wayne freedman is live now with the story. wayne? >> reporter: good evening, dan. for 15 years, the homeless of santa rosa staked a claim on this land, and they lived here. and now, as of yesterday, finally they are gone. yes, the city is calling it a victory. but also perhaps a teaching moment for other cities that have a similar problem. if it looks like a mess now, you should have seen homeless hill before the work crews moved in. >> we managed up there. >> reporter: tonight, 28 residents are in a shelter. they left voluntarily after the city promised to help them and backed that up with $500,000 for beds and services. is there a model for this? >> i think we're creating it. >> reporter: the fire and police departments worked about fire hazards and 15 years of accumulated filth. >> we walked by a bucket of rats and filth. >> reporter: the smell is overwhelming. in terms of describing it, we'll just leave it at that. this is just the lower section. to get a sense of the size of this place, you need to walk it. about 100 yards up the hill, this is the top. imagine

wayne freedman is there live with the story. wayne? >> reporter: pre sid yeah terrace in san francisco, an enclave of the rich, famous, and after today the furious. >> sneaky. >> reporter: presidio terrace is one of those rare private drives in san francisco for which residents must pay prorty xes. when after three decades that payment fails to arrive in the city treasury -- >> state law is very strict. if people fail to pay their property taxes for more than five years, we must offer the property for auction. >> reporter: that is what happened in 2015. real estate investor chang and his partner won the auction and the street with a bid of just more than $90,000. james spoke with us today while on vacation in boca raton, florida. >> i like to say there's a price for everything. but obviously at the moment we are really looking to hold on to this. property like this doesn't come along very often. >> reporter: it's not so simple. residents here say they never got a bill from the city. instead, they say the city was sending a bill to an a

wayne freedman is live at civic center plaza in san francisco where people gathered, wayne, to watch. >> reporter: lots of them, dab. how many of millions people watched this across the country, i don't know. there were roughly 600 here. for every single person watching the eclipse, it was a somewhat different experience, and yet it was also a shared experience. let's take a look. after a 38-year wait since the last one, san francisco's eclipse experience had all the makings of a bust this morning. but if you believe a sunny outlook can burn away a sky full of clouds -- >> i'm thinking it will be clear. >> reporter: -- yes, here at civic center plaza, it was clear enough. >> can you believe it started right on time? >> not at all. >> reporter: it did, of course. in a world grown ever more connected and yet more fragmented, here is something to marvel at the human beings -- >> i'm going to start crying. >> reporter: in a troubled time, what could better contextualize our place in the universe than a solar eclipse. did you ever wonder what cosmic accident make the diameter from the moon

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> all right. developing news right now on north korea. you've been hearing a lot about this today. according to cnn a north korean army general says they are seriously examining a plan to launch a missile strike targeting an area by guam by mid-august and say the new plan is in response to president trump's fire and fury warning coming as local peace activityists mark civilians being targeted by nuclear weapons to call to an end to the tensions between the u.s. han north korea. they brought their message to the lawrence livermore national lab. the 72nd anniversary of the u.s. dropping bombs on japan to end world war ii. at least one bay area lawmaker is troubled by president trump's comments of fire and fury aimed at north korea. >> you can't have a spokesperson for united states to not listen to their experts to disregard the intelligence community, the diplomatic community. >> reporter: at the same time, both the defense department and america's top diplomat says they're on the same page with mr

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live from fisherman's wharf to explain. wayne?reporter: good afternoon, dan. the bad news is it continues after two years, but they will get some help, they'll be able to go out and fish tomorrow. fishermen received a promise of federal disaster relief today. the question is, will it be too little, and will it be too late. in the middle of commercial salmon season, life has been very quiet around san francisco's fisherman's wharf. if you ask why, you'll get an earful. >> we've been hog tied. >> so far the salmon season has been rather catastrophic. >> reporter: it's been frustrating, because the california department of fish and wildlife opened waters south of here in a season where salmon gathered off the golden gate instead. sports boats have brought in a bounty while commercial boats have just watched, angry at an agency that never adjusted to erroneous predictions. >> if we catch ten fish in a day, there are thousands that passed under the boat going to the migratory stream.s of midnight, the season begins some three and a hal

not anymore, wayne freedman is live with the story tonight. >> good evening, anybody that lives in the city knows this is a universal problem, homelessness and camps. this hymn right here, this time last week was filled with people. not anymore in santa rosa. the fire department called it a disaster waiting to happen. the police department said, this was a cesspool, creating crime. now the city of santa rosa is declaring this a victory. if you've ever wondered how messy human beings can be, take a look from drone view 7 of this notorious terrain above santa rosa, the place they called homeless hill. >> is it good that it's gone? >> i think so. >> reporter: today the 28 residents who lived on homeless hill as late as yesterday are in a shelter, miles removed from the workmen and police and firemen, who spent the last month coordinating a plan to reclaim this place and maybe also the desperate people who filled it. by convincing them to leave for their own good. >> you saw a moment ago. we walked past a bucket of dead rats and a pile of vomit with bees on it. so the health concerns were

in napa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> the oakland a's want to hear from fans. the team has put on their listening ears and launched a survey. the a's want to find out what their fans want in a new ballpark. the design, seating options, pricing, you name it. whole ball of wax. the a's say they will announce a location later this year and want feedback on all that is -- that they can get their hands on. >> howard terminal is a gorgeous site. on the water. close to jack london square and all of the great restaurants and things there. the college close to lake merritt, close to the b.a.r.t. station. convenient downtown location. here, all of the conveniences we have enjoyed for years with the parking situation and the access to the freeway. so all of them, like i said, have their pros and cons. >> the survey lasts for six weeks. fans have a lot of time to get involved. we have a link on our site. abc7news.com. >>> consumer reports is no longer recommending four microsoft surface tablets or laptops. in recent reliability surveys some owners reported the devices froz

from homeless hill in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> san jose state students go back tolass and a professor previously accusedf sexual harassment. >> you're going to hear why the university is asking him back to the classroom. for for some they'll be sleeping in later this year. >> here with a preview of the forecast. >> we have great sleeping weather tonight. that's for sure. i'll let you know what's in store straight ahead. >>> and time to check your tickets. tickets. theb ins from we demand a lot from our eyes every day. i should know. tickets. theb ins from i have chronic dry eye caused by reduced tear production due to inflammation. so i use restasis multidose. it helps me make more of my own tears, with continued use, twice a day, every day. restasis multidose helps increase your eyes' natural ability to produce tears, which may be reduced by inflammation due to chronic dry eye. restasis multidose did not increase tear production in patients using anti-inflammatory eye drops or tear duct plugs. to help avoid eye injury and contamination, do not touch the bottle tip

. >> if it sounds like a contradiction, abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman can shed light on that for you. >> time for our question of the day outicide the city owned peer street garage in san francisco's marina district. >> do you know your license plate? >> by memory, no, i don't. >> i have to stop and think. i know the first few digits but not all. >> reporter: so she trudged back up the stairs and took a picture with with her license plate and with help from an attendant entered those numbers in new machines. and they now sell space based on tra transactions. minimum purchase time is one hour. license plates guarantee no one can use a space, even if time remains when empty. >> double dipping, isn't it? >> i'm doing one 10-minute errand myself and i have to pay for an hour's parking. >> reporter: according to the city this is all part of a master plan to get people parking long term in the garage, short term on the street. if you're renting to three or four different people, you're making more money. >> it's about providing a public service. >> i'm confused. >> reporter: repeat tha

as wayne freedman found out with one family. >> reporter: high on a hill above the valley a race with the sun and the moon. just one problem the chariot they ordered to carry them is missing in action. and that's only part of it. as we reached a down hill acceleration point, similar scenes played themselves out across the nation. >> have you been waiting to see this your whole life? >> yeah. >> reporter: the plan had been to leave at about 10:00 this morning with other couples in a caravan and begin the eclipse experience. but rv's appear be to in demand these days. three hours late, the rv arrived in all of its glory complete with a flat tire needing a repair, a cracked window and a dented fender. here's where the real work began. >> it had an electric thing. >> oh, when you back up, yeah, yeah. >> and then you turn the tapper on. >> reporter: i have no idea what he just told me. >> you just pull that out -- >> reporter: did you ever explain this and have people go -- >> yes. yes. >> reporter: but when making this memory, it's not about the vehicle anyway, rits about this, the first

wayne freedman joins us live with the story. >> reporter: well, there are very few really good dealssan francisco real estate. but here's one. the only issue was, the people involved never knew that it hand, that it went down. was ate an oversight, an embarrassment of san francisco's richest? in real estate, they like to say it's all about location. so take a gander here in san francisco. an enclave of the rich, the famous, and after today, the furious. >> i was under the impression that this is our >> reporter: residents o s owe city $14 in taxes every year. >> state law is very strict. if people fail to pay their property taxes for five years, we must offer it for auction. >> that's what happened in 2015. michael and his partier won the street in a public auction with a bid of just more than $90,000. he spoke with us today while on vacation to florida. >> we are really looking to hold on to this. >> reporter: it's not so simple. residents say they never got a bill from the city. instead, they say the city was sending a bill to an accountant who stopped representing them in the 1980

wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >>> for the ninth day in a row, e dow jones closed at a new record hi.oday, it gained 5 points, ending the day at 22,118. the nasdaq saw a 32 point boost d was the only index that didn't set a record tonight. the s&p closed at 2480, a new >>> $1.5 billion leads tonight's bay area biness watch. that's how much tesla is raising its new model three cars.re of th first ones were unvled at the end ofuly. we showed that to you as it happened. the ceo elon musk says tesla will make 10,000 model threes each week next year. it costs about hal as much as other models. >>> netflix has bought miller world. the publisher owns the rights to sevel graphic novels, which have been turn swod ed into mov. >>> women and minorities in california are leading the nation when it comes to ownin a business. according to the u.s. census bureau,early 13% of american businesses owned by women are here in the golden state. 23% of minority owned businesses in america are also in california. it could be part of a growing trend in culture and women of mi minorities. >>it's easy to pass

wayne freedman is live now with the story. wayne? >> reporter: good evening, dan. 15 years, the homeless of santa rosa staked a claim on this land, and they lived here. and now, as of yesterday, finally they are gone. yes, the city is calling it a victory. but also perhaps a teaching moment for other cities that have a similar problem. if it looks like a mess now, you should have seen homeless hill before the work crews moved in. >> we managed up there. >> reporter: tonight, 28 residents are in a shelter. they left voluntarily after the city promised to help them and backed that up with $500,000 for beds and services. is there a model for this? >> i think we're creating it. >> reporter: the fire and police departments worked about fire hazards and 15 years of accumulated filth. >> we walked by a bucket of rats and filth. >> reporter: the smell is overwhelming. in terms of describing it, we'll just leave it at that. this is just the lower section. to get a sense of the size of this place, you need to walk it. about 100 yards up the hill, this is the top. imagine ten

wayne freedman spoke with the professor today and joins us live from cal's campus. wayne? >> reporter: on friday, the presidential council to the arts resigned en masse with a letter to president trump. in a letter a hidden message said resist. today much the same from a nobel prize winning uc berkeley professor. here you go. it is a resignation letter read around the country, if not the western world. >> stepping away from a position that i value didn't come easily. >> reporter: dr. dan kammen is an environment alkali matt physicist. he resigned as a science envoy with the state department. his letter contained a message, take the letter of every paragraph and put them together and it spells impeach. >> i like to think i write with meaning. >> reporter: it cites presidential statements about charlottesville. essentially, the letter cites all that the president has done or not done. >> i can't speak for what his motivations are, but whether it's not getting it or whether it's having an agenda that is anti-science, anti-environment, anti-inclusivity, his actions speak loudl

. >> if it sounds like a contradiction, wayne freedman can shed some light. is is a story you'll see only on "abc7 news." wayne? >> reporter: it's actually an experiment. you may never park in that garage here on pierce street in the marina district. but they are doing an experiment in there, and if it succeeds, the city could take it to every garage in san francisco. time for our question of the day outside the city owned pierce street garage in san francisco's marina district. do you know your license plate? >> by memory, no, i don't. >> i have to think. i know the first few digits but not all of them. >> reporter: so barbara went back up the stairs and took a picture of her plate and with help from an attendant, entered those numbers into new machines. in the pierce street garage, the transportation agency, the minimum purchase time is one hour. license plates guarantee no one else can use a space, even when empty. >> i have to pay for an hour's parking, and i only have a ten-minute errand. >> reporter: this is all part of a master plan, to get more people

wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >>> we've got the coolest afternoon of the week out of the way today.a live look at the view in emeryville. >> that just looks cool. ♪ ♪ isaac hou has mastered gravity defying moves to amaze his audience. great show. here you go. now he's added a new routine. making depositing a check seem so effortless. easy to use chase technology, for whatever you're trying to master. isaac, are you ready? yeah. chase. so you can. >>> san francisco's first female fire chieffi d aiforerl na her career. >> earl gauge was the first black firefighter in the city. c caroline tyler explains his legacy. >> reporter: the firefighters who came here today looked nothing hike the department earl ga gauge joined in 1955. that's when he became the city's first african-american firefighter at the age of 28. for more than a decade, he was the only bralack, enduring deat threats and racism. >> you not only have to fight the fire but the people that you're with. i can only imagine going to as many fires as they went to back then, feeling that way all the time. >> reporter: firefighte

in san francisco, wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >>> astronomers are heading north for the big blackoutbc7 news" was at the science center today where eclipse fever is running awfully high. jerald mckeegan is taking two rigs to oregon where his telescopes and cameras will capture images along the path of totality. >> this telescope will track it. so all you need to do is set up the the camera to just start taking pictures every minute or so until the eclipse is over and then you peck out the best ones and show them to all your friends. glasses that safely watch the eclipse are being sold at the space and science center and they'll be holding a viewing party on the 21st. for information about the eclipse, go to abc7news.com. we have a page dedicated to it. >>> flea medication could be the reason why a woman's two cats ended up hospitalized. >> she used the same medication she has for years and has an idea why this time her pets go so sick. >> our sister station in los angeles has this story. >> reporter: erin loves her cats. >> yeah, i have three of them. i've grown up with them. >> repo

. >> but wayne freedman talked to a couple of people about how that day changed their lives. >> reporter the sign says is, napa. what it did not add was happy anniversary. >> a little bit like a divorce. you sort of move on. >> reporter: those would be the emotional after shocks of the 6.0 earthquake. freeze frames of a community trauma three years to the day. >> the emergency work is 1/10th of the work you're going to do. so a city and how you evaluate how you come through a disaster. one is how you get through the first days and the other is how you get through the next weeks and years. >> reporter: and yet earthquake stars still abound in napa, as do fences like stitches, healing wounds. parts of downtown still feel like a construction zone. renovating the old court house alone could cost $12 million. it left no home or business untouched and changed attitudes. >> practice gratitude every day and stuff is stuff. >> reporter: we checked in with patricia trimble yesterday who sold iconic post cards to finance a new plate glass window after the plate broke it. she still has those cards t

abc 7 news reporter, wayne freedman. >> reporter: when history presents itself at the ends of a pick and shovel and power tools, it's impossible to ignore. >> we thought it was concret. >> reporter: but it does not have names or dates or break like marble. >> there's another writing going down. there's a baby in here. >> reporter: actually it's just a tombstone left behind from what authorities believe to be the laurel hills cemetery which opened in 1852 and closed in 1937. the bodies moved and the cities took them as land fill and this apparently would be one of those. today work resumed around this remnant. their baby who died at 13 days old in 1862. as history pulled at him, frank pulled back to free the stone. he was beset by a sense of history. >> maybe if we get it out, we can give somebody part of their past. would be prey awesome. >> a few moments later. 155 years later the past had its day. in san francisco wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> tonight in the south bay, it's still not clear what caused a crane to tip over on top of a home. crews righted the crane last night. it cr

wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: the disappointment of a locked gate. >> i haven't been here since i was 12. >> reporter: in a free country full of wide open spaces, there's nothing more infuriating. so happy birthday to joan butterfield who had hoped to spend time at martins beach where by order the first district court of appeal, billionaire landoper should have opened the gate to a private road along highway 101 today. >> you know what i think is wrong about it is the entire california coast is supposed to provide public access. >> as it has been since the case began t forced visitors half a mile down the road that becomes with every passing year. you'll see very quickly that the lure of this place has very little to do with the quality of the accommodations. in places the structures along martins beach look like a ghost town in the making. insert rustic. tenants seem to be as protective as their privacy as their reclusive landlord. it's not easy to get answers when they won't wait for questions. would it be easier -- they may be able to get a stay to the order if he appea

wayne freedman spoke with the professor today and joins us live from cal's campus. wayne? >> reporter: on friday, the presidential council to the arts resigned en masse with a letter to president trump. in a letter a hidden message said resist. today much the same from a nobel prize winning uc berkeley professor. here you go. it is a resignation letter read around the country, if not the western world. >> stepping away from a position that i value didn't come easily. >> reporter: dr. dan kammen is an environment alkali maal clim physicist. he resigned as a science envoy with the state department. his letter contained a message, take the letter of every paragraph and put them together and it spells impeach. >> i like to think i write with meaning. >> reporter: it cites presidential statements about charlottesville. essentially, the letter cites all that the president has done or not done. >> i can't speak for what his motivations are, but whether it's not getting it or whether it's having an agenda that is anti-science, anti-environment, anti-inclusivity, his actions speak

. >> if it sounds like a contradiction, wayne freedman can shed some light. is is a story you'll see only on "abc7 news." wayne? >> reporter: it's actually an experiment. you may never park in that garage here on pierce street in the marina district. but they are doing an experiment in there, and if it succeeds, the city could take it to every garage in san francisco. time for our question of the day outside the city owned pierce street garage in san francisco's marina district. do you know your license plate? >> by memory, no, i don't. >> i have to think. i know the first few digits but not all of them. >> reporter: so barbara went back up the stairs and took a picture of her plate and with help from an attendant, entered those numbers into new machines. in the pierce street garage, the transportation agency, the minimmuchase time is one hour. license plates guarantee no one else can use a space, even when empty. >> i have to pay for an hour's parking, and i only have a ten-minute of aaster plan, to get more people parking short term on the street and long-te

abc7 news reporter wayne freedman watched what happened.the sounds of hard wheeze rolling across bricks doesn't give it away, the bins will. >> none of us slept well last night. >> we're empty nesters after today. >> i'm going to cry later. >> that's carl a single father as he dropped off his first born son for a freshman year at uc berkeley. >> a little emotion. >> last few days, what are you thinking? >> i'd like him 0 pack baby. >> carl and reese one story among 6,500 new freshman at uc berkeley. for the kids, it's the first day of the rest of their lives. for the parents, a mixture of emotions. >> when he got in, his head popped off. >> 53% of this year's freshmen are female, 60% are california residents. others come from all 50 states and territories plus 54 countries. reese and his dad come from scott's valley. he's a computer science maj. his roommates were not there yet. father and son meantime, about to say farewell. >> i remember the first time he got a bloody lip from falling over when he was walking. i don't know how 18 years we

wayne freedman has the story and some perspective from san francisco's civic center plaza. >> at san francisco city hall, it was a perfect day for a wedding? oh, what a day and what a couple of hours. can you believe that it started right on time? >> not at all. >> reporter: in a world ever more connected and yet also more fragmented, here is something to marvel at that humans did not make. >> i'm about to start crying. >> reporter: in a troubled time, what can getter contextualize our place in the universe than a solar eclipse. is it a gift? >> it's really cool thinking it's only happening in the states right now. i don't know, that makes it extra special. >> reporter: for her. for you. for tens of millions of us who donned glasses and stared at the sun at the same moment across this land. for a couple of blessed hours, all of our problems, our worries, burned away in a shared experience. >> we're going through a lot of stuff right now, and this is the atmosphere is so calm. everybody is nice and friendly right now. >> reporter: was there a takeaway? let's ask the groom. it's a once

in san francisco, wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >>> astronomers are heading north for the big blackout. "abc7 news" was at the science center today where eclipse fever is running awfully high. jerald mckeegan is taking two rigs to oregon where his telescopes and cameras will capture images along the path of totality. >> this telescope will track it. so all you need to do is set up the camera. you program the camera to just start taking pictures every minute or so until the eclipse is over and then you peck out the best ones and show them to all your friends. >> glasses that you can use to safely watch the eclipse are being sold at the space and science center and they'll be holding a viewing party on the 21st. for information about the eclipse, go to abc7news.com. we have a page dedicated to it. >>> flea medication could be the reason why a woman's two cats ended up hospitalized. >> she used the same medication she has for years and has an idea why this time her pets go so sick. >> our sister station in los angeles has this story. >> reporter: erin loves her cats. >> yeah, i have three

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wayne freedman is on the story. >> reporter: the disappointment of a locked gate. >> i haven't been here since i was 123. >> reporter: in a free country, there can be nothing more symbolic or infuriates. >> breaks my heart, ticks me off. >> reporter: so happy birthday to joanne butterfield, who hoped to spend time with her sister at martins beach, where the billionaire land lord should have opened the gate to a private road along highway 1 today. it never happened. yet another challenge to the california coastal act. >> what i think is wrong about it is the entire california coast is supposed to provide public access. >> reporter: as it has been since before this case began, it forced visitors to walk half a mile to this private beach that becomes more of a contrast between natural delight and slowed disintegration with every passing year. if you spend time walking around here, you'll see that the lure of this place has little to do with the quality of the accommodations. in places, the structures along martins beach look like a ghostown in the making. tenants who remain seem to be as pr

wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: mid-summer and football, another take on the annual themeings eternal, even for oakland raiders fans, knowing full well with the team moving to las vegas, there's an elephant in the room. >> they're not deserting me as a fan. they're deserting oakland. >> reporter: is it possible to find a psychological separation between city and team like church and state. it would be here, in napa, with raiders fans. let's talk about feeling conflicted. >> it hurts. don't get me wrong. but they're the raiders. >> explain the love for them. >> it's unconditional. >> reporter: this is the 22nd summer they have spent together. a long relationship, with some history. the question is, with the raiders moving to vegas, how much longer will it continue. the team would not say what its future plans for napa might be. the city has made no formal study of the team's economic influence. so we followed trickle-down theory to the executive room barbershop. have the team's summer practices made sean richer? >> i'm actually broke. i'm still a fan. >> reporter: will die-

wayne freedman has the story. >> reporter: mid-summer and football, another take on the annual themehow hope springs eternal, even for oakland raiders fans, knowing full well with the team moving to las vegas, there's an elephant in the room. >> they're not deserting me as a fan. they're deserting oakland. >> reporter: is it possible to find a psychological separation between city and team like church and state. it would be here, in napa, with raiders fans. let's talk about feeling conflicted. >> it hurts. don't get me wrong. but they're the raiders. >> explain the love for them. >> it's uncoitional. >> reporter: this is the 22nd summer they have spent together. a long relationship, with some history. the question is, with the raiders moving to vegas, how much longer will it continue. the team would not say what its future plans for napa might be. the city has made no formal study of the team's economic influence. so we followed trickle-down theory to the executive room barbershop. have the team's summer practices made sean richer? >> i'm actually broke. i'm still a fan. >> reporter:

in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >>> a lot of the californians made the trip to oregon toxperience totality firsthand. you might know someone who went. if you wanted to be among the first on the continent to see the eclipse, lincoln city, oregon was the place to be. reporter alina lee was there. >> reporter: we started our morning in the path of totality but had quite a bit of fog to deal with. however, mother nature put on a show and she did not disappoint. >> can't see it. >> where is it. >> reporter: it was a quiet monday morning with low visibility off the ogon coast. but many businesses and coastal communities were already prepared for the large crowds to come. >> we ordered enough product to fill our kitchens so we would not have to call a vendor out till at least tuesday. >> reporter: as his staff in lincoln staff were fully prepared for the big day, the weather was the only factor that could separate anyone from having a good experience from a great one. >> the clouds are clearing and we're excited about a great eclipse. >> reporter: people travelled from all over

wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> well, we have a travel alert for anyone heading to florida. >> new videog in from hawaii tonight where a river of lava is spilling into the ocean. but the >>> the coast guard in hawaii has enforced a temporary safety zone around a lava flow where it goes into the ocean off the big island. lava from the kilauea volcano has begun to flow underneath the surface of a black sand beach. they're concerned it could collapse. this is a view of the massive amounts of molten lava currently pouring into the pacific. >> this is really something what you're about to see. engineers at berkeley are bringing voices back to life with an extraordinary technology. it lous them to not only hear sound but to actually see it. abc7 news anchor eric thomas explains. ♪ snur listening to a voice and a language that could have vanished from the face of the earth. it belongs to a native american known as eshi. he wandered out of the wilderness in the early 1900s and believed to be the last survive of a northern california people known as the yahi. he was famously sfided by researchers

at uc berkeley, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> that is a long walk back for the parents. >>> freshmen newbies this week at uc berkeley. they're welcoming 82% transfer students, most from community colleges. >>> history made today at west point. 20-year-old simone ascii the serve as the first black one to lead west point's corps of cadets. she assumes duties this week. brigadier general steve gillen said askew exemplifies the values of duty, honor and country. >>> get the latest news anytime with the abc 7 news app and push alerts, to be the first to know about breaking news where you live. >>> thank you for joining us at abc 7 news at 4:00. >>> breaking news in lake county, where there's been an all-day-long search for the man suspected of shooting at chp officers. we'll have the latest. >>> i don't quite understand why someone of that persuasion would be working in berkeley. >> threats against a popular hot dog restaurant. a former employee has potential ties to the white supremacist rally in virginia. >>> new details on an early-morning shooting that kept a freeway closed for hours.

. >>> i'm wayne freedman in santa rosa. this is a shot of an encampment known as homeless hill.years, the city tried to get people to leave this area. now they have and they have done so willingly. we'll tell you how, coming up. >>> live where you live, this is "abc7 news." >> the park service is working directly with the feds and police to make sure that we have an awesome game plan. >> the organizer of a right wing rally set for san francisco in ten days talks to the "abc7 news" i-team about concerns of violence. city leaders are calling on the federal government to rescind his permit. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. the i-team has obtained ocuments that provide insight into the plans. >> dan noyes is here. >> reporter: in the documents we obtained, an e-mail chain shows the park service has serious concerns about security at the event and possible violent clashes. i spoke with the man organizing the rally this afternoon. joey gibson started his group patriot prayer after donald trump supporters were attacked last year. >> that shouldn't happen

. >> in santa rosa, wayne freedman found someone who is world famous, and humble about it, too. >> reporter a world that feels more connected and smaller every day, the fickle finger of artistic fame can land almost anywhere. >> the way i look at it is everyone is my canvas. that's d serving as a canvas for j.t. the barber. the buzz is what he buzzes. jose is 23 with 82,000 followers on instagram. >> it's cool and humbling knowing my work is known worldwide. >> reporter: j.t. first came here as acustomer. little did the owner know then that the same kid would become a superstar employee, changing the business a few years later. >> it's a culture. a lot of people, they are looking to be different these days. >> reporter: this isn't just a barbershop. it's a bit of a competitive arena. you see those trophies? most long to j.t., and a few others. ever hear of a barber battle? these are main events among barbers, with sometimes thousands jamming halls to watch them cutting in free flowing frenzies. >> it's nerve-racking. you don't know what you're going up against. >> reporter: so said the up a

. >> here's wayne freedman. >> reporter: here on fisherman's wharf, they're famous for the king salmont after today, instead of coming from hundreds of miles away, that dish will come from a couple of hundred feet. >> a boat left this morning. i said remember me. he said he'll be back in with salmon. >> reporter: many boats left this morning in advance of a fishing season that begins three months late due to restrictions but california's department of fish and wildlife. >> sustainable fishery needs sustainable fishermen. >> reporter: models predicted salmon would show up to the south. but they showed up south of the golden gate and the state never adjusted. >> if we catch ten fish in a day, there are thousands that passed under the boat going to their migratory streams. >> reporter: today, some help. an appearance by congressman jared huffman and others promising relief funds for this season and the crab disaster of two years ago. but it's only $20 million nationally, a small portion of what california fishermen need. huffman blames washington politics. >> this congress is not performi

wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >>> the mayor who helped lead san bruno after the 2010 gas line explosion down. he announced he will not seek re-election this fall. he's been a member of city counsel since 1995. he became mayor in 2009 one year before the gas explosion killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes. he helped push for changes from pg&e. he told the daily journal he plans to pick up more work as a plastering contractor and spend time with his family now that he's stepping down. >>> the usda just awarded the largest grant to california to make it easier for people with low incomes to buy locally grown produce. the $3.9 million grant will officially go to california's nutrition incentive program, a bill authored by phil payne, kr. as part of the state's department of agriculture, it will expand the market match program, which gives shoppers with snap benefits a dollar for dollar match that can only be used to produce at farmer's markets. >>> a $75 fee has been at the airports, that will help offset the rising costs associated with those types of flights. >>> a fiesta at s

wayne freedman has been asking that question for months. >> reporter: in the north bay questions whenenue service has grown since last november 36s original estimated opening. official answers all similar. >> late spring, which is right around the corner. >> momentarily. >> and i will soon. >> so when they had a toast and took a picture, we had to figure general manager finally had a definitive answer. >> august 25th at 12:49 p.m., we're perfect. >> reporter: when we shared that information with some murin county residents, they couldn't believe it. >> i won't hold my breath. >> the complexity is enormous. it is not a quickie. this is not about quickie. >> it was 2002 when they approved a sales tax funded, stretching from clover dale to larks burg. construction began in 2012 and more than a year ago for roughly half a billion dollars. it has had growing pains from engine replacements to proving the merits of a positive train control safety system, the first in the nation. >> we run over 2,000 pausesative train control tests, over 2,000. when we gave him the report, it was over 5,000 p

. >> reporter: wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >>> he's 98 years young and retiring from daily journalism after 77 years on the job. david pearlman has filed his final piece as a staff writer. it's about the coming solar eclipse that will appear sunday. his friends and colleagues celebrated his retirement today andis h journalism at the paper. senator dianne feinstein and mayor ed lee were tse o angmo wished him well. >> i think we've done a pretty good job of telling the people in this town what goes on and what needs to go on. [ applause ] >> pearlman will continue to write for the paper as the science editor emeritus. >>> two enormous jackpots are still up for grabs with more than $750 million combined. tonight's jackpot saturday 393 for the mega millions. tomorrow night's powerball prize is $356 million. the mega millions is the fifth largest in that game's history and the 17th largest ever in the editstates. your odds of winning are 1 in 258 million. powerball odds, 1 in 298 million. >> you have to play to win. unless you play, you don't play you won't win. let the machine pick your

wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >>> the mayor who helped lead san bruno after the 2010 gas line explosion is stepping down. he announced he will not seek re-election this fall. he's been a member of city counsel since 1995. he became mayor in 2009 one year before the gas explosion killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes. he helped push for changes from pg&e. he told the daily journal he plans to pick up more work as a plastering contractor and spend time with his family now that he's stepping down. >>> the usda just awarded the largest grant to california to make it easier for people with low incomes to buy locally grown produce. the $3.9 million grant will officially go to california's nutrition incentive program, a bill authored by phil payne, kr. as part of the state's department of agriculture, it will expand the market match program, which gives shoppers with snap benefits a dollar for dollar match that can only be used to produce at farmer's markets. >>> a $75 fee has been approved at the airports, that will help offset the rising costs associated with those types of fligh

. >> but wayne freedman talked with a couple of people about how that day changed their lives. >> reporter: as the sign says, napa, what it did not add are the days happy anniversary. >> i like to remember it. it's kind of a humbling space. >> a little bit like a divorce. you sort of move on. >> reporter: those would be the emotional yaftershocks. freeze frames of the community, trauma, three years to the day. >> the emergency work is one-tenth of the work you're going to do. a city and how you evaluate how you come through a disaster, one is how you get through the first days, and the next months and years. >> reporter: ask the mayor and she'll talk about the strength of the community pulling itself together. earthquake scars still abound in napa, like fences, healing wounds. parts of downtown still look like a construction zone, renovating the old courthouse alone could cost $12 million. the quake left no home or business untouched, and changed attitudes. >> practice gratitude every day and stuff is stuff. >> reporter: as an example of napa's spirit, we checked in with patricia trimble w

. >> in santa rosa, wayne freedman found someone who is world famous, and humble about it, too. >> reporterin a world that feels more connected and smaller every day, the fickle finger of artistic fame can land almost anywhere. >> the way i look at it is everyone is my canvas. >> reporter: that's david serving as a canvas for j.t. the barber. the buzz is what he buzzes. jose is 23 with 82,000 followers on instagram. >> it's cool and humbling knowing my work is known worldwide. >> reporter: j.t. first came here as a teenage customer. little did the owner know then that the same kid would become a superstar employee, changing the business a few years later. >> it's a culture. a lot of people, they are looking to be different these days. >> reporter: this isn't just a barbershop. it's a bit of a competitive arena. you see those trophies? most long to j.t., and a few others. ever hear of a barber battle? these are main events among barbers, with sometimes thousands jamming halls to watch them cutting in free flowing frenzies. >> it's nerve-racking. you don't know what you're going up against. >

wayne freedman is there live with the story. wayne?e sid yeah terrace in san francisco, an enclave of the rich, famous, and after today the furious. >> sneaky. >> reporter: presidio terrace is one of those rare private drives in san francisco for which residents must pay prorty

in napa, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> keep talking about the raiders. rng >>> absolutely. sports. >> shows you the whole sports cast like that? >> yeah. >> great. will derek carr even play in the season opener for the raiders? we'll hear from coach jack del rio. ♪ what should i watch? show me sports. it's so fluffy! look at that fluffy unicorn! he's so fluffy i'm gonna die! your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> abc 7 sports brought to you by your local toyota dealer. >> the oakland a's are serving their fans to get their input on thought they want to see in a new stadium. what amenities to doo you want? season ticket packages might include a happy hour and wine tasting. let's drink up as we watch a's baseball. maybe a stolen base museum for ricky henderson. adam jones off of chris smith and this turned out to be a trend because very next pitch tray mancini does the same. 3-1 baltimore. top six. this is not a replay. mancini high deep aloha, that's gone and next hang it bang it. so two different setsz of backo back jacks for the ori

. >> here's wayne freedman. >> reporter: here on fisherman's wharf, they're famous for the king salmon but after today, instead of coming from hundreds of miles away, that dish will come from a couple of hundred feet. >> a boat left this morning. i said remember me. he said he'll be back in with salmon. >> reporter: many boats left this morning in advance of a fishing season that begins three months late due to restrictions but california's department of fish and wildlife. >> sustainable fishery needs sustainable fishermen. >> reporter: models predicted salmon would show up to the south. but they showed up south of the golden gate and the state never adjusted. >> if we catch ten fish in a day, there are thousands that passed under the boat going to their migratory streams. >> reporter: today, some help. an appearance by congressman jared huffman and others promising relief funds for this season and the crab disaster of two years ago. but it's only $20 million nationally, a small portion of what california fishermen need. huffman blames washington politics. >> this congress is not perfo

. >> reporter: from berkeley, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> the rising debate over historic statues linked to raci racism has come to l.a. >> reporter: the statue of christopher columbus is prominently displayed in the main lobby of san jose sitdy hall. it was donated in 1958 by the italian american community but an online petition recently surfaced to have it removed. >> i think they're crazy. i think you just leave it alone. christopher columbus is a good guy. >> reporter: they say city hall is not the place for it. members told us national sentiment over hate speech, white supremacy and the removal of monuments prompted them to take action. they say columbus's dark history shouldn't be glorified. >> he was behind one of the largest genocides on this planet and responsible for rape and the slavery of the native americans. nobody wants to talk about that but we're here to bring that conversation front and center. >> reporter: they say they don't want the statue destroyed. they feel it should be relocated to a more appropriate place. he says the indian community has expressed their

wayne freedman it, abc7 news. >>> what a story. >> yeah. >> an elementary school under construction is years behind schedule and millions of drs over budget. tonight you'll hear from neighbor who have put up with the dust and the noise. >>> after 30 years in business, it's come down to two lawsuits that could save this santa clara institution from eviction. >> drew tuma is here with a preview of our forecast. >> today clouds giving way to sunshine and comfortable temperatures. he we'll look how long this pattern will last. >> california hikers have a stare down with a mpt ♪ what should i watch? show me sports. it's so fluffy! look at that fluffy unicorn! he's so fluffy i'm gonna die! your voice is awesome. the x1 voice remote. xfinity. the future of awesome. >>> students are getting ready to go back to school all over the bay area. in south san francisco, they're still waiting for the school to be ready for them. this school's been under construction for years. >> it has. it is way past deadline and way over budget, too. ababc7 news repororter lee and melendez has been following the pr

. >>> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman tweeted, must say, the eclipse is spectacular. the people watching, more so. >>> also at 5:00, melanie woodrow in richmond where bay area rapper heat to sneak is in stable condition after he was targeted and shot at a gas station early this morning. >>> you're looking at a hospital in singapore where four u.s. sailors are being treated after their ship crashed into an oil tanker in the pacific ocean yesterday. a total of five sailors aboard the "uss john mccain" are still missing. live in los angeles with the latest on the search. >> larry, this collision marks the second time a u.s. naval destroyer crashed with another vessel in the pacific in the past two months. now the navy's top admiral is calling for a comprehensive review. the search continues for ten missing sailors aboard the uss mccain after the guided missile destroyer collided with a 600-foot oil tanker just east of singapore. i've other sailors injured with four being air lifted to the hospital. >> my thoughts and prayers are with the sailors and families of the "uss

. >> but wayne freedman talked with a couple of people about how that day changed their lives. >> reporter: as the sign says, napa, what it did not add are the days happy anniversary. >> i like to remember it. it's kind of a humbling space. >> a little bit like a divorce. you sort of move on. >> reporter: those would be the emotional yaftershocks. freeze frames of the community, trauma, three years to the day. >> the emergency work is one-tenth of the work you're going to do. a city and how you evaluate how you come through a disaster, one is how you get through the first days, and the next months and years. >> reporter: ask the mayor and she'll talk about the strength of the community pulling itself together. earthquake scars still abound in napa, like fences, healing wounds. parts of downtown still look like a construction zone, renovating the old courthouse alone could cost $12 million. the quake left no home or business untouched, and changed attitudes. >> practice gratitude every day and stuff is stuff. >> reporter: as an example of napa's spirit, we checked in with patricia trimble w

in san francisco, wayne freedman, "abc7 news." . >> and the wnings were widespread, don't look at the eclipse without safety glasses. what happened if you did look at the sun without safety glasses in we' done a followup story and it's on our website, abc7news.com. >> you can glance quickly. fendi i got an okay view of the eclipse. >> i was in the wrong place at the wrong time. i got a foggy view. here's a look at live doppler 7 lots of fog around the bay area right now, low clouds and moisture. some of which may produce a little drizzle. some blue skies looking soutast. 65 degrees in san francisco right now. oakland 67. low to mid 70s mouain view and gilroy. and here's a great view of the skies, loong from emeryville. currently 67 in santa rosa. low to mid 70s in fairfield, concord and livermore. looking at the fog rolling in, these are the forecast future low and high clouds developing overnight. little milder tomorrow than today. we'll have a warming trend hate -- late in the week. you see the fog backing off early tomorrow morning, leaving us with lows in the upper 50s to low 60s.