Ready to block the move in court. Its about the oil industry, period. Full stop. Its not about the car manufacturers. Its not about consumers. Its not about the health. Its not about our economy. Rter b in a series of tweets the president wrote, lifting the waiver would produce far less expensive cars for the consumer while at the same time making the cars substantially safer. Safer because, according to mr. Trump, it will encourage drivers to buy newer cars at a lower price. The chairman of the San FranciscoRepublican Party told me it makes sense to him. Its funny, i had a car, an older car. I got a newer one with all the new safety features and you feel safer to drive. Reporter california will eventually see more tailpipe pollution. The bay area air Quality Management district says this would also have an impact on our health. We could see more spare the air days, see smoggy air skies and, you know, most devastating is the Health Impacts we see from our bay area residents from this. Reporter and we just heard that the Environmental Protection agency, the epa, will make an important announcement tomorrow morning at 5 00 a. M. California time. We expect the epa will revoke the states waiver. Lyanne melendez, abc 7 news. What about Car Dealerships in the bay area . How are they reacting . Reporter i talked to a few of them. They say customers in the bay area have always been sensitive to two things, the environment and fuel economy. Now one of the big dealerships in San Francisco also told me that 45 of what they sell are hybrids, so if people demand it, if they want it, the dealerships are going to deliver regardless. I want to say one more thing, we are not alone. 13 states including d. C. Have adopted our standards. Lyanne melendez, thank you for that live report. The university of california is dumping its fossil fuel investments from its nearly 84 billion pension and Endowment Funds. Uc will make its Endowment Fund fossil free and pension fund will soon follow. The decision was made for financial not political reasons. Uc is placing bets that clean energy will fuel the worlds future. New developments, Governor Newsom has signed the highly controversial piece of legislation to give wage and benefit protection to ride share drivers and other socalled gig economy workers. The Governors Office tweeted this photo of newsom signing the bill today. The legislation makes it tougher for companies doing business in california to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees. Companies like uber, lyft, trucking firms and other industries lobbied intensely against it. Ride Share Companies and truckers arent the only ones affected by the bill. The bill could impact janitors, newspaper carriers, and people in the Adult Entertainment industry. The California Forestry Association says the bill would hamper landowners the ability to manage lands and prevent wildfires. Vic lee tweet this had photo of a young woman and her father sadly killed in a house fire in San Francisco this morning. The father has been identified as ricardo ron. Neighbors say his 23yearold daughter had just started law school. The fire started just after 2 00 a. M. At a home on delano avenue near 280 in balboa park. A neighbor says he and a son grabbed hoses. They tried to spray the flames before firefighters arrived. Investigators say it does not appear the fire was intentionally set. They are still looking for the cause. A man was seriously injured after he was hit by a Redwood City Police car this morning. Sky 7 was over the scene. Police say an officer was responding to a call about an armed Home Invasion when he lost control on the wet roadway and hit a man who was standing on the center median. The sad car hit two other cars going in the other direction. The officer was taken to the hospital to be examined. The other drivers were not hurt. A frightening and fiery crash this morning in the north bay. The collision involved two cars just after 8 00 a. M. On northbound 101 near st. Vincents drive. Wayne freedman is live there with the latest. Wayne . Reporter good afternoon. This is a story still developing. We still do not know the names of the victims yet. There was a woman driver and two adolescents in the back of the car presumably her children went to two separate hospitals. We also know those two kids in the car may owe their lives at this point to three Good Samaritans who pulled them from the burning wreckage. It remains a miracle mystery even now how the suv stopped rolling and caught fire at the bottom of a ravine and the driver was on top of the hill 80 feet above. As best we can tell as the vehicle was rolling she was ejected from the vehicle. She was conscious. She was able to talk to our paramedics on our helicopter. Definitely major. Reporter there were two kids in the car, presumably her children. One was unconscious. It appears that somebody rescued the kids from inside the burning vehicle but the chp is not saying who. Anytime you have children involved it brings a different level to the crash. Its a tough one. Witnesses say it all happened around 8 30 this morning when the suv rearended a car ahead of it, bounced off the center divide, crossed all lanes and tumbled into the ravine. It remained there for almost three hours based partly on worries there might be another person inside or perhaps beneath it. Only after confirming there were three victims and not four did a wrecking crew haul up the suv d take it away. By then the traffic jam extended two miles. And were going to be leading right into our afternoon commute anyway. I would anticipate anybody going 101 should expect delays. Reporter the good news out of that if you look over my shoulder you can see those expected delays. Theyre not very bad. This is the time when traffic begins to build on highway 101 north but thus far it has not been a factor. The woman went by helicopter to the john muir trauma center. The children to oakland childrens hospital. We do not at this point know their conditions. The chp says while there was some drizzle this morning it doesnt appear that water on the roadway had anything to do with this collision. Live live, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. Southbound lanes of 101 in san jose back open after this wreck involving a car and a big rig. This happened at 9 00 a. M. It careened off the highway and into a ditch. Chp tells us there were only minor injuries. A wet commute this morning. Can we expect more rain . Good question. Meteorologist sandhya theres still quite a bit of cloud cover. I will take you in closer to where im seeing a few sprinkles. Street level radar across 128 right now as we look back at what happened this morning. Yes, we did see some scattered showers across the region. Most of those were the light variety. Take a look at the rainfall amounts so far. 03 in San Francisco. 07 in oakland. Nothing measurable in livermore and san jose and. 07 of an inch of rain in half moon bay. Well take any drop we can get. Ill let you know about some changes coming as we hit the weekend. Ama . Former president obama addressed innovation and big data during an invitation only event in San Francisco today. He was the featured speaker at what was labelled the beginning of everything conference. It focused on how Big Tech Companies can responsibly collect and manage information across the internet. I thought having Presidet Obama here was extraordinarily inspirational to talk about how he tried to solve problems while he was in the white house, how he used trying to get the right data and not listening to the noise. The event was hosted by splunk, a company that produces software for searching and analyzing big data sets. A suspect in the shooting death of a popular san leandro man appeared in court today. Prosecutors charged 34yearold peter trevina. He opened fire outside an oakland bar during a dispute with another man. Four people were hit including mario perez sr. Who was trying to defuse the situation. Perez died on the way to the hospital. An educational go fund me has been established for perezs two sons. We have a link on our website, abc7news. Com. North bay congressman mike tompson led a house forum calling for the senate to vote on several bills to prevent gun violence. Thompson is the chair of the House Gun Violence Prevention Task force. Hes introdu legislation that would require background checks for all firearms sales. A companion bill would lengthen those checks from three to up to ten days. They have stalled in the senate. The idea in your backtoschool shopping your buy bulletproof backpacks is ludicrous. We need to take action. Senator mcconnell needs to take action. The Task Force Members talked about how Mass Shootings have impacted children. They heard from law enforcement, gun violence survivors, and students. Organizers of the gilroy garlic festival say the event will be back next year. Theyre not letting this years mass shooting deter them. The outpouring of support and feedback from people who want to be here next year and want us to be here next year is something undeniable. We want to honor that. Three people were killed and 20 were wounded when a single shooter opened fire on the festivals final day. The shooter died from a selfinflicted gunshot wound. Organizers say they will honor the victims and survivors at next years event which will be the 42nd annual. Big bucks offered for police recruits. The big need for officers right here in the bay area. Its a stadium fight now, the battle for control over levis stadium. The city versus the 49ers. Well tell you whats at stake. Rent a cup. 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Where to next . Some encouraging news from officials at sfo. This is a live look at the airport. Construction thats close add pair of runways is set to be finished tomorrow night. Thats a full week ahead of schedule. Construction on runway 28 began september 7. Crews have been working around the clock to repair a failing section of the runways foundation. Thats caused thousands of delays and cancellations since then. Just today there have been 260 delays and 63 canceled flights. Abc 7 news committed to building a better bay area is part of that commitment, the effects of the high cost of living in the bay area. For local Police Departments, thats one issue leading to a shortage of officers. More departments are putting up larger incentives to get officers in the door. Abc 7 News Reporter anser hassan live in fremont with the details. Anser . Reporter larry and ama, good evening. The Police Department says they used to get about 3,000 applicants a year. Last year only 1,000. So theyre now offering a 10,000 signing bonus, and its not just for new recruits, its for officers who come over from other cities and counties. Its cross fit wednesday at the fremont Police Department. A trainer on hand to coach officers through their workout and Fremont Police officers are on the clock getting paid to work out. During your 11hour work day you get a onehour paid lunch and a onehour workout where you get to work out at the police facility. Reporter training and paid lunches are just some of the perks for working at the fremont Police Department. Its hard to hire. Applications not just with us but as an industry are down. For us its about twothirds lower than normal. Reporter another perk theyre trying is a 10,000 signing bonus hoping that will be enough incentive to get more people to apply. Its important for to us get to full stfing. So were trying to incentivize on the front end and make it easy to start their career with us. Reporter the department is trying to offer competitive salaries as well. Aside from the 10,000 signing bonus, cadets make 8,000 a month while going through the academy. The highest ranking officers can make over 10,000 a month. We gave wage increases to be more commensurate with the cost of living we see here in the bay area. Reporter along with the signing bonus. Fremonts mayor says going after new recruits means trying something new. Its designed to attract a Younger Generation to law enforcement. It is a different approach. I think when you look at the hiring and some of the people that were approaching as millennials and other peep its important for us to be able to have flexible and a sense of humor. Reporter another issue, its a tough application process. A rigorous background check. Only a small percentage move on. Reporting live in fremont, anser hassan, abc 7 news. Other Bay Area Police agencies are offiering big buck. San francisco offers a 5,000 bonus for lateral transfers. Thats an officer coming from another Police Department. San mateo offers 1,500 for those lateral transfers and referrals. Mountain view offers a 5,000 bonus to its new hires. We want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. You can share them by joining our better Bay Area Group on facebook. A group of coffee shops is banning together to cut down on waste. Abc 7 news was at cafe strada where customers were beginning to try out these new stainless steel coffee mugs being offered by a Company Called vessel. To use them free of charge customers register with an app and scan a qr code and pay for their drink. They can then walk away with their mug. They can leave with it, go to work, go to the office, go home. They have five days to drop it off at any other participating venue or one of our public street side key os ioskkiosks. It is free but they will be charged 15 if they dont return it. 11 shops in berkeley are offering the reusable vessel cups. And the city of berkeley is conferring a new ordinance thats just for the birds. It would require new or renovated buildings to add safety features to glass window so birds are less likely to crash into them. They include screens, patterns on the glass, light colored shades or blinds. Lets turn to the forecast now, sandhya pa patel is here. A little bit of everything. Its not at that cold. We had showers but some areas got skipped. Thats what we expected and we do have sunshine right now. We have cloud cover across the bay area. A few sprinkles going through to our north right around redding and north of chico were seeing cold air funnel in. Lets check out your winds gusting this hour to 24 miles an hour in san carlos and napa. The onshore breeze. Golden gate bridge, it is heavy. Low 70s from oakland to redwood city. It is 76 in san jose and half moon bay. A nice breeze. Santa rosa, napa, concord, livermore. Youre in the mid70s. Petaluma 71 degrees. Theres sunshine trying to peek through. Clouds moving out and fog forming overnight tonight. Sunny and breezy. A much warmer pattern. 5 00 p. M. Tonight, hour by hour forecast still showing the possibility of a few sprinkl watch out for the fog around the bay and the coast at 8 00 a. M. The fog peels away. First thing tomorrow morning notice how crisp it is. It will be cool enough that youll need to bundle up and tomorrow afternoon well call it breezy along the coastline and around the bay. Mild inland. 81 in concord. 68 in San Francisco. 76 san rafael. Places like santa rosa. San jose, 78 degrees. 74 in santa cruz. These temperatures are close to where they should be for this time of year. If you look at the accuweather sevenday forecast, above average by the time we head into the beginning of the weekend. Tomorrow its morning fog, breezy afternoon, warming trend on friday. We bring on summer heat. Low 70s at the coast. Cooler on sunday. 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