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KOFY ABC7 News On KOFY 7PM October 24, 2017

Ago. Melanie woodrow with more on this story. The family got in touch with me friday night to say it looks like beth but doe may not make it. The family says she is not settling into any living arrangements as oak monday has set up all its 430 residence. Thats all we have is each other. 92yearold beth is in a hospital following the evacuation from villa capris two weeks ago before the facility burned down. I did not in my wildest dreams foresee shed be put through this kind of trauma this stage of her life. Sherry says her mom has open wounds on her body, a broken tooth and hip which doctors replaced this past friday. She said because he mom is byline, have difficulty hearing and has dplen sha she han been able to tell them how she got hurt neither did anyone from the staff. She estimated oakmont charged her 10 to 11,000 a month for her mothers care. My understanding we were paying for her to have everything she needed to be done. She said she hired a private care giver to be present 24 hours a day to be present for an additional 10,000 a month. She hired a private care giver to be present ten hours a day for an additional 10,000 a month, putting them close to 20,000. Men son says it was the private care giver, not Oakmont Senior Living who called her to tell about her the fire and evacuation. Oak monosenior living says all 430 of or residence are accounted for, safe and settling into any living arrangements. Their safety has been and would be our first priority. I dont now how they can say that. My mom is not settled into a new situation and because the condition shes in its turning out to be hard to place her anywhere else. The familys especially grateful to other resident families who they believe were instrumental in the evacuation. We are so happy that they stayed. I want this to never happen again in the future. Im still so glad to have you. I am still so glad to have you. The department of associate services is investigating the evacuation at two of oakmonts living, four bildtings on that property. If you have any information youd like d s s to consider in that investigation, well put instructions on our website along with the story for how you can contact the appropriate people at d s s to file a complain. It in newsroom, melanie woodrow, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news was in calistoga where a cal fire crew returned to the tubbs area where a fire may have restarted. Investigators treating it as a crime scene. Calistoga has two dozen investigators looking into all the north bay fires. Abc was in downtown santa rosa when speakers were speaking to remove debris. Think of all the things in the building, materials in your house and the pipes and wiring. This causes some concern. First and foremost we are not going to charge you for this cleanup. If you have insurance that has a clause for debris well be looking to collect. The Army Corp Engineers will lead the second phase. Itll remove and continue remo ash and continuing debris. It is believed some people might be able to begin rebuilding by next spring. If you want to donate clothes or your time, go to our abc at abc7news. Com. Today the bay area heated up bringing more fire danger. There is something going temporary fighters, the win. Lets get a check with spencer. Its going to be hotter tomorrow and quite dry. Heres a look at doppler 7. Right now as the sunsets a few clouds in the sky. 78 degrees in San Francisco. 80 in oakland and mountain view. Gill roar 86. 82 degrees stroez. Mid to upper 70s napa navarro. Liver more and concord. At 8 00 p. M. Well see temperatures in the low to mid70s. 70 degrees or above in many electronics. 70 on the coast at Half Moon Bay. Tomorrow starts at 7 00 with mild to warm conditions. Temperatures around 70 degrees. A look at the records that may fall tomorrow in a few minutes. Dan. Thanks a lot. Two people are dead and chp officer wounded in lake county. It happened in Clear Lake Oaks later this morning. Officers investigating several different crime scenes. Lonny live with details. Reporter yes, dan. Two of those crime scenes are here on this street. One is here, another one further down the street. Four people in all were shot. The suspect left and then fired shots at two gas stations before leading police on a chase. Lake county sheriffs deputy has this man, 61yearold Allan Ashmore in custody on homicide charges. Yellow tape closed off anchor village. It happened 11 30 in the morning. Two homicide victims killed behind me. I drove by and i saw the passenger window shot out. When i came out i saw the guy slummed over in the car. Reporter a chp officer responded to the shooting and was shot by the suspect too. The bullet hit his body armor. Then ashmore drove away. The suspect fled the area, went to a local gas station where there was another shooting with a civilian. Reporter shots were exchanged leaving a window shadow. Ashmore left this gas station and led them on a pursuit through Clear Lake Oaks. We have a total of seven crime scenes were working all together. Reporter the lake county they are ever says its been a long few weeks for this community. We just got over fire season that impacted this Community Within eye shot of where the fires were. This communitys been through quite a bit. Reporter and the sheriff says they have talked to ashmore, he is talk tifr. The sheriff could tell me they believe some of the people were targeted, others random. Ashmore faces a number of charges including two count of hmz, multiple accounts of assault with a firearm and they say he used several different types of gun, a shotgun and other handguns in his position. Reporting live in lake county, lonny rivera, abc 7 news. A deadly shooting that sporked a heating debate. Kate stein le was killed two years ago. The suspect is a undocumented man accused of entering the u. S. Illegally for the second time. Leann joins us with that story. Reporter at this point were past the stage of politics. What well be hearing in court is the word intent over and over again. Did he intentionally shoot stein le or was it an accident. The first person to take the stand was not able to answer that question. Today the first witness on the stand was kate stein les father who held back tears while le described the confusion around him while holding his daughter who had been shot. The prosecutor in this case picked up the gun that killed stein le. Jose pointed the gun at stein he and shot her while on pier 13. The charge is murder. What we need to show is he intended to fire that gun. Reporter stein le was with her father and friends and family. While no one saw him shoot the gun, prosecutors argued he had the gun with him all long and fired in the direction of stein le. The bullet ricochetted and traveling another 38 feet striking the 32yearold in the back. Seconds later he threw the gun in the bay, the prosecution argued says to get rid of the weapon. Garcia who was homeless at the time quickly walked away. He was found another hour near a pier. The gun had been stolen from a car belonging to a federal ranger 4 days before. Theres no evidence proving that garcia vat te has stolen it. His attorney gold the jury his client picked up the 40 caliber handgun under the claire where he was sitting wrapped in a cloth. The defers said he did not know he was firing a handgun when it went off. I said that could be an accidental shooting because of what he said to the camera team that interviewed him. I think ill make the case thats exactly what happened. Reporter the ranger whose gone was stolen will testify in the upcoming days. In San Francisco, leann melendez, abc 7 news. Shot spotters being installed but the upgrades doesnt stop there. Shaking, rattling and blasting this model bridge to make you safer. Details up next. A changing government policy put the mump anticipated vacation for more than 150 local residence in Police Searching for a gunman who shot an uber driver on the peninsula. The uber driver had just picked up two passengers on sfo while driving west. The driver was taken to the hospital and should be okay. Saturday night Police Say Two robbers shot an uber driver in San Francisco who was off the clock. And october 8th. Three people shot inside an uber car on i880 in oakland. So far no arrests. Another man in jail killing a plan with a baseball bat in oakland. Our patterns the east bay times also report the suspect and victim few each other. No names released. San jose taking a step to making its campus safer for students and staff. Abc 7 News Reporter janene is live on campus with more. Reporter dan, those metal boxes as they campus, and actually right behind me, one of those boxes which detects gun shots on that light poll. During center break wen theres not a lot of students on campus, police will shoot blanks to test the system. When crimes happen i always have i always have. I always have mikis out with my pepper spray. Reporter ten gunshot detection Devices Installed through campus. They use Artificial Intelligence to recognize gun shots and pinpoint the situation. If there was a running battle along those lines wed get notified immediately as oppose to waiting for someone to call in. Reporter the school is in the heart of downtown where shootings have occurred nearby. An area of concern has been the parking garages, some worry about theft and sexual assault. Its dark and nobodys ever Walking Around. As a woman, just Walking Around by myself, i mean theres people following me, people on the street. Reporter the university is now in the process of putting up surveillance cameras in all the garages. Cameras helps us multiply or force. Its a great tool for us friends forensically. It makes me nervous that they need them but i think its helpful they have them just in case. Most of the tools expected to go online early next year. An 18 month old is okay after being accidentally left inside a gun safe by her 3yearold brother. Santa clara tweeted out this area right horrere outside the home. The kids were in the care of a babysitter. The toddler spent 25 minutes inside before firefighters got her out. A Detection Agency blasted for pulling three over the signist from a meeting in climate change. Comments came after the epa blocked the scientist from speaking at the Congress Addressing the health of new englands estuary. Climb change effecting water temperatures, precipitation, sea levels and fish. Size mic underway all the way in canada. Abc 7 news anchor Christian Sze has footage involving the test of that bridge. The goaden gate bridge handles more than 100,000 crosses every day. Thats why this is going on right now in a canadian lab. This video is from the bridge district. You see the span being pounded by 100 Miles Per Hour winds. Its to ensure the real thing will do fine in a severe storm. The smoke blown on to the replica helps engineers get a visual on wind speeds. So these wind tunnel tests are critical as they allow our crews to build Access Platforms under the bridge. We feed to make sure theyre not creating too much drag on the bridge. Shoous talking about flat forms needed. Engineers want to make sure they can withstand the wind and not degrade the performance of the bridge. It is safe now, the north and south ends has been ret fitted and can withstand a 8. 3 quake. It will be stronger when the progress is done in five or six years. Christian sze, abc 7 news. Is it hot enough for you, if not wait until tomorrow. We have sunny and clear skies all across the bay area. A few clouds around. A live from from mount tam as the sky takes on an orange hue. Mainly clear, mild over night with record high temperatures tomorrow. Gradually cooler as we get into the midweek. Looking at temperatures racing from 7 on the coast at Half Moon Bay to 80 around the bay and oakland and hayward. Its still quite warm out. Heat flowing from the south, Southern California sizzling. 94 los angeles, 97 palm springs. A record high, 102 degrees in l. A. The hot area that right side down in the Desert Southwest and Southern California is flowing in that direction. P persistent but its going to got hotter here tomorrow. Over night look for clear skies and temperatures ranging from upper 50s to 60s. Tomorrow its sizzle time in the south bay. Highs around 90 degrees, 91, high san jose. 93 loss cat toes. Upper 80 river city. Pal toe alto 90. Low to mid80s from pacifica to Half Moon Bay. 84 degrees in south San Francisco. 91 pat low may. 93 stroez. 93 cloverdale. Highs in the midto upper 80s around oakland. 91 me san tonight, 92 liver more. Here a few tips over the next few days. Drink lots of wear. Wear lightweight clothing. Dont leave kids or pets inside cars. Take breaks in the shade if possible. Its going for warmer in most locations tomorrow than today. The warmth holds on on wednesday, the heat drops off a couple degrees. The cooling will be very very gradual until we get to the weekend. The cooling trend begins to feel like a cooling trend. Next monday well see how its reaching to the upper 70s around the bay. Also on that warning list dont leave friendly weather man outside. A lot more to come here on abc 7 news at 6 00. Reporter a school in sonoma got a breath of fresh the president promises his tax plan will not scale back americas 401 k s. Trump tweeted there will be no change to your 401 k . The wall street journal and New York Times reported the president s contributions to those retirement plans. It appears snap grossly overestimated how many people wanted their camera equip sun grasses, known as spectacle. The company has hundreds of thousands of them that have never been sold. That will appear to contradict comments this month that the app and target offering Free Shipping this holiday season. The deal will start next month on its website. Targets plans to offer new products. On wall street the dow and s p all wen down today. Where there is fire there is smoke. Last week the bay area saw some of its worse quality ever. Jonathan bloom has a look at a start up that helps provide some relief from that air. Reporter Sonoma Valley high school became an evacuation center. As much as we try to keep the doors closed you could see the smoke in the gym. Reporter english teacher veronica has asthma. These angels show up with these filters and say where can we set these up. They were a hand full of air and founded the company with his sister. We started this company because my father saw asthma as a problem and felt like current air filler wouldnt doing enough to improve the air quality. Reporter it also has a second filter thats activated by ultraviolet light inside. We used that chemical process to destroy the pollutants that are too small for a filter to capture. Reporter that means gases, vapors and particles that will slip throw is broken down. Pollutants migrate indoors and we dont have ways of getting them. We do have students with breathing issues. Reporter so molecule turned the loan into a donation. Today i can honestly say i havent smelled the smoke once while being inside. Reporter theyve donated molecules to local fire stations. We cant go anything for the fires but with can do something for the air people are breathing. In sonoma, jonathan bloom, abc 7 news. A Football Game tonight in the north bay and a return to normalcy for student forced out because of the wild fire. Plus i was very angry at the tone of his voice. The war of words continue between a president , a grieving widow and congresswoman. Demand for an apology. Anger over an will remember stststst i no longer live with the uncertainties of hep c. Wondering, what if . I let go of all those feelings. Because i am cured with harvoni. Harvoni is a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. Its been prescribed to more than a quarter million people. And is proven to cure up to 99 of patients who have had no prior treatment with 12 weeks. Certain patients can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. Before starting harvoni, your doctor will test to see if youve ever had hepatitis b, which may flare up and cause serious liver problems during and after harvoni treatment. Tell your doctor if youve ever had hepatitis b, a liver transplant, other liver or kidney problems, hiv or any other medical conditions and about all the medicines you take including herbal supplements. Taking amiodarone with harvoni can cause a serious slowing of your heart rate. Common side effects of harvoni include tiredness, headache and weakness. Ready to let go of hep c . Ask your hep c specialist about harvoni. To the latest now on the north bay wildfires. Today containment of the fire was pushed back two days to friday. Evacuees in parts of napa county in the area of mount vehiczero s allowed to return home. The wildfires burned nearly 254 square miles and destroyed more than 6700 structures. One high school in Sonoma County lost 19 classrooms and sports field in the fires. Despite the losses the fobl team at car dell knew man willin going for a win tonight. Katy live with the story. Reporter the real story here is about getting to the game and returning to normalcy. Cardinal neumanns j brk team is on the field right now. Many schools in the league are badly damaged by the north bay fires. Both schools here tonight had opponents pull out so coaches decided to play each other. The Cardinal Community not only lost part of the campus to the fire, 926 students lost homes. The team has been practicing trying to maintain normalcy. Six of varsity players lost their homes. Families and the School Administration are optimistic this is just the beginning of rebuilding. Its nice that they are back playing football, theyll be back in school tomorrow. Its kind of nice. Brings a routine back to my life. If all goes well and the site can be cleaned, we can be back in january on site for the second semester. We can bring in portables for the classrooms that we

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