murder for hire conviction. san francisco says the doom loop is done. new push to support small business is one struggling corridor. plus, riding the waves at the world's cutest surfing competition right here in the bay area. abc seven news starts now.

>> always live abc seven news starts right now. >> plenty of talk about the doom loop and demise of san francisco, but today, community leaders cut to the celebration with a block party in the tenderloin. thanks for joining us. i'm j.r stone. building a better bay area is our mission here at abc seven news. that means going beyond the national narratives and getting the real story on our communities from the people who live here. that story isn't always straightforward. and we saw that today in the tenderloin. today's love fest sf block party brought music and crowds to the streets with organizers celebrating progress for small businesses. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard talked to business owners who see signs of improvement with a long way to go. no one, former san francisco mayor willie brown, cutting the ribbon, unofficially ending the city's so-called doom loop, a

post covid economic narrative. >> san francisco is still trying to shake. we wouldn't be here if it wasn't interesting, attracted fascinating, etc. as we love san francisco, we got to enjoy the city. >> it's back. it's moving forward. the tenderloin needs love. >> adam swig says he believes in the city so much he organized this block party called love fest san francisco to support small businesses in the tenderloin. >> we all love the tenderloin. a lot of us are afraid to come down here. there's nothing to fear. there's great businesses. >> the tenderloin merchants association says the neighborhood is improving. >> signs are basic, cleaner streets, safer streets, less car break ins, less business break ins. >> jorge luna opened this larkin street taqueria five months ago. >> all the messes, they start to clean it and i think it's pretty good. >> but others say it will take more than a love fest to change the narrative. here in the tenderloin, which still faces a lot of challenges every day. is

your business down? yeah by how much? >> oh, 70%. >> 70%. golden lotus owner hung ho says that's because of all the unhoused people living in the alley next to his eatery, keeping customers away even after homeless encampment sweeps ordered by governor gavin newsom. >> as far as on the street. some days are better than others. >> justin batiste lives and works in this neighborhood, he says. things are slowly improving and efforts like this block party are a step forward. >> i think any type of event that brings positive energy and influence and positive traffic to the neighborhood is really important. >> in san francisco, cornell, bernard, abc seven news. >> thanks so much, cornell. a child ended up hurt in a bad house fire in san jose. time lapse video shows plenty of smoke coming off the home on clyde drive in east san jose. if you look closely, you can also see water spraying down on the fire. this fire started around

245 today and was under control by 410. firefighters say the child was burned but their injuries are non-life threatening. fire destroyed one house and burned a fence and shed at a neighboring property. new developments tonight in a story we've followed for months now, a fourth death penalty case is up in the air over claims of racism by prosecutors. a federal judge is ordering alameda county to either release or retry curtis irvin in a decades old murder case. for months now, the alameda county district attorney's office has been digging into old death penalty cases looking for signs of misconduct. d.a. pam price says they found evidence prosecutors excluded black and jewish people from juries. in 1991, a jury found curtis irvin guilty in a murder for hire case. irvin's attorney says prosecutors excused multiple black juries in the case. this week, state

attorney general rob bonta asked a federal judge to grant irvin a new trial, and the judge agreed. in the north bay, a rash of tire thefts targeting specific models of cars have at least three communities in sonoma county on high alert. look at what's been going on here. police are investigating at least 15 cases of tire thefts in petaluma, santa rosa and rohnert park in the last week. the thieves have been targeting honda accords and civics, along with toyota camrys and corollas, all occurred overnight in apartment complex parking lots. owners have come out in the morning to find their cars sitting on concrete blocks, looking live out. a nice night across the bay area and up in lake tahoe. cloudy start to the weekend for some and even some thunderstorm chances. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian is tracking it all tonight. >> okay j.r i'm going to give

you a look before i go to the thunderstorm. chance at conditions near the park fire because that's an area where we thought we might see some thunder. some lightning strikes today. right now it's 95 degrees. relative humidity down to 25%. the wind is light. and that's encouraging news. now we had a flow of monsoonal moisture coming up through the central part of the state yesterday. and with the suns heating in the afternoon hours, we expected some instability in the atmosphere, which might trigger some lightning strikes. that threat has now pretty much ended for virtually all of california, but the threat has moved eastward over to the border with northern nevada. so this evenin, lightning is still dry, lightning still a possibility in the lake tahoe area and other parts of northern nevada. meanwhile, there's the look at that moisture, the green indicated by the green on the screen here, flowing northward and eastward away from us. so things are drying out around the state now, but it's still hot and it's still dry, and there are still fire concerns. as you can see, current temperature readings over 100 degrees up and down the central valley. i'll have our local forecast in just a few minutes. j.r. >> spencer, thank you so much.

firefighters on the park fire that you just talked about. they're facing challenging conditions today as they look to build containment heat. plus those earlier thunderstorm chances made for a tough day on california's fourth largest wildfire. the fire has burned 401,000 acres in butte and tehama counties. more than 625mi■!s. containment stands at 27%. the fire has destroyed 567 buildings with evacuations still in place in four counties. now to your vote, your voice and your vote. and the race for the white house. former president trump and his running mate, j.d. vance are campaigning in atlanta tonight inside the same arena where vice president harris held her biggest campaign rally to date. this week. harris has no campaign events planned this weekend, as she considers her running mate selection. abc news reporter michelle franzen has the latest on the veepstakes and

the questions over the next presidential debate. >> vice president kamala harris securing enough delegate votes on friday to clinch the democratic nomination for president. >> i am honored to be the presumptive democratic nominee for president of the united states. >> her opponent, former president trump, is in the battleground state of georgia this weekend holding a rally with his running mate, ohio senator jd vance. overnight, trump said he has accepted an invitation to debate harris on fox news on september fourth. harris has not accepted the fox invitation. trump and president biden had both accepted an abc news invitation to debate on september 10th. now that biden has left the race, harris said she would keep that commitment to the abc debate. trump has falsely claimed the abc debate is, quote, terminated, but the abc invitation to both candidates remains with just 93 days until the election, abc's fivethirtyeight polling average shows a very tight race. harris

up a point and a half over donald trump nationally, shrinking the margins in the crucial swing states. harris, now with a slight edge over trump in michigan, wisconsin and pennsylvania, a decision on who harris will choose to join her on the democratic ticket is expected in the coming days, sources tell abc news she's meeting with some of the top contenders this weekend, among those who have been thoroughly vetted by her campaign include arizona senator and retired astronaut mark kelly, minnesota governor tim walz and popular pennsylvania governor josh shapiro. next week, harris, along with her new running mate, will hit seven battleground states in just five days. michelle franzen, abc news, new york. >> a high tech solution to illegal trash may not be doing the job, oakland says. a plan to tackle illegal dumping is getting outperformed by an old fashioned approach, from red hot

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working, as well as good old fashioned foot patrols. from last april through this march, the cameras caught 457in instances of illegal dumping. only 13% led to citations, the report says. many of the incidents couldn't be pursued because the car's license plate wasn't clear. public works enforcement officers had better luck issuing more than 500 citations in that same period. more homes for sale are sitting on the market longer in five bay area counties. that's according to data from redfin obtained by our media partners at the bay area news group. 53% of homes for sale in alameda, contra costa, san francisco, san mateo and santa clara county sat on the market for 30 days or more. why redfin says it's because many home sellers are pricing properties too high, and interest rates have remained high as well. it's a beloved bay area event, putting pups to the

test. the world dog surfing championships brought the best of the best to pacifica today. dog surfers and their human friends were hanging ten at linda mar beach for the annual competition. the waves weren't too rough, but the money situation was. organizers say the competition almost didn't happen because of the rising cost of doing business in the bay area. fortunately, a fundraiser this past spring saved the contest so much fun out there today. well, it's a san francisco tradition celebrating rock and roll roots, the big birthday party for a late rock icon who got his start in the city. >> i'm spencer christian, we have some more hot days coming our way, especially during the early part of next week. i'll have the accuweather forecast i love you. [vo]: and bravery. you got this. [vo]: all in the life... i love you. [vo]: of a child. starlight exists to bring happiness to hospitalized children when they need it most.

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san francisco, where deadheads celebrate the late jerry garcia's birthday. they gathered at mclaren park in san francisco's excelsior district for live music and vendors. today, the annual free festival has been running for 21 years now, all out of the love for the iconic musician and of course, the grateful dead band. absolutely legendary. legendary is right, as we're joined by spencer christian. i wouldn't call my folks deadheads, but they were at jerry garcia's last concert in chicago. wow. how about that? so it turned into history and they didn't even know. >> and they were there. yeah, how about and today was a jerry nice day. i don't shoot, i like it, i like it. let's take a look at what's going on right now. thanks for the chuckle there jr. there's a satellite radar

composite image moisture uh- monsoonal moisture that has been flowing up through the state the last couple of days brought the possibility of some lightning strikes in northern california today, but that possibility has diminished almost entirely now as the moisture moves over into eastern or western nevada. that is so right now we have dry conditions and breezy conditions with most surface wind speeds right now between 15 and about 23mph. and it is a warmer afternoon early evening than we had yesterday. at this time, nine degrees warmer in novato, three degrees warmer in oakland, all around the area, there has been a bit of a warm up. nice view from mount tam. looking down onto the bay, you see a little finger of fog pushing through the golden gate and out over the bay. right now, 64 degrees here in san francisco. oakland 72, hayward 78. low to mid 80s at redwood city and san jose 59 at half moon bay. and there's our fog building at the golden gate under breezy conditions as well. temperatures up north right now 89 degrees in santa rosa. petaluma 7980 at napa, 101 at fairfield 98.

concord 94 livermore. our inland areas have been really warm today. and here's a view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco. and these are our forecast headlines. overnight. we'll see fog and drizzle near the coast and bay tomorrow and monday. a warm summer pattern continues. not quite so warm as today was, but tuesday and wednesday we may see triple digit heat in our inland areas. so here's our futurecast taking us into the overnight hours as the marine layer rebuilds and redevelops spreads out over the bay and locally inland, there'll be lots of drizzle near the coastline overnight and near the bay as well. so even 8:00 tomorrow morning you may encounter a little patchy drizzle if you're out that early, and by midday you'll see the fog burning back to the coastline, giving way to mainly sunny skies. overnight lows will be generally in the upper 50s to about 60 degrees. some inland areas will be a bit milder or warmer, i should say with low to mid 60s as the lows. tomorrow's highs low 60s at the coast. low to mid 70s around the bay. shoreline inland areas will warm up to low to mid 90s. and here's

the accuweather seven day forecast. and as you can see after a couple of typically warm early august days on sunday and monday, it gets downright hot on tuesday and wednesday as inland highs will reach about 100 degrees both days. really? i posted 98 for wednesday, but it's quite likely 1 or 2 locations will hit 100 on wednesday as well. we'll see low 80s around the bay shoreline and then as we get later into next week, we'll see a nice cooling trend. it will be a lot more comfortable. >> so i guess with that marine layer tonight we won't see those sunsets that we saw last night. >> that's probably true unless you live in a very high elevation. okay. >> yeah. thank you so much, spencer. chris alvarez here to talk a little. sports. >> yeah. enjoy those sunsets last night. yeah, they were spectacular. they were coming up in sports. we look back at blake snell's. no, no. in cincinnati and a call to the hall. this long to get put on the shelf like a porcelain doll. if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and are at high risk for fracture,

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making up the 2024 class, one of the greatest 40 niners linebackers ever. number 52 patrick willis. there he is, donning his gold jacket. the former first rounder at ole miss played all eight seasons in san francisco. a seven time pro bowl selection. there he is hugging his sister, earning all pro selections in each of his first six seasons. number 52. starting in each of the 112 games he played with 1225 tackles at 20.5 sacks and a great bust right there. while the numbers made him a hall of famer, he's thankful for all the help along the way to the 40 niners

organization and the faithful >> my draft day prayer was to go to a team and give the organization, city and fans my best. when i say it takes a village, it truly does because of all of you. i stand here today honored to be wearing this gold jacket, standing shoulder to shoulder with the great ones in the national football league. i am elated to now know that i would not be simply known as patrick willis, but as hall of famer patrick willis. mr. >> what a great guy. humble man patrick willis, the u.s. olympic men's basketball team routed puerto rico today, 103 84. they finished group play undefeated. they earned the top seed going into the medal round. steph curry scoring eight today

anthony edwards led the way with 26 as six americans were in double figures, including kevin durant, who is now just five points away from setting the american olympic basketball all time scoring record. they're gonna play brazil in the quarters on tuesday. last night in cincinnati, blake snell threw the 18th no hitter in giants franchise history. a three nothing victory over the reds. it was not only snell's first no hitter, but his first complete game in his nine year big league career. he'd actually never thrown a pitch in the ninth inning before. it was also his first win in a giants uniform. a lot of firsts. the most dangerous part of the night, though, came when logan webb and kyle harrison dumped water on him during the postgame interview as the cooler lid. and i'm right in the head. >> did you have any idea going to the ballpark that you were going to be feeling just locked in? >> got him. coach hey, hey, it's cold. got him. >> i got to collect my breath. please. do they get a replay of that? that's how you not. you don't do it. they hit me in the head with the dang lid. i mean, you know what?

>> i've been with this guy for a few years now, and if anybody has the ability in this day was going to come at some point in time, it's blake snell. and here's your no hitter ball right here buddy. >> that's so great i actually thought bob melvin was gonna say if there's anyone who can throw a no hitter and get hit in the lid and hit with a lid and still do it as blake snell. what a great what a great moment for him last night. >> yeah. come on guys. don't hit him in the head. >> and there was all that talk about the giants maybe trading him because he had so much value. good thing they hung on to him as they try and make that postseason. i'll tell you that patrick willis though i go back to that. >> he looks strong enough like he could still play out there. he's popping through his jacket there. >> yeah, bone crushing hits. and he's still in great shape. what a great guy. wow. >> awesome

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of the judges. this is their chile comeback after taking a nearly decade long hiatus from the competition. there will be a champion belt for the winner to take back to the firehouse. all the proceeds go towards the firefighters burn foundation and their annual kids burn camp, which is a free summer camp for pediatric burn survivors. great to hear that some special cars are parked at the san jose state today celebrating the rich culture of lowriders in the south bay. there was a reception today for forever cruisin

cultura de lowriders. the exhibit features books, magazines and photos documenting the evolution of lowrider culture. it's on the fifth floor of the mlk library at san jose state university until september 15th. looks like a great time right there. and i will say, spencer and chris, i decided one time to have a chili party at the house. might have been one of the worst ideas ever. everybody wanted to go to sleep an hour later. >> of course, i didn't know where to go with that story. >> thanks so much. that's all >> whit: several developing stories as we come on tonight. dangerous thunderstorms impacting millions in the northeast right now as tropical storm debby takes aim at the florida coast. kamala harris taking the final steps before choosing a running mate. and two of america's greatest olympians celebrate more gold in paris.