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Year old jeremy stoner, a abducted near his familys vallejo home in 1987. His body found days later on Sherman Island in sacramento county. We are in the process, as we have been for the last several days, of going throughout that area. And looking for suspicious people. Anything that may be suspicious that has come through that area that year, police did arrest and charge a man with murder and kidnaping, but the case was dismissed. And the investigator nation then went cold for decades. That is, until this week. Solano County District attorney Krishna Abrams announcing friday a new suspect in custody be identified using dna technology. In a statement, she said, i am so thankful to have such dedicated cold case investigators that no matter how much time goes by, they remain steadfast in their commitment to solving these horrific cases. Jim hammer is a former San Francisco assistant district attorney. The second level is think about the guy who was wrongly accused of this. I mean, a man who had falsely accused of rape and murder of a young boy. I cant imagine a worse false accusation. Now, this week, investigators arresting fred kane, the third, at his home in central point, oregon. Hell be transferred to Solano County to face a murder charge. Hes also accused of kidnaping and. If dna is collected properly and everyone follows procedure, theres in my mind, no better evidence in the world because it can prove conclusively who committed this crime and perhaps soon, some long awaited closure for this community. Tara campbell, abc seven news. A two year old died following a shooting earlier today in ailable tonight, but we are told it happened on alhambra avenue at about 1130 in the morning. Police say a Family Member brought the boy to the hospital and the toddler had at least one gunshot wound. They say the shooting happened at a home, but the circumstances are still unclear. No arrests have been made. Were working the story to find out more for you. A developing news out of oakland where Oakland Police are investigating a deadly shooting in the Upper Rockridge neighborhood that occurred just before 745 this evening. Officers responded to the scene on broadway near the parking lot to a Lake Temescal after reports of shots fired when police arrived, they found a person on the ground and immediately called for medical personnel. The victim died at the scene. Police are asking for anyone with information to please give them a call. Lets move on to talk about the weather for a few moments. It does not look like were going to get a break from the haze tomorrow. There is another spare the air alert. Meteorologist sandhya patel is here with your 24 hour accuWeather Forecast. Andy. Yeah dan, one more day of this hazy, smoky skies that you still see is around as we take a look at this time lapse from our east bay hills camera shortly after sunset, you will notice not just the marine layer passing through, but that real slender coat of smoke thats hanging around so that spare the air alert has been extended through tomorrow, its going to be moderate to poor air quality for your saturday, but good air quality on sunday. Right now, we are seeing good to moderate air quality across the bay area. Ukiah is still poor for sensitive groups, so the smoke lingers as we go into tomorrow afternoon. You will notice its still around, especially concentrated in the north bay and then it really thins out as we head towards sunday. And here comes a storm. Its an early season storm. It has an Atmospheric River for the Pacific Northwest. Ill be back to let you know exactly what we should expect out oftnd when coming up. Dan okay, sandy, thanks very much. Touch base in just a few minutes. Remember, you can monitor air qlity all in our interact live online tracker check it out on abc7 news. Com. Weve put it right there on the home page so that you can find it very easily. Governor newsom is urging the Supreme Court tonight to reconsider a ruling that blocks cities from clearing homeless encampments. He filed a brief today warning the high court that cities are paralyzed by this decision. In newsoms filing comes a following what is become a hot issue in San Francisco, where the city is fighting an injunction that keeps it from clearing camps. District attorneys in sacramento and san diego have filed similar briefs. Well, howd you like to pay more for electricity . Pga customers will likely see their bills increase in the next few months. The cpuc is expected to vote on two proposed rate plans in november. One raises rates by 9, the other by 11 on pga, he says an increase is necessary to put 2100 miles of power lines underground and to reduce wildfire risk. When you put those lines underground, it reduces the need to do things like tree trimming and maintenance around those lines. And it also far increases reliability. Pg wants to put most of its many of its power lines underground. That is far too expensive an approach for wildfire safety. The much better approach is to insulate the power lines which is a faster and cheaper way. State senator scott wiener says the rate increase will place an absurd burden on customers for upgrades. He claims should have been performed decades ago. New developments tonight. A federal judge has ruled that california cannot not ban gun magazines of more than ten rounds. It comes after the Supreme Court last year set a Legal Standard on interpreting gun laws, relying on their history, lyrical context instead of public safety. The ban will likely remain in effect. However, while California Attorney general appeals the courts ruling. New at 11, elon musk has pledged to donate 100,000 to defeat one progressive San Francisco supervisor for during next years election. It comes after the supervisor received some pushback for comments he made about the citys problem with car break ins. But as abc7 News Reporter tim johns explains, there are a lot more to this story. A post from San Francisco supervisor dean preston now going viral online on wednesday. Preston taking to the social media platform x, formerly known as twitter to urge the city to launch a campaign telling visitors not to leave things in their cars. The supervisor saying the move would dramatic reduce car break ins. The tweet getting noticed by several oppressed political opponents, including elon musk, who said hed donate 100,000 to help defeat him in the next election. And thats not instead of enforcement. Right. The Police Department and the da will work on the enforcement side of it. During an interview, preston said his tweet was taken out of context by musk and others. He tells me he believes the city needs a multifaceted approach to tackle the car breaking epidemic. Thats why he hosted a special hearing thursday, bringing together several city agencies to try and find solution to the problem. Lets actually have real signage with graphics that are clear to people, no matter what language they speak. Lets have Community Ambassadors who are out there handing a similar flier to people as they park. San francisco has averaged n 15 and 20,000 car break ins a year since around 2017, a fact that perpetuates negative perceptions of the city for both locals and visitors alike, says sharky laguana. When visitors come here and their windows are broken and their luggage is stolen, their passports are stolen, their computers are stolen. Uh, it doesnt make them want to come back. Laguana is the president of the american car rental association. He says leaving a car empty doesnt always help, but its certainly no guarantee. Ive had my car broken into many times, and it didnt have anything in it. Laguana says San Francisco has been trying the same failed methods to prevent car break ins for years and that city leaders need to find new solutions. And this is where were coming up short. Were just unable to catch these people doing it in San Francisco. Tim johns, abc7 news. Happening now, the start of a highway shutdown that will last all weekend. The northbound lanes of highway 87in san joseoa co of hours ago. Its highway 85. As you can see on the map, this is for major lane resurfacing project. The closure is expected to run through 5 00 monday morning. They hope to get it back open in time for the commute. Another closure will take place the weekend of october 20th when the southbound lanes will be repaved. New developments tonight on the United Auto Workers strike. We are uaw. We are uaw. President biden will go to michigan on tuesday to support the uaw strike against the big three automakers. The president announced that he will join the picket line a day before Donald Trumps scheduled speech to a prounion crowd in detroit, uaw president sean fein says that the union will strike at 38 locations across 20 states, but has also taken adds the union has been making progress with the ford motor company. We do want to recognize that ford is showing that theyre serious about reaching a deal at gm and stellantis. Its a different story. The union is asking for a 40 wage increase over the next four years. They say, to match the increase in ceo earnings over the same amount of time. Some good news coming out of hollywood. While were talking strikes, the wgas negotiating Committee Held its third consecutive day of meetings with four of the studios top executives. This has given a renewed sense of optimism for Guild Members whove been on the picket line since may 1st. The writers and actors union are striking over a series of issues, including dwindling residual pay protections against artificial intelligence, ai and industry sustainability. The wga will meet again tomorrow, though, with some of the studio executives to talk more about this. Rsv flooded hospitals last winter with sick kids. Well tell you about the big move today by the cdc to head off another spike, this time. Did you make some quick cash by selling some taylor swift or beyonce concert tickets . Well, you might be in for a surprise from the irs. Well explain. And things are becoming unhinged in the south bay. Well go inside the famous Winchester Mystery House for a little halloween fun. And fri but do they really . Do they see that crick in your neck . That ache in your heart . Will they see that funny little thing that wasnt there last year . A new bounce in your step . The way your retinal scan connects to your blood sugar . At Kaiser Permanente all of us Work Together to care for all that is you. Studies show the pfizer made drug could give infants protection as soon as theyre born for at least the First Six Months of their lives. Rsv hospitalizes more than us infants than any other disease. So its quite serious. All right. Now for tonights abc seven news advance. At 11, its our way to get you in the know about some of the headlines and events youll hear more about in the days to come. A lot going on out there. The city of martinez is hosting its first ever pride event. Tomorrow. It will be at the Waterfront Park from 11 until two. It just it helps, right . As a parent and as a queer person myself, it helps to know that our community is behind us. Its important to have representation. Its important for our kids to have representation. The Rainbow Community center is the events main sponsor, and it serves 19 cities in contra costa county. Martin as mayor says, the event is also proudly supported by the city, with a 2,500 cultural grant. But with future funding uncertain and the Rainbow Community center is still seeking more resources and sources of funding to make sure pride can continue in. Martinez next year in San Francisco, this weekend, you can expect to see a lot of leather in the citys soma neighborhood. The 40th annual folsom street fair is on sunday. The event draws thousands of kink and leather enthusiasts to the city every year. You can also enjoy food, drink, live music and dance while supporting local businesses. Folsom street fair will go from 11 a. M. Until 6 p. M. On folsom between eighth and 13th streets in the east bay. Now, tens of thousands of people are expected to stroll the streets of lafayette this weekend for the art and wine festival. It starts at 10 a. M. On saturday and sunday and features hundreds of vendors as well as live music and kid zones. It takes over several blocks of mount diablo boulevard and be advised you have to buy a ticket in person. This is the largest annual festival in contra costa county, and its a good one. Well, as the old saying goes, theres two guarantees in life death and taxes. But soon it might be taylor swift and taxes. A new law is requiring ticket sellers to report any sales over 600 to the irs. That means if youve been cashing in by reselling tickets to a sporting events and concerts, the tax folks could be showing up on your doorstep. The new law is taking hold after a second after a record breaking year for live concerts, including the eras tour. Beyonce and Lionel Messis debut in miami. Its been a big year for big shows. Well, some of musics biggest artists will be in central park this weekend at Global Citizens annual charity concert. The goal is to raise money to end extreme poverty, promote gender equality and combat climate change. Sandy kenyon from our sister station in new york has more. The size of the stage matches the scope of the groups ambition. Were trying to end extreme poverty when people enter our site, we want them to be all inspired, showing us around is an entertainment lawyer turned Global Citizen david beam is in charge of the final preparations for the big concert. Music is the unifying power that brings this movement together, and we use that in order to call on World Leaders to take action. On the way. The Red Hot Chili Peppers join lauryn hill and anita from brazil. But then you also have extraordinary leaders of kpop like jungkook of fame alongside stray kids. Thats me. So were going to see, you know, an army of citizens come together this weekend. The ceo of the nonprofit points out that you cant pay to get in to see this show. Hugh evans says everyone here must enlist to help the cause the way it works is you download the Global Citizen app, you start taking action, and the more actions you take, the more times you can enter into the lottery. And those lottery winners get to be among the 65,000 here, the more acts of good service that you do, the greater chance you have of being part of it. This years show will stream live on tiktok and the charity has a history of embracing social media to get its message out. We need more and more young people to step up and be the voices to champion these issues. So many artists this year are so young and theyre bringing their young fans to be part of the movement. Every hour, every minute, every second in central park. Sandy kenyon, abc7 news. And youll be able to see all the highlights of the Global Citizens concert right here on abc7 starting at 4 p. M. On sunday. Performers include the Red Hot Chili Peppers, ms. Lauryn hill, megan thee stallion, anita and dnice. Should be a great day in new york and well have all the highlights for you. All right, lets turn our attention back to the Weather Forecast in the bay area. A lot going on this weekend. Abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with a look at the weekend and sandy, i know everyone is concerned about the quality of the air. We still have this haze around here. We do indeed, dan and its going to get better the second half of the weekend. Lets talk about autumn because were just minutes away from the autumnal equinox. Takes place at 1150 tonight at the suns rays will be directly over the equator. And we have mild weather coming your way for the upcoming weekend. But as dan mentioned, that air quality is still a concern. A beautiful live view of San Francisco from sutro tower camera that spare the air alert continues through tomorrow as this smoke will still be impacting our air quality. But sunday, monday, tuesday, all areas will go to green, which we welcome good air quality so we can get outside and enjoy. As we take a look at the satellite and the radar, that trough has pushed off to the east. We do have a storm that is developing out here. Its an Atmospheric River heading into the Pacific Northwest and northern california. Late sunday into monday. The Pacific Northwest expect seeing 1 to 4in of rain. So thats definitely going to help their fire danger and their air quality. But it also means burn scar areas could see some flooding just like parts of northern california. So a flood watch going up sunday evening through monday. Right now on live doppler seven. We do have some low clouds out there as we check out the temperatures, 5060s. A live view from our emeryville camera. And lets talk about the forecast headlines. Fall arrives tonight at 11 50 p. M. Hazy skies tomorrow, but good air quality on sunday. And there is a chance of early season rain on monday. Lets go hour by hour tomorrow morning as you get going for your early saturday plans. There will be quite a bit of low cloudin

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