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in the water fountains at oakland public schools? >> always live. abc seven news starts right now. >> day one of the democratic national convention. and the big news is outside, where pro-palestinian protesters broke through a security perimeter inside. excitement is growing as the biggest names of the night get ready to take the stage. this is a live look inside the united center in chicago. that's u.s. commerce secretary gina raimondo at the podium. good evening. i'm ama daetz, and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. almost one month to the day since president joe biden ended his reelection campaign. he will take the stage at the dnc tonight to support the new nominee, kamala harris. >> and here is a live look inside the event. it is the first of four nights of the convention at the united center. as we said in chicago, opening day of the convention has brought out democratic supporters and also dozens of protesters. >> abc seven news anchor julian glover is live in chicago
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tonight with the very latest julian. >> hey there dan and ama. good evening. a really electrifying crowd here inside of the united center right now. you hear the cheers behind me. moments ago, we heard from a number of california elected officials. lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis. we've also heard from california senator laphonza butler. and soon we expect to hear from warriors head coach steve kerr. but for the first night of the dnc, we expect the big headliners to be former secretary of state hillary clinton, first lady jill biden and president joe biden himself. this will be a celebration of biden's legacy as he hands the convention off and the party to his vice president, kamala harris. tonight, the stage is set for night one of the dnc counting down to vice president harris's acceptance speech on thursday as excitement builds inside, outside of the united center, thousands of pro-palestinian protesters gathered to make their voices heard, calling this the true spirit of democracy. >> what democracy looks like is
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us using our voices and demanding what we need and so you've got many different groups here today in chicago demanding what they need, what they're not getting from the democratic party. >> the demonstrators held signs calling for a free palestine and suggesting vp harris is enabling genocide in gaza. this as the secretary of state, antony blinken, is in qatar working to secure a ceasefire coming from the vice president, kamala harris's hometown. what is your message to her? >> well, you know, yesterday in the bay area, we had a big protest and the message was the same message that i'm trying to deliver out here that many people are trying to deliver out here, which is not another bomb inside of the mccormick place. >> the second site of the dnc, where caucuses and council meetings happen that form the democratic party platform. california elected leaders express hope and optimism for the party's future. are you going to be voting for? >> i'm going to be voting for kamala harris. >> carolyn wysinger, the el cerrito mayor pro tem, says the party is committed to unifying
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behind the newly formed ticket and fighting for everyday americans. >> i just left the labor caucus. they were talking so much about how kamala harris and tim walz truly do have the heart for the workers, which is very important. california state comptroller malia cohen is one of the many delegates representing the golden state. >> she notes the shift in enthusiasm. i mean, i was coming to chicago to cast my vote for president biden. >> i'm, you know, a good soldier that is the democratic that is who the democratic nominee would have been. but there is something a lot more exciting. and it's like a new fire that now that we have the vice president running at the head of the ticket. >> we are back here, live inside of the united center. day one of the dnc right now on stage is new york governor kathy hochul. you can look at this massive crowd of people here, all for this celebration, as they're calling it, of this passing of the baton from president joe biden to vice president kamala
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harris. the theme for tonight, for night one of the dnc is for the people, a call back to vice president harris first campaign slogan. you have to think back to about 20 years ago, when she was running for district attorney of san francisco. again, we expect to hear from president joe biden tonight in primetime. you can watch all of that right here on abc7 news for now, reporting live inside of the united center. i'm julian glover, abc seven news. >> all right, julian, thanks so much. >> and julian is going to be in chicago all week long to provide us live coverage from the democratic national convention. just look for his live reports through thursday. we've got you covered. >> we do indeed. and steve kerr, the golden state warriors coach, of course, is expected to speak soon. we'll listen in live. when he does, we'll take you back to chicago for that. several elected leaders from california have taken the stage tonight focused on harris roots in our state. a california senator, laphonza butler, told the crowd she met harris when she was san francisco district attorney. every time she walked into a courtroom, she would simply say,
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kamala harris for the people. >> for her, it wasn't just a professional oath. it was a battle cry. >> the final speaker of the night will be president biden. this is video from earlier today. he and first lady jill biden did a walk through on stage. they will both speak along with their daughter ashley biden. after the speeches, the president and first lady are set to fly to california. they'll land in santa barbara, then head to santa ynez, where they are scheduled to stay through sunday and during political convention weeks. >> the other party traditionally scales back, not the trump vance campaign. former president trump and senator jd vance are visiting battleground states and ramping up the rhetoric. >> thank you. thank you. please, please, please, it is great to be in north philly. god bless you all. let me, let me just give a few shout outs here.
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>> jd vance spoke to supporters in philadelphia at a company that makes medical waste management products. he vowed to ease regulations to bring back manufacturing to the to pennsylvania and to lower energy costs. >> now, as of now, undecided voters could determine a winner in the race for president that, according to a lecturer of history and communication at cal state east bay, professor nolan higdon, says he spoke about a winning legacy with us on abc seven news at three. >> even though this may seem like a side issue to some democratic voters, all those numbers in the periphery can really matter when it comes to determining the electoral college. as folks like you know, hillary clinton know, even though hillary clinton had a smashing victory in the popular vote, she was unable to win the electoral college, lost it by about 120,000 votes, and a handful of key states. so we're not talking about a lot of voters changing the outcome. and the uncommitted voters in michigan could prove pivotal. >> we're down to 77 days until the election. look at the clock on your screen there. it's
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counting down to the moment the polls open on election day, november 5th. >> bart is getting back to normal tonight after smoke stopped a train on the tracks in oakland, causing major delays. service was shut down at macarthur bart for more than an hour. abc seven news reporter leslie brinkley talked to passengers who evacuated as smoke filled their train, a harrowing ordeal for bart riders who had to jump out of a train smelling smoke filling their ca. >> it was frightening, they said. we sent up sky seven just after 230 this afternoon when this incident occurred, bart says an eastbound train started filling with smoke just short of the macarthur station, saying there was an equipment problem on the train. oakland fire responded, but there ended up not being a fire. terrified passengers were evacuated and bart says there were no reports of injuries. all bart lines were stopped for more than an hour, so an absolute mess for travel
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on bart now, one passenger told abc seven news they smelled smoke on the train car long before it got to the macarthur station, and they heard a series of pops before the train came to an abrupt stop. >> the train, just all of a sudden stopped, but there was smoke in there, and then it was just a little smoke at first, and then the train started to fill up with more smoke. so yeah, it was scary. it was. it was pretty scary. we stood around waiting to hear the conductor or the train operator tell us what to do. and so we all stood for a minute. and then that's when we heard more popping and more smoke. so i decided to go ahead and pull it. >> i had waited long enough. >> she opened the door and jumped onto the gravel below the train car landing on her knee. she said other passengers were having trouble with the jump, one man landing on his hands, seniors struggling to get off in the end. train service resumed just before 4:00. the red line
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from richmond to millbrae was the last to resume service. all trains are operating normally now, according to bart, but they do warn there are going to be lasting service delays. they said they are still recovering and expect those major delays to extend into the next couple of hours. of the evening commute at the macarthur station in the east bay. i'm leslie brinkley, abc seven news. >> all right, leslie, thanks very much. more than 50,000 kids went back to school today in san francisco, and some were surprised by a special guest, former warriors player festus ezeli greeted students at tule elk school in the marina district. a kids also posed for pictures to remember their first day. how exciting that is. but behind all the hoopla is some real worry. the district is starting the year with 120 vacancies and a hiring freeze. >> we're working hard to make sure all of our classrooms have permanent classroom teachers. we're covering classrooms today
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where we have vacancies. we're in a better place than we were last year, but we know we still have work to do to ensure that we are fully staffed now. >> those are not the only issues affecting san francisco unified. next month, the school district will release a list of schools recommended for closure because of declining enrollment and some big education news on the other side of the bay. we're learning more tonight about the extent of lead contamination, and nearly two dozen schools in oakland. we first learned of the lead in the water over the weekend, and now schools are making some changes. abc seven news reporter ryan curry is following the story for you with a look at what schools are asking of students. >> a district utility truck in front of hillcrest elementary, and a portable water jug out on the playground. >> parents were told to bring an extra water bottle for their children because some of the water running through the pipes is not safe to drink. >> i first heard about it through like a text message or something like that. bring extra water for your child. first day
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of school. so i was like, okay, this is interesting. >> district officials say lead was found in 22 usc campuses. ashley long, son, attends hillcrest, one of the schools with some contamination. she is not only worried for her child's health, but frustrated. the district is just now taking action. >> how did this happen over such a short period of time, or were we just not aware the district published results of lead testing done at each campus? >> each report shows the testing was done earlier this year before the new school year started. >> tiny, tiny minute amounts can still affect, the way our is circulating, the way oxygen is carried to the brain, it can slow the early childhood development. >> elena givental is a professor of environmental policy at cal state east bay. she says when lead is found in drinking water, it's coming from old pipes. >> eventually, when the pipes are old, when they are aging, corrosion happens and it starts leaching into the water. >> in a statement, ousd said, we
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are fixing any outlet. we find that shows lead levels exceeding the district's limit of five parts per billion to ensure that our students and staff are not exposed to elevated levels of lead when at school from faucets or fountain heads. >> children need to stay hydrated during the day. they're active. they're they're studying. they're they're concentrating. >> andrea ventura with clean water action, says the state or federal government should step in to help, especially with oakland facing a large budget deficit. >> we totally understand the economic burden this puts on schools. and so we have actually called on the state board to take the lead issues more seriously. >> she believes clean drinking water should be a right for everyone in the state. in oakland. ryan curry abc seven news. >> thank you. all right. vice president kamala harris speaking now at the dnc. this is happening live in chicago. >> let's listen for a moment. this is unusual. she of course, has the big speech, the keynote speech on thursday. >> and this november we will come together and declare with one voice as one people, we are
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moving forward. >> with optimism, hope and faith. so guided by our love of country, knowing we all have so much more in common than what separates us. >> let us fight for the ideals we hold dear and let us always remember when we fight, we win. god bless you. >> god bless the united states of america. good night everyone. >> yes. vice president harris, this is the first day of the democratic national convention. we are covering this to its full extent. we have our julian glover there live and abc network coverage of the democratic national convention kicks off tonight at 7:00 right here on abc seven. and that means you'll have to wait to get your wheel of fortune and jeopardy. that will start tonight at ten.
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>> oh, that sound the honking waymos are back next, a live update on the noisy neighbors that still bother some san francisco residents. >> i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. we have a one day warm up coming tomorrow, and then we are in for some changes. i'll show them to you
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abc. he is speaking right now. we are waiting for steve kerr, golden state warriors coach, should be speaking shortly. so we are continuing to monitor this for you and we'll go back to it periodically throughout the newscast. >> we will indeed, but for the moment, let's bring it back home. it's been another sleepless night in a san francisco neighborhood where waymo's have been honking in the middle of the night at each other as they maneuver around a parking lot. it's a strange sight, to be sure. abc seven news reporter louis pena is here with a new development in this honk fest saga. louis >> don and emma, this is the latest chapter in a very san francisco story. first, waymo issued a statement about what was happening. then they deployed two changes to their software that stopped the honking for a while. they even bought the residents ice cream to try and make things right. and today they spoke directly to that community. after multiple sleepless nights, san francisco resident sophia tong took matters into her own hands. it started with posting a video and
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live stream of waymo vehicles honking at each other at 4 a.m. in the parking lot, directly below her building. hope videos of the consistent honking went viral, and many, like sophia, kept documenting it. >> 2 a.m. or 5 a.m. or so is the cars would come back. i guess, or go to charge, and they would get congested in the lot and start honking as the noise kept increasing, so did the views and attention to this issue. >> so much so that waymo notice. >> i didn't really expect anything to come from it, but clearly something has. >> waymo agreed to explain to sophia, her neighbors and everyone else invested in this why their vehicles were acting this way. all via the same live stream that brought attention to it online. >> i'm also taking questions from people on reddit. my neighbors have greatly contributed to this entire effort, with hundreds watching waymo's director of product and operations explained why this happened. >> we came up with this feature to honk and get the attention of
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other road users. and obviously you can, you know, you can see how that makes sense on public roads, where we didn't, you know, where it had this unintended effect was in these parking lots, uc berkeley av researcher steve shladover provides technical advice to the dmv on their work overseeing av activity. >> we should expect the technology is still in its childhood. it's gradually maturing. it's not yet fully mature. and it will be improving over the years. >> emily chang lives on the other side of the building, so the noise hasn't kept her up, but she was proud of how her neighbors have come together for change. >> it's very much in the spirit of san francisco. i've lived here for 20 years, so whenever there's something you know, people kind of take it upon themselves to figure out a solution. >> waymo said they're focused on safety. and as the technology advances, would love to have a feature that identifies other waymo vehicles. louis pena, abc
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seven news. >> all right. louis. thank you. >> all right. let's go back to chicago and the democratic national convention. day one. speaking now, steve kerr, the golden state warriors coach, also the gold medal winning coach of team usa just recently at the games in paris. he's been outspoken on a number of political issues, including gun violence. >> let's listen in. >> and the way team usa came together at the olympics, we had players from across our wonderful country, players who have trained and fought relentlessly, shed tears trying to beat one another throughout their careers, joining forces to wear the red, white and blue. and when we won the american flag raised to the rafters, the national anthem playing. gold medals draped around the necks of our players whose hands were held over their hearts. it was the proudest moment of my life. thank you.
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>> now, i could never have imagined that a few days later, i would receive an invitation to step into a different kind of arena. >> and so here i am. i know, i know very well that speaking out about politics, these days comes with risks. i can see the shut up and whistle tweets being fired off as we speak. but i also knew as soon as i was asked that it was too important as an american citizen, not to speak up in an election of this magnitude to speaking here tonight is that as a coach and former player, as a husband, a son, a father, even a grandfather, and as an american, i believe in a certain kind of leadership. i believe
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that leaders must display dignity. must tell the truth. i believe that leaders should be able to laugh at themselves. i believe leaders must care for and love the people they are leading. i believe leaders must possess knowledge and expertise, but with the full awareness that none of us has all the answers. and in fact, some of the best answers often come from members of the team. and if you look for those qualities in your friends or your boss or an employee or your child's teacher or your mayor, and shouldn't you want those same qualities in your president? and when you think
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about it, that way, this is no contest with kamala harris and tim walz. i see all those qualities. they have devoted their lives to serving other people, whether vice president harris was defending her community in the courtroom or governor walz was inspiring the next generation in the classroom or on the field for that matter. by the way, coach to coach that guy is awesome. although to say, coach walz way too much reliance on the blitz in 99 against mankato east. you had a strong defensive line. i would have played more press coverage with your corners and then drop the safeties into a tampa two. that's just me. sorry. i wanted you to know how i feel every day of the nba season. i but listen the joy, the compassion, the commitment to our country that
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we saw at the olympics, that is what kamala harris and tim walz have. and it is what our country needs. leadership real leadership, not the kind that seeks to divide us, but the kind that recognizes and celebrates our common purpose. think about what our team achieved with 12 americans in paris. putting aside rivalries to represent our country. now imagine what we could do with all 330 million of us playing on the same team. not as. not as democrats, not as republicans, not as libertarians, but as americans who know the greatness of this nation doesn't come from any one of us. but from each of us doing our part to build a more perfect union. that vision is what this
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campaign is all about. it's why i'm here tonight, and it's why i'll be getting out every day to help people get out and vote on november 5th and elect kamala harris and tim walz as the next president and vice president of the united states. >> well, there you hear steve kerr live tonight at the democratic national convention. that's our warriors coach and fresh off of the win, the gold win at the paris olympics. coaching team usa men's basketball. >> indeed, a popular figure. and he talked about it being a little risky to talk politics. but he said given what's going on, he felt compelled to do so and he
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so i need to know what the week is going to be like. >> yeah. maybe both. sandhya patel is here with the forecast. >> yes. you're going to need the flip flops tomorrow. that's for sure. dan but later on this week, you might want to have that umbrella handy. let me show you the earthquake that just happened shortly before 6:00 north of santa rosa. the largest magnitude preliminary was 2.6. there have been six reports. and so far from looking at the usgs website, it was primarily felt near that site. so very small. pier 39 camera showing you a lot of sun right now. it has been a beautiful day. if you're stepping out this evening. inland areas still going to be
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sunny. dropping eventually to the 60s. pretty mild around the bay as well. and 69 to low 60s. coast side. mostly sunny, eventually some fog coming in. the low off the pacific northwest coast is what's going to bring us some drizzle on friday. possibility of a few showers. temperatures right now 60 to 80. tomorrow morning we start off with some limited fog. 50s 60s. tomorrow afternoon you will notice 90s inland 60s coast side. so it's a warmer day on the accuweather seven day forecast, but cooling begins wednesday and it takes us right on through friday. when that possibility of wet weather enters the picture. i'll be back with a look at that coming up later on. dan. >> all right sandra. thank you. coming up, new year new rules. how the university of california is changing. how it approaches on campus protests. >> plus, remembering jessica, the law enforcement community is mourning one of their own. a mother killed by
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the united center in chicago. this is shawn fain, the president of united automobile workers association. the uaw. he just took off the shirt he was
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wearing to reveal the shirt underneath that, you can read very clearly there. coming up next is congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez from new york. tonight's big speaker, of course, is joe biden. now kamala harris appeared on stage earlier. you watched it right here live just a few minutes ago. she is set to deliver the biggest speech of the convention and of her political career on thursday, when she accepts the nomination. >> and a lot of the speakers tonight have brought up vice president harris's record in california, lieutenant governor eleni kounalakis is one of the elected leaders who's been a friend of harris's for years. she told the crowd about regular lunches with harris, two women supporting one another as they started their careers in politics. i met her when we were both young women trying to navigate the halls of power. >> i worked in housing. she had just been elected district attorney. we got frequent
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lunches together and she was funny and fun. she was also a great mentor. >> and tomorrow, former president barack obama and second gentleman doug emhoff will take the stage at the dnc. abc will have live special coverage of the democratic national convention tonight and tomorrow. it runs from 7 to 8 p.m. wednesday, and thursday is from 6 to 8 p.m. you can find it wherever you watch abc7. >> the first university of california students are getting ready to head back to class this week, and today, the president of the ten campus system issued reinforcements to the school's protest policies. >> it comes in response to a tumultuous year of campus protests. the changes now include no more encampments or masking to conceal your identity. >> abc seven news reporter lena howland explains why some say these changes are untenable. >> the fall semester starts this week at uc berkeley, and for uc president michael drake, it's
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been a summer of reflection. he said in a letter on monday. campus leaders spent recent months reviewing the events of the past year, which involved pro-palestinian protests taking over uc campuses. some like this demonstration at ucla, devolving into violence. now the uc system wants to strengthen and clarify policies and procedures. drake is vowing to enforce bans on campus encampments and identity concealing masks, but said in his letter our ultimate goal is for all of our community members to feel supported in their ability to express themselves. uc berkeley's chancellor echoed his support in a video message sent to all students. >> we will also continue to respond in a quick and concerted manner to violence to violations of laws, and to words or deeds that rise to the level of harassment and or discrimination. behavior of that sort will not be tolerated. >> some are against the restrictions. >> it is an untenable policy. it
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shows the university's hostility to free speech. >> this comes as the brandeis center sues uc berkeley over its handling of protests last year, calling the campus a hotbed of anti-jewish hostility and harassment, saying that we trust neither the brandeis center nor the uc administration to protect our rights. >> now, those pro-palestinian student protesters and their allies want to join the lawsuit to defend themselves, filing a motion monday morning. we are caught between two parties who are their only true dispute is about how to suppress palestinians in the most efficient way and the most pr friendly way. the university, which has been repressing our freedom of speech, is not representing us, and we are demanding our right to be intervenors so that we can have our arguments and have our evidence and put forward the truth. the brandeis center and uc berkeley were not available for comment on the lawsuit. >> in berkeley, lena howland abc seven news. >> the sonoma county law enforcement community is
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mourning one of its own. an off-duty juvenile correction counselor was killed friday by a suspected drunk driver with several previous dui arrests today. abc seven news reporter cornell bernard spoke with her friends and coworkers. >> it's a gut punch. it's something that will carry with us the rest of our careers. chief probation officer vanessa fuchs says her staff at sonoma county juvenile hall is mourning the death of fellow correctional counselor, 31 year old jessica avila munoz. i got the call from the santa rosa police chief and it took my breath away. >> on friday, jessica was headed to pick her 13 year old daughter up at school in santa rosa when she was struck and killed by a suspected drunk driver. she was just beginning her career at juvenile hall, sworn in last october and thrilled to be a part of the team. >> she was very enthusiastic about working, very happy and proud to be a juvenile correctional counselor. >> the facility's break room is now filled with flowers and cards, remembering jessica.
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>> she's very excited to work here. she had a lot of compassion for the residents here. >> trevor vanetti was jessica's friend and coworker. he says there's only one thing she loved more than doing her job. >> she loved her daughter more than anything and was her number one priority. and i myself, and i know our department will do anything that we can to assist her with anything that she needs. >> sonoma county superior court records show the 68 year old suspect has at least four prior misdemeanor convictions for driving under the influence, dating back to 1987. police say he was driving illegally on a suspended driver's license. >> anyone who is impaired by alcohol or drugs should never be behind the wheel, but especially when you've already been previously arrested. >> my understanding is they just that jessica and her sister just moved into a new house on the first uh. she hasn't even finished packing the boxes yet. >> the sonoma county law enforcement association launching this online fundraiser
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to support jessica's family, while others across the region are coping with the loss of an up and coming officer. gone too soon. >> i just want to focus on jessica and telling her story and focus on supporting our staff that are going through a very challenging time in santa rosa. >> cornell, bernard. abc seven news. >> coming up next, a progress check on the first months of service for the newest public transit option in the east bay. the little yellow boat named
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known as aoc. still more speakers tonight. childhood friends of kamala harris, who grew up with her in the bay area, as well as hillary clinton. we continue to monitor this. >> it's been just over a month since woodstock, the water shuttle between alameda and oakland launched service, and we checked in today with san francisco bay ferry, which runs the shuttle. and they say they're averaging about 650 riders per day. that adds up to 15,000 riders total. there have been no service disruptions since mechanical issues in the
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first few days. the shuttle is free. it is a pilot program that will last for two years, so we'll see how it goes. bart ridership is still hovering around 40% on weekdays, but weekends? well those are significantly better. bart says this past saturday was its third busiest since the pandemic. sunday was the fifth busiest. some big events helped the bay bridge series between the giants and the a's, a 40 niners preseason game and the inaugural golden gate park concerts. >> as california continues to ramp up efforts to clear encampments and get unhoused, unhoused san jose is working toward its own solution to help build a better bay area with a little help from southern california. abc7 news south bay reporter dustin dorsey spoke to mayor matt mehan to find out what was learned from a visit to a safe sleeping site in san diego. >> unmanaged, unsafe and undignified. that's how mayor matt mehan describes the current living conditions for thousands in san jose, along streets and waterways throughout the city.
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but he wants to end that era of encampments. to do that, the city will lean into the tent lifestyle. but in a way that stabilizes the people living in them. >> very, very hard to take advantage of drug treatment or job training when you're living in a tent down by the creek in a completely unmanaged encampment, and this site is helping people stabilize and get on to something better. >> this is the site he's talking about, the largest safe sleeping location in san diego. mehan recently visited the encampment to learn how san jose may implement similar sites here soon. 400 insulated tents housed hundreds of unhoused residents there provided meals, showers, restrooms and security, along with other services. >> it was clear that this was a supportive environment where people are getting access to services. they're not worried about the basic things that we all take for granted, but people living on our streets don't have safety, access to sanitation, access to three meals a day. the basics. >> mehan hopes 500 san jose
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residents will be housed in safe sleeping sites by mid 2025. the city has identified eight potential sites for smaller sanctioned encampments, around 100 to 200 tents at each. two of the proposed sites, near la loooooong and willow streets, already face backlash from residents at a december community meeting. but unhoused advocate todd langton says the public should get on board. he says if done properly and not made to be a prison for the unhoused, these sites benefit the entire community. it's the first step in getting people housed. we need these transitional encampments to get people off the streets, out of the fields, into safe places where they can sleep, where they can eat, where they can get continuum of care and start the transition into permanent housing. mehan says the first site may open as early as the start of 2025. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc seven news. >> all right. we have a mild week of weather ahead, but you'll notice a change in temperature. sandhya has her
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stacy johnson batiste grew up in berkeley with kamala harris, who's speaking now and wrote a book about her childhood. her mom is doris johnson, who is also joining her on stage, nancy pelosi as well. >> all right, let's talk about the weather. a nice week ahead. yes. >> lay out the timeline of the flip flops and the umbrella, please. and yeah, i don't want to get them reversed. >> okay, so i'm a flip flops. diane tomorrow. all right. and then you might want to have the umbrella handy on friday. all right. let me show you uh. excuse me. let me show you a computer animation tomorrow morning. we're going to begin with some fog near the coast. a little mist drizzle near the bay shoreline. not out of the question as we head into the afternoon. the fog will start to break up. here's a look at livermore's temperature trend. 88 is the average high tomorrow. you're right about where you should be at 89 degrees. look at those temperatures falling bottoming out in the mid 70s friday. and then a recovery for the weekend. as we look at live doppler seven skies are clear right now. that is going to be changing as we head towards the
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middle of the week. seconds inland. a lot of sun 60s coast side tomorrow, wednesday things start to change a little bit. you cool off a bit. thursday is a lot cooler. you're going to see low 80s inland and then by friday this is when we drop off well below average 60s 70s. and as ama mentioned, you might want to have the umbrella handy. this is one computer model bringing in a few hundredths of an inch to most areas. the other computer model i must say, is actually keeping us on the dry side, except for the north bay. a look at the accuweather seven day forecast. summer warmth is with us tomorrow mid 90s inland, mid 60s coast and then those temperatures will start to drop mid week. but you really don't notice it until thursday and friday when it clouds up, starts to turn a little bit damp. there's a slight possibility on friday of a few showers. and then over the weekend it's going to go bright and warmer and the sizzle is back by monday. ama and dan let's get you some water. i know, i just you know what that allergies happened.
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>> oh i hate it when that happens. >> thanks, andrea. get some water. thank you. >> talk about monday morning quarterbacks. a lot of those today here in preseason and preseason games that don't even count don't matter. >> should brock purdy have played yesterday, given that most of the 40 niners starters didn't even suit up for their preseason game with the saints, coach shanahan and purdy explain what was a mutual dec
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of course. she was the first woman to receive a major party nomination for president. she lost the election to donald trump. kamala harris is now the second woman to receive a major party's nomination for president. this is live. a few minutes ago, we saw warriors coach steve kerr and sports director larry beil is here. larry, that was interesting to see the coach at the podium. absolutely. and i know a lot of warriors fans were watching and interested to see what he had to say. >> and he gave the night night and i presume that that was intended for the opposition party put it that way. all right. as for us sports right now with only three preseason games, coaches are faced with tough decisions about how much to play their starters because you don't want one of your main guys getting hurt, right? and that put brock purdy in kind of a difficult situation yesterday. almost all of the niners starters on offense sat out of this game. no mccaffrey no. no kittle, no aiyuk who was still
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holding in. no. trent williams who was still holding out as a result. purdy was hit a bunch of times running for his life during the three series that he played. stats not great. two of six for 11 yards passing. sacked once, hit several times. now purdy will play friday against the raiders. kyle shanahan says getting live game reps is important, but you don't want to get your quarterback hurt. >> yeah, i mean you think about that all the time, but it's also part of football. and i think he protects himself. well, if we felt he was in a tough situation we wouldn't know. but you know, you know a lot of quarterbacks play throughout the league and each each week is different. i think it helps brock to play. and you know last year he didn't get to as much with his arm. but i thought it was good for him to get out there even though it wasn't two great drives. and i know he was really wanting to do it. and hopefully it'll make him a better position for this when we go to the raiders to get out in the game and understand that, you know, there's a mental clock where you have to get the ball out or else you're going to get hit, or there's times where you
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do have to stand in there and take some hits, like that's the kind of stuff you can't get in practice. >> and so, honestly, it's those things that, you know, i, i liked just the idea of playing in a preseason game to, to feel again, you know, before the season gets here and everything. so it's just it's good reps for me. it's a good feel for me as a quarterback. you know i didn't i didn't mind it. you know it's part of the game. >> future hall of famer tom brady was at levi's stadium yesterday doing a rehearsal for fox. and maybe for some teams who need a quarterback at midseason, he can still throw it. brady will join kevin burkhardt on fox's number one broadcast this year. the fox crew actually treated this like a real broadcast, complete with meetings with coaches before the game. >> production. meeting with tom brady, >>, yes, like a pretend one. we did one with mark and those guys too. it was good. >> it's always fun to talk to. >> the goat is for him, a lot. like every play of his career. no the warriors are taking training camp on the road to hawaii. >> the warriors will open camp on the campus of byu hawaii. steph can work on his haka
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there. this is a good start, the facility is located on the north shore of oahu. they'll work out for several days leading up to a preseason game with the clippers in honolulu. the warriors used to play preseason games in hawaii regularly. they faced the lakers in 2000 and 103, 0507, but this is the first time since they built the chase center that they will train elsewhere. now, if only we had somebody on our staff who was from hawaii who could go report on this with the dubs, who i don't, you know, i'm going to rack my brain to think about that. okay. best story of the day. we have a new member of the abc seven family, chris alvarez, and wife chantel welcomed baby priscilla on friday. look at those smiles. she is adorable. just so precious. 7 pounds, seven ounces. and chris doing the daddy duty there. mom and baby are doing great and the photos are absolutely awesome. sports on abc seven. sponsored by smart and final. i checked in, look
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rested. i know, i know, so let's see another week. let's see how that goes. i asked chris, how's it going? and he said, well, priscilla, she was hungry right? then she ate. then she had a tantrum and now she's sleeping. and i said, that's just like my day. >> i was just funny. i had i had my tantrum and now i'm kind of tired. thanks. all right. >> coming up tonight, next on abc seven live network coverage of the democratic national convention at eight. it's the bachelorette, followed at ten by wheel of fortune and jeopardy! then stay with us for abc seven news at 11. and remember that abc seven news is streaming 24 over seven. get the abc seven bay area app so you can join us wherever you want, whenever. wait. i always get that wrong. whenever you want, wherever you are. >> that's it. my god. yeah, that works too. all right. >> thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz, and i'm dan ashley for larry beil, who is a little fussy at nap time. >> yes. don't we appreciate it? >> no debate on that. >> i appreciate your time.
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>> let's take out live one more time to the democratic national convention. hillary clinton still speaking. live coverage from abc news begins in just a couple of minutes
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