>> reporter: trees uprooted, taking part of house with it. first images from the keys where made initial landfall as category 4 coming in, houses barely standing, cars beneath sands and residents who evacuated trying to get back. >> anxious, want to go home and see what is going on. >> reporter: second landfall on marco island. >> whiteout out in. >> reporter: damage and gratitude. >> getting predictions of 10 to 15 feet of storm surge, grateful we were spared. >> reporter: sentiment shared by many in the sunshine state. >> not as bad as i thought. >> reporter: even while fpl says as many as 9 million people without electricity at one point. >> no power, no internet. living like savages. >> reporter: trying to have sense of humor as crews work to get lights back on for everyone. people are warned it could take weeks. marci gonzalez, abc news, tampa, florida. >> compelling images out of the states battered by irma. art sandusky shot this from charleston promenade. water over the sea wall, drowning the cars. and video of this, flooded street in fort lauderdale. matthew saylor catches a man who seems to be oblivious, just standing there, no problem, but he was in danger. and zoe stephens of pedestrians on the flooded streets by boat. no clean drinking water but power. luckier than most. >> so many remarkable images. state and federal regulator issued a blanket waiver for florida electric companies to violate clean air and water standards without penalty for a little while. announced today as hurricane irma blew out. good for next two weeks. from televisions to t-mobile to shoes. looters out in hurricane irma, some always turn up. police in florida arrested more than two dozen people accused of breaking into stores while owners and pleesz busy with the hurricane. looters will be prosecuted to fullest extent of the law. >> where is irma and what about other storms in the area? >> drew tuma with the latest. >> irma moves away from ocean and loses fuel, weakening. current 50 miles an hour. inland trek north and west and wednesday 30-mile-an-hour winds. on the tail of irma is another threat, jose, a category 2 storm right now, 100 miles an hour winds. loop de loop through the week but all eyes on the east coast this weekend. from bahamas out to the atlantic is the cone of concern, we'll be tracking in the comes days. back in bay area, thunderstorms popping up. live doppler 7, action on the screen, street level right now, reports on social media, twitter and facebook seeing drops in san leandro and pushing north and west right now. expect drops around 4:17 in oakley and berkeley around 4:28 p.m. not done with wet weather. thundershowers developing south and moving our direction. talk about what you can expect this evening and when we will get relief from the heat in a few minutes. >> thank you drew. earlier today fierce winds knocked down trees and power to thousands here in the south bay. matt keller with the details. >> reporter: the wind was howling this morning in the south bay. street signs swinging and debris flying. piles of pine needles on lark avenue in los gatos created an obstacle course for cars. chp got creative, used a flat bed tow truck to push a tree limb off the roadway. wind also knocked over branchs onto power lines. pg&e says 11,000 customers without power at peak of the wind storm between 2:30 and 5:00 a.m. winchester boulevard avenue san jose were out. rerouting traffic for drop-off. >> text to walk if you can because of this huge tree right here. >> reporter: massive tree split in half, nothing down voltage line in front of the school. >> no damage anywhere else. >> reporter: more branchs blown into the road. 18 trees went down in santa clara in the wind storm. unusual but no major injuries reported. >> sounded like a mini hurricane. nothing like florida but really windy and nothing i've ever heard before. >> reporter: important note. some of the note wasn't reported until later in the morning after the sun was coming up. so if you come across a power line, assume that it is live. in santa clara, matt keller, abc7 news. >> always. arson investigators looking into what caused a series of fires in contra costa county. latest on lone tree way after 6:00 this morning. burned a shed next to a church. church didn't burn, fire crews extinguished before it spread. sixth like this since sunday evening. five in antioch and another in oakley. >> all in vegetation, including grass, brush and trees. many of them behind structures. >> firefighters say the high heat in east contra costa county allowed the fires to spread quickly. arson investigators looking for causes. want to know what caused a small plane to crash, killing father and his son. north of lake herman road, plunged into area on saturday. searchers found the wreckage yesterday. from concord to humboldt county. 67-year-old man and his 43-year-old man who lived in concord. possible pepper spray released sickened people at deer valley hospital. getting reports that several people exposed. fire officials say the sick people were two students and an adult. school officials and police trying to find out exactly what that substance was and how it was released. attorney general sued federal government over the decision to end daca. two dreamers protected by deportation joined javier bass era at capital. 15 states, d.c. d.c. and university of california also suing the president. lawsuit over the remarkable monkey selfie over. this is the picture. peta filed suit. it was a selfie. photographer argued it was his camera, owned photo. peta's appeal was dismissed. he did agree to donate a percent of future revenue to charity. september 11th, 16 years later. >> from new york to the bay area, paying tribute to the men and women who lost their lives. plus -- >> take the money? >> outrage after a uc berkeley officer cited and confiscated money from hot dog vendor without a permit. a huge show of support. could it be against the 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francisco. >> 343 names. may be strangers but these firefighters know their names could as easily be on a list like this one. >> it's not someone you know but inflect it to someone, this name sounds like this person. >> held annual tribute to first responders who died on 9/11, long time veterans still get choked up thinking about it. especially since a new group of firefighters just became members of the team. >> watching the baby firefighters working first day, we have a huge responsibility. >> reporter: and department is raw because beloved battalion chief died yesterday. command staff spent the morning at other stations consoling people who worked with him. >> lot of members having a tough time dealing with grieving process. as every family, sticking strong and making sure taken care of. >> reporter: in the past a crowd has gathered here. today two people showed up. >> used to have more people from the neighborhood around. people have busy lives and maybe september 11th comes and goes but not for us. >> reporter: one woman here, native new yorker who lives around the corner. comes to the ceremony every year because she says we should never forget. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. ♪ >> abc7 news in vallejo as held first annual 9/11 remembrance ceremony. somber, full of tradition and symbolism. firefighters say this is also a day to find strength in family and friends. one tells us, it's about remembering the past and building a future. >> the ringing of the bell and moment of silence marked anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks in alameda aboard the "uss hornet," dates back to world war ii and docked at former alameda air station, open as permanent museum. bell rung at several intervals to mark key moments in the attacks. see more memorials and remembrances on our website, abc7news.com. many high profile shootings have called police departments' use of force into question. in san francisco police wanted to give us and you a firsthand look at what they do to train officers. melanie woodrow put to the test. one scenario she had to face and has a closer look at that training. >> reporter: scenario, call for suicidal waitress, but not only threatening to hurt herself. >> what is going on? >> reporter: she stabbed a coworker. first mistake, not reacting quickly enough. another officer in the video has weapon up. another says she's upset, coworker is taking her tips. >> i understand you're upset, you need to drop the weapon. >> reporter: i reach for less lethal force, pepper spray, she hurls knife at me. second try, i react faster, listen more attentively and de-escalate the situation. she drops the knife. >> come sit down and talk to us, i understand you're really upset. >> reporter: several chances for each scenario but in real life officers get one. >> can turn in a number of seconds. >> reporter: recruits go through this training and refresher every two years. from january through end of august had more than 11,000 calls for mentally disturbed person and nearly 3,000 calls for suicidal subjects and 7,000 calls for well-being checks, making this training more critical. >> having this ability to respond over and over and over, hopefully will help reduce the stress and tunnel vision you get, that itchy feeling. >> reporter: trained to react quickly, take cover, listen attentively, give commands that include compliance. melanie woodrow. >> intense. police say one of the difficult scenarios to recreate in training is incidents involving vehicles. sausalito and golden gate bridge agreed on ferry dock. plan discussed at public hearing tomorrow. been fighting over the design for three years. both sides accuse the other of violating the lease agreement. city council will make decision december 26th. los angeles moved closer to hosting olympics 11 years from now after winning approval from ploikz panel. expected to win on wednesday, likely that paris will host 2024. l.a. hosted twice before in 1932 and 1984. analysts credit the success of the '84 games with fuelling 83% approval rate in people in l.a., compared to 40% for boston's bid to host. spencer christian, feeling east coast-like. >> muggy. >> warm and humid and leading to thunderstorms developing across the region. fair game to hear lightning and see -- see lightning and hear thunder. live doppler 7. green is rain, bolts of lightning, thundershowers in the region. street level. live doppler 7, you see pops of yellow on the screen. that's indication of the heavier rainfall potentially hitting ground. berkeley. piedmont and north of downtown oakland but loop, quick moving showers popping up. may be showers for five minutes and then out of your neighborhood. timed this out for you, live doppler 7 estimating around the richmond area about 4:37 p.m. this afternoon and then san pablo 4:49 p.m. and live doppler 7, around morgan hill, watsonville, folks hearing thunder. bolts of lightning with showers moving through. wider picture will show you, looped over past 30 minutes, showers moving about southeast to northwest fashion. likely folks in south bay over the next hour or so, see drops move through, and not out of the question to hear thunder. lightning off the san mateo coastline, lots of lightning strikes off the coastline. estimating 39 lightning strikes in past 15 minutes or so. this is responsible for all the action. well off our coast a ripple of energy moving through, bringing warm air, humidity and chance of showers moving through the next couple of hours. storm prediction center, which monitors entire united states for threat of thundershower placed entire bay area under the chance that anyone is fair game to see thunderstorm develop. we'll be tracking for you live on air. comes with threat of lightning, small hail and gusty winds. only if you can capture the weather where you live safely via picture or video, we'd love to see it, #abc7now. future weather, 5:30 in the evening, overall theme, anyone is fair game for a shower. pops of green. threat continues through 8:00. as the sun sets, lose heating of the day and energy that thunderstorms need to thrive, chance of diminishing. encourage you to download the accuweather app to your phone. next seven days, slight chance continuing tomorrow. this energy is not out of our atmosphere but will cool off wednesday, especially in the afternoon, get rid of the shower chance and thursday is delightful. even this weekend, september beauty out there. next couple of hours will be active with isolated showers. >> thanks drew. gearing up for big reveal of the new iphone and new apple campus. hollywood comes to apple is expected to unveil latest iphone model tomorrow. flew over the new headquarters under construction in cupertino. introduced in the steve audau auditorium. could include facial recognition to unlock the phone, better camera and if you forgot cable, wireless charging. we'll have full coverage of the newest iphone. anticipation about that. no matter what cell 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power line. 6.7 million people without electricity in the storm zone. tweeted this incredible video as it approached the mainline. enormous size of the storm northward across the state of florida. >> president trump remembered 9/11 attacks in ceremony at pentagon. tweeted this image and message of unity. we're one country. president and vice president mike pence attended remembrances today and addressed ongoing devastation from hurricanes harvey and irma. >> reporter: president and vice president spoke at separate events and here at pentagon, american flag unfurled, continuing a 16 year tradition. president trump and first lady beginning the day with moment of silence on the south lawn before visiting the pentagon. >> today entire nation grieves with you and with every family of those innocent souls murdered by terrorists 16 years ago. >> reporter: spoke of unity and strength, using occasion to acknowledge the millions of americans affected by hurricanes harvey and irma. >> storms of catastrophic severity and marshaling full resources of the federal government to help our fellow americans. >> reporter: gathered at ground zero to read the names of fallen loved ones. >> my uncle we you every day. >> reporter: vice president mike pence joining millions to remember the passengers on the flight. >> as long as america endures we will tell their stories and generations will be inspired by the faithful and courageous words and deeds of the heroes of flight 93. >> reporter: back at pentagon tradition continued with american flag unfurled. this morning president trump laid a wreath at memorial to remember the people who died at pentagon. emily rowe, abc7 news. >> posted this photo on instagram showing the team and other fema crews at orlando convention center. they're helping local authorities deal with hurricane irma. in southern california, flags were set up, each flag representing one victim of the terrorist attacks. waves of flags memorial on display until september 25th. at least seven people died after torrential rains in italy. three-year-old girl only survivor when flood overwhelmed home, killing four of her relatives. moved cars and damaged buildings. forecasters predict more pope francis, asked about climate change and spacesuit hurricanes. as his charter plane left columbia and flew over devastated areas. those who deny this must have go to the scientists and ask them. they speak very clearly. shooting that left nine people dead, including suspect. one other hospitalized. happened in football watch party in home in dallas. elizabeth hur. >> reporter: a normally quiet texas neighborhood swarmed by police and paramed ricks after reports of gunfire. this woman telling reporters she heard two people arguing. >> could hear going towards house and she's going to shous and when she got in there, he let go. >> happened in plano outside dallas. nine shooting victims inside a home following a deadly confrontation with a gunman. >> first arriving officer made entry, confronted the suspect, ultimately shooting and killing him. >> reporter: crime scene investigators still on the scene where homeowner one of the victims, shot and killed by ex-husband. hosting a watch party as dallas cowboys took on the new york giants. >> never seen this in our city before. family violence do occur in communities across the country and can become volatile quickly. >> victims knew the suspect and investigators still interviewing eye witnesses and police won't yet talk about a possible motive. abc news, new york. supreme court temporarily restored the administration's travel ban as it decides whether to continue the order. must admit as many as 20,000 refugees allowed to enter the united states by resentment agency. administration challenged that ruling. high court scheduled to hear the overall travel ban. new developments about the interaction between uc berkeley police officer and hot dog vendor. >> video shows taking cash out of the wallet giving citation for not having proper permit. laura is live with the latest. >> reporter: we spoke with the officer this afternoon. he didn't want to be on camera but urged people to look at larger context beyond the video. also talked with the hot dog vendor who told us what he was thinking when officer was taking $60 out of his wallet. the vendor had cash taken by uc berkeley police officer says he didn't know what to think at the time but tried his best to obey the officer's orders. >> translator: at that moment i was in a state of shock because of what was happening to me. i don't know how to explain it. state of shock when i saw he was taking his money. >> take his hard-earned money? >> reporter: officer was acting on orders from supervisor to issue a citation. not clear if it included seizing the cash. spoke offcamera with the officer who urged people to consider full context of his interaction and emphasized it was taken in evidence in support of the citation. but the man who shot the video told us he was appalled. >> one vendor selling hot dogs, individual who was probably vulnerable, easy target. >> reporter: started gofundme page for him with initial goal of $10,000, total approaching $40,000. uc berkeley students also getting involved, starting petition to have the officer fired from the police department. >> citation enough, no reason to take their money. while this is happening up student members of the communitiel issing water, cookies, other forms of refreshments to people leaving the football game. >> reporter: just a few minutes ago this statement from uc berkeley vice chancellor scott biddy, in a case such as this it is typical to collect any suspected illegal funds and enter them into evidence but the university is investigating the officer, officer aranis is still on the job, not on leave. more at 6:00. live from berkeley. abc7 news. record-breaking sale for ferrari that's not even built yet. how mapping technology could change how you watch television. meteorologist drew tuma, live doppler 7, thundershowers moving through the region. 43 lightning there are some thunderstorms popping around the bay area. >> where are the chances highest? drew tuma. >> the south bay has the most chance but everyone is fair game for thundershower this evening. impressive. for month of september, live doppler 7 estimating we have 59 lightning strikes in the past 15 minutes in the vicinity of the south bay. time out most prosperous line that includes lightning, near san jose. fremont, don't be surprised to hear thunder. if you do hear it, move indoors, close enough to get struck by lightning. light showers pushing into san francisco right now. heavier showers around richmond and west of oakland at this hour. we're all fair game for isolated thundershower this evening and could include lightning, small hail and gusty winds. fuelling the weather, temperatures, 80s and 90s right now. are going to get relief but not tonight. overnight lows, hold in the 60s with chance of isolated thundershower, accuweather seven day forecast shows a chance through tomorrow morning, then humidity drop and cool off, nice weekend. >> we're excited to tell you about something new. breakthrough in helicopter technology. eye in the sky unlike any other in the bay area. looking at had a is happening on the ground and exactly where it's happening. abc7's morning traffic anchor alexis smith shows you how it works. >> above a 200 acre brush fire in dublin. >> when news breaks you count on abc7 news and sky 7 to show you what is happening. fires in east bay, bloods in south bay, accidents in san francisco. will identify where news happens displaying highways, roads and streets on the screen. fastest news helicopter includes realtime street mapping software and power of extreme vision. closer to the action than ever before. powerful new tool to make sure you never lose sight of where news breaks. 580 interchange or embarcadero in the city, will help you navigate around hazardous conditions like house fire in san jose. and see exactly what speed traffic is moving and pinpoint specific vehicles. caught on jam on highway 24 in lafayette? sky 7 will show you length of the backup. also tell you how big an area is affected. fire burned this dublin hillside, sky map 7 measured it. also can show you what area looked like before the blaze live. with sky map 7 you'll know what is impacted when news happens, schools in san leandro or business off 880. another reason abc7 news is your choice for breaking news. alexis smith, abc7 news. >> it's going to be great. unprecedented new effort to find cure for cancer, all starting here in san francisco. and teacher who may have to give one student all as f (con artists...) they'll try anything to get your medicare card number. so they can steal your identity, commit medicare fraud. what can you do? guard your card? guard your card? just like your credit card. nobody gets my number, unless i know they should have it. to protect your identity, new medicare cards without social security numbers will be mailed next year. visit medicare.gov/fraud stay sharp people! 16% of all californians diagnosed with cancer treated at one of five california centers. all five teaming up to improve access and outcomes. tells us how cancer patients would benefit. >> reporter: have adopted old adage, together we rise. >> until now we haven't thought of these centers as a collective. >> reporter: led by uc president janet napolitano who battled cancer herself recently announced a new model. in case of clinical trials instead of one cancer center involved, new model is striving for trials systemwide. >> combining forces open up clinical trials in faster way across the whole system. giving new choice and availability of treatments. >> were in parallel now together. >> reporter: sharing datasets help researchers with discoveries. >> shared genomic information can lead to new discoveries and identify patients for new therapies. >> reporter: help entire system come up with better strategy to improve patient outcomes. also work on cancer prevention programs at much-needed time. >> here's what ws researchers, cancer will overtake heart disease as californians' leading cause of death. reached a point where only way to make advances is collaboration. the five facilities. in san francisco, abc7 news. >> according to uc system, the cost burden in california is $14 billion a year. parents of beloved teacher dying of kidney failure rallied to save his life. teaches ninth grade history at denver academic. diagnosed two years ago and time running out. one parent wanted to help, posting video of story in hopes of finding a donor. another student's father saw the video and decided to donate one of his kidneys. >> live another decade and keep helping kids would be a big change for the world i can't do myself. >> he was first person i called. excuse me. i found out i was getting a kidney. >> what a gift. transplant surgery took place today. as far as we know, everyone is doing well. >> three giant monarch butterflies symbolizing the changes we all go through in life. new mural at oakland museum. metamorphosis is part of the days of the dead exhibit. inspired by mexican holiday of course. the monarch migration is powerful symbol of movement in the americas. >> one of the final destinations is in mexico. this particular style is taking a little bit from the lacquered enamel plates they do there. it's a little bit of that feeling. >> to many the return of the monarchs symbolizes the returning souls of loved ones who passed away. oakland museum of california's website for more. this ferrari worth a lot of money. most paid at auction for 21st century vehicle. supercar went for nearly $10 million and it's not even biltd. charity auction sale at factory to celebrate 70th anniversary. anonymous buyer made purchase on this digital image. entire sale will be donated to international charity save the children. >> great car, great cause, win/win. slick looking car too. it's all in the name. special honor for late robin of san francisco is doing to remember the comedian. new at 5:00, sun dried and wrinkled up, new grapes and challenge for napa harvest. plus -- >> you could feel it on our feet, on the wall. >> talk to folks who rode out hurricane, generator wore out and so did their pa coming up tonight on abc7 at 8:00, "bachelor in paradise" and to tell the truth at 10:00. paying tribute to robin williams naming a slice of golden gate park after him. >> a lasting testament to comedian's legacy. details. >> formed a new party in san francisco called the thc party. >> reporter: fitting tribute to legendary comedian, robin williams was often the headliner, surprise guest and anonymous financial backer of comedy day, a free event for three decades in golden gate park. held in sharon meadow, now known as robin williams meadow. >> i think he would say, come on guys, better things to do than name things after me. but he really gave of himself. >> reporter: rec and park department say it has no name but called sharon because of the adjacent arts building. now honor a man whose death deah a void in community and worldwide. >> the electricity that came from the audience would make my hair stand on edge. it was so magical. >> reporter: organizers needed to raise money to pay for a change of signs in golden gate park and still need commission approval which the department head expects will happen. >> he was about tolerance and diversity and quirkiness and love and laughter. and those are quintessential san francisco values. >> reporter: lasting legacy for robin williams is expected to be announced at 37th annual comedy day this sunday. carolyn tyler, abc7 news. >> also honored last year, waldo tunnel on highway 101 in marin county renamed for him. reaffirmed the sentiment of the board to rename justin herman plaza. ultimately the decision to remove the name belongs to san francisco recreation and parks commissioners. headed redevelopment agency from 1959 until 1971. his critics say he drove the poor and people of color from their homes in favor of urban renewal process which is spurring effort to rename the plaza. >> that's it for us now. >> abc7 news at 5:00 starts now. >> it was just howling. >> talking about the winds overnight, strong enough to take down trees and put one almost inside suv. >> and stormy skies move in with rain and lightning around the bay area. plus. >> police trained to deal with violent encounters. decision making is quick. >> can turn in seconds. >> sues over daca. broke the law. >> we don't bait and switch in this country. sky 7 captured amazing rescue not too long ago, video you'll see on abc7 news, couple trapped in cave at mussel rock park and used blanket to keep warm. >> rescue swimmer made it to the cave's mouth, strapped in shivering young woman and carried her to safety. >> rescue swimmer went back down to help the man 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