A very high powered vacuum thats able to facilitate removing debris quicker than if we had to do it by hand. They also used plywood to disperse weight and ensure the sides of the area within a confined space. Rescuers were working by noon with the help of paramedics and cassie, a human search and rescue detection canine. It became clear it would be a recovery mission. This person was trapped under a lot of weight with no oxygen for over two hours. Public works spokesperson Rachel Gordon says the project was a San FranciscoPublic Utilities commission sewer upgrade project being managed by San Francisco public works. The individual trapped was a private contractor. She did not know the name of the contracting company. Well be here as long as we have to be here. We want to make sure that we know exactly what happened. We want to make sure that Something Like this doesnt happen again. We never want a construction accident. Safety is our number one priority. The medical examiner arrived on scene to remove the contractors body with the investigation into how this happened. Ongoing including by cal osha. This afternoon, mayor london breed visited the area to look at the trench collapse. Family, of course, is clearly very distraught and sad, very tragic situation. Mayor breed saying that she spoke to those family members personally also that the city had provided grief counselors here where the trench collapse happened and was doing all that it could to help in San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc seven news and karina and melanie cover the rescue and Recovery Efforts live on the abc. Seven news live stream. We let you know about it by sending out this push alert through the abc seven bay area app. Download the app now so that youll be in the know about whats going on as it happens in oakland. Homicide suspect is in custody after a lengthy car chase and crash. The pursuit came to an end in San Francisco at third and howard it began in oakland when Police Say Officers spotted the suspect driving erratically. Investigators say the suspect sped away when officers tried to pull over the vehicle. The pursuit ended when the driver crashed near the mosconi center. Police say after the crash, the driver tried to get away on foot but was quickly caught. Oakland police say they arrested ten people and confiscated a dozen weapons during a sting operation earlier this week on grand avenue near qingtao praised the department for the crime crackdown. Were not waiting until we have a Permanent Police chief. Were not waiting until we have a Permanent Department of violence, violence prevention chief. We are moving forward so that we protect the citizens, the businesses and our communities here in our city. This particular group of individuals is have been involved in a series of carjackings, armed robberies, auto burglaries, and have a history of engaging in these crimes throughout the bay area. Police say nine people are facing charges and charges are pending against a 10th person who is under the age of 18. A petition to recall Alameda CountyDistrict Attorney pamela price has the go ahead to move forward. The registrar of voters approved it today, which means the organizers have five months to collect nearly 75,000 valid signatures if they hit that number. The recall can then be put on the ballot. Price took office in january after running as a progressive prosecutor seeking to reform the criminal justice system. Her critics have accused her of being too soft on crime within just months of her taking office. The suspected killer in a cold case dating back to 1987 made his first appearance in court today in solano county. Heres a look at the victim, six year old Jeremy Stoner. His family was in the courtroom as the suspect was brought in. Abc7 News Reporter ansar hassan has details on what happens next at this is hard for me. Karen tabler came out of Court Thursday afternoon after seeing the man accused of killing her then six year old son in 1987. Fred kane, whos in custody in solano county, was brought in for his arraignment. But instead of entering a plea, he was assigned a public defender with a hearing to continue in two weeks. I dont know if its relief or yeah, its not feeling good, thats for sure. Its hard to be in that same room. Yeah. Yeah. After the hearing, the family met with the solano County District attorneys office. Well i dont think you ever really get closure. Ive been around a long time. Havent ever seen families get true closure. But i feel like itll be some comfort that someone will be held responsible. In 1987, six year old Jeremy Stoner was abducted outside of his home in vallejo. Sean melton was arrested and charged with the murder, but two jury trials ended with no verdict. The judge dismissed the case, but was recently reopened because of new dna evidence. Prosecutors say that evidence links the murder to fred kane. They started looking into this case because, you know, id really never been solved. The person that was put on trial, there is no verdict reached. And they thought it was better to look into this case again. Sean melton died in 2000 but was exonerated by the dna evidence case. Kane is also a suspect in the 1987 fatal stabbing of nine year old eric coy in martinez. Kane is charged in the stoner case with murder, with special circumstances, with respect to kidnaping and a lewd act on a child. Though the das office admits challenges remain on witnesses, memories fade. You know, we hope we can still put together all the physical evidence, hopefully all the witnesses are available. But weve done our Due Diligence and we believe that well be able to proceed. And kane will be back in court in october in fairfield. On hassan abc seven news. The founder of ftx, a failed cryptocurrency company, will remain in jail throughout his trial. Its the third time attorneys for Sam Bankmanfried lost a request to have him released. Once ranked among the richest people in the world, the son of two stanford professors was arrested on wire fraud securities fraud and money laundering. He pleaded not guilty in august. Jury selection begins on tuesday. Now to the work to build a better bay area. Public safety was one of the top issues discussed by city leaders this afternoon at San Francisco. So from the Drug Overdose crisis to Armed Security guards and gun violence, abc7 News ReporterTara Campbell is been listening to the meeting throughout the afternoon. She joins us live in the newsroom with her takeaways. Tara, what stood out to you . Yeah, julian. Well, Traffic Safety was among the many concerns this afternoon. A recent report showing citations dropping drastically over the past several years. This as the number of pedestrians being killed is on the rise. And today, supervisors wanted answers. San francisco supervisors want answers from the Police Traffic citations plummeting and pedestrian fatalities on the rise. The Public Safety committee taking up the issue thursday led by supervisor rafael mandelman, the supervisor sending a letter of inquiry to the Police Department after it reported a 97 drop in traffic citations in eight years. I would like for us to get closer to a plan to actually have more traffic enforcement, the Police Department pointing to its Staffing Shortage as a key part of the problem because we have less people overall in the department. Those resources at the Traffic Company are being pulled in different direction as police also pointing to policy, upping the amount of paperwork that comes along with a citation. Also warning the citation count doesnt tell the whole story. There is this pool of stops that are happening that arent resulting in citations, but they are in fact traffic stops and an effort for educational enforcement to change peoples behavior, make the streets safer. The supervisor making a push for a plan. I think in the First Quarter of next year, we should definitely have our feet underneath us and be able to have assessed the situation in enough to put measures into place in the form of a plan. And the Drug Overdose crisis dominated a good part of todays meeting. District attorney Brooke Jenkins making an appearance calling out the courts case, saying of the more than 200 motions to detain drug dealers, only a fraction have been held in custody. Weve only had 19 of those motions granted to date, which means we still have most of these drug dealers back out on the street selling the same poison. We have to, as a city, make that a focus. Is that just like we wouldnt allow someone who shoots a gun to cycle back out onto the street immediately . We cannot allow those who are selling death to do so either. Now the da also doubled down on investigator overdose deaths, saying her office is ready to charge drug dealers with murder. Julian and karina, that would certainly be a big change. Tara campbell live for us in the newsroom. Thank you so much. And we want you to be able to get the true picture of Public Safety in your area. Our abc7 news neighborhood safety tracker shows you a wide range of statistics for San Francisco, oakland and san jose. Youll find that on our website abc7 news. Com. Com this giant firefighting helicopter has been a big asset to cal fire this year. So why is it taking off for the season tonight . 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Abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard is in santa rosa to explain why. Yeah this could be a real milestone for this years fire season. Its almost Departure Time for this giant firefighting helicopter. You see here this sky crane is taking off for the season tonight along with another chopper in napa. Cal fire says the contract is up and this years fire season has not been that bad, but its not over yet when it comes to battling wildfires, no other firefighting helicopter can beat the sikorsky skycrane. Its a great asset, especially with the capacity and the turnaround times getting to the fire from the dip sites and where they can dip lots of lakes, rivers, streams, the mega chopper station at the Santa Rosa Cal fire air base can carry more than 2000 gallons of water and replenish tanks in under a minute. Equally impressive is this military grade chinook helitanker based in napa county. It can dump 2800 gallons of water on a wildfire. The cal fire says this summer the choppers responded to a combined 121 incidents, mostly vegetation fires. But now the states lease contract on both aircraft is ending for the season. This specific aircraft is on a 90 day contract. Today is the end of contract. We asked why, when october is historically a dangerous month for wildfires across the bay area. Its been fairly slow, you know, with the late with the wet winter. It started off slow. So were still not totally out of the woods, but its been a slower season. The chief says theres been just one red flag fire warning this season. Cal fire says it remains at peak staffing to fight wildfires with 16 air bases across northern california. We do have bases set up, so we have aerial resources able to respond anywhere within 20 minutes of the state. These mega choppers may be lifting off for the season, but cal fire says theyll return here if theyre needed this fall. We absolutely have the option to bring them back onto contract. But for now, cal fire is confident it can do without the choppers. This season on this guy craig. Behind me is heading back to its base in yuba city, then to the east coast to do some construction work. It is unclear if the choppers will return next fire season. Well see in santa rosa, cornell, bernard, abc seven news. Yeah, some good news there for this fire season and hopefully it lasts, right . Yeah. And theres even some raindrops in the forecast now. Were checking in with abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel. Hey sandhya. Hi there. Yeah. And julian and karina, you know the good news about any rain that we get around this time of year, is it just adds moisture to the fuels, which helps to reduce our fire danger. So at this point, well take anything we can get. And we do have some rain coming. Good evening to all of you. Lets take a look at at live doppler seven right now. The storm track, you will notice, is in the Pacific Northwest and thats where its going to stay for the time being. But thats going to change come this weekend. Were going to bring in the opportunity for some wet weather. A live view from our san jose camera. Enjoy the sun while it lasts. Heres a look at those temperatures. 76 in san jose, 66 in San Francisco, oakland, youre at 69, mid 70s for palo alto and 61 in half moon bay. A lovely view from our Oakland Airport camera. You can see just Clear Conditions right now. Temperatures in the mid to upper 70s from napa to santa rosa, low 80s. Fairfield, concord, 76 in livermore by the way, while most areas were between 60s to 80s fairfield hit 90 degrees today. So most areas in the bay area were about seasonal, but fairfield above average Golden Gate Bridge camera showing you a gentle breeze and bright skies increase in clouds, windy and cooler. Tomorrow much cooler for your saturday. Were going to bring in some scattered showers and sunny and much warmer weather is coming your way next week. Tomorrow morning, only a few patches of fog. Temperatures in the 50s, a few high clouds as well. Itll be breezy to gusty along the coastline. And then you will notice those temperatures coming down. Not quite as warm as today. Mid 60s to low 80s. Still pleasant for your friday, but the cloud cover will be pretty much increasing throughout the day. Cant rule out a couple of sprinkles later on at night, but the winds will be picking up tomorrow, getting gustier by the afternoon hours. Those onshore winds will continue in the evening and thats going to bring us the cooler air level one storm system. On our exclusive abc seven news storm impact scale comes in saturday. It brings us scattered showers which will certainly create slick roadways for any of your weekend plans. So be aware of that, those gusty winds and a slight possibility of thunder. Heres the system thats going to drop down. That trough is going to deepen over california. And as it does, itll drive some moisture into the region, bring much cooler air, thats for sure. So lets start your animation saturday morning, 3 a. M. You will notice some pockets of heavier showers there in the northern part of our viewing area, scattered lighter showers elsewhere. Those showers will continue to be scattered in nature. At 7 a. M. In the afternoon and evening, we have another batch coming right through here. And then by the Early Morning hours, wee hours of sunday, its all gone and the clouds start to clear from north to south. Rainfall estimates will be anywhere from a few hundredths of an inch to about a quarter of an inch. But there will be some spots such as clear lake, possibly fairfield, that may pick up more than that. So stay tuned. I do want to show you the snowfall potential in the sierra above 8000ft. So not at lake level. Lake level, youre getting rain. Theres a possibility of a few inches of snow this weekend. Heres a look at the accuweather seven day forecast it and its a cooler windier day tomorrow but still nice dropping those temperatures look at inland highs going from low 80s to low 70 at best. So saturday is one of t