Weve had 13 shoplifting calls in the last year. Its a high traffic, very centralized area. They say the shoplifter is out of the hospital and in jail. He faces charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon. They say the Security Guard is still recovering from his injuries. You want to catch the but i dont know if you should just let him go or what you should do. You dont want to let him go without any punishment, but you dont want to get killed either. In april, worker at the Pleasanton Home Depot was shot and killed after trying to stop a robbery. A year before that, to distract workers while he stole tools. Home depot shoppers hope this latest event leads to change. Improve the loss where we help the people that need help. We need to work together. Kristen app sent out a push alert today about the shooting. Get news updates like this once into your mobile device by downloading the abc7 bay area news alert and enabling push apps. Larry heres video from sky 7 taken a short time ago showing several more officers outside the lake merritt station at eighth and oak streets. One person was shot and killed there about an hour ago. The crime scene is on the streetlevel area of the train station. Services not being impacted, and we are just getting this video in from the other shooting near open international airport. A Police Officer found someone shot to death around 2 30 this afternoon youre the boat launch of the Martin Luther king jr. Regional shoreline. The Police Department is not releasing any information yet on the victim. Kristen new developments out of san jose where two units representing 45 unions representing 4500 workers have organized a strike. They are seeking higher wages, better conditions and benefits such as pay parental leave, and for the city to step up its efforts to fill hundreds of open jobs. Weve been saying they are temporarily understaffed for nearly a decade. When you spin your saying you are temporarily understaffed, at some point you realize you are lying to the residence. Please listen to us, empathize with us, invest in us. Help us help the community, or we will go on strike. Kristen if no deal is reached come the strike would start next tuesday and go on for three days. The units represent a variety of employees from city librarians to airport workers. Today the city of antioch named a temporary replacement for the police chief who is retiring on friday. The acting chief task and almost half its officers are on paid leave over a racist texting scandal. Department. I think we are going to be in a real good position to continue moving forward. Current police chief Stephen Portis retiring. There was scandal that involved almost 50 of the entire police force. The antioch acting city manager made the decision and said he is ready. There w when i offered it to him. He was one of four internal candidates interviewed for the job. He served in sacramento and a sergeant in richmond. He has a masters degree with the Emergency Service administration. He oversaw antiochs patrol teams and trained new officers. He was not involved in the texting scandal. The antioch mayor says he is encouraged by the appointment. He said the captain embraces police reforms. My concern is that we havent been forward with the public about how many officers are under investigation. We havent been forward to the public about staffing levels. I hope he is the right person to get us accurate numbers in terms of staffing levels, and in terms of the fbi investigation and erase this racist texting scandal. Joe is very innovative, a forward thinker, when it comes to issues around community policing. The vice mayor says she has worked closely with him on Police Department dashcam and bodycam laws. When someone who is entrenched in racism, White Supremacy and patriarchy and they stand their ground and continue to move forward based on their values, thats a kind of leadership we need. Larry a regents meeting took place at 7 00 a. M. Discussing membership and what was the pac12 but is now the pack four. No word on exactly what transpired but it cannot yesterday Atlantic Coast conference is considering adding cow along with stanford, with the closest geographical school being louisville, finances will be an issue. There reportedly looking over all the numbers at this point. Another you ash and new wrinkle, also looking at smu in dallas, they have been in play for a while. Kristen airport officials are explaining why an airport name changes being considered. Is part of a rebranding effort aimed at attracting more travelers and airlines. The hope is the airlines would offer direct service to more destinations. The port of oakland owns and operates the airport. Officials say the word oakland would not be taken out of any new name in the airports code would still be oak. Alaska airlines has confirmed its plan to reduce service from sfo by early next year. A travel website reports dozens of flights at sfo will be impacted. Alaska says the changes are normal adjustments, all cuts are happening nationwide, alaska is also adding more service to warm weather destinations like the bahamas, miami, and palm springs. Larry date is now set new ikea Flagship Store. The Market Street location will open on wednesday, august 23. We are told the store will be tailored for c living and storage across 52,000 square feet of space on three floors. It comes amid a flurry of retailers leaving downtown San Francisco. Whole foods reportedly is preparing to open a new location in San Franciscos inns of vista neighborhood. It will be the chains francisco store. In april, hopefully whole foods closed a Flagship Store in downtown San Francisco about a year after it open. Kristen a new survey showcases which groups of people are voting in california and which ones are not. The poll found that 71 of regular voters in the state are white and are wealthier than most californians and older as well. The majority of those who vote infrequently or not at all our younger people. They also tended to be renters and are unmarried. Larry tomorrow, an important dead deadline looking for veterans looking to receive benefits under the pack act. It expands and fits to veterans exposed to burn pits, agent orange and other toxic substances. Nancy pelosi called it a game changer. Were there, you qualified. Larry vets and their families looking to receive backdated patent act benefits must apply by tomorrow. You can do so only department of Veterans Affairs website. Kristen anyone in class with the new school year upon us, teachers have to figure out a new lesson plan on how to deal with students using chatgtp for their schoolwork. Powering the grid owners may hold the key to preventing blackouts. And a business targeted in a new round of robberies in the east bay. Bob has returned, ill have the forecast fog has its to die for, and its all right here. Streaming was never this easy, you know. This is the way. Switch to gig internet on the xfinity 10g network made for streaming for just 25 a month when you add xfinity mobile. Could we turn down the volume . Here, you can try. Get way more into what youre into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. I suffer with Psoriatic Arthritis and psoriasis. I was on a journey for a really long time to find some relief. Cosentyx works for me. Cosentyx helps real people get real relief from the symptoms of Psoriatic Arthritis or psoriasis. Serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or lowered ability to fight them may occur. Tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to or if ibd symptoms develop or worsen. I move so much better because of cosentyx. Ask your rheumatologist about cosentyx. feel the power of osteo biflex®. Taken every day, its clinically shown to improve joint comfort in 7 days, with significant improvement over time. larry getting a better look at the issues facing minority students in the classroom, particularly those who are black. A poll shows voters dont think theyre doing enough, one of the leases that funding should target the lowest performing students, not those with the lowest income. It so important that we have unearthed that this notion that somehow by having policy limits focused on income as opposed to academic results is favorable to black students, is not something the voters actually believe is true. Larry one of the biggest issues that came out of the poll was absenteeism. 93 saw that as a major concern. Kristen heading back to school this year poses a new challenge for some students. Students using ai on assignments. Reporter rob hayes learned about educators concerns about the technology and why some say it could become a valuable learning tool. As kids return to teachers may be the ones trying to learn the most about student using artificial intelligence, ai. A High School Student could use it to write an english paper or ask it math problems. She says apps like c are going to be used by students. Its going to make it harder for some students to develop critical thinking. Requires learning and thought to come up with critical analysis and how to do these things. Surely there is a way to sniff out when students are using ai. Experts say there is one surefire way to detect when ai is being used. Bland, mediocre products with no original thought. Chatgtp doesnt have original thought. But can ai actually be a viable tool in our schools . Some teachers say can be, if it is used the right way. This is a resource. Lets not pretend it doesnt exist. But not everyone is sold on that idea. Thats absolutely the wrong answer. Thats where the analysis is someone elses. Hes worried that Plagiarism Detection Software is not able to accurately identify those using ai. It is leading to honest students being flagged for cheating when they are not. Then there is problem with ai accuracy. Is so overly trusted for such a ridiculously flawed system. But will ai destroy our schools, make our students lazy and uneducated, maybe even dom . The x the lesson have to start using ai so they can coach their kids on win and when not to use it. It may be easier to use ai, it is just not as interesting. Larry the oakland as investigating claims that fans were removed from the sweet level in the outfield bleachers. The chronicle reporting that a group of fans were escorted from the sweet level for wearing those green sell tshirts. One fan employee told him they had to leave because they were not allowed. The shirts are being used by fans who try to get hayes owner john fisher to sell the team to someone who would keep the club in oakland. The whole Cell Movement is taken off throughout all baseball. Basically the fisher name is being destroyed, and john fisher is the one who is destroying it. Kristen its such a clever tshirt campaign. I guess we should swimsuits because it is cooling down, right . I wouldnt sell them, i would just door them away for a few days, but right now we are enjoying this cool which has been significant. The marine vigorously and there is even an area of counterclockwise circulation which is assisting that onshore flow and of course the cooldown is apparent. 28 Miles Per Hour here francisco, 2022 mile per hour winds and gusts in other locations as well. Lets talk about that 24 hour temperature change. Its 21 degrees cooler in santa rosa than at this time yesterday, all around the bay area we have a significant cooldown. Blue sky over the bay bridge for my rooftop camera, 67 here in San Francisco, 80 in san jose, 76 and palo alto and 61 at half moon bay. Now to the golden gate where we see a lot of gray, 77 at santa rosa, 80 degrees in livermore. Another view of the deepening marine layer looking toward the golden gate. Fog and drizzle will overnight. The cooler pattern continues until friday and then we expect a return of summer heat over the weekend. Tonight, the expanding and deepening marine layer will push across the area and there will be a lot of drizzle near the coast and bay, some may work its way inland as well and it will be slow to evaporate back to the coast back midday to early afternoon tomorrow. Overnight lows will be in the mid to upper 50s, high tomorrow low 60s at the coast, low 70s around the bay shoreline. If you think about to the festival this weekend over at golden gate park, will have clouds and fog lingering into the midday hours and a cool day like today with a High Temperature in the city of about 63. Over the weekend the skies get sunnier, not so much of a murray marine influence. A little bit of morning fog but afternoons will be brighter and warmer with highs into the upper 60s over the weekend. Heres the accuweather 7day forecast. That cooldown that began today will be with us through friday. It starts warming up again but not very sharply on saturday. That might be a good day to take the swimsuits out of storage. Then sunday, monday and tuesday it will be sizzling inland with highs in the mid to upper 90s. And mid 60s on the coast. Larry suns out, guns out . Undermine it himself. Larry its a good time to roll to break. Can the solution to blackouts be parked in your garage . Pg e is planed to use electric vehicles to secure our states supply. Kristen and robot thats really taking the heat in an effort to keep us safe. I, the legal fight g just kristen its been said before, californias power grid will have to expand to meet the demand for more energy. An unconventional idea, using electric cars to send access power back to the grid to prevent blackouts. Its already being tested. Bidirectional charging already allows a few electric cars to seen energy from its battey battery to a home. Think of it as a backup home generator. The ford f1 50 lightning already has that capability and all General Motors electric vehicles are expected to follow. In a recent interview with good morning america, the gm ceo talked about gm leading the way in the ev industry. I have tremendous confidence in the strength of our brands and our customers and the loyalty that we have. But pg es ceo thinks the technology could go even further by also sending that excess power to the grid. Except that the interconnection is not there yet. Right now, today, there is no technology and no automobile manufacturer whose cars can actually send power beyond the home up into the grid. But that doesnt mean it wont eventually happen says kurt johnson of the climate center. There are grid projects going on globally. San diego has a Pilot Program with school buses using bidirectional barging that feeds into the grid at the end of the day. Its a gigantic, unharnessed, untapped power source that can be used. Most vehicles are sitting parked, unused, 95 of the time. Still, pg e has to come up with a Compensation Plan for those willing to plug into the grid. If its a good offer, i will approve it and confirm it and stuff like that. Would you do it for free . That is a negative. Senate bill 233 would eye direction charging mandatory for all new electric vehicles. Now the question is, how quickly can that electrical connection be up and running in any ordinary home to make vehicle to grid . . A reality lyanne melendez, abc7news. Kristen time for consumer news. Google has lost to get a privacy law set against it dismissed. Adjudged in oakland rejected googles bid to dismiss a lawsuit claiming it invaded the privacy of millions of people secretly tracking these peoples internet use. The proposed 5 billion classaction lawsuit claims that the mt. View company tracked their activity even after they set googles chrome browser to incognito mode. O google spokesperson said the Company Strongly disputes the plaintiffs claims. Forget prime day, amazon is once again holding two annual sales events. De retailer said today it will hold a prime daylight shopping event this fall. Amazon had prime sales events last year in july and october. Amazon is calling the fall sales event prime big deal days. Remember that, larry. Larry prime day wasnt good enough. It did not share which days it would be holding the next sales event. We will keep track and let you know. Netflix launch a new app on the apple i store they will soon allow subscribers to play games on their tvs. The app, dubbed netflix controller let you use your phone or tablet as a controller after pairing it with your tv. You can then play games available through netflix, for now it is not functional, and we dont know yet which games will be compatible. Netflix first began carrying games back in 2021 and now has more than 50 titles. This would triple that for sure. Larry its a brilliant strategy, to make it that you have to have netflix if youre playing these games. Allow you to play the game at the speed you like. Larry the police chief following an attack that led to a really large fight in alabama. A terrifying scene that was captured on tape. What we are learning about some of those involved in this. 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