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Change my plan. Reporter three people did get checked out for headaches and ringin in the ears but, again, no serious injuries reported here other than the suspect who right now is at a new york City Hospital talking to detectives allegedly admitting he did this because he was inspired by isis. Elizabeth hur, abc news, port authority, new york. Take a look at this, the World Trade Center are lit in n red, white and blue tonight. Governor andrew cuomo asked for the patriotic colors after todays attack in manhattan as a symbol of our values of freedom and democracy. And local authorities are stepping up security to make sure the bay areas Transit System is safe and secure as possible. Jessica castro from abc 7 mornings has that part of our coverage. Reporter local agencies taking to social media, i want to show you this tweet from sfpd saying the San Francisco Police Department is following the events in new york city and that there are no known threats to San Francisco. As well as officers making extra passing calls of transit and you can see they included muni in their tweet. Also want to show you this one from b. A. R. T. Saying early this morning right after the attacks, remindi ining everyone that use mass transit, when you see something, Say Something and also assuring riders that, quote, b. A. R. T. Police will maintain high visibility and awareness today in response to the new york city incident. Meanwhile, i can also tell you ac transit told abc 7 news that it is maintaining its same level of security and Law Enforcement throughout the day. Im jessica castro, abc. News. Now, of course, abc 7 news has been updating this story throughout the day through our app. We sent this alert about the suspects condition at 6 12 this morning. Our app is a good way, obviously, to stay on top of breaking news. Just remember to enable the push alerts. A kidnapping suspect appeared in court today for the first time exactly 22 years after the crime hes accused of committing. Hillsborough Police Escorted kevin lin through San Francisco International Airport early yesterday morning. They brooefelieve lin and two o men kidnapped 9yearold Christine Chu after she left the south hills Hillsborough School on december 11th, 1995. A detective who first worked first worked the case arrested lin in los angeles friday. This is a nice way to keep this case going and whether im here or the next officer behind me after i retire takes this case, this will continue on until all the suspects are brought to justice. Now, another suspect was arrested and convicted in 1997. Police continue to search for a. Her abductors gave up on holding her for ransom after learning her wealthy parents were in taiwan. Emeryville Police Reveal a young man has died after being shot outside a target store last week. The victim is 19yearold eandre bolton. Officers arrested one man moments after they arrived at the scene last monday. They also recovered three guns. Another victim is view covering. Both sides in the oakland contract negotiations are in mediation right now. Tomorrow will mark one week since the strike started and Union Leaders say they wont end it unless the city is willing to listen. Abc 7 News Reporter Alyssa Harrington is live in oakland with the very latest on the mediation process. Alys alyssa . Reporter dan, the hope is mediation brings an end to this strike. The latest update i got is theres still no word from inside. These talks have been going on for six hours now. Union members are anxious to get back to work, but they tell me they are not prepared to back down from what they feel they deserve. Were fired up. Were fired up. Reporter oakland city leaders, seiu local 21 enter the strike as they say cautiously optimistic. Both sides agreed to mediation. City of oakland negotiators met with a mutual negotiator for bargaining talks. Workers set up picket lines outside city hall. Janine, who worked at the library for seven years, says shes disappointed the mayor has not offered them a fair contract. Theyre at odds over pay and labor practices. They created a budget that did not fully staff the city and theyre refusing to listening to workers express our concern for the safety and health of not only our coworkers but the people of oakland. Reporter ifpt local 21 is in the middle of its own negotiations. That union which represents 1,000 members in oakland is on a sympathy strike. Its really important for us to be out here on sympathy strike because when the city gives an offer, we expect the same one to come to us. So its not like the city is going to give them something unequitable in turnaround and give us something better. Reporter members are anxious to get back to work. Calvin howe, a Contract Services supervisor who sits on the bargaining table never thought the strike would last this long. We never thought the city would put i in this position where we had to be out of work for seven Straight Days without pay. You know, this is really detrimental to many of our members who live paycheck to paycheck and just cant afford to do this. Reporter so tonight members of local 21 will discuss whether to continue their sympathy strike. I also reached out to mayor libby schaaf, shes not commenting at this time out of respect for the mediation. Reporting live in oakland, Alyssa Harrington, abc 7 news. Alyssa, much appreciated. Fire crews are hoping calmer winds today will help them make progress against the massive thomas fire thats now spread into Santa Barbara county. The fire break broke out a week ago today and burned more than 230,000 acres making it the fifth larges wildfire in state history. Right now, its just 15 contained. It has destroyed nearly 800 buildings. Another 18,000 are still threatened. Napa county is closing its fema and Small Business administration Disaster Center for the victims of the north bay fires. Abc 7 News Reporter Wayne Freedman joins us live as the staff prepares to close its doors. Wayne . Reporter what a difference from a few weeks ago. A few weeks ago in that office opened, it covered an entire floor. Not anymore. In napa county, this qualifies as the calm after the firestorm. The Napa County Local Assistance Center for fema and the Small Business administration where helpers finally outnumbered victims today and idle hands signal a time of transition. Progress means recovery, recovery means that people can get back on their feet. Reporter the owners of maybe 4,000 homes and perhaps 12,000 people passed through here in the last seven weeks. Tonight, the office closes, even as more fire victims came in for the first time. Looked up on the ridge and every single house was on fire and we said, were out of here. Didnt take a thing, didnt take an album, didnt take a fancy anything. I just saw the fire coming and i said, ruth, lets get out of here. Reporter fred walsh and his wife, ruth, this used to be their home on soda canyon road. 7 of a mile up, left hand side. Reporter now imagine starting again in your 70s even with good insurance. We called the well guy thinking it would be a couple of hundred to have them redo the well, because the well is still there, 40,000. We called the septic guy, 10,000. Thats 50,000 and you havent nailed a nail. Reporter from this one office, alone, fema and the Small Business administration handed out 13 million in assistance. The firestorm had a larger impact here than you might imagine. We had more people coming through than we did with the earthquake. Yeah. Reporter based on that, silence is welcoming in a Community Still recovering one step after another. Time is a wonderful healer. Reporter time is a wonderful healer, she said. Its worth noting that both fema and the Small Business administration will remain available to residents online, but the closing of this office an indication that for now, at least, the worst case of this fire, the krcrisis phase, is ov. In napa, Wayne Freedman, abc 7 news. Now your accuweather forecast with spencer christian. Well, its been another hazy and mild and dry day in the bay area and we have declining air quality. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Part of that reason for that haze is the smoke coming up in our direction from the Southern California fires. The smoke is carried out to sea by the wind aloft and travels northward hundreds of miles working its way into the bay area. Thus the smoky, hazy look in the sky and the declining air quality. This is a view from our rooftop camera looking out over the bay. A beautiful afternoon. Tmperature right now 66 degrees in San Francisco. Only 59 across the bay in oak lavn oakland. Mid to upper 60s at Mountain View, san jose, gilroy and half moon bay. This is a view of the colorful western sky from the emeryville camera. Its 62 degrees right now in santa rosa. Also low 60s at napa, novato, fairfield and livermore and 66 in concord. Ill give you a look in just a moment at how mild how long this mild pattern will last, and when we can expect some better air quality. Dan . Okay, spencer, thanks very smuch. Nearly two dozen teenagers and young adults are challenging the u. S. Government over climate change. If successful, the case could force the government to develop a plan to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions. Abc 7 News Reporter leanyanne melendez has te in ens and outse case. Reporter 18 of the 21 young plaintiffs were cheered by supporters outside the 9th Circuit Court of appeal. Their main argument is and has always been the u. S. Government has failed to protect them from climate change. Because our government has done nothing, we are suing the government. We are forcing them into action. Reporter julia olson is their attorney. So this is many administrations building a fossil fuel Energy System that they knew would be catastrophic for the future. Reporter kelsey, now 21 years old, is one of the plaintiffs in the juliana versus the united states. A lawsuit filed in 2015 that was supposed to be heard by the u. S. District court in oregon, but in 2016, that court was asked by the government to dismiss the case. The court refused. The Trump Administration then quickly appealed to the 9th circuit. Good morning, your honors. Eric grant, u. S. Department of justice. Reporter today both sides were heard by the threejudge panel. The hearing was streamed live. Grant argued that congress and the executive branch should be left alone to address the issue of climate change. The subject of this petition is litigation that is distracting the executive branch from the discharge of its constitutional duties. Reporter given its past history, its unlikely the 9th circuit will favor the Trump Administrations request. Instead, allowing the case to be played out in the u. S. District court in oregon. In San Francisco, lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. Now, if the 9th Circuit Court denies the governments petition, the case will go to trial in oregon as early as february 5th. Up next, new Sexual Harassment accusations and the call to investigate President Trump. Theyve investigated other Congress Members so i think it only stands fair that he be investigated. Up next, some help for women in the workplace. The new effort to help you earn more money. Well have details. And there may be no such thing as a free ride, but there is free parki im worried. I have this medical bill. Oll, huh . Dave, you have anthem and they have people to talk to who are empowered to help any question you. Is, is he okay . Real people . Living and breathing. Hopefully not breathing like that. For all the things that keep you up at night, Anthem Blue Cross has a solution. Well, you probably heartth heard the statistic that women on average get 79 cents for every 1 a man makes. San Francisco City leaders are launching an effort to help women make the money they already earn. Joining us right now live from city hall is supervisor katesy tang where she actually just wrapped up an event announcing that effort. Supervisor tang, many thanks for you joining us. Thank you for having me. Okay. First and foremost, youre part of this effort to get women into workshops to help them negotiate their own salaries, own benefits. What exactly is that going to look like . Are we talking about Online Support and workshops or is this oneonone and in person . Actually today were kicking off these inperson salary negotiation workshops. We have our first one here at city hall and our goal is to by the year 2020 train 20,000 women in San Francisco and empower them with the tools that the they need to appropriately negotiate for themselves in a workplace whether they are a new graduate from college seeking their first job or theyve already been in the workplace and want to transition to a new job. Yeah, thats such a big goal to have, but so necessary especially because i feel like negotiation can be so difficult, you know, whether youre a man or a woman. You know, men, are they doing Something Different to get the kind of pay that theyre getting . What is it exactly . I think a lot of times women dont feel they have that full value, they dont have the confidence to go and ask for the things that i think that they deserve so i think for myself, personally, when i first was interviewing for my job fresh out of college, i asked for a very low wage not knowing kind of what i was supposed to be asking for, not thinking that i was worth it. And so we really are trying to build the confidence in women and i think that is something that a lo the t of men have confidence in negotiating what they think they deserve. We want with imomen to feel the i couldnt agree more, especially because they dont teach you this type of skill in school. Question, are these workshops just for San Francisco residents or perhaps the women who work in San Francisco but may live somewhere else . I think this soapen open is working in San Francisco, certainly not going to turn people away if they dont live here. Certainly our goal is to train aem empower 20,000 women in San Francisco, again, whether you live or work. We want to help as many women as possible and really this couldnt. A better time for us to kick off this initiative here. Yeah, really looking forward to seeing this be put into place. Supervisor katie tang, thanks so much. San Francisco International airport is taking steps to try to reduce congestion for people picking up or dropping off friends and family during the holiday season. You know what a mess it can be there. Tomorrow through january 8th, shortterm parking at both the domestic and International Parking garages will be free for stays of 30 minutes or less. In addition, sfo will also offer an express dropoff and pickup zone in the fifth floor of the domestic garage. Ac transit riders are getting a look at the future and chance to vote on it. The Transit Agency unveiled a new state of the art transit bus today. They say it features cleaner diesel technology, more comfortable ergonomic seating and much easier access for riders with disabilities. This new demonstration bus has two doors. That second door in the rear has this first of its kind vestibule. Thats a low floor that allows those with mobility devices to use the ramp to easily roll or walk onto the bus. Riders will notice a survey form they can use to give ac transit their feedback before the agency makes a final decision on buying new buses. Buses will be rolling across the bay bridge through the 29th of this month. If you lap happen that catch on guess what, the ride is free. A nice mild day in San Francisco over the ballpark. Poor air quality, that continues. See that haze there in the distance caused by the Southern California wildfires and, boy, they need rain. We could use some, too. We sure could. Still a Beautiful Day out there. What a nice shot that is. We do need something to help wash out this air. We do, indeed. Unfortunately, no rainmaker in sight over the next several days. Middle of next week there may come a change. A look at live doppler 7. Well get to that change in just a meeoment. Reinforcing what we already established. Just another mild and shouldnt say just another. Dan pointed out, its beautiful. Ha haze and if few high clouds mixing in with the smoke giving us another colorful sunset. The sun is setting as we can see looking westward from our east bay hills camera. It will be cold in the inland valleys once again overnight. Poor air quality continues. Tomorrow will be another spare the air day. This dry, mild pattern continues into early next wee