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Where im standing is unacceptable. And that a proposed Navigation Center and increased Police Patrols just arent going to cut it. I dont live in the best neighborhood, but i feel safer over there than i do here. Reporter this is new video showing a man get punched in the face in the same area where a woman was attacked by a homeless man at her condo complex august 11. Do all the recent assaults in the area prevent you from wanting to come back . Well, i just i just work here. I feel fortunate i dont have to live here and i feel sorry for the residents that pay so much money to live here and they have to deal with this. Reporter San Francisco Police Confirm not only this august 20th incident, but tell us just 12 hours later, a few streets away, a third attack where the victim was also punched and knocked to the ground. We caught up with mayor london breed for comment. I will tell you that, you know, every time i see something that where there is an attack, you know, of course its upsetting. But that means we have to do more. We added more officers to the embarcadero area, but also in places where we know there have been challenges. Reporter something neighbors say isnt necessarily being felt. They increased patrols for two days. I have not seen a single cop car since sunday. Reporter this man who doesnt want us using his name has lived in water mark for ten years and is so fed up with the decline of his neighborhood has taken matters or, shall we say, trash into his own hands. I just felt like ive had enough and im just going to go up there, put on some gloves and clear some things out. Reporter s. F. P. D. Provided numbers, showing Violent Crime down in the area of rinne conhill and the site of a proposed Navigation Center, compared to proposed city wide. Little comfort to waterfront residents who rallied sunday who stopped it from being built in their neighborhood. For sure we believe in Navigation Centers, but this is an extraordinarily poor decision to build it right here. Reporter we should point out the mayor is a strong proponent of the Navigation Center, saying they have a track record of working. She also says shes passionate about overhauling the Mental Health care system not only in San Francisco, but statewide. In San Francisco tonight, im dion lim, abc7 news. And, dion, more on the issue of that Navigation Center. Not everyone is opposed to it. Reporter thats right. And we should also point out that, yes, i spoke to several people off camera today who said, yes, they understand Navigation Centers do have a track record of working and they also admit that homelessness isnt necessarily linked to these attacks. However and this is a big however they dont want those Navigation Centers in their neighborhood. All right, dion lim reporting live for us tonight. Thank you, dion. And we spent a week on ways to protect yourself, your family, your property, and your neighborhood during safety week, part of our efforts to build a better bay area. All of the stories have been posted on our website. Go to abc7news. Com better bay area. Weve also done a considerable amount of indepth reporting on bart, the bay areas most widespread Transit System as you well know. Thats why we went to todays bart Board Meeting because they discussed an issue that could make a noticeable difference to the experience that riders get. Abc7 news anchor erik thomas is live from Pleasant Hill with that story tonight. Erik . Reporter dan, what they discussed was a ban on people who perform on bart trains or platforms and people who panhandle within the paid area, the stations, that is, between the turn styles and the train. They made no decisions today, but the issue could wind up on a future agenda. All most bart commuters want is a safe clean ride from point a to point b. But there are often complications like the homeless, people panhandling for money. Even performers who expect a little donation. I believe in the arts. Thats a form of art. I just dont like the feeling of being locked in and have to participate. Bart for me is my time to relax to and fro. I dont really want to be bothered with people with their loud music and dancing and the panhandlers, i dont like it either. Reporter bart board member Deborah Allen who represents walnut creek Pleasant Hill area says shes consistently hearing the same complaints. Our riders are not voluntarily watching them. Theyre forced to. Theyre on their ride from one place to another, and they are forced to watch whatever goes on on the train. Reporter allen has asked bart staff to look into the legalities of such a ban, and report back by the boards second meeting in october. But shes already facing push back from the American Civil Liberties union which claims such an ordinance would violate the first amendment. And so if bart is going to look into restricting protected free speech, its going to be very hard for them to do that. Reporter she says the aclu sued and blocked a similar ordinance from taking effect in sacramento. But allen says that ordinance applied to Public Transit areas. Her proposal would apply to the areas between the turn styles and trains where you have to pay to get in. We have the right to put reasonable ordinances in place for the benefit of our paying ridership. Reporter now, the aclu has not said what it will do if such an ordinance passes, but as we know, theyve never been shy about litigation and going to court. They did so in sacramento. They could do that here. Live in Pleasant Hill, bart, erik thomas, abc7 news. Hey, erik, is Deborah Allen facing any opposition from other bart Board Members . Reporter it is definitely not unanimous. And one big obstacle she may face is opposition from bart board president bevan dufty. He is quoted in several news articles saying he is against this idea. Interesting. Erik, thanks very much. Heres some motivation to take Public Transit. A new report that says each commuter in the bay area waists more than 100 hours per year sitting in traffic. Only one other place in the country has it worse. Thats los angeles. Lets take a live look at commuters crossing the Golden Gate Bridge and san mateo bridges tonight. Despite our efforts to go green, this region is the worst in the nation when it comes to the amount of fuel wasted by each driver stuck in traffic. This information comes from the urban mobility report published by texas a M Transportation Institute and enricks. In addition to the traffic, you have to deal with the road itself, meaning potholes and other problems. Heres ama. Youre looking at a map of all the roads in oakland. The tan ones in better condition, the pink ones in bad shape. Many streets arent main thoroughfares which means they havent always been priorities. So heres what the city is doing about it. The black lines, all these darker lines youre seeing, they show streets the city plans to repave over the next three years as part of a plan that will take paving crews into neighborhoods. Abc7 News Reporter Laura Anthony joins us live from one of the streets thats just been resurfaced. Laura. Reporter well, hi, ama. Oakland has long had a pothole problem. The street behind me, harold street, used to be one of the worst of the worst. But now with a great pave, the city is fixing streets one by one. It cant get to all of them, but its a start. What a difference a pave makes. Before the facelift, oaklands harold street was anything but smooth. Just ask residents like megan la day. I one day went out and counted over 237 potholes, small and large. Reporter but now harold is among the first of many oakland streets to get a complete overhaul. Funded with 100 million from measure kk, passed by voters in 2016. We now have the equipment, the staff and the Funding Source to keep up this pace of paving for at least the next ten years. This is a great day for oaklands infrastructure. Reporter the 100 miles and 100 million is a good start, but still well short of the 500 million in deferred street maintenance city wide. Oakland has over 800 miles of streets and roads. Around half of our local streets are worthy of being paved. They meet the acriteria of needing to be paved. One thing to keep in mind, even though were investing, every day a street is aging. Reporter no one is happier about the great pave than the people who live on harold street. Im thrilled, overjoyed. Its taken a lot. The communitys been writing letters for a long time to get our street fixed, so were really happy. Reporter and you can see harold street here is getting plenty of use this rush hour. It has president looked this good in years. This project is also a job creator as the city brings on crews to complete all this work. If you want to know what streets will be paved over the next three years, oakland has set up a website for that. We have that lincoln our website, abc7news. Com. In oakland, Laura Anthony, abc7 news. And, laura, you said the city already has a list of streets to be repaved so what if a resident wants to add a street to that list . Reporter its not too late, ama. According to the mayor, if someone lives in a certain neighborhood, they feel like their street should be on the list and its not, the mayor encourages folks to contact his or her local councilmember, write to them in the next couple of weeks before september, because each councilmember has a certain number of streets that they can still add to that list. All right. Thats good to know. Thank you, laura. And what issues do you notice where you live . Who could make them better . We want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. Share them by joining our better Bay Area Group on facebook. Well, did you notice it was distinctly muggy this morning . Yeah, you probably did. Check out a time lapse view of the fog rolling over the Golden Gate Bridge. This is just part of the humidity. Abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here to explain how long its going to last. Sandhya. Yeah, at least until about 9 00, 10 00 tonight, dan and ama, i think we can all live without that humidity. Were not used to it. Let me show you those dewpoints right now. Theyre still in the uncomfortable range. Mountain view 64 degrees. San jose 63. 62 in napa. As we take a look at the forecast here, 7 00 p. M. Tonight, the humidity begins to come down. You will notice most areas in the 50s except for san jose, and by 10 00 p. M. Tonight you definitely will feel the difference. As we head into the late night hours, even a 48 degree due point, the biggest reason why we saw what we did is there was a system that basically passed through, changed up the air mass that originated near hawaii, and brought that tropical air with it. Were going to say farewell to it. Ill let you know whats ahead for the weekend coming right up. Sounds good, sandhya. School season is getting underway and there is already controversy about what a local principal brought to campus. Next see whats become a big issue at an Elementary School in a small town in the north bay. New details on the people who survived this plane crash in Southern California yesterday. They managed to were here for you. So chances are, youve seen us around the house. Or around the yard. On the shelf. Or even out in the field. Your mom knew she could always count on us. And your grandma did too. Because for over 150 years, weve been right by your side. Advancing health and nutrition for everyone you love. So, from all of us at bayer. Thank you for trusting in us. Then and now. Were getting new details about that private jet that went off an oroville runway and caught fire. Some nearby workers helped ten passengers on board that twin engine cessna yesterday. Justin vaughn said he was doing Emergency Training with other linemen at Oroville Municipal Airport when the plane crashed. They called 9111 and directed emergency vehicles to check on the pilots and passengers. It was bouncing along extremely fast. I dont know how fast, but really fast. Could have been extremely bad. And again, kudos to the pilot for getting everybody off the plane. We hope everything comes out like it did here, where everybody walks away at the end of the day. The passengers included the c. E. O. And executive staff for the Company Graphic packaging international. None of them was hurt. The crash is under investigation, of course, by the faa and the ntsb. Police have arrested the man they believe is responsible for stabbing his cal state fullerton coworker to death. 51yearold chris vo was arrested late last night at his Huntington Beach home. Neighbors say vo lived with his wife, motherinlaw, and children. Police accuse vo of stabbing 57yearold retired administrator steven chan in a Campus Parking lot monday morning. Police have not yet revealed a motive. In the north bay, a small town will hold a big meeting tonight on an issue thats become divisive. The town were talking about is occidental in sonoma county. The issue is over a flag the new School Principal brought to harmony elementary. It wasnt an american flag. Abc7 news Wayne Freedman has the story. Reporter in the Harmony Union School District in Occidental Union county, the superintendent does jobs large and small. Matthew morgan set chairs for a school Board Meeting tonight about an issue that has suddenly divided portions of this community. Is this going to be a quiet meeting . I would hope so. Even with the large attendance. Reporter occidentals controversy started last week on the first day of school and mr. Morgans first day on the job. He brought a rainbow flag, a welcoming gesture. Complaints began arriving the next day. We cant have religion in schools, ideologies shouldnt be in school, politics shouldnt be in school. Reporter candy was even nervous about doing this interview today for fear of how her neighbors might respond and all from a simple well intentioned gesture on the Elementary School campus. The important piece right now for children is for them to be seen and acknowledged for who they are. People need to feel safe. Reporter the entire district including harmony elementary has roughly 250 kids attending through the 8th grade. Most of the parents with whom we spoke today have no issue with the flag on campus. Was it appropriate for a first day . Sure. Reporter should this be a controversy here . Absolutely not. I think the critics are putting the rainbow flag in one camp basically. To them it means that youre gay or youre queer or youre trans or Something Like that, thats all it means to them. Reporter but there is a principle in play, candy told us. I feel as though people want to be equal but we are not equal when we do not accept the fact that we do not share the same views. Reporter at least theyll be hearing those views this evening at that big meeting in this very small town. All i wanted to do was share a message with the students coming on the campus. Reporter from occidental, Wayne Freedman, abc7 news. All right. Lets refocus once again on the weather and the humidity out there. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here with how long its hanging around. Sandhya. Just several more hours, dan and ama, and well get rid of ti want to show you live doppler 7. We have a few patches of fog out there. That is going to change as we head towards tomorrow morning. A look at those temperatures, our summer microclimates are with us. 63 in half moon bay, all the way to 95 in fairfield. So we had quite the range. Got up into the upper 90s and low 100s inland today. But the coast did cool because of the fog returning this afternoon. Now, in case youre not spending your time here in the bay area for the weekend, but youre getting away to tahoe, i want to show you the forecast. Mid80s all three days, friday, saturday, sunday. Plenty of sun. The mornings will begin with up earn 40s. Great weather for hiking, biking, anything in the that though area. Heres a live picture where theyre seeing a mix of sun and clouds. A pretty view nice time of year. Heres another equally gorgeous view from our santa cruz camera. Good day to hit the beach if you did not like the heat and the humidity. The humidity drops late tonight. Coastal fog tomorrow. Were going to be seeing warm sunshine inland tomorrow. Typical pattern setting up for the upcoming weekend. First thing in the morning the fog will be right around the beaches and the bay. Temperatures will not be anywhere near where they were this morning. We had many areas anywhere from the low to upper 60s. Tomorrow morning its a cooler one and not as humid. Mid 50s to the mid 60s as we head into tomorrow afternoon. In the south bay, 87 los gatos, 84 in milpitas, 86 in san jose. Warm one in gilroy, 91 degrees. These temperatures are actually a little bit lower especially in our inland valleys. Tomorrow afternoon in the peninsula palo alto 82. 77 in millbrae. 66 pacifica. Downtown San Francisco 72 degrees. So similar to today without the mug ines. 67 in the sunset district. North bay temperatures in the comfort zone, 85 san rafael. 92 in calistoga. Heading into the east bay Navigation Center<\/a> and increased Police Patrols<\/a> just arent going to cut it. I dont live in the best neighborhood, but i feel safer over there than i do here. Reporter this is new video showing a man get punched in the face in the same area where a woman was attacked by a homeless man at her condo complex august 11. Do all the recent assaults in the area prevent you from wanting to come back . Well, i just i just work here. I feel fortunate i dont have to live here and i feel sorry for the residents that pay so much money to live here and they have to deal with this. Reporter San Francisco<\/a> Police Confirm<\/a> not only this august 20th incident, but tell us just 12 hours later, a few streets away, a third attack where the victim was also punched and knocked to the ground. We caught up with mayor london breed for comment. I will tell you that, you know, every time i see something that where there is an attack, you know, of course its upsetting. But that means we have to do more. We added more officers to the embarcadero area, but also in places where we know there have been challenges. Reporter something neighbors say isnt necessarily being felt. They increased patrols for two days. I have not seen a single cop car since sunday. Reporter this man who doesnt want us using his name has lived in water mark for ten years and is so fed up with the decline of his neighborhood has taken matters or, shall we say, trash into his own hands. I just felt like ive had enough and im just going to go up there, put on some gloves and clear some things out. Reporter s. F. P. D. Provided numbers, showing Violent Crime<\/a> down in the area of rinne conhill and the site of a proposed Navigation Center<\/a>, compared to proposed city wide. Little comfort to waterfront residents who rallied sunday who stopped it from being built in their neighborhood. For sure we believe in Navigation Center<\/a>s, but this is an extraordinarily poor decision to build it right here. Reporter we should point out the mayor is a strong proponent of the Navigation Center<\/a>, saying they have a track record of working. She also says shes passionate about overhauling the Mental Health<\/a> care system not only in San Francisco<\/a>, but statewide. In San Francisco<\/a> tonight, im dion lim, abc7 news. And, dion, more on the issue of that Navigation Center<\/a>. Not everyone is opposed to it. Reporter thats right. And we should also point out that, yes, i spoke to several people off camera today who said, yes, they understand Navigation Center<\/a>s do have a track record of working and they also admit that homelessness isnt necessarily linked to these attacks. However and this is a big however they dont want those Navigation Center<\/a>s in their neighborhood. All right, dion lim reporting live for us tonight. Thank you, dion. And we spent a week on ways to protect yourself, your family, your property, and your neighborhood during safety week, part of our efforts to build a better bay area. All of the stories have been posted on our website. Go to abc7news. Com better bay area. Weve also done a considerable amount of indepth reporting on bart, the bay areas most widespread Transit System<\/a> as you well know. Thats why we went to todays bart Board Meeting<\/a> because they discussed an issue that could make a noticeable difference to the experience that riders get. Abc7 news anchor erik thomas is live from Pleasant Hill<\/a> with that story tonight. Erik . Reporter dan, what they discussed was a ban on people who perform on bart trains or platforms and people who panhandle within the paid area, the stations, that is, between the turn styles and the train. They made no decisions today, but the issue could wind up on a future agenda. All most bart commuters want is a safe clean ride from point a to point b. But there are often complications like the homeless, people panhandling for money. Even performers who expect a little donation. I believe in the arts. Thats a form of art. I just dont like the feeling of being locked in and have to participate. Bart for me is my time to relax to and fro. I dont really want to be bothered with people with their loud music and dancing and the panhandlers, i dont like it either. Reporter bart board member Deborah Allen<\/a> who represents walnut creek Pleasant Hill<\/a> area says shes consistently hearing the same complaints. Our riders are not voluntarily watching them. Theyre forced to. Theyre on their ride from one place to another, and they are forced to watch whatever goes on on the train. Reporter allen has asked bart staff to look into the legalities of such a ban, and report back by the boards second meeting in october. But shes already facing push back from the American Civil Liberties<\/a> union which claims such an ordinance would violate the first amendment. And so if bart is going to look into restricting protected free speech, its going to be very hard for them to do that. Reporter she says the aclu sued and blocked a similar ordinance from taking effect in sacramento. But allen says that ordinance applied to Public Transit<\/a> areas. Her proposal would apply to the areas between the turn styles and trains where you have to pay to get in. We have the right to put reasonable ordinances in place for the benefit of our paying ridership. Reporter now, the aclu has not said what it will do if such an ordinance passes, but as we know, theyve never been shy about litigation and going to court. They did so in sacramento. They could do that here. Live in Pleasant Hill<\/a>, bart, erik thomas, abc7 news. Hey, erik, is Deborah Allen<\/a> facing any opposition from other bart Board Members<\/a> . Reporter it is definitely not unanimous. And one big obstacle she may face is opposition from bart board president bevan dufty. He is quoted in several news articles saying he is against this idea. Interesting. Erik, thanks very much. Heres some motivation to take Public Transit<\/a>. A new report that says each commuter in the bay area waists more than 100 hours per year sitting in traffic. Only one other place in the country has it worse. Thats los angeles. Lets take a live look at commuters crossing the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a> and san mateo bridges tonight. Despite our efforts to go green, this region is the worst in the nation when it comes to the amount of fuel wasted by each driver stuck in traffic. This information comes from the urban mobility report published by texas a M Transportation Institute<\/a> and enricks. In addition to the traffic, you have to deal with the road itself, meaning potholes and other problems. Heres ama. Youre looking at a map of all the roads in oakland. The tan ones in better condition, the pink ones in bad shape. Many streets arent main thoroughfares which means they havent always been priorities. So heres what the city is doing about it. The black lines, all these darker lines youre seeing, they show streets the city plans to repave over the next three years as part of a plan that will take paving crews into neighborhoods. Abc7 News Reporter<\/a> Laura Anthony<\/a> joins us live from one of the streets thats just been resurfaced. Laura. Reporter well, hi, ama. Oakland has long had a pothole problem. The street behind me, harold street, used to be one of the worst of the worst. But now with a great pave, the city is fixing streets one by one. It cant get to all of them, but its a start. What a difference a pave makes. Before the facelift, oaklands harold street was anything but smooth. Just ask residents like megan la day. I one day went out and counted over 237 potholes, small and large. Reporter but now harold is among the first of many oakland streets to get a complete overhaul. Funded with 100 million from measure kk, passed by voters in 2016. We now have the equipment, the staff and the Funding Source<\/a> to keep up this pace of paving for at least the next ten years. This is a great day for oaklands infrastructure. Reporter the 100 miles and 100 million is a good start, but still well short of the 500 million in deferred street maintenance city wide. Oakland has over 800 miles of streets and roads. Around half of our local streets are worthy of being paved. They meet the acriteria of needing to be paved. One thing to keep in mind, even though were investing, every day a street is aging. Reporter no one is happier about the great pave than the people who live on harold street. Im thrilled, overjoyed. Its taken a lot. The communitys been writing letters for a long time to get our street fixed, so were really happy. Reporter and you can see harold street here is getting plenty of use this rush hour. It has president looked this good in years. This project is also a job creator as the city brings on crews to complete all this work. If you want to know what streets will be paved over the next three years, oakland has set up a website for that. We have that lincoln our website, abc7news. Com. In oakland, Laura Anthony<\/a>, abc7 news. And, laura, you said the city already has a list of streets to be repaved so what if a resident wants to add a street to that list . Reporter its not too late, ama. According to the mayor, if someone lives in a certain neighborhood, they feel like their street should be on the list and its not, the mayor encourages folks to contact his or her local councilmember, write to them in the next couple of weeks before september, because each councilmember has a certain number of streets that they can still add to that list. All right. Thats good to know. Thank you, laura. And what issues do you notice where you live . Who could make them better . We want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. Share them by joining our better Bay Area Group<\/a> on facebook. Well, did you notice it was distinctly muggy this morning . Yeah, you probably did. Check out a time lapse view of the fog rolling over the Golden Gate Bridge<\/a>. This is just part of the humidity. Abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here to explain how long its going to last. Sandhya. Yeah, at least until about 9 00, 10 00 tonight, dan and ama, i think we can all live without that humidity. Were not used to it. Let me show you those dewpoints right now. Theyre still in the uncomfortable range. Mountain view 64 degrees. San jose 63. 62 in napa. As we take a look at the forecast here, 7 00 p. M. Tonight, the humidity begins to come down. You will notice most areas in the 50s except for san jose, and by 10 00 p. M. Tonight you definitely will feel the difference. As we head into the late night hours, even a 48 degree due point, the biggest reason why we saw what we did is there was a system that basically passed through, changed up the air mass that originated near hawaii, and brought that tropical air with it. Were going to say farewell to it. Ill let you know whats ahead for the weekend coming right up. Sounds good, sandhya. School season is getting underway and there is already controversy about what a local principal brought to campus. Next see whats become a big issue at an Elementary School<\/a> in a small town in the north bay. New details on the people who survived this plane crash in Southern California<\/a> yesterday. They managed to were here for you. So chances are, youve seen us around the house. Or around the yard. On the shelf. Or even out in the field. Your mom knew she could always count on us. And your grandma did too. Because for over 150 years, weve been right by your side. Advancing health and nutrition for everyone you love. So, from all of us at bayer. Thank you for trusting in us. Then and now. Were getting new details about that private jet that went off an oroville runway and caught fire. Some nearby workers helped ten passengers on board that twin engine cessna yesterday. Justin vaughn said he was doing Emergency Training<\/a> with other linemen at Oroville Municipal Airport<\/a> when the plane crashed. They called 9111 and directed emergency vehicles to check on the pilots and passengers. It was bouncing along extremely fast. I dont know how fast, but really fast. Could have been extremely bad. And again, kudos to the pilot for getting everybody off the plane. We hope everything comes out like it did here, where everybody walks away at the end of the day. The passengers included the c. E. O. And executive staff for the Company Graphic<\/a> packaging international. None of them was hurt. The crash is under investigation, of course, by the faa and the ntsb. Police have arrested the man they believe is responsible for stabbing his cal state fullerton coworker to death. 51yearold chris vo was arrested late last night at his Huntington Beach<\/a> home. Neighbors say vo lived with his wife, motherinlaw, and children. Police accuse vo of stabbing 57yearold retired administrator steven chan in a Campus Parking<\/a> lot monday morning. Police have not yet revealed a motive. In the north bay, a small town will hold a big meeting tonight on an issue thats become divisive. The town were talking about is occidental in sonoma county. The issue is over a flag the new School Principal<\/a> brought to harmony elementary. It wasnt an american flag. Abc7 news Wayne Freedman<\/a> has the story. Reporter in the Harmony Union<\/a> School District<\/a> in Occidental Union<\/a> county, the superintendent does jobs large and small. Matthew morgan set chairs for a school Board Meeting<\/a> tonight about an issue that has suddenly divided portions of this community. Is this going to be a quiet meeting . I would hope so. Even with the large attendance. Reporter occidentals controversy started last week on the first day of school and mr. Morgans first day on the job. He brought a rainbow flag, a welcoming gesture. Complaints began arriving the next day. We cant have religion in schools, ideologies shouldnt be in school, politics shouldnt be in school. Reporter candy was even nervous about doing this interview today for fear of how her neighbors might respond and all from a simple well intentioned gesture on the Elementary School<\/a> campus. The important piece right now for children is for them to be seen and acknowledged for who they are. People need to feel safe. Reporter the entire district including harmony elementary has roughly 250 kids attending through the 8th grade. Most of the parents with whom we spoke today have no issue with the flag on campus. Was it appropriate for a first day . Sure. Reporter should this be a controversy here . Absolutely not. I think the critics are putting the rainbow flag in one camp basically. To them it means that youre gay or youre queer or youre trans or Something Like<\/a> that, thats all it means to them. Reporter but there is a principle in play, candy told us. I feel as though people want to be equal but we are not equal when we do not accept the fact that we do not share the same views. Reporter at least theyll be hearing those views this evening at that big meeting in this very small town. All i wanted to do was share a message with the students coming on the campus. Reporter from occidental, Wayne Freedman<\/a>, abc7 news. All right. Lets refocus once again on the weather and the humidity out there. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here with how long its hanging around. Sandhya. Just several more hours, dan and ama, and well get rid of ti want to show you live doppler 7. We have a few patches of fog out there. That is going to change as we head towards tomorrow morning. A look at those temperatures, our summer microclimates are with us. 63 in half moon bay, all the way to 95 in fairfield. So we had quite the range. Got up into the upper 90s and low 100s inland today. But the coast did cool because of the fog returning this afternoon. Now, in case youre not spending your time here in the bay area for the weekend, but youre getting away to tahoe, i want to show you the forecast. Mid80s all three days, friday, saturday, sunday. Plenty of sun. The mornings will begin with up earn 40s. Great weather for hiking, biking, anything in the that though area. Heres a live picture where theyre seeing a mix of sun and clouds. A pretty view nice time of year. Heres another equally gorgeous view from our santa cruz camera. Good day to hit the beach if you did not like the heat and the humidity. The humidity drops late tonight. Coastal fog tomorrow. Were going to be seeing warm sunshine inland tomorrow. Typical pattern setting up for the upcoming weekend. First thing in the morning the fog will be right around the beaches and the bay. Temperatures will not be anywhere near where they were this morning. We had many areas anywhere from the low to upper 60s. Tomorrow morning its a cooler one and not as humid. Mid 50s to the mid 60s as we head into tomorrow afternoon. In the south bay, 87 los gatos, 84 in milpitas, 86 in san jose. Warm one in gilroy, 91 degrees. These temperatures are actually a little bit lower especially in our inland valleys. Tomorrow afternoon in the peninsula palo alto 82. 77 in millbrae. 66 pacifica. Downtown San Francisco<\/a> 72 degrees. So similar to today without the mug ines. 67 in the sunset district. North bay temperatures in the comfort zone, 85 san rafael. 92 in calistoga. Heading into the east bay Beautiful Day<\/a> with sun, 74 in richmond, 78 degrees in oakland. Well get you up to the mid 0s. Castro valley fremont. In our inland areas it will still be hot, not quite as hot as it was today. Concord 92. 91 walnut creek. 93 in livermore. Accuweather sevenday forecast dryer air finally. Minor dip in the temperatures friday, saturday. Little bit warmer as we head into sunday and monday. Mid to upper 90s inland, mid to upper 60s right near the coast. Now, dont get too used to the idea of the lowering humidity because look what pops up. Tuesday, wednesday gets muggy again as remnants of a current tropical system in the pacific heading our direction. Right now just higher humidity, but could be tracking the possibility of more so stay tuned, dan and ama. Thanks, sandhya. Coming up next, inparty fighting. Well explain the the Democratic National<\/a> committee is holding its summer meeting in San Francisco<\/a>. 14 president ial candidates will be speakin, but the issue of Climate Change<\/a> was front and center today as activists swafrmd the swarmed the meeting. Aes we are afraid for our lives. We are afraid of an uninhabitable planet. Members of the Sunrise Movement<\/a> called for the party to allow for a Climate Change<\/a> debate. The Committee Said<\/a> no. Every candidate has said they would support such a debate, but the dnc says sanctioning an official climate debate is a slippery slope. If you have a climate debate, you need to have a debate for every issue area, and there are more than 12 issues that the Democratic Party<\/a> believes are important. The activists say they plan to ask the full committee to vote again on the issue saturday. Coming up next, an example of the bay areas largest city. Yeah, its a safety feature thats easy to spot, easy to use, and easy to find. As were checking millions of ordinary Instagram Account<\/a>s, and folks cant get them back. Im Michael Finney<\/a>. Coming up 7 on your side helps two victims recover their accounts. Plus, kittens chocolate and Classical Music<\/a>. What more could you want . See who put alright, so this is how you are gonna say wn. Youll get the best deal of the year on xfinity tv and internet and you even get this. Mike, youre on balloons. Sarah, youre gonna high five everybody. Ben, youre gonna be wowing them with your dance moves. Dont miss the xfinity best deal of the year. Now thats simple, easy, awesome. Get amazing tv and internet during our best deal of the year with huge savings of 600 over two years. Plus a speed upgrade to 400 megs, free for 2 years. And ask about even more savings with xfinity mobile. Click, call, or visit a store today. Announcer now, news to build a better bay area, from abc7. Starbucks and wells fargo, theyre usually easy to find. And in the south bay, youll find a new benefit thats not just for customers. They are just some of the businesses taking part in the Safe Places Program<\/a> in the bay areas largest city. Abc7 News Reporter<\/a> chris nguyen has this example of building a better bay area. Reporter as san jose prepares for a Silicon Valley<\/a> pride this weekend, police are teaming up with businesses to amplify a simple yet important message. This city will not tolerate hate crimes. Reporter as part of the dpartments new safe place initiative, businesses can place a rainbow color decal at their place of business signalling a victim of a hate crime can come in for assistance. Wells fargo at Plaza De Cesar Chavez<\/a> became the first to display the symbol. Other branches are ready to help. A victim of hate crime have a safe place to shelter while we call the police on their behalf. Reporter in san jose 19 hate crimes were reported before jumping up to 45 in 2017, and slightly going down last year. Some people that may not have reported it before feel comfortable reporting it because, number one, theyre close to a business thats part of the program. And number two, the message being sent by this Police Department<\/a> that we care very much. Reporter starbucks is also a Founding Partner<\/a> of the program with 62 locations across san jose now designated as a safe place for victims. We feel this is the next step on the journey to create that inclusive environment in all of our stores, and continue to live up to our mission and values. Reporter s. J. P. D. Is looking for more businesses and organizations who want to get involved. When you feel emboldened by your community who support you because you are a victim of hate, that is important because that will enable you to come forward. Reporter community leadrs say programs like these are needed to develop trust. Hate is hate, however it manifests. And so we all need to support each other. Reporter this Community Taking<\/a> a proactive approach to stomp out hate. In san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. New at 6 00, a sigh of relief for dozens of tenderloin residents. Theyll be able to live in their Affordable Housing<\/a> units for years to come. Today San Francisco<\/a> mayor london breida announced the acquisition and preservation of a building on turk street. Ment Historic Building<\/a> is currently home to low and moderate income residents living in 86 units. One existing tenant said shes been living there since 1980 when his family came from cambodia. Im so grateful for this building, for the new for the tmbc. Going forward, a portion of the units will be specifically intended for the formerly homeless tenants. The tndc, Tenderloin Neighborhood Development<\/a> Corporation First<\/a> acquired the building in march. The Mayors Office<\/a> expects to provide them with permanent financing next march after repairs are made to the building. Listen to this figure. More than a billion people, maybe you, may have accounts on instagram. Its wildly popular for posting fun pictures and stories, but it is also a growing target for hackers. Yes, shadowy predators are snatching accounts not just from the rich and famous but really from ordinary people as well. Two bay area residents are among the latest victims. Both came to 7 on your sides Michael Finney<\/a> to get some help. Well, this was completely different. I wasnt ready for where this headed ofd to. One is a college student, the other a first grade teacher. Wy would anyone want to steal their Instagram Account<\/a> . The internet is full of reports from everyday people who suddenly found a hacker in control of their instagram. So what are the bad guys doing with them and why wont instagram help folks get their accounts back . The answers, well, they may surprise you. So, a russian hacked my instagram. College student sophias instagram seemed to unlikely target for russian hackers. I had no idea why they wanted my account. So did first grade teacher jaime lees instagram, yet hackers seized both accounts and linked them to emails in russia. You can tell by this ru country code. Panic, just panic and i want to do something to fix it. The cyber thieves change their user names and passwords, so jaime and sophia couldnt get in to reclaim their accounts, and they said instagram ignored their it was clear it was a robot. It had the automated responses and i kept on emailing them and emailing them and they just wouldnt respond. Sophia got so desperate she marched down to the instagram building in menlo park, knocked on the door. And i asked them if they could help me. And they said, this is a private building, so you cant come in. Social media sites are teaming with reports like theirs. Hackers seizing control of ordinary Instagram Account<\/a>s. And like many others, jaime and sophia wondered, why theirs . Instagram is the king of social media and so its the crown jewel for hackers to steal. Tech crunch editor josh consteen said your Instagram Account<\/a> may be highly valuable on the black market you can even if it only has cute animals and foodie photos. Why . Because its legitimate. So facebook, which owns instagram, wont delete it as being fake. Facebook deletes billions of fake accounts each year across its services, and thats partially why theres been increased interest from hackers for stealing existing wellused legitimateseeming accounts, instead of starting new ones. Hackers sell the accounts, buyers use them to spread spam or propaganda and, yes, to influence selections. We should always be careful to assigning blame to specific countries, but we do know the russian governments propaganda arm did try to disrupt the 2016 president ial election using stolen Instagram Account<\/a>s and fake Instagram Account<\/a>s that they created. Jaime and sophia were locked out so they couldnt see what the bad guys were doing to their accounts. But friends who still follow them could see. They were following 3,000 people, mainly girls, a lot of russian followers. It was there for a long time existing in space. I had no idea. I gave up. I was like, im just going to let them have it. Jaime and sophia gave up on getting help from instagram. They came to 7 on your side. Could we get their accounts back . I was told to create a separate email account which nobody knew except for abc7. We found a way, creating a secret email, known only to jaime and 7 on your side. Instagram set a secret code to the secret email. And i saw a link from instagram themselves. And in a couple of minutes she was back into her account. Sophia had tophoto of herself holding a secret code number, then email that to instagram. And within two days i got it back. Instagram promised an easier system to recover hacked accounts saying on twitter, weve heard from the community. We werent doing enough here. It feels like so liberating. If i didnt contact 7 on your side, i wouldnt have got my account back. There was no way. There was no absolutely now, the best way to protect yourself, use two factor authentication for your email and Instagram Account<\/a>s. Also tell your cell phone carrier to never port your number to a different device ever. Now, thats a common way a high jack accounts are moved around. Instagram says it makes the Recovery Process<\/a> difficult, so hackers dont use it to claim accounts. Victims say hackers are already doing that. Now, if your account was stolen, i want you to tell me about it because i want to help just like i did those two. I want to hear from you. The 7 on your hot line is monday to friday 10 to and my facebook page. Great information. Its the wild west in cyberspace. Incredible. Crazy. Thanks, michael. Coming up, a dog and family reunited. Its a simple story. Its the details that make it memorable. And next meet the bat were here for you. So chances are, youve seen us around the house. Or around the yard. On the shelf. Or even out in the field. 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Even the toilet paper dispenser is automated. It will dispense after so many touches, youre using quite a bit of toilet paper, well give it a break. It has features like that. Reporter the automated rest rooms have two goals. Number one, provide a nice Clean Environment<\/a> for people to take care of their business. And number two, cut down on rest room maintenance cost. The city says the price tag for these two is 185,000. Slightly more than a standard rest room. But its expected to make up that cost difference relatively quickly. What this brings us is the ability to provide basic bathroom facilities for our park users with a dramatic reduction in maintenance costs, a dramatic reduction on the burden of our men and women who work in our parks, and frankly, a better experience. Reporter but there is one downside to your backside. After every selfcleaning, pretty much everything in here gets soaked. So get used to sitting on a wet toilet seat. At least its water. In North Hollywood<\/a>, rob hayes, abc7 news. You hope its water. Wow. Pretty good idea i guess. Interesting. San f 25 pit stop public bathrooms. The city says theyre selfcleaning, but still need public works staff for maintenance. Recently the city decided to keep three of the public bathrooms open 24 hours a day as a Pilot Program<\/a> to keep waste off the streets. It was a muggy morning, but what about the at at t we believe in access. The opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. Weve created access from at t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. May qualify for Home Internet<\/a> at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow, to learn more. So that early retirement we planned. Its going ok . Great. Now im spending more time with the kids. Im introducing them to crab. Crab . They love it. So, you mentioned that that money we set aside. Yeah. The kids and i want to build our own crab shack. Ahhh, youre finally building that outdoor kitchen. Yup with room for the whole gang. See how investing with a j. P. Morgan advisor can help you. Visit your local chase branch. Doesnt mean you got to spend a lot because dennys brought back the super slam\u2122. With eggs, hash browns, bacon, sausage and buttermilk or pumpkin pancakes. All for just 6. 99. The 6. 99 super slam\u2122 is back see you at dennys it was hard to tell what was the sweetest at a special adoption event today. The music, the candy or the tiny little kittens. San francisco animal care and control orchestrated the special event at city hall. In addition to the kittens, there was the music and the classical trio as well as offerings from dandelion chocolates. It seemed to have a calming effect on the kids and the kittens. Absolutely Classical Music<\/a> has the ability to calm, just like us. It soothes the nervous system to a certain extent for sure. Its funny, you should have seen how when the oboe was practicing, the kittens perked up and became little mere cats. The day was a success with chocolate, and mostly important, adoptions. Look at those cute kitten faces. A dog is back with his family. A simple story. One worth hearing. It is. Reporter rob mcmillan from our sister station in los angeles shares it with you. Youre back home with mama. Reporter it may only have been a couple of weeks, but this little yorky is everything to elissa rodriguezs daughter who has autism. She really loves this dog. She looks for it. And when she was not around, i could tell her behavior was changing. Reporter just like a lot of missing animal cases, they think ruby accidentally got out of the family home in perris. Given the fact shes an import from russia with a 5,000 value, she didnt stay in one place for long. Somebody else got her and then that person gave her to somebody else. Contact those people. They moved it to another house. Reporter Deputy Paul Salazar<\/a> with the Riverside County<\/a> Sheriffs Department<\/a> said when he heard about the case, he knew he had to get involved. Through the story and her saying that it was her daughters therapy dog and they had just had it, you know, i thought it was something i could bring up to our bosses and we could look into and take care of. Reporter through various posts on social media, they finally tracked ruby down in santa ana. But salazar says the people who had her didnt want to give her up. They told me that they had took the dog to the vet already, had the microchip scanned and the dog didnt have a microchip so it couldnt be her dog. Reporter turns out the dog did have a microchip. They scanned it and lo and behold, the chip showed the Rodriguez Family<\/a> is the rightful owners. And on this day, sheriffs deputies returned ruby to her family. Hi, ruby. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Reporter rob mcmillan, abc7 news. Cute little ruby. Alls well that ends well. Happiness. On to the weather forecast, a little more on the humidity. Thats right, sandhya patel, whats happening . Several more hours that humidity is going to go down, dan and ama. Im going to show you doppler 7. We have a few patches of fog near the coast. That will change in the overnight hours. Well see more. Tomorrow afternoon its going to be a stronger sea breeze, dryer air mass, not as muggy. As a matter of fact, its going to feel like what were used to this time of year. Inland areas will come down. Temperatures will be in the low to mid 90s as opposed to the upper 90s and low 100s. And along the coast line were going to go with in the comfort zone. 60s. Now, Tropical Storm<\/a> ivos packing 65 mile an hour winds in the pacific, it is going to weaken after it strengthens briefly, heading up the baja peninsula coast line, basically miles offshore, paralleling it. Once it dies, next week beginning tuesday and into wednesday, our humidity unfortunately goes back up again. Accuweather sevenday forecast, dryer air. It cant come soon enough. The next few days minor dip in those temperatures, and then it warms back up beginning on sunday with the heat back inland on monday. Higher humidity tuesday, wednesday, even though those temperatures go down, it may not feel so comfortable because were not used to the muggy conditions here. All right, thanks, sandhya. On to sports and baseball. Chris alvarez is here. Football, baseball, we have it all. The giants need a win in the worst way at wrigley. Could they avoid the sweep in chi town . The odd circumstances surrounding the announcer now sports from abc7 news. It is in a weird preseason for the raiders. Theres been the Antonio Brown<\/a> situation. Add this to the list. They partially unplayable field during tonights preseason game in kenna against the packers. The goal posts are in the end zone. They had to move them back. Damage to the field only part of it so its not safe for play. They played an 80yard game on the field with the ball being spotted at the 25 and no kickoffs tonight. This would have been a touchdown either way. Tim boyle, 23 yards to trevor davis. 73 pack. The raiders respond. Peter man, to keith smith, san jose state linebacker, now plays full back for the raiders. Silver and black, tim boyle would get another touchdown pass to jake kumero. 710 pack at 11 00. Niners return to action saturday in kansas city. Head coach Kyle Shanahan<\/a> says hed like to play quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo<\/a> the entire half. His preseason debut one to forget. One for six, no yards interception to denver, now he returns back to the place where that happened, a torn acl. Hes trying to get over the hurdle. It will be a good stepping stone. Definitely will be a little weird getting back there, but, yeah, just try and treat it as a normal game. You try to replay it all over in your head. What youd do differently. Everything that goes into it. Its come up a couple times. I think im passed that at this point. Any time you come back from an injury theres a bunch of mental hurdles you have to get over when you feel healthy and good. Im sure theres stuff with feeling erie, going back to that same place. I havent talked to him about that specifically. Baseball now, time is quickly running out for the giants who after two losses to the cubs are falling in a crowded wild card race. Theyre trying to salvage a game on the northside of chicago this afternoon. The bruce boce retirement, they present him with a 15, that was cool. Retiring batters in the fourth. Jason heyward pops it up, and kevin pillar loses it in the sun. A bad break, base hit. The sure handed Brendan Crawford<\/a> bobbles it. Error adds now to the rally. After the giants did turn a double play, Anthony Rizzo<\/a> with two outs, liner right back up the middle. That was the last run for the cubs. Kyle hendricks was phenomenal. Seven strikeouts. Giants still down 10. Crawford at the plate. Deep to right and the wind might have knocked this one down. Off the wall, it ends up being a triple, but a rally for the giants. Next batter Anthony Slater<\/a> strikes out looking. Cubs sweep the giants 10. First round of the tour championship to golf we go, the pga debuting a new scoring system for the final tournament of the year. Players start scores based on their rankings. Xander schauffele is coleader at 10 under par. Rory mcilroy shot a 4 under 66. Hes in fourth place, just a one shot back of the lead at 9 under. Justin thomas and this guy, Brooks Koepka<\/a> also at 10 under par. A three way tie between schauffele, koepka and thomas at first for ten under. Usa basketball touring for next months world cup, 50,000 fans packing the stadium to see this one. Kemba walker, 23 points led the way. Former warrior andrew bogut throws it down for his native australia team. Jayson tatum, corner three, 11 points for him. Usa to steal, get it out to former cal bear jaylen brown, the alleyoop. He had 11 as well. U. S. Wins 11186. Steph curry getting ready for another season playing with youngsters. Can you imagine being in an open gym with steph curry on the floor . Those kids, and of course steph goes splash. Hes calling out defense. I got ball. Whos got man . How fun is that . Steph playing open gym with those youngsters. They will never forget that experience with steph. Definitely. Thank you, chris. All right, join us tonight for abc7 news at 11 00 from packed bart trains to crumbling bay area roads. The new plan to ease the strain comes with a huge price tag. Unexpected wildlife spotted in San Francisco<\/a>. Check them out. What these goats were doing in a muni bus yard. Theyre eating thats for sure. Coming up tonight on abc7 at 8 00, two hours of steph currys holey moley followed by reef break. Then stay with us for abc7 news at 11 00. You always want to stick around after that because Jimmy Kimmel Live<\/a> is on. That starts at 11 35. Hope you enjoy the lineup tonight. That is our report. We appreciate your time as always. Look for breaking news any time you wish on abc7 news. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. For sandhya patel, chris alvarez, all of us here at abc7 news, we hope you have a great evening. Yeah, well see you again at 11 00. You. And mom also gets aoss shoppibacktoschool bag . Thats yes for less. Ross has the brands you want for back to school. And it feels even better when you find them for less. At ross. Yes for less. And you score the you knperfect outfit . At ross ooooohhhh game on now, thats yes for less. Nothing beats getting the latest trends at 20 to 60 percent off Specialty Store<\/a> prices. At ross. Yes for less. This is the jeopardy teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa. Here are our three finalists a middle School Instrumental Music<\/a> teacher from lanham, maryland. An 11thgrade physics teacher from new paltz, new york. And a High School World<\/a> history teacher from albany, new york. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. At long last, the finals. The first half today. These three people sara, francois, and conor have a lot of extra pressure on them today. They want to do well because they know their students are watching them back home. Thats a lot of pressure. Good luck to you, though. Lets go to work right now in the first half of the finals. Today the first round has these categories. Next. Each response beginning with that letter of the alphabet. Then. Well deal with. And. Conor, you start. Start with the accessorized teacher for 400. This accessory is placed between the third and fourth shirt buttons and prevents the look seen here. Sara. What is a tie clip . Tie clip, yeah. The accessorized teacher for 600. Sara","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"archive.org","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","width":"800","height":"600","url":"\/\/ia801005.us.archive.org\/22\/items\/KGO_20190823_010000_ABC7_News_600PM\/KGO_20190823_010000_ABC7_News_600PM.thumbs\/KGO_20190823_010000_ABC7_News_600PM_000001.jpg"}},"autauthor":{"@type":"Organization"},"author":{"sameAs":"archive.org","name":"archive.org"}}],"coverageEndTime":"20240716T12:35:10+00:00"}