was taken away in a sweep yesterday, things are different. >> dangerous wildfires are now burning in northern and southern california. i'm spencer christian. i'll have a close up look. >> well, first of all, i don't think i've ever been asked a question. so in such a horrible manner. >> and that was just the beginning of donald trump's appearance at the convention for the national association of black journalists. >> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> so we lost about $45,000 because our surrogate was only paid for one month. the price of priceless. >> that bay area couple is among hundreds across the country using surrogates to have babies, and they are now caught in a financial nightmare. good evening. >> i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. they counted on an escrow company to hold money for the surrogates fees and medical expenses. but the company has shut down and their money is simply gone. >> abc seven news i-team

reporter dan noyes has been working with abc news and our sister stations across the country on this report, and he is here with what is developing with this story that's so tragic, dan. >> well, dan and ama, this is affecting hundreds of people across the country and even overseas. the allegation comes from court documents that the owner of that escrow company used more than $10 million from parents hoping to have a baby to fund her lavish lifestyle. >> you come here. yeah. yeah >> cindy b invited me into a room at kaiser santa rosa to see her husband and their daughter, mira, born just this past monday, using a surrogate who happens to be a nurse at the hospital they call little mira their miracle baby. >> so thankful to our surrogate and her family. on the one hand, you know, being each other's life forever. >> ten years ago, cindy was working hard in tech and hadn't met the right person. so she froze her eggs, a step she calls liberating. after she met jorge iglesias, who works at a

startup, they decided to have a child using a surrogate. they pay $60,000 into an escrow account that would pay the surrogates fees and medical expenses. >> escrow account was the easiest part in my mind that that should be the least of our worries. >> when you have to think about who's going to carry your baby for nine months, how do you develop that trust? or how do you get to pick someone that should be the hardest part, and in this case, it's the opposite. >> they use an escrow company out of houston run by a woman who identified herself as a former surrogate, dominique side. >> i'm the owner of surrogacy escrow account management, better known as seem seem slogan will handle the money you handle what matters in court filings, dominique side is accused of using hundreds of her clients money in a fraudulent way to fund a lavish lifestyle as a vegan influencer, i ain't the messy type, but i can make you eat up as a rap artist and r&b singer, pouring more than $6 million into this recording

facility called vegan bay studios, and more of her clients money into real estate holdings, a vegan market in houston and a clothing line. >> she made several appearances on social media as a serial entrepreneur. >> it's like we rent cars. we have investment properties, we do publishing for music and, yeah, there's a lot going on here. >> the first sign of trouble for cindy and george was just last month. >> and then our surrogate got paid for me uh. and then for june, there was no payment. >> cindy immediately contacted seem and got this form, emailed back the following message is a public statement released by sole owner dominique. side side's message is also now on the company's answering machine. >> my company and i have been noticed that we are subject to an active investigation by federal authorities under advice of counsel. i am not permitted to respond to any inquiries regarding the investigation. >> the fbi's houston division is

trying to identify potential victims, asking them to fill out this online survey. did you wire money? what is the total amount? how much are you owed? >> and they were used for dominique's own life to fund her lifestyle, to fund her businesses, to grow her businesses, and essentially to hide it from all of the intended families. >> attorney marianne robach represents some three dozen former seem clients in this hearing. two weeks ago, robach was able to freeze dominique's side's assets. in her court filing, robach cites a facebook group called seam breach, which includes more than 600 families with more than $10 million in escrow funds that appear to have vanished. neither dominique side nor representative attended the hearing, but her music business partner and gospel singer anthony hall testified that side reported herself to the fbi. >> what did she tell you she had done? >> that there was some mismanagement? of funds.

>> abc news and our sister stations across the country have been documenting how this case is growing, interviewing couple after couple who say they've lost money given to the escrow company for safe keeping. >> there just isn't the kind of regulation that we need to keep everyone safe. >> from new york to north carolina, she should never be able to impact people like this. >> what are our next steps? what are we going to do? like where do we go from here? from atlanta to boise, idaho? >> how does someone take advantage of a community that is already so vulnerable, so emotionally, financially stretched, already like it's sick? >> despite our combined efforts, we've been unable to reach dominique's side. our reporter went to one of her properties in new orleans and spoke with syed's mother. >> i mean, i know my daughter. i know how type of person she is, and i know she wouldn't intentionally do anything to hurt anybody. >> one other note about 40 french couples are also caught up in this illegal

met olivia larnach in manteca, where they had a son by surrogate on july 3rd. >> i know that he was the most precious thing that could happen in my life, and i was going for him, and i'm thinking to say they're staying at an airbnb until they can get a passport for little lucas, the history teacher and private nurse put $120,000 into a seam escrow account and say they've lost $60,000 of it. i just want to have justice to be done for us and for everybody. >> what does justice look like for you? >> she have to get back the money to as possible to everybody. and i think she could apologize about what she's doing, apologize and be going to jail. >> you think that she deserves jail? >> of course. >> you can hear more about the story on abc news nightline tonight. if you have lost money to this company, contact the fbi. we're posting the link on our website at abc seven news.com. i'd also like to hear

from you at one 888 40 i-team's dan ama, the staggering amount of money in all more victims upon more victims. right. all right. >> thanks, dan. i know you keep us posted. >> and nightline airs overnight at 12:35 a.m, or you can stream it through hulu or the abc news app. >> and here's an update to another story that dan covered for the i-team. alameda county has filed charges against the former president of a youth swim team accused of stealing thousands of dollars from that organization. today, the district attorney announced three felony counts of embezzlement filed against 45 year old sarah new. she's 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 gator 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, she could face nine years in prison. >> now to developing news. the park fire north of chico grows to 391,000 acres. that's larger than the size of los angeles. and it's only 18% contained. at least three counties shasta, butte and tehama have now declared states of emergency. crews are setting spot fires to protect homes. more than 360 structures have already been burned. officials worry the fire will get much bigger as warmer and drier weather is on the way and vegetation is as dry as it has ever been. so let's bring in abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian. >> he's tracking the conditions for firefighters. spencer. any changes? >> well, it's getting drier and

it's getting hotter. >> dan. and that's the bad news. the relative humidity continues to get lower and lower. of course increasing the risk for wildfires up and down the state. now especially in the central valley, you can see temperatures in the upper 90s to around 100. that includes the bakersfield area where the fire is burning now and back to the area of the park. fire up near chico. it's 93 degrees there right now. relative humidity was higher earlier in the day. now it's down to 28% winds. a steady winds out of the southeast at about nine miles per hour. now, as you look at the surface smoke animation map, you can see that the heaviest concentrations of this dangerous smoke are still being carried basically to our east, out towards the nevada border and up into other parts of northern california as well. bad news for communities in that smokes path. but here in the bay area, that smoke has had virtually no effect on our air quality at all. we have basically good air quality at the moment. however, there are some concerns this weekend about the possibility of dry lightning strikes up in the northernmost part of the state. i'll give you a look at that. when i have my

full accuweather seven day forecast in a few minutes. dan okay. >> spencer. thanks. see you in. just a few. abc seven's focus on building a better bay area includes following the story as cities try to find solutions to issues like homelessness in san francisco, today was another day of encampment clean outs at several locations. abc seven news reporter luz pena is here with a look at the process. and luz, just how many people have been contacted in the last few days? >> so many people, dan. we found more tents and people just moved from one side of the street to the other, and the city knows this will continue to happen, but they say they will continue this approach and offer people shelter in many cases going back to the same locations, multiple times. 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. >> we 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 it. >> then you learned ramon was arrested and cited that day for illegal lodging and then released. he mentioned feeling frustrated, but was trying to stay positive. >> i'll be okay. >> during tuesday's resolution, san francisco's public works employees and members of the department of emergency management offered ramon a hotel room. he declined it, but today he changed his mind. >> 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. you made a call to our contact with the city. >> they asked for ramon to meet them at their next location. it's a 15 minute bike ride. >> yeah, okay. 1:00? >> yeah, 1:00. okay. >> you're gonna go. yeah thank you. we questioned the city's healthy streets operation center manager and their approach. >> 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. >> behavior change takes time. it's a process, 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. >> the city says they're not. >> the fact that we could do more 5150, which is an involuntary hold for either psychiatric or substance use reasons, there are people at that level on the street that is unconscionable. as a clinician, for me to leave them on the street and not try to address that. >> and we waited. but ramon did not show up. the city said they will follow up with him and

offer him shelter again. san francisco's healthy streets operation team tell me they are seeing progress. one of the reasons they say people declined shelters in many cases because it's not the type of shelter they want. for example, a single room or a hotel room. the team going to the street said gaining people's trust is part of this process. luz pena, abc seven news. >> luis, thanks very much. coming up here next, the start of the next chapter for east bay booksellers, an overwhelming show of support after a devastating fire. >> and a sweet piece of history comes to a bittersweet end. a hayward candy factory closes

close to aquatic park. at one point, the roof of the building collapsed. it's a total loss, but firefighters did save the warehouse next door. the cause is under investigation, and we are following the story of another east bay fire. there's now a fundraiser to help east bay booksellers recover after its building. as we reported to you burned yesterday, the bookstore had been on oakland's college avenue for decades, and many people treasure it. a gofundme has raised nearly $100,000, about half of the goal. we have a link to it on abc seven news.com, 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 candies 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. >> it's 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 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 big 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. its 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. >> some tasty treats has been around for a long time, so that's too bad. it certainly is. >> okay, let's get a check on our weather midweek. yes spencer christian is tracking that for us. >> spencer i guess it's heating up again. >> it is not tasty, but toasty is what we have coming our way. here's a look at our satellite radar composite image. we have clouds at the coast. that's been the pattern all week long. despite the warm up that is underway already, we've had a cooling marine layer coming in in the evening hours. of course, cooling along the coastline, not in our inland areas. move along and take a look at our current surface wind speeds. gusts up to 29mph at sfo right now, but it's just breezy, moderately breezy in other locations, and the 24 hour temperature change shows evidence of the warm up. it's 11 degrees warmer right now in novato than at this time yesterday. 13 degrees warmer in livermore and a few degrees warmer just about everywhere. you beautiful view from the mount tam camera looking out over the bay. we have blue sky above and little fingers of fog working their way through the golden gate and out over the

bay. current temperature readings are 60 degrees here in san francisco. oakland 6871 at hayward 79. redwood city, 82 at san jose and 57 at half moon bay. here's the view from emeryville. looking westward and seeing the city being enveloped in low clouds and fog, other temperature readings right now 80 degrees up north at santa rosa, 72 in petaluma, napa, 7690 at concord, 92 at fairfield and 89 at livermore. those are our warm spots, obviously. so let's take a look at our forecast headlines week long warming is underway starting today. today continues through next week. the inland highs will generally range from 94 to about 98 degrees. some locations around the bay may see 8082 degrees as the heating continues and the heat is likely to reach its peak early next week. now, going into the weekend, there is some concern about dry lightning in the northernmost part of the state, not here in the bay area, but sadly in those areas already affected by the park fire. the reason for this, the reason this may happen, is that we have a surge of monsoonal moisture coming up from the southwest that will continue through the

state through the next couple of days into the weekend as that moisture builds up in the atmosphere with the heating of the afternoon sun, the atmosphere becomes unstable, and that could trigger a couple of lightning strikes. we'll keep monitoring that situation for you. meanwhile, these are the forecast headlines. marine layer uh- am. well that's from a that's from later. that's i don't know somebody else's show popped into my show. but we'll just skip on through it overnight. low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. we'll have drizzle along the coast and locally out over some of the land areas, as we have had the last few mornings high temperatures tomorrow, low 60s at the coast, mid to upper 70s around the bay shoreline and mid 90s in our inland areas. and here is the accuweather seven day forecast. so we'll see mid 90s inland the next couple of days as august gets off to a pretty warm start, gets a little bit warmer or hotter on saturday upper 90s inland temperatures drop off just a tad on sunday and monday, tuesday and wednesday we get a more sustained warm up with mid to

upper 90s, close to 100 maybe on tuesday, and some inland spots upper 70s to 80 around the bay shoreline and mid 60s on the coast. so it's going to be warm and maybe even hot at times, but it's not really a heat wave and we probably will not see many triple digit temperature readings. not extreme. yeah. thanks, spencer. >> okay. >> all right. coming up next ups and downs. the push to boost business in downtown oakland. it is part of building a better bay area. discover the ozempic® tri-zone. ♪ ♪ i got the power of 3.

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it. the group has a go fund me, but as you can see, it's not close to the goal. to support them, go to cal shakes.org. we also have the link on our website abc seven news.com. >> emails that could be worth thousands of dollars or going out this week. they are from the government canceling student loan debt next. what it takes to qualify. also ahead 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? >> just one exchange of many that made headlines today as donald trump spoke at the convention of the national association of black

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good guy. he's a smart guy. but i'm against all everybody having an electric car. >> elon musk gets mentioned today as donald trump speaks at the national association of black journalists convention. >> by the way, what trump said about mandating you buy an all electric car isn't true. let's fact check it. president biden

wants half of new cars sold in 2030 to be zero emission in california. all new cars sold in 2035 will be zero emission thanks to advanced clean cars regulations. last year, zero emissions cars made up a quarter of new vehicles sold in the state and it was a packed house at the convention today. >> and trump's responses during the interview were met with both cheers and jeers. >> yes, reporter craig wall, from our sister station in chicago, has the highlights of the event. >> donald trump's visit here prompted the co-chair of the convention to quit, saying she was not consulted on giving trump this kind of platform. nevertheless, as the former president continues to court the black vote, this was a chance for him to address concerns and talk about his record. donald trump taking the stage at the national association of black journalists convention and right off the top, got combative when asked by abc's rachel scott about his disrespectful treatment of black female journalists and why black voters should support him. >> well, first of all, i don't think i've ever been asked a

question so in such a horrible manner. the first question, one of the top questions many journalists had on their minds, centered around the controversial comments trump made about undocumented immigrants taking what he called black jobs. >> today, the former president doubled down. >> i will tell you that coming, 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 president. >> he has yet to say what that he means by black jobs. any job is what he said. but it's a very denigrating term. african americans and many people really wanted an answer. that was my number one question. what is a black job? and he didn't answer that question. >> trump, who had been gaining support among black men now facing a new dynamic with kamala harris, presumed november opponent. >> he heard it himself totally. i mean, just completely, those were three black journalists up

there that were interviewing them. and the fact that he didn't give them respect definitely did not sway the votes of the black journalists that were in the audience. >> others thought trump helped his case. >> oh, absolutely. i mean, you heard the claps and the cheers. he was getting in the crowd. he has a lot of support in this community. >> vice president kamala harris was also invited to attend, but due to scheduling conflicts, was not able to be here in person or virtually. the head of the nabj saying they are still trying to work out a virtual meeting sometime after the convention in chicago. i'm craig wall and moments ago, presumptive democratic presidential nominee nominee kamala harris commented on trump's statements during that event and during the event. >> and it was the same old show. the divisiveness and the disrespect. and let me just say the american people deserve better. >> the vice president says trump's comments were a reminder of the former president's first term, which he describes as tumultuous. meantime, the united

auto workers is endorsing harris for president. in a statement, the union president says she will stand with them in their war on corporate greed with her track record of helping the working class, the harris campaign says she will continue to, quote, fight like hell for union workers and their families. a new pew research poll finds. a high level of interest among americans in presidential elections. one out of the 81% who expressed any interest, 54% said they were extremely interested. about 70% of americans showed interest in local elections, but only a third of them were extremely interested. >> an update for wall street following the news from the federal reserve chair, that interest rates could go down as soon as september, the dow gained 100 points. the nasdaq increased more than 450. chipmaker nvidia, based in santa

clara, had its strongest day since february. the s&p was up 85. there's new relief on the horizon for millions of americans, with student loan debt. the department of education this week is sending out emails laying out options for borrowers to have some or all of their debt canceled. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn talked to a student loan expert about who is and isn't going to benefit. >> at any college campus, you can expect to find lots of stories about student debt. how much do you owe in student loans? >> right now it's 18 grand, san francisco. >> dennis and elise erickson finished dental school in 2019 and started paying back her student loans one year later. she owes a mind boggling amount of money i originally took out. >> i believe about 4 to $450,000. the interest accruing, i believe i owe 500 at this time. >> about 25 million americans with student debt could soon find relief as part of the biden-harris administration's

proposed rule announced in april, there are two ways you can qualify for debt forgiveness. if you have student loans. number one, if you have runaway interest. number two, if you've been paying back your loans for more than two decades, betsy mayotte is president of the institute of student loan advisors. >> i think the number of borrowers that are going to benefit the most are the borrowers whose balances are higher now than when they first went into repayment. you know, for example, if you originally borrowed $30,000 and you've been in repayment for a few years, and today you owe 40,000, you would stand to probably get that extra 10,000 forgiven. >> as for people who've been repaying their student loans for more than 20 years, for borrowers who only have undergraduate loans that have been uh- in repayment on their loans since at least, i believe it's july 2005, they stand to perhaps get their entire balances forgiven. >> if you don't know if you qualify for relief, mate says

this, the best thing they can do is log to on studentaid.gov and if the loans are there and they show that the lender is the department of education, then they potentially qualify for these provisions. >> just as important, may not want student loan borrowers to know this. >> there's nothing to apply for here. there is going to be no application for this, the only thing, the only action anybody needs to take is if they choose to opt out in san francisco, suzanne phan abc seven news. >> the university of california president michael drake has announced plans to step down next year after five years of leading the uc system. he announced today that he's trying to, quote, leave this institution in better shape than it was before he reached tenure. during a time of growing enrollment and then massive protests. drake is 74 years old and plans to retire. closing out a 50 year career in higher education. >> well, he might have had a long career, but still ahead, the story of a 98 year old

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power soccer. >> it's about getting people with disabilities to be active, competitive and make lifelong friends. but a north bay group is finding it tough to play this team sport because they need more people on the team. >> abc seven news anchor and race and social justice reporter julian glover introduces you to them. >> 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. >> fantastic. fulfills so many needs. and you can see the joy when they're playing. >> what a difference it makes for them. all right. we are starting to see some warmer weather. >> yes spencer has the temperature in his

a heatwave, it's kinda chilly in here. oh, that's because i'm pre-cooling the house with the ac before 4 pm. then i'll turn our thermostat to a comfortable 78 or higher that way i could stay cool later. ooh, what about me? you're never cool. oh.

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retiring after bringing kids safely across the street for 31 years. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes was at the celebration. >> meet joe bria. to many a san jose legend, call me grandpa and grandpa joe. for 31 years, he has served as a crossing guard in the berryessa union school district at white road and penitencia creek. >> it has been an honor and a privilege to be blessed by your presence and your grace. >> mr. bria helps students start their days in the best possible

way. >> two things to say to the kids. good morning and smile. >> he's watched countless students grow up. some of the kids he first started helping. now have kids of their own come home and say, hey, used to cost my dad. >> one time, they said, i guess i did. >> at 98 years young, mr. bria service started long before becoming a crossing guard. at 17 years old, he enlisted in the u.s. navy and served during world war two. >> dedicated life of service. you served your country. you served your community. you served your family. you served your teammates. >> 1955 you relocated to the beautiful san jose, california, and worked as a welder for 30 years and retiring in 1991. >> but that retirement didn't last long. he became a crossing guard in 1993 and has loved every day of it. i love my job. >> i love the children. i love the people around that neighborhood. they all treated me good. >> mr. bria, who's still a regular at the gym, plans to stay active in retirement and spend time with his many grandkids and great grandkids. but he admits he'll miss the kids. he served for 31 years.

>> i'm going to miss them. i miss them all. >> okay, in san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> i can't believe he's 98. >> i know, it's incredible what a nice man. yes. all right, let's get to our weather. >> we have another nice man. we want to talk to spencer christian. well, that man is my hero now. i want mine to. >> i want to be like him when i grow up. here's a look at what's going on with our weather. we've got the forecast animation during the overnight hours with the usual drizzle that we've had every night for the last several nights, not only falling offshore but moving onshore as well. so in the early morning hours, some of this will be falling around the bay and along the coast, and then the low clouds will hang around for a while as they have the last few mornings as well. they linger into about the mid morning hours before they burn back to the coastline. overnight lows will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s. highs tomorrow under sunny afternoon skies, low 60s at the coast, mid to upper 70s around the bay. mid 90s inland. and here's the accuweather seven day forecast. we are in the early stages of a week long warm up,

so by saturday look for inland highs in the upper 90s and a sharp a little bit of a drop off in temperatures on sunday, but a sharp increase going into next week. monday, tuesday, wednesday mid to upper 90s. possibly even close to 100 and some of our hottest inland spots next week. >> all right. thanks, spencer. >> okay. all right. sports director larry beil is here. >> this sounds weird when you hear it. what you're about to say. >> yeah, larry beil know the next thing that to. >> oh, the baseball. the first is scary. the second scary. yeah. it's more halloween. like, it is the end of an era tonight. this actually makes me sad. the oakland a's playing the giants in san francisco for the final time as the clock runs down on the bay bridge series. th

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deal. and sadly, tonight we will likely see the giants play the oakland a's in san francisco for the final time. this series has so much history. you just look at these guys dusty baker, mark kotsay, will clark, all of them were at the yard early. the a's, as you know, plan to leave oakland to play in sacramento for the next three years while they try to get a stadium built in las vegas. now, to be clear, they still have two regular season games left in oakland in august, and the giants and a's will continue to play after the athletics relocate. that will be the i 80 series, i guess, but

these bay bridge encounters are coming to a close for this to be the last year of it, when to me, i grew up with it. >> a lot of people did. a lot of people tonight will have as well. it's different. it's a little bit sad. so i think both teams are going to be incentivized to play really well and play hard. >> we got a lot of laughs, don't we, coming up. so, in terms of these being the last two bay bridge games for me, i mean, you're going to take in every moment. that's really what we're going to do on a football. >> some 40 niners got raises this off season like christian mccaffrey, brandon aiyuk and trent williams are hoping to get some more cash, but not kyle yewcic. the all world fullback was actually asked to take a pay cut by the niners this offseason. obviously juice was not too happy with that, but he does understand the situation. >> you know, my ego took some shots, but at the end of the da, i want to be on a team that all these superstars are getting paid. this, you know, more money because that means they did something pretty good the year before. and, i feel a part of

that. so, all in all, you know, i'm just i'm just happy to be on this team, and, have another opportunity to go win a super bowl. >> the niners open up hosting aaron rodgers and the jets here on abc 7th september ninth rodgers got into what appeared to be a heated discussion with wide receiver garrett wilson at jets camp. now rodgers is barely been at any of the off season jets practices. he's already said he's declared himself. he's not playing the preseason, so these guys are not on the same page. rodgers says, don't worry about it. all's well. >> you know, he's got to get on my page. but i got to get on his page too, because he's got a whole uh- book that i need to understand fully. those are good conversations. there's usually a smile on our face afterwards. at least one of us. >> all right, second game for team usa, an olympic competition in paris. steph curry. only three points. made just a field goal late, but he had four assists, including the alley oop to jayson tatum. that we can't

show you. tatum at least got some minutes in this game joel embiid did not. the us avenging their near loss to south sudan in exhibition play 103 86. bam adebayo with 18 points as team usa advances to the quarterfinals. one other olympic note stanford product katie ledecky won gold in the 1500 meter freestyle swim in record time, ledecky tying fellow americans dara torres, natalie coughlin and jenny thompson for the most medals ever by a female swimmer with a total of 12 eight golds, also ties the record. katie, 27 years old and says she would love to compete in the la olympic games in four years. sports on abc seven, sponsored by smart and final and i just want to make it clear because i would have loved to have been able to show you all the olympic highlights and stuff, but dan said, i'm not paying $2 billion for you to get rights. these little basketball clips and so cheap that way. and so, i mean, you know, blame it on me. >> this is the guy. so and that's why i just have still

photos i know. >> yeah. yeah >> every year that's what we deal with at the olympics. >> exactly. well yeah i mean you know another network pays billions and they kind of want it to themselves. they should be more generous. they should be, they should be. i'm going to talk to them. >> all right. thanks, larry. >> all right. tonight on abc seven at eight, who wants to be a millionaire? followed by claim to fame. watch shark tank at ten and then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. but that is it for us for now. thank you so much for joining us. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley for spencer christian, larry beil, all of us here. >> we appreciate your time. have a wonderful evening and we'll see you again tonight at 11. >> this is abc 724 over seven. >> in san francisco, live at levi's stadium in san jose. >> live in oakland. yeah. >> you're watching abc seven news live anytime, anywhere. >> we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are where you are. >> never miss a moment of the

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