>> everybody gotta have something to go home to. >> a massive park fire continues to rage out of control, but the weather is turning and firefighters are now hopeful. >> how? learning more about fire could lead to a better understanding and fewer fires. >> and the new technology giving firefighters a hand just as a fire might be getting underway. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. >> i'm larry beil and i'm kristen z. five wildfires are burning out of control across parts of the west, with more than 100 burning from california to canada. the park fire burning in butte, tehama, plumas and shasta counties has scorched more than 370,000 acres. >> and in southern california, the boreal fire ravaged a historic mining community. only a few buildings are left standing. the park fire had scorched 575mi■!s that is bigger than los angeles. and i'm going to say this really slowly, 12 times the size of san francisco, san francisco 12 x. it is now the sixth largest wildfire ever

in the state of california. >> more than 100 structures have been destroyed and thousands more are threatened. containment is at just 12% right now. abc seven news reporter mola lenghi is at the fire and joins us with a look at the damage. >> well, yeah. larry, kristen, this park fire still raging out of control. the fire burning through 575mi■!s in just five ds in the process just taking out dozens and dozens of homes, cars, people's properties for some folks, literally everything that they have ever known, everything they have owned, buildings, businesses, dozens and dozens of structures also burned out. thousands of people have been forced to flee in the process. and the park fire really just one of several fires that continues to burn throughout several western states. you see, this is one one family's home here. literally nothing left. you've got bits and pieces of what it used to be a home, and there are dozens of

people who are coming home to this, some people who still haven't put eyes on it. so it is really devastating. the community here. here in northern california, firefighters still putting out some spot fires tonight. this is still very much a race against time to contain this fire is extreme heat. triple digit temperatures are expected to move back into the area by midweek by wednesday, which will make fighting these fires extremely challenging for firefighters moving forward. very much a race against time. larry. kristen, thanks. >> we've seen far too many of these scenes in recent years. meanwhile, the man accused of starting the park fire appeared in court for the first time just in the past hour. ronnie dean stout the second, is accused of pushing a burning car down a hill, starting california's sixth largest fire on record. he's been charged with felony arson. the butte county district attorney's office says stout has a criminal record, and if he's convicted on the arson charge, it would be his third felony. he would be automatically sentenced

to 25 years to life in prison. stout currently being held without bail. >> officials with cal fire say crews have done an incredible job getting even some kind of containment on this fire. considering how dry the fuels are daily temperatures leading up to the blaze range from 105 to 115 over 3 to 4 week period. >> at the time that the fire started. in the first couple of days of the of the weather conditions pretty much any spark that hit the ground was going to cause another fire. so, you know, the fire was able to build on itself and throw embers out in front of it. as the wind moved it. and every one of those embers started another spot fire and all of that combined just to make a fire of incredible growth, incredibly quickly, carhart says fuel moisture in the area is almost nonexistent, adding, quote, everything is ready to burn. >> scientists working on fire behavior say the park fire, sadly, is an indication of what

the rest of this fire season could look like. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley reached out to the experts, who say they expect more mega fires to come. >> i don't see any reprieve in this. in the last two years before this year have been pretty good. the two years before that were pretty awful, and this year is gearing up maybe to be an awful year. >> mark schwartz predicts ecosystem vulnerabilities, and he says surprisingly, most of california's wildfires in the last five years weren't even in the areas at highest risk. he's not surprised the park fire is scorching land with remarkable speed. >> we're in a position because we have a lot of people living in the wildland urban interface where we are uh, uh, protecting buildings, protecting lives, protecting people at the expense of letting wildfires run into into wild areas. and so fires get large. and they we should expect them to continue to get large. >> i don't think there's much that's going to stop it. and we think we're talking about weeks, if not many weeks of burning ahead of us. >> as an ecologist and the chief

scientist at vibrant planet working to analyze wildfire risk mitigation, dixie fire a couple of years ago was nearly a million acres. >> and this one's going to certainly hit a half million uh- any any day here, given the speed that it's moving out past fire. >> science looked at the brush, the fuel close to the ground. >> we've ignored really, really big fuels like things the size of tree trunks, for example, because they didn't actively drive what happened in fires and now they are because we have so much dead material. >> and then there are plumes of smoke. we know a lot about particulates, but not enough about the chemical composition of the smoke. this uc davis professor is designing cutting edge chemical sensors. >> some of them can be put onto drones, and we've been working on that with some of our colleagues, so that these chemical sensors can actually go out and sniff the air as they fly around. the other thing is that they could be put on mobile units. >> so sensors will soon be mounted on fire trucks, technology that will be ready to

be deployed in the next year or two. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> and a reminder you can keep track of the fires that are burning across the state with our abc seven california wildfire tracker. it will give you the full picture of all the fires and the smoke that we're dealing with across the state. it's up for you, right now on the front page at abc seven news.com. >> police in the east bay are searching for multiple people who got into a gun battle in an apartment complex parking lot, killing a 16 year old girl and injuring a man walking by. it happened just after 11 yesterday morning near glad tidings church on west tennyson road. police say masked men in cars pulled up to an apartment complex and engaged in gunfire exchange with others. and that's when the girl was shot, along with a 41 year old man who just happened to be walking by. the 16 year old died at the hospital, and the man's injuries are not life threatening. >> we can't stand for this. >> this is something that we should all be outraged about, and i think that we're going to

continue to work with our community partners and our regional partners to make sure that to the extent that we can, that that this doesn't happen again. >> police say the 16 year old girl lived at the complex, though police are not sure whether she was a target. they do believe the shooters knew each other. police have not made any arrests in san francisco, city officials are announcing legislation that would pay some welfare recipients up to $100 a week. >> if they can prove that they're not doing drugs, part of an effort to curb drug use and build a better bay area. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena spoke to the supervisor behind this legislation, and experts asking, will this work? she's here now with what she found out. luis. >> yes, up to $100 a week would be the cash incentive. the city believes this will motivate people to stay sober and encourage others to stop. according to san francisco's office of the chief medical examiner, 374 people have died from a drug overdose this year, 48 just last month, and this is just another initiative by the city to tackle this crisis on

the steps of city hall, just blocks from one of the city's drug overdose hotspots, san francisco mayor london breed got candid about her personal reasons to support what they're calling the cash not drugs legislation that i lost my sister to a drug overdose. >> she was down in the streets of the tenderloin. it was definitely very difficult. i want to make it easier, just as easy to get treatment as it is to go out there and buy dope. >> supervisor matt dorsey is the author behind this legislation that would complement prop f, a voter passed measure that requires people on welfare to get drug tested before receiving their monthly $619 check. >> i think this is intended to be more of a carrot than a stick, but it also is based on strategies that we know work. it's a contingency management strategy that rewards people for good behavior instead of just punishing people. >> a similar program through the va showed great success in the

first five years, with over 90% of participants testing negative for drugs. randy shaw, executive director of the tenderloin housing clinic, doesn't believe this is the best way for san francisco to use its resources. >> the voters have already said you have to be in this program drug treatment in order to keep your grant going. now we're saying we're going to give you another incentive of $400 to $500 a month to do what the voters said you should do anyway. so we're going to be giving welfare recipients if they have a drug problem, we're going to give them a $1,000 a month. >> we talked to moshan smith about what he thought. he has been sober for 12 months. would you have stopped doing drugs if they would have told you that you would have gotten $100? >> no. i'm the one that made the choice. it wasn't because of somebody offering me money. >> yet he still believes this incentive could work. for some people. >> this does work too. but then it's also up to the person to. >> supervisor matt dorsey still needs to get enough votes for this legislation to pass the

board of supervisors. if he passes by the end of this year, the city will get six months to prepare the implementation for this testing. so the projection for this legislation is mid 2025. luz pena, abc seven news. >> louis thank you. to the south bay now san jose bucking a national trend, san jose's experienced one of the largest declines in fatal traffic crashes over a four year span. this is based on federal numbers. the new york times reports that from 2019 to 2022, traffic deaths in san jose declined 24%. that is the biggest drop out of the 30 largest u.s. cities. 27 of those cities saw increases in traffic deaths. research also shows that traffic enforcement dwindled nationwide during the pandemic. traffic stops in san francisco dropped more than 50% by the end of last year, compared to pre-pandemic numbers. >> the new fare gates at san francisco's civic center bart station are now operational. the new gates are located near the seventh street entrance on the north side of the concourse

level. bart says these next generation gates will cut down on fare evasion, improve safety, and will be easier to maintain. work will soon begin to replace the other two sets of gates at the station in all, bart plans to install new fare gates systemwide by the end of next year. >> coming up on abc seven news at four, a return to masking. we'll tell you who's making that request and why. the technology sparking a wildfire fighting revolution, plus the dangers of smoke from wildfires and why it could put you at risk for alzheimer's. >> afternoon highs were 5 to 10 degrees below average today, but we've got a warm up in store. i'll have it

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here in san francisco. health officials are urging people to consider wearing the masks again to help slow the summer surge of covid 19, according to the cdc. >> california is one of eight states where covid 19 wastewater viral activity levels are very high. >> abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez with a closer look. >> i think california and the bay area, you know, as an example, was ripe to seeing a lot of transmissions. during the recent period of time, the heat waves made a lot of people go indoors. also the wildfires, so

it's almost like our version of winter when everybody's escaping the heat or wildfires congregated inside a lot of noses and mouths together. >> sf public health posting this alert on x formerly twitter, saying with covid 19 circulating, please consider wearing a well-fitted mask in crowded indoor spaces. doctor peter chin-hong weighs in. >> i think that the rationale is that it's just so much covid going around right now that it's with a very transmissible strain that, it's going to be very easy to get it. and if you want to lower that risk, carrying a mask around in my pocket like i do and bringing it out when i feel a little bit at risk, is probably not a bad idea. we've seen the highest levels of covid for a long time in the bay area, probably close to 2022 summer levels and higher than 2023 summer levels. so, a lot of

people getting covid, if we were talking about this in 2020, we'll be talking about icu beds in 2022. we'll be talking about hospital beds this year. there's still hospitalizations that are ticking up, but most of the cases are in the outpatient setting. they're in the community. >> he says the current variant is more transmissible. he says symptoms include the usual sore throat, congestion, runny nose and fever. but he says that newer symptoms are seen more of are stomach symptoms, such as nausea and vomiting. and he's recommending that those over 65 get the vaccine. now, if they haven't and get the new one in october, by then it's expected to come out. >> gloria rodriguez reporting. our country is in a mental health crisis. this year's state of mental health in america report shows a record breaking number of suicides, drug overdose deaths and cases of depression and anxiety. this is based off the most recent data from 2022. nearly 60 million

adults, 23% of the adult population, experienced a mental health issue just in the past year. 1 in 5 young people ages 12 to 17 experienced at least one major depressive episode. and of those who did receive treatment, 65% say it did help them. >> the san francisco board of supervisors will take up a proposal to make the rainbow pride flag flown in the castro district, an official landmark. the large flag flown above harvey milk plaza is the creation of late gay artist gilbert baker. it was originally designed for the gay freedom day parade, which is now the san francisco pride parade this afternoon. the land use commission approved the resolution with an amendment that the flag fly 24 over seven. >> as i understand it and others may speak to this, that was gilbert's firm intention and has been the practice of the keepers of the flag installation these past decades. i'm asking to add this language just so it is very, very, very clear. >> the resolution will now head

to the full board of supervisors for a vote in september. >> the record for being the youngest person to play in professional sports did not last very long. yesterday, 14 year old mckenna mack witham of san francisco, made her debut with new jersey's gotham fc of the national women's soccer league. her arrival came a day after she turned 14, and two days after she signed her pro contract. so that breaks the record set by teen soccer star kevin sullivan, who made his debut at age 14 years and 293 days with the philadelphia union back in may. so what were you doing at age 14? playing some pro sport? >> not pro anything. not it's incredible. >> it's really incredible. >> it is. all right. are you enjoying this weather? >> it's a little cooler than i would have thought. >> meteorologist not sweating. >> well no no no. lisa argen is here with more. what a dramatic change. >> yeah. you know, we've been so used to our hot weather as of all of july, really, that it felt like a big cool down, but it is below average. we'll see

one more mild day before things begin to warm up. so taking a look at our satellite picture, you can see the low clouds and fog where we are entrenched at the golden gate bridge there, and they will quickly return. there's a glimpse of the park fire where the smoke continues to move to the north and east into the northern sacramento valley. and we have that steady onshore flow. but it had a little haze out there today as we continue to get some of those surface south winds and those westerly winds aloft, that continues to push the smoke to the north and east. so while air quality is good here in the sierra nevada and of course, extreme northern california, not so great, and that will continue depending on the fire behavior and the suppression of the fire. as to the air quality. but you can pretty much bet sacramento, northern sacramento valley, the adjacent foothills, some moderate to poor air quality. there's a look at that marine layer that's going to come back quickly. 61 in san francisco. and half moon bay at 70 in

hayward, 77 mile degrees in san jose, nice and sunny here. where temperatures are in the low 80s right now. concord 80 in livermore 84 by the delta. so that continual southwesterly breeze through the delta allowing for the transport of that cool marine air. so right now, anywhere from 2 to 5 degrees cooler than we were on sunday. and look at these gusty winds 33 miles an hour at san francisco, sfo, 31 over in oakland. and you can see even hayward. it's breezy, up to about 23 miles an hour. so with the brisk air out there, we have another mild day on tap for your tuesday. and then by the middle of the week, we're warmer inland. we have one day will reach 100 degrees and then by the weekend, looking at continued warm to hot weather inland as high pressure builds in from the south. so on wednesday we warm up nothing to extreme low to mid 90s inland. we still have the 60s and 70s around the bay, so comfortable there. but notice from clear lake to cloverdale we're in the

triple digits and this is one of our warmer afternoons. we could be up into the upper 90s by the delta, but still oakland hayward comfortable out there and another drop in temperatures inland will keep us pretty much summerlike a bit above average as we get into thursday. here's your tuesday 86 for concord, 73, in oakland tomorrow. look for a similar day in san jose 77 with those 80s mid 80s arriving in santa rosa. so the accuweather seven day forecast still cool for july. your tuesday, a warmer day on wednesday and thursday. feeling like summer right on through the end of the workweek, but that one day on saturday up to 100 degrees inland. upper 70s around the bay shore and keeping it pretty toasty inland through the rest of the weekend. so there's your warm weather by by saturday, we'll be begging for more days like today. >> exactly. i'm go with this. thank you lisa. okay. and this is going to be a great week. >> if you love watching meteors streak across the night sky, the

southern delta aquariids will be active tonight through early tomorrow with up to 25 meteors, an hour now. tomorrow night it's alpha capricornids uh. it could bring five meteors an hour. the perseid meteor shower arrives next month, peaking the evening of august 11th, so we have plenty of good options. yes, yes, all right. >> on eating politics. >> another political visit this time, gop vp candidate jd vance is in the bay area. >> i'm abc's perry russom in washington. president biden's pitch to change the supreme

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includes both term limits and a code of conduct. >> abc news reporter perry russom is in washington with a look at this plan. >> biden's called to limit presidential immunity comes after that ruling from the high court earlier this month. biden says the president's power should be limited, not absolute. president biden today making his pitch for major reforms to the supreme court. the court's being used to weaponize an extreme and unchecked agenda. in a washington post op ed, this morning, biden says he wants to change the lifetime appointment for justices, creating term limits. biden says the president should appoint a justice every two years, with justices being

capped at serving 18 years on the high court. biden also calling for a supreme court binding code of conduct. the president writing every other federal judge is bound by an enforceable code of conduct, and there is no reason for the supreme court to be exempt. and biden says he wants a constitutional amendment limiting the broad presidential immunity established by the high court earlier this month, writing we are a nation of laws, not of kings or dictators. >> each of us is equal before the law. no one is above the law. >> it comes as the race for the white house is taking shape. vice president kamala harris and former president trump on the campaign trail. >> we're the underdogs in this race. >> a kamala harris presidency means four more years of extremism, weakness, failure, chaos and probably world war three. >> new polling from abc news and ipsos shows enthusiasm surrounding both candidates. harris leading the way among all adults with 48%. trump with 39%.

on the right, among independents, harris at 49%, trump with 31%. in polling from swing states, harris and trump essentially tied among registered voters in pennsylvania and wisconsin. harris with a six point lead in minnesota. and today, house speaker mike johnson, reacting to biden's ideas on the supreme court, saying the dangerous gambit of the biden-harris administration is dead on arrival in the house, perry russom, abc news, washington. >> republican vice presidential candidate j.d. vance is in the bay area tonight looking to raise some money. beko chief executive officer mike belshe is hosting a fundraiser in palo alto, headlined by the ohio senator. tickets for the event range from $3300 to $25,000 per person. the event is the latest sign of support from cryptocurrency executives of trump. the former president was the keynote speaker at saturday's bitcoin 2024 conference in nashville. democrats are turning to zoom to raise millions for the

presumptive presidential nominee. vice president kamala harris more than 500,000 people joined three separate zoom calls last week, raising more than $11 million, analysts say we can expect to see more and more of these online events. they're cheaper to organize and easier to attend. >> up next, more on that massive fire that is burning north of us. >> the park fire is ravaging northern california. more than 500,000 acres burned. meantime, the arson suspect is in court today. i'm tim pulliam, with the latest coming up. >> new tools sparking a firefighting revolution. the unmanned air force that could become a

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evacuation orders on 25 wildfires right now. the state's largest fire this year is burning through close to 400,000 acres. and that is only 12% contained. and today, the man accused of starting that fire appeared in court for the first time. you see the picture right here, ronnie dean stout. the second is facing a felony arson charge. prosecutors say witnesses saw him push a burning car down a hill, then trying to blend inith people who are running from the flames, stout being held without bail due back in court on thursday. abc news reporter tim pulliam has the latest on the park fire. >> the park fire, rapidly spreading in northern california. dashcam video from this vehicle shows the intensity of the smoke and flames. this massive fire forcing thousands to evacuate in your head, you're like, am i going to have something to go home to? linda miller forced to flee her home more than three days ago, the park fire burning more than

500mi■!s across five counties, s now larger than the city of los angeles. everyone on alert shifting winds when flames can jump the fire line. >> we actually now have to move. we have to back up the. the fire's moving our direction, so i need to keep moving the fire. >> only 12% contained over the last week. the blaze ravaging at least 100 homes and buildings. we left everything behind. >> all of our personal belongings, all of the enclosures, all the supplies. >> this jinky had to evacuate her horse sanctuary, leaving 17 horses behind. >> they are not used to fending for themselves. they get fed every day. they are living in a 20 acre field and it was kind of hard to watch them leave and run. >> more than 4700 firefighters working around the clock, fighting the flames on the ground and in the air. fire crews expected it will take at least a month to completely knock down the park. fire. tim pulliam, abc news, los angeles with extreme events like these

massive fires happening more often. >> abc news has teamed up with the abc owned stations to help people navigate this new reality and become climate ready and today we have a look at a plan to fight fires right as they start. >> abc seven news anchor dan ashley here now with the details. hi, dan. hey, larry. >> kristen. it's compelling. you know, with concerns over a destructive wildfire season growing and what we're watching here making that evident. researchers here in the bay area are testing a better way to fight back. it's a nip it in the bud concept, a system that could prevent those flames from spreading over wide areas. nobody moves at the speed of a wildfire. but now a bay area startup is working on a different kind of quick strike force to potentially knock out the flames before they have a chance to accelerate. >> and at the end of the day, it's about providing enough speed and force to provide that initial knockdown. >> max brody is the ceo of rain. the company is perfecting software for fully autonomous, uncrewed aircraft equipped to

locate, evaluate and attack emerging wildfires. located in the former control tower of the alameda naval air station, the company approaches the challenge with the kind of strategies employed by the military, first by taking advantage of an existing network of smoke spotting cameras already installed in fire zones like the sierra, then launching aircraft as soon as a suspected fire is detected. >> we have been doing this for decades in a military context all around the world, flying these drones and autonomous aircraft. this is real technology. the team is working with collaborators including sikorsky, designer of the famed black hawk helicopters. >> adapted as a fire fighting platform, the aircraft can deliver water to target areas with speed and agility, but developers also want to make those fire killing air drops more efficient as well. that's because a significant percentage of the water dropped on wildfires doesn't actually make it to the wildfire. the target

with intense heat and high winds, it can be blown off course or into a mist, kind of like this that simply disappears into the air. to help solve the problem, rain ultimately turned to engineering students at stanford. team members chris coppens and christy park say the process began with some out of the box brainstorming what if we try to do something like water, but boba balls? >> something like that? what if we did something like the consumable water packets that runners use in marathons, what i don't know. can we use, like a snow cone machine or something like that? >> what they came up with were transportable, biodegradable, highly controllable water pellets made with a machine normally used to wrap food snacks. after testing them with shake tables and pressure gauges, it was time for the big drop off. a 32 foot fire tower, and we loaded payloads of our pellets, approximately 25 each

in a trap door bucket extended out the side of the tower. >> and then we released them and tracked the dispersion of those pellets as they fell, he says. >> the beta tests were a success. back at headquarters, engineers at rain are continuing to perfect the software that could ultimately help guide the black hawk helicopters to their target and perhaps deliver their payload of stanford water pellets. one. for max would be the fulfillment of a mission driven by watching the effects of a destructive wildfire as a child, as a kid, you know, that kind of thing just stays with you, and it has stayed with me for my entire life. >> going into the 2020 wildfire season, where the skies turned orange, i was convinced that this was the right time to build this technology an autonomous air force designed to revolutionize the way we fight wildfires. which i clearly need, as the concern is

these wildfires will only get more devastating. >> now, besides reaching fires quickly, engineers at rain believe their autonomous strategy could be safer keeping humans away from the dangerous epicenters of these disasters and also off the rugged terrain. so more to come. but it is promising. >> larry christian wow, another application for the technology. dan that is so cool. all right, wildfires are not only bad for our air quality. a new study says they could also affect our memory. the alzheimer's association recommends we protect our brains thinking about when you are exposed to this, to the potential air pollution, making sure that you're putting an n95 mask on when it's an air quality day that's above 100, >> thinking about whether or not you can stay inside when we have those days, i think there's more to really uncover here, to really figure out what that exposure really looks like, whether it's sort of one time or whether it's a build up over a number of years. >> the study released today,

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the extended cruise is facing delays. villa v residences was supposed to depart on may 30th, but that was delayed. now it's set to embark tomorrow, but even that date is problematic. although the ceo says he does expect it to happen this week and yet another three year cruise competitor has emerged. globe cruisers plans to embark next april. so let's see. before it was like, oh, we had the schematics, but the ship actually isn't going to be built on time and just, i don't know, any kind of three year commitment and sight unseen. i'm just. how do you feel about this? >> i agree with you. i'm more likely likely to go on a three day cruise than a three year. i don't know, i just i might change my mind halfway through. i guess you could just fly home, but i don't know. >> but you paid for it.

>> that's true. i don't understand why anybody would go on the boat for three years. i really don't, i don't know, unless you're trying to get away from your family. >> maybe they are. >> maybe that's witness protection. you just go there. you're on the boat. just all around. i don't know. it's a long time. it is. would you go in debt just to go on vacation? well, 36% of americans say it's worth it up from 25% last year. experts say the pandemic led many to consider travel a priority rather than optional. millennials and gen zers are the most likely to go into debt due to doom spending, as it's called. they don't have enough money to buy homes, so they might as well have some fun with the money they do have. this is a kind of a two part problem here, because i think it's really a concern. when you look at states like california, there are others new york where it's just so expensive for, you know, our kids to think about how they're going to buy a house. but the other side of it is, well, you know, i can't buy a house, so i'll just use my money

this way. >> yeah, that's totally true. go get that $7 coffee every day, right? you're not going to get that $300,000 down payment. >> yeah, well, i think there's a difference between spending the money. you do have because you aren't buying a house and going into debt. like, how much debt are we talking here? that's a good question. i mean, if it's a couple hundred dollars, maybe a thousand, and then you're going to buckle down and okay, i'm going to pay it off and then we're going to do it again. yeah. you know, i don't know. >> yeah. >> so everyone's just living for today. no one's living or planning for tomorrow anymore do we not expect there to be a tomorrow. is that what's happening like what is you know. >> well, we are not promised, i say, about that as three billionaires are trying to get to the moon and mars as fast as possible. >> i don't know what they know, but they know something. >> that's why we're not committing to the three year cruise. >> exactly three day cruise. here we come. okay. some homeowners in need of cash are redefining the term rental property. they're offering up parts of their home by the hour. everything from the pool to the

backyard to the driveway. a zillow survey found 55% of millennial homebuyers and 51% of gen z buyers say it's important to have the extra income. so yeah, i've seen that people renting out just their pool. yes. like, would you do it? i just put up your home that way or i take my kitchen, i please. >> i just found out about this last year and i was shocked because i learned that even in our area, you could rent your pool out for a couple of hundred dollars for the day. and the best locations obviously have like a pool house where people can use the restroom or have some snacks or whatever the case may be, as opposed to having to trudge their way soaking wet through your house. but the fact that it even exists, i mean, it just shows you it goes back to what we were just talking about. >> yeah, that's generation. >> yeah, doing anything they can, but we can just go to your house, larry. right. >> any time, any time everybody's invited, yeah. bio. whatever the fast food fix

quickly becoming a thing of the past. mcdonald's today reported that global sales fell 1% last quarter. that is the largest drop since the pandemic. burger king, wendy's, starbucks, and other fast food restaurants have all reported plunging sales recently. are we assuming that this is because the prices just keep going up and up and up? >> i think it's because so many people are on ozempic, i really do. i really do. i was talking to a restaurant friend of mine and he was saying he's definitely noticing people ordering fewer appetizers, fewer desserts, and when one person is on ozempic, right, the weight loss drug and they're eating with their family, the whole family then doesn't order dessert. and because it's kind of a social thing, it's like, oh, if you get it, i'll get it. so i just feel like this has a spillover effect on every facet of the restaurant industry. >> oh, i thought it was because we have such good food here in the bay area that you don't need to go to a fast food place. and once again, that same generation, they just stare at their phone with food and they're really more into food. i

think, than i was at that age. >> we're taking pictures of food. yep, definitely taking pictures of food for the gram, for the anything for the gram. this is this is interesting. the ozempic effect. we're going to have to look into this, right? >> somebody commissioned a study. yes. >> and right a power outage is looming. that's just alert, he's always getting worked up about something. flex alerts notify us of preventable power outages. that way we always know when to help stop one. ok flex, just drop some knowledge on me again. oh, ok i will - i'll turn our thermostat to 78...

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and conduct of a colonoscopy. >> we see these polyps many times we're able to remove it and essentially reset the clock. >> but the problem is many people don't get colonoscopies. it's recommended that start at age 45. yet a quarter to nearly half of people who should get one don't. this year, about 53,000 americans will likely die from colorectal cancer. regular screening can prevent as many as 73% of those deaths. >> some screening is better than no screening, and it's important to have these upfront conversations with the patient's healthcare team. >> shield cost $895 pre-approval, but the current price hasn't been released. it may be covered by private insurance and medicare. check with your provider. the blood test should be repeated every three years. should you get it? that's something you and your doctor need to talk about so that everyone is on the same page. >> they understand what they're opting for. >> denise studer, abc seven news. >> shield is expected to launch sometime in the next week. >> a new study claims anxiety

may triple the risk of developing dementia. researchers in australia began studying people between ages 60 and 81 in 2004. ultimately, 64 participants developed dementia with an average time to diagnosis at ten years. the study's coauthor says the findings highlight the importance of addressing anxiety early and consistently. the research was published in the journal of the american geriatrics society. >> all right, one more look at the forecast. i actually was reaching and looking around for a sweatshirt yesterday. >> oh, wow. you probably tucked it way back in. that's. >> yeah. no way. in the back way in the back. yes. >> well, you'll have to pull it back out later, but you got a few days, lisa. yes. >> that's right. we're going to stay cool to mild right through tuesday and then a warm up later on. but look at the wind blowing here from our roof camera. wind gusts to 31 miles an hour. oakland san francisco. it's breezy in hayward and mountain view at 70 in hayward, right now, 77 in san jose and temperatures are slipping from the east bay about 80 in

livermore. and we'll see a quick return of the low clouds and fog. so there's a look at those gusty winds around the bay, adding to the coolness. and our highlights for the next couple of days. we have another day below average tomorrow and then we'll get into warmer weather inland by the middle of the week. it's going to get hot inland with temperatures flirting with 100. tuesday we'll get into mid-morning sunshine and then temperatures in the low 70s. palo alto, upper 70s for you in san jose. low to mid 80s inland and the accuweather seven day forecast looks like a warm up inland by wednesday thursday a few more degrees of warming. you notice it stays comfortable around the bay. our warmest day inland should be saturday, but still holding on to those 90s into the second half of the weekend. >> larry, thank you. lisa, do you have some jeans that you no longer wear? we'll try this offer on for size target today announcing its first official denim takeback event so people can take up to five used denim items to a target store in return, they receive a 20% promo

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stay with us for abc seven news at 11. wow, this was a record breaking weekend for the newest marvel movie. deadpool and wolverine shattered opening day records for r-rated movies. also, a big marvel surprise. abc news reporter trevor ault has the spoilers for deadpool and wolverine tearing through the record books with the highest grossing r-rated box office

opening weekend in history, big slow motion action sequence. >> who knows if you live or die? >> the film, already pulling in $438 million worldwide, more than $200 million domestically. crowds lining up for stars ryan reynolds and hugh jackman, along with a stacked lineup of surprise cameos including reynolds wife blake lively as lady deadpool. are you ready? and with all eyes on the marvel cinematic universe, a gigantic reveal, this weekend. yeah, i can fly. robert downey jr is coming back to the mcu, but not as iron man, instead appearing in a new mask at comic-con, revealing he's playing super villain doctor doom. >> new mask. sa >> shocking fans everywhere. >> all right, let's talk about the biggest bomb that was just dropped at comic-con.

>> what do you mean? robert downey jr is back in the mcu as doctor doom. >> look, i need all of you to listen to me right now. >> that is not iron man. the famed former hero will star as the bad guy in the newly announced avengers doomsday set for may of 2026. >> so a lot going on in the disney marvel world. disney, of course, is the parent company of both marvel and abc seven news. abc seven news streaming for you 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app, and that way you can join us whenever you want, wherever you are. all right. that's going to do it for this edition of abc seven news at four. i'm larry beil, abc seven news at five is coming up next. (woman) oh, come on! come on! (vo) fargo lets you do this: (woman) fargo, turn off my debit card. i found it! i found my card! (vo) and also, this: (woman) fargo, turn on my debit card! (vo) do you fargo? you can, with wells fargo.

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