that. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry beil and i'm diane lim. right away. we do want to begin with some breaking news coming out of redwood city. take a look at your screen. that is where a fire is burning near the port and salt marshes. this all started just about half an hour ago. >> a lot of smoke coming off that fire. this is along seaport boulevard, not far from highway 101. that fire sending a huge plume of smoke up into the air. and you can see well, i'm not sure if you could see them through the smoke, but there are fire crews battling the blaze from several sides right now. >> so far from what we know, there is no shelter in place order for nearby residents, though we will of course continue to follow this breaking news and bring you updates throughout this newscast. >> all right, we've heard this before, but it's the end of an era for the oakland coliseum. this time, it involves the city of oakland's involvement in the coliseum site. and only just a few minutes ago, oakland officials formally announced that the city is selling its percentage of the coliseum property for at least $105 million. it's being purchased by the african american sport and entertainment group asg. oakland

is on part of that site since the stadium was built in 1966 to be the home of the raiders and the athletics, were those teams gone or leaving? that site will be converted to housing and retail space. the group buying the site will need to negotiate with the athletics over their partial ownership of the site, before any development can actually begin. >> the goal is to make it one interest, either through a cooperation agreement or through purchasing the interest of the other side. >> the oakland city council has to authorize the sale, and the city needs the money to close a $177 million budget deficit. the oakland arena, by the way. it'll stay. it's not being torn down. >> a surge of california highway patrol officers in the east bay has led to hundreds of arrests and stolen vehicles being recovered, governor newsom's office says the chp has helped to recover more than 700 stolen cars, and made more than 350 arrests since february. that's when the state began tempoorary

surges in alameda county to fight crime. the governor's office says the arrests are linked to organized crime, carjackings and other major felonies. san jose's finest stopped to remember 13 fallen brothers and sisters who gave their lives in service of the public present our >> pipes and drums mark the start of this year's fallen officers memorial at police headquarters. the department's acting chief joined the mayor, along with other dignitaries, for a flag raising and bell ringing ceremony. >> the man convicted of assaulting paul pelosi with a hammer is facing new charges in his state trial. >> abc seven news reporter stephanie sierra was in the courtroom all day long tracking the latest, and she's joining us from the newsroom live with the latest. steph. >> yes, larry and diane jury selection began today. and david depape state trial and during the middle of it, we've been

following some breaking news in his federal case that could impact the timeline for the state trial next week. the 44 year old is now facing eight felonies in his state case, including attempted murder and aggravated kidnaping. the defense is trying to dismiss some of those charges in light of the federal conviction. meanwhile, prosecutors added two felony counts to the list, one being dissuading a witness. more than 120 potential jurors are being questioned today for any potential bias. some of the topics raised are about mental health and politics, including donald trump. by law, there will be 12 jurors and six alternates chosen now. depape was sentenced last week to 30 years in prison for his federal conviction, but due to a court error, sentencing has reopened, prompting a new hearing next tuesday. but just moments ago, we've learned depapes federal defense team is objecting to that hearing and is asking for a new judge. so, larry, this may prompt some delays in the state trial. we'll

see. >> so we're talking about those delays when is the state trial set to begin. >> so opening statements are scheduled for next wednesday, intentionally the day after the federal sentencing hearing. but again, this new motion filed could delay it or it could be impacted if jury selection goes past this friday, we'll of course, be following this closely. >> larry. dionne, stephanie, thank you. >> former oakland police chief laurent armstrong is making some new political moves, fired a little over a year ago by mayor sheng tao. >> the former police chief now has his eyes set on city hall, but now he wants to join them. abc seven news reporter anser hassan was there today as armstrong launched his campaign for office. >> former oakland police chief laurent armstrong filed paperwork wednesday morning in a bid for oakland city council. i could serve beyond, you know, law enforcement, beyond the police department that i could continue to give back to my community. >> that's given so much to me. >> armstrong lives in district seven, but is running for the at

large seat, which represents the entire city. armstrong joins the race with eight other candidates. he says his top priorities are public safety, homelessness and improving oakland's image. >> those images that are out there about the city doesn't fairly represent what oakland is about. and so really trying to beautify this city so that the image of it can be what i see, which is a beautiful city that is not like any other city in the state. >> the chief was fired by mayor shengtao last february after an investigation found he mishandled two cases involving his officers. an independent arbitrator later cleared him of any wrongdoing, but he has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, which he says won't impact this race. he may not have prior legislative experience, but points out that he led the largest department in the city with the largest budget. >> so i understand how to balance budgets and how to manage that. i balance the opd budget for the first time in 40 years. the first chief to do that, the oakland chapter of the naacp, is backing armstrong. >> robert harris says all of oakland's problems are directly or indirectly tied to public

safety, which gives armstrong an edge. >> businesses are leaving because of public safety. people are afraid to go out on the streets because of public safety, but others are concerned that with armstrong on city council, opd could get even more money in the future. >> we're operating under in a city that you know, has, has, you know, is spending hundreds of millions of dollars of unchecked money on law enforcement. right. and under the chief's tenure, this this amount skyrocketed. >> armstrong wouldn't comment on the recall campaign against mayor tao, but adds, if the mayor's seat becomes open, nothing is off the table in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> a class action lawsuit over rampant sexual assault at a recently closed east bay federal women's prison will go to trial in june of 2025. the lawsuit was filed by a group of formerly incarcerated women against the federal bureau of prisons. eight former correctional officers have been convicted and charged of abusing female inmates.

>> a search is underway now for a 70 year old oakland woman believed to be missing in mendocino county. authorities say elizabeth shank was visiting from the bay area when she went missing on tuesday morning. the man who reported her missing told deputies that shank went for a walk but never actually returned. she's considered to be at risk due to her age and preexisting medical conditions. >> a car fire on the westbound lanes of highway four outside of martinez turned into a dangerous situation. at about lunchtime, ammunition that was inside this burning jeep just started going off. that's according to first responders. firefighters did manage to extinguish the fire without anyone being hurt. no word yet on the cause of the blaze. >> a coalition of california mayors is urging the governor and the legislature to maintain funding for a homeless housing grant program. it's known as hap, and the program provided $1 billion in the past year to pay for housing and shelter for people facing homelessness. the program has helped 42,000 people find long term housing.

>> locally, our street homelessness has reached a ten year low, but our family homelessness has increased. we need all of the resources we can to address these issues off the streets and into interim housing placements. >> san jose mayor matt mehan you just saw him there. he joined the call for continued funding. he says hap helped 2500 people find housing in san jose and another 6700 avoid falling into homelessness. >> well, it looks like there won't be a huge high rise tower going up near san francisco's ocean beach. the developer, who proposed this huge 50 story condo tower on slope boulevard has withdrawn the project. instead, they're selling the property to a nonprofit that plans to build a much smaller building on that site. >> san mateo county went all out to show off the monster machines that keep life humming along on the peninsula. take a look at this in honor of national public works week, the county put this incredible display together a gigantic machines, dump trucks,

cranes, paving equipment, you name it, they brought it all out. that includes the one piece of equipment you really don't want to see in your neighborhood. that would be the storm response unit. >> there are any areas that are flooded during big rain events. water can't be moved fast enough for whatever reason. we'll bring our storm response unit there so that we can put our pumps out there and evacuate water, move it from one location to another. >> the county board of supervisors declared this week as public works week, recognized the department's invaluable service to the community. >> fewer homeless on the streets. but it's costing us more. exactly what's happening. >> commutes to work on the upswing after the pandemic. but it's not all bad news. >> and targeting hackers and facebook, the demands on meta from dozens of state attorneys general. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. >> temperatures heading in one direction today, and that's down . i'll show you how long this trend will continue. when

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they're now here in the bay area. there are three cities that were in the top 30 when it comes to worst commutes. overall, hayward was number 23, with the average person spending 245 total hours commuting. that's annually. oakland was

28th, an average of 241 hours on the road in san francisco, 29th with 240 hours as well. you add up. it's about ten days a year that we're talking about, and right now you're probably wondering what happened to the good news he was talking about abc seven news reporter dustin dorsey in the south bay. with that part of the story, when it comes to one of the biggest issues plaguing bay area residents, one topic seems to always come up the traffic in the commute. >> it's just stop and go. traffic everywhere, accidents, people driving fast, people in a hurry, congested, definitely congested. >> stressful. >> from the east bay to the south bay and up the peninsula to the north bay. it takes a while to get around. people actually spend so much time stuck in traffic. annually it equates to ten days in cities like oakland and san francisco. but would you believe some commute times are actually decreasing in the bay area? >> who's saying it's a decrease? i'm really i'm really curious. >> that would be the us census bureau american community survey. while the nationwide average has increased by two minutes in the past decade, the

bay area is showing progress. when you look at the top ten cities where commutes have decreased from 2012 to 2022, fremont is first in the nation, with drivers saving about 27 more hours per year over the last decade, which means you're saving about six minutes per workday. at number six. san francisco, which saw a 17 hour dip rounding out the top ten is sunnyvale, where drivers shaved off nearly 14 hours in that span. residents we spoke with were slow to believe their time was actually being saved. >> i don't know if it's gotten worse over the last year, but it definitely has not gone down. not not even close. >> metropolitan transportation commission spokesperson john goodwin, however, was not surprised. >> a lot changed in the bay area between 2012 and 2022. the biggest thing, of course, was, the pandemic and that introduced, the widespread acceptance of remote work, goodwin says. >> more express lanes and continued emphasis on public transportation likely contributed to lighter commutes

as well. but drivers say there needs to be more solutions to make a truly noticeable impact. >> let us work remote. >> maybe some kind of like incentives for drivers. like if you like, take like 3 or 4 people, maybe they can give like some kind of like discounts for everything. goodwin says. >> another solution comes down to solving a decades old problem of affordability and housing. if workers can live where they work, commuting would be almost nonexistent. until that time, we wait in traffic in the south bay. dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> all right, speaking of driving, there is bound to be a lot of people on the road this memorial day weekend. oh, yeah, triple a is predicting more than 44 million people will be traveling between tomorrow and tuesday. >> and gas prices are not going to help with that cause. the national average is 361. okay, but here in california it's 517 a gallon. >> i feel so uncomfortable at this thought. here in the bay area it is even higher. napa county, listen to this. the highest with an average of 551 a gallon. abc news reporter perry russom has a look ahead ahead of

what triple a is calling a record breaking memorial day travel weekend. >> the biden administration is releasing 1 million barrels of gasoline. the added barrels are expected to help lower gas prices today. on average, a gallon of gas is $3.61, $0.07 more than this time last year, energy secretary jennifer granholm says the gas reserve will be strategically released between now and july 4th. triple a predicts more than 38 million people will be driving this holiday weekend, the highest number since tracking began in 2000. that number is up 4% from last year, nearly 2% from 2019. >> i think mostly people will travel by car because they have more control of their destiny, you know, for a couple of reasons. it's a long weekend, but it's still a short period of time. thursday through monday. and if you have a family more than just two people traveling, if you have a family like a four people, it may be more conducive to go by on the road. >> according to inrix, a transportation analytics company, the best times to drive

are tomorrow and friday. leave early to avoid the morning commute. the worst times to drive are sunday and monday. avoid the afternoon hours. travel time is 90% longer than usual. >> we can also anticipate that in the metro areas, you know, when you're in new york city or d.c. or chicago, all these urban areas, when you're closest to the city, you have to contemplate the congestion of traffic being in that area. you've got to allow more time. >> triple a is also predicting more than 3.5 million people will fly for the holiday. that is the busiest memorial day at the airports in nearly 20 years. perry, russom abc news, washington. >> drive safely. you just looked back. >> well, no, i actually was looking because when i was driving into the city, there was so much haze, i thought, like, am i driving to los angeles? where are we here right now? >> it could just be your eyesight, right? >> well, that's failing also. >> but. but, sandy, i'm not totally crazy, right? >> i mean, no, you're not very hazy out there. >> we do have some moderate air

quality across parts of the bay area. larry and diane, let's take a look at the 24 hour temperature change. we are starting to notice the drop off nine degrees cooler in the city. it is down seven degrees from novato to san jose. four degrees cooler. oakland, concord. you're down five and the onshore breeze is contributing. it is gusty right now, up to 32 miles an hour at sfo, 22 in novato. those winds are going to remain with us this evening, getting up over 40 miles an hour along the coastline. you will notice at 7 p.m, still pretty breezy across the region. 30 two half moon bay. and then the winds will remain gusty along the coast, but inland areas drop off by midnight. eventually they pick right back up again, so tomorrow morning we start out breezy along the coast and then breezy to gusty for the rest of the day as we take a look at the satellite and radar. live doppler seven. high pressure is going to start to back away as this trough deepens. it's not going to bring us rain, but it will continue that cooling trend that is already underway right

now as we speak. we did have a little fog this morning across parts of the bay area. it is gone. and here's a lovely view from santa cruz with blue skies 63 degrees in the city. it is in the 60s from oakland to hayward, 76 in san jose, and currently 74, in redwood city. the sun shining in walnut creek, 85 in santa rosa, one of our warmest spots. 70 petaluma. napa. you're down to about 82 in concord right now. livermore 80 degrees or up to, i should say, from sutro tower. we are seeing a little bit of that haze tonight. tomorrow, breezy to gusty the next few days the cooling trend continues. and your memorial day weekend will be off to a below average start. in terms of your temperatures. so this evening still pretty mild around 5:00 7:00 you're looking at 60s and 70s, except near the coast. you'll see some 50s tomorrow. tonight we continue to drop off in those numbers. tomorrow morning we will start off with comfortable weather, although i think you'll need that extra layer by the afternoon. those temperatures are primarily in the 50s to 70s only a couple of

low 80s showing up, and then by evening, high clouds will increase across the region, setting the stage for an even cooler day on friday. your morning temperature is 40s and 50s. tomorrow afternoon you are looking at temperatures that will range from 57.5 moon bay to 82. in fairfield, it will be another breezy to gusty day, and as you look ahead to the holiday weekend saturday, those temperatures bottoming out in the low 70s for the warmest spots sunday, we see a little bit of a rebound and then on monday we'll bring in some warmth for memorial day 50s to 80s on the range. the accuweather seven day forecast, bringing you the continuation of cooler weather, breezy conditions below average friday and saturday, 50s to 70s, and then we'll turn things around for sunday and memorial day. as i mentioned, warming it up just a little bit. really mild spring weather for the start of a new workweek as well. >> diane and larry, did you see

that? >> i watched the whole thing intently. >> i'm just trying. sadia. thank you. sort of the job, but okay. >> movie. thank you sandhya. >> you're welcome. moving along, were you people at home paying attention now? that's the question. >> hackers taking over facebook, friends getting scammed. unfortunately. and now dozens of states are calling for meta to solve the problem. >> and an amazon upgrade. it is going to cost you tho

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and instagram accounts now among the victims. a berkeley widower whose facebook account was last summer and ten months later, the imposter was still in control and scamming his friends. >> abc seven's stephanie sierra has this report from seven on your side. >> it brings up a lot of anger that somebody would be so evil. >> richard links was grieving the loss of his beloved wife, catherine last july, when the scammer swept in just stomp on me, why don't you and rub your dirty heels all over me? a hacker had taken control of richard's facebook page, pretending to be richard, raising money for catherine's funeral, using this photo of her smiling face. >> it was so exploited to exploit a widower in his moment of grief, richard and his

friends kept reporting the fraud to facebook, but facebook did nothing about it. >> automated responses said the account doesn't go against our community standards and it isn't pretending to be you, which was infuriating. >> seeing the complaints go to an algorithm, the algorithm spits it back and says there's nothing wrong. >> months later, the hacker was still in control. now pretending richard was selling these cars, i was expecting to go to richard's house and look at this thing. eric theiss saw the offer and thought it was really richard selling his cars. so >> hi richard, i'm interested in learning more about the infiniti you're selling. >> eric had no idea he was messaging a hacker or that the cars were just photos. he agreed to pay richard a $500 deposit, but became suspicious. >> at that point. i asked, like, remind me how we know each other? >> the imposter replied. that's catherine, my wife. charity zelle, which made no sense. >> and so at that point i decided it was a scam. >> i really think that i got suckered in hook, line and

sinker. >> gregory morgan didn't know he was bargaining with an imposter either. >> the picture was of richard langston. there's nothing that would indicate that it wasn't richard links. >> gregory agreed to pay a $200 deposit for this honda. thankfully, paypal blocked the payment. so did venmo. turns out the hacker's accounts were flagged for fraud. >> and so i said, call me so we can discuss this. >> the scammer then replied, you don't trust me, you just made me feel unwanted. we are like brothers. oh my god, don't make me remember my wife. i'm about to cry. >> richard would never do that. >> both friends tried to report the fraud. facebook's automated system never responded. the scammer kept selling the fake cars. >> i feel really lucky that i didn't lose money in the process, but at the same time, it was also very scary that somebody can take over an account. >> we contacted meta and this time a spokesperson replied and gave us a special reset code for richard. after nearly a year, the scammer was gone, the account restored. >> it is like ten tons of weight

being lifted over off of my shoulders. >> but reset codes aren't available to the general public. instead, meta referred users to the same automated help link that did not help richard. meta said in part, we know that losing and recovering access to your online accounts can be a frustrating experience. we invest heavily in designing security systems to help prevent account compromise in the first place, and educating our users about how people can stay safe against potential targeting by hackers. >> it was triumphant. >> it was triumphant for seven on your side. i'm stephanie sierra, abc seven news. >> can't believe it took so long. well paypal figured it out, but meta couldn't is what is what it seems like says something. well, moving on, the attorneys general of 38 states, including california, asked for immediate action to mitigate account takeover, saying, quote, we refuse to operate as the customer service representatives of your company. >> meta said it's working with several of the ags to answer

their concerns, but did not reveal any concrete actions. >> amazon is planning to unveil an upgraded alexa later this year with an ai twist, but it will cost you, of course. >> amazon plans to charge customers a monthly fee for that upgrade, but so far we don't have any word on the price exactly. all right. coming up on abc seven news at four, overdose deaths are going down and a new program to help connect users with help and a drop in homeless in san francisco. >> but that doesn't mean programs are going away. the services and costs on the rise. >> plus, if you have a need for speed, some state lawmakers say you have a need for some annoying sounds as well. i'll te

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examiner's office, saying 56 people died in april from suspected drug overdoses. year over year, that's 21% fewer deaths than in april of 2023, when 71 people died, 70% of the deaths were attributed to fentanyl use. >> the important thing to know is that there is an answer to fentanyl dependance, and that is treatment and recovery. we have life saving medications available, highly effective medications, specifically buprenorphine and methadone. >> the department of public health also highlighted a new nighttime pilot program connecting unhoused people with drug treatment. 173 telehealth calls were made during the first four weeks of that program. >> new data shows that homelessness in san francisco has hit a new ten year low, but even so, there are more than 2900 people living on the streets. that is according to a

recent count. >> now, one of the keys to building a better bay area is getting those people the services that they need. an abc seven news reporter, lyanne melendez, joining us now. talk about the number of homeless going down, which you see for yourself out on the streets and the number of services provided is going up. >> yeah. still, you know, a lot of people say it's almost like a symbiotic relationship where one relies on the other, but still, san francisco has been trying to revive its lackluster image. we walked the downtown area to see who and what is keeping the city from falling into a slump, and why san francisco is paying millions for these services. >> how are you doing, sir? you okay? you need any help with anything? >> think of louis hammonds of urban alchemy as a street negotiator between those with severe challenges and the rest of us. >> does it bother you that we're right here? and those people are using drugs? >> it hurts my heart. it hurts my heart. so yes, it bothers me. >> rather than ask them to

leave, this is what he brings to these streets. >> it would have to be a continued conversation. and that conversation would have to be kind, courteous, polite to where they felt respected. but then at the end of the day, they says, you know what? you're right. >> he engages them and then shows kindness by buying them snacks. thank you. cigarets? yes, please. now out of respect for hammonds, they start to leave. >> love is a verb, okay? it's about action. that's it. >> urban alchemy has 530 full time employees and many more part time workers. they told us their contract with the city is for 43 million. they are not to be confused with the welcome ambassadors greeting tourists. >> welcome to union square. welcome to san francisco, sf travel has 60 of these ambassadors and spends $4 million a year on the program. >> the folks at the tenderloin community benefit district have one of the most challenging jobs

in the city, keeping the neighborhood clean and safe. there are 86 staff members, 32 of them are on the cleanup team. >> they do all the sweeping. they take care of the 86 trash receptacles that are in the corners throughout the town. we do needle removal. we do graffiti abatement, as well as all the power washing the community district receives money from several city agencies and from a special tax from residents and businesses. >> all pit stop facilities and some public bathrooms are staffed by paid attendants who make sure the bathrooms are maintained and used for their intended purpose. initially there were only three sites, all in the tenderloin. today public works will spend $11.9 million this year to staff 31 sites in 13 neighborhoods. here's another costly program

were using bart elevators for drug use in 2018, operators were brought in to make sure people weren't overdosing or using them as bathrooms. today, that program has expanded, and bart and the san francisco county transportation authority share the costs. the budget to keep these workers in place is $3.6 million this year, going up 3.7 million in fiscal year 2425. here's why the project team determined that six additional attendant staff were needed, 36 in total and cost for required benefits and oversight of staff were higher than anticipated. the police department currently spends $6.1 million on 104 community ambassadors who are retired officers. this program has been expanded since 2022 to help improve public safety in san francisco. these are only a

few of the many programs and nonprofits keeping the city in check. >> a lot of those services are being duplicated. >> san cops is with tipping point, which awards grants to anti-poverty nonprofits. put your mayor hat on for a second here, because the former mayor of san francisco, willie brown, said the homeless problem is impossible to solve. so fill in the blank. as long as we continue doing blank, the homeless and drug problem will not go away. >> as long as we continue to throw money at the problem, as long as we just continue to say money is the answer to the problem. money is not an answer to the problem, but we also need to audit them around. are we getting a return on investment? are we getting what it is that we're paying for them for? from an outcomes perspective? >> so the city says it contracts with over 600 600 nonprofits that provide service for the most vulnerable residents at a

cost of $1.7 billion. now, the city will have a way to audit them, using a metric system to measure performance, to see if they are being effective or if they are underperforming. i think one of the complaints that people often mention is that that there's not a coordinated effort. one nonprofit is doing this, the other nonprofit is doing that. and, you know, we're wasting money not on the same page. >> realize that there were 600, no matter how efficient you are, keeping track of 600 would seem to be quite a challenge, correct? >> yeah. i mean, that's the problem. they somehow someone has to come together and say, which is what the metric system hopefully will do. let's see what you're doing. what have you done for me lately? >> we'll see. leon. thanks. sure. all right. coming up, the sound of speeding, that could actually be a thing. >> and the end of the line for refills. the

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that could get really loud. a bill that would require cars to start beeping. if you go more than ten miles per hour over the speed limit is picking up some speed in the in the state senate , pun intended, it passed a committee vote yesterday. state senator scott wiener from san francisco introduced that bill. the rule would apply to all new cars sold in california starting

in 2032. sandy, if that's in your car, it's going to be beeping all the way home, right? >> yeah, i don't speed like that, larry, but i could see why they would do it, although it would get annoying. obviously we want to keep everyone safe and there's two. there are too many cars on the roads that are speeding, weaving. i mean, we've all seen it. >> yeah. and the senator mentioned this technology is already in use, so it's nothing new. but i mean lose. how irritating would it be to just hear beep beep beep constantly on your drive? absolutely >> also, because there are so many changes like it depends if you're going into a neighborhood, you're exiting the freeway. i mean, there's so many changes. will the car. no. how will the car know? is it going to be different based on the car that you're driving? i mean, i wonder how they're going to actually implement this. >> do we really need government to be monitoring that all. >> do we of safety i guess yeah. >> come on, come on. let's let's work on something. you know that's a bigger problem. >> all right. how about this. how is your sleep? what do you know about sleep noise? abc news

reporter rhiannon ally has the sound explanation. >> white noise now has some colorful competition. meet pink noise. it turns out noise, much like light, can be described by different colors. sound can be described with colors based on the distribution of sound. researchers at northwestern university have been studying the effects of different colored noises on our sleep. we give short pulses of pink noise. >> we found that in older adults they have better memory recall after sleep, researchers say. >> the waves produced by pink noise more than any other color mirror those produced by the brain during deep sleep. in small studies, the noises appeared to help enhance deep sleep, which resulted in improved memory and relaxation. in a different study, pink noise played during sleep appeared to help people with adhd improve their concentration. oh, interesting.

>> totally. i mean, i'm just so exhausted. i don't care what color my sleep is at this point. sandhya you know what? >> i don't blame you, dionne. you just want to get rasta right ? yeah, i know when you have young kids like you do. i mean, i have kids as well. and, you know, working this shift, sleep is, like, at a premium. although, i must say, i don't really need noise. i don't need anything. i can sleep through a train wreck. >> yeah, yeah. me too. >> same. oh my gosh. okay. but i did look this up. i was like, what is pink noise? so it's supposed to be the natural sound of rain or the ocean. so if you live nearby an ocean then hey, you're hearing pink noise while you're sleeping. okay >> did you know that they have. i mean, this blue noise and green noise and brown noise. i've tried and, you know, white noise. i've tried all of them. it's like. like it's a little overwhelming. you look exhausted. >> you like that? >> yeah. that's why i'm so tired. yeah. how often do you wash your bedsheets? i don't mean to get that personal, but that's the question. if you said every week you're right on the money. that's what the experts are recommending. but it's even

more often if you're a pet owner. so if you let fido sleep in your bed, a wash every 3 to 4 days is recommended. frequent washing is also a good idea if you have allergies or asthma, if i had to do that every 3 or 4 days, that wouldn't get anything done. >> it's too much. i mean, every 3 or 4 days. really, larry? >> well, if you have pets, that's what they're recommending. okay. >> i have to say this is probably manufactured by the mattress industry, but they say that every seven years you need to replace your mattress because of all the dead skin cells, all the sweat that's soaking in. so i just envision that on sheets and it's so how often? >> how often? >> then i have a small child. remember there's a lot of puking and other things that happen. so it's like daily you're washing your sheets daily. yes. oh my gosh. >> wow wow. >> that's dedication. it's too much. it's too much. >> that's impressive. you know what we should ask? how often do you make your bed. do you make it every morning? because i do. >> oh, that's a great question.

no >> every day. >> no. every day. >> no. it's supposed to, you know, all these things. it's supposed to be good for your discipline and gets your day started. but i'm going to just throw the stuff off when i'm going to sleep anyway. so what's why? why waste the time? >> it feels good to go back home and be like, it's clean, it's beautiful. let's go. >> yeah, i agree with luiz. i just want it organized. >> that would be nice in theory. >> so guys, you and i are on the same side on something. >> i'm so. i'm surprised. whoa all right. finally. now getting your own drink at mcdonald's will soon be a thing of the past. the fast food giant says it is phasing out its self-serve soda machines. mcdonald's says all of the current soda machines will be gone by 2032. you will have to order a refill with the cashier at the counter, and it will be up to each location to decide whether to charge for refills or not. i can imagine a lot of people not being happy about this. wow i haven't been to a mcdonald's in years. >> you guys. me too. i don't really, i mean, i understand why

they're doing it because you know what? less people are actually going out there. i mean, going to restaurants to eat, and they're spending a lot of money, right? if anybody just goes in, buys one thing and keeps on drinking from those machines, but it's part of it. like you go to mcdonald's, you go to wendy's for those type of perks. >> so i mean, for the health benefits, i can see that being better because you're not guzzling, you know, 5 or 6 giant sodas all the time, although soda is cheap. >> so it's i don't know if there's a huge financial incentive there, but the health benefits would, would be obvious. fewer people drinking all the sugary drinks. yeah. all right. that's where we'll end this edition of the ford four because deion has to go wash her sheets and we'll be right back a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business.

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engineering students were the first of 8000 graduates to get their degrees this year. the school will graduate its first ever doctorate studies in audiology and the first four students to graduate from san jose state's online economics program. all right. >> go, spartans! now let's get to cal. a rebrand and new logo has the uc berkeley community kind of fired up. this is part of what was released yesterday. you can see the cal logo is the same, but the font on the berkeley logo is bolder. but that's not the issue that had alumni starting an online petition over this. it's the use of the b seen on social media pages. in the past, it's been more of a stylized b or a c,

which makes sense because it's cal right? abc seven news reporter lena howland spoke with officials about the change and >> from chimes of the clock tower, the sather gate and that curse of cal icons of uc berkeley are all over campus. but on tuesday, the university rolled out an updated brand identity, including these two new primary logos, though on their official social media pages and linkedin. their logo has been updated to a single capital letter b, and everyone's like, oh, what's that? >> b? i've never seen that before, verse is if a cal script was there, people know that's uc berkeley university officials say the b is not their new logo. >> they say the b monogram is only intended for small spaces where the full logo is hard to read. their new logo is the word berkeley, spelled out. officials say they made the change to better connect the berkeley and cal identities, which have coexisted but caused confusion. they say more than a quarter of

the people they surveyed that live in the bay area did not know that berkeley and cal were the same university nationally, they say more than two thirds of people surveyed thought the two were different institutions. but alumni geoffrey ting says this goes too far. >> i think by replacing it, there is a lot of tradition and history that's lost as a two time alum, i do think it is a little jarring. >> alumni and co-founder of boba guys, andrew chow says he thinks this is leading to more confusion. >> it's going to take a while to get used to it and it resembles to many of the logos i see every everywhere else. >> that's why a group of students, alumni, and community members started an online petition asking the university to change it back. they say the rebranding devalues uc berkeley degrees, though. one student who just graduated last week with a job already lined up says that's a bit of a stretch. >> it's not my style. it's not

my thing. i think for most students they won't really care. regardless, they'll just see it as a it's just a marketing ploy, one change that won't be happening. >> according to the university, is branding the athletics program as cal berkeley. it will remain cal athletics in berkeley. lena howland, abc seven news. >> tonight, a jeopardy! masters champion will be crowned right here on abc seven on the line, a $500,000 grand prize and a trebek trophy. james holzhauer is the defending champion, looking to go back to back, but the other two competitors are holding their own. ken jennings is the host of the show and knows a thing or two about what it takes to win, and yogesh have not played as much jeopardy as james holzhauer has, and the shock of the masters is these two players we didn't know very well are now playing at or above his level. >> we got three like james holzhauer, level geniuses, slugging it out tonight, which means it's anybody's game. jeopardy is a three way sport.

odd things can happen out there. >> the competition so much at stake. you can watch jeopardy! masters tonight at eight right here on abc seven. >> if i have to face james holzhauer cowering in fear. >> smoked. >> yeah, i know what the outcome would be. well, yeah. thank you. 45 years after mad max zoomed into theaters, there's a new installment and it's coming up. >> it's the fifth film in the franchise. we'll take a look ahead to fur

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abbott elementary, followed by the conners at ten. you can catch the $100,000 pyramid and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. a return to the world of mad max, a prequel to the fourth film, hits theaters this weekend. reporter george pennacchio from our sister station in los angeles, has this preview. reporter >> furiosa, a mad max saga tells the story of the renegade warrior before she ever meets and teams up with mad max. it's a grimy role, to say the least. >> i actually quite enjoy it. you know, i kind of got my start in horror movies, and so to me, filmmaking was always very dirty and bloody. i feel very at home in it. >> her adversary here is played by a pretty much unrecognizable chris hemsworth. you find him, he's mine. >> as soon as the hair and makeup department prosthetics

get involved, wardrobe, everything, it's. and you look in the mirror, you know, 3 or 4 hours later that we'd spend in the hair and makeup chair. and you don't recognize the person staring back at you. there's an extra leap into the immersion of the character. so it was i was very thankful for, for, for the team that helped assemble that look. >> who do we have here? >> as the story goes, furiosa is taken away from her family as a little girl with the words of her mother always in her mind. >> and if you have to do however long it takes, promise you'll find your way home. >> was this the hardest thing you've ever done physically? on film? >> yes, i would say so. mostly just because of the amount of time that it was. it was six and a half months. i was working uh- six days a week, pretty much every week. it was an extraordinary amount of work, not just by myself, but every body that made this movie. but that's part of the enjoyment of making a mad max film

>> and we shot a lot in broken hill with the first film 45 years ago was shot, and there are certain stretches of road and landscape that were from the first film. and so the nostalgia was was wild, very easy to immerse yourself in that space when the environment is as strong a character as george has created in this film. >> in los angeles, george pennacchio abc seven news. >> furiosa is in theaters on friday. all right. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil. abc seven news at five is coming up next.

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