Wilson is a dispatcher and union leader who says the renovated space is half the battle. The other half is finding the dispatchers that San Francisco and nearly every other u. S. City desperately needs. The real issue is staffing. We have a staffing crisis and we need to update our systems. The city says the pushing to years ago. We are finally starting to see a turn in that crisis. So, for instance, we were unable to fill our academy classes, not even by 50 over the last two years. We are going to seat a class next month that will be almost full and then we have two more classes scheduled that we are very confident will be full. Reporter in San Francisco, christie smith, nbc bay area news. Happening right now in San Francisco, singing for cecil, past and present choir members of the glide Memorial Church ensemble are honoring the late reverend williams. This is a live look now at the Iconic Church in tenderloin. This is a special tribute to honor the reverend who through the month of
The clive Memorial Church ensemble performed a song to honor the lives of three u. P. S. Workers. But the family and friends knew them by other names. Big mike. Uncle ben son. And infectious wayne. Reporter the three were gunned down on june 14 by fellow ups driver jimmy lam who had filed a grievance about working excessive overtime. Lam took his own life the same day. Mayor ed lee offered the vi vi victims families these words. We will do everything to help you recover from this tragedy. But we begin with appropriately honoring their memories here today. Reporter congresswoman nancy pelosi says gun violence must end. Things like this so unexpected, gun violence leaves a trauma behind. Reporter the cousin matt says his family is just trying to cope with the loss of a man who was bigger than life. Maybe later. Reporter the teamsters and u. P. S. Family standing as one. Reporter in San Francisco, cornell bernard, abc7 news. The parents of a missing san mateo man have flown in from hawaii
Pay for everything. Sad thing is reporter this man showed us around his destroyed apartment. Hes heartbroken to see the damage. A kitchen filled with ashes, clothes out the window on scaffolding so close he can touch it. This is scary. I dont know how the city permitted like the scaffolding next to your window. Reporter he says hes been told by his landlord it will take at least three months to make his united habitable again. Abc7 news. New at 6 00, almost 300,000 gallons of water going to waste after someone vandalized a water tank. The north marin Water Authority says a trespasser cut through a chain link fence and may have tampered with the water supply. The same thing may have happened last month. Water officials have to drain the tank, disinfect it and refill it with water. Police in san jose are looking for a woman accused of stabbing a man this morning on south 2 nth street away from the 280 freeway. Officers found the victim with one stab wound. He was taken to the hospital wh
Its burned more than 3700 square miles since thursday and at least 150 homes are threatened. Its extremely difficult. We have hand crews coming in all over from the Central Coast to help put a line around it. Shifting winds are also making it really hard for firefighters to get a handle on all of this. Right now, that fire is 15 contained. Were posting the latest information on all of the California Wildfires right on the abc 7 news app. You can download it and make sure to enable push alerts to get breaking news sent straight to your smartphone or tablet. Were tracking developing news at the live desk this morning. New york Police Investigating the death of a woman and a state trooper. The suspect, the womans husband. A u. S. Army soldier. The soldier, 32yearold justin walters, was taken into custody at the scene near the canadian border. The trooper was responding to a domestic disturbance call at his home when he was shot and killed. His wife was found dead inside. Walters is an act
A west wind at 13 at the golden gate bridge. If it makes the righthand turn, well let you know. 7 00 this morning, your 12hour day planner. 54 to 61. The bottle line is the coastal conditions. Mainly upper 50s at noon, 4 00, and 7 00. The middle number is the bay. 73 to 77, and really nice this evening. 83 to 87 noon inland. There are areas in the east bay that will be in the 90s. But everybody falls back into the 70s in the evening. One more nice day and then the hat is on. How about the commute this morning . Looking okay in most areas. A check of the golden gate as well. Ia just showed this, but we have the zipper trucks wrapping up now. Youll have a little more room on the southbound side and no delays out of marin county at this early hour. A quick check of drive times. Looking great here, too. Westbound 580 tracy to dublin, 27 minutes. If youre starting in antiqua, we have a big issue. Southbound 680, in the green at 15. And nice and light in the south bay. Northbound 85 between