The reason was the Group Patriot Prayer said it did not feel safe. Instead, theyll have a press conference tomorrow, followed by a march, and will attend sundays rally in berkeley. Berkeley is a better situation, because we dont feel like were walking into a trap. Its wide open, its an open field in the city. Its just a better situation. So were extremely excited to go down to berkeley. Reporter early in the week, the mayor of San Francisco told me that the city always knew that a gathering outside crissy field was possible. The mayor telling me, police will be ready. Leeann melendez, abc7 news. There was a big turnout at San Franciscos city hall this afternoon at a plan to counter this weekends rallies. Melanie woodrow continues our Live Team Coverage from civic center. Melanie . Reporter well, there will be a similar rally her her her noon at times today, it was like a party with music, the mayor driving home the message, San Francisco is a city of love. To those who seek to undermine our spirit, who wave the banners of racism, who think the First Amendment protects their violence, you are not welcome in San Francisco. [ applause ] reporter their signs promoting love and acceptance held high. The rally a gathering as a precursor to the Patriot Prayer rally, which was canceled this afternoon. You know as well as i do that they have a message of hate. And weve seen across this country how that message can easily translate into violence. Reporter the spread of violence had some saying they would stay away. I dont think its productive to have video footage of leftist bashing people on the right. Reporter while others plan to counter protest at crissy field or elsewhere. It is right to tell people not to bring weapons and that the security checks are fine. But to stop people from coming is not the solution. We are united against hate. Reporter a message artist mc hammer sang, as well. Tonight is the night, were turning it up and everybody is feeling right reporter telling the crowd he caught a red eye from texas just to be here. In San Francisco, melanie woodrow, abc7 news. The Patriot Prayer group willhold a News Conference tomorrow at 2 00 p. M. At alamo square. He plans to go to berkeley on sunday and join with an event against marxism at 1 00 to 5 00 p. M. But now even that Berkeley Rally is in question. As we mentioned a moment ago, the organizer of the antimarxist rally in berkeley is scaling back her plans. She released a statement saying, she wants no one to come to her event. Cummings said she has grave concerns for peoples safety saying i will attend this event alone and i stress please stop the violence. If i am hurt or killed attend thing rally, i ask you to please not retaliate on each other as a result of my injuries. A notorious farright protester known as based stick man has been booked in jail. He was expected to speak at this weekends protest bfrs they were canceled. Alyssa harrington was at his arraignment. Reporter kyle chapman is no longer allowed to carry a stick or any weapons. A judge also ordered chainman to stay away from Civic Center Park in berkeley in case of rallies this weekend. Certainly the last thing any of us want to see is a repeat of the terror or violence that took place in virginia. Reporter chapman was arraigned on felony weapons charges friday morning. This stems from a bloody protest in berkeley back in mar. The District Attorneys Office charged him for procession of a stick that he used to beat people with. He is expected to bail out. Supporters have been raising money on a crowd funding site. It is our understanding that he will post bail and go through our booking process, and once he is booked, photographed, and weve confirmed the bail, he will be released. Reporter chapman did not enter a plea. If found guilty, he faces up to eight years in prison. One footnote. There are reports that hes in the process of making bail and says he plans to attend both rallies. Well stay on top of that situation. Obviously, there are a lot of lastminute developments with the weekend rallies. Stay on top of all of it by downloading the abc7 news app and enable the push alerts to find out whats happening. Breaking news from washington, d. C. President trump has pardoned controversial sheriff joe arpaio. Victing of contevenlt of court. President trump said this is president trumps first pardon. And north korea has test fired three shortrange brick missiles. U. S. Military says two missiles failed in flight and the third blew up immediately. Moving on, as first reported last night by the abc7 news iteam, the Bay Area Police sex scandal prompted a new federal lawsuit. This takes aim at the contra county sheriff. Dan noyes joins us with the latest. Reporter this lawsuit says the sheriff failed to train his deputies properly and failed them from having sex with a minor and failed to investigate it. This is the third case, and in many ways the most egregious. Reporter Attorney John Burris on the suit he filed last night. Last june, i sat down with her for her only in death interview. She said she first had sex with a Police Officer when she was 15 and word got around on social media. Instead of oh, yeah, my friend told me about you. Reporter and you would meet after that . Yeah. Reporter she claims she had sexual relations with 30 cops from seven different agencies. She was reluctant to identify them. They turned their backs on me. Reporter but you wont give up the names . No. Reporter one name is ricardo perez. She testified she met the deputy on facebook and at 17, had sex with him half a dozen times. Mr. Perez, as an officer, really violated his oath without any due consideration as to whether or not the conduct he was engaging in was not only illegal but immoral as well. Reporter the lawsuit seeks damages from the sheriff saying had perez been properly trained, he would have realized it was illegal to have sexual relations with her. Including exchanging nude photographs. She was treated as if she was a slave to him at his beck and call. She was treated like a little sex slave child. Reporter burris says the sheriffs conduct amounted to deliberate indifference and violated her constitutional rights. The sheriff David Livingston issued a statement this afternoon saying, deputy perez was fully trained on his requirement to report child abuse and certified so in training documents. Today is jasmines 20th birthday. Her lawyers tell me shes in a much better place than one year ago and looking forward to the future. Shes still so young. Thanks, dan, very much. Well, in the shadow of levi stadium, Football Games are one thing. But now people live thing are hearing concert noise until midnight. What theyre willing to trade to get rid of it, next. Im meteorologist sandhya patel. Im tracking heat for the weekend, and a look at dangerous category 4 Hurricane Harvey coming up. On that subject, the latest on harvey and wait until you hear from one couple who just flew from texas to sfo hours before the storm made landfall. All the storm coverage brings up an important coverage. If your home is struck by lightning, are you covered . Im Michael Finney. Santa clara leaders say no to levi stadium when it comes to extending the hours for converts. So whats in the works here . Reporter dan, the 49ers actually offered to give 20,000 to local schools, libraries, and the department of parks and recreation every time they get an extension to their 10 00 p. M. Curfew here at levi stadium. But it appears its going to take much more than that. Charles gibson lives a third of a mile away from levi stadium. Every time a concert or major event is held, he deals with the noise. Nonstop, hour after hour after hour after hour. Its horrible. Reporter right now, the curfew at levi stadium for concerts held sunday through thursday is 10 00 p. M. Last night, the 49ers tried to convince the Stadium Authority board to extend the curfew to 11 00 p. M. Four times a year. 49ers president says it will be difficult to recruit bigtime performers without the extension. If they come, it does negatively impact the city. So, again, i these people. Reporter city leaders still denied it. I felt we owed it to the community who lives around the stadium to let them be actively part of finding a solution to the problem. Reporter the 49ers say the two weeknight concerts brought in 1. 6 million in revenue for the city. Some who live in the shadow of the stadium say they would be willing to budge. Theres 300, 400 homes affected. Write me a check for 300. Ill spend the evening somewhere else. Reporter the next step is to partner with the 49ers to hold meetings to see if a compromise can be made. A big gang sweep by Oakland Police today. At least nine people were arrested all over the bay area. Police targeted vie le ed ved v criminaled. The fate of a controversial Training Exercise remains up in the air. A task force charged with recommending whether the Training Exercise should go forward failed to vote on the issue today, which has been put off until next month. The training is valuable, but critics call it police militarization, and say its harmful to people of color. You see the harm and danger it has on our communities. It is based on racist stereotyping. There is no doubt that we are better prepared to respond to any type of major mass casualty in the bay area as a result of the collaboration that takes place during our exercises. Urban shield is funded by a 5 million grant from the department of homeland security. S. W. A. T. Teams from the bay area, across the country and around the world take part. Happening now, Hurricane Harvey is a category 4 storm and is about to hit the texas gulf coast. Heres a live look outside of houston. The eyewall of this storm is poised to hit landfall any moment near Corpus Christi with winds 130 Miles Per Hour and gusts much higher. More than 7,000 people live in the path. Officials are not sure how many heeded their warnings to evacuate. One resident decided to ride it out at home. Ive gone through a lot of hurricanes. Ive lived here most of my life. I would rather take care of my home and animals and be safe here. She may not with wobe worrie the governors have declared states of emergency in 30 counties in texas and louisiana. Some airlines are already waving change fees for customers ticketed on nights into that area. This florida couple flew out of houston to sfo today. The plane ride was pretty rough as far as from houston to San Francisco. It was pretty bumpy for a long time. Then they finally, you know, settled it down and stuff. Houston has seen hundreds of flights. For saturday and sunday, oakland canceled two departures tomorrow. Right now, san jose and San Francisco have no cancellations. Hurricane harvey on satellite right now, getting ready to move on shore, the eyewall is moving on to the texas coastline, as you can see here. A large eye of this powerful category 4 storm. Live doppler 7 hd is tracking bans of heavy rain. Winds have been reported as high as 108 Miles Per Hour on the coastline. So gusty winds, tornado warnings are up right now. The biggest threat is going to be the storm surge. 6 to 12 feet above ground level and days of heavy rain. It is a category 4, winds at 130 Miles Per Hour, moving northwest at 8. This will go down in the record books. It barely weakens to a category 3 saturday overnight. As it continues to move inland, it will further weekend saturday afternoon into sunday night. But this is going to move very slowly, just stall out over texas. Thats what the biggest concern is going to be. It is going to cause catastrophic damage with up to 40 inches of rain in isolated area through wednesday. And like i said, family and friends there, this is going to be a dicey situation. So hopefully they ride out the storm. Live doppler 7 hd right now in the bay area, way different than what its like there. Quiet picture, typical fog and temperatures are impacted by the fog. Coastal highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Still warm inland right now in the low 90s. 50s, 60s coast side, and were looking at the fog here, just creeping its way across downtown San Francisco. Temperatures soar inland, and the heat continues into next week. So there are a number of warnings and advisories. Everything shaded in the red here is a warning that is in effect for the hills. This really runs from tomorrow morning through monday. The areas shaded in orange is a heat advisory. That starts sunday through monday. That is for the valleys. Youll want to stay hydrated and find some shade. It hasnt been this hot in a while. Low 50s to low 60s. Fog sitting near the coast. And the temperatures inland will come up into the triple digits. Upper 60s to low 70s. Look for some 80s. Definitely the summertime heat that we havent seen much of lately. Triple digits over the weekend. Temperatures peaking on sunday. 106 degrees. 70s at the coast. Still a lot one going into monday. Numbers slide slowly tuesday and wednesday. 60s to 90s, is temperatures moderating only to see the numbers rise quickly again thursday and friday. 100s coast side. Download the weather app and keep track of the temperatures. Thanks, sandhya. I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream. Yes. And for an ice cream 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. When you think of museums, you might think paintings and sculptures, not ice cream. But its coming to San Francisco, and tickets went on sale today. Kristen sze is here with how it went. A bit like hamilton . Reporter can you believe it . The website is a feast for the eyes. Take a look. A stunning 50,000 people were cued up with Online Ticket sales opened to the public at 9 00 this morning. In less than 90 minutes, they were all scooped up for september 17 through october 30th. The trendy popup museum opens here on grant street in San FranciscoNear Union Square after soldout runs in new york and los angeles. This is video from l. A. The museum offers exhibits dedicated to everyones favorite frozen treat. The big crowd pleaser is the sprinkle pool, filled with 100 million sprinkles that you can dive into but not eat. Its a place to come, anyone can come, all ages. Its just fun. For your 38 ticket, if you got one, you get half a dozen tastings and unlimited instagram pictures. The los angeles run was extended twice, so your chances for visiting have not completely melted away. Dan and ama . Thank you so much, kristen. Theyre preparing for pride in the south bay. Plus, flying high. A big boost at Oakland International airport thanks to one type of traveler. And ive been going through it every year for in the south bay, members of the lbgtq community are preparing for this celebration, but it comes with some concerns. Some say theyre worried about safety but wont stop celebrating. Chris nguyen has the story now from san jose. Reporter spreading a message of hope and love im not only expecting the lbgtq community to come out and celebrate who we are, but also our allies. Reporter the preparations are under way. Many are bracing for a busy weekend in san jose. You get goose bumps. The energy is so positive and so good, you get goose bumps. I have them already. Reporter Ceasar Chavez downtown will play host to the pride festival, celebrating diversity and inclusion. Local Tech Companies will have representatives marching in the parade on sunday. Its totally worthwhile showing up and making sure that people see us. Reporter but in light of recent terror events, including charlottesville, virginia and barcelona, some are questioning if theyll be safe at the parade. San jose police say theyve been preparing. Law enforcement working with organizers to ensure the safety of the public. Reporter everyone could come here, enjoy themselves and feel like they could be safe knowing that we are around, ready for anything. Reporter volunteers have also been going through deescalation training. Pride officials are expecting larger than normal crowds. We have to keep up the fight. Now is not the time to sit back and rest on our laurels because we have no laurels to rest on. So the fight continues. Reporter a chance for this community to unite as one. Chris nguyen, abc7 news. New at 6 00, relief for more than 17,000 California National guard soldiers. They dont have to repay bonuses mistakenly handed out during the iraq and afghanistan wars. That came to around 190 million between 2004 and 2010. The overpayments were made as the guard faced pressure to hit enlistment goals. The pentagon demanded thousands of soldiers and airman repay bonuses were not eligible for, but has decided they will not have to repay that money. People are starting to gather for a vigil in china town. Its about taking a stand against hate. This event is still happening, despite a flurry of late changes. Patriot plans for a rally at crissy field. Plans were made to close roads, parking lots, as wel as stores. Muni has rerouted some buses to avoid the area. The Patriot Prayer group plans to go to berkeley on sunday to join a no to marxism rally. But that organizer rel