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weekend with the giants homestand and high profile campaign visits. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze. happy friday! so lots of events going on in the bay area this weekend. that's why it's important to check in with abc7 weather anchor spencer christian with the accuweather forecast satellite radar composite image shows high pressure still in control of our weather, even though its center is moving away for another couple of days. >> and of course, we've got the marine layer, which is deep and expansive right now. it'll burn away in the late afternoon hours, which are approaching rapidly, and we'll have sunny skies for the most part across just about all of the bay area. we've got good air quality right now as well, green dots just about everywhere. so that's encouraging. moving along. a live view from the exploratorium camera looking out over the bay toward the bay bridge. these are our forecast headlines. warm and sunny. afternoon today. tonight, coastal clouds and drizzle will return and over the weekend look for warm conditions tomorrow but turning sharply cooler on sunday. a pattern that's going to be with us for a while. and

what about the outside lands forecast for today? already? we know it's a great start, but sunny and breezy in the afternoon tomorrow. fog in the morning, sun in the afternoon. high temperatures a little bit warmer tomorrow by 2 or 3 degrees. upper 60s here in the city, but on sunday it turns breezy and much cooler across the entire region. so highs today in the afternoon hours 85 degrees at san jose, 90 at los gatos on the peninsula, mainly mid to upper 70s, but 82 at redwood city, which is often the warmest peninsula location on the coast. low 60s today. downtown san francisco, a high of 66 degrees up in the north bay, low for a high of 82 at napa, 91 at santa rosa. east bay. highs about 72 degrees at oakland 74, san leandro, castro valley 80 degrees and then over the hills and into the inland valleys. there we'll see lots of low to mid 90s except san ramon and pleasanton, which will reach only up to about 89 degrees, almost 90. so here's the forecast animation taking us into the evening hours as the marine layer deepens and expands and produces some drizzle along the coastline, some of that will move onshore during the late

night and overnight hours, with the day tomorrow starting much like today started with a sort of a gray overcast. conditions near the coast and bay giving way to sunnier skies in the afternoon. overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the mid to upper 50s, a little cooler up in the north bay, where lows will drop into the low 50s around santa rosa in that region, and over in the inland east bay, we'll see lows in the upper 50s to low 60s. here's the accuweather seven day forecast again. tomorrow will be much like today with highs well mid 70s around the bay shoreline mid or even mid to upper 90s inland. it will be pretty warm 4-1-1 tomorrow, but a sharp cool down occurs on sunday under breezy conditions with inland highs reaching only into the mid to upper 80s. it's cooler still on monday and tuesday, only mid 80s inland, and they will see temperatures that stay in a fairly steady range of mild, not quite mild to warm going through the end of the week. so lovely week coming up. >> all right. so when we talk about lots going on in the bay area this weekend, one of them is the vice president kamala harris, visiting the bay area.

she's expected to arrive with her running mate, governor tim walz, tomorrow night. they are attending a fundraiser at the fairmont hotel on nob hill on sunday, so you should expect traffic issues around that area as well. tickets for the event range from $3,300 to $500,000 per person, though checking this morning, the event appears completely sold out. the bay area is home to some of the biggest democratic party donors in the country. this won't be the last time the harris campaign is here before election day. bloomberg reports. there is already another fundraiser planned in mill valley on august 17th, and many more with surrogates in the months ahead. all right, some good news for america's voters who want to listen to the candidates. former president trump and vice president kamala harris have both agreed to a prime time debate on abc on september 10th, after weeks of speculation about whether another presidential debate will actually occur this year at all. here's abc news reporter rachel bade with more just six days ago, former

president donald trump reneged on a prior commitment to an abc news presidential debate. >> but after seeing the attention kamala harris has garnered on the campaign trail, this week, trump now having a change of heart gop insiders telling me the former president is eager to steal the spotlight away from his democratic opponent. i think it's very important to have debates both candidates now set to face off on abc news on september 10th. the news coming as harris has drawn massive crowds during a blitz through key swing states. she's seen fundraising spike even erased the lead trump held over joe biden all year. trump's advisers panning democrats momentum as a temporary honeymoon. but behind the scenes, some republicans privately chafing about trump's inability to stay on message. they're urging trump to hit harris on policy. things like immigration and the economy. instead, trump, using an hour long news conference yesterday to spout falsehoods, make personal jabs and bristle over harris's momentum. >> they talk about all the enthusiasm. let me tell you, we have the enthusiasm. the republican party and me as a

candidate. >> asked about his attacks, harris didn't take the bait. >> you're too busy talking to voters. i didn't hear him. >> after several days off the trail, trump campaigning today in montana, a state he won by more than 15 points in 2020. harris. meanwhile, laser focused on winning the swing states heading today to the critical battleground state of arizona. her team mocking trump for his recent lack of campaign stops, saying in a statement today he's too lazy to leave his country club president joe biden will join harris for a public event in maryland next week, while trump's new running mate, jd vance, will be hitting the sunday show circuit, he's going to be training his fire on democrats, rachel bade, abc new, washington. >> all right, so we were talking about events happening in the bay area this weekend. another one is starting right now outside lands. of course, it's officially open. the three day festival is bringing big names to san francisco like rising pop stars sabrina carpenter and chappell chappell. roan, the

killers, post malone and sturgill simpson are also headlining. festival organizers are expecting around 225,000 people to attend over the next three days in the south bay, san jose police are investigating a crash involving one of its police cruisers. it happened just after 830 last night at an intersection in front of san jose community college on leland and moorpark avenues. the conditions of the officer and other driver are unknown. an emotional farewell today for a san francisco police officer, who died unexpectedly of an unknown cause late last month an honor guard escorted the casket of officer luciano ortega into the cathedral of saint mary's of the assumption as officers from throughout the bay area stood at attention. officer ortega was a nine year veteran of the department. he was 29 years old. up next, covid draws attention in paris for the olympic games after noah lyles

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finishing third in the 200 meter final and had to be wheeled away. he had been the favorite after winning gold a few days before in the 100 meter dash. lyles revealed afterward that he had covid diagnosed two days before the race. this has raised

all sorts of questions from his responsibility to the olympics responsibility. joining us live now to talk all about it is ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong. doctor chin-hong, great to see you. >> same here. christine, thanks for having me on. >> yeah, it's an important discussion, right? i mean, not just because it's so high profile, but also because covid is really going around here to. right. the numbers are pretty high. >> yes. the us, the w.h.o. estimates that it's, going high in about 84 countries, not just the us. we know that wastewater is very high in the bay area in california. we thought it would be down by now, but it's still continuing to be high. all right. >> let's talk about what we should do about that in a little bit. but first i want to talk about what happened at the olympics because the reaction is so mixed from admiration of lyles running despite struggling with covid symptoms to, oh, he was so irresponsible to risk infecting other competitors to, you know, oh, the olympics, what are they doing? what's your reaction? >> my reaction is mixed as well.

i mean, on one hand, i have a lot of admiration for noah lyles. it's incredible that he ran a race, got a bronze medal while having covid, but the us is a very resourced country. and so they had very good, measures for their athletes. he had had more than 24 hours before. so he is following cdc guidance. he was wearing a mask during training and warm up, and you know, i think did the responsible thing. i believe he also took paxlovid as well. but, you know, to me, it also represents the vulnerability of the olympics, you know, bringing millions of people, thousands of athletes together, you know, does pose some risks, not just to the athletes, but to the spectators and to the support staff around the athletes. >> right. because people are saying, oh, well, he caught it from someone, presumably somebody else was there either competing or helping out or whatever. and then maybe, i mean, even though he did seem

like he took precautions, you know, went and quarantined at a hotel afterwards and then wore the mask and kept to himself during warm ups. and the competition is outdoors. so i guess all those things contribute to less likelihood of infecting somebody else. still, there is a risk. so from the doctor's perspective, how well is the olympic committee handling all this? >> i think the one worry i have with the olympic committee's, guidance is that it was not very standardized, as opposed to tokyo. they kind of left it up to individual countries and individual teams. so that's where the resources come in. the us, for example, put in cooling systems for the us athletes, because it was too hot in the eco olympic village. so i think there's probably heterogeneity of testing availability. a heterogeneity of ability, availability of antivirals. and that's where i'm kind of worried about. >> yeah, i mean with these things, you want it to be homogenous, but you know, the

good thing is it looks like he's all right now and he's recovering. but i wonder, did lyles take any health risks by competing so hard while sick with covid because other people could learn something from that, too? >> yes. i mean, to me, when i reflect on noah lyles, i also think about his own vulnerabilities. even though he is an elite athlete, he does have asthma, and that's probably why he he was so, short winded after the run. he put his whole soul and heart into this, but it may have come at some risk. and, you know, we do know that there have been studies of, elite athletes and even elite athletes take a hit. after getting infected with covid, with you know, a decrement in training. but as long as 4 to 6 weeks after the event. so it doesn't come with, minimal costs. and that's why i guess it goes without saying. you don't want to get covid, if you can help i. >> all right, so how do we do

that? because right now, it does seem like we're nearing that summer surge peak. right, and so if you want to prevent it, especially with kids going back to school now, what's your advice? and also some people are asking about the next booster. >> yeah. so the advice is particularly those who are older than 65 and those who are immune compromised to get a vaccine. now, i know it's in short supply in some areas in the bay area, but some places still have, some of it. so don't be dissuaded. go to my turn. california.gov to find out or individual drugstore websites, the second thing of course, is even if you didn't get a vaccine and you're vulnerable, don't forget about early antivirals. and the third is, you know, i always wear my mask or carry it around in, in case somebody coughing on me next to the plane. so you want to reduce the risk as much as possible, and then think about ventilation, just like the old days. okay >> good advice. thank you so much. okay. i want to talk about

one more thing before we let you go. and that's a pretty big medical breakthrough, i think, for people who carry around epipens for allergic reactions, the fda just approved a new, i think, less painful alternative. >> yes, it has a really, cute name. it's called nafi. it's a nasal spray. instead of giving an injection in the thigh, we know that two thirds of kids and 1 in 4 adults are needle phobic. when you look at the literature. so i think we'll make a huge impact, particularly when you have to carry this thing around, and it could be life saving. >> is it just as effective? do we know? >> well, they did four studies in, in, in healthy volunteers, and they found that the drug levels in the bloodstream, after giving one spray in one side of the nostril was equivalent to giving an epipen. so the idea is that you do get, enough levels of the, drug in the bloodstream, even with the nasal spray.

>> okay. and how soon will that hit the market? should we be able to find it? >> yeah. so it should be around in you know, four weeks or so, i think with insurance, the cost will be about $20 without insurance. the cost, the list price is about $199. but hopefully people can get some relief, with getting that, co-pay down. and it also is a bigger issue with lots of other vaccines and other drugs moving to non injection, including influenza and other vaccines. >> all right. doctor peter chin-hong always great getting useful information from you. thanks so much. >> thanks so much christine. >> up next, you may know her trilogy that became the movie love in taipei. next, new york times best selling author abigail nguyen joins us to get exceptional offers at your local audi dealer.

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loveboat taipei trilogy, has a new book out like loveboat taipei kisses, codes and conspiracies features a love triangle and young adults wrestling with their identities and passions. but what's different this time? silicon valley is featured prominently in the storyline and scenes from palo alto high school to science fairs to cryptocurrencies. joining us live now to talk about her book coming out next week, abigail hing nguyen. hey, abigail, good to see you. >> hey, kristin, it's so great to see you again. >> oh my gosh, you've been busy. so the long awaited sophomore project is here. congratulations. >> thank you. yes it's finally in my hands. >> okay. how would you describe the story? >> uh. so it actually started with a short story in this anthology. serendipity. it was a short story anthology to invert romantic tropes, and i chose the trope class warfare. and really, what better place to do that in than silicon valley, where we have, you know, we have all

sorts of people. so it is a story about this kid, tan li. he's a palo alto high school kid, whose parents rent out the back rooms to winter woo and her mother, who's widowed. so it kind of set up this interesting living situation. the two of them end up going to prom together, had this romantic connection, but then they realize, whoa, whoa, whoa, you're my landlord. we cannot do this, and so that kind of creates this tense situation that my editor of my short story loved and asked me to write a novel to follow on with their journey. so the story kicks off when their parents leave them home for the holidays to babysit a younger sister while they go off to hawaii and everything seems fine until his ex-girlfriend from shanghai shows up on his doorstep with a bunch of tang dynasty coins that she's stolen from her billionaire father in shanghai, and a bunch of thugs on her heels. and so that kind of kicks them off on this adventure where they're racing throughout silicon valley, trying to get away and not really understanding why these people are after the coins in their possession. so i had to get to all that. >> i cannot, but i want to ask

you if you're a little bit nervous because your first novel, loveboat taipei, was such a surprise hit, right? not only did it become a trilogy, it was made into a movie, love in taipei, filmed in taiwan, by the way, during the pandemic, why do you think it found that story found such an audience, which by the way, it hits netflix today. you can watch it if you haven't. >> i don't hit netflix today, which is so exciting. it's really impossible to believe that we're here now, you know, so loveboat taipei, it was actually not my first novel. it was actually my fifth novel, but it was my first published, i was writing for ten years before then. i buried four books along the way, and it was really before crazy rich asians and hamilton opened up the world for diverse stories can find general audiences, and for the gatekeepers to start to let the books through and realize, okay, actually, these books can do well. so loveboat taipei, you know, it's an unusual, uniquely asian-american story in that it's about a girl who goes to taipei and learns about her, her, her family of origin. so, i think because there's so many asian american characters, they ended up somehow being relatable to lots of people. but kisses

and conspiracy is very different. it's even though it does feature asian american protagonists, it's actually, it's an adventure story. it's a thriller. it's a romantic comedy. >> i love it already, but i will say i see some similar themes like you talked about, right? the kids who are trying to find themselves while finding their passion. and then there's always that element of, you know, the family and can i make my parents proud and all that. so, so many kids here, i'm sure, relate. okay, so you've got some events coming up, right? with regard to the book i do. >> so i'll be at linden tree books in los altos on tuesday at 6:00, everyone is invited and i'll be at the berkeley berkeley central public library on thursday. and then outside the bay area in santa rosa and, los angeles in pasadena at vroman's. so anyone in the area, please come join me and say hello. i'd love to talk about the movie and the new book. >> all right. abigail, when the book is kisses, codes and conspiracies. thank you so much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> disney's ultimate fan event is now underway in anaheim, and ceo bob iger is sharing what he's looking

displacing thousands more. abc news is remembering the tragedy with an all new special maui rising the fight for hawaii's future. the special 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 hawai'i. >> you can watch maui rising the

fight for hawaii's future tonight at eight, right here on abc seven and streaming the next day on hulu. finally, d23, the largest disney expo in the world, is now underway in anaheim, with special screenings, never before seen exhibits, and special presentations today through sunday. abc news reporter rebecca jarvis got the inside scoop from bob iger, the ceo of our parent company disney. >> welcome to the happiest place on earth. >> it really feels like it. people all over the place excited about d23. thank you. >> thank you all. can i get a photo, please? you're the disney princess. >> suddenly on the eve of d23, a kind of ultimate disney mega fan event, ceo bob iger taking us inside the magic at disneyland. >> every time i've been to this event, i leave with a sense of

incredible pride, but actually a real sense of joy. seeing what impact we've had on people all over the world and to see it up close. and it's an extraordinary feeling. >> any surprises this year? you can let us in on ahead of time? >> i'm not going to break any news here because i don't want to spoil the surprise. there are many. >> this summer, disney has surprised and delighted audiences with films from deadpool and wolverine to inside out two. >> i'm anxiety. i am just such a huge fan of yours. >> breaking box office records, becoming the highest grossing animated film ever, topping $1.5 billion at the box office. >> it also happens to be the first film i saw in a theater with my five year old daughter, and she loved it. what do you think the secret was? there >> i have to react to what you just said, because the first film that i saw as a five year old was cinderella. my

grandparents took me to a disney film when i was five, and i actually still remember that. >> so and mine was pinocchio, and i got scared when his nose grew. >> yes, the pinocchio was a scary movie, but it's just interesting that here we are as adults, remembering that first film and it was a disney film and your daughter will have the same, i think, the same memory. you know, every single transaction that this company experiences emanates from great creativity and great storytelling. it all starts right there. and when i returned to the company in 2022, it very, very clear to me that we had to put creativity back to basically the center of this company. >> so what does the future hold? how do you think about the incorporation of things like ai and animatronics and all of that? >> i think, first of all, it's really important that in a world where technology provides people with these visual experiences that are stunning in many ways

and look real, i think we have to remember that the experience of coming to one of our parks is an immersive experience in a physical environment. the reality here is reality is real, you know? and i think that's important. so i don't want to lose that. but we also know that the new generations of people in our world grow up with these incredible and stunning visual images. and so you have to deliver on that expectation to remember, abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. >> get the abc seven bay area app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are. thank you for joining us. world news tonight with david muir starts now. i'll see you back here at >> linsey: breaking news as we come on the air. severe storms slam the northeast. a tornado warning just outside new york city. horrifying images show a passenger plane falling from the sky. and the mad dash at