population. the millions put aside to fight coronavirus. and free covid testing in inside statuary hall. one of the hardest hit bay area cities. the new ambitious testing program. good morning everyone, it is friday, september 25th. i m michelle griego. and i m len kiese. good morning. glad to have you with us. it s about to heat up this weekend. so today is the day to enjoy some slightly cooler temperatures. mary? oh, yeah. today is the day for sure, len and michelle. definitely take advantage of our seasonal temperatures that great weather today. because it s going to turn hot and we are looking at a high fire danger and even some more smoke pushed back into the bay area for the weekend. so in the meantime, we re looking at some patchy fog this morning but definitely not as foggy as yesterday morning and temperatures in the 50s and 60s. pleasantly warm this afternoon with daytime highs right around where we should be for this time of year. but record heat, a high fire
bay area from abc 7. you rarely see this amount of stolen stuff at any one time. it s all worth about $2 million. the criminals were breaking into cars, homes, and stores to get it. authorities label this effort operation low focus lens. it s their third big bust. the others were called operation tangled web this past october and operation wrecking ball last december. good evening i m dan ashley. laptops, cameras, phones, and purses were just some of the stolen items authorities displayed in san francisco today. melanie woodrow is live in union square where some of the items are believed to have been stolen. melanie. reporter: that s right. this is retail theft, package theft, and of course in san francisco car break ins. here s one of the things that these criminals were supposedly doing. they were taking stolen cell phones and then wrapping them in alumin aluminum foil in an attempt to block the signal and avoid detection. that didn t work. tables of electronics
supposed to be a momentous occasion. to celebrate her friends renewing there wedding vows for their 25-year anniversary. that isn t quite what happened. i feel in shock. i m pretty numb. because i just don t know how to feel. how can anyone do this? reporter: among a group of 25 families all used house of aloha travel services owned by wendy wong. bernall showed us invoices that she later found out were bogus. leading up to the trip she learned no travel arrangements had been made. how much total did you get from her? total for everything, $10,806. how much have you lost? in total about 10,000. we his wife trusted wong a long time friend from bill peters who graduated from felt like a broken. reporter: he says he authorized her to use his credit card for payments. come to find out she used it to pay for three tickets for another group. through our investigation we determined there are quite a few upwards of at last count about 13 victims. reporter: polic
54-year-old man who appears homeless and using a walker at the corner of mason and eddie streets in san francisco. he got stuck beneath the trailer as it dragged him to fifth and market streets. the driver of the big rig kept going till police pulled him over at the corner of broadway and front nearly two hours front. he remained there speaking with investigators till noon. this morning s accident is the 20th fatality on san francisco city streets this year, a number that includes pedestrian and bicyclists and drivers with the tenderloin rankings as one of the city s most dangerous areas. the san francisco metropolitan and commission had investigates in the neighborhood today looking for clues as to what might have happened. we re looking to see the crosswalks clear, lights properly timed, can you see all the track signs and markings. the rig belongs to a company based in stockton. san francisco police say they did not arrest the driver. instead, they detained him. he
on futurecast. first, here is a live look at the new treasure island camera. that is a beautiful view. the clouds are back. this is just the start of the changes for us. temperatures right now are in the upper 40s, mid to upper 40s to low 50s. concord, san francisco, san jose are all 51. oakland, good morning, you are 52. 48 in livermore, 45 for santa rosa. your headlines are mostly cloudy to start off today with areas of fog for the inland locations, the north bay, i am tracking areas of fog for you. again, today is a transition day. it will be cloudy but the rain holds off today. we are tracking a few showers that will work their way in by tonight. especially tomorrow we will see anywhere from a quarter to a half inch of rain. we will time it out for you on futurecast in just a moment. let s check in with gianna franco. we have a big rig that caught fire and caused some pretty big delays westbound 580 ride it northglenn. chp says right now all lanes are temporarily blocke