It begins with dear donald. He wrote that americans are angry and frustrated, but also generous and kind. He challenged others to speak up. I hope it can be much more than something that i wrote. It can be something that americans get out there and repurpose and write their own letters and speak with their own voices a lot more powerful than my own. He paid nearly 200,000 for this ad. He says he may get more involved in the election. It follows a letter from more than 100 tech executives last week saying trump would be a disaster. Today, Hillary Clinton held several events in ohio. This morning, she spoke at the naacp conference in cincinnati and addressed the recent shooting of police in louisiana. Watching the news from baton rouge yesterday, my heart broke. Not just for those officers and their grieving families, but for all of us. The Democratic NationalConvention Starts next week in philadelphia. Our abc 7 news crew will be there as well. Theyre in cleveland this weeku. You can watch Laura Anthony live every evening with updates on the days events. I think that a lot of people dont really understand what this job is all about. Tense and sad. Thats how local Law Enforcement officers describe patrolling right now after police in dallas and baton rouge have been targeted and killed. We road along with Alameda County sheriffs deputies today during this tense time in america. Melanie . Reporter this unit is unique because it operates in both the count and the city, including here in oakland. Sheriffs deputies say when they stop a vehicle, the biggest risk or threat to them is whoever may be inside. But theres a new dynamic and those deputies are now also concerned about the people who may be around them. Sergeant rob evans has been with the Sheriffs Office 15 1 2 years. I get fractions of second to make a decision thinking about state law, federal law, my policies and procedures while im trying to determine if youre trying to hurt me. Reporter pn oxnlately, the n the field has changed. Friction between residents and Law Enforcement is at an alltime high following the shooting deaths of alton sterling and philando castile. It would help if the community had a little more understanding of what this job was like. Reporter it translates to a new threat for Law Enforcement. Things are getting worse. Reporter he says people he stops seem more brazen. I think theyre looking for a confrontation with us to get it on camera. That is not helpful for us or anyone. Reporter on this afternoon, deputies arrest an alleged protest and alleged john. No one arrested is armed. The scene was secure and safe here. As you can see, were in uniform and a marked car. Reporter the sergeant says trying to secure the scene and maintain Situational Awareness can be tough. Everyone leaves this scene safely. I would say the biggest indicator of how an event is going to go for everyones safety is if we get compliance. Reporter he says making sure his deputies and the people they interact with both get home to their families is paramount. Abc 7 news. President obama spent hours with black lives matter activists as well as politicians and Law Enforcement last week discussing police and community relations. John carly was the only bay area representative invited to the white house. We talked with him today in his office about what made this visit unusual. It was a very long meeting, very unusual for even his own staff to say four to four and a half hours. But it was very important. So he took the time, rolled up his sleeves, took off his suit coat and listened virtually the entire time. Law enforcement officers are still reeling from multiple attacks. Yesterday, a shooter killed three officers and injured three other officers in baton rouge. Police today released surveillance images of the gunman, gavin eugene long. He was shot and killed by a police sniper. You can show your support for the officers in baton rouge. Go to our abc 7 News Facebook page. A man attacks several people on a train in germany. He seriously injured four people. The suspect jumped out of the train when it made an emergency stop. Police later tracked him down and shot him. Officials say the attacker was a 17yearold from afghanistan who lived in germany. Theyre still trying to figure out the motive. To the terror attack in nice now. Thousands gather for moment of silence today at the attack site in honor of theein killed last thursday. Investigators said the attack was premeditated and planned. They believe the suspect began to show interest in isis just days before he drove through the crowd. The attack took the life of a ucl r berkeley student. Leslie was 20 years old. Today, his friends gathered to honor him on campus. Reporter very emotional afternoon here at cal as you can well imagine. His family is over in france today meeting with his uc berkeley classmates. They said they lit candles and said prayers there as the world embraces them, they said, in sympathy. Here at cal, there were lots of tears. I have the image of a smiling young man who was full of generous ambition, who was willing to act positively in the world, to make the world a better place. And today, the world misses nicholas leslie. Reporter the plaza filled with people and prayers and praises for a young 20yearold whose life was cut short in a terror attack on what was supposed to be the start of his vibrant life. This is the second time in a month uc berkeley has mourned the loss of a student overseas. He was really amazing person. And reporter nick leslie was from del mar, california and came to uc berkeley to change the world. Friends described him as ca charismatic and happy. We had been in paris along with 85 other cal students. Many of them were caught up in the attack. Three were injured with broken bones. Others escaped and hid and ran back to student housing. Nick never returned. The fbi informed cal officials of his death on sunday. Abc 7 news. A tale of video just tonight. How a womans efforts helped catch a thief. How to keep people safe in a building that is crumbling. Reporter from a july chill to a sizzling warmup. Ill have the forecast sfx turbines revving up, getting louder and louder you hear that . Thats the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines with fares as low as 69 dollars oneway. So get ready to take off. Because sale prices as low as these dont happen every day book your low fare now at southwest. Com low fares. Nothing to hide. Thats transfarency. Sfx clap, clap, ding last month, we told you about the problems at uc berkeleys edwards stadium because of crumbling concrete. The university will close part of that stadium for the security of workers as well as the public. We are live from cal with what the university plans to do with edwards in the future. But the other issue being discussed here is the possibility of retrofitting the stadium which is only a few blocks from the hayward fault. Well, that was 77. Reporter today at 90, she still practices. For years, shes used the stadiums west tunnel to transport her equipment. But today, this is what she found. A yellow caution z tape and a entry sign. Late in june, abc7 news reported that chunks of concrete had fallen from the pillars making it a safety hazard. Today, the university announced it would take action. We are going to put netting up around the concrete. Reporter in the meantime, the west tunnel will remain closed. This is where the gardeners have their offices and load up their trucks. Now were being moved out of the track and the public wont be put at risk. Reporter despite the concretes falling, the pillars have not been compromised. People will have access through the east tunnel. Maria can live with that. I would have to find another place to do my jogging. Reporter edwards opened in 1932. Just last year, the universitys seismic action plan for facilities; icn enhancement and renewal gave the stadium a poor seismic rat seismic rating. They will send out another Structural Engineer to examine the pillars. Theyre going to let the university know of ways that it might be strengthened. Reporter since 1997, cal has upgraded 75 of the buildings that needed retrofitting. Edwards has yet to make that list. Abc7 news. California is being urged to stay out of two lakes that has been found to grow a type of green algae that can make people very sick and kill dogs. Its in parts of shasta and pyramid lake. It marks the Third Straight sum ir that the water has been af limits die to the toxic algae. We had a nice break from the traditional summer heat, but that is only temporary. Thats right. Its back. It will be soon. Heres a look at live doppler 7 hd. Breezy and unseasonably Cool Conditions right now. Wont last very long in the weather trends here. Heres a look at current winds. Up to 3,000 Miles Per Hour 30 Miles Per Hour right now. Heres the view of afy low clouds near the coastline. Oakland, 68, low 70s in san jose and morgan hill. Check out this from our east bay hills camera. A bright western sky with areas of low clouds forming. Napa 71. Mid70sfairfield and concord. This is the view from emeryville. Well see low clouds expanding overnight with the chance ofe z spotty Early Morning drizzle. Temperatures will remain below average for the nextfy days, but it will be mitch warmer by the end of the week. Heres forecast animation beginning at 7 00 this evening. The low clouds and fog pushing across the bay overnight. Overnight lows mainly in the mid50s. Now, lets resume the animation. 5 00 tomorrow morning, morning commute, well see areas of reduced visibility because of low clouds and fog. And there may be a few damp spots as spotty drizzle is likely to fall. 8 00 still there. The clouds will pull back to the coastline giving us mainly sunny skies inland and partly sunny on the coast. Highs tomorrow mainly in the mid70s to low 80s. On the peninsula, look for highs of 75 redwood city. Coastal highs mainly in the upper 50s to right around 60 sunset district and daly city. Santa rosa, 75. East bay, 58. 73 at fremont. And livermore 78. Looking toward the end of the week, friday will bring us a warmer afternoon with inland highs in the low 90s. Up to 100 on saturday and sunday. It is going to sizzle like summer inland on the weekend. Heres the sevenday forecast. For the next three days, high temperatures generally remain a bit below average bouncing up to 90 inland friday. We expect there will be several of those. On monday, temperatures drop off just a couple degrees, if that is a cooling trend, its just going to be a gradual one. Its not going to cool down sharply. Just a reminder. Summers not done yet. Thanks for calling that a trend. A push for driveless car. Safety right here in the bay area. The event that will focus on more than just cars when abc7 news at 6 00 returns. This week, planes, training and automobiles will converge on San Francisco for a special convention. They are selfdriving. Clearly, its the cars really in the spotlight right now. Wayne freedman has a look. Reporter just another fendec bender in downtown San Francisco. No deaths, no injuries, hardly memorable if not for the timing and the proximity. Because just a few floors above this, a group of engineers in room envisioning a safer world. Some people envision us not needing traffic lights in the future because cars will be so aware of one another. Reporter for the record, the first fatal Traffic Accident ever happened in 1899. A man stepped off a curb in new york city directly into the path of an oncoming taxi. Last year, 1. 3 Million Deaths worldwide. The most notable death this year, joshua brown. Last may, he became the first person to die in a selfdriving car. He was reportedly watching a movie behind the wheel of his tesla when the camera and radar failed to recognize a semi truck. They call that accident a warning. When you call a system auto pilot, it better work by itself. Reporter court came to San Francisco to caution those researchers. He wants federally regulated enforceable safety standards. Im afraid theyre going to use cheap video cameras, not going to have ample radar. Im afraid that the next generation of these autopilot features wont come with the best technology. With all things where folks come together and find new partners, the Technology Advancement will be accelerated. Reporter it did not come soon enough for those drivers down below. In San Francisco, wayne freedman, abc7 news. In less than ten years, president obama expects all the vehicles in america to average 54 miles per gallon. Drivers are keeping older, less fuel efficient cars. If we stay with our current trend, the average will probably be closer to 50 miles per gallon, not 54 by the deadline of 2025. These reports are part of a view that will decide whether to relax the standards or keep them in place. Certainly better than what it used to be. His job was to deliver packages, but tonight hes accused of doing just the opposite, and the victim was not going to put up with anymore. Dont forget who brought you to the dance. Its the people. Tonight, senator barbara tonight, senator Barbara Boxer looks back on her decades you live life your way. We can help you retire your way, too. Financial guidance while youre mastering life. From chase. So you can. Youre seeing a growing problem across the bay area. Packages stolen from doorsteps. Now theres a twist in this case. A delivery man is actually accused of taking the package. A san jose woman helped get justice. Having a laptop stolen is not something that you should expect from an amazon deliver service. Reporter she did not want to be identified for security reasons. For this story, well call her jennifer. This security video taken last wednesday showing an amazon carrier delivering her laptop. This still taken from another camera shows a different delivery man making his rounds at the apartment complex. Then later, this video. It shows him stealing the box with her laptop. 5xuu ;f jennifer contacted amazon and the police. Amazon sent her another laptop, but she decided she had had enough. I actually had another amazon order a few months ago that disappeared. This will be the second time. Reporter this time she had the goods. The damning video. She sent the video and photographs to amazon. Lo and behold, she got this reply from amazons delivery unit. The manager actually recognized his employee from the video, and he contacted me and let me know that he has fired the employee since seeing the video. Reporter jennifer did her part in exposing a thief whos probably stolen before. If you see a wrong, do what you can to fix it. Reporter abc7 news. New at 6 00, Berkeley Police are looking for a man with a bb gun who opened fire on a group of students. They saw a man across the street with a gun who started shooting at them. The students ran, but one got hit and ended up with a minor injury. The shooter has not been found. Another bb gun attack happened ten minutes earlier. Major step forward in the Golden State Warriors effort to build a new arena in San Francisco. The citys Environmental Review of that proposed arena was adequate thus rejecting arguments that the city had failed to consider alternative sites. This decision clears the way for the project at mission bay to move forward. They hope to have it open in time for the 2019 abc7 season. When its Earnings Report came out today, yahoo saw its sales grow to 1. 3 billion. For buying the core businesses of sunnyvale based yahoo . They were up about twotenths of a percent. Hurting a guide dog could come with greater penalties in the state of california. They lobbied in sacramento today. They support a bill working its way through the state capitol. K that calls for it will be a misdemeanor to willfully, knowingly, or recklessly harm a guide dog. It will increase the protection for the guide dog team. If the dogs are attacked by another animal or human being. Theres coverage for both medical and lost wages. Guide dog owners could also receive money from the Victims Compensation restitution fund. A bay area woman is fighting against the pink tax, an extra cost for products marketed to women and girls. Jackie sperer points to basketballs as an example. The gray one is 6 cheaper. It would allow to crack down price bias. Whether the gender tax is caused by anupuu . H unconsciousr by nefarious 1 screheming reall makes no difference. Its up fair and unethical. She sponsored a measure here in california 20 years ago that banned gender pricing for Services Like dry cleaning and haircuts. Senator Barbara Boxer is leaving capitol hill at the end of her term. Today, she spoke in a speech that both looked back and forward. Reporter senator Barbara Boxer is an avid Hillary Clinton supporter, but would she serve in a possible clinton administration. No, im not interested. Reporter boxer is in San Francisco on a book signing toor. During her q a session, she went after donald trump. If there is an art to it or else youre kind of like someone else whos in the news. [ laughter ] and thats not tough. Thats a bully. Reporter the Republican Convention kicked off in cleveland today with protests outside and arguments inside. Senator boxer says shes looking forward to a more settled Democratic Convention next week. Its safe to say this was a room full of progressive democrats and theyre hoping for a big tubig turnout for clinton in november. I cannot emphasize to my children or the young people that this will decide their future. Reporter boxer ran for the u. S. Senate in 1992 and entered office along with four other women including dianne feinstein. It was dubbed the year of the woman. She had some advice for her successors. Dont forget who brought you to the dance. Its the people. Reporter the two top candidates in november for her senate seat are two women. Abc7 news. Well, the drive along interstate 80 will look a little bit different tomorrow in the east bay. There will be ramp meters in Alameda County. They will be solid green between 5 00 and 8 00 p. M. For one week. It monitors traffic in the corridor and uses the brant meters in realtime. It should be up and ready to go by september. Santa clara county, they finished repairing that 8foot sink hole. They were on the screen on friday when crews had to close three northbound lanes in sunnyvale to make repairs. Well, the pokemon go craze is not letting up. It is pokemon day. Theyre turning that into a selling point. Okay. Plus what brought a look of joy to the face of the Oldest Park Ranger in the country. California schools are safer and students are making healthier choices according to the latest statewide student survey. Every two years, the department of education surveys 7th, 9th, of education surveys 7th, 9th, andt a smaller number report having seen someone carry a weapon on camp campus. Students reported less frequent and heavy drinking and less marijuana use. This years survey asked about ecigarette use for the first time. Students in all grades were twice as likely to have smoked an ecigarette compared to a real cigarette. A double dose of success for spacex overnight. Three, two, one. First, the falcon nine rocket lifted a capsule packed with thousands of pounds of supplies into orbit. It returned to earth and made a Successful Ground landing. Spa spacex plans to reuse the rocket later this year. The dragon capsule will dock with the International Space station on wednesday. Its carrying supplies for experiments that will be conducted by astronaut kate rubens. Pokemon go craze took over the california state fair today. The chp tweeted this animated guest of their booth with pokemon characters. The state fair organized a pokemon card tournament and the winner gets the prizes in this photo. Bigger than life pokemons, what could be better . Just about anything from my perspective. Youre not 12. But i act 12 a lot. Tonight, find out how to get access to big discounts on almost anything really. The simple trick that could help you save a whole lot of you dont let anything keep you sidelined. Thats why you drink ensure. With 9 grams of protein and 26 vitamins and minerals. For the strength and energy to get back to doing. What you love. Ensure. Always be you. Consumer news now. Theres huge discounts being offered every day that consumers arent getting in on. The reason is they dont use one simple trick. Guess who knows that simple trick. Im all over it. Look, this secret is an open one, but rarely used by consumers. Price matches. Have you actually done it . Have you asked a store to price match . Its easier than you think. Lisa tab is all over a good deal and says a good way to get one is through price matching. I price match everything. Everything . Everything. A former 7 on your side producer, lisa invited me to meet her at cains tire. Look at this window sign. We beat costco. But the sign doesnt tell you, lisa will. They say theyll price match cost dco, but theyll also price match other places too. Its online price matching. Costco price matching. We always come out lower in the end. Bay area consumers checkbook knows all about price matching. It just completed an undercover study of some of the countrys biggest chain stores. We sent our mystery shoppers into these stores and they found a product that was advertised for far less somewhere else and asked, you know, can i get thep. In almost every case, it was really easy to do this. Kevin says each store has its own policy, but most wont match a competitors coupon or match the price of a similar, but not exactly the same product. The other exception is if its a clearance item or a discontinued item, then they dont have to match prices. That brings us back to lisa who has even price matched groceries when her local whole foods wanted 25 for a pie. I called the whole foods in another town and said how much is your pie. It was about 5 cheaper. Did they price match . Yeah. They kind of had them at that point. Okay, well just give it to you for 20 rather than 25. Not all stores price match. Because youre watching me right now, youre going to get free access to the consumers checkbook study and advice on price matching. You can get it free for a month. This is going to save you some serious money. To check it all, all you have to do is go to my website. Go to abc7news. Com, click on 7 on your side. There, too, youll find many, many of my reports. Just click on the sections tab. Im going to be your star pupil. Thank you very much. A lifesaving piece of equipment is getting a second life and a second home thanks to the Santa Clara County department. Weve done this for years. One of our apparatuses heading down to mexico. Abc7 was there today as firefighters made the transfer official. It is one of several pieces of equipment the department donates to various colleges, training programs, and other departments when the equipment no longer meets local standards. A Bay Area Park ranger thought shed lost something really special when a robber broke into her home and stole a commemorative coin she got from president obama. During a ceremony in concord yesterday, they surprised betty with an envelope from the president. Inside was a replacement challenge coin. She also got a personal letter from mr. Obama. She said that note made the new coin just as special as the original. That memory that was embedded in that coin that was stolen, i didnt think that that would come back. And i found when i received this one yesterday that the memory is embedded in the coin. In the letter, president obama said her service is extremely inspiring. At 94 years old, shes the nations Oldest Park Ranger. Shes terrific. Terrific. Well, how do you follow that up. Spencer, you will find a way. I know youve got exciting news for those complaining about the cold. Ive got what i hope will be awardwinning weather coming our way this weekend. Right now, theres probably much to complain about if you like warm weather. Its sunny, but its quite chilly for this time of year. Highs tomorrow statewide will be all over the place. 96 fresno. 75 in san diego. Here in the bay area, it will be a day much like today. Highs ranging from around 60 at the coast to 60s around the bay and a few 70s. For the week ahead, san jose is our indicator of the temperature trend. High also remain below average until friday. Over the weekend, theyll bounce up and well see highs over 90 degrees in san jose on sunday and monday. That trend much of the bay area will see. Inland areas reaching about 100 degrees in the warmest places on saturday and sunday with highs dropping off to upper 90s on monday. Thanks, spencer. Is our first chance to see kevin durant playing with the warriors. Its in vegas and theyre sfx turbines revving up, getting louder and louder you hear that . Thats the sound of our summer sale firing up its engines with fares as low as 69 dollars oneway. So get ready to take off. Because sale prices as low as these dont happen every day book your low fare now at southwest. Com low fares. Nothing to hide. Thats transfarency. Sfx clap, clap, ding getting ready for the olympic games, team usa has gathered for practice in las vegas. Three Golden State Warriors are on the squad. Steph curry opted to rest this summer, otherwise hed be playing too. Durant was asked again today about his decision to join the warriors saying he felt bad for a few days because he knew so many okc fans were upset with him. For now hes focused on rio. Just trying to feel the team out. Feel out our roles on the team, defensive team. It was good. Good to get back out in a team setting and great time with these great players. I love coming to play for the usa basketball. Every experience i have with them, i feel like ive gotten better. Being around even a select team, seeing these young guys out here working, its so cool, its motivating. One more go round with harrison. Thats going to be fun. When you have a Mutual Respect for each other, its kind of easy to get together and bond. When you competing against all these guys. Its just a matter of you getting in front of them. Ive had guys that i didnt know, 2012, really good friends now. Just having that Mutual Respect, coming together a little easier. Clippers3v griffin has been the subject of many trade rumors this off season. Some thinking a deal with okc. Now there are reports indicating teams could be shying away from the 27yearold Power Forward because of the quad injury. Steph curry may have decided to sit out the rio olympics, but clearly could not pass up the opportunity to avenge his threepoint contest loss to klay thompson. But this time, the dual was a little bit different. Check this out. Steph and klay in a threepoint shootout with humongous basketballs and then gallons of slime. Curry found his rhythm early. Got the evenly over klay in this conte contest. Theyre not the splash brothers for nothing, people. And the kids left slimed but smiling. The new England Patriots deflategate and spygate have nothing on this situation in baseball. Cardinals scouting director is facing 46 months in jail. He pled guilty to hacking the Houston Astros data system. The oakland as had a hole in their rotation for tuesday. Its going to be filled by dillon overton. He got rocked for eight runs against the giants five days later. His services are needed because there was a step up to fill in for rich hill after he left the game after only five pitches for a blister. Last night, the nationals and the pirates, they played a tense 18inning game. This little kid in the green there stole the show. Running through the entire gamut of emotions. He was hungry, he was happy, he was sad, he was sleepily, he was elated. As they hit the go ahead homer. Was he more happy that the pirates won or that the marathon ended. The latter. Abc7 sports brought to you by orchard apply hardware. Join us tonight at 9 00 and later at 11 00. Melania trump is set to address millions of americans tonight. The latest from the republican National Convention. Also on abc7 news at 11 00, spinning donuts on the bay bridge. Why this has become a growing problem. Thats it for this edition of abc7 news. Look for breaking news on twitter. Stay tuned now for the republican National Convention for spencer and michael, and te entire abc7 news team, have a great night. [voiceover] get ready for killer comedy. And the ultimate spit take. If you can handle it. And its all just for laughs gags . Now this first gag takes our marks right to the edge and then pushes them over. laughter