Idle, now chiaramonte lawsuit and investigation by the license board which is looking at criminal and possibly federal charges. The lack of integrity as a human to do Something Like this to almost 100 people is just, just unconscionable. Reporter carol mchale is a victim who filed suit. Her house should have been finished by now. Instead shes had to hire another contractor. They owe her 90,000. When will this end . It be finished when i see them in jail. Thats when it will be finished. Reporter so the next question is, whats the next step . We called the das office here n today. We asked what the senate us of the case was. They said they have not received the case yet. It is still under investigation. Thats the latest. In an ongoing story. Live in santa rosa, wayne freedman, abc7 news. Started butsay somef re did they have problems . Reporter well, you heard some of those problems at the beginning of the story. Trusses, septic tanks, money that they say they are owed. All kinds of problems, floors that are uneven. Chiaramonte says its typical of a punch list. The owners disagree. Other customers say they dont want them doing their work anymore but they cant move forward because they still have their construction permits. So frustrating. Wayne freedman live for us. Thank you. Now to the east bay and ongoing battle over a homeless encampment encroaching on home depot. Oakland city officials and home depot attorneys met to fry to fig out how to get the homeless camps around the store under control. The company threatened to close the store. News reporter jobina fortson has more. Reporter home depots teerns met with oakland officials in hopes of Hearing Solutions to the encampments taking over areas outside their stores. They were pleased with the closure of 37th avenue. We talked about other improvements that need to be made for Public Health as well as public safety. Thats good news seeing as how there was talk of a lawsuit and the company threatened to close the sforpz Council Member noel gallo says that would put 300 jobs at risk. Oakland needs to get it together. Reporter one recommendation discussed was the idea of an rv safe parking site. To give perspective, across the street here is the current encampment in front of the home depot in oak lad and on the opposite side is an empty lot. This is where the meyer thinks some of the rvs could go. Gallo disagrees. Now youre going to move the problem to high street. Your entrance and exit but on the other side of high street, there are businesses that are complaining, as well. Reporter plus, gallo says the move would take at least a year. Why a year . E tyorr on ramirez has lived in the encampment since june. It makes me sad because i they should hire a guy to see what the people need. Reporter home depot said we loward toity to implement a plan that is thoughtful and respectful. Reporting in oakland, jobina fortson, abc7 news. A Nonprofit Group is challenging San Francisco residents to find housing for Homeless People near their neighborhood. The campaign is called all in. It got underway this morning with a huge rally. The idea is change the not in my backyard attitude toward homeless housing. The first goal, find homes for 1100 people in all areas of the city. The money is not the issue. Its actually about getting neighbors and Community Members to say yes to solutions, to being willing to house people in their ne it up with Companies Like goog, dignity help and at t as well as the San Francisco 49ers to increase public support for the housing. Abc7 news is it committed to building a better bay area. One of our focuses has been b. A. R. T. And crime, careenliness and crowds. Today a new gm was named. Will he make a difference for b. A. R. T. . Lesley brinkley sorts it out for us. What can riders expect . Reporter this new gm is a b. A. R. T. Insider. Hes an engineer who knows the system. Andize promising already in the next few weeks to get out here on the trains, on the platforms in the stations to talk facetoface with frustrated riders. I will sit with social media and listen to whats being said in the digital space. Reporter the new general manager bob powers is big on promises and some Board Members believe he can take the system to the next level. We have the urgency of now. We have rider frustration over a number of different issues. And bob are understands those. So its not any ramping up or on the job training. Hes ready to go out and help fix whats not working now. Reporter theres a lot to fix. Abc7 news is part of building a better bay area has been grilling b. A. R. T. What they plan to do about homelessness and fare evasion. New tougher to jump over fare gates in richmond have drawn criticism but so far with the limited data we have, weve seen a significant reduction in fare evasion, 55 to 60 reduction. Those double stack fare gates seem to be working. Well be coming back to this board of directs the second meeting in september to walk through everything and anything associated with our two pits. At richmond and fruitdale and have a very about next steps. Reporter in october, expect to see elevator attendants on duty 24 at elevators in the embarcadero and montgomery street stations. After the success of the Pilot Program at powell to curb the use of elevators as bathrooms. For the First Time Since is 9 11, the bathrooms at the 19th street station willt year after theyre modernized with an open floor plan that can be monitored by an attendant. The same will take place at powell street. 33 Police Officers have been hired since january, 25 more needed to get to full staffing. A top priority for the new gm. Riders would love to see b. A. R. T. Police officers coming onto the trains. They will love to see someone walking through that has some authority to kind of regulate things. When we start doing that, it will be a happy day and i think our riders will feel weve started to turn the corner. Reporter well, that new gm is going to get quite an earful when he ventures into the b. A. R. T. System and starts to talk directly with riders. Larry and ama . All right. You know, les, what about all the brokenscalor t tipling list of issues. Im not sure thats at the top but it is an issue. Reporter its a serious one for those who use the system and in fact, b. A. R. T. Addressed that today. The plan is going forward, the 19th street station in oakland will get a new elevator and they are theyve had the money in the pipeline for a while but next year, theyre going to start putting in and installing those 40, 40 replacement escalators. B. A. R. T. Told me today theyre calling 2020 the year confident escalator. In walnut creek, lesley brinkley, abc7 news. Thank you. Its pretty catchy. Youre in the escalator. Heads up for commuters. Caltranss will temporarily close the lower half of the man za nit ta lot in the mill valti tough t 4th because of expected nightly high tide flooding. New developments foaseached a with four automakers to produce more fuel efficient cars that really defies the policy changes that have been backed by the Trump Administration. The deal involves ford, honda, bmw of north america, as well as vw. It comes as the Trump Administration is trying to freeze gas mileage requirements at 37 miles per gallon for 2025 pod dels. The car industry and Obama Administration agreed to a 51 miles per gallon standard. Well have a look what this means for drivers in california coming up on abc7 news at 5 00. Weve got to turn to weather now. We are getting ready for a warm weekend or hot. I feel hot. I would say hot. Live look now outside from mount tam and anemeryville tower cameras. More foggy and hazy, not too hot. Its not right now. I approve the use of the word hot for the weekend. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Fog at the coast. Some kind of hazy thin fog moving over the bay right now. The central siera has a very familiar summertime pattern. Afternoon thunderstorms up and down with numerous lightning strikes. Bay area, its 98 degrees, 97 as the fire field. 85 and concord. 95 livermore. San ramon 92. Its going to get even hot he over the week. Taking into the nighttime and overnight hours how much cool down well get. Not much. Lows in the upper 50s to mid 60s overnight. The day starts off pretty warm and weve got some super hot weather this weekend. A closer look at that in a few minutes. Larry and ama. Well see you then. Southern california man is now in custody accused of shooting five people, killing three including two members of his own family. Los Angeles Police took 26yearold gerry zara guaoe go za into custody after an hours long manhunt. The spree began around 2 00 this morning. They claim he shot the family members and a third person in a canoga park apartment and accused of shooting a man and woman in aas sta somebonao. Inigs lie t illegally smuggled immigrants and drugs into the country. Federal agents arrested the suspects when their units line up in formation in Camp Pendleton in san diego county. The arrests came after the Border Patrol arrested two marines suspected of human smuggling. The military says none of the suspects involved were assigned to provide more security along the u. S. mexico border. Subway moves inside the long awaited central subway in San Francisco. Its behind schedule. Whats already been done . Keeping cool as temperatures heat up, the warning for parents and pet owners. Sweet designs. Meet the woman with a taste for clothing. Ho after qualifying purchases when you apply and are approved for the Hawaiian Airlines world elite mastercard. Plus, you earn miles on everyday purchases. Get closer to the travels and moments youll remember forever with this special offer. Need another reason . Enjoy an introductory no annual fee. To apply, visit hawaiianairlines. Com dr. Priscilla khan is trying to help patients fighting rare diseases. The physician and wife of Facebook Ceo Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Robin Roberts to talk about a new program called rare as one. She is fast becoming one of the most prominent philanthropic leaders of they are generation. A gamechanger in the fields of medicine and science. Science, technology, engineering. The harvard educated ucsf school of medicine grad is a pediatrician who runs the khan Zuckerberg Initiative which she and her husband Mark Zuckerberg launched in 2015 following the birth of their first daughter max. Were going to have a front break through in a generation. The initiatives most recent program called rare as one focused on driving progress in the fight against rare diseases. Grants will be awarded to ten organizations with 4. 5 million in initial funding. People ask us, are you going after one disease at a time. No. Its really about making every scientist, everybody who participates in the process better. Were there experiences that you had that led you to do the work that youre doing right now. When i was a young physician, i would open up a patients chart and like read something about it and i at first i was embarrassed. I would walk into a room and say, i dont know anything about your disease. Can you tell me. How do you take care of yourself. And these patients and families would teach me, train me on what it was like, what the disease was, and how to best take care of themselves and what worked for them. And rare is one is about bringing in that patient voice because they have the insight. I can still remember exact patient rooms where the research didnt materialize in time or we didnt find the right treatment and exact families and i think those experiences are what makes me realize that we have to do more. The daughter of chinese vietnamese refugees khan who was the first in her family to go to college, says she always knew her life would involve service to others. A lot of people open doors for me and if i didnt work hard and try to continue getting trained to actually open doors for others, then i wasnt doing my part. She and zuckerberg who married in 2012 are passing on the same lessons to daughters max and august. How do you instill in your children who are growing up in an havent that was that was different . We talk about it. Do you . Yeah, theyre 3 and 2 and we talk about how lucky we are, how lucky we are to have each other, to be happy and healthy and theyre also kids. They dont you know my 3yearold one day she tells me, mom, i know about honey nut cheerios. Im like, what do you know about honey nut cheerios. Shes like ive heard about them and i want a box for my birthday. I mean you cant get more come on. There is also the challenge of navigating philanthropy under the spotlight with controversy surrounding facebooks handling of user data. Do you have discussions about that. Peoples concern about privacy and other issues . Is there something you and your husband think you can do to help alleviate those concerns . Data privacy is a top concern and should be for everyone especially in medicine. What weve really grappled with is what have we learned from marks experiences running facebook to make sure that we are being incredibly pro active about this. How did you get into this field . What is it about medicine because its so an apparent the emotion and passion that you have . Where did that come from . Theres so many times where i feel like this could be me. I dont have a rare disease that i know of. But ive gotten really lucky and ive had a lot of people champion for me. And i dont take that for granted. What a great conversation there with Robin Roberts. Priscilla and mark have committed 99 of thereby facebook shares to their fundraising initiative. Thousands of San Francisco residents rely on meals on wheels to avoid going hungry and today the charity broke ground on a new kitchen to serve clients. Right now crews are preparing a vacant lot to become a stateoftheart food preparation facility, the site sits next to San Franciscos wholesale produce market. That will enable meals on wheels to use food donated by sellers to feed thousands of Senior Citizens and others. Last year, mealsonwheels delivered more than 2 million meals. Organizations like mealsonwheels need to be here to make sure that people can age in place. The reality is if we dont help them stay where they want to be in their homes, well pay for them in institutions and hospital beds and Skilled Nursing beds. Why not do the right thing and the smart thing. Mealsonwheels provided this video what the new kitchen will look like. Its scheduled to open late next year and they provide a critical service. Really do. Lets get to the weather. Were really going to be feeling the heat. We are indeed. Its been hot all week long but even hot they are weekend. Heres a look at live doppler 7. Warm conditions away from the coast. Lots of fog along the coastline right now. Its going to start expanding shortly across the bay and inland. Heres a view from emeryville. A few high clouds as well as low clouds. 65 in San Francisco right now. 72 oakland. Redwood city 82, 92 morgan 59 at half moon bay. More temperature readings, 1 up at santa rosa, 79 napa. We have mid to upper 90s at livermore, concord and fairfield. The view at the golden gate shows an obstructed view by the hanging low clouds there or the low hanging clouds. These are our forecast futures. Fog will expand tonight near the coast and bay. Mild to warm again tomorrow. Triple digit heat inland the rule this saturday and sunday. Heres where the heat is coming from. Weve got a big ridge of High Pressure over the Desert Southwest expanding in our direction. Thats going to lift temperatures into the triple digits over much of the state of california and over inland areas here in the bay area. Lets take a look at tonights lows as the fog reaps over the bay and locally inland. We can expect low temperatures mainly in the upper 50s to low 60s. It will be quite mild and in some places uncomfortable overnight. Heres a forecast showing you the movement of the fog as it reaches across the bay. 58 00 tomorrow morning, no doubt there will be reduced visibility for commuters in some spots because of that fog. It will pull back to the coastline and well have mainly sunny skies tomorrow and fog lingering at the coast. Breezy tomorrow. Look for highs of 64 at half moon bay. Bay shore locations, bayside locations 75 the high in oakland, 7 san mateo. 82 treatment. Well ceelo to mid90s inland. As we advance to saturday, the highs here, numerous inland locations in the north and east bay will see highs at or above 100 degrees. Right around the bay shoreline, upper 70s to low 80s. Up to about 86 at hayward. On sunday, the various models are in disagreement which of the twos weekend days will be hotter. Theyll both produce triple digits inland. Sunday 102 or 103 in some of inland spots. Around the shoreline, upper 70s to mid 80s. Monday a nice sharp cool down. Heres the accuweather sevenday forecast. Lets skip to the cool down on monday. Temperatures drop about 10 degrees or more in some locations from the highs on sunday. Cooling continues on tuesday and wednesday. And we get sort of a steady pattern for the remainder of the week with temperatures in a more typical range this time of year. Once again, extremely hot over the weekend if youre outside trying to limit your, he posh to the sun, stay hydrated, protect young kids, pets, elderly people and weather persons. Always protect the weather person. Yes. Thank you, spencer. Get ready to light up legally at outside lands. The move that would be a first for the city of San Francisco. And it is sticker shock for fans of a north bay institution. The queen of when you have nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea try new pepto liquicaps for fast relief and ultracoating. Nausea, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea get powerful relief with new pepto bismol liquicaps. Work so hard give it everything you got strength of a lioness tough as a knot ro