make sure to enable push alerts. >>> developing the new out of concord, police looking for a murder suspect considered armed and dangerous. investigators say this is terrance dixon accused of killing someone he knew, a man named michael downey. police found downey's body at his concord home on pine creek way last friday. they are still looking for the victim's car which was stolen. the license plate at the bottom of your screen. so if you see dixon or you see this car, call law enforcement immediately. do not approach him. >>> turning to the long lines, let's face it, the dmv pretty much gives all of us a headache. >> a little good news, much needed relief coming tomorrow as some of the offices start saturday service. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live in san jose. matt? >> good morning, jessica and reggie. we're about two hours away from the office here in san jose from opening up and we already have our first person in line, anthony. he just told me he

in the meantime, download the abc 7 news app and get push alerts sent to your phone. >>> to the fires burning in northern california, firefighters at the carr fire burning in shasta and trinity counties are focusing on putting out hot spots and securing containment lines. the wildfire is 93% contained, it's burned nearly 230,000 acres. cal fire says if you plan to travel to the area, watch out for fire crews along the way. the ranch and river fires which make up the mendocino complex are 67% and 100% contained respectively. the ranch fire, the larger of the two, has now burned more than 373,000 acres. busy road to yo semisee valley is reopened today. warner road, or highway 31 reopened at 8:00 a.m. it's been closed since july 25th because of the devastating ferguson fire. that fire is now contained. meanwhile, highway 140 will close between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. this weekend so pg&e crews can do power restoration work. >> state lawmakers today criticized verizon for throttling, slowing down the internet speeds of santa clara firefighters as they were fighting the fires. verizon jeopardized the safety of the publi

abc 7 news. >>> and here are the headlines make -- the stories making headlines at 4:30. two destructive northern californiaht. the mendocino complex fires that are burning in mendocino and lake countys expanded to 110,000 acres. the deadly carr fire in shasta county has burned nearly 126,000 acres, and that one is now the sixth most destructive wildfire in state history. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard is in lake county. and tweeting about the new round of mandatory evacuations that were issued today, some other evacuations were lifted today, we should point out. >>> turning to politics now, abc world news tonight tweets this snippet from this morning's white house press briefing, sarah sanders declined to say whether she agrees were disagrees with president trump that the media is the enemy of the people. meanwhile, top officials are raising concerns about the 2018 and 2020 elections. the president's intelligence and national security team is warning russia and other bad actors are attempting to interfere once again. abc news reporter arlette saenz in washington for us with the latest. arlette? >> rep

abc 7 mornings. >> for more than 25 years we've been partnering with the taylor family foundation. a benefit supporting northern californiaeatening chronicle illnesses and developmental disabilities and at youth risk and it's a wonderful event and usually the last sunday in august down in livermore and usually 100 degrees, but it's going to be mid to upper 70s. we're going to raise millions to help the families and kids. we have poor air quality down south of us. we'll talk about how long that's going to last coming up. >> thanks. developing news, a flight from sfo forced to turn back around and make an emergency landing overnight. >> passengers tell us the plane hit a flock of birds. abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield has more. >> reporter: passengers are still here. we're hearing they're not going to be leaving until after 8:00 this morning. these passengers were headed to singapore when the pilot announced they were turning around. they said the plane hit a flock of birds about 25 of them hit the nose of the plane and he was worried some got into the engine as well. the plane looks fine but the pilot was concerned. the

abc 7 news meteorologist spencer christian. spencer this -- this is problematic all over california. >> it really is, larry. especially here in the northern and central parts of the state where we have so many major fires burning at once. now, this red flag warning is in effect until 11:00 p.m. tomorrow for a wide area, including the areas where the fires are burning right now to our north and over to the east into the sierra and the sierra ridge and foothills. the ridge is -- the gusts will be generally 25 to 35 miles per hour in those areas due north of the bay area. in the east area of the sierra the gusts will be up to 65 miles per hour with dangerously low relative humidity. looking at the ranch fire and the river fire, you can see that it's about 90 degrees in both locations and the wind is gusting to 27 miles per hour. and we expect wind gusts to just taper off a little bit during the overnight hours, and perhaps pick up again to the levels wrer seeing today by midday tomorrow. so the red flag warning is in effect for an expansive area. and i guess you want to know what that means to the average person, right? >> yeah, absolutely w

abc 7 news. >>> new developments this morning with safe injection sites in san francisco, how close it is to actually happening. >>> plus, another disturbing incident involving an uber driver in northern california. >> he said okay. now you're going to tell me the real story or we're all going to die. >> three women described how they survived this incident. >>> and caught on camera, what caused this police helicopter to suddenly crash. >> it's 5:10. here's a live look outside. abc 7, the only >>> wow. did you see that? watch it again in slow motion. a large piece of debris flies directly at the person holding that camera. this is from a tornado in new zealand. an area that gets about seven to ten strong tornadoes like this per year. we just happen to capture this one. this also serves as a warning. i know we want to get out there and i'm guilty more than any of you of going out when i hear tornado running and watching. you got to stay inside and seek shelter. we only get about ten here in california. it's mainly during the winter. all right. talk quickly, speaking of winter, we're not that cold and we're not summer like. temperatures about 4 to 9 degrees below average today in the 60s and 70s.

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