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now the fourth largest wildfire in the state. we're keeping an eye on conditions as the weekend weather could hinder containment efforts. plus, former president donald trump willing to debate vice president kamala harris. what that would look like as harris gets closer to deciding
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on a running mate. but first, a smelly problem for anchor brewing. my neighbors are covering their nose when passing by its facility. good morning everybody. it's saturday, august 3rd. let's get right to your forecast. lisa is with me. you can't see her yet, but that was funny. >> it's a big wall in front of me there. all right. good morning everybody. there is a look at live doppler seven where there's elevated moisture. so a tad humid out there. and the possibility of showers kind of passed us by. but we still are looking at conditions that are mild this morning. low to mid 60s in the south bay, 62 in napa. and so our 24 hour temperature change. you can see it. it's anywhere from about three degrees to 11 degrees milder up in the north bay. so there's a look at partial temperatures from the 50s and 60s this morning. and then we go through the morning hours. we'll begin to see more sunshine. it's a sunny day today. and here we
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show off to the world. ask your child's eczema specialist about dupixent. largest wildfire in the state's history, the park fire, which continues to burn north of chico. for comparison, it's more than six times the size of sacramento now, even bigger than los angeles. it's destroyed nearly 400,000 acres. cal fire is warning conditions could be challenging with thunderstorms and potential for dry lightning expected today. temperatures will then climb through sunday. the fire is currently 25% contained in the east bay. the creek fire in sunol has been contained. it started about a week ago near the calaveras calaveras reservoir, that is, and burned 744 acres. there was an evacuation order, but it was lifted on monday. no buildings
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were damaged or destroyed. the cause of this fire is still under investigation. developing news this morning. engine failure is likely the cause of a plane crash that happened in the hills south of livermore. the preliminary investigation by the ntsb points to a complete loss of engine power in the air. it led to a forced landing yesterday. the plane took off from concord. the faa says it went down around 915 in the morning, landing upside down. the pilot was the only one on board and thankfully was not hurt. a san francisco couple is in mourning after a pack of coyotes attacked and killed their dog during a walk along baker beach. they were actually with their three dogs on thursday morning, when they were surrounded by five coyotes. >> my partner grabbed two of the dogs i was trying to grab peter, the third dog, and one of the coyotes grabbed him before i could grab him, and they took him about ten yards off the beach and uh- killed him in front of us.
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>> yeah. just devastating. justin rivard said. it happened in a matter of seconds. he says he and his partner, along with their two other dogs, are traumatized. the california department of fish and wildlife say coyotes are becoming more aggressive. it's partly due to food and trash left out at places like beaches, and because the animals are less afraid of humans. complaints are brewing over a foul odor coming from the anchor brewing in san francisco. the smell is compared to manure, among other things. the brewery is located on mariposa street in the potrero hill neighborhood. those who live near it say they first noticed the stench this week. abc seven news reporter tara campbell spoke to the neighbors. >> pickle balls aren't the only thing wafting through the air in potrero hill. a particular smell is capturing people's attention every week while i'm trying to play. >> it just smells like we've just been referring to it as like the bad breath smell. >> they're talking about a foul odor coming from the anchor
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brewing company. sapporo sold the beloved brewery in may. it's now gearing up to reopen. >> it just comes in and whiffs and waves, and it's just a very strong, pungent odor of, you know, and just not pleasant. >> we definitely noticed, like really awful pungent smell about two, three weeks ago. >> and from pickleball players to people coming out of this preschool, we're hearing complaints about this smell. the reason why the brewery is right down the block, the whole 2 or 3 block radius smells like poop. >> all the time. >> ben man was picking up his daughter from preschool. >> as soon as i get out of the car, it's just overwhelming. like you can't miss it. in fact, i just saw somebody getting out of their car over there and they were like, oh, it smells like poop. >> the smell apparently coming from old wastewater treatment tanks used in anchor's brewing process. >> a spokesperson for the brewery's new owner told the san francisco chronicle that the tanks weren't decommissioned properly, so they've now brought in crews to demolish the tanks.
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everyone from residents to runners to dog walkers starting to lose patience. >> it kind of smells like maneuver. it's it kind of smells like picking up horse poop. and, you know, i've done that before. you find yourself trying to take another route to places to avoid the smoke. unfortunately, sometimes i don't have that option. but yeah, i'll i'll try to avoid this little park right here. >> meanwhile, efforts to get the place cleaned up continue. no word on when the smell is expected to fade away. tara campbell, abc seven news contra costa county is losing one of its biggest employers. >> chevron announced it's moving its headquarters to texas. chevron had its main offices in san ramon for decades now. most of those jobs are being transferred to houston. it's something chevron has been hinting at for years now. some blame regulations here in california. others say chevron has benefited from being in the bay area. >> they have fully embraced some of our most stringent clean air
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requirements in the bay area. our safety requirements in contra costa county. >> the company took on the progressive values in many ways that the bay area had. chevron offered domestic partner benefits to same sex couples before the state of california did. >> the move does not affect the richmond refinery and its 3000 employees. the president of the bay area council blames state lawmakers for chevron's move in a statement, jim wunderman says, quote, it's an embarrassment for california that we've lost so many global companies because of misguided policies that make it incredibly difficult to do business here. we're also tracking new details on a basketball game where a 13 year old boy was stomped on in alameda. the case will likely go to the da's office on monday. last month, players from two bay area teams were in a scuffle to get the ball. two kids ended up on the floor and that's when one stomped on his opponent's head, giving him a concussion. the lawyer for the injured player's
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family says police wrapped up their investigation. the opposing team said the kid that did the stomping was getting help to, quote, control his emotions. republican presidential nominee donald trump says he'll participate in a september 4th debate hosted by fox news. the former president made the announcement yesterday in a post on truth social. he says he won't take part in the abc debate that he previously agreed to. trump says the fox debate would take place in pennsylvania in front of a live audience. it's unclear if vice president kamala harris has accepted the invitation from fox news, or if she would agree to the new debate terms. and today, mr. trump hits the campaign trail in a state that will likely be key to victory. this as vice president kamala harris narrows down her choice for a running mate. abc news reporter chuck sivertsen has more on this historical race. >> former president trump and his running mate, ohio senator jd vance, are holding a campaign rally in atlanta, georgia, this evening. trump narrowly lost the
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state to joe biden in 2020, and the polls indicate a tight race between him and vice president harris. harris made history as the first black woman and asian american candidate to lead a major party ticket. that moment, during a virtual dnc vote friday weeks before the dnc in chicago. harris calling in to mark the occasion and as your future president, i know we are up to this fight. >> and when we fight, everyone will say in unison, we win. >> the vice president saying she'll officially accept the democratic nomination monday when the virtual roll call concludes. it was less than two weeks ago. president biden announced he would not continue to seek a second term, and endorsed harris. she's the only candidate in half a century to become the nominee without receiving a single primary vote, according to fivethirtyeight. she's up a point and a half over former president trump in the national polls and closing the gap biden had against him in key swing states. sources say vice
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president harris plans to meet with some top vp contenders in person this weekend, including pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. abc news has confirmed he, along with arizona senator retired astronaut mark kelly, minnesota governor tim walz and transportation secretary pete buttigieg are being considered. biden says he's weighing in on the talks. have you spoken to vice president harris about her running mate? >> yes. >> harris, whose decision is expected in the next few days, plans to hit seven battleground states in five days with her new running mate starting in philadelphia tuesday. chuck sivertsen abc news, new york. >> and you can count on abc seven news for all things politics. as we inch closer to election day. for live updates and expert analysis on this presidential election, you can just head to our website, abc seven news.com/election. all right, let's check in with lisa. how's it looking outside? well, we have a different level of cloud cover out there. >> you can see a little bit of the marine layer a pretty view
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here. it is 57 in san francisco, 67 in livermore. so we'll talk about more hot weather coming back in. the chances of a few sprinkles this morning when we return. >> lisa thank you. also ahead, an east bay business forced to turn off the music. a judge's call in a battle between a tire shop and unhoused people. then a historic win for bay area transit. how federal funding will be used to z's baking the house special. arisa's styling a new look. and steve's filling his biggest order ever.
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accusations they splattered pig's blood on the former home of a witness in the trial, who was a police officer. they also vandalized a statue in downtown santa rosa. sentencing will be held later this summer. we're also learning two people have been arrested for an alleged arson fire at a homeless encampment. the fire on tuesday displaced several people camping at lee gerner park in novato. thankfully, no one was hurt, but the camp was destroyed. evidence indicates the fire started inside a tent. the suspects were occupying a nearby vacant home when they were arrested. this camp was authorized and regulated, so the city is deciding whether to rebuild a san rafael business is stopping its sound system because it's accused of using music to annoy residents of a nearby homeless encampment. one of those residents is bruce gaylord. he says he had trouble sleeping because of this loud music, so he sued east bay tire, a marin county judge granted an
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injunction. it forces the tire shop to stop the music between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. until the matter is settled in court. >> it means that that business owners cannot break the law to harass unhoused people. >> east bay tire did not want to comment about this injunction, but last may, it told abc seven news the music was meant to deter illegal drug use from approaching the encampment and to keep its employees safe. a historic step has been made towards finishing the bart silicon valley extension. the federal government awarded billions in funding to the vta to help make it happen. it's the second largest investment like it in us history. abc7 news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more on the timeline. >> a project decades in the making has now received a rare influx of federal funding. the bart silicon valley extension is the largest single public infrastructure project in santa clara county. its final phase is
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slated to bring four more stations to the south bay, including downtown san jose. vta will own the facilities, and bart will operate and maintain it. >> people can get all around the region, know they have a reliable way to get there, and have a transportation so you can live in the south bay and work anywhere else in the region, and you can get jobs to your jobs in silicon valley. >> but the road to finishing the project has been bumpy. that includes delays and increasing costs, all while bart expects to run out of $1.9 billion in federal and state assistance by april of 2026. but friday, local leaders got a call from the federal transportation administration. billions in funding is being granted to help finish the project. >> $5.1 billion. this is the second largest investment that the federal government has made in any single transportation project in the country's history. >> vta had to compete with other transit agencies across the country for the funding. local leaders say multiple factors played into what set the project
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apart, including the amount of tax dollars that helped fund it through voter approved measures. >> we taxed ourselves more locally than any other region to make this project possible, so it's really the sacrifice and leadership of the residents of our community who have made this possible. still there's a $700 million gap to close. >> we're going to have to work with our contractors to get really confirmed that what we're spending and how to shave that down to the to the best that we can to make sure we're living within our budget. >> it may mean rescoping parts of work officials say has to happen fast, since projects this large see costs escalate at least 5% every year, we're going to have to be ruthlessly disciplined about watching the taxpayers dollars every step of the way. >> the bart silicon valley extension is expected to be completed by 2037. in the south bay, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> in southern california, death valley national park set major records during the statewide heat wave earlier this summer. park officials say july was the hottest month ever at the park.
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the average daily temperature was 108.5 degrees. temperatures hit 120 degrees or more for the majority of the month, and the hottest day was 129 degrees on july seventh. lisa, i saw the numbers for the bay area and as always, san francisco stood out thanks to karl the fog. >> yes, that's right, but much of california above average. we're going to see triple digit heat close to that today in our inland valleys, and then next week as well. so july continues to go down in the record books outside of the city here. but we do have some unusual weather where thunderstorms chances anyway in the mountains and some sprinkles here locally we've had trace amounts from concord to livermore. you can see the lightning bolts there. we'll go in closer. it is raining in the sierra nevada right now. you can see that plume of moisture from south lake through blue canyon. and just north of chico, where the park fire is. so you know, obviously we don't want lightning, but any higher relative humidity helps out.
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although the temperatures have been kind of muggy, haven't they? have you noticed that yesterday and as we look at our loop closer to home, you can see just that little bit of moisture here. so we saw a few trace amounts. but overall this will be ending throughout the day. but the morning hours still a few sprinkles possible that outside chance of some dry lightning, particularly away from the bay area. but nonetheless we'll get back to more typical conditions for your sunday. it is 61 in fremont. look at that. 73 in los gatos with 67 in livermore. so pretty mild there, 57 on the coast, low 60s here. that marine layer not really coming back into play until tomorrow. this was a look at tahoe. you can see the rain coming down there. so a chance of a slight shower a thunderstorm mainly this morning. and then by the afternoon we are sunny. we are hot in our inland valleys. and then over the weekend that hot weather continues. slightly cooler though, as we get into your sunday. and then as we get
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into early next week that summer heat coming back. here's a look at the outlook for the chance of a thunderstorm. you can see from the sierra nevada up to extreme northern california, looking at the possibility of some dry lightning here. but by the second half of the day, that moisture moving on out of the bay. so the first few frames here of our satellite picture shows those that cloud cover and then it pulls on out for a sunny afternoon. your saturday into sunday mist and drizzle and the marine layer returns to the shoreline. as we look at monday mid-nineties. so a bit above average. still 60s and 70s at the coast into tuesday. here comes that heat again with about 101 by the delta upper 90s, livermore, calistoga, another hot one, and then into wednesday, still holding on to that warmth. so tuesday, wednesday look to be the hottest days inland this week. 78 in oakland. look for 98 in livermore. so a wide range today with 70 downtown upper 70s for you along the bay shore there
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from san mateo to oakland with mid 90s santa rosa. so pretty hot there. the accuweather seven day forecast. the clouds to start out. maybe a sprinkle we clear on out hot inland today slightly cooler for your sunday. not a whole lot of change into monday then tuesday wednesday very hot inland and then cooler by the end of the week, particularly inland. stephanie. >> all right lisa, thank you. a reminder that you can watch all our newscasts live and on demand through the abc seven bay area connected tv app. it's available for apple tv, google tv, amazon fire tv and roku. you can download the app now and start streaming when we return. federal regulators taking a closer look into nvidia what the south bay company is now being you can pick up the tab even when you forget your wallet. (kaz) i got this. (ben) fargo, send kaz $145 dollars with zelle®. (kaz) smooth. (vo) want faster, easier banking? you can, with wells fargo. what else can fargo do? (woman) oh, come on! come on!
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its military presence in the middle east. the new orders as the region braces for a likely retaliatory iranian attack on israel. we'll have more on that in just a moment. but first, we're starting this half hour with a look at the weather. lisa is here with more on that good morning. hey, stephanie. >> good morning. hi, everyone. it has been a little unusual. we had some humidity move into the area yesterday and showers, even thunderstorms in and around the bay area. trace amounts of precip locally. but as you look at the big picture, you can see those lightning bolts. and the sierra nevada has been wet looking from tahoe to blue canyon. the wet weather and moving westward into the bay area, upper elevations have seen a few sprinkles, but overall we will trend drier with an onshore flow throughout the afternoon. mild temperatures though 65 in
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san jose. hayward. good morning 63 for you with low 60s in napa, sonoma, calistoga a mild 74. so everyone is milder from a degree in oakland to 13 degrees milder in novato. so by 5:00 we will have dropped to 96. temperatures near 100 today. inland, mid 70s to around 80 around the bay shore, redwood city, upper 70s and then at the coast. those clouds in the 60s. we'll talk about a more usual weather pattern for sunday, but the heat to remaining throughout the week ahead in a few minutes. stephanie. all right, lisa, thank you. >> developing news now iran is vowing to retaliate after the assassination of a senior hamas leader in tehran earlier this week. now, the u.s. is sending additional military assets to help defend israel. abc news reporter matt rivers has more on the effort to de-escalate tensions. >> the biden administration bracing for a potential escalation in the middle east.
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the pentagon announcing it will deploy additional us cruisers, destroyers and fighter jets to protect israel. >> the secretary will be directing multiple forthcoming force posture moves to bolster force protection. >> it comes as iran and its allies promise to retaliate following the assassination of top hamas political official ismail haniyeh in tehran in april. iran coordinated an unprecedented direct attack against israel in response to a deadly strike on the iranian consulate in syria. the us and its allies helping intercept nearly all of the more than 300 missiles and drones targeting israel. amid concerns of another iranian retaliation. hania's funeral prayers taking place in doha. sources say hania was killed by an explosive smuggled into his room at an islamic revolutionary guard corps guesthouse. the device stashed inside roughly two months ago as part of an israeli plot, as first reported by the new york
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times. the assassination threatening to upend ceasefire negotiations between israel and hamas. president biden saying he fears the violence could escalate the chance for a ceasefire ruined after the assassination of haniyeh. >> he's not helped, and the pentagon not providing any specific timeline for when those additional military assets will be in position. >> meanwhile, across israel, authorities are urging people here to stay close to their safe rooms and have a couple of days provisions on hand in case of power outages. matt rivers abc news in tel aviv, israel. >> back here at home, the acting secret service director, ronald rose, says the agency should have had eyes on the roof where a shooter fired at former president donald trump during a news conference. he stressed the secret service is ultimately to blame for the security failures. rose also emphasized local police should not be held solely responsible for what led up to the shooting. >> every single person within the secret service feels the
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weight of what happened. the men and women of the secret service are working incredibly hard and doing their jobs under difficult circumstances. >> take a look at what happened, ro added. >> the secret service will need to gain back the public's trust. now to this. a $4 billion settlement has been reached over the wildfires that devastated maui last year. hawaii governor josh green announced the settlement yesterday. he says it will help the people of maui heal. seven defendants are listed in the settlement, including the state, the county of maui and hawaiian electric. the settlement still needs to be approved by the court. the fires burned over 2000 acres in lahaina and caused billions of dollars in damage. more than 100 people were killed here in the bay area. three alameda police officers have been charged after a man died in police custody. demonstrators held up signs outside an oakland courtroom. the officers are james fisher, eric mckinley and cameron leahy.
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they were charged with involuntary manslaughter for the death of mario gonzalez. gonzalez died while being restrained on the ground, with one officer putting an elbow on his neck and a knee on his shoulder, pinning him to the ground for more than five minutes until he lost consciousness. his family wants harsher charges. >> facts are there, and, we want to see them charged with murder. you know, they killed somebody. >> use of force never looks pretty by way of body cam, but that's more often than not. does not yield it unlawful. and so is the case. >> the defense attorney criticized the da for charging the three officers. one of the three officers is no longer employed by the city of alameda, and the other two are on administrative leave. the officers did not enter a plea. now this comes as significant new developments are related to the prosecution of crimes in alameda county. state officials have reached an agreement with the department of justice. it
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allows california national guard attorneys to prosecute cases in alameda county. this comes after the arrests of over 560 suspects and a six month surge. governor gavin newsom has criticized alameda county da pamela price for not accepting help. earlier in a statement, price said her office welcomes the help even though there's no record of a large number of cases from the chp surge coming to her office. she wrote, quote, since march of this year, the alameda county district attorney's office has received only 11 cases identified as chp surge cases. new this morning, san jose airport just got the funding needed to start on a new terminal and runway. bay area congressional members jointly announced that two federal grants for over $18 million was awarded yesterday. the federal aviation commission, an organization within the us transportation department, provided that funding. it's not clear when construction may
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halves of 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
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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 the trek weekly, but the pandemic blew the whistle on that, so ian decided to coach his own squad in the north bay
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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
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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 too. >> one feedings. all right in west sonoma county, i'm julian glover, abc7 news. >> happening today the first ever love fest sf. the event is supposed to mark the end of san francisco's so-called doom loop. former mayor willie brown will be part of this launch ceremony. the festival includes art, live music, local businesses and restaurants. it's taking over part of the tenderloin at larkin and eddy from 11 a.m. this morning to 6 p.m. now to another
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oakland first fridays. yesterday's event had a more family friendly spin. this is one of the last ones before kids are returning to school. they've brought out the live performances and fun activities for all ages. >> enjoying oakland? my first time here. got a free cup for xfinity and just enjoying the weather and all the oakland people. well, i think it's just the idea. i feel like it's bringing life back to oakland and just the variety of people that are here, all ages and races and just enjoying the food and just the music and the just the overall atmosphere of being in oakland again. >> there were plenty of vendors, as you can see, to explore, foods to try and people to meet. it's all to get the community connected. lisa. it's looked like they had pleasant weather for it too. >> yeah. you know, yesterday was a little bit muggy. we didn't see our typical marine layer. you can see it's trying to reform here, but we also have some higher clouds that moisture from the south and into the sierra nevada creating showers,
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thunderstorms that is almost behind us. we'll show you the radar and talk about a hot day today inland and also for the week ahead. coming up. >> up next, a historic move on the baseball mound. giants pitcher blake snell silences all the doubters while on the ro known for keeping with tradition. known for discovering new places. no one wants to be known for cancer, but a treatment can be. keytruda is known to treat cancer.
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>> good morning everybody. given how blake snell season started, what he did last night for the giants was stunning. snell signed late, didn't have much of a spring training. rushed to take the mound. was not ready. clearly couldn't win a game. got hurt twice. all of that is way back in the rearview mirror now. after snell throws a no hitter in cincinnati for the giants, let's pick it up with mr. read working on his fencing skills. blake snell working on his patience. they had an hour weather delay, but he was ready. and coming off a 15 strikeout outing. so it looks like he's really back to being the two time cy young award winner blake snell that the giants signed, and that's why they really did not want to trade him at the deadline. feeling if this guy gets hot, look out straight to the ninth. now. snell had never pitched into the ninth inning in his nine year major league career nasty curveball to santiago espinal there. that would be the last of his 11 strikeouts on the night. next pitch, next batter jonathan india little comebacker to snell. and now we got two outs. the dangerous ella de la cruz would be the reds last hope and he also swings at the first
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pitch here, helping snell out. flies out to mike yastrzemski in right kelly ramos stay away. it's the 18th no no in giants history 114 pitches for snell. only six of them had to be thrown in the ninth. here's snell after his historic night got out there in the ninth. >> that was when i was kind of like whoa. i got fired up tonight. i was like, well, let's let's go all in and see what we can do. yeah. and yeah, i'm pretty excited about it. >> seemed like after he got through the seventh inning, inning, he was on a mission and he really hasn't been out in the eighth too many times. it's very few pitches. i think in the eighth. but you know, after the sixth, after the seventh, i had a pretty good idea that he was going to go out there and try to finish it. so credit to him. what a what a nice feather and a two time cy young award winners. cap. >> they can't say it anymore. you know, complete game shutout, no hitter. leave me alone. right. he doesn't go. he doesn't go to eighth. y'all get that? feels just did it. leave me alone. >> leave the man alone. first place dodgers visiting the a's.
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bottom nine. two outs, two on for shohei ohtani. and when he connects like the ball is going to mars free run. jack his 33rd with the bat. flip. dodgers down six five. a's clinging to a one run lead here. will smith grounds out and the a's hang on six five is your final nfl news. there was so much speculation this week about brandon aiyuk possibly having his contract issues resolved. when we saw aiyuk hug coach kyle shanahan at practice. well, turns out, according to kyle, that was just a bro hug thing that they always do. aiyuk is still without a contract extension, and south bay neighbors got together yesterday in santa clara. 40 niners quarterback brock purdy, along with george kittle and christian mccaffrey meeting up with the san jose earthquakes. this is going to be kind of a snug fit for the all-pro, tight end, but the quakes, their players hernan lopez, christian espinosa, william yarbrough did jersey swaps and signed autographs. that's a wrap on morning sports. have a great weekend everybody i'm larry beil. >> all right. thanks, larry. well the a's do face the dodgers at 607 tonight. how's it looking
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around then? lisa >> we'll see temperatures in the upper 60s. breezy winds maybe 15 miles an hour. and the chance of showers not there throughout the bay area, you can see that moisture up through the sierra nevada with some showers, even thunderstorms. and the chance of thunderstorms up through chico and northern california. while we are just sort of on the edge of this elevated moisture. and the low cloud deck is reforming that stable air. but we have had just a little bit of moisture out there. trace amounts in concord and livermore. you see that little plume there offshore. so not eliminating it totally yet this morning you can see the multi-layered clouds here from that scattered deck of low clouds and some mid and high level clouds. 615 is the sunrise and it sets at 815, 14 hours of daylight, 57 downtown at 61 in oakland with 63. in hayward, 65 san jose. so some mild numbers out there with all the cloud cover, the humidity. gorgeous
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view here from sutro, where it is 61 santa rosa and 62 in napa. elsewhere, mid an upper 60s from our east bay to our inland valley. so it is a warmer start for everyone and our final stop from our roof camera. slight chance of a sprinkle out there and outside. chance of a thunderstorm just through the next couple of hours as that moisture continues to lift out of the bay area, the weekend calls for some hot weather again inland. it will stay cool and comfortable at the coast, but next week the warm weather continues. the hottest days inland look to be tuesday and wednesday with temperatures at about 100 degrees, so we had the risk of thunderstorms here yesterday continues today and even though we like to see some of that moisture head up towards the park fire, it also comes with that chance of a lightning strike. so more weather here will make it a little bit unusual for the mountains today to see the cloud cover and the showers. it is raining right now at blue canyon and the tahoe valley airport. there's a look
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at the cloud cover. it does clear. we look at the middle of the afternoon and we are back into mostly sunny conditions. clouds at the coast. this is your sunday where we get back into mist and drizzle and then a sunny afternoon. highs today in the south bay. not quite as humid, but notice we are warm through the 80s today. it was 83 yesterday in san jose. upper 80s there, 87 in santa clara. temperatures will climb through the 70s to the mid 80s. today in redwood city. that's a hotter day for you. 80 in palo alto. notice along the peninsula we've got about 70 and some clouds along the coast, but it's going to be a mild day out there. hot in the north bay. 95 santa rosa holding on to some cloud cover throughout the morning hours, then sunny in the afternoon. upper 70s in oakland with widespread low 80s for union city and fremont today, so warming up for you and you get the idea. as we get to about 100 in pittsburg, 95 in pleasanton, livermore, 98 today, the accuweather seven day forecast will trim a few degrees off of
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our temperatures for your sunday afternoon all across the bay. little change on monday but stay, you know, weather weary on tuesday and wednesday as we look at temperatures once again jump way up there. even the bay is warming, but then by the end of the week, slightly cooler. so still hot into august. there stephanie. >> lisa thank you. coming up next, grab your pups and your swim trunks. the beloved dog surfing competition is back in pacifica today and it wasn't an easy return. we'll explain after the break i love you. [vo]: confusion. i'll just take your arm. [vo]: pain. worry. and bravery. you got this. [vo]: all in the life... i love you. okay? [vo]: of a child. this is why starlight exists. to bring happiness to hospitalized children when they need it most. because happiness matters.
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platforms and they thanked bandmates, crew members and their many, many fans, saying, quote, dream on, you've made our dreams come true. sad to see that. well, the world dog surfing competition returns to pacifica today and if you haven't been, it is such a blast. the event was almost canceled because of the high cost. this year. organizers say expenses like permits and facilities jumped more than 100% in recent years, doubled it to offset some of those costs, they created a gofundme page and it was so successful. the event is now back. it's free and open to the public. happening at linda mar beach starting at 10 a.m. you see all those dogs ready to roll? they're so fun. well, now to a story capturing a normal day in south lake tahoe. a woman woke up this week to a black bear wandering in her front yard, and she grabbed her phone to record it, as you can see. and he's really just taking his
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time there. it looks like he's wrestling with another bear, and it appears that they just found each other in her backyard. and she says it went for on several minutes. but what a way to wake up. certainly not uh- two out of the ordinary for south lake tahoe, but quite neat to see that. all right, next on abc, seven mornings at 6 a.m. from the east bay to texas. the mixed reaction following chevron's announcement it will move its headquarters, plus former president donald trump hits the campaign trail today and a crucial state and vice president kamala harris securing the democratic presidential
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