just today, but we are investing in an oakland for tomorrow. >> the coliseum sale and what it means to the city of oakland. good afternoon. >> i'm kristen sze and i'm larry beil. thanks for joining us. let's start with the wildfires that are still burning all across the west. california now has more than a dozen major wildfires burning across the state. this year's wildlife or wildfire activity is nearly 3,000% higher than last year. 3,000% up with 29 times the amount of acreage burned. >> yeah, the park fire burning in butte, plumas, shasta and tehama counties is the largest fire in the u.s. right now and the fifth largest in california history. firefighters are working around the clock as hotter weather is set to return later this week. the fire destroying more than 150 structures so far. >> abc news reporter mola lenghi is at the park fire and has a closer look at the damage. well, larry, kristen, the park fire continuing to rage 14% containment at this point, but

it's now been upgraded to the fifth largest wildfire in california state history. >> nearly 600mi■!s have burned almost the size of the city of los angeles. but firefighters are making some progress, containing controlled burns, managing spot fires that firefighters are out in mass. we've seen them all over butte county here, 5500 firefighters urgently working to further contain the blaze that's destroyed more than 190 structures. these are people's properties, their homes, their businesses. the fires of course, have also forced thousands of residents to flee. 42 year old ronnie stout has been charged with felony arson in connection with the fire. authorities say he set a car on fire and then rolled it off a 60 foot embankment. now, stout insists, it was an accident. he'll be back in court later this week. now firefighters are really racing against time as extreme temperatures triple digit temperatures are expected to move into the area later this week, which of course will make for some very difficult conditions for these firefighters on the ground.

larry, kristen. >> it just look at the ferocity, the video from the perspective of a northern bay, california fire crew currently assisting in the firefight. more than 5500 personnel are coordinating the response to this massive blaze. >> governor newsom got a first hand look at the devastation caused by the burrell fire burning northeast of bakersfield in kern county. newsom also signed an emergency proclamation to fast track resources and support this emergency. >> troc will allow more national guardsmen and women to help support your efforts, not just in the immediate, but in the aftermath, in the mopping, as we say things up and getting people back on their feet. >> the fire has charred more than 57,000 acres since it broke out six days ago, all but wiping out the mining town of havilah. more than 2300 people remain evacuated from their homes. the fire is just 17% contained. you

can keep track of the fires burning across the state with our abc seven california wildfire tracker. it gives you a full picture of the fires and smoke across the state. it's up for you right now on our home page, abc seven news.com. >> a massive win. that is how oakland mayor shang tao is describing the sale of the city's 50% stake in the oakland coliseum complex that you see right here. the deal sets the stage for the african american sports and entertainment group to transform the 112 acre site and help the city, as well offset its budget woes. abc seven news reporter anser hassan takes a look at the deal and what happens next. >> oakland city officials are celebrating a win and they say it's big. >> today is the start of a boom loop here in oakland, so let's do it. >> oakland mayor shengtao signing the terms of agreement, which allow the city to sell its 50% ownership in the 112 acre oakland coliseum complex for

$105 million. this is a vicious cycle. >> we are continuously looking at how we don't have enough resources. so this investment in the coliseum is going to be felt decades from now. >> the city will get $63 million in installments between now and january. the remaining $48 million by june 2026. the deal pumps millions into a city facing a historic deficit. the funds were already included in the recently passed mid cycle budget and prevent massive cuts and layoffs. >> it falls in line with the oakland budget. we worked with our finance team and the funds will be coming in where we can account for them immediately. >> it's being sold to the oakland based african american sports and entertainment group, headed by ray bobbitt. >> it's probably the largest development in oakland's history. >> it's proposing a multi-billion dollar project anchored by the oakland arena. it includes hotels, restaurants, businesses and affordable housing. he hopes it'll serve as a catalyst for more investment in east oakland and because the city already passed the coliseum specific plan in 2015, it

removes possible legal hurdles and red tape that already comes with the ceqa. >> it comes with an eir. it comes with so many different elements of planning that are already cured, so it really can allow you to sort of move quicker. >> though the sale of the city's ownership is complete, the group now has to negotiate with the a's, who own the remaining 50% of the land. bobbitt says he spoke to the a's tuesday morning. we don't believe that this juncture, based on the positive negotiations, we have going with the a's, that there will be any obstruction, whether we can reach an agreement or no. in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> moving on now to homeless encampment sweeps that are underway in san francisco, just five days after governor newsom ordered california cities to address these encampments. >> our media partner, the san francisco standard, got this video of a multi-agency sweep that took place under the central freeway and our own abc seven news reporter luz pena also witnessed some of the encampment cleanups today, and

luz joins us in studio with more on the city's effort to help build a better bay area. >> hi, luz. >> that's right. san francisco has been doing encampment resolutions or sweeps. but this week the city's mayor said they're going to take an aggressive approach. today we saw the first signs of that homeless encampment. sweeps are intensifying in san francisco on 18th and folsom, we witnessed the city's second and last encampment sweep for the day. sfpd officers, along with public works employees and the department of emergency management, spread out throughout the area as the signs on the light poles gave many here a heads up. what are they asking you to do to clean our spot? one of those asked to move was ramon castillo. he showed us inside his tent. this is your home? ramon said he knew city workers were coming, but his plan is to stay on the streets. >> for me, it's better staying outside. i don't i don't like to be in a hotel right now. >> do they offer you a hotel?

yeah. >> and then i've been there before. but for me, individual thing is better stay outside. >> so you're just going to move your tent somewhere else? yeah. earlier in the day, our news partner, the san francisco standard, captured another encampment. resolution or sweep. adam meskin, owner of the deli board, has been vocal about the need for sweeps. >> i think it's a it's a necessary move. i think public camping is completely out of control. >> but said he didn't like the city's approach during the first one. he saw the way that the removal uh- appeared also appeared to be quite inhumane. as the city gears up to continue sweeps following a us supreme court ruling, many gathered outside a hotel asking for the city to offer more shelter. this hotel was leased by san francisco during the pandemic for shelter now sits empty. >> what we could be doing we could be leasing out or acquiring these kind of

buildings to house people. and so you know, there are currently hundreds, almost 800 empty permanent supportive housing units that are fully funded. they're just sitting empty. >> we contacted the city's homelessness and supportive housing department. they said they have hundreds of vacancies in their portfolio. the city's public defender's office is concerned the sweeps will end up in more people behind bars and cited if they refuse to move. >> you're citing people, you're arresting people. our jails are already at 100% capacity. >> in the meantime, some homeless advocates believe the city needs this approach. >> it's time for us to do something. i mean, a lot of our people in the streets don't have the conscious ability to make decisions for themselves. now it's time for us to make those decisions. >> and san francisco's homelessness and supportive housing department said they have over 13,000 units of supportive housing in the city. their occupancy rate right now

is 93%. so they say they still have room for many people. luz pena, abc seven news. >> all right. today on abc7 news at three, san francisco standard reporter david jostad told me what he saw was more akin to the city's approach years ago before a court injunction limited their ability to clear encampments. >> i certainly haven't seen something like that in a while, you know, the city used to be more aggressive on these things before there was a ruling that or the injunction as people know it by that kind of restricted the city's ability to forcibly remove tents from the sidewalk. that was one of the more dramatic scenes i've seen in a couple of years in san francisc. >> the standard reports. some unhoused people say they were not notified about today's sweeps in advance, which is a departure from the city's recent years approach. california is making a $133 million investment

in helping unhoused people get a new start. the governor announced the funding today for rapid housing for people with behavioral health illnesses who live on the streets. ten county behavioral health agencies will share in the funding. the money is specifically for bridge housing for those people transitioning from homelessness to permanent housing. coming up at 430, the other creative solutions that cities are using to help get people into their own homes. and it could be in your own backyard. abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez digs into the future of adus. >> also coming up on abc seven news at four. the epidemic of loneliness and how where you work could be making it worse. a big boost to funding from zendaya. still not enough to help an iconic bay area arts group and how you can save money on all those pricey back to school supplies. >> i'm spencer christian in the week ahead, temperatures will be rising. i'll show you how hot it's going to be in my accuweather forecast this long to get put on the shelf like a porcelain doll. if you have

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at this time what caused the fire. >> now to a plea from a popular bay area theater group. cal shakes. established in 1974 as berkeley shakespeare festival, is on the edge of insolvency as they get ready to stage their fall production, they have to raise $350,000 by thursday to keep it afloat. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley visited their open air amphitheater off highway 24 in orinda, a place many call a hidden gem a hidden gem, or even a best kept secret, which for a time was delightful while it was sustainable. >> but it is not a solid business plan to build a future on. >> cal shakes pays a nominal fee to lease this land from east bay mud each year in this idyllic valley near the caldecott tunnel, where they built this amphitheater in 1989. oh god. yeah. today, a summer drama camp took center stage here. next month, rehearsals are supposed to start for this year's

production of as you like it, slated for performances starting september 14th. but post pandemic ticket sales have not been able to make up for the lack of fundraising. this is desperate times. >> it is. it is. we expected that some fundraising opportunities were going to manifest and they did not. >> a gofundme was launched and a famous alumnus of cal shakes made a donation. >> i taught shakespeare to the fourth and fifth graders in zendaya's mother's classroom at fruitvale elementary school. so i got to know zendaya through that. and then she started taking classes here at cal shakes and was in our summer conservatory program. like these youngsters down here, her and her boyfriend tom paid me a visit here, a few months back, we had a delightful conversation and when i told him that we were doing weddings up here, i teased them that i'm ready for them as soon as i have a date. >> that spider-man star tom holland. cal shakes has influenced many lives, including

this fight choreographer who works with san francisco opera and act. >> my whole artistic life has been shaped by the work that i've done here at cal shakes, so i'm hoping we can get it together and survive. >> if cal shakes gets $350,000 to move forward, the goal is to transition this venue into a true multidisciplinary performing arts center in orinda. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> a san francisco donut shop that proclaimed it never closes. well it's now closed. the silver crest donut shop seems to have gone out of business. the building in the bernal heights neighborhood is now boarded up. reason for the shutdown is unclear. the silver crest was a favorite all night breakfast spot for some, dating all the way back to the 1970s. >> some help for thousands of students in the south bay today. sacred heart community service began its annual pack a back drive in san jose. the nonprofit is providing 4000 kids with backpacks full of school

supplies for the upcoming year. sacred heart will host another giveaway thursday for families who have preregistered. if you're a parent, you know that school supplies can get really expensive. a recent cnet money report shows parents will spend around $660 on back to school shopping this year. cnet money editor dasha milden has some tips to help you cut costs this school year. >> right now is a really good time to just see what school supplies you have left over from last year, so something as simple as a book bag, maybe it's easy to throw it in the washing machine. that's one way to cut costs. or even just looking at some of those folders that really haven't been used or maybe just have a few pieces of paper in them, maybe as simply as wiping them off and then using them again, looking for those leftover pencils, crayons, you name it, starting there first before heading to the store can really help you narrow down that list and help you cut costs. >> so, milden adds, see if you

can go in with a neighbor or friend to buy supplies at a wholesale store and split the cost. so when you get that pack of four binders at costco, you take two, i take two. we both save money. >> that's perfect. yeah, yeah. >> got to work something out for the kids. all right, let's turn to the forecast now. we had a couple of cooler days and now we're going to start inching our way upward. >> yeah. >> let's see how hot it's going to get this time spencer. >> it's going to warm up pretty nicely. it's going to be a week long warm up. let me start with the satellite radar composite image showing you a robust wind flow west to east across northern california, including northern sacramento valley, the area of the park fire and other fires. and right now you can see the smoke from the park fire continuing to blow eastward away from the bay area. but locations in its path, of course, will suffer a decline in air quality right here in the bay area right now, we've got some pretty strong winds, 33 mile per hour surface winds here in san francisco, 36 mile per hour gusts at sfo. it is gusty in other locations as well. and you can see on the 24 hour temperature change is a few degrees warmer in most locations

than at this time yesterday. so the warm up is actually underway right now. here's the view from mount tam looking down onto the marine layer, beginning to push a little bit through the golden gate. 65 degrees in san francisco right now. low 70s at oakland at hayward. mid to upper 70s at redwood city and san jose, and 63 at half moon bay. now, just a little hint of some low clouds pushing over the golden gate bridge right now, but we'll see a deepening, expanding marine layer going into the evening hours 85 degrees right now at santa rosa, petaluma, 7081 at napa. and we have mid to upper 80s at concord and fairfield, 80 degrees at livermore. and here's the view looking westward from emeryville. and these are the forecast headlines we have this week. long warming trend coming our way. beginning tomorrow. inland highs will range from 94 to about 98 degrees, possibly even a little higher at times. and the heat reaches its peak early next week, mainly monday and tuesday. but it could extend beyond that. now there is a concern about dry lightning being possible in the northernmost part of the state, including the northern sacramento valley, where we have those fire concerns already about a 10 to 40% chance of dry

lightning on saturday because some subtropical moisture is moving into the area at the end of the week. and with the daytime heating that could destabilize the atmosphere, which of course, could trigger dry lightning. meanwhile, back here for tonight, we'll see an increasing flow of drizzle all along the coastline and onshore as well, along the coast and near the bay overnight. that's been a pattern for some time now. it will dissipate in the early in the mid-morning hours, giving way to mainly sunny afternoon skies overnight lows mainly in the mid to upper 50s. tonight. highs tomorrow will range from low 60s at the coast to low and mid 70s near the bay to low to mid 90s inland. so again the warm up is underway. here's the accuweather seven day forecast. a little bit of a warm start for august on thursday as we see at least mid 90s inland. perhaps a little bit higher friday slightly warmer. it'll be hot inland by saturday, sunday, saturday and sunday mid 90s. mid to upper 90s actually in our inland areas and mid 70s to upper 70s around the bay. and look at the upper 90s coming in monday and tuesday. it's certainly entirely possible 1 or

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atlanta. republican vice presidential candidate j.d. vance is shifting his attacks now to harris. since the weekend, the former san francisco resident and venture capitalist has called harris, quote, a san francisco liberal. >> kamala harris was the most liberal member of the united states senate. she is a francisco liberal. she is dangerously liberal. and thanks to the people in this room, she is never going to be the president of the united states. >> harris says she still has not selected her running mate, but is expected to do so by next wednesday. a top adviser to big democratic donors tells abc news that major donors are pushing for pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, arizona senator mark kelly or kentucky governor andy beshear. >> well, i mean, you drop enough

hints so we all know larry would love to go back to the days of working from home. you know, but there are some drawbacks, larry, that many of us, including you, may not have thought about. >> i would miss you all terribly. and that leads to isolation, which can then lead to loneliness. >> serious reporter denise dador from our sister station in los angeles has a look at this problem. >> the covid 19 pandemic shook up the traditional workplace. >> all of my jobs post grad have been fully remote. >> a recent upwork study found that in the next year, more than 36 million americans will be working from home. an 87% increase from pre-pandemic levels. it's all 27 year old erica smith has ever known. that's where i started my career as well, >> just doing remote work. >> she and 26 year old shay corwin are colleagues at a text message marketing company to foster teamwork. they often participate in what you might call a virtual cubicle. >> we would have these working zooms with like eight of us in

the zoom, and we would, you know, you're working through problems, working through, you know, your your work for the day. >> it's how shay and erica forged a friendship. they enjoy the freedom and work life balance, but sometimes they feel disconnected. >> it definitely can be a bit lonely and isolating. >> we spend a lot of time working, and we need to feel fulfilled and happy. and that we're kind of doing something meaningful. >> psychiatrist doctor lamont rocha with kaiser permanente riverside says feelings of loneliness impact women more in the workplace. a recent survey finds 80% of women in white collar jobs say they feel socially isolated. many cite being overwhelmed and unsupported. >> we know that there's been an impact. we know that there's been an increase in in depression and anxiety. >> studies show building workplace community should be shared by both employers and employees, and can be even more impactful for those who work remotely. >> the fundamental things you need for people to work together is for them to bond and to get along. we just got back from a company kickoff event in vegas,

and so that was life changing. >> doctor lemon rocha says. to create connections, use the tools you already have. keep the camera on during meetings, participate in chats, and try to be as interactive as possible. >> if i want relationships with people at work like i have to sometimes, push for that myself. i mean, it worked with erica. we're like really good friends now. we hang out all the time and like, we'll go work at a coffee shop together, but we'll also hang out in real life, too, whether irl or virtual, initiating relationships can be daunting, but erica says it's worth it when it works out. >> say yes to the hangout after work. it's really helped me to have friendships that will one day be at my wedding. so yeah. >> denise dador, abc seven news. >> human interaction. that's what most people need irl. >> that's what you need. yeah. >> in real life, yes. uh- more real life coming up. possible solutions to the housing crisis from schools to our own backyard. >> this now gives them the opportunity to actually own. >> i couldn't afford to live

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that are already well established. >> building a better bay area means finding the new path to affordable homeownership, and it may rely on creating more accessory dwelling units or adus. >> abc7 news reporter lyanne melendez here. now to tell us which cities have embraced adus and which ones may be falling behind. i'll give you a clue. >> do you know the way to san jose? that's number one. i know you like that, larry. people are

calling it the backyard revolution because there has been a surge in the number of adu permits, not only in san jose, but in other cities in the bay area. but does it make sense to spend that much money now? most people said yes, because if you can build it, you can now sell it. just last month, san jose reported the median home price was nearly $1.4 million. that's an increase of 10% from the previous year. >> i couldn't afford to live here if i didn't buy my house. you know, 25 years ago. >> preach to the choir, sister, because many young people or families will never be able to live in san jose. that is unless they consider buying one of these. an accessory dwelling unit, an adu. >> that adu pricing will be much lower than a traditional single family home. >> assembly member phil ting created legislation allowing homeowners to not only build an adu, but eventually sell it like

you would a condo and san jose is leading that trend. what i see is that you have your house there and it's so private beginning here. this is a different world back here. >> yeah. the idea was when we developed the adu, we wanted to make sure whoever lived in the back house had the opportunity to have a lot of space. >> he paid $250,000 prior to the pandemic. for now, he rents out the 500 square foot adu. but he is thinking of subdividing the property and selling it adu and all to his in-laws, who otherwise could not afford to move to san jose. >> this now gives them the opportunity to actually own in san jose at a lower price point, and also be closer to us, so it's kind of a win win. >> san jose has allowed the fast tracking of adus since 2019, 1310 adus have been built here, literally from start to finish. >> it took four months. >> joyce higashi wanted the

extra rental income. so how about, you know, plumbing, electricity, all those all those things they they take into consideration, they tell you whether or not it can be done. >> they came in and laid the foundation. they did all the trenching for all the utilities when it came time to deliver the unit, a giant crane lifted the adu over her main house and onto its foundation. >> it took a total of four minutes. the city of berkeley is expected to allow homeowners to sell adus like a condo. council member rashi kesarwani says it may happen this year. >> it would essentially work in the way that a homeowner's association would for a condo. i actually grew up in a condo. and so, you know, my parents paid property taxes. we had our trash bins. everything was as if we owned, you know, just like a single family home. >> this book is for homeowners who want to build an adu. cole peterson is an expert on the process of building adus. >> he's based in portland, where

there are more adus per capita than anywhere in the country. >> so that's kind of the biggest misconception is just like how much this costs. and then then but then the important thing to understand is like, well, even if it costs $500,000, what's the return on investment? and so in the bay area, obviously, yeah, things are expensive to build, but you can also get huge amounts of rental income from these things. so it might be a very rational investment. >> san jose has received four times as many applications to build adus as san francisco has so far. san francisco has built 937 adus since 2019. the san francisco planning department acknowledged that adus are easier to build in san jose, with large lots more easily lending themselves to modular structures and pre-approved designs. here's one example of the challenges san francisco faces. notice how higashi and kiernan's properties have separate entrances to their

adus. san francisco homes usually have no access to the rear yard from the street, and there isn't always room to build them. but the city is allowing some homeowners to convert a garage into a small adu accessory dwelling units. >> you're right, are fully independent dwellings. so yeah, they have their own kitchen, their own bathroom. >> ryan o'neil is the founder of the website how to adu. he says california is on the cutting edge of the adu movement, 1 in 5 units last year for new home construction were actually adu permits in the state of california. >> that's really exciting because that's incremental homes. it's a lot of housing that wouldn't exist otherwise. >> so los angeles is now leading the state in the number of adus built. now, i should mention both homeowners. we interviewed. come here, please. it went to see the adu uh- purchased in san jose. those two people in san

jose, they purchased actually modular adus, which are cheaper or let's say less, less expensive. >> that's good. yeah, yeah, i think the camera just knew i wanted to say something. yes, i know, which is right. >> i have excited to say this. >> well, it's just that it seems like more cities would totally embrace it because it would help them meet their housing element. the state mandated number of new units, right? yes. >> and it's a win win because you meet that quota. possibly. but you also have an income for the people who live there. the homeowners and possibly sell it, too. >> yeah. i think you'd want to have a certain amount of space between your house and the privacy. what i need kristen wandering around the back yard or something. you know, i don't know what she's up to except. except demanding a close up. i don't know why. thank you. liane. you're welcome. i just. >> what are you doing? are you in there? no. thank you. liane. all right, now my turn. >> all right. school districts could hold the key to help solve

our state's housing crisis. today's state superintendent of schools, tony thurmond, announced a plan to use surplus school district land to create housing at 50% below market rate for school district employees. eventually, 2.3 million housing units would be built on land owned by districts. the housing would also provide options for families who need below market rate homes, building housing, addressing homelessness, building wages of californians. >> these all take time, but the fact that these many districts already own property that's ready to be developed on means that we've got a green light. >> the next step is set for august 14th, when housing experts will attend a summit to identify ways to help accelerate the project. >> coming up, the problem with perfection. >> oh, you were no one. >> yeah, well, i live with it. gotta live with it, hats off to hats with personality on the

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this is senators today approved legislation aimed at protecting kids online. here's abc news reporter andrea fujii. >> the pressure for perfection appears more prevalent than ever in teens. that's according to a new study showing about 1 in 3 gen z kids feel like they have to be perfect. girls were about 14 points more likely than boys

to feel the need for perfection. while social media has been linked to the ongoing youth mental health crisis, congress has not enacted meaningful legislation to protect kids online. in more than a decade. >> these bills will provide the appropriate guardrails necessary to protect kids against online threats. >> the legislation would require platforms give teens the option to opt out of algorithms and give parents more control over how their kids information is used. >> this bill is not about censorship. it is truly about product design. >> snap x and microsoft have endorsed the safeguards google declined to comment, and meta says it backs legislation to regulate tech platforms. but the company stopped short of endorsing the senate bill. andrea fujii abc news, new york there is no doubt, especially for kids in school, you know, you're trying to get good grades, you're thinking about college, all that stuff. >> there's a lot of stress, spencer, how do you deal with

perfection? i just gracefully deflect it daily. >> no, no, no, it's no, it's a lot of it's a tremendous amount of pressure. far greater than anything we experienced as kids. certainly far greater than i experienced in my generation. and the attention that's focused on measuring up to certain standards and fitting in here and there, it's just puts so much pressure on the kids. i don't know how they deal with it. yeah, it's so much more competitive. and their world is, it seems to me, both larger than it was when we were kids because of the internet and smaller because the internet, too. i mean, they're so isolated in that online world. so many kids. and i think it can be a very, a very stressful, toxic, even dangerous environment for kids today. >> yeah, it's a lot crueler than it is. >> it is. and before we only compared ourselves to our best friends. right our small circle. but now it's like you've been compared to everyone out there. yeah. good point. how can you you know. yeah. match all right. a change of responsibility for amazon. the consumer product safety commission says the

online retailer is now responsible for all unsafe or faulty products sold on its site. the decision means amazon must issue recalls on any defective products. amazon says more than 60% of its total sales are actually from independent sellers. you know, those third party sellers on their site. so now, yeah, they got to take care of, you know, the recall, the refund, all of it. the notices, which i'm sure amazon is super unhappy. but it makes sense. >> well, it does make sense. you know amazon is so powerful so pervasive. it is where most people buy most of their online merchandise. and they can say that they're selling someone else's product. but i'm doing we're all doing business with amazon. that's who we're buying the product from. and if there's an issue, they refund it and they return it. so it makes sense that they have to issue recalls. that's who we are interfacing with. yeah >> not to mention a lot of the third party sellers are in foreign countries or, you know, they're small. mom and pop. and

it's like you can't interact with them. they're going to send you the notices of recall. that's just completely unrealistic. >> well, you would think amazon would do the due diligence before they let anybody on the site selling stuff. sometimes it backfires, but sure, somebody's got to at the end of the day, somebody has to be responsible. >> but recalls happen too with great products. but you know, wherever you buy, it has to stand by it. i think absolutely. >> all right, the ballers are paying homage to the a's with their newest hat. let's take a look at this thing. the ballers releasing the hat today with the ballers be in the iconic, a's green and yellow. i'm wondering if this is paying homage or mocking. i'm not sure which one it is, because you know, obviously the a's are going to be moving to sacramento and they hope to go to vegas. but the ballers occasionally released new hats when they celebrate different teams. today, writing on x oakland is a baseball town once and forever, you know, even if it is sort of a dig at the a's, i think it's a friendly dig because the fans have been loyal to the a's for so long, and those colors mean a lot to the

fans. >> so for the ballers to adopt those colors and do the b and sort of the look that the a used to have, i think is kind of cool, i do too. >> i think there's whether it's a little knock, i don't know, but it's certainly they're stepping in maybe to fill a bit of a void. >> yeah for sure. yeah. >> and that font is a very hip font. >> yes it is. >> yeah. it's a good looking hat actually. >> okay. now to the newest trend for fashion for men. we stay with hats here. caps. it's a frayed, extremely worn out baseball cap. it is actually the go to right now for stylists models and athletes. the catch is you can't just go and buy a frayed cap. uh- the trend is about your own lived in. look, you can always get ahead of the game by thrifting or tracking down one of your old caps and then doing unspeakable things to it. >> i've got like that bunch of those, actually. >> i was going to say, how many do you want? i got them all in the closet. >> and in truth, i think the weathered beat up cap looks a lot cooler, and it is more flattering in some ways than some pristine new. i know young people like the ones with the

bill and the stickers still on it and all of that, but i think that has a cool look. i agree with dan. >> i mean, you know, it's, it's a lived in look. you know, i have a baseball cap. i gave my son jason, who's now almost 50, when he was four years old. i wrote his name in the, you know, under the brim there. and now i wear that cap when i go out for my walks and runs and everything. and it's that cap has been around for, what, 45 years? right. >> hold on a second. you gave a four year old a cap that still fits you. yeah. oh, it's one of those adjustable. >> oh, yeah. no no, it's adjustable band. you know, the baseball caps are like some of them had those little adjustable bands in the back. >> his son had an unusually large head. yes. >> and i wanted him to grow into it. right. and he grew into it. he said, now it's yours, dad. yeah. >> that's fun. yeah. >> no, everything frayed is in from hoodies to like, the bottom of jeans, the hands, you know, it's just cool. so. yeah all my clothes still work. good. good to know. all right. >> this long to get put on the shelf

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returning. they're back. last week, the sea lions covered just part of one dock and now they are back up to three. thank goodness. because of the tourists, you know, they really wanted to see this. >> absolutely. all right. now to san diego where it's still

mating season for sea lions. and it's still really a problem for tourists. last week we showed you the viral video. people running away from the sea, lions scampering up the beach trying to protect their territory. well, new images today show people once again doing the wrong thing, getting too close to protected animals. here's reporter erin diggins. >> the sea lions drawing a big crowd on the beach. stephanie fryzel visiting from connecticut. she was only steps away from one of the pups. >> i'm a veterinarian, and we saw that there was something linear around the neck, but when we get closer, there's a it looks like a fishing line that's caught around the head. >> and in these pictures, people are getting even closer. photographer jim grant filming people swimming with the animals. >> the one woman was swimming and she kept trying to reach out to the to the sea lion. she actually had her hand on the sea lion and i just couldn't believe you know how dangerous that is. there are eight or 7 or 8 of them in one little pod. >> we want to make sure that people recognize that they are

wild animals. >> on july 3rd, the city was down at the cove educating people about the animals. we also spotted lifeguards warning beachgoers to keep their distance. city officials tell us the sea lions are protected under federal law, but the city could not enforce this law. officials say that falls under the federal agency noaa, according to noaa's website, touching a sea lion could mean a violation, which is up to a year in prison plus fines. noaa does have some guidelines on distance, the agency says. you're supposed to stay at least 50 yards away from the sea lion. so to give you a sense of what that is, this tape measure is only about five yards. so ten times the length of this tape measure. and obviously that is not happening behind me. >> there should be a lot more education by having rangers here on the ground. >> the sierra club, seal society

says more should be done. they say there should be more signs and cones to show how far people should keep their distance. aaron dickens, abc news i don't know what people are thinking. >> if you're going to try to take a selfie. yeah, with what is a wild animal? i mean, they look cute and cuddly. >> they can be violent. >> yeah, predictable. i just don't y for the gram. i mean, come on, really, it's not it's not. >> okay. you know what is safe o weather? well, today, i don't know about the next few days trying to get hotter. >> well, that's why spencer's here. tell us about that. >> exactly. well, today is our transitional day. going from quiet and below average temperatures into a warming trend overnight, we'll see quite an impressive marine layer. lots of drizzle along the coast, not just along the coast, on land near the coast and the bay. as we've had the last few mornings, but it will clear up by midday tomorrow, giving us a mainly sunny afternoon. but overnight with the clouds, the low clouds and drizzle. low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. highs tomorrow. low

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