Administration. And a free star general sent in by the president is calling for more help. You suffered a tremendous devastation and were there with you. Good evening and thank you for joining us im dan ashley. Tonight puerto rico is under Flash Flood Warning as humanitarian crisis continues to unfold as millions are without electricity, gas and now calling out the Trump Administration about its attitude about the crisis. A midst growing frustration in puerto rico a moment of impact of anguish played out on National Television today. As the mayor of san want listened to acting Homeland Security praise the federal response. I am very satisfied. It is really a goodnews story in terms of our ability to reach people an the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. Well maybe from where she is standing its a good news story. When you are drinking from a creek, when you dont have food from a baby its not a goodnews sto story. Im sorry damn this is not a goodnews story. This is a peoplearedieing story. This is a life or death story. We asked President Trump about dukes comments. Was elaine duke wrong to say puerto rico was a good new story. I havent heard what she said i can tell you this we have done an incredible job considering theres absolutely nothing to work with. The administration has been beefing up the militarys role. A threestar general is on the ground supervising the federal response but today that general said it was not enough and promised to bring in more resources. We will not rest, however, until the people of puerto rico are safe. These are great people. With you the president is also raising questions about whether the federal government should pay to rebuild puerto rico. He has repeatedly brought up the islands large debt tweeting this morning, Big Decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding. The government of puerto rico will have to work with us to determine how this massive rebuilding effort will end up being one of the biggest ever will be funded. Jonathan carl abc news the white house. Meantime this weekend Many Puerto Rican communities in the bay area are having donations drives and want to make sure the donated item gets to those in need. We spoke with someone who works for the feds Disaster Medical Assistance Team who returned from the island. Its not surprising to me that theres still people saying we havent received help. This is the director of herjcy services at stanford and disaster medical assistant and was in puerto rico when the hurricane hit. This is where he spent a lot of his time in these tents for patient care. He told us people outside of san juan are just trying to surprise. They are trying to move day by day to make sure their if they need medical care can they get them there. He says the infrastructure has been devastated. More fuel distribution trucks are making their way on barges to help to get delivery trucks on the road to distribute cargo thats been sitting at the ports. Meanwhile Puerto Ricans in the bay area have been collecting goods to be sent to the island. Wants to make sure to get to those who need it the most. Problem is once we get it there we have to logistic amly get it to the people. Fred of pittsburgh said it is hard to watch things move so slow slowly. The stuff available people are not able 20 gto 2k3we9 to i. Are not able to get it to it. Hopefully it will start happening soon. They open by the time these emergency supplies leave the bay area they will be a more coordinated effort of distribution on the island. In oakland, abc 7 news. We now know the rock fall yesterday in yosemite is larger than the ones the day before. These are pictures of the mount before and half. Yesterdays fall measured nearly 400 feet tall and 150 feet wide, roughly the size of a 40story building. And its about ten times bigger than the colorassal chunk that broke off a day earlier. Reporter natalie has. Another accident in yosemite fortunately able to rescue a rock climber. The accident coming two days after another rock climber Andrew Foster was killed while visiting from wales after a rock fall at el capitan a day after that more boulders came down injuring another visitor. It just popped right out like oh, my god what are we seeing. It was a magnitude bigger than the last one. Climbers caught the incredible site on camera some describing the large sheet of rock as large as a building. Page was onto floor when she heard the massive slab break off the famed structure. We heard this thunder that was so loud and looked at each other like whoa. She sends these photos saying one of the boulders smashed through a sunroof. Geologists are looking into what caused the rock fall. The area remains open, we have posted signs to let people know. He says rock falls are part of the park and happen almost daily, they rarely impact visitors but says it is not enough to keep it from coming back. If its going to happen, going to happen. Just got to be careful, and do what you can. Yosemite remains open. Cars are at a stand still as visitors continue to come to the park. That rock climber is expected to be okay. Abc 7 news. Well, did you feel it . A weak earthquake 3. 0 quake near napa county this afternoon. Several told us geo logical survey that they felt it. Its been over three years since 6. 0 struck near napa. In this san jose courthouse a former probation counsellor was on the other side of the law, trishia capara accused of having sex with two teenage boys while they were in she was employed by the Santa Clara Probation Department her bail today was set at 655,000 and prosecutors wanted to raise it to a million. She was tasked with caring for these juveniles and she violated that trust. There are more than one victim in this case and the investigation is ongoing. Capara didnt enter a plea today but will at her next court date in two weeks. Governor bill signed a package of bills aimed at the housing cries, signed more on a dozen bills to include ways to raise more money to build more affordable units and policies to speed up stalled construction saying it is a good first step. Today you can be sure we got 15 good bills, yes, theyre good, they move the ball forward. Have they end the need for further legislation . Unfortunately not. Money provided in the package is expected to create about 90,000 affordable units in 7 to 10 years. California needs 1. 5 million Affordable Homes to meet the demand a long way to go. More than a million will converge on San Franciscos water front for fleet week and other events happening at the same time, all likely to make traffic worse than it already is. Our reporter is on this story. Take a deep breath. Leave like 20 minutes earlier and youll be all good. Forklift operator giving that stroiz drivers, traffic could raise your Blood Pressure where major events are about to launch. War of the blue angels will return to the bay area in a matter of days. Fleet week begins sunday when first navy ships arrive through the golden gate and throngs of spectator on the embarcadero. We highly encourage everyone to take transit. Howard street between 3rd and 4th is closed. Detours in place. Set up for oracle open world. The conference will bring 60,000 people to the city. That means a lot more cars will clog city streets where traffic is already a big bum erp. What do you think of the traffic down here. So bad. Okay i will not be back down here at all. Its not the first time major events collided in october. Last year we had dream force occurring at the same time as fleet week. Theres increase the security around the event and extra Marine Police will keep boaters safe. Last year a boat capsized during the air show and everyone on board was rescued. If you do have to use your vehicle just be aware theres going to be traffic, expect delays, plan your time accordingly. You will see officers in the area trying to assist with the traffic as well. Put on a good Radio Station and youll be all good. Good advice wanda. In San Francisco cornell bernard, abc 7 news. Is your jacko lantern in yeppard, what the weather is doing to a halloween tradition. Also fire is burning close to homes in santa barbaraa. Why a local airport was closed. When you look at this picture 2 looks like summer but not going to feel that way this weekend. Ill explain coming up. Thanks sandia and a exclusive look at what will become the warriors new arena in San Francisco. Francisco. Only at at t, we believe in access. Francisco. Only the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. Connecting with the things that matter most. And because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet, weve created access from at t. California households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits may qualify for Home Internet at a discounted rate of 10 a month. No commitment, deposit, or installation fee. Visit att. Com accessnow to learn more. Well halloween is still over a month away if you want a pumpkin may want to act fast because of extreme rains and heat in the summer growers say it is down 25 and hasnt about this bad in 15 years and could get worse as we get closer to halloween. We go to the pumpkin farm to see conditions in the bay area. Its the beginning of the season for east bay Pumpkin Patches and things are looking good, especially to those who make getting here early a priority. We always come early. We come to play. He gets all his energy out and then we get to pick out pumpkins. Do you like to get out early an get the best selection. Yes we do. We come and have the pumpkins speak to us. For this family shopping for pumpkins a relatively new tradition. Its our sons first birthday so we wanted to come out and celebrate his birthday. Might have to pick another one. While things look good now theres some concern around Central Valley growers that the pumpkin inventory could run low come midoctober thanks to extreme heat. The heat and rain effects crops so its just kind of we dont know every year what were going to get. At this Pumpkin Patch at solano way in concord they believe theyre good to go through halloween in part because they dont get their pumpkins from california. The farms we have base in oregon are supplying and no word of a struggle here. Still some people arent laura anthony. Abc 7 news. Let me take you now to a Central Coast where a fire is burning out of control near the town of lompoc. The fire is burning close to two neighbors, so far has burned 600 acres and burned 100 homes in the area. Mandatory evacuations and near by roads are closed near by airport is closed while firefighters use it as a staging area. Pretty serious situation and its pretty windy which is not helping. Tracking our conditions on the fire lines. The fire conditions in the bay area will be elevated into the weekend facing critical fire conditions in the hills. Live doppler 7 showing the fog near the coast and parts of the bay. Wind is howling gusting 37 miles. An on shore wind coming off that cool ocean water. Fairfield 21 miles. When you check out the wind forecast for tomorrow you will notice it goes from a little bit breezy to the winds increasing as we head into the afternoon and evening hours which is precisely why the fire danger will be running high. Take a look at the wind forecast. Heading to tomorrow night winds along the coast between 25 and 35 miles. This continues late saturday into sunday morning. Youll notice 30 miles wind gusts over the coast and Higher Elevation wind as well. Into 9 00 a. M. On sunday its the north bay hills, east bay hills, diablo range. Were looking at gusts to 30 miles with low humidity it is gusty right now. See a live look from our roof camera as the flags flow in the wind. Heres a look at the temperatures. Cool spot is Half Moon Bay at 59 degrees. This marine air definitely helped to drop our temperatures as you look at this view from themmeryville camera. Everyone noticed the cool. It did spread. Heres a live picture from peer 15. Pier 15. This is how your peaked will begin. Low clouds. For fire danger in the hills. Mild this weekend. Cooler weather expected next monday through wednesday. Hour by hour we go along the beaches and around the bay. To at night will see the fog around 11 00 going into midnight and watch what happens, that fog just disappears as we head towards saturday afternoon. The wind will play a role. It will be a cool start. Up er40s. Upper 50s. Thats where you will feel the fall feeling. Crisp conditions in the morning. Lots of sunshine on the peninsula. Looking at low to upper 70s. 67 in Half Moon Bay. Breezily conditions in daly city. Downtown San Francisco 70 and sunny and a little bit warmer pretty much everywhere tomorrow afternoon. 84 santa rosa. East bay, couldnt get nicer, really mild, 76 in union city. 75 oakland. Head inland and temperatures will be in the low to mid 80s. To heat here. 83 in concord. 82 in fairfield. Hour by hour, minute by minute check the temperatures by downloading the accu weather app. Heres fleet week festivity sunday arrival of the ships. Breezy. Monday and tuesday mostly sunny and mild as the air show givens on friday going into saturday. Heres the seven day forecast. Temperatures do come down more early to middle part of next week and will have a late fall feel. 66 to 78 is all well do wednesday so pull out those sweaters thursday and friday temperatures will bounce back. Its really nice especially since we face fire danger this time of year to get a break from the heat. Thanks very much. Feeding frenzy in the monterey bay. A whale watching trip turns into a front row seat at a punch hunch back lunch well take you there. And today we honor sarah velton who oversees the philanthropy efforts of the San Francisco latino location. Please whale watchers in monterey bay got to see a feeding frenzy this week. Got to catch hump backs feeding on anchovies. After the feeding some sea lions moved in to get a share as well. Its that time of year, the bay bridge scheduled to close to continue the deplosion of the foundation of the border span. Should shut down between 9 00 and 11 00 tomorrow the final steps of the implegs whats left of the old bay bridge. Microsoft has plans to build in san jose. The seattle tech Company Bought 65 acres along highway 237 near milpitas. A microsoft Spokes Person said the company is if exploring opportunities to meet the need of future Cloud Computing and Internet Services expected to bring hundreds of new jobs to the city. Already have offices in Mountain View not far from the google plex. Starting sunday, prices rise by 25 cents and monthly parking gets a 50 increase to 82 and change. This is the first time cal train has raised fares in two years saying ridership is setting records and ticket sales pays for twothirds of the cost of running the system. A lot more to come. A shake up at the white house. Secretary of health and human the president asks for tom prices regulari iresignation a spends hundreds and thousands on air travel. And also the racist slur, the and the stern word the superintendent gave to his cadets. And only on abc 7 news the history of this man could be the reason this woman has a future. This is the new comfort food. Grown right here in california, with absolutely no antibiotics ever. A better way to grow, a better way to eat. And it starts with foster farms simply raised chicken. California grown with no antibiotics ever. Lich where you live. Good evening once again. The secretary of health and Human Services has been forced to resign because of a travel scandal accused of excessively using planes for travel. And now agrees asking for the travel records of all 24 agencies. As he boarded air force one tonight it sounded like the president had made up his mind about Health Secretary tom price. Im disa pointed in him. Hes a good man but im disappointed in him. Just before he was asked if he would last. You will make a decision whether or not to fire price. Probably some time today. Im not happy. By the time air force one landed price was out. A source tells abc 7 news the president asked the secretary to resign and he did. Price took more than two dozen work ships on luxury private jets. I heard the criticism and clearly were sensitive to the taxpayer on these incidents. Which is why i took the action i did. Those flights took more than 400,000. He promised to reimburse the government but only the cost of his own seat just 52,000. Hes paying back 52,000 is that enough. Thats unacceptable. Tonight five cabinet secretaries are under fire for expensive travel habits to the tune of more than 625,000. Today interior secretary defiant a mid revelations he spent more than 15,000 on three flights. Before we get started id like to address in the words of general swartkof on travel. He said he didnt have a choice. No commercial options existed to meet the prom gated schedule. Also under the mscope veteran Affairs Secretary saying taxpayer paid for his wife to fly to europe on a official trip where they took in t sites and attended wimbledon. Just one month earlier writing i expect this will flult decreased employee travel and generate savings. Investigation already under way into two other travel secretaries for their travel habits. Skrut pruitt is under scrutiny for installing 25,000 phone booth in his office and costly government flights including that to kentucky where he and his wife fewed the eclipse. Abc 7 news the white house. Both supporters and protesters showed up and shared messages peacefully for a fundraiser sponsored by the San Francisco republican party. Law man found guilty of contempt in court. He ignored order to stop racial profiling. Im ve