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starts right now. >> fresh fallout tonight from the immigration raids in los angeles. the federal government condemning a new plan by bay area lawmakers trying to make it a crime for those ice agents to cover their faces. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley. one of the state lawmakers behind the plan compared masked ice agents to stormtroopers from star wars, saying they should not be shielded from scrutiny on the job. but tonight, the department of homeland security says safety is what is on the line here. and they use this word despicable. that's the word dhs used in response to that state bill to prevent ice agents and all law enforcement officers from covering their faces during operations in california, two state senators introduced the so-called no secret police act. today, dhs issued a response saying, quote, while ice officers are being assaulted by rioters, a sanctuary politician is trying to
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outlaw officers wearing masks to protect themselves from being doxed and targeted by known and suspected terrorist sympathizers. abc seven news reporter monica madden has the story. >> people are afraid. families are being torn apart. >> two california democrats say recent instances of federal agents covering their faces on the job are inciting fear. >> we don't need law enforcement officers who are covering their faces, who are not identifying themselves, who are jumping out of unmarked vehicles and grabbing residents of this state. >> state senator scott wiener says his new bill aims to increase transparency for law enforcement operations. the proposal would prohibit all officers, local, state and federal from covering their faces while working in california. it carves out exceptions for medical masks, wildfire face coverings and swat teams. >> it is critically important that people know who they're interacting with and that they're interacting with actual law enforcement officers.
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>> assembly member tom lackey, a retired chp sergeant, questions the motivation for this. >> i don't think state officials can tell federal officers how to do their job. law enforcement has done so much to try to increase their credibility and their partnership with the with the public. so i think it's very hurtful. it's very damaging. it's very questionable. >> if you have a bone to pick with the federal government, with how the federal law enforcement is, then you need to go over there and deal with it with them. >> police union leaders in san francisco tell us they already have policies requiring officers to identify themselves clearly in public. tracy mcrae of the san francisco police officers association, says this could impact undercover work, since the bill would also require officers to be identifiable through uniforms or other means. >> our identity and who we are sometimes is shielded from the public because it's a safety issue. i've heard of officers being doxed right. that's never a good thing.
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>> in response, the white house referenced president trump's recent social media post where he suggested protesters covering their faces should be arrested. monica madden, abc seven news. >> the legal battle over president trump's deployment of the california national guard in los angeles will continue tomorrow in a federal appeals court here in san francisco. this is video just released today of last thursday's hearing, where u.s. district judge charles breyer ruled that the guard deployment was illegal and that president trump exceeded his authority. the ninth circuit court of appeals stayed that ruling and will hear the case tomorrow again in san francisco. about 4000 national guard troops are still deployed in los angeles. and no matter tomorrow's decision, the case is likely headed to the supreme court. and coming up tonight at 11, you'll hear the arguments made by both sides during last thursday's hearing. president trump left the g7 summit in canada early on today, canceling meetings with the president of
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ukraine and mexico. the white house cited escalating tensions in the middle east. the early exit came after the president posted on social media warning, quote, everyone should immediately evacuate. tehran, a city of nearly 10 million people. no easy task. iran and israel are on their fourth day of bombings, which began last week when israel's surprise attack killed several military leaders and nuclear scientists. >> it's painful for both parties, but i'd say iran is not winning this war, and they should talk, and they should talk immediately before it's too late. >> so far, israel has killed more than 200 civilians in iran, including dozens of children, and iran has killed 24. in israel, hundreds more are reported injured. back here at home, chilling new details in the targeted shootings of two minnesota lawmakers, investigators are sharing how the suspect planned the attacks and how police caught him after two days on the run. abc news reporter melissa adan has the
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very latest. >> federal officials in minnesota charging 57 year old vance boulter with two counts of murder and stalking, after they say he stalked two of his state lawmakers and their spouses, leaving one couple dead and triggering the largest manhunt in state history. >> it is no exaggeration to say that his crimes are the stuff of nightmares. >> boulter, facing a judge monday afternoon where prosecutors revealed chilling new details of a, targeted political assassination designed to inflict fear, injure and kill members of the minnesota legislature and their families. the u.s. attorney's office says boulter went to the lawmakers homes dressed as a policekers officer. >> outfitting his black suv with police lights and a police license plate, wearing a black tactical vest and body armor. >> voelker, accused of killing democratic minnesota state representative melissa hortman and her husband and critically injuring democratic state senator john hoffman and his wife in back to back shootings.
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>> when senator hoffman attempted to push boulter out and stop him from entering his home, boulter shot him repeatedly. >> after a near two day manhunt for boulter. police say they received a tip confirming someone was in the woods and after searching for hours using a helicopter and officers on foot, they found him. officials say boulter planned his attacks carefully. >> boulter also had in his car notebooks containing a list of more than 45 minnesota state and federal elected officials, including representative workman. >> the hoffman family, sharing a statement thanking law enforcement for apprehending the suspect and how they consider themselves lucky to be alive. melissa oden, abc news, los angeles. >> and the hortman children released a statement tonight honoring their parents. they thanked the first responders who tried to save them and law enforcement who arrested the suspect. they wrote, quote, our parents lived their lives with immense dedication to their fellow humans. the best way to
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honor our parents memory is to do something, whether big or small, to make our community just a little better for someone else. san leandro police are investigating after a man was shot and killed while walking his dog over the weekend. it happened just after 8 a.m. on saturday near euclid avenue and east 14th street. police say officers found the man lying on the groundh the dog still leashed to his hand. investigators say the victim was shot one time in the back, one bullet wound. the dog was not injured. police say. there is not, however, an ongoing threat to the neighborhood. well, thank goodness an eight-year-old child has been found after he walked away from school in the east bay. a school teachers and staff, along with a number of law enforcement agencies, spent hours searching for the child in dublin. the boy is autistic and nonverbal. he was last seen at about 11 a.m. at frederickson elementary in a special education summer program. well, he turned up about three hours
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later in a nearby neighborhood where someone spotted him. >> i was just on my phone and i saw an instagram post about a missing child, and then i literally walk outside and five minutes later i just see him walking down the street right here. and he was. he didn't have any clothes on. i felt really bad. i just ran up to him and i just said, hey, i knew who he was right by the because i saw him on the picture. and then i just brought him here in front of the house and called 911. >> very nice man. that good samaritan says he is just thankful the boy is back home safe with his parents, and we can all echo that sentiment. well, the company that created oxycontin will pay a nearly $7.5 billion settlement. all 50 states, as well as washington, d.c, and four u.s. territories have agreed to this deal with purdue pharma. they sued purdue, blaming the company and its owners for thousands of addiction and overdose deaths. the settlement will also end the sackler family's ownership of purdue and bar them from making,
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selling or marketing opioids in the united states. in san jose, a large scale encampment sweep is happening along the guadalupe river trail. it's the first of several weeks of sweeps coming this summer and happening in an area off taylor street, near the city's largest homeless encampment at columbus park. abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey spoke with some of those who've now been displaced. >> the sound of crunching echoed along the guadalupe river trail near downtown san jose monday morning. for the unhoused who lived in these encampments, they couldn't do anything but watch the sweeps happen. >> it is challenging because it's a constantly recurring thing, like you lose so much stuff and then you have to restart all over again. it gets kind of stressful. you know? >> this is the start of cleanups from the city of san jose that will run all summer. it comes less than a week after the city council approved a new encampment code of conduct and the responsibility to shelter initiative when it's fully
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instituted. refusal of shelter from outreach teams could lead to drug or mental health treatment or even arrest. >> that's crazy. don't sit there and think that everyone out here is just addicts and this, that and the third. no, we're not just addicts. i don't know what they expect us to do. >> now, this is not the only abatement plan for this area. columbus park will be cleared out by the city starting at the end of july. parks, recreation and neighborhood services spokesperson amanda rodriguez says these areas will soon be designated as no encampment zones and, quote. this effort marks the first step in restoring the area for community use and creating a safer, cleaner environment for all. looking ahead, the city plans to revitalize columbus park back into a vibrant park with amenities for everyone. unhoused advocates were on hand with their new rapid encampment support team to offer help and make sure rights were not violated without enough housing available. they say the city is pushing the problem somewhere else, as people will continue to move encampments around san jose. >> empathy is not meant to be
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easy, but we need it out here today because it is the only way that we are going to solve this problem. what you're seeing today is not a solution. we are not instilling trust in our community. we're not aiding our community. we're pushing our community out before we even get the chance to help them. >> and without that trust, people are less likely to utilize city services. and the cycle continues in san jose. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> and as san jose sweeps that encampment, the city is also working on plans for new shelters. but a proposal for a temporary hotel has people pushing back. tonight on abc seven news at 11:00, we're looking into why some neighbors did not get notified about these plans. that's coming up a little later. well, as we continue here, breaking up over bad eggs, the local company company scrambling after the country's latest egg issue, plus robotic sailboats from the bay area now patrolling the baltic sea. what these sea drones are
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castro district say burglars used explosives to break in plywood covers a window that the owner of le marais says was blown out by an explosive device of some kind friday night. according to the owners, the burglars got away with the bakery's registers and safe. that did have some cash inside. the break in follows the announcement that le marais crepe cafe in the ferry building will close this month, after management decided not to renew the lease. well, more fallout from the country's egg crisis. clover sonoma has cut ties with merced merced county company august egg. that's according to the press democrat. that's after a recall of 1.7 million eggs over potential salmonella contamination affected a number of brands. the outbreak caused people across seven states, including here in california, to get sick. clover sonoma is asking customers to discard eggs with the following sell by dates. may 10th, 22nd, 29th and
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30th. so check your refrigerator. customers can contact their store or clover for a refund, but be sure you check your eggs if you have any at home to make sure they're not on that list. well, robotic sailboats made in the east bay are now on patrol in the baltic and north seas. they're known as voyagers, and they're being used by denmark's armed forces for surveillance. a company called saildrone makes them a maritime defense outfit based in alameda. the unmanned boats patrol the waters where threats have escalated since russia's invasion of ukraine. >> we're seeing people smuggle people weapons, illegal fishing, narcotics. what we're doing with saildrone, fiddling with sensors, going to places, being eyes and ears where we previously didn't have eyes and ears. >> two of the voyagers launched today from south of copenhagen. they're powered by wind and solar energy and will operate autonomously for a three month trial at sea. here at home, firefighters are putting out a
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few smoldering spots after a grass fire burned along 680 tonight sparked around 130 right on the side of the highway in sunol. sky seven spotted crews fighting the fire from the ground, as well as from helicopters and air tankers. there you see a chopper and there's the tanker. there are no homes or structures in that area, so nothing's threatened. it burned 64 acres and containment is now at 75%. so they made pretty quick work of this fire. all right. it was breezy. that didn't help. let's check in with abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel for a look at the forecast this week. sandhya. >> yeah, and, dan, it's that time of year when we start to worry about fires, especially with this breezy pattern, like you said. so always a good idea to stay on alert. let me show you a live picture right now from our east bay hills camera, where it has been shaking around a bit. visibility is just fantastic. the next two days, sunny and warmer weather around the bay and inland. your coastal areas will be mild and breezy in the afternoons and on friday, summer starts at
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7:42 p.m. and we're going to get a little taste of it a few days earlier. so here's a live picture from our santa cruz camera. right not is a serene scene. maybe you want to escape the warmth that will be building over the next couple of days. and if you do. here's a look at your beach forecast. it is going to be milder. uv index very high 71 at stinson beach. it's going to be up to 62 ocean beach and 76 degrees in santa cruz. as you check out live doppler seven, you will notice that the skies are clear along the entire coastline at this hour. the winds over the higher terrain remain on the gusty side. 31 mount diablo 30 at spring valley over the next couple of hours. still breezy. winds will back off a bit towards morning and then pick up again tomorrow afternoon. so let's check out the calendar for san jose high temperatures this month for 13 out of the 16 days have been below average. more days below average than above only three days above average. we're going to change that up as
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we head towards the next couple of days. as you look at live doppler seven right now, high pressure has been sort of taking a back seat to everything, but that ridge is going to start to build in. and as it does, it will bring heat to southern california, will get a taste of summer like warmth over the next few days in our inland valleys. kgo roof camera a little breezy out there. mid 50s san francisco, oakland right now, san jose at 59 degrees and 50, in half moon bay from our golden gate bridge camera. there's no fog on the bridge right now. 60 in santa rosa, 50 for petaluma. napa 61, concord 57, livermore. we're going to go hour by hour tonight, 50s and 60s. at 11:00. those temperatures will come down in the morning and then rise quickly in the afternoon away from the coastline. you're going to see a lot of 70s and 80s and a few 90s as well. 50s coastside just patchy fog tomorrow night as well. your morning numbers will be in the 40s and 50s clear for most of you. a few patches of fog near the coast. afternoon highs 78 in san jose, 80 for gilroy on the peninsula. mid 70s. palo
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alto 61, in pacifica, downtown san francisco. the sun shining 67. tomorrow in the north bay. upper 80s. santa rosa 83 vallejo. so we're finally going to break that streak of below average. east bay 73, oakland 75. fremont. inland areas up to 90. brentwood 86. in concord. now on wednesday we're going to turn up the heat. we'll see some mid 90s. don't worry, the coast will remain comfortable. i know some people do not like the heat. accuweather seven day forecast. warmest day will be wednesday. cooler for juneteenth. and then dan friday summer arrives and how ironic temperatures go down. >> isn't that always the case? >> right? it is always the case. but we'll bring the warmth back as we head towards the weekend, so it's looking nice overall. >> all right. thanks very much. >> well, coming up here, but problems on berkeley's waterfront. and now the city could start charging for one very coveted
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tries to fix a budget crisis along the waterfront to close a funding gap. the city could start charging for parking at the berkeley marina. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley explains what's on the table. >> the view is stunning. the wind and fog somewhat dependable and the parking free until now. on the south side of berkeley marina, there are three parking lots. south cove east, south cove west, and the jc lots where the city is proposing. starting to charge a dollar an hour or $6 a day. they would also offer a $500 a year waterfront pass. it's estimated the fees would raise more than $188,000 foe marina fund, which operates the marina and will face a $1.3 million deficit this year, partially due to the double tree hotel no longer paying the city $82,000 a month in rent, as it too faces financial challenges.
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paul carmen served on the waterfront commission for 20 years and is opposed to the changes. >> parking fees at this level don't generate any revenue, especially if you have different rules for each lot. i don't know what they're thinking when they plan to have a fee lot right across the street from a lot with no fee, and it will mean that everybody has to park further away from the activity they're interested in. >> those who come here to sail or walk their dog or watch the sunset say the fees are another burden in an uncertain economy. fees would also be charged for businesses who run camps or classes at certain areas around the marina. >> i think it's too bad that it might not stay free, but i also understand if there's services that the marina needs to keep it clean and friendly to everybody. >> berkeley city council is scheduled to hold a public hearing on tuesday night about the proposed parking chargesut here at the marina. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news.
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of it, trying to turn the tide for ocean recovery. three critically endangered sunflower sea stars have a new home at the museum. the academy of sciences is hoping to spawn and raise thousands of them to eventually reintroduce them along california's coasts. sunflower sea stars are fierce protectors of underwater kelp forests. >> because of their decline after the sea star wasting disease multiple years ago. the purple urchins population has mass produced and is decimating our kelp forest, which is destroying habitat for many different species and affecting animals all up and down the california coast. >> the academy of sciences is the only facility in california that's approved to import these sunflower sea stars from alaska. the public is invited to come
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see the exhibit in san francisco to learn more about threatened coastal habitats. remarkable effort they are making. all right. that is this edition of abc seven news at 1030. abc seven news at 11 is coming up next and coming up. then, 30 years after a man escaped a bay area prison, he is back behind bars. how local law enforcement tracked him right back to the very city where he was first arrested. plus, a soccer coach collapses on the sidelines. how the rival team worked together to save his life. all of that's coming up next on abc seven news coming up next on abc seven news at 11. see you in a moment. [ engine whirling ] experience the fully electric audi q6 e-tron®. get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer. ♪ ♪
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