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Temperatures close to average for this time of the year. Well take you to san jose right now. Heres a live look. Thats 87 where the cars are flowing. We have partly to mostly cloudy skies right now in most areas, some dense fog right now in the north bay. Temperatures were starting out very typical in the low 50s to the low 60s depending on your location. So just like yesterday, youll need the light layer through about 9 10 a. M. And then well have a pretty decent day showing up. Heres future weather. We do have pockets of drizzle this morning, especially close to the coast. May need your windshield wipers for a few minutes or so underneath our marine layer. Its still with us. Pretty thick in a lot of spots by 9 a. M. But then you can see it erodes away pretty fast, close to lunchtime for increasing sunshine. And today will be a few degrees cooler than yesterday. We dont have any intense heat on the horizon. Temperatures very seasonal for this time of the year. Upper 60 soquels in the city under partly sunny skies brighten oakland at 7382. In san jose, about 86. In concord, 79. In napa, santa rosa, up to 84 degrees. Lets see how were doing with traffic on this thursday. Good morning, jobina. Good morning, drew. Thank you. Hi, everybody. So we are starting here with our live Golden Gate Bridge camera right now where we have just a few cars on there at the moment. And there you see the truck riding by. Our busiest stretch at the moment is going to be in emeryville showing you 80 here. Those headlights are traveling in the westbound direction towards the maze. We have no advisories or blocking issues at this time coming in from the chp. So we will end here with the drive times, tracy to dublin. For our super commuters, a minor slowdown at 33 minutes. Thank you, jobina. Governor newsom is doubling down on calls for San Francisco to find a permanent solution for homelessness and drug use and crime. He sat down with salesforce Ceo Marc Benioff at dreamforce yesterday, saying elected officials must do more. The two discuss the challenges, possible solutions and how the city seemingly cleaned up the streets for more than 40,000 people attending dreamforce this week. Why can San Francisco not be like this every single whole day . Why does it take us having to say what is it . What what is that . The answer is yes. S it can be like this. The governor is taking action to stop organized retail theft theft across the state, committing hundreds of millions of dollars to 55 cities and counties in including some right here in the bay area. Abc7 News Reporter lena howland is live in San Francisco with how all that money is going to be used. Lena hey, reggie, good morning to you. With issues like homelessness and crime, a big concern for organizers here at dreamforce, the state of california announced a 267 Million Investment going to Law Enforcement agencies and District Attorneys offices across the state. And we now know some of that money is coming to the bay area. Its being spread out to 55 communities statewide in the bay area. That includes places like Alameda County, San Francisco county and san jose. Just to name a few. 41 sheriffs and Police Departments will be awarded up to 24 million each. That would help create retail theft, investigative units, train Loss Prevention officers and install advanced surveillance technology. San Francisco Police say theyre on board. Would love to have these resources to help hire officers to help combat the issue of organized retail theft. 13 District Attorneys offices across the state could also get up to 2 million each. And if approved by the board of state and community corrections, these 55 different communities could see this money as early as october first of this year. Live in San Francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. Thank you, lena. Developing news on what could be an unprecedented strike for thousands of auto workers. A midnight deadline is looming. Workers say they are ready to walk off the job if their demands are not met. And jobina this possible strike could have an impact across the entire country. Yes, admati. So if this strike happens, it would be the first time the United Auto Workers 80 year history that workers would be striking at the three major automakers at the same time. So thats ford, General Motors, General Motors and stellantis, which is the company that makes chrysler and jeep vehicles members are calling for a 40 wage increase, a return to traditional pensions and a four day work week. A strike would have implications for the entire us economy, with economists saying it would likely cause car prices to increase the union and automakers have been negotiating for months now and it appears to be far from an agreement. An all out strike is still a possibility. Were keeping all of our options open for president and ceo says they put out a new offer and are optimistic. But also saying some of the unions demands, like a four day workweek, are not sustainable. If this strike does happen, the uaw has a plan that includes beginning at a specific set of plans and expanding if negotiation dont make progress, that deadline for a deal is 1159. Tonight, gmac. Thank you, jobina. Teachers in the Sausalito Marin City School District are poised to walk off the job. Two members of the Teachers Association there voted unanimously to authorize a strike, which gives Union Leaders the power to set a potential strike date. This is coming after a state appointed mediator failed to resolve the dispute between the union and the district over a wage increase. As teachers in two Bay Area School districts are taking action to demand higher wages in lafayette. Union members staged an informational picket before school hours yesterday. The teachers say theyve been in contract negotiations since march, declining the districts final offer of a 12 raise. Were not retaining our qualified teachers and were not attracting new teachers because our Salary Schedule isnt competitive with those in the in the in orinda, in moraga and in neighboring communities. If you look at the Poverty Level for Contra Costa County, a single teacher is making under that the district issued a statement calling its offer of a 12 raise, highly competitive for the region, saying its looking forward to ongoing talks. Calif fornia is making good on its promise to expand Internet Access in low income communities. Earlier this year, the state said it had to scale down its multibillion dollar broadband Expansion Plan in areas where more californians live below the poverty line. It cited inflation and Construction Costs at the time. Areas with some of the lowest rates of highspeed internet like east oakland were slated to lose out most. But the state was not planning to scale back the expansion in wealthier communities. Now the governor plans to divert some funds from the 2024 budget to bring access to those underserved areas. After all, tuition is going up for students in the California State University system. The trustees voted yesterday on an increase of 6 every year for the next five years. So that means tuition is going up by 342 a year. Next year and then up by 2,000 by 2028. Im. Its going to affect us in the most negative way possible. Im already in immense debt for what the csu costs right now. Trustees believe that this will be saving faculty and staff positions and avoiding more courses being cut from the institutions six weeks. Thats how long the city of San Francisco says itll take to completely repair a cow hollow intersection where a big sinkhole opened up this week after a water main break caused a flood. The hole opened up late sunday at the intersection of fillmore and green street. Its while the broken pipe is fixed. There are all sorts of other problems that need to be dealt with after crews did an inspection, they also need to replace sewer and gas pipeline signs. An update this morning about a beach sailboat. We first told you about a week ago. Well, the ship is now gone. It was stranded at Stinson Beach near the beach yesterday. The Marin County Sheriffs Office tore it up. It happened after the end of a temporary restraining order issued by a federal judge giving the boats owner time to remove it. Now, the boats owner, logan walker, lives on the boat and says he was sleeping with the boat on autopilot when it crashed on upton beach, which is just north of Stinson Beach in late july. 5 09 a. M. Looking at our air quality, we have fresh air. We are continuing that gorgeous trend of beautiful air quality today. And through the upcoming weekend, even early next week. We are not anticipating any problems with our aqi have an issue with dense fog in the north bay santa rosa. Were watching very closely. Youre down to about a mile visibility there. So in the valleys of Sonoma County, we do have a bit of a thick fog issue. Not too bad along the coast. Were at four miles there. But as you move away from the coast, were doing a lot better. You can clearly see the marine layer over the city right now. A lot of us are seeing that cloud cover first thing this morning and we are seeing pockets of drizzle underneath that marine layer. Heres how the day shapes up. Mix of sun and clouds with that marine layer. First thing, well find brighter conditions as the day goes on. Not as warm as we were yesterday, maybe 1 to 3 degrees cooler, but still, all in all, its pretty seasonal, mild to warm conditions in the 70s and 80s by about 4 p. M. 79, in vallejo and napa, 84. In santa rosa it is hot in lakeport, ukiah, uk going to 99 today, 82. In san jose, 73. In oakland. The city not as bright as yesterday. Its more partly sunny. Temperatures around 68 degrees at about 75. In palo alto. Now, the three day forecast, we are going to begin a cooling trend starting tomorrow. And that cooling trend is going to continue for the weekend and for and for a huge chunk of the seven day forecast. Well talk about those temperatures. A close look at the entire weekend. Reggie in about nine minutes. All right. Thanks drew. Move over, pickleball. I guess theres a new sport fad taking over and the plans to build a court are already underway here in the bay area. 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A new, healthier World Without cigarettes. As long as you dont count the 6 trillion sold worldwide every year. And vaping wont lead to smoking, if you ignore the research that says otherwise. In big tobaccos fantasyland, the deadliest industry is your friend. Shh. Way the program was created through an executive order signed by thenpresident obama. Yesterdays ruling, though, doesnt immediately end the program. But new applications have been put on hold, and the Biden Administration is expected to appeal the ruling. It could take that fight all the way to the supreme court. A panel of judges has overturned californias ban on some gun ads. The San Francisco based ninth Circuit Court of appeals handed down the ruling. A coalition of gun Rights Groups and shooting clubs sued attorney general rob bonta, claiming californias ban on ads that might be of interest to minors violated constitutional free speech protections. And the judges agreed. The Attorney Generals Office hasnt responded to a request for comment. Governor newsom is now promising to intervene if a federal court case ends up blocking San Francisco from clearing encampments. Newsom believes the judge has gone too far here and is preventing the state from solving a critical issue. He reiterated this at the dreamforce conference. The case could prevent unhoused people from being moved from their encampments until more shelter beds are made available. Sf city leaders say the decision makes it clear, makes clearing streets nearly impossible. And they claim people are often refusing shelter even when its available. Well, it was a special night at chase center last night as part of dreamforce. Abc7 news was there for the concert benefiting ucsf benioff childrens hospital. Featuring foo fighters as the headliner. Beforehand the warriors Andre Iguodala and Actor Matthew Mcconaughey took the stage to present an award to ucsf patient. Selah kitchener received a life saving liver transplant just weeks after her father died from cancer. And now her aim is to become a doctor. Tonight means the world to me. I think it definitely shows us kind of how everything can come full circle and how everything really is meant to be in life. Just because, you know, going through my transplant and the passing of my dad. But everything kind of starting with ucsf and kind of bringing everything back. And when he had a vision, the concerts over the years have raised more than 100 million for the hospitals. Barts ridership numbers have marked a new milestone, and its a good one. The Transit Agency recorded its highest ridership day on tuesday since the start of the pandemic, with more than 192,000 riders. And that number surpassed the previous record of 190,000 rides during the warriors 2022 championship parade, which was in june of last year. Now last month, the average weekday ridership was more than 166,000 commuters. But thats still just 40 of prepandemic levels. Were learning more about the food hall set to open in the same space as San Franciscos new ikea. A bakery by klausmeyer is the First Business to be announced as part of the scandinavian food court. Meyer is known for cofounding a copenhagen restaurant thats been named the worlds best restaurant multiple times, according to the chronicle. The Market Street food hall will have five food stands and three bars, and it is supposed to open next year. Yes. And San Franciscos famed cliff house is soon going to be back in business with three new restaurants. The Golden Gate National Recreation Area announced a new lease with the company that operates restaurants in San Francisco and in los angeles. The plan is to reopen the dining room. Plus, a new cafe in the former retail space and a restaurant in the lookout space. You remember cliff house closed at the end of 2020. It had been in business for 157 years, and people have been waiting to see what is going to be there because its such a beautiful space. Its really iconic and im happy we got options. Yes, me too. We do know its sad to drive by there and see, you know, it really is such a nice view from there. But now well have more food options coming. Yes, we had a lot of good things coming. Right. This is cool. Im coming back. Yes this morning we have some dense fog out there. Heres sfo right now. Its looking clear at the airport. Heres the accuweather headlines. What we have is just a mix of fog dense in spots along with some morning drizzle. Its a mild to warm afternoon, but were going to go below average this weekend and really will stay average or below average for an extended period. Look at the next two weeks. The temperature outlook along the west coast is forced to stay cooler than average. So it looks like we will finish the month of september without any intense heat waves. October, we can still get warm. Well keep our eyes on that. But it has just been a very cool summer and it looks like well end the Summer Season on a cool note. Its windy later on today. That onshore flow is with us, gusting about 15 to 25mph. Well do it again tomorrow. Just kind of rinse and repeat for cast with that morning fog. Afternoon, sunshine and it turns breezy in the afternoon. Heres the latest on hurricane lee. You can see its now a category two storm. It will continue to weaken as it moves north. Were still tracking dangerous rip currents from the midatlantic into the northeast. It will continue to weaken down to a category one storm tomorrow. And then a tropical low. But it will still have some impacts across parts of new england where we have Tropical Storm watches up for the cape and also the entire maine coastline. Part of the maine coastline, has a hurricane watch because well see some strong winds and some heavy rain and some storm surge. Back here at home, it is sunny, it is seasonal morning clouds. The sunshine really just enjoy the afternoon. Its another beautiful one here in the region. The accuweather 70 forecast shows you mild to warm today. Cooling trend gets underway here tomorrow for Rosh Hashanah in the evening. It is looking pleasant that cooling continues over the weekend and well keep those temperatures below average for early next week. Hi, jobina. Hi, drew. Thank you. Good morning, everybody. So we are going to start here with mass transit, bart, muni. Its all running on time so far this morning. So youre in good shape if you rely on mass transit for your commute and really if you rely on the roadways because at the moment we have no advisories, no blocking issues. This is a live picture from the san mateo bridge and then bringing in san jose, showing you to 80. We are very clear there. And for this last round of dry times, pretty much on time, except highway 85 to the san jose airport, a minor slowdown there at seven minutes coomassie. Thanks, jobina. Coming up, the seven things to know this morning. Were hearing from Aaron Rodgers for the First Time Since his season ending injury on monday night. His injury now reigniting a debate in the nfl about the football fields that those are the people who know to choose allstate. Thats not gonna fit. Whats that . You need another four inches . Do you work here . Nope, i just saw you there and i thought id save you the trouble. Nana shes a human measuring tape. And she knows allstate is the right fit for her. Its not gonna fit. Thats not gonna fit. What . Steven . Some people just know. Well played. Well played, my friend. Those are the people who know youre in good hands with allstate. [ tense music ] one aleve works all day so i can keep working my magic. Just one aleve. 12 hours of uninterrupted pain relief. Aleve. 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Number four, tuition hike has been approved for the California State University system. Students can expect to pay 6 more each year for the next five years. And number five, it is a sunny and seasonal day. Today. Well have that morning marine layer giving way to brighter conditions. This afternoon, well have temperatures in the 70s and 80s away from the coast by 4 p. M. Number six, were seeing a minor slowdown appear now on the upper deck of the bay bridge due to a crash involving a motorcycle. Its going to be westbound 80 past Treasure Island and number seven, President Biden has announced a 250 billion grant for Cancer Research and innovation. His goal is to cut cancer deaths in half in the next 25 years. Weve heard the discourse over pickleball and the fight for space, but now there might be another sports competitor or the first paddle courts are coming to San Francisco. Construction in Embarcadero Plaza, Embarcadero Plaza starts next week and the courts are set to open in october. So paddle is a racket sport that people describe as kind of a hybrid between tennis and squash and thats seen a rise in popularity recently. These will be the first courts to open in Northern California for soccer referee Natalie Simon will become the first black woman to ref an mls match this weekend. Simon will take on saturdays game between the San Jose Earthquakes and real salt lake. She is served as fourth official for several mls games this season. Its hard for me to say for some reason, simon is already the first black woman to earn a fifa badge, the highest honor for a referee. Shes also of native American Heritage in the east bay, the oakland roots and Soul Soccer Club opening up the chance for you to be able to say that you own a piece of a professional sports franchise. Guys, the Community Investment period is now open and people are already buying big. Anyone over 18 can buy in at wefunder. Com. The stakes start at 100 bucks. The clubs part owners are cal and nfl legend Marshawn Lynch and rapper geazy. If you buy in, you have direct equity in the clubs value and you get perks like exclusive merch, vip events and behind the scenes access. The injury that ended Aaron Rodgers season has begun. A new debate over playing surfaces in the nfl. Questions are now being raised about the safety of the field at Metlife Stadium, as well as other league venues. Heres abc News Reporter andrew dymburt. In his first Public Statement since that season ending injury monday night protection breaks down and time runs out. Down goes rodgers. And now rodgers sits down. Aaron rodgers is promising hell be back. The four time mvp saying, im completely heartbroken and moving through all of the emotions, but deeply touched and humbled by the support and love. The night is darkest before the dawn and i shall rise yet again. It comes as the blame game surrounding his injury begins with rodgers having been the oldest active player in the nfl. Many cite the 39 year olds age as a factor. Why are we surprised that older quarterbacks get hurt . But the injury is reigniting a debate about the field itself, many claiming rodgers may not have torn his achilles. If the jets Metlife Stadium used grass instead of artificial turf, some of the games biggest stars weighing in on the numbers say the grass is healthier for the players. And so i want to play on the best surface that will keep me healthy. Studies have come out how much safer a grass fields are. So i think thats thats important. The Nfl Players Association is now calling on the league to switch all fields to grass, citing studies that show more noncontact injuries happen on turf than on grass. But nfl commissioner Roger Goodell defending artificial turf. You also have other players who like playing on a turf field because its faster. Yeah, thats true. So youve got youve got a mixed opinions on what we want to go is on science. We want to go on whats the best from an injury standpoint to prevent the injuries to give our players the best, best possible surface to play on. Andrew dymburt, abc news, new york. Caught on camera a member of congress kicked out of a play coming up at 530. The reason they had to be escorted out of the beetlejuice use musical and the latest on the allegations of conspiracy and bribery against five east Bay Police Officers. Community activists now weighing in. This is abc 724 San Francisco, live in the south bay in san jose in concord. Live in oakland. Yes, youre watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. Here we are. We are. We are. We are. We are. We are where you are. Never miss a moment of the news that matters to you. Download our abc seven bay area streaming app. Join us and start watching the feeling of finding the Psoriasis Treatment shes been looking for. 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And in your best intense moments in the east bay, where the Alameda County District Attorney, pamela price, hosted a town hall with her constituents. Now, a 530, why some of her critics say they felt compelled to get face to face with the da. Plus, abc7 sits down for a one on one interview with a former Vallejo Police officer. What he has to say about the 1 million settlement he was just awarded for blowing the whistle on misconduct within the department and a plan to curb retail theft across the state. The governor now pledging more resources for dozens of cities, including some here in the bay area. Good morning, everybody. Its thursday, september 14th. Lets see what the weather has to store. Hi, drew. Hi. Good morning, guys. We are just in store for another pleasant afternoon. Its the pattern weve been in for the past couple of days. And what well find is that temperatures are really seasonal this time of the year outside. This is the tam cam. You can see that marine layer bouncing off the city lights this morning. Good air quality as we head towards the next 72 hours. Temperatures right now, were starting out in the low 50s to the low 60s, depending on where you live. So you might need that light layer first thing, keep it on until about 9 10 a. M. Before we see that total sunshine really come out and we start to warm up. Heres future weather. Clearly, you can see that marine layer there, that gray shading you see on your screen. Its with us around the bay shoreline breaks down in traditional fashion, pulls back to the coastline, temperatures one or 2 or 3 degrees cooler compared to yesterday. But this is pretty average for this time of the year. So bright 73 in oakland today, 82. In san jose hit about 84. In santa rosa in the city, maybe not as bright as we were yesterday. We call it partly sunny out there with our marine layer high of 68 degrees. That is weather lets we do on the road this morning jobina. Good morning. Good morning, drew. Thank you. Hi, everyone. So we are going to the bay bridge because this backup is really beginning to extend all the way to the bay bridge toll plaza now due to a motorcycle crash on westbound 80 past Treasure Island. The speeds are down to around 14mph. Now, if youre traveling westbound on the bridge into San Francisco, we also have a new report of a crash in oakland southbound 880 right around 23rd, which is why im bringing you our 880 at the coliseum camera. It is out of view of this camera, but heads up, if you rely on a 80 for your commute through oakland and then well end here with walnut creek showing you 680 where things are at the limit here. Thanks jobina. Scenes like these becoming all too common. Retail theft from smash and grabs to mass organized theft is happening all across the state. And now were learning more about Governor Newsoms plan to stop crime by investing hundreds of millions of dollars in dozens of cities and counties. Abc7 News Reporter lena howland live in San Francisco with how the money could help here in the bay. Well, here at dreamforce yesterday Governor Newsom talked all things Public Safety and Crime Prevention at the same time, his office announced the largest single investment to combat organized retail theft in golden state history. Now, as part of the governors real Public Safety plan, newsom plans to send 267 million to both Law Enforcement agencies and District Attorneys offices in 55 communities across the state in the bay area. We now know that includes places like San Mateo County, Santa Clara County. Daly city, San Francisco county, santa rosa, Sonoma County and Alameda County, just to name a few. Two in San Mateo County, thieves hit this sephora recently and stole 3,500 worth of perfume thieves also hit this lego store and stole just as much in lagos. Police did make arrests in both cases. San mateo county supervisor david canepa says he welcomes the grant money slated for his sheriffs department, but he thinks more changes are needed, especially with current legislation. We have to look at these penalties and the penalties that we have in place arent working when it comes to retail theft and organized crime. That has to be revised. And we have to look at prosecuting at a higher level than is currently being prosecuted at. Thats why 13 District Attorneys offices across the state could also get a little more than 2 million each in the bay area. That include Alameda County, santa clara and San Francisco. If approved by the board of state and community corrections, these 55 communities could see this money as early as october first of this year. Live in San Francisco, lena howland, abc seven news. Thanks so much, lena. A heated town hall meeting in the east bay last night where the Alameda County District Attorney, pamela price, hosted her latest talk with some neighbors. Price has been doing these town halls in several communities over the summer. Abc7 News Reporter Gloria Rodriguez is in the newsroom with why some of prices policies are really dividing the community. Good morning, reggie. There have been many heated moments in the town halls that price has done and last night was no exception with some even storming out of the event. Alameda County District attorney pamela prices town hall meeting drawing about 100 people to the Niles Discovery Church in fremont on wednesday. More than 300 people joined on zoom, and there was a recall rally before the meeting. Her opponents, who believe she is too soft on crime , are spearheading a recall effort. Some last night believe she avoided answering audience questions, but she defended her record since taking office and talked about reform that she shes brought to the das office. She also hit back at claims that shes not tough on crime and says she believes the amount of guns in the community plays a large part in the violence. One particular point of contention was her view on charging enhanced warrants, something many in the audience say that they want to see more of. But something the da does not always agree with and an issue that price campaigned on the use of those enhancements has driven the explosion of prisons has forced us to invest in prisons versus education. I believe in reform. I dont believe in letting murderers out on close to no charges. So there has to be punishment before you can have reform. Patricia harriss son was killed and she believes that price did not prosecute his killer harshly enough, saying the killers charges were reduced to involuntary with enhancements taken away and price remains committed to her platform of criminal justice reform. She says a crime wave started before she took office. Live in the newsroom, Gloria Rodriguez, abc seven news. Gloria thank you. And the conversation doesnt end there. You can watch our one on one with da price about her first nine months in office right now online. Its at abc seven news. Com or on your abc seven news bay area app. Now to the growing frustration over oaklands next police chief, mayor shengtao told the chronicle she will be declaring a state of emergency by the end of the year if she does not receive a list of finalists from the for this position from the police commission. Opd is saying Violent Crime is up 15 this year compared with last year. Tao fired the previous chief, laurent armstrong, after an independent investigation found he failed to hold some of his officers accountable for misconduct. Five east Bay Police Officers appeared in court on charges of conspiracy and accepting bribes that allegedly includes tequila in exchange for voiding citation of friends. The Contra Costa County das office filed the charges against four antioch Police Officers and one pittsburg officer in court yesterday. None entered a plea. Instead, they waived their rights to a speedy trial. Court documents show between 2020 and 2021, antioch officer Timothy Manley williams allegedly tried to help clear a speeding ticket and prevent officer Andrea Rodriguez from appearing in court in exchange for a bottle of tequila. Officer Manley Williams is also one of the ten officers indicted back in august in the fbis Ongoing Investigation into the antioch and pittsburg Police Departments. Abc7 news spoke with one Community Activist whos been regularly attending Court Hearings surrounding these cases. As i seen the look on some of their faces, they look like theyre ashamed and they look like they didnt want to be there. Of course, and i feel like its just its time. Its time for this change to happen and this needs to happen. They need to have their day in court. Officer Manley Williams, his attorney and several other officers and their attorneys declined to comment. A Vallejo Police Department Whistleblower has settled a lawsuit with the city for close to 1 million. Abc7 news iteam reporter Melanie Woodrow has covered the story for close to three years and talk with that officer for a one on one interview. After being fired from the Vallejo Police department. Former captain john whitney says he now feels some vindication and a lot of emotions. Im sorry. I just. Whitney and his attorney, jamie walker of william ivory, say tuesday night, the city Council Voted to approve a nearly 1 million settlement to whitneys whistleblower lawsuit. Whitney says he was fired for reporting unethical and corrupt behavior within the Vallejo Police department, including badge bending officers, had been bending down the corners of their badges following shootings. I have received awards for Lifetime Achievement from the peace officer standards and training, and i was ready for the next step in my career. And they took all of that away from me. Walker says the settlement sends a clear message. Vallejo fired a whistleblower. When you dont pay nearly 1 million, when you did the right thing. At issue has been the intention behind badge bending, which i discussed with both sides last year. These officers were celebrating in a gang like ritualistic fashion. The murder and death of black and brown people in the city of vallejo. The officers had to confront a lethal force incident, and it was a way of acknowledging that the solano County District attorney refused to investigate exclusively, telling me in february of last year, we dont we dont chase rumors. We dont chase rumors. The Vallejo Police department launched and concluded an independent Third Party Investigation. But the findings have never been publicly released. I think the community has a right to know what was going on inside their police department. The vallejo city manager said monday in a statement. The city is prohibited from releasing the report because it is a peace officer personnel record. But even the officers implicated have called for the report to be released. According to their attorney, mike raines, by email. Raines told me the city should be ashamed of itself for not releasing the investigation and correcting the false narrative to have officers commemorating their shootings with this ritual where they bend their badges. It just it creates a stain on the department. It creates the perception that theyre celebrating it, even if thats not what they were doing. Whitney, who is now working as a Patrol Officer for el cerrito police, says the most difficult part has been losing his career trajectory. Still, he says, hed do it all over again , even despite everything that happened. Yes, i would still report it. Its what we are mandated to do in Law Enforcement. The iteam reached out to the city of vallejo. The city attorneys office, the Vallejo Police department, Vallejo Police officers association, and the Attorney Generals Office for comment. But city manager mike malone said he had no comment on this at this time, we have not yet heard back from the others by email today. Solano County District attorney Krishna Abrams told the iteam none of the findings in the independent Third Party Investigation into badge bending gave rise to criminal liability. In the newsroom for the it Melanie Woodrow abc seven news. To get in touch with melanie and the iteam you can call this number on your screen or go to abc7 news. Com com slash iteam. How to catch a murderer. Up next, we are hearing how the pennsylvania escapee avoided capture for so long and the police dog that ultimately brought him down. A safety issue with iphone y. France has banned the sale of the iphone 12 until the Company Addresses a health hazard. But first, heres drew. Hey, good morning. 541 on our thursday. Heres a live look at our san jose camera. You can see were mostly cloudy to start out our morning here in the south bay from this vantage point. The marine layer is with us. So is tree pollen is at moderate levels today. Your main offenders are elm and pine weed. Pollen is low. So are mold spores. Your uv index wont make that sun out there later today, it will be on the high side. Heres live. Doppler seven along with satellite. We have this weak ridge thats pretty much off the coast of Northern California and Southern Oregon right now, supplying us with very comfortable temperatures. But eventually this area of low pressure, this trough is going to win out over the weekend, bring about cooler weather. And that trend does continue for much of next week outside this morning from the exploratorium camera, we are seeing that fog out there. Mix of sun and clouds with our marine layer. Early on, brighter skies later on this afternoon. See a lot of sunshine today, except the immediate coastline will have that cloud cover sticking with us. So were cool along the coast at about 62 degrees there around the bay shoreline. Well go into the mid 70s with a lot of sunshine and inland well go into the upper 80s by about 4 p. M. And thats pretty typical for this time of the year. Looking at the three day forecast, here comes that cooling trend starts here on friday. Then accelerates over the start of the weekend and that will continue for the back half as well into early next week. Well take a look at the lecomp weekend forecast in the seven day in about nine mi every business deserves a great deal. Thats why comcast business is launching the mobile made free event. With our business internet, new and existing customers can get one year of unlimited mobile for free. Its our best internet. 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He escaped a philadelphia area prison on august 31st, days after a jury convicted him of killing his ex girlfriend in front of her children. The exhaustive search through rural areas of pennsylvania finally came to an end yesterday. 30 miles from the prison after cavalcanti was detected by a plane with a thermal imaging camera around one in the morning. They were able to move in very quietly. They had the element of surprise. Meanwhile, for the first time in days, schools and businesses in the area will reopen today. As local residents breathe a sigh of relief. The District Attorney will now decide whether cavalcanti will face additional charges related to this escape. So we will continue to follow that. Kumasi thanks, jobina, the wife of notorious mexican drug lord el chapo, was released from federal prison yesterday day. Emma Coronel Aispuro served two years after pleading guilty to smuggling and money laundering, all in connection with her husbands multi billion dollar drug empire. The 34 year old former beauty queen will give up 1. 5 million and be supervised for four years as a condition. Condition of her release aispuro married the czar when she was 18 and he was 50. New information about the election interference trial is going on right now in georgia. District attorney fani willis wants all 19 defendants, including donald trump, to be tried together starting october 23rd. A judge set that date for codefendants, kenneth cheesebrough and Sidney Powell after they requested a speedy trial. But trumps legal team is demanding more time to prepare for the wide ranging charges. Prosecutors have estimated a trial for all 19 codefendants would last four months and feature 150 witnesses. Republican congresswoman lauren excuse me, Lauren Boebert was escorted out of a showing of beetlejuice juice, the musical, after allegedly causing a disturbance. The incident was caught on Surveillance Video inside the denver theater. Officials say there were several reports about two people vaping and taking photos and being loudly disruptive. According to the incident, boebert made a statement such as do you know who i am . And i will be contacting the mayor to as she was leaving her Campaign Manager has disputed the alleged behavior cited by the venue. Apples iphone 12 is now banned in france over radiation concerns, but researchers say you shouldnt be worried. A French Watchdog Agency claims the level of radiation emitted by the iphone 12 since it exceeds the standard set by the european union. Now a band in the us is not likely the National Cancer institute says, although devices do emit radiation, Research Shows cell phone use does not cause brain or other kinds of cancer in humans. I want to know what is going on over here at usa today, because yesterday we were telling you that they were hiring a reporter for a different performer, taylor swift. Now i guess theyre hiring a beyonce reporter. So theyre looking for someone to chronicle her music, fashion and cultural and economic influence. They need to be an energetic, enterprising writer. Yeah, but they say not necessarily a big fan. A bachelor, a masters degree in communications is required with at least five years of journalism experience. So the position is remote. International travel may be required. And as i noted yesterday, they and now again today with this story, this is an organization that has laid off numerous reporters at Community Newspapers across the country. So theyre getting a lot of backlash over hiring reporters who would only be covering taylor swift and only be covering beyonce. But, you know, you make your decisions based on how you make them, based on what the people want. Thats how they make them. And people are obsessed. They watch the tours. They watch the money, they watch the clicks, and they adjusted accordingly. Im loving that. Its a business , though. I feel like i can apply. Im ready to apply. I got that five years experience. Im qualified. Ive got decades of experience watching her know. I will say, i just remember in journalism class reading a book called Market Driven journalism and all the problems that come from that. And here we are. But shout out to the usa today journalists that exposed larry nassar. I mean, that was some journal ism work right there. So i mean, yeah, they they do some solid reporting. They have i wonder whats job opening theyll post today which artist is next Olivia Rodrigo i mean yeah. Who do we have of whats the man coming to levis. To levis. They get out now they get out loud. Oh, sam smith. No, im gonna levis. Oh, yes. Ed sheeran. Hes next. Sheeran. Sheeran. Well sell out a show. He will sell out a show. What do i need to know . See you know who else . Dua lipa has been really killing it. Yeah can we stop creating these . How about covering the local courts . How about covering the local das . Yeah, we can do both for city hall. You can do both. You aint done first newsroom. We can do both. Okay all right. How are they doing . Cover everything. I dont know. I just listen on sharpie, it says that people are clicking on beyonce. I see. Thats what im saying. Yeah. Heres a live look outside pier 39. We have the sea lions. Theyre resting this morning. The forecast calls for marine layer fog this morning. It is dense in the north bay and along the coast. Well show you that in a second with some areas of drizzle. Its a mild to warm afternoon. Its very pleasant. But then over the weekend and for much of next week, those temperatures are going below average. Heres our visibility on live doppler seven reduced in santa rosa. Similar story in half moon bay, but in most places, even though we have cloud cover overhead, our visibility is not too bad. Heres future tracker wind gusts showing you well have that onshore flow once again today, gusting 15 to 25mph. And well do that again tomorrow afternoon as well. Its just kind of the pattern were in. Temperatures are very seasonal today, close to average, 73 in oakland, 84 in santa rosa, 68 in the city, 82. In san jose, 89. In antioch at about 75. In palo alto overnight tonight, well have that marine layer coming right on back. Well have pockets of drizzle once again. Its a very steady pattern of morning fog giving way to afternoon sunshine. If you are hoping for warmer weather, were going in the opposite direction. Temperatures dipping below average over the weekend. Saturday the warmer of the two days and that cooler pattern continues early next week. Heres the accu weather. 70 forecast mild to warm today. Cooling trend gets underway here on friday and that continues early next week. Jobina. Thank you, drew. Good morning, everyone. We have a big mess underway right now at the bay bridge. If youre traveling in the westbound direction, check out our sensors here. This is all due to a motorcycle crash on westbound 80 past Treasure Island. Your speeds are down to around nine miles per hour. And according to the chp, a ten year old was on this motorcycle at the time of the crash. A live picture here of the bay bridge. And you can see how extensive the backup has been. Now were looking at about 5. 3 miles of stacked traffic. As you approach that crash site. Emergency crews are on the scene. It sounds like there arent any major injuries involved, which is good news. But we do have lanes blocked there. And because of that metering, lights flipped on early at 533. So not a good time to travel towards the bay bridge at the moment. If you are going in the westbound direction into San Francisco bay. Thanks, jobina. Im still trying to get over the fact that a ten year old. Yes is on a motorcycle. New at six a musician announces a tour, including a stop here in the bay area. People are so excited. Her website crashed within hours. 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In todays gma first look, america, an caver, mark dickey will be speaking about the life saving rescue mission and his Current Health condition in a live interview on gma. Heres abc News Reporter andrew dymburt. In this mornings gma first look, the moment american explorer mark dickey is hoisted to safety after 12 days trapped in a turkish cave. It is amazing to be above ground again. I was underground for far longer than ever expected, within with an unexpected medical issue. The 40 year old rushed to a medical tent for treatment after becoming stuck more than 3400ft underground and suffering a life threatening emergency during a cave mapping expedition. The only feeling that i think i have is this. This curve of will i live now . Dickeys parents thanking the rescuers who helped. It was a real emotional roller coaster. The situation in with mark, how seriously he was hurt, how deep and hard to get to him. It was. And coming up at 7 a. 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