Buying it. We dont want you here. Were not going to tolerate youre being here. Reporter in an effort to avoid a repeat of vents like this, the Berkeley City Council passed an ordinance that give police the latitude to enforce bans and set perimeters at the rally. Giving police unprecedented power and mostly its to stop us. If their issue is they cant bring a weapon, we have a problem with that. You want to come and peacefully assemble, we will allow that to happen. When youre intent on committing violence, thats when were going to draw the line. Reporter the city is working on a specific list of banned items but is yet to release it saying it will be made public 24 hours before sundays rally. Laura anthony, abc 7 news. The u. S. Postal service says it will remove several blue collection bobbi kristixes as a measure. Officials say its to increase Public Safety and ensure the sanctity of the mail. Community groups and businesses in berkeley are uniting against hate trying to make unity a
To 26 Miles Per Hour. Heres a quick look at todays temperatures. You can see a lot of 70s, 80s, even a few 90s out there. But getting ahead of ourselves. Lets talk about the 12hour day planner and how we get to those temperatures. As you look at the clouds at the exploratorium, they wont last long today. Even at the coast, well see sunshine. Low 60s there. 71 to 78 from noon to 4 00 around the bay. 77 to 89 at 4 00, so just a touch warmer during the evening hours. Ill look at the evening forecast coming up next. All right, taking a look at traffic times right now. Were pretty much in the green. Theres a look at your commutes from santa rosa to petaluma, 15 minutes. Castro valley to the maze, looking at a 14minute commute. Jessica. At the live desk, were tracking Hurricane Harvey as it nears the gulf coast. The hurricane strengthened to a category2 storm overnight. Its expected to make landfall in texas later tonight or early saturday morning. Meanwhile, this morning, the rush to get pe
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
Take mass transit. We also want to show you a live look at the Golden Gate Bridge. Only a few cars there. Looking pretty nice and clear. Okay, for some of you, the commute, though, is changing forever starting today. It has been nearly six decades since the north bay has seen regular passenger train service. But that all ends now. The long awaited smart train finally gets rolling on its regular schedule. Amy hollyfield is live in santa rosa this morning. Hi, amy. Hi, good morning, jessica. Were finding theres a little confusion. We have seen a couple commuters show up thinking the trains were going to start running this morning. That is not the case. Today is the Ribbon Cutting ceremony. Today is all about celebrating. You can count on those trains for the monday morning commute. Theyll start the celebration this morning at 9 00, and they have waited a while for this. The smart trains were supposed to start running last fall. But a problem with the Diesel Engine caused a delay. This 43
And were looking at 65 in concord and livermore. So that was our east bay hills shot, mt. Diablo, temperatures climbing through the 90s by noontime. 106 in our inland east bay. And we will be almost as hot tomorrow. So a bit of a relief throughout the middle of the week. But dont get used to it. More heat comes into play as we welcome in september. Chris . Lisa, thank you. This morning, San Francisco police are calling the city safe after officers helped prevent two right wing protests from happening. The focus moves to berkeley where an anti marxist rally is planned this afternoon, but yesterday thousands of people turned out in San Francisco to promote an anti hate message. Abc 7 news has a roundup of the protests. Reporter the fencing and barricades went up and heavily armed police were on the streets and rooftops. San francisco was ready. Im very proud of how we have communicated and how we have responded to the will of the people to get out and express themselves, but do so peacef