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forecast coming up. >> and celebrating juneteenth, the bay area way. >> always live. abc seven news starts right now. >> only on abc seven news tonight. the story behind the san francisco building. this one. the sign visible from a bay bridge offramp, says now leasing . despite a new name and even a new address, it is not new at all. it's a building with a troubled past. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us to understand this story. you need the background and for that we go back two years. that's when the building at that time called 33 tehama flooded not once but twice in two months. the first time a rooftop pipe burst, sending 20,000 gallons of water through the 35 story building. >> yeah. take a look. the floor is carpet, but it appears shiny because it's wet. 600 people had to move out. the building
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flooded again two months later >> construction workers who were fixing the building had to evacuate. residents returned, kept getting delayed, and some say stuff was stolen from their units. during this time, dozens sued the building's owner, alleging chronic mismanagement. >> now, the 35 story tower is reopening under a new name, spire. it even has a new street address, 39 to hummus street. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn looks at what's changed. it is a story you will see only on abc seven news. >> it literally felt like i was in a godzilla movie. there was water dripping down from everywhere. >> anchor sharma shudders at the memory of what he and hundreds of other tenants went through. at 33 tehama in june 2022, tenants were forced from their homes after a massive flood. thousands of gallons of water poured down through the entire building. hines, the real estate development and management firm that owns the building, said a water main that is part of the
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building's fire sprinkler system failed at the top of the building. now, two years later, the building has reopened. tenants have moved into the newly renamed spera sf, which even has a new address, 39 tehama. a spokesperson for hines released this statement saying, quote, as of last month, approximately one third of the original residents from 2022 have returned to the property, and of those who elected to retain their leases throughout the extensive restoration, nearly 75% returned to the property. sharma decided not to return after he learned that his rent would increase by 50. he now lives in san diego. >> i wouldn't feel comfortable living there, anymore. just, you know, given the, the false promises they've made so far. as for the new name and address, what do you think about that? it's a sham. they basically just fooling people so that, you know, they're the previous results. don't pop up on google search. so that's why they change the name. they've changed the address and the story. >> attorney fahimi represents 90 of the tenants who lived at 33 tehama in a lawsuit.
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>> we're going to continue to pursue them. we are hoping for a resolution, because it's clear hines and defendants are liable. and these folks should not be delayed anymore in being compensated for what they've suffered through, spera says. >> they've done restoration and renovation work inside and out. >> it's trying to cover up for what has happened, and they're just trying to erase what has happened in san francisco. >> suzanne phan abc seven news. >> now, coming up at 630, we'll take a deep dive into the issue of the high cost of affordable housing in the bay area. we're going to focus on one county in particular, where there is an exceptionally high bar to being considered low income. >> that's coming up, heading live outside, there is wildfire haze in parts of the bay area and an air quality advisory is, in effect, a fire burning in colusa county. the sites fire is the main source of pollution. the bay area air quality management district says air quality in sonoma, napa and solano counties could be affected. the sites fire has scorched 24mi■!s and is only 5% contained. the fire is burning
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northeast of clear lake near the east park reservoir. there are evacuation orders for the few people who live in the remote area. all evacuation orders and warnings were lifted about an hour ago for the point fire burning in sonoma county. that fire is 50% contained and has burned at 1200 acres. flames destroyed ten structures. fire officials say they do not expect any further significant fire growth. you can track the fires that are burning across the state with our abc seven news wildfire tracker. click on the fire icon to learn the latest on each of those fires, including acres burned and containment. but you can find it at abc seven news.com/fire map. >> all right. let's bring in abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel for a check on the air quality. >> yes, sandhya, how are the conditions now? >> well, ama and dan, things are improving, but it is going to be temporary. so let me show you a satellite picture. this is the visible satellite picture. you can clearly see the smoke from the sites. fire in colusa county. now, while most of it is not been coming into the bay
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area, there has been a very thin sliver that is still showing up from our mount tam cam in the upper parts of the atmosphere. so keep in mind that the air quality, like i said, has improved, but there is still signs of that smoke. as you look at the air quality there, it's not so great in some spots, but down near the surface from air now showing good air quality across most parts of the bay area, that all changes as we do have the smoke forecast here showing you some of that smoke getting spilled in to parts of the north and east bay tomorrow morning and continuing into tomorrow afternoon and evening. so we do have that air quality advisory for today, tomorrow, moderate air quality expected for the north bay, the coast and central bay. and on friday we're going to see most parts of the bay area go to moderate air quality. with the switch in the wind direction. >> dan okay, sandy, thanks a lot. we're following the story of the effort to recall oakland mayor xiang tao. now that they've gotten the signatures needed to be put it on the ballot, they're offering the mayor an option. resign instead.
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abc seven news reporter anser hassan spoke with retired judge who is leading this campaign. >> tao is toast, and my message to the mayor is this the people have spoken. >> former alameda county superior court judge brenda duarte is president of the group oakland united to recall sheng tao on tuesday, the city clerk informed them that they have the required number of verified signatures to get the recall on the november ballot. it's now up to city council to vote to call the election, and we expect the city council to respect the will of the more than 40,000 people who signed those those petitions . the main reason for the group's decision to recall mayor tao include missing the filing deadline for millions of dollars in state money to fight retail theft, firing police chief laurent armstrong based on what they called weak evidence and against the recommendation of the police commission not being able to negotiate to stop the oakland a's from leaving and the
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city's current historic budget deficit. >> and that's not the kind of leader that oakland deserves. we just deserve better. we need somebody who's more proactive, who's going to be out there before she does something. under the threat of a recall. >> in addition, the group claims a new direction for oakland under a new mayor could have a positive impact on the entire east bay. >> the east bay area is centered geographically, with oakland at its heart. so what we do in terms of greatness for here will spread as benefits throughout the rest of the east bay area. >> mayor did not respond to numerous requests for comment, but she does have her supporters. adele ramirez says mayor tao has made mistakes, but his concern is that the challenges for oakland exist no matter who holds office. >> i worry that a recall in this time with a mayor who's only been the mayor for one year, it worries me that there's not a real plan in place with someone who can come in, who has the budget tools, how to pass a budget, has the tools, how to
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build coalitions and understands that you're not going to be able to make everyone happy. >> oakland city council will likely take up the recall issue after july 2nd meeting. if mayor tao is recalled in november, there will be a special election early spring for a new mayor. mayor tao will be ineligible to run in oakland, anser hassan. abc seven news. >> all right. for some perspective about what's going on in oakland, let's bring in abc seven news insider phil matier. let's talk about the administration's response or lack of they haven't responded at all. >> no, they haven't. earlier on, one of the staffers for the mayor characterized the recall people as being losers. and that didn't go over really well. since then, we've heard sort of silence on that because what is there to say? you can say you can question the legality or the principles of the recall, but the bottom line is that it's qualified and it's going to set off a chain reaction in oakland. there's a little bit of a irony here is that one of the reasons that the mayor is facing such rocky shores right now is
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because she fired the very popular police chief, lauren armstrong. she's going to be on the november ballot now as a recall, he is going to be on the november ballot as a candidate for city council. it's wild. so that is the very person that she fired that set this ball rolling is going to be on the ballot as well. >> also on the ballot, of course, the recall of district attorney alameda county district attorney pamela price. unprecedented. i would imagine that i have never seen two for one. >> we now a twofer, a twofer. exactly, exactly. i mean, and it usually when we think of recalls, we think of that going on somewhere else. but this in the bay area has become sort of ground zero for discontent. we, the san francisco recalled members of the school board. they recalled the district attorney. and then they went. and now we're doing there's a thing in oakland for the alameda county district attorney and the mayor. and this all of them, what they one thing they have in common is they're all on the progressive left side of the political scale, where this area
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seems was embracing a few years ago. and now seems to be putting them on recall, we've become a little recall. >> happy. yeah. >> it seems like who's next. >> well, it there's always that question of who's next. and it's become easier in some ways to do a recall. we have signature gatherers out there. you can pay people to go out and collect signatures. it's become sort of a business. and if you have some money and discontent, there is a chance you can get recalled. and we have plenty of money in the bay area and a lot of discontent right now, whether it be for crime or the cost of living, whatever voters are grumpy and they're being given a choice, not one that they would would have thought of before. but it's like once one broke through. now more and more are happening right? >> yeah, the threshold seems to be easier to get to the point where we're going to try to recall. >> exactly, and we let it off with the attempted recall of governor gavin newsom. now he beat it back. i'm not so sure that that's the locals are having as good of a will have, as good of a chance of beating
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it back as he did. >> okay. all right, phil, thank you for that perspective. all right. >> coming up here next what the san francisco giants are doing to give fans a chance to grieve the loss of willie mays together here at oracle park this week. >> plus, parents feeling guilty about how much screen time their kids get. don't why? that's the don't just treat it. crush it with mavyret. conquer it with mavyret. cure it. with mavyret. mavyret cures all types of hep c. in only 8 weeks. the virus multiplies daily and can damage the liver over time.
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it's great ball players and great american willie mays. he passed away peacefully yesterday at the age of 93. as you've heard. the memorial at the willie mays statue outside san francisco's oracle park continues to grow. fans placing
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flowers and notes reflecting on the legacy of the say hey kid, my dad went to opening day, the first giants game ever, steel stadium in 58, and got to see willie mays play. >> and i lost my dad almost two years ago. sorry. i brought flowers for, for willie, but for my dad, too. >> very touching. this afternoon on our 3 p.m. program. getting answers. former giants first baseman j.t. snow shared some of his memories about the hall of famer. >> the one thing i always remember about willie is he always wore a hat everywhere he went. when he went to the white house, parades. and it always had the g on it. he would never wear an sf hat or a new york hat. it was always a hat right there seeing the videos with the g on it, because he just considers himself a giant, not a san francisco giant, not a new york giant, but just a giant. and he was a giant among players. and i got nervous asking him for his autograph the first time because he was larger
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than life. >> the giants added a special patch to their uniforms in honor of willie mays. it's a circle with the number 24 and mays name written inside the giants started wearing the mays patch today and will continue to wear it for the rest of the season. tomorrow, the giants will play the cardinals in mays hometown of birmingham, alabama. the game will be played at rickwood field, where a teenage mays began his pro career in 1948. the giants will open oracle park for fans to pay their respects and sign a condolence book. gates opened at noon for that. the game will be streamed on the big screen at 4:15 p.m. abc seven news sports anchor chris alvarez is going to birmingham, alabama. he'll bring us live reports tomorrow right here on abc seven news events across the bay area today are marking juneteenth. >> juneteenth officially became a federal holiday in 2021. it celebrates june 19th, 1865, when the last enslaved people in texas found out they were free. two and a half years after the
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emancipation proclamation. abc's seven news reporter tim johns has highlights from a juneteenth event at san francisco's golden gate park. way down each place, it was an emotional commemoration of juneteenth at san francisco's golden gate park wednesday. >> hundreds gathering for songs, speeches and to help recreate a live art installation in honor of the holiday. >> let's talk about the harm. let's talk about the generational terror. let's talk about how it impacts people today. >> dana king is the artist behind the installation. she tells me. back in 2020, protesters tore down a statue of known slave owner and star spangled banner author francis scott key. it was part of a nationwide movement sparked by the murder of george floyd in minneapolis a year later, king created a new work of art around the plinth, where key statue once stood, this time with a nod to juneteenth. >> in 2021, i surrounded that plinth with 350 ancestral
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figures that represent the beginning of the business of slavery. >> king's art stood here at golden gate park until earlier this year on wednesday. she wanted to recreate it once again in honor of the holiday, this time with real people, namely black women. >> children were taken from us. we were raped by our enslavers. we were we were purchase it just to, bring new life into chattel slavery. >> king says the work she's been able to do over the past few years wouldn't have been possible without the help of the city. phil ginsburg is the general manager of the san francisco recreation and parks department. he says he's proud that the city has taken a leading role nationwide. on the topic of social justice, parks are the most democratic institution we have left. >> it is where we are all equal and equally welcome and representation does matter. >> as for king, she says, even though this was only a one day recreation, her work is far from done. she plans on continuing to use her art as a way to express
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her beliefs and her culture. it's not over because oppression still exists in this country and around the world. in san francisco. tim johns abc seven news okay, let's take a look at our weather. >> you can see that it was not bad outside today. >> no, but it's going to warm up. meteorologist sandra patel is here with the forecast. sandra. yeah. >> tomorrow it's going to be a gradual warm up. but then you're really going to feel the heat. dan and omar as we head towards friday and saturday. right now we're getting a break from that heat as spring is winding down. summer starts tomorrow at 150 in the afternoon and it's starting to look like summer from the golden gate bridge, where the fog is just socked in the bridge there, we have a nice breeze coming through and those temperatures have dropped 14 degrees cooler in novato, down 17 in santa rosa, seven degrees cooler. san francisco, hayward five degrees oakland, ten degrees cooler in livermore and down nine in san jose. as we take a look at the winds, they have really ramped up, gusting
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to 32 in oakland, 31 at sfo. that is going to continue to transport the marine layer, which has deepened as well into some of our inland areas. so tomorrow we will wake up to gray skies, high pressure will build in, but not immediately. so as it gets closer tomorrow, we begin to warm and then you really start to notice. like i said later on in the week, going into the weekend on live doppler seven, we do have the fog around near the coast. it's already started to push in across parts of the bay from our pier 39 camera, you will notice the cloud cover 55 degrees in the city. you need a jacket if you are stepping outside here in the city. oakland 61, san jose, you're at 68 and 69 degrees in redwood city from our san jose camera. bright skies right now, 66. in santa rosa. you're getting a stiff breeze in petaluma. 57 degrees and napa 65. and you're in really in the comfort zone. fairfield, concord, mid-'seventies, livermore, 71 degrees. these temperatures running behind where they should be for this time of year. and you can pretty
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much see why from our emeryville camera. we do have a marine layer overhead tomorrow, summer starts at 150 in the afternoon. friday and saturday. it's going to be heating up inland early next week, a wide range of temperatures expected so it will be quieter weather. so let's go hour by hour, 9:00 tonight. you can see pushing into the north bay into the east bay. that marine layer continues its march tomorrow morning. starting out pretty gray. may even see a little bit of drizzle near the coast as we head into the afternoon. the fog will pull back to the coast and we'll see some high clouds occasionally, but the rest of you, looking at plenty of sun for your thursday afternoon going into the evening, morning. yeah, you might need that extra layer because it's going to start off cool upper 40s to the upper 50s tomorrow afternoon. uh- high temperatures in the south bay 82 in gilroy, 81 in san jose. should be a nice looking day. 79 in santa clara on the peninsula, 78 in redwood city, 66 millbrae, upper 50s near the coast. that fog is going to hang around well into the afternoon. daly city,
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60 degrees, downtown san francisco 64 degrees. and as you look at the north bay, anywhere from the 60s along the coastline to the 90s, well up around ukiah , cloverdale and lakeport. 85, santa rosa, 81, in san rafael, heading into the east bay, a bump up in the temperatures. 70 in oakland, 77, castro valley, 76, in fremont head inland and you'll be up into the mid 80s for concord, livermore 84, in walnut creek, 88 in brentwood. your accuweather seven day forecast. it does feature a little warm up away from the beaches for the start of summer, which is at 150 tomorrow afternoon. it's really going to start to heat up, though. by friday into the mid 90s. inland low 100 saturday and then temperatures do trend a little bit lower on sunday and monday before they come back up by a few degrees. the good news here is almond and you guys know the coast is still going to be comfortable in the 60s, so you don't have to worry about the heat there.
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>> okay. thanks, nadia. >> well, the next game in the stanley cup final is friday. right here on abc seven. see if the florida panthers can close it out against the edmonton oilers. live coverage of game six starts at 5 p.m. friday. again, as we told you, it will be followed by after the game with abc seven news sports director larry
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in lines at security lengthened. the outage affected terminals one and three, as well as the international terminal started around 5:30 a.m. and while the outage was over in a couple of hours, the impact continues. sfo has had 345 delayed flights today, so far. southwest airlines is celebrating its 53rd birthday by offering fares as low as $53 each way. the promotion includes short haul flights out of the bay area, outside of holiday travel periods through the end of the year. sale ends tomorrow at 11:59 p.m. southwest was founded in 1967 as an interstate airline, doing business in texas. it expanded to california in 1982 and has grown to be the nation's largest domestic airline. jetblue passengers who buy the cheapest and highly restrictive basic economy tickets can now bring a carry on bag with no additional charge. that's so long as there's still room in the overhead bins. basic
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economy passengers will still be last to board with this change. united airlines will be the only us airline to restrict basic economy passengers to an item they can put under their seat. >> happening tomorrow, the premiere of the new docu series about sherri papini, the northern california woman who faked her own kidnaping. >> world's greatest husband his name is keith. i love you >> keith and sherri papini are no longer married, not after she disappeared eight years ago, only to reappear three weeks later claiming she'd been kidnaped. it all turned out to be a hoax. perfect wife the mysterious disappearance of sherri papini streams tomorrow on hulu. both hulu and abc seven are owned by disney. coming up next, the battle to build a better bay area when it comes to building housing, everything here is built, so it's kind of a zero sum game in order to build something new, you have to tear something else down. next, we'll focus on the situation in
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through tough times. london breed led us through the pandemic, declaring an emergency before anyone else, saving thousands of lives. from growing up in the western addition housing projects to becoming mayor, london has never given up on the city
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that is the highest low income threshold anywhere in the nation, by the way. but san mateo is just one of the bay area counties now being forced by state law to increase the number of homes to provide more housing for lower income households. >> building a better bay area is dependent on that new housing being built. so abc seven news reporter lyanne melendez is asking why so many communities are resistant to new neighbors. >> leanne. well i did major in math, but it's simple economics for many years, cities in the bay have said, let's build, build, build. but far away in livermore, tracy, antioch, brentwood out there now, the state has said it's time to build in your backyard. so why then, are so many communities still fighting against new development? that's what we wanted to know. >> reporter people in san mateo like to keep things the way they are. there's a belief here that traditions never really go out
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of style, except that when it comes to new construction, the status quo here is being challenged by a state mandate to build more housing. >> in the case of san mateo, they have to make a plan for where you could build 7015 units. >> san mateo is now being sued by the housing action coalition because their plan to build more housing isn't happening quickly enough. >> as we look at their list of where they say that it is possible to build housing, they included a lot of sites that are unrealistic. >> in fact, the entire county of san mateo has the highest percentage of non-compliant housing elements out of all nine bay area counties. the state has determined that 21 cities within san mateo county have to increase the number of market rate and below market rate units. >> i like to look at this as you know, as a wake up call. >> bilbray's plan, for example, is to build more than 3800 units in the next seven years. how
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close are you? >> you know, we're just like i said a moment ago, we just put, you know, we just approved over 1300 units. millbrae is at the table and we're producing housing exactly where transit is. and so folks who comes in and live here and work at millbrae, they don't even need a private vehicle. >> on the other hand, the state is requiring san mateo, the city, to build the most units in the entire county, which to some seems excessive. >> you know, we live here because it's suburban, right? emphasis on the sub, and we like our charming small downtown. we like our walkability. >> michael weinhauer is with san mateo residents speak, a group whose intentions are clear. here's how they describe themselves on their website. nor are they willing to sacrifice their homes, neighborhoods, or quality of life or character of their historic downtown in the process. now that sounds like a nimby person to me, but make the point. >> everything here is built so it's kind of a zero sum game. in
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order to build something new, you have to tear something else down. >> take this lot, for example, purchased by a developer, several small businesses, and even a small housing unit were torn down. the city relocated, the residents and small businesses. now some in city government want to increase development by getting rid of measure y, which sets limits on new residential building heights and densities. >> we've avoided that topic for 50 plus years, and it's gotten so expensive here in the peninsula and we have a nice lifestyle here, but we need to share it. >> the question some may ask themselves is how will their children be able to live in the city they grew up in? >> just like my son, he's 30 years old and he cannot afford to afford to live on his own. >> as we've discovered, it's no longer about being a nimby or not being a nimby. it's not that black and white. there are different shades of nimbyism with plenty of ifs and buts to
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justify their argument. >> if you've grown up living in a single family home, and all of a sudden someone wants to put a4a4 story building next to your house, i can see that's an issue . >> weinhauer has supported every development here, but says going forward, san mateo city officials have to act responsibly when it comes to this kind of expansion. for example, addressing the infrastructure needed to accommodate more people here and the increase in traffic that this expansion will create. the state says it's a compromise all californians now have to learn to live with. >> that's what state law requires, is that every city do its fair share and not say, well, this is somebody else's problem. let the housing be built someplace else. every single city has to do its part. >> and as they say, a good compromise leaves everyone unhappy. now, the reason san
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mateo, the city is being sued is because they have identified places like the parking lot at the bridgepoint shopping center to build on. but apparently san mateo didn't do its homework because we discovered that there is an existing contract that says that no homes can be built on that site until 2056. so the attorneys suing say this is just another example of san mateo not getting it right and therefore stalling the process. now, we were discussing that the medium price for a home in san mateo county is $1.9 million, so you have to make $500,000 just to qualify. >> and then you can still barely. >> what is that? >> right? yeah. at that price. and people around the country just those are just jaw dropping numbers. shocking. they can't even relate. >> insane. >> it's insane. i feel, you know, i feel most bad for young people who are right in their 20s, 30s, even in their 40s. it's hard to buy houses. >> yeah, we want to live close to their parents.
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>> yeah. all right. thanks very much. >> it is juneteenth today. still ahead, see how the east bay celebrated. >> and coming up it is it time for a tobacco moment for screens, social media and kids
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feel bad about letting their kids get screen time, even if they think it's too much. in a recent study, researchers found parents who feel guilty about their kids screen use are more stressed and less likely to report positive relationships with their kids, researchers say. we shouldn't stigmatize kids who use screens, or parents who let their kids use screens. >> and california's biggest school district, los angeles unified, will ban phones and social media on school campuses. the school board approved the idea yesterday and will spend the next four months coming up with a plan to implement this ban by january of next year. big change there. and the district's concerns included cyberbullying, as well as kids being distracted in class. >> and this could be just the start of a sea change when it comes to kids. and social media reporter denise dador from our sister station in los angeles, talked to a doctor who says this
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is a tobacco moment. >> more voices joining the chorus about the growing dangers of young minds in digital spaces , cell phones and the social media use is contributing predominantly negatively towards the mental health crisis that we're seeing in youth. a clinical psychologist, stephanie marcy, says social media is facing a tobacco moment akin to a time when people didn't realize how harmful tobacco was. now, mounting evidence shows what kids see on various platforms can lead to depression and anxiety. but, she adds, cyberbullying is reaching new heights. >> i'm hearing about kids videotaping things that they shouldn't be, or taking pictures of things and then being shared with other students and the child doesn't want to go back to school. >> doctor marcy says the concern isn't just what happens online, but what doesn't happen offline. >> when kids are distracted, it totally divides their attention and it impacts their ability to engage socially and academically . and the same is extremely true if they're in the classroom. >> in other school districts that limit phones, she says. academic interest and
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socialization all improve, she says. la ucsd's ban is a positive and necessary step, but it can't work without similar restrictions at home. as a mom, this is what she tells her teens. >> i tell them this isn't a punishment uh- you lack the discipline to be able to limit your time on screens. it's our responsibility as parents to sort of be that prefrontal cortex for you and help you separate from something that is distracting. >> lausd will review various strategies to restrict cell phone use in the new school year, but whether it's locked pouches or a cell phone cabinet, doctor marcy says when rules are broken, the policy should include consequences that are meaningful to teens. denise dador, abc7 news. >> summer starts tomorrow. see sandias forecast from the solstice to the seven day max
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through the warm texas weather and a tradition she started back in 2016. lee's two and a half mile walk recognized as the two and a half years it took to
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enforce the emancipation proclamation in texas. >> here in the bay area, newark celebrated the day with an outdoor festival. the event opened with a performance of the black national anthem, and then had djs and african drumming. the community came out for the games, crafts, treats, giveaways and a cultural historical exhibition. today, wells fargo presented a $1 million check to the black cultural zone organization. the money will go toward developing the liberation park market hall and residences project in east oakland. >> this is a moment of repairing, restoring, and redeeming what was lost, what was stolen, and what was not delivered. for a community that has been long disinvested in. this is a deposit. it's not enough, but it's going to be enough to get us going. >> this brings the organization's funds to 41 million of its $50 million goal. and now abc seven news reporter ryan curry takes us to concord. >> that's right. he spoke with
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people using the day to shed light on a historical wrong that still hasn't been corrected. >> in the golden brown hills between concord and pittsburg, this group is learning about one of the most tragic events in bay area history. >> i don't know if you've ever experienced. your eyes can be so heavy that no tears will flow. when my eyes were absolutely heavy from hearing the story and looking at the pictures, the east bay regional park district brought several dozen people to thurgood marshall park to learn about the port chicago disaster. >> in 1944, a munitions explosion at the naval station killed over 300 sailors, the majority of them were black. unsafe procedures were found to be the cause, but not addressed by the navy. months later, 50 sailors were charged with mutiny after raising safety concerns and refusing an order to work. >> they were ultimately asked to continue loading munitions and not give him proper training. and, they were told if they if they did not continue with that training, that then they would be convicted because of our race
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. >> freddie makes the event attendees reading names of some of the 50 men whose convictions still hold to this day, we can become more involved in advocating for their uh. >> the chicago port 50 exoneration on juneteenth. >> those at the event say it is important to remember this tragic event, an incredible moment in history right here in our backyard. >> and a lot of people don't know about, about that from remembering and learning in one area to a celebration of culture in another. >> hundreds came out in oakland for a juneteenth, an outdoor party featuring music, games and food from black chefs. >> we wanted to create a black space here, that were that is built around family and community and food and fun and joy. >> this event is now in its fourth year. ryan royster says juneteenth is about true freedom in america. >> juneteenth is everyone becoming free in our country. so
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this is seeing the quote unquote american promise being actualized, and we get to see it happen in real time, in real life, celebrating freedom and continuing the fight for equal rights in the east bay. >> ryan curry abc seven news. >> nice way to spend the day. >> yeah, and it was a great day for it. >> it sure was. meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> yeah. dan and umma. temperatures came down. it was more comfortable. let me show you the air quality advisory that has been extended through tomorrow due to the wildfire smoke from colusa county. moderate air quality for parts of north bay coast and central bay. and then friday, more areas are going to see moderate air quality. the marine layer has deepened on live doppler seven. it is sitting near the coast in parts of the bay. tomorrow afternoon you will notice it pulling back to the coast, but it's going to be a little bit warmer away from the beaches upper 50s coast side to the upper 80s inland as we head into friday, warming it up into the 90s inland. and saturday you start to see those triple digits inland. but by sunday, the heat does back off. as we take a look
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at that heat advisory, it goes up saturday for parts of solano county, 11 p.m. to 8 p.m. there is a risk of heat related illnesses, so be aware of that. accuweather seven day forecast. summer starts tomorrow afternoon and we bring in the heat on friday and saturday. sunday's better as i mentioned, and then a little cooler monday before we turn things around. so ama and dan overall we get a little spike in the heat and then back down again okay. all right. >> we can take it. >> yes. thank thanks sandy. >> all right. sports director larry beil is here. >> and of course, everyone. whole world talking about willie mays. absolutely >> the tributes continue to pour in for the late willie mays on the eve of a game in birmingham that will be played in his honor. that's next.
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as a 16 year old in birmingham, alabama. the year was 1948, and now here we are, 76 years later and baseball royalty will gather tomorrow to honor the man regarded as the best baseball player ever, the say, hey kid who passed away yesterday at age 93 due to heart failure. a new mural was unveiled today at rickwood field in alabama. mays played for the birmingham black barons. the giants will play there tomorrow against the saint louis cardinals. that game, planned as a tribute to mays, will now become a memorial
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memorial. the giants started wearing patches honoring mays during the game today at wrigley field. and mays, by the way, happens to be the all time leader in visiting home runs at wrigley. he hit 54 there earlier this afternoon. giants great j.t. snow told us about his memories of the say, hey, kid. >> i think it's a smile. i think it's his demeanor. he had that high pitched voice, he was loud in the clubhouse. but you always remember when willie mays talked, everybody listened. i mean, the room got quiet in a hurry, and he would hold court and he would tell, guys about when he played, which is good for guys to hear about the way he played growing up, the struggles that he went through. and i think it's great that they're going to honor him and the other players in birmingham tomorrow. it's just ironic. the timing of it all. but, yeah, he just, when he spoke, the room got quiet and everybody listened. and that's probably the best respect you can have as a former player to have guys listen to you. >> the tributes continue pouring in, this one from willie's
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teammate juan marichal. great pitcher with the giants posting. i still remember walking into the clubhouse at candlestick park for the first time and shaking willie's hand. i was in awe and after all these years, i still am. willie was perfection on and off the field, a generous and warm human being. you will truly be missed, chico. now the cubs honored mays with a moment of silence before today's game, and the giants had the 24 jersey in their dugout also wearing the patches. as we mentioned. uh- to the game. bottom for ian happ. solo bomb to center field. ninth of the year for happ. and it's one nothing chicago very next batter. here it comes. and there it goes. dansby swanson homers to right. back to back. jacks for the cubs. they would take a61 lead. fast forward to the eighth. two outs bases loaded for jorge soler. high deep and aloha means a grand slam. number two drives in four. giants get within a run at six five. giants fans in chicago loving every minute of it to the ninth we go,
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the giants threatening runners at second and third. patrick bailey rolls a grounder to second, and the cubs win this game. giants fall six five. a's are playing the royals tonight. nba news the suns fired coach monty williams just over a year ago. they paid him more than $20 million to leave. well the pistons gave him a monster contract. but after posting the worst record in the nba this past season, detroit fired williams today after only one season there. so they will pay him $65 million to depart to do nothing. for the record, i will leave for half that 85 million total to not come, which is unbelievable. the indiana pacers took a gamble at mid-season trading for pascal siakam. he is now a free agent, but he's not going to be free for long. he's expected to sign a four year, $189.5 million max contract with indiana. siakam averaged 21
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points per game after he joined the pacers. he's one of the players that there was a lot of speculation about regarding the warriors. he would look good in a warriors uniform, but he's going to stay in indiana. sports on abc seven, sponsored by smart and final. >> that's good. not work from if you can get it. >> yes. as you know, it's been something of my dream for years to have some knucklehead sign me to a massive contract and fire me the next day. yeah, but instead they just prefer that i do more shows. so tell me how it works out, though. yeah, also, i should point out and remind everybody our chris alvarez flew to birmingham today. he will be there for the game tomorrow with the giants playing the cardinals and all of the tributes to willie mae. so he'll be reporting tomorrow for us. look forward to his reporting and i'm happy for him. >> that will be quite an experience to be there and see that in person. >> it's going to be baseball royalty. >> yeah, i think so in birmingham for this game. excellent. thanks, larry. okay >> and tonight on abc seven at eight back to back episodes of the conners followed by abbott
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elementary and shark tank. and stay with us for abc seven news at 11. remember we're streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app so you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. but that is it for this edition of abc seven news. thanks for joining us. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for sandhya patel. larry biel, all of us. we appreciate your time. enjoy the rest of your evening and we'll see you again tonight at 11. >> 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 that matters to you. download our abc seven bay area
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from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!" ♪♪ let's meet today's contestants... a nonprofit strategist from chicago, illinois... a graduate student from birmingham, michigan... and our returning champion,
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an archivist from west lafayette, indiana... whose 15-day cash winnings totaled $349,600. [applause] and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!," ken jennings. thank you, johnny. welcome to "jeopardy!" we had another great game yesterday, one where any of our three players could have won with the correct response in final. but in the end, it was the champ, adriana, who came through in the clutch, yet again, and earned her 15th victory. if she can do it again today, she will join our leaderboard of legends for consecutive games won, an honor we reserve only for the top ten players in "jeopardy!" history. so it's an exciting time to be a fan of the show as we welcome drew and tekla, each hoping they'll be honored in their own right as a giant killer in 30 minutes time. good luck to all three of you. let's see what happens as we head into the jeopardy round. your categories will be... first.

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