an apartment building under construction. >> it's been a challenge today, knowing that there's nothing that can be salvaged and it's just all gone. >> this house was just up in flames going the fire department. they put their hose into my pool and they just basically said, hey, we're going to drain your pool. and i was like, have at it. >> and devastation in the east bay after a 14,000 acre grass fire. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry biel and i'm j.r. stone. we have team coverage on both fires today. and a look at the windy and warm forecast. we begin with that eight alarm fire in redwood city that consumed a building under construction on middlefield road and forced residents in nearby homes to evacuate. >> want to give you a look from sky seven? now live where you can see the burned out remains of that building. let's start with abc seven news reporter zach fuentes, who's live at the scene. zach >> yeah. fire crews were first called out here at 1015 and just

after three. they said that they had that fire contained after hours of intense firefighting, we're now seeing crews start to roll up hoses. we've seen some engines leave. something you couldn't even fathom just earlier this morning, i want to take you back to that sky seven footage that we showed you earlier, just so you can get the whole scope of the fire here right now that tore through this affordable housing project. there are two large buildings here and only one caught on fire, albeit a very large building. fire officials say it started at the north end of that building, and was pushed by winds all the way to the other side. construction workers were on scene at the time, but there are no reports of injuries. thankfully, it's an affordable housing project here, and it's been nearly a decade in the making in terms of planning the construction really got underway about a year ago. now the building sits just behind fair oaks health care center, which is a clinic. that clinic had to be evacuated and very close, or homes here too, which were also evacuated. so really the proximity to homes, the state of the building, which this building did not have a lot of fire safeguards in it yet. and then, of course, the winds today have made this fire extremely

challenging for crews to fight. we had 100 firefighters out here responding from multiple agencies. crews believe that the fire started on the fifth floor, where crews were working on sheetrock and insulation, typically on a on a large structure fire. >> we're not dealing with structure protection in the neighborhoods next door, but it's you know, it reminds us a little bit of fire season and wildland fires. the embers, whether they're from insulation or from vegetation, uh- really work just the same. and so here we are in the middle of a urban suburban area, dealing with what we saw yesterday in san joaquin valley. >> again, winds, embers flying. that is the biggest concern in a fire like this. and we saw embers flying very far from where this fire originated and impacting other homes, starting spot fires in different areas. now, the cause of the fire, of course, everyone is wondering about that cause. investigators are out here right now working to determine specifically what the cause was. in the meantime, there are still hot spots out here at this scene, so fire

crews say they're going to be doing a 24 hour watch, at least to monitor those hot spots and make sure this scene continues to be safe. a contained fire out here right now live in san mateo county. zach fuentes, abc seven news. all right, zach, thank you. >> people livingear the fire on calvin, pacific and dbarton avenues were all told to evacuate. we're talking about 50 in total. an evacuation center was set up at the nearby veterans memorial senior center on madison avenue. >> abc seven news reporter lena howland is live at the evacuation center, where she just got an update. lena >> hey. that's right. i just talked to a spokesperson with the san mateo county sheriff's office, and they say they are directing all fire evacuees here to the veterans memorial senior center. they say that though they are not letting people who live close to the potential scaffolding collapse go home just yet. and this is where they will be notifying neighbors if they are being allowed back into their homes or not just yet.

now, earlier today, folks living nearby the fire on pacific avenue and calvin avenue were told to evacuate immediately by the sheriff's office just before 11:00 this morning. those evacuations were quickly extended to include folks living on dumbarton avenue from the train tracks to middlefield road, a body shop off of middlefield road shot this video here in redwood city just minutes after the fire started. where you could see flames shooting into the air. we talked to one fire evacuee who had just minutes to grab his dogs and his mom to get out of the house, he said he took matters into his own hands when he realized how close the flames were. >> so what i started doing is i grabbed the hose, put some water on the garage, you know, just trying to make me feel good, i guess, you know, because there was nothing i was going to do because the fire was starting to spark up, you know, very much. and it was the fire was starting to get very big. >> homeowners were not the only ones evacuate. the garfield

community school in menlo park also decided to close early because of the fire. parents at the k through eight school were told to pick up their kids as soon as possible because of smoke concerns in the area. now, the sheriff's office says that the red cross is also on scene here at this evacuation center to help with resources for fire evacuees. we're told that two families checked in here earlier today, but they have since gone home for the day, live in redwood city. lena howland abc seven news. >> lena. thank you. this fire is really tough blow for san mateo county's work. trying to create more affordable housing. this complex under construction would have had 179 apartments for lower income families and unhoused people, along with a child care center, san mateo county supervisor warren slocum told us. the loss of these units is heartbreaking, for the board of supervisors started working on this project ten years ago, so it's been ten years in the making. >> construction, started last

year, anticipating to be completed at the by the end of next year. and, you know, it's just heartbreaking. it's a tragedy for the community. and it's a special tragedy for those that are in need of affordable housing, which is so scarce. >> this project was a partnership between san mateo county, mercy housing california and other investors. one more time, a live look in redwood city at what are the remains, the remnants of this building that was under construction. again, an eight alarm fire. you do not see too many eight alarm fires. that indicates the size and magnitude of this blaze. sheriff's officials tell us. thankfully, no injuries were reported, but the wind conditions really posed a lot of problems for firefighters as the flames just whipped through this complex. >> fire also had a big impact on caltrain service. trains in the area were delayed for hours as the tracks run right next to the site of the fire trains were cleared to begin running through the area again around 240 this

afternoon. this fire is sending up so much smoke. there are air quality alerts stretching all the way into san jose. the bay area air quality management district issued warnings to people in redwood city, mountain view, santa clara and san jose and now it's about 14,000 acre wildfire burning near tracy. >> for two days now, the flames destroyed. a home also hurt two firefighters. >> abc seven news reporter ryan curry joins us live with the latest on that fire. >> yeah, j.r, larry, good afternoon. it's still so windy out in this part of the east bay. and just look around me. these hills are so dry. the grass, the shrubs all drying out, and it's only going to be getting hotter in the coming days, which makes fire conditions even more dangerous. we saw that over the weekend, on the heels of california's first major wildfire of the season, evacuees are now returning home to devastation. >> it was a beautiful house, had a nice walkway up to the front of it. you know, the bedrooms

are out towards the front today knowing that there's nothing that can be salvaged and just all gone. >> the corral fire is burning near tracy, spreading to more than 14,000 acres. it exploded in size after sparking on saturday, injuring two firefighters and triggering mandatory evacuations. the wind event that happened saturday night, was pushing, you know, sustained winds in the high 30s, in the low 40s, which made that fire move really quickly and made it very difficult to control. p-g-and-e's is now looking at fresh data from over the weekend. meteorologist scott purdy shows me this interactive map. the moment the fire started, it took the first fire guard perimeter that started and ran a simulation. >> from there. and you can then see in time as we animate through the time steps, where we were, you know, an hour from there, two hours from there. >> that data is quickly shared to crews like this one. their

job is to preserve power lines during a fire. >> our primary focus is to get out ahead of wildland fires and protect p-g-and-e's assets, mostly the wooden power poles and we put long-term retardant on it, the same thing that comes out of the aircraft inside the hazard center. >> scott sternfeld shows me their map looking at wind speeds. one thing that i noticed looking over here, right in that area, it's a little higher than the rest of it. what did that look like over the weekend? >> yeah, look very it looked very similar despite the strong wind. >> p-g-and-e's did not issue a public safety power shut off. sternfeld says it needs to be an unusual wind event for that to happen. and he says this weekend's conditions didn't fit that category. >> psps is a measure of last resort, so it's not that first tool that we're going to take out of our tool toolbox. and so we typically look for an exceptional wind event, something that's atypical of like a normal pattern, like a sea breeze. >> now cal fire says their focus right now is just getting this thing fully contained. they do say they're going to have expected updated numbers later

on this evening, but right now it's just about getting ahead of it before that hot weather arrives. we're talking about potentially triple digits later on this week. all that's going to do is just dry the fuel out even more, making those fire conditions even more challenging. but for now, reporting live in dublin. ryan curry abc seven news larry j.r. >> yeah ryan thank you. a lot of dry brush behind him there. neighbors are describing the intense hours as they tried to keep that fire from spreading to more homes this weekend. daniel perez told us his neighbor lost his home and he spent hours helping firefighters make sure that the fire did not spread. >> i must have put about 100 to 150 pails of water on the back fence, every every post that was on fire at the most, at that time i was running and just throwing it on there and thankfully he got it done, perez says. >> once it was clear his home was safe, he and his son kept throwing water on neighbors fences. firefighters used his pool as their water supply so they could keep the embers from the burning house from spreading

to other homes. and obviously fire season is here at this point. this week's hot weather could be another issue as we get into triple digits. yeah, three major fires in three days. >> spencer christian here with a first look at the forecast. okay j.r. and larry there will certainly be fire concerns, elevated fire concerns over the next couple of days as we have this brief heat wave coming our way and some health concerns as well. now, tomorrow, we're expecting high temperatures in our inland areas to reach into the upper 90s to right around 100 degrees, perhaps 100, 101, 102, in some of the hottest locations. we're talking about places like fairfield and antioch, 98 likely tomorrow up at santa rosa. even around the bay shoreline. we'll see highs approaching 90 degrees tomorrow. and then on wednesday, just about the same range of highs, more locations will hit or exceed 100 degrees in our inland areas on wednesday. then tomorrow we'll still see upper 90s and many other inland locations and mid to upper 80s around the bay shoreline before the heat moderates a bit. now during the next couple of days. in fact, from 8 a.m. tomorrow

until midnight thursday, we have a heat advisory in effect for the entire bay area except those locations right around the bay shoreline and on the coast. under these conditions, of course, the heat related illnesses are at a you're at a greater risk of developing a heat related illness. and over in solano county, it's an excessive heat warning. now, getting beyond that, you can see that at uh- when the heat wave begins, it's important for us to hydrate ourselves with lots of fluids, wear lightweight clothing, seek shade if you're outdoors if you can, or air conditioning and know the signs of heat related illness. i'll have more on this and the accuweather seven day forecast in a few minutes j.r. spencer thank you so much. as we get into the fire season, make sure you have the abc seven bay area app. we'll send alerts with the latest information on fires. the weather forecast, where you live and other breaking news as it happens. >> coming up on abc seven news at four, you've likely dealt with transit delays, but one transit agency is dealing with years of delays, but not with their actual transit. well, you can forget about that dmv appointment where you can now do

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veil that would give police officers the ability to cite anybody who was selling stolen items. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena has been covering the story

from the very beginning. luz, why do they need a new law to tackle this problem? >> they are. it may surprise you, but it's really complicated for police officers to cite people for selling stolen items. they need to prove the items are actually stolen. and there's also sb 946, a bill that decriminalized street vending in 2018. that law was meant to prevent low income workers from becoming trapped in the criminal system, but it also limited what police officers could actually do. now, this new law would restore police officers ability to tackle illegal fencing. san francisco's fight against illegal fencing operations intensifies today. senator scott wiener announced sb 925, a bill that would allow police officers to cite anyone selling stolen items on the streets. >> if a person has been cited twice for selling these commonly stolen items without a permit, they can be cited for a misdemeanor. >> the third time san francisco's board of supervisors would need to create a list of

the most commonly stolen items sold on the streets. sfpd would need to check that list of items before making citations anywhere in the city. >> we know that these issues are most pronounced in the mission tenderloin. some parts of south of market, a few other areas, but the city will be able to use this law wherever the issue arises. >> in november of 2023, after what the city categorized as chaos on mission street, with fencing operations taking over sidewalks and unpermitted vendors attacking public works inspectors, the city banned street vending on mission street this decision also impacted vendors who did have permits to sell on mission street. now, almost seven months later, after the announcement of sb 925 giving more capacity to sfpd to enforce permits, the city has a new plan for the permitted vendors. >> we hope that by june 17th, phase one will begin and that will be a return to uh- for

vendors from 24th to 23rd street on mission street, vendors with the mission street vendors association stood behind senator scott wiener and the mayor in support of sb 925. >> it's very important for us. this is a win for us. >> the city's public works department says this new bill would help their inspectors. >> it will take the pressure off of public works staff, whose job is really to enforce permitted vending. >> san francisco police chief bill scott said officers will be able to tackle these markets aggressively now. >> it puts the ability to do enforcement on this type of market back in the hands of the police department for a very, very narrow focus. you know, fencing, stolen goods and if sb 925 passes by january 1st, san francisco police officers will have a new enforcement plan to tackle illegal fencing operations. >> in the meantime, once the initial group of mission street vendors are allowed back, police will continue to partner with public works inspectors in the

mission. luz pena, abc seven news luis, thank you so much. >> the san mateo county sheriff's office just moved into its brand new headquarters, but they didn't move far. the new building is right across the street from the hall of justice in downtown redwood city, where the sheriff's office has been based for more than 60 years. the new state of the art headquarters is on the site of the old mcguire jail. well pride month is here and around the bay area. >> the celebration is already getting underway in san francisco today. city and state leaders, including mayor london breed and state senator scott wiener, helped raise the pride flag. that flag raising at the mayor's balcony has been a city hall tradition since 1988, and this month marks san francisco's 54th annual pride celebration. that parade is coming up on june 30th. abc seven is the only place you can watch it live, streaming wherever you watch abc seven. >> in the south bay, the santa clara valley transportation

authority celebrated today by raising the pride flag at its san jose headquarters. the organization says diversity, equity and inclusion are priorities at the transit agency. a new survey finds that when it comes to pride, 64% of lgbtq+ americans plan to take part in activities this year. san francisco is one of the top five cities people plan to visit for pride. and while we celebrate, it's also important to note that a full 30% of lgbtq plus people say they have felt unsafe in their community in the past year. >> all right, let's move on to the forecast now, because it is about to get really hot the next couple of days. >> spencer christian, all eyes are on you right now. >> okay, well, look the other way. no pressure. no pressure. spencer, the other way. we're going to have a dramatic change in our weather conditions from today into tomorrow. let me show you what's happening right now. first, the cooling cold front. that's sweeping through the bay area right now brought us a

quite a nice cool down today. and the clouds lingered throughout most of the day. also brought us some really, really strong gusty winds. right now across the entire region we have wind gusts ranging from 20 to over 30mph, 32 mile per hour gusts at napa right now, 31 in novato, here in san francisco, 18mph. and those winds also contributed, of course, to concerns about fires. now the 24 hour temperature change shows sort of a mixed bag. many locations are several degrees cooler right now than at this time yesterday, as evidenced by santa rosa 11 degrees cooler, san francisco 60 degrees cooler, but some spots are a couple of degrees warmer, hayward two degrees warmer and mountain view five degrees warmer. those bay area microclimates. so when we go to a look at current temperature readings, looking across the breezy embarcadero, it's 61 degrees here in san francisco, oakland, 6670, in hayward, 76 at san jose redwood city, 7155 at half moon bay. fog is settling in. it has been there basically all day at the golden gate, 78 degrees up north in santa rosa. right now,

petaluma only 6677 at napa, 81 fairfield. concord 7774 at livermore. and now we'll check out our forecast headlines tomorrow. and wednesday we are going to experience sizzling triple digit heat in our inland areas. thursday. the heat eases a bit, but it will remain warm inland, although there will be ample cooling around the bay and on the coast, and then into the weekend. pleasant and more seasonable weather will come our way. but until then we have to contend with the heat. now, overnight, under mostly clear skies, we'll see these clouds moving out during the overnight hours. overnight lows will be generally in the mid to upper 50, so still pretty mild during the overnight hours. and then tomorrow look for highs of 65 at half moon bay, 78 here in san francisco. upper 80s to near 90 around the bay shoreline and inland areas 98 santa rosa 97 concord fairfield 199. at concord. and as we look ahead to wednesday, pretty much the same pattern. now we have a heat advisory in effect from 8 a.m. tomorrow to midnight thursday for the entire bay area, with

the exception of the, the bay shoreline and the coastal areas, this under these conditions with the excessive heat for two days like this, there is an increased risk of heat related illness. and over in solano county, it's an excessive heat warning, not just an advisory, as we have here in the bay area. so here's a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. as i mentioned wednesday, just as hot as tomorrow, especially in our inland areas, up to about 100 degrees, perhaps even hotter in some spots, upper 80s to near 90 around the bay shoreline. mid 60s on the coast. thursday brings some relief, especially to the coast and locations around the bay, but still mid 90s inland on thursday and then on friday going into the weekend, we'll see a more seasonable range and a healthier range as well. >> microclimates are us. larry and i will be out of the bridge. >> yeah, yeah, yeah, just looking for fog. >> yeah, exactly. yes. >> we'll have to look far and hard to find it. yes. okay. >> all right. >> a hostile return for doctor fauci back on capitol hill today. the doctor whose covid protection efforts were once applauded its now fending off

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in mexico, becoming the country's first ever female president. the 61 year old recorded a landslide win over businesswoman suchil galvez. sheinbaum worked on her ph.d. in physics at the lawrence berkeley national lab in the 1990s. the election was also historic because for the very first time, mexican expatriates were able to vote at consulates in the u.s, including those in san francisco and san jose, and hundreds were waiting in line for up to five hours to cast their ballot. >> certainly a big day right there. doctor anthony fauci returned to capitol hill today testing lying about the origins of covid 19 and the government's pandemic response. >> doctor fauci fended off allegations that he tried to cover up the virus's origins, said they were preposterous. here's abc news reporter reena roy. >> lawmakers questioning the former director of the national institute of allergy and infectious diseases about the government's response to the 2020 covid 19 pandemic, some zeroing in on mask regulations, social distancing and vaccine guidelines.

>> business closures early on, when 5000 people were dying a day. >> yes, church closures, same thing. the stay at home orders. >> these were important when we were trying to stop the tsunami of deaths. >> fauci denying accusations he meddled in research about where the virus came from. >> do you agree that there was a push to downplay the lab leak theory? not on my part. >> while the committee chair said the focus of the hearing was to learn lessons and better prepare for the future, republican marjorie taylor greene unleashing an attack on fauci. >> do you think that's appropriate? do the american people deserve to be abused like that, mr. fauci? because you're not doctor, you're mr. fauci. >> in my few minutes, several democrats jumping in to defend fauci. >> i reclaim my time. mr. raskin, gentlelady will have. >> order, mr. chairman. order! just in terms of the rules of decorum, are we allowed to deny that a doctor is a doctor just because we don't want him to be a doctor? >> republican chair brad wenstrup then stepping in suspend the gentlelady should recognize the doctor as a

doctor. fauci worked for the federal government for more than five decades before stepping down in 2022, saying he has nothing to hide. testifying voluntarily at one point getting emotional as he talked about the death threats he and his family received. >> it is very troublesome to me, it is much more troublesome because they've involved my wife and my three daughters. >> democrats did acknowledge mistakes were made along the way in general, but called the gop led investigations a wild goose chase, saying that they're spreading more misinformation than actually looking at what can be fixed for the future. reena roy, abc news, new york up next, nine years of work trying to change up san francisco bus stops. >> and what do we have to show for it? it's the led thing. >> whatever. yeah, it's overpriced and pointless really. >> we are digging into why the plan for these new polls is so far behind. >> plus, another city is poised to backtrack on part of a

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to the question, what ever happened to those muni bus stop signs that are meant to enhance the ridership experience? >> abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez has been looking into these efforts to try to build a better bay area. delays and delays and delays, and we find that a lot of these agencies blame it on covid, covid, covid. >> but i say yes and no, because, listen, when you start a project nine years ago and has it has yet to be completed, that's when we hold sfmta accountable. now, viewers remembered when the project was first announced in 2015 and

asked us for updates. well here's what we found. maybe you have seen them, or maybe not. >> what's at the top of it? is it intrusive? it looks like something that's monitoring you. i'm assuming it's something showing bus lines and, routes for this area. >> it is pretty much what you see. a long pole with solar lighting at the top and signs indicating the bus route. muni wants to make sure you know which bus you're hopping on during the day or night. >> so you can look at this sign saying that, oh, this is where i catch my bus. >> these muni bus stop signs began going up in 2015. the idea was to have 3600 signs around the city, but by 2018, there were only 22 of them in operation clear channel was expected to pay for all of them through an advertising deal with the san francisco municipal transportation agency, the sfmta. but now clear channel is

out of the picture and didn't return our calls as of today, the sfmta tells us of the 3600 that are expected to make life easier for muni customers, only 300 have been installed. yep you heard that right. nine years after they started and less than 10% of the project has been completed. sfmta told us both the pandemic and staffing levels impacted the project. we're now staffed up and have continued with the installation. after clear channel bailed out. the sfmta had to rely on san francisco motorists to pay for the new poles. they are now using funds from proposition aa, approved by voters in 2010. the measure added $10 to the yearly vehicle registration fees. that extra fee generates about $5 million a year. prop a monies are designated for local street repairs and projects that make

public transportation more reliable. to complete the project, sfmta says it will need nearly $2.5 million. sfmta has already received the entire amount. >> overpriced and pointless. really. >> the sfmta doesn't think they're pointless, but here's what we found as time goes by and it has a few of the signs have been vandalized, like this one located at mission and 16th. the bus route signs for the number 14 line have disappeared, gone. here's an sfmta photo of the installation of one of the signs near the tenderloin district. but we couldn't find it because the entire pole had been removed. here's what was left and here's another damaged one along mission street, barely attached to the pole. after some of the screws came off, these neglected poles raise an important question by the time sfmta finishes installing all 3600 poles, will muni even be

able to rely on the system designed to make the ridership experience more reliable? now, we will say that being a transit agency in a city like san francisco has its share of challenges. now, take the glass panels at some of the bus stops, for example. many of them have been vandalized and muni has spent upwards of $800,000 to replace them. no more nice glass panels for this city. now they will be replaced with metal bars or in some cases, plexiglas and i ran into one of those the other day. i had to kind of touch it to see if it was glass and it was plexiglass. >> so we can't have nice things. >> no, exactly. >> but so what is what's wrong with us here? i don't know, but you're doing have nice things story every day about what's going wrong. so nine years they've done 10% in only 90 more years. this thing is going to be amazing, right? >> i know and up to date they can't just take the money and use it somewhere else. it's already allocated. yeah, it's

already there. >> all right. keep us posted. yeah i will year by year. thank you liane. all right. the dmv is promising faster service thanks to some major changes here. now, starting today, a lot of common services can only be completed online or at self-service kiosks, dmv offices, or at grocery stores like the one that you see right here. so what are those services? vehicle registration renewals that are not past due. most driver license renewals that will make it a lot easier. replacement of lost or stolen ids or driver's license. the dmv believes these changes will reduce office visits by up to 200,000 customers per year, up if people will take these simple tasks, just the few tasks that we're asking people not to come into an office to do that frees up space, frees up time, allows our staff to uh- work with people more quickly, and get people in and out in a very convenient and efficient way. it's 200,000

customers a month who would likely be affected by this. and to make things easier, the notices the dmv sends to customers will indicate whether the item they need to take care of can be conducted online or at a kiosk. >> the trouble with cash and a young troublemaker on capitol hill, the four at four is

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gamestop surged today after influencer keith gill bought nearly $116 million worth of its stock. it closed up 21% back in 2021. the video game store saw its value temporarily soar saw after gill set off the meme stock craze. meme stocks these are shares that swing wildly in value based on their popularity among trader communities on social media. spencer, the only thing that frustrates me about this is that we haven't gotten in on it. so we always find out afterwards that, oh, they made a zillion dollars. >> well, i guess it's nice to hear from an influencer. the day before he or she buys $121 million worth of a stock. but yeah, exactly. if only. but but then there's also the downward swing as well. so i don't know these these meme stocks, they can be kind of crazy. >> yeah. are you risk averse to these things? >> i'm gonna let somebody else handle that. that's all i'm

going to say. >> i'll take that as a yes. >> when some of these big investors come in and decide they're going to put them on the chopping block, roaring kitty, which is his nickname, says, not so fast. i find that fascinating. >> you know what? social media has changed. so many things. and the stock market is one of them. yeah, exactly. >> well, if you're still carrying cash, you're not alone, larry. a new study finds americans are skeptical about a fully cashless society. card rates. com surveyed 1000 americans and found cash is still essential for many. 1 in 3 use cash weekly boomers are most likely to carry cash. gen z prefers cards for convenience, but 71% admit it's easier to overspend that way. i will say i got changed the other day. i had all these quarters. i didn't know what to do with them. i hadn't used cash in so long. larry, how do you handle it? >> actually. all right. that's that's a real question. i throw them in a bag and i keep them in case i ever park my car somewhere on the city streets,

which i will never do. but you don't even need it for that anymore. >> well, not in the city, but in some other towns around the area. >> we do. okay. >> yeah. i mean, you're right. now, now i have no use for it. and they're a payphone somewhere. but i. i'm still looking for a dial up phone. you know, to find a phone booth. >> let's try it. >> but but no, i never use cash for anything anymore. it's almost all cards. >> i keep a small amount of cash in my pocket, you know, just sometimes you you pick up something that that, you know, you don't want to put on a on a credit card or. >> well, a lot of places prefer for you to tip in cash. yeah, i like to tip the nail salon, so i do i do that i haven't been doing that, but i like to tip in cash. >> okay. >> yeah. next. manny petty jr is going to bring cash uh- an old card game is popular all over again. uno has been around for more than 50 years, but it's a hot seller right now and there's more than 600 editions. mattel says one uno deck was sold every

second last year. that is, 60 decks a minute and up from 17 sets a minute just three years ago. right now, uno is number one in the traditional games category. >> so fun. it's so fun. >> so do you play? >> yes. it apparently is really big among five and six year olds and they are ruthless. it is skip skip reverse. draw four. uno. bam granted, we taught it to her that way, but they have a they have a lot of fun. it's really fun. it's a it's a good game. >> so this is really more of a parenting issue is what i'm perhaps spencer what about what about your grandkids? are they, i don't know if they're into uno. i play lots of games with them when i visit them, but i've never seen them play uno. but, you know, i'm going to be out there seeing them again in just a matter of days. so if they haven't started already, i'll introduce them to uno. >> just make sure you know how you're playing the game. yeah, if you have to. if you don't have a card to play. right. are

you just taking one card or are you taking cards until you have a playable card? establish that before you get going. >> umma is enforcing the rules. grandpa and grandma stone would be excited about this. when we played religiously as kids only they were here to see it. >> this reminds me of domino rules where you know every every house has a different set of rules. yeah, exactly. >> j.r. let's play you and me later. let's do it. >> it's on ama. >> it is on going down uno. >> no, no. >> congressman's young son who might be in a lot of trouble, but we think it's kind of funny. check it out. this is tennessee republican representative john rose, and behind him is his son guy. classic as rose gives a serious speech, the boy locked eyes with the camera and there he goes again. made a lot of funny faces, including sticking his tongue out and crossing his eyes. rose posted on x this is what i get for telling my son guy to smile at the camera. well, it's about time we liven up congress. that's, you know, spencer, your thoughts? maybe the kid didn't agree with what

his dad was saying. >> not only maybe he took the opposite position on the on the issues you know, i'm thinking he should be present for all congressional hearings. >> yes. just. yes. >> i bet there are a lot of people who feel just like he does and want to do the same thing. >> yeah. does your little one do that too? >> she's not watching. come on. >> she's playing uno, uno all the time. >> five, six. boom bam. >> yes, yes. >> uno. >> she's hooked. >> yeah. >> all right.

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to the newsroom. there's a new fire starting up in the east bay, burning off of patterson pass road, not far from interstate 580 and the altamont pass. you can see a lot of smoke coming off that fire right now. no word on on how big it is at this point. we are working to get more information as soon as we have it, we'll pass it along. >> certainly are. and that's close to the area, larry, where we saw over the weekend, 14,000 acres burned so that is definitely a concern. >> well, in the next couple of days are going to be really hot. spencer. so fire danger is naturally increasing. >> it's definitely going to increase over the next couple of days. in fact, we've had this windy pattern and now we add to that the increasing heat tomorrow, even though the winds may not be as gusty as they have been the last couple of days, any bit of wind with the excessive heat coming our way of course raises concern for fires. highs tomorrow inland areas upper 90s to around 100 is likely. the 1 or 2 locations

will break 100 degrees tomorrow. upper 80s to near 90 around the bay shoreline. mid 60s on the coast. and that pattern is going to be with us again on wednesday. as a result of that, we have a heat advisory in effect for the entire bay area except the bay shoreline and the coast. that'll be from 8 a.m. tomorrow to midnight thursday night. under these conditions, of course, there's an increased risk of heat related illness. and for solano county, it's an excessive heat warning. here's the accuweather seven day forecast two days of excessive heat coming our way, especially in the inland areas. thursday remains warm inland, mid 90 s still, but there will be some cooling. so a little bit more comfortable on thursday. but as we get into friday in the weekend we'll see a more seasonable range. so fortunately for us, the heat spike is only for a couple of days. jr. >> spencer thank you so much. the crew of coast guard cutter munro are back home in alameda after four months at sea. the 418 foot munro pulled into coast guard island this morning. crew members lining the side of the cutter to see their families. so you can imagine there were lots

of hugs, smiles and tears as the men and women of the munro reunited with their family members. >> words cannot describe it. it's been 124 very long days and, you know, to look what looked like three adults and a little boy walking up here. it's great to be here. it's so great to be home. >> what a special moment there. the coast guard says munro's mission was a major success, confiscating nearly 34,000 pounds of cocaine with an estimated value of $468 million. hats off to him. they are supported the crackdown that is on illegal fishing operations off the coast of peru. >> the oakland zoo is celebrating bears by letting them do what bears do best. eat all of your food, but not you. the zoo celebrated national black bear day this weekend. they hosted a bear camp, setting up a campsite. they let the black bears just go. do whatever you want. go to town on this

thing. they got into the trash, the ice chest. they were checking out the tents. who's been sleeping in my tent? pretty much a feast for the bears. yeah. let's get that's cooler thing open here, the zoo says it's a good reminder. be be careful in bear country because if you're around, well, you don't want to be around if the three of them are going through your stuff. >> larry, i hope this doesn't haunt the kids who go and see this. and then they go camping and think, oh, what? >> i'm more concerned about is it kind of teaches the bears, if you see a tent, go over there because there's going to be food and people and a cooler and stuff. so i don't know if we're teaching them, poor behavior, but maybe, maybe it'll work. well hopefully they don't get out. >> yeah. the end of an era for a popular tv game show. here's your new host, pat sajak. >> somewhere along the line, we became more than a popular show. we became part of the popular culture for years and years and years. >> pat sajak talking

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by celebrity jeopardy! press. your luck is at ten. and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. well, it's the end of an era for wheel of fortune host pat sajak, retiring this friday, sat down with his daughter for a look back at the show. and here's abc news reporter janai norman. here's your new host, pat sajak. >> thank you. jack park. good morning everyone. welcome to wheel of fortune. after 41

seasons in more than 8000 episodes, behind the wheel and sajak and vanna white believe that's us. >> pat sajak preparing for his final spin. oh, hang on, that's how means time's running out. >> i'll get the wheel of final spin. and on wheel of fortune this friday, the show he helped make must watch family tv. >> we have $1 million winner. >> thanks for giving me this exclusive farewell interview. >> my daughter is going to interview me, so don't be too hard on me. >> i'll try my best. okay, well, here we are. the last week of shows for you on wheel. how do you feel? >> it's surprisingly okay. you know, this was announced a long time ago, almost a year ago. so i've had time to sort of get used to it. and it's been a little bit wistful and all that, but i'm enjoying it and taking it all in and reflecting on a great run. i do know that somewhere along the line, we became more than a popular show.

we became part of the popular culture, and more importantly, we became part of people's lives. and that's been awfully gratifying. >> so i'm behind the puzzle board and look who i found. >> maggie posting behind the scenes videos like these, showing the man behind the magic . >> a lot of people were asking what behind the puzzle board is like, yeah, we can't show a lot, pat. >> now reflecting on why he's ready to leave the hit show behind. >> what made you decide that this is the right time for you to leave the show, i've always said to you, you've heard me say this dozens of times. i'd rather leave a couple of years too early than a couple of years too late. could i still do it? yeah, i'm. i think i could for a while. there's also some other things in life that we'd like to do. and i'm enjoying this. last year. it's been a great 40 years and i'm looking forward to whatever is ahead. >> and while he says he's open to new projects, he's looking forward to the simple life i'm perfectly happy if it just means that i'll continue with my crossword puzzles and play with grandchildren. >> hint hint hint. no pressure. >> the show means the world to us. it's been such a gift and

you have made what could have just been hanged man into a cultural phenomenon. so thank you. thank you sweetheart. he's amazing. 40 plus years. excuse me. we have to hug right? who's driving home >> so touching. and 40 years is an incredible run. you can catch pat sajak s final week this week at 730 here on abc. seven every night. that's it for abc seven news at four. i'm larry biel, abc seven news at five is next

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