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which is not how you want to feel going into your wedding day. ♪ ♪ now at six. another weekend with pro-palestine protests, this latest one interrupting a bay area graduation ceremony. and we're taking a live look outside this morning as we're counting down until a classic san francisco tradition returns. thousands are gearing up for this year's bay to breakers. good morning everybody. it's sunday, may 19th. we have a lot to get to this morning. but first we're going to start with the weather. lisa's here and
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we're looking to a warm up. >> yeah we are we are getting on the backside of a system today that will allow for a wind shift. as we get into your monday and tuesday. but as for sunday, the winds are going to be an issue for some of us while the fog clears quickly for everyone. so it is patchy, but it is along the coast where it's dense in spots from mount tam, you can see the view there of the marine layer. temperatures are from about 50 in redwood city to the low 50, san francisco, 53 in oakland. and there is santa cruz, 54, already clear, with 51 in napa and 53 in concord. so it's clear in san jose your three degrees cooler, nine degrees cooler in napa. and we had a shop there from emeryville, but you can see it's kind of overexposed. but as we get into the later morning hours, we are sunny and temperatures from the 70s to near 80 around the bay. still cool, windy at the coast. stephanie >> lisa. thank you. a pro-palestinian encampment on the ucsf parnassus campus is now gone. a school administrator yesterday asked protesters to
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leave. ucsf put out a statement saying the encampment was disrupting its health care operations. and much like other groups around the country, the demonstrators were asking for ucsf to divest from israel. the university of california system has said it will not boycott israel to the north bay, where a week of controversy at sonoma state university has intensified. after the sudden retirement of president mike lee, the csu chancellor placed lee on leave after he made a deal with pro-palestinian protesters without proper approval. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard shows us what happened during graduation >> hundreds of sonoma state grads rocking their caps and gowns during commencement ceremonies after a dramatic week on campus involving former president mike lee. but alex can't think about that right now. >> today is about me. i'm glad to have my dad here to see me
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graduate, so that was more on my mind than the school. >> lee's retirement was announced friday by csu chancellor mildred garcia, a day after she put him on leave for insubordination because of an agreement lee made with pro-palestinian student protesters who had occupied an encampment. lee told them he would initiate an academic boycott of israel among other things, which angered the jewish community. there was no communication with the jewish community, with the with the jewish students, with faculty, it was as if we didn't exist. >> students for justice and palestine held this silent protest during graduate for more than an hour, a line of police not letting the group approach the commencement stage. sonoma state's acting president acknowledged this week's controversy, with student protesters without even mentioning mike lee by name. i also want to acknowledge this current moment in time, one in which college campuses, including our own, have been spaces of social change, and i am proud of this university community for appropriately focusing today's attention on
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our graduates and their supporters. >> i have very mixed feelings right now. >> bd white supports mike lee and says she refused to shake hands with the acting president after getting her diploma. >> thank you for taking a stand, president lee. i hope you enjoy retirement and thank you for doing the right thing. >> activist susan lamont standing outside with this sign supporting lee university's today are total corporately owned. >> now, you know, just by their investments and that sort of thing. >> last weekend, pro-palestinian protesters interrupted uc berkeley's graduation ceremony saturday as sonoma state commencement saw no delays. but lots of pomp and circumstance at sonoma state. cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> stay with us for continuing coverage of the college campus protests here in the bay area and across the nation. you can get the very latest anytime over on our website, abc seven news.com. we're following new developments in the sentencing of the man who attacked paul
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pelosi with a hammer. the federal judge is now ordering a new hearing for david depape, according to the washington post. the judge acknowledged that depape was not given an opportunity to speak at his sentencing hearing. now, a new hearing has been scheduled for tuesday, may 28th. on friday, david depape was sentenced to 30 years over the assault on then house speaker nancy pelosi's husband. prosecutors in the east bay will not file criminal charges against the richmond police officers who shot and killed a man last summer. richmond police, show me your hands. >> show me your hands. >> that was the moment before bullets pummeled out in this house in june, richmond police arrested a man with a gun, and they were searching his home. the suspect's roommate, 66 year old kevin mcdonald, was inside the house. prosecutors say when officers opened the door to mcdonald's room, he pointed an assault rifle at them. two officers fired, killing mcdonald, and they later found
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dozens of guns in his room. this week, the contra costa county da's office decided the officers acted in self-defense and should not face criminal charges to your commute. now, traffic is moving once again this morning on the lower deck of the bay bridge. that's after a fire burning right next to the tunnel caused this shutdown. yesterday. it happened just before three. and firefighters say high winds plus the steep hillside made the firefight difficult. it was also bad timing for those leaving the giants game. chp shut down the eastbound lanes of the bridge to give firefighters more space to work, and that did trigger a backup that stretched for about five miles and spilled onto the streets of the city. happening right now. two stretches of interstate 680 in the east bay are partially closed this weekend, and caltrans has shut down three lanes of southbound 680 for road work from al costa boulevard in san ramon to the 580 connector in pleasanton. that closure is scheduled to end at 4 a.m. tomorrow. also the
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express lane and the left shoulder of northbound 680 is closed between amador valley boulevard and dublin and al costa boulevard in san ramon. detours are in place for both of those closures, and it's the final weekend closure for highway 37. in the north bay. the eastbound side of the highway, which extends from sears point to vallejo, will remain closed until 5 a.m. tomorrow. caltrans is repaving this road and the detour route. as you can see on the map, involves taking one, 21, 12, and 29, which are all highlighted in green three four, one. >> today, the bay area's wackiest running event kicks off in san francisco. >> thousands of people are gearing up to take off from the embarcadero for bay to breakers in just about two hours from now. it's fun for the racers, but it certainly can make for a traffic headache for anyone else in the city. the sfmta has already started shutting down streets, and that race begins at
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8 a.m. this morning. runners go from the embarcadero all the way to ocean beach. it's just over seven miles. that will make it hard to get around. so sfmta does say most streets should reopen by 2:00 this afternoon. we have a full list of all the road closures you need to know about, and the details you need to know if you're interested in attending or to stay away from all this traffic. you can find that information over on our website, abc seven news.com. all right. let's check on conditions outside. how's it looking, lisa? >> hi there. stephanie. a little fog around from mount tam, 52 degrees at about 2600ft. but there's a breeze across the bay. up to about 20 miles an hour and some patchy fog. so number is also in the low 50s for the coolest numbers right around the bay at uh- race time, so we'll be cool. good running weather and a lot of sun today. details coming up. >> thank you lisa. also ahead, the mayoral race heats up in san
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francisco. a look at the candidates up against mayor london breed as she kicks off her reelection campaign and go valkyries. the celebration that had plenty of
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it's ok. where we will be picking a president, a senator and san francisco's mayor. mayor london breed formally announced her reelection campaign this weekend. it was a packed house at the fillmore auditorium for breed's kickoff event, and the mayor was direct about some of the city's biggest challenges, saying she would not apologize for her police crackdown on open
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air drug markets, but for the most part, breed's speech was hopeful. celebrating revitalization in the city and promising more change for downtown. >> it has to be a place where people work, where they live, and where they play. so my economic recovery plan 30 by 30, bringing 30,000 new residents to downtown by 2030. >> breed is facing four major challengers former supervisor and interim mayor mark farrell, nonprofit founder daniel lurie, supervisor aaron peskin and supervisor asha sapphire. the candidates were set to debate tomorrow night at manny's in the mission, but organizers canceled that event after too many backed out on the peninsula. california's largest gathering of republicans is happening this weekend, and the biggest headline has nothing to do with our state. south dakota governor kristi noem spoke yesterday at the california republican party's convention, and she made
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headlines recently and potentially blew her vice presidential candidate chances after riding in her new book, how she shot and killed her dog. the state gop defended noem speech, calling her a proven leader. in her speech, she talked about people being too easily offended, urging people to talk to others we disagree with. >> we live in a country that is addicted to being offended, don't we? we just love to be offended. >> the republicans best shot at the statewide office did not even show up for the convention. senate candidate steve garvey skipped this event. it's an unusual move for a major candidate, but it does track with his strategy so far, with limited public appearances in the east bay, one city is looking to build a better bay area by tapping into its maritime history. antioch's mayor is going overseas to asia with hopes to attract new investors and build up the city's reputation in the business world. abc seven news
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reporter anser hassan spoke to the mayor about his upcoming trip. >> if you're trying to get your goods shipped into the united states faster and quicker, come to antioch. >> that's the pitch. antioch mayor lamar hernandez thorpe will be making on his business trip this coming week to china. it's part of an annual visit of bay area mayors with chinese investors and businesses. >> we're competing with cities off the i-5 corridor, where there is advanced manufacturing. we're going to be competing with cities like milpitas, fremont and san jose, where there is advanced manufacturing innovation taking place. >> the mayor says that could include manufacturing computer chips or electric car batteries. another big pitch antioch's deep water ports, which are connected to the bnsf railway in april, the first of eight ships docked in antioch as part of the first phase of an ports expansion into the city and port, is one of the world's largest automotive shipping companies. >> the first ship that came from imports came from china. they brought some buicks over and now they're shipping them off to the east coast. >> hernandez thorpe also sees this as an opportunity to
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showcase how the region is building up its infrastructure, such as in east contra costa county, with its micro transit system that connects pittsburg, antioch, brentwood and oakley, and how antioch deep water ports can help distinguish the city as another gateway to california. >> yeah, i don't think we're striving to be oakland, uh, but we are. i think we can be like benicia. we can be like, west sacramento. >> this year's leadership team includes mayors from san carlos, east palo alto and oakley. their first stop meetings in hong kong. we're not competing for, you know, just small mom and pop shops. >> we're also competing for, businesses that traditionally have not been out here in east county. and so that's why this trip is so important in antioch, anser hassan abc7 news. >> happening today, organizers are holding a climate rally against the chevron refinery in richmond. it's at unity park starting at noon. organizers are hoping to draw attention to environmental concerns they have with the company's practices. they say they will focus on demands they have for chevron to
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end practices in israel and palestine. also in the east bay, some of the most skilled utility workers around put their abilities to the test. pretty impressive here. dozens of teams took part in what's known as the lineman's rodeo at p-g-and-e's headquarters in livermore. more than a 100 competitors from various utility agencies took part, and linemen competed in pole climbing. as you just saw companion rescue and other skills. the top finishers advanced to the international lineman's rodeo later this year. well bay area residents are taking steps to support mental health. the national alliance for mental illness, or nami, held a walking event yesterday for mental health awareness. families and friends joined together for a 2.6 mile walk around san francisco's crissy field. by the end, the event had raised over $66,000 for mental health support. in san francisco, fans were partying and thrive city. this was the
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official community celebration for the bay area's newest wnba team, the golden state valkyries. the team will play its games at chase center starting in 2025. abc seven news reporter tara campbell spoke with fans who say the valkyries are arriving at just the right time. >> from the stage to the stands, big party vibes welcoming the golden state valkyrie's such a historic moment for women, and i'm so glad to be a part of it and to be in the bay for this. >> and yeah, the wnba newest expansion team posting up at thrive city saturday outside chase center. >> i think women's sports is really having a resurgence and really becoming popular for everybody. >> i'm glad that women's sports is getting as much exposure as men's sports. i mean, like with soccer, having as much exposure as men's soccer lately, basketball is next. >> just showing her that she can do it. she can do anything that she can. >> preparing the next generation of possible pros and fans alike. bringing a wnba team to the bay
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area means a lot to be able to see her grow up and watch her favorite stars on tv. >> the crowd treated to special musical guests, food, games and more and the merch everywhere. >> i thought it was great that it actually has like the bay bridge in it because, you know, usually it's the golden gate bridge. so this is really good to include east bay. >> i think it is really beautiful that they'll play here, but then that they're going to be held. headquartered in oakland, because i feel like right now oakland is going through a transition period and they can be a part of a vibrant, reemerging as well. we're all really excited for it. we're all ready for it. >> and obviously we're ready to support it. >> so super excited that it's coming next year. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> yeah, you can feel that excitement. i spoke with the valkyries team president jess smith earlier this week, asking about how they landed on that name, and she said there were 200 answers to a poll asking for suggestions. but there was one answer that had 25% of people
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writing in, and that was the valkyries. the women warriors. lisa. >> yeah, it sounds appropriate if you ask me. well, good morning everybody. as we look at our big picture satellite and radar composite, it's been pretty quiet for most of us. but those of you close to the coast, you felt the wind and really the recipients of most of the gray. but this trough is going to begin to move out of town later on today. that's going to set us up for a mini warm up, but today we're talking about less cloud cover already at this hour, where you can see it's a little hazy out there from our roof camera, but overall temperatures are cool and the skies are brightening up early. 51 downtown 53 in oakland is 54 san jose. redwood city is at a cool 54 marks moratorium camera. we're in the upper 40s. petaluma there has been fog from santa rosa, petaluma through marin, down through larkspur. in our inland valleys were clear and the breeze has reached over to oakland at about 20 miles an hour. so partly cloudy skies the
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next few hours with low 50s. and then as we get through about 8:00, the skies have cleared. we're in the mid 50s and even at the coast we've got sunshine, but those winds kicking up to over 30 miles an hour at times. later on this afternoon, there's a look at the golden gate bridge, some of the patchy fog there, partly sunny and cool. and looking at our warming trend slated for monday and tuesday and then later in the week, wouldn't you know, a trough visits us and we are cooling down for the long holiday weekend with those gusty winds. so here's a look at the fog imprint right now. and the next few hours. you have to look close. it just disappears quickly after about 730 8:00. and we're left with sunny skies and increasing wind. so for tomorrow in napa, we should be near 70 degrees and we'll be into the 80s. so look how warm it's going to be the next several days. and then that cool down for thursday. still pleasant, but friday and saturday really quite cool with the gusty winds today in concord looking at temperatures from the
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upper 70s. and then there's the warm up monday tuesday mid 80s. the wind arrives, the higher clouds by the end of the week. if you're headed to oracle park we're looking at the winds. pretty breezy throughout the afternoon. low 60s, sunny skies at 105. it's still sunny and the winds up to 20 miles an hour. mid 60s by about ninth inning. so as we look at the highs today, most of you near average are a little bit above average where you get the sun sooner and are shut off from that wind. that would be san jose about 7668, with the clear sky to start, and then finishing in the upper 60s. santa cruz. pretty windy here. 71 in richmond, 80 up in santa rosa with upper 60s over into oakland. so the accuweather seven day forecast. patchy fog this morning. sunny, milder then breezy. near 70 today along the bay, 80 inland. warming up tomorrow and then as we get into tuesday a summer-like warmth with our warmest day and then still mild to warm on wednesday. breezy and
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cooler as we get into your thursday. but boy, friday and saturday we're talking a bit below average. stephanie >> lisa thank you. still ahead this morning. why people high on fentanyl can't stand up straight. a greater understanding of the drug's effect that can help us a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to
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tyrvaya treats the signs and symptoms of dry eye disease fast by helping your body produce its own real tears. common side effects include sneezing, cough, and throat and nose irritation. relying only on drops? not me. my own real tears are my relief. ask your eye doctor about tyrvaya. for years. use of the drug is going up in the medical community is trying to understand just what fentanyl does to the human body. one thing you may have witnessed people so high they're just bent over. what causes that stance and what are the long term impacts? our building a better bay area reporter lyanne melendez, has looked into what's happening and has an answer. >> people bent over, appearing as if they were frozen in place
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is a common sight in san francisco's tenderloin district. >> the simple explanation it's a degree of loss of consciousness and a degree of loss of muscular control. >> fentanyl is responsible, but the effects of the opioid continue to linger on as the person continues with their daily life, in most cases awake but not able to stand up. we bumped into andy berger, who tried to explain his physical state at that moment. when did you use last? use fentanyl. today so it's still obviously in your body? >> yeah. for sure. >> and you're not able to, you know, straighten up. >> i mean, i can it just like it hurts a lot to have to do that. >> fentanyl can be both a short acting drug and a long acting drug. so some people, they're back upright in 45 minutes to an hour, and some people could be longer than that. >> doctor daniel ceccaroni is a ucsf professor of addiction medicine. he says fentanyl in long term users takes time to clear out of the system, because
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the drug tends to accumulate in the fat tissue. the research community has yet to determine if fentanyl impacts your spine at all. berger, meanwhile, told us he's more concerned about his swollen legs than his back. >> people's legs, legs swell up, sores on them like that. >> what researchers think might be happening there is that because the chemical is acidic, in some cases, it eventually makes veins collapse. >> i just didn't care about anything. drugs was my only driving force every day. >> benkhert profeta once a heavy fentanyl user, weighed only 100 pounds when a spine infection sent him to the emergency room. >> i wore a hole in my leg from being in the wheelchair so long and that got infected. and then that infection went into my spine. >> mind you, campofrio had existing back issues. his pain is what drove him to addiction. the use of fentanyl made his condition even worse because of that infection in ucsf, surgeons
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had to remove two of his discs. and as seen in this spine health animation, two implants were inserted, providing more spacing between the vertebrae. this relieved the pressure on the nerves. kemper ferreira now lives in oregon and considers himself among the few able to get off fentanyl. earlier this year, he hiked the well-known camino de santiago de compostela in spain. that's approximately 550 miles. how's your back? >> my back is great. i'm in better shape than i've been in since i was 20. i exercise every day, i'm. i stay very active. i'm just. i'm very grateful that i had the second chance at getting my life together. for now, i'm great. i'm staying healthy. and that's. that's the most important thing to me in san francisco. >> lyanne melendez, abc seven news in san francisco. >> the debate continues over
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harm reduction versus abstinence, and ben agrees that it can backfire if you force someone into treatment. but he also acknowledges that the reason he is clean, free of fentanyl is because he was forced to be hospitalized for his back. still to come on abc seven mornings. frustration grows in the middle east. turmoil in israel's war cabinet as the idf forges ahead in rafah. plus severe storms across the south hitting millions of americans. we take a look
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live. good morning. we're starting this half hour with a look at the weather. lisa is here and we've been talking about looking forward to this warm up we'll have in the future. >> yes. and you know, the brightening sky earlier than later because some of you had to wait on that sun. and as we look out towards the golden gate
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bridge, this patchy fog. so that's an improvement, right? we are at 54 in san jose with 53 in oakland. it's cool in redwood city, another few degrees of the temperature dropping to the upper 40s there, as well as petaluma. and look at the roof camera. we've got the breeze, but it is not so cloudy this morning. 51 in santa rosa, but the cool temperature is because of the clear sky anywhere from 2 to 9 degrees cooler for most of us this morning. so look how quickly that fog fades away from the san mateo coast. we're left with sunny skies upper 60s inland, mid 60s around the bay by about 11:00 and then the afternoon. highs two 3:00 near 70. bay shore, upper 70s inland and still upper 50s and windy at the coast. >> all right lisa, thank you. developing news now out of the south. at least seven people have been killed by a powerful storm that struck houston late last week. and more than 400,000 customers in texas are without power. here's abc news reporter derek dennis. >> the national weather service now says the storm that struck
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the houston area late thursday was a derecho, packing wind gusts as high as 100mph. the severe weather causing several deaths. a lightning strike killed an 85 year old woman in her trailer and 31 year old kristen martinez, a mother of four, died while moving her suv. >> she ran out the tree. it snapped, and she thought she was safer in the truck, so she went in the truck from what i know, and that's when the tree fell hundred of thousands. >> losing power. officials say it will be a while before electricity is fully restored. >> over the next few weeks are going to be hard for some folks in our community. they're going to be uncomfortable, but we've been through this. >> houston's independent school district working through the weekend to repair dozens of campuses damaged by the storm. >> the goal is to try to get every school ready by monday if the power comes on so kids can go to can go to school and more severe weather is expected. >> meanwhile, record heat is forecast to settle in across the south and central u.s. into early next week. temperatures
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could reach into the 90s in houston, where many residents are still without power, and a heat advisory is in effect in south florida, with heat indexes ranging from 105 to 110 degrees. derrick dennis, abc news, new york. >> now to this researchers at the university of hawaii are studying the health effects from last year's wildfires in maui, and the study has found that almost half of the participants have compromised lung functions and 74% had difficulty breathing. many involved in the study had not seen a medical professional. the maui wildfire killed at least 101 people that we know of, making it the deadliest u.s. wildfire in the last century. we're following new information overnight out and the war in ukraine. russia has reported at least 60 drones and several missiles that were shot down over its territory overnight. and ukraine says it destroyed over 30 russian drones. the ukrainian military
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is now struggling to hold russian forces at bay. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky says thousands of people have been evacuated from the region, specifically around kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city. at least a dozen cities have already been swallowed up by russia's progress. abc news reporter james longman got a look at the wreckage left behind after a guided bomb struck a neighborhood. >> this hit just a few hours ago . we actually heard it hit, got investigators here on the site. the house ruined, and you can see the crater there in the garden. >> now, the un says more than 10 million ukrainians have been displaced since the war began two years ago. new developments now in the israel-hamas war, the israeli military has recovered the body of another hostage in the gaza strip. idf says ron benjamin's body was recovered along with three others in that
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same operation. the 53 year old was killed on october 7th during a bicycle trip, and his body was taken to gaza, also in israel. a member of the country's war cabinet is threatening to quit unless prime minister benjamin netanyahu doesn't come up with a plan to replace hamas. the ultimatum, however, was rejected by the prime minister's office. netanyahu has resisted calls to replace hamas with the palestinian authority, which has the backing of the u.s. today, biden is set to give the commencement speech at morehouse college as campus unrest continues. it's a prestigious, historically black, all male university in atlanta, and he's trying to appeal to black voters. but biden's presence comes as tensions rise at campuses across the country. many students expressing frustration with the president for his administration's continued support of israel's military campaign in gaza. the campus president, david a thomas, says the school began the speakers selection process
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last summer, and president thomas says he will allow silent non-disruptive protests. but he also adds he would shut down ceremonies on the spot rather than allow police to remove student protesters in zip ties if things escalate. coming up on this week with the first presidential debate set for june, former trump adviser marc lotter talks about donald trump's strategy with new debate rules. now in place. you can watch the full interview on this week with george stephanopoulos at eight this morning, right here on abc seven. happening today, jeff bezos blue origin is preparing to launch tourists into orbit. blue origin's new shepard rocket will hopefully send six passengers into space if all goes according to plan. it's been over a year and a half since the company's last launch, which included star trek actor william shatner. this year's launch will host another 90 year old space tourist editor dwight dwight was selected by john f
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kennedy in 1961 to be the nation's first black astronaut, but he never made it to space. >> i was first getting a world of big famous for not doing something. how do you get paid for not doing something? >> dwight is expected to finally complete his mission. he started 63 years ago and we wish him luck on that journey. still ahead on abc. seven mornings in the south bay. striking a balance between the environment and the homeless. getting it right could build a better bay area. and we'll take you live outside this morning for a live look. we'll be right back.
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consumer alert this morning, the fda is recalling a noodle dish that was distributed to san
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francisco and parts of the east bay. it's called sun noodles, frozen snacks cup. these noodles may contain undeclared egg white powder, which could make people sick, and the items affected were produced. may 9th of last year through may 8th of this year. we're going to take you live outside at sfo and oakland this morning at the airport. and one of the cheaper airlines. we're learning there is a big change coming. low cost carrier frontier airlines is revamping its fare structure and eliminating change fees. it's a move to attract more travelers by packaging travel extras. passengers will now have the option to choose bundles that include priority boarding, seat assignments and checked baggage, and the changes come just in time for memorial day weekend, which 3 million travelers are expected to fly. >> we added pilots, we've added flight attendants. we're flying about 5% more flights with larger aircraft. we're fully staffed. we're ready to go.
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>> the tsa is forecasting friday, may 24th to be the busiest, busiest travel day of that holiday weekend. housing is one of our biggest challenges we face as we work to build a better bay area, and one solution is turning empty commercial space into apartments. and a new report shows one bay area city is one of the top ten in the country for it. an analysis by rentcafe found alameda had the third most apartment conversions in the country, last year, developers turned warehouse space into 372 housing units. only new york city and richmond, virginia, had more rent. cafe says projects like these are on the rise across the country, with most of them focused on turning old hotels or office buildings into apartments. let's check in with lisa. >> all right. we're watching the sun clear. i am anyway, the clouds clear, i should say, from our roof camera. a little breezy here, where temperatures are in
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the low 50s and the fog is just patchy, so nice weather for the runners and a typical spring like day on the way. that includes wind and sun of the
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right here on abc seven. it's game seven of the east semifinals in the knicks. take on the pacers at home in new york. coverage of that game starts at noon with nba countdown, followed by tip off at 1230 on the diamond. the giants are looking to finish strong again today against the colorado rockies. abc seven sports anchor chris alvarez has more on this historic week for san francisco. >> good morning. the giants were trying to do something yesterday . they haven't done all season. win three games in a row. it's the longest streak to start a
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season for the team since 1972. but center fielder luis matos continued his amazing week trying to make this happen in a different kind of boarding out in the cove. hey, it's skateboarding that looks really cool. bottom one, two on, two out. matos facing former giant ty block. and it's a three run shot to left center and the bleachers added another rbi later. that's nine rbi in two games. sets a new franchise record with 15 rbi in his first six games of the season. he is scorching hot top five, doing it with the leather deep fly to center, matos on the move and oh , what a catch. his second home run robbery this week. another hard crash in the wall but he's tough. stayed in the game. de lasalle high's kyle harrison on the mound loves it. he ended up getting the win in this game. bottom eight matos two run single six rbi game becomes the fourth giant in franchise history to have at least five rbi in consecutive games. giants win big 14 four three in a row for the first time this season. they'll go for the sweep later today. and what a week for matos
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man. >> that's a lot of rbis. guys from our system. guys that you know came up with as giants are now getting a shot with the big league team and getting probably their best chance ever. so yeah, it's been a jolt energy for us. and you know it's like i said it's been a really good feeling in the dugout. >> chiefs head coach andy reid and kc sporting his classic hawaiian shirt watching the a's and royals. kc is going to be at levi's in october for a super bowl rematch. remember that top two two nothing game? seth brown two run shot to center. all of a sudden we're tied on his fourth of the year. bottom five though still tied at two. a starter ross stripling gives it the go ahead run to vinnie pasquantino rbi single, three two. royals and when he does something good, a squatch appears there in kc a's lose five three. that's seven straight losses. they're up to ten games under 500. moving day at the pga championship valhalla in louisville, kentucky justin thomas grew up in the area and the hometown kid. check this out on 14. talk about a shot of the
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day. follow the yellow line. in for the birdie. he's tied for 10th. five strokes off the pace. cal's collin morikawa took the lead on 15 when this rolled around and in he's at 15 under. tied for the lead with xander schauffele heading into what's going to be a great championship sunday. saw it right here on abc seven. mavs trying to close out the thunder okc up by as many as 17. but luka doncic gives dallas the lead late with that fade away. dirk loves it. luka had a team high 29. shai gilgeous-alexander had a game high 36 as he drains this back and forth. we went down the fourth quarter final seconds, mavs down one. doncic in trouble. pj washington with the ball fouled on a wild shot in the corner. it was reviewed and upheld. he makes the free throws and then the desperation heave. no good. mavs win 117, 116. they'll face denver or the denver minnesota winner that is in the western conference finals
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. that is your look at sports. have a great sunday. let's send things back to you. >> thanks chris. will the giants take on the rockies again today? first pitch is at 105. and then we're about an hour out from the start of bay to breakers. how's it looking, lisa? >> pretty nice. you know, the forecast really on track for the partly cloudy conditions that patchy fog at the coast and the upper level pattern here shows much of the same systems to the north, dropping off to the north and east of us. and high pressure well offshore. and that's what's making for the breeze. but as this system slides over to the east, then we'll get into a northerly wind and that will bring the temperatures up. look at sfo that is brightening up where we have just a little bit of fog out there. it is 52 with the fog. half moon bay 51, san francisco 53. in oakland, hayward is at 56 and sunny in san jose. good morning. 54 emeryville. right now it is sunny where temperatures have dropped off from redwood city to petaluma in the mid and upper 40s. elsewhere, 51 in santa rosa
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with some patchy fog up through marin, but that all dissipating quite quickly. so because of the blanket of low clouds lifting so early, we're anywhere from 3 to 7 degrees cooler and by the next couple of hours climbing through the 50s, thanks to less wind and more sun. but then that wind is going to pick up. so this is the forecast for low to mid 50s for the runners. and then by the time most of them reach the ocean it will be in the 60s with those winds increasing. so patchy coastal fog this morning. so tomorrow and tuesday featuring more sun in the warming trend winds out of the north that downsloping wind that allows for temperatures to come up. and we're going to shut off that onshore flow a little bit. and then later in the week, the gusty winds return with more of a generous marine layer. so from 8 to 9:00, the low cloud deck really dissipates and it's gone. so we're with a lot of sunshine today and the winds increasing.
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so 8:00 we've got winds over 20 miles an hour in oakland. and then through the afternoon they not only build inside the bay, but they get quite gusty along the coast from 43 miles an hour point race to over 20 half moon bay, san jose, about 23 mile an hour wind gusts. here's a look at oracle park today. another win hopefully on tap for the giants low 6105. and we're breezy with the winds kicking up to nearly 20 miles an hour. but temperatures coming up maybe a couple degrees there. and then the fog. it will be patchy again tonight. as for your tuesday, that's the warmest day of the week where numbers will be in the mid to upper 80s. and notice the reds there into the sacramento valley, probably about 90 upper 70s by the water in richmond. so this is the warmest day. and then as we get into some minor cooling on wednesday, gets cooler right here along the coast. but staying with that 80 degree range inland by thursday, everyone feeling a little bit more of a breeze with temperatures dropping off to mainly 60s and 70s around the bay, we're going to get even
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cooler than that as another system sets up to the north of us, and that's going to bring a chilly start, unfortunately, to the memorial day weekend. highs today from the mid 60s to the upper 60s. that's average san francisco and oakland. another day in the mid 70s for you in san jose, about 80. in santa rosa. so with that sun sooner you're going to warm up inland where upper 70s in concord. and then tonight, with the clear sky dropping off into the mid 40s, some of the protected valleys to near 50 and the accuweather seven day forecast. we're sunny and slightly milder today. upper 50s. that's cool at the coast, 70 around the bay, 80 inland. the warming begins tomorrow and the summer-like warmth takes us through the 80s inland. on tuesday and then cooler the second half of the week. >> stephanie. lisa, thank you. we're learning about trash and pollutants from homeless encampments that are now causing problems for the city of san jose and valley water. and now a new proposal from the santa clara county water district that's aims to fix it is actually stirring up some
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controversy. abc seven news south bay reporter dustin dorsey has a look at the impact for many being unhoused is not a choice. >> like ruben salas, who lives in this encampment along the guadalupe river in san jose. unmanaged and unclean conditions are ■not ideal, but it's the ony option he has. do you like living here? would you prefer living somewhere else? >> well, you know, i kind of choice, i make, i make, i make, make the best of what i got. you know, i try not to complain. >> i'm trying to fight about it. >> you know, it might be bad, but you sure? yeah, it might be. but it's all i got. you know, we're about to do. >> and soon. living here may not even be a possibility. since july, valley water has spent nearly $3 million cleaning up 1300 tons of trash along 295 miles of rivers and creeks in santa clara county. and to stop people from living along the waterways. valley water is proposing an ordinance that would subject violators to $500 fines or up to 30 days of jail time. >> it's valley water's role as an as an environmental stewardship agency to ensure
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that the waterways are clean and that the flood protection measures that we enact work as they're designed to. >> the city of san jose and mayor matt mehan have been trying to find their own solutions to clean up creeks and rivers, as well. but he doesn't want the 700 people who live along valley water's owned waterways to move out to neighborhoods with no plan. we need to work with them to identify sites where we can stand up alternative shelter, basic services, sanitation, case management, security and create a dignified and safe alternative to encampments. unhoused advocate sandy perry sees the value in clean water, but he says the only reason people are alongside the creeks is because the city and county are not offering the unhoused enough places to go. >> so this whole idea of having people go back and forth from the creeks to the neighborhoods, the neighborhoods to the creeks, uh- endlessly. it's not a solution. >> valley waters environmental creek clean up committee will discuss the issue friday before
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a final boarvo in june in san jose.
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city now stands among the world's finest restaurants after earning a michelin star. the lines for el chef de leon stretches for blocks, and its working class san rafael neighborhood. now, each of the tacos sells for about $85 or 5 usd, and the restaurant has been in business since 1968 and has now been honored with this title . the owner of the stand says that earning the michelin star was an unexpected surprise. congrats to them. looks like a delicious taco. all right, there is no replacing the lasagna loving, monday hating orange cat we all know as garfield, but he does have some look alikes. orange cat owners in malaysia went against each other to see who had the grumpiest kitty and
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this three year old hara won the competition and won his owner a prize of about 100 usd. hara's favorite part of the prize, though, were some treats. no surprise there. his owner said he was excited because most cat competitions are for expensive breeds, but hara was just a stray when he adopted him, and a very cute one. well, the 2024 season of american idol is coming to a close. the finale is tonight and there will be a heartfelt goodbye to judge katy perry after seven years with the show. expect three hours filled with music and the crowning of a new winner. the three contestants still in the running will mosley, jack blocker and abby carter. and you can watch the finale tonight at eight right here on abc seven. >> the end of an era goes back a long time. yeah, yeah. all right, well, we are sunny right now. mostly all around the bay
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and temperatures slightly warmer around the bay and inland. 70 to 80 there. only upper 50s with those winds gusting along the coast. our warm up really is monday and tuesday. and then after that, the bay and inland will stay warm where the breeze kicks up by wednesday along the coast. and that takes us through the weekend, which brings the cooler temperatures, the gusty winds and more fog. so plan on the nicest days monday, tuesday. >> look forward to that as 80s and we'll get rid of that meg ray. right, exactly. thank you lisa. thank you all for joining us. >> this is abc 724 seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. yeah >> you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. here we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news that matters to you.
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