Customer in a east bay grocery store, good evening, im dan ashley. Im ama daetz. It happened in whole foods in oakland near lake merit. That is where Laura Anthony is live for us. Laura, what is the company saying about what happened . Reporter the company is telling us this started last night, when this Security Guard interceded after a customer touched an employee. Reporter zoey told us she was standing ten feet away from a conversation turned into a violent confrontation inside of this whole foods store. Then, confronted by the Security Guard, told to leave the premises, then, thrown against the wall. And we had to go to customer service. He was being trying to escape, the guard captured him again. He ended up in a pool of his own blood. Reporter the pictures of the young man on the ground bleeding from the head and face. She told us she and others called 911 while store employees appeared to do little except lock the front doors. The violence for someone who is nonaggressive, not angry was apalling l. Reporter a spokesperson told us the Security Guard has been permanently removed. We move swiftly to gather the facts. We want to make it clear whole foods markets takes a 0 tolerance for violence. The injured plan is in stable condition. Laura anthony, abc7 news. You may recall blooming daels had a similar confrontation in july. A Security Guard spotted a man who had been charged twice with shoplifting. The guard told him to leave, there was a confrontation, leaving the man bloody on the floor. At this point theyre not pursuing charges. The craig highway reopened following a bizarre, but serious crash. A kite surfer lost control on the nearby beach and strong winds pulled him into oncoming traffic. Right into a car. The car then dragged the man down the highway for a bit. Emergency crews rushed the man to the hospital with life threatening injuries. Terrible accident. Changes are coming to santa clara jail following the death of an inmate at the hands of three guards, according to deputies. Abc7 news was in san jose today, protestors demanded more rights for inmates. Those guards were arrested for murder in the beating death of michael tryee. Were live outside of the jail with details. David . Reporter the sheriff says she plans to add an expand cameras in order to protect inmates, visitors and staff. And in an interview only on abc7 news, the sheriff says that past reports of inmate abuse are going to be reexamined. As for the chief of department of corrections do you take personal responsibility for what happened . Yes. Reporter the under sheriff of Santa Clara County is in charge of the jails. With the arrests of three deputies, he is evaluating his leadership that allowed this to happen. Where we doing enough to discourage . Were we Holding People accountable . Those are things im self examining in regards to what i was doing. Reporter about 100 protestors gathered in the jail. They have cuffed him, and beat him. He was taken to valley medical. The sheriff says reports will take a look to help build the public trust. Were going back and reexamining cases we have had. Reporter the tougher challenge will be how to handle inmates. Jennifer holmgren is a deputy public defender. We should not be housing them in the jail. That is the worst way to take care of someone who is mentally ill. Reporter supervisor cindy chavez says the issue is being addressed. And to taylor better programs with nonprofit agencies. The man accused of shooting and killing kate steinle on pier 14 will stand trial for murder. A judge will decide if he is guilty of involuntary murder, Second Degree manslaughter, or not guilty. If convicted he could face 15 years to life plus additional 25 years for the use of a stolen gun. San Francisco Police and the fbi say theyve arrested two people wanted here and overseas for possession of child pornography. Police and federal investigators say 40yearold cory ellis had over 600 files of children engaged in sex acts with adults. Some children were as young as one year old. Also arrested was Patrick Harvey of novato. San jose police say it took only minutes to identify a suspect that was identified yesterday. One was the suspects probation officer, acting on that tip, lipo arrested him today. He is to be booked into county jail. A former san Francisco Police officer is facing charges of grand theft. 56yearold Ricky Rodriguez was the subject of a investigation for misusing an under cover police car. He is accused of using the car for personal errands. Rodriguez faces charges including grand theft and embezzlement. It stems from alleged misuse of a city vehicle, gas, and automotive services. That tip came from a fellow police officer. This weekends transbay tube closure will affect people getting to and from events in the bay area, and there are many. Last time the tube was closed, everything went well. There are several big events that might cause traffic problems. Reporter bart closing will make it trickier for people to get around, especially those who will not be putting their Holiday Plans on hold. A lot of people are coming to hear a legendary musician. 50,000 people are headed to at t park to hear billy joel take the stage this Holiday Weekend. There is going to be a lot of people. Reporter a lot of people, trying to figure out how to get to, and from the city with Major Construction projects underway. This weekend with the concert going on and everything else. And the work on the tracks. Reporter it has muni closing a major intersection. A back up expected for those coming from the south bay and peninsula. Its part of a project to upgrade signal lights. Several lines will be disrupted but service will keep going. Bart will be shutting down the tube for the second time this summer. Traffic came to a halt last time and drivers waited to make their way into the city. That is why im not driving anywhere this weekend. Reporter bart says the closure is critical for the aging system. Cruise will be laying down new track. Tuesday morning your ride should be smoother, quieter and safer. Reporter there is a Free Bus Service to pick up passengers on 19th street and take them to the temporary transbay terminal in San Francisco. We have 77 buses that are going to be leaving every minute. Reporter transportation Officials Say there will be staff to direct concert goers to where they need to go report. You can down load our latest app just enable the push alert for instant updates the moment the tube reopens. The app is free to down load. If youre traveling by car over the Holiday Weekend, youll be glad to know gas prices are low this labor day. A gallon of gas caused 3. 87 this, weekend, its down more than 0. 70 at 3. 13. And now, gas is down, as you can see, 3. 30. Reports say these are the lowest prices since 2004 because of the decline in crude oil. Vets complaining about the safety of a new crosswalk next to the presidio parkway. Now, tonight, caltrans is taking action. And bailing you out of trouble on the road, a popular auto makers new road to have a robot to prevent driving mistakes before you ever make them, next. And a new push to stop a massive california wildfire burning for more than a month. Im spencer christian. Are you ready for warm weather . Ill ha it took Serena Williams years to master the two handed backhand. But only one shot to master the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. It means another neighbor is wgoing to sleep better tonight. Because they went to sleep trains ticket to tempurpedic event. Through labor day, save up to 500 on select tempurpedic sets. Plus, get up to four years interestfree financing. Sleep riskfree with sleep trains 100day money back guarantee. And of course, free sameday delivery are you next . But dont wait sleep trains ticket to tempurpedic is ending soon your ticket to a better nights sleep a dangerous crosswalk got a fast response. Those who use it are very grateful tonight. Vic lee is live with what happened. Hi, vic. Happy ending here at this crosswalk. That is what were talking about over there. That is the new stop sign. Until today, cars were whizzing by here. Now, cal train says, caltrans says it will put in a speed trailer and more park rangers patrolling, looking for speeders. Last friday, we aired a story about the dangerous crosswalks. Today, just one week later, stop signs suddenly appeared. Caltrans spokesman, steve williams. Once getting the call we respond as quickly as possible. Robert webb asking if we can help get traffic controls on gerard road. Its next to the Presidio Veterans Academy where a lot of Senior Citizens live. New on and off ramps made gerard road into a major thoroughfare. With it, more traffic, at faster speeds. But with no stop sign or signal. Swords to plow shares spent months asking the Presidio Trust to do something, but to no avail. We knew it would be a stand still. That is why we called you guys. Reporter he says it probably got lost in the bureaucratic maze. Those folks did so much for the country and just want to be able to cross the street safely. Reporter veterans say that is all theyre asking for sometimes, a little news story does make a big difference. A warning for bay area drivers tonight into labor day weekend. The chp is in its maximum enforcement period, helping drivers in need. 2015 has proven to be one of the deadliest on the roads in recent years. There are 120 deadly collisions since this time, last year, a 20 increase. There is an increase in traffic volume. More motorists on the rd and more people driving impaired and distracted. Chp says slow down, plan ahead, wear your seat belt and be curtis to fellow drivers. Alway on the ju on the subject of getting around, toyota is jumping into the race of economy cars. As Jonathan Bloom explains, toyota is spending millions at stanford. A Million People die in car accidents, one for every year since the invention of stone tools. That is unacceptable. Reporter the man speaking works for toyota. But used to run this. The robotics challenge, making fierce military robots. The situation at toyota is similar. We have a driver, a car. A machine, a person. Reporter now, some of the worlds best researchers on artificial intelligence. What if cars could be trusted partners to help us navigate a treacherous part of the highway . Watch our backs when were tired . Reporter throwing its hat in the ring with google, toyota is giving 50 million to stanford and m. I. T. , creating a center to study the complex problem of a robotic car that has to share the road with humans. Its one of the most challenging questions. Reporter the universities will be looking for a different vision from google. Theyll be exploring a few tour where humans remain at the controls. I dont want people to give up the joy of deciding exactly how to control the car and drive to where they want to go. Its also a tougher challenge for researchers. Watching to know when the car should take over to prevent an accident. Im trying to learn the predict the patterns and behaviors. Reporter there are lots of questions. I dont think youll find a person on earth with a legitimate prediction from when well be done. Reporter in east palo alto, Jonathan Bloom, abc7 news. A rescue team racing toward an entangled blue whale is racing toward traffic. It is tied to a buoy. It is diving and resurfacing off the coast of southern los angeles county. A crew from marine Animal Rescue told the l. A. Times they were stuck in traffic on the 405 but are expected to arrive, shortly. A fire burning east of fresno burned 83,000 acres since starting on july 21st. Authorities set up monitors in the region in order to keep an eye on air quality because of the smoke. And use models to forecast concentrations of smoke. Firefighters eecthe fire to continue to grow and pollution to remain in the area for weeks to come. Wow. That is a shame. Yes. It is. Well, we have a holiday coming up and weather to talk about. We do. Quite a warm up coming our way that is going to last until next week. Wow. It wont keep getting warmer and warmer. It will level out. We have sunny skies across the bay area, right now, a few high clouds moved into the picture here. Its a pleasant, but breezy, period right now. We have a beach hazard statement in effe in effect. There is a possibility of strong rip currents and shore breaks. Temperatures may be well above average throughout the entire summer. Now, theyre beginning to moderate a little bit now. Temperatures are dropping into a more average range. Now, strong winds, gusts, to 39 Miles Per Hour at sfo. 26 Miles Per Hour at fairfield. 26 san carlos. Its quite breezy. Blue sky was wispy high clouds. 54 in San Francisco. Oakland, 69 degrees. 68 mountain view. 61 in half moon bay. Check out this view of the western sky. You can see high clouds to which i referred to earlier. Mid70s in fairfield and concord. And there is santa cruz beach, blue skies above. Chilly overnight, a warming trend beginning tomorrow. Its going to be warm to hot for labor day and beyond. A cooler air mass was a controlling factor in our weather last couple days. Will produce a coolest day, today, weakening now. Incomes this warming event that will bring us warm and dry weather for the week ahead. And Pacific Waters are Still Producing a tropical system. Tropical storm ignacio. Look at the pass its suspected to take. Traveling north, weakening down to a tropical depression. Then, just a tropical low. Going to make a right turn going towards the coast of British Columbia and southeastern coast of alaska. Back to the bay area, clear skies, chilly in the north bay. Temperatures mid to upper 40s. Low to mid50s in other locations. Then, tomorrow, sunny skies and warmer. Breezy. At the coast highs ranging from low 70s at the coast to upper 80s inland. Here is the accuweather forecast. Check out the warm up. Monday, labor day, well see mid to upper 90s inland. Up to 90 degrees around the bay. Mid to upper 70s on the coast. Its going to stay warm for the week just tapering off a couple degrees as we approach the end of the week. Thank you. As we continue, pay more owe drive . 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Why arent those going into our roads . Some of the fees go to the general fund, where the money is spent on education and the environment. A motorcycle driver is in Critical Condition after crashing with a taxi a short time ago. It happened in San Francisco at polk and bay streets. No word yet on who was at fault. This Holiday Weekend, the warning for people and their pets planning to swim in a popular north bay river. Plus. It was really, really extraordinary. David muir takes you to the Ground Breaking virtual papal audience. Its been hotly administrated by us. Dumping trump. Hisry warning signs going up along the rusan river tonight. People and their pets need to be careful before the Holiday Weekend. A dog died after swimming in the water. Wayne freedman has more from the river in pits berg. Reporter a simple pleasure, nullified by algae in the russian river. The algae produces a neurotoxin. They call it. Very bad death. It could kill a dog or small animal within 20 minutes to an hour. It was in a remote stretch of river. Reporter don mcinyale says the danger is subsiding due to a breeze and cooler temperatures, yet. The Public Health concern is lower than dogs and animals. Reporter this during one of the mostbusy months of the year. Its toxic algae. Reporter despite cancellations she remains fully booked and warn pd tomorrow stay away if the their dogs. Experts tell us this is about exercising common sense. Youre not going to have to worry about walking through it. Just dont touch your neighbors toes after they do. Lake temescal is closed because of a toxic algae problem. Recent tests of the water have been pretty good. Overseas, the hundred garin government will offer buss to take hundreds of my grants to the border with austria. A thousand my grants best to walk to the border. Theyve been stuck at the station two days hoping to find a way to germany. The state department set up a group to help coordinate the response to the crisis. Now to the campaign trail. Republican donald trump lashed out at radio hosts accusing them of asking questions on foreign policy. He got stumped when hugh huelett asked us about iraqs most powerful general. Are you familiar with general solamani . Yes. E runs the kurds forces. The kurds have been mistreated. Not the kurds. The Iranian Revolutionary forces. Youre asking me who is running business . That is not i will be so good at the military. Your head will spin. Trumps rival is the business mogul was prepared to be commander in chief. Many calling it trumps sara palin moment. Hillary clinton admitted she should have been she said there were so many problems around the world she didnt think about what kind of email system there would be and called Donald Trumps candidacy a Bad Development for our political system. 50 million catholics are eagerly awaiting Pope Franciss arrival in the u. S. This month. Tonight, you can see Historic Events here on abc7. World news tonight anchor david muir takes viewers behind the scenes of the virtual audience this past monday. It was really extraordinary. Reporter extraordinary and unprecedented. David muir moderating the firstever virtual papal audience from the vatican, pope francis connecting with american catholics in los angeles, chicago and texas. Places not on his u. S. Itinerary. Yet places he cares about. He saw the degree to which francis goes to ensure no one is neglected. Before we sat down in the chair, he turned to everyone in the room, walked up to them, shook their hands, blessed them, and at one moment realizes there is another camera guy around the corner behind the camera. He walks around the camera to shake his hand as well. Reporter davidv f whatwfpkndl8ei changed. Does business. Yes. Michael finney looks into why the ticket may come with an expensive tax, up next. Coming up next is the labor day bart closure update. 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What you advertise is what i should pay. You shouldnt sneak something in at the last minute. She was part of stub hubs ab testing. Seriously . You know . Youre better than this, guys. I thought you were better than this. You know . You need to be honest with customers. Tell us what were paying. Dont sneak something in at the last minute. Reporter here is what shes talking about. You find a ticket, before you pay, the price jumps to 2927. 25. That is how most of stub hubs competitors have been doing it all along. Like most, adding shipping, tax, and fees towards the end of the purchase process. Stub hub says it still has a way for buyers to avoid a surprise. A box allows to you see the formal price before clicking on the buy button. Stub hub told me were looking at ways to look at a more personalized experience and greater choice to customers, and updating options is a part of that effort. Reports say it was losing out on sales because theyre so transparent in the cost. Consumers seemed to like paying lower prices. Stub hub tells me consumers like to comparison shop the price. To see my reports online, go to abc7news. Com, then select 7 on your side. A super hero invasion in the south bay. No matter where you walk around, youre going to have a good time. You recognize that face. All of the sights and more breaking news now from the north bay. Fire crews say this started as a hois fire, then spread to surrounding brush. The house may be a loss. The brush fire is pretty well contained at this point. Here are pictures or video of the fire. If you have photos just share them with the hashtag abc7 now. Day one of wizard world kicked off today at the San Jose Convention center. Chris knewen was there when the doors opened for the fans. Reporter in san jose. One says to me i grew up with your work, i enjoyed it. You were part of my childhood and remember that now with their kids in tow, that means i did my job well. Reporter every artist and attendee has their own story to tell. Its the community. People think, like, oh that, is nerdy. You know . But here, everybody is the same. Reporter wizard world comicon arrived in silicon valley. Its not just a convention, its pop culture, you have entertainment, joy and happiness. Reporter this show has something for everyone. Do you remember super man dean cain . Hell be here to sign autographs. This threeday event is expected to bring in 1. 4 million to the downtown core. Its hard. Everything is in san diego and anahe anaheim. Have you to take a car and three buses. This is great, really. The incredible hulk cant wait to connect with fans. I can see the smile, sometimes, women get emotional, they cry and want to take pictures. Reporter san jose is one of two dozen stops around the country. So much fun. It is fun. One last time, updating the Holiday Weekend forecast. Weve got a warm weekend coming our way now. Live doppler 7 hd showing sunny skies. High clouds around. And this statewide, highs mid to upper 80s in some spots. In in the bay area, low 70s to low 80s around the bay to upper 80s inland. Its going to get warmer than that. Tomorrows 45th annual millbrae art and wine festival. Sunny skies from start to finish during the day. Mid60s in the morning and mid70s in the afternoon. Here comes that warm up. Mid to upper 70s on the coast. Its going to be a warm, lovely, summer week ahead. Sports and tough business of football. Yes. Larry beil is here with that. Yes. This is the uncomfortable part. Right . 49ers and raiders cutting down their rosters. Niners gave one linebacker 2 million up front. Then said goodbye to him todod it took Serena Williams years to master the two handed backhand. But only one shot to master the chase mobile app. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. [female announcer] through labosave up to 400 onins beautyrest and posturepedic. Get interestfree financing until 2019 on tempurpedic. But this special financing offer ends labor day at sleep train. Nfl teams have to set their rosters by 1 00 tomorrow. 49ers got a head start cutting several players but one surprise was the release of darnel dockett coming from the cardinals signed a twoyear deal, 2 million is guaranteed money. Dockett coming back and didnt have explosiveness that he used to have and suffered a rib injury. Niners are deep on the dline and the departure means Eric Armstead could see more playing time. I wasnt scared or anything like that. I knew and i started getting comfortable. And niners released six mayers today including joe looty and linebacker phillip wheeler. They need to cut 16 more players to get down to 53. Raiders traded steel moore to indianapolis. Moore is young, only 25 years old, coming back from hip surgery and limited and can be a big boost for the colts. San jose beat up on New Hampshire 4315. Stanford opens up next weekend to northwestern. Year three for jerry goff, expecting a lot more wins this season. We trained a lot on off season, putting in a lot of work and really tried to put our foot forward this year. Its going to be exciting to play on saturdays now. And show the nation what we can do. Well have highlights and reaction and season debut was a season of after the game, tomorrow night, following wisconsin and alabama kicking off at 5 00 p. M. That ire on abc7 after they get done around 8 30, 8 45. Giants hoping the short stop to breenl li breathe life in the short stop. Talking about carlos gonzales. Two homers last night, a solo bomb off the chris headson in the first. Next pitch, it is presto. Oh, no. Nolan aronado, back to back, jack. Since winning nba title, warriors have been all over the globe with larry. The larry obrian trophy. The banner was unveiled today and the banner no longer lonely up there. Larry is in tokyo alongside steph curry during the road show in asia. Curry having a blast showcasing his moves to japanese fans. I enjoyed it. Never been here before. To see the fans and how they react, its been an amazing time. Steph, throw me a ball Serena Williams going for the calendar stand, winning wimbledon, australian and open in one year. Serena struggling and almost plays better once she calls behind. Going deeper into the corner, cross court. Does the splits in the process. Are you kidding me . Serena williams, youre amazing. She won eight games to move onto the semi finals, match point, crushed right there. And serena comes back. 3, 6, 7, 5, and 6. Abc7 sports brought to you by bank of the west. Yes, one word, wow. Yes. Thank you. Well, join us tonight at 9 00 on coffee tv 20. Coming up, a uc neurosurgeon accused of smoking pot on the job. At 9 00. Immigration and the pope, ahead of the papal visit, the possess yablg the pope hopes to send as the debate over immigration heats up. A special 2020 at 10 00, then join us for abc7 news at 11 00. And finally tonight, a few thoughts about what really matters. Holiday weekend is upon us. I hope you have nice plans. On monday, expect to see president ial candidates turning up by the bushel basket at labor day barbecues, baseball games and car races. On september 3, 1894, labor day was established as a tribute to social and econoc contribution workers made to the strength and prosperity of the United States all of these years. The back bone of our country is made up of hard working americans, men and women who build our homes, cars and skyscrapers. They put out fires and deliver our goods. They keep a country on the move, on the move. So in addition to pool parties and cookouts, appreciate the labor that created it. Let me know what you think. Follow me on dan ashley, abc7. That is going to do it for this edition of abc7 news at 6 00. From all of us here, we appreciate your time, we hope well see you again at 9 00 and 11 00. Oh shes absolutely adorable he. Oh, sorry. Hes dressed all in pink. Thats his favorite color. Oh, thats fun for him. Fantastic. Oh, wow, look at that. How cute. Thank you. Oh, may i . Sure