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KGO ABC7 News 600PM June 9, 2017

Determination at this point. Theyre still under investigation talking to people and witnesses and looking at surveillance if there is any. Reporter they hope these cameras might help identify a suspect. John owns this row of stores along with several rental properties and cant imagine why anyone would target this neighborhood. Our whole family is here. I have them behind, too, theyre all families. Reporter and they worry what will happen while they sleep. They are continuing to investigate. Any time we have fires coming in this same vicinity is suspicious. Reporter the Grocery Store not only sustained damage but closed for the day after losing its electricity. Abc7 news. Now to our other top stories, the congressional hearing that captivated the country. There were several big headlines from the fbi director james comeys testimony today including this one he helped the press learn about a memo detailing a meeting with president trump. He said he gave it to a friend so he would share it with the press. When asked why he didnt give the memo to the press directly. He gave this response. I was worried the press were camping outside my house and i was worried it would be like feeding seagullsali at the beac. He said he made the memos because he suspected the president would lie about it. He was worried the president wanted him to end the probe into former National Security advisor michael flynn. I took it as a direction. Its the president of the United States with me alone saying, i hope this. I took it as this is what he wants me to do. Didnt obey that but thats the way i took it. Comey accused the Trump Administration lying several times in his testimony but the president s attorney refutes those claims. The president never said quote let flynn go close quote. Reporter the president chose not to respond to comeys testimony. Today was the first day since april 15th the president did not send a single tweet. Two bay area lawmakers were front and center at the hearing while others were quick to condemn him afterwards. Democratic senators feinstein and harris are both on the Senate Intelligence committee. Harris background as a former d. A. In San Francisco was on full display. The president essentially asked you for a loyalty pledge. Are you aware of him making the same request of any other members of the cabinet . I am not. This president is clearly obsessed with this investigation to his to have talked to him nine times, whereas he talked to president obama two times. Thats quite extraordinary. I would like to see us launch an independent commission. I wrote legislation to do that and democrats and republicans are supporting that. Republicans were largely silent on the comey hearing that includes Kevin Mccarthy of bakersville. Look at his tweets. He says nothing about it. He accused comey of politicizing the fbi. And saying Carmella Harris tough questioning raised her profile at least in the public portion of the hearing. Thank you. This morning, we were at a sullivan sports bar in newark where almost all tvs were tuned into comeys testimony. Theyre usually into the nba but the owner makes the call. Its not quite the draw of sports but interesting news. Comeys testimony lasted for hours this morning and we sent out alerts through the abc7 news app as news came about and surfaced. And a live blog ran throughout the hearing you can find our our website, abc7news. Com as well as a video of his opening statement. Here we are, early june and surprising to say were on storm watch. These raindrops show us exactly why. Abc7 news was in the Ygnacio Valley this morning. Heres a live look across the bay area, san jose, San Francisco and gray skies everywhere. Spencer christian is here to show us how much this added up to. All right, dan. We have a few spots around visible throughout the bay area. We have lots of clouds. Rainfall is tapering off and spots of green. Emeryville and clouds and 62 at San Francisco, san jose, 71, 69, Half Moon Bay. A little rainy in half moon tam you can see by the camera lens. Wet in the Higher Elevations and damp down below. Higher elevations in santa rosa, 62, 64. We will see a few drizzly spots in san jose. As we get to the late night hours the showers and drizzle will taper off and as the morning commute is winding down it will be drying out. Ill give you a look how sunny and cool it will be in a few minutes. Thanks so much. Heres how much weve gained in rain. A year ago almost the entire state was in a drought and threequarters of california is completely out of drought status. New at 6 00, the third victim of a rollover accident has died. It happened when the pickup truck with seven people inside clip adminny van 10 days ago. 21yearold garcia died last saturday but the information was just released. Two 17 yearolds also died in the crash. Police say speed was a factor. New at 6 00, ghost ship harriss booking photo was just released. Prosecutors say harris was the right hand of ghost ship founder, derick almena, whose hearing was postponed so they can be heard together. He is charged with 36 counts of manslaughter. The attorney doesnt think the public good would be served by a trial. Its a distraction so the local government doesnt have to address the fundamental issues of housing in equality and fire safety. They will be back in court next thursday. Hundreds of people lined up in the rain today for a chance at Affordable Housing. Look at these pictures of sky 7 that captured the line going around the block and some people camped out overnight. They were hoping for a unit inside Hotel Oaklandville lang, a century old inn converted into affordable units for seniors. And the seniors that have to wait and hope. Reporter it was around this sidewalk and block as folks were lined up hoping for a spot on the waiting list for apartments in this building here. Its important to note the city of oakland and Hotel Oakland run their own section 8 programs. Their goal is the same and getting harder to reach. You cant put people in harms way to even secure housing. Reporter harm is what she feared would happen to hundreds of seniors camped out in the cold across the street from her law office. Fortunately they suffered more discomfort than actual harm. Its cold and the rain right here this morning and everybody is waiting. Reporter tim was here helping his parents to fill out an application to get on a waiting list inside the Hotel Oakland, a former inn that now calls itself a Senior Citizens village. 600 applications were handed out in an hour and half and the remaining seniors were sent away. They say thats par for the course. There may be 100 units and get 2500 applications. Thats how great the need is. Reporter she talks about Affordable Housing that offers subsidy to the poor and eld lir. A dwindling number of landlords arent accepting the section 8 tenants because they can make more on the open market. Its obvious based on this and what we see on the freeways and encampments, theres a serious housing crisis. Reporter the oakland Officials Say theyre doing what they can but they had twothirds of their budget cut during the financial crisis. They were lucky enough to get an application and hope to trade it in for a home. Im not sure. Perhaps they send a letter. Reporter abc news. An apartment under construction in emeryville has been burned twice in a year. Now, both fires have been declared arson. A look at the suspect in one of the fires next. The steps berkeley is taking that would make the city a leader in the environment and Plastic Straws. 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Investigators say on may 13thy the person you see on this bicycle wearing a hooded jacket, carrying a backpack, canvassed the Holiday Development building before the fire, then entered the building. After examining all the evidence, atf determined the cause of the may 13th fire to be incendiary, meaning it was intentionally set and considered an act of arson. Reporter the may 13th fire was the second at this development. The initial fire ten months earlier on july 6th. The atf says that fire was also arson. This is a violent crime. We are very fortunate we did not lose lives in both of these incidents. Reporter from the beginning, developer rick holiday said he believed beth fires were arson. Holiday has also said he will build again. Today, emeryvilles mayor says he supports that decision. This incident will not call into question our overall direction of the city. Reporter information about the fires for atf rewards total up to 100 million. A busy month leads bay areas business watch. The port of oakland said it handle more imports in may than th years. It accounts for half of the business. They are larger than they used to be and overall cargo is up. The sale of yahoo to verizon was set and the price dropped after yahoo users were made public. Yahoo stock gained today as did most stocks. Yahoo added five points and indeed gained 24. The Golden State Warriors have captured the hearts of the nation. And in china. Reporter in chinatown, San Francisco, fans dont have to look far for a sense of warriors pride. I have a display in the window and they come in and ask. Reporter we love golden state but dub nation extends across the pacific, especially in china, a country that likes to win. Were a west coast team, a 7 00 start is 10 00 in the morning better than an east coast team. Reporter they seem to be more relatable to the chinese cording to the international producer, howard chen. If theyre not inclined, theres hope for them. If they practice, they could maybe like steph curry. Hes like a symbol for hope. Reporter an Internet Company that creates content for the market. The percentage of people that are nba fans in china is more than half the population of people in this states. Its because theres a lot of people in china. Thats what it comes down to. Reporter basketball isnt just a means of Cultural Exchange between china and the u. S. , its a huge moneymaker for the nba. The warriors have also capitalized on their success tapping into the market with jerseys that celebrate the countrys heritage. They have big stars, steph curry, Klay Thompson and kevin durant. They love shooting the ball and shooting threes. The excitement is really high. Reporter chinese viewership via 10 cent has been high with more than 30 million web clicks of the game. Abc7 news. Espn and abcs coverage starts tomorrow at 5 30 on abc7. Right before game 4, join sports director larry beil and mike shumann. Larry and shue will be live tomorrow. And preparing for what could be the championship winning game tomorrow. We hope. Now, time to turn to the weather and drizzly dreary day. Weird june. It starts off as a weird june and hope it ends up as a not so weird june. Many people are asking when is it going to warm up . Not for a while. Were using the High Temperature rang in san jose for the next seven days as a pattern. The average high of san jose is 79 degrees. Notice how temperatures are going well below average the next several days dropping to a high of only 67 degrees on sunday and temperatures rebound a little bit on monday, still not back up to average yet and finally back to average on tuesday and next wednesday and thursday we see highs in san jose between 85 and 90 degrees. Thats the basic pattern not necessarily the exact numbers but the basic pattern in the next seven days. Lets stroll to live doppler 7. Ill stroll, you stay there. We have cloudy skies with Little Pockets of scattered drizzle. The rainfall totals in the last 24 hours, in this eastbound and south bay, shoreline, from no rain to. 01 of an inch. San Francisco Bay had a tenth of an inch in the last 24 hours. And napa, between. 3 and. 2 of rain in the wettest region. 59 at Half Moon Bay to mid and upper 60s around the bay and upper 60s although a couple locations are above 72 degrees, 72 at brentwood and 71 from san jose. This is a view from the rooftop camera. We will have isolated showers or drizzle into the wee hours of the morning. It will be mainly sunny in the afternoon and average weather this weekend. This is our forecast animation starting at 7 00 this evening, cloudy skies, still pockets of scattered drizzle around the bay area. The rain may not be widespread but you may encounter a patch of drizzle. Around midnight or so we will see the drizzle tapering off and clouds start to part by the beginning of the morning commute and by midday we will see clouds pulling back to the coastline and mainly sunny skies over the bays and inland. It ranks from upper 50s at the coast to mainly low 70s in this mildest inland locations and tomorrow evening in novato, graduation time at san marin high school. It starts at 7 00 p. M. It will be sunny until sunset and in the 60s in the early evening hours with temperatures dropping into the 50s later. This is the accuweather 7day forecast. Partly cloudy skies the next few days, cooler than average temperatures and temperatures rebound monday and warms up nicely by midweek next week. It will feel almost like summer by thursday. Thanks. At now, the world is your diner. Whoa yeah. With new dennys online ordering, get whatever you want, whenever you want, now wherever you want. Order at dennys. Com theyre getting ready for a pool party at walnut creek. Ahoped saturday and you can get in free all day long if you want to join in on the celebration and fun. An elite bay area athlete can hit the ground running now that he has the perfect equipment a new prosthetic leg. This is all from a charity Whose Mission is to provide prosthetics to the bay area. He tried out for the first time. After weeks of grinding and months of measurements and years of pain. Kims new running leg is ready. Wow. Perfect. Reporter despite losing his leg when he was 8 in an accident in china, kim yu has become a triathlete competing in dozen races since he moved to San Francisco from china more than eight years ago. Im finding my own identity. Reporter his old worn out running leg was slowing him down literally until he mate artie who creates prosthetics at ucfs orthopedic institute. Nothing stops him. Im just glad to help him in whatever way i can. Reporter there was still the matter of cost. Prosthetic running legs cost about 15,000 and arent covered by insurance. Yu, a county Healthcare Worker couldnt afford to go outofpocket. Thats where Christopher Perkins comes in. He helped run his familys famous Harley Davidson dealership after his father passed away from cancer a few years ago. My dad is a very selfless man. If he was able to see what is happening and what we were able to provide for kim he would be all smiles. Reporter he lost his foot and now they have Ha Foundation and raise money for people who need special prosthetics. Everything happens for a reason. Thats why im here. So very happy. Reporter he plans to take his new leg on a run first thing tomorrow morning. Abc7 news. Looking good. A hold gift gone horribly wrong and triggered a lawsuit. The pictures and present she says made her sick to her stomach. The venerable plastic drinking straw could be the latest thing outlawed in the city of berkeley. The this is the received from my boss at christmas. The owners of a Construction Company are under fire for giving an employee a confederate purse for a gift. That employee has filed a lawsuit. Its run by a husband and wife team. It made me sick to my stomach. Reporter she says it was a holiday gift from her boss, a rhinestone purse with a Confederate Flag on it. Inside photos of her boss and his wife dressed in donald trump attire with more confederate memorabilia behind it. My boss dressed up like trump and took pictures in front of a Confederate Flag and put those pictures inside of a bag. Reporter these photos show southland owner ken and his wife, anita appear to be taken inside an office cubicle. Here is a picture of them outside in a linkedin page. The was sworn at and denigrated to do jobs others wouldnt because she was a woman and africanamerican and said this is not okay. Reporter she worked as a project administrator at southland for an hour and a half and said there were a few other incidents including a week before the Christmas Party when she and a coworker were called into his office. He told us we were his bleep and we needed to take notes on the project he was going to discuss. Reporter we reached out to them at their office and email but no reply. They did state their core values. Southland construction seeks to serve our customers, vendors and employees as we serve the Lord Jesus Christ by displa

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