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>> that plan includes raising a seven and a half mile stretch of the shoreline that includes the ferry building by seven feet. >> abc seven news reporter ryan curry joins us live in the newsroom with more on this expensive project. it sounds like it's almost impossible to do. ryan actually. >> yeah, it sounds like it. they need to get this project approved by congress, but if they do, it would raise the shoreline several feet. so water from rising sea levels doesn't flood city streets. it's a $13 billion project that could change the whole look of the waterfront. the embarcadero could look very different in the coming years, thanks to a plan to raise the ferry building and the roads seven feet. the reason city and federal leaders are trying to get ahead of climate change. >> our future depends on taking action. now, this is why the draft plan is so critical to protecting the city's seawall from earthquake and flooding risks. >> that draft plan from the army corps of engineers shows how rising sea levels could damage
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the shoreline. they are proposing a massive project that not only would elevate seven miles of the embarcadero, but also raise the shoreline from aquatic park all the way to heron's head park at a cost of over $13 billion. >> it establishes approximately where the corps of engineers and the city to build coastal resiliency and mitigation features, both structural and nature based. city and federal leaders want to act fast, taking public comment in 2025, obtaining congressional approval in 2026, and if congress signs off completing the project by 2040, we can all feel confident that we did something to impact future generations and we have set the seed for them to also think about how we take care of the planet and leave it in better condition than we found it. >> if approved, roads and buildings along the embarcadero will be closed for months or even years, creating a downtown disruption that officials say is never sensory. this is about the
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potential for massive disruption of our city, of our transit systems, of our downtown. >> we cannot let that happen now. >> the federal government would pay about 65% of the project. the rest would come through city and state funding. if all goes to plan, it would be the most expensive infrastructure project in city history. live in the newsroom ryan curry, abc seven news. >> all right, ryan, thank you. >> san francisco mayor london breed says the moratorium on street vending in the mission district is making the area safer and cleaner. a report by the mayor's office says there's been a 30% decrease in assaults and robberies combined since the moratorium went into effect. the report also claims there's been a 23% decrease in requests for street cleaning. the mayor's also hailing a survey of business owners in which more than half of them say they feel the corridor is now safer and 3 in 4 want the moratorium to continue through. the city implemented the temporary vending ban to combat the sale of illegal goods in november. it
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expires next month. licensed vendors are against it, saying that it hurt them financially. >> critics of oakland mayor shengtao are ready to take the next step in their recall effort. today, the recall organizers posted official notice of the effort in the newspaper intercity express, and they plan to begin gathering signatures next month. they have to submit signatures from about 25,000 registered voters to the city to get the recall. on the election ballot. >> sheriff's deputies are investigating an officer involved shooting in the area of palisades ski resort, according to the placer county sheriff's office. the incident took place at the olympic village inn near the resort they're calling it a, quote, critical incident, but they're not revealing more except to say there's no danger to the public. they're asking people to avoid the area while the investigation continues. this is the second notable incident in the area. this month. back on january 10th, a man was killed and three others injured when an avalanche struck
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the resort in the north bay. >> the future of a beloved child care center is now in jeopardy. the fairfax, san anselmo children's center was sent an eviction notice this week. for decades, the center has been a lifeline for hundreds of low income families across marin county. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard explains what's behind this eviction attempt, and the bubble may soon be bursting for families whose kids attend the fairfax san anselmo children's center most every day. >> basically a constant state of stress, teacher mariana giordano is stressed about the future of one of marin's few subsidized, low cost child care providers. >> what's going to happen to our jobs? where? what are we going to do? what's going to happen to all these families you are required to remove from the premises? >> center director heidi tomsky reads a 30 day eviction notice. she received this week from the ross valley school district, which owns the property. >> if you fail to vacate the premises, legal action will be taken against you. >> the district did not renew
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the center's lease last summer over safety and seismic concerns at the site. for the past 50 years, the center has been a lifeline for thousands of low income families. >> not a lot of opportunities around for our kids and this is one opportunity and it's kind of sad that they're trying to just shut it down. >> i went back to college five years ago to learn english. >> parent marcella sosa says that education would never have happened without this childcare center, as a safety net for her daughter. >> we only want to be here and want to give our kids and a safe place and go to work knowing that they're safe, the children's center says they made a formal offer to the school district to buy the property last november, but that offer, rejected by the school board, citing lack of documents and conditions. >> if they evict us, the center will close after 50 years and these families will no longer be able to send their kids here, and many of these families will not be able to afford to stay in
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the ross valley in a statement to the community, the ross valley school superintendent said in part, this was not the outcome we hoped for or work for over the past 21 months, both our vsd trustees and staff were dedicated to doing everything we could within our purview to preserve the valuable, affordable child care services provided by fscc. >> many here are hoping the school board will reconsider the eviction, so we'll ask them to just please reconsider the decision and you know, help us in fairfax. cornel bernard, abc seven news and now to the discovery of caves along the banks of a river in modesto. >> and officials say homeless people have been living in those caves. but the caves are potentially dangerous for both the unhoused and nearby residents. reporter tori apodaca was able to get a look inside the hidden homeless caves tucked along the tuolumne river in modesto. >> these are basically stairs that they made to get down to
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the dwelling, tracy rojas took us on the treacherous walk to see the craters created near crater avenue and if one of these were to collapse, it would be devastating. >> this whole side would come down and into the water >> 7,600 pounds of trash. that's how much was cleared out by volunteer groups and police. so this was fully furnished? >> yes. >> there was bedding, there was little things up on the on the mantle, for lack of a better word, mantle. um, food items, uh, drugs, gun. >> we had a hard time figuring out how they got so much stuff down in there. considering how hard it was, it's always harder to get it up the hill and get it out. >> chris guptill was one of these volunteers who says they found eight caves in total, but it wasn't the group's first time down here and we really don't have a known solution to deal with it. >> you can see the hooks on the wall where they had bottles and things like that hanging down, painted pictures and even a makeshift fireplace.
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>> this was someone's home. what do you think needs to be done to stop this from happening? >> well, i think we need more, more emphasis on on the homeless. >> i mean, they're at the point where you can see to me that they're desperate. >> we asked modesto police and the city what's being done to prevent people from coming back to cave camp. the response? yes, they will continue to monitor the area and connect the homeless to services. >> it was already been proven that people are willing to dig those things out. so i don't think filling them back in with any material would work. the caves cleared for now, but the neighborhood near the river is feeling no real sense of peace in this problem. >> it's a hazard for not only the homeless who live in there, but the people who are walking up here. >> tori apodaca reporting park rangers are considering adding cameras to that area to try to keep a better eye on the situation. >> a local police department is facing a social media backlash because of a new netflix docu series. american nightmare is about the denise huskins case.
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in 2015, she was kidnaped from her home and sexually assaulted before being set free. vallejo police claim the whole thing was a hoax. her attacker was later caught for a similar crime and pleaded guilty in the huskins case. the way police handled the investigation is now sparking outrage and criticism. online critics have been yelp bombing the vallejo police department, causing them to shut the page down. >> a search is on for smokey bear in the tahoe area. forest fire prevention officers say he may have been stolen from a sign . they're now spreading the word to try to recover him. the service is asking anybody who saw anything happen to the fire danger sign on highway 50, spooner summit to contact the lake tahoe forest service signs of success a bay area neighborhood on the road to recovery. >> it's a big weekend for the 40 niners as the preparations are underway for this weekend's division championship and later for a cup of kindness. sorry, i
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didn't say that right. i shouldn't say division championship. >> the conference conference championship. >> and they're the division champions already. i guess you can look nfc west and hopefully super bowl champion soon. yeah okay. we digress. and also a cup of kindness s one coffee cup could help make someone's day. >> and i'm meteorologist sandyha patel i'm going to deliver a winning forecast for the nfc championship game on sunday. i'll be back with a full look at your weekend weather coming up. when a you can make money the hard way as a bullfighter or a human cannonball...
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their eighth super bowl. abc seven sports reporter casey pratt is at today's practice. joining us with a look ahead to sunday. and let me just say this, deebo deebo. good larry. >> and you know what everything just wrapped up out here i don't even have to make you guys worry or wonder. it's the last time we're going to see the 40 niners until they play on sunday. but deebo is going to play in this game. no doubt. he ended up practicing in full. he's not listed on the injury report. and most importantly, just looking at the body language, the smiling, the laughing, the running around, the messing around in the locker room after practice, not seeking immediate treatment. he is good to go and he left. no doubt about that. >> you're taking nothing. >> uh- it's huge. i mean, um, a
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little scary at the beginning of the week, but the fact he was able to go full go today and no restrictions on him is definitely a good thing for us. >> just to know, i have an extra week just to figure out what was going on, and we went and got an mri and everything showed up negative and it was just a deep bruise and it was kind of painful at the time. but as the week goes on, you know, like i just said, i'm doing a good job getting all the pain away, getting all my motion and strength back and i feel like they did an outstanding job. you heard him. >> i ain't protecting nothing. he's leaving no doubt that he's playing in this game. turns out it was a deep bone bruise. it was painful, but there's no injury risk that he can't hurt it again. so he's going to go and they are going to need him on sunday because he's a very valuable and versatile weapon for the 40 niners. larry >> yeah, yeah. if deebo is playing, everybody feels a lot better about the niners chances. no doubt about that. we'll see you at 5:00. thank you. case a lot goes into the planning for a day like sunday. >> we had laura johnson the 40
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niners senior director of game day presentation. tell us about it on our 3 p.m. show. getting answers. >> this is the biggest game that a home team can prepare for. so the nfc championship and we've been putting a lot of time and energy and effort into the entertainment that we have coming up. we're incredibly excited about the lineup that we have. uh, from, um, nate smith performing in pregame. we've got luis fonsi, who's also a 40 niners faithful singing the national anthem. uh, we'll have a flyover over the anthem as well. and then at halftime, uh, it can't get any more iconic than journey. uh, the rock band performing here. >> that's right. oh by the way, she says all these performers are actual fans. they are actually 40 niners. faith. nice yeah. she recommends fans get there to pack into the stadium about 30 minutes before kickoff. and encourages the faithful to get loud, really loud for this home team. >> all right, now, to a family with a difficult choice, either root for their favorite team or their son, kicker jake moody, rookie out of the university. of
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michigan, plays for the 40 niners. his parents are lifelong lions fans. reporter rod meloni caught up with the parents. >> well, i mean, i've been a lions fan basically since birth. >> chad moody says. his parents brought him to lions training camp in the 70s. but this is decidedly a house divided in every football sense. after son jake ended up playing for the 40 niners, lisa says chad called this dilemma last summer, you know what's going to happen. >> it's going to end up the 40 niners versus lions to go to the super bowl is here. i said, you just wait and see. it's just it's just going to happen. >> they keep a jason hanson autographed. lions helmet next to son jake's michigan helmet along with jake's plaques and trophies as best big ten kicker in the home office. the michigan state alum lisa is also a lions fan, but jake's picture here tells you all you need to know. >> the second that a team plays against my son, i'm going to root for my son. of course, i had to do the same thing with michigan and michigan state, and
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i did okay with that. >> it's tough. i mean, we're we're we're going to root for the 40 niners, our sons on the team. so of course we're going to root for our son's team. yet a negotiation seems to have taken place. >> lisa teaches in the livonia school district. >> the boys are that are into football. want my son to lose. and then. i kind of said to them, well, how about you can root for the lions? but but not for jake to miss his kicks. and so they said that was fair. >> you know, if the 40 niners do happen to lose, you know, i'll be breaking out my lions gear for the super bowl. of course. >> i mean, mom and dad have to root for their kid, right. >> well, you can tell by what they're wearing. yeah there's not lions. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, you got to got to stay with us. jake moody. make your kicks. okay that's what we need. all right? officials are planning to close off multiple freeway off ramps on sunday night. an effort to control potential revelers. take a look at the map here. this shows the ramps that will be
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closed starting at seven sunday night until midnight. and officials are saying this is an effort to try to enhance public safety due to an expected increase in traffic. and if you've ever driven to levi's stadium for a niners game, traffic, traffic and traffic. >> yes, but at least you won't have to worry about any rain. >> the weather's going to be fantastic. this is this is pretty weather. that's what we're calling it. purdy weather. >> purdy weather in deed. larry and kristen, let's take a look at the forecast. when the niners host the lions on sunday at kickoff. we're talking about sunny spring like weather 73 degrees. fourth quarter. still comfortable. fair skies i mean, really, you couldn't ask for better weather compared to the last round. so take your sunscreen and definitely the shades. look at this view from our santa cruz camera. you are seeing some sun poking through all those clouds right now. it's a beautiful day along the coastline. here's a look at live doppler seven. we certainly have quite a bit of cloud cover overhead. earlier this
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afternoon, even a few sprinkles right around the peninsula as we widen the picture here. there is a pretty impressive storm system , but the energy is going into the pacific northwest, where most of it will remain. we're going to get maybe a few light showers and that's about it. let's take a look at a live picture from exploratorium camera. and it is a nice view. 69 in the city right now, it is 60, in hayward, 59, in oakland, san jose, you're at 62 degrees. half moon bay, 61. and a gorgeous view from our oakland airport camera as well. just some clouds filtering the sunshine. upper 50s santa rosa, petaluma, fairfield. and you will notice concord and livermore as well. napa 60 degrees. right now here's a look at the headlines as we look at a cloudy san rafael tonight and tomorrow. cloudy skies or mostly cloudy skies. a few showers sunday. warmer records are likely and as we head towards the mid to latter part of next week, a wet pattern sets up. so just as we get used to the idea of warmth, we get that wet weather coming back in. all right, we're going to go hour by
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hour, 5:00 tonight. a lot of cloud cover, maybe a few sprinkles, certainly a few showers showing up. 730 tomorrow night. and now this isn't going to last long. it starts to lift northward by 1030. and then it's pretty much isolated at 4 a.m. and gone on sunday. so by the time the game gets underway, you're pretty much looking at plenty of sun at levi's stadium. here's a look at the rainfall projections. anywhere from nothing measurable in the south bay to about 1200. in yountville , a few hundredths of an inch elsewhere. northern part of our viewing area. as we look at the morning temperatures, 40s and 50s, a lot of cloud cover. tomorrow afternoon, clouds will pretty much be around. we're looking at high temperatures in the low to upper 60s, pretty mild pattern with a southerly wind as we go towards sunday, you will notice those temperatures going up into the mid 70s in the south bay. and then next week we do bring in some wet weather tuesday night. it's just a chance, but it's really wednesday when a strong storm gets in here. it will bring statewide rain, sierra
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snow, snow levels will be initially high, but then they'll eventually lower by thursday, certainly thursday, friday, and even into saturday. we have some wet weather around for you. so here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. isolated showers for your saturday sunday is warm, with records likely around the bay area and then monday partly cloudy late night chance. tuesday. it's a two for wednesday, thursday and friday we are looking at a level one, certainly much cooler. look at those highs only in the 50s. it's going to be quite the change. >> we are just looking at this weekend for now. >> yeah saturday sunday yeah. >> brock purdy sunday is awesome. >> sunny weather throws for 350 yards and three touchdowns okay that's your prediction. >> yeah those are his numbers that he's predicting putting out there. >> well everybody we shall see predictions. thanks andrea a jury orders former president trump to pay millions in a defamation verdict. >> we'll have the latest and kindness counts. >> the cup
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jean carroll $83.3 million for defaming her. the verdict comes after a heated day in court. at one point, trump getting up and walking out as carroll's attorney was delivering her closing statement. trump had been shaking his head silently disagreeing as carroll's attorney reminded the jury that trump did not respect the verdict of a prior trial that found he sexually assaulted and defamed carroll and unleashed vicious attacks against her. carroll says trump shattered her reputation and made her the target of violent threats after he denied her sexual assault accusations in 2019. carroll's counsel saying this trial is about getting him to stop once and for all. trump's defense arguing the harm carroll says she suffered from trump's defamatory statements is overblown, saying miss carroll has failed to show she's entitled to any damages at all. trump took the stand on thursday, testifying for just three minutes, denying any wrongdoing. he answered questions from both sides. his defense attorney asking, mr. president, did you ever instruct
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anyone to hurt miss carroll? and he answered, no, i just wanted to defend myself, my family and frankly, the presidency. trump posting on his social media platform saying he fully disagrees with both verdicts and will be appealing the decision in this latest trial. reena roy abc news, new york. >> we're learning more about the terrifying moments for passengers on board that alaska airlines plane that had to make an emergency landing. >> it was so loud and the noise continued and the plane was shaking like crazy. >> joanie and gilbert marin were recalling when a door plug on their alaska flight just flew off at 16,000ft in the air. they were seated only two rows behind that gaping hole, and the couple has now hired an attorney. how dare they put us in that safety situation when they knew they had problems? >> if they step up, accept
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responsibility and own what happened if they don't, then we'll be in a courtroom in front of a jury and they'll regret it. >> just 21 days after near disaster, the 737 max, nine planes are now back in service. the faa says each one of them has undergone rigorous inspections. even so, the marin say they won't be getting on any more of those planes again. >> speaking of airplanes, let's talk etiquette. yeah, what you should and shouldn't do on an airplane and how to handle someone else's behaving badly. >> yeah, we've talked a lot about san francisco's efforts to recover from the pandemic, but one neighborhood struggling even before 2020 is now seeing signs of success
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as you know, san francisco has been struggling to recover since the pandemic. but some neighborhoods had problems even before that. haight ashbury, among them homelessness, a drug crisis, business closures. they've combined and made the home of the summer of love anything but lovable. >> in an effort to improve the neighborhood, residents and the business community, with the help of the city, transform the haight into one of the most vibrant and safe communities. >> so the question now is, could that be a model for other bay area cities building a better bay area everywhere? abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is here to tell us, how did they do this? >> yeah, well, it wasn't just one thing or two things. it was several things. but you have to understand that the haight street corridor is known for having business owners who voice their concerns. now, some of you may remember the sit lie law, where people were not allowed to sit or lie on the sidewalk or they would get fined. well, many
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merchants there pushed for that. it really didn't work. and now, years later, merchants and residents have taken a different approach to revitalizing the area. tourists have never stopped coming to the haight ashbury. this famous corner represents the center of the hippie movement of the late 60s, and the summer of love changed the narrative of american culture. >> thousands of young people from around the country were descending on the city's haight ashbury district. >> we do not have an obligation to feed these people to house them or to care for them. the neighborhood saw a decline shortly after. >> since then, the haight has struggled, experiencing years of ups and downs. but between 2010 and 2015, the obvious street problems hampered any efforts to revitalize the area in 2016, mistakes made by the city's street construction project hurt businesses. >> construction crews have hit underground gas lines, resulting in five gas leaks since april on
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a single block of haight street. kristen sze evans is with the haight ashbury merchants association. >> by the time that construction project was over, it was well over 20 vacant storefronts. so a lot of businesses gave up during that four year construction period, and at the peak of the pandemic, the haight had 32 empty storefronts, nearly a quarter of all businesses in the neighborhood closed. >> and that's when merchants and residents of this neighborhood came together to ask for help. first came the retail vacancy tax to encourage property owners to lease empty spaces or face a $250 per linear foot tax that doubles every year. >> we've seen the rents come down and landlords be more motivated to fill the spaces, and so more than half of those vacancies are now filled. street cleaning and power washing by public works followed the streets here are practically gleaming. >> the haight is also one of six
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san francisco neighborhoods with community ambassadors providing an extra layer of security. i haven't seen a single tent here. huh? where are they? >> so there are still tents in the neighborhood. they tend to not be on haight street itself. >> proposition c, a business tax to fund services and housing for homeless people, has also benefited this neighborhood. most businesses here are pleased with the results it brings. >> the tourists in. for sure. it gives a good word that they can come back to the city and to the haight ashbury district. um, they're more able to enjoy the city and all all neighborhoods. so it's a lot cleaner, a lot safer. i think it also is as fewer people are spending time downtown, they're spending more time in the neighborhoods. >> but this neighborhood, which has been a safe haven for the youth who never stopped coming here since the late 60s, now finds itself losing them. >> the young people who put the haight on the map and kept the
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counterculture movement going aren't coming here anymore. >> we, um, focus on working with youth and young adults 29 and under, one reason those people are missing the haight is now what some call a service desert for young people. >> nonprofits like homeless youth alliance, larkin street youth services, which once provided direct services to youth in this neighborhood, have scaled back dramatically. a casualty of the high cost of office space. even the haight ashbury free clinic closed in 2019. >> many of the resources that our young people are asking for from us, we have to refer them to other parts of the city, and particularly in parts of the city that they have identified they don't feel safe in, and that can include downtown and so while the haight may be cleaner and thriving, the neighborhood now struggles to find ways to support and keep the young dreamers that have long found solace in this neighborhood.
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>> and that commercial vacancy tax was introduced by board president aaron peskin. and what has also helped to bring back businesses. there is number one, the process to open a business was streamlined and number two, new small businesses got their fees waived during their first year. all of that was introduced by the current mayor, mayor london breed. but what's interesting is that the haight ashbury and the tenderloin are represented by the same supervisor. so it tells me that i mean, the community involvement is very important. sure. >> and it's so nice to see because there's so much history and culture there, right, to see that come and get lost, cut through the bureaucracy. >> you can get things done. yeah, exactly. thank you. liane. sure >> well, the city of alameda is a step closer to accessing millions of gallons of recycled water. the army corps of engineers and east bay municipal utility district have both signed an agreement that will provide $3.2 million in federal funds. the money will be used to
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repurpose a half mile of water pipeline between oakland and alameda. >> this innovative water transmission pipeline that crosses the oakland estuary will provide 500,000 gallons of recycled water per day for irrigation and industrial uses in the city of alameda. >> this is just one phase of the east bay shore estuary pipeline project. future phases will deliver recycled water to customers in albany and berkeley. >> all right, coming up, airplane etiquette. is there any and the future of ai it's already causing some problems. the four at four n
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to protect the rule of law, or to build affordable housing, or write california's patients bill of rights. but i know adam through the big brother program. we've been brothers since i was seven. he stood by my side as i graduated from yale, and i stood by his side when he married eve, the love of his life. i'm a little biased, but take it from adam's little brother. he'll make us all proud as california senator. i'm adam schiff and i approve this message.
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super bowl 57 logo featured the colors green and red. coincidentally the same colors of the philadelphia eagles and kansas city chiefs. chiefs won the title this year. the logo is purple and red. could that be signaling a ravens 40 niners matchup? because the ravens are kansas city have something to say about that? >> uh- well, yeah, i'm not sure they're going to have enough to say about that, but who's into
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the conspiracy theory here? >> sandia are? why did we larry. >> yeah. >> did she seem like a conspiracy theorist? thank you. kristin, i have to pick somebody. >> all right. karina, what do you think of the conspiracy theory? well the outrage, i'll let sandia think about it. >> okay. thank you. >> karina, but, hey, listen, if that's what it is, great for us, right? we'll take it that means the 40 niners are going to be in , and that's the case. but i did read up on this because, you know, when it comes to conspiracy theories, i kind of like to get the background and apparently they picked the colors based on the theme of whatever city it's in. right. so in las vegas, i think they went for the purple and the red for royalty. um, so that's how they picked the colors. um, but you believe in that? >> um, anyway. thank you. wait, so do you believe in it? >> larry, you're into this conspiracy theory, bursting his bubble? >> yeah, well, i don't know. i just just play the game already.
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>> exactly. i mean, you're in sports, isn't it? >> just the better team wins. >> there you go. yes. right. yes with karina. all right. >> the late george carlin's estate has filed a lawsuit against a media company after it created an ai generated comedy special featuring the late comedian. >> the one hour special generated an approx. formation of carlin using a chat bot that could imitate his voice delivery and likeness, the estate says the hour long special is simply copyright infringing. but larry, isn't this what they feared? >> absolutely. but the thing in this case is like, i'm a huge george carlin fan, so i'll even watch, like the old bits and they get reposted on social media. i don't care how good your ai is, i don't think you can replicate the mind of george carlin. he was simply a genius and so yeah, you could sound like him. uh, and maybe have some lines like him. i just don't know that you could put together an entire, uh, performance that would be similar to george, but the problem is, it's hard to tell. that's what's real and what's
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fake with generative ai. >> if you feed it enough, carlin's stuff and say, come up with a different act that, you know, similar voice, that, yeah, it's pretty smart. >> but at the end of the day, there needs to be regulation for where they just need to get the approval from the carlin family. you know, just to say, hey, we're going to do this. you can get a cut of it. or do you approve? do you not approve? there has to be something out there. you can't just be putting that out. you know, as if i mean, the original is what happens when they come up with the kristen sze ai and she's saying all these crazy things, and you just don't know. >> is this the real one? is it the fake one? i don't know, i already i already went after sandy. >> yeah, larry's on a roll today . >> friday. >> very nervous. you're next. i'm ready. ron what's the next story? >> have you ever been on an airplane and felt like the person next to you was invading your personal bubble? >> you know, like like this. like, just push. push them away.
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that's what's happening in a photo. that's going viral right now. here's abc news reporter eva pilgrim, a photo posted on reddit sparking thousands of comments showing a passenger's foot invading another passenger space. >> in this case, the woman who took it is not in the wrong because somebody's foot or soccer, whatever it be. >> even hair in somebody else's space would be inappropriate. >> travelers fed up that little bubble is your bubble. >> that does not mean put your leg inside someone else's bubble. >> flight attendants say these incidents are not uncommon, especially with seats squeezing closer as airlines pack passengers in. >> people put their feet on the armrests in front of them, and they sometimes they stretch out underneath the seat and go into someone's feet space in front of them. if you do discover an invasive of foot, you can politely take action to give it the boot. >> just say, oh, i was hoping if it was okay you could just move your your arm or your foot and
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then if they if they ignore that, i would just calmly alert a flight attendant. >> uh- sandhya, i do believe you have some strong feelings about this. >> yeah, yeah, she said she's. i do. and you know what? >> here is my biggest pet peeve. when you're trying to eat and somebody leans their seat back all the way and everybody is clearly eating, but doesn't want to put their seat up right. and the other one is clearly where their elbows are out and their feet are like underneath you just kicking or moving or whatever. i'm like, uh, i'm not saying anything, but i'm really irritated right now. >> so you don't do any. >> you don't. you know what? >> we're in a tightly cramped space and you know, there are crazy things happening. >> she avoids confrontations. >> that's very true. yes. unlike some of us. >> try. >> you said it. i i was waiting, but. yeah, you threw yourself under the bus. >> that's what i was talking
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about. you oh. misunderstanding. >> here. okay larry, we're after you now. >> larry's in first class. he's got all the room in the world. >> yeah, i prefer just to fly private. so private. >> i'm so sorry. >> yes. first class. >> you got pet peeves. oh, we got to go. dawn okay, speaking of airline etiquette, does your travel partner have a travel ic? a hotels.com survey looks at the biggest irritation of traveling with someone else. the behaviors range from bringing personal bedding to unpacking your stuff immediately. and the biggest ic not letting your partner get items out of the minibar because they're too expensive. all right, karina, what? >> have it. i'll tell you, i think one of the reasons i married my husband is because we travel so well together. um, we're on the same page. i mean, he's more organized. i mean, he does hang up all his clothes or puts them away when he gets there. i don't, but neither of us are bothered by anything now, if he did tell me i couldn't have a drink from the minibar, we might have a problem.
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>> oh, you're saying if he. if he told you no drink. >> if he did, he hasn't. he's smart. okay. >> yeah. he is very smart. >> karina, you'd like to stay alive during the rest of the trip. what about. what about you guys or the minibar thing? >> uh, we don't hit the minibar. >> it's just so expensive. it is now they do the stuff where if you even move an item, like, let me look at what's in them, then they charge you for that, for moving it. even if you place it back. so, yeah, that's true. >> when i'm on vacation, i don't seem to care about anything. ah, even with the kids, sandhya with the kids. believe it or not, the only thing that bothers me, karina, is when they were younger and they would go touch all kinds of gross things and then put food in their mouth, and that makes sense. >> notice that larry made us say all these things, but he didn't have to out himself because it's always out of time by the time it gets back to him. >> yeah,e sadly, uh, that's it for the
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often has to convince kids that reading is exciting. >> there are many times they're reluctant readers. they're library girls come in there, they say, i want my kid to be a reader. and i'm like, okay, let's make this personal. let's figure out where we can go. let's show them how vast the library world is, how many options there are for whatever they love more than anything in the world. >> penguin random house and scholastic joined forces to donate $10,000 to solano county library on gma this morning, in support of all the work they're doing for the community. >> you know what i like about michael? he has great energy and enthusiasm. i should probably try to hang out with him. then you'll be. so maybe we'll rub off. yeah. no, you know, a little bit. yeah uh, let's get to the forecast. >> yeah. sandia looking good for the sunday game. >> absolutely. you know, hopefully larry will show up in a sunny disposition as opposed to always showing up angry if he hangs out with him. kristen, let's take a look at your evening out. cloudy to mostly cloudy skies. temperatures in the low 60s at 5 p.m, dropping off to the mid 50s late tonight
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on live doppler seven. we have a lot of cloud cover, a few sprinkles, but it's not a game changer for tonight. if you're out and about and you don't want to get wet, your hair doesn't want to get frizzy, then carry the umbrella just in case. 50s and 60s for your high temperatures. tomorrow we are expecting records on sunday, specifically santa rosa 74 record expected livermore, redwood city, san jose and sfo. these are just some of the cities that will likely see records. accuweather seven day forecast. isolated showers tomorrow for the 40 niners game. it's going to be warm in the 70s and then level two for wednesday. one for thursday and friday. larry. kristen. >> all right i want dre greenlaw showing up and showing up an
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