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debate over whether dogs should be allowed in the park is turning ugly. there's even been dog waste spread on park property to try to prove a point. >> yeah, some feel the dogs cause a problem to the park sports fields in the city's potrero hill neighborhood tonight, abc seven news reporter tara campbell is getting to the bottom of it. >> the debate over whether dogs should be allowed at this potrero hill park is reaching a fever pitch. >> it's a beautiful field, you know, we've seen it not being used. and so when there's no kids or there's no events going on, we bring our dogs here. >> san francisco rec and parks making it clear dogs are not allowed on jackson park athletic fields. but for these dog owners, it's just too tempting. >> i just don't see any harm in doing it. >> but people using these fields say these pups can be a problem when we are running in the fields. >> you know, sometimes we step in poops and people that don't pick up after that, after that. so we have to, you know, sometimes get in a weird situation that i had to clean ourselves. >> the only things that we run into problems with is the

sometimes they leave the dog poop. you know, the owners don't pick up after themselves. >> the city is encouraging dog walkers to leave this park and walk over to other nearby dog parks. but the people we spoke with say it's far too inconvenient. >> it's onerous to have to walk ten, 20, 30 minutes down the road or drive. that's an expense, and we should be able to have access to our park. >> paul sears has collected nearly a thousand signatures petitioning the city to create a space here for dogs, calling the current rule out of date. >> when it was written, this neighborhood was very different. a lot of warehouses. now you've got all of these multifamily buildings that are dog friendly, you know, hundreds and hundreds of dog owners here. and this is a neighborhood park. >> rec and park says there are plans in the works to create a dog park here in the coming years. in the meantime, the debate continues. >> people need to follow the rules. you know, they need even they see the signs. you can see it over there. you know, dogs are not allowed here and they keep doing it. >> the fact that you spent money to put a sign there is, i don't

think is going to deter anyone personally, you know, because, i mean, it's just a sign, you know, so i haven't seen anyone do that, though. yeah. >> it didn't stop you, clearly. >> no, it didn't stop me. >> tara campbell, abc seven news. >> breaking news in the south bay, there's been a car crash involving a police cruiser in san jose. >> you're looking at the wreckage here. now, this happened just after 830 tonight at an intersection in front of san jose community college on leland. and moorpark avenues. police have blocked off the road as they investigate the conditions of the officer and other driver are unknown. >> oakland mayor shengtao hu faces a recall vote in november, is fending off new calls for her to resign. she spoke with us today to defend her position. as we told you this week, the oakland police officers association is asking the mayor to step down. they say the city is a more dangerous place now as a result of her leadership, mayor tao joined us on our show midday live to respond to those claims. >> it was not actually the whole association. you know, i want to commend all of our working

officers who come in day in and day out to do the hard work driving crime down. and so what this is, is that it is a four member executive team who took this unanimous vote. four members uh- of the opoa executive board, who is calling for this and who is stating actual fact? i mean, false facts, right? crime is trending down and that is because of the great work of our officers. and i have received so many calls from our rank and file, so many calls from officers who are doing the great work every day to say, we do not stand with this statement. >> leaders of the oakland police officers association have said they will back the recall effort unless the mayor resigns. >> we have new details tonight on the shooting death of oakland police officer twan lay last december, information presented in court this week reveals lay was shot from behind. according to the chronicle, he and his partner were in an unmarked vehicle following after the burglary. suspects from a cannabis facility on oakland on the embarcadero in oakland, a

suspect in a car trailing the undercover officers opened fire, striking lei in the head. four people were later caught and charged, the one who police say shot officer lay was acting as a lookout for the group, and alameda county judge is now deciding whether there is enough evidence to send the case to trial. happening tomorrow, san francisco police officers will remember one of their own, officer luciano ortega. he died unexpectedly late last month after being on the force for nearly a decade. officer ortega most recently worked out of the mission station in a video he made for the department. he said being a police officer was the only job he ever wanted. tomorrow's service will be held at 930 at saint mary's of the assumption. >> let's look outside now because we are dealing with an air quality advisory. we, as we look out from our emeryville camera, the advisory is because of wildfire smoke that's moving into the area. abc7 news meteorologist sandhya patel is taking a closer look. sandhya. yeah, ama. we saw signs of that wildfire smoke this afternoon in

the inland east bay where we noticed some haze. >> that air quality advisory is up through tomorrow, friday, and saturday. we are expecting good to moderate air quality for most areas, but not all. as you take a look at purple air, you will notice some pockets of poor air quality in the east bay and the north bay as we look at air now, which is the official reporting station. uh- agency. excuse me, good to moderate air quality at this hour, but we are clearly going to be seeing smoke from the western u.s. wildfires in canada continue to impact us. so from time to time, there will be haze might be a little thicker at 4:00 tomorrow afternoon. so watch out for that. if you're sensitive to smoke, you will need to avoid exposure by keeping your doors and windows closed. there's a time lapse and you can clearly see the layer of haze from mount tam as the sun was setting. i'll be back with a look at your weekend forecast. i'll let you know what changes you can expect. dan. >> all right, sandhya, thanks a lot. today is one year since

wildfires devastated maui. it's the fifth deadliest wildfire in u.s. history. in fact, killing 101 people. another 12,000 people were forced from their homes. people of hawaii came together today for a paddle out where they dropped flower petals into the ocean. the they united over all that they've lost as they continue the long process of rebuilding together, an 83 year old man lost everything in the flames. his neighbors have stepped up and helped support him as he works to rebuild his home. >> i tell people that i actually lived in the aloha spirit, you know, everybody hears about aloha spirit. you know, it's just saying, oh yeah, yeah, aloha spirit. but i experienced it. >> the famous banyan tree in lahaina is showing signs of strong recovery as well, which is really a relief burned in the fire. it now has plenty of green leaves as well as fruit. as you can see, the fire remains under investigation and a $4 billion victim settlement was announced late last week. abc news has a

new prime time special, maui rising the fight for hawaii's future. it examines how the tragedy ignited a grassroots movement for statewide change. >> august 8th was a wake up call. change has to happen within days of the fire, a new generation of leaders emerged to fight for their town, their community, and ultimately, a more equitable future for all of hawaii. >> you can watch maui rising the fight for hawaii's future tomorrow night at 8 p.m, right here on abc seven and streaming the next day on hulu. >> candlestick park was home of the giants and forty-niners for about 40 years. both teams found new homes, and the stadium was demolished in 2015. but now there's a clearer picture of what's next for the candlestick site today. the nonprofit bay area council endorsed a new project to build 7200 apartments, condos, condos and townhomes on the site, a third of them affordable. there will

also be commercial space, high rises, parks and an innovation district in the shape of a baseball diamond. if the project gets approval from the city, the first phase of the development could break ground. next year. new at 11. the nfl is kicking off again this weekend, with preseason games being played tonight. and with it comes new tech. as abc seven news reporter lauren martinez shows us, it's the future of the modern sports experience. >> the nfl league office is rolling out facial ticketing for credentialed people. they've teamed up with the company wicked, a facial authentication platform provider. ceo jeff beam tells us wicked started in the height of covid when the cleveland browns were looking for a way to get fans in instead of manual barcode scanning. fans who have enrolled can show their face to validate their ticket. >> fans opt in to use this solution in order to gain the convenience of faster access to a stadium, or even faster concessions, or faster access to an event, beam said.

>> browns fans are now getting into the stadium four times faster when you actually take a picture and you take a selfie at home to register for the system, and then when you show up, there's a camera that is used, typically an ipad, to access the event. >> those pictures are immediately uh- changed into a mathematical representation that is then in turn encrypted. >> the nfl tells us for now, the facial authentication program is only available for the team game day personnel, vendors and media fans are not included. every nfl team can use the new technology. levi's stadium had no comment. the mlb, for example, just launched their go ahead entry program this past spring at oracle park. giants fans who are 18 or older can enter using a camera at designated gate. we spoke to anil jain, a professor at michigan state university, about this growing technology. >> when you enter the united states, it used to be fingerprints, but now it is face

recognition, jain suggests people who voluntarily register for similar systems know if the company will sell or not sell their information to third party applications. you know, will you get some specific emails from advertisers? you know, you know, it's one of those things where it should only be used for the purpose, for which it was being collected. and you agreed. >> and beam said, that's exactly what wicked safeguards are. their data is not centralized. it's not sold or given to any third parties. your face is your payment method. >> your face is your credential. it's a much easier and more secure method. and i do believe this is what the future will look like. >> this program is completely optional in san jose. lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> the final preparations are in place for outside lands, and it's going to be a packed golden gate park when the music festival gets going tomorrow. jfk drive is already closed. most other park entrances are

now closed to cars. tonight mlk jr drive will be closed starting tomorrow and to help get to and from muni service will be scaled up through the weekend. and as 75,000 people are expected to attend over the next three days, san francisco is also preparing for vice president kamala harris to arrive on sunday, with extra security measures for her campaign, fundraising events and a debate date is confirmed. >> the abc news showdown is set and tonight we hear what both camps are saying. >> plus thrown in detention, an unwelcome classmate crashes a california classroom, and it's up to the teacher to figure it out. >> and could part of the bay bridge get a new name? more on the no brainer propo

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trump confirmed their prime time debate will be here on abc seven tuesday, september the 10th. the former president made the announcement in front of cameras at mar a lago today while battling back questions from reporters. meantime, vice president harris and her new running mate continue touring across battleground states. abc news reporter selina wang has more as the campaigns hit, crunch time. >> tonight it's official former president donald trump and vice president kamala harris will face off in a prime time debate on abc next month. the debate, one of three that trump agreed to during a mar a lago press conference, his first public appearance since the debut of the new democratic ticket. >> i just look forward to these debates. i think it's very important that we have them. i think they'll be very revealing. i think they'll be very revealing. >> trump challenging harris to

accept the other two proposed debates, insisting that he has not changed his campaign strategy to go after harris and her vice presidential pick, minnesota governor tim walz. >> we have somebody that hasn't received one vote for president, and she's running, and that's fine with me. >> harris had previously committed to the abc news debate after replacing president joe biden as the nominee. >> i'm glad that he's finally agreed to a debate on september 10th. i'm looking forward to it. >> and i'm hope he shows up throughout the more than one hour long press conference. >> trump repeating false and misleading statements, including that no one died on january 6th. according to the department of justice, five people died during or after the attack, including four protesters and one police officer. trump, also bristling at the idea that the democratic ticket is gaining more support than his own as harrison walz barnstormed the battlegrounds, they talk about, oh, the

enthusiasm, let me tell you, we have the enthusiasm. >> the republican party and me as a candidate. but the republican party has the enthusiasm because people want to see crime stopped. >> trump even suggesting that he attracts crowds larger than martin luther king jr did for his i have a dream speech. >> i've spoken to the biggest crowds. nobody's spoken to crowds bigger than me. if you look at martin luther king when he did his speech, his great speech, and you look at ours, same real estate, same everything, same number of people, if not, we had more. >> and asked about president biden's warning that there would absolutely not be a peaceful transfer of power if trump loses in november, trump falsely claimed that there was in 2020, and there would be again, as long as the election is honest. >> of course, there'll be a peaceful transfer, and there was last time, and there will be a peaceful transfer. i just hope we're going to have honest elections.

>> and the vice president saying tonight that she's open to considering more debates, but only after the one on abc news on september 10th, and harris also saying that she wants to schedule a sit down interview before the end of the month. selina wang, abc news, the white house. >> some hope tonight for potential home buyers in the bay area. mortgage rates are at their lowest level in more than a year, according to freddie ma. the standard 30 year fixed rate mortgage dropped to 6.47% today. that's down substantially from last week's average of 6.73%. this year's peak was 7.22%. in early may. economists say lenders are starting to lower interest rates with a fed rate cut expected next month. >> a california teacher was preparing for the new school year when an unexpected visitor appeared in her classroom. elaine salmon was prepping her classroom for the school year this week in kern county. she left her classroom to print some paper copies, and this is what she found when she returned a black bear. salmon says she closed the door, locked the bear

inside, and called her husband. when he got there, they held the door open and banged on the window to get it to run away. took off back into the mountains. the only damage was to an earthquake kit that, as you can guess, had snacks inside. bears happened to be the school mascot, so it was one wild way to get into the school spirit. >> boy, they sure handle that well, though. yeah. all right, well, speaking of bears, tomorrow is smokey bear's 80th birthday, so the us forest service held a birthday party for him. smokey was created in 1944 to inform the public about the importance of fire safety. it's the longest running advertising campaign in american history, by the way. >> great. well, new at 11. a celebration for one of our own. >> yeah, two alums from our abc seven news team are the new recipients of icon awards at the asian american journalists association convention. >> yes, beloved former reporter david louie and former anchor linda yu were two of the three winners tonight. david spoke about breaking into the news industry as an asian american

during a time in which that was not the norm. >> we really dug hard and say, we need representation and made the case for diversity in our newsrooms. so i look so proudly at around this room today and see that you have indeed populated the pipeline. >> a number of journalism excellence and community awards were also given out to recognize the change. makers of the news industry. congratulations to david and linda and everyone tonight. what a great evening. yeah, certainly. >> okay, let's get a check on our weather. >> all right. abc seven meteorologist sandhya patel is here. as we hit the weekend, said yeah. >> and we've got changes underway. congrats to both of them dan and ama. let me show you a time lapse. this is a pretty time lapse. our cooling influence from pier 39 pretty evident as you look at alcatraz and the fog shrouding the area. today's temperatures were down in the low 60s to low 90s. since we're on the topic of lower sea surface temperatures, we are talking about that happening right now near the equator. a la

nina advisory was issued today by the climate prediction center, and they're basically saying there's a 66% chance of a la nina developing between september and november of this year, 74% chance it will continue between november and january. now, one thing to keep in mind is we don't really know which way the precip is going to go right now. it's too soon to say so. we can't really tell you that it's going to be an above or below average precip year. drop in global average temperatures is expected, and that is actually welcome considering when we look at our climate records, we have a warming climate. july 2024 was the second hottest july on record globally, and for many of our bay area cities, it was the hottest on record. exclusion was san francisco long term warming trend driven by human activities. we don't have the warmth. we have the cooler weather right now, and you can see why all of our tower cameras are featuring the fog prominently. it's going to be around tomorrow morning, and it's going to be around for outside lands as you expect in golden gate park. gray start,

afternoon sun, breezy conditions, mid 60s. coming up on saturday into the upper 60s and then breezy and cooler on sunday. so best to pack those layers in case you need to remove them or pack them back on. live doppler seven showing you the fog along the coast around the bay. temperatures at this hour, anywhere from the 50s to the 70s as we look at the wind right now, it has dropped off a little bit, but out towards the delta we've got a nice breeze 24 miles an hour, and that's going to carry the marine layer along. as you look from our emeryville camera towards the port of oakland tomorrow. hazy skies for some due to the wildfire smoke overnight tonight. fog and spotty drizzle and your weekend outlook will be cooler than average on sunday. going hour by hour. the morning begins with some damp roadways. wiper weather because of the drizzle, fog will reduce the visibility and then as we head into the afternoon, some of that fog will linger near the coast. your morning temperatures beginning in the 50s and 60s. you might want to allow that extra time, especially since some kids are back to school if you have to take them back to school, it

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freeway. if passed the new willie mays highway would be a nearly two mile section of interstate 80. from the spot, the bridge enters san francisco to the 101 golden gate bridge exit. the stretch that overlooks the city on one side and oracle park, appropriately on the other. the state bill asks the department of transportation to determine the cost of installing signage, so donations could cover that cost. that seems like a very fitting tribute. >> it does well. longtime rivals come together at the olympics as steph curry and lebron james delivered a sensational win. >> it was pretty exciting. abc7 news sports director larry beil is here. larry >> dan, we finally got a curry

flurry in france as stefan lebron led team usa to the gold medal game at the olympics, and we also know where they'll be

it all. warriors star steph curry, who hasn't had any big games in his very first olympics, well, finally went off when team usa needed him most, like when they were down 17. curry had 17 points in just the first quarter, ended up going nine of four from downtown, but team usa was getting carved up by serbia and nikola jokic of the nuggets. team usa comes back from a 17 point deficit and double digits in the second half, pulling out a stressful fourth quarter as they hold on 9591. team usa advances to the gold medal game saturday against france. >> it's different playing for usa basketball than it is playing for your nba team. you know you're literally playing for your country. and so it didn't surprise me at all that steph had the game that he did. he always comes up big when he's needed the most, especially to be a part of steph curry. >> we talked about each game. somebody might somebody had to step up. it might be your night.

and he came and had the best night out of anybody the whole tournament. so incredible to watch him knock down shots to keep us afloat. >> hunter the giants showing signs of life, taking three of four in washington. they've got a winning record for the first time in more than two months. it's been a slow climb. bob melvin uh- got the heave ho in the first. this game also featured a couple of hours of rain delays straight to the ninth, tied at two bases loaded. mark canha doubles down the line. everybody's going to score after this throwing error here. so five two giants and game's over right. not so fast. it's pouring rain. camila duvall is a strike away from getting the win. and here it comes and there it goes. luis garcia, junior a three run clout. suddenly it's five. five to the 10th. brett wisely. safety squeeze exsqueeze me gerard encarnacion scores! giants score four in the 10th to win nine five, improving their record now to 59 and 58. a's had the night off. never mind taking

it. how about i punched you in the face. the san jose earthquakes hosting necaxa in leagues cup action. hernan lopez behind the back with the heel flick pass to jeremy ebobisse, who buries it as the quakes roll five nil. early christmas present for you from the nba. shams charania of the athletic reports the warriors and lakers will meet on christmas night at the prime time slot. stefan lebron teammates today will try to ruin each other's holiday. sports on abc seven,

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