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coast of miami, we can restore not just the wildlife, but ourselves. do you guys want a kleenex, because usually... [laughter] jeff: all right. say goodbye to our pelican. it's all you. it's a big world out there. you can do it. you've got some buddies right there, and they're going to teach you how to fish. there he goes! [applause] got to let us know. we want to know. >> oakland residents want to know where is their mayor and
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why won't she address an fbi raid at her home? the impact of her silence is another fast food restaurant in the bay area is serving its last meal tonight. the two reasons why its owner says it's being forced to close. >> and what color were the flames, it was orange and wet. and what did you say to mommy and daddy? got 9-1-1? >> oh, he is so cute. a little boy becomes a pint size hero. today in san francisco, abc seven news starts right now. >> always live on abc seven news starts right now. >> they can't find her, but they want to confront her. in a little over an hour, a group of oakland residents will send a message to mayor shengtao. they'll hold a rally in response to an fbi raid of her home and her silence since. good evening, and thanks for joining us. i'm dionne lim. fbi agents showed up at the mayor's home on maiden lane, oakland, before dawn. other agents, including from the
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irs, raided the embarcadero offices of california waste solutions, which runs the city's recycling company, and two homes on view crest court and skyline boulevard. connected with that company were also raided. now, three days later, no answers yet from the fbi and no direct response from mayor shengtao. but people are talking. abc7 news reporter cornell bernard heard from those who want answers and accountability. >> mayor shengtao come out, talk directly to the people. >> tuan noe from asians unite says oakland's mayor is meo missing in office? >> we don't know where the mayor is. the mayor needs to come out and be accountable and answer to the people. >> his organization is planning a rally sunday night outside oakland city hall following a ra by federal agents at mayor tao's oakland home and other locations connected to california waste solutions agents were seen taking boxes of evidence away. sources tell abc7
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news it's connected to an alleged public corruption case. >> we want to hear from her. we want to her to answer all questions and have transparency on what is going on, not hide behind lawyers. >> we don't have any information that indicates that mayor tao is the target of the investigation. >> attorney tony brass now represents the embattled mayor. he says she has not been arrested. abc7 news returned to tao's home on sunday. no one answered the door when we knocked the mayor hasn't been seen in public since the raid on thursday. many residents of oakland don't know what to think, but they want answers. and their biggest question is where is mayor shang tao? >> say something to the city of oakland. just come out and say, you know, this is under control. what's going on? just say something to us. so at least we know that you have our back or something. just say something. don't hide you know, she got to be open.
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>> if she's a public figure, she's got to let us know for the voters to. we want to know. that's why she's in office. >> tuan knows. says there was silence from the mayor when 15 people were shot at lake merritt after a juneteenth celebration on wednesday. his organization now calling for tao to step down. >> we are calling for her to resign because it's been a series of failures under her administration in oakland, cornell bernard, abc seven news. >> this is clearly an ongoing investigation and we are going to stay on top of it. so stay with abc seven to learn the latest about what's happening with the mayor and how it will affect the city of oakland. we will continue to update abc seven news.com and the bay area app. a chaotic night in vallejo ended with four people shot and injured and a car on fire. police say the shooting happened at about 3 a.m. off springs road near monterey street. as officers were investigating. there was a sideshow a couple of miles away. police say a crowd of 400 people gathered at the
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intersection of mini drive and louis brown drive. that's where the car was set ablaze. officers say the sideshow and shooting were not connected. a second sideshow overnight brought traffic to a halt on the bay bridge. the fireworks going off and cars doing donuts on the bridge overnight. some people parked on the bridge to watch, while others just got stuck. this video was taken at about two this morning in the eastbound span. we're told the sideshow went for on about 25 minutes before traffic started moving again. no word on any possible citations or arrests. in sonoma county, the point fire is now 85% contained. more than 1200 acres have burned in geyserville , just east of the lake sonoma recreational area. cal fire shared this video of crews which continue to mop up that fire, which started last sunday. three structures were destroyed by
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flames, two others were damaged. the cause of the fire remains under investigation. moving over to the central valley, where crews are battling the watts fire, which broke out yesterday. the fresno county sheriff's office shared this video showing smoke and a helicopter making water drops. 100 acres have charred in the tollhouse area with evacuation warnings in place. cal fire says forward progress has been stopped and the fire is now 30% contained. at least one person was injured and two structures destroyed in colusa county, the state's largest wildfire. the site's fire remains is 38% contained. firefighters shared video of some of the 64 miles of control line they've built to keep that fire from spreading. it has scorched more than 19,000 acres, but cal fire says no buildings have been damaged. and a rare grass fire in san francisco has scorched two acres and damaged a warehouse in the bayview district. it ignited last night
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and firefighters say winds helped drive those flames. the fire department posted this video. no one was injured. investigators say the cause of the fire was accidental but didn't give any details. this week in the east bay, the berkeley fire department will hold wildfire response drills. the planned exercise will be conducted in the grizzly peak tilden park area on monday, wednesday and friday between 8:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. those drills will be coordinated with the albany, moraga, orinda, richmond and contra costa county fire departments. officials say it may look like a real incident to residents, but there is no cause for concern. turning now to your voice, your vote president joe biden and former president donald trump are both now preparing for thursday's presidential debate. abc news reporter maryalice parks explains the two men are taking very different approaches to their debate preparations. >> the first presidential debate
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of the year, just days away, and the two candidates are getting ready, but in very different ways. president biden is spending the weekend at camp david with his former chief of staff, ron klain, leading debate prep. some democrats say the president should draw a sharp contrastween himself and trump, especially on economic policies. >> he'll be out there for working families, and that's the contrast with donald trump, who's been out there telling his his words rich as hell donors that if they will just give more money to his campaign, then he's going to cut taxes for billionaires. >> abortion likely to be another important issue for voters. new york governor kathy hochul telling cnn he should lean hard into the fact that now one out of three american women live with an abortion ban. former president donald trump taking a different approach to his debate prep talking to voters out on the campaign trail. >> you know, when you say prep, i think this is prepping. these people know better than anybody
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what they want. >> during a rally in philadelphia, asking the audience about his strategy. >> should i be tough and nasty and just say, you're the worst president in history? or should i be nice and calm and let him speak? >> thursday's debate will be different than when the two men faced each other back in 2020. there will be no studio audience and the candidates microphones will only be turned on when it's their turn to speak. biden won a coin toss and got to pick where he would stand on the stage, choosing the podium that will be on the right side of the screen. then trump picked the order of closing statements, deciding he will have the last word. the 90 minute matchup will take place thursday night. mary alice parks, abc news, washington. >> well, the golden arches are going dark in san francisco. >> honestly, it's pretty depressing just because it's right around the corner from where i live. >> we'll learn all about a mcdonald's restaurant closing today, and the two reasons why the owner says he had no choice.
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and an update on some subway work this weekend. the routes that aren't running, and how much extra time your trip could take. >> i'm spencer christian what a nice refreshing cooldown we've had today from yesterday's extreme heat, and there's more on the way. not heat a cooldown. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up when
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appointment, the mcdonald's at the mall is permanently closing. today, the franchise is family owned and the owner tells me that the decision to close was a long and difficult one, and it's a gut wrenching day for his
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family. he says the landlord was unwilling to negotiate long term , sensible rent for the location. he also blames california's minimum wage mandate. customers say ■they're not surprised. >> it makes sense. everything is getting a lot more expensive. i mean, the cheapest place to get food now is trader joe's, and usually i would go somewhere else. >> now, most of the employees accepted positions at other mcdonald's restaurants. the restaurant has been in business for more than 30 years. happening now. the twin peaks tunnel between the west portal and forest hill stations is closed for repair work through tonight. there is no subway service between the k ingleside, the l taraval station, and the m ocean view lines. the shuttle busses are connecting those lines. this is the first of three planned weekend closures. the next is scheduled for the weekend of july 20th. also happening now in the east bay, bart is working on replacing sections of the track between
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rock ridge, macarthur and 19th street stations. free busses are replacing train service in those areas this weekend. red line services canceled and the orange line ends at macarthur station. bart says riders can expect up to 40 minute delays through the area. the longest running car show of its kind kicked into gear this weekend on the peninsula. we'll take a look at some of the rare beauties on display at an event that honors and celebrates automotive excellence. >> i'm spencer christian with a nice view from mount tam of today's lovely weather. and there's more of this loveliness on the way. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up when abc seven news at you can make the stars align. because when we come together, hope and joy will shine. help us make every wish come true. ♪ ♪
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golden gate avenue for this day of family friendly, free fun. there was a dunk tank, a plant, potting station, chalk art, and face painting. these block parties will be held monthly at different locations through october. their joint project between sfmta and livable city to promote car free uses of streets on the peninsula. more than 200 classic cars were on display for the 68th annual hillsboro concours d'elegance. the sold out event was held at crystal springs golf course in burlingame. the event featured 21 judged classes of automobiles . look at that turnout. yeah. not to mention colorful and classy sounding. yes, absolutely. >> on a on a classic day. nice summer day. don't have that extreme heat we had yesterday. things are cooling down a bit, although we have a few warm spots left. here's a look at our satellite radar composite image and uh. it it suggests that there's more cooling than we actually actually have experienced so far. look at all those clouds off offshore
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surging towards the coastline. the winds are fairly significant, though. we have gusts up to 37mph at oakland right now is pretty breezy in other locations as well. and the temperature change is significant. it's a 4 to 7 degrees cooler in most bay area locations right now than at this time yesterday. the exceptions would be san francisco and san carlos, which are both warmer than at this time yesterday. here's the view from sutro tower 67 degrees right now in san francisco. oakland 69. we have 80 and hayward 84 at san jose, upper 70s at redwood city at 57 at half moon bay. there was a little lingering fog there at the golden gate. just a couple of hours ago. it has disappeared for a while. it'll be back 85 degrees right now in santa rosa. upper 70s at petaluma, napa. still some low 90s, low to mid 90s inland in places like fairfield, concord and livermore . but a beautiful view right now from mount tam looking down onto the bay. these are the forecast headlines. seasonal temperatures today or tomorrow as well. a remainder of the week. we'll see sunny skies with gradual cooling
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so no sudden drops in temperatures. and next weekend looks like it will be a continuation of this mild summer pattern that is shaping up for the week ahead. so overnight we'll see some more low clouds pushing up against the coastline, pushing locally out over the bay. 5:00 tomorrow morning, as the commute gets underway, there'll be some lingering low clouds near the coast, so perhaps a little bit of fog for some motorists in the morning. but by mid morning it'll pretty much have burned away and we'll have bright sunny skies over most of the bay area overnight lows mainly in the low to mid 50s tonight. highs tomorrow up to about 60 at the coast. mid to upper 70s around the bay. shoreline a few low to mid 90. still showing up in the warmest inland spots tomorrow. but notice as we get further into the week we'll see those temperatures dropping off, dropping off thursday, wednesday and thursday. so cooling will continue in a gradual fashion through most of this week. here's the accuweather seven day forecast uh- we'll probably be right around the seasonal seasonal average for high temperatures on friday of this week, and it will get a little
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bit of a brief cool down on saturday. temperatures dropping a few degrees but bouncing right back on sunday. but nothing sudden or extreme or unusual this week, at least not in the weather. maybe in the delivery of it. >> oh, never. >> weather's looking good. >> no, your delivery was classy. just like that car show. >> oh, i like that. >> yeah. all right. i also like the tie because it's very appropriate for the subject matter you're talking about. >> yeah. got some a's green. >> no no no anything. >> isn't it a gold ish i guess i work with me here. >> chris. >> sorry we haven't seen each other in a while. green and gold reunion in the east bay. i'll get there in 1974. champs are honored they were classy. yes, they were, but where were the bats? silent sunday for the a's. giants. opposing pitchers flirting with perfect games. we got the highlights
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tuesday night today, looking to snap a four game slide in saint louis before flying back to the bay forever giant brandon crawford playing third base for just the second time in his career. first time he did it was at the game at rickwood on thursday. logan webb couldn't find a groove early, gave up three runs in the first, matt carpenter two out rbi knock three nothing cardinals after one. meanwhile, remember this guy, former a sonny gray, was dealing. he had a perfect game through six. but the announcer jinx right here. seventh inning patrick bailey playing spoiler solo shot to right. the giants would score three unanswered, and all of a sudden it's a43 game. but in the eighth it's
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four three. still, crawford we've seen him do this in a giants uniform. do it in a cardinal uniform. adding some insurance, a two strike, two out rbi, double cardinals win five three. the giants have lost five straight and no one's happy. there shouldn't be a sense of urgency that falls on all of us. >> we just got to be better. it's not very good. >> it's not good, not good. i mean, we win the game and then first game and then we don't win any after that, it's a bad road trip. i know we had a lot going on, but so did these guys. >> hopefully they get it turned around. starting on monday. the only franchise besides the yankees to win three straight world series titles. that would be the a's, who did it from 1972 to 74. today, the 50th anniversary of that 74 team. oakland won the series in five over the dodgers alumni in attendance, including joe rudi, blue moon odom, gene tenace, bert campaneris, and series mvp rollie fingers, who fielded the last out. >> when you're a kid, you dream about being in a world series and being on the mound and
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getting that last out. i ran right over here, caught it, threw it to gene tenace. the next thing i know, i got 24 guys jumping all over my. it's good when you got guys jumping on you because you figure you did something right. >> that's a great comment. rawley threw out the first pitch as well, and that's a strike to fellow closer mason miller. what a moment. i bet he could still toss it around the yard today. a tough day for the home team. hogan harris went six plus innings, only gave up three runs, but included this long ball to byron buxton. first run of the game. he had two of minnesota's three rbi. oakland was getting perfect game as well. twins starter pablo lopez struck out 14. brant rooker went down four times. lawrence butler finally broke up the perfecto with two outs in the sixth. a's get just three hits in a three nothing loss with the 11th pick in the 2011 nba draft, the golden state warriors select klay thompson from washington
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state university. and on this day in 2011, the warriors drafted the greatest number 11 in franchise history. klay thompson, 11th overall in that year's draft, paired him with steph curry. the rest is history. klay went to on become a four time nba champ, one of the greatest shooters in the league this summer, though he enters as an unrestricted free agent. will he be with the warriors? we are on klay watch all summer as the nba free agency period starts to open up in about eight days. >> again, not counting down, not counting down. >> the nba draft is on wednesday on abc seven. >> i kept squinting at my screen because i was like, is that really klay? that's really klay. >> yeah. >> before all that swagger and pizzazz he still had it just a little bit of a different haircut. yeah yeah yeah he needed to bust out a little bit. >> yeah he he sure did. hopefully we'll see what the warriors do. >> all right. we shall see. well coming up he is only about knee high. but he made a big impression today on san
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a heatwave, it's kinda chilly in here. oh, that's because i'm pre-cooling the house with the ac before 4 pm. then i'll turn our thermostat to a comfortable 78 or higher that way i could stay cool later. ooh, what about me? you're never cool. oh.
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a home. now the child witnessed the flames after they started at the house on 35th avenue in the richmond neighborhood. he told his parents to call 911 and he was very excited to be the hero of the day for athens. >> luca, what did you see up there, there was a fire, and it was this big. and what color were the flames, it was orange and wet. >> and what did you say to mommy
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and daddy got 9-1-1. and did you save the day? yeah. >> yay! thank you. luca thank you. luca. >> oh, how precious is he? this is why i could not stop laughing in the beginning. here crews. eventually. yes. put out the flames. it's a good thing young luca is keeping a watchful eye on the neighborhood. he happens to love fire trucks. i mean, get this kid an honorary is the coolest. something. >> yeah, yeah. >> i just love how cute kids are and how earnest they come. >> much cuter than that. that's true, that's true. >> oh, so sweet. all right, well, that's all the time we have for this edition of abc seven news at five. we'll see you back here in just about >> linsey: tonight, a severe weather threat as we come on the air as millions from coast to coast are in the grip of the early summer heat wave. new details in the mass shooting in arkansas. and we're days away from the earliest ever presidential debate.

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