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dude. >> come on man, and police chase a piglets. >> yes, all the way home. >> always live. abc seven news starts right now. >> kingvale in here is bleeding from the neck. i have the gun secured. we need a mental code. three. >> it was a confrontation that turned deadly and the investigation continues. nearly 24 hours later. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. a deadly scuffle involving a security guard turned an east scene. it happened at the cvs in a busy shopping center on fremont boulevard, and maori avenue. >> abc sen news reporter lauren martinez is on this developing story, with the latest on the investigation and reaction from neighbors. >> police really haven't released many details around the shooting. i can tell you this is a very busy shopping center. people have been coming here all day, shocked to find out what happened.
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>> fremont hub and advising that a subject was shot. there is a security guard that's down the investigation into what led to a deadly confrontation at this cvs in fremont is underway. >> police say around 11 thursday night, an altercation between a security guard and another individual quickly. t violent. >> and it looks like we have several employees barricaded in the pharmacy. >> the security guard was shot and killed. the other individual had several stab wounds. on friday, those in the neighborhood left flowers for the security guard, who has not been publicly identified. >> i don't have a way to reach the family or anything, but it it just felt like a good thing to do. >> one woman leaving flowers said she works as security at a store nearby. >> i'm actually at work here at the hub at michael's. so we're. security has been a really big issue for the hub. we have people stealing all the time, but as employees, we know we're not allowed to do anything about
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it physically. >> cvs was closed friday with a note posted on it telling customers where they could pick up their medications. >> i just had surgery today and i need my prescription, so now i got to figure out where to go. >> cvs released this statement. we are cooperating with police in their investigation of an incident that occurred at our store on fremont hub. we are not able to confirm any details at this time. >> it's appalling and it's, it's horrific. residents describe the area as generally safe, but feel like petty crime has gone up. >> low level crime has always been an issue, part of the reason they had security but never thought something like this would happen. fremont police are asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has more information to contact them. >> my thoughts are with his family. it's unfortunate that people are walking around with guns and they feel they need to take it to that level. >> the person who was stabbed was taken to a local trauma hospital in fremont. lauren martinez abc seven news.
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>> well, now to the latest on the trial for the man accused in the 2022 attack on paul pelosi, the husband of speaker emerita nancy pelosi. today, david depapes defense team rested their case with no testimony from the defendant. the judge told the jury he wasn't ready to give them instructions yet and sent them home for the weekend. jurors are expected to receive their instructions monday, followed by closing arguments before they begin deliberations. >> a prescribed burn near lake sonoma got out of hand this afternoon, broke its containment lines and grew to 20 acres. this time lapse video shows smoke rising from the area west of geyserville. no structures were threatened and our fire risk increases for some areas around the bay area. >> this weekend. >> abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is here talking about a red flag warning. sandhya. >> yeah, that's right, it's going to go up tomorrow night. so, dan, let's take a look at the winds right now gusting to 38 at sfo. but it is an onshore wind which keeps the humidity levels up. that is going to change direction a little bit
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tomorrow. more out of the north. so these are the areas going under a red flag warning parts of solano county and lake county 10 p.m. tomorrow, 11 p.m. tomorrow. excuse me until 8 p.m. sunday. gusts 25 to 35 miles an hour. the humidity levels will be between 10 and 20. let's go. hour by hour. you can see those winds ramping up sunday morning up to 40 miles an hour along the coast, nearing 50 at 5 p.m. inland areas will be gusty as well. you combine that with humidity. that's going to go from pretty high tomorrow night to dropping in our inland areas down to the teens in places like napa, concord, santa rosa. this is what is concerning 14% in napa. by sunday at 4 p.m, which is why the fire danger is elevated going into the weekend. i'll be back with a full look at the forecast coming up. >> dan okay, sandy, thanks very much. building a better bay area means lifting up struggling neighborhoods. and today we're seeing encouraging signs for san francisco's downtown recovery. abc seven news reporter luz pena
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shows you the new strategies across california, and one local solution that is paying off. >> it may save for lease, but this retail shop in the heart of downtown san francisco is taken. the boxes on the floor and glass peeking through are signs that the nonprofit public glass is setting up shop to be in downtown san francisco is really about visibility for us. their main location is in san francisco's bayview neighborhood , but now they're expanding as part of the city's vacant, vibrant program. >> it would be impossible without it. right? so like many organizations and institutions, we contend with the rents in san francisco last year, san francisco launched this program to help bring back life to downtown with business pop ups. >> phase one started with 17 pop ups. phase two starts next week with 11 businesses in eight different properties. one of those locations is salesforce park. well, welcome to aurora centro uh, the spin off of
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alimentari aurora, a shop that i opened on potrero hill three years and a half ago. businesses don't have to pay rent for the first three months and have an option to extend their stay. >> they get free rent from the property owners. we offer them additional financial resources, grant money that they can use for tenant improvements, and to help with their move in. >> san francisco's strategy is one of many used across the state to help other downtowns recover. friday assembly member matt haney met with labor representatives to address downtown challenges across california to make sure that we fill back up these office buildings that we convert some of them to housing, that we fill up our vacant retail, that we support our small businesses and restaurants. >> but in all of that, let's make sure that we do it in a way that uplifts the people who do that work to uplift this community. >> san francisco's hoping to do more. >> we are continuing to invest in this program and we are hoping to build on it in the
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next budget with more pop ups in more spaces downtown. >> the mayor's next budget is planning on $4.5 million that would go toward supporting businesses in downtown and citywide. in san francisco, luz pena abc seven news. >> the long delayed bart extension into silicon valley is finally getting underway. politicians and transportation officials took part in a ceremonial groundbreaking today. the extension is a partnership between bart and the valley transportation authority. vta will own the facilities for bart, while bart rather will operate and maintain them. >> bart will save riders an average of 30 minutes on a typical 50 mile commute, compared to driving, making daily travel more efficient and less stressful. >> the project won't be cheap. it's now estimated at almost $13 billion. the extensionill bring six more miles of track, mostly underground, and four stations from north san jose and santa clara. completion is scheduled for 2037. >> the group that runs the
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oakland coliseum is crunching the numbers as it prepares to say goodbye to the a's and hello to some new tenants of the stadium. the coliseum authority held a special meeting today to discuss some budget housekeeping matters as they continue negotiations with the oakland roots and soul soccer clubs, which are set to play their home matches at the coliseum next year. the deal includes several blocked out dates during the soccer season, which the authority is working to fill with concerts and other events. >> we've been reached out to by some football teams and others, and so when we talk about being able to serve, you know, sodas and hot dogs and whatever in the building, it wouldn't end up only being for roots and sold it, that there are some other events we are also working on as well. >> today's meeting comes just days after the city's sale of its 50% stake in the coliseum complex was approved. >> tomorrow is world elder abuse awareness day. today, city, state and federal leaders came to san francisco's chinatown to make sure elders understand the
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extent and impact, especially when the abuse is financial. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn shows us what they are doing about it. >> the scams are they're realistic, they're compelling. they're persuasive. >> california attorney general rob bonta says fraudulent schemes targeting seniors are a big deal. >> older adults lose nearly $3 billion to financial frauds and schemes every year. >> authorities want everyone to be aware of scams, fraud and financial elder abuse. >> the scams vary from call center scams, romance scams, grandparent scams. i is being used more to simulate loved ones in danger and in jeopardy who need money. now and you need to send it. >> community leaders say scammers prey on elders and ethnic communities such as san francisco's chinatown, by leveraging culture and language to gain trust, one common scam is the blessing scam. >> two cantonese speaking, middle aged people will approach
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a chinese cantonese speaking older female and once they approach this single elderly, either waiting in the bus stop or walking around by by herself. then they started to talk to them. uh- very trained scammers who could talk up to the seniors about they need blessing because they don't look too well. >> this attorney represents the victims of a $39 million ponzi scheme that targeted residents of chinatown. >> it targeted a monolingual chinese community. in this case, it was someone they trusted and knew for over 30 years. >> have you ever had anyone try and scam you? >> some by phone and some by email? >> camilla says scammers have tried to contact her, asking for her address or social security number. >> i always hang up. i don't want to say anything. >> authorities say it's important to report these scams and fraudulent crimes so that law enforcement can follow up, and so that it doesn't happen to anyone else. >> we know that these crimes are underreported. so if we don't
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have them report it, then we can't catch the people that are doing this. >> besides contacting police, crimes against elders should be reported to adult protective services suspected cases of elder abuse can also be reported at the state level to the attorney general's office in san francisco. suzanne vaughn, abc seven news more coming here for you. >> the site of one of the worst mass school shootings in us history is finally coming down next. the emotions surrounding this demolition and watch out what this car was doing, or rather wasn't doing behind the wheel when he ran into a parked police car and still to come, the impossibly unaffordable places to buy a home. which parts of the bay area made the nation's top ten? stay with us. and tomorrow the florida panthers could win the stanley cup final. >> it will be game four of the series, and they are up three games to none against the edmonton oilers. live coverage of game
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17 people were killed at florida's marjory stoneman douglas high school in february of 2018. reporter laura aguirre found today was an emotional moment for family members and the survivors. >> seeing everything kind of unfold out, it gets very emotional. >> it's a lot of conflicting emotions as we watch this building being torn down. >> i just keep thinking about my beautiful daughter, alyssa and the 16 others that were murdered . >> a physical reminder of the horrific mass shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, is coming down. demolition began friday morning on the school's 1200 building, where 14 students and three faculty members were killed on valentine's day in 2018 when the crane hit the building. >> it just honestly ignited that
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pain even further. >> the building has been preserved exactly as it was after the shooting. since then, survivors and family members were given private tours. at their request, various officials and lawmakers have also been inside, many working with the families to enact a number of new school safety policies. >> legislators going through that building, seeing the blood on the ground, the glass on the floor, the horror that took place. >> among the changes since that day, the state of florida raised the minimum age to buy a firearm from 18 to 21, increased mental health resources for students, and developed a voluntary program for teachers to qualify to carry a weapon. school officials say the demolition is expected to take several weeks. they've not yet announced what will happen to the site, but many families would like to see a permanent memorial to the 17 lives lost that day. i'm laura aguirre, reporting. >> ucla held the first of three commencement ceremonies today.
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it comes just days after workers were ordered to end their strike over the palestinian protest response. thousands returned to the job to help with final grades. keynote speaker and ucla alum actor sean astin made mention of the demonstrations. >> we must remember that we are trying to locate our messages of peace in the hearts of other people. this uc system and the ucla administration has been too far out of touch with our students. >> many of these students missed out on their high school ceremonies because of the pandemic, making this their first graduation. despite the concern of protest, graduates are saying they're very happy the university didn't cancel it. >> more than a thousand oakland students will get another chance to complete their sat exams tomorrow after unexpected wi-fi issues. about two weeks ago, students sat in limbo for three hours on june 1st before being sent home. the college board apologized for the
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inconvenience. it says there's a shortage of high schools willing to serve as testing centers, but it is working on solutions. >> happening tonight, the kickoff of free movies on the beach. oh, how fun does this seem? yeah, you're looking live at santa cruz. see the crowd gathered there on the sand? tonight's movie is the lost boys. in two weeks, they're showing barbie movies happen every friday night at nine from now through august 9th. what a great night for it, too. >> it's fun. it's a live picture. me. >> it's cool. >> i'd like to know why we won't light it. >> wait a minute. >> we can't cut out now. this is the best part of the movie. >> is it? i don't know, all right. >> sandy is here. what a nice night out there. sandy. gorgeous. >> absolutely beautiful. dan and umma. yeah, i mean, good night for a movie outdoors. and i do want to show you a gorgeous view from earlier tonight. mount tam cam, the sunset at 8.33 tonight. and you saw a few high, thin, wispy clouds which added that extra color because they're made up of ice crystals. this is what
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you're going to be enjoying lots of sun this weekend. and here's a view from our san jose camera right now. the father's day weekend is looking nice for father's day itself. bright and sunny at 8 a.m. if you're taking dad out, the winds begin to increase at noontime, but it is still going to be sunny in the afternoon, gusty winds and then clear in the evening and windy, so definitely plan accordingly. if you haven't done so already, let me show you what's going to bring the winds. it's this area of low pressure, pretty deep trough that is going to deepen even more, and it's going to kick up our winds, which is going to bring that fire concern ahead of this system. we are seeing some high clouds on live doppler seven passing through the bay area. temperatures were up today. it's still running warmer than yesterday. it's 15 degrees warmer in santa rosa right now, up seven in livermore and in san jose from our east bay hills. camera. you can see a great view across the bay. 56 in san francisco, 60s oakland, hayward, san jose right now, and
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redwood city, half moon bay, 54 degrees golden gate bridge camera don't have to worry about any fog right now. 68 in santa rosa, it is 54. in petaluma. pretty mild from napa to concord to livermore, all in the 60s. exploratorium camera giving you a great view. right now, father's day weekend is sunny, mild to warm tomorrow afternoon evening. going into sunday, the winds begin to ramp up and we are looking at elevated fire danger for parts of the bay area. as those winds come up, red flag warning will be going into effect for parts of solano county and lake county. first thing tonight, let's talk about your temperatures with a high cloud cover. it's still going to be pretty mild at 11 p.m. 50s and 60s. tomorrow morning we're going to see clear skies, except for a few patches of fog around the coast and near the bay by the afternoon. we're already talking about 70s and 80s away from the beaches, so should be pretty nice looking day. and as we head into the evening, it will be mild for most of you, except for the coast. those winds once again picking up. you will notice by sunday morning 40
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mile an hour winds near the coast 20 to 2030 miles an hour inland in the afternoon, and even stronger winds are expected sunday night. going into early monday, which will bring that fire danger up 40s and 50s first thing in the morning tomorrow afternoon in the south bay. it's going to be a sunny day. santa clara, 7778, in san jose on the peninsula, 74, in palo alto, 61, in pacifica. bright sunny skies in san francisco, 69 degrees north bay. temperatures low 80s from napa to sonoma 86. santa rosa 79. in san rafael in the east bay. mid 70s from richmond, berkeley to oakland 77. castro valley and inland areas will be nice and warm 85 in concord, 83 in livermore. here's your accuweather seven day forecast. it's sunny and breezy tomorrow. gusty for father's day, but certainly will be a sunny one. fire danger will be elevated and that remains as we head into the early part of monday before the winds drop off. temperatures rise for juneteenth and for the start of summer, which is
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thursday. we'll bring back hot weather by friday and we're talking mid 90s by next friday. wow. yeah. okay. thanks, sandy. >> well, happening tomorrow. hiller aviation museum in san carlos will host its annual biggest little air show. radio controlled model aircraft will be on display and flying over the san carlos airport runway tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. to noon. oh, look at that. the city of millbrae will hold its first ever juneteenth parade starts at 1030 in the morning at civic center plaza. the second annual juneteenth festival will follow the parade at millbrae central park and a pair of festivals are happening in san francisco tomorrow. the juneteenth sf freedom festival will be held from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at fillmore and geary, the 70th north beach festival will take place saturday and sunday from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at columbus and grant, and tomorrow, fremont will host its first ever pride fair. the family friendly event will be held at the fremont main library on stevenson boulevard
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from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. celebrate pride with abc seven all month long. join us for exclusive live coverage of the 54th annual san francisco pride parade on june 30th. streaming everywhere you watch abc seven. >> a lot going on. and then there's this coming up next, which local police agency ended up chasing? pickles the piglet all the way home
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street and reunited with his family. pickles >> he is fast. yeah cute too. that's great. all right, well, we'll go from baby pig to baby sharks tonight. an update on a great white shark migration we've been tracking for several years. it's a change in behavior that may turn out to be long term. actually we're watching as part of our efforts to build a better bay area by noting changes in our climate and environment. >> but right now, we've seen about ten of these. what appears to be juvenile white sharks in the area, young juvenile great white sharks hugging the shoreline is a common scene in southern california. >> for more than a century, the area has been known as the home of the so-called juvenile nurseries. stretches of beach where the young sharks can feed on fish before they've grown up enough to hunt large mammals like sea lions, but with a spike in ocean temperatures. their range began to change. >> we had had the warming waters and we they started seeing all these, juvenile white sharks up
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here. >> doctor david ebert is a program director at the moss landing marine laboratories. he and fellow shark researchers first began noticing the juveniles in an area of monterey bay roughly a decade ago. and he says their numbers have not only held steady, they appear to be growing. >> yeah, there'd be days i'd count like 40 or i just stopped counting about 40. you just see so many of these sort of six, eight foot white sharks down there. and that is unusual to see here in monterey bay. typically, we first reported the northward migration as researchers were connecting it to an event known as a heat blob, a massive concentration of warm water that appeared off the coast in 2014. >> and while many researchers believe warming ocean temperatures are a driver, they say several factors could actually be in play. >> that's kind of a common phenomenon that we're starting to see, professor chris lowe directs the shark lab at cal state university, long beach. >> he says shifts in ocean temperatures are also causing changes in southern california. >> our waters were cold, so we
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suspect a bunch of sharks left southern california, and maybe some went up there. >> and while the juvenile sharks are unsettling at first sight, experts say they're not the threat to humans that adult white sharks can be. and their increase in numbers could be viewed as a success story for better management of our coastal sanctuaries. >> and so you've had the marine mammal populations have just exploded along the coast here. and of course, you bring all create a lot more food for these sharks. and they're going to start doing what sharks do, you know, mating and giving birth to other sharks. and i think this what we've seen is this an expansion of the nursery area, which i think is kind of a good story. >> it is a good story and encouraging. experts say the juveniles tend to stay in nurseries until they're about ten feet in length and ready to hunt larger prey. >> they say age ain't nothing but a number, but is that true? when it comes to presidential candidates and kate middleton will make her first public appearance in six months tomorrow. >> tonight, the first update on her health since she announced
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the trump era ban. california's attorney general says it will not impact our state's law against them. reporter rob mcmillan, from our sister station in los angeles explains what bump stocks do and why they're so controversial. >> reporter it's a device that helped allow a shooter in the 2017 massacre in las vegas to kill nearly 60 people. >> the bump stock. and today, a federal ban on bump stocks was overturned by the us supreme court. >> they've overturned roe v wade . why would they not overturn this? >> terry davis was wounded in the las vegas shooting and has strong feelings about bump stocks. >> who needs those things? is it our military and our police force, or is it everybody on the streets? >> so what is a bump stock? it's an accessory for a semiautomatic rifle that uses the recoil of
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the weapon to allow the person using it to rapidly pull the trigger over and over again, even though their finger is held down the entire time. back in 2018, the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, firearms and explosives determined that using a bump stock turned a rifle into a machine gun. but today, the supreme court said not so fast, ruling that technically someone using a bump stock is in fact pulling the trigger over and over again. the man who invented the bump stock, jeremiah cottle, said today. he obviously agrees just because a gun shoots fast doesn't make it automatic. >> it has to automatically fire. and finally, a court has set in said it doesn't. the individual has to pull the trigger each and every time. >> but those who disagree say even though it's not a single function of the trigger, it's still a single function of the finger. terry davis saying it's a distinction without a difference. >> it requires one pull of the trigger. as long as you hold it, that thing bumps and resets the
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trigger. the court didn't go so far as to say banning bump stocks is itself unconstitutional, just that a ban would require an act of congress. >> to be clear, bump stocks are still banned in california. rob mcmillan, abc seven news. >> add this to the list of automated driving mishaps. a tesla crashed into a police cruiser in orange county. a fullerton police officer was standing outside his vehicle shortly after midnight on thursday, when he saw the tesla coming, with no sign of stopping , he was able to jump out of the way in time as the tesla slammed into the patrol vehicle. the car was in self-driving mode at the time of the impact, and the driver admitted to being on his cell phone. >> the princess of wales will make her first public appearance in six months when she attends king charles's birthday parade tomorrow. today, kensington palace shared a new photo of kate middleton and an update on her health. the first since announcing her cancer diagnosis. the 42 year old wife of prince
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william said in a statement, quote, as anyone going through chemotherapy will know, there are good days and bad days. abc seven news special correspondent doctor alok patel says the princess cancer fight is part of a growing trend of cancer diagnoses in people under the age of 50. >> one thing it could be environment could be early screening and diagnosis. the fact that we have more exposure to processed foods over the past several decades. but this has been a slow, creepy trend since the early 1990s. >> princess kate says she's making good progress in her cancer treatment, and that it will last for several more months. well, happy birthday, donald trump. today the former and possibly future president turned 78. the age of the presidential candidates has certainly been a hot topic. this election cycle. joe biden is 81. reporter julia benbrook takes a look at how age concerns are affecting the race for the white house. >> former president donald trump
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is celebrating a big birthday, bringing the topic of age back to the forefront on the campaign trail. >> you know, there's a certain point at which you don't want to hear happy birthday. you just want to pretend the day doesn't exist. >> he's turning 78, the same age his opponent, president joe biden, turned shortly after winning the election in 2020. concerns about biden's fitness for office have followed him ever since, but trump said his opponent's age isn't a problem. >> joe biden's not too old to be president. i know a lot of people that are older than him, and they're at the top of their game. it's not even close. but he is too incompetent and he is too corrupt. >> a recent poll shows that more than half of u.s. adults believe both candidates are too old to serve another term. >> these guys are three years apart. both of them are older, and both of them have had stumbles in public, there's no doubt. but i would say that, you know, that's about a draw. >> another survey shows that
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even though the two are just a few years apart, voters have more reservations about the 81 year old biden's abilities than trump's. >> it's not just a trump campaign. it's our own visual eyes. >> seeing joe biden's cognitive decline in front of us and so, yeah, that's going to continue to get highlighted. >> reporting in washington. i'm julia benbrook. >> the nasdaq ended the week strong with a record closes every single day. it was a week focused on tech with announcements including tesla shareholders approval of elon musk's pay package and apple's open ai deal. the nasdaq climbed 21 points to close at 17,689. the s&p 500 lost two. the dow was down again today, losing 58 points on the peninsula. dozens of san mateo county workers are set to have their wages increased to $30 an hour due to the high cost of living a task force calculated that a two income household with one child would need to make at least that
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much. the san mateo county board of supervisors unanimously approved the resolution this week. meanwhile, a new report ranks some of the bay area impossibly unaffordable. in a new analysis, the demographia international housing affordability report compares median income to median home price. san jose was the least affordable major u.s. housing market last year, followed by los angeles, san francisco also made the top five. >> opal lee, renowned as the grandmother of juneteenth, was gifted back her childhood texas home. today, her family was forced out by a racist mob nearly 80 years ago. she watched her home burned down in 1939, when hundreds of white rioters gathered to run her family out of town. now, at 97 years old, she bought this land back from the trinity. habitat for humanity for just $10, and several organizations worked to rebuild the home at no cost. as soon as we get here, i'm going to have uh- open house so you
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can all see what this is like. >> it's phenomenal. >> furnishing and decor was also donated to her all continue on her legacy as a civil rights leader. >> coming up next, a key part of california's history captured in a whole new way. get a sneak peek at the new exhibit celebrating chicano culture through art and healing, plus fun food and farm animals. >> see what's new at the alameda co 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.
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year's alameda county fair. >> amazing weather at a fair like this. and since you guys haven't had a stunt dog show with dock diving and frisbee dogs before, it's really cool for us to come. >> most are rescue dogs. some have even been featured on tv show competitions. ramiro campuzano says the animals are a family favorite. >> the animal shows and just the petting zoo and the pony rides and stuff like that for the kids and the babies. always a good time. yeah always a good time. every year. >> for the adults, horse racing will be big this year and the stakes are also big. >> our biggest one is $150,000 on july 7th. i think in total it's almost $2 million of prize money. >> mid-hudson says. it's a family tradition to come out on opening day this year. she's here with her great grandkids. >> the kid loved to rides and the different foods. we always try to find the new foods for the year. >> organizers say food fair is the number one reason people come out to the alameda county fair. this year, there are over 100 food vendors. people can
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find the traditional favorites like funnel cakes and corn dogs, but there's also some crazy concoctions. >> we have watermelon on a stick that's wrapped in a in a fruit roll up and sprinkled with tajin. it's actually really delicious. >> the fair runs wednesdays through sundays between now and july 7th. if you're coming out for one of the concerts, check the website. some of those tickets may cost extra at the alameda county fairgrounds. anser hassan. abc seven news. >> always good fun and also happening today. pixar's newest film, inside out two, is now in theaters. you can go behind the scenes with the cast tomorrow on on the red carpet, you'll get a rare look inside the normally closed off pixar animation studios in emeryville, where the film was made, plus an up close look at the cutting edge technology used to bring this new adventure to life and take a tour of the animation team's unique offices, which are almost as amazing as their movies. >> there's a cauldron in that office who has a cauldron in her office. >> only a pixar. >> i'm stunned at how this is working. i feel like i'm playing
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a video game. >> watch on the red carpet. presents inside out two tomorrow night at nine right here on abc seven, and see the new movie now playing at a theater near you. disney is the parent company of both pixar and abc seven, the legacy of california's chicano movement is on display in oakland. yeah, the exhibits at the oakland museum celebrates the push for fair treatment, equal opportunity, and civil rights for mexican americans. >> abc seven news anchor and race and social justice reporter julian glover got a sneak peek >> step inside the oakland museum of california to experience the contributions and culture of the chicano movement broadened to chicano. in a nod to gender inclusivity and visitors can appreciate and feel pride in. >> in chicano history, gilda posada is the curator of the
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exhibition carly the art of chicano peoples. the poster was really important in the chicano movement because it allowed these ideas to be in multiple spaces all at once. >> the wall of screen prints and posters is as bold and bright as the people who made them, and punctuate the enduring theme of the exhibit. who is home and what is home in america like this seminal work by yolanda lopez. >> it's speaking back, right, to that idea that you're not from this country, that you're not from this land. who is the legal alien pilgrim, right? because oftentimes we get called aliens. like we're not even from this earth. she's saying, actually, we're not aliens, right? you're the one who came here. we've been here as a people. >> the exhibition puts historic and contemporary works in conversation, unafraid of confronting the issues of the moment like the movement it represents from not that long ago. >> this is gorgeous and so
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massive in scale. walk us through what we're looking at here, because underwear is a fiber artist. >> but she also makes these mural borderline installations, and this one is site specific to oakland. >> the piece weaves together california's complex history of the westward expansion spurred by the gold rush represented in orange and yellow, the blue nodding to indigenous peoples that bold black line the us mexico border. >> this is a botanica del barrio, a rolling remedies cart by an artist, felicia montez, from los angeles. >> instead of food, the artist offers remedies and encourages the community to contribute their knowledge. >> felicia is inviting everyone to write their own remedy and put them on the wall. so over time, this wall will be full of remedies that visitors can then gain insight and share with one another. >> leveraging that knowledge from the community. >> right? because in community is where we heal, not on an
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individual level. an important artist because it really documents the aids epidemic in the chicano community, and they're always right on a table showing you the intimacy of home, once again inviting you into the private in order to talk about a larger issue that affects our larger community. >> and many of these issues are still with us, a reminder of the work left to do to create a more inclusive future. >> there's no stopping someone from being who they are and celebrating who they are. and if anything, this exhibition is what happens when you allow people to flourish. >> the exhibit is now open to the public and you have plenty of time to check it out. it runs until january 2025. julian glover, abc seven news. beautiful. coming up next, your
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father's day weekend forecast sunny skies, but windy weather too. >> and it's been a tough couple of months for some bay area birds tonight. good news from vets helping pelicans by t
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saturday is nature photography day. look at these pictures. i'm a fantastic at. to mark the event, the north american nature photography association is asking photographers to document nature through pictures. the photos are intended to encourage us to preserve nature for future generations. it's perfectly timed to get outside and enjoy the natural world. this weekend the weather will be lovely. that is a really gorgeous, credibly dramatic shot. isn't it beautiful? well, there's a special photo contest happening this summer in the south bay. it's intended to help planners better understand what visitors love about coyote valley. open space categories include wildlife, plants, and
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landscapes. the contest is called picturing coyote valley, and it runs until july 22nd. it's open to professional and amateur photographers in sausalito. >> some positive news for the pelicans that have landed in animal rescues by the hundreds. the sick and starving birds are finally turning a corner. today we saw the largest numbers of healthy birds returning to the bay. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard looks at how a bird rescue organization is working to build a better bay area when it comes to the environment. what's your name? >> volunteers from international bird rescue are getting ready for a full circle moment, releasing healthy brown pelicans back into the wild in sausalito. >> it's amazing. it's amazing. this is my first bird release. >> this is the most pelicans the nonprofit has released yet. 27 a month ago, these birds were in bad shape. they wound up at the center's fairfield hospital starving and barely alive. >> well, we fattened them up. we've been. they've been
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voracious eaters, going through a lot of fish. >> the moment of truth arrives and the pelicans take flight. landing yards away near fort baker. >> we're looking for them to suddenly realize they're free again. they've been in care for a while. sometimes takes a minute. >> minutes later, the pelicans start doing what healthy pelicans do. >> this is exactly what we want. we want them to be preening. some of them are getting water on their their feathers. they're going to be adjusting making sure they feel like they got this humanness off of them. >> back at the center, about 120 pelicans are still in rehab waiting for their chance to fly again. directors say fewer birds are being admitted here. since mid-april, almost 400 starving and injured pelicans have come into care at the bird center's two locations in northern and southern california. why it's happening remains a mystery, but many theories are pointing to climate change. >> we've got issues of warming water, fish not being available where they normally were. there's a number of theories being bounced around, but it really is about the pelicans being able to access the food,
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bergeron says. >> there's encouraging signs the starvation event is waning. >> there are folks who study the pelicans and their numbers, and they seem to be feeding healthily again, he says. >> several pelicans tagged and released last month were recently spotted in oregon in sausalito. cornell bernard abc seven news. >> that's great to see. >> great to see him out. all right. what is the weekend hold father's day. happy father's day. >> oh thank you very much. what does the weather hold for father's day? sandy is here with the forecast. yeah. >> good looking weather. happy father's day, dan. that's for sure. and let's take a look at our wind gusts. the only thing is, besides the blue skies, we're going to have windy conditions on father's day. so you will notice those winds begin to ramp up. and as the afternoon and evening goes on, stronger winds are expected. keeping that fire danger elevated for parts of lake and solano counties, you will notice the red flag warning is stretching across the central valley as well. so it is not just local here. as we look at live doppler seven high clouds passing through the area right
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now. don't have to worry about the fog at this hour. breezy coastside tomorrow. high temperatures in the low 60s to the upper 80s. plenty of sun for your saturday and your father's day. you will notice it's really nice looking weather in terms of the temperatures. not so much the wind or the fire concerns. as you check out the accuweather seven day forecast, you will notice that it will keep your temperatures in the comfort zone, but windy weather expected with that fire danger and the next week we're going to relax those winds a bit and bump up those temperatures in a big way, especially as we head towards summer next thursday, getting up into the 90s. and by friday we're talking mid 90s. so ama and dan yeah, quite the change. >> yeah. thanks, sandhya. all right. >> coming up next. inspiring the next generation on the baseball field. >> and remember abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area app and join us whe
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giants players and coaches attended the event at the willie mays clubhouse in hunter's point. the kids got to learn some history, including the impact of willie mays and other black players on the game. >> as you all know, jackie robinson 1947 broke the color barrier and baseball became integrated on and it's really a story, though, of a social story for this country. and we believe that this game next thursday will bring a rich history to all of you. >> next week, the giants will play a game honoring the leagues at the historic rickwood field in birmingham, alabama. >> game four of the nba finals was earlier tonight right here on abc seven. hope you watch that. and the dallas mavericks who are looking to avoid the sweep, finally showed up. luke doncic, who fouled out in game three, stepped up big time for dallas on both ends of the floor
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playing really incredible defense. all night long and finishing with a game high 29 points. some monster dunks by dallas as well, who led by 48 points at one point, which was the largest lead in any finals game in about 50 years. dallas wins one 2284, and there will be a game five in boston on monday >> yeah, we know we had to get. we can't lose no more. uh- like, as we always say, we're going to believe till the end. i think our energy, our energy was way higher. uh- everybody was locked in on defensive end and then we played with higher pace. >> all right. game five again is on monday right here on abc seven. live coverage starts at 5 p.m. stay with us for after the game, hosted by abc seven sports director larry beil. >> all right. abc seven news at 11 is coming up next. >> that's right. a hungry bear on a quest for food became a burglar. how many homes it broke into and what one witness says it grabbed out of the freezer. >> and surveillance video shows about 20 people breaking into a
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bay area jewelry store for a smash and grab robbery. what we know about some of the suspects that is tonight at 11. but for now, i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> we appreciate your time. we'll see you in a couple of minutes. >> this is abc 724 seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. yeah. you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. >> we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the news you made a cow! actually it's a piggy bank. my inspiration to start saving. how about a more solid way to save? i'm listening.
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it now sticks out. it's unbelievable. i don't know what to even say. >> shock and sadness. after a confrontation at an east bay shopping center that left a security guard dead. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz, and i'm dan ashley. this happened late lasti

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