beil and i'm kristen z. >> crews got back at it again today, intensifying their efforts and their approach to clearing encampments. >> abc seven news reporter luz pena joining us live in studio now with a look at the process. just how many people have been contacted in recent days? luis? >> that's right. larry. yes, we found more tents. people just moved from one side of the street to another. the city says they know this will continue to happen, but they will also continue to try until people say yes to shelter. the tents are back less than 24 hours since city workers moved. homeless individuals from 19th and folsom. >> those people, they don't have no house. that's where they staying. here and they don't have no papers. so we're going to do. >> caught up with ramon castillo when we met him on tuesday. he said he was going to move his tent to another street today. he said he didn't get to move it at all. what happened to your tent? >> they towed away. they took i. >> during the resolution, san francisco's public works and members of the department of emergency management offered

ramon a hotel room. he declined it. but today he changed his mind. but uh- right now >> i hope they give me a hotel. but i don't think so. >> you want a hotel room now? >> yeah, that's what i need it. >> a call to our contact with the city. they asked for ramon to meet them at their next sweep. we questioned the city's healthy streets operations center manager on their approac. >> despite the, supreme court ruling, the ninth circuit vacating the majority of the injunction. our approach and our work has not really changed as of yet. >> their data shows a total of 41 people were contacted on monday, and tuesday. all were offered shelter, but 34 of those people, or 82% refused who they are. >> change takes time. it's a process. so i think the numbers we're seeing that we're making progress. >> a member of the city's homelessness oversight commission calls the sweeps

inhumane. >> when you're outside, like all you have is your belongings. so to lose that is a trauma in such a way. and what's being documented on video is like it's happening with a lack of dignity and consideration for the person's experience. >> we waited and ramon did not show up at the location. the city established the city said. the city said they will follow up with him and hopefully he will get that shelter. they say they will continue to do two resolutions a day and try to get as many people as possible into shelters, but they did say that it takes a long time. they have to gain people's trust to get them to that point. luz pena, abc seven news does. >> luis, thank you so much. homelessness is just one of the many issues facing local cities in the effort to build a better bay area in oakland. homelessness and crime are among the challenges that make many people reluctant to visit downtown. abc7 news reporter ryan curry shows us the new effort underway in oakland, where some say it's better late

than ever. inhale the bottom of the lounge, exhale at the top. >> breathe in and breathe out. it's time for some aerobics at city hall. don't want to work out? you don't want to go to city center where you can watch a live band while eating lunch. both of these activities are part of oakland's push to get more people walking the streets. >> we know that businesses all downtown really benefit from having folks down here, and so we wanted to provide just that little bit of a catalyst, you know, to encourage people to be here. >> they call it the downtown summer program series. and although summer is winding down, the city still wanted to try something to boost the economy next year. >> i want to do better. let's get this started earlier. but there's really no bad time to start. you know the best time to plant a tree is yesterday, so let's let's do it. >> there will be events like these happening every tuesday through thursday. business owners say they desperately need more people out and about. some

have even tried to take matters into their own hands. >> rock paper scissors. >> shoot a game of rock paper scissors gets you $5 off your meal at aburaya every wednesday. owner christina miyagi says the discount is there because not many have stopped by a lot of offices shut down, so we lost some of that. >> like lunch rush, you know, according to a report from commercial real estate group colliers, oakland's office vacancy rate is at 20% but is showing signs of stabilizing the city leaders, the business owners. >> this is what they want. more people walking outside, going past the shops and hopefully going inside to shop at each individual business doesn't have to do as much marketing, so they don't have to spend as much of their money on those kinds of expenses, because you've got people just naturally walking around. angela tsai hosted kaiser permanente wednesday. they announced they are donating $5 million to a small business fund. angela says she took out a loan from that fund, and it helped her pay her employees. but when it comes to boosting her business, she needs people in the store.

>> and so if there are no customers, then we're just sitting here waiting for them to come and hoping, hope that this move from the city pays off long term in oakland. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. >> firefighters are cleaning up the mess left behind from a massive early morning blaze that tore through a warehouse complex in the east bay. that fire began just before three this morning at an abandoned building near seventh street and haines avenue in berkeley. that's right near aquatic park. at one point, the roof of the building collapsed. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez with more on this fire. >> flames shooting through the roof of this industrial building in berkeley early wednesday morning, the roof collapsing in and firefighters dousing the flames with water from above. >> the berkeley fire battalion chief tells me more than 30 firefighters battled the blaze that broke out before three in the morning. >> we were not able to save this building, but we were able to save the building that's, attached to the backside. but

does have a firewall, which helps protect the fire from spreading into that building. >> a fire captain tells me that neighboring vacant warehouse that was saved just had minimal water damage. he says the burned building didn't have tenants and is for lease. three units within it, a mix of warehouse and office space. nobody was inside when the fire broke out and nobody was hurt. there are apartments nearby, but residents there didn't have to evacuate. >> well, power line did drop and that was one of the hazards in the beginning. our crews had to navigate their way around that power line. we quickly taped it off that power line also started the van that it fell onto on fire. so we had that as an additional distraction. so they had to extinguish that. >> that van is where ryan, six, lives with his three dogs. he says they were sleeping when two people pulled up, warning them about the fire. >> i grabbed the dogs, got my backpack, my keys, my wallet, whatever i could. couldn't get my bike, unfortunately. and we

got out of there. >> the side of six's van burned out his windows, blown out the van, unlivable. six says he has stage four cancer. is undergoing treatment, and has lived in two different vans outside that location for eight years. >> hopefully, maybe van number three will be a stand up van with a kitchen. this might be a blessing. i'm trying to look at it positively, and six tells me he was planning on buying a tent for him and his dogs, and they were planning on sleeping on the sidewalk tonight in berkeley. >> gloria rodriguez, abc seven news the park fire north of chico continues to grow. >> already the fifth largest in state history, it's also now threatening the chinook salmon population. officials say the fire could climb into critical watersheds in tehama county and devastate critical salmon spawning sites. meanwhile the fire has already destroyed nearly 200 structures and threatens thousands more. despite the danger, not everyone

is evacuating willingly. >> if i see flames, i haven't seen them yet. i mean, it was orange and like their big plume there last night and we're watching it come this way and then it's going that way. >> firefighters are burning dry vegetation to protect homes. the fire has burned 390,000 acres. it's just 18% contained. and it could become the largest fire in state history. firefighters continue to do battle against another huge fire east of bakersfield. the burrell fire has now burned 57,000 acres. it's 17% contained. yesterday, governor newsom declared a state of emergency in the area after flames wiped out the historic gold mining town of havilah. among the structures destroyed was an old schoolhouse. 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 right here on the front page of abc seven news.com. >> that's a lot of fires out

there. let's get to spencer christian right now with a look at the conditions that firefighters are facing. >> spencer okay, larry, i'll start with a look at the current temperatures up and down the state, especially in the central interior part of the state, central valley, down in san joaquin valley, the fire near bakersfield, the fire temperature down there right now about 98 to 100 degrees. a closer look at the park fire. and you can see it's about 92 degrees right now in the chico area near the fire. relative humidity is still quite low, 36%. wind is generally out of the southeast at about nine miles per hour. the wind doesn't appear to be posing a serious problem for the fire containment right now. however gusts are generated in the microclimate that the fire creates by its on its own. so as you get closer to the base of the fire where the firefighting work is being done, there may be erratic and even stronger gusts than what we're looking at. but speaking of smoke, let's take a look at the surface smoke. you can see that despite all the serious fires around the state right now, the heavier concentrations of smoke are being carried to our east. and so far, there's virtually no

impact from the smoke from these fires on our air quality here in the bay area, which remains goo, as indicated by all those green dots. and that is being helped. that air quality by a continuing onshore flow. it's not very brisk today as it was yesterday, but it is contributing to good air quality. now i'll show you what fire concerns we may have here as the weekend approaches. a little bit later. larry. >> all right, spencer, see you with the seven day forecast in a few minutes. on to politics now, an appearance by gop presidential nominee donald trump at a black journalist conference started out with fireworks today, when abc news anchor rachel scott asked the former president about statements he's made about black politicians, prosecutors and journalists. >> you have told four congresswomen of color who were american citizens to go back to where they came from. you have used words like animal and rabid to describe black district attorneys. >> i don't think i've ever been asked a question. so in such a horrible manner. a first question you don't even say

hello. how are you? >> are you with mr. trump? then went on to claim that he did not know vice president kamala harris identifies as black and only, quote, turned black for politics. his words the vice president has always claimed both her black and indian american heritage. now gasps could be heard in the crowd when mr. trump was questioned about his claims that immigrants are taking away black jobs coming from the border. >> are millions and millions of people that happen to be taking black jobs. you had the best. >> what exactly is a black job, sir, a black job is anybody that has a job. >> that's what it is. anybody that has a job. all right. >> and they're taking it on social media. some described the former president's performance as disrespectful and a meltdown. no comment from vice president harris so far. she is not speaking at this conference. >> another poll out today shows democrats are energized by the likelihood that vice president kamala harris will be the party's nominee for president, a survey from the ap norc center

for public affairs research shows. about 8 in 10 democrats say they'd be very or somewhat satisfied if harris becomes the nominee. three national polls out today show harris leading trump by at least one point in a hypothetical matchup coming up on abc seven news at four. >> look out. the local factory where some legendary bars are made is about to close down. also, a decision on criminal charges against the woman accused of embezzling thousands of dollars from a local youth swim club. and we go behind the numbers. why this year's freshman class in the uc system is the largest a

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>> the contract covering thousands of patient care workers is expiring. and they say the university of california system is not addressing the rising cost of living and housing in negotiations. the union says they are now at an impasse. a spokesperson for the uc system says historic wage increases have been offered and it is bargaining in good faith. >> a jewel of the bay area is about to become more easily accessible for people who want to visit. a crowd gathered to celebrate the improvements coming to the coyote valley open space preserve. this preserve

stretches across a magnificent valley tucked between san jose and morgan hill. managers are spending nearly $1.5 million to improve trail access. picnic areas and other features of the park. the funding will come from the santa clara valley open space authority, valley water and a federal grant championed by local representative jimmy panetta, who says the open space brings a profound benefit. >> now, what's great, though, is as busy and as hectic as santa clara valley can be. these places turn silicon valley into what i call serenity valley, a popular location. >> today's announcement coincides with the end of disability pride month. it recognizes the strengths and contributions of people with disabilities, while seeking to raise awareness. it's always good to get out in nature. enjoy some open space. >> yes, yes. however in the coming days, maybe you want to go early in the morning before it gets too hot because spencer christian, we are inching up temperature wise. >> we have a warm up coming our

way. it started today. we're not talking about triple digit heat yet, but heat nonetheless. here's a look at the satellite radar composite image. despite the warm up, the marine layer has not gone away. it's been a present and prominent the last few nights and mornings has lingered. in fact, well into the morning hours and has actually brought us some drizzle. so it's there and it will be deepening tonight. right now we're looking at moderate wind speeds at the surface about 15 to 21mph onshore uh- that's not a cooling onshore flow though, because as you can see, it's several degrees warmer all across the region than it was at this time yesterday. so the warm up is underway, no doubt. here's a view from emeryville looking back toward alcatraz. 65 degrees in san francisco. right now we have mid to upper 70s at oakland and hayward, 83, san jose 73 at redwood city, 61 at half moon bay. and here are the low clouds hanging over the golden gate right now. other temperature readings at this hour. santa rosa 8281. petaluma 77, napa 93 apiece at fairfield and concord and 91 at livermore. let's check out our forecast headlines as we look at some blue sky looking across the bay from our rooftop

camera, weeklong warming is underway. it will continue through next week. inland highs will generally range from 94 to about 98 degrees. we might see some higher readings from time to time, and the heat reaches its peak or is expected to early next week. now, speaking of heat, we are we have some moderate concern right now. low to moderate concern about dry lightning. not here in the bay area actually, but to our north where we already have a major wildfire burning on saturday. the reason that dry lightning is possible is that there is a monsoonal moisture that will be flowing up into the through the central part of the state and up into the central valley over the next several days. by friday and saturday, as that moisture builds up in the atmosphere, the heating of the afternoon sun on that moisture can create instability in the atmosphere, which could trigger thunderstorms or dry lightning. again, there's only a low to moderate concern right now, but we'll keep watching that for you. meanwhile, we have moisture of our own in the form of drizzle returning to the coastline and out over the bay during the early morning and overnight hours, which has been the pattern in the last several

mornings. overnight, low temperatures will be generally in the mid to upper 50s. highs tomorrow. low 60s at the coast, 68 here in san francisco. mid to upper 70s around the bay tomorrow and it will be pretty toasty inland, especially places like antioch and fairfield where highs will reach 9697 degrees. so here's the accuweather seven day forecast. august gets off to a warm start tomorrow. now just a slight dip in temperatures on friday, but still pretty warm. then on saturday it gets hot inland, upper 90s and temperatures drop another degree or two on sunday, but back up into the 96 to 98 degree range inland on monday, tuesday and wednesday. so again, looks like the peak of the heat, or at least the sustained heating will be at its peak early next week. >> yeah, well, ready to peak and then get it over with. >> all right. thank you. we had a week in the 80s more or less. now we're going back up again. thank you spencer. >> all right. >> up next time for some secret sales. today we have deals on home goods. there are limited time savings. just for you. and it's more than a game later. the

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admitted the uk's largest and most diverse class ever. abc seven news reporter lena howland spoke with system leaders and some students about this announcement. so, lena, tell us what is behind the numbers here. >> well, the university of california says this is driven by significant increases in california residents in underrepresented students and community college transfer students, all being offered fall admission. and we found not having a testing requirement was also a major driver. come fall 2024, the university of california system will welcome

their largest and most diverse class ever. >> it's part of our mission for the university of california is really to be a change agent for the state. >> the uc system says the number of first year students admitted from underrepresented groups has grown by nearly 2800 students. that's up by 1.2% from last school year. han-mi yoon woo is uc's associate vice provost and executive director of undergraduate admissions. she says dropping test requirements for undergraduate admissions during the pandemic has expanded access. >> having the standardized test requirement can serve as a deterrent to students. they'll self-select out or based on what they believe, you know, might be a low score, and so not having that requirement really opens the doors to a lot of students. >> it's welcome news to addie sengupta and his parents just going to diverse college. >> it's huge to me because like,

i'll be exposed to a bunch of different perspectives and i'll be able to apply like lessons. i learned from different people of different backgrounds to my own life. >> they flew out all the way from pittsburgh, pennsylvania for college tours, starting with uc berkeley. his parents immigrated from india long before he was born. >> when i was fresh off the boat, you know, i saw that how this country adapts and accepts. so that's a great thing. >> i think it makes a big difference when the school is inclusive and, you know, and very open to, accepting and accommodating, you know, students across all races while stephen mercer, an independent educational consultant, says this has been a longtime goal for universities nationwide, both public and private, they know that if you can put people into a college community where there's a diverse exchange of ideas, where people might be a little bit out of their comfort zone, that is one of the most fundamental benefits of higher

education. >> university of california applications for fall of 2025. open up tomorrow. live in the east bay. lena howland, abc seven news. >> all right, lena, thank you so much. i know uc has done a lot of outreach, so good results. okay, relief is in sight for americans with student loan debt. today. the biden administration is notifying some 25 million student loan borrowers today, laying out options for how they could get some or all of their debt canceled this fall. officials say borrowers with runaway interest rates, or those who have been paying their debt for more than two decades, will get priority. the education department says it's still in the process of finalizing who will be eligible. >> a hayward business that's been making some old school candy bars for decades is closing its doors for good. rocky road big hunk and several other familiar names are made at annabelle's candy company. abc seven news reporter anser hassan spoke to employees about the end of an era working at a chocolate

factory like annabelle's candy in hayward can be a lot of fun, says samuel valdez. >> he made candy bars, scraping the candy. >> it's too heavy. if you it's turning cold. it's getting like a stone. you need to scrape it with a spatula. just scrape against it. so hard. but it was fun. it's fun. yeah. when you you you love this one. it's fun for you. >> valdez worked at annabelle's for the past five years. he says it was a good company. he liked the schedule, the overtime helped pay bills. but on monday, he was told not to come back to work. >> we're calling name by name. you need to sign this paper because we closed that company. wow. we expected that one because supposedly we are on the schedule next this week to work. >> after almost 75 years in business, the makers of abba-zaba and bygone candy bars, annabelle's candy company, is closing in 2016, it set the world record for making the largest taffy. >> it's going to be a big loss and such an iconic legacy type of uh- company, hayward mayor

mark salinas says the city does whatever it can to help businesses grow and expand. >> he says hayward is known for food and biotech and is encouraged by what may come next in this kind of a situation, i like to look at the positive side and that is it's a large footprint. >> there's a large swath of land back on the industrial area. >> annabelle's began in the 1950s, moved to hayward in 1965. a signature candy is the rocky road. a few years ago, it was sold to promise confections, which did not return requests for comment. but the san francisco chronicle reports the decision to close is due to increasing costs and need for investments. >> un familiar muy querido estella has worked at annabelle's candy for 25 years. >> she says the place felt like family. valdez says the company is promising two months pay, but they're concerned about finding a new job. >> we're expecting this one. i have a family. i have a rent to pay. i have a lot of things. and. and then one day you don't have nothing. so it's so sad.

>> in hayward, anser hassan abc seven news. >> governor newsom is putting more money behind a push to streamline the development of new housing across the state. he's awarded $94 million to 15 california counties, with the money going toward construction of more than 1600 new homes. the funds will also go to projects to transform undeveloped properties into affordable housing, all part of california's goal to create 2.5 million new homes by the year 2030. >> new developments in an abc seven news i-team investigation, alameda county filed charges against the former president of a youth swim team in alameda accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the organization. today, the district attorney announced 45 year old sarah new has been charged with three felony counts of embezzlement. new is accused of embezzling more than $50,000 over several months during her time in charge of the alameda gators swim club. >> we're not precluding the possibility of additional charges, but at this time, we're

able to say that we have begun the process of holding mr. new accountable for the harm that has been caused to the children who were directly impacted, and by their participation in the alameda gators swim team. >> the gators nonprofit board discovered the missing money only after firing new. she surrendered to alameda police back on july 2nd, but was released on bail. if convicted, new could face nine years in prison. a san jose businessman is going to jail for illegally importing tropical fruit from vietnam, some of which was infested infested with fruit flies, prosecutors say han hong nguyen had the fruit mislabeled as dried fish or coffee, just to avoid inspection. they say she continued to sell it on social media even after she was warned by authorities. the fruit was infested with a destructive fruit fly larva from southeast asia, which could harm agriculture. in santa clara county, interest rates could

soon be coming down, but just not right now. >> that was the decision today by the federal reserve, which could start lowering interest rates during their next meeting in september. the fed says inflation has been kept in check this summer, but they want to make sure that decline is sustained before they cut rates. currently, interest rates are at 5.5%. a 23 year high. analysts expect several rate cuts later this year, and that news from the fed helped boost the stock market. the dow gained 100 points. the nasdaq increased more than 450 points, a gain of more than 2.6%, and the s&p was up 85. >> time is running out for a popular bay area theater group. the folks at california shakespeare theater says if they don't raise $350,000 by tomorrow, they may be forced to close and call off their production of as you like it. cal shakespeare was established back in 1974. the group pays a nominal fee to east bay mud for a lease on this land, home to its amphitheater. built back in

1989, cal shakes has a go fund me account, but as you can see, it's not close to its $350,000 goal. if you'd like to help, go to cal shakes org. we also have a link at abc seven news.com. >> all right. coming up, the people tired of san francisco going to the dogs. and we will mull over the mullet as two local kids compete for a this long to get put on the shelf like a porcelain doll. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis

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street journal. amtrak is on track to set an annual record for ridership. the national passenger railroad has served 24 million riders since its fiscal year began in october. that's up 18% from a year earlier. this isn't just along the popular northeast corridor, but all around the country. i'm thinking about this. i've used the train system in australia and in europe, but never in the u.s. so i'm overdue. >> spencer, you are overdue and you're missing out because i think rail travel is really enjoyable. i've done it a little bit up and down the atlantic coast, but i've also had the and in europe. but i had the great privilege of traveling pretty much all the way across canada on the canadian pacific railway, which is amazing. wow. yeah. >> well, i love it too. i mean, i have gone on amtrak twice this year from new york city to boston, and it's simply

beautiful. and, you know what? they don't have turbulence, right? >> right. those of us who fear flying or drunken fistfights, i will say air travel has become so unpleasant for so many people that i think people are giving rail a second look, you know? >> yeah, well, if you have the time and you can stretch out and, you know, you don't mind, like, you know, oh, i got to make this connection. get over here. get over there. so it's probably a more enjoyable way to travel leisurely. >> right. exactly. all right. is san francisco's reputation as a dog utopia going too far? our media partner at the san francisco standard, they spoke with local residents who claimed the city is overrun now by entitled dog owners who give their pets free rein in public spaces. their complaints are mostly centered around owners allowing dogs to do their business wherever they want. they also say people taking their dogs everywhere. i know there's a battle right now going on, over some field that's supposed to be for little league and kids in their sports, and then the dog owners also want to use that, and people are mad about that. so leanne, as the city resident, are you seeing

this play out? what's going on? >> well, you know, i always think that dogs bring a lot of joy, so that's my opinion. i remember going to paris and, you know, being like, so, marveled at the fact that people bring their dogs to work, actually, and they put them on their lap or under their desk and, you know, we tried that experiment here a while back here at kgo on a weekend. somebody brought their dog and unfortunately, that dog left a little present under the desk. and a certain weatherman, not spencer by the way, another weather person. then accidentally stepped into it so that was that for that experiment here at kgo. >> yeah, that's not a good experiment. >> well, i think it just goes back to the fundamentals. if you're a dog owner, you should be cleaning up after your pet so that spencer or somebody not named spencer doesn't step in it. >> yeah, right. people are thoughtful, less thoughtful in general. now, i see so many people throwing their dog's poop in other people's compost or

garbage or recycling bins now. yeah, it's just i didn't have this issue like a few years ago, but now it's a thing i would say the upside is at least they're putting it in the compost, not just leaving it on the on the streets. yeah, but your compost and sometimes in the recycling or trash bin just wherever you know. so yeah. all right. be polite. be thoughtful. thank you. >> people. >> a minor league legend is retiring after 42 years on the job. that's that's 42 dog years. i guess that would be about, like, six years old, right? isn't it something like seven? oh yeah. seven. something like that. all right. this is layla, a retriever who's been retrieving bats for the phillies minor league team in florida for the past six seasons. she started doing this after the team's social media video of her grabbing beer from the fridge. now that that's. i think that's the headline here. but this past week, layla retrieved her last batch is going to be replaced by her owner's other dog, lucy, who's training to be a bat dog starting next season. i'm thinking if you trade the bat for some beer, then you're

winning. i don't know, spencer. >> it looks pretty cool to me. i mean, yeah, i guess trading the bat for a beer on a hot summer afternoon and during a game would be a good idea. but what a cool thing. retrieving the dog is retrieving the bats. and now the dogs. what step sister are adopted sister? yeah. >> adopted sister will be taking over all in the family. yeah, yeah. >> my dog doesn't even chase after a ball so entitled. yeah, i believe that. anyway, i wish i had a dog like that. >> he's. he's living the life. yeah, as long as the dog days of summer. yeah. as long as it's not darren baker, three years old, running out to try to get the bat. we know how that j.t. snow saved him to the rescue. yeah, yeah. >> all right. >> two bay area kids are hoping to take home the title of mullet champ. mason padilla of fremont is in that teen category in the usa mullet championship. wow. yeah. the premiere event celebrating the best mullets across the country. he's been growing this mullet for four years. he wants to donate his mullet to wigs for kids in the future. okay, now this is landon vasquez from san jose in the

kids 0 to 4 category. his parents say he was born with a full head of hair, and his mullet is refined in the front, but wild in the back. wow. >> pretty wild. the business in the front. party in the back. is that the saying? >> yeah. you know, it was the beastie boys who came up with that term mullet head, you know, and who you know, who really look good. and mullet head. no. who? well, anybody remember him? billy ray cyrus. oh, yeah. right. remember achy breaky heart? >> yep. >> look at that. yeah not bad. i keep it on my desk. >> is making a comeback. you guys. >> i don't know, but he doesn't have that mullet anymore. thank goodness. >> could you explain again why you would have that picture to begin with? >> it just, you know, reminiscing. you know, my time in the 80s. >> okay. i mean, it was just more. tell us more. yes, dad. >> at the station, just on your desk or something? >> on my desk? yes >> how long has this been there? >> i wonder if, does billy ray

have pictures of you on his desk? oh, no. >> absolutely not. i only i can only wish that's. >> i thought we knew everything there was to know about. i'm just, you know, bunch of surprises. >> yeah. all right. >> that's an interesting place to stop unfolding. >> yeah. oh hi. billy ray, leann and billy ray cyrus, achy breaky heart. >> oh, yeah. >> t

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ranger day each year on july 31. world ranger day pays tribute to park rangers killed or injured in the line of duty. it's also a chance to celebrate the work that rangers do to protect the planet's natural treasures and cultural heritage. >> you get to show up every day and serve the public to protect not just people, but you get to protect place. you get to protect the planet. >> that's something we need to do. east bay regional park district rangers protect more than 70 parks and 55 miles of shoreline across about 1300 miles of bay area land. >> if you've got a ranger in your life, give them a big hug. >> absolutely. yeah, they deserve it. >> they definitely do. >> all right, so to the firefighters battling a bunch of blazes and you know, the

temperatures going up. >> yeah. getting hotter. spencer. >> yeah, that is true. temperatures are going up here as well as in the central valley and all up and down the areas where wildfires are burning right now. but here in the bay area, we have the advantage of getting a little bit of cooling at night because of the marine layer advancing across the bay and bringing us drizzle to the coast and out over the bay, and some of it even lingers into the mid morning hours, which is kind of refreshing, actually. but that doesn't mean we're not going to have a warm up overnight. low temperatures in the pretty normal zone for this time of the year, mid to upper 50s, but the daytime highs will be rising over the next few days. tomorrow's highs low 60s at the coast, mid to upper 70s around the bay. shoreline. mid to upper 90s inland. and as you look at the accuweather seven day forecast, that's going to be our pattern going into at least the middle of next week. in fact, it looks like the peak of the heating, or at least the sustained uh- peak will be early next week as high temperatures inland will range from 96 to about 9899 degrees. we're not looking at triple digits, but still the heat will linger and it may get uncomfortable after a

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fast, tough and a whole lot of fun. it's called power soccer and it's all about getting people with disabilities active, competitive and making lifelong friends. but in the north bay, a group is having a tough time playing this team sport because they need more athletes. here's abc seven news anchor and race and social justice reporter julian glover. >> all right, all right. >> on a sunday afternoon, inside of a small gym in downtown santa rosa, ian kinmont leads the santa rosa phoenix's power soccer practice. never heard of power soccer before. we've got you covered. the game has two halves, 20 minutes each with teams of four using modified motorized wheelchairs to ram the ball into the goal. for wheelchair users like ian, who was born with cerebral palsy and has played since he was 14, the sport is more than just a game. >> i feel very free when i when i'm going down the court and i'm

passing the ball and it always makes me, very happy to see people smiling and having fun. >> ian's mother, naomi houppert, saw how the sport changed him by providing him with a basic need so many of us take for granted friendship. >> i think the most important piece of it is that it really creates an opportunity to have friends that are really connected over multiple years, and that's something that you don't often get, especially among people with a disability. >> but like most activities for people with disabilities, there are financial and logistical challenges. many in the community survive on low or fixed incomes. post-pandemic. budget cuts continue to severely limit state and county funded disability transportation programs. that means the hardest part about practices is getting there. >> in a place like sonoma county, which is largely rural, there's no public transportation system that's really effective.

paratransit systems are limited. the need to plan ahead multiple days for anything that you would like to request is not conducive to engaging in recreation or social activities, and so that's a huge challenge. >> naomi says they struggled at first to find any recreational activities for ian where they live in west sonoma county. the search took them all the way to the power soccer club in berkeley over an hour away. they made that trek weekly, but the pandemic blew the whistle on that. so ian decided to coach his own squad in the north bay, and the santa rosa ymca stepped up and donated facilities. >> i've played for 11 years now, and now i can. i'm starting to learn how to spin, kick and score, and i've done a couple of tournaments now and it's just it's really been a blast. >> karen washburn began playing after having a limb removed due to an accident over a decade

ago. she says the game gives her a sense of belonging. >> the nice thing is it's a good activity for you to get together with other people that also are disabled and where you're not judged, you can have a lot of fun and you kind of feel more like you're normal again because you're getting to play a sport. >> ian's mother, naomi, is realistic but optimistic that local government can step up with resources in the future. >> we'll figure out ways to have the county and other programs support players that want to play, but don't have the capacity to show up regularly because they don't have transportation or they don't have aides. >> there is no doubt that the long term challenges ian and his teammates face are daunting. but for ian, introducing power soccer to more people with disabilities could be the key to overcoming them. >> playing soccer and helping, and, bringing in new players and

teaching them how to be good, good players, good players, and even better people. >> two one phoenix. >> all right. >> in west sonoma county, i'm julian glover, abc seven news. >> abc seven news is streaming 24 seven. get the abc seven bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. that's going to do it for abc seven news app for abc seven news at five with dan and ama is coming. your way next.

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