We have to keep that important. Joe vegas is a designated Level One Police officer. Weapon confusion is as tragic as it is complex. A device that attaches to and officers taser restricting access to what is known as the primary or dominant side the officer would use to fire his or her duty weapon. We believe we can reduce the likelihood of weapon confusion. California law requires a Police Officer holster and Electronic Device commonly called a taser on the opposite side the body the opposite side of the body the officers firearm is holster. Not all offices not all offices there also many agencies author is a cross draw. They cross over and they are still using the primary and dominant hand to deploy the taser. The same hand used the control the firearm. He says some officers will support side draw their taser and pass it to their dominant hand. He believes also creating the possibility of weapon confusion and the added danger of having to drop the taser or pass it back to their nondominant hand if the need to draw the firearm. Aiming to create exclusively the holes during and the the holstering and control with the nondominant hand. I am proud he engaged us to try the device out. The primary guard if primary guard is adopted by Police Officers and used in a way people agree does not interfere with the performance of their job, then the question i would have as a d. A. And reviewing any future use of force cases why didnt you have it . He says if an officers nondominant hand were injured the officer could bypass primary guard. Primary guard can be bypassed by lifting it up. We would love to encourage those agencies and officers currently using their primary or dominant hand to try primary guard. The president of the Peace Officers Research Association of california wrote we are open to new technologies if properly tested to ensure practical realworld effectiveness. He says his idea stemmed from the training his dad gave him. He was killed off duty when he intervened in domestic dispute involving his daughter and grandsons father. He impressed upon me the importance of training. I think he would be proud. He says for now he is giving the device to some Police Departments to test out for free. Dan to get into melanie and the iteam you can call the number on your screen or go to abc7news. Com iteam. Ama San Jose Police say the stabbing deaths of a woman entered grandson were isolated incidents. Women and young boy w found dead in their apartment in the one of this to neighborhood. Officers say they found the two dead during a welfare check friday. They say they have no information to release about a suspect or motive. Anytime our community especially in the city of san jose we are a Small Community when it comes down to knowing one another have to expense this type of loss, it can be traumatic. Ama these deaths 23rd and 24th homicides this year. Dan two people are dead after using a hot tub at a richmond spot. Contra costa officials shut down this ball after finding a link to legionnaires disease. Officials are working to Contact People who visited the spot on san pablo avenue through receipt and appointment books. The county supervisor tells us one of the victims is a man who was celebrating his birthday with his wife. Widow says they used a groupon and says the spa looks nothing like the pictures. Calling on the county Health Officials to investigate and identify other unpermitted spots. I talked to them yesterday and this morning and they are developing a strategy to most effectively do this because it could take some time to dan , the Health Department encourages anyone who visited the spot to contact their Health Provider if they are experiencing symptoms like shortness of earth, cough or fever. Ama police in santa rosa fed up with sideshow slick this have a new plan to stop them by suing organizers for pollution. Authorities say the unique approach could be a first in california aimed at curbing the dangerous and illegal car shows all over the bay area over the weekend. Illegal street takeovers better known as sideshows can attract a crowd any time they happen and in the bay area it seems that is almost every weekend. This is how one sideshow ended saturday night after a car was fished out of the waters of the antioch marina. The driver was injured. Santa rosa is no stranger to the deathdefying street stunts. Some neighbors like Erica Dominguez do not like it. We have our kids in our vehicles. For us it is scary to come across anything like that. Many cities have tried arresting drivers and finding spectators but Santa Rosa Police are taking enforcement of the next level by suing organizers for polluting waterways. Roadways but some of the environment of damage with the rubber debris and tire debris going into our storm drains and polluting our waterways. The police chief says the City Attorney is going after 13 sideshow promoters in civil using codes from the California Department of fish and wildlife regarding Water Pollution which restricts the dumping of Motor Vehicle parts. We are trying to be creative and utilize the tools around us. We are going to be going into uncharted territory that we are proud of our partnership with the santa rosa City Attorneys office. Santa rosa is seeking fines of 25,000 from each defendant. The city is impounding cars used in sideshows and have installed bumps and traffic delineators around intersections where takeovers typically happen. Any you are heavy ended and dont wear plot dont provide other outlets forhe to use the energy it makes it more difficult. Police say every summer they let locals raise their own officers during the annual top the cops event. When it comes to nonsanctioned street takeovers there is a new zerotolerance policy in town. The one thing we want to make clear with all of the efforts we are making is we will not tolerate the dangerous and illegal behavior in the streets of santa rosa. Santa rosa police say they have already seen a significant decrease in sideshow activity so far this summer. They believe their enforcement is working. Ama we will see. Detectives are investigating a deadly free waoting in orinda. A vehicle pulled alongsid victims car and fired gunshots. The rear passenger was struck and died at the hospal. Chp is trying to identify a motive a intity of the suspects. Shoongn the east bay injured one person in a car on 580. On 580 in oakland last month a stray bullet from another freeway shooting left an eightyearold boy paralyzed from the neck down. Detectives are asking anyone with information to call the chp investigations to blanchard dan and accidental Chemical Spill led to the evacuation of an Office Building in Redwood Shores today. The hazmat incident exposed 21 people. Some have reported symptoms ranging from bloody noses to nausea and vomiting. The Redwood City Fire Department says no evacuation or shelterinplace orders are needed. Firefighters responded to this residential fire on howard court in walnut creek at noon today. Sky 7 was overhead as firefighters contained the flames through the garage and part of the living area. They took half an hour to bring the flames under control. The cause is being investigated. We are glad to say no injuries were reported. Ama robot taxis are said to come to a critical intersection in San Francisco. On thursday the city is set to vote on offering paid Public Taxi Service across the city. Today city officials pressed the two companies for answers about how reliable these vehicles are. Suzanne phan joins us with an update. Officials pressed the companies at the public hearing today. It wrapped up 15 minutes ago while some people say theyre concerned about their job and livelihood, others say Public Safety is a big question mark. Cabdriver Matthew Sutter was one of dozens of people who spoke out in front of the cpuc headquarters. He has been a driver for more than three decades. He got through the pandemic and now he is fighting for his survival with the possibility of robotech hes expanding in San Francisco. If there is no limit on the amount of robotech sees im afraid we will not be able to get through this. This afternoon representatives from the companies testified at the public hearing. The big concern on many minds, how safe are the robo taxis in San Francisco . Now to the question of the number of unexpected stops. How many times have they blocked emergency vehicles . We are looking to make sure vehie stay out of the way of active emergency vehicles wheneverble. Leaders say they share this information saying there have been almost 600 incidents of unexpected stops reported in the city since the launch of driverless operations. It is likely a fraction of actual incidents. The sf fire chief says the city does not have all the data from the companies. She testified sharing her earnest opinion. I understand and appreciate the safety Autonomous Vehicles can bring to the table in terms of no drunk drivers, no speeding, all of that kind of stuff jerred they are still not ready for prime time because of how they have impacted our operations. Fire chief says the San FranciscoFire Department response to 160,000 calls a year. 80 are medical related. This year there have been 65 reported incidents of interference. Unexpected stops in front of our fire stations not allowing our vehicles to respond to incidents. As the hearing continued concern people including cabdrivers listened carefully. They may be concerned about their jobs but they and others question the safety and track record of Autonomous Vehicles. To give these vehicles full access to the streets 24 7 all over the city for commercial Passenger Service at a time when they have proven to be not up to the task would be a grave mistake. About two dozen people ended up sharing their testimony during the public hearing. The vast majority seem to be opposed to the expansion of robo taxis. A vote is expected on thursday. It was previously postponed twice. Dan believe it or not it is time for backtoschool and the white house is making cybersecurity a top priority. Their new plan to protect k12 schools this year. Our bargaining committees have scheduled a threeday strike. Ama San Jose City workers are headed to the picket line. The key points they are fighting for as they say they have had enough. Dan an all hands on deck effort to take down a tree in berkeley damaged by winter storms. This one happened on land and in the air. Get ready for a break from the heat. I will show you how much of a drop off in the tem lowering cholesterol can be hard. Diets and exercise add to the struggle. Today, its possible to go from struggle to cholesterol success with leqvio. With a statin, leqvio is proven to lower bad cholesterol by over 50 and keep it low with two doses a year. Common side effects were injection site reaction, joint pain, urinary tract infection, diarrhea, chest cold, pain in legs or arms, and shortness of breath. Ask your doctor about twiceyearly leqvio. Lower. Longer. Leqvio. Dan we are back with a live look over San Francisco international airport. Airports are reporting hundreds of delays and cancellations because of severe weather. More than 60 Million People are in the storm zone today. Dozens of passengers forced to camp out indefinitely in atlantas Hartsfield Jackson airport. The delayed stem from a 20 to watch that includes parts of new york, new jersey, pennsylvania and delaware. Elion bracing for potentially damaging winds, hail, and possible 22 outside of harrisburg come three People Killed when a bus carrying up to 50 people hit another vehicle. We had eight ambulances that assisted with us as well as lifeline because of how many people were involved and the amount of injuries. Dan there were at least 10 reported tornadoes across the midwest. Forecasters say more are possible. This is millions battle the ongoing intense heat. In Arizona Health care workers in phoenix say hospitals have been overwhelmed by patients with heat related illnesses. Ama in the east bay a troublesome tree had to come down at uc berkeleys Botanical Garden. It was damaged during one of our big winter storms in march. Crews used a helicopter for the delicate process of lifting the tree out branch by branch. The Botanical Garden was closed to the public so the work could happen. Abc 7 wasnt placed along for a look and ryan curry has the story. The loud noise of the rotating blades overcame the Berkeley Hills monday. All designed to do this. Remove a 175 foot redwood tree. They have been tying the lateral branches onto into 2000 pound bundles which are being lifted off by the helicopter. The tree sustained significant damage in march following a storm. Parts of it fell in the uc Botanical Garden wrecking plants on tennis found all over the world. As they started to remove the tree arborists learned the tree was more damaged than originally thought. Helicopter removal became their only option. When the first limb failed it took out the top of another limb and it cracked the two remaining stems open so they were moving apart. The arborists working on the trees say they are going to be taking the branches away in pieces and bundles. They say it is safer and faster that way. It will be taking away the trunk in pieces they will be taking with a trunk in pieces p they realized it would be the only way to effectively get the tree off the hill. Steve land as the ceo of the company tasked with removing the tree. He says it is the largest tree ever removed by helicopter in the bay area. They have 10 arborists working on the tree and five more safety personnel nearby. Our top staff has been selected and they have done a lot of big tree removals. Once the tree is removed the Botanical Garden plans to reuse the tree. A lot of it will get turned to mulch and larger trunks will be used as wood for future buildings. We are going to use it for projects throughout the garden. Small projects. Maybe as railings and things like that but also a new japanese pavilion. Dan that is a big ama the heat this weekend. Dan pretty brutal in a lot of spots. It continues for the moment. Sandhya patel is here. I guess that is changing. Sandhya im happy to report the heat is starting to fade. Its take a look at temperatures right now. Already dropping off 11 degrees cooler in santa rosa. Six degrees cooler and a livermore and down two in san jose. We have a good breeze helping to bring temperatures down. Gusts to 35 in oakland. At his coming off the cool ocean water. Here is your hourbyhour planner. 7 00, still in the 90s inland. The sun sets at 8 12. It will be warm inland not so much near the coast. We are talking about 50s to low 70s and 1 00 in the morning it is going to be cooler with foggier conditions. High pressure that brought the heat is starting to move to the east. As it does we are going to start to get under the influence of an area of low pressure. That is going to set the stage for cooler weather ahead. Temperatures are going to drop below average for a few days. You can pretty much see that we do have fog around. There is a view from east bay hills camera. A little hazy looking out toward mount diablo. It is very comfortable. 73 in mountain view. San jose, 82 degrees. This is our cooling mechanism, the marine layer is starting to take control. Sutro tower clearly visible from mount tam. 89 in santa rosa. 93 in concord. Our highest communities got t the upper 90s and lower 100s. The emeryville camera showing you a preview of what you can expect. We are looking at patchy morning drizzle. Breezy and cooler weather tomorrow. Going to be most noticeable around the bay and inland. The summer heat returns. In case you like the heat it will be back at for a few days. Tomorrow morning temperature is tomorrow morning fog is going to be a lot more prevalent across the region. Tomorrow afternoon we are looking at sunshine inland. Low to mid 80s along the coastline. Numbers will be in the 60s and easy with lingering fog well into the afternoon. I want to tell you what i want to show you what else we are keeping an eye on. Although right now the went for possibility is around southern monterey county. We will see some mid and highlevel clouds moving in midweek. As the system continues to curve it will fall apart but the moisture is expected in southern california. For us, more in the form of cloudiness we are going to be watching midweek should a much cooler pattern for you with fog and drizzle continuing on thursday. Numbers below average for this time of year. Only in the mid80s which will take because as you know we are concerned about fire danger. This helps to keep fire danger down. Temperatures bounce back in time for weekend plans. It will get hot again inland and stay mild near the coast. Dan we will be rig get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. Contact your volvo retailer to learn more. Dan a report released by San Mateo County shows how real the drought is. The Agricultural Industry check a heavy hit last year. Ama while this years historically wet winter may fuel a rebound for some it may be too little too