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KGO ABC7 News 400PM June 27, 2017

Tape circling the abandoned shoreline. Its mother nature, i guess. I dont know if theres anything they can do to alleviate it or not. Reporter actually, there is something the east Bay Regional Parks district is going to try. At the end of this week or early next week, we might be using a product to destroy the bluegreen algae cells. Its Like Hydrogen peroxide. Reporter if it works, this beach could reopen in a few weeks despite the rains and runoff, the algae reappeared. If the bloom continues, it could be closed all summer just like it was last year. At lake temescal, Leslie Brinkley, abc7 news. Happening now, firefighters in marin county are attacking a fire thats burned nearly 40 acres near kent lake. No homes are threatened by the pine fire and no injuries have yet been reported. Cal fire crews are dropping fire retardant and using water from the lake. The fire is about 75 contained. Investigators are trying to figure it what sparked it. Marin county fire says it expects full containment around 6 00 tonight. Its been quite windy around the bay today, probably doesnt help. Spencer has a look at the forecast. It hasnt been hot today but it has been breezy. Heres a look at breezes, we are going to give you a look at the gusts over the next 24 hours in the general area of the fire. Weve seen the 10 to 12mileperhour gusts in the last couple hours in that area. Well see the gusts tapering off to under 10 Miles Per Hour in the north bay hills during the overnight hours and then the gusts will increase again tomorrow afternoon. Right now were looking at live doppler 7. You can see we have a bit of fog near the coast, its cooler than average and during the nighttime hours, well see the gusts that are currently pretty strong generally across the bay area, temperatures at 9 00 tonight will be may belieinly in the mi and then Early Morning hours, dropping to low 50s so its going to be chilly with widespread fog so the day gets off to cool, breezy and kind of foggy start but it wont remain that way. Ill show you the warmup coming our way in just a few minutes. Theres a new Development Today in the cases of a missing San Francisco uber driver. His family is addressing rumors of a possible motive. On sunday, police say they may have found the body inside a hayward warehouse where the main person of interest worked for 20 years. Melanie woodrow is live in San Franciscos financial district with more. Reporter well, ama, that person of interest is family friend bob tang, San Francisco police say they believe he has fled to cambodia and now missing man piseths cousin is addressing mo addressing rumors. Why . His family wants answers. He has been missing since mothers day. His close family friend is a person of interest in his disappearance. Tang is also missing. San Francisco Police say they believe he fled to cambodia. Then weekend, a gruesome discovery at this hayward warehouse where tang worked to 20 years. Bags of human remains. Dna testing is underway. People are starting to rumor about the relationship of bobs wife with my cousin might have been romantic, which thats not true. Thats not confirmed by the police. Reporter the two families have been friends for years. Bobs wife is pretty much literally besties with, you know, my cousins wife. Reporter but chies wife says she hasnt spoken with tangs wife since the week her husband disappeared. Once tang disappeared as well, the lines of communication stopped. Do you think she might have some information that would be helpful to your family . I dont know. Im not exactly sure what the relationship is like between her and her husband to determine whether she knows any sort of information that would be helpful regarding this case. I mean, i would assume so. Reporter chie says shes olding out hope. She also has a message for tangs friends and family. If you know where bob is, let us know so that we can talk to him. Reporter investigators want to speak with him as well. In San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. An uber driver in los angeles has been charged with raping a passenger. Police say alari spens picked up a woman. The victim says she was drunk and unconscious when spence drove her to a hotel and raped her. A San Francisco public defender says hes forming a new unit to help prevent Racial Disparities in the citys judicial system. The conclusion of a report he released today shows that africanamericans receive more serious charges when theyre arrested than caucasians. Vic lee has the story. Im still afraid to walk the streets of San Francisco to go to my appointments and im just nervous the police might take me and hurt me again. Reporter Leslie Elliot was charged with assault with a Deadly Weapon and other felonies in an incident where elliot says she accidentally spilled coffee on a woman who told police she assaulted her and her dog. A jury eventually acquitted her of all charges except for resisting arrest, a misdemeanor. Public defender jeff hidachi says elliot is an example of what the report found, that there are Racial Disparities in San Franciscos judicial system. The report it all starts from the time a person of color is arrested. And it results in people of color, particularly africanamericans, being charged with more serious charges earlier on and more charges. And essentially, that sets the tone for the entire case throughout the system. Reporter in response to the report, hidachi is creating a new unit comprised of deputy public defenders who will intervene between the arrest and arraignment of those taken into custody. The d. A. s office says it looks only at facts and evidence in making charging decisions. Theyre reviewing the evidence that is presented from the police and that does not include evidence of race. Reporter the report appears to support that, saying there were no significant statistical differences in the severity of charges prosecutors added for blacks or latinos compared to whites. The sfpd responded with a statement that says, in part, our officers charge individuals based on the elements of the crimes present. The standard for an arrest is based upon probable cause. Hidachis new unit will be launched in october. Vic lee, abc7 news. Low wage workers in the bay area are about to get a hefty pay raise. Abc7 news was on San Franciscos market streets as Community Activists handed out flyers to inform workers about a minimum wage increase. Starting this saturday, july 1, the minimum wage in San Francisco will go up by 1 from 13 to 14 an hour. Activists who fought for the raise say its just a start towards a livable wage. 14 is actually still not enough for many working class communities, and that many people still cant afford to live at 14 an hour in San Francisco. San francisco workers are in for another increase next year when the minimum wage will jump by another 1 to is a dollars an hour. Now heres a look at the minimum wage increases around the bay area. In San Francisco, the pay will go up to 14 on saturday. Emeryville will go up to the same amount. For companies with more than 56 employees in emeryville, minimum wage will go up to 15. 20 an hour. In san jose, it will go up to 12 from 10. 50. San leandro will also increase minimum wages to 12 an hour and milpitas will go up to 11 an hour. California statewide minimum wage will remain at 10. 50 an hour. Today, Governor Brown signed a state budget with increased funding for education and social services. It includes 3 billion more for k12 schools and community colleges. Those on medical will get improved coverage. The San Francisco board of supervisors has just finalized its ban on flavored tobacco products. The board met today to approve the measure. It prohibits the sale of menthol cigarettes, flaifrd chew or flavored liquid for ecigarettes. Todays vote finalized the ban but it wont take effect until next april. Supporters say flavored tobacco hooks users and targets teens and minority communities. Opponents argue the ban will cost Small Businesses millions of dollars. Abc7 news was at San Francisco city hall as koz dodof people rallied against the use of marijuana. The plan wants to restrict cannabis shops. Theyre targeting a proposed medicinal pot dispensary. Theyre concerned the business would be too close to a school and a church. They actually violate the current law which states that they cant be opened within 1,000 feet of cools and churches and preschools do have students coming in and out. The group cites data from colorado that says recreational pot clubs there have increased addiction there. Other studies have shown those increases to be marginal. A crackdown on b. A. R. T. , whats been done to stop fare evaders and after years, a promise finally kept. The Security Solution that could help crack down on criminals. Plus i still wonder where all that money goes. Get ready to pay more to cross the Golden Gate Bridge. Tolls are going up again. And later, a controversial proposal to drastically increase the cost of parking in the heart of silicon valley. And taking you outside right now, for a look at traffic on the san mateo bridge, volume picking up but folks seem to be b. A. R. T. Has reached a security milestone. It was over a year ago that abc7 news reported that many security cameras on b. A. R. T. Trains were fake. B. A. R. T. Then promised to put real cameras in and now the Transit Agency says its fitting the last train with its cameras this week. Meanwhile, a b. A. R. T. Advisory committee on security met today. Some members are concerned about how successful a crackdown on fare evaders might be since state law forbids minors from being arrested for that crime. Its unfair, you could say, that some people pay a fare and some people dont. The Committee Chair believes at some point b. A. R. T. Will have to choose between limiting the far evasion crackdown or pushing back against sacramento lawmakers. A big change for those of you who regularly drive the Golden Gate Bridge. In just a few days, youll once again pay more to make the trip. Abc7 News Reporter amy hld has details. Reporter its becoming parts of the july fourth tradition. This is the fourth year in a trou Golden Gate Bridge toll has increased by 25 cents. We have a fifth increase coming next year. The board decided on these toll increases. They have customers wondering what theyre paying for. The increase on the golden stat state, i wonder where all that money goes. I think its excessive due to the fact that theyre not doing anything thats showing me what theyre using it for. The bring is still red. I mean, and theyve got the movable barrier. Reporter the bridge isnt stateowned like other bridges are so a district spokesperson points out the golden gate relies on tolls and fares and some grants to pay for maintenance and operations for the bridge, buses, and ferries and also for any projects like the new suicide barrier. Some drivers say 25 extra cents seems fair. I dont have a problem with that. That bridge is expensive to maintain. 25 cents is very easy. I think its the next raises that people are going to think about carefully. Reporter she is right to look ahead. Next years 25cent increase is the last one scheduled but Officials Say its not going to be enough. Theyre going to need more money so theyre going to have to look at future toll increases to keep up with the cost of doing business. In San Francisco, amy holly hol field, abc7 news. If you think Northern California drivers are the worst, you might actually be right. Sacramento drivers ranked the worst in the nation according to a new report. Other california cities on the list include san diego, los angeles, and the bay area came in 13th. The best drivers in the nation, according to the study, are in detroit. Accidents, speeding tickets, duis and citations were all factors in the rankings. Google says it may ae peel a record fine by the european union. Its a result of a sevenyear investigation by antitrust regulators into the Google Online shopping service. The companys being penalized for breaching European Competition rules. Google has abused its market dominance in its Search Engine by promoting its own shopping Comparison Service in its search results and demoting its competitors. What google has done is illegal. Google maintains its sponsored ads make it easier for consumers to find exactly what they want. Well, facebook reached a new milestone today, facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announce on the this Facebook Page that the social media website now has more than 2 billion users. And as the Menlo Park Company marks its growth, its pledging to do more to crack down on hate speech. Kristen sze is here with details. Facebook revealed for the first two months its i should say for the last two months its been deleting 66,000 posts a week because of content it considers hate speech. At the Facebook Community summit last week in chicago, ceo marquiMark Zuckerberg pledged to bring the world closer together. In a new blog post today, facebook defines hate speech as anything that directly attacks people based on what are known as their protected characteristics, race, ethnicity, national origin, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, or serious disability or disease. Now there are cries of censorship as well as criticism over what is considered hateful. Gizmodo reports on a San Francisco woman who claims facebook went too far in deleting her cover photo because it said men are trash. Now, Facebook Says its an imperfect process but that the social Media Company is hiring 3,000 more employees in the next year to review posts, adding to the 4500 already doing the job now. Facebook also says while Artificial Intelligence is Getting Better at filtering out hate, it cannot adequately interpret context and intent, so its really up to the platforms 2 billion users to report hate when they see it. Los angeles officials have cleared the way for an official george lucas museum. The city Council Voted today to approve construction of the 1. 5 billion museum of narrative art. The museum will focus on the art of storytelling from the time of cave paintings to digital film. It will be in exposition park just down the street from usc where lucas earned his degree in film. Its expected to open by 2021. The city of San Francisco lobbied for a site on Treasure Island but lucas decided on l. A. Instead. Time to check on our weather. Quite breezy today. It was indeed. But very pretty. Yeah, very pretty. Brisk and breezy right now but preferable to the 100 degree temperatures we had last week. Heres a look at live doppler 7. You can see we had fog at the coastline and a good cooling breeze blowing across most of the bay area right now, bringing temperatures down below average but under beautiful blue skies as eric pointed out. This is a view from our rooftop camera. It is 61 degrees in San Francisco right now, 67 across the bay in oakland, 62 jose and 59 at Half Moon Bay. You see the outline of low fogs and clouds at the coastline. Currently 79 degrees in santa rosa and concord, napa and fairfield, 80 degrees, 70 at novato and 74 in livermore. And heres the view of partly cloudy skies at the golden gate and those are our forecast features. We see cloudy and breezy conditions overnight. Gradual warmal will occur and it will be summerlike by the end of the week. Interesting little factoid. Tonight will have the latest sunset of the year, not the longest day but the latest sunset at 8 35 p. M. One month from now, the sunsets a little bit earlier and then two months from now, it will set a lot earlier at 7 45 p. M. Speaking of overnight, well see the low clouds and fog surging out over the bay. Early morning low temperatures will be mainly in the low to mid 50s and this will be the pattern as we animate the system here, the clouds, you can see them surging across the bay and early tomorrow morning, visibility may be reduced a bit for Early Morning commuters but by midmorning, well see the clouds pulling back, giving us a mainly sunny day over the bay. High temperatures tomorrow will range from a breezy 61 at Half Moon Bay to upper 60s and low 70s around the bay and as we push inland, well start to feel that warming trend that kicks in tomorrow, highs there will be mainly in the mid 80s and here account accuweather forecast. Low 90s over the weekend on saturday, but a bit of a cool down on sunday, still though in the seasonal range with inland highs in the upper 80s and then well see mid 80s going into early next week and by the way, next tuesday is independence day, fourth of july. You guys know what a big baseball fan i

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