thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen tsay. the acorn fire isn't even the largest in the state, right now. that one is in butte county. the park fire has burned 71,000 acres northeast of chico since the fire started. a little over 24 hours ago. a man is under arrest accused of starting that blaze. >> abc7 news reporter j.r stone in studio following this breaking story with some video j.r that shows the actually shows the suspect. >> it certainly does larry. authorities are reviewing video that a witness took and then put online. all we can show you is a still image of the man. her post says he simply walked away. this is the suspect from behind. in her video, the woman frantically explained what she saw. >> the car caught on fire and it set the whole park on fire. he took off his car, run. >> the butte county district attorney's office says the 42 year old chico man was arrested, and it then added more details as to what happened. it says the man was seen pushing a burning car down a hill at bidwell park

just before 3 p.m. yesterday. witnesses saw him walking away from the scene. the da's office did share a picture of what it says is the burned out vehicle. the suspect is behind bars, held without bail, due to be arraigned on monday. the fire erupted, chewing through 45,000 acres in just four hours and an unknown number of homes on average. it has gone through the equivalent of 50 football fields per minute. >> the size of these embers are like dollar bills and they're hot. >> there are numerous evacuation orders because of the park fire. it has now spread into tehama county as well, and at last check, just 3% contained so far. there are no confirmed reports of any injuries, but there is video showing buildings going up in flames. the weather is playing a big factor as it's getting into the triple digits there. as i speak, cal fire says. overnight the temperature remained in the 80s and the winds were still gusting up to

25mph. that is a major problem when that happens. kristin. >> all right. jared thank you so much. in sonoma county, firefighters are getting a handle on a fire that broke out yesterday. the flora fire started off of chalk hill road in geyserville. it burned about 50 acres. it's now 50% contained. crews have been working to build containment lines and put out hot spots. cal fire is dealing with at least 20 fires around the state. >> as we mentioned at the top of the newscast, the acorn fire in lake county, prompting an evacuation warning, sparking this afternoon near manzanita circle. let's get to abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian latest on hot, dry conditions. spencer. that's it larry. >> hot and dry and breezy with occasional gusts. let me give you a look at the current conditions in the area of the acorn fire. 97 degrees as of 3 p.m. we're waiting on the automatic update at 4 p.m, but 97 degrees is hot. obviously relative humidity very low at only 16%. winds generally out of the west at eight miles per

hour. and right now we're looking at gusts up to 15mph. the gusts near the base of the fire are likely to be stronger because the fires can generate their own gusts near the base. as you know, just because of the fires pulling in all the available air at the base. now, let me give you a look at the at the other fire where we're just talking about the park fire over in butte county. if i can get my graphic to change there, you go. this is a satellite image showing the smoke a tremendous amount of smoke blowing from that fire toward the northeast generally. so it's blowing away from the bay area, although that smoke is likely to have a significant effect on communities in its in its path. meanwhile, back here in the bay area, we're looking at pretty good uh- air quality conditions, generally moderate to good air quality, so we hope it will remain that way as the smoke from these current fires seems to be blowing away from us. larry. >> all right. thank you. we're excited about what this is going to do. >> and we're hopeful we make it so uncomfortable for people that they accept our offer. that's what this is about.

>> our other top story san francisco mayor london breed throwing her support behind today's executive order from governor gavin newsom, calling on state officials to begin taking down all those homeless encampments across the state of california. newsom's order follows last month's u.s. supreme court ruling upholding an oregon cities anti-camping ordinance. >> abc seven news reporter suzanne phan is live in our coverage now from the newsroom. suzanne, kristen. >> larry. governor newsom's executive order makes sure that the decision to remove homeless camps remains in local hands. now, with the help of state agencies like caltrans, state parks and department of fish and wildlife, the governor wants local leaders to act now. >> i don't think there's anything for urgent and more frustrating than addressing the issue of encampments in the state of california. >> governor newsom wants to act now to clear away homeless encampments. >> today, i announced an executive order to move the process forward. we're done. it's time to move with urgency at the local level to clean up these sites. >> state agencies, including

state parks and the department of transportation, would be required to prioritize clearing encampments that pose safety risks, such as those along waterways. john paul horn is assistant professor in the department of social work at csu east bay. >> the governor has control over state agencies. he has the ability to mobilize the state agencies in order to enact any of the executive orders that he generates. so in this example, he's asking caltrans, the department of transportation for the state of california to step in and intervene in the areas where it would be appropriate according to the order caltrans would give reasonable advance notice to encampment residents about cleanup efforts and offer to connect them to local services. >> caltrans also stores personal property collected at the site for at least 60 days. local cities and counties are urged to adopt similar protocols. the governor cannot order cities and counties to act, but his administration can apply pressure by withholding money

from them. >> it's incentivizing them to do this. it's saying incentivizing with the stick, right? if you don't do this, we may penalize you by not withholding funds. >> karen nemcic is the director of housing justice for united way bay area. she doesn't agree with the governor's executive order. >> we all agree that living on the streets is not optimal, but housing, building more housing, building interim housing, building permanent supportive housing is the way out. >> i don't think that this approach is going to work for the state of california. i think that what we're going to find is that when we break up these encampments, that those homeless individuals are going to have to go someplace else, that we're going to see another pop up of encampments and continued enforcement of removing encampments. and none of that is moving us closer to affordable housing. >> governor newsom says his administration has channeled about $24 billion into homelessness since he took office in 2019. an estimated 180,000 people were homeless last year in california. and the governor says this new executive order is expected to affect tens

of thousands of people live in the newsroom. suzanne vaughn, abc seven news. >> all right, suzanne, thank you. moments ago, you heard san francisco mayor london breed's response to this order and the mayors of the other bay area's biggest cities say they are on board as well. >> abc seven news reporter zach fuentes is live with their reaction and why advocates say they are concerned. zach. >> yeah, that's right. we've heard from the mayor of san francisco, san jose, oakland, each of them essentially saying that they've already been working on what the governor has called for. so while they're appreciative of his order, advocates for the unhoused say they're troubled. reaction to governor gavin newsom's executive order has been pouring in from local leaders and jurisdictions throughout the state. >> i do believe that what the governor has done today is a step forward in the right direction. >> i think it's very helpful. >> those same leaders, quick to add, though, that the order is in line with work that's already underway. >> we cleared the largest encampment in northern california and that is wood street right here where we

stand. there were hundreds of people here. now what you're seeing is that not only is this space clean, but we see that there's 100% affordable housing in the back. san jose mayor matt mehan, who was not available for an interview, said in a statement. >> here in san jose, we're working around the clock to stand up safe, managed placements and require they be used. we appreciate governor newsom's order signaling the state is also ready to solve this crisis with both compassion and urgency, the mayor say. responding to that crisis hasn't been easy. >> the goal is not to criminalize homelessness. we have offered people shelter and space, and many people are uh- declining the offer. >> jennifer friedenbach with the coalition on homelessness san francisco called the order troubling. >> the governor is making a statement that he's going to crack down on folks. and where are they going to go? they have nowhere to go. arresting them is not going to solve the issue. >> breed insists that shelter capacity is increased in san francisco, along with supportive services. she said that the governor's order can help drive more people into them work. she

says they'll double down on early august. >> we're excited about what this is going to do and we're hopeful we make it so uncomfortable for people that they accept our offer. that's what this is about. this is not just about cleaning and clearing, because these are people and they got to go somewhere. but we are going to make them so uncomfortable on the streets of san francisco that they have to take our offer. that really is the goal of what we're trying to accomplish. >> newsom is encouraging local governments to apply for funding from proposition one that set aside $3.3 billion in funding to address mental health and substance abuse issues, advocates say. though prop one still hasn't done enough to make an impact for those living on the streets. right now in the san jose bureau, zach fuentes, abc seven news zach, thank you. >> one of the bay area's largest refineries is making it clear it is against the tax measure on november's ballot. that could force it to pay more in taxes. chevron is firing back at the city of richmond, which greenlighted this measure. and chevron says if voters approve it, drivers across the bay area

can expect to pay more at the pump. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has the details. >> this tax is the wrong approach, the director of chevron richmond refinery making it clear the company is against a refinery tax dubbed the polluters pay initiative. >> in november, voters will decide whether or not to tax one of the state's largest refineries, $1 for each barrel of oil processed in city limits. company officials say a yes vote could raise prices at the pump. >> and chevron, our objective is always to provide reliable, affordable and ever cleaner energy to our customers, and this tax puts all three of those things at risk, graves spoke in the parking lot of a chevron gas station. >> he says chevron is one of richmond's largest employers and already pays its fair share in taxes. the city of richmond is playing chicken with its golden goose. supporters of the tax argued that pollution from the refinery has impacted residents health. >> the local air district traces the particulate matter emissions

from the refinery here in town, with 5 to 11 premature deaths in richmond each year. >> the measure doesn't earmark the estimated $90 million in revenue the tax could generate for any specific purpose, but environmental justice groups say the money could be spent to invest in clean air and water programs. >> residents here in richmond have been organizing for years for a healthier, safer communit. they want to see their city well funded and providing the services that all the residents here in town deserve. >> the mayor's office in richmond says hopefully these tax dollars will be able to address the harms done in the name of corporate profit and improve the quality of life for the front line communities that now only receive the fallout from chemical releases, chevron says. in the months to come, it plans to inform the richmond community about why the tax is not good for the bay area economy. >> so i'm here today to tell drivers, to tell airline passengers and to tell consumers that we're going to fight for them. we oppose this tax not because it's unfair and out of line, not just because it's

unwise, but because it's a direct attack on our customers in richmond, cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> still to come on abc seven news at four. today's california state supreme court decision. it's going to have a big impact on more than a million gig workers across the state. also a new era. a southwest airlines tradition for more than 50 years is going away. and later from the i-team, the arrest of an east bay swim club president parents claiming she left their kids high and dry.

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gig companies can continue classifying delivery workers as independent contractors instead of employees. abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke with gig workers who were glad about today's announcement, but others call the decision disappointing. >> since 2016, san francisco resident david lewis has been a gig worker, mainly for doordash. he says today's california supreme court decision gave him a sense of relief for this. >> i was kind of worried about, okay, i got to put in applications. i've got to go ahead and get a resume together.

>> the flexibility of remaining as an independent contractor is why he says he does this job. >> so now it opens the door for another available employment opportunity that i can rely on to be able to supplement my income in 2020. >> companies like lyft, uber and doordash spent over $200 million to get prop 22 to pass, making sure gig workers would remain as contractors and not considered employees. prop 22 was approved by 58% of california voters that year, and today the court upheld prop 22. >> california supreme court said the voters can do this. the voters can decide what kind of a worker's comp system we're going to have. >> uc law san francisco professor matt coles said the court was not looking at if this was good or bad for gig workers, but instead if it went in line with california law. >> probably going to be bad for gig workers. employers after the affordable care act have to provide health insurance or pay a big penalty. it takes them out of the health insurance system, and there's a something of a

health insurance subsidy. but basically, you know, unemployment insurance, worker's comp, health insurance, reimbursement for expenses, it's all less than they'd get if they were employees. >> according to the coalition protect app-based drivers and services, supported by many of these companies, gig workers want to remain independent. you know, some driver surveys. >> we've done more than 80% of drivers support prop 22, more than 70% of drivers like being independent contractors. >> yet lyft driver jason murillo is part of a group of gig workers who wanted the court to intervene. >> the idea that prop 22 says, is that we're independent contractors, but the app really controls the way we work, so we don't have the independence that people might think we do. he said many like him are disappointed today and will continue to fight in san francisco. >> luz pena, abc seven news. >> the nation's economy is doing better than experts anticipated. economic growth increased last quarter up to a healthier 2.8%.

today's commerce department report shows consumers and businesses are pushing growth despite the challenges of inflation. plus inflation is easing more, though it's not yet down to the federal reserve's target goal of 2%. these latest numbers are giving confidence that a recession can be avoided here in the u.s. meanwhile, stocks volatile again today. look at the closing numbers. the dow was up 81 points. the nasdaq went down 160 points in the s&p 500 lost nearly 28 points. >> prices will be going up next year for those who get insurance through covered california. people who live in the bay area will see increases of around 8%. those in santa cruz and monterey counties could see a jump of almost 16% covered. california's director says that the agency will offer more assistance during these increases, and also says switching your plan can save you up to 11%. >> all right, let's get to the forecast now. much cooler today than the past few days. >> more comfortable for sure. let's check in with spencer and get the details. hey, spencer. >> hey, chris and larry. yes,

much more comfortable today, and it's going to get even cooler over the next couple of days. here's a look at the atmosphere. what's going on up there with the alignment of systems that are currently producing our weather pattern that we have right now, that high pressure system over the southwest is the one that, of course, brought us the hot weather earlier in the week, this low pressure system now exerting more of a of an influence on bay area weather, pushing some cool air in our direction and reinforcing the marine layer, which was with us overnight and this morning, right now we're looking at breezy conditions all across the region with a surface wind speeds generally between ten and about 22mph. nothing very extreme, but comfortable, certainly. and you can see on the 24 hour temperature change, most locations are a few degrees cooler right now than they were yesterday at this time, and this pattern is likely to continue over the next couple of days. looking down on to san francisco from sutro tower, 70 degrees here in the city right now, oakland 77. we have mid to upper 80s at hayward and san jose, 81 redwood city and 61 at half moon bay. a nice view from mount tam looking down at the advancing fog, moving through the golden

gate and locally out over the bay. current temperature readings up north right now 88 at santa rosa, petaluma 8184 napa. and we have mid to upper 90s right now at fairfield, concord and livermore. so still pretty warm or even hot in some of our inland areas. but certainly not the triple digit heat we had earlier in the week. these are the forecast headlines. cooler air arrives. it continues to arrive tomorrow and saturday. the weekend outlook calls for below average high temperatures, so you can see how the cooling will continue for several days and next week. there may be minor warming, but nothing very excessive. the forecast animation for the overnight hour shows the marine layer reforming, pushing across the bay and locally inland overnigh, it'll retreat to the coast by mid-morning, giving us a mainly sunny day. but some of the low clouds, of course, will linger at the coastline overnight. low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. highs tomorrow, low 60s at the coast. we'll see some upper 60s to low 70s near the bay shoreline. inland areas will warm to only upper 70s and low 80s for the

most part. tomorrow 1 or 2 locations will top out in the mid 80s. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast notice saturday. below average temperatures with inland highs. actually mainly in the upper 70s, but some locations may top out around 80 degrees. then it gets a little bit milder on sunday, but still cool for july. and that minor warming continues into the middle of next week. and then we'll see some inland highs in the low 90s, maybe some mid to upper 70s around the bay shoreline. but that's not hot. that's just mild to warm. your typical range of temperatures for this time of the year. >> we'll take that right. yeah, absolutely. >> compared to what we had. yeah yeah. sounds good. thank you spencer. >> breath of fresh air. >> all right. major changes at southwest airlines. up next, the carrier is ditching its open seating policy. and that's not all. >> plus, you appear to have soiled yourself while unconscious. i was unconscious. >> who are you? >> deadpool versus wolverine hits theaters tomorrow. you might soil yourself, yourself from laughing so hard. i don't know, i might have to wait for

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instead. >> yeah, this is a historic move for the airline known for first come, first seated boarding policy. abc seven news reporter lena howland got reaction from some southwest customers after more than a half century. >> the unique first come, first seated boarding policy on southwest airlines will be departing for good. >> i mean, this is pretty revolutionary for southwest uh- shocking news that they're getting rid of open seating. >> southwest announcing thursday morning plans to switch to assigned seating. >> i don't think it's going to go faster. i don't know what the goal is. >> that's a bummer. yeah, that's rough for us. >> i think once they start having availability to do assigned seating, that means the fares are going to go up to. >> the airline says when a customer chooses to stop flying with them and picks a competitor instead, open seating is cited as the number one reason for the change according to their own research, 80% of existing southwest customers prefer an assigned seat and 86% of potential customers prefer an

assigned seat to. >> maybe it might be good, because that way i can make sure that he sits right next to the window, or i can have the aisle. >> southwest will also offer premium seating options. the airline says they expect about one third of seats across the plane to offer extended leg room, similar to what passengers see on other major airlines. >> but i think if you want a nicer seat, you'll pay more for that seat. >> clint henderson is managing editor of the points guy, an online travel publication. >> and what we've seen is that the main airlines are doing a really good job selling first class seats, selling extra leg room seats. southwest wants a piece of that action, and for the first time, southwest will start offering redeye flights in february, but only in select cities like la and las vegas. >> none are out of the bay area just yet. it's not clear when exactly the seating changes will take effect. southwest does have an investor day coming up in september. that's when experts

say we should expect to learn more about how the airline plans to roll this out in oakland. lena howland, abc seven news. >> don't charge us for bags. >> i know they can't. that sacred thing. right, exactly. all right. coming up. >> but if it's becoming like other airlines, inevitable, it feels like it. >> young members of an east bay swim club were left high and dry. >> up next, i-team reporter dan noyes confronts the team's president, accused of embezzling thousands of dollars in just a matter of months. it's piled high with tender beef that's slow cooked and smothered in tangy memphis style barbecue sauce. it's no fuss, no muss. just tons of flavor. the best barbecue beef is only a togo's.

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team, and she's been arrested now accused of embezzlement. and the claim is that she embezzled more than $50,000. and that is having a big impact on the nonprofit club known as the alameda gators. >> abc seven news i-team reporter dan noyes is here now with an investigation that you'll see only on seven. dan. >> kristen and larry, parents from the alameda gators, called me to investigate. they say because of this missing money, they've had to fire two longtime coaches. and now the kids are holding fundraisers to keep the team afloat. when 45 year old sarah new became president of the alameda gators swim team in september of last year, she received a debit card with a personal pin number for the club's chase checking account. a witness told police that new used this branch and its atm to embezzle cash from the team. hundreds, sometimes thousands, of dollars at a clip for a total of $51,440 over seven months. >> i was shocked, shocked, surprised. >> her arrest comes as a

tremendous disappointment to the team's parents, especially in such a small, tight knit community, and it's hard to imagine what kind of person would sink to that level of depravity to steal not just from a charity, but a charity where where they were in charge and, and one where their kids are participating. >> it's hard to imagine someone would be that selfish. >> sarah, new surrendered to alameda police on july 2nd. they detained her in handcuffs for three felony counts of embezzlement and transported her to santa rita jail. she was booked and released on $30,000 bail. the gators nonprofit board discovered the missing money only after firing new s president, because she refused to pay monthly dues for her own kids to participate on the swim teams, according to the police report. sarah, i'm dan noyes from channel seven. where is the gators money? go away. i called, texted and emailed sarah new and her husband and messaged them on their social media. but no response. so i met her outside

the gym in alameda where she's a pilates instructor. you're accused of embezzlement. are you going to pay the money back? no answer. i reached her lawyer, robin nabizada, senior trial attorney at summit defense. he emailed, we intend to fight these charges to the fullest extent possible and will therefore not be providing any sort of statement to any news agency. sarah new left the gators club in financial turmoil, so team parents are scrambling to replenish the club's bank account. they are raising dues by 20%. they're asking swimmers to fundraise for the team, and they have fired two veteran coaches, even though they had nothing to do with any financial impropriety. brett garvin, coach for the gators for 20 years. it was it was heartbreaking. >> it it was not what i expected. not what should happen. it's terrible for the community, for the swimmers, for the legacy that we've worked hard to build. >> garvin is struggling to replace his $32,500 coach's salary. it was the second job he worked each day to help make

ends meet. >> i have bills to pay young children, daycare. everything is expensive. these days. we know that. and not having that income is has been very difficult. i'm looking for anything i can to replace it with at the moment. >> gators parents reached out to me to investigate because it's been three weeks since sarah nu's arrest and the case is now in the hands of alameda county district attorney pamela price. no charging decision yet. gators parents have been emailing the da's office, urging them to prosecute sarah. now, one parent wrote. sarah's actions have disrupted this positive environment, and we believe that holding her accountable to the fullest extent of the law is essential for justice and for the future. integrity of the team. another wrote. the local community is outraged by what has transpired here, and her actions should not be swept aside via a plea deal. >> it's absolutely essential that charges be pressed to the fullest extent of the law. this kind of tragedy cannot be swept away with a plea deal or anything like that. we need to

send a message to youth sports all over the place that this is completely intolerable. >> sarah new's attorney confirmed to me that the da has not decided whether to charge yet, and pamela price's office tells me they don't have a timeline for when that might happen. i'll keep track of it and report back whichever way it goes. larry kristen. >> not that it sounds like their responsibility, but is there anything chase can do here? >> dan i thought about that. and so we reached out to chase bank, hoping that they might be able to do something, but they said that because she was authorized to use that debit card and to have access to that account, there's really nothing that they can do. i thought maybe they might donate to the team or something, but no, they say that they really can't help them out. >> that's too bad. i mean, the ripple effects of this impact so many people. >> it really does. and it's such a shame. >> you see those kids picture and it's so sad, i know. >> yeah. thank you dan thanks guys. all right. next we've got the ford four california is all the rage apparently when it comes to confrontation drivers. plus what a shock. tasty thursday a bay area sandwich shop celebrating a milestone

open seating policy. the dallas based airline announced today it

will be shifting to assigned seats and red eye flights for the first time in its history. southwest says it made the change because customers were clamoring for it, you know, on the subreddits i've seen, it doesn't sound like people are clamoring for it. in fact, i see mostly people who are sad, you know, something that they love for. so long has gone away. the whole egalitarian thing, the whole flexible thing, but what thoughts do you guys have? >> well, you know, i they've done it the same way for a long time, and it's clearly worked. i'm sure that they can monetize their seats differently with this change, which is why they're doing it, i guess. i don't mind the change. i don't mind, frankly, being able to pick a seat. they're going to charge you more for your seats. you know, depending on where you sit at them, you know, on the plane, they're going to charge you more for it. but i, you know, to be honest, i don't even think of southwest as a discount carrier anymore. i mean, it used to be you'd go to vegas or whatever, or la for $90. now it's $300. like every place else. so you might as well get to pick your seat.

>> yeah, they're mainstream. i kind of like just being able to, you know, if you check in early, you, you know, you get on the plane early, it's not that complicated, but this is obviously these moves were made from the southwest airlines department of revenue generation. like okay, let's we can put some first class seats in. all right. maybe we can have a premiere section, you know. >> oh yeah. because they're charging for premium seating right too. >> yeah, yeah. >> so, all right. we'll see. >> i mean, but maybe they can lower the fares a little bit because i've noticed their fares have kind of been equal or even a little bit more. >> i don't think they're going to go down. >> i think they're only going up even if they charge us for seats now. all right, all right, >> new number one ranking for california, but not necessarily an achievement to be proud of. a new forbes study finds the golden state has the most confrontational drivers in the entire country. the study found a high percentage of drivers in the state have experienced some type of road rage, including being cut off, cursed at tailgating, and that's just in our garage. yeah. >> why you got to talk about me

like that, larry? >> i didn't name names, california has jumped from 13th in 2023 to number 1 in 2020. >> surprised? >> i have seen so many angry, confrontational drivers in just my daily routine. in fact, my wife and i were recently out driving somewhere. i forget and i guess this driver must have thought that i cut him off and he zoomed around to pass me and gave me the finger. and then he recognized me. he went, oh! and kept on going. >> did he? >> that is so funny. >> yeah, you know, you see more aggressive drivers in the last couple of years since the pandemic than i've ever seen in california before. >> you know, you can you know, i watched the speed limit pretty closely for the most part. but let's just say i go 85 miles an hour. i don't, but let's just say someone will pass me at 100. i mean, no matter how fast you go, somebody needs to go a lot faster. >> that's crazy all the time. >> and this is not just like a norcal versus socal thing. i was in malibu a few years ago and i'm doing like 70 and

everybody's behind me is just losing their minds because i'm like, yeah, we're going, it's a two lane road. there's a ton of traffic. how how fast do you want me to go? i'm stopping. >> i feel like that style of aggressive driving used to be just socal, but now it's permeated to. yeah, yeah, we do the same thing now. yeah, yeah. >> okay. it appears chickens share one of the most human of all expressions. they blush. >> oh, really? >> yeah. >> how could you tell i know, right. >> a new study by the national institute of agricultural research claims hens blush when they're excited or scared. researchers found blushing for a few seconds indicated a reaction to excitement in positive situations, like waiting to eat mealworms. it also indicated a reaction to fearful situations like being captured. that knowledge could be used to assess their welfare. >> i mean, we all get pretty excited when we get to eat mealworms, so it's not. yeah, sure. >> but what? how would you determine that it was blushing based on the skin color, but wouldn't we blush? >> it's an embarrassment. it's

obviously a different kind of reaction for them. >> yeah, right. >> because like they have feathers. so it's like they're feather colors don't change do they? or maybe they do. >> it's not like an octopus that can, you know. yeah. that's a good morph into different colors. >> maybe it's possible that that little bit of facial whatever right hypnotized. that doesn't really. it's a real thing. all right. a popular bay area sandwich shop is celebrating a milestone. ike's love and sandwiches opened its first store back in san francisco nearly two decades ago, and last week celebrated the grand opening of its newest store in san francisco's mission rock neighborhood. >> joining us today is ike's founder, ike shehata uh- ike. it's so good to see you. and i was like, what does that smell so good in the studio? what is it? it's ike sandwiches. oh you got it. >> great to see you all. >> and more than that, we were down here in the studio fighting over the dan ashley. even though dan ashley is sitting here, it

was it was a struggle. it was a struggle. >> spencer. got it. >> oh, i thought you got it. no, i thought you took it from him. >> no, not the matt cain. you mean i didn't even get my own sandwich? >> i mean, i tell him this is actually a sandwich you're going to order, right? it's my favorite sandwich. >> yeah. walk in anywhere. just order a dan. ashley, you can get one. wow. even if it's on the menu there. >> and it's a turkey, provolone cheese, pepperoncini lettuce and mustard are on a sourdough roll. >> give it a try right now. >> i heard there was a ton of baloney in it. dan no, no, maybe maybe wrong. >> dan baloney doesn't make a bad sandwich. >> yeah, that's true, but but you've been around for two decades now. >> you've really grown many stores in the bay area. a new one right at mission rock, what is it like? people love your sandwiches. is it the dirty sauce? is it the interesting combos? what is it? >> it's probably all of the above. i do put love potion in the dirty sauce, so it helps people, want to talk about it and get addicted to it. and then the combinations are really creative. their sandwiches that you don't see at almost any

other place. and then we have the dutch bread, which has been our recipe and the creativity. and we got a lot of great people that designed sandwiches with us, like dan, marshawn lynch, a few other bay area icons. oh i got a matt cain here. >> it's one of my favorites. >> yeah, i have a quick question, ike. and i'm very flattered to have a sandwich with you over all these years. thank you for that. but, you know, 100 restaurants, obviously, people love what you serve, but from a business perspective, that's really complicated to continue to maintain quality and to manage all of that. and that's a big deal. i mean, that's a huge undertaking to manage that many stores. right. and open that many stores. >> well, i found a long time ago back when i had the first dikes and we wanted to expand the second one, which was on campus at stanford, was if i took only ownership over the things that i love to do and found the things that i didn't like to do and had other people do them, because there are people that like to do everything in the business. it became, i don't want to say it's

easy to get to 100, but if you just keep replicating one and then two and then three and four, all it takes is 15, 16, 17 years to get there. you're not even that's yeah, a layup, 17 years. >> why mission rock? >> well, i wanted to get back into san francisco. no, we famously kicked out several times in the city. yeah. and i'm a huge giants fan. and when the giants came to us with this, hey, we have this brand new development. i used to go to that stadium since it opened in 2000. i had season tickets back then and it's a perfect partnership, is very san francisco, and obviously the giants are very san francisco. it's also a great neighborhood up and coming. i would love to live there. yeah. >> okay, so with the new store, i understand you do have some blast from the past original sandwiches. what are those? >> yeah, every single sandwich from the original menu is available. so we brought the hot link back. we brought the crab salad back. we have a lobster salad, too. and then especially the burgers, it's dutch crunch

burgers are back. we only did it about a year and a half before all the drama happened. and we kind of had to stop doing it, but now we do that again. i highly recommend getting a burger. did any of you guys get a burger today? >> no, no, i got a surf and turf though, which is so cool. >> hey spencer, thumbs up on the sandwich. >> absolutely. i love the dan ashley sandwich. >> it's really good. >> thank you ike. thanks. >> i gotta thank you. >> well, thanks so much for having me. i appreciate it. san francisco sandwiches. >> we'll be right back.

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powering possibilities. at an international bio design competition. turning egg shells into architecture that i want to see. >> abc seven meteorologist drew tuma has the story as part of our ongoing coverage called climate ready. >> if you want to cook, you're going to eventually have to break some eggs. but what if you could put those shells to work and help save the planet at the same time? >> so these are brown egg shells, which are actually washed. and then, baked in the oven. >> minimata nagar, husseini and jesus guillermo macias franco are what you would call egg shell engineers. they're members of a student led team from the california college of the arts

and creators of a winning concept in an international competition known as the biodesign challenge. >> the whole thing started with like our first assignment, where we were just told to make something like, just make something out of waste. >> they eventually settled on egg shells, and to prove they could be sustainably sourced, the team turned to plow a popular breakfast spot on san francisco's potrero hill, collecting enough egg shells to begin hatching a plan. the goal to turn them into a useful building material similar to lightweight bricks in the. >> in the meantime, we figured out why not do them in a similar way as bricks are made right now. so we made some molds out of bpa and a pla with 3d printers using the 3d printed molds, the team turned the material into useful shapes, forming them with a gelatin like glue also made from renewable resources. >> collaborators from ucsf used high powered microscopes and other instruments to help document the chemical bond and the actual strength of the

organic materials. camille moore is a graduate student in biochemistry. >> yeah, it's, actually very strong. we did a force test and then compared it to commonly used building materials, and we saw that it was actually comparable. >> we made it to the half, module and then also the hollow one. so technically we have a family of four to build our, like larger scale architecture with the final designs interlock into a modular building system. >> and while the world might not be walking on eggshells any time soon, the team says the bricks are already strong enough to work as an acoustic filler or as a trim material. and with an almost inexhaustible source. the team believes their eggshell engineering could help provide a bridge into a new era of sustainable bio design. >> i'm a father myself, so i would love to see my daughters playing, you know, at a park with our material being used in that playground, that's a very idealistic thing that i have in my mind, but that's that's what

i would like to see in san francisco. >> drew tuma, abc seven news. >> that is amazing and fascinating. i can't believe that they made something use. i mean, you know, it's going to be different now, you know, making an omelet. i'm going to be thinking, oh, what could i do with these? >> i know you don't think of it as being used for engineering, you know. but look at that. yeah. all right. fantastic guess what? we got some good news for you. the cool down might last for a little bit. yes >> spencer, let us let us have it. are you okay? >> well, we have it. it's here. it started today. it will continue, obviously, as you look at the forecast headlines, cooler, even cooler air arrives tomorrow and saturday weekend outlook calls for below average high temperatures. and next week, even as it starts to warm a bit, it will be a gradual warm up and no more heat waves in sight for a while. overnight, we'll see a little bit of fog. the marine layer is back. it will be at the coast, pushing locally across the bay and inland. overnight lows will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s, so fairly comfortable range of overnight low temperatures. tomorrow's highs under mainly sunny afternoon skies only. low to mid 80s in the warmest inland

areas. upper 60s to low 70s around the bay and about 60 at the coast. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. even cooler on saturday with inland highs barely reaching 80 degrees. then you see that gradual warm up beginning on sunday going into the middle of next week. finally, wednesday, thursday of next week we'll see some low 90s inland. but even that is within the normal range of highs for this time of the year. so no excessive heat is in the next seven days. larry and kristen. all right. >> thank you. spencer. one of the biggest blockbusters of the summer, hits theaters tomorrow. >> it's filthy. filthy i mean, violence where like, oh, i don't know anything about that. >> yes, it's filthy and violent. it's deadpool and wolverine. but up next, the costars explain what else fans of the series can expect.

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entertainment reporter george pennacchio. life is a mystery. >> i don't know anything about saving worlds, but you do. i hear you. >> trust me, kid, i'm no hero. >> ryan reynolds and hugh jackman suit up, team up, and sometimes even beat each other up in deadpool and wolverine, along for the raunchy, wild, and definitely creative experience. emma corrin and matthew

macfadyen. >> you appear to have soiled yourself while unconscious i was unconscious, who are you? >> every movie rule is broken here, and that's part of the fun of watching it. >> i think it really is. that's the that's the real. that's the lovely thing about watching it. it's sort of audacious because it's a really tricky thing to get right, and i think they do get it right. >> let's give the people what they came for. >> at its heart, i think it's kind of about these unlikely friends and a story of friendship, which i don't think you've seen so much in the deadpool universe. it's gonna get good. i've never laughed so much in my life, but i've also i was like, sincerely moved. >> rob delaney is back for more. after first appearing as a character not in the comics. in deadpool two. >> i don't know much about this cable fella, but i guarantee he hasn't killed as many people as melanoma has. >> flash forward to what you'll see in this movie and rob doesn't mince words. >> it is so legitimately insane. the things in the movie, but

none of it is just like we got to make sure we got that, get that, it's all earned. it all makes sense. it's filthy. filthy, i mean violence, we're like, oh, god, it's glorious. it is. it's operatic. yeah >> buckle up for one r-rated mcu adventure. george pennacchio abc seven news. >> deadpool and wolverine is in theaters tomorrow. marvel entertainment is owned by our parent company, disney, and that's it for abc. seven news at four. abc seven news at five is next.

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