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KGO ABC7 News 400PM August 24, 2017

Close the gift shop in order to support primary safety. This boot camp instructor decided to stay away from the area once his clients started cancelling his class. I can see why people are doing it. Reporter muni will not Service Stops in the presidio or marina neighborhood. All the routes affected are on our website, abc7news. Com. Abc 7 news. Thank you. Employees of the San Francisco Public Defenders Office say that will be at saturdays protest as legal observers. They will be there to document and record any incidents. Berkeley is also getting ready for sundays antimarxist free speech rally. The Postal Service plans to remove mailboxes from the front of berkeleys Main Post Office and several other downtowney ha protesters to stay away. Leading Civil Rights Group offered some tips via skype peacefully. If youre at the same location you should stay with a long strong voice that you stand against White Supremacy but dont engage them directly. Theres no point in it. Berkeley police and city leaders want to avoid scenes like this when protests turn violent earlier this year. Download the abc 7 news app to get breaking details on the protests this week. Who knows what will happen out there. Enable push alerts to get the latest news as it happens. Now to breaking news. Sky 7 was over the bay fair station where a bart train hit someone who was on the tracks. There are major delays as trains are being turned around or single tracking through the area and not stopping at bay fair. Theres bus service for those bart passengers. Outrage prompted administrators to prevent a professor accused of Sexual Harassment from teaching courses. They were upset that he was able to teach again. It appears their voices were heard. His attorney told us he is being stripped. He believes this is in retailuation for an investigation that he participated in. Its the second day of school here at San Jose State University and already controversy over a professor who was scheduled to teach two courses this fall. Ive had experience with Sexual Harassment before and its bad situation to be in. I didnt want to put myself in situation where a professor who had those accusations brought against him was found guilty p ad muj straiters were going to allow him to return to teach but Late Wednesday night a decision was made to not allow that. Our students were very clear that it is important for them to have the very best learning environment they can have here at san jose state. Thats what we would like to plo vied. We needed to think through next steps. Reporter while students are leaved he wont be teaching, it leaves them in a difficult situation. A replacement professor was found for one of his courses but the other wont be offered until next spring. Some of them this may jeopardize their graduation because they needed the course. The review will look at range of items including course offering and student faculty dynamics. As a professor and as a parent im disturbed by the way all of this has happened and whats happening now. Its just one cover up and deflection after another from the university. Reporter students are left in a lurch and on monday students are planning to do a sit in protest that afternoon. They want the university to know they are not happy with how things were handled. Strans State University is suing the school. They accused the University President of retaliation. The college has struggled with ongoing budget deficits. Last year students protested because they thought sfsu was holding back funds. The suit wrongly blamed for the protest and overspend and threatened to fire him. The dean claim he lost out on job tuptopportunities because o. Local Election Officials reje rejected the vote by mail ballots because of doubt about the signatures. The aclu claim election official s have no expertise when it comes to analyzing handwriting. An Early Morning fire left a home in pleasantville heavily damaged. The fire had taken half of the home when they arrived. Nobody was inside. No firefighters were hurt. Neighbors say the home had been vacant for more than a year and a remodelling project may have been under way. Fire investigators say theres no evidence at this point that would suggest the fire may be suspicio suspicious. An austrian tourist is recovering after being struck. This is video of the area. The man sustained major burns throughout his body and just look. This is a picture of his shoe. Lets start with live doppler 7 showing mostly sunny skies except little patches of low fog near the coastline. Its pretty breezy now. We have gusts to fairfield. Breezy in most other locations as well. Lots of blue sky over the bay. It is 62 degrees here at San Francisco. 64 across the bay. Mid to low 70s. 87 right now this gilroy. 62 at halfmoon bay. Nice view from mt. Tam looking at mostly blue skies. Here is your evening forecast. A few lingering low clouds. It will be clear. After sunset temperatures in the low 70s inland. Temperatures will remain in the upper 60s till about 10 00 p. M. Or so with a bit of an increase in the coastal clouds. They will go away tomorrow as we have a big warm upcoming our way starting this weekend. Ill show you more of that later. The World Surf League is taking over mavericks. The wsl announced today its waiting final approval by a judge to approve. Mavericks was last held in february of 2016. Run by cartel management. It was cancelled for 2016 when cartel declared bankruptcy. A new report shows fatalities rose 12 in 2015. Researchers say 81818181 deaths were reported that year. Road improvement can help save lives. City and states need to refine crash reports to improve the accuracy of the data collected. An 18yearold man was arrested at the u. S. Mexico border after Protection Officers say he tried to smuggle tiger cub into california. Officials say this cub was found on the floor of the front passenger side of the car wednesday morning. The cub was given to u. S. Fish and wildlife services. The driver is from riverside county. He faces up to 20 years in federal prison if convicted. Coming up, the recovery thats still under way and the Lessons Learned from it. Executions in california could soon pick up speed. Todays court ruling and what it means for people on death row. The teen who crashed her car while Live Streaming on social media is defending herself. Tell you what shes saying today. I just couldnt believe it. What these new parents say they see in this ultrasound. Right now we see traffic and lots of it. This is a live look at the sky way in downtown San Francisco. Oncoming traffic trying to get to the lower deck of the bay bridge. Basically youve got gridlock in both directions. Back with more on abc 7 news california has 750 inmates on death row. More than any other state in fact, the last execution was all the way back in 2006. Prop 66 was supposed to change that. Reporter voters passed prop 66 with 51 of the vote in november. At the heart of it was reducing the appeals process from decades long waits to just five years. The proponents of the proposition conceded to everybody surprise, certainly my surprise. That the five year limitation was wildly impractical and probably unenforceable. They recharacterized that fiveyear limit not as a mandatory deadline but as an aspiration. Reporter thats what helped prop 66 pass mustard with the California Supreme Court by a vote of 5 to 2. It doesnt around a log jam in finding qualified attorneys to represent Death Penalty cases. The average wait for an attorney is 16 years. Increasing speed could compromise quality and fairness. Some expect prop 66 to make the system more cumbersome except for a few. There are 18 or 19 people on death row whose appeals are over and those cases are ripe for execution. We might be seeing in a year, might be setting execution dates. This does make a difference. Reporter the legal experts i spoke to at both stanford and uc hastings say they dont think prop 66 in its current form with speed up the processing of execution cases on death row this california. They think it would end up sending more cases to federal courts. In San Francisco, im leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. The Central Valley teen who crashed her car while Live Streaming on instagram is def d defending herself. We have the jailhouse interview. A lot of people want to hear this. Reporter thats right. 18yearold abdulla sanchez remains in jail after she Instagram Live a deadly crash. He was driving with her sister and a friend in the backseat. The passengers were not wearing seat belts. We want to warn you the video is extremely disturbing. Hey, everybody. If i go to jail for life. You already know why. I didnt know i look like a monster. I look like a freaking, horrible monster. That was not my intention at all. Reporter in this first ever jailhouse interview sanchez defends herself against criticism that she continued to live stream after the crash. She insists she tended to her sister who had been thrown from the car and her instagram use did not cause the accident. I knew she was dead. I took her pulse and he has no pulse. Everybody does it. Everybody does it. Why not . People take videos of them in the car all the time. Its dangerous. Im only 18. Reporter her sister was 14. The chp says sanchez was drunk at the time but her defense team says the crash was caused by a tire blow out, not the instagraming or the alcohol. Thank you. Happening tonight, there will be a Community Led town hall meeting to discuss googles plan megacampus. Its a coalition of south bay labor and housing organizations. They want the city to use local workers and companies to build the complex and hire local people to work in it when its complete. Googles six to eight million square feet of campus will be built near the station. Speaking of google, they are taemg teaming up with a Mental Illness group. Starting now, anybody whob searches clinical depression on a mobile device will be offered a clinically validated questionnaire. The test asks about such items as energy, appetite, concentration levels. The National Alliance of Mental Illness says one in five americans deal with clinical depression at least once in their lives. The north base smart train is back on track as abc 7 news first reported. Full Passenger Service will begin tomorrow. It all kicks off with a grand Opening Celebration at 9 00 tomorrow morning at the santa rosa downtown smart station. Service will be free all day friday. Smart will run 34 weekday trips. I want you to look closely at the video were going to show. A pennsylvania couple say they noticed something other than their unborn daughter in a sonogram. Look on the left. They say that looks like jesus looking at their daughter. The couple says the image put them at ease especially after alecia experienced complications with her first two children. I blinked a lot to make sure i was seeing it. I kind of brought tears to my eyes. I couldnt believe it. Baby briallea was born yesterday happy and healthy. Im not sure i see jesus there. I see Spencer Christian here though. That i know. Im about to give you a weekend i think everyone will celebrate. Its going to be really hot after this weekend. Here is a look at live doppler 7. We have just a bit of low cloudiness near the coastline. Mainly sunny skies across the bay area. Its a beautiful Late Afternoon in virtually all locations except perhaps here at the golden gate where we have some low clouds dissending. These are our forecast features. It will be sunny and warmer in most locations. Major warm up begins on sunday and continues through tuesday. Well see high temperatures near 70 degrees on the coast and triple digits in the warmest inland locations. Overnight well see patches of low clouds and fog over the bay. They wont be widespread. Low temperatures will be mid to upper 50s. A pretty narrow range of temperatures. Here is a range. We might see a patch or two of spotty drizzle. Notice how the low clouds and fog will go away. During the overnight hours its a time period when they expand the clouds and fog. By noon tomorrow well see sunny skies from coast to inland as this warming sort of begins tomorrow in low gear and cranks up the high gear over the weekend. In the south bay look for highs around 80 at santa clara. 88 down in morgan hill. Well see mainly upper 70s. 78 at redwood city and Mountain View on the coast. Well see highs to the mid60s. A high of 68 tomorrow. 65 in the sunset district. Up in the north bay well see 81. 82 at sonoma. East bay high tomorrow mainly low to mid70s. About 72 at berkeley. 75 newark and union city. In the east bay will be our warmest region with highs near 90 degrees this most spots. I told you were going to have a big warm up. About 91 tomorrow. The average high is 87. It will be above average. Well above on saturday and sunday. Down do mere mid90s on monday and tuesday. Back up to 98. Almost 100 again next thursday. Thats pretty much the pattern that most of our inland locations will see. All locations wont be at 100 but the hottest ones will. Here is the sevenday forecast. Look for temperatures in the warmest inland spots right around or above 100 degrees on saturday, sunday and monday. Maybe even tuesday. Were looking at upper 90s on tuesday. Mid to upper 80s around the bay. Temperatures will gradually moderate around the middle of next week. You could call this a heat wave. A mini heat wave. You guys bumped it up. Wasnt it 92, 94. It all suggested highs in the low to mid90s. It looked like High Pressure is building in. The air will be compressed. Thanks. Its the battle of the scouts. What the girl scouts are accusing the boy scouts of doing. What is old is new again. Selling books in a store. What . Were going to take you to amazons grand opening today. Go to a store. I dont know if theyre going to a store or going home, but theyre not going anywhere fast. This is 101 in san jose. Southbound is backed up. Northbound is moving nicely. 880 over the top is moving smoothly as well. The Energy Conscious whopeople among usle . Say small actions can add up to something. Humongous. A little thing here. A little thing there. Starts to feel like a badge maybe millions can wear. Who are all these caretakers, advocates too . Turns out, its californians its me and its you. Dont stop now, its easy to add to the routine. Join Energy Upgrade california and do your thing. Food. Water. Internet. We need it to live. But what we dont need are surprises, like extra monthly fees. I see you, fee, played by legendary actress anjelica huston. You got me, mark. We just want fast internet for one, simple rate. For all the streaming and the shopping and the newsing, but most of all. For the this. Internet for one everyday simple price and no extra monthly fees. A nationwide search lasted more than a year. Karen has been hired as glides new president. Glide said this is a new position created as part of its plan to create the cofounders who are moving the parttime roles. She served in the obama add mvr administration and has 20 years of experience advancing human rights. The idea of girls joining the boy scouts isnt sitting well with one organization, the girl scouts of america. Writing its unsettling that bsa would seek to up end a paradigm thats served both boys and girls so well through theyears. Girls just sometimes want to be like only girls instead of together. I think its fine. You should probably change the name. Boy scout Officials Say they are been exploring the benefits of opening their organization to girls. The president wants them to back off writing it should focus on serving the 90 of boys not currently participating in boy scouts. Next friday will be a big day for star wars fans. Disney announced that september 1st will be force friday two. It will be the first chance for fans around the world to take home new products inspired by star wars, the last jedi. You can use the app. I didnt know they had an app. I guess everybody does now. Star wars the last jedi hits theaters december 15th. Hurricane harvey is closing in on making landfall. Want to make sure we have stuff in the cupboards and fridge. Stockpiling is under way as people repair for the worse. The monuments now off the chopping block but there could still be here are the stories making headlines. Reparations are under way for saturdays patriot prayer. Fences are being put out and some local businesses say they will be closed. Other nearby events are cancelled. In berkeley the city denied a permit for an antimarxist rally. Its expected that hundreds of people will be there any way. Abc 7 News Reporter Laura Anthony will have the latest at 5 00. Bexar county, texasexasexasx an evacuation because of harvey. Well have more later this hour. The clock is tick on a Government Shutdown as President Trump says his border wall is nonnegotiableable a and hes attacking leaders. Reporter republican lawmakers are struggling to keep up after President Trump threatened to shut down the government and pull the u. S. Out of nafta. I think well end up probably terminating nafta at some point. Believe me, we have to close down our government. Were building that wall. He campaigned on the wall. He won on talking about buildi

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