Dog presents with obvious distress, drooling, and panting, bright red gums. Windows are only open slightly ~1 inch. Owner is nowhere in sight.
Does the law allow you to break a window to let the dog out? Particularly in California?

What are you supposed to do? Call 911 while the poor animal bakes? Or just go ahead and pop the window?

try calling animal control.

this! don't break the window cuz owner can sue you for damages.

you can call 911 as it is a case of emergency!

inb4 the dog has been in the car for 2min and the owner is about to come back.
mind your own business imo

the safety of defenseless animals is everyone's business!

some people aren't smart enough to realize that dogs can suffocate in that kind of setting pretty fast!

Stick your hands in the 1inch gaps an pull the window down manually, assuming you have minor muscles.

I think you should break the windows then call the police and say you saw a tall skinny black male do it but he ran off when he saw the dog.

My guess is that the law would not be on your side, but with that being said I would break the windows and subsequently the owner's jaw when he came back.

that's messed up, but you know what, I think it might just work

Just do it. I know its perfectly legal to break vechile windows in order to prevent harm to animals/infants here in Vancouver