Traffic starting to build as you can see theres a little bit of red there. Folks are waking up and getting out of the house and heres a live look at 680 in walnut creek where traffic is moving but going a little slow this morning. Jess. From the live desk, we are tracking a horrific crash in the south bay. I want to show you video just coming in to the abc7 newsroom from san jose. Shows the scene of the accident on mcdaniel avenue. A car plowed into a couple trees and from this angle, you cant even tell it used to be a car. Incredibly, the driver walked away with only minor injuries. Officers say they actually found him sitting on the curb talking to people. He was taken to the hospital as a precaution. Police right now are talking to the driver to find out the cause of the crash and determine if alcohol was a factor. The bay area bracing for whats expected to be a weekend of protests. A rightwing rally is planned for tomorrow at San Franciscos crissy field from 2 00 to 5 00 p. M. Mayo
Our voices. We have to stand out. We arent calling for violence, the violent people are the fascists and the White Supremacists. Police are making plans to keep the Opposing Side separated. The mayor of berkeley urges people to stay away and instead attend a counter demonstration at uc berkeley. Counter rallies started today hundreds turned out at city hall. Tara moriarty was there. Reporter the fencing is already up at crissy field. It looks like the rally wont happen here but at alamo square. Thats causing security concerns. Our rights are not a threat to yours your bigotry is a threat Reporter City leaders are sending a message to any white supremacist planning to attend saturdays prayer rally. To those who seek to understand undermine our spirit and think the First Amendment protects their violence, you are not welcome in San Francisco its important that we are here together the day before hate shows up on our shores reporter leaders were concerned the rally slated for 2 pm at cris
Ground. There could be a storm surge of up to 12 feet. Harvey will make landfall in the next few hours. People are preparing for the worst. The mandatory evacuation is in effect along the coast. Governor greg abbott is warning residents to get out of the storms path immediately. What you dont know right now will be the magnitude of flooding that will occur in the aftermath of the initial surge. If you wait until you realize how serious this condition is, you will likely find its too late for you to evacuate. Bill martin is tracking Hurricane Harvey from our weather center. Its approaching fast. How long until i will make landfall . How bad will it be . Its going to be bad, the rain thats forecast between now and next thursday, this is a category 4 and is nothing to sneeze at but the moisture is trapped in houston and galveston between the immediate concern is this moving onshore. Look at this i want to show you where the system is, this is where the rain will be heavy. Look at this, th
Live from the kgo tv broadcast center, this is abc 7 news. Now at 11 00, this man you see here is now dead after a first of its kind car accident. His tesla was on autopilot when it slammed into a tractortrailer. Good evening and thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. An im larry beil in for dan ashley tonight. Federal authorities are launching an investigation as the crash raises questions about the safety of those selfdriving cars. Cornell bernard is live in berkeley. Cornell . Reporter the selfdriving cars slowly becoming the new reality out here on the road. But one mans death raising new questions about the technology. This was joshua brown driving his tesla that he nicknamed tessie. He is the first known u. S. Fatality while using selfdriving technology. Tesla ceo elon musk tweeted his condolences to the model s owner. He calls brown a friend to tesla. He was known for posting videos of his car driving on autopilot, like this one, where it narrowly avoided crashing into another
The statement minimum rage reaches 15 by 2022. Elissa . Good morning, thousands of bay area workers are getting a raise. Some will meet the 15 minimum wage, and make a requirement for the deadline including emeryville where i am. It is actually on pace to go above the prosecute of the country with the minimum wage requirements. Today, the Small Businesses must pay employees 13 an hour and larger businesses 14. 82 and the wage will go up baste on cost of living increase with Small Businesses required to pay a dollar more a year through 2019. It will pay 16 an hour in 2019. The minimum wage is a huge issue through the bay area with residentses and home prices skyrocketing. We have seen low wage workers unable to make ends meets. Employers are concerned about being con in San Francisco, minimum wage is up to 13. In the south bay it is 11. And in the silicon valley, the City Association of Santa Clara County voted in favor of boosting minimum wage to 15 an hour around the region by 2019, a