in pittsburg, anne makovec, kpix5. an allegat >>> friends and allies of supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh are coming to his defense trying to cast doubts on an allegation of sexual assault. >> president trump has chimed in with tweets against the accuser. kpix5 political reporter melissa caen is here with more on today's developments. >> it seems like it just changes every minute. today supporters of judge brett kavanaugh came out in force. >> those who know him best have stepped forward to say that the allegation being leveled against him is false and we are proud to stand with brett. >> 75 women came together today at a news conference in support of judge brett kavanaugh. >> it seems anyone can launch an allegation without corroboration or evidence and dismantle a person's career and their life and the lives of their family members. this is wrong. >> the white house and republicans are making it clear. they expect judge brett kavanaugh to be confirmed to the u.s. supreme court despite the decades old sexual assau

the pittsburg police department is investigating an officer's use of force... the latest in a live report. ( james )plus... we're learning more about the learning more about the arrest of a 19-year-old... accused of trying to rape a woman... while she was out jogging. ( james )and... the bay area professor accusing supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh of assault is ready to testify next week... under certain conditions. you could generate your own energy, at home. or to save energy, unplug unused appliances. do your thing, with energy upgrade california. (darya) good morning i'm darya folsom..(james) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... much like yesterday it will be another hot day for much of the bay. temperatures will boost back into the upper 80's and low 90's inland with 60's and 70's closer to the coast. skies will remain sunny and dry all day long much like yesterday with a relatively fog free morning to start this last day of summer. working into fall ahead of us expect temperatures to remain above avera

the fourth is a former student at black diamond high also in pittsburg. police say the teens arrested did not have weapons or access to weapons to carry out an attack. but they were arrested because of the nature of the threats made. >>> in the south bay allegations of abuse and mismanagement are racking the chamber of commerce in santa clara. jesse gary tells us a report released today says bad business practices have cost the city $20 million in fee that is were never collected. >> thank you mayor. >> reporter: city council members say last february alarm bells went off when they noticed a spike in chamber of commerce management fees related to the convention center. what had been a routine $45,000 a year bill more than tripled and kept growing prompting an outside performance audit. >> there was financial mismanagement, conflict of interest, unexplained expenditures, comingling of funds so a lot of troubling concerns. >> reporter: the chamber manages the city's convention center with the goal of bringing in events and stimulating the economy. this pers

authorities describe the bullyboys as a street gang based in bay point and pittsburg. the cocoboys are a white street gang with ties to the family affiliated irish mafia. >> it was a coordinated operation that this was an enterprise that went beyond one jurisdiction, that these guys were actually networking and doing this in ways that went beyond just their hood. >> reporter: and the suspects committed more than $1 million in credit card fraud. that fraudulent money in some cases was used to buy care packages for inmates inside the california prison system. that's the latest from pittsburg, juliette goodrich, kpix5. >>> hurricane florence is now tracking towards the east coast and forecasters say the category 4 storm will only get stronger. nasa is giving us a good look at the size of this powerful hurricane expected to make landfall as soon as thursday. >>> virginia, maryland and the carolinas have all declared states of emergency and this evening evacuation orders are going up in many low lying areas. people on north carolina's outer banks are now headed inland. >> t

the pittsburg police department is investigating an officer's use of force.s in a live report. ( robin )plus.... new details on the man accused of attacking another man with a machete. that victim, is now out of a coma, and talking to police. ( robin )and... we're learning more about the arrest of a 19-year-old... accused of trying to rape a woman... while she was out jogging. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. ( darya ) good morning i'm darya folsom..( james ) and i'm james fletcher. lets start the morning with a check of weather and traffic... much like yesterday it will be another hot day for much of the bay. temperatures will boost back into the upper 80's and low 90's inland with 60's and 70's closer to the coast. skies will remain sunny and dry all day long much like yesterday with a relatively fog free

riders packed a special community meeting in pittsburg tonight. abc 7 reporter kate larsen was there and explains what the transit agency is doing to improve safety. >> get in the elevator, and there is an obviously drugged up man. >> pleas from the bart riding community to do better. at a packed meeting in pittsburg about safety on the system. >> he kept pushing me, pushing me. and it was really kind of scary for me. >> you hop on the train and there is a bottle full of urine sitting right there on the seat. >> in august, bart general manager announced a safety and security action plan after multiple crimes on bart, including the murder of 18-year-old nia wilson who was stabbed to death at oak land's macarthur station in july. john cowl is charged with wilson's murder. a day after wilson's stabbing he was found and arrested. >> we do know that he had previously fair evaded on bart because we gave him a proof of payment citation. >> on thursday night the bart board of directors voted to expand their inspection teams, adding ten new positions so ni

to be this weekend. ♪ that is bay area music leejd sheila e rocking out today at the 34th pittsburgre were a few delicacies you can sample with the live music. >> it's a great opportunity taste some alligator, frog legs. >> it's held by the pittsburg chamber of commerce. the festival continues tomorrow from 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. haven't had alligator in a while? >> what about frog at.let'sck ty should be on the arm siupper 80. current numbers comfortable in the bay area, upper 50s, some of the cooler locations to the north and novato. warm day today and north winds took over, very little fog and we saw a return to the 90s. things are changing. in fact, as we look at the week ahead in concord, we'll see highs in the upper 80s, a few degrees cooler than today. it's the middle of the week, tuesday, wednesday, and thursday, check it out. it will be much, much cooler. and then with we recover thursday ask friday, we're not looking at that very warm forecast. looking for something to do tomorrow? the giant race tomorrow right along the water front. should be a beautiful day, mid-50s, 7:

we are here today to make sure our students know pittsburg high school is safe. >> the teens did not have weapons or access to weapons to carry out an attack but they were arrested because of the nature of the threats they made. >> i am here to get answers. i am here to also show support. but i do not feel comfortable letting my daughter attend this week. >> the principal declined to speak with us on camera and our calls and e-mails to spokespersons have not been returned but parents said they are feeling reassured the four teens arrested are in juvenile hall this morning. allie rasmus, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> mismanagement of funds by the chamber of commerce lead to the city looing millions of dollars. coming up at 4:30 p.m. hear from members of the chamber of commerce on the allegations. >> and what happens to judge brett kavanaugh now? a congressman joins us live to discuss the crevice and we will weigh -- controversy and he will weigh in on the russia probe documents. >> and in weather, big changes to the weather pattern. lots of sunshine, warming temperatures and now we have a red

three of the teens are pittsburg high students. the other is a former black diamond high school student. police say the teens did ánot have weapons. ( darya ) and in clayton... a student accused of hacking into a social media account and threatening diablo view middle school has been arrested. the school's principal notified families in a robocall about the threat that was made monday. officers were on-campus yesterday... but many students stayed home. <"early morning, there were like a few ot them on every single corner." "in my first period class there were only about 13 kids. (philippe) and, how many are usually in there? (melinda) 30.">( darya ) students we spoke with say they do plan on going back to class this morning. ( james ) another big story this morning.. the bay area professor accusing supreme court nominee judge brett kavanaugh of assault... wants the f-b-i to investigate. christine blasey ford and kavanaugh are set to testify monday on capitol hill... during a public hearing. ford says kavanaugh assaulted her while t

back to you. >> thanks, mike. 6:31 right now. >>> new body camera video released by pittsburg police ties to set the record straight on the arrests creating a stir online. >> stop! >> you see it there body camera video showing officers throwing a suspect to the ground there, then punching him several times. the department posted that video after separate video shot by a witness seemed to show the suspect already handcuffed. we're not showing you that video but the department says this video shows the man's hands free, and struggling with officers. that incident occurred last saturday. officers responded to a call about someone siphoning gasoline there, and that's when that man was armed with a crowbar. they also say that he called for officers to shoot him. after receiving calls about the cell phone video circulating on social media they released this video in an effort to be transparent. >>> at 6:32, b.a.r.t. is under fire once again this time for a new investigation by the ""san jose mercury news."" the newspaper claims b.a.r.t.'s crack down on toll evadiereers disproportionately t

pittsburg eb after bailey two accidents blocking several lanes. traffic jammed in both directions. from daly city continued sunshine today as the bay area will again see temperatures peaking just slightly above average for this time of year. highs this afternoon will range from the 50's and 60's ( darya ) breaking overnight news... oakland fire crews are cleaning up following a fire at a homeless encampment. these are pictures from that fire. . it was first reported just before 3 this morning in the 22-hundred block of east 12th street. about 30 people were displaced. no word yet on injuries or a cause. ( darya ) a big story we are following this morning... 32 - members of street gangs have been indicted on 240 counts ... including credit card fraud. they are suspected in an unusually sophiscated scheme targeting credit card readers from medical and dental offices... some here in the bay area. the charges are against members of the "bully boys" and "coco boys" street gangs. california attorney general javier becerra says hundreds of people across 13 counties have been victimized. a

we'll track that, so far out of antioch, pittsburg bay point traffic flows smoothly.w issue on 880 in oakland, i'll check that, around the oak exit there, i don't see any but it did just appear and more traffic in the area, the cash lane starting with a small backup right now at the bay bridge toll plaza and we'll follow this as they open all cash lanes over the next few minutes. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> happening today, leaders from around the world gathering in san francisco for the global action summit, which officially kicks off tomorrow at the mosconi center. today governor brown will attend with climate experts. they plan to announce global funding efforts to combat climate change. al gore will attend a symposium on how to improve global climate. some of the focus will include the definitesation in california from recent wildfires. 4:49 right now. >>> today a flight over once south bay group's solution to help the homeless takes a new step. >> they set up a new type of encampment. the problem officials are telling them to get out. san jose hope village

highway 4 that is the slowing, pittsburg, antioch, bay point. we know about that slowing in the area. in the city continued closure for sales force transit center, the temporary transit center back in place, minor reroutes for muni, ap transit, golden gate transit. b.a.r.t. is unaffected and no delays reported for the system. keep that in mind in the city if you're headed on mass transit for the weekend activities, across the bay right now a live look for san mateo bridge shows you the volume, just kicking in over the last few minutes and i showed you more traffic heading down there hayward southbound 880. over here on the peninsula no delays. back to you. >> thanks, mike. >>> it's 6:21. coming up next on "today in the bay," finally a deal after a year of negotiations and protests, the resolution for some south bay teachers. >>> tired of robo calls? so are we. but a real solution could be on the way and soon. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. nbc bay area responds next. ♪ welcome to monowi, nebraska, population one. me. i'm mayor, secretar

police arrested a man yesterday in pittsburg on highway 4 dying in the same car.s old. jordan andrew wilson of pittsburg. two other suspects are still on the loose. >>> our time is 5:47. filling in for sal, the calendar cot tunnel still port traffic hazard. we have a lot to talk about before 6:00 this morning. let's get right to westbound 205 in tracy slow as you approach westbound 580. at grant line road there's a report of a hit and run. however, no injuries. so hopefully that gets cleared up. highway 24 is get more crowded in lafayette the when you get to the calendar cot tunnel in the westbound direction there's a rot have report of a traffic hazard inside. we don't have the details on what it is. but be aware of that. also, bay bridge toll plaza you can see the metering lights were turned on 20 min it's a go. it's already pretty backed up to macarthur maze. carpool lanes n problems this morning. a couple things to tell you about in san francisco. southbound 101 north of the silver avenue off ramp a report of a hit and run blocking the left lane. northbound 10

in pittsburg, sara stinson, kron 4 news.>### (catherine) coming up...congress is demanding answers tonight-- saying google doesn't do enough to protect the privacy of children... we'll have the details. (ryan) an aweful scene at a daycare center... after three baby girls are stabbed. we'll explain what happened. (catherine) also - a major crackdown of pot grow sites....even though recreational marijuana is legal. why officials are shutting down some pot farms. (lawrence) i'm chief meteorologist lawrence karnow, i'll have your full bay area forecast after the break. ♪ flintstones! meet the flintstones. ♪ ♪ they're the modern stone age family. ♪ ♪ from the town of bedrock. ♪ meet george jetson. ♪ ♪ his boy elroy. with instant acceleration, electric cars are more fun to drive and more affordable than ever. electric cars are here. plug into the present. it's been 9 months since recreational pot has been legal for adults to buy in california. but there's also a lot of new red tape..and enforcement. sonoma county's permit office says that it's shut down more

three of the teens are pittsburg high students.k diamond high school student. police say the teens did ánot have weapons. ( darya ) and in clayton... a student accused of hacking into a social media account and threatening diablo view middle school has been arrested. the school's principal notified families in a robocall about the threat that was made monday. officers were on-campus yesterday... but many students stayed home. <"early morning, there were like a few ot them on every single corner." "in my first period class there were only about 13 kids. (philippe) and, how many are usually in there? (melinda) 30.">( darya ) students we spoke with say they do plan on going back to class this morning. ( darya ) new this morning... a 15-year-old is hurt after being shot in antioch. police say the boy was shot near the railroad tracks near "g" and west 20th streets after before 4:30 yesterday afternoon. and they it looked the boy was the victim of an attempted robbery. the teen is now hospitalized in stable condition. no arrests have be

como pasó tan rápido lo primero en mi mente fue sacar mi teléfono ella e va a ir >> juan volvía de pittsburgventana la joven guarda el arma en s carretera >> luego atropella al hombre que trataba que no se escapara >> segundos después la mujer se acerca al conductor y ahí dice que entró su instinto para el conductor >> posiblemente poniendo en peligro su vida >> cuando ella salió a tocarlo, dijo tengo que salir a ayudarlo que pasa si muere aquí no voy a estar con mi conciencia >> después del acto heróico la ira de la joven seguía rebasada volvió a atropellar al conductor, lo empuja y poco le importó que subiera a su capota para escapar del lugar después de esa experiencia irreal solo quiere una cosa >> que lo juzgue el sistema como todo mundo lo juzgan >> dramático, la familia récord de temperaturas en sus costas como consecuencia especies que abudna en aguas tropicales llegan a nuestro litoral la combinación de flora y fauna han genrado desbalance en la cadena alimenticia >> un animal que antes no comía algo ahora come a otros y los tiburones aparecen y comen a las focas, mantarrayas que no

partir del miércoles para el día de maÑana vamos empezar a notar un descenso en el termómetro 87 para pittsburgaíso ¿qué va a pasar?. >>> conversamos con dos de sus protagonistas para que no cuenten quÉ podemos esperar. >>> estoy con uno de la pareja más heridas a telemundo. esta noche es el último capítulo de la tercera temporada de sincero me paraíso. >>> no se lo pueden perder. está buenísimo. no podemos adelantar nada. >>> doÑa hilda entra a la cocina y aquel que almeido le haga un hijo por primera vez van a ver como esta par. >>> es como la escena de hace unos años?. >>> peor. >>> quÉ va a pasar entre catalina y almeido?. >>> es una de las escenas que la gente ha querido ver durante la temporada. . >>> quiero saber qué es lo que sigue?. >>> no lo sabemos. >>> habrá conflictos. es algo que la gente cree ver y hoy en las 9:00 de la noche va a pasar de todo. >>> no se lo pueden perder oma el capítulo final de la tercera temporada en cena me paraíso. solo aquí por telemundo. >>> dos personas han muerto en california debido al virus. se confirmó que 56 casos activo y hay evidencia de pájaros. >

rider safety will be the focus of a special bart board of directors meeting in pittsburg.omicides... including the stabbing death of 18-year-old nia wilson at the macarthur bart station in oakland and other violent crimes. video released this week from the coliseum station shows what happened ábefore a mob attack last year on a train. tonight's meeting starts at 5 at the pittsburg city council chambers. ( darya ) happening today... hope village moves to its new location in san jose. the move starts this morning at 9. the city of san jose has agreed to lease land for only a dollar a month for the next six months to the homeless encampment. the new site is across from the old one. ( james ) facebook is being sued ... for not protecting its "content moderators" from post tramautic stress.. the lawsuit claims that some employees are suffering from psychological trauma - after monitoring offensive and horrifying images all day. the suit was filed on behalf of a former facebook employee hired for that job. the content being screened can include video or photos of things like sex

he is 19- year-old jordan andrew wilson of pittsburg. the other two suspects are still on the loose. >>> breaking news now just into the ktvu newsroom. police in alameda have made an arrest in connection with a string of recent attempted sexual assaults at the popular crown memorial state beach. east bay regional park police say the man attempted to sexually assault three women three different times over the past few weeks. the last time was wednesday morning before noon. each of the women was alone at the time. police haven't released the identity of the man now in custody. >>> an out-of-control wildfire continues to grow and is forcing evacuations in shasta county tonight. cal fire says the delta fire is burning north of redding. the shasta county sheriff is conducting evacuations on both sides of i-5 and we just received new numbers from the national forest service. they now say that the fire has grown to 2,000 acres since it started about 1 p.m. today. at the moment, caltrans has shut down i-5 in both directions about 10 miles north

the dry valley up towards pittsburpit pittsbu pittsburg. numbers in the mid-70s. upper 60s to low 70s around the peninsula. highs in the 60s. we'll see the numbers in the 60s again tomorrow. mid to upper 70s around the north bay before things have change up. high pressure building back and watch spike in temperatures in the seven-day forecast for inland spots. similar spread for san jose. those temperatures spike by 15 degrees thursday into friday. after that, we begin to see some changes. cooler system comes on in which is bringing chance of seeing a few sprinkles. we're going all the way out to about this time next week. could see a slight chance of a few sprinkles for parts of the bay area mainly up under north bay. in t our seven-day forecast is focused on the thursday warm up. cooling into the first week of the fall. we'll have more news after this short break. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ rescue a boys soccer team from a thailand cave is suing the tesla c-e-o for defmation. musk and the diver, vernon >>> elon musk is in trouble again. musk and the diver were in a war of words.

meeting is at 5:00 at pittsburg city hall. the town of pittsburg. it will be held there in an attempt to reach more people of the public who might not be able to make the regular meetings at b.a.r.t. headquarters in downtown oakland. reporting live in fremont, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> good to know. >>> 5:36. we have been telling you about those thieves storming apple stores, stealing phones, laptops and even ipads. this morning some of those alleged thieves are in jail. this is video from over the weekend when crooks hit a store in santa rosa. the department of justice is expected to release more information about those arrests. several people were taken into custody in oakland on tuesday night. >>> happening today, residents of hope village will begin relocating to an empty city-owned lot near the san jose airport. we've been following this story of hope village for weeks now after tent community there was shut down because it was on state land. earlier this week, county supervisors approved a deal to lease the city-owned land. hope villa

police arrested 19-year-old jordan andrew wilson of pittsburg.he other two suspects remain at large. >>> repair work started today on a vietnam war memorial that was vandalized in the south bay. last week someone splashed paint on the front panel of the sons of san jose monument. the memorial was built in 2013 through fundraising efforts by a group of veterans. it's expected to take two days to fix the damage. we spoke to one of the workers who says it's a simple fix but a painful repair. >> pretty infuriating. the fact that it was intentional damage that someone did, they were -- like, i mean, it wasn't just normal graffiti where paint can just be painted over or removed but the fact that they were intentionally trying to damage this. >> the memorial honors the 142 servicemen from san jose who died in the vietnam war. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> muni announced a 90-day action plan to improve service. they have been heavily criticized recently for a major slowdown that affected virtually every bus route in the system. muni blamed the s

we're down to 79 in pittsburg, over to oakland is where you may need a jacket.he peninsula also cooling off even more, and 67 in san mateo. it's going to feel chilly in san francisco. and 60 in the marina, and 64 through the mission. marin, napa, sonoma county, my coolest points, and the warmest, eye keia, is at 8. clouds are increasing through the morning, and then eventually we get some rainfall here. we have to advance things into saturday to see that clans. so let's move into saturday's forecast. we'll begin with more overcast skies. then by the afternoon best chance would be right up here from point reyes, and also maybe even a spotty shower there in napa. so it breaks down, put a lot of thought into this and where we put the rain chances. san francisco with a spotty chance of saturday, less than a chance on sunday, and by next monday and tut, a 50% chance. it does not look like a big storm system the way things are panning out now. of course it bears watching, we'll do the number crunching for you, and look for potential rainfall moving in next week. the n

we are in pittsburg where bart took the board meeting on the road. >> reporter: tonight was a chance for riders to sound up. blasting bart for everything from sanitation to safety. tales tonight of violent encounters. >> i got roughed up last march. >> somebody pulled a knife on the platform. i had my daughter with me. >> reporter: with one thing in common. they happened to bart riders. the skating critiques came in tonight's meeting. held here specifically to get feedback from the transit agency suburban riders. >> bart is safe but we also acknowledge there is a perception that it is not. we want the riders to know we are moving forward with new ideas. >> reporter: the new ideas were proposed after meal wilson was stabbed to death on a bark platform at macarthur station in july. the transit agency came up with a five-year safety and security plan. that includes installing emergency call boxes on platforms expanding the systems network of digital cameras and potentially adding 90 more police officers some of them would exclusively staff trains. >> bart needs to have more officers. >>

. >> and new video has pittsburg police on the defensive, what the body cam footage reveals. >> our first look at the finished calaveras dam. i'm april kennedy and i'm an arborist with pg&e in the sierras. since the onset of the drought, more than 129 million trees have died in california. pg&e prunes and removes over a million trees every year to ensure that hazardous trees can't impact power lines. and since the onset of the drought we've doubled our efforts. i grew up in the forests out in this area and honestly it's heartbreaking to see all these trees dying. what guides me is ensuring that the public is going to be safer and that these forests can be sustained and enjoyed by the community in the future. cracked. for >>> you're watching kpix5 news. th ist is >>> our top story at 6:30, a california cold case cracked after flying under the radar for nearly three decades, the suspected norcal rapist is given away by his own dna. 58-year-old roy charles waller is accused of violently raping and robbing at least 10 imcoure his victims' homes under the cover of darkness, once even posing as

police investigated a threat made online gets pittsburg country but determined is not to be a credible threat. the fbi is set to announce later today at about a new public awareness campaign to stop people from making false threats against schools. houston's fbi division will host a news conference to officially launch #thinkbeforeyoupost. the new public awareness campaign will educate the public about the consequences of making hoax threats against schools and other public places. reporting live in livermore, bob riddell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for that update there. 5:34 right now. >>> new this morning, police on the peninsula say a quick response from officers helped capture an attempted rapist. that victim called 911 last night saying she had been attacked in menlo park near woodland avenue and oak court. she managed to fight off that attacker because officers were nearby and that woman provided a good description. police tracked the 19-year-old suspect >> 2 >>> today jury selection begins for a man accused of murdering his parents in san jose. police say hasib golamrabbe sh

focusing on how better to work together to handle social media threats at pittsburg high school. five students were arrested in connection with violent threats posted online. meetings will be held on tuesday and next saturday. >>> the san jose catholic diocese is calling on anyone who has been victimized by a priest to come forward and talk about it. now it's one part of a reformed plan the bishop announced one week ago. >> "today in the bay's" kris sanchez is live in san jose. what do we know about the listening session that's planned for tomorrow? >> reporter: well we know that these listening sessions are open to anybody who wants to show up at the listening session, and that this is just one of three sessions planned over the next six weeks. but that's about all we know. we did try to get more details from the diocese. i tried all week long, and i failed. they said they just didn't want to add anything to what the letter, the bishop's letter said released last week. the listening sessions will seek input from congregants about the past reform as well as anyone victimized by c

it's at the pittsburg city hall in the town of pittsburg. it will be held there in an attempt to reach more members of the public who might not be able to make the b.a.r.t. board regular meetings at b.a.r.t. head quarters in down totown oakland. >> thank you. >>> time now for business and tech headlines. for you, wall street is set to open slightly lower this morning. stocks fell yesterday after the fed raised interest rates for a third time this year. the fed signaled another possible hike in december. as many as three times neblgs year. the fed chair says the u.s. economy is strong and growth is healthy. >>> on today's watchlist, reports on unemployment, durable goods, pending home sales and second quarter gdp. >>> 6:17. google continues to celebrate the company's 20th birthday. >> check out this morning's google doodle. it caught our attention overnight. here's a look at it. >> what is google? >> remember those sounds? the whole clip is about 1:30 and ends by saying, thank you to all of us. another cool thing the company is doing, you can

after a board meeting in pittsburg. kpix 5's christin ayers was there..as bart riders blasted the transit agency for everything from sanitation.. to safety. >>> kpix was there at bart riders blasted the transit agency from sanitation to safety. >> reporter: tales of violent encounters. >> i got roughed up last night. >> someone pulled a knife out. i had my daughter with them. >> reporter: one thing in common. they're all happening to wart riders. this is held here specifically to get the feedback from the transit agency riders. >> bart is safe, but there's a perception that it is not. we want to riders to know that we're moving forward. >> reporter: those ideas were proposed after neil was stabbed to death in july. the transit agency came up with a five-year safety and security plan that includes installing emergency call boxes on platforms and expanding the digital cameras and adding 90 more police officers and some that would exclusively staff the trains. >> bart needs to have more officers. >> reporter: most people h

. >>> a fire rips through a home in pittsburg, fire fighters say the home is in total loss. right now, though, they're trying to figure out what caused the fire. ? sonoma county, emergency leaders say they've made major changes to address the backlash after last october's deadly fires. some criticized the county's decision not to send out a wireless emergency eletter that would have warned more people to evacuate. >> vicki flynn follows up to ask about regrets, lessons learned and the future. >>> emergency planners for sonoma county tell us they spent the last year making major improvements to their alert procedures. they warn some problems still remain that could prevent them from reaching you during the next disaster. how do you weigh the decision between warning too many people and not warning enough people? >> well, given our experiences here in sonoma county, our community indicated they're okay. >> reporter: he took over in march as emergecy manager for sonoma county. we spoke with him at the command post last october, where county officials decided against sending a w

getting out before the morning commute in pittsburg with a nice cool start, upper 50s through about 8:00 and after that, we're headed into the upper 60s at 11:00. you will notice more clouds today and check out the seven-day forecast up at the bottom of the screen. as we look at our high temperatures for today, santa rosa, napa, martinez hitting 78 degrees, much cooler than yesterday. 79 in livermore, san jose and morgan hill. 76 in palo alto and san francisco today up to 65 degrees. so as you're getting dressed, grab a jacket or you'll be comfortable with light long sleeves today but whatever you wear, you do need a lot more layers than we've had recently. as we head over toward the pacific, we're looking at tropical storm olivia. i've been watching this all week long, because this will cut right through the hawaiian islands, just going just north of the big lan over the next few day, s, as it weakens so bringing in a lot of rain as we speak. we talk about a lot of rain for hurricane florence expected to make landfall between late thursday night into early friday and this one unfortu

contra costa concord 680 slow and highway 4 slow from antioch through pittsburg and bay point. no big surprises for oakland. crash south 880 at marina only affects the off-ramp. san jose we see slower sensors, north 101 had the burst of traffic at 5:30 and now getting ready for the next one to come in just about 6:15, back to you. >>> new for you this morning, steps are being taken to address a longstanding issue of sex workers in the mission district of san francisco. of san fhan simply just arresting those involved. >> it is part of a bigger problem, one "today in the bay's" pete suratos has been following since july, live at the golden gate bridge to tell us what's being done. good morning, pete. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura and marcus. this is welcome news specifically to some of the folks that i talked to in the shot of the mission district area they see a high number of sex workers they feel are bringing some of the crime that they're seeing an uptick in crime they're seeing in the area. let's get into the details on the steps police are taking. this was announ

pittsburg and dublin at 57. here's a look at some of that fog that's going to become more and more prevalent in our forecast as we get into the longer nights. novato boulevard, lucas valley road, all of those spots could have visibility down to a quarter mile. everywhere else quiet as we look at the east bay. fog on the roads is my only concern. ferry ride, no craft advisory. and mass transit is one of the coolest days this week. check in san francisco where the clouds will be locked in this noon. low 60s this afternoon with a little more sunshine. head down to the south bay, we've got partly cloudy conditions at 8:00 and 55. sunny and 67 at noon. we'll hang out in the mid-70s during the afternoon hours. back to 60 degrees by 8:00. and up in the north bay, waking up with some fog and 52. sunny by noon and 66. and also in the low to mid-70s most of the afternoon hours. weave got some fog out there. what else are you watching? >> not too much. we're off to a fairly quiet start. flipping over to our traffic maps. h

. >>> four people and four pets are homeless after an early morning fire rips through a home in pittsburg. it happened around 7:00 in the morning. four people were treated at the scene for minor injuries. firefighters say the home right there that you see with all that smoke and fire is a total loss. firefighters are trying to figure out what caused the fire. >>> a 51-year-old man is recovering after falling into a water fountain and nearly drowning. investigators say he was intoxicated ed at the time. it happened last night in the shopping center by san ramon. bystanders called 911. a dispatcher helped a caller perform cpr until paramedics arrived. the man may have hit his head. he was taken to a hospital listed in critical but stable condition. >>> still ahead on nbc bay area news at 6:00, former president obama coming off the sidelines and getting on the campaign trail with a weekend stop in california. >>> plus going high-tech to inspect a crack on the millennium tower. but the inspection doesn't go as planned. many people living with diabetes monitor their blood glucose every day. wh

middle school in pittsburg.e people who participated. (darya)(james)( robin ) welcome back. lets get a check of weather and traffic this morning. big changes in the works for friday and the upcoming weekend. temperatures inland have taken a tumble, today only peaking in the 70's and low 80's as compared to yesterday's 80's and 90's. along the coast expect temperatures to remain in the 50's and 60's with cloudy conditions to start the morning followed by partly cloudy skies for the afternoon. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. ( darya ) another big story we are following this morning... more than a dozen people sickened in a pepper spray attack in the north bay... and police are still looking for the person responsible. it happened at a walgreens store on springs road in vallejo. 2 store employees were taken to the hospital. more than a dozen other people were also treated at the scene.employees say a car drove up... a person walked inside and pepper- sprayed a woman who

we'll also see the same in pittsburg, as you're walking the kids to school, it will only be in the low 50s, so they'll have a jacket in the morning, and then they'll take it off. make sure the name is on the tag. you might lose it if you don't have it somewhere close by. and then as we look at our live view at at&t park, and the game tonight is all nice and quiet now, but later on today, it's going to be quite busy out there, and our temperatures will be in the upper 50s, so it's going to be a cool evening out at the ball park. you need a jacket for the early morning hours but later on today especially in the south bay, inland parts of the east bay, it's going to be warm. so a t-shirt and shorts will keep you comfortable. here is a look at our highs today reaching up to 92 degrees in livermore and antioch, and 86 in napa. oakland today 76 degrees and 70 in san francisco. we'll have some changes as we go through the week. in fact our heat gets more intense and then a big change, a drop in our temperatures as the area of low pressure moves in. that causes the air to rise and also some ra

jose 74, palo alto 73, union city 70, pacifica 62 degrees, danville, walnut creek, concord low 70s, pittsburg 73, 61 with dublin 70 degrees, 61 with clouds in daly city. north of winder cloverdale a chance of -- north of cloverdale a chance of a few late day showers. monday evening rain moves into the north bay. tuesday looks together, a 1/4 inch of rain, which is a not for this time of year. by the middle of next week we warm things up and sunshine will return. it's right around early october when we typically see our first decent rainfall. mother nature's right on cue. >> all right. thank you, paul. >> we need it. >> it's been a while. >>> standing out strip, the first of its kind entertainment venue that will change the vegas skyline. >> and here are tonight's guests on the late show with stephen colbert. workers broke ground on the m- s-g sphere at the venetian.... whic >>> a massive futuristic arena is set to change the las vegas sky line. >> this is strange looking. workers broke ground on the msg sphere at the venetian which is going up east of the strip. the arena will sit 18,000 peop

at a packed meeting, this is east night in pittsburg, boalanv and go have more than double the number of fare inspectors. this is from 7 to 17. inspector also also increase fare monitoring to weekends and late night service. b.a.r.t. is in an all-out push to cut down on b.a.r.t. related crime. the board members believe it all starts with stopping those who ignore paying the proper fare. >> when you ask the chief, he'll say those that have no regard for lower level offenses sometimes also have no regard for criminal activity that's muor serious. >> and the board also approved new spending for other security measures, including higher barriers at fare gates. >>> caught on camera, contra costa chp just shared this video with us, all the carpool violators they pulled over during yesterday morning's commute. chp officers say it's part of their new carpool crackdown. >> one of the oldest fruit stands in silicon valley is calling it quits. >> it's so sad. it's a very nice place, nice fruits, nice staff. >> now on sunday, cj olson cherries will shut down its shop in sunnyvale. it has been the

. >> reporter: the project is a multicity effort involving pittsburg, antioch, hercules, panol, richmond and san pablo. officials are staying quiet on the exact locations where the technology is being installed. the goal is to have everything online by the end of the year. in panol, i'm chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >>> house minority leader nancy pelosi is on the cover of "time" magazine, the first time in her three decades in congress. the headline reads the persistence of nancy pelosi. she knows her critics consider her polarizing. she plans to stay as long as more constituents want her and as long as there is a reason to stick around. >>> uc davis researchers have developed a blood test for autism that could speed up diagnoses for children. they discovered a group of blood markers. when tested researchers found they can detect 17% of kids with autism. no biomarker test currently exists. this is a big deal. children are diagnosed based on behaviors which may not be identified until kids are at least 2 years old. >>> are you thinking of buying a used car from a rental company? >> well, if

. >> reporter: 24 hours after the attempted abduction pittsburg police made a felony stop on a vehicle matching the description at 4:15 this morning. with guns drawn they made one arrest. >> now it's like do i have to carry a pocket knife or pepper spray, do i need to make sure i keep my hair short? you know, do i have to have somebody walk with me to and from work and home every night? >> reporter: news of the attempted abduction shook up lafayette residents, workers and commuters. >> scary, nobody wants to hear that. we feel like we live in a really safe community. no one's untouchable. >> reporter: no word yet on a motive for the abduction or the attempted abduction, or as police are calling it, even, a kidnapping. the 19-year-old suspect jordan wilson of witz bupittsburg is i and martinez, $200,000. police are continuing their search for two other suspects who remain at large. in lafayette, leslie brinkley. >>> the interstate north of redding is closed because of a wildfire. the southbound lanes are shut down outside of dunsmuir. ronny colson sent us this video of traffic at a dead

as we head over to pittsburg and antioch, could see mid-90s tomorrow. 90s along that 680 corridor south from walnut creek into pleasanton. 70s and 80s for the lower peninsula. san francisco still in the mid-60s and north bay temperatures, mainly 80s except towards ukiah, a high of 97 degrees. overall a little bit of cooling as high pressure weakens slightly towards midweek. storms passing by to the north, still too far to the north to bring us any early season rain. san francisco, you've got the regime of low clouds, misty skies. no problems finding low clouds there. it's just the inland areas not getting as much of the ocean air-conditioning tomorrow so temperatures climbing a little bit. but then slowly cooling as we get towards wednesday and thursday, and we hope with better air quality as well. >> that would be great. we'll take that tradeoff. a little cooler, better air quality sounds good. thank you. >>> well, the dmv says the real i.d. is causing long lines at offices across the state. what you need to know about how to get one and how to avoid the headaches. we will walk you thr

pittsburg pd responded to the complaints saying wrists together. both officers delivered distraction blows or punch, both open-handed and closed in an effort to distract him enough to bring his arms behind his back. an internal review found that the use of force was appropriate and reasonable. >>> the search is on in the south bay for a driver who hit and killed a 77-year-old woman and then sped off. it happened yesterday evening at vista park near capitol expressway in san jose. police say the 77-year-old wife and mom was in a park with her family. she is on her way home, crossing at an unmarked interception when a driver struck her and then drove off. >> lifeless body lying on the road. that scene is etched in my brain. i can never get out of it. i have to live with that memory forever. >> this person, who just came, hit her and then sped away, you know. what kind? >> police describe the suspect's vehicle as a dark blue minivan or suv. >>> the diocese of san jose is preparing for what could be a landmark moment in the church sexual abuse investig

plan on getting outdoors in pittsburg with a high of 88, san ramon 74, 64 in daly city, novato 85, berkeley 74 degrees with afternoon sunshine and lakeport tomorrow 86 degrees. extended forecast, we cool down a few more degrees sunday, few more monday and tuesday no, big deal. then wednesday we get chilly, mid-70s inland, mid-60s near the bay, mid-50s at the coast and we'll stay cooler than average for the second half of next week. we're waiting for the warm-up and mother nature says, "i have other plans." it's going to cool down first. >> playing tricks with us. >> she has been for like the past five years. >>> this is a sight to see, hundreds of dolphins racing along the coast, what's attracting this super pod to monterey. >> and here are tonight's guests on the late show with stephen colbert. off the coast of monterey. check this out. >>> looking for something to do this weekend? there is quite a show going on right off the coast of monterey. >> that's a super pod of about 1,000 doll pins. a worker at the mont -- dolphins. a worker at the monterey bay aquarium spotted them monday. the su

on bravo's reality show "online dating rituals of the american male" in 20-14. ( marty )police in pittsburgnt arrest caught on camera. in the body cam video, you can see the officer approaching a 31-year old man in the area... of power avenue last saturday. officers say, they confronted him because they believed he may have been stealing gasoline from cars. eventually you see the officer throwing the man to the ground and then punching him several times. police are calling the punches "distraction blows" ... used to get handcuffs on the suspect. the man was arrested for resisting arrest and violating the terms of his probation. the internal investigation is ongoing. the chief of police is looking into whether there was excessive use of force. ( marty )zachery rose of hercules has been missing for more than seven months. police tell us that back on february 4th.. a friend of zachery's reported him missing.. after he left that friend's home on shorey way that night before. people who live in the neighborhood say.. they have seen police searching in the area in recent months. fairfield police

maggie/applicant- "from walnut creek to concord now to pittsburg."means tenants pay no more than 30-percent of their annual income on rent. in order to qualify, a single person must make below 40-thousand 700-dollars. applications are being accepted for the next week. before the waiting list for consideration is narrowed down to 30.mary paris/resident- "took me two and a half years." 91-year-old mary paris has lived here for 15 years now... she likes the proximity to hospitals and public transportation. and, feels the frustration others are experiencing in desperate search for housing.mary paris/resident- "sometimes we pass away. other times, they find an opening someplace else, so the list, you know, is open. you just have to be patient." which for some is easier said then done. maggie/applicant- "could be four, five, six, seven years. yeah, i don't even know if i'm alive then." before the summer, the city of walnut creek stated 560 affordable housing units were available with more than 140 others currently being built or are in the pipeline. in wal