now abc seven mornings live, now at six san francisco unifies unified has a lot to sort out. >> they are facing protests and a lot of decisions from staffing to school closures. we're going to show you the tense meeting last night. >> could synthetic turf be an answer to the drought? why? the fake grass is getting a lot of support and a lot of criticism. >> one of the biggest criticism when it comes to electric vehicles is the charging infrastructure. $150 million is hoping to change that narrative. >> lisa argen is the person i always think of when i think of electric vehicles. really? yeah, because that story you told me where you ran out of power on the highway. that story and then had to plug in with, like, a regular cord into the hotel room? >> yeah, because you get on the app and they're like, yeah, charging station two miles closed. sorry offline. and you're like, well, i really needed that. yeah, the next one is 20 miles and you have ten

miles left. yeah. you shouldn't go there. >> are you surprised that i listened and retain the information a little bit? yeah. >> see? anyway, yeah, i'm all for more. that infrastructure. you know, if you have a tesla, then you're fine. but not me. all right. good morning everybody. we're starting out with some mild temperatures. the fog is at the coast, and that is going to provide a nice afternoon there. although if you're waiting on the sun yesterday we had a little bit in half moon bay. today the clearing will be limited there. and the hot temperatures back again. pier 15. gorgeous view here. the sun coming up at 636. it sets at 743 and the current temperatures range from the upper 50s. san francisco 54, half moon bay. it is 64, in hayward, 65 in san jose and in the south bay. looking at the marine, the marine layer right there in the distance from our sutro tower camera. so there's not much of it. it's not going to last. that is compressed and it's only at a couple hundred feet. 54 petaluma. that's a cool temperature, but that's because we have the clear sky still

anywhere from 2 to 4 degrees warmer than yesterday. and as we go through the next several hours, it's a quick warm up upper 80s by noontime inland, mid 70s around the bay shore. we'll see about 98. in concord, about 95 in san ramon, 82 in hayward, and those 60s with the clouds at the coast more pronounced cooling for your thursday on the way. amanda. hi, lisa. >> already busy on the san mateo bridge here at 602, but really no major issues. it will take you 11 minutes to get from the toll plaza into foster city and then i do want to take you to oakland. this is a look at the nimitz. again, no drama for your drive here, which is great. there was a minor slowdown ahead on northbound 880 from an earlier car fire at fifth avenue that cleared, but it did leave minor residual delays and will stay in oakland. westbound 24 before 580, a two car crash just cleared out of the two lanes. minor slowdown there, taking things down to about 35mph. kumasi. >> thanks, amanda. new details san francisco school leaders are laying out how they will be

making some tough decisions and figure out which schools to close. san francisco unified is facing a financial crisis, and it doesn't have enough students to keep every school open. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joining us live in studio with more on this. gloria. good morning. >> kumasi. right now, it's not clear how many schools will close, but the superintendent is set to send letters to families with the district's proposed list of closures on september 18th. ahead of last night's school board meeting, a coalition of unions protested. they're calling out the staffing shortage in the district and demanding that state financial monitors speed up hiring. the district admits it is struggling to keep classrooms staffed, and that many campuses are in poor shape. the district says it will consider how many campuses are in each area, historical inequities and neighborhoods, academic performance, teacher turnover and building conditions, among other factors. when they decide on the closures. >> we can better support our students, not by trying to maintain buildings, but by

trying to provide in those buildings the resources that our students need. >> i am a single mom. it's exhausting to do this, to have to stand. and i woke up at 6 a.m. this morning, got the kids to school to get here so that we could show up and show how hard it is to do this work of being a parent, and now having to worry about whether our school is going to be open next year. just it's not okay. >> parents angry with the closures and the teacher shortage spoke out at last night's meeting. right now, there are more than 100 teacher vacancies in the district. the school district told us in a statement, quote, sfusd continues to work collaboratively with our fiscal advisors and labor partners to hire for vacant positions. the district says it will hold at least two meetings, with each potentially closing school before the school board's final vote in december. and the

closures would take effect for the next school year. live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> gloria. thank you. developing news in the east bay. police in oakland are investigating a deadly shooting outside of a dollar tree. we counted about two dozen shell casings in the parking lot on east 12th street at 25th avenue, about a mile from the fruitvale bart station. police say one person was shot and killed there just before four last night. they were at a tent where people could sign up for free cell phone service. police haven't shared any details about a suspect. >> we are following the story of the deadly wrong-way crash that killed two people in san jose monday. this dash cam video is from another driver on highway 85. shows the truck driven by a man from florida, shortly before it hit a tesla suv. that collision killed both people in the tesla. a 47 year old woman and a and a 14 year old boy. the chp says the truck was heading in the wrong direction for

several minutes before the crash. the 39 year old truck driver remains in the hospital with major injuries. he has not been charged yet, but could face felony manslaughter charges. the man's driving record shows he's been cited for several traffic infractions, including misdemeanor careless driving. >> there's a heated turf war continuing in the bay area. we're talking about the services. people play sports on its natural grass versus artificial turf. yesterday, santa clara county delayed a vote on an artificial turf ban until january. the study, though supervisors received from the public health department, admits some health risks. but the conclusions are mixed. abc seven news south bay reporter lauren martinez has more on a similar discussion happening in the city of sunnyvale. >> these fields used to be filled with sbr rubber, which was basically ground up tires. okay. it's now filled with organic materials. >> supporters of synthetic turf want to make sure their voices are heard. on tuesday night,

sunnyvale city council members considered banning artificial turf on city fields. some of the youth sports organizations are questioning what's the rush on a ban? >> and we have so many questions. why was there no outreach to the people who rent these fields, who provide services on behalf of the city of sunnyvale to our residents? >> sandra todd is with sunnyvale alliance soccer club, representatives from little league, softball and rugby organizations sent councilors a joint letter on why they feel synthetic turf fields add positive value. fair oaks is the city's only public park that has synthetic fields, so you can use an artificial turf field about 3 to 4 times as many hours as a grass field because it doesn't get damaged. advocates for artificial turf say it provides accessibility through the winter. the city closes their grass fields from december 1st to march 1st. >> maybe they're an improvement, but there's still a long way to go from safe. >> courtney jensen, co-founder of community for natural play services, is a supporter of a

ban. >> today, it was like 95 degrees in sunnyvale, and i measured a piece of grass outside of the play area. and that was, i think like 80 degrees. and i went onto the field and i measured the turf and that was between 130 and 140 degrees. >> earlier tuesday morning, the santa clara county board of supervisors decided to postpone a decision on artificial turf. opponents of abandoned sunnyvale hope city councilors will take their time as well. >> santa clara county just released a great big, long report that our counselors. look at that. okay, let's use the science and let's use current information. and let's make a really nuanced discussion. the supervisors will now vote on the issue in january in the south bay. >> lauren martinez, abc seven news. >> california is getting nearly $150 million to build electric vehicle charging stations across the state. most of this money will go toward building charging charging stations for zero emission trucks across the west

coast, but bart will be getting $14 million to install charging ports in every bart parking lot. all right, lisa, now you know where to go. >> you know what it was my husband's fault. it wasn't my fault. so. but thanks. name him and blame him. yeah. no. totally his fault. mostly everything is right. okay good morning everybody. we're starting out with a gorgeous shot from mount tam. fog free conditions here. the layering of the marine layer here, it will just be cooling the coast. but how pretty is that? the sun coming up at 636. and each and every day, we'll get a stronger push of an onshore flow. current numbers right now are in the upper 50s san francisco, 60, in oakland, 65. in san jose, and 50s with reduced visibility at the shoreline. there's a look at our exploratorium camera, nice and clear downtown 55 santa rosa. it is 63 by the delta. another hot day inland, but overall, maybe 2 to 4 degrees of warming of cooling, taking the edge off some of those triple digits from

the north bay or near triple digits. so upper 90s should do it today. so hot again inland overnight. the dense fog makes a push to the east, but it stays at the shoreline, the dense fog anyway. and as we get to the holiday weekend we'll see the cooling. but not for the entire weekend. we'll get into a steady cooldown thursday friday into the weekend, and then reverse that trend for the holiday on monday. there's a look at that sea breeze, so looking nice out there, but if you're inland, you're going to have to prepare for the heat again. friday, low 90s saturday. not much change and into sunday. this is our coolest day of the workweek. we'll be back with more news after the break. >> another hopeful sign for san francisco. coming up, the top landmarks that people are visiting, the increase they're seeing. and if you're tired of being surprised by chores after renting an airbnb. a new bill could change that. and look who's showing up off the coast. why? we're seeing an increase in killer whale sightings

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this time, special counsel jack smith is adjusting the charges against trump, and the man is at the live desk with what is changing in the case. >> yeah, reggie, prosecutors issued a superseding indictment, meaning they're reworking the charges against trump. and this comes after the supreme court ruled this summer that all former presidents receive special immunity for official actions. so the special counsel

is removing aspects of what trump did as president from the charges, and instead is focusing on what trump did as a presidential candidate. the new indictment accuses trump of the same four crimes, including conspiracy to defraud the u.s, obstructing the certification of electoral votes on january 6th, and conspiracy against the right to vote and to have votes counted. trump called the new indictment a, quote, direct assault on democracy. his running mate, j.d. vance, reacted to the changes. >> i think it's clearly an effort to try to do more election interference from jack smith. he should be ashamed of himself. and it's one of the reasons why we have to win, because he should not be anywhere near power. >> the former president denies all wrongdoing in the case. the new charges were filed 70 days before the election. justice department policy discourages prosecutors from filing federal charges against candidates within 60 days of an election. back to you. reggie. >> thanks, amanda. former president trump says he will take part in the abc news debate

with vice president kamala harris. there were some indications that he might back out. one question that remains unsettled what to do with the microphones? will they be muted? will they not, when each candidate is speaking? trump has said that he'd like it on his team wants it off. the harris campaign says it wants the mics on. we'll see what happens. you can watch the abc news presidential debate tuesday, september 10th, right here on abc seven. our coverage starts at 5 p.m. the debate. the debate starts at six. south san francisco based genentech will lay off more people starting the second week of october. more than 90 jobs will be cut, including senior scientists, software engineers, project managers, data analysts. the state filing comes after genentech said it would cut 430 jobs starting this summer. we don't know what departments will be affected, but fierce biotech reported last month genentech is closing its cancer immunology immunology research department. it's not the way you want to end a vacation. getting a list of

chores you have to complete before you can check out a bill on the governor's desk is trying to add more transparency to airbnb bookings. this week, the state senate passed a bill that would require airbnb, airbnb and other short term rental companies to disclose cleaning requirements during the booking process. if the governor signs the bill into law, those rules kick in next july. take a look at this site captured off the coast of monterey bay. wow two pods of killer whales put on quite the show over the weekend for a whale watching group. there's been an increase in orca sightings recently along the coast and they're closer to shore than what we would usually see. marine biologists say the whales are likely searching for food with a peak number of humpback whales now in their foraging grounds off the coast. so you can get the humpback whales. you can get the orca whales. i'm looking at the instagram page right. all kinds of dolphins out there. so now is the time you can go on a three hour. >> you can go on a four hour, you can go all day 8 to 12

hours. that's a long time in september and october, apparently the peak times to see orcas. >> so if that is your jam, then get out there. i'm going. i'm going to find a time to go. >> brennan, you say this every year. if you don't see these whales this year, i know this. >> we never know. tomorrow is not promised. >> they're telling you, you know, they they're going to be out there waiting for you. >> you know, if you just take a not just but taking a drive to stinson, you're up. so high. and before you come right down on the coast there, sometimes you can see, i mean, it's far away. yeah. you can see some activity out there. >> that would be cool. >> yeah. bring some binoculars. anyway, beach time, the past couple of days has been kind of cloudy, but we had a limited sun and half moon bay and some late clearing other days, but the fog is right at the coast. the deck of low clouds is very compressed, so only five to maybe 700ft. that's because high pressure, the weight of the atmosphere pushing down on it. we have another day of 5 to 10

degrees above average readings, especially inland. but right now it is certainly a gorgeous view and cool from half moon bay to san francisco. at 5760 in oakland, mid 60s hayward and san jose, and looking at our sutro tower camera, you can see the clouds there. but the sunshine will be with us all day long. and a quick warm up again. 63 by the delta 62 livermore concord at 57. and as we look at our forecast headlines, hot weather again today inland we had 101 in livermore, i should say 99 in livermore, 101 in san rafael. so i think we'll come down maybe 2 to 3 degrees, probably won't notice it, but tonight, with the dense fog at the coast, it does make an eastward track across the bay that will initiate a stronger sea breeze, slightly more fog in the morning hours, and start our cool down. that will last for the first part of the long labor day holiday in the south bay today. look for highs on the warm side with 90 in san jose today. that's above average 87 santa clara peninsula

numbers from the upper seconds in redwood city, the sea breeze kicking up throughout the afternoon with 81. menlo park, palo alto, 82. so not as hot, but still above average 73 downtown. plenty of sunshine up in the north bay. 93. sonoma and lakeport with 100. in ukiah, the east bay will see temperatures ranging from the upper 70s in berkeley. so warm for you, but pleasant. 82 in san leandro with 88. castro valley and heading inland, it's going to be about 96 in concord, so pretty much where you were yesterday, the accuweather seven day forecast cooling starts tomorrow as the temperatures begin to moderate. they'll continue to come down friday, saturday, sunday. still pleasant over the weekend, but a warm up for monday and next tuesday. back to you. >> now we're going to bring in ginger zee with a look at what's happening on gma. >> hi ginger. >> hi, reggie. kumasi nice to be with you. so we'll start here on a wednesday with record breaking heat for parts of the country. we saw a bunch of records

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from the first half of this year, comparing it with the same time last year. the presidio tunnel tops park saw the highest boost in visitors, with an estimated 45% increase. salesforce tower saw a 34% increase, ocean beach 18% more visitors and sfmoma 15% more foot traffic. in union square fell an estimated 9%, a high tech baseball is helping visually impaired people play a game called beep baseball, and they're using their hearing to play the game. dozens of teens across the country compete and beat baseball. the sport's been around since the 1970s. the baseball actually beeps so players can hear and detect where the ball is headed. everyone regardless of their level of vision, wears a blindfold and steps up to the plate.

>> we're out here running, hitting, fielding, and feeling free. like everyone else, and it's very competitive. we are here to teach people and have people learn that whatever you want to do, you can do. >> volunteers help to coach, pitch and guide players through games and practices. well, what are you doing on february 15th? coming up at 630. a big announcement, and we're going to tell you why you might want to save that date. and it's also a big day for united airlines. nearly 30,000 flight attendants preparing to go on st

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now. at 630, an outage hit at&t customers again. it impacted 911 calls here in the bay area. why the timing of this isn't great for the wireless carrier. >> and it's been a month since a curfew went into effect in san francisco's tenderloin district. the difference? some people who live and work in that area are seeing going electric. >> a local school district is trying to change how kids get to school. >> good morning everybody. it is wednesday, august 28th and it's a special day because we are making an announcement this half hour as we welcome something new

into our abc7 family. >> i'll give you a hint. yes. is that a good hint? >> hint? maybe my dress and your dress. >> another hint. we're very excited about it. we'll talk about that in a few minutes. but first, meteorologist lisa argen. yeah, we have some pretty pictures this morning. >> the sun is up. it came up at 636 in the next few minutes, i should say. and sets at 743. look at the low clouds and fog. the layering there of that compressed marine layer. temperatures this morning are pretty mild from oakland to hayward, 6064. there, 65 in san jose. fog at the coast from our east bay hills. camera atop vollmer peak. looking like a little bit of fog there. 55, santa rosa 63. in concord, 62 in livermore. so 24 hours ago, temperatures were cooler. we're warmer this morning. we retained all of that heat from yesterday. so as we go through the late morning hours, it's a quick warm up. by about 11:00. we're already in the low to mid 80s inland 70s around the bay and a

few more degrees. and this would be average for this time of year, but 5 to 10 degrees above average where at 1:00 topping out in the low 90s. but by later on in the afternoon we're in the mid to some upper seconds again for our warmest spots. some upper 80s around the bay shore, and that fog sits right at the coast. that's going to make more of a push inland tonight. and that's going to set the stage for cooler days ahead beginning thursday into part of the weekend. amanda. hi lisa. >> yeah, i'm going to leave you here with some current drive times, 57 minutes for that typical slowdown from tracy to dublin, 17 minutes from san rafael to san francisco and then antioch to concord. that drive will take you 32 minutes. but back to dublin and even slower commute there as. all right lanes remain closed because of an earlier incident that happened at around 3 a.m, a dump truck crashed into an overhead sign where construction was already blocking the two right lanes. we are seeing heavy traffic approaching stoneridge drive and then to the richmond

bridge, where you can see slow moving westbound 580 from castro street to the toll plaza. of course, this is all typical for our monday morning or monday morning commute. where am i? wednesday morning commute? i am also tracking a major outage for at&t customers. if you were trying to make calls or send messages yesterday evening, but did not have service, you are not alone. at&t customers in california and other parts of the country had their service cut off for up to eight hours yesterday. the company says it has since resolved a software issue that disrupted wireless services, including here in the bay area. san jose police and pinole police departments say the outage affected 911 calls. at&t released a statement after the outage. it read, quote, we've resolved a software issue that disrupted the ability of a limited number of our customers to connect to our wireless network. we apologize for the inconvenience, and we appreciate our customers patience. that's the end of their quote. the outage came one day after the

fcc announced a $950,000 settlement with the carrier. that investigation surrounds whether at&t violated fcc rules by failing to deliver 9-1-1 calls and timely notify 911 call centers during an outage last year. back to you at the desk, reggie. >> amanda. thank you. new details san francisco school leaders are laying out how they're going to make some tough decisions and figure out which schools are going to close. sfusd is facing a financial crisis, and part of that is just not having enough students to fill the classrooms. abc seven news reporter gloria rodriguez joins us live with more on last night's board of education meeting. >> good morning reggie. the district didn't share the school closure plan last night. that will be done on september 18th. but the district did talk about the process that it's going to use to decide which schools will close. sfusd says it will consider how many campuses are in each area, historical inequities and neighborhoods. academic performance. teacher turnover and building conditions, among other factors.

a coalition of unions protested before the meeting. they are calling out the staffing shortage in the district, and also demanding that state financial monitors speed up hiring. currently, there are more than 100 teacher vacancies in the district and the district says they are working with fiscal advisers and labor partners to hire for vacant positions. some parents and community members pushed back against the proposed closures at last night's meeting. >> and i don't think that school closures are going to fix this issue at all. it's only going to inflame it. we're going to just see our schools balloon in numbers. it's going to stress out our staff. >> we need to have school sizes that allow for us to have predictable resources at our school. we do want to use our buildings. we've invested millions of dollars into, you know, upgrading some facilities that we want our students to take advantage of that. and we're asking our community, that is district superintendent matt wayne. >> he says it can better support

their students, not by trying to maintain buildings, but by trying to provide the resources that students need in those buildings. sfusd says it will hold at least two meetings, with each potentially closing school before the board's final vote in december. and the closures would take effect the next school year. live in the studio gloria rodriguez, abc seven news. >> thank you. gloria. in the east bay county, crews are going door to door on the hunt for a dangerous mosquito. officials in contra costa county say they have found an 8-80 aegypti mosquito in a trap in north concord. this invasive bug species has not been recorded in the county in two years. they tend to bite people during the day, and they can transmit diseases like zika, yellow fever and dengue fever. crews will be going door to door in the north concord area looking for more signs of these mosquitoes. now, on the other side of the countr, a man in new hampshire has died from a rare and deadly virus spread by mosquitoes. the man tested positive for the severe

central nervous system disease known as triple e this year, the cdc has found. the cases in five states. >> berkeley police say they arrested the gunman who shot and killed a man inside a shelter for the unhoused. it happened sunday inside ursula sherman village on harrison street. that's close to target off of 580. shelter residents tell us a man who lived there was shot in his room. police found the suspected shooter in a parked car tuesday morning and arrested him. and officers found guns and ammunition inside the 67 year old's car. the suspect is in jail, being held without bail, and the motive is still under investigation. >> hundreds of united airlines flight attendants are set to protest today at sfo. we're taking a live look at the airport now. they will be holding a demonstration as their union reveals the results of a strike authorization vote. 28,000 united flight attendants nationwide voted on whether to strike. if an agreement on a new contract can't be reached. they're asking for a double digit base pay increase, among

other demands. sfo is one of 20 airports across the country where united flight attendants will set up informal picket lines. this morning as the vote results are revealed. >> now to a story we've been following. some say they're already seeing an improvement. one month after a curfew went into effect in san francisco's tenderloin district, the curfew was implemented in hopes of reducing crime and open air drug markets. but it's only in effect for this part of the tenderloin that you see in red from midnight until 5 a.m, city leaders approved a curfew in june that forces some businesses to close between those hours. our abc seven news data team sifted through police records. the team noticed a drop in police incident reports for the month of august, compared to months before the curfew was enacted. people who live and work in the tenderloin say they're noticing a difference. >> it's getting better. and it's like a little bit at a time. >> it has been very successful. i would say, for a month,

because we have seen less of congregation in various parts of tenderloin. >> now, at the same time, businesses impacted by the curfew say that they are suffering in addition, other residents tell abc seven they want police to crack down on people selling drugs on the sidewalks and not just businesses. >> oakland unified is the first school district ever to electrify its entire fleet of school busses, helping the planet and building a better bay area. >> they are dope, if i may use that word. yes, they're awesome. >> i'm glad that they thought about the environment and the kids health. when he got home, he was like, mom, mom, clean, clean and i was like, they are clean. i saw that, so he was excited. >> families can track the busses through the app. it tells them when the bus will arrive at their house and when the child has been dropped off at school. the busses are owned by a company called zoom. it offsets the cost by using the bus batteries to sell power to the electric company. well, we are moments away from an exciting

announcement and addition to the abc7 family, and here is a hint. happy new year! >> san francisco leaders are weighing in on california's controversial ai bill that seems to be dividing people in the tech world. >> and another insurance company dropping fire coverage here in california. but they say it's not related to fire risk. the details next. first, though, here's lisa. >> all right. good morning to you. we are starting out with a gorgeous view here from our roof camera and as we check that out, we're going to talk about temperatures that are going to stay pretty warm for the day ahead. in fact, numbers 5 to 10 degrees above average. there's a look at our satellite picture. and we will be seeing the low clouds and fog hugging the shoreline. current numbers are anywhere from the mid 50s. half moon bay, mid 60s san jose and upper 50s in san francisco. so another view here. and you'll notice that temperatures have cooled off too much in our

inland valleys. so a early start with some warmer numbers will allow for a quick warm up by midday. and then above average again inland. so some upper 90s there. dense fog at the coast. but the switch tonight will be that it begins to move across the bay and then looking at a cooler start for the beginning of the labor day weekend, finishing on a warm note, that sea breeze anywhere from 20 to 25 miles an hour today. so that will keep the bay comfortable inland, though really no impact. by 11:00. we're in the mid 80s and we will be very close to some 90s upper 90s again today. i should say. we'll be close to triple digits, so anywhere from 2 to 3 degrees of cooling today and then more pronounced tomorrow into the

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you've been following. there's new opposition to proposed legislation that would rein in a major ai system in california. san francisco mayor london breed says she is against san francisco state senator scott wiener's ai safety bill, sb 1047, would require safety assessments for ai models that cost more than $100 million. the goal is to prevent powerful ai systems from being used to hurt humanity in catastrophic ways. mayor breed wrote in a letter. more work needs to be done to bring together industry, government and community stakeholders before moving forward with a legislative solution that doesn't add

unnecessary bureaucracy. we reached out to senator wiener for a response to the letter. we haven't heard back yet. >> now it's your morning money report. the amount of people who have accumulated more than $1 million in their 401 k hit a new record in the second quarter. fidelity says nearly half a million people now have more than a million bucks in their account. the report looked at 24 million accounts across thousands of employees. sponsored plans. the average balance for everybody is about $127,000, and that amount is up 13% compared to this time last year. >> some big news from us here at abc seven. >> before we make the announcement, can we have a drum roll, please? stopped by abc seven to celebrate the new home of the san francisco chinese new year parade. that is right. the nation's oldest and largest lunar new year celebration will be broadcast live right here on

abc seven. >> yes. we are so excited about it. we're going to bring you all the firecrackers, the performances and celebrations live this february. and here now to talk with us more about this amazing partnership. the san francisco chinese new year parade organizer, tony lao, and the president of the san francisco chinese chamber of commerce, donald liu. both of you, welcome to the abc seven family. thank you. good morning to you. >> we're so excited. >> oh, we are so excited to. this is just really great news. and we're honored abc seven to be a part of this community celebration. what can we expect from the parade this year? >> well, good morning everyone. this is definitely exciting. i'm so excited for this past two months. you know, just going over, like, all this agreement and stuff. but definitely we're excited to partner with abc seven to celebrate one of the largest, one of the largest, chinese new year celebration ever in the united states. so we're excited to look forward for the year of the snake. next

year, we're going to have the same and better, a lot of flow parade route and event to celebrate this chinese new year. >> this parade has such a rich history that is essentially, you know, married to the history of san francisco. i mean, the two things go hand in hand. so, donald, tell me a little bit about when this all started. >> so this parade started during the gold rush. this started in 1860. at the time when, chinese american was, you know, still facing a lot of prejudice, chinese american at that point. think about, you know, how to how to bridge the gap between the two cultures. and they thought of the idea of putting the putting together the parade. the parade is actually an american concept, but they combine combine that with many of the chinese new year festivals. elements to bring it, to make it a festival that we we've been witnessing. yeah.

>> and over time, i thought it was very interesting that this was not a tradition in china. this was a way for people who had moved to the united states to show off their culture and to get people excited and educated about what they brought to the country. >> that's right. that's right. and also, you know, initially it was started as a very small, new year celebrations, and then in 1958, the chinese chamber of commerce took over, since then, out the milestone has been has been, has been big every at every year. and in 1987, we had the first local tv broadcast. and now in in partnership with kgo, abc, we hope to have this broadcast nationally and also internationally. so we're very excited about that opportunity. >> yes, i was excited to tell people about that. we are happy to be partnering with you so we can share this parade nationwide. we're going to be sharing it on our other own stations around the country.

we're going to be streaming it on hulu and on abc news live. so it's going to be a large audience, i would say the largest ever. what do you both hope that people will see in this year's parade? >> maybe, tony, i'll let you know. >> this year we have already started preparing all this event coming, we have different sponsorship coming. we have a lot of amazing events, including, i'm not going to share with you guys yet, but then we are actually having our grand marshal coming, and then we're going to have a lot of fun, that may include some of the fireworks, some of the new show, like, i said, it's going to be exciting and amazing. and one of the reasons why i enjoy so much is because this event has tied our community together to celebrate one of the largest chinese new year celebration. and our culture, together with the with the community. >> and i understand that there's actually something that's coming up very soon in chinatown, so we

don't necessarily have to wait till february to start anticipating what's happening just around the corner. >> so, tomorrow we are hosting the chinese new year, or not the chinese, i'm sorry. the chinese chamber of commerce, along with many other important organizations in chinatown, are partnering with the police department. we are putting together the tent and the tent. chinatown night out. this is an opportunity for us to continue to educate the community and those especially, especially those who are seniors who are monolingual, to about public safety, to for them to come out to ptman square to, coming september 4th at 4 p.m, many of the local police, policemen from the, from the local, from local station will be coming out and just to, excuse me, just to, have a have a conversation and

get to get to know the residents of chinatown better so that they, they feel a connection to the police. so there's no, they can approach them more easily. >> well, donald and tony, we're so excited about this. abc seven has committed to airing the parade all the way until 2030, which is a long time. but this year is the year of the snake. so talk to us about what's lucky about us kicking off this partnership in the year of the snake. >> well, the year of snake is an interesting year, it is, it is the year after the dragon in chinese. we they actually call it the little dragon. but i think the opportunity for growth, the opportunity for rejuvenation, it's kind of, coincide with what we what the partnership that we have with, abc right now, we, we look forward to a great partnerships, not just, this year with the program that tony is putting together, but also until 20, 20,

30. >> i just want to make sure the snake is good because i am the year of the snake. that's good. right? >> you are very good intelligence wise. >> but. but not. but definitely not introverted very obviously. >> yeah. you got that right. type him up. type him up. come on. year of the snake. >> well welcome again to the abc seven family. we are so excited about this partnership this year. all the years to come. so thank you for being with us this morning for our announcement. and you all can watch the 2025 san francisco chinese new year parade. right here on abc seven. and everywhere you stream on february 15th. >> there's just something about the year of the snake. i'm telling you, it's going to be good. that's your year, you know? well, you know, it's that's kumasi school to school mascot is also the snake. so you're the snake. i just feel like it's going to be our year. >> we're ready. it's just

incredible. >> i know, and i love that we get to share it with the entire country. like all of the stations in our in our group. get to see how amazing this parade is. >> yeah. >> and i mean, no shade to anyone else, but we have all the good parades now. >> yes, that's right. >> we are your parade station, so know that. >> yeah. >> you don't want the forecast for february 15th, do you? >> hey, we might need to if you haven't, i will wait a little bit for that. >> all right. good morning everybody. here's a look at the pretty much fog free conditions. the fog is at the shoreline though. look at that. clear. sfo shot. san bruno, where temperatures once again will be in the 80s for many peninsula numbers and cities there 65 san jose 57. in san francisco and the low clouds trying to move across the bay 55 santa rosa. it is 63 by the delta and concord, with 62 in livermore. so looking at another day of hot temperatures inland, upper 90s 5 to 10 degrees above average around the bay and inland.

tonight, the dense fog at the coast. it begins to move across the bay. and for labor day weekend we get set for a cool down. actually, tomorrow that's going to last through sunday, but then switch things. switch around for the holiday on monday winds up to about 22 miles an hour today, and in the south bay it's a hot one today, around 90 in san jose. and looking at those mid and upper 80s on the peninsula. >> thank you lisa. well you can now add liberty mutual fire insurance company to the list of insurers ending fire coverage here in california starting next month. 17,000 policyholders will not have their home fire insurance renewed. liberty mutual says the decision isn't specific to california. it's not related to fire risk. instead, it's, quote, retiring the antiquated technology it uses to manage dwelling fire policies. that's a quote. liberty mutual joins allstate state farm farmers and travelers as companies that are either dropping california policies or raising rates at a time when wildfires are only getting

bigger and more destructive. homeowners affected by the change have 75 days from the time their insurer, their insurance provider, tells them they are not renewing. to find a new provider, imagine an angry alligator guarding your front door. >> body cam video shows the moments lieutenant wrangled a hissing alligator on a family's front porch in texas >> oh my gosh. >> the alligator was not ready. grabbed by the neck. police posted the video saying you can take the boy out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the boy. >> oh my goodness. >> the more i look at this, the more i kind of feel bad for this alligator. why? because it was just trying to protect itself. like, do we know that it had harm on its mind? >> do we know that it has teeth in his mouth? >> look, to be fair, that front porch has a mat that says

welcome home or something. or home sweet home. and the alligator was like, that's right. don't don't tell me that it said live, laugh, love. now, if it said live, laugh, love, that would be a reason to attac. >> oh, this whole thing. well, be safe, everybody. up next, seven things you need to know today. year of the snake. >> as we head to break a live look outside at

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number one, the man who caused a deadly wrong-way crash in south san jose has a history of driving infractions, including a misdemeanor for careless driving. the crash killed a 47 year old woman and a 14 year old boy. the wrong-way driver is still in the hospital with major injuries. >> number two, we don't know how many schools sfusd plans to close, but we now know what will factor into that decision.

school leaders will consider the amount of campuses in each area. academic performance and teacher turnover, among other factors. the superintendent will send out the proposed list of closures september 18th. >> number three crews are going door to door in north concord looking for signs of a dangerous mosquito. the aedes aegypti was recently found in a trap there. it can transmit diseases like zika, yellow fever and dengue fever. >> number four. former president donald trump is facing a new indictment over his efforts to undo the 2020 election. the indictment keeps the same criminal charges but revises the allegations following that supreme court ruling this summer, granting broad immunity to former presidents. >> and number five. patchy fog at the coast. and that's going to stay there. keeping temperatures in the 60s but still above average. upper 90s inland. >> number six will take you back to dublin. all right. lanes remain closed from an earlier incident, which occurred at around 3 a.m. this is northbound

680 before 580. a dump truck actually crashed into an overhead sign where construction was already blocking the two right lanes. we are seeing heavy traffic approaching stone ridge drive and number seven, the largest lunar new year parade celebration outside of asia, coming to abc seven this february. >> abc seven, now the official broadcast partner of the san francisco chinese new year parade, will be broadcasting all the fun right here on february 15th. >> you saw them in the newsroom? >> yeah, really up close. here we go. they're up in our faces. >> i was into it. i love this red chinese new year dress. it's giving it to me. a ♪ ♪ >> whit: good morning america. record breaking heat across the country, from th