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antioch, where two fires are burning simultaneously right now. this is the larger of the two burning in a field along slaton ranch road near highway four at the hillcrest avenue overcrossing, the contra costa county fire protection district says ten acres have burned so far. wind is a problem in the area, and firefighters say it has the potential to grow much larger. no structures are threatened right now. crews are performing water drops to douse some of the flames, and not far away at the antioch marina, firefighters are battling another fire. this one started in the last hour and has burned about five acres. crews from all around east county are responding. there is no word yet on what started either fire, and we're also following breaking news in san francisco. >> several dozen police officers outside a food storage facility right now in the bayview, where there was a police shooting earlier this afternoon. police say they first went to the scene about three hours ago, after getting calls about a man with a rifle. when officers approached him, one officer fired. what police are calling a less lethal
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weapon. police provided an update just moments ago, was transported to a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries due to the fact a less lethal use of force was used to take the take the suspect into custody, the suspect did not did not sustain any gunshot wounds. >> this is happening in the area of armstrong avenue and ingles street in the bayview neighborhood. again, police say they did recover the suspect's rifle. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley, and i'm ama daetz. >> other news tonight, fitness fair turns foul. a planned fitness festival this weekend in santa rosa appears to be just a scam. >> abc seven news reporter cornell bernard spoke with vendors who were planning and paid to be a part of this a little bit like everett. >> like what? this is what's happening right now. >> performance artist cassandra hempel describing the moment when she realized a big fitness expo planned in santa rosa likely wasn't real. >> the main producer fell off of
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communicational bandwagon was really disheartening. >> reporter norcal fit fest was scheduled for may 25th at the veterans memorial building, billed as a magical saturday packed with fitness, dance and health adventures so people invested their time and their money. sonoma county health and wellness professionals like tristan saint germain were contacted through social media in january by a man named john, asking if they would participate and pay between 90 and $120 through a paypal account for a booth at the festival. >> he said he was a philanthropist that has been retired and that he was helping his friends emily and jess, and that this was their event. >> tristan said it seemed legitimate. there was an event website and posts on instagram, but when it came time to meet john and secure the event space with a signed contract last month, he no showed and never met us, never sign contracts, never paid anybody all my friends for the work that they put in. >> that's when the light bulb happened with the like.
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>> this is a scam. we had red flags from the beginning. >> this group says the worst part is john added a benefit dance party to the event, with $25 ticket sales going toward medical care for tristan's teenage son, kainoa recently diagnosed with miss tristan, believes that two was a scam. >> a bit bamboozled. i mean, i it's hard for me to understand how people can be so mindless and heartless and cruel, really, because i feel like they he really played on my vulnerability and the most vulnerable time in my life. >> we tried to reach john several times with voicemails, texts and messages. so far no response. police now investigating and they confirm fit fest ■is not happening. you encourage anyone who, purchased their vendor space or their attendee tickets on a credit card to maybe give their credit card company a call. >> for now, vendors say they'll move on. >> tristan offering this gofundme page for her son's health care, which she says is definitely the real thing in
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sonoma county. cornel bernard, abc seven news. >> a package of bills designed to tackle rampant retail theft in california has passed the state assembly, a peninsula assembly member, mark berman, is part of a bipartisan group of lawmakers sponsoring the bills. this legislation includes allowing california courts to issue restraining orders against repeat thieves. other proposals being weighed would make it easier for prosecutors to go after those who target businesses in multiple jurisdictions creates a new tool for law enforcement to use and for our businesses to use to try to reduce the amount of retail crime, especially kind of repeat offenders. senate takes up the bill next, the bay area retailers tell us help cannot come soon enough. and, you know, since the pandemic, we've been following the story of small businesses trying to stay afloat. a safety has been a major factor. and one small business owner says san francisco has not made the
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situation any better. and they are now suing to hold the city accountable. abc seven news reporter luz pena has more from the newsroom tonight on this lose. >> that's right dan, we all know what's happening in san francisco is complicated. is that just one factor causing everything? but this case could potentially set an important precedent about who could be held accountable for failing businesses. plywood covers the windows of the fisherman's grotto restaurant in the historic san francisco fisherman's wharf area. inside empty countertops tell a story of defeat. >> we're down about 3,030, but i think, you know, that's 60% that are still open after the pandemic. >> the owner of the grotto and tarantino's around the corner closed both restaurants. now he's suing the city of san francisco, citing an out of control unhoused population, criminal activity in and around the fisherman's wharf area, and unsafe structural conditions. in a statement, the city attorney's office said herringbone, the
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company that ran the restaurants, has been struggling for a while. over the last year, herringbone has attempted a number of maneuvers to get out of paying the $1.7 million it owes the city in back rent. this appears to be yet another attempt randall scott, executive director for the fisherman's wharf community benefit district, confirmed several businesses closed after the pandemic, but they're working on solutions, focusing on bringing down more locals. >> this is their wharf and, you know, putting on free concerts every saturday. >> the business owner behind these restaurants is not the only one citing san francisco issues as the reason for their closures. last year, westfield pulled out from operating the shopping center, citing the deteriorating situations in downtown san francisco. nordstrom's also left the mall. >> if san francisco can get public safety right, everything else will come together, attorney matt davis served as san francisco's deputy city attorney for about nine years. >> he believes lawsuits against the city could have merit, but
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only if they can show that the city took engaged in some affirmative conduct or engaged in an actual policy that caused the homeless to come to their particular area or if the city somehow directed dangerous activity towards their premises, then they might have a claim against the city. >> again, they're tough claims. >> now, it's important to highlight the city officials and multiple economic experts agree that crime is not the only factor leading to businesses failing in san francisco. there are also trends impacting retailers. for example, in downtown san francisco, people working from home is leading to less foot traffic. and in the fisherman's wharf area, a lot has to do with tourism not being entirely back in the newsroom. los pena, abc seven news. >> all right, lewis, thank you so much. remote learning at uc santa cruz continues today and tomorrow, raising concerns for graduation plans. it's the fourth day of the strike against the uc system over how it
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handled the pro-palestinian protests and encampments. grad workers and teaching assistants are blocking entrances to campus. this is worrisome to students because teaching assistants often do final grades. the strike has been authorized to continue until june 30th, two weeks after graduation ceremonies. ucla chancellor gene block answered questions before congress today about allegations of anti-semitism after protests turned violent on campus. pro-palestinian protesters are still gathered at ucla's campus. they even built another encampment. university police quickly closed the area today, which blocked supplies from coming in and out. >> we have brought food and water to our students who are inside the encampment, and we have been told by both law enforcement and student affairs officers that we are not allowed to bring any food and water in. we have been told that that directive came from the office of campus safety. >> tensions escalated and protesters charged the encampment. some got in while others grappled with security
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and then lapd university police went in and dismantled the encampment. ucla has threatened disciplinary action if the demonstrators do not disperse. stay with us for continuing coverage of the college campus protests in the bay area and nationwide. get the latest anytime at abc7 news.com. >> all right, happening now memorial day getaway travel is underway with more than 43 million people expected to travel at least 50 miles from home between now and monday. here's a live look at the freeways, where things don't look too bad at the moment. other than some regular commute traffic. we're also keeping a very close eye on sfo. you know, a recent report says san francisco international is the airport with the highest likelihood for delays. this memorial day weekend. airport officials say runway repairs are to blame. one thing is for certain it's going to be crowded in the terminals. it's estimated 755,000 people will fly in or out of sfo over the next five days. that's a jump of 8% over
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the number of travelers last year. >> i think we continue to see post pandemic recovery happening, and it's already mostly happened for the domestic sector. but really what we've been seeing over the past 12 months is a very meaningful recovery in the international sector. >> if you're heading out by car, leave early or leave late, try to leave before 11 a.m. or after seven, maybe even eight at night monday. it's best to come back late in the day to avoid the bulk of the traffic. now, gas prices have plateaued recently, according to triple a, california averages 515 per gallon. san francisco is above that, as is often the case at 538. drivers going to los angeles will find cheaper prices there. $5.11 per gallon on average. oakland leaders are working to balance a difficult city budget. >> mayor shengtao says she won't cut jobs or city services in order to do it. abc seven news reporter ryan curry has a closer look at her proposed solution.
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>> oakland's budget is short by around $117 million this year. the city needs to cut costs. thursday, mayor shengtao unveiled her proposals to tackle the deficit. one involves a hiring freeze and the consolidation of some city jobs. >> there were some positions that we felt that could be collapsed together to make one, and so there were these kinds of adjustments to ensure that we did not lay off city employees. >> another uses money from the proposed sale of the coliseum land. >> we're just thankful that, you know, that the stars kind of aligned. however, at the end of the day, we'll still be working towards making sure that we address the structural deficit as we want to be really responsible when it comes to our finances. >> tao's office will release her full budget on friday, and then the city council will review it. council member noel gayo says right now he doesn't support the sale of the call him, since he doesn't know if they have the right to sell it. >> i am not in support of it until i get clarity that legally i can sell that property, the
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coliseum property, to a private entity. >> but he says oakland could use the money right now. >> i think that's where the debate is going to come. i need the money, certainly need the revenue. but at the same time, i need to make adjustments here. >> but one thing he and the mayor do agree on not taking funds away from the police or fire departments, making sure public safety stays funded is a big part of mayor shang tao's budget, and the firefighters union says they had to fight to keep that funding, or else they fear the city would be in danger. we often can get there within four minutes if that firehouse had been closed or those firehouses had been closed, we'd be increasing those response times to eight minutes to 10 minutes to 12 minutes. >> and that would inevitably result in loss of life and loss of property. >> zack unger is the president of the oakland firefighters union. they feared budget cuts could impact firehouses and all the calls they answer from fires to medical emergencies. >> while the population of oakland is not exploding, the complexity of the fire problems we face has increasingly challenged us.
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>> the city council will have until the end of june to submit their own version of the city budget in oakland. ryan curry, abc seven news. when you hear the phrase underwater property, well, it's not usually meant to be taken literally, but that's what one man bought. >> how it happened, how much it cost, and how he's trying to make the most of it. >> also ahead, how many pictures have you seen of the golden gate bridge with the fog pouring through the gate and over the bridge? i mean, it's such an iconic thing. >> yeah, it's beautiful, but could our famous carl the fog go away one day? that day might not be that far away tonight, a look at that part of our newest abc seven originals. bay area 2050. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. windy and cooler for part of your weekend. sunny and warmer for the other. i'll break it all down for you when abc
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this one started in the last hour and has burned about five acres. from this live view, it looks like firefighters have gotten that one under control. >> good news there. well, a lot of people are interested in waterfront property. sounds pretty good, doesn't it? but you'll have to read a little closer at the listing for one piece of alameda that's on the market, located at 610 grand market street. it's not on the water, it's in the water. here's abc seven news reporter tim johns. >> it's one of the most stressful and expensive things you can do in the bay area. for many, house hunting can be a nightmare. but in the city of alameda, one property is hitting
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the market for only a couple hundred thousand dollars. the catch? it's entirely underwater. >> it's one of the neighbors contacted me and says, oh, is this a joke? i'm like, no, it's not a joke. it's someone bought it and they own it. now. >> april jones is the realtor for the property, so the lot is from this fence area over to this area here. she says it's owner bought it sight unseen at an auction and was unaware it was actually in the lagoon. now, if you want to buy this property, the asking price is $400,000. not too bad for the bay area. however, if you actually want to build here, experts say that could cost millions. jones says whoever buys it will have to get special approvals and permits before they can actually build something. checking for things like what type of foundation there is on the lagoon floor, accounting for sea level rise, and for the fact that it's backed up against a bridge. >> this is unique to me. this is the first time i've come across something like this. i've had some unusual properties in my career, but this was this was a
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first. >> despite the potential challenges, jones thinks the property could one day become the perfect home. >> the lagoon area is beautiful, it's peaceful. it's, you know, it's very quiet and, it's like having your own little oasis. >> a tough sell for people like chris womack. >> it's funny because that's probably the cheapest property in town. >> womack says, even though he can't afford to buy it himself, he wonders if all of the extra work required to actually get something built on the site would be worth it in the end. however, given that this is the bay area womack predicts someone will eventually scoop it up. >> alameda has got a good reputation, and, people will absolutely spend the money, you're just going to find the right tech person and they'll they'll get in here and they'll be sure to make it the most expensive property on the block in alameda. >> tim johns, abc seven news. >> he's probably right about that. >> i know, ain't that the truth? all right, let's check on our weather. nice evening behind us. >> lovely isn't a meteorologist. sandyha patel is here. hi, sandy. hi, there. >> yeah, and dan and we're going to keep it going. take a look at
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this live picture from our san jose camera. a mix of sun and a few high, thin, wispy clouds. they're harmless. don't worry about it. let's talk about your memorial day weekend outlook. we are talking about extensive morning clouds to start on saturday. cooler and below average then. but then we're going to warm it up sunday and monday. today the cooldown continues. 5 degrees drop in napa compared to yesterday. at this time. down three in hayward, uh- gusty onshore winds with us again contributing to the cooling trend. 33 miles an hour at sfo. you will notice 28 at san mateo high clouds are on the increase as you look at live doppler seven. these clouds are going to blanket the bay area later tonight and down below overnight. you will start to notice the marine layer returning tomorrow morning, 57 degrees. right now in san francisco where you are seeing just a lovely sky over san francisco, 61, in oakland, 63, in hayward, 70 redwood city and san jose from our east bay hills. camera. you're looking at mount diablo with some filtered sun. 75 in santa rosa, you're at 61 in petaluma with a stiff
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breeze, 70 for concord, fairfield, livermore. our warmest spots today made it up into the low 80s from san rafael. camera also seeing that mix of clouds and sun tonight. gusty winds. strongest at the coast tomorrow. windy and below average in your memorial day weekend. those numbers will come up for sunday and monday. plans so let's go hour by hour. remaining windy near the coast. breezy inland tonight and then the winds will back off everywhere except for a few spots tomorrow morning. and then they really ramp back up. so we're looking at 30 to 40 mile an hour winds especially tomorrow evening. that's going to continue the drop in those temperatures. now the cloud cover increases throughout the night and into tomorrow morning. we start out with extent of gray. and then you will notice clouds continue to stream in for your friday. your morning temperatures will be in the 40s and the 50s. you will need a light sweater or jacket tomorrow afternoon. it's going to be okay in the south bay 68 in san jose, partly cloudy skies on the peninsula 64, redwood city 58, in pacifica, mostly cloudy
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there. downtown san francisco 61 degrees north bay 68, san rafael. mid 70s in napa or santa rosa. excuse me and also in sonoma and the east bay 65 oakland 64 fremont. these temperatures below average for may 70th for fairfield 67 degrees in livermore. don't worry. as you look at the accuweather seven day forecast, even though the temperatures continue to trend lower saturday, still breezy, will brighten it up. warm it up sunday and memorial day plans looking pleasant with mild weather. milder than saturday, that's for sure. and then we'll continue the warming next week. ama and dan. >> nice. thanks. >> coming up next, martha stewart.
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conference in person. yes, abc seven is a proud sponsor, and i was there to emcee the event at the fox theater in redwood city was sold out. >> it looked like a great event today, emma said. author kara swisher was among the keynote speakers, along with martha stewart, no less. abc seven news reporter lena howland was there as local business leaders shared their wisdom. >> generations of women uplifted, inspire and empowered. >> it's just nice to see such a diverse group of women their experiences, and i think that
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mindset of like, yeah, you can, you can do it all. i'm loving it. actually taking a lot away on self care, making sure that i'm taking care of myself. >> the 35th annual professional business women of california conference was held at the historic fox theater in redwood city on thursday. it sold out to 1200 people and included a keynote address from entrepreneur and media mogul martha stewart, who candidly talked about the confidence behind posing for a sports illustrated swimsuit shoot in her 80s. this year, for their 60th anniversary, i posed again with all those fabulous swimsuit models katie brown, pb tsay board president and chair, says the gathering is about networking, empowerment and self-confidence. >> so today's conference is really it's bu, which is really about authenticity and being yourself and bringing your whole self to work or in anything that you do or finding your passion and, you know, bringing other people along with you. >> the conference was an idea
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former congresswoman and san mateo supervisor elect jacqui spear first thought of 36 years ago, with women now making up 56% of the workforce, she says their work isn't over yet. >> now women still suffer from what's called the imposter syndrome and we've got to break ourselves from not thinking we're worth it. >> that we're not capable because we truly are. so there's a lot of work still to be done. >> i would love to get to c-suite at my own company. >> 31 year old kathy heath from san francisco is motivated. >> it's nice to be able to get to see people within your practice, outside of your practice, all here because we are strong, beautiful, independent women who are doing really well in our careers and we want to continue to move up and bring people with us as we continue to climb that ladder in redwood city. >> lena howland abc seven news. >> great day. yes, and you can learn more about the organization at pb score.org. >> all right. coming up here next, see just how much progress
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in combating climate change from wildfires and rising sea levels to drought and flooding, the bay area is experiencing a wide range of climate related issues. >> the report suggests. while there is a lot of room for improvement, the county did see gains from last year. abc7 news reporter anser hassan has details. >> berkeley was one of the first cities in the world to declare a climate emergency and according to the alameda county climate scorecard, berkeley still holds the lead in combating climate change with huge improvements even at the county level. >> it's important to highlight and note that these scores were greatly improved from last year's scorecard, with the median score being 42 as compared to 58 now. the climate emergency mobilization task force, which produced the report , is a coalition of elected officials, city and county staff and community groups. >> researchers evaluated cities based on questions that cover a
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wide range of topics, from municipal policy to school board curriculum to the use of renewable energy, and whether the city decided to install solar energy systems and municipal facilities. >> it was also created to hold the city accountable regarding its community commitment to renewable sources. >> what makes this report unique is that it offers a standard for comparative analysis, the authors say. it's also a call to action for residents and local governments to do more. >> they do indicate that several sectors require substantial improvement, and so specifically, questions regarding rhna development, existing building, natural gas use and electric vehicles were consistently failed across the a majority of cities. >> the researchers also add that more regional cooperation would help. >> they could go further if they had more support, maybe from the state government, maybe more funding, something like that. >> finally, they advise on simple steps like making solar permitting more accessible, or just following the steps of others. >> nobody in alameda county has banned new gas stations, but
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everybody, all the cities in solano county have done it. some of the cities in napa county, some of the cities in contra costa. so come on, alameda county, you're kind of behind on this particular issue. >> the report doesn't offer any comparison with the rest of the bay area, or even across california or the u.s. but they say that research is being done in alameda county, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> with memorial day weekend upon us, san mateo is unveiling a new tribute to city residents who died in the line of duty bagpipers and marines brought in the colors during a ceremony at central park this morning to mark the debut of a new fallen heroes memorial. community leaders say the memorial aims to provide a place to remember fallen military service members, as well as others who died serving the public. >> may this memorial serve as a beacon of hope, a place of solace and a reminder of the
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enormous debt we owe to those who have given everything for our safety and freedom. >> the memorial includes monoliths featuring the branches of the us armed services. it also honors fallen san mateo city police and firefighters. >> the woman captured on video being beaten by sean diddy combs, has broken her silence about the incident and her relationship with the pop star. the video, exclusively obtained by cnn, shows singer cassie ventura as she was physically assaulted by combs, her boyfriend at the time, outside a hotel elevator back in 2016. combs apologized in a video earlier this week. today, ventura posted a statement on instagram that says, in part, my only ask is that everyone open your heart to believing victims. the first time. it takes a lot of heart to tell the truth out of a situation that you are powerless in. i offer my hand to those that are still living in fear. reach out to your people. don't cut them off. no one
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should carry this weight alone. if you or someone you know is a victim of domestic violence, help is available. you can find a list of local resources on our website. just go to abc7 news.com/take action or call the hotline one 800 799 safe. >> louisville police have released new video footage from an internal investigation into the arrest of the world's top golfer, scottie scheffler. the new video shows the incident from two camera angles. scheffler is driving his suv as an officer runs after him. the officer swings his arm and hits scheffler's window. it appears the officer tried to open the door multiple times about 40s later, scheffler gets out, turns around and puts his hands behind his back with multiple officers nearby. he's then led away, walking past police cruisers. now what the video does not show is scheffler suv dragging an officer to the ground. as stated in the police report. police say they do not have video of that part of the incident. louisville police are now disciplining the officer involved for not turning on his body camera. >> a lawsuit could have big
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implications for music fans. >> the justice department, along with 29 states, has filed an antitrust lawsuit against ticketmaster owner live nation entertainment. this lawsuit alleges the company holds a monopoly over concert ticket sales. abc news reporter reena roy has the story. >> the department of justice announcing an antitrust lawsuit has been filed against live nation and its wholly owned subsidiary, ticketmaster. >> it is time to break up live nation, ticketmaster attorney general merrick garland says. >> the lawsuit was filed on behalf of music fans as well as artists, saying live nation suffocate its competition using a variety of tactics from acquisitions of smaller regional promoters and venues to threats and retaliation to agreements with rivals designed to neutralize them. the doj accuses the company of creating a monopoly over the live entertainment market, hurting consumers, hurting artists, hurting venues, and hurting
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potential competitors. >> here, by manipulating and distorting the marketplace and bending it to benefit them illegally. >> the lawsuit, coming after a more than two year long investigation into the company that has been under growing public scrutiny since the 2022 fiasco over ticket sales for taylor swifts eras tour. >> we are suing them to hold them accountable and change that anti-competitive conduct and bring them back within the bounds of the law, where they can be a very successful business. but they are not allowed to violate the law and operate outside of it as they are now. >> live nation responding to the lawsuit in a statement saying the doj's lawsuit won't solve the issues fans care about relating to ticket prices, service fees and access to in-demand shows, adding, we will defend against these baseless allegations. fans use this opportunity to shed light on the industry and continue to push for reforms that truly protect consumers and artists. and this is just the latest lawsuit in a series of antitrust efforts by
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the biden administration, which has brought actions against some big tech companies over what it alleges are anti-competitive practices that have harmed american consumers. reena roy, abc news, new york. >> coming up next, we take you a quarter century into the future with a sneak peek at our latest abc seven originals bay area 2050. what will happen to the bay area if our famous fog
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worst trading day of the year. the dow dropped 588 points. the nasdaq and s&p also closed lower. those losses came even after chip maker nvidia delivered a stellar quarterly earnings and announced a ten for one stock split. that development caused the company's stock to soar more than 9% today. >> in the new abc seven originals bay area 2050, we look at the impact of climate change and how it will affect our environment. here in the bay area, coastal fog has been a mainstay, but rising temperatures mean less coastal fog. >> how will it impact you? may surprise you. love it or hate
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it, it is part of our regional identity. we've even given it a name. carl we noticed when it's pouring in and when it hasn't been seen in a while >> how many pictures have you seen of the golden gate bridge? with the fog pouring through the gate and over the bridge? i mean, it's such an iconic thing. >> there'll be people out here visiting for a day and they'll ask me, how long is the fog going to be around, you know, and i can't answer. i can say, well, it may be here for in five minutes and you'll be out in the nice, beautiful sunshine or it could be here for the rest of the day. you just don't know. it just seems to have a mind of its own, but it also has such an amazing cooling effect in the summer that keeps the climate in san francisco. >> so pleasant. it's really our air conditioner, right? for the bay area. >> it's very foggy most of the time and a lot of moisture on steel. so it can create corrosion pretty fast. my name's
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chris dearman. my title out here is chief bridge painter on the golden gate bridge. there's always a danger element involved in working out here, no matter what, whether it's wet, dry. so you just got to take your precautions out here where you're proper safety gear, the weather, climate out here is very tough. we have the fog, we have the wind, we have the rain. when the fog is here, since we are in full containment with plastic walls, plastic floors. so since we're fully contained like that, it can be so foggy outside. you can't see the bridge. but we could still be in there painting. we get right out in the pacific basin. >> out here. our saturated air, but also warm air because it's basic north of hawaii. and what they do is they start to flow toward the pacific coast. will that warm, moist air interact with the very cold water that's upwelling right off the coast of california? and it's that temperature contrast that causes basically the air mass to hit the dew point. and we get a fog
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bank that all of a sudden formed because of this temperature contrast. then, of course, the inland is warming up hot in the central valley. that hot air rises and basically it's like a big vacuum. it pulls that air in at night, hot air rises, something's got to replace it, and it's coming right off the coast. so we get that daily pattern of it coming in and out. >> there's all kinds of ways. the fog sits here through the gate. it'll sit low sometimes where you just see the tower of the bridge, or it'll sit high and you'll just see the deck of the bridge. it could be in here in a matter of minutes. >> i think the evidence is pretty strong, showing that the fog has been on the decline even since the early 1950s, and the rate of decline has slowed, but it's still going down. and so we've lost about three hours a day of fog that we normally get during the foggy season between may and october. and the projection is that that's going to continue. fog is not going to
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go completely away, but having less of it is definitely showing itself. that's going to mean that probably energy use is going to change in the summertime. if we have less cool weather, people are going to have to turn on their ac. more are going to consume more power. it's going to affect the crops. like many of the strawberry fields here in california are right near watsonville and castroville. all the artichokes. they really benefit by having that cool coastal climate. who knows what's going to happen to them when this changes. it'll ripple through, you know, society and various ways and how rapidly this changes is really going to have some, i think, some social and some ecological consequences. >> well, coming up next, we will get a look at the holiday weekend forecast from sandia, plus major cities from dallas to boston facing storms. >> we'll show you the damage already
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her eighth brood of chicks since she started nesting at cal, and her first with her new partner, archie. >> they just stare. all right, well, more clean up today after another round of tornadoes in the u.s, this time in texas. meantime, people in iowa are still recovering from an ef three tornado which killed four people and injured dozens more. sadly, abc news reporter perry russom shows you the damage in texas. >> three possible tornadoes touching down, destroying homes and businesses. all the fire alarms are going off. the majority of the damage in bell county flipped over cars, downed power lines. the storm bringing relentless rain with flooding inside this restaurant. >> the door to this glass door breaking in the storm outside in the parking lot. >> debris launching into the side of buildings with roofs ripped up across the street. strong wind and hail in jonesboro, arkansas. it comes after a deadly tornado in greenfield, iowa, on tuesday. iowa state patrol now saying
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four people killed at least 35 people injured. another person killed 25 miles away. >> these are all brand new. >> lisa beamon searches for what's left in the rubble. >> scary moment. no one ever do it again. >> the line of destruction. so condensed homes in the tornado's path destroyed. others a block away barely touched it is just horrific. >> it's hard to describe until you can actually see it. >> the devastation and storms today outside of new york city, with downed power lines and trees causing travel issues. more wind and hail expected there today. perry russom, abc news, washington. >> those tornadoes are so devastating. >> yeah, and more severe weather to talk about. let's get to meteorologist sandhya patel. sandhya? yeah. >> ama and dan. let's talk about the hurricane season. noaa just issued its statement and says 85% chance of above normal hurricane season in the atlantic due to less wind shear developing la nina and warmer than average sea surface temperatures. meanwhile, below average expected in the pacific.
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so we take a look at the hurricane season 14 on average named storms. we're expecting 17 to 25 on the atlantic. hurricanes above average as well, and major 4 to 7 compared to what's average, which is three. all right. if you're heading to bottle rock, below average temperatures gusty with suns for friday, 71 degrees cooler saturday and windy still sunday will be the warmer day on live doppler seven. you will notice those high clouds increasing tomorrow afternoon. it's windy at the coast. mostly cloudy, partly cloudy elsewhere, and a cooler day. the accuweather seven day forecast. temperatures will drop off some more saturday before they recover. for the second half of your weekend. it's going to be nice and the warming trend continues into next week. dan and emma, lovely. >> all right. thanks, andy. >> all right. sports director larry beil is here with sports tonight. >> larry, i have so many fantastic baseball highlights. really? you'll be begging me to stop. >> okay, that's a tease. >> here we go. i'm surprised i haven't heard stop already.
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last night. they trailed five nothing and came back to win a game. they absolutely should have lost. and today, once again, they trailed big against the pirates. they came back again. let's start with mustache may pirates fans all in on paul skenes. he's the number one pitching prospect also dating olivia dunn for context, yeah. i read people. is that even still published? i don't even know. anyway, skenes goes six innings. it is. thank you. allows just one run. struck out three mustache in effect one one on the fourth. bases loaded for ex giant joey bart. that's his first career grand slam. you think he enjoyed doing that against his old team? i bet four run pirates lead second day in a row. the bucs hit a grand and lost. still a four run lead in the eighth. here come the late inning giants matt chapman homers for the third straight game. three run shot. giants would tie it up and then with two outs still in the eighth, another one of the new kids, brett, wisely up the middle five runs in the eighth and the giants lead seven six. and chappy, another gold glove play to end the eighth inning, spinning winning giants take 2
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or 3 in this series seven six final. just a fifth time in history a team has allowed grand slams in back to back games and won both of them. here's chappy. >> it just it feels good to start to get comfortable, get into a rhythm and just help this team win man. like i want to be able to contribute on both sides of the baseball. so it feels good. >> it feels good indeed. a's and rockies in oakland get your hot dogs here. your hot dogs here. he's down four. that's my next job. probably four. nothing after six. but former giant j.d. davis, a two run blast. it's a43 game after eight. why is nobody saying no, no, no, larry. bottom line, daz cameron, he just called up, announcing his arrival with a game tying homer. so he was called last night. left the game he was playing. he packed. took the first flight out. got here at eight this morning. gets the start and holmer's okay to the 11th. normally lights out. mason miller what happened. he allowed four runs. rockies take a95 lead. things were were looking kind of bleak again. but bottom
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11 the a's score twice. then jj bleday this is two xfinity and beyond. we're tied at nine. the inning keeps going. the a's load the bases with two outs. contention is mounting on both sides. and here it comes. ball four tyler soderstrom walks on four pitches. and that wins the game. they force it to run. a's win ten 9 in 11. and it's bath time for bleday. >> you guys never gave up. oh oh. >> every game that series was, was a grind. you know, it was back and forth, back and forth and, you know, as soon as we thought we were out of it, we did our best to keep our keep our mindset in the game. and, you know, we're just it's just good to come out on top and keep this momentum going. >> this is one of the best days of the season for the giants. and the a's. we haven't had that many days where they both have won and in this case it was in dramatic fashion. just seeing jj bleday. when we have a good show, we should like dump
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gatorade on larry. >> oh yeah, well, i don't have that many good shows, so that's why the hence the hotdogs. >> unfortunately we don't have it in the budget either. yeah. >> oh oh i'll get the bucket i'll spring for that. >> you're good highlights. >> you're right. that was that was a fun game. excellent. >> thanks all right. >> tonight on abc seven it's 9-1-1 followed by gray's anatomy at ten station 19. then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. remember abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app so you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that is it for this edition of abc seven news. thanks for joining us. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ask for sandhya patel, larry. bill. and by the way, he's so good at his job. we know that. but you would be good at the at the hot dogs because you could with authority. you could just shout it out. >> i, i will grill them but i don't eat them. >> oh, that's true of course. >> so i'll carry yours. you got to back your product. >> i'll prepare
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