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from berkeley roots and san francisco courtrooms to the biggest arena in politics. we are heading into a historic week with vice president kamala harris, soon to officially become the first black woman and asian american to be a major party's nominee for president. good evening. i'm j.r. stone. the democratic national convention kicks off tomorrow in
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chicago. and tonight we have team coverage helping you helping you get ahead of the big moments. harris landed in chicago tonight following a day of campaigning across pennsylvania. the critical swing state could decide november's election, and both harris and former president donald trump are laser focused on it. >> the vast majority of us have so much more in common than what separates us. that's what this campaign is about. yes, it is about winning. and we will win and we will win. >> harris and running mate governor tim walz rallied volunteers in a bus tour today. former president trump will head back to pennsylvania tomorrow after just being there saturday. >> i want to cut taxes on americans while putting tariffs on china and foreign countries to bring our jobs back home to pennsylvania and to take in billions and billions of dollar. >> like his saturday remarks, trump is expected to focus on the economy in tomorrow's speec.
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taking a live look now from chicago at the floor of the democratic national convention. california will be in the spotlight. and not just because of harris. our state will have the largest group of delegates, nearly 500 of them. abc seven news reporter suzanne vaughn talked to people from the bay area already in chicago, ready for the week to begin. >> it is overwhelming. it is exciting. but it is also i'm trying to soak it all in. >> california dnc delegate harini krishnan of san mateo county says this is a historic moment. >> we are on the cusp of making history with the first black, first south asian woman president. >> krishnan is the national director for south asians for harris, i have known the vp for a long time. >> i'm proud to call her a friend. i was a lead volunteer organizer in her campaign. >> she's proud to show her support this week during the democratic national convention. >> i'm wearing my south asians for hair sticker. >> this is the first time for
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honey mahogany at the dnc as a delegate. >> we have already done our official dnc delegate welcome, which was amazing. >> mahogany is the former chair of the san francisco democratic party and has advocated for justice and equity for the lgbtq plus community for more than two decades. >> i'm from san francisco, and i'm very proud that we have a bay area native who's going to be, potentially in the white house. but i would also really love to hear from her, you know, messages again of solidarity, ensuring that all people in the democratic party will be represented by her, that we all, all will have a voice. >> rj vittoria, a tech executive from fremont, is at the dnc as part of the standing rules committee. he was there at the san francisco fundraiser for vp harris, attended by more than 700 supporters, and he helped raise big money for harris among the south asian community. vittoria says people want a change and they're willing to work for it. >> we turn out every vote is
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needed so that we elect kamala harris to the presidency. >> supporters know selecting kamala harris as the democratic party's nominee for president is a big step. but they also know much more work needs to be done after the dnc. >> we're going to use this time to build bridges, to build relationships, and then we have to organize like hell over the next 80 days to get harris waltz across the finish line in san francisco, suzanne phan abc seven news. >> let's walk through some of the convention headliners you'll see this week. president biden will speak tomorrow, expected to frame harris as the best person to finish the campaign he started. former president obama is set to speak on tuesday, 20 years since the dnc keynote that put him on the map. wednesday will be governor tim walz address as the vice presidential nominee, with former president bill clinton and speaker emerita nancy pelosi speaking before him, and then the grand finale on thursday with vice president
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kamala harris history making acceptance of the democratic party's nomination. protests are expected to be a theme this wee, and they're already getting started. a large group rallied tonight, marching through chicago. some in the crowd are marching for reproductive and lgbtq rights. others are calling for an end to the israel-hamas war. more protests are set for tomorrow and throughout the week. today, in the bay area, pro-palestinian activists rallied to send a message to vice president kamala harris demanding she commit to an arms embargo on israel. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard has details and reaction from oakland. harris harris, you will see. >> here is harris. you will see. palestine will be free. >> hundreds of pro-palestinian activists taking to thendla, hoe president kamala harris. >> she might have started here, but does that mean we're going to claim her? no. >> this group gathering on the eve of the democratic national
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convention, demanding that harris commit to an arms embargo on israel, just days after the biden administration's approval of a $20 billion weapons package to israel. >> we see it as critical that in a moment when working people are being squeezed by skyrocketing costs of living, that money, not go to bomb children in gaza. >> activists say that money should be invested in local communities like oakland instea. >> i'm reminding you it's your duty to stand by palestinians. >> pro-palestinian protesters have followed harris on the campaign trail. she was interrupted during a recent rally speech in detroit. you know what? >> if you want donald trump to win, then say that. >> otherwise, i'm speaking. >> an outside last weekend's fundraiser in san francisco criticized the vice president offering this response. >> we need to get the hostages out. we need a hostage deal, and
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we need a ceasefire. and i can't stress that strongly enough. it needs to get done the deal needs to get done, and it needs to get done now. >> we really want to see policy changes around israel, not just words, not just lip service. >> some of these activists say they are heading to chicago to take part in protests near the dnc, to send democrats and kamala harris a message. >> we're going to hit the streets and we're going to be pushing on all of these messages and also tying the message of ceasefire, the message of an arms embargo to uh- other progressive policies that people are going to be there demanding from the democrats. activists say they'll keep marching until an arms embargo deal happens. >> in oakland, cornel bernard abc seven news. >> abc7 news anchor julian glover will be reporting all week from the democratic national convention. we'll have a report from him in chicago coming up at 1130. he'll be bringing us updates from the convention through thursday with harris's big speech. now to the north bay and a heartbreaking story shocking the community
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this weekend. a woman on the way to pick up her daughter from school, killed by a suspected drunk driver who wasn't allowed to be behind the wheel. friday's crash in santa rosa killed jessica avila munoz, a police officer with sonoma county. police say the driver who hit her had four prior dui arrests and a suspended license. tonight, i spoke with the president of munoz's union who met her when she started with the county. he told me munoz was dedicated to her daughter and the union is now trying to fundraise to make sure she's taken care of. >> she's traveling to pick her up from school at 145 in the afternoon, and that that's not something that i think anybody wants to experience. and we all travel around the city, usually around 145 in the afternoon, and we don't expect something like that to happen. >> the driver who hit munoz is now in jail on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter. fundraisers for munoz's family have raised tens of thousands of
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dollars. we have details about how you can help on abc seven news.com. turning our attention now to weather after a slightly warmer sunday. and we have a significant warm up coming this week. abc seven news weather anchor spencer christian joins us with your accuweather forecast. >> okay j.r. you may have noticed in that live camera shot there no fog. clear skies over the bay area over those locations near the coast right now like san francisco. that may not last long though. during the overnight hours, we expect some coastal clouds to develop. but even with that. here's your day planner for tomorrow. 7:00 tomorrow morning, a few coastal clouds, possibly some spotty drizzle, but by noon, notice it's going to be mostly sunny. temperatures in the upper 70s inland up to about 70 around the bay shoreline. upper 50s on the coast by 4 p.m. sunny and mild to warm. highs in the upper 80s inland. upper 70s 70s around the bay shoreline. about 62 on the coast, and as we get into the evening hours, 7 p.m, we'll see those coastal clouds developing again as they often do.
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temperatures dropping by about ten degrees or so, both inland and around the bay. from their high. around 4 p.m. i'll have a look at the big warm up coming our way. it won't last long, but you might like it in my accuweather forecast in a few minutes. j.r. >> spencer, thanks so much. looking forward to that happening tomorrow. a big day for san francisco families as the bay area's largest school district goes back to school. the first day for san francisco unified of course, brings excitement for families, but it's coming at a challenging time for covid. with the summer surge we just can't shake. abc seven news reporter tara campbell asked a health expert about keeping the whole family healthy. as kids go back to class. >> a new wave of covid 19 is hitting california and the bay area is no exception. >> we have a lot of covid in the wastewater as high as 2022. in the summer, and higher than last year. >> cases of covid climbing as kids head back to school. >> there's a lot of covid that's potentially in the schools in the classrooms.
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>> and while each school district has its own covid protocols, the experts say in general, kids with covid can go back to school if they're, 24 hours out and have no fevers and are getting better, but that go ahead to go back comes with a caveat. >> however, it's going to be really important for kids to wear a mask for five days at least, you know, if they're going back to school. >> meanwhile, the parents we spoke with don't seem too concerned. >> hopefully it doesn't get worse. >> i'm not concerned about covid any more than i am concerned about any othere. >> hopefully we'll get over this hump of the summer. we'll have a lull. but the winter is what i'm really worried about. >> the fda is expected to sign off on updated covid 19 vaccines as early as this week, with both pfizer and moderna saying their vaccines should be available just days after get the covid shot.
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>> with the flu shot, every kid at six months and over is eligible, so i think it's really important to try to protect them so you can protect the household and to protect loved ones who may be more vulnerable. >> tara campbell, abc seven news with back to school comes a lot of uncertainty for the san francisco unified school district, facing layoffs and school closures. >> state financial advisers are now managing the district's money and hiring decisions. the san francisco examiner reports the district is now in a hiring freeze. the state advisers told the school board this week they can hire for essential staff needed to keep a school running, but that's it. the district is facing a financial crisis, driven in part by declining enrollment. next month, fsa usd is expected to share a list of schools that will eventually close, trying to close funding gaps. book lovers are bringing hope in a dark chapter for one
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beloved bookstore. after a fire gutted this east bay business. local authors are helping them rewrite their story. plus screams coming from a manhole cover by the beach turned into one very weird rescue. and this private island in the bay area has a hefty price tag
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is a total loss. gutted by a fire last month. but tonight book lovers are working together to change this story. this evening, local authors came together to help raise money for the store's recovery. sharing their love for a place that has
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been an artistic and community home for many. >> it is so great to be here in support of east bay booksellers. my local book shop, and go to very frequently uh- because there's no other place like it. >> authors held an evening of readings to benefit the store at gilman brewing company in berkeley. the event was free to attend, but donations were encouraged. the owner of east bay booksellers says he was surprised to see how much the place meant to so many people. >> we have amazing customers, we have amazing friends. i have an amazing community. thank you to everyone who has spread the news about not just the fire, but the outpouring of support that we've had. it means a lot. >> the literary community and people of oakland came together to support the store's gofundme and get it past its goal. they've raised over $220,000 to temporarily relocate and rebuild
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their original location. we are following the story of an unprecedented loss in the south bay. this week. neighbors will honor a san jose community service officer. the first in the department's history to be killed in the line of duty. a suspected dui driver hit and killed cso long pham on august third. he was directing traffic at an accident scene when the driver hit pham's patrol car, sending it flying into pham and another cso. the other officer was seriously injured. there will be a vigil in pham's honor this thursday at san jose's vietnamese heritage garden. several families in the east bay need a new place to live after a bad fire. this morning, the fire ignited around 3 a.m. at the woodland hills apartments on west buchanan road. that's near railroad avenue in pittsburg. there are 16 units in the building and four apartments were destroyed. some tenants credit their neighbors with alerting them to the fire. you see, the flames here? everyone
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was able to get out safely. >> she was like, mom, mom, mom, it's a fire. i was a really tired. it took a minute to come to. and then i smelled the smoke. and then i saw the flames. we started kicking, banging on the doors, trying to wake everyone up. it was the most scariest and traumatic thing i've ever experienced before in my life. >> wow. >> great news that they were able to get out. firefighters say the building did not have a sprinkler system and was not required to due to the year it was built. investigators are looking into what sparked this fire. a bay area startup is facing major layoffs after the fda rejected its plan to use psychedelics to help with ptsd. the company, listos, pushed for the use of mdma for therapeutic use. the fda rejected the psychedelic assisted treatment for ptsd. for now, citing a need for more studies. it's a major setback for the san jose based
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company now laying off 75% of its staff. the ceo says conducting a new study would take several years. an unusual rescue for crews in san francisco today. a beachgoer ended up trapped inside a sewage pipe, and it took nearly three dozen firefighters an hour and a half to get him out. firefighters say they got a call from someone who heard screaming near a manhole cover on the great highway near vicente street. rescuers say the man crawled into the sewer from the beach, made his way along the inside of a pipe 20ft below street level, and then got stuck. crews had to wait for an osha permit before entering the pipe. they were able to free the man who they say was seriously hurt. it's the only private island in the bay, and now it belongs to a mystery buyer. red rock island next to the richmond-san rafael bridge has been sold. it went on the market last year for $25 million. it doesn't have water, power or
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wi-fi, and the building on it is questionable. but the listing agent tells us it had interest from around the world. couldn't share the buyer or the sale price because of an nda or nda. that is spencer christian here with weather. spencer, was it you who bought that island? it was not. it was not. >> but i'm curious to know how much it sold for. i know we may not find out, but yes, you can't do all that stuff. >> but hopefully you got some spectacular views. oh, yeah. >> great views and good viewing weather because there's no fog in the way. right now. here's a look at what's happening with the atmospherics of our current weather pattern. you can see that area of low pressure off the pacific northwest coastline there. and it's counterclockwise. circulation has been giving us a steady flow of onshore winds, which will eventually produce a little bit of a marine layer during the overnight hours. but right now, skies are mainly clear around the bay area, and it's not nearly so breezy as it was in the early evening hours right now. most locations have wind speeds under ten miles per hour.
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the exception being oakland and sfo. so on we go to the 24 hour temperature change. most locations are also a few degrees cooler right now than at this time last night. despite the fact that we are going into a brief warming trend. here's a clear view from mount tam looking down into the bay. notice the absence of fog. 59 degrees in san francisco. right now we have low to mid 60s at oakland, hayward, san jose, 63 at redwood city and 59 at half moon bay. absence of fog at the golden gate as well. that may change in the next three, 4 or 5 hours or so. it's 59 degrees, right now at both santa rosa and napa, 54 at petaluma and low to mid 60s at fairfield, concord and livermore, and a clear view from sutro tower looking out over san francisco. and these are our forecast headlines. so overnight there will be some coastal clouds developing along with some drizzle mainly offshore. but some of it may move over land areas beginning and beginning of the week it will be sunnier and much warmer. that will be tomorrow and tuesday, but later in the week a cooling trend begins, so that warming trend will be short lived. here's our forecast animation starting at midnight.
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notice during the overnight hours just before the morning commute begins. in fact, we'll see lots of patches of drizzle offshore and a little bit of a marine layer forming and pushing locally across the bay. that will not last very long during the morning hours, because the sun will burn it away very quickly, giving us a warmer day than we had today. overnight lows will be generally in the mid to upper 50s. the exception up in the north bay, where lows will drop into the upper 40s at cloverdale and santa rosa. so a little bit cooler up there. highs tomorrow 63 at half moon bay, 68 in san francisco across the bay in oakland 73 degrees. some locations around the bay shoreline tomorrow will warm up into the upper 70s up in the north bay. it will be fairly mild with highs of 86 at santa rosa, 79 at napa. the inland east bay will be our warmest region with highs there in the mid to upper 80s, up to about 88 and concord 89. fairfield 87 at antioch and down to the south, bay 80 at san jose, 86 at morgan hill. here's the accuweather seven day forecast after upper 80s inland. tomorrow we'll see.
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mid 90s inland on tuesday. so we'll call it hot inland and warm around the bay with highs up to about 80 degrees. it will still be pretty warm inland on wednesday with upper seconds and mid 70s around the bay. but then on thursday it gets much cooler thursday and friday with inland highs only in the low 80s low 70s around the bay shoreline and then going into next weekend, sort of a more average range of highs for this time of the year. >> sounds like a great school forecast for those kids going back in san francisco tomorrow. >> it is. that's right. yeah. happy new school year. >> yeah. love it. okay. >> up next. giving a whole new meaning to slip n slide. and fortunately, no one was hurt. an intense storm sends this inflatable flying
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on one or small group lessons at select courts for players of all levels. the new program is in its pilot phase, with 40 instructors involved, but it's not free. instructors set their own prices at 60 to $150 an hour. you can book a time online. tennis lessons are offered as well in some areas. football season is right around the corner as the niners look to work their way back to the super bowl. preseason game two was tonight at levi's stadium. brock purdy back in action on the field. highlights of how he did coming up
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native and one of the greatest qbs of all time. tom brady was in the house on sunday to take in the saints and 40 niners as he gets ready for his nfl broadcasting career. it was also a chance for him and the 40 niners fans to see brock purdy for the first time this preseason. saints and 40 niners. purdy would play george kittle and deebo samuel would not suit up, signing autographs over there. okay, first drive for purdy. second and five. steps back. finds brayden willis for six yards and he's got a first
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down right there. later in the drive we go purdy pressured on the deep incompletion there. purdy takes a pretty good hit pocket collapsing on purdy with no trent williams former 40 niners chase young applying some heat right there. you never like seeing that in preseason. purdy then naked bootleg. nobody's open. has to turn back. scramble forces a pass. he probably shouldn't have thrown. are breathing a little heavy there. luckily it was incomplete. later in the series for purdy has to scramble to his right. runs, runs. he's looking. he's pointing. but he he runs out of bounds. loss for the niners. they would punt on that drive. third and final series for purdy finds eric saubert right there okay five yard gain for purdy two for six on the night 11 yards on three drives. josh dobbs took over for purdy and played well. end of the second. dobbs scrambling. he's looking. he's running all over. all over the coast to coast on the run and picks up the first down. later in the drive yeah. ha. how
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about a little leap for that first down. later in the drive dobbs he's looking he's looking finding jacob cowing for the 38 yards on the catch. woo! there's some highlights. set up fourth and goal from the one. dobbs with the qb keeper. and he's in option in touchdown 49 ers would go on to win this thing 16 to 10. the teams traded field goals in the second half. nothing crazy. dobbs was 12 for 21 133 yards and a rushing td. purdy played the first three series, but with little success. but keep in mind, he was basically without all of the other starters. kyle shanahan happy to get the w. >> i feel like we've had to win a number of ways a number of times here, you know? so it's you look at that each week, even when you feel your offense is firing on all cylinders, you still what's the best way to win a game. and that changes week in and week out. and i'd like to think we're built to do it a lot of different ways. i think we have done a lot of different
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ways in our tenure here, and that's kind of what we always talk about. what does it take to win? and you try to figure that out by studying, putting together a game plan, and then you do what you can in the game to find a way. and you really don't care how it looks or what happens. you just do whatever you can to win. >> you got it there. win's a win. nba insider marc stein is reporting that steve kerr is not expected to continue as head coach of usa basketball, the next fiba basketball world cup is not until 2027, followed by the 2028 olympics in los angeles. waiting around for three years for kerr might not be ideal, especially with the warriors key players getting up there in age. this abc seven sports report is sponsored by river rock casino. up next, it's a star studded schedule for the democratic national convention. how hollywood is getting involved in harris's big week. plus, getting big on a possible solution. why one bay area city
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party nomination of a black woman for president. >> counting down to history in chicago with the democratic national convention ready to begin. naacp leaders spoke today on the significance of vice president kamala harris, about to officially accept her party's nomination. in addition to the biggest names in the democratic party, some big hollywood stars will be part of the convention. actors kerry washington, tony goldwyn, mindy kaling and the view's ana navarro will serve as host this week. it's sure to be a week of powerful moments with a bay area native taking the center stage. abc seven news anchor julian glover will be there to witness them reporting all week from the dnc. he arrived in chicago tonight and brings us a look at the week to come. >> hey there j.r. good evening from the united center. this is one of the two sites that will be playing host to the democratic national convention. over the course of the next four days. security understandably tight. more than 2500 chicago
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police officers and hundreds of secret service members, all here to protect this very site. the reason more than 50,000 people are expected to be here for the democratic national convention, including some 4000 delegates, the largest contingent of delegates coming from the state of california and many of them from the bay area, will be speaking with them throughout the week here. more than anything, of course, this is a celebration of the bay area's very own vice president, kamala harris, as she makes the case for why she should be the next president of the united states instead of another four years of former president donald trump. you can also expect every living democratic president to be in attendance over the next four days. but let's tell you about the headliners for tomorrow. 2016 presidential candidate. the democratic nominee, hillary clinton, will be here along with first lady jill biden. and then the big headliner, the keynote speech for the evening. president joe biden will be delivering his forceful remarks, we're told, as to why his vice president should be the next president of the united states. a lot to cover. we'll have it
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all for you right here on abc seven news for now, reporting outside of the united center julian glover, abc seven news. >> you'll see julian's coverage of the democratic national convention through thursday on abc seven news. we'll also have live abc news coverage every night, starting at seven. tomorrow and tuesday and beginning at six on wednesday and thursday. we're tracking breaking news in san jose tonight in just the last hour, police and firefighters were called to this bad crash involving a pedestrian hit by a car. this is at snell avenue and capital expressway. a witness tells us she saw a woman dragged by a car. and she appeared to be severely injured. video from the scene shows a large police presence and all but one lane is closed through the intersection. we'll update you as we learn more. a developing situation swirling in the atlantic tonight as ernesto becomes a category one hurricane once more. it's reached 75 mile per hour winds today as it heads towards
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canada. northeastern states are already seeing extreme conditions. the storm ripped through puerto rico and the virgin islands earlier this week. it caps off a wild weekend of weather, with severe thunderstorms in alabama sending an inflatable slide flying people ran for shelter yesterday when the storm turned intense. no one appeared to be on the inflatable as it tumbled away. there were no reports of injuries. the effort to revitalize struggling downtowns is a big part of building a better bay area. one city in the east bay is taking a unique approach. the city of hayward is spending millions to buy a movie theater on b street in the heart of downtown. some say it's risky, but as abc seven news reporter anser hassan explains, others believe it's the anchor. downtown hayward needs. >> hayward mayor mark salinas doesn't like the empty storefronts in the downtown. >> we have empty buildings that are owned by people who may or
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may not live in the city and who sit on them, and don't lease them. i don't know what they wait for. >> mayor salinas says buildings usually stay vacant for a long time. that's a big loss of tax revenue. they become vulnerable to graffiti and vandalism. residents link it to crime. so in the downtown movie theater came up for sale. they didn't want it to end up the same way. so they bought it. >> i didn't hesitate in the idea in purchasing this property is because the city has a very strong track record of turning out 10 to 15,000 people at all of our street parties in downtown. >> salinas says the theater serves as an anchor for a new economic development plan. he admits movie theaters are struggling post pandemic, but owning it means they can reconfigure it. for example, for live events, try new business concepts, especially those that target students. >> cal state, east bay and chabot college combined is like 50,000 students, right? and so
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it's, you know, finding those retailers and finding those economic, generators that will draw people to downtown. >> lucy lopez, president of the chamber of commerce, says the movie theater is also a family friendly venue, which is important for families and family friendly environment. >> it's critical to keep this anchor to help feed a lot of the businesses in the downtown district. >> the owner of buffalo bill's brewery across the street praises the city leadership as courageous for buying the theater. the staff sees it as a game changer. >> gives people a reason to come downtown. it helps the district, grow. >> mayor salinas knows it's a bold move, but he likes his odd. >> i don't know too many cities that have made these economic development investments, but i'm pretty optimistic about this. and. and if it doesn't work, well, we sell it. >> in hayward, anser hassan abc seven news. >> there's a show in the skies tomorrow. the moon is about to
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do something unusual. and your best view may be when the sun is up. >> i'm spencer christian. those skies may be clear right now, but by the time for the morning commute, it will be a little cloudy and drizzly. i'll have the accuweather seven day forecast
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our young designers with tamaryn has done here giving you this opportunity. you can't buy this for anything that's coming up this weekend. >> 1 p.m. right here on abc seven. >> a celebration of indian culture brought together thousands of people. this weekend in fremont. >> so we have a large and vibrant indian community in bay area. so on 15th august is the indian independence day. so we celebrate the indian independence day with a grand mela and parades every year. so the biggest thing in indian
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culture is the music and dance. >> the festival of globe india day wrapped up today with a parade and fair. the celebration has been a part of fremont for 31 years. they brought in more than 250 local dance groups of various genres. food trucks brought a variety of cuisines from different regions of india, and there were 50 floats covering different aspects of the country. keep your eyes on the sky for the next few nights. a rare blue supermoon will appear full in the sky for the next three days. also known as the sturgeon moon, since it's closer to earth, it will look bigger and brighter. it's visible starting tonight, but at its fullest for the bay area tomorrow, peaking around 11:25 a.m, this is the first of four supermoons to come this year. spencer christian is looking at this and he's got big eyes and he's in awe. >> yes, well, the skies are mainly clear right now, but
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they'll get a little foggy overnight, so i don't know what that has to be a little iffy. so 5:00 tomorrow morning, as the commute gets underway, there'll be quite a bit of drizzle, mainly offshore, but by mid-morning those skies will clear and become mainly sunny overnight. lows mainly in the mid 50s. highs tomorrow. low 60s, coast mid 70s around the bay, mid to upper 80s inland so it will be fairly warm tomorrow. getting even warmer on tuesday as you see here on the accuweather seven day forecast mid 90s inland. but later in the week after wednesday it will start to cool down rather sharply going into next weekend. >> all right spencer, thank you so much. okay. coming up in sports, we'll hear from brock purdy on his performance tonight. plus it all came to an end today at the oakland coliseum. the last game ever played as what will forever be known as the bay
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game between the giants and the oakland a's. what has been known for so long as the bay bridge series, the battle of the bay, a rivalry that really took off when the teams went head to head in the 1989 world series. known for the famous loma prieta earthquake. there's the coliseum as we know it. almost 33,000 fans on hand today. check out this play. jp sears made it in the fourth. no one can find the pop up. where is it? but sears finds it and then doubles up. tyler fitzgerald at first. how about it? bottom of the sixth we go miguel andujar singles home daz cameron, but jj bleday gets thrown out. what a gun from the outfield. he gets thrown out at third. one zero. a's after six. top of the seventh. we go. elliott ramos says. check this out. i can hit the ball far and gone 448ft. it was sears only mistake. game tied one one. bottom of the seventh. a's with bases loaded and one out. blake snell gets max schumann swinging
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at strike three. that actually hit him. but he's still out by the rule. then snell fell behind three zero to cameron but he battled back. gets strike one. then strike two. and then cameron right here. what is he going to do. he grounds out to second to end the threat. and snell boy this guy is fired up. seven innings pitched ten for snell. another great outing next inning a's manager mark kotsay maybe wasn't happy about some of those calls from snell. gets tossed, arguing balls and strikes. he wouldn't see the ending to extras, where harold encarnacion hits a shot. boom baby two run homer to center and the giants take a two run lead. very next batter, a man by the name of michael conforto. he homers as well, back to back for the giants, and they lead 4 to 1. you think this one is over, right? wrong. after an error scored a run for the a's, ryan walker finds himself with bases loaded. no one out, but he gets bleday looking. strike three. andujar right here. swings and
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misses. that's out. number two. and there is out number three right there. giants hold to on win four two. bay ridge series ends in a tie. this year. a's win the first. giants win the second. after the game bob melvin on what he called a fitting ending. >> don't you kind of expect a game like this to end this place and the, you know, the series between the giants and the a's. so, you know, it almost had to happen like that 49 ers took down the saints 16 to 10 tonight. >> brock purdy didn't have george kittle deebo samuel trent williams christian mccaffrey or any other regular starters on offense. and it showed two for 611 yard performance where he was scrambling pushed around for most of his three drives. head coach kyle shanahan did confirm after the win that we will see purdy in some capacity on friday versus the raiders. overall, purdy was pleased to be back under center. >> i think it was good just to get out there, get a feel for
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obviously the game speed and getting hit and trying to go through reads and stuff and just get the feel again. so, obviously it wasn't as productive as i'd have liked to have been myself, but, you know, that's why it's preseason. get out there and get a feel like that. >> so just thought it'd be good for him to get a couple reps in or a couple drives in. you know, we were hoping it would be one long drive just to get him out. similar to what ba had last week. but we had i think it was two three and outs, so i don't want to go past that. i think it's good for quarterbacks to get in. felt good with the guys that were in there and we're pretty conservative with what we did with them, and i felt brock kind of wanted to do it too. >> got to get that rust off. fever facing the storm caitlin clark two assists away from a new wnba rookie record. first quarter she finds lexie hull for the layup, ties the record with that pass. second quarter we go. clark once again finds hall in transition for the bucket. that gives her the wnba rookie assist record. early in the third clark doing what she does. how about a three pointer. she finished with
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23 points nine assists. fever. take the win 92 to 75. they are fired up there. this abc7 sports report is sponsored by river rock casino. 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. download the app now and start streaming. before we go taking one last look at the floor of the democratic national convention, this is a live look. all of it kicks off tomorrow. chicago's united center will be packed all week as president biden kicks off the convention. such a dramatic turn of events in this race where less than a month ago, biden was at the top of the ticket. that has certainly changed. vice president kamala harris will accept the nomination on thursday. well, that's it for tonight i'm j.r. stone. abc seven news continues tomorrow morning at five. for spencer
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