|j should stress, we have not heard anything from the landlords of the block.call dangerous living conditions at this block. allegedly neglected health and safety legislation by the landlords and of our suggestions from them, only allegations, allegations that a majorfire at this allegations, allegations that a major fire at this block was averted in 2013 when some residents they say experienced power surges allegedly caused by faulty wiring. one of our eyewitnesses was speaking about a similarfire that had eyewitnesses was speaking about a similar fire that had taken place eyewitnesses was speaking about a similarfire that had taken place in that building and we have another person who called as he was not in that block but they were at a similar block nearby. they have been confirmed. since they had a major tower block fire in london, concerned about their own safety. what seems to be also coming through from a number of people was the problem of the lifts being not very well maintained. in a fire, you wouldn't be using the lifts anyway. the stairwells have b

but what about the landlord? ing has been named in civil lawsuits failed by families of the victims but she has not been charged with a crime. >> i don't see how they can charge her. >> reporter: ktvu legal analyst michael cardoza says ing could be criminally liable. >> she is ultimately responsible for this. she owns the building. so is she to say, oh, i didn't know what was going on? okay, she might not know what's going on. but how about, if you didn't know, you should have known. >> reporter: the primary tenant and his right-hand man, max harris, have each been charged with 36 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter. that same charge was levied in the station nightclub fire in rhode island that killed 100 people and was caused by fireworks. the band manager and a nightclub owner spent time in prison. i asked cardoza if the alameda county d.a. could pit the two against each other or perhaps use them as leverage against ing. >> i don't think it is the type of case that the district attorney will come to one or

-sal: the landlord. lemonis: what did he say? al: i told him i was gonna have the taxes ready for him today. he was upset about it. lemonis: how much is that? sal: $52,000 and change, i think it is. lemonis: and so that's past due as well? -giovanna: mm-hmm. -sal: yes. lemonis: call him. tell him to come back. sal: okay. [ ringing ] mike: hello? lemonis: hey, mike. this is marcus and sal over at artistic stitch. how are you? yeah, i'm sal's new partner, and -- well, that's the reason for my call, is to let you know that and also to let you know that i have the check for the taxes for you. it's $52,000. how much is in arrears? sir, is it possible that just you and i could meet for a few minutes? mike: all right. i'll stop by on the way back. lemonis: thank you, sir. i have to just tell you, this is like a recurring theme. people feel like they're not getting the full story. and are we past due on the rent as well? he said we're in arrears. what are we past due on? -sal: you know, so, he -- -lemonis: what's this? -is this certified?

for persons and entities comparable for this great tragedy.>> reporter: the landlord was warned on several occasions. that there may be issues or there were issues with the electrical wiring in the response from the landlord was the same on every occasion. i don't care. pay the rent. >> one of the most startling accusations was against the oakland fire department. firefighters made a mistake by cutting a hole in the roof and drug smoke and fire upwards to the second floor where many died. >> this is one of the issues that may have accelerated the deaths. there could've been more survivors. a high level source with oakland fire told me the accusation was preposterous and the lawyer was quote rapping at straws. the source says firefighters repeatedly ventilate from the top. attorneys accuse pg&e of allowing faulty wiring into the building>> the line from the tower to the building was insufficient to handle the voltage for the meter that was installed in that building. >> pg&e said that we have seen no evidence to date that would lead us to believe our facilities were the cause of the fire. d

did, the landlord did. the landlord knew how this property was being used. the landlord knew of the unsafe conditions. >> reporter: a spokesman for the owner told abc7 news she would have no comment. laura anthony, abc7 news. >> announcer: now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. >> right now we have mostly sunny mild conditions, but there is rain on the way. here's a live look at doppler 7. you can see we have a few clouds around right now. lovely views, this is the view from east bay hills camera looking westward. mainly blue sky, 06 degrees in san francisco, mid 60s oakland, mountain view, san jose and gilroy. this is another view of the western sky from the lower angle. there we go. upper 70s now, santa rosa, livermore low 80s. here's a storm moving down from the gulf of alaska. these are some preliminary statistics on this system. it will rank 1 on the storm impact scale, a storm of light intensity arriving thursday bringing chance of light showers, mainly the north bay. that is where we'l

lemonis: when i went there with michael, the landlord, i knew he was upset. i knew he hadn't gotten paid his rent, i knew that he was about to start the eviction process. and i care about a lot of the people that work there. and so i wanted to make sure that all hell didn't break loose. we look familiar to you? sal: yes. michael: i would like some clarification, because i have been talking to you at length, and i'm just trying to get paid. lemonis: i've tried to help you. michael's tried to help you. and you just struggle with people straight with people. sal: i never, ever did anything -- anything at all to go ahead and try to break this deal whatsoever. lemonis: did you take money out of the business that you weren't supposed to? sal: to pay some of my expenses that i had. -lemonis: personal expenses? -sal: yeah. lemonis: you never got my permission to do that. sal: i understand that. lemonis: money was going into the business, and he still wasn't paid. that was our biggest sticking point -- that our landlord get paid. then, i come to pick up the printer aft

and the response from the landlord, it was the same on every occasion. i don't care. pay the rent. >> reporter: one of the most startling accusations was against the oakland fire department. the attorney said firefighters made a mistake by cutting a hole in the roof and drawing smoke and fire up the the second floor where many victims died>> this is one of the issues that may have accelerated the deaths. there could've been more survivors. >> reporter: a high level source was oakland firefighters said that was preposterous in the lawyer was quote grabbing at straws. the source says firefighters routinely ventilate from the top. attorneys accused pg&e of allowing faulty wiring into the building. >> the feeder line from the tower to the building was of an insufficient size to handle the voltage for the meter that was installed in that building. >> reporter: pg&e said that we should have seen no evidence to date that will lead us to believe that our facilities were the cause of the fire. the da who he call politically ambitious. >> she wants to portray herself to high me

and found that for nearly 1 in 4 evictions the landlord or family member was not living in the home. an apparent violation of the city housing laws. >> we want to absolutely close the door on fraudulent owner move in ee vexes. >> the new law requires home owners to sign a declaration under penalty of perjury they intend to move in within three months of eviction and stay there at least three years. landlords will also have to submit an electric bill or voter registration as proof they moved in. >> landlords continually abuse owner move in or relative move in as a means to evict tenants for their own gain. >> over the past few months dozens of tennesseeants and housing advocates testified at city hall. >> we need effective legislation when do we need it. >> now. >> even rallied on the front steps to support reform following our investigation. >> no one disagrees with the findings of the nbc television investigation. and no one disagrees that those omi the evictions have sky rocketed. >> and even if you haven't been kicked out, the new law could impact you too. if you're leonarding som

and the response from the landlord was the same on every occasion. i don't care, pay the rent. >> one of the more startling accusations was lobbed against the oakland fire department. the attorney said firefighters made a mistake by cutting a hole in the roof and drawing smoke to the second floor where many died. >> this is one of the issues that may have accelerated the deaths. there could have been more survivors. >> a high level source with oakland fire told me the accusation was preposterous and the lawyer was grabbing at straws. the source says firefighters routinely ventilate from the top. attorneys also accuse pg&e of allowing faultily wiring into the building. >> the feeder line from the tower to the building was of an insufficient size to handle the voltage for the meter that was installed in that building. >> in a statement pg&e said we've seen no evidence to date that would lead us to believe that our facilities were the cause of the fire. his lawyer says derek is being demonized by the public and o'malley. >> she wants to portray herself

but what about the landlord? r has been named in civil lawsuits but she has not been charged with a crime. >> i don't see how they can charge her. >> reporter: ktvu legal analyst michael car company sai says she could be criminally libel in the case even though some have described her as an absentee landlord. >> she is ultimately responsible for this. she owns the building. so is she to say, oh, i didn't know what was going on? okay, she might not know what's going on, but how about if you didn't know, you should have known. >> reporter: the primary tenant and his right hand man have etched been charged with 36 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter. that same charge was levied in the deadly fire in rhode island that was caused by fireworks. the band manager and a nightclub owner spent time in prison. i asked cardoza if the d.a. could pit the two against each other or perhaps use them as leverage. >> i don't think it is the type of case that the district attorney will come to one or the other of the defendants

and the response from the landlord was the same on every occasion. i don't care. pay the rent.>> reporter: one of the more startling accusations was against the oakland fire department. firefighters made a mistake by cutting a hole in the roof and drawing smoke and fire upwards through the second floor where many victims died. >> this is one of the issues that may have accelerated the death. there could've been more survivors. >> reporter: a high-level source with oakland fire said that was preposterous and that the lawyer was quote grabbing at straws. the source says firefighters routinely ventilate from the top. attorneys also accused pg&e of allowing faulty wiring into the building. >> the feeder line from the tower was of an insufficient size to handle the voltage for the meter that was installed in that building. >> reporter: pg&e said we see no evidence to date that will lead us to believe that our facilities were the cause of the fire. almeida is being demonized by the public and the da who we call politically ambitious. >> she wants to portray herself thro

obviously we want to hear the landlord's side to that, which don't have that the moment.stand the tower block is owned by other local authority. i understand also that there was a major... repair of the block, that it was refurbished from top to bottom fairly recently, probably since 2013. i haven't got the dates on that. but a lot of work was done on the block. it may be that some of the concerns dating back to 2013 were addressed in some way but we will find out about that no doubt in the fullness of time. and, andy, just for people who have justjoined us, we should make clear, because it will be on everybody‘s mind, that everybody possible has been moved back from the block — clearly firefighters and police are concerned that the block may collapse? yes, that is a concern. when we arrived, we were slightly closer to the building and we we re slightly closer to the building and we were pushed back by the police with some urgency. they were concerned that the building might collapse. that is not based on any structural assessment of any sort. it is simply that the police

and they are the rate payers the landlord and they are the ratepayers is taking these people for grantedms but my point is that some people in the borough will say wait a some people in the borough will say waita minute, some people in the borough will say wait a minute, this is costing more, you are the local authority, these are your tenants, if the building is not safe, a private landlord would be able to to tenants, we have to move your out and we are doing all we can to give you an alternative, is it unreasonable for them to enforce the responsibility, in terms of health and safety if nothing else to clear the building ‘s other work can begin? it is not unreasonable, as it were, from a broader public point of view but what is the objective? to get people to trust you and to move out because they think it will be better for them. you and to move out because they think it will be betterfor them. i think it will be betterfor them. i think you have to be very careful before you start using... at the end of the day you may have to force people to come out. but if you do that you could in

made no mention at all about the landlord, the owner of the ghost ship property. well, the district attorney was not answering any questions about whether there would be more charges filed. joe vazquez, kpix5. >>> police are looking for a driver who pulled up near the san francisco zoo and left a 5- year-old child behind about 8:30 tonight on the great highway near slope boulevard. an ambulance just happened to be driving by at the time. the crew picked up the child who didn't appear to be hurt. police are now trying to track down the car. witnesses say a woman was driving with a man in the front seat and possibly another baby in the back. >>> a san jose woman died in a freak accident. tonight her friend is behind bars. police say he was driving a golf cart while drunk. it happened friday in a private olive orchard near the town of wallace about 50 miles southeast of sacramento. investigators say debra bodard flew off the golf cart and landed on broken glass from the wine glasses she had been holding. the 58-year-old died of her injuries at the scene. her companio

as the landlord, the farmer gets part of the rent depending on the number of customers. but even if the rooms are not rented out, homeowners aren't guaranteed rent income. this is the rendering for the completed rooms. the private rooms on the first and second floors can accommodate two groups. there are no staff members on-site, but renters can get meals if they request them before hand. a man born in the area began this unprecedented style of business. he joined the military at age 18. afterward, he was involved in various businesses and now manages two companies. [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] are are are lfrl [ speaking foreign language ] >> he lives with his wife in a house he built he used to work as the president of of a village-run company. he built his home when thinks daughter got married. he spent his entire savings to realize it. but his daughter moved to live in the city. if the room rental works out, he plans ton rent out his house as well and live closer to his children. [ speaking foreign language

a community blog post from last fall blamed the landlord for dangerous living conditions. e fire, of course, is yet to be determined. these were the images that we saw just several hours ago. the fire starting roughly around 12:00 local time. about 7:00 eastern time here in the u.s. but these live images once again, it is still on fire. >> many questions still remaining including the stability of the building and whether anybody alive remains inside. we will continue monitoring this for you. >>> to another developing story, the massive manhunt under way for two dangerous inmates from georgia. there's now a $70,000 reward offered for any information leading to the capture of donnie rowe and rickie dubose. the pair killed two correctional officers on a prison bus yesterday, it is alleged 60 miles outside of atlanta. reports say they may have been spotted, but those reports are proved to be unfounded now. authorities are warning the men to turn themselves in. >> they need to surrender before we find them. i saw two brutally murdered officers, that's what i saw. i have their bl

will notice that, notice the government is giving them money and possibly raise the rent. landlords are the ones that get it in the end. we don't know at this point how many mom and pops are out there who could ask for this type of help. we don't know how much this will cost tax there's the end. matt ackland fox 5 local news. >>> got to feel 74 businesses like that. once you open that door, how many other businesses will come through and at one point does it end >> the problem is, things aren't getting cheaper in dc with the redevelopment, it's a good thing, the city looks better than it used to look, but prices are going up and up. >>> meanwhile, we're monitoring metro at the height of the busy summer months, metro closing some stations. >>> we're going to talk a little bit more about the fidget spinner >> i wish we could bottle up the weather we've had alas we cannot and west side good-bye to temperatures, 83 at reagan dulles. 80, bwi 81, we're about to start a heat wave and we're not even going to go see nighttime temperatures like this too much longer either. maybe a cool night

on south autumn street, the owner, found out three months ago the landlord sold the building to google's development partner. >> there's a new landlord, but same terms, just changed where we mail the check. everything's the same. >> reporter: not much changed so far, he knows the clock is ticking. >> we love the spot. it was a good run. we'll get the most from it while we're here. >> reporter: this is the goal the city has been aiming for for years, to bring transportation, housing, jobs, and entertainment in one spot here in san jose. live in downtown san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. >> that would be a huge change. thank you. >>> the right hand man of uber is out, and the company's board is reportedly discussing replacing the embattled ceo on leave. this was after a seven hour meeting waiting the fate of the senior vp of business and whether he should take a leave of absence. the san francisco based company announced last week they fired 20 employees after a sexual harassment investigation. travis founded uber in 2009 and has been running the ride hailing service since. >>> new develo

>> the germantown landlord said he e jicted a tenant out of one of his units and three people he never saw before moved into the unit. when he tried to kick them out, he wound up in jail. >> who the hell is in here? i changed the locks thursday. what the hell is going on. >> the landlord an property owner says squatters took over last week. >> we have no idea their names. no paper work has been provided to my client. >> frank's attorney said he called police but the squatters did too alleging frank and friends attacked them with baseball bats. they are charged with burglary, terroristic threats and simple assault. >> he's charged with burglary of his own property, and the offending party, offended by his burglary, are the squatters who have broken into his property not once but twice. >> because of an order from the court his client will be arrested if he tries to get inside his property though he lives in one of the units. >> the police told the squatters they can go back into the building. >> i'm like what's going on here? he said they live here. i say, how? >> no one answered the do

i agreed to give it to the landlord"? why didn't you tell me that? ecause i had the other equipment to sell. lemonis: adelo, what equipment did you think i was referring to? the stuff that was piled up in the back? adelo: yes. lemonis: no, i wanted you to sell all the equipment. adelo: that wasn't my equipment, marcus. the equipment that i'm gonna sell is -- lemonis: but you didn't tell me that, adelo. and you never told me that there was a petition for foreclosure. you never told me any of that. adelo: but i didn't mean to hide it from you. lemonis: but you did hide it. or you conveniently left it out. you just need to be transparent about everything all the time. adelo: i will, marcus. i will. lemonis: what really concerns me about adelo is there seems to be a theme here where he just brushes stuff under the carpet. his machinery's not compliant? brushes it off. he's getting evicted? he forgets to tell me. he can't sell the equipment because he's in the middle of getting evicted? these details matter to me. and him brushing them off, that's not gonn

but what about the landlord? he has been named in civil lawsuits, but not charged with a crime. >> i don't see how she can charge her. >> reporter: she could be criminally liable next, even though some have described here at absentee. >> she is ultimately responsible. she owns the building. is she to say, i don't know what's going on? okay, she may not. but how about if you didn't know, you should have known. >> reporter: derek, the primary tenants and right hand man have each been charged with 36 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter. that charge was levied in the 2003 station nightclub fire in rhode island, that was caused by fireworks. the band manager and owner spent time in prison. i asked kardoza, if they could use them at leverage. >> i don't think it's the type the case where they will say if you tell us what went on, then, we will give you a lesser deal. your punishment won't be as hurricane -- harsh. >> reporter: prosecutors declined to address the issue at a thus conference on monday. >> the charge

michael courthouses says he could be from the legally liable in the case even though some have described her as an absentee landlord. >> she is ultimately responsible. she owns the building. is she to say i didn't know what was going on? okay. she might not know what's going on, but how about if you didn't know? you should have known. >> the building manager is scheduled for arraignment tomorrow in court. his defense team is going to hold a news conference on friday . the other defendant is max harris, the doorman at that warehouse rave where 32 six -- were 36 people were killed. he is expected to be transferred to the east bailey this week. the newsgroup reports he was living in a converted warehouse space in los angeles that, like the ghost ship warehouse, was not zoned for residential use. >>> the master tenant involved in another deadly fire in oakland could face legal action in stockton. euro house community services provided low-income housing in a building on san pablo avenue on west oakland where four people died during a fire back in march. our investigative team has learned that we rojas is operating out

the actor roy barraclough, who's best known for playing the landlord alec gilroy in coronation streets died at the age of 81. he was also known for his double act with les dawson, playing lancashire housewives cissie and ada. his death comes following a short illness. a surgeon who operated on many of the young victims of the manchester bombing last week has said the injuries he saw were like those sustained in war zones. dr ibrar majid, who works at royal manchester children's hospital, said he was angry that a man who claimed to share his muslim faith could have carried out such an attack. dr majid spoke to our correspondent martin bashir. it was the front line in treating the youngest victims and soon welcomed the queen, who offered support and comfort. hopefully it mends quickly. hope 50. the royal manchester children's hospital has won widespread praise for its response to the bomb attack, and leading the team of surgeons that night was dr ibrar majid, the head of trauma and orthopaedic surgery. what we saw was essentially war wounds. war wounds? yes, so the kind of wounds you wo

. >>> this morning the whole foods is suing one of the landlords in d.c. according to the washington business journal, the grocery store chain claimed will not sign off on the renovations. stores closed in march because of a rodent and bug infestation. whole foods says the renovations are needed in order to fix that problem. not been in comment from the landlord. >> we have updates this morning on two popular stores creating a lot of buzz with plans to move into d.c. we now noknow that wawa is set come. that will be in december. store is going to have everything you expect. another popular store setting sights on northwest d.c. as well. last night we learned the wegman store may not open until 2021. go where the fannie mae headquarters is at now. >>> before kevin durant was nba champion, he was just a kid. a point when he made when he gave a shot out to his hometown after winning the title. always made the effort to give back. it will reck center, sent thousands of dollars trying to give other kids interested in basketball a chance to be like him. >> it's s

group that said last november about this catastrophic event will highlight the incompetence of the landlordese warnings were ignored. and serious questions need to be raised about what sort of management was there and who ignore these warnings. they raised the points that we would probably immediately think of, there was no sprinkler system, where was the building white fire alarm, there was only one fire escape for the whole floor trying to come in residents trying to go out which is why they had to stay put policy so firemen could get in but then also a p pa re ntly firemen could get in but then also apparently there were some gas pipes in the escape, in emergency exit. and they're worried about that too. and they're worried about that too. and they're worried about that too. and the fire regulations have not been reviewed for 11 years. what this raises questions is what are the fire safety in the buildings, god forbid anything should happen but we need to ask those questions immediately. this fire spread so quickly, let's not forget, 15 minutes, that is not a lot of time. the government

the bay area. this is indicative of our landlord tenant laws. we have to sit down with the city leaders, whether it's oakland or stockton or whomever, and recreate these laws. >> reporter: apparently they're in intense negotiations. one of the options is relocating the families to other locations. candice nguyen, ktvu fox 2 news. >> if you have a tip for our 2 investigates team we want to hear from you. e-mail 2 investigates at ktvu.com, or you can give us a call at 510-878-0222. >>> the public can now access a web page that shows police incidents at or near bart stations. bart's crime data is now up at crime mapping.com. bart police have a direct feed to the crime mapping software. users can search by specific station or types of crimes. several other bay area police departments also provide their crime data to the site. >>> san jose city leaders hope an anticipated deal with google will jump start development near the train station. negotiations could begin later this month on that project. the new google development would be centered on the si

his attorney blames the landlord, the city and the utility provider and he says he expects almena will take the stand to testify in his own defense. >> when the trial finally comes, it will be a very conflicting and adversarial and hostile environment in court. >> reporter: supporters of max harris and family members of the victim appeared in court today where our cameras were not allowed. both defendants are expected in court again on july 7 where they may finally enter a plea. in oakland, anne makevoc, kpix 5. >>> new at noon, we're learning the chp has made several arrests in the freeway beating of a lyft driver in san francisco earlier this year. kpix 5's allen martin is live in the newsroom with the latest. allen. >> reporter: michelle, the incident which happened in march involved a group of dirt bikers who surrounded and beat up that driver on highway 101. chp conducted a series of raids at four homes in san francisco early wednesday morning. they arrested three men. 33-year-old johnson, 25-year- old rodriguez, and 19-year-old williams. you can see officers also removing dirt bi

oh...i just talked to the landlord, and he said we have to pay to replace the broken sink. no way, he's supposed to pay for normal wear and tear. i don't think what we did qualifies as normal wear and tear, if you know what i mean. we had sex on it. they knew what you meant. i know, i just wanted to say it.

firmly believes that only a catastrophic event will expose the ineptitude and incompetence of the landlordn and chelsea tenant management organisation. the prime minister said it is right that the ceo of kensington and chelsea council has now resigned. it may be. why are the political leaders of kensington and chelsea not taking responsibility for this dreadful event? from hillsborough to the child sex abuse scandal to grenfell tower, the pattern is consistent — working—class people's voices are employed and concerns dismissed by those in power. those people have died and will never come back. we have to learn those lessons to make sure this tragedy is a turning point in our whole attitude and never again will people die needlessly in again will people die needlessly in a towering inferno living in poverty surrounded by a sea of prosperity. this needs to be about parliament recognising the significance of what has happened and we can never as a country be in this position again. i welcome the remarks of the prime minister. let's make sure that social housing is something that we invest in.

. >> reporter: harris has a codefenda codefendant, the landlord for the residents in the warehouse, and harris was the right hand man. they face 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter for the 36 people who died in the fire. today's proceedings were postponed. both men were there. they are in custody, but they did not enter pleas. they did have family members and friends in the courtroom to support them. many of them plan to go on to a press conference on behalf of harris. that's going to be held later this afternoon so we should be hearing more on this case. live in oakland, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. >> amy, thank you. >>> new developments in the lyft driver. after months of searching for suspects, there's finally multi. people under arrest, all thanks large in part to dramatic cell phone video of the brutal beating. >> a major break in the case of a bay area lyft driver hurt after reportedly being beaten beat up by a group of dirt bike riders. >> he had a broken leg as i said, a bloodied face, road rash, just in rough shape. >> reporter: officers had been looking for sus penalties for

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the landlord a man are now under. the law they are lower than the man they. say and stands and the lame. painted. white. when katrina hit the president bush. and his allies along with some foundations across the country and people in louisiana said this is a great opportunity for us to try an experiment and charter rise the whole public school system sensually have a public school it's given to a private company and the private company gets the public money to run it but the private company decides who's going to be the teachers what are they going to have bus service what the curriculum is going to be and all that so how that happened was within two weeks the louisiana legislature at the request of the governor and with the support of the president had a special law passed the just applied to the city of new orleans and it was a takeover literally a legal takeover of the. thousand five when act thirty five was winding its way through the legislature many of us were still living in other places i was living in texas trying to rebuild my life and then i was co

the first reading. >> reporter: it could soon affect renters and landlords across the city. >> they want to turn a quick buck. >> reporter: they aim to reduce the number of fraudulent convictions in the cit evictions in the city. >> i think we have to stem the wrongful evictions. >> reporter: tenants can get kicked out of their homes if the handlord and landlord's relatives want to move in. it's called an owner move-in eviction. there were 413 last year, a 200 spike from a few years ago. wrongfully evict rent control tenants in order to find new tenants willing to pay a lot more in rent. >> until nbc bay area came along and actually gave us some hard numbers, city hall wasn't doing its job. >> reporter: supervisors aaron peskin and jane kin actually helped the ideas in the legislation. a bill compromised noted their legislation with farrell. they hope to make it easier for the district attorney to prosecute landlords who want to move in. >> that has given suspicion for excavators to kick them out any way they can. >> reporter: that prompted us to go door to door across san francisco to find out if landl

the first thing that happens if a test result comes back as negative, the local council, the landlord sleek —— informed simultaneously. a fire check is carried out immediately and where the local fire services they can confirm all regular fire safety measures are in place but they can also take the mitigating measures, one of the better exa m ples mitigating measures, one of the better examples i guess if many of them have decided that they will have until the cladding can be removed, which may take weeks or in some cases months, they can have a 24—hour, seven—day a week fire wardens and measures of that nature, if the fire service feels that that, asa if the fire service feels that that, as a result, leaves the building safe for residents, then that is a decision that they can make and the landlord can then make their decision based on that advice. that is what has happened everywhere. the test has happened, the fire service has been in and if there are any tests of which there are a number of samples coming in all the time, we're turning them around as fast as we're turning them aro

the landlords are joining the efforts to welcome refugees to the country and provide a smooth transitiono life in the u.s. some 450 californians have signed up to allow their homes to be used for free by refugees. including 164 families here in the bay area. earlier tonight, airbnb executive joined us on kutv plus to discuss -- ktvu plus. >> we have created this simple platform to book trips for travelers from all over the world, and we realized it was an amazing global community. and we could put the community together to help solve the global refugee prize. >> the program's goal is to help 100,000 people in need of housing over the next five years. >>> new at 11:00, plan to build a huge google campus in the south bay has passed the first public test on a vote of 10-1. the city council agreed to negotiate with google to sell 16 city owned parcells for the development project. san jose economic development director calls it an once in a century economic opportunity for the down downtown area. >> but advocates you canned the council to insure it brings benefits for the entire community. >

. >> reporter: the attorney blames the landlord for the fire. now, the prosecutors did not want to talk on camera about this case. they said harris planned the event and he also blocked one of the emergency exits which trapped some of the victims upstairs. live in oakland, i'm da lin, kpix 5. >>> a not guilty verdict in a high-profile police shooting in minnesota. the decision left family members of philando castile in tears today. police officer jeronimo yanez was found not guilty on charges stemming from a fatal shooting that was captured on facebook live. castile's mother spoke outside the courtroom. >> i am so disappointed in the state of minnesota. my son loved this state. he had one tattoo on his body and it was of the twin cities. the state of minnesota with tc on t my son loved this city and this city killed my son!! >> 32-year-old castile was pulled over last summer during a traffic stop. he told the officer he had a firearm. the officer testified he thought castile was reaching for it. after the verdict, the officer was fired by the po

but instead, the landlords actually rented out the homes or apartments to new tenants and often at a higher amount of money. although there are two competing bills, the sponsors of legislation have compromised on most of the issues. still disagreement on how the city should enforce this ruling. >>> california regulators have taken a big step towards becoming the first state to require the weed killer are roundup to come with a cancer warning label. the weed killer's main ingredient will appear on a list that california keeps of potentially cancerous chemicals, argued that roundup does not cause cancer and that the label also hurt business. >>> the minimum wage is going up into the by area's biggest cities on saturday, workers in san francisco will start earning a minimum wage of at least $14 an hour. and in san jose people will get $12 an hour. that's after pushes in many bay area cities to reach a minimum hourly pay of at least $15 an hour. the minimum wage in oakland went up to $12.86 an hour at the beginning of the year. >>> there are now conflicting reports how increases in minim

this point from the landlord. >>> we have updates this morning on two popular stores creating a lot of buzz for plans to move into d.c. wawa is set to come to 19th street. that's right near the metro station. that will happen in december. the store is going to have everything you expect from a wawa. meanwhile, another popular store, is setting its sight on northwest d.c. too. propose begmwegman wegman wegma >> we're not afraid to go to wawa. >>> so hot and humid today. not as bad as yesterday. >> not quite so bad. 95 in nashville. very hot day for sure. still plenty warm and muggy. 80 degrees at national airport. some places made it all the way to mid 60s this morning. winchester, 61. still an awful lot of humidity out there. go out and running or biking early this morning for your exercise, just know it's going to be rather sticky outside early on. notice the temperature trend during the day, nowhere near as impressive. make it back to upper 80s to near 90 today. i think the 90 degree numbers will be few and far between. forecasting 89 in washington. 87 in gaithersburg. the reason won

amtrak says in its lease that in no event shall the landlord install any signs on any part of the station that advertise transportation services that compete with those offered by amtrak without obtaining their prior written consent. the question becomes, is delta a competitor with amtrak? does an airplane compete with a trained? would you consider the plane versus train as direct competitors? >> ywes. tom: other passengers disagree. do the ads have any influence on you? >> no, not really. >> i would consider an airplane in an emergency, but i don't like heights. tom: amtrak says that delta flies from reagan national too to. noturce says they do consider delta a direct competitor to amtrak. tom roussey, abc 7 news. fake movie money is circulating, this time at a while law in fredericksburg. the man in the picture asked a clerk for a change for a $100 bill. the bill was fake, the kind that they use in films. the police are searching for the man and woman in these pictures. if you have information, the police would like to hear from head in now to grab the five dollar footlong spi