Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 600AM 20180114 : comparemela.c

Transcripts For KGO ABC7 News 600AM 20180114

In a few spots. High clouds will be passing through this evening. We have some rain on the way. It looks like the rain will hold off until monday night. Ill have the details with a wet weather pattern headed our way. Carolyn . Frances, thank you. A big rig caught on fire early this morning shutting down part of interstate 238. One lane is still closed. Abc news was in hayward this morning where firefighters tackled this fire on the northbound side of the freeway near the 14th street onramp. Chp says the semi truck caught fire around 2 45 this morning. Lane 3 is the one thats closed as firefighters clean up the mess. Developing news. A magnitude 7. 1 earthquake has struck off the coast of peru this morning. It happened at 1 18 our time. New video shows people standing on Higher Ground away from buildings for safety. Photos show others sifting through rubble. There have been no reports of deaths or damage. Officials say there is no longer a tsunami threat. Hawaii residents are still shaken and looking for answers this morning after yesterdays false alert warning of a Ballistic Missile was headed towards the island. This is not a drill. Take immediate action measures. Repeat, the u. S. Pacific command has detected a missile threat to hawaii. That alert went out on tv and on cell phone push alerts just after 8 00 yesterday morning hawaii time. This left people, of course, to panic. Some running in the streets fearing a missile from north korea. 38 minutes later, another alert went out saying the warning was a fake. The governor of hawaii is apologizing. What happened today was totally unacceptable and many in our community was deeply affected by this and im sorry. Im, too, very angry and disappointed that this happened. Now, while the message may have been false, it might have uncovered a real problem that investigators are now looking into. The governor says some people did not get the message on their cell phone. Plenty of tourists were caught off guard by the missile warning. Abc 7 News Reporter Alyssa Harrington talked to a San Francisco couple who just started their honeymoon in hawaii. They took her through the terrifying moments of what they thought was the beginning of the end. What started as a dream Destination Wedding in hawaii quickly turned into a nightmare for phil and katie pham. The couple from San Francisco was rattled by a terrifying alert that a Ballistic Missile was headed their way. This is not a drill. Take immediate action measure. The phams spoke to us via fasth time saturday afternoon. In this moment of fear, you just try to stay calm. You try to stay alert as much as you can. Theres this feeling of helplessness, like theres so much outside of your control. The newlyweds got the alert while eating breakfast. They shot this video on their cell phones. Hotel guests filed into the basement to seek shelter. Phil says it did cross his mind, they could die. The couple just exchanged vows january 8th. A wedding really symbolizes a new beginning and a new chapter. So theres so much more to look forward to as we begin our life together. It was scary to know that perhaps that could be cut short really at any moment. Yeah. I think one of my first thoughts was, are you kidding me . This is, like, day four. Katie says they did their best to stay calm but saw other people crying and panicking. Finally, hotel staff announced there was no missile at all. It was a false alarm. How did you feel . I think i said whoo katie and phil say the incident was confusing. They hope this serves as a wakeup call to be prepared in case of a real threat. The alert was a nerve racking way to start life as a married couple. But the phams say theyre happy to be alive and theyre going to try to enjoy the rest of their honeymoon. Alyssa harrington, abc 7 news. This video shows more of the confusion and panic after that false alarm. This video shows one family put their children in a manhole for safety. Cal oes says checks and balances are in effect to prevent a similar mistake happening here. A statewide alert would require input from multiple individuals before something is sent out. That means, one person could not hit the wrong button and start a panic like we saw in hawaii. Abc 7 News Reporter Tiffany Wilson has that part of the story. Reporter just push of a button and a handful of words created panic for more than a Million People in hawaii. Cal oes spokesperson Brad Alexander says californias alert system could not be triggered by one person hitting the wrong computer key. Theres no Single Person in a silo making a decision. Its a collaborative effort on any incident that youre talking about. The multiple layers of accountability are a priority for california state senator jerry hill. He recently coauthored a new bill to beef up the states alert system after so many people failed to receive a warning about the north bay wildfires. You need a process where it takes a couple of people to make that decision. People are there. So you dont have the chance or take the chance of having a false alarm. Hill feels the mistake in hawaii could create distrust in Alert Systems in general. When the next one comes that isnt a mistake, will people believe it . They lose a lot of credibility when you have one false alarm. Thats really a problem. Hill thinks its a reminder that Everyone Needs to make an Emergency Response plan. Cal oes agrees. You should be aware of what are the first steps youre going to take. Where are you going to go . Does your car have gas . Do you have money in your wallet . Because some of the infrastructure could be down during an emergency. We have all kinds of natural and manmade risks in california. We encourage folks to have an emergency plan. Better safe than sorry. In San Francisco, Tiffany Wilson, abc 7 news. Abc 7 news first alerted people that the Ballistic Missile threat was a mistake through the free abc 7 news app. We sent a push alert at 10 52 yesterday morning. Be sure to enable push alerts to get immediate updates on breaking news. Protesters in oakland are at mayor libby schaafs front door demanding affordable house. Abc 7 news was in oakland where advocates for the homeless camped outside the mayors home overnight. They say she is not doing enough to create affordable housing. In her annual state of the city address, schaaf challenged residents to offer spare rooms to people in need. Protesters say that is not a viable solution. The folks that are out here right now sruggling are not capable of opening up their houses and, if anything, if the mayor wants to open up her house, shes right here. She can let me stay in there for a while, you know, let me get on my feet. Protesters want more funds redirected to social services to get people off the streets. A huge rescue effort helped save a young woman who got stuck on the side of a cliff at baker beach in San Francisco. Abc 7 news was there as firefighters used ropes and pulleys to hoist her to safety last night. Quite the effort. The rescue started around 5 00. But it took nearly 90 minutes to finish. The woman was not hurt. The Fire Department warns people to avoid areas of danger while enjoying the outdoors. This is winter. Everything is moist, not as moist as it could be, as we havent had a lot of rain. Had there been more rain, this could have been a lot more treacherous. They want you to think about this. The rescues are dangerous to the welltrained personnel who need to rappel down the crumbling cliffs to save people who are stuck. Police have made an arrest in an attack on a popular walnut creek trail. Friday night Police Released a surveillance photo. This is the suspect. They say he grabbed a woman on the iron horse trail, dragged her, threatened her, tried to kiss her. An officer familiar with the case spotted 35yearold Jeremy Mickens yet at the South Broadway safeway. Police arrested mickens and the victim identified him. Hes been booked on multiple felony charges. Two boys have been arrested for trying to steal a laptop from a b. A. R. T. Rider friday night. Police say the suspects grabbed the computer from the victim at the fruitvale b. A. R. T. Station. They dropped it and when the rider snatched it back, they swiped it again. But as they tried to run from the station, they dropped the computer again and they did not get very far. Police arrested them both. One was cited and released to a parent and the other was booked into juvenile hall. Some residents are protesting the planned relocation of a methadone treatment center. Abc 7 news was at Richmond Civic Center where the residents held a rally to urge local leaders to prevent the b. A. A. R. T. s program from moving the Current Location on cutting boulevard in richmond to this location. Residents feel the clinic will impact their quality of life. Its going to increase crime levels. We already have a huge problem with homelessness. That homelessness problem is going to be exacerbated by the methadone clinic. Well, richmond Officials Say the city has no role in the relocation proposal. But they will eventually have to decide whether to issue a land use permit for the new location. Well, good news. Youll soon be able to enjoy more crab. The state department of fish and wildlife says crab season in Northern California will begin tomorrow. Crab season in mendocino, humboldt and el northe counties was delayed after quality testing. Fishermen will be allowed to catch crab there starting tomorrow. Here in the bay area, as you know, fishermen have been catching crab since november, we hope the weather doesnt prevent them from being able to get out there. Yeah. Today especially. I dont think theyll have any trouble. Its going to be pleasant and mild out there this afternoon. Plenty of sunshine. Heres a live shot in San Francisco. It is currently 49 degrees. Well see the low 60s this afternoon. Ill have details on the rain and the timing coming up. Thank you, frances. Also ahead, this november well elect a new governor for the first time the main candidates democrats and republicans faced off. The one issue that got them all riled up. And more airlines are banning these smart bags starting tomorrow. Ther there are two types of people in the world. Those who fear the future. And those who embrace it. The future is for the unafraid. All because of you welcome back everyone. 6 14 on this sunday morning. Thank you for joining us for abc 7 mornings. We enjoy your company. This is a live look from our sutro tower. Does not look as foggy as it is in other places or as it has been around the bay. Its going to be a lovely day if you have things happening today. Honoring dr. King, the holiday officially is tomorrow. But a lot of activities going on today. Its going to be probably in the 60s. I say probably because im not a meteorologist. Thats what frances is saying. The visibility is going to be just great. All you have to do is wait a couple of hours or so and everything is going to be okie dokie. In news this morning, we have new details on that Sexual Harassment case against four barrel coffee founder. Jeremy tooker seen in this facebook photo has settled a lawsuit with eight former employees. Terms of the settlement not disclosed. He stepped down as the owner of four barrel coffee. His shares given to employees. The company has now changed its name to the tide. Starting tomorrow, three more airlines will ban socalled smart bags if theyre equipped with nonremovable batteries. United, hawaiian and Allegiant Airlines will implement the new rules. Several other carriers, including delta, southwest and American Airlines have already taken similar actions. Officials are concerned that lithiumion batteries could cause a catastrophic fire. They could explode. Passengers will be allowed to check their smart bags if they remove the battery and keep it with them in the cabin. The top candidates for california governor faced off in a spirited debate in los angeles. Health care ignited an Intense Exchange between Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsome and former Los Angeles Mayor antonio lagos a. Republican candidate john cox tried to pitch his own plan. You know, by the way, the press is here. He said hes always been for single payer. You were discussing again and again and again. In orange county, you werent for single payer. The first time you went to the nurses you were for single payer. Then you said you were against it. Three or four times in the last six months, youve said you were for it or against it. Now youre doubling down and saying youre for it and you dont have a plan. Im interested in fact. Thats tack ully untrue. That was specific to the details of sb 562. Thats misleading. We need a growing economy so you can afford your own health care and not rely on the politicians to hand it out if youre good boys and girls. Also taking part were california state treasurer john chung and delaine easton. Along with travis allen. The primary is in june. The top two finishers will go head to head in the november election. Bay area members of congress met with constituents to talk about what lawmakers call the negative impacts of the republican tax plan. Abc 7 news was at the university of San Francisco where House Minority leader nancy pelosi and congressman Mike Thompson called the gop tax plan a tax scam. Representative Thompson Says the rich will benefit the most at the expense of the poor and middle class. Any benefit that will accrue to individuals is going to sunset and be gone in a few years. And the richest people in the country are going to benefit greatly and the Corporate Benefits are permanent tax benefits. Thompson says the plan adds 2. 3 trillion to the national debt. Abc 7 news was at Laney College in oakland where east bay democratic congresswoman barbara lee held an open house to talk about the gop tax plan. She called it a teachin and she termed it a tax scam as well. Representative lee says whats included will hurt the most vulnerable americans. We have to get organized so that we can begin to try to unravel it. Its definitely going to hurt so many people and setting the stage for deep cuts in medicare, medicaid and social security. Republicans argue the tax plan will give more money to the middle class. They point to major u. S. Companies like walmart and some airlines raising wages and giving bonuses to their employees because of the gop tax plan. Immigrants from el salvador under the temporary protective Status Program gathered in San Francisco to learn what could happen next as protections come to an end next year. The immigrants were able to speak with legal experts and Community Organizers yesterday afternoon. The meeting also sought to get congress involved to pass a legislative solution. The status was granted to salvadoran nationals in the u. S. After devastating earthquakes in the country back in 2001. Please allow us to stay here. Its been 17 years. Please keep us and let us be part of this. Keep being part of the community. An estimated 195,000 tps holders are salvadorans. 49,000 of them live here in california. The department of Homeland Security has given them until september 2019 to get out of the united states. Were going to have to wait a little longer for the return of the famous mavericks big wave surf contest. Organizers were hoping to hold the competition this coming tuesday. But they have scrapped those plans because the conditions along the San Mateo County coast just arent favorable at the moment. The window to hold the competition is open through the end of february. All right. Good morning. Im meteorologist Frances Dinglasan. Those waves will be big on tuesday. But it will be raining. Heres radar and the satellite image. Gray skies over much of the bay area. You know the drill. It will start to peel off and burn off by lunchtime. Visibility is pretty limited in spots, like san antonio rosa, about half a mile. San jose, a fourth of a mile as well. We will see sunshine. Temps are mainly in the 40s with the exception of a few 50s out there. Novato current a the 50. Concord, San Francisco, 49. San jose 46. A cool 39 degrees up in ukiah. Theres also a High Surf Advisory starting at 10 00 a. M. And continues to tuesday afternoon. There will be strong rip current and beach erosion. Be careful if youre headed to any of the beaches the next couple of days, especially tomorrow into tuesday. Highs today will once again be on the mild side. Look for 60s out there with mostly sunny conditions. San francisco, 63. Santa rosa, 64. Then san jose will be one of the warmer locations and morgan hill in the upper 60s. Santa cruz has plenty of sunshine. Youll hit 70 this afternoon. On the storm impact scale. This next storm ranks a 1. Its going to be light. It moves in monday night. Thats better timing for all the events happening tomorrow. And then it continues into early tuesday morning. Light to moderate rainfall. Ill show you the timing of that. Were talking less than. 25 inches in the a

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