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Have stolen the plane. Were asking any person who may have seen hugo marr to please contact account Watsonville Police department. Reporter chris reyes for abc news. You a stolen car went airborne at mineta san jose airport overnight and caught on video. The santa claire rats county Sheriffs Office says deputies classed the car after the driver refused to pull over. It ended near the southwest expressway. Three people ran out of the car. A 14yearold girl and 18yearold man were caught but deputies could not find the third person. During the commotion, a bystander was bitten by a police k9 and taken to the hospital. The 18yearold arrested has been identified as anthony zavala. Stolen passports, Social Security cards, ids, credit cardsed were recovered from the stolen car. A San Francisco man aed of a drug fueled rampage july 4th was arraigned today from a hospital room. Batay coffee is charged with ten counts including attempted murder. Cornell bernard is live with the details. Cornell . Dan, am marks batay was arraigned here at the hospital today. He did not enter a plea for a rampage which happened over the july 4th holiday. Now, a judge escorted by a Sonoma County sheriffs deputy arrived at the hospital for a 1 30 arraignment. 30yearold batay coffee an engineer at youtube. He and friends rented a home in bow gay degas bay. He took four times as much acid as his friends and became violent attacking his friends, leaving the house where he stabbed a Security Guard with a landscape light. Stole a truck, hit three pedestrians before being shot three times by a sheriffs deputy after coffee allegedly tried to drive into a chp car. His attorney spoke exclusively. With abc it do souead a badip if you will. And reacted. But i havent been able to be have a conversation with him yet about what exactly was going through his mind or what he remembers. Reporter of coffees arraignment was continued till august 14th. His bail set at more than 2 million. But his attorney doubts he will be well enough to make it to court even in august. Live in santa rosa, Cornell Bernard, abc7 news. The whole thing was so strange. We reported last night that he didnt apparently have a criminal record. Does his attorney say if hes acted this way before . Reporter his Attorney Says he is a model citizen. Hes spoken with his parents. Hes been a good guy. A model citizen. He attended stanford. Had a good job and accomplished musician were learning. The Attorney Says its very sad man accused of ng. Deliberately plowing his car into a crowd of pedestrians returned to court today. Its the first time back in court after isaiah peoples was charged with multiple hate crimes. Chris nguyen is live with the latest on this case. Chris . Reporter hi, alma. Peoples did not enter a plea in court this afternoon. Currently at issue is whether or not is he mentally competent to stand trial with many people now wondering how long it will take for this case to proceed. This afternoon, sunnyvale resident isaiah joel peoples show little emotion as he walked into a courtroom to face multiple charges including eight counts of attempted murder. Investigators say the army veteran was heading to basebal into a group of people at the sunnyvale crosswalk. Prosecutors believe at least two of the eight victims were targeted because of their race and religion. Their life and working on their health. So theyre in various Rehab Centers trying to get better. Reporter the Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety believes the crash was intentional based on the lack of skid marks at the scene. Family members maintain peoples has ptsd from being in the military. His defense attorney is looking at other angles. Were asking to have some brain scans done to see if there might be an abnormality or lesions in his brain which may have played a role in this incident, as well. Reporter south bay legal analyst steven clark says it could be awhile before peoples entered a plea. Until the defense has a complete understanding of their clients mental let status both at the time of the crime and currently, this case will continue to move slowly. Community members including representatives from the council on American Islamic reeses are watching the case closely us. Our families safe walking along the side of the road, this is problematic that people are being targeted wherever you might envision to be safe. Reporter and weve learned that the 13yearold victim who was previously in Critical Condition is now out of a coma. Shes expected to survive. But she has a very long road to recovery. Were live in san jose, chris nguyen, abc7 news. Whether he is the defendant scheduled to return to court again . Reporter yeah, peoples is due back in court in in september. The defense team says they want more time to conduct those medical tests and they also have a lot of evidence to sift through. Chris nguyen, thank you. Police in livermore looking for a potential witness to the killing of a 16yearold earlier this week and released a photo of a white volkswagen was in the drivethrough of a taco bell on stanley boulevard at the time of the fight and the deadly shooting monday night. In livermore. Police are still looking for the suspect identified as 21yearold jorge tellez. Friends say the victim was a Livermore High School student. And were getting a look this arn from the frontline of the based members of the coast guard risking their lives to stop drug runners off south america. Hard to get on. Now isnt that the wildest thing . Members of the crew of the coast guard cutter monroe then jumped on onto the semi submersible vessel last month. Crewmen arrested five suspect drug trackers and seized 17,000 cae. Those drugs would be worth thor r more than 230 million on streets. Imagine having almost no time to react when two surfboards fly off a car and head toward you. It happened to a person walking across the golden gate bridge. That person happened to be chooing video of their walk on monday when the surfboards suddenly came loose from a cars rack and landed on the pedestrian walkway. The person who shot the video suffered minor injuries. The surfboards owner is cooperating with the investigation. The state Assembly Today voted to approve governor newsoms plan to change the way wildfire damages are paid in california. The bill creates a new 21 billion fund to compensate victims of wildfires caused by power lines. Money for the fund will come from taxpayers and shareholders of the utility. The plan would also require Utility Companies to get annual safety serttications and change the standards for making utilities pay for wildfire damage. The governor has said he would sign it right away once it passes. Pg e meantime is hosting a wildfire safety open house waln. Earlier this week, a similar event was held in oakland where residents learned about preemptive power shutoffs in times of high fire danger. Pg e says it will give a 48hour warning to customers in the event of a planned outage. Tonights open house at the gardens at heather farm on ig nashio valley road from 6 00 till 8 00 p. M. Taking on crime and soft issues in San Francisco. But ultimately, Police Presence is whats going to make a difference around addressing a lot of these issues. Fur more officers are the answer, why dont we have more of them on the streets . We put the question to city officials. Plus. I feel very threatened and scared by these raids. I. C. E. Raids on tap for this weekend. Cities being targeted. Well run them down for you. And an urban farm high in the sky. The Community Going to new heights in farming. Im spencer christian. Warmer inland today, warmer everywhere tomorrow. Ill have the accuweather forecast coming up. Lets take you outside on this sparkling thursday afternoon. The bay bridge toll plaza is moving pretty well as you can see. Stay with us. Abc7 news continues route after this. Book two, separate qualifying stays at choicehotels. Com. And earn a 50 gift card. Because when your business is rewarding yourself. Our business is you. Book direct at choicehotels. Com we have breaking news out of santa rosa. Police responded to a crash where a person was hit by a car. Sky 7 is avenue right outside the coddington mall parking lot. You can see there are some police suvs there. Theres also police tape thats blocking off range avenue as were kind of panning off here a little bit to take another vantage point. You can see the Whole Foods Market on the corner. Police have not released many details but they are saying to avoid the area. You can see some of theo work h make sure that we have more Police Officers on the streets, that we are addressing some of the causes of crime in the first place, investing in the right programs and doing everything we can to deal with these issues. Police staffing is a major issue in San Francisco. Yesterday, mayor london breed as you saw there told us Police Presence is the key to solving some of the crime problems in the city. She said that in response to the attack on a tourist at the legion of honor and the case of a woman whose hope was ransacked and littered with drug paraphernalia. Why is the Police Department short staff fundamental. Its one of the issues were looking at in our effort to help build a better air. Liz kreutz gins us a snat 123457 snapshot of police in the city. Reporter we spoke to the mayor and police chief today. Heres what we found starting with the numbers. There are currently 1,859 full duty sfpd officers assigned to the city. The population of the city is 883,305. So lets compare that to ten years ago. Take a look. In 2010, there are 1,920 full Duty Officers in the department. More than there are today. At the same time, the population was also lower at 805,235 people. So what does that mean . Well, there are fewer officers per capita in San Francisco and there were ten years ago. In fact, there is currently one officer for every 473 people in 2010, there was one officer for every 419 people. And as the police chief pointed out to us today, that doesnt take into account the huge growth in employment in the city which on any given day can double the population of San Francisco. Look at the traffic patterns around the city. It takes longer to get from point a to point b. They play into the whole formula about who we need to deploy, how many. Do you believe youre understaffed right now . We can use more definitely. Across the bay area, Police Departments struggled with reacutement. The good news, staffing is continuing to go up from a low since 2015. Sfpd tells us they have eight Police Academies planned over the next two years, more than theyve had in the past. We did ask the mayor about this today. She said it all comes down to money. Well have more of her response coming up tonight at 6 00. Lis kreutz reporting. An east bay farmer is helping build a better bay area by taking her crops of flowers to new heights located high atop a berkeley roomtop looking to give back to her community with full bloom. Abc7 News Reporter Cornell Bernard has the story. Right now, i have a lot of flowers that i need to get out into the world. Reporter most days you can find joanna letz tending nearly a quarter acre of sweet peas, zinnias and edible chocolate cosmos. If anyone wants chocolate cosmos, ive got lots. Reporter on the roof of this sixstory Apartment Building in Downtown Berkeley where she leases space. Its a nice office. Yeah, it is. Reporter it could be the first working rooftop farm on the west coast certified organic. She sells is herbs to restaurant and flowers toocd recely ore farm relocating back to berkeley to give back to the town with are she grew up. Hopefully people will see how important and wonderful it is a but also supporting everything that we do here. Reporter a sophisticated irrigation system keeps all the flowers happy. You Better Believe all the flowers and soil is pretty heavy. Believe it or not, this building was designed a few years ago to support this farm in the sky. Benjamin farr designed the sustainable farm and says the bay area needs more of these. Were working on a couple different projects in San Francisco and different clients to see is the value of not just providing food but also the habitat for pollinator friends. Reporter joanna admits it competing hasnt beens. Roughly 80 of flowers sold in california are imported but shes digging in. So much can grow on top of a roof. Reporter and harvesting her flowers in the sky. Cornell bernard, abc7 news. We want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. Join our better Bay Area Group on facebook. Starting today, San Franciscos gold be gate park will be filled with the sound of flowe piano Music Festival opened this afternoon at rd. For the next ten days, anyone who buys a general admission ticket to the guard been have access to grand pianos scattered across the grounds open to anyone wanting to play a tune. Tomorrow night starting at 6 00, the garden will host flower piano at sunset for a chance to see and hear the space at dusk. We have food trucks and bars and adult beverages and its really, really incredible. Just the opportunity to get in the garden at night is a whole other experience. Next weekend, the guard been host late night performances with the flowers lit up with a Colorful Light show. That is so fun. Cool idea. Chopsticks. Da da da da. People gather around. We couldnt do this on the east coast. You wouldor in ere thi weekend. For sure. Heres a look at live dopplersu and fog building at the coastline which we expect this time of year. Sort of a mixed bag in our 24hour temperature claing change. Most locations near the coast are a couple degrees cooler than this time yesterday while virtually all inland areas are several degrees warmer than yesterday. A live view from emeryville. You can see the fog building at the coastline. Hasnt made much of a push over the bay. 63 in San Francisco. Oakland 1, 80 redwood city, morgan hill 83, 61 half moon bay. Blue sky over the golden gate. Temperature readings for you right now. 88 at san sa ta rosa. Petaluma 80. Concord 88 and 84 at livermore. Im trying to bring the temperatures down. Heres a view from mount tam looking down onto the bay. Coastal fog beginning to expand a little bit there. These are our forecast funs. Areas of fog near the coast overnight. Sizzling warm this weekend inla beginning monday. Overnight, well see a bit of a surge of low clouds and fog across the bay and locally inland. Overnight lows relatively mild ma 50s to low and mid 60s. Then tomorrow, we have a warmer day coming our way than today. Upper 60s in some coastal locations. Low 80s around the bay shoreline. Low 90s in the mid90s in some of the warmer inland locations like clover dale, 85 tomorrow and antioch 95, as well. Looking ahead to saturday, even warmer in some pots with upper 90s showing up in some inland paernz lots of upper 70s and low 80s near the bay. Sunday very little change as the heat will hold on. Monday will be the beginning of some minor cooling and well have even further cooling after that going into tuesday and wednesday. Speaking of warmth, down in the gulf of mexico, lots of warm water there feeding strengthening Tropical Storm barry which is just above minimal tropicaw and gaining st as it continues to churn in the warm waters of the gulf of mexico and expected to make landfall tomorrow along the central louisiana coast as still a Tropical Storm but close to category 1 hurricane strength and it will move directly north ward into louisiana and arkansas. Expected to be a rainmaker. The potential for widespread flooding from that storm. The accuweather sevenday forecast here in the bay area. Notice we still expect saturday to be the warmest day in the forecast. Friday, saturday and sunday toastly inland with lots of mid to upper 90s. Temperatures settle into an average range for this time of year. A little bit of spike in heat over the weekend but nothing extreme. Thanks. Cleaning up the bay, the new tool in the fight against trash, could it make a difference. Plus, Ayesha Currys hot its no ordinary day for our family at dennys. Its crepe day. A Family Tradition we started about 22 minutes ago and now we can continue that tradition at home with dennys delivery. See you at dennys or dennys. Com this is how driving should feel. The techadvanced nissan leaf. The best selling electric vehicle of all time. This is nissan intelligent mobility. Well who, doesnt love a good Family Food Fight . Right . Certainly not ayesha curry the host and judge of the abc competition show that tries to find americas number one food family. A lot of fun. Tonight two bay area teams are still in the running. Reggie an we can talked to her about the show and her own friendly competition with her husband, steph curry. Its so fun to watch you on television at any time but especially when youre doing the thing that you love which is, of course, food. Yeah. Now i hear on tonights episode we still have a San Francisco family vying for that money. We do. Beat do. We really do. We have a San Francisco family and a santa

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