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KOFY ABC7 News 900PM On KOFY August 31, 2016

Right now. The one that is closest to the Hawaiian Islands that is the one that is madeline here and it is not as strong as the second one which is lester. So lets go in a little bit tighter here and show you the latest raid ash. You will notice the rain dance approaching the big island. Hurricane warning until friday afternoon for the big island. Other island under a Tropical Storm watch. Now you take a look at those two storms and they are major storms. Hurricane lester category 4 on the scale. Madeline category two. Heres what happens with madeline. Expected to weaken to 1 wednesday night as it approaches very close to the hawaiian, big island dangerously close and they will get some heavy rain 5 to 10 inches. High surf could see isolated amounts up to 15 inches of rai rain. Moves away from the islands there and then here comes lester. Moving north of hawaii as you notice category two so it does weaken. But once again this also brings witness the possibility of some high surf and some heavy rain especially if it does change course. So it is going to be one of those very touch and go situations. Last time two hurricane were headed in that direction with about two years ago. Thanks very much. I know you are watching that very closely. Eawp San Francisco International Airport today to talk with travelers about what concerns them most about the hurricane. Hernandez of oakland came to the airport today to dropoff a relative. Tomorrow he will be on his way to hawaii not knowing what awaits him. Hearing about it right now its kind of scary knowing we have to fly there tomorrow and you are telling me the win category 4. Reporter hurricane warning issued for the big island. Tropical storm watch is in effect for some of the other islands. People there can expect heavy winds. Rain. High surf. So far no flights have been cancelled. The airlines yet to issue a weather advisory. This passenger was not flying to hawaii but open as home there. I have some folk there looking after it. You have to. The amount of rain that can fall on such short amount of time staggering. Second hurricane lester is threatening the island forth labor day weekend. Meanwhile hernandez who just got married hopes hes not forced to cancel his trip. Hopefully pray and die down like you say. I can at least enjoy my honeymoon and see hawaii the first time. One airline seeing the impact of the threat. The planes are practically empty. Suggesting that some passengers have already cancelled their plans. Sfo, lee ann, abc 7 news. Different kind of natural threats down south happening now. Wildfire tearing through brush. 80 miles east of los angeles forced hundreds of people from their homes. The fire broke out before 12 30 in Riverside County today and scorched more than 1,000 acres. More than 300 firefighters and dozen aircraft including the one you just saw are battling the 25 foot high flames. The fire is 5 percent contained and has so far destroyed one out building. One firefighters was taken to the hospital with injuries but is expected to be okay. Police chief Diane Stewart has been placed on leave and no one will tell us why. Not even the people who work alongside her. Sergeant at the Hayward Police Department Said in a statement we can confirm she was placed on paid administrative leave for personnel issue. The details of the issue are confidential. She told us they dont know when an investigation started or what it is about. Some people in hayward tell us they are afraid city leaders are hiding something. You cant trust them who can you trust . City Council Member salinas wouldnt comment on the investigation but told us by email that Police Officers will continue to respond to Service Calls as usual. It is official. San jose now in a state of emergency because the city doesnt have enough Police Officers to patrol the streets t. After hours of meeting the San Jose City Council Voted on the declaration tonight. David explains what that means out on the streets. The Emergency Declaration will allow the police chief transfer 47 officers to patrol duties from his other divisions such as investigations. To put it simply san jose run out of officers to patrol the city of more than 1 million people. It takes mandatory over time to fill patrol shifts with officers putting in 14 hours per shift. However head count continues to fall as officers retire or transfer to other agencies 3 48 10 hour shifts go unfilled. San jose would like to have 500 patrol officers on the streets. We have held officers over 1400 times between march and august for total of over 7500 hours and 1,000 of those times im holding them over for almost 6 hours. Without the declaration state law requires city to meet and confer with the police union ahead of major change in plan assignment. Union has agreed with the emergency plan. No resident, no chief wants to have a lot of officers out there working multiple over time shifts in a week knowing they may not be well rested and they have to make very critical decisions. San jose resident spoke in favor of boosting patrol in the neighborhood ahead of the city council taking a vote. I had a neighbor threatening me for nine years. Called pd 5 times. I have relatives on this force. They wanted to come. They couldnt get here. It is an emergency. Reporter the chief and the mayor consider it a bandaid for now under the emergency plan mandatory over time will not go away. In san jose, david louie abc 7 news. Berkeley police hoping 15,000 dollar reward help solve the murder of a wrapper. Happened outside the home of alex goodwin. Memorial with flowers candle set up where he was found. Police say it was not a random shooting. Goodwin was local rapper known as a. G. Relatives say he went outside after some one tried to enter the house midnight last thursday. Neighbors reported several gunshots. Berkeley first homicide of the year. Home invasion in the Oakland Hills left homeowner beaten and robbed. Happened overnight on sequoia road and a it wasnt the first time. Wayne has more on what happene happened. Along sequoia road in the Oakland Hills this was unsettling sight. Police searching for clue after Home Invasion robbery. It happens. Happens everywhere. In this case two elderly men in their 70s and 80s under their own roof. I cant come up with the right adjective to describe it. Chaos. And the turmoil. Mayhem. Oakland police say it happened 2 30 this morning. Two or three suspects entered and assaulted the men they stole property and cadillac from the carport. When we asked to speak to one victim he wouldnt even open his door. All right. Are you okay . Press corner this afternoon Oakland Police said they arrested two juvenile suspects two hours after the entry. It was the vehicle that alerted patrol officers. That this vehicle was listed as a vehicle in a carjacking. In oakland Home Invasion remain a tender subject. Certainly sad to see people cant be safe in their homes in he can land. Mayor shaft release add statement that reads in part while i know it is little comfort to those already hurt by crime we are making progress. Last year we reduced Home Invasion robbery by 55 percent and this year they are down by another 9 percent. Small consolation however on sequoia road. I think might get some videocamera or two. From oakland abc 7 news. Gun rights advocate speck out after university of california officials announce the Country First state funded Gun Violence Research center. Lawmakers pushing the 5 Million Dollar project to the center examine why so Many Americans die from gun violence each year. Researchers work with Law Enforcement and elected officials over 5 year period to shed light on way to prevent future gun related tragedy. Gun rights proponent say they are concerned findings that come out of the new center will begin to the make stricter gun control legislation. We are honest research is a good thing. But when its set up, you know, tilt to one side we have great concerns about that. Thats what is happening. Officials expect detailed operation and Research Plan by october 15. Center will be based at uc Davis Sacramento campus. More to bring you on this tuesday night. Coming up here. Singer chris brown arrested. What he is being accused of. Plus his response. Then. They are focus on the 2016 season. Not a distraction. Coach kelly speaks about the kaepernick controversy. And will we see any warmer kaepernick controversy. And will we see any warmer weather in the days ahead. Grammy Award Winning Singer Chris Brown in trouble with the law again tom tonight. Los Angeles Police arrested brown late today. Suspected of assault with a deadly weapon. Officers first went to brown home in tarzana after woman called 911 for help early this morning. Brown then refused to let police in so officers waited outside for several hours. Until a judge issued a search warrant. Brown proclaimed his innocence on social media. Just finished serving his probation for assault case involving ex girlfriend rihann rihanna. Kaepernick fellow 49ers address the debate surrounding the quarterback decision to sit during the national anthem. Kaepernick will repain seated for the anthem before the 49ers final preseason game against the chargers on thursday. Heres chris winn. Reporter today at the fortyniner practice facility some came to the defense of one of the team mates. Not easy doing the unpopular thing. I respect him for doing that. In recent day a conversation on Race Relations all centered on kaepernick decision to sit during the national anthem. Quarterback sharing his frustration over what he calls the oppression of minorities in the united states. Team mates say kaepernick shouldnt be attacked for his view. If you listen to what he says about how he feels about the issues in this country. You have the respect to that he voice his opinion. Using the platform to get his opinion out there to bring awareness to something that he feels strongly about. Reporter despite the extra attention coach kelly had nothing but praise for the work that kaepernick is doing. Hes all about ball. Great with that. Thats what ideal with and thats how we interact and he has been great. Reporter as the team looks ahead to preseason finale san diego city known for sizable military operation some players try to block out any distraction. Long and play offs after that and we just work hard. We control justin to get better. Reporter kaepernick start as quarterback against the chargers. In santa clara abc 7 news. 49ers will open the regular season on september 12th and you can watch the game right here on abc 7. Our live coverage monday night football begins at 7 00 p. M. On september 12th. We sent out a push alert during kelly News Conference when he said kaepernick hasnt been a distraction for the team. To get the push alert down load the 7 news app. People who run San Francisco west field center say the safety of its customers is a priority. Market street mall finds itself dealing with the second mugging this month. 7 News Reporter Carolyn Tyler is on the story. West Field Management wont discuss security manager but says coordinating with San Francisco police. This after two customers here were robbed and one punched in the face just before 8 30 last night. They were on the lap top when one suspect distracted them and another snatched a lap top. Two victims ran after the suspect and then the other victim noticed that another suspect came up and took his lap top and cell phone that had been left on the table. Officer says according to the victim there were 5 mothers all juveniles. In a statement west Field Management said the recent incident involving several youth is not acceptable. And that significant resources continue to be devoted to security arrangements. Earlier this month a man attacked and robbed in a restroom here by at least three men. And just two days before that mans bodies found in a mall stairwell in what is now being called a suspicious death. Police say because this is a busy area its easy for criminals to target shoppers. Its awful. You have to be on guard constantly when you have something in your possession. Robert evans says he has nothing for any one to take. I think more of you think im going to be robbed as opposed to be robbed. To be quite honest so dont worry about it. Reporter there are Security Camera inside and outside the mall. Police will be checking them. In San Francisco, Carolyn Tyler abc 7 news. Apple will appeal an order to pay record 14 and a half billion dollars in back taxes to ire land. Ceo cook says the company followed the loss since it opened the factory in cork island 36 years old. But this follow add 3 year investigation into apple tax deal with the irish government. Agreement apple pay sliding tail on tax from 1 of the professor tonight 2003 to point 005 percent in 2014. All right. Such a wonderful time of year around the bay area. Weather is gorgeous. Certainly is. Lets check in with sandhya for whats ahead. We will continue this pattern so well just keep it going and keep that fire danger down. Let me show you live doppler 7hd and what it looks like. We have quite a bit of high level cloudiness right now but the clouds will be passing through the bay area and as we head towards the morning commute they will be long gone believe it or not. So right now it a little gust. Sfo 36 miles an hour stronger gust earlier in the day. Still an airport weather warning until 10 00 p. M. For those strong gusts. Now heres a live look from the kgo camera. You see the trees palm tree just swaying in the wind a little bit here is a look at the temperatures. Mild in San Francisco. Oakland low mid 60s. Look at Mountain View san jose almost 70 degrees and exactly 70 right now in morgan hill. Live look from the east bay hills camera and just spectacular view clearly can see across the bay. Dont have any fog right now. Santa rosa napa 67 degreesment still warm summer night in fairfield, concord, livermore 66 and another live picture from the sutro tower cam are as we look towards San Francisco here and fog not an issue overnight tonight. Mild mainly clear overnight. Below average temperatures through the weekend and we are looking at warmer pattern that begins on labor day. So tomorrow morning we start you out with temperatures primarily in the mid 70s to low 60s. Might be one or two spots like santa rosa dropping down to the low 50s but most of you waking up to clear skies and mild conditions and then when you look at the hour by hour forecast you see what is going to happen. High clouds with us right now at 11 00 oclock. They are shifting south ward by 5 00 a. M. No one is going to be dealing with the fog. Wind is keeping things stirred up enough but not for long. As we head towards tomorrow often will notice low clouds and fog fill back in along the coast line. Rest seeing sunshine. High for your wednesday look like this in south bay. Gilroy morgan hill 80s. San jose so today it was a little bit warmer. Tomorrow we see the temperatures drop a few degrees. 77 in sunnyvale on the peninsula you look at temperatures ranging from the low 70s around san mateo to upper 70s Mountain View. 76 redwood city. 64 half machine bay. Still another breezy afternoon daily city daly city. 66 degrees in the north bay. Low 80s for novato, napa, 86 santa rosa, 78 for you in san rafael and east bay not exactly where you should be for this time of year but still quite nice. 73 in oak land. 75 hayward. 78 in castro vaechlt head inland and notice what is missing. The hot weather. We had a few low 90s today but wont see it tomorrow. Looking at mid 80s primarily and upper 80ss in places like brentwood. Concord 84 walnut creek and 85 in livermore so it will be a warm day but when you look at the temperature trend for napa average high is 84 degrees. Notice the temperatures are hovering below average all the way through monday. Have to wait until tuesday to bounce back to where you need to be for this time of year. Accuweather 7 day forecast will show you the slight dip in the temperatures tomorrow. Low 60s to the mid 80s and we hold you there right on through the end of the work week beginning of your weekend. Labor day is when you start to notice the change so saturday sunday you are in the mid 80s inland low 60s coast by monday bump you up to the upper 80s and by tuesday we are talking about 90s again. So the summer weather back in the picture in time for everyone to good back to school and back to work mid 60s to low 90s. Thanks sandhya. Next on 7 news here at 9 00. How google could soon be a real threat to uber and lift. And the calming effect of the ipad. Yes. What researchers discovered it yes. What researchers discovered it can be used google guest ready to expand the bay area car pooling program. Pilot program is currently being tested among a handful of tech companies. It uses the ways app to connect drivers and commuters but starting this fall google is expected to expand the service which would put it in direct competition with uber and lift. They have a fee up to 54 cents per mile to reimburse drivers for gas and maintenance costs. Today bart launched a program that can pay you to avoid rush hour. Bart will reward riders who travel outside peak morning commute which bart defines as 7 30 to 8 30 am. Theres no benefit for the evening commut

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