7 news has more from the larkspur ferry listeneding to explain whats behind this the then,000 commuters affected by this strike thats the number of people who use the ferry on daily basis. Golden gate transit buses will be available. But those buses will be on highway 101 and on the bridge along with thousands of cars. The reason they are going on strike is because of the contract dispute between the bridge district and coalition of labor union which include the ferry captains. District offering work ears 3 percent Salary Increase over three years. But is asking them to contribute more towards the health care. Round after round of negotiations have not resolved tonight a fair contract for our workers. We try to strike a balance between our rate payers bus and for ri fare and employee. Fliers were left on the ferry boat letting people know that the larkspur sausalito and the Ferry Building terminal will not be operating tomorrow from 4 30 in the morning to then in the evening. Bad news for giants fans. Special ferry that would usually take them to the ballpark will not be operating. I have to take the bus tomorrow. Im sure its crowded so is the pwrichblingt i take the ferry to miss the traffic from the city to the bridge and lower southern may richbility i live newspaper no have the 0. I feel we have known for week there is a one day strike. Workers do it in the least disruptive way they can for the commuters. People knew it may happen after machinist went on a 1 day strike on september 16. That strike didnt have the impact this one will have. Next bargaining session is set for monday. In larkspur abc 7 new news. Now well be up early tracking how the track affects the commute. The news begins at 4 30 am. Well this morning commute was snarled by a bit of rain. Rare storm this time of year rolled through the bay area this morning causing significant traffic row problem and down power lines. Pg e craw restore powers to santa oh, san jose east bay Monterey County and thousands of customers without power at some point this morning. Check in now with spencer and live doppler 7hd. Spencer wont change the drought much but nice to site. Certainly was. It helps this and its unusual for september to produce this much rainfall 24 hour rain fa total quite impressive. Half inch in San Francisco. 6 tenths in redwood city. Over 4 tenths of an inch at mount saint helena. Moffitt field. Livermore where we thought there might not be more than 2 hundredths of an inch. We have rid arrest very also precipitation and little spots of light shower activity in the north bay. A little bit early but at the moment things a bit quiet and dry but we have very areas of moisture developing offshore moving in our direction so may get more shower activity during the overnight hours. In the area of the king fire muchneeded rainfall in the last 24 hours over 3 quarter earths of an inch. Tapering off right now. But that is helpful for the firefighters containment effor effort. Okay thanks very much. The written has helped as spencer said firefighters battling the big king fire near pollack pines in the sierra. Cal fire Officials Say the wet weather increasing humidity levels and bringing down the flames so firefighters can build containment lines. But some areas east of georgetown continue to iing tonight as rain poured down over tonight. Firefighters have to take things a bit slower too as they deal with slick roads loose surfaces and thick mud out there. The blaze has destroyed 12 homes and still threaten thousands more in the Sierra Nevada foot hills. Tonight cal fir announced it is now 55 percent contained. New at 9 00. South san from a hay school coach was arrested this week on suspicion of allude act with 15yearold girl. 38yearold Mark Avery Turner was taken into custody tuesday night after investigators corroborated statements by the girl. Turner is a football coach Campus Security officer at el camino high school. He had also been coaching Girls Club Basketball for several years. School district says turner will not be returning as an employee regardless of the out come of this case. San francisco District Attorney is threatening to take legal action against uber lift and side car. Side car september us the letter the da stont all 3. Ride Service Company in forming them that they are operating illegally. Saying they present a threat to the public. Letter says the company are calculating fare illegally and performing insufficientackground check that allow drivers convicted of carillo fence even sex crimes to drive around unsuspecting passengers. Side car tells us they strongly disagree and plan to tip operating as usual and even expand the operation. Los angeles da also signed the letter in forming them of the joint investigation by both departments. Applause and tears from friends neighbors for marin county doctor now facing felony charges. 71yearold james simon twice shot a man who followed him home after an incident of road rage. Dan is here now with the story you will see only on 7 news. Fight dr. James simon seemed overwhelmed by the show of suppor from friend and neighbors tell l me hes a pillar of the community. All of them could fit in the marin county courtroom for simon arraignment on felony charges. Attempted voluntary manslaughter and assault with a firearm. Very important occurring this difficult time that doctor simon knows he has the support of his community and love of family. 2 month ago doctor and wife riding in the smart car with road rage incident with retired mortgage banker. 69yearold of tiburon follow the couple home and tried to pull into the garage. Police say the door came down on the silver mir said simon went inside for his. 357 ruger came out fired a warning shot and then hit him twice in the stomach. His neighbors defend simon action saying he was protecting his wife. They were both scared. He told him to leave and i dont know why that man wasnt charged. That really bothers me. Marin District Attorney about his decision to charge d dr. Simon. Deadly forces with not reason decision based on the facts that come out during the various hearings we have. Person shot drove into his garage. Well, you will see what drove in means during the preliminary hearing. There was es on the property. Thats going to be clear from the evidence. Yes. During rainment the june granted the request for 250,000 dollar bail. Based in part on Public Safety. Da pointed out the police confiscated more than 50 firearms and more than 200 box of ammunition from dr. Dr. Simon home. His attorney argue that all the weapons were legally registered. Kept in safe and simon is an avid out doors man and hunter. I believe it is Public Safety factor that had he that type of firearm possession. All the guns confiscated. That is true. The weapons now in the possession of the police authorities. Reporter simon attorney spoke to his supporters after the hearing. Dr. Simon is constitutionally entitled to defend himself from an assailant and im confident that during this Court Proceeding that will be what happens circumstances i reached out to bill upton through Facebook Page and calling his home but not heard back. Ill keep you up to date on what happens. If you have a tip on this or another investigation call me at this number on the screen. Send me an email at this site. This is abc 7 news. If more we want to bring you tonight. Coming up. Frightening carjacking incident and it ended in gunfire in San Francisco funal district. We hear from the woman whose car was taken at gun point. Also hotel carjacking caught on video. Watch now as man jumps into a woman car and side swipes pedestrians. You have the full story. 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Serve case came right across the Golden Gate Bridge before ending in the financial district where a dangerous scene played out. Nick smith talked with the woman whose car was taken at gun point. Liste listen. I dont know this is random, i was a random person. He decided to, i dont know where he was standing t. I dont know where he was. Reporter so many questions without a simple answer. When she left her house this morning she never thought she would be placed in life offer death situation. Suddenly the passenger seat door open and i saw the guy. He pointed the gun at me and he is like you are going to drive await a minute i immediately started saying no. No. Reporter with no time to waste she made her mooch. Reaching over to me is when i decided im going to jump out of the car. Im going to get out. I wont go anywhere with him. Reporter man with the gun taking off and took olga white Cadillac Escalade with him. She calls for her husband who immediately called police. Kicking off a deadly chain of vents that included a high speed chase through multiple cities across the Golden Gate Bridge. Driver hit 2 other vehicle before he crashed the cadillac at the corner of battery and california. Heard the cops yelling at the car. They said get your hand in the air hand in the ai air. Suspect was attempting to get himself out of the car and Good Samaritan going to his aid he fired upon the Good Samaritan. Those trying to help were quickly scared away by the shotsism at least one piece of something we are not sure what it was struck one government samaritan. Reporter when he refused to put down his gun and with pedestrians in danger the officers fired killing the driver. When he made a certain turn, turning the gun to the officers several officers fired upon the suspect and the suspect pronounced dead at the scene. Reporter crew prepare window damaged by bullet olga back in rich mopped with her son safely by her side. Thankful she acted without hesitating. Scary because wow that coffee could have shot me. Nick smith abc 7 news. Police release Surveillance Video today showing a carjacking that happened at Marriott Hotel downtown miami this week. This video shows a man standing around and as woman get out of the car the carjacker jumps that the driver seat watch it now. 2 valet were hit as the man reverses the car to get away but gets wedge between 2 other cars. Eventually he gets away side swiping several pedestrians. Several people were injured. Police caught up with this guy late last tonight and arrested him for carjack and attempted murder. Woman who runs the San FranciscoFire Department says tonight this she will survive growing challenge to her authority. White is under pyer from the inment her own people turning against her and calling for her to resign. The heres Carolyn Tyler with the latest on a major power play. I want everybody to know what they have got. San Francisco Police chief greg sir the fires stand up for listening time friend joanne hays white. Followed by female City Department heads and members of the Irish Community expressing support for one of their own. Seep the department through resession public personnel issues and through many tragic events. She led through it all with grace determination and professionalism. Reporter by she lost the confidence of rank and file firefighters. Even theroux leaders of 2050 women in the department joined with all the other employee groups for a con fab in the mayor Office Yesterday asking him to oust the first female chief in San Francisco history. Whats wrong with her leade leadership . If i would have to say maybe look of communication. Us not knowing where shes going. She hasnt been transparent. Letting us know her strategy or her plan. Reporter crisis that has developed over time has reached a tipping point. Long wait for Emergency Medical Service that firefighters say puts Public Safety at risk. They believe the chef should have fought harder for funding and spent what was allocated more efficiently. She believes shooe she tried. Any Department Head if fully funded every year particularly in the course of the last 5 years the answer is no. If anything we made reduction. 5 years in a row. So we are in the rebuilding mode. Reporter the mayor described the meeting yesterday with 81 leaders as good but gave no indication what his decision about the chief might be. Ill not talk in public rate now about any personal matters i have committed to working and ill have a number of meetings to ascertain and get to the bottom of all the concerns. Chief hays white believes she will weather the storm. In San Francisco, care license tyler abc 7 news. The lets go back to the weather forecast. Pretty good little bit of rain overnight and into the morning spencer. We need snow this year we know that. But the rain is nice see. Certainly nice biggest part is the fire. Absolutely rain moved over to where the king fire is and 3 quarters inch of rain there. Really thats good. In the bay area things pretty dry at the moment. Heres live doppler 7hd rain from last night this morning pretty much wound down to just a few spotty widely scattered showers and just a little bit zooming into the north bay and nothing there just before we went on the air we had spots of green showing up on the screen. Widely scattered isolated shower. We continue to see the development of little areas of moisture offshore moving in our direction so there may be more showers overnight. Heres view from the exploratorium camera clouds lurking in the background behind the sky line of downtown San FranciscoEmbarcadero Center area. Temperatures in uniform readings mid 60s San Francisco to oakland san carlos and morgan hill and 59 half moon bay. Live view from the emeryville camp r. Few cloud in the western sky. More temperature readings for you right now. 62 santa rosa. 64 novato. Mid 60s at fairfield concord and livermore at the Golden Gate Bridge mainly clear at the moment but we may see some showers later. Forecast feature isolated showers possible in fact likely overnight and into the Morning Hours tomorrow. Mostly sunny saturday sunday and we have a dry pattern for next week. Satellite radar composite image the cold front brought us substantial rain fall overnight and this morning in between that the system and this little trailing impulse we have had scattered showers and sierra rain diminishing right now and good soaking as well. This impulse offshore bring us a few showers overnight but they will be light and isolated. Still the forecast animation 11 00 oclock tonight doing overnight hours cloud around spotty shower activity. May be wet spots for the morning commute but not so wide spread we saw this morning. By 5 00 oclock tomorrow afternoon to 8 00 oclock tomorrow night it should be all over. So we look in the sierra into saturday we see some snow developing in at the time Higher Elevation now. Talking about 8,000 feet and above. Maybe 7500 feet and above. Not down aroped like level but snow early in the fall season. Bay area overnight. Partly cloudy tonight. Upper 50s and again maybe few isolated showers. We may see a couple spotty showers tomorrow as well. Theres greater chance of earlier in the day than late in the afternoon. We should see at least partly sunny skies in the afternoon and 1 million not very warm with High Pressure ranging from mid upper 60s at the coast to low 70s right around the bay to mid upper 70s inland. Heres the accuweather 7 day forecast sunny dry weekend. Take us in a warm week next week. Monday through thursday High Pressure inland in mid 80s low 80s around the bay upper 60s to near 70 on the coast. So pretty sharp contrast to the weather we have rate now. 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