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KGO ABC7 News 500AM July 13, 2024

Today. Its for the latter half of the day. Showers move in by the early evening hours. As a result your plans tonight could get wet out there. But notice highs today mainly in the 50s with some limited sun and well talk about the rest of the weekend. The week ahead in a few minutes, liz. Thank you. Chains are required for travel in much of the sierra this morning. Including highway 50 and most of the roads around the lake and up to resorts. Chain controls are also required on interstate 80 from playser county to the donner lake interchange. You can always check the conditions where you live with live doppler 7 on the abc 7 news app. Investigators are calling the disappearance of this sun bruno woman suspicious. Family and friends hope for the best but fearing the worst. Today they are searching in nearby parks. Lorin martinez talked to the womans son. Laurie episodeo has been missing two weeks. Its unlike to not contact me. The last day family and friends heard from her is november 29th. Her belongings left at her isnt san bruno condo. She left her dog she loved in her apartment. Her car is at her residence. Reporter San Bruno Police detective mcmullin says she left her cell phone and wallet. This is completely out of character for this person. Esposito is a retired social worker. Helping out the children in abusive homes was her passion. Interveeng physically and through the court system. If you have any idea of seeing miss esposito where she want, who she was with after november 29th we encourage to you reach out to the Police Department. Reporter for emanuel owe he wants to know what happened to his mom. Finding her, at least what happened to her hoping everything comes to a conclusion. Reporter in san bruno lorin martin easy, abc 7. Governor newsom delivered a major plea to pg e replicating the utility plan to pay wildfire victims and emerge from bankruptcy. Pg e announced a 3. 5 billiondollar settlement last week that would resolve all claims from the northern wildfires. But newsom says the plan isnt acceptable under state law doesnt provide for a new fwhds and dont allow for takeover of the company if necessary. If the statement pg e says the plan complies with the law and will work to resolve issues. It says lacking ahead we are committed to getting victims paid complementing changes across our business to improve operations for the longterm and emerge from chapter 11 as a financially sound utility. According to the l. A. Times newsoms required wasnt by law bup processingen e asked for it because it confirms to the law. They can dip into a fund to pay costs. We sent the alert op the free abc 7 news app when newsom announced the decision last night. If you want alerts like this in the future the app is free in the app store. New details, the man wanted for a violent Home Invasion surrendered after a standoff with Fremont Police. This incident shut down a stretch of busy warm springs boulevard for several hours and cleared a construction site. Abc 7 News Reporter amanda dafts owe has the story. Reporter a violent Home Invasion led to hours long standoff with Fremont Police. On wood creek terrace to a nearby construction site and warm springs and brown road. The suspect went to the top floor, by himself, barricaded himself we had time on our sflied crediting communications for the peaceful outcome. Hours before the man vend erpd sky7 captured him on the roof of the unfinished hotel. Police say he was armed with a knife and tempo. 50 construction workers had to be evacuated. The police were concerned he may grab a construction vest if he found one and put it on. And try and blend in. Reporter Fremont Police launched drones as part of the investigation. During the nearly sixhour long standoff officer say the map threw tools and objects from the roof. Eventually he was taken into custody around 5 30. Back at the gated Community One resident who asked to remain aanonymous is shaken. We thought it was secure but its still happening. We are concerned. Reporter police say the victim in the Home Invasion is expected to recover from injuries. The suspected will undergo a Mental Health ee vaflgs before being booked on charges related to fridays incident. In fremont, amanda del castillo, abc 7. In the east bay a man says a group of security guards racially profiled him accusing him of looking into cars preparing to steal something when he was really taking photos of bike racks. The man told luz pena he feared for miss life as things escalated. Why do you take pictures of the cars. No, no. I took pictures of the bike racks. No, i see you. This was the gipg of a tense situation between kenya wheeler and three security guards from a residential building in oakland. I felt a built violated here on a public street. Minutes prior wheeler was taken of the bicycle racks covered in colorful area he was chair of the oakland bicyclist commission and wanted to show the bike racks to colleagues. But instead these guards came out to question him. What do you think he was implying. Well he said that he knew what i was doing and that he thought i was casing the cars. Reporter according to wheeler one of the guards pulled a firearm and refused to let him go. It was extremely clear especially when the hong was drawn processes a racist act and the only reason like im being treated this way is im black. Reporter wheeler says he feared for his life and decided not to move. The Second Thought was to call police and tell the story. Once Oakland Police arrived wheeler was free to go. In the statement the building responsible tor the guards said to abc we share the concerns mr. Wheeler expressed as he was on a public sidewalk and shouldnt have been confronted at all Effective Immediately we have change security providers. After this incident oakland mayor libby schaaf says she will send an Engagement Team to the developments in the area. And to wheelers wednesday night has to be part of a broader conversation. Everyone should be safe to walk on the street, age ob gender, ethnicity. In oakland, luz pena. Happening today in the south bay volunteers pack food boxes to distribute as part of saerkd Heart Community services program. Innier distributing food boxes to 3500 families. Food boxes filled with fresh fruit vegetables rice, bread, eggs, a turkey or ham. You can drop on donations today. The boxes will be distributed next wednesday and thursday. Hard to believe were about a week and a half way from christmas. Peoplups i know the malls have been so busy. Busy one today. And good thing the rain is taking a break. Its come back through the later afternoon and early evening hours. Thats why we have a one on the storm impact scale later. But right now dry skies from the exploratorium camera. 52 San Francisco novato. 50 in san ramon and upper 40s in the north bay. Well talk about how much later. And also reveal the sunny sunday. Come up. Also ahead, apple plans a party so neighbors can see the space ship. There is only one problem. Not everyone got an invite. Plus construction has started on the navy ship that will bear harvey milks name warm feelings of home this season. With country fried turkey, handbreaded and fried til crispy, and topped with holiday herbed gravy. Our take on a festive favorite is back. And its only at cracker barrel. So, come on home for the holidays. Come on home to cracker barrel. Welcome back. Heres a live look from the san mateo brimming. We can see sop some rain crops. Lots of cars on the road but still a bit wet so drive safe and slow. In the south bay. All right apple throwing a big party for neighbors of the new space ship campus in cupertino. The company mailed out invitations but not everyone got one. Abc 7 News Reporter chris reyes talked to neighbors who say they dont get it. Ive got all the colors brunn blue barak. All say sunnyvale. Twins mike and sherry duffy lived in this neighborhood more than 20 years. Hometown sunnyvale. Blocks from apple park the tech giant massive hq in cupertino when we told them about the apple neighborhood open houses they were surprised. Here is the invite and youre shoo sure you didnt get that. Of the positive. In the neighborhood minutes away from their home we found a number of people getting in the invite in the inbox. This is the mystery landed in the neighborhood. Its great for the people to get of an opportunity to see whats going on. How do you feel that maybe one or two blocks from where you live there is a whole street getting an invite. I want to know how they decided to invite them and not us. Thats what id like to know. We are sunnyvale. And thats the mystery. Apple only saying they invited neighbors and community partners. You know, but like i said i didnt want to go. I dont have an apple iphone. Its a party a long time coming. Plans for the massive apple hq in cupertino first approved in 2003. Hve they been a Good Neighbor . Depends on the side of the street you ask. Apple is a great company. You know they got great processed. But that building messed it up. Im sure you noticed the traffic. Its the traffic is horrendous. I think when we originally looked at that time it was like my goodness. Apocalypse pu but so far not bad. Its really what they do with the event and how they enable the feed waak again. Now its understandable that apple cant invite everybody. But its worth noting that this is a 170 acre property housing about 12,000 impose. So they do the room. We asked apple hq for explanation. They did not return our calls. In cupertino. Kris reyes for abc 7 news. A crew in san diego cut the first piece of steel on what will be the United States naval ship harvey milk. The lgbtq activist serve as a navy dive instruct ner the 50s. He became the first openly gay politician in california. The 48yearold shot and killed at San Francisco city hall in 1978. While milks nephew was asked at the ceremony if his nephew would have dreamed a ship would be named after him. Its my answer be, yes. It gave him the courage to face bullets 41 years ago. He dreamed of us all being included that our diversity of the human race would be included and that we would not be diminished because of that. Construction of the usns harvey milk should take two years. Pretty cool. Happening today in San Francisco, semi annual gun buyback over the years recovering more than 1,000 guns. Abc 7 News Reporter vic lee looks at the difference one can make. The halls here are covered with photographs of young men who died. Reminders they were all shot to death, the youngest in 12yearold killed by a stray bullet. One gun thats not taken off the streets will kill somebody and can destroy everybody. Lets save as many lives as we can. Reporter since 2014 rudy corpez a victim of gun violence himself has been doing that. This is his ninth buyback. Since then his group united replia ha has removed more than 160 oh firearms off the streets. He displayed spom as a news conference. Had one of the guns on the floor not been taken in a buyback it might be an instrument that might have taken someones life this year. The mayor london breed promised anonymity. Come out and bring guns, no questions asked. You get 100 for a handgun, 200 for a assault weapon. Maddy scott was here. Her son shot to death 23 years ago. Scott had to tell her grandson on his birthday his father died. The scream i heard on the phone. I dont want anybody have to hear i the scream i heard. Sheila burton was here. Her son killed 14 years ago time has not eased the pain. As a mother having to deal with christmas time, he is not there. His birthday. He is not there. Reporter by the way, the Santa Clara County Gun Buyback Program will be this saturday also at the gilroy corporation yard. Vic lee, abc 7 news. And several other buybacks are held cross the bay area this we can. The buyback at united San Francisco. You can bet 100 for a hounding or 200 for a automatic weapon. A and holding a guy are buyback at the corporation cord. In vallejo the buyback upon the solano the county fair grounds. Pan 1,000 skywayed road in sand carlos. Here is Something Else pretty nice to show you. Abc 7 and disney provided a helping hand for in holiday season. Abc 7 news was in santa rosa where reporter Wayne Friedman present add 15,000 check to the redwood empire food bianca bank in support of feeding americas produce program. The staffers said the donation are will help them buy 60,000 in grocery for the 1 in six residents to face food insecurity. We have buying power to buy the food we need and distribute it. We get a lot of donated food which we way pay to transport and distribute. The Redwood Empire Food Bank serves some 82,000 a year. Including 25,000 after the north bay fires. And our Parent Company disney has been supporting feeding america since 2012. In the north bay, a Ribbon Cutting ceremony will be held this morning for a new smart station in downtown novato. Yesterday abc 7 news was at the larkspur station as it opened. Expecting to life make easier for commuters trying to get to San Francisco. Its less than half a in mile from the larkspur landing. Those worried about cut going crosstaking the train to catch a ferry, smart says it plans for people to transfer. But we made sure in the ferry schedule and the train schedule that youve got 20, 25 minutes to get there and bebe on the ferry in time. Train Service Officially begins today. There are plans to take smart Train Service further north with a station in windsor. Lets get another check of the weather with lisa argen. Hey, lisa. Hey, liz, a continuation of much of the week. Low level moisture and a few scattered showers. Here a look at live doppler 7 where you can see not a lot of activity out there. But we will be looking still at some snow in the mountains. In fact for the west slopes in lasts right up until sunday morning. But for the greater lake tahoe area were talking about just 10 00. With a couple of inches of snow below 2500 feet. And here a system moving in bringing organized rain but light throughout the Late Afternoon early evening hours. You can see that zonal flow right that that kept the showers going for much the work week in the north bay or the the city. A look at the advisory for the mountains 10 to 15 inches of snow for the west slope. In could go up to 24 inches for the highest peaks. Certainly travel difficulties there. Otherwise just a couple of inches around lake tahoe. So if youre planning on going the next couple of days not a good idea to go today. Better for sunday. And the sun will be coming out later on tomorrow, monday includeding up on tuesday. But that advisory in effect through sunday morning. 52 in San Francisco. 54 in oakland. 53 for hayward and 49 in fremont. Kind of cool out there. A one on the storm impact scale later on today. We start with a chance of rain. And then well see some very light scattered showers with light winds throughout the early evening hours into the overnight hours. If you are headed out you may get wet tonight. Isolated showers this morning with fog the next round of rain later on today and then drying out for sunday and monday. But boy the temperatures really dropping getting into sunday night and monday morning. Could even see some 30s on the coast. This is the plan for later on today. Looking at some sunshine out there. A few clouds as well. So well call it partly cloudy. Stopping this at 7 00 tonight. You can see the showers from cloverdale off the coast and these push on through the bay area and ending by early tomorrow. Talking about maybe 0. 1 of inch of rain. Not much at all. And by the time we wake up sunday, cool but with some sunshine. So today the one on the storm impact scale later on today. 58 for your high in concord. Clouds around there right now. Brightening up in the north bay but only in the 50s. 58 on peninsula, san mateo. A lot of games going on locally tomorrow and the weather cooperating well have sun over in oakland. Cool, temperatures in the 50s for dry conditions. The raiders, the accuweather sevenday forecast looking at the one later today. Few isolated to scattered showers and looking at fog tor for sunday but cool and sunny for the afternoon. Really cold on monday. Download the accuweather app and the next weather system looks to bring wet weather for a late tuesday and wednesday. Well keep that on and off again pattern going as we can see showers on friday which could impact travelers coming into town and you keep telling me christmas is around the corner. Im believing you. But not really. Its hard to believe, i know. Someone yesterday said yeso see you next year. That again. Next year. Yeah rb really. Next year coming right up. Boy thanks, lisa just ahead San Francisco police help kickoff holiday festivities for local children. How mayor b tto harrison, the wine tcollection. To craig, this rock. I leave these things to my heirs, all 39 million of you, on one condition. That you do everything to preserve and protect them. With love, california. Welcome back. Are you heading out shopping this weekend, looking for a 80 grist rowe gift at a huge discount thats also green. 7 on your side Michael Finney has suggestions. A and e watches has been doing business at the gift skrernt and jewelry mart 30 years. Specializing in fine time pieces, like rolex, especially used rolexs. Jameson odham has been shopping here at a years. Do you buy used. Absolutely. In fact the watch in the bag my wife bought for my 30th birthday and purchased used here. Why buy used . A and e owner says the market for pro owned rolexs is strong. So why should you by a brandnew watch and pay more when you can buy a preowned watch looks good, does the same thing . A. And the at least at a and e you can see the difference between new and used until you look

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