Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20170914 : vimars

Transcripts For KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM 20170914

Speeches have had to be cancelled out of concerns for safety and security. Abc 7 News Reporter ashley joins us now with a look at the details. Laura. Reporter hi larry, the security measures for this event tomorrow are almost unprecedented. Heavy cement barricades where im standing. This road will be closed all day tomorrow. More high profile conservator speakers may be headed to berkeley. Well have far more Police Officers here and confronting anyone wearing a mask. Reporter uc berkeley Officials Say theyll be ready this time for any protests that might come with conservator speaker ben ship roe. Were implemented tools and we believe were going to have the pieces in place. Reporter the metal barricades tossed around in february will be replaced with ones made of concrete. The city of brkly will shut down berks croft way. Reporter theres still strong opposition to schapiros visit even though the conservative t. V. Writer himself is a target because of of his jewish heritage. If you go to the event you should walk out as soon as he speak and come out and speak against the rise of fascism. Its interesting they began to compel to protest ben schapiro. They called him a fascist, a jewish, New York Times best selling author a fascist. Reporter uc Officials Say the required contracts and security arrangements for that event have yet to be finalized. In berkeley, laura anthony, abc 7 news. A newly released poll released by berkeley finds mixed views. 40 of californias poll say weve gone too far and allowing White Nationalist groups to hold public case but 43 says the right to non strait should not be restricted. Today Supervisors Committee and past allegelation that will require rental company to hide signage such as bar codes on their care cars, vick live with the story. Reporter this piece of legislation passed in committee as you said here at city hall today, that falls right in line where police chief William Scott wants to tackle car break ins. His policy, enforcement is important but prevention is smart. Within our area theres been car break ins, you can just walk the street and see broken glass all over. Were seeing suspects who are organized, there are multiple groups, its almost like its the crime of the day. Reporter the crime car burglaries and epidemi. So far this year more than 17,000 cars have been broken into. Some 3,000 more than the time last year, and the thieves are getting bolder. Richie hat mote is with the car association. Break in the car, take whatever and leave. Rentals are the car of choice, theyre easy to spot because of the signage, specifically the bar codes on the side windows. The supervisor would require rental companies to hide the bar koeds. Heres the sample, theyre smaller and placed on the corner of the windshield. If its smaller and put in the front its almost more difficult. Reporter resistance from rental companies on the cost of implementing the new led to the compromise. Brian with enterprise rental cars says theyll comply with the new regulation even though its costly. The bill goes to the full board of the supervisors next week. Vickly, abc 7 news. Wild weather continues, it was coming down and coming down heavy in walnut creek and Pleasant Hill this morning. This was video from highway 24 and just after 7 00 a. M. Within hours wind picked up and road dried out. That same system created this incredible site in tahoe. Its a water spout, the whether service issued a Tornado Warning for the area ideal 5 00 this evening. No reports of damages or images. Meteorologist drew truman is in for spencer. Are things still dangerous in the area . They still have thunderstorms in the region. What a sight that was. Doppler 7 showing you in the past 30 minutes, 180 lightning strikes. Theres that report of a water spout from north lake tahoe condition confirmed moving over lake tahoe. Back here at home, its about the cooler air that has finally arrived and soon well finally get rid of the humidity. Well talk about the changes headed our way. Thank you so much drew. And youre looking at what International Guard pilots see when they help crews battle wildfire in california. The National Guard provided this video to us, captured yesterday during the aerial fight in the national forest. That fires burned more than 47 square miles, and the area nearly the size of San Francisco, since breaking out late last month. The fire sparked by lightning in the hillside should be contained tomorrow. 30 contained after burning 50 acres of san matteo area. No homes threatened. Kings county road is closed because of the fire. Age 18, that remans the threshold for californians to vote. A constitutional amendment to lower the age to 17 did not get the super majority it needed to pass the assembly yesterday. The goal was to try to increase voter turn out among young people. In the 2014 general election only 8 of voters, age 18 to 24 past ballots. A land mark bill requires manufacturers to list cleaning ingredients have passed the legislation and now on governor browns desk. This is a battle thats been going on with consumer groups demanding to though whats in cleaning products we use in our homes, schools and businesses. This requires ingredients to be listed on the label in 2021. All chemicals must be disclosed. Its up to the governor to decide whether to make it law. After years of looking for new stadiums with proposals in oakland, freemont falling apart, the Oakland Raiders have a new place in mind. Lain any college. Drone view 7 gives us a view of the area. Theres a lot of challenges to overcome before the spring of 2023. News anchor eric thomas live with the details. Reporter back there behind me Community College just cut ground there, thats the site of te proposed new 34,000 seat intimidate knew stadium. They dont own the land and no offer to buy it, the hard work is just beginning now. Now that the team has chosen this property between 8 street and ia80 for a ballpark, the next step is to require it from the owner, the college district. They absolutely have to quince peralta that this is a land deal that its wants to engage in. Reporter peralta says they knew this was a possible. It is an idea. Reporter the site across the street from lain any college beat out a site in Jackson Square and another that would have been across from the existing coliseum. Its walkable downtown, a location that has an amazing view of the oakland hills, the downtown skyline. I think the great whether of that location too. All these factors made it a perfect place. Reporter the city of oakland and business groups on board happy to keep the team in town. Residence fear the location could be bad for business and quality life. This is still public land and still an area for the community. Youre moving into a neighborhood that is already deeply impacted. And really, look at other places and other options. Reporter the as would finance the stadium themselves and if all go to plan theyd spend the next year getting permits and break ground in 2021. Redwood city would need a new police chief. The current chief would retire shortly before christmas. J. R. Gamez has been with the department for six years. Hi retirement is due to an existing medical condition. Gamez wrote, quote my time in the city would be the most rewarding in my career. He served for 33 years. Abc 7 News Reporter dan with a preview of a story that we have coming up at 11 00 tonight. The team has obtained access to thousands of pieces of evidence, some never made public. We talked to investigators who worked the case. The first person you focus at in a homicide investigator is the person thats close to the victim and the last person whose seen the victim. We got both of those from scott. Broke the story of their affair scott admitted some of the lies. I have lied to you she disappeared just before christmas. Are you lrng . I am. You came to me in decembr and told me that youd lost your wife. What was that about . Now Scott Peterson has filed what could be his last appeal of his double murder conviction. Tonight at 11 00 youll see some of the evidence that broke open the place wide open and put peterson on death row. Tonight at 11 00. And a lot of materials new. Thats right. In oakland, sprawled across columns a poem stop people in their tracks. Meant to solve a mystery created another one all its own. Next a mans effort to help the victims of Hurricane Harvey takes on a life of its own. Its time for the big reveal. Its time for the big reveal. New gaj at at t, we believe in access. Its time for the big reveal. New gaj 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 at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. Take a look at this, this is what it looks like in cudjoe, key, according to fema, 90 of the homes in the keys suffered damage from irma. A criminal investigation is under way in hollywood, florida after some people died in a nursing home. The power there was out. More than 100 other people were evacuated from the home. We all have elderly people in stipulate facilities and we know that we dplend on those people in facilities to care for our vulnerable Elderly Population and its sad when Something Like this goes on. The death toll from irma in the u. S. Is now 30 in florida, georgia and south carolina. More than 3 Million People in florida are still without power. Crews there in florida helping restore the power. One of their spokespeople tweeted out this video showing piles of transformer and stacks of wiring. This could be dangerous work. Look at what they spotted, an alligator sitting very still in the water, very quiet. Something they dont usually encounter here in california. Thats it right there in the middle waiting to jump out. First responders in bay area ready to help irma victims. Drone video of their air force space in expenpensacola. The task force brought more than 60,000 pounds of search and rescue equipment along with five search dogs. Nearly three weeks after Hurricane Harvey, lots of parts in texas, houston paid tribute to a fallen officer today. Sergeant steve perez who drowned while on his way to work. Hes among 75 pier who died. Floodwaters are gone but most people face mold and disease carrying mosquitos. Harveys damage estimate is at 75 billion and climbing. Public works Officials Say debris removal will take more than six months. Its a much longer process than people think. We wish we had a big vacuum to suck it up quickly. Were learning about the tremendous impact of the heroism of emergency workers and strangers alike. More than 122,000 people were rescued or evacuated. San francisco students driver to help Hurricane Harvey victim is kicking into high gear thanks to generous residence and abc 7 news viewers. Kristin here with the push right now to get help applied to houston. Harvey victims are desperate for basic necessities. So many houston areas were flooded and people lost everything. To meet their daytoday means student organized what was supposed to be a organize yesterday. They decided to continue it today. And they just stopped clektding and theyre leaving now for texas with a truck full of donated goods. Student body boss ra whose dad moved here from india and started his own Trucking Company and hes supplying his trucks. He feels like its his duty to give back. Heres some of the items, new underwear and socks, hygiene products, blanketing, first aid kids and if youre looking for ways to help victims of Hurricane Irma or ha visit we have more information on our website, abc news. Com. Listen to usher there. More than 44 million have been raced last night for hand and hand benefit to support hurricane victims. Dozens of stars came out to sing and tell stories and plead for support during the one hour telethon. The money will help people in florida and texas. The latest on our forecast. Changing and cooler. Meteorologist drew is here with the forecast. Irma got rid of the heat today and tomorrow well get rid of this muggy humidity. The air mass is going to dry out, its really beginning to feel comfortable tomorrow afternoon. The sun is setting earlier and earlier. Look at our sunset tracker tonight. The sun will go down at 7 20 p. M. In the evening one day from october. Our sunset at act in the evening, so the days are getting shorter and shorter heading towards the winster solstice. Here locally, whats causing the cool mass the marine layer had returned. Folks in the south are seeing a fair am of sun shine. Were continuing to track the Thunder Showers around lake to tahoe. These Thunder Showers are driven by the daytime heating. As the sunset theyre going to diminish. Back here at home, i think a lot of folks like todays temperatures, 60s and 70s right now. 76 in san jose, 66 in nevada. 69 in oakland. Daniel checking in at 70 degrees. See this little spin here, theres an area of low pressure responsible for the Early Morning Thunder Showers here locally, now its responsible for firing up the Thunder Showers in see sierra. Over night tonight though, going to hang on to at lot of the cloud cover. Coastal drizzle developing mid to upper 60s. Bay waters upper 50s to lower 60s. Hour by hour, its a day of transition. In the morning theres a lot of cloud cover, its going to feel humid out. By the day well see the skies clear out, the clouds pull back. By 4 00 the humidity is lower and a lot of 70s popping up around the bay. Highs on this thursday, enjoy this picture perfect low humidity. 66 San Francisco, 70 oakland. 77 san jose, santa rosa 79. The next seven days, morning drizzle human, the sun get out of here by the afternoon. Friday forecast, turning warm over the weekend. The human will check in early next week. It feel like late fall around here and that officially arrives next thursday. No 90s . No 90s. Thank you drew. Thanks drew. If the next paycheck cant come soon enoug i will never never wash my hair again now, i fuel it pantene is the first shampoo and conditioner system with active prov nutrient blends that fuel 100 stronger hair. Because strong is beautiful. Are you taking the tissue test . Yep, and my teeth are yellow. Time for whitestrips. Crest whitestrips whiten. 25x better than a leading whitening toothpaste. Nice smile thanks i crushed the tissue test. Crest. Healthy, beautiful smiles for life. New ground for netflix leaving today business area. Netflix will create an original series if polish. The series have a polish producer and has directed several many shows. Netflix have had quarters in loss cat toes. Offering Movie Services in 190 countries. Target thinks its going to be a busy shopping season. Plans to hire 100,000 Seasonal Workers this year. If you happen to be interested apply online. Target also plans to hold hiring events at its stores next month. More and more californians find it harder to pay their bills. The u. S. Census bureau found california has the highest poverty rate, that works out to 8 Million People state wide. Housing costs increase faster than most of peoples earnings so a lot of families are becoming squeezed. Over half of renters in our state are housing cost burdened, they spend over 30 of their income in rent. State law makers expected to vote on a series of housing bills before friday. Its to ease the Financial Burdens faced by californians. Water not safe to drink in parts of alameda. Bottled water required there. Hear what needs to change to make the tap water safe again. Its not Just Middle School student going to class, east bay campus is hosting a new class from dads. Im wayne freedmon in oakland, youre looking at a poling about the ghostship in live where you live, this is abc 7 news. It kind of epitomizes a lot of things in oakland. The e pit my of oak land was briefly found right here. It took the form of many words written across the columns that make up the perg la. Abc 7 reporter wayne freedmon explain the story. Reporter if oakland believers in the power of words it may have a kwaunry. Until recently that had been a memorial of the victims of the fire is gone. Now its been replaced by that quandary of words. Madness needs no logic. Hatred needs no logic. Art need to logic, love needs to logic. Dear oakland chose live. I was wondering if it was a stream of consciousness or it was crafted beforehand. Reporter the word appears sometime lastweek, name of the poet unknown. Words filled with words describing the ghost ship fire and the memorial that used to be here. This afternoon another visitor. Its graffiti says this employer. I dont consider this graffiti. Reporter yet in one minute rephotographed him wiping the words from several columns. By the time we caught him on video he was walking away. Later he showed us his printed orders. To be fair mayor libbys office say she had nothing to do with giving such orders. They came from public works in response to a public complaint. In the meantime back inside the symbolism of oaklands issue with this fire and the whitewashing of these words seemed unavoidable. Gut feel g is they dont care. This speaks to a lot of issues in oakland. I cant decide whether or not its a covering up or letting go. Reporter call it another case of art being in the eye of the beholder, whats left of that art anyway. In Oakland Wayne freedmon, abc 7 news. And if you want to read the whole poe wem its pos

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