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The newsroom. Just minutes ago. You can see the police tape going up around this intersection with a heavily Armored Vehicle and several oakland squad cars in that area. Yeah, all of its unfolding right near Defremery Park on the corner of 16th and adeline. We will have an update as soon as we learn more. Police, however, say they wont be releasing more information until later tonight. Good evening. Im ama daetz and im dan ashley. Thanks for joining us. Our other top story a 14 year old boy is suspected of setting a fire that destroyed a Waymo Robotaxi in San Franciscos chinatown in february. Fireworks were set off inside the vehicle and video showed people smashing its windows with a skateboard and committing other acts of vandalism. San Francisco Police say they searched the boys home last month and found evidence linking him to the crime. Prosecutors have filed charges, but it is up to the juvenile Probation Department as to whether the boy will be arrested. New developments with the protests yesterday at google offices around the country over the war in gaza. The company confirmed tonight it has fired 28 employees after individual investigations. We saw people taken into custody in sunnyvale, but its not clear if they were workers. Google says a small number of employees did disrupt things at some of its offices. In a statement, it says, quote, physically impeding other employees work and preventing them from accessing our facilities is a clear violation of our policies and completely unacceptable behavior. After refusing multiple requests to leave the premises, Law Enforcement was engaged to remove them to ensure office safety. Propalestinian protesters who shut down the Golden Gate Bridge on monday may have to pay the people they inconvenienced. San francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins is urging anyone who was, quote, trapped on the bridge to contact her office. Jenkins wants to know what happened to them to determine whether theyre the victim of a crime, which may entitle them to restitution. Officers arrested a total of 26 people on various charges, including felony conspiracy and false imprisonment for shutting down the span for hours. Jenkins has not yet filed charges, saying more investigation needs to be done. Well, so far no charges have been filed against propalestinian protesters arrested in Alameda County. 12 people were taken into custody after they blocked lanes on 880, essentially shutting down the freeway in oakland. In a statement, Alameda County District Attorney pamela price said prosecutors are prepared to receive case information for those arrested during that incident. She adds, while my Office Supports the essential right to protest, it is important to note that Public Safety should never be compromised in exercising the First Amendment right of free speech. We make it our Mission Every day to find the breakthroughs in our neighborhoods, the stuff that builds a better bay area. And tonight we wanted to highlight one breakthrough in progress in the south bay. Neighbors and city leaders in san jose all came together for a town hall to address several street encampments along one part of town. They say the encampmes lid several sections of Willow Street, and now city leaders are working through their options. Abc seven news south bay reporter Lauren Martinez has more. Im opting for option number one. You try to do a better job finding solutions for a san jose homeless encampment brought dozens of residents out to a community forum. The ad spaces that are managed. And then we shut down spaces that are unmanaged. On wednesday, mayor matt mehan and Council Members omar torres and dev davis held a town hall on what to do about the homeless encampment off Willow Street and la long. The mayor brought up two options the first to continue what he called the status quo approach and increase cleanup and some enforcement. But the encampment would remain as is. Or we could take valley waters offer and take that paved area. I know some of you dont like it. No no. The second option garnered some heated reaction. The mayor proposed the city could use the land across the street owned by valley water, and create a safe sleeping site with rules with tents in a row, with trash pickup, with some amount of security and case management. The mayor says if this were to become a safe sleeping site, people would be required to use it or leave with again, the noise, the drums, the crime, all the issues youre facing. Youve got to give us an option of where people can go. Some residents were upset the safe sleeping site is similar to an idea Council Member davis proposed years ago. I dont see how moving that same group of people across the way and suddenly managing them is suddenly going to change those entire people and change the environment. I think our city needs to sue the county. I think the county needs to do their job and as one person said earlier, find some unincorporated property somewhere else, not smack dab in the middle of neighborhoods. Other residents were supportive of the interim housing site. For one thing, its a temporary location and these people need to go someplace. Its a very human problem. Were having, so this isnt the best solution. But it is a move in the right direction. The mayor says this open conversation to find a solution will continue in san jose. Lauren martinez abc seven news. Pumping life into downtown San Francisco has grabbed lawmakers attention at the state capitol. There now multiple proposals weaving their way through the legislature. One bill introduced today by Assembly Member phil tang, would help the city with its plan to turn Vacant Office space downtown into housing. Ting estimates the city has 32. 5 million square feet of empty office space. Thats the equivalent. Listen to this. Of 23 salesforce towers, his bill would create a revitalization district that would rely on tax incentives. While many people know our Famous Office buildings, the newer office buildings, those really wont be the ones that will be converted. It will probably be some of the older buildings, the buildings that are smaller or less famous because those are the ones that are easier to convert into housing. Theres a second bill backed by scott wiener that made it out of committee today. The warm weather has been an early taste of summer, but that may all be changing for some of us. Abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is peeking ahead in our 24 hour accuWeather Forecast. Sandhya. Yeah, and ama, we really had a beautiful day. No doubt about it. It did feel like summer in our inland areas and even in places like san jose. Check out the high temperatures for today 81 in san jose, 80 in san rafael got up into the 70s from San Francisco to oakland, all the way out towards santa rosa. Concord livermore is 61 degrees in Half Moon Bay. It is still really mild across many parts of the bay area. 63 in san jose and concord, 62 in hayward, 55 in the city, north bay. Youre looking at 63 degrees right now in fairfield. As we check out your day planner tomorrow morning, well start out with mild conditions a few clouds, temperatures in the 50s, sun and clouds at noontime, and it is going to be a warm one inland, but not the case along the coast in bay. Thats where we notice the temperatures are dropping off. And in the evening its going to be cooler and cloudier. Ill be back with a look at your weekend preview coming up in just a few minutes. Dan ama all right. Thank you. Sandhya. The other major story were following tonight, sex charges swirling around and speculation coming from one bay area high school, a p. E. Teacher in American Canyon is behind bars accused of multiple sex crimes against a female student. The principal is now on leave pending an investigation into the events of the case. Now, this evening, the School District held a meeting to inform and to update parents. Abc seven News Reporter jeff stone was at that meeting and has new information. This is a booking photo of brad rall, physical Education Instructor at American Canyon high school who has been charged with multiple felony sex crimes against a female student. Our son said that he was actually a really nice guy, and that he was a lot harder on the guys on the boys than the girls, that he had really good relationships with. A lot of the girls and was very like friendly and buddy buddy with them. My son, when this initially happened, i said, whats the deal . He said, i dont know. He said he seemed cool. He said he seemed like a nice guy. He said, but he was very friendly with the female students parents we spoke with at this districtwide Community Meeting wednesday night learned that rao has been charged with 21 felonies. Court documents say the alleged crimes began sometime last summer and continued until last week. The victim said to be 15 and 16. During all of this, the napa county sheriff says rao was first arrested on april 9th after the School Resource officer looked into the matter. He came across some very disturbing evidence. Were kind of pushed it past the rumor realm into the evidence realm, and then the decision was made to immediately arrest him. Rao bailed out and was then arrested again on the 12th. When Authorities Say more evidence surfaced, he is currently still in jail. Superintendent of napa valley schools rosanna musetti spoke at this meeting. She says the alleged sex acts are believed to have occurred on the American Canyon high school campus, in the weight room, in a vehicle and in a janitorial closet. She addressed her concerns with us wednesday night. Its extremely concerning. Its absolutely unacceptable to us. And so we are going to look at our systems. We are going to investigate the matter comprehensively and thoroughly. The complaint also says that rao was in possession of material that showed a minor engaging in sexual conduct. Parents said the details in this case are painful to hear. Heartbroken because this is such a tight knit community. We have great parents, we have great students and it just shouldnt have happened. Now Law Enforcement is trying to determine if there are any more victims in American Canyon. J. R. Stone, abc seven news. Sfmta is set to propose changes to a traffic intersection that was recently the site of a fatal crash. The San Francisco chronicle reports tomorrow that Transit Agency will propose a reconfiguration that would prevent cars from cutting through the intersection of yulo street and west portal avenue. Thats that same area where just a month ago, an suv crashed through a bus stop, killing a family of four. Among the proposed changes, drivers heading toward the muni station from west portal avenue or yulo street would be forced to make a right turn. Cars would no longer be allowed to access yulo from claremont avenue nearby, and lenox way, which also crosses yulo, would be converted into a one way street with automobiles rerouted, the roadways would form what sfmta officials call a grand welcome plaza at the front of the west portal muni station. All right, coming up, a fire truck slams into a california home, and the homeowner finds out from right across the street. Plus, this pretty traumatic to be pulled out of a tree like that. Definitely stop the selfies. The story behind these teens and some very harmful photos. And the Caitlyn Clark craze is only getting started. The new reports tonight about what might be coming next. First, a look at whats coming up tonight on Jimmy Kimmel Live right after abc seven news at 11. Jimmy. Thanks, dan. And ama. Tonight we go to war. Tell me honestly, is it a sin or wishing id been born a third . Olsen twins business. Its not a ninetofive proposition. Its all day and into the night. Its all the things that keep this world turning. The gotos that keep us going. The places we cheer. And check in. They all choose the advanced Network Solutions and round the clock partnership from comcast business. See why comcast business powers more Small Businesses than anyone else. Get started for 49. 99 a month plus ask how to get up to an 800 prepaid card. Dont wait call today. Fire engine slamming into a home in stockton. The fire truck was responding to an emergency call early this morning when it was hit by another vehicle that sent the fire truck over a median. It then hit a pickup truck and crashed into a home. The pickup driver is said to be in Critical Condition tonight. The other driver suffered minor injuries, as did four firefighters who were in that fire truck. The owner of the house wasnt home at the time. He was actually across the street at a gas station and watched the crash happen. Arizona republicans have once again blocked an effort to repeal the states 19th century ban on almost all abortions, which the Supreme Court recently ruled was enforceable. Democrats in the state house couldnt overcome procedural obstacles to advance a bill to repeal the law. The lone Arizona Republican who voted to try to bring the repeal vote to the floor says hes still encouraged a vote could happen next week. Make no mistake about it, this law will be repealed. There are enough votes in this chamber to repeal the territorial law. It will happen. Its just a matter of time. Meanwhile, in the state senate, a new abortion ban repeal bill was formally introduced today. The earliest it could be voted on is in two weeks time. Arizonas attorney general continues to try to find a way for providers there to practice here in california. It could help with the expected influx of patients seeking care across state lines. Sleep apnea is something that millions of americans struggle with at night. Maybe you do, and a helpful solution may be found in something far different a popular weight loss drug. Zep pound is now going to be put up for expanded use with the fda. Reporter tony cabrera with our sister station in los angeles, has some encouraging results from a new study. Drug maker eli lilly says its found a new use for its popular weight loss drug. Zep bound research say it can also treat sleep apnea on top of obesity. What we saw in patients was up to a two thirds reduction in the severity of their sleep apnea. The study looked at people with moderate to severe sleep apnea, both with and without cpap therapy. And not only did the drug lower apnea events by up to 63. Their data shows it also reduced body weight by up to 20, and apnea event is when someone stops breathing or doesnt breathe enough while sleeping. In many patients, it went from about 45 events an hour to just 15. We believe that this medicine removes fat around the airway, which reduces sort of the cause of sleep apnea, which is that the excess tissue that causes the airways to collapse the once a week injectable treatment isnt new. Under the name manjaro, its approved to treat type two diabetes under the name zep bound. It treats weight loss. The generic name is called tirzepatide, and then we commonly use these brand names, which confuses people. Doctor raj dasgupta is excited about having another weapon for sleep apnea, but he thinks its only one piece of the puzzle. Is this going to be the magic bullet . Is this going to be the drug . And now you dont need to get evaluated. You dont need cpap, you dont need to do other things. I dont think were at that stage yet. Well, this may be a turning point for sleep apnea patients, he says. We still need to learn more about the long tum effects. When we talk about what is the gold standard, of course, its still going to be wearing that mask for right now. Remember, zepp bound is already approved for weight loss. Eli lilly will now submit it to the fda for it to be used to treat sleep apnea as well. They hope to do so in the coming months. Tony cabrera, abc seven news. New at 11. This is something you definitely should never do, no matter what. Video shows some people pulling bear cubs out of a tree in asheville, north carolina. The reason they wanted to take selfies with them. Wildlife officials were called out. By the time they got there, only one of the cubs was still around. The others had wandered back into the woods. Look. Look at this. So stupid. The people responsible. Well, they got a talking to. Total selfishness. This is not what we talk about when we talk about coexisting, we did confront them on site that day. We let them know how irresponsible and potentially deadly it could be for that cub to be separated from its mom. The cub was rescued and is at a rehab facility. It will eventually be released back into the wild. There is an investigation and the people who pulled the cubs out of the tree, they could face charges. What are you thinking . Waiting to watch that. Come on, lets have some. The poor mama bear somewhere. Its like, where are my babies . All right, lets move on. Talk about the Weather Forecast changing a little bit. Yes. Sandhya patel is here with those changes. Sandhya. Yeah . Were going to start you off with some minor changes tomorrow. Dan a

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