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>> i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. lives at risk. that was the message from staff at an east san jose hospital as they walked with makeshift coffins to protest the closing of a trauma center in august. >> abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes has their warning favor and see dozens of doctors, nurses and their supporters marched with makeshift caskets for 15 minutes around regional medical center. >> they said it symbolizes the extended transport time to get trauma patients to valley medical center, the nearest trauma center. once rmxs closes, it can be life and death. >> and if valley is full, where it is going to go, going to go to stanford, which is about 33 minutes away. this every minute counts. >> thursday's march marks four months since staff say they got shocking news that the east san jose hospital trauma center would be closing in august, along with reductions to heart attack and comprehensive stroke programs. staff say the area is home to many low income residents, but the impacts would
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be far reaching. >> residents of other areas of santa clara county, san benito, santa cruz and monterey counties. residents of the surrounding counties count on regional medical center. >> the hospital said that the closure and changes are due to a decline in utilization. in a statement, a spokesperson said in part the campaign against regional medical center chooses exaggeration to generate a false fear among members of the community we serve. the statement says the decision to close the trauma center affects less than 2% of patients treated daily, doctor gupta said. the impact is still major. >> even if you say one life will be lost per day, that's too much to handle. >> the hospital also said it has transition plans for its stemi and comprehensive stroke programs, and has added 20 more beds to its emergency department. the hospital staff has gotten support from santa clara county supervisor cindy chavez. >> we're asking the california department of health services to say no. we're asking the governor to lean in and say no, and we're asking our attorney general, rob bonta, to
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investigate the corrupt practices of this corporation. >> the closure and changes at regional medical center are set to happen august 12th. staff and supporters plan to get thousands of signatures on a petition to bring to governor newsom in san jose. zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> flight attendants who say they're working harder than ever post-pandemic, picketed at sfo today as part of a worldwide day of action. united or i should say, union flight attendants for american alaska and united all rallied outside 30 airports nationwide. they picketed to draw attention, including letting people know they don't get paid for the time. passenger spend boarding planes. >> surveillance video shows thieves ramming their car into a san leandro liquor store overnight, then breaking in. it happened at gourmet cellar off washington avenue, as abc seven news reporter lena howland uncovered. this was not the thieves only stop. >> this is the moment a car backed into san leandro's gourmet cellar liquor store.
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three people were then caught on camera rummaging through the store. >> all i'm feeling the need to have a damage like that. the business is going to be closed for. >> i don't know how long, but less than a minute later it happened again. surveillance video from inside shows suspects repeatedly slamming into the store, getting further inside each time. tony singh has owned the store since 2016. >> been there going back and forth for few times for atm, but they're not able to get it. >> but it didn't end there. later thursday morning, san leandro police say the same car used in this incident was found less than five miles away in oakland. the car rammed through the gate of a marijuana dispensary called 420 market, though the suspects never got into their building. the dispensary owner said between 50 to $60,000 worth of damage was done to their fence and gate. >> it's getting harder and harder to do a business in in america. >> as for singh, he says while his building is insured, the
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merchandise and other equipment inside are not. in san leandro. lena howland abc seven news. >> an arrest today in the attempted firebombing of a milpitas mcdonald's. investigators say the 46 year old suspect was seen firebombing the closed restaurant in ranch on ranch drive yesterday morning. damage is estimated at $150,000. >> police departments across the country regularly hold coffee with a cop events to foster relationships with the community. >> oakland's new police chief is bringing back this old strategy. abc seven news anchor anser hassan met in today's special event in the temescal district. my pleasure. i'd like to introduce our chief. >> i am here to have a coffee and just sit down and talk to all the community members. coffee with the cop in oakland included coffee with the new chief. i like my coffee black with with two sweetened lows in it. >> chief floyd mitchell held these kind of meet and greet events routinely at his two
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previous chief jobs in texas, from home owners to business owners. he says it's a powerful way to build effective relationships. >> we cannot be in every place at all the time, so we rely on these relationships. so when we have incidents in our neighborhoods, we can talk that relationship is already built. >> shawn granberry, a lifelong oakland resident and business owner, says this was an opportunity to explain to the new chief the difference between old oakland and new oakland. >> old oakland will be someone like me that's been in the neighborhood for 30 plus years, so been here, know the community. the new oakland that just paid $1.3 million for their house. >> the way granberry describes it, the two oakland's don't get along and don't communicate that mistrust, he says, gets exploited. he says law enforcement needs to understand how to navigate through that. >> i know that those doing the bad things around here are manipulating the lack of communication between neighbors, between police. >> but remember, the crime didn't occur if it wasn't reported, officer says he
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understands the frustration around complaints of delayed response times, but he says this was a chance to explain why underreporting is a big problem as well. >> for us to have our statistics together as well and how we navigate our resources. oakland resident manjhi mundle got to meet the beat officer for her neighborhood. she says she feels reassured after their talk. >> actually, having that conversation from a civilian officer perspective as to what the touch points are in my actual neighborhood, was really helpful. >> opd plans several more coffee with a cop in the coming months in oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> governor newsom has more than doubled the number of california national guard service members deployed to crack down on fentanyl smuggling. the governor says the counter drug task force operations have been placed at key locations around the state, including ports of entry along the border. the number of deployed service members has increased from 155 to nearly 400. a major bust involving the
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drug adderall, two top officials of a california based digital health company are under arrest russia and david brody of dung global incorporated, inc. are accused of running an adderall fraud scheme. the us justice department says they provide an easy online access to the adhd drug for people who had no documented medical need for it. authorities arrested brody in san rafael and ha in los angeles. attorney general merrick garland issued a statement saying those seeking to profit from addiction by illegally distributing controlled substances over the internet should know that they cannot hide their crimes, and the justice department will hold them accountable. a san jose restaurant owner was sentenced to two and a half years in prison in a covid relief payment fraud case. david tai loooooong pleaded guilty to fraudulently obtaining and misusing pandemic relief aid. loooooong admitted he received more than $5 million and that he unlawfully used 3.3
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million. liang was accused of using the money to make car payments to a lexus dealership and on casino gambling, a water rate hike in the south bay was put up for public debate this afternoon. >> san jose water company is looking at raising water rates by 11% in 2025. advocacy groups and residents say the increase is well above the current inflation rate, which is just under 4. >> the question not just is water affordable, but are we doing what we can to minimize the inflation rate? and this this, this rate increase is absurd. giving the inflation rate. >> there is a second public forum tonight at 6 p.m. the changes could take effect on july 1st. it's estimated the average bill could go up by 10 to $11 per month. >> today marks the grand opening of oakland's newest affordable housing development, the ax cherry hill apartments adds 55
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units to a stretch of international boulevard near 94th avenue. the complex includes everything from studio to three bedroom apartments, even a community health center. >> the community involvement involved in terms of helping to define what the needs are, helping to determine what the project is providing community support and ongoing support. i mean, these projects need to be integrated into the community, and so the partnerships are key. >> this development is part of a larger investment in east oakland. the state's smart growth council has allocated money to projects focused on holistic neighborhood change a lot more to come here. >> a brutal attack ended a san francisco firefighter's career. now he's sharing his story, changing rules for insurers, how it could stop them from canceling your policy and going inside pixar to see how inside out two was created. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. a brief warm-ups coming tomorrow, but then fire
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don't have fire on them, fuels build up and biodiversity declines. and so by bringing good fire in, we're both restoring our ecosystem. so they're healthy and we're also reducing fuel loads. so we're a resilient sonoma county. >> today's burn will wrap up at 5:00. but smoke may linger in the air a reminder that this is normal and there's no need to call 911. >> all right. now to a story that seven on your side has been tracking since last year. very closely, california's wildfire risk has sent premiums skyrocketing, as you know, and insurance companies fleeing the state. but this week, the state insurance commission released a new proposal to help homeowners, especially in higher fire risk areas. as part of this proposal, the state released new maps showing the most distressed or at risk areas, including marin, sonoma, lake and santa cruz counties, as abc seven news reporter suzanne phan explains, this new proposal may help a lot of people get their insurance back.
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>> my policy has been canceled. i have one more week of coverage. >> michelle green has lived in grizzly peak in the berkeley hills for the past eight years. travelers insurance has opted not to renew her home insurance. >> i was told i lost my policy because i was in a high fire danger with wood siding. >> a lot of homeowners and business owners in california have struggled to find coverage because insurance companies have stopped writing new policies. california insurance commissioner ricardo lara just announced a new proposal it would require insurers use new catastrophe modeling to write more policies for people who live in high risk fire areas. insurers would use computer programs to estimate future risks when seeking price increases. in return, the state wants larger insurance companies to cover more properties in high fire risk areas at least 85% of properties in distressed areas, amy bach is an insurance consumer advocate. >> the commissioners most recent
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announcement is part of his sustainable insurance strategy, and he's taking a carrot and a stick approach. he's saying insurers, you can have something you want, but you've got to give something back to consumers. so the hope is that this measure will lead to less challenges for consumers, more affordable, more available options. >> critics say that the catastrophe models are based on guesses on what might happen in the future. >> we know cap models can drive premiums up. premiums are already going up, commissioner lara says. >> he's trying to move forward and bring insurers back. he issued this statement saying, quote, we are enacting a major reform that will result in insurance companies writing more policies. so if you are stuck on the fair plan because of your unique wildfire risk, there will be help for you. as for michelle green, she says she'll take any help she can get. >> i'm hopeful that maybe this uh- proposal that the insurance
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commissioner is putting forward will give us opportunities to make changes to our homes or do something so that we can actually get another policy in san francisco. >> suzanne phan abc seven news. >> all right. welcome back, christian. from a nice vacation. nice to have you back. >> and i came back to pretty nice weather right. kind of the usual fog and then cleared up. >> right. you missed the heat that we had did i days. >> well, see, i timed it that way. dan, i knew because sandy had told me i was going to say chris, dan and kristen, you know what? we wanted you to feel at home. okay? when you returned. this is what you expect in june. let me show you a live picture right now from our golden gate bridge camera. you can see it is a foggy view. nice breeze going through right now. and those temperatures have fallen some more. 11 degrees cooler in novato, down eight. san francisco, san jose, five degrees cooler from oakland, nine degrees in livermore. and certainly the onshore breeze has ramped up 37 miles an hour sustained in san francisco. gusts to 28 in napa out towards
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the delta. it's about 27 miles an hour as well. healthy marine layer on live doppler seven right now. want to kind of show you what's going on with the atmosphere here. this area of low pressure is providing the lift to the moisture. the thunderstorms that you're seeing there. but that low is going to push off to the east. high briefly nudges in for a day, bringing us the warmth. and then this system is going to drop down behind it. we are expecting the fire danger to increase over the weekend. a live view from our san jose camera. it's a little bit of a hazy sunshine. 57 in the city. yeah, it's definitely chilly out there. 63 in oakland. not so chilly. san jose, 7476, in redwood city and from our oakland airport. camera a nice view as we look across the airport there. 71 in santa rosa. you're in the mid 60s. petaluma, napa 76 fairfield. these temperatures below average. concord livermore only in the 70s and from our exploratorium camera. a lot of cloud covers. still. here are the headlines through this evening. breezy to gusty tomorrow. sunny and warmer
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weather coming your way and father's day into monday. windy with fire concerns ahead. so let's first talk about the immediate future. fog near the coast of 5:00 this evening will advance a little bit, but it's not going to go very far this evening. you're looking at 6070 inland 50s coast side with the wind stirring up the atmosphere. we're really only expecting patches of fog tomorrow morning. 40s and 50s. early in the day. by noontime, you're seeing mostly sunny skies. and as we head into the afternoon hours, 70s and 80s inland 60s for most of you, along the coastline in the evening, it'll cool off nicely as well. your morning temperatures will be in the 40s and the 50s tomorrow afternoon. you're looking at upper 80s to low 90s in places like santa rosa. a lot of sun, 60 degrees in half moon bay. now, i do want to show you the fire weather watch that will be going up for parts of lake and solano counties this is 11 p.m. saturday until 5 p.m. monday. gusty winds lowering humidity is going to raise that fire. concern so the winds pick up
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sunday afternoon evening 40 to 46 miles an hour along the coast. humidity levels will be fine, but it's really solano county that is a concern in lake county. those winds will remain gusty going into monday and that's why that fire weather concern, the accuweather seven day forecast a little bump up tomorrow. back down for father's day weekend. and we are talking about fire danger rising between father's day and monday. winds relax. and for juneteenth a little warm up coming your way. so kristen and dan looking nice for next week as summer begins a week from today. yeah, pretty nice for the dads. yeah. by the way, sandia did not give me insider information that she kept from all of you. she keeps it all out there for everybody. oh, it's for everyone. full disclosure. yeah >> all right. thanks, cindy. well, a capitola police are issuing a cliff hazard after a landslide just below park avenue in santa cruz county. the slide borders the city of capitola and new brighton state beach, a popular place for beachcombers during a low tide. police say the slide did not injure anyone.
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that's the good news. and park avenue is not affected. but they are urging passersby not to approach the cliff face out of an abundance of caution. >> up next, inside, look at inside out to abc seven's reggie aqui takes us to pixar studio to see how the movie was made, and a cutthroat competition for a unique summer job. >> ten people for open positions and one tryout that you
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for the animated film inside out took us on an adventure deep within our minds. >> and now the sequel is hitting theaters. abc seven mornings anchor reggie aqui takes us to pixar to find out how they created this really emotional ride. >> we are at pixar's campus in emeryville, california, where they are full of anxiety, which is actually a good thing because they are finishing up inside out too. oh that's right, i need to give you a recap. there's this little girl named riley. she lives in minnesota. she moves to san francisco. she really hates it. we go inside her brain to meet her emotions where sadness is overtaking joy. they meet a pink elephant, raccoon dolphin thing named bing bong. bing bong sacrifices his life so that they can thrive. riley by the end of the movie, is doing great with
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her family and all is well. now. she's a teenager and thus begins the inside out two adventure. >> orange, who made the console orange? >> do i look orange? >> i didn't touch it. >> orange is not my color. >> not me. >> hello everybody, i'm mark nielsen. >> i was the producer of inside out two. >> lucky you. >> oh, man. it's been a it's been a dream. new emotions are arriving on the scene. her world is about to get expanded. a construction crew has come in to expand headquarters. it's time for her to kind of experience more of what teenagers are going to be going through. and to be ready for it. >> you worked on the original inside out, so you know a lot about these characters, and i'm sure you have a special place in your heart for them. >> i do. it was one of my career highlights, was working on that first film. joy and sadness are just the greatest of duos in that first film, so that's another challenge was for us to be like, okay, who's the partner to joy that's going to be coming up in this movie? because we loved that relationship. sadness is in the house.
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>> this is kelsey, man. he is the man. the director of inside out two. and we're kind of in the inside out two hallway here at pixar. >> yes, this is our art of show that we have here at the studio and showcasing all the beautiful work that all of our art team and some of our story team have done for the movie. this near and dear to my heart. yeah, anxiety, miss anxiety. yes, yes. it all kind of started with her. >> i'm anxiety. where can i put my stuff? >> a new emotion? >> it was starting to be an issue in teenagers, especially teenage girls. and then the pandemic hit. and so we had already kind of landed on anxiety being kind of the main new emotion even before the pandemic. but even after we went through it, we just knew it was an important story to tell. >> so these movies take about four years to make. we cared deeply about authenticity when we tell our stories. and kelsey and i, if you've ever met us, you may notice that none of us were ever 13 year old girls. i did notice that. yeah. so we
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thought this would be really helpful to see what teens right now think about the story we're telling and get their reaction to it so that we can make it as believable as possible. so we pick nine girls from around the country that we met with for a period of three years and showed them the movie every four months and got their notes and their feedback. we wanted believable relationships between riley and her friend group, and what she's going through emotionally. we wanted to make sure that felt truthful to them. >> we need new friends or will be totally alone in high school, out with the old, in with the new. >> we hope this movie gives everyone all the feels. it is got heart, it's got humor, but it's got a real emotional depth that we're proud of. and we want this to be meaningful to people and not just fun and entertaining. >> look, we all have a job to do. >> i plan, i want people to see this film and think differently about their emotions and of themselves and walk away and be able to look at themselves in the mirror and love what they see, both inside and out. >> pretty impressive. and a lot
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of fun. obviously inside out is in theaters right now. >> i don't know if you remember one time for halloween. i dressed up as sadness from inside out with a blue wig. the blue wig i do actually remember you did that. >> i saw the picture. >> now that this movie is out, the sequel, i might have to reprise it. anxiety. yeah, i will do that all right. disney is the parent company of both pixar and abc seven, and disney has cast its lead role for the live action moana remake. 17 year old australian actress catherine laga'aia will star as moana. she's of samoan heritage and said in a statement that she's honored to celebrate all people from the pacific islands. laga'aia will star alongside dwayne johnson, who plays maui, the larger than life demigod. >> all right, in about half an hour. it's game three of the stanley cup final. the oilers are back home in edmonton to face the florida panthers. stay with abc for after the game and then we'll and jeopardy at nine. and then abc seven news is back with you at ten and
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fire department? while the suspect still works there? san francisco firefighter robert muhammad had a family crisis in july 2021. we won't discuss details out of respect for his privacy, but his colleagues were concerned about him. >> people offered to cook for him. people offered to work his shifts for free, and he rebuffed my offers. but i've never had a conflict with him prior to this. >> six months after that family crisis, firefighter gabriel shinn tells me, muhammad called to ask who in the firehouse was talking about his private business. >> robert, i said, i take i take ownership for speaking about that. and, you know, because we were concerned for you. but i'm not going to tell you who told me, and he said the next time he sees me, he's going to hurt me. he said that? yeah. well, i mean, he used he used a pejorative, but. yes. >> well, i'd like to know what he said. the next time i see you, i'm gonna you up. >> that's exactly what he said. >> court records show that two
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days after that phone call, robert muhammad used a computer at station 25 to retrieve shinn's work schedule. and his home address and left the station with what's called a hydrant spanner, a heavy brass wrench measuring 15in that's used to turn the water on and off. muhammad drove across the bridge to shinn's home in oakland and found him out front, sweeping the sidewalk. >> i heard somebody say, are you going to tell me, are you going to tell me who told you? and i turned around. i said, robert, what are you doing here? he said, who are you protecting? i said, i forgot, and then he reached into his back pocket. he pulled out the large brass spanner and he started swinging at my head. >> a witness called 911 9-1-1 emergency buddy reporting. >> yes. my being beat with a wrench on ninth avenue and east 19th street. >> court records allege muhammad swung the wrench at shinn's head approximately 12 times, breaking his arms as he tried to protect himself, giving him a
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concussion. one blow sent shinn's glasses across the street. he said. the attack stopped only after a neighbor who works against human trafficking pulled a handgun and confronted muhammad, and then he slowly dropped the spanner and looked backwards and walked away towards his car, which is approximately a block and a half away. robert muhammad has pleaded not guilty to felony assault with a deadly weapon, with several enhancements and one special allegation great bodily injury. his criminal defense attorney, jim bustamante, has declined to be interviewed about this case in the past. so i'm going to cover this in the future. i appreciate your time? and has not returned my phone calls and emails this week asking for a reaction to the gabriel shinn interview. in addition to the criminal case, shinn has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city and county of san francisco robert muhammad, chief janine nicholson, and other members of the san francisco fire department for battery, assault, race and color discrimination, disability discrimination, retaliation and more. shinn's
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attorney, james torres, says robert muhammad never faced discipline and never missed a paycheck. >> you have an individual that the chief has allowed to continue working all this time, continue drawing taxpayer salary all this time, after attempting to murder a fellow firefighter reporter. >> the lawsuit also says several of shinn's direct supervisors ordered him to drop the charges and to not cooperate with the police investigation of the attack. >> the first person called me and said, hey, is there any way we can work this out? the second person called me and said, you can't charge him. you know you've got to drop the charges. that man's got a family and of course i was angry. i said, you know, he just tried to kill me. >> the lawsuit says they treated shinn with startling prejudice and muhammad with baffling favor from the outset, because they saw one difference shinn is asian and muhammad is black. in their answer, the defendants deny each and every allegation, still recovering from his injuries and ptsd, gabriel shinn
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refused a fire department interrogation, which he believed would be not about the attack, but focused on who was talking about robert muhammad's family crisis. >> within days of that, chief nicholson and those deputies took away his pay. they took away his health insurance before he could even recover from those injuries. >> no response from chief nicholson and city attorney david chu's office emailed me that we will continue to respond to the complaint in court, the city attorney has arranged outside counsel for all those defendants. one other item from the federal court file san francisco police. >> hey, i've got a guy following me. i just stared into some legal documents, on treasure island. i wonder if you guys could help me out. he's a pretty. >> last year, a process server went to the fire department training center where robert muhammad now works. after he handed the firefighter a summons. brandon kleinman tells me he got into a high speed chase with muhammad. so he called 911 and it was raining
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super hard. >> there's construction on the island. >> it's like really sketchy subject now, agitated and he's following you in his vehicle. >> yeah. we're going like 75 miles an hour weaving in and out of other cars. >> we're not the only ones on the road. and he's coming up and he's swerving, trying to hit me, and i'm speeding up, slowing down, speeding up. just trying to get around the cars. >> muhammad finally backed off. gabriel, shin's lawyer tells me they informed the city attorney and filed a declaration about what happened into the case file. >> if you look at the situation objectively, there is no way that he should still be working. if he were a police officer, i don't think he'd still be working and drawing his salary. and i don't understand why that's happening. but that is happening. >> gabriel shin now spends most of his time outside the state. he tells me there's just too much to trigger his ptsd when he stays at his house in oakland. i'll continue to both watch on both cases and report what happens in them. so a lot going on. where to come. >> what a story. all right. thanks dan very much. >> two women who work for apple filed a class action lawsuit
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today accusing the company of paying 12,000 female employees less than male employees with comparable jobs. the suit, filed in san francisco superior court, claims apple systemically under pays female workers in its engineering mark and apple care divisions. we reached out to apple for a comment, but we have yet to hear back. >> oakland firefighters are having a tough time turning off a broken fire hydrant at castro and second streets near jack, london square. look at this. happened about 345 and the water is still gushing. authorities don't know exactly how it happened, but they think a vehicle probably hit that hydrant. >> another autonomous car company is having some trouble and a taste of pride. the nexgard® combo is the only monthly topical that protects against fleas, ticks, tapeworms, and more. use with caution in cats with a history of seizures or neurologic disorders. nexgard combo,... ♪ you're the one that i want ♪ ...the monthly one-and-done you want.
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waymo issues a recall for its entire fleet of 672 driverless cars after one hit a telephone pole. the mountain view based company has already deployed mapping and software updates, so it won't affect current operations. waymo offers driverless taxi rides in san francisco, los angeles and phoenix. i mean, waymo hadn't had too many public issues. it was mainly cruise getting the
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bad press. so this is does this concern you? what do you think? less likely to use one. >> lyanne, you've been in one of these, right? >> yeah, i have to say i've been in one and i really trust them. many times. more than a lot of drivers, especially my husband. but anyway, you know, they have so many different scenarios down. so again, very surprised that this happened. but again, i guess that your or that company is as good as their latest computer update. you know, i think that's a good point. >> what occurs to me is obviously we have to make sure these things are safe. they have to be fully tested and vetted. but there have only been a handful of incidents. and every single day there are any number of incidents involving real people driving cars, right? that's true. we don't flip out. so i think we have to have some balance and we don't report on them as much. >> true. that's true. >> all right. artificial intelligence could help you figure out how your pet is feeling at least that's the claim of an app called cats. me. university researchers used
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thousands of photos of cats to train the app's ai to recognize when a cat is feeling pain. the developers say it is more than 95% accurate. i guess that's good, but sandia, to me it seems that pretty obvious when a cat is feeling pain. if it was my pet, you would know that with you don't need the app. >> yeah, but you know, dan, i'm thinking in terms of other pets. i mean, at least humans. kids they can tell you, hey, i'm not feeling well. this is what's wrong. animals can't really tell you, so maybe they'll expand to include other animals as well. >> oh, probably. i mean, i think leon cats certainly play it closer to the chest than dogs do . >> that's right. i would like to have one, though, for my dog. you know, sometimes i wonder, well, is she sad? is she mad at me? does she want to kill me? you know, but but i do have to say that, you know, i think cats hide things more. they're sneaking away mysterious. and they don't. they're they're they
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don't put themselves out there as much. so this would be a good app. i think dogs and other animals perhaps are more outgoing. >> yeah. more expressive. yeah, that's probably true. >> the cats are probably like, i try me, i dare you. maybe they'll read like snakes or tarantulas next. those are really hard. like, what are you thinking? okay, let's jump into one of the oddest summer jobs you'll ever see. uh- teams made quite a splash in the annual mail boat jumper tryouts in wisconsin. the job requires someone jumping off a moving boat onto a pier to deliver the mail, then get back onto the boat before it leaves, does anyone know the dangerous? why is that job necessary? >> i don't know, it just looks like fun for kids. >> well, that's true. >> yeah, i absolutely think it's dangerous, but it's something that i would absolutely do. but maybe i'm thinking that i'm 18
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years old again. i'm not sure, but. but imagine the amount of calories that you burn. oh, yeah. >> and that's a good point, leanne, because looking at it now as an adult, you think, boy, that's dangerous. as a kid, i would do that in a heartbeat, and i'd probably be tempted to try it now, in truth. right, right. >> and why would you need to jump on the boat before it leaves? like, does it not? can it pause for you if you're delivering? mail's gotta move. >> no. gotta go, gotta go, gotta go. >> got a deadline. >> we gotta the keep. that's fun. okay. >> all right. i can just imagine the insurance being crazy for that employer, but. okay. >> i'm not sure they'd let him do that in california. yeah. all right, it is pride month, and we are celebrating big time. the beacon grand hotel in san francisco's union square unveiled a 3000 square foot pride flag. they're also offering a special cocktail and pride cookie from hot cookie in the hotel's post room, and joining us this tasty thursday are anson stall from the beacon grand, who created the cocktail, and ryan jones with hot cookie.
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>> and we've got samples of the pride cookie today. hey, welcome. >> great to have you guys. ryan. let's start with you and the cookie. tell us a little bit more about it. it looks fantastic, yeah. >> so that is our, annual pride packer cookie, each month we do a cookie of the month. sometimes around a theme or a holiday. and of course, for june, it's got to be something for pride. sure, the cookie is a triple chocolate threat. it is chocolate fudge cookie dough with m&m, m&ms on top, pride edition and chocolate chips inside. >> it's fantastic. actually, it smells great. >> okay, now that we know the chocolate cookie is amazing and can tell us about your, simply complicated cocktail, how the simply complicated is a blend of some fresh strawberry puree. >> basil. i make a special five spice agave nectar tequila and some fresh lime juice. it's a twist on a margarita, but with a untyf california's fresh ingredients. >> how did you come up with this combination? >> well, good. >> leaning into pride and summer
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months. everybody likes to drink a margarita, so we wanted to add a little refreshing flair to it. >> how did your two businesses team up for this? >> well, i got a contacted by jill from the, beacon team, we actually have done a number of events here in support of, the richmond emirate, foundation. so we're very familiar with the facility, and they reached out wanting to do something with pride and a cookie and thought that this would be a fun way to bring, two sweet flavors together and celebrate pride all month long. >> anson, it seems like a perfect marriage here in a lot of ways. >> chocolate and strawberry can't go wrong, right? >> that's true. >> how long will the cocktail and the cookie be offered? all month, definitely for the whole month, is there a fundraising angle to this guy's. and, you know, even if it doesn't, why is it so important to have a special pride cookie and cocktail? >> we do take a portion of the proceeds and for donating that directly to, sf pride,
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throughout the entire month of june. and that will go to for the pride event in sf pride. >> fantastic. >> this hot cookie. have any other pride specials? >> we do. we have an entire menu of, pride related products, we're doing a lot of special orders and catering for companies and, and individuals who are throwing pride celebrations throughout the month, we do a lot of stuff with , airbrushing during the month where we rainbow add rainbows, as well as the trans pride colors onto our famous or some might say infamous products that you might have heard of, and we also do, things like, rainbows sprinkle sugar cookie, fruity, rice krispie treats and, some special airbrushed macaroons that we can actually form a pride flag out of. >> ooh, that sounds amazing. all right, what about the beacon grand? doing anything else for pride? >> we do feature another cocktail on the menu called the, rainbows end, and we're garnishing that with a nice
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little airhead candy of a rainbow flag, that does feature some vodka. a little flower liqueur, lemon juice, and sparkling wine. >> that's great. >> how fun. and general generally. before we go, guys, how's business for you doing? >> pretty well. business is steady. doing very well with the conferences and conventions picked up, starting to ramp up towards the pride celebration the weekend, that's coming in a few. >> so we're definitely seeing an uptick, an uptick in, foot traffic as well as people are coming out more for pride. there are more pride events and celebrations throughout the city , we do about a 30% increase in sales, specifically special orders, for events and festivities throughout the month. >> well, that's good to hear. >> looking forward to the influx of people to celebrate pride here in the city. >> we are too. it's really fun and good to hear that business is picking up for both of you. yeah, that's this edition of ford. ford. thank you guys very much. >> i love the name, by the way. i know i love the name, i live very close, by the way, and i hope someday my husband calls me a hot cookie. but ryan, i love
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your cookies. >> thank you so much. nice job. thanks for having us on tonight. >> yes, indeed. >> don't forget guys, you can celebrate pride with abc7 news all month long. join us for the exclusive live coverage of the 54th annual san francisco pride parade on june 30th, streaming everywhere you watch abc seven. we'll be right a slow network is no network for business. that's why more choose comcast business. and now, we're introducing ultimate speed for business —our fastest plans yet. we're up to 12 times faster than verizon, at&t, and t-mobile. and existing customers could even get up to
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have a20 series lead on edmonton, basically a must win game for the oilers tonight and we'll have it here on abc seven. the san jose sharks hope to get back into playoff contention soon, and today they hired a new head coach. it is assistant ryan warsofsky who is being elevated to head coach, taking over for david quinn, who was fired after team teal posted the worst record in the league this past season. warsofsky, 36 years old, becomes the youngest head coach in the nhl and before joining the sharks, warsofsky was a head coach in the american hockey league. we got game three of the stanley cup final. it's coming up literally in eight minutes here on abc seven. top of the hour. panthers center by the way alexander barkov is playing. he took a huge hit from leon draisaitl in game two. but he is okay. and then after the game stay with us for after the game. uh- aptly named. we'll have sharks defenseman henry thrun joining us to talk about the new head coach, plus warriors director of sports medicine and performance rick celebrini. his son macklin will likely be the
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very first pick in the nhl draft. uh, the assumption is that he's going to be taken by the san jose sharks. sports on abc seven. sponsored by smart and final. the funny thing about having rick celebrini in here is that because of hipaa rules and everything, usually we're not allowed to talk to him like he can't tell us anything because with how steph's ankle how's raymond with all this. but he can talk about his son. all right. so i'm like there's a very clear line of questioning. and you can't kid. i can tell me about the plays knee. that'd be good. yeah. no, it'll be fun seeing rick. >> all right. fantastic. i'm excited. thanks. >> all right. after 60 years, the city of oakland's 50% stake in the coliseum complex is coming to an end. last night, the city council unanimously authorized the sale of the 112 acre site to the african american sports and entertainment group for $105 million. the group hopes to develop the property into a mega complex pickleball, anyone? >> san jose today unveiled
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renovated sports courts at gersbach park, and they include four new pickleball courts, the first to be built in east san jose. the park has been undergoing a renovation over the past few years that includes a new playground and resurfaced asphalt walking paths, as well as an expanded basketball court. >> all right, summer is almost here, and that means fair time. >> a preview of the alameda entrust your heart to entresto. entresto helps improve your heart's ability
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by after the game at 830. edge of the unknown at nine wheel of fortune, then jeopardy! at ten. a special edition of abc seven news at ten, then abc seven news at 11. >> good lineup for you. hope you'll join us. but now let's touch base one more time on the weather. all right. >> let's get with meteorologist sandyha patel. hey, sandy. hi, there. >> yeah, kristen and dan, we're talking about some gusty winds out there right now, but even stronger winds on sunday. take a look at this graphic here. you will notice they're ramping up up to 40 even higher 40 miles an hour. so be aware of that. that is going to bring us the heightened fire danger for lake and solano counties on live doppler seven. we have a lot of moisture right now in the form of fog and low clouds. tomorrow afternoon, it all clears out. it is going to be sunny and warmer, low 60s to the low 90s. as we check out your accuweather seven day forecast. temperatures trending lower for father's day weekend. and that fire concern is going up sunday into monday. next week, we'll bring on some warmth for juneteenth and
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summer. dan and kristen. >> all right. thanks, andy. >> the alameda county fair returns tomorrow. >> oh it does. abc seven news got a preview today at the fairgrounds in pleasanton. now, one of the highlights is the canine stars dog show with all kinds of stunts and tricks. >> there are also pig races, carnival rides, games, and of course you can't forget all the food. the alameda county fair runs through july 7th. it is closed every monday and tuesday. but look at those pigs go. it's so fun to cheer for them. >> that's a great fair. every year too. they do a wonderful job. >> yeah, that's it for abc seven news at four. >> i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. we appreciate your time. as always. the stanley cup
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