The officer discharged their firearms. Reporter police are not saying how many shots were fired or how many officers were involved but no officers were injured. They say the suspects gun has been recovered here at the scene. He was taken to the hospital where he did die. Oakland police wear body cameras, so theyre going to be reviewing the footage, as well as Surveillance Video from nearby buildings. Officer watson says this is the third officerinvolved shooting so far this year. She says the homicide, internal affairs and the District Attorneys Office are all investigating. Well have more details of the Police Department plans to hold a News Conference later this evening so well have more tonight on abc7 news. Live in west oakland, carolyn tyler, abc7 news. Thank you. An arrest has been made for two thefts of bay area news crews. The robberies happened as the reporters were following up on the death of kate steinle last month. Cornell bernard is live with the developments. Cornell . Reporter were learning the suspect is a known gang member. The robbery and assault happened on the embarcadero as local news crews including abc7 were reporting the shooting death of kate steinle july 2nd. The moment was captured when two Armed Robbers pistol whipped a cammaman and took two cameras from news crews from two stations. Police arrested Michael Anthony jones, charging him with assault and grand theft. They say he drove the bmw get away car. San Francisco Police officers set up a surveillance on that vehicle, knowing the registered owner, michael jones, to be a San Francisco gang member whose gang has been engaging in, or we believe engaging in robberies, auto burglaries and other crimes in San Francisco. And perhaps across the bay, as well. Reporter he says jones was on felony probation on a prior arrest. Two suspects remain at large tonight. Police following leads to find them. The stolen cameras have not yet been recovered. Live on the embarcadero, cornell bernard, abc7 news. Thank you very much. Abc7 news is learning about a deadly riot at the new Folsom State Prison near sacramento where a prisoner was stabbed to death. He is one of the san quentin six, a group involved in a escape attempt in 1971 that left six people dead, including a judge. Prison Officials Say 70 inmates were involved in the afternoon sprite. No prison Staff Members were hurt. Officers used pepper spray and two warning shots but are still not saying what started it. A transgender prison inmate has been demanding a sex change operation was released on parole today. Freed from a mens prison east of sacramento. She committed her crime in southern california, she will be living in San Francisco. Her release today likely ends her attempt to have the state pay for her gender reasignment. She was supposed to present her argument tomorrow. The hearing has been cancelled but the court is taking the appeal under consideration. A 17yearold teenager has been arrested in connection with a string of home invasions. One involved a Sexual Assault of a young girl. Here is a map of the crimes in the west end. Police say surveillance pictures were key to the arrest. Reporter dan, as a prowler tried to break into the roadway inn behind me, clear pictures were reported and people who know the teen recognized him immediately. It was likely under that pressure that he turned himself in to police last night. Let me show you photos of a 17yearold alameda boy police say is the suspect. Theyre not naming him, because hes a minor, but he is facing two counts of burglary and Sexual Assault charges. But those are just the first cases to be turned over to the district attorney. Investigators think they can connect the teen to seven recent burglaries and maybe more. The mostrecent attack on sunday, the prowler Sexual Assaulted a young girl, the youngest of all victims. Police say there is a pattern to all of these hotprowl cases. The suspect cut the screen on the open, unsecured window. Its been the link to these. I found out, i was like hes a sweet boy. He never used to be aggressive or anything. I was shocked. Like wow. That was really him. Once i seen the picture i knew who it was. I was like, thats him. Reporter the burglaries took place, this recent stretch started in june, up to this sunday. But police say they may connect the scene to earlier incidents as well. Police are investigating an auto theft that occurred near one of the break ins. Theyre trying to match the fingerprints back to the teenaged suspect. There is more work to be done but a sense of relief in this community. Rif in alameda, abc7 news. Katie, thank you. A former fremont schoolteacher wanted for more than a decade has been caught. He was arrested today in los angeles by the fbi. He was charged in 2001 with multiple counts of child molestation. At that time he was working as a schoolteacher in fremont. Hell be transferred to alameda county. Now, a move to the rapidly spreading jerusalem fire in lake county. 1700 firefighters were hoping to contain the fire. But hoped that the windy conditions were similar to yesterday. So far, the fire burned 16,500 acres and only 6 contained. The fire is burning away from a majority of the homes but it needs to burn in areas that are very thick, dry and easily burning sim already conditions to what the rocky fire had been burning just a couple weeks ago. The fire burned up to the edge of the alreadyburned part of the rocky fire. Its now 88 contained. Today was back to school for some bay area students, maybe a child of yours. Not all of the schools are ready. Abc7 news was at Willow Glenn Elementary School where the School District was still scrambling to hire teachers. San jose unified says there are still 12 positions to fill this week. In south San Francisco, students at one school are having to cope with some unfinished classrooms. Abc7 news education reporter Leanne Melendez is live with the efforts to complete the project. Leanne, just so close. Reporter they kept their promise, dan. You know, the south San Francisco unified School District told and assured parents that classes would start today. They did, but with minor inconveniences, and a larger than anticipated price tag. The start of the school year is always a little confusing at berry elementary, parents and students were trying to navigate through some of the construction still going on. It would be nice if everything was complete. Reporter the construction project is supposed to be completed by next year, the classrooms were meant to be done weeks ago. Today, four fifth grade classrooms were still being worked on. Theyve got alternate rooms to use for the next weeks. Theyre just going to finalize construction that has to pave the roadways and open it up to the streets. Then, finish off the high brarry. And Multi Purpose room and all that. There were missing vents exposed electrical boxes, gates had yet to be put up, and some of the paving concretes have not been poured. The group says part of the delay were due to roofing materials that did not arrive in time. The district used up all of the funds for School Improvements and ran out. It moved 10 million from the general fund to complete projects because of increased costs. The kids are adaptable. Its not ideal, but well get through the next couple months. Reporter the pta is asking parents to be flexible. In south San Francisco, abc7 news. All right, still ahead here tonight on abc7 news at 6 00 another movement to split california in two. Were going to know what areas could become part of the state of jefferson. A coast guard crew returns to the area after a billion dollar drug bust. The contraband dropped off along the way. Im spencer christian. Get ready for hot times this weekend, weather wise, that is. Ill have the accuWeather Forecast coming up. An airline doesnt fly the family, then wont refund the cost of the the idea of splitting california in two states, north and south isnt going away. Supporters are trying to drum up support, one county at a time. Reporter Steve Clinger raised the state of jefferson flag to remind those attending this meeting what the Founding Fathers wanted for america. I got my son and grandkids, its for them. Reporter its something that hasnt been done since the civil war, when West Virginia split from virginia. In the original conflict between north and south. At this point, organizers see the new state of jefferson forming from the 20 northernmost counties in california. Now, one senator for 11 counties when l. A. Has 11 senators for one county. Reporter the El Dorado County supervisors are the latest to hear the pitch for the 51 state. Opponents are getting a chance to weigh in. A group called keep it california says splitting up makes no sense because the counties receive more benefits than paying out in taxes. The state of jefferson would like support in all 20 counties it is not necessary. The decision would have to come from the state capitol. You know, where the south greatly outnumbers the north. Do you think this has a chance of succeeding . I do. Absolutely. Reporter they plan to take their fight to sacramento in january. They say they wont give up until this flag is flying up there. In placerville, george warren, abc7 news. Well see. It is back home at last for crew members of the coast guard cutter stratton, after two massive cocaine seizures. Family and loved one stood by, waiting for the ship to dock. Agents confiscated 74,000 pounds of cocaine over the past few months. Its very surprising, you know . Very fortunate to be part of that group. Hopefully theyll keep it going. This the cocaine was taken off the ship on monday in san diego. Officials estimate its worth more than 1 billion. A group of oakland residents want a seat for the coliseum city city project. In it, they asked for a Community Benefit agreement to make sure oakland residents arent left out of the project. We want good work at this, we want to make sure the coliseum city workers retain their jobs and make sure the people who live there are not pushed out. The coliseum city project is far from a done deal. The developer must present a plan by august 21st. East bay mud is promising to pay homeowners for clean up and repairs after a water main break in alamo. You can see the break sent thousands of gallons gushing down danville boulevard. Just a mess. A pet pig named rose ran inside to seek Higher Ground on a couch. Yes. She can swim a little bit, thank god. I was worried but i knew she can handle herself. And she could. A ten inch pipe kor they replaced. Now, its time to check on the weather and boy, it is nice. The weekend is going to bring us some hot weather. Here is a look at live doppler seven hd. Sunny skies, hardly a low cloud to be found anywhere. We continue to have fire concerns, red flag warnings for this area in red. Extreme northeastern portions of california into Southern Oregon and western nevada from 2 00 p. M. Tomorrow to 11 00 p. M. Tomorrow. Here in the bay area we dont expect to have the conditions in our immediate vicinity there. That prompted this red flag warning. Weve got clear skies now, clear skies along the coast as a matter of fact. Its 70 degrees in San Francisco. 75 in oakland. 78 in Mountain View and san jose. 79 in morgan hill. 79 in half moon bay. Here is a live view from mount tam looking through the bay. Napa, 81. 77 in novato. Concorde, 83. And here is the view from our emeryville camera, looking at clear western sky. Some areas of low clouds developing overnight. Wont be very wide spread. Mild to warm tomorrow and will start heating up friday. The weekend is going to be a scorcher. Satellite image shows this upper level low producing showers off shore as well. Following the forecast here, overnight tonight and into tomorrow, that low is going to lift well to our north and move inland. It will have no significant affect on the weather. What will happen here is that summer sizzle will return into much of california, including the bay area. For the week ahead, well use livermore as indicator of the High Temperature trend. Temperatures mid to upper 80s but saturday and sunday, highs above 100 degrees and that will mostly be the only spot hitting triple digits over the weekend. And temperatures moderating a little bit later in the week. Overnight, look for some areas of low clouds but mainly clear skies in our inland locations. Lows will be in the upper 50s tonight and tomorrows highs range from mid and upper 60s on the coast. To mid and upper 70s around the bay to mid80s inland. Here comes the heat on friday, look for low to mid90s inland on friday. Up to about 102 in inland spots saturday. Up to 104 sunday. Well see upper 70s on the coast over the weekend and temperatures start to gradually taper off next week. 104 . Going to be hot. Thanks. Thank you. Are you one of the people who ends up with hours of video you dont know what to do with . Coming up, mmmmmm yoplait oh good news everybody there is now 25 less sugar in yoplait original. Say adieu to that sugar. Because it still tastes good ahhhh yoplait a dramatic turn around on wall street, the dow jones dropped like a rock. Investors apparently shrugged off chinas deevaluation of its currency. Albibas sales fell short and stock fell more than 6 today and hit a record low. Macys didnt do so well, reporting a 26 drop in profits due to the west coast port problems this year and weak spending among tourists. Theyre hoping to sell more stuff in china on alibaba. Sam locado announced an incentive for manufacturers who expand in san jose, saying it expands opportunities for those without college degrees. There is nothing more engaged about trying to broaden opportunities for so many folk whos are still struggling in our valley. Manufacturing accounts for 18 of the job base. The city committed 200,000 to retro fit vacant Industrial Buildings and provide accelerated permit to new businesses. Two state agencies today kicked off drought relief efforts, the California Energy commission requiring new shower heads. It doesnt go into affect for three years. The state water board is offering 100 to replace 60,000 toilets with more efficient models and 2 per square foot to replace your lawn. You can alie on abc7 news. Com. There is more still to come here on abc7 news. Just ahead a condition report on former president jimmy carter and reaction to the news that he has cancer from the white house. A massive city rocked by an earthquake in china. And a local family gets trapped in the middle of a we invented low fares. Then everyone else pretty much tried to follow. We call it the southwest effect, but other airlines probably use more colorful language. Low fares. We dont just have them. We invented them. And here we go again book for as low as 73 dollars oneway now at southwest. Com it took Joel Silverman years to become a master dog trainer. But only a few commands to master depositing checks at chase atms. Technology designed for you. So you can easily master the way you bank. Updating our coverage now to former president jimmy carter. Carter says he will seek treatment for cancer. Carter revealed today during a recent liver surgery he learned the disease spread throughout his body. He was elected in 1976 and age 90 is the second oldest living u. S. President behind the first president bush. He has remained active in philanthropic work. Here he is seen in a picture with ed lee. President obama tweeted well wishes for carter saying jimmy youre as resilient as they come and along with the rest of america, were rooting for you. Overseas now. Explosions rocked one of chinas largest ports. The cause is unknown. It is the city of 7 Million People near beijing. The number of deaths and injuries is growing tonight. Here is abc7 News Reporter david louie. Reporter this is the dramatic scene residents saw as the sound of a large explosion prompted them to peer out of their window but the initial blast was followed 30 seconds later by a powerful one. Seconds later, sound waves smashed out windows and knocked out smart phones and walls collapsed. Chinese state media said the explosions occurred in a Dangerous Goods warehouse operated about by a major logistics company. The port 80 miles of beijing is chinas personal port in the north. This professor says the impact will depend on its proximity to nearby facilities. We know its in a Warehouse District. Hopefully its a little bit away from the port itself and the good thing is that because its a Warehouse District it does not mean residential areas. Otherwise, fatalities would be much more significant. It is a city of 15 Million People, the explosions turned neighborhoods into a metal scrap yard. Vehicles were charred by the flames from our huge fireball. Residents are roaming the streets in what theyre wearing when rocked out of bed. The explosion shook the ground and was compared to a 2. 9 Richter Scale earthquake. Still no agreement on new England Patriots quarterback tom bradys punishment in that deflate gate scandal. Brady left Court Without an answer as he fights to have his fourgame suspension thrown out. The judge had tough questions f