your information. >> and cruz gets back on the road, but not in the bay area. good evening. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm diane lim. we'll have more on those stories in just a moment. but first, this afternoon we begin with the first day on the job for oakland's new police chief, floyd mitchell is now officially oakland's top cop. >> oakland's top cop now on the job abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley has a look at how he's getting up to speed. >> welcome to my first day as an oakland police chief. >> chief floyd mitchell spent the morning introducing himself. you see, this morning says, how's your day going so far? >> so good. >> he spent time analyzing recent crime reports at his stand up desk, and he greeted a new class of cadets and will. >> all right. thank you, sir. >> i've spent the last few days attending some lineups to meet my officers. i'm going to spend the rest of this week attending different meetings to get brought up to speed on several

different things going on within the oakland police department and within this community. >> there is much concern over public safety. while recent data shows crime is falling, robberies are on the rise, small businesses are leaving oakland and many public calls to 9-1-1 remain unanswered. there is a federal oversight monitor to answer to. it's a lot to address for a 35 year police veteran who was until recently, the chief of police in lubbock, texas. 12 new officers graduated from the oakland police academy last friday, bringing the total number of sworn officers to 716. >> his big challenge is going to be community or our public perception. >> ken houston is director of the beautification council and a community advocate. >> don't go in for the big wins. go in for the small ones. parking on the sidewalk, parking in a handicap spot, tinted windows all the way around. driving around without license plates. do what the great gavin newsom did. he sent in highway patrol, right? they're going after the small things. >> the police chief is the most

important position for the city of oakland. we don't want just more talk, feeling sorry. we need action. it's not about shaking hands and meeting people. i need a strategy. he should already have a plan. strategy in place that will work for oakland, not atlanta. now texas in oakland, chief mitchell has indicated his agenda will include proactive policing with high visibility in oakland. >> i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> now, if you want to keep track of crime in oakland, you can check out the abc seven neighborhood safety tracker. it gives you the power to use the same tools. our abc seven data team uses to check public safety statistics in oakland, san francisco and san jose. you can find it at abc seven news.com. >> new details today in the grisly killing of a young woman last summer, a jury in oakland just found joseph roberts guilty of second degree murder in the death of his fiance, part of the 27 year old. rachel buckner's

body was found just last july on the alameda shoreline, according to reporting from our media partner, the bay area news group. prosecutors say 43 year old roberts dodged several domestic violence complaints before killing buckner in their apartment in pleasanton. roberts attorneys claimed that there were no witnesses and too little physical evidence tying him to the murder. roberts faces 15 years to life in prison. a sonoma county judge today dismissed multiple felony charges against an animal rights activist who removed chickens from a petaluma slaughterhouse. uc berkeley student zoe rosenberg is an organizer with the animal rights group direct action everywhere. the group posted videos claiming to have found evidence of animal abuse inside perdue's poultry slaughterhouse. rosenberg still faces one felony and three misdemeanor charges, and could face up to five years in prison if convicted. smoke from wildfires burning in canada is making its way to the u.s. for the first time this season.

>> wisconsin and minnesota are under air quality alerts today. video taken over the minneapolis skyline shows a thick haze just hanging in the air there. more than 100 wildfires are burning across canada, including one near british columbia that tripled in size over the weekend. firefighters say gusty winds are fueling those flames. all right, speaking of the weather, let's get a check now with spencer christian, who has a closer look on the issues that come with all of this smoke. >> spencer okay, dion, with those upper level winds that are moving that smoke eastward towards the upper midwest, a continue in that pattern. we will not be getting any of that smoke down here in the bay area right now. we're looking at really good air quality across the entire region, as evidenced by those little green dots and the air quality forecast for this week indicates a continuation of good air quality here. generally, with the exception of just moderate air quality in the coast and central bay through friday. now here's the deal. as you look at the smoke forecast, you can see at least through the next couple of

days is all greens and blues here in the bay area, meaning pretty good air quality. but if those upper level winds that are moving that smoke from southern canada eastward take any kind of a dip southward into the northwestern u.s, then of course, that smoke could come in our direction, but right now it's headed to areas that are under the alert of montana, the dakotas, minnesota and wisconsin. dan and dion. >> all right, spencer, thank you. >> open. i the makers of chatgpt, are out with a new model i called gpt four zero. >> supporters say the latest artificial intelligence language model will make chatgpt smarter and easier to use. and it will be free. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn is live in the newsroom with a look at exactly what this thing can do. suzanne. >> so dan dion, gpt four zero will turn chatgpt into a digital personal assistant. it can engage in real time spoken conversations and it can interpret and generate texts, images and audio. not everyone is on board with the changes, though, because they don't want to die. but they are in

mission district. at openai headquarters, dozens of demonstrators demanding to pause. >> i i'm not upset because we're not anti-technology. we love that gpt can be useful. so we're sounding the alarm that we need to hit the pause button. it's too soon for us to be able to handle super superhuman intelligence, because we need more research into how to make it safe. >> openai, google, meta. they're all working to build increasingly powerful, large language models that power chatbots. today, openai ai unveiled gpt four zero, and it's making it free to all users. gpt four o provides gpt four level intelligence, but it is much faster. the updated experience will allow users to interact with it on desktop and through improved voice conversations. >> hey chatgpt, i'm mark, how are you? >> oh, mark, i'm doing great chat.

>> gpt four will use text and vision. it can view screenshots, photos, documents, or charts uploaded by users and have a conversation about them. tech expert professor ahmed manafa explains. >> it's basically a listener and can see through the camera and can give answers. >> openai executives demonstrated a spoken conversation with chatgpt to get real time instructions for solving a math problem. to get coding advice, and to tell a bedtime story. >> once upon a time, in a world not too different from ours, there was a robot named bite open. >> ai presenters also showed the model detecting users emotions. >> how do you feel? >> i feel a lot better. thank you so much. >> open ai says chat. gpt four will be free for all users paid users will continue to have up to five times the capacity limits of free users. >> it's a smart move because they can get the data. that's very good. this is this is one way to train the model more and more. it's another step, you know, towards, something we call

as the, the perfect ai, which is basically the ai will have all the five senses of human and we can see it, you know, advancing very fast more than what we expected. >> this open ai announcement comes a day before google's big i o developer conference. the tech giant is expected to announce updates to its gemini ai model live in the newsroom. suzanne phan abc seven news. >> the ai developments never end. suzanne, thank you on that subject, a concern about false and misleading ai generated election material prompted a hearing at san francisco city hall today. >> supervisor dean preston called for the hearing as a first step to look into whether the city needs to adopt new policies and protocols to address ai's role in san francisco elections. an advisor to political watchdog group california common cause showed examples of deep fake material now being circulated. >> we believe strongly that the threat of election disinformation turbocharged by ai is too grave. we can't just

go with business as usual. we need to take real, proactive steps forward to ensure that our elections are not subverted. >> david harris, with common cause, says it's the responsibility of the government to protect the public from these threats, which is why california common cause is supporting four bills now making their way through the state legislature. the ai safety will be the topic of discussion tomorrow during a first of its kind meeting between the us and china, china says ai development is one of its priorities, but officials fear that could undermine us national security. delegations from both nations plan to meet tomorrow in switzerland to discuss the work they're doing domestically to address ai risks, robotaxi company cruz is taking a step forward, getting back on the road. >> crews will start testing its driverless vehicles in arizona this week. testing will start in phoenix with human drivers and gradually expand to six other cities. the company suspended operations last october after one of its driverless vehicles dragged a pedestrian roughly

20ft in san francisco. federal regulators are now looking into zoox, which is the amazon owned robotaxi fleet. the san francisco based company is on the hot seat after two incidents when zoox vehicles braked suddenly and motorcyclists rear ended them. one crash happened in san francisco, the other in nevada. >> right now to a follow up on a story out of oakland, the owner of alamar dominican kitchen is thankful for the community support after his restaurant was broken into twice in the same day. on friday. chef nelson german told abc seven news that his business was burglarized two times. the chef shared on instagram that he would be forced to close his business, which has been around a decade in the uptown area. if it didn't have a solid weekend of sales. he tells us. thanks to the outpouring of support, alamar did three times the average amount of business over the weekend. he's encouraging us all to support our local businesses as often as we can. if we'd like

to see them stay open. >> covid cases may be down, but they're not out and now a new variant could be heating up as we head into summer. plus, the clock is ticking on millions of dollars in tax refunds. is there money waiting for you and an east bay woman, now a rising star? a chat with singer

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islander heritage month, and in the south bay, members of the vietnamese community have been calling for better representation of their culture and, after long delays, a project to do exactly that is finally getting underway. as abc seven news reporter dustin dawsey explains, work on the vietnamese heritage garden is finally starting. >> nicole and i work that i take on a song of resilience, a national anthem honored proudly in the south bay. >> but for too long, members of san jose's vietnamese community say the history of their ancestors, their struggles and their triumphs have been tucked away. this in a city where 130,000 people of vietnamese descent live, more than any other city outside vietnam. now, here at the vietnamese heritage garden, council member bian duan and the community will watch their culture's history brought to life. >> this moment, not merely about digging soil, laying bricks. it

is a celebration of our heritage, our collective identity, our enduring spirit >> ground is now officially broken on a project that will help transform this heritage garden. its centerpiece, a statue depicting an american and vietnamese soldier standing side by side named thank you, america, honoring all those who fought in the vietnam war. >> it is a sanctuary of remembrance, a beacon of hope, a testament of indomitable spirit, of our community. >> and the statue is just the beginning. after three decades of various delays, construction on the statues will start immediately and finish in july. san jose leaders ultimately envision a community center for performances and educational programs, ways to recognize the past and look ahead to the future. >> it pays homage to the journey that thousands of families took to find a better life here in

america, and it helps create that better life by providing a space for people to come together, celebrate and share the rich vietnamese culture with the next generation. now, more union with more of a blessing, knowing that this community will never feel their culture is hidden away again in east san jose. >> dustin dawsey abc seven news. >> it is a blessing. well, now to a bay area vietnamese american singer rising to fame, tweed grew up in newark and went to newark memorial high school. abc news reporter jacqueline lee caught up with the singer, who is breaking barriers and hoping to inspire others. >> there's nothing quite like coachella. the music festival known for its infectious energy. top artists and viral moments. what i love and singer tweed is making history as the first vietnamese american woman to perform.

>> i just remember being on stage was like, i can't believe that this is my life. i'm i'm so grateful. >> tweet is a 32 year old vietnamese american singer and songwriter who is climbing the charts, finding fame on tiktok and has big dreams of continuing to make history. my heart on my sleeve so it's hard to miss. >> i feel like i've always had that dream inside of me. >> like no matter where i was in my life, i always had this feeling in my heart that i just always loved to sing. and you know, despite being afraid in the earlier stages of my life to put myself out there, i still had that fire within me. >> but tweet initially had difficulty realizing that dream because of the lack of asian representation on the big screen. >> i think as you get older, you start to realize, like the things that you do consume, they do affect the way that you view yourself. i just wish, like i was able to love myself a little bit more when i was younger. had i seen more people who looked like me? >> swease ultimate goal is to win a grammy one day, and while

she follows her passion, she says she hopes to inspire the next generation. >> honestly, if a girl like me from newark, california, who spent her whole life going to school, making her parents proud that way, working in the medical industry, moving from office to office to office, and then like making music later in her life. i hope that that inspires somebody that it's okay, that if it doesn't happen now, it doesn't mean it's not going to happen later. you know, if as long as you don't let that dream die, i love you. >> jacqueline lee, abc news, los angeles. >> she is on her way to getting that grammy one day. >> she is. and she has so much to say. not only your singing, but her outlook on life. >> yeah, not not just representation, but actually living it. yeah. yeah. true. >> that's absolutely right. all right. let's talk a little bit about the weather a little cool this morning but still very nice. >> yeah definitely looking seasonable compared to a few weeks ago spencer. oh that's true. >> that's the pattern we're locked in right now. we've got the may gray in the morning hours, a little cool and misty and then by the afternoon, the sun is shining brightly and we get milder weather in the

afternoon. so here's a look at what's happening right now with our winds. it's been a bit breezy and gusty in some spots. 31mph right now at sfo, 30 in san francisco. cooling onshore flow, of course, is what has assisted the move of the low clouds and fog out beyond the coastline. but it has retreated well. it had retreated earlier today. it's beginning to reassert itself right now, and the 24 hour temperature change is sort of a mixed picture. many locations inland are anywhere from 2 to 4 to about eight degrees cooler than at this time yesterday, but closer to the coast, actually not much change 1 or 2 degrees warmer in some spots. here's a view from the uh. the emeryville camera excuse me as i lose my voice. 59 degrees in san francisco. we've got 61 in oakland. hayward 66, 71, in san jose, redwood city, 6755 at half moon bay. at the golden gate, the fog is back. uh- probably never completely left today. temperature readings right now in the mid to upper 60s at santa rosa, petaluma and napa, but mid to upper 70s at fairfield, concord and livermore . so let's move along and take a look at our forecast headlines. cooling, fog will return tonight. the next few days will be mostly sunny in the afternoon

and relatively mild, but toward the end of the week, thursday or friday into the weekend, we'll see a much cooler and breezier pattern developing and temperature will be dropping about four or 5 or 6 degrees or so. right now this is the futurecast taking us into the overnight hours. notice how the fog expands across the bay and locally inland. and once again we'll see patches of drizzle offshore. that's been a feature of our overnight weather the last several days or so. overnight low temperatures will be generally in the low 50s, but farther inland, places like fairfield, vallejo, napa and santa rosa. we'll see lows dropping into the mid to upper 40s. so a little bit chillier there, but not exactly cold. then tomorrow in the afternoon hours, once the fog burns back to the coast, we'll have abundant sunshine, high temperatures ranging from a 58 at half moon bay to 64 in san francisco, a bit milder across the bay in oakland, about 69. there many bay shore locations will top out in the mid 70s tomorrow, and if you move to the inland areas inland east bay or up in the north bay, you'll see some 80s as well, up to 82 at

fairfield and 84 at antioch. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. and as you can see, though, there won't be much change in the high temperature range over the next three days through thursday. we're talking mid 80s inland, mid 70s around the bay shoreline, low 60s on the coast but breezier and cooler on friday and going into the weekend. we'll see high temperatures on saturday just barely reaching 80 degrees inland, and sunday and monday only upper 70s inland. so that's quite a cool down as we move into the latter part of may, you would expect a bit of a warming trend, but not yet. not so, not exactly. >> thank you. spencer. >> okay, well, coming up, the clock is ticking on millions in unclaimed tax refunds. does the irs owe you money? what you need to know and why? >> housing affordability in the bay area is worse than you might think. nexgard® combo is the only monthly topical that protects against fleas, ticks, tapeworms, and more. use with caution in cats with a history of seizures or neurologic disorders.

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says there is over $1 billion in unclaimed refunds available. we should be able to recoup some of those funds back, especially in the states that the families are in. >> i think that's great. if you can still get money, i should try it. you know, the reason for the unusual deadline, the pandemic, taxpayers typically have three years to claim a refund, and the deadline is normally in april around tax day. >> but since the tax deadline got pushed back three years ago, the final deadline to claim a refund is may 17th. >> if you're looking for a little bit of an extra cash, you didn't file a return in 2020 for a variety of reasons. then you have till the end of this week to get that original return. >> in raphael tulino from the irs says people should strongly consider filing for a refund. he says there is a lot of money, especially for those living in the golden state. >> you can claim parts of about, well, a piece of about 94 million or so in california, he says. >> most of the people who are eligible are workers who didn't make enough to be required to

file a return, but still had taxes taken out of a paycheck. in that case, tulino says, you should file. >> you had a part time job, you had some withholding. you should file that return to get that withholding back. and that's part of what's in this pot of money, if you will. >> people we spoke with tell us they already filed, but they say anyone who hasn't should do it. >> i'm in the financial industry. and so, you know, a lot of people statistically, the average family doesn't even have $7,000 in the bank right now. >> it's extra money that could go a long way in san francisco. ryan curry, abc seven news. >> yeah, that extra money could go a long way. it's no secret that living in the bay area is expensive, but a new uc berkeley report finds it is worse than we think. a researchers measured how affordable a county is based on the percentage of current california residents who could financially manage to live there. their study found just 35% of californians could comfortably rent in san francisco county. that's the lowest share among any of the

bay area's nine counties. contra costa county fared the best. 50% of californians could afford to rent there. based on the report, it's a little better than san francisco, but still not that great. it's expensive, especially compared to other parts of the country. >> yeah, well, covid may not be the big news anymore, but it is not out of the picture. yeah a new variant is out there, and this one you might want to keep your eye on. we'll explain why and keep the other eye on the wnba. it's bigger than ever. (♪) (♪)

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up of county health officials, workers and advocates, and they claim the $300 million in public health cuts proposed by the governor in his revised budget on friday, would put vulnerable communities at great risk. >> these cuts are dangerous and deadly because they take away vital funds that support our public health infrastructure, which is working behind the scenes to save lives every day, the coalition says. >> in addition to impacting public health, those cuts will lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs. we've reached out to governor newsom's office for a response and have yet to hear back. >> all right, with the weather warming up, it's time to start thinking about summer. and joining me today is exactly right. abc seven news contributor doctor alok patel. hey. hello. thanks for coming in. always great to see you. >> always great to be here. i don't know if it really warms up in san francisco, but let's talk summer health. >> yeah it was like 50 or something yesterday, let me ask you this. we'll start with a new variant of covid that's out there. we haven't really talked about covid a lot lately. now there's this new variant. what

can you tell us about it? >> well, it is actually important that we still continue to at least talk about what's happening with coronavirus. this is surveillance. this is how we stay on top of anything that could happen. so the variant of question right now is called cp2. now this is from the omicron family. and the mutation it has is on the spike protein. that's what causes it to cause infections. and essentially be more or less contagious. and remember we have a group of viruses that are trying to outcompete each other. cp2 represented about 1% of cases in early march. now it's approaching nearly 30. really? wow. don't know if it's causing more cases or more severe cases, but it is looking to be the dominant strain this summer. >> should we be worried about this in any real way or just be attentive, attentive? >> and you know, i was just traveling and it seems like less people are washing their hands, washing surfaces. i saw a lot of coughing and not a lot of covering of mouths. these are all basic hygiene tips that we should be doing. people should before covid, even before, after, in the next lifetime on another planet. we need to always just make sure we're

keeping ourselves safe and we're protecting those around us. but it's important for people to know that this summer, if you get cold or flu symptoms, it could be cp2. >> okay, i was traveling as well and saw the very same thing. i think i saw one face mask in all of the airports, all that i went through. should we be doing anything differently? obviously, washing our hands and doing the things we've been accustomed to or should be accustomed to anything differently? >> i think not necessarily differently, but i think it's more about reminding people that, hey, there is still a virus out there. you still could potentially catch coronavirus. but to someone who's high risk and remember, there's millions of people out there living with long covid. there's people above the age of 65, people with chronic illness, people who are immunocompromised, who may be at more increased risk. it's something to really keep in mind of by the way, tests still work. and all this information the w.h.o. will be looking at when it comes to redesigning the new vaccine this fall, hopefully catered towards this lineage and not what we saw in the past. >> okay, so as much as we would like to pretend it doesn't exist, covid is still a viruses are with us. >> it's how we roll another big

summer issue that we really also have to pay close attention to and that is the sun and skin cancer. >> this is skin cancer awareness month, after all. >> every month, every day should be skin cancer awareness month because this is the most common cancer in the united states. 1 in 5 adults will develop skin cancer in their lifetime. so one of the most, if not the most important, preventative step we can take is avoiding sun exposure. obviously, it's hard to do that in daily life, so it comes down to wearing sunscreen. i'm going to put you on the spot. do you wear sunscreen every day, sir? >> not every day, but i am pretty good. and i emphasize if i know i'm going to be out for any length of time, a long walk or something. i do put sunscreen on, but i do not do it every day. if i'm not going to spend time outdoors, i'm gonna give you the bullet, the bullet point list. >> when we buy sunscreen, we want to make sure it's spf 30 broad spectrum, meaning it's going to block uva and uvb water resistant is a good thing as well. i'm going to make you do a little demo right now, okay? sure. but we want to make sure we put on sunscreen 20 minutes before we go outside, reapply every two hours, and this is the

amount of sun 20 minutes before we go outside. >> let it kind of soak in. >> and then for two hours and every two hours reapply. and a lot of people don't actually put enough sunscreen on. so do me a favor. fill up this shot glass with sunscreen the whole way, all the way. and you'll actually notice it feels like a good amount. that's an ounce right there of sunscreen, and that is the amount you need to properly cover your face, arms, and legs. not even all the way there yet. and i will say this is the most important public health friendly use of a shot glass ever to demonstrate how much sunscreen we need. >> are you serious? we should put this much on in one application face, arms and legs. >> and obviously, if you're wearing more clothing, you need less sunscreen. but this is just an important reminder for people out there to reduce your risk. getting sunscreen at a nice, public health friendly tint to your beach wardrobe. >> i can tell you i don't put this much on. that's a real education for me. that's quite a bit. >> this changes tomorrow morning. >> no. it's true. i'll show up with a shot glass full of sunscreen and listen, you said avoid. we're not going to avoid the sun. we're all going to go out and get in the sun. and some. if you play tennis, you're in the sun. if you go for a walk in the sun, if you're just

walking from your office to go get a sandwich, you're in the sun. sunscreen is the only thing we need to do. or do. you try to stay in the shade as best we can? >> yeah, staying in the shade, wearing long sleeves, pants to your comfort, a hat. all this really helps. you know, if you see any dermatologist at a pool or the beach, they tend to be the ones who are the most covered up because they know the risk. >> i had a friend very quickly who who was always in the sun, blond hair, fair skin, never wear sunscreen, never was even pink after being in the sun for hours. so it didn't look like it affected him. he ended up with melanoma. they got it. he's fine, but as a result, he lives in phoenix, arizona and has to cover himself and in 115 degree heat wear long sleeves, hat, long shirt every, every day. >> and that's reality. 1.5 million americans are living right now with melanoma. and that's why those self skin checks and getting your skin checked out by a doctor regularly can absolutely prevent any of this. >> i'm going to drink this, but i'll toast to safety with this much toast to reducing our risk of skin cancer. >> ladies and gentlemen, doctor alok patel. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> well, coming up, the future of artificial intelligence. but is it too much? and michelin starred chef in space. the four

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it has hallmarks of realistic speaking real time back and forth interruption, and it can even detect emotion. and people on social media have a lot to say, like, this is insane, and the future is going to be exciting and it is going to be exciting. and ryan probably a little bit uncertain or a lot uncertain and unnerving as well for a lot of people. >> yeah, that's a really good way to put it. uncertain for sure. and i think the biggest thing that stuck out to me is the fact that you can pick up on emotion. that's something that i think you kind of hear a little bit in some of the sci fi movies that like, oh no, the robot has learned empathy, it's learned emotion. it's learned certain levels of care. and that's kind of the point in the movie where it turns a little bit, so it's a little bit unnerving, maybe for some folk, of course i understand. but if you just think about the advancements of ai and just the short period of time we've seen in the last few years, it's pretty astonishing. at least it is to me. >> it is. no, it's absolutely astonishing. and one of the things that i mean, obviously

there's some real risks and concern about it, but one of the things that is the most exciting for me is perhaps its ability to really accelerate medical research. >> oh, absolutely. and that's where i was going to go with this. i was going to say, you know, i overall, maybe i wouldn't say it's exciting. it's fascinating. it's interesting, but it is exciting. if it can accelerate medical research and keep us healthier. i absolutely agree. but i think we can also get misled by it and fooled by it. and that that concerns me just a bit. yeah. dark side use sparingly. >> yeah. a good way to put it. all right. moving on and add on a massive digital billboard in times square has been banned over complaints. it was too provocative. take a look. the ad for lactation cookies was meant to celebrate breastfeeding moms, but three days after it went up, the ad was pulled by clear channel, which owns the billboard. the company says the ad violated its standards for acceptable content. i don't know about you guys, but i see a lot of other content that is far more, i guess, explicit than this. plus, this is totally different. this is keeping babies fed. i don't know,

spencer. >> it doesn't bother me, but it takes a lot to bother me. i guess many people have very delicate sensibilities, you know , as you said, diane, we see a lot more provocative content than that every day. so i don't see what the big deal is. >> yeah. and at the end of the day, ryan, this is to help moms and families and hopefully help them find a better way to feed their children of course, 100. >> i couldn't agree any more. and also, maybe if there is a silver lining to this, i mean, it did raise a lot of attention to what she was trying to advertise. so might be maybe a blessing in disguise for her and maybe some of the people she's trying to reach because there is so much awareness on this. but i agree, we've seen plenty of worse content out there. >> and when they when they put that up, they knew it was provocative and would get this kind of attention, which was exactly the point. and it did. that raised awareness. all right. well did you catch a glimpse of the northern lights this past weekend? they were visible as far south as alabama and right here in the bay area. you didn't have to go to alaska.

this image was taken in yountville on friday. the sky also took on a violet hue as seen from mount hamilton in santa clara county. these colors were not as brilliant to the naked eye, and were best captured by smartphone cameras in night mode. that's what got us these kinds of dramatic shots, spencer. obvious place to start here is with you. what made it possible? atmospheric conditions made it possible for us to see the northern lights here. >> well, the best conditions of a dam would be a dark sky. and a place far away from. from urban lights, from city lights. so here in the bay area, for example, away from san francisco, away from oakland, and away from the coastal fog, which causes light to reflect off the moisture in the air. so if you get over to the inland east bay, for example, maybe a place like dublin or a place that is not densely populated doesn't have a lot of light reflected into the air, you probably would have had a better shot at seeing something. >> and why this far south? this? what happened that what changed? it allowed us. >> well, i don't know what changed that. i'll have to look at how powerful those solar flare the solar ejections were. i think it was. it was the potency of it, the power of it

that that made it visible. so far, so much farther south than it usually is. >> and the atmospheric conditions, obviously. let us see, ryan. i did not see them personally, but did you get a look? >> yeah. you could see maybe a little haze in the sky that was a little different. the camera picked it up. pretty incredible what these iphone cameras can pick up now. so go ahead. >> yeah, yeah. no, people thought that these images were not real because they were so vivid compared to what you could see with the naked eye. so, ryan, you're totally correct. >> yeah. one last thing to add real quick, i had one of my best friends. he lived in alaska for a year, and then he was over the weekend in utah. he said he has never seen the northern lights as beautiful as he did in utah, compared to the time he did when he was in alaska. he swears by it. yeah, really? >> well, that's amazing. yeah, that's pretty cool. >> wow. >> all right, well, when you think of space travel and meals, you might think of powdered food and tang space travel, startup space perspective, though, wants to change that. they've hired a danish michelin starred chef to make space dining and experience with a meal themed around innovation. six people will head

to the boundary of earth's atmosphere on space ship neptune, which is more like a balloon. let's be honest, the cost for dinner and the space show a cool $495,000 a ticket. you guys, do you remember, like freeze dried ice cream packets from space and tang? >> i love tang, yeah, yeah. >> i mean, no amount of money could get me to have this experience. >> i can't imagine. spencer, there are better ways. i think you know how to spend your money. this one must have a heck of a wine list for that price space wine? >> yeah, exactly, no, i don't i don't think i'd be up for this one. >> yeah, but i mean, i guess, ryan, people pay for these experiences, right? you can get a seat aboard. what? space x for a certain price. i mean, to each his or her own. >> i don't know who has that kind of money, though. to be completely honest. certainly not people that like, i know, or maybe some of you other know. who knows, maybe. but it's just that's just for that price. i mean, who who is spending that

money? >> i mean, i guess there are a lot of people, you know, in a certain group that can afford it. but i would say the one interesting thing about that, all the publicity and all of the effort to for these companies to get people to space, at least i think we improve our understanding of how to travel to space. maybe there's some technological advances that come with all of these companies. so maybe space programs in general can benefit from this in some way. yeah. that's fair. you know, maybe and the food seems good. norman, bad news... i never graduated from med school.

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