. >> wayne freedman is live on the cal campus with more on that. wayne? >> reporter: it is a small rally but just started. they're calling it a national call to action, demanding "no business as usual," and they are supporting dr. christine blasy ford. in the pro-tracting drama of brett kavanaugh's nomination, any connection to his past now in h future. christine blasy ford told "the washington post" she researched moving to new zealand when she learned of kavanaugh's potential nomination. he revealed they're living in a hotel. the children are staying with friends. they have looked into security escorts for those kidding. they have received death threats. her e-mail has been hacked and they met with the fbi on friday. now more developments. this morning, we spoke with james roche, brett kavanaugh's freshmanoommate at yale in the fall of 1983. as he told "the new yorker," and elaborated with abc 7 today, the supreme court nominee was "a notably heavy drinker, even by the standards of the time and became belligerent when he was very drunk. "she wrote in su

wayne freedman joins us live. wayne? >> reporter: good afternoon.ir angel long island ferry here. they regard it as a piece of history. and now it's become a rallying cry. here where nautical tradition and pricey real estate have learned to co-exist. this one-mile stretch of water and ferry run have come to symbolize history and small business under attack. they call her captain maggie. five generations of her family have plowed these waterways, including her son sam. they have run the ferry since 1959, but the future is a question mark, since the california department of parks puts a service contract up forbid. captain maggie said the state is asking for too much. >> they had us maintains ramps, that's the state's responsibility and taking care of their restrooms. they had us doing all sorts of things on our docks just for use of their staff. >> reporter: the much larger blue and gold fleet did make a bid and could win it. hence a show of support today. >> i think you have a community in support of a locally owned business. >> we don't need to get

live in sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> good rule to live by. wayne, thank you. >>> the red flag warning may be over but the temperatures there are still high. >> that's right. summer lived up to its name. i'll let you know how long the warmth will stick around. coming up. >>> also, hundreds of chickens have crossed the road in vacaville. now what? growing pains and the growing need for an animal sanctuary. plus -- >> there are amazing pieces in here. the fabrics and the fit. >> i'll have this story for you. a fashion exhibit with a twist. how this one challenges conventional perceptions. >>> buying a better toaster. >>> the facility known for caring for abused chickens and other animals has shut its doors and now looking for a new location in the bay area. there's only one problem. money. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas reports from vacaville. >> the only sound here is silence. the only occupants, the ground squirrels who have taken over the suddenly empty acreage. >> i've only ever seen this place just full of life. so it's -- yeah. it's sad. >>

live in marin county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. we all want better cell phone service, right? at what cost? what if that meant putting a cell phone tower right in front of your house? one community is fighting back. that story next. >>> you know what they say, rome wasn't built in a day but this house was. how it's quickly becoming the future of housing. >>> bringing attention to the yogurt that we eat. why we should all be reading the fine print. >>> and more than meets the eye. >>> and more than meets the eye. a man who only looks lik in 2017, >>> and more than meets the eye. a man who only looks lik california had the worst wildfire season on record. scientists say, our weather is becoming more extreme and we all have to be better prepared. that's why pg&e is adopting new and additional safety precautions to help us monitor and respond to dangerous weather. hi, i'm allison bagley, a meteorologist with pg&e's community wildfire safety program. we're working now, to enhance our weather forecasting capabilities, building a network

live in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> all right, wayne, thank you. last week a zillow study found that san jose is the least affordable area in the country. on average, homeowners spent 54% of their income. on paying off mortgages in san jose. in san francisco and oakland, it's 45%. nationally it is only 17%. with that as context, today a campaign kicked off to help teachers afford homes in the south bay. abc7 news reporter chris nguyen is live with how it works. chris? >> reporter: kristen, it's all part of a commitment from the bay area host committee to help local educators in the lead up to the college football national championship and this comes at a time when local educators are struggling to survive in silicon valley. although the college football national championship doesn't take place at levi stadium until january of next year, the bay area host committee is already following through on its goal of helping local educators. >> many of our teachers are driving hours to get to their schools. that affect the quality of education in the classro

in oakland, wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >> that's a problem for another day. right now just having fun out there. the season opener is tonight here on abc 7. pregame coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. live again from the oakland coliseum. >>> due to tonight's game "bachelor in paradise" will air in its entirety overnight starting at 1:05 a.m. so either stay u or set that dvr. >>> now to some consumer news. a fraud alert involving a very popular chain of stores. >> michael finney is here with more on that. this will get your attention. >> costco, scammers are using that good name in an attempt to rip you off. the district attorney's office says callers pretending to be from costco offer a $500 costco travel credit or cash card if the person answering the phone agrees to take a survey. you know where this is going. it asks for personal information that can be used to commit identity theft. >>> the american middle class is no longer shrinking. that's the good news, but it continues losing ground to upper income families. now, that is according to a recent study by the

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live now from the fountain grove neighborhood in santa rosa. wayne? >> reporter: good evening, dan, the theme tonight is pressure, the lack of water pressure, all the damage that lack of water pressure caused in santa rosa that night, and lessons the rest of california might learn from it. even now in santa rosa there are places where residents cannot yet drink the water from their faucets. that explains all the bottles from the city stacked inside the garage. >> they come every two weeks. >> reporter: she lives in one of 13 homes still guarding against benzene pollution in the fountain grove neighborhood. an independent report sanctioned by the city water department confirms that when water pressure dropped that night in the fire, the cancer causing chemical leeched into the line from the homes. they will need to replace five miles of pipe to fix the problem. but with flushing and replacing connecting pipes that problem is almost resolved and for only a few million dollars instead. that is a relief to natalie manning who can finally make plans

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman is live in daly city with more on this shocking story. wayne? >> reporter: kristen, when we spoke with neighbors today they just had to get their heads around it. they did see the arrests yesterday and they did see those guns. according to the state attorney general's office these crimes happened literally right next door in neighborhoods, even directly across the street from west moor high in daly city. no one suspected anything. >> i have kids. i didn't know anything like that was going on over there. >> reporter: these are some of the weapons police seized during a raid of the rainbow bright day care center on west moor boulevard, a loaded handgun found under a blanket allegedly within easy reach of children, this one of six locations in san francisco, daly city and pacifica. sites where attorney general xavier becerra says they engaged in human trafficking, rape and labor exploitation. >> rainbow bright was cheating, not just their workers of their pay, not just the workers of their dignity, but was cheating you and me as taxpayers. >> repor

live in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> wayne, thanks very much. an east bay murder suspect is in jail after a month on the run. he apparently fled after the crime to see his wife one last time. police believe terrence dickson beat a man to death back in july. the victim apparently testified decades ago in a case that sent dickson to prison. afer the killing he made his way to oregon to hug his wife and say good-bye. dickson was arrested last month and just charged today. >>> the b.a.r.t. board of directors approved new rules on the use of surveillance technology on trains and in the station. this vote comes after we learned that surveillance was installed at a station without authorization and that data sent to a system where administration officials could get to it. abc 7 news anchor eric thomas has more. >> motion carries unanimously. >> reporter: with that vote, the bart board promised to enter a new era of technology, something pushed by privacy groups -- >> unaccountable surveillance doesn't make us safer. there needs to be transparent discus

live at the oakland alameda county coliseum, wayne freedman. >> thank you, wayne. wayne asking some complicated questions there. >> yes. >> wayne is like a relationship counsellor. >> who knew? >> our pregame coverage of rams and raiders begins at 7:00 with kickoff at 7:20 from the coliseum. >> i love the question actually. would you let your boyfriend, girlfriend, spouse treat you the way the raiders have. >> most say no, but they're out there tonight. >> a bittersweet season for sure, but let's make it a good one. >> thanks very much. >> there is proof tonight that gangs in california are keeping pace with evolving cyber crime. the state attorney general bo sarah announced indictments against 32 gang members in the east bay who allegedly stole nearly a million dollars from chris cimino terminals from dozens of businesses across northern california. abc 7 reporter leann melendez is live with the details. leann. >> reporter: that's right. well, the arrests were made in three east bay cities and they are pitsburg, antioch and baypointe. 32 people were arrested, seve

. >>> a young roommate of kavanaugh, james roche, spoke with abc news reporter wayne freedman. wayne will have more at 5:00. >>> the man suspected of being the nor cal rapist made a court today. investigators say they connected him to the assaults of ten women between 1991 and 2006. waller was arrested last week. >>> a man accused of kidnapping denise hus kins in 2015 has requested a public defender. a day before he was set to cross examine his victim. me tlatest. >> reporter: disbarred harvard attorney matthew muller facing kidnapping, rape, robbery, and false imprisonment charges, decided today he would rather not represent himself. >> this is a guy who is a premeditated, deliberate rapist, home invader, kidnapper. >> reporter: dan russo is the criminal attorney. mueller is serving a 40-year sentence for kidnapping quinn's fiance, denise hosekins. police initially called it a hoax, but muller was linked to the crime after leaving his cell phone behind in a foiled home invasion. quinn and huskins pushed the district attorney to file state charges after the state case wrapped up

live on mission street in san francisco, wayne freedman, abc 7. >> wayne, what exactly would a yellow tag mean? >> reporter: a yellow tag is a warning. it's a warning to people who live inside the building that there might be an issue. a yellow tag out here would be a warning to people passing by, you might get hit by falling glass, or not. >> wayne freedman, thank you so much for that update. there are new images from the ongoing repairs at the ora ville dam. these pictures were posted "today" showing worker's high up on the dam. officials say it should be ready to handle it. both spillways collapsed last year forcing nearly 200,000 people downstream to evacuate. >> some san francisco residents are getting creative when it comes to keeping their cars safe from break-ins. melanie wood roof in the news room right now to explain howadn a story you'll see only on 7. mel, it's sad it's come to this. >> it is. av cpwith. he way, the idea from this story came from facebook when a friend of mine posted a picture of a vehicle covered in writing, appealing to potential criminals to give their

wayne freedman joins us with more. wayne. >> it's rare we do a story on a lost or stolen pet.the apparent victim is an army veteran with ptsd and that pet was her comfort dog, it meets the test. the empty crate, untouched water bowl, toys in the yard, they add up to a very sad household and one concerned dog owner in fairfield. >> i cried all saturday and cried myself to sleep saturday night. i cried most of yesterday. >> reporter: the army veteran who dodged mortars in iraq, tonight, she mourns the apparent theft of her german shepard comfort dog, who escaped through a hole in the fence with the other dog last saturday. >> he came through here and the both of them came out and ran to the gas station. >> reporter: this gas station where video from security cameras shows the dogs playing with customers. >> we got a call from one of the customers at the store. our dogs were there running around. for us to come pick them up. >> reporter: when her husband picked them up, they could claim only griffin and another customer had nolah. >> sat there for a few minutes and had her and dr

live in sonoma county, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >> all right, wayne. thank you. >>> well, nia wilson's family attended a court hearing for the man accused of stabbing her to death at a b.a.r.t station in oakland. "abc 7 news" was at the courthouse when wilson's family left without new answers. the suspect was expected to enter a plea but a judge delayed that until next month because cow el's attorneys say they need more information from alameda county prosecutors. they claim he attacked wilson at the station in july randomly. >>> governor jerry brown reached for the stars in san francisco today, announcing california will build its own satellite to study climate change. >> in california with science under attack, in fact we are under attack by a lot of people including donald trump, but the climate threat still keeps growing. so we want to know what is going on all over the world, all the time. so we're going to launch our own satellite, our own satellite to figure out where the pollution is and how we're going to end it! >> he's fired up. the governor

wayne freedman live with more now. yne. >> reporter: that account has been online only four days and we found it. it is a story about a mon wan ws very frustrated, trying to reach city hall in the modern age, armed with an iphone, a set of binoculars and that twitter account. high before san francisco south of market in an anonymous apartment, a secretive man who is almost a savant of predicting a crime or drug deal before he sees it. he is about to watch one happen right now. >> the one on the right with the black shirt is a regular. >> reporter: patience is a virtue for this video vigilante who goes by the name of sf streets 1. using an iphone attached to binoculars he documents below his apartment. >> i have had assets taken, i have been assaulted. >> reporter: he is putting it on twitter. this morning, sf streets checked up close on this man in a bus stop. >> he was passed out. >> reporter: sf streets called police, but before they could arrive, watch what happens to the passed out man who becomes a victim. >> he is

let's first hear from wayne freedman who spent today talking to a local judge who, wayne, has been in brett kavanaugh's position. >> reporter: good evening. he is james way, a retired chief judge of the 9th district federal court in california, a man who has been vetted. he admits that the process is never easy. he also says in a democracy it is necessary. vet, it is a three-letter verb conduct by a three-letter agency, the fbi, with judge brett kavanaugh the center piece right now. >> the fbi is not investigating a crime here. what the fbi is doing is effectively a background check. >> the fbi went to my former neighborhood and interviewed my neighbors. >> is it nerve wracking? >> yes, very nerve wracking. >> reporter: locally we asked retired 9th district chief judge james ware about being vetted. he went through the process twice following presidential appointments. >> the process is designed to find out who you are at the core. >> this is a lifetime appointment to the supreme court. character matters. >> the bar should be higher than we can imagine because the job requires integri

live in marin county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> all right, wayne, thank you.re information about the flu and the flu shot go to abc7news.com. we have a link to the cdc where you can get answers to many of the questions you might have about the flu. >>> students and parents in the oakland unified school district are celebrating a little bit of good news here. the state is putting up money so they don't have to worry about getting to and from school. abc 7 news was at westlake as lawmakers, educators and the mayor announced ac transit will be able to continue to take kids to school in oakland. it was looking like they would have to end the service. they could not keep a 20-year agreement because of funding issues. >> every student deserves safe and reliable transportation. the state funding our schools does not provide adequate funding. we have many that do not provide bus service. some do. but some do not. >> the mayor said she's extremely grateful for the money since it keeps the buses running to her alma mater. but this, keep in mind, is a one-time fix. it ha

. >>> i'm wayne freedman in marin county where the latest effort to save coho salmon on lagunitan creekconstruction project. that's coming up. >>> the raiders season opener is here on monday on abc 7. our preview coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. live from >>> live where you live, this is abc7 news. >> now the one e-mail is specifically entitled racial profiling. but somehow -- literally the e-mail was entitled racial profiling. that somehow it was designated as something that the public couldn't see. >> as the supreme court nomination hearing for brett kavanaugh is in its 12th hour right now, democrats tonight are slamming what they say is a rigged process. and that was senator cory booker, angry over e-mails designated confidential for no apparent reason. >> democrats are also furious over hundreds of thousands of documents that have not been made public. here is a live look at the hearing now. it is still going. >> protester had to be escorted out just about ten minutes ago. you're seeing here california senator kamala harris. she is currently questioning kavanaugh. >> abc news reporter j

>>> brett kavanaugh's roommate from yale talks today with "abc 7 news" reporter wayne freedman. hear why he backs the story of the second woman to accuse the supreme court justice nominee of sexual misconduct. >>> a big business deal for the east bay. tonight live in oakland exploring what pandora's multi-billion dollar sale could mean for this community. >>> plus, what is next for the 49ers now that we know quarterback jimmy garoppolo suffered a season-ending injury. >>> live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> you are looking live at the campus of uc berkley where a rally is wrapping up just now with people who want to see brett kavanaugh's nomination to the supreme court defeated. new information released today about the multiple women now accusing him of sexual assault. could play a role in the result. >>> good evening. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm eric thomas. we are getting a lot more information about brett kavanaugh and his accusers. two women publicly accused kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, christine blasey ford and palo alto and deborah ramirez. >> the supreme court n

wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> thank you, wayne. we learned a downed pg&e power line started the fire. >> the fire broke out geranimo. it burned 152 acres, a quarter of a mile. it is 80% contained. >>> developing in the east bay, a toddler has died after police say a family member accidentally left the child in a car. the 18 month old girl was inside a vehicle on hardi drive yesterday afternoon. the toddler wasn't breathing and they tried to revive her. at the time it was 08 degrees outside. police are investigating. >> a muni bus driver remains in critical condition two days after what was a frightening accident that took place in the marina dtrict. >> dashcam video captured the bus being driven by 66-year-old milton james veering across lombard street early monday morning. the bus hit a parked van, toppled a tree, and damaged a business. >> this is not the first time james has been hospitalized while on the job. we interviewed him back in 1995 after he was attacked by a passenger and then beaten by a mob in bay view hunters point

in san rafael, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >> all right. well, the long holiday weekend is here.be those plans. spencer? >> i'd like to stretch that weekend out a bit longer if we could. here is live 2k07ldoppler 7. overnight look for mainly clear skies. maybe a little patchy fog near the coast. overnight lows will be in the upper 50s. tomorrow's highs under sunny skies will range from mid and upper 60s at the coast to mid-70s around the bay and upper 80s to around 90 in most inland locations. and the beach forecast for tomorrow looks fantastic. mostly sunny skies. although very high uv index. so bear in mind. it will be mild with highs mainly in the mid- to upper 60s at our beaches and 75 in screws santa cruz. here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. it will get warmer on sunday and relatively warm on monday, labor day. inland hays, around 90 degrees. near 80 around the bay. mid to upper 60s on the coast. and then it will be gradual cooling going into the middle of next week. always wanted to get gradually cool. >> you're instantly cool. i'm sorry, spencer. >> and permanently

wayne freedman, abc7. >> thank you. >>> in the south bay, a popular downtown fountain is shut down for repairs with no re-opening date in sight. the fountain flowed for one day last week after being out of commission all year. city officials say the ultra violet filter that purifies the water wasn't operating properly and shut down the whole system. this family was hoping to take pictures with their in-laws before they go back to india. >> maybe it's incomplete. it's a thing downtown. >> officials say there is no timeline when the fountain starts flowing once again. >>> it's strawless september in mountain view. they have agreed to stop providing straws to customers this month unless asked. a resident started the movement asking the business to take part about the problems with single use plastic straws. >>> paying property taxes. >>> and some people were duped. >> michael finney. >> fake tickets for events have been around forever. usually there's some sound of it being fake. the big concert, where the promoter has pled guilty to fraud. in phoenix, ticket holders are left wondering wh

. >> abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman looks at the latest effort to keep salmon returning and breedingr: despite the surrounders, this remaybes a throwback to more natural times, a functional ecosystem barely surviving as nature intended for steelhead trout and salmon. >> 400 >> reporter: this biologist says this has been a two decade project for him. this is a two-year $5 million project funded by several state agencies to recreate natural wetlands here. it's fairly simple in wintertime when this creek runs fast the fish have nowhere to seek refuge. >> they're only one to two inches in size when tho a kille. h in teas bn these parts. environmentalists love fault. he's gotten the county to purchase a golf club. >> we have 193,000 acres in marin of open space, and they don't need another 157. >> reporter: meantime steiner moves on here, his planning includes landscaping the inw one mile of work with 10,000 plants from their own nursery. >> reporter: are they all native? >> all native to this area. >> reporter: and all designed to recreate the natural order. wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >

. >> wayne freedman has more on this story. wayne? >> reporter: this report supplies many more specific details. these are the kinds of fire images people marvel at. super tankers lining up to drop retardant. it's risky work. this killed battalion chief matt burchett and injured three others. something went wrong when the plane came in too low, at 100 feet, not 300 feet as sprieb. here's the deputy chief scott mclean. chief burchett died when this tree was knocked over. the planes and firefighters had been working to clear a line. despite a warning to clear the area, the utah team never acknowledged. the drop that ht them contained six gallons of retardant. it weighs nine pounds per gallon. it happened in two seconds. >> it came down on the chief and there was other debris that cam firefighters. >> reporter: as to why the plane came in too low, with don't know. we don't know whether the plane sunk or was led in by a spotter plane. that's dwroet be determined. >> new details about the redwood city man arrested for sexually abusing chil

abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman took a tour today. and has a story of resilience.on a sonoma county firestorm survivor. tom francois still living in a rental duplex, but not for long, and without complaints. >> it's all candy bars and ice cream, man. >> joe is the most optimistic and grateful person we've met. he is 77 years old, a widower. >> this here is a picture of my wife and me. >> carol passed at age 70 after 52 years together. her memory and how she dealt with cancer is one reason that tom has never felt sorry for himself. >> you know, you think about some of the stuff in your life like this, this is a first world problem, man. my house burned down. i'm getting it fixed. oh, yeah, baby. >> let's rephrase that. has gotten fixed. from ashes to move-in ready, in 11 months, the first. >> i just love it. i absolutely love it. >> when the tubbs fire burned through fountaingrove, it didn't spare. for months we marvelled at the pace of reconstruction here. it's the work of one contractor, sonoma county builders. they built this neighborhood initially. they've gone

in west marin county, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >>> a man faces felony charges after alameda county deputies say he attacked a candidate running for congress. the 35 year old is in the santa rita jail tonight. depps tell us fazeli tried to stab rudy peters during a festival in castro valley on sunday. he first screamed profanities about president trump. then he threw a coffee mug at him and a scuffle broke out. peters believes the switchblade knife malfunctioned. >> i could see his thumb strike to try to get the blade to come out. >> reporter: he is running as a republican against democratic eric swalwell who tweeted today it is never okay to use violence to settle political disagreements. >>> a vigil will be held tonight in front of the home of brian egge, the missing san francisco man whose remains are believed to be those of the mutilated body found in his south of market home in august. neighbors and city officials want answers from police on their handling of this case. "abc 7 news" reporter vic lee is live from his south of market neighborhood tonight. vic. >> reporter: dan, t

in fountaingrove, wayne freedman. >>> homes and campgrounds are being evacuated because of a rapidlyildfire is spreading quickly. it's about 70 miles north of sacramento. cal fire has dispatched air tankers, a helicopter and strike crews to assist the u.s. forest service. >>> still more than 15 active fires that are burning in california right now. the ranch fire in lake county is now 93% contained. the ridge fire also in lake county is now 95% contained. >>> still ahead, the new tool that can make it easier for south bay residents to access their health information. >> this is being called a major medical breakthrough. nano-robots, could hold the future of medicine. >>> these low clouds will be breaking through overnight across the bay and - (phone ringing) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. call or visit and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program call or visit >>> if you've ever dreame of being a writer, now is your chance, the

wayne freedman spoke with some residents who live near the fire lines. there. >> are a couple of twists on the road and dots on the map. and by the standard of california fires this summer, the residents of lagunitas and forest knolls are counting their good luck tonight. >> i'd never seen anything that close. >> so close and yet so far away, over a ridge near samuel p. taylor state park. the fire has yet to burn 200 acres, but last night it siemens seemed like a force of nature. >> it was scary. at probably 6:00 we could smell smoke. e kind of fehe kind of elements can conspire against them. you have narrow road, lots of brush. they're describing what happened last night as a wake-up call. en today rosy had a ce aandato evacuations lifting, she continued packing her car. >> no, probably won't. but probably treat my property a little more. >> or maybe stash some emergency firefighting water. tom feather stston did. best laid plans that did not work. >> i was ready, but the power went out and the pumps didn't work. i could have all the water in the world

. >> abc 7's wayne freedman with more. >> reporter: this is a frustrated man who has seen enough, lived through enough, and took his iphone and started tweeteding it. it's in the faces of local politicians now. you're watching a secretive man who can predict a crime deal long before it happens. he's watching one right now. >> the one on the right with the black shirt is a regular. >> reporter: patience is a virtue for this vigilante. using an i phone attached to binocul binocular, he documents the world beneath his apartment at eighth and mission. it does afektz everyone. >> yeah. i've had assets taken, i've been assaulted. >> reporter: now he's putting it all on twitter. this morning they checked up on this man. >> he was passed out. >> reporter: before they could arrive, watch what happens to the passed out victim. >> he's scanning and he will reach back and take stuff right here. >> reporter: police would arrest that suspect for theft. they have the video. quote, we have prioritized the area, police told us today. we've increased foot patrols, especially in the last couple of months

wayne freedman is live in daly city with the latest on a shocking and still developing story. > reporter: indeed, larry, and th onorehe building over my shoulder there, quiet neighborhood, all under the guise of caring for children and cog tateap directly across the street from west moore high school in daly city. >> no clue. >> so many policemen yesterday. >> these are some of the weapons police seized at the rainbow bright day care. they include a loaded handgun found under a blanket allegedly within easy reach of children. this, one of six locations in so you have the san francisco, daly city and pacifica, sites where attorney general javier says they engaged in exploitation. >> rainbow bright was cheating, not just their workers of their pay, not just their workers of their dignity, but was cheating you and me as taxpayers. >> $8.5 million worth. the

wayne freedman is live with raider nation. we'll talk about the teams and xs and os coming up.rt with mindy on the coaching matchup, that is teacher versus pupil. >> reporter: well, dan and kristen, john gruden and sean mcveigh are known for developing quarterbacks and building an offense around the quarterback strength. with cal product jared goff under the center, the rams put up 30 points in the game, the most in the nfl. their expectations this year are even

. >>> i'm wayne freedman in marin county where the irving fire approaches containment, but residents describe it as a wake-up call. that's coming up. >>> stops and turns around and says, i'll show you, and charges. >> also, you will hear more from the bay area congressional candidate attacked this weekend with a switchblade. >>> spencer christian is keeping an eye on a powerful hurricane bearing down on the east coast. >>> live where you live, this is "abc 7 news." >>> on the eve of the international climate summit in san francisco, big climate voices including al gore and the governor are already here, and their message tonight is loud and clear. >> climate change, global warming weights for no one. >>> i'm dan ashley. >> i'm ama daetz. tomorrow state and local leaders along with representatives from 39 countries will discuss how to be true to the paris climate agreement. >> "abc 7 news" reporter melendez is live in the embarcadero with a look at how the players are. >> reporter: reenergizing the climate movement is the purpose of the summit, led by governor jerry brown and a few of

wayne freedman, "abc7 news." >> wayne, thank you very much. >>> now let's check in with meteorologist drew tuma. >> it's cool but it's beautiful out there. it will stay like that tomorrow. however, warmer weather moves in by the end of the week. if you're craving warmth, it will finish out the summer season by thursday and friday. live doppler seven showing you it's a quiet scan across the region. the scan coming up dry for the time being. it's just a gorgeous picture. you notice that deep blue sky, great visibility, and more importantly, the air quality is just good today and that will continue. so your air quality forecast tomorrow, it is good air quality. so fresh air is expected the next 24 hours, so breathe easier out there. winds certainly an issue, and gusting to 33 right now at sfo. 23 in nevado. that wind direction is key, coming off that cool ocean water. that's helping to keep temperatures this afternoon well below where we should be for this time of the year. right now, confidemfortably coo there. 66 in oakland at this hour. san rafael, just updateto72. the same in san jos

. >>> i'm wayne freedman in fountaingrove, santa rosa, where a neighborhood has gone from ashes to move-in1 months. a lot of people say it was due to hard work. the owner of this house says divine intervention. that's coming up. >> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >> sometimes taking the risk can pay off. >> no risk, no reward. nike is playing that game, and they're using a former 49ers star to do it. good evening. i'm dan ashley. >> and i'm ama daetz. colin kaepernick has been without an nfl team ever since he left the niners in 2017. >> now the former quarterback has been chosen by nike as the face of its new ad campaign. you can't miss kap's face, several feet tall above the nike store in san francisco. >> we captured this billboard with droneview7 today. kaepernick was the first athlete to neil before the national anthem to protest police brutality against blacks back in 2016. he hasn't played since then. >> some say his protests cost him his career in the nfl. the new question is what could his campaign cost nike. >> let's begin our team coverage on the topic tonight with abc

. >> wayne freedman has more on this story. wayne?eport supplies many more specific details. these are the kinds of fire images people marvel at. super tankers lining up to drop retardant. it's risky work. this killed battalion chief matt burchett and injured three others. something went wrong when the plane came in too low, at 100 feet, not 300 feet as sprieb. here's the deputy chief scott

in contra costa county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> wayne, thank you. for more on the kavanaugh kie nd think tt dr.l nl in i rtainly don't inside io but i think she's probably going to test the temperature of how she's being treated up to the actual testimony that she's going to be giving. because in truth, if all this is is a charade to once again do what they did with anita hill, which is basically give each party the opportunity to speak and then move forward with their vote, then they haven't done an investigation and they have no intentions of doing anything but going through the motions, so to speak. >> how would you avoid something other than a he said/she said scenario trying to recall something from 36 years ago without going through a prolonged investigation. perhaps by the fbi that the president and brett kavanaugh clearly do not want. >> clearly. but this isn't just sexual harassment. this is an attempted rape. it is a very grievous crime. and so if trere peoe w were at that party, they should be interviewed. there should be a serio investig

live in sonoma county, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. >>> wayne, thank you. let's get to sandhya patel for a look at the latest conditions. >> lara and ama, let's look at ve doper and red flag warning in effect until 5:00 p.m. today for the hills as we are still expecting low humidity along with a little bit of a breeze. so take a look at the winds in hills. they have dropped off considerably from earlier. overnight, they were the windiest. obviously, oakland hills gusting to 15. knoxville creek, 13 mile an hour winds. that's dropping the humidity down to 12% in concord, 14% in vacville, which is one of the biggest concerns in the bay area right now. it's also warm to hot across many parts of bay area. from the 80s and 90s away from the coast. i'll be back to let you know how long the heat is sticking around. larry? >> thank you, sandhya. >>> three people are recovering after being rescued at mason in san francisco this morning. a woman called 9-1-1 before 5:30 this morning. she and two friends were stuck on a cliff and needed help. that is all she could tell

from sonoma county, wayne freedman. >> zm whomless after fires in lake county will be up for adoption. 2,000 pets will be looking for a new home at the eighth annual bay area pet fair. the lake county shelter is bringing all of their adoptable pets. they have been inundated with hemless pets after the fires. the event run until five today and tomorrow in the fair grounds. >>> customers may get answers about whether they have been overbilled by the water ewe filt for years. a state agency launched an investigation after a staff report about bilk practices. our media partner, the mercury news reports the california public utilities commission will look into whether the water company should pay refunds face face penalties or implement policy changes. san jose water officials say they think their bilk has always followed protocol. >>> as we mentioned earlier, a day after making landfall, tropical storm florence is still drenching the carolinas this morning. the storm turned deadly yesterday. claiming the lives of at least 7 people. abc news reporter natalie brunnell is live in wilmington,

in san francisco, wayne freedman, "abc 7 news." >> "abc 7 news" was at a meeting at the metropolitan transportation commission today in san francisco. officials there say from a regional perspective things could have been much worse, and that's because of the familiarity most riders have with the temporary trans bay terminal that's being use it by muni, ac transit, west cat links and san trans. >> although people had to walk across the street and there was a big crowd last night when i was there, the fundamentals are that everyone knows how to make it work with the system we have right now. i think the transportation impact will be pretty small. >> although the transit hub impacts the wider bay area, mtc officials say they expect san francisco to continue taking the lead on any decisions regarding repairs or closures. now, if the closure was done out of an abundle answer of caution as they say, the question remains why didn't trans bay joint powers authority do more to alert everybody in a more timely manner. many commuters found out as they were approaching the transit center yester

wayne freedman spent today looking into the future investigation. >> reporter: just last month to a commuting niet mare today, this is a ride no one imagined for the center. >> it's worryin ining zblrks -- >> reporter: why things work and why causes to a basic scale. the scenario is these beams are failing due to poor handling perhaps in the welding and still no easy fix. >> they'd have to look at every weld. they've have to check it and look at the structure to see if there are any other crack there is. >> reporter: in a lab at uc berkeley, they look at tests. we know the largest transit terminal crack is two to six inches across in one worst case scenario, the buildings design might be to blame. in another, it might be a matter of the steel not being up to spec. that could be worse. >> that would be an ominous situation. it would question the whole structure. >> reporter: consider how this is not the first time recently that san francisco has suffered from mistakes in major projects. certainly we remember the corroding bolt in the eastern span of the new bay bridge. or muni laying down thre

wayne freedman has the details. >> reporter: we all remember the some ber send off of battalion chief matthew chur kmet from draper utah last month motorcade, honor guard, a salute as he returned home and questions about what happened. we already knew that burr chet died during a supertanker drop fighting the mendocino complex fire on august 13th. this plane may have been involved know not this pass. a new report reechls the plane came in too low at 100 feet not 200 feet as prescribed due to unseen rising hill. by phone is here is the chief scott mcclain. >> the elevation changed significantly as the aircraft came in. it was hard to determine due to vegetation growth. >> the chief died when the it kocked over this first in front of them. the tree was 87 feet tall and 15 inches across. >> the tree came down as far as on the chief and there was other debris associated with the tree that came down and struck the other three firefighters. >> the planes and firefighters had been working to reinforce a back fire dozer line despite a radio warning to clear the area, the utah team never ackno

. >> wayne freedman, live in daly city, thank you. >>> in the south bay, there's a reward and a lead now in the killing of a 28-year-old father, the santa clara county sheriff's office is looking for the truck you see here, investigators say it's connected to a fatal stabbing sunday in south san jose. it's described as a dark full-size gmc or chevy truck. the victim was found near raymond avenue and west san carlos street. few details aered for informatin leading to an arrest and conviction of the killing. >>> the latest on a wildfire raging in northern california. fire officials say the delta fire is at 0 containment, still burning completely out of control. ac news reporter marci gonzalez shows us terrifying images and challenges firefighters are facing. >> reporter: flames burning as high as 300 feet into the air as the massive delta fire in northern california keeps spreading. now, more than 24,000 acres charred. >> oh, my god, i want to go. >> reporter: the inferno tearing across part of interstate 5, vehicles left abandoned on the side of the road destroyed. nearly 50 miles of