Thanks for joining us. In the north bay, some residents gathered at a memorial dedicated to one 9 11 victim. But the memorial is now also home to many Homeless People. Thats right, and today, w asked abc 7 news Leah Melendez to pay a visit to the memorial and get an update on the homeless situation there. She joins us live. You mentioned that people around the world wanted this day to be a day of giving, of helping others, and its interesting because a friend of Lauren Graham colis told me thats exactly what she would have wanted to do, to help and feed the homeless. Lauren was among the casualties of the september 11th attacks. The city she lived in, san rafael, built this memorial one year later. Today, peggy butler brought flowers to honor the 38yearold who was three months pregnant at the time. Especially the fact she was from san rafael and pregnant. So i always stop here to pay my respects. Every year. Every year. But some complain that the site on Fourth Street has become a regu
Along here. But there is a crash on 87 at kirtner. Southbound 101 at university, theres an accident on the peninsula in palo alto, thats not causing much of a slowdown. The slowest drive is west downed 580 tracy to Castro Valley is over an alley. Developing news in San Francisco. Police aring looking for clues after two people were shot. This happened at 17th and mississippi street around 10 45 last night. Police have not said if they made arrests. Theres no word on how the victims are doing. The nation is coming together to honor the victims who lost their lives in the 9 11 terrorist attacks. San francisco firefighters are holding remembrance ceremonies and the public is invited to attend. Amy hollyfield is live at fire station 5. Good morning. Good morning. Firefighters here say they will never forget and always pause on this day every year to remember the victims. We have video from a past ceremony to show you what this looks like. The firefighters will hold a moment of silence and
Who worked as his trainer. How his new team, the new England Patriots, are responding. Cheetah charge. The shocking footage on safari, the animal leaping onto the roof of a car. The whole thing caught on camera. Now, the new jersey mother who shot this takes us inside those terrifying moments. Move over, selfie. Make way for the slofie. How apples new phone is changing the way we take photos. And abc news exclusive. The message in a bottle that saved this family trapped at the top of a waterfall. The dramatic rescue. Now theyre telling their story only on gma. We do say good morning, america. Thank you for joining us on this september 11th. Were marking, 18 years. Its been 18 years since those devastating attacks that caused so much loss as you know, but also really brought out the best in so many of us. It really did and Memorial Services, they are taking place this morning from ground zero here in new york, to the pentagon and shanksville, pennsylvania. Were going to have much more o
Residents to stop vaping immediately. 16 people in the state hospitalized with severe lung disease and now the new report this morning, how juul is trying to stop underage vaping. Deadly boat crash. Shark tank star kevin oleary on a boat that crashed into another killing two people. What he says happened. Candid camera. Ring doorbell cameras helping hundreds of Police Departments form a new neighborhood watch. Now, the new privacy questions. And eruption in italy. The major volcano sending lava and rocks flying. Tourists fleeing and a massive cloud of smoke more than a mile into the sky. Good morning, america. Thank you for joining us on this thursday morning. And we want to get right to Hurricane Dorian. Now a category 1 storm and gaining strength on the path toward the u. S. Mainland. Yeah, overnight the storm traveling through the caribbean. Heres what it looked like in st. Thomas. Puerto rico thankfully avoiding that direct hit, but the island is still dealing with heavy rains and
You want a room . Yeah. Reporter while he dreams of a forever home, his dad is trying to figure out where they can sleep tonight. Reporter what are you thinking . I dont know where to go right now. M okiny rht ior wa. R t, wifeidstheir home. A week ago the city of oakland handed out eviction notices. We have had outreach workers out there. Some children we identified. We made a family shelter available for them. Reporter according to the city of oakland, before deciding to clear the encampment, they checked for health, safety location and size. According to them the location met all four in a negative way. Vvs that cant be driven out with be towed and placed in impound for ten days. Everything outside of this area will be thrown out. Theyre just migrating. Theyre not having a set place. Is that the solution . Its not the longterm solution. Its not. But if you have one or two rvs ty mo and tlocation, citywide, thats a lot better. In oakland, luz pena, abc7 news. A judge today set a man