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>> always live. abc seven news starts right now. all right. >> the third session of the 49th
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quadrennial national convention of the democratic party will now come to order. let's party with the purpose. >> and with that, day three of the dnc is underway at the united center in chicago. topping off tonight's speakers will be san francisco's nancy pelosi, former president bill clinton and vice presidential nominee tim walz. good evening. i'm ama daetz and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. and in a nod to tim walz and his state of minnesota, john legend and the bay area's own sheila e are scheduled to perform a prince tribute. >> that's right. let's take a live look at the scene inside united center right now. short time ago, the parents of hersh goldberg-polin, who is the israeli american man from berkeley who was taken hostage by hamas, spoke to the crowd. >> and abc seven news anchor julian glover is there for us. live with the story. julie we. >> good evening, dan and ama. currently right now, senator
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cory booker on the stage. but just moments ago, as you mentioned, we heard from john and rachel. those are their names. the parents of hersh. and it was so silent you could hear a pin drop in here. and then all of a sudden there were the chants of, bring him home, bring him home! a truly electric moment inside of the united center. meanwhile, we're hearing reports tonight that president joe biden and vice president kamala harris, they had a call with the prime minister of israel, benjamin netanyahu, today urging him to bring home those hostages and come to a ceasefire deal in the war in gaza. again, all of this leading up to the big moment later tonight, where we will be hearing from minnesota governor tim walz and a reintroduction of himself to his party, but also the country. >> hi, this is tim, it's kamala harris. >> good morning governor. >> good morning madam. >> just two weeks after minnesota governor tim walz answered vice president harris's call to join her campaign as her vp pick, he will take the stage at the dnc night three. walz was on the campaign trail in
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milwaukee tuesday night with vp harris during the celebratory roll call of delegates. california delegates and democrats running for office like michael tubbs, former mayor of stockton, now 2026 candidate for lieutenant governor, are excited about walz on the ticket. >> he really has shown how you can govern in a way that quote unquote progressive, but actually is common sense and do it in bringing republicans, independents and democrats alongside with you. >> united farm workers president teresa romero, who received the presidential medal of freedom from president biden earlier this year, believes harris and walz will fight for workers. >> vice president harris has had a long connection with the ufw. she's marched with us. she's been to our conventions. she's met with farm workers. she's been vocal on bills that support farm workers. >> state senator steven bradford also running for lieutenant governor in 2026, believes the golden state north star state combo is a winning ticket. >> and not only is the
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california delegation unified, but nationally, we've all come together. everybody's working in moving in the same direction, wanting to get this harris walz team to the finish line. >> lateefah simon running to replace congresswoman barbara lee in november. california superdelegate and a longtime friend and mentee of vp harris is excited for this moment. we are going to elect kamala as a president of the united states, and having worked with her for years, side by side, i couldn't be more proud of the dnc, we will be hearing from some of the democratic party elders. of course, san francisco's very own speaker emerita, nancy pelosi, former president bill clinton, but will also be hearing from some fresher faces within the party. pennsylvania governor josh shapiro, transportation secretary pete buttigieg, to name a few. but of course, this is the big night for minnesota governor tim walz. we're hearing
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from him just a little over two weeks after he officially accepted the job, to be on vice president harris ticket. for now, reporting live inside of the united center, i'm julian glover, abc seven news. what a whirlwind for tim walz. >> all happening so fast. julian, thanks very much. >> and you can catch julian's coverage from chicago. he's been there all week and will continue his live reports through the end of the dnc tomorrow. >> and let's take another live look at the scene in the united center right now. new jersey senator cory booker is still speaking. next up, we think he's going to introduce a congresswoman veronica escobar of texas. but that is cory booker on the stage. actually, a few moments ago, he gaveled the convention on day three two and open, and they are underway in chicago. and each night abc news will have special live coverage of the democratic national convention tonight. and tomorrow. it begins at 6:00. about 55 minutes from now, and runs until 8 p.m. >> now to our developing story out of san francisco, where a galileo high school student was
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shot this afternoon not far from campus. this comes on the third day of the school year. abc seven news reporter suzanne fawn is near the scene where it happened. she joins us live with the latest, suzanne. >> so the shooting happened off campus this afternoon. police tell me they still haven't arrested anyone yet. now behind me, the owner of north point market tells me that he recognized the shooting victim and that that is a student across the street around this afternoon. police say they responded to a shooting at north point and polk streets. when they got to the area, they found a teen who had been shot. witnesses say that teen was shot in the shoulder. he was taken to the hospital and is expected to survive. the owner of north point market says that teen is a student at galileo high school. he told abc seven that two teens appear to have been involved in some sort of fight right up the street from the store, and it ended in a shooting during lunchtime. we heard from one staff member at galileo high
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school directly across the street. she was in the basement with students at the time. >> just got the, the signal over the intercom that we were going into lockdown and sad and a little alarming. >> police officers are working with school staff to make sure the school campus is safe and secure. and according to the school district, the lockdown lasted for an hour. as for the corner market behind me, here, the owner of the market here tells me this is the first time in 15 years he's had to call 9-1-1. live in san francisco, suzanne phan abc seven news. >> suzanne, thanks very much. a judge has issued a new arrest warrant for a woman who has been terrorizing people at parks in san francisco. residents in various neighborhoods say the woman who goes by the name lacie has chased them, threatened to kill them or their children, or yelled other menacing threats. they say it's been happening for years around laurel village and in the inner richmond, and cole valley. the woman has been arrested six times this year.
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the latest was last month, but she quickly returned to the streets. >> police can't force her into mental health treatment. it's an issue that we run into with a lot of folks in the city who are suffering. >> something needs to change. i mean, we have to do something differently then what is it that we need to do differently? >> people who have encountered lacie say she has become increasingly aggressive. the public defender's office says they are working to get her support, the support that she needs. >> new developments out of the south bay where late this afternoon, santa clara county announced its purchase of regional medical center in east san jose. the move maintains the area's only trauma center and is considered a major victory for community members. abc seven news south bay reporter zach fuentes has more. >> savor and see. coffins carried by community members were just some of the sites that could be seen outside regional medical center in the last few months. just some of the ways a coalition of patients and advocates fought to keep the community's only trauma center. >> our community needs the
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trauma care center on the east side. there is not any other trauma care in the east side at this moment. >> hca healthcare, the company that owns regional medical center, announced plans earlier this year to close the trauma center. then, the plans changed from a full closure to a downgrade in resources. the hospital said that the closure and changes were due to a decline in utilization that downgrade was effective august 12th. but on wednesday, the county made its major announcement. >> the county and hca healthcare have reached a preliminary agreement for the county to acquire regional medical center in east san jose. >> the county now plans to not only restore trauma services, along with stroke and heart attack services, it also plans to restore labor and delivery services that closed back in 2020, something the coalition that worked to save the services calls a win. >> i think it was all those actions of the coalition coming together to use every tool in our toolbox to say, not in our county. >> for now, the county and hca agreed on a $170 million price
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tag that comes months after the county shuffled the budget to make up a $250 million deficit. >> the good news is that we have recently received some significant reimbursements from fema associated with our covid 19 activity. that's a one time resource that's just come our way, that will significantly help fund the acquisition of regional. >> the county said it still has formal steps to take to finalize the sale. that includes licensure, state approvals and more negotiations on the final sale price steps. advocates hope are taken with urgency. >> we can't have this take months. we need it to happen immediately because our lives are on the line. >> the county said it hopes to close in the first quarter of 2025. in san jose, zach fuentes, abc seven news. >> up here, he led the golden state warriors to its first championship here in the bay area. and as a player, he was known as the destroyer. but al attles impact in the bay area went far beyond the court. after the break. we're remembering the
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life and legacy of the golden state warriors we have a drug, homelessness, and economic recovery crisis, because the system that's supposed to fix things is the problem. record budgets. fewer officers.
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business killing bureaucracy. the insiders won't change a system built for their benefit. i'm daniel lurie and san francisco needs a mayor unafraid to take on the status quo, bring accountability, and stop the excuses.
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the bay area, but al attles was much more than a coach, player, general manager or most recently team ambassador. he truly encompassed the spirit of the organization. the 87 year old passed away yesterday surrounded by family at his bay area home. >> abc seven news reporter ryan curry has a look at his life and truly remarkable legacy. >> i never imagined my name would become synonymous with the warriors throughout my 60 year odyssey, only six warriors have their jerseys retired. >> al attles is one of them. in a franchise of champions, he is held in the highest regard. >> i've always called al attles the noblest warrior of them all. you know, he coached. he played for the team. he coached the team. he was in the front
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office. >> attles is a former player and coach who led the franchise to its first title since moving to the bay area in 1975. former chronicle sportswriter chuck nevius says attles broke barriers with the league. >> this is one of the first black coaches in the nba. this was this. this didn't happen. black coaches were not hired. black players played. but there weren't black coaches. and it wasn't easy for him. >> i know a warrior through and through, down to his core. he was drafted by the team in 1960 when they were in philadelphia. he followed them back west and stayed with them well. after he was done playing and coaching, it was the longest stint with one franchise in the history of the nba. >> in terms of personifying what it meant to be an nba player, an nba coach, a warrior. i think he was it. >> he stayed with the warriors to be an ambassador after his playing and coaching career, he was seen at the parades when the warriors won their recent championships with 557 wins. he is the winningest coach in warriors history, even more than steve kerr, who called attles a mentor. >> and when i became coach here,
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one of the first things i did was invite him in to speak to the team. and al is basically mr. warrior. >> in 2019, he received the highest honor one could get in the sport of basketball. >> ladies and gentlemen, al attles. >> humble, honored and most grateful to be forever known as a hall of famer. thank you for recognizing me. god bless you all from the bottom of my heart with that distinction, says attles cemented his legacy. >> he's one of those people that you're going to talk about in the history of bay area sports. his name is going to come up al attles, a forever warrior in san francisco. >> ryan curry, abc seven news. >> coming up, frustrated residents come up with their own solution to stop sideshows and reckless driving in their neighborhood. but now, city officials say they've gone too far. >> and a programing note to tell you about tonight, our special
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live coverage of the democratic national convention begins at 6:00. that is followed by who wants to be a millionaire? wheel of fortune and jeopardy! will air at nine and 930, respectively. then we'll have a special edition of abc seven news at ten, followed by a
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sideshows and reckless driving. but as abc seven news reporter anser hassan tells us, the effort to keep their streets safe didn't go as planned. >> these sideshow videos show what residents in this oakland neighborhood are up against. >> it's every day. it's every day at 4:00 in the morning. it's every day at 5:00 in the morning, it's all the time. >> juan salcedo has lived in oakland san antonio neighborhood for 30 years. the tire marks run six blocks around his neighborhood. his intersection is across from a middle school and park, so neighbors took the matters into their own hands.
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>> we come out, and i try to confront them, and they pulled out guns on me, told me to go back inside my house. it's gotten to the point where we're not scared anymore. we're angry. >> they installed speed bumps to slow down traffic and stop drag racing and tires filled with concrete and dirt to stop the sideshows. and it worked, said salcedo. did this help? big tim. >> huge. i mean, it help in the sense that it prevented those guys from coming in. granted, they went looking for somewhere else, but at least it wasn't here. >> but after an alleged speeding driver hit one of the tires and flipped over, josh rowan, director of oakland's department of transportation, says he had them removed. rowan wasn't available for an interview, but in a statement to abc seven news, he says those traffic calming measures are in violation of city codes and that residents could be liable. >> what can you do? >> on monday, rowan and other city leaders did a walkthrough of the neighborhood with residents. the city says they're looking into whether the rubber speed bumps can be made permanent and are considering a
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pilot traffic circle for the neighborhood. salcedo says residents know there are no easy fixes, but says they're going to make sure that the city follows through. >> we get it that there's policies and laws and all that stuff. we understand that. but we're like i said earlier, we're at a point where we're we're we're not scared. we're going to we're angry and we're going to do whatever it takes to turn around, protect our neighborhoods. >> in oakland, anser hassan, abc seven news. >> muniz twin peaks tunnel in san francisco will close for eight days starting tomorrow. now, that means muni metro riders on the k, l, and m lines will need to take bus shuttles between downtown and the west side of the city. muni metro trains will run between embarcadero and castro street in the market street subway. bus shuttles will operate from church street station on the k, l, and m lines. the closure will allow muni to do tunnel inspections and carry out some maintenance work that needs to be done. it should reopen next friday. >> all right, let's get a check
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on our weather as we take a live look outside. hard to believe that a little rain is in the forecast. >> it is hard to believe. it's so lovely outside. >> abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here with the full forecast. >> sandy. yeah. dan and ama. you know that saying enjoy while it lasts? because changes are underway. here's the first change from our sutro tower camera. the fog has rolled in and it is going to continue to expand. the sea breeze is in. temperatures are down by nine degrees in napa, five degrees cooler, oakland, san jose, san francisco. and that trend is going to continue. winds are onshore gusting to 28 at sfo 20. out towards rio vista and that is just the beginning of what we are expecting. here is the upper level low. that is pretty deep for this time of year. it is going to continue to drop southward and as it does, temperatures come down even more the next couple of days. and we have the possibility of some wet weather. now up to our north, they're expecting the potential for some mudslides, debris flows, flash flooding. so around
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the park burn scar area, they have a flash flood watch that goes into effect friday morning until saturday morning. here's a live view from our san jose camera, where it is 78 degrees 64 in the city, 70 oakland hayward. really nice in half moon bay, 63 degrees. walnut creek camera showing you bright skies. and we're in the 80s. pretty mild. santa rosa fairfield, concord right now 72, in petaluma and 79 in livermore. from our mount tam cam certainly seeing the changes that are underway the next two days, breezy and even cooler fall like friday, we have drizzle in the forecast, a chance of some showers, and then sunday through early next week it's going to be sunnier and it will be heating up, especially early next week. tonight we have the fog along the coast. it is going to make its push inland as we head towards late tonight. there will even be some mist and drizzle to start off your morning as we head into the afternoon. still lingering fog and cloud cover will be on the increase. here are your morning temperatures in the 50s and 60s tomorrow
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afternoon. temperatures come down even more. it is breezy to gusty. temperatures will range from the mid 60s to the low 80s, so falling below average friday will be the coolest day as numbers will only be in the 60s and 70s. now we're going to fast forward to what's going to happen on friday. so that trough coming in will bring in the potential for some showers. first in the north bay. you will see here at 10:00 friday morning. the rest of us some drizzle is certainly possible and then going into friday night. still keeping that in the forecast into saturday morning. still a lingering chance. models have been backing off on the amount of precip, but it's still showing something. so a few hundredths of an inch all the way up to a third of an inch in ukiah. the accuweather seven day forecast. cooler days, gusty winds friday temperatures are bottoming out in the upper 70s, with the drizzle and slight chance of slight chance to chance of showers that lingers into early part of saturday. before we turn things around, the second half of the weekend.
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warm it up, brighten it up. oh yeah, and then the heat is on. we'll bring it to 100. yeah. ama and dan. >> thanks, andy. >> well, a grass fire in solano county briefly forced some evacuations this morning. the fire started near some homes off amaral court in the green valley area. burned about 11 acres. cal fire says it was able to get to the flames fairly quickly and contain them. no structures were damaged. crews are currently mopping up. the cause of the fire not yet determined. >> all right. still ahead here. another free concert in san francisco's civic center plaza. just announced today. w we have a drug, homelessness, and economic recovery crisis,
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because the system that's supposed to fix things is the problem. record budgets. fewer officers. business killing bureaucracy. the insiders won't change a system built for their benefit. i'm daniel lurie and san francisco needs a mayor unafraid to take on the status quo, bring accountability, and stop the excuses.
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bust of mayor brown. the san francisco sculptor shared video of the project. that's what you're looking at here. the work was commissioned by mayor brown's friends. as for where it will be put on display, that announcement will come following the november election. apollo is best known for his giant murals, many of which can be seen around san francisco. it's a wonderful likeness. >> well, free concert is coming to san francisco's civic center
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plaza. a portland based grammy award winning rock band portugal, the man will take the stage with american soul and funk group snack time on friday, september 20th at 7 p.m. admission is on the house. it's free, but if you're planning to go, you are asked to rsvp online through another planet entertainment's website. civic center hosted a huge outdoor rave in may that drew 25,000 people downtown. >> all right. don't forget, we do have much more news ahead at 530 on abc seven bay area streaming tv with stephanie sierra. >> and if you're watching us here on tv world news tonight with david muir is next. live from chicago for sandhya patel and all of us, we appreciate your time. >> i'm dan ashley and i'm ama daetz. we will see you tonight at ten.
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>> david: tonight, breaking news as we come on the air from the democratic national convention in chicago. bill clinton and kamala harris' running mate tim walz set to speak to the nation a orti

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