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KGO ABC7 News 500AM July 13, 2024

That weather system has moved out of here and were looking at numbers climbing through the upper 70s in our inland valleys, low 70s around the bay and cool at our coast. Sounds good. Happening today a sold out crowd will get a chance to see former first lady and secretary of state hill Harry Clinton and her daughter chelsea. They will be available to talk about the book they wrote together that celebrates the women who have inspired them throughout their lives and answer questions from the audience. The event starts at 1 30 this afternoon. Basically we were told that someone hit a hydrant up there and its flooding all of stern. A mess on the uc Berkeley Campus as a car crashes into a fire hydrant sending water shooting into the air. It was a long night for many students. Abc 7 News Reporter Lisa Amin Gulezian has the details. Reporter it started when the red car smashed into a fire hydrant on first avenue near highland place. The tow truck operator said the driver had been arrested, a suspected drunk driver. A car ran into the eme e firehouse outlet and i think it broke and shooting up water like anything else just dumping a lot of water on to the streets. Reporter gallons of water rushed downhill and directly into stern hall and foothill. At foothill students in buildings 4 through 9 got a text telling them to evacuate. My building was dry. I didnt think i would have to leave. When i left the r. A. Said dont go back inside. Reporter the real damage is inside foothill building six. 20 students have been displaced because of water damage to their dorm room. Cal representatives are scrambling to find them a place to stay on campus. People had to be evacuated and as of right now theyre not telling us information when we can get back in. Apparently rooms are flooding and water coming through the walls. Reporter students grabbed what they could and left. I have my backpack with my laptop, books. I was doing some studying and i just plan to continue doing that. Reporter by the way, there is a gaming competition supposed to take place here this morning. That has been canceled. At uc berkeley, Lisa Amin Gulezian, abc 7 news. A controversial billboard by a candidate running for mayor of San Francisco has many neighbors asking some questions. Some of you called it disrespectful. Abc 7 News Reporter luz pena spoke to the candidate who paid for four billboards all across the city. Reporter normally this wall covered in art is the reason for many to stare, but the neighbors noticed something different. This billboard. I think its quite interesting. I live in this area. Hopefully doesnt cause too much controversial. Reporter the billboard has her feet up smoking and holding a stack of bills, a man carrying a girl, and a quote reads stop slavery and Human Trafficking and says vote ellen zhou for mayor. Who is the woman wearing the red dress. I believe its symbolized for london breed. You believe or that was the intention of it . I believe that was the intention. Do you think thats disrespectful . No, not at all. Reporter zhou is a San Francisco social worker who also ran for mayor last year. She told us she didnt mean for the billboard to be controversial and people to focus on her message. I will declare an emergency in my higher level of care for people to come in and scleen clean the streets, arrest the drug dealers and for the services they need. Reporter zhou says she wants streetand pvide housing for he teachers and workers and says sorry to depict mayor breed this way. This symbolizes a mayor talking about change and thinking about change, but not doing about the change. Reporter many residents see this as disrespectful. Its unfair depiction of london breed. Reporter others are curious. It makes me want to know who ellen zhou is. Reporter in a statement the Campaign Office of the mayor responded in part, this blatantly racist and sexist ad has no place in our political discourse or our city. Now there are a total of six candidates running for mayor in San Francisco and the general election will take place november 5th. Back to the billboard it will be up for the next three weeks, luz pena, abc 7 news. In the east bay a ceremony in remembrance of the 1991 fire storm that killed 25 people, injured 150 and destroyed nearly 3300 homes in the oakland hills. Yesterday abc 7 news was in oakland at the Emergency Preparedness Exhibit Center where dozens of residents, firefighters and others affected by the fire shared memories of the four tragic days 28 years ago. Everywhere i looked over 360 degrees, there was something burning. My thought was that nature has decided to punch us in the face and until the wind stops blowing, shes going to keep punching us. We have no chance. The tragedy of that day brought about a paradigm shift in the ways members of the Oakland Fire Department think and react to fires in the hills. The tunnel fire as cal fire dubbed it burned more than 1500 acres. The Oakland Fire Department said its evolved for the better through training, technology and mutual aid system to be more prepared for such an event. And if you are one of the thousands of people affected by California Wildfires you have until 5 00 p. M. Tomorrow to file a claim with pg e to help cover your losses. Up to twothirds of the estimated 100,000 eligible people have yet to fill out the three paige claim form. The forms are crucial to release billions pg e have been ordered to set aside for fire victims as part of the utilitys bankruptcy plan. We put a link to the claim form on abc7news. Com. Mother nature remains restless in the bay area. Another earthquake rattled the region yesterday. It was a minor quake that struck near cupertino. It was a magnitude 2. 8. Pretty small, but we did receive reports that people felt it, some of you tweeted at me some photos. Days after an earthquake measuring 4. 5 in magnitude hit the east bay. And this recent quake these quakes have served as a good reminder we are in earthquake country. You can still watch our documentary the earthquake effect that looks on loma preita and gives a glimpse into the future. Get it anywhere from where you get abc 7 from our website and the app. A survivor of a mass shooting at a Florida High School joined forces with local activists calling for an end to gun violence. Abc 7 news was at Berkeley High school when car lita rodriguez spoke. Believes focusing on what young people have in common can tackle social isolation and reduce violence of all kinds. Its not about our skin color, the place where we come from, our differences. pe speak out our stories can come together into one and build a common bridge. Rodriguez survived the shooting at Marjory Stoneman douglas high school. 1 people died in february of last year. Happening today, its the last chance to enjoy presidio picnic in San Francisco. Dozens of food trucks have been at the main food ground since march. There are plenty of other activities including yoga classes, lawn games, photo booths and live music. The picnic runs from 11 00 to 4 00 this afternoon. A sign that summer is officially ended, but its going to start feeling like summer again. Good thing its today. Cloudy and misty. As for today, yes, were turning the corner on this cooling trend and warming it up a bit. 51 in oakland, 55 San Francisco, san jose 54. Well talk about a beautiful sunday on the way, a slight warming trend to start out the week and high fire danger returning by the middle of the week. Well put it together for you coming up next. Thanks. Also next, suzy loftus San Franciscos interim District Attorney but her appointment by mayor london breed is stirring up the race for the office which will be decided in a matter of weeks at the ballot box. Forget helping hands how about a helping horse. Its a program thats putting together horses with cancer the home depot is making it easy to turn your favorite moment into the perfect color to transform your room with the project color app. Explore the mostopular colors and trending palettes to find yours. Then get everything youll need. Like behr ultra interior rated 1 in Customer Satisfaction by j. D. Power. Now just 29. 98 at the home depot more saving. More doing. I just add a spoonful to my marinades. To stir frys. Sauces. Just whisk it in. Brush it on. Saute it. It adds a cooked all day taste. That doesnt take all day. Better than bouillon. Dont just make it. Make it better. To take care of yourself. But natures bounty has innovative ways to help you maintain balance and help keep you active and wellrested. Because hey, tomorrows coming up fast. Natures bounty. Because youre better off healthy. Welcome back. A live look from our exploratorium camera. The salesforce tourre. Nine floors of it lit up. 55 degrees in San Francisco right now. A degree warmer than yesterday at this time. Meantime new developments as president trumps plan to hold the next group of seven meetings at his florida golf resort. Last night on twitter he announced he will no longer be holding the gather at doral in 2020. Mr. Trump said his administration will begin searching for a new location including potentially camp david. Some had accused the president of using the office to enrich himself. And coming up this this week with George Stephanopoulos chief anchor George Stephanopoulos speaks exclusively with secretary of state mike pompeo. You can watch the full interview on this week at 8 00 on abc 7. And on the november 5th ballot the race for incumbent d. A. Gasgown was not seeking reelection resigned yesterday, but one of the candidates running for his spot was sworn in as interim d. A. Bit mayor london breed. Its been kriz criticized as a political ploy. District attorney. District attorney. For the city and county of San Francisco. Congratulations. Thank you. Reporter with all the pomp and circumstance and a bit of controversy, candidate for District Attorney suzy loftus was sworn in as interim District Attorney three weeks before the alexis. Mayor london breed swearing her in following the d. A. s sudden resignation effective friday. Despite what happens at this upcoming alexis, my goal is to make sure that we have strong leadership in this office. Reporter loftus got to work. Im available [ inaudible ]. Reporter loftus, a former prosecutor and past president of the citys Police Commission will make Crime Prevention a priority. San francisco deserves a worldclass law office that can partner with the police, that can partner with the community and tackle these issues. Thats exactly what i will do for every day im here. Reporter while loftus got to work, one of her opponents in the fourway race for District Attorney was out campaigning just a few blocks away. Hi there. My name is lee. Reporter candidate lee is Deputy Attorney general for the state of attorney general. They are running for d. A. Along with public defender chase abowdean and District Attorney nancy tongue. Dowdwitch calls the appointment disappointing. It was an attempt to push a political ally across the finnish line. Reporter calling it undemocratic. Says the chief of staff should have taken over until a newly elected d. A. Was sworn . To have an interim appointment for the 1 days and potentially a new d. A. Coming in after that, really destabilizes an office thats already hurting. Reporter in San Francisco, abc 7 news. To build a better bay area we highlight stories of hope and positivity. It has been shown that pets can help people heal from emotional and physical injuries but not just dogs that possess this ability. Reporter Leeann Melendez visited a stable where horses are doing the same thing. The signs in mill valley suggest there are several trails to follow but only one points the way to a dusty road where anyone entering is warned youre living on horse time. Now youre annie oakley. Yeah. Reporter jean jones is a cancer survivor who saw herself as an unlikely candidate to take up riding. Ironically cancer helped her overcome the fear of change. We start with with the i felt if i could get on a horse at 67 years old and successfully learn how to ride it, i can do anything at this point. Shes clean today. Shes nice. Reporter bonding with a horse like molly has had a calming effect on jones, which is the intention of the program called horses as healers. We dont have to be psychotherapists or anything else except let the women experience a relationship with an animal if you open your heart will walk right in. Reporter wanted that for their Cancer Patients and found miwok stables on Tennessee Valley road. Its on public land federal law says they must somehow serve the public. Thats how horses as healers began. Like pedalling a bike. Keep going with your legs. Reporter the Program Brought in four women who had battled cancer. Each of them had four sessions with their horses. I kind of expected we could find four people and not only did we find four participates we hve a wait list of ten participants. Reporter for christina, it meant she no longer saw herself as a victim. You struggle with the fact that theres always somebody else in charge. The doctor is in charge, the nurse is in charge. And this is my way of being in charge of what i do during the day. Reporter the horses show them the power to heal and teach. I can do it. Molly showed me i can. Reporter Leeann Melendez, abc 7 news. I love that story. Happening today joins the walk to end type 1 diabetes. There will be two walks starting at 11 00 this morning. One at great meadow at fort mason at San Francisco and the other at bishop ranch in san ramon. The Goals Organization jdrf is to raise 1 million to fight type one diabetes. Funds raised supports research to find treatment and a cure. A check of our weekend weather now. Meteorologist lisa argen tracking the forecast. Good morning to you. Heres a look at live doppler 7 where weve had a little bit of fog floating around, but temperatures over into the east bay in the low 50s. Looking at 51 in oakland and fremont, 55 in San Francisco, 43 in santa rosa, and its 51 down around morgan hill. As we look at San Francisco pretty good visibility. A sunny and mild afternoon on the way and it will be much warmer this week and looking at that elevated fire danger. Really Late Wednesday into thursday. High pressure builds in all week long, but its not until Late Wednesday into early thursday morning the winds start gusting in the upper elevations. As we look at the next several hours, weve got a good deal of cloud cover to the north of us, high clouds from time to time, breeze picking up throughout the afternoon today, at the coast the onshore flow and looking at partly to mostly sunny continues today. Lets jump ahead into tuesday. Where you notice the numbers are getting warmer right along the coast were in the 60s, barely, 70 at our beaches, upper 70s across the bay and head inland we have 90s. That wednesday time period, this is when the winds increase. East bay 70s, San Francisco continues into thursday, and we will be looking at those winds by Late Wednesday into thursday, perhaps gusting over 30 miles an hour. Were picking this up tuesday, wednesday afternoon, 2 00, and notice the arrows from the north and northeast stopping at 3 00 in the morning on thursday, winds up to 40 miles an hour there. Those offshore winds, through sonoma, napa and the delta and as we get into the later part of your thursday it begins to dial back, but here we are 11 00 in the morning, we still have the strong northeasterly wind in the upper elevation. It does lighten up into thursday evening but the National Weather service as we get 24 hours out could issue a red flag warning. Today looks nice. Temperatures climbing into the upper 60s are San Francisco, look at the beach, half moon bay, 72, upper 70s in the north bay with 74 in fremont and 78 today in concord. Nice afternoon lot of sunshine, temperatures around average. 60s at the coast, low 70s around the bay, upper 70s inland and the warming trend continues into monday and tuesday with near 70 at the coast and then as we get into the low 80s by tuesday, inland valleys will be flirting with the upper 80s to near 90s. Wednesday night thursday time period those winds are looking somewhat gusty. As we go through these three or four days of the warming and drying scenario, its a prolonged period. Four or five days and you add on the winds on top of it, its especially if not that strong they may issue it any way because its been that length of time where the humidity has been low and the winds kicking up. And the history of this time of year and fires well have to be on alert. Exactly. Thanks. Just ahead, getting into the halloween spirit. A Family Friendly halloween come try my really big chicken two patties for 4. 99, or three for 5. 99, or four for 6. 99. Thats an amazing deal, jack hey, t

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