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officials sound the alarm about the rising threat from eee and west nile virus, which is also carried by mosquitos. across the northeast towns are spraying public areas and issuing new guidelines to warn offin fedexs. erika edwards joins us now. what are we learning about this person that died? >> hi, zinhle. our boston affiliate in boston are saying it was a man in his 80s who developed severe neurological symptoms before he died. it is the first case of eee in the state in more than a decade, the state reported. but even though this is rare, there's a reason health officials are paying attention. about a third of people who develop eee die, others are left sometimes permanently with severe, long-lasting neurologic symptoms. zinhle. >> i want to dig into the symptoms. walk us through them for ee. is it dangerous for young and

healthy people? >> yes, so while eee can be most dangerous to the very young or the very old, symptoms can really impact anybody, even otherwise healthy people. many of the symptoms of eee can mimic those of other viral illnesses, but it is important to know what those are including fever, headache, stomach issues including vomiting, diarrhea, even seizures or behavior changes. zinhle. >> erika, while we have you i wanted to talk about west nile virus because the cdc now reports 289 cases in 33 states. again, these are mosquito-born illnesses. what are public health owe fishes doing to tamp down on infections? can you remind us of the serious nature of this? i think some people might say, it is summer, it is not that big of a deal, but it sounds like it is. >> yeah. some cities are starting to spray insecticides outdoors including parts of massachusetts, which you mentioned earlier, but there's a lot that we can do as well to minimize mosquitos. this is the prime season for

mosquitos, august and september. we need to be using insect repellent, experts say, including deet. even though it is hot, wearing loose-fitting, long sleeves, long pants. limit the time that you spend outside, especially from dusk until dawn when mosquitos are most active, and empty any standing water around your house including those in bird baths and water bowls for your pets. zinhle. >> erika edwards with the latest for us. thank so much. well, extreme weather is impacting tens of millions of people today and one of the biggest threats is the heat. several cities across the midwest and northeast could see record highs. some schools in illinois and wisconsin are closing early as a result. hundreds of cooling centers are now open as well, and the same region is also dealing with severe storms. people at the minnesota state fair had to take cover monday night because of the thunderstorms and hail. meanwhile, some evacuation orders are still in effect in alaska. at least one man has died after a landslide plowed through a

southeastern town on sunday, and there are fears another landslide could happen. nbc news correspondent morgan chesky is following the latest on that threat but we will start with nbc's shaquille brewster in a very hot chicago. shaq, i understand it is not just the heat, but also the humidity. how does it feel out there right now? >> reporter: yeah, the national weather service i think put it best when they posted on twitter and said it is hot and oppressively humid. that's exactly the sensation, because you look at the thermometer and you are seeing temperatures in the mid 90s which, of course, is hot, but what brings it to the triple digits is when you factor in the stickiness in the air. it is impacting a lot of things. you are talking about the cooling centers that the city of chicago have now opened. you look at the schools, some schools have had that early dismissal. we know that in chicago all public schools have cancelled outdoor athletic activities. so think of that football practice, now moving inside. i want you to listen to what we heard from folks who were out at

the beach enjoying what they could from that lakefront breeze. >> what is nice here though is the breeze. so i think what is important is how do you ventilate, right, how do you put yourself in a situation to feel cool, so that breeze feels really nice. >> reporter: the tips that you always here from experts, wearing that light clothing, staying hydrated, moving inside as much as you can, staying in that ac. those are tips that are being repeated a lot today, zinhle. >> good tip, though you're not quite following staying in the ac thing but you are doing it for us so we appreciate it. morgan, let me bring you in now because the news is still serious out of alaska when it comes to the landslide. what do we know about the victim and the other families who are impacted? >> reporter: yes, zinhle, over the last 24 hours we learned that the lone fatality in the alaskan landslide was a worker for the city of ketchikan, a veteran in that department who was trying to clean storm drain,

driving from location to another location when the mayor tells me the landslide overtook him in his vehicle. we do know in addition to that death there were three people that were hospitalized. however, we believe they've been since released. very good news there. what isn't, zinhle, is the fact that after sunday's slide, the stunning images you are seeing on your screen, there's still the risk of yet another slide very close to that original damage zone there. that is what is keeping those evacuation orders in place. some of the people who had experienced damage in that hillside neighborhood that was struck very hard have had a chance to come back and survey some of the damage only to hear from one family in their own words. take a listen. >> the way it slipped on the foundation, it tilted like that, and so kind of walking sideways. everything in the whole house slammed against one side of the wall, so i'm trying to go around furniture and the fridge slid across and was against the kitchen sink. yeah, it was weird walking through it and very surreal because it was our house.

things were still on the walls, just it was like a weird maze. >> reporter: two key exactors are exacerbating the concern here, zinhle. number one, the location of ketchikan, the city itself four to five blocks wide, smack dab between the water and steep hillsides. there's not much room for the hillsides to give way before they impact the city. number two, there's still rain in the forecast for the next several days. zinhle. >> hoping people out there stay safe. morgan chesky, shaq brewster, great reporting. thank you. there are new developments in a story we told you about yesterday. it involves a biden administration policy on immigration. just last night a federal judge in texas temporarily blocked a program that provided a path to citizenship for undocumented spouses of american citizens. on friday the republican attorneys general of 16 states, led by texas, sued to stop that program. nbc correspondent daniel noriega has been following this story.

david, first off, what did the judge say in his ruling and what happens now? >> reporter: yeah, zinhle. so this is a temporary pause on the program basically while the lit indication works its way through the course. the judge on paper says the pause is only for 14 days, but he does have the ability to extend that. he placed the pause essentially on an emergency basis, saying the claims made by texas and the 15 other states in court appear on first blush to be meritorious enough to warrant pausing the program, making sure that the government does not process any more of these applications while the judge reviews the merit of the claims being brought both by the states and the people defending the lawsuit. he said specifically the claims here are substantial and warrant closer consideration. as far as what happens next, zinhle, as of now the government cannot process applications for this program. they can still receive them but they can't grant parole in place to anybody who applies for it, and that means that immigrants who qualify for the program are going to have to figure out whether they want to apply to be

in that queue or whether they want to wait to see what the program provides. >> yes, david, people may have a bit of déjà vu because there is already a path to citizenship for undocumented spouses on the books. can you break down for us what makes this particular policy different? >> reporter: right. i have been thinking about this program as not exactly creating a new pathway to citizenship, but rather clearing a major obstacle off of that existing pathway that you mentioned. so as of now, if you are undocumented and married to a u.s. citizen you can apply to a green card, but the kicker is that you have to leave the country first and apply from abroad. that's a huge risk for a lot of people there's no way to guarantee you will be able to get back in. you could be permanently stuck outside of the country for up to many years. many elect to stay undocumented in the united states rather than take the risk. it would allow people to legalize their saturday us from inside the united states.

zinhle. >> david noriega, great reporting. thanks. let's turning to the cnbc money minute. a major media company is losing a bidder and the next iphone is almost ready to launch. pippa stevens joins us now. hi, pippa. >> hey, zinhle. edgar bronfman j. dropped his bid. it all but ensures sky dance will buy paramount. last month they reached an $8 billion agreement to buy the company, national amusements, the controlling stakeholder of paramount. meantime, china accused canada today of protectionism after the country announced a 100% tariff on chinese-made electric vehicles, matching duties the u.s. and eu have issued. canada's announcement comes after national security adviser jake sullivan encouraged prime minister justin trudeau at a meeting over the weekend. sullivan began his first visit to beijing today.

invitations are going out for apple's next event on september 9th with the tag line "it's glow time." the tech giant is expected to unveil the iphone 16, which will come with new a.i.-powered features. apple is betting those features will get people to upgrade their phones. iphone sales have fallen about a percent in the most recent quarter. zinhle. >> all right. pippa stevens with the latest. thanks so much. still ahead, how one major league catcher ended up playing for two teams in the same game. yeah. plus, an israeli hostage is back home today after being back home today after being rescued from a tunnel deep [coughing] copd hasn't been pretty. it's tough to breathe and tough to keep wondering if this is as good as it gets. but trelegy has shown me that there's still beauty and breath to be had. because with three medicines in one inhaler, trelegy keeps my airways open and prevents future flare-ups.

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major announcement from drugmaker eli lilly. the company is making the two lowest doses of its popular weight loss drug zepbound available to more people at a lower cost. let's bring in health and medical reporter berkeley lovelace jr. berkeley, what do people need to know about the pricing plan? >> these are pretty big price cuts. under the new plan, the 2.5 milgram dose, called the starter dose, will cost $399 for a month supply. the $5 milgram dose will cost $549 for a month supply, so that's a pretty big drop from the $1,000 plus cost that this medication normally costs. there are a few caveats here. insurance will not cover this so people will have to pay out of pocket, and you can also only get the drug through lillydirect, which is the company's telehealth platform. perhaps the biggest change is that the company is switching from auto injectors to vials which means people will have to draw the medication out themselves in order to use the medication.

zinhle. >> berkeley, who benefits from this change? who can ultimately access the lower-cost vials? >> lilly is saying it is for people whose insurance won't cover the cost of the full medication as well. it is also for people who don't qualify for lilly's existing discount program. so that program excludes people on medicare and medicaid. also, overall this is also to try to get people to get away from the compounded medications we hear so much about. those also are a lot cheaper. those also come in vials, but there's also concerns about the overall safety of the medications. zinhle. >> and, berkeley, briefly, any concerns about the impact this may have on those shortages that have been ebbing and flowing? >> yeah, so lilly hopes that this will stop the shortage as well. the auto injector pens are what are thought to have caused a lot of the shortages. lilly said it is very complicated to manufacture the auto injector pens. right now they're saying they will be able to alleviate the shortage right now it but remains to be seen. as we know the medications are incredibly popular as women.

zinhle. >> certainly in high demand. berkeley lovelace jr. thank you so much. to a food fight between two of the biggest supermarket chains and the government that could have an impact on your wallet. albertson's and kroger want to merge their companies, but federal regulators do not want that deal to go through. now the case is in the hands of a judge. nbc news senior business correspondent christine romans has the details. >> reporter: it is a major food fight. the u.s. government is trying to stop in court a major merger between albertson's and kroger. these are the second and fourth largest grocery store chains in the united states, and maybe you don't recognize those two names. maybe they're not in your neighborhood, but if you look here you can see how prolific the brands are for these two grocery store chains. together it would be the largest grocery store merger in history, and the foundational thinking here from the companies is that together they would have more scale to compete with the likes of costco and walmart. walmart, by the way, is the largest grocery store chain in the united states.

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took place yesterday afternoon. now it confirms an incident involving what the district says involved a small handful of students happened yesterday. a spokesperson from the district tells us three students were involved in an altercation yesterday afternoon. one of those students was armed with a knife that the district says was used to injure the two other students. both students injured were treated at a hospital with non-life threatening injuries. now, there's no details about what led up to this confrontation. hayward police came to the campus to investigate. the district says it plans to take measures in the coming days and weeks to make sure this incident and incidents like this do not occur again. we're also talking to parents today who say they are concerned about the safety on campus. we will continue to keep you updated on that throughout the remainder of the day. reporting in hayward velena jones nbc bay area news. all right. velena. thank you. california is

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for some warm temperatures today. take a look at our south bay highs for this afternoon. we will reach 89 degrees in milpitas, but 98 degrees in gilroy. and also a lot of sunshine. hot temperatures for the east bay up to 99 in antioch, while danville and pleasanton will hit a high of 96 degrees. we'll see some mid 80s for the inner bay, as well as the peninsula some mid to upper 80s there. san francisco will be as warm as 77 downtown, with a breezy wind and for the north bay we'll see a high of 93. in sonoma and santa rosa. ukiah hitting 99 degrees. we will see more temperatures like this over the next couple of days, but gradually cooling down. a look at our 7-day forecast is coming up next. all right. sounds good. kari. thank you. community leaders in the south bay are coming together to support a multi-million dollar takeover of a struggling hospital. it comes amid a consequential vote by santa clara county supervisors. county announced it has reached a deal with hca healthcare

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rescued a man who was held hostage in gaza for more than ten months. he was pulled to safety through an underground tunnel in what israeli described as, quote, a difficult rescue mission. he was taken hostage while working security at a settlement that was attacked on october 7th. he is being checked out at a hospital right now but is said to be in stable condition. pop star mariah carey is opening up about two tragic losses in her family. carey confirmed in a statement her mother patricia and her sister alison died on the same day. as of now no additional details about their deaths have been released. carey said in a statement she is, quote, heartbroken over the loss but she was blessed to be able to spend time with her mother before her passing. on monday mlb catcher danny jansen because the first player in the league history to play for both teams in the same game. the game originally began on june 26th when jensen was playing for the toronto bluejays against the boston red

association. however, the game was suspended for rain while he was up to bat. so by the time the game resumed weeks later jansen had been traded to the red sox. unfortunately for him, when jansen switched he switched to the losing side. the bluejays won that game, 7-3. mark zuckerberg is pointing fingers at the biden administration over covid-19. the head of facebook and instagram's meta company says in 2021 he was pressured to censor social media content about the pandemic. the comments came in a letter sent to the judiciary committee. he says he regrets censoring consent and that he would push back if asked to do it again. nbc news capitol hill correspondent ryan nobles joins us now. ryan, what else did zuckerberg say in this letter? >> reporter: well, zuckerberg makes it clear that looking back on it now he believes that the government was a little too heavy handed in their efforts to try to rein in misinformation at

the height of the covid pandemic. you will remember during that period of time there was rampant misinformation about the vaccine itself, potential types of treatments, and perhaps, most importantly, there was a lot of misinformation about the efficacy and the safety of the coronavirus vaccines that were being rolled out at the time. as a result, the administration went to social media companies like meta and asked them to be a bit more forceful in taking action to prevent the information from being peddled on their website, to the point where facebook in particular dropped somewhere in the range of 20 million posts off of their platform during that period of time. in looking back, zuckerberg believes they went a little too far. this is what he says in this letter to jim jordan, the chairman of the house judiciary committee. he said, ultimately it was our decision whether or not to take content down, and we own our decisions. i believe the pressure was wrong and i regret that we were not more outspoken about it. now, even though he believes the government went too far,

zuckerberg does make it clear that ultimately it was meta's decision. it was no one else's decision. it is not as if the government came to him and said that if you don't take these down, we're going to take legal action against you. this is a position that the supreme court, the conservative supreme court agrees with. a group of state attorneys general sued the biden administration saying their action were a violation of the first amendment. that conservative supreme court said ultimately the social media companies had the final say, and, therefore, there was no violation of the constitution, zinhle. >> ryan, briefly, how is the white house responding to what zuckerberg wrote? >> they're not backing down from that effort. they believe that this was an important thing for them to do, that it is the job of the administration to work with media companies to make sure that information gets out accurately. it is not something that they would do on a wide range of topics, not just something related to the coronavirus vaccine. so they say in the future they're going to continue to work with companies to make sure

that they're aware of the government's position when it comes to things like that, but ultimately the government will never specifically tell a social media platform what they can and cannot put on their sites. zinhle. >> ryan nobles from capitol hill. thanks so much. an american soldier who fled to north korea last year is set to plead guilty to desertion as part of a plea deal. travis king was in south korea on a unit rotation and was supposed to fly back to the u.s., but the army private instead illegally crossed into north korea. he spent several months in jail there before north korea ultimately expelled him. nbc news pentagon correspondent courtney kube has been following this story from the beginning. courtney, before he unlawfully entered north korea he was facing disciplinary actions from the u.s. army. walk us through what it looked like. >> that's right. he was facing assault charges. as you mentioned, he was at the airport prepared to leave south korea where he had been stationed and fly back to the united states to face discipline -- potential

disciplinary action for those assault charges. but instead, as you said, he left the airport. he joined a tour group, went to the dmz and he ran across the dmz. frankly, straight into the arms of the north korean officials where he was then held in custody there for a matter of months. now, that set off a weeks-long diplomatic effort to get him released that ultimately in september saw him transferred to swiss authorities who took him across the border in china and into the hand of the united states. well, since then he has been brought back to the u.s. and he was charged in the military court system with 14 different offenses, that assault charge i mentioned. in addition to that, disobeying an order, conduct unbecoming, and desertion. there's been a plea deal in the works for a matter of months with his legal team that we found out late yesterday had been accepted. we don't know all of the details of that deal, zinhle, but we do know according to his attorney that he will plead guilty to five of those 14 charges

including desertion. he has a hearing on september 20th at fort bliss in texas where we expect to hear a little bit more. it is also important to point out, you know, these charges do carry the potential for jail time as well as additional disciplinary action in the military, but we don't know, as i said, all of the details of the plea agreement, exactly what he could face here at this point, zinhle. >> courtney kube with the latest for us. thanks so much. an alabama community is in mourning after a high school quarterback died after taking a hit during a game. 16-year-old kaden tellier suffered a head injury during his team's home opener friday. he died the next day. there have been a series of student-athlete deaths at football practices and games. five boys have died in the past month and with so many kids returning to class and the field in the next few weeks, how can you make sure your young athletes stay safe. let's talk about it with medical contributor dr. kavita patel. i want to start with football since we touched on it.

it is one of the sports a lot of parents have concerns about. talk about what makes that sport uniquely difficult, maybe dangerous for kids and what parents can do to ultimately make sure their kids stay safe. >> yeah, zinhle. so football is dangerous because of the contact nature. it can lead to serious injuries, concussions, jumping, head-on christians make the risk incredibly high. briefly, proper equipment, safe techniques and choosing the right program for your child can really help. also, having an open and honest discussion with not only your health professional, the child's pediatrician, before they start the season can be incredibly healthful for some of the safety techniques. >> let's go wide and talk other sports. what sports do you encourage parents to be mindful of when they're thinking of enrolling their kids? are there some more dangerous than others? >> i like to say just in general every sport can present its risks. but like we spoke about with football, there are some sports

where there are just a higher number of chances, frequency and injuries. basketball, soccer, lacrosse, rugby, and it is for the same reasons. things like wrestling, one-on-one contact, zinhle, where it is really, really highly impossible to get an injury and to do it quickly, those are sports i would say parents should be mindful of. it doesn't matter the age. i know there are little league lacrosse players and they can get injuries. all ages from younger t older should be on the look out. >> of course, we know some schools require, recommend parents take their kids to a doctor to get an annual physical before the season or school year begins. why is it important that parents follow up and do that? >> yeah, there are a number of things. i know we are talking about -- by the way, anybody who is triggered by any of these messages, please, please seek out help because so many of us have had experiences with these kinds of injuries in our communities, in our neighborhoods. this is exactly why we want to have this dialogue with a health care professional, someone who

preferably knows your family in advance, usually a pediatrician. that's because we know how to do exams and pediatricians in particular know how to screen for some of the injuries and can tell you on a person-to-person basis, zinhle, are you at higher risk for a certain kind of leg injury because maybe the way you have had injuries as a child could predispose you to that. we talked about different heart conditions that, unfortunately, have afflicted players and caused some fatalities. those heart conditions can be picked up sometimes on physical exam. those are all but just a few reasons that i highly recommend getting in that preschool physical, and it is a good time of the year, zinhle, i will add in this to make sure they've done their vaccines and other safety techniques too. >> i love that. also important to talk through kids if they have a condition, explain it to them so they understand. of course, we know families can be large. some kids maybe have older siblings and maybe equipment and gear is passed down to them from an older sibling. of course, those hand-me-downs don't always fit perfectly. could you talk to us about the importance of well-fitted gear?

>> yeah. i'm from a big family. i lived in the world of hand me downs, and let's be honest, it can be a very good way to minimize costs. this gear, this equipment is expensive, let's be real. but let's not shortchange and make sure, especially when thinking about helmets, mouth guards. all of these things need to fit properly. you want to make sure if you can move around the equipment, especially a helmet, or if you can kind of wiggle your mouth inside that mouth guard it is not giving you that protection. that means it is probably still a little too big, and that's -- one thing i tell parents is to bring that equipment in with them. not every pediatrician knows how to fit equipment, but you know if you bring it in, show it to the p pediatrician they can say those shoulder pads are too big, give it a few more years, or on the contrary those are too small. it is not fool proof, but the right equipment can minimize. >> if you feel like your child

is not protected enough a sport they're playing, how can you talk to a coach about those concerns? any questions you recommend parents ask? >> first rule of thumb i tell people to take a time out, take 24 hours. i think when we think about talking to a coach, especially hearing devastating news like what is coming out of alabama and other places, we get emotional. that's natural. it is best to have the conversations when you are calm, when you are able to say to the coach, here are the things i'm worried about, and ask the coach, can you just go over what some of the techniques are when a player gets injured? what are the things that you do? if you don't like what you are hearing, if that parental or family instinct goes off, listen to that gut and feel comfortable to say, here is what i would like to see, at least to help. and then, coach, how can we as parents help you do this? oftentimes these are coaches at schools that don't have much of a budget, sometimes they're doing it on top of other jobs. sometimes just saying, i will volunteer as a parent to help keep our kids safe can make all of the difference. >> i love that, keeping with the

theme of sports, we are all a team. the families, the coaches, we just want our kids to succeed. dr. kavita patel, thank so much. still ahead, from cleansers to face masks to creams, many young adults are seemingly obsessed with skin care, but is it doing more harm to their skin than good? that's ahead. first, time for today's daily snapshot. grab a hotdog, your favorite drink and take a look at this breathtaking view. this incredible picture was taken last night at target field in minneapolis where the atlanta braves played the minnesota twins. check out all of those bolts lightning against the deep red sky. the atlanta braves may have won the game, but i think everyone in that stadium won withhat t

♪ ♪ i have like a lot of cleansers, toners, moisturizers. >> skin care gets you into the habit of like washing your face and doing all of these stuff that will help your skin. >> in today's "daily health" generation alpha, kids born in 2010 and later are getting into skin care and often using products meant for mature skin, products that claim to reduce fine lines and wrinkles, and rejuvenate older looking skin. according to dermatologists this growing skin care could be damaging young skin.

joining me is dr. marti nuss balm. thank you for being here. >> this is everywhere. talk to us about what role this is playing in this. >> this is the first generation that's no more linear tv. they are looking at youtube and tiktok all day and the marketing companies know how to target them. they are targeted with products that look fun and they're being used by older girls and teenagers. >> right. >> and they want to emulate them. so no more asking for american girl stuff. they want a sephora gift card. the problem is most of the products they're marketed are for more mature skin, fine lines, aging, they have chemical like alpha hydroxy, and what happens when you use those between the ages of 9 and 12 prior to puberty, you are harming your skin barrier. i have so many patients coming in with their parents that have rashes, acne, where their skin

was perfect to begin with. what these chemicals do is break down the barrier and cause redness, inflammation, contact dermatitis, allergic reactions, and it has become a real problem. >> and i mean these are for growing young people, right? the word i hear pop up a lot is preventive. oh, i'm doing it for preventive measures. >> that's right. i just heard actually a patient at 15 having botox for preventive. i said absolutely not. >> at 15, and i imagine the filters --. >> that's the problem the younger generation doesn't understand, there's filters, there's lighting. they're being paid to give these products to people and they consume these products making they will have no pores. everyone has pores. it is impossible to have no pores. >> right. >> it happens. >> it happens. >> exactly. >> you touched on it but dig into the harm that can come. >> yeah. >> with doing too much too soon. >> and the other problem that is happening is they are consuming products and they don't know what they're using. they're using three products a

day, then they will switch to a different product the next day. you have a reaction and it is really difficult to figure out what the culprit is when you are using so much, and every day trying different products. >> are there specific ingredients? you listed a few, but you are like absolutely no, this young person should not be using it? >> no young person should be using retinol if they're under 12 without a doctor's prescription. usually when you go to puberty you can start. no one should be using acids of any nature. so alpha hydroxy, acids break down the barriers. they should look for hypoallergenic meaning for sensitive skin and won't clog your pores. >> okay. >> absolutely the best thing, it is okay to get into a skin care habit of gentle cleanser, oil-free moisturizer if needed, and sun protection. >> yes. >> but nothing else. >> i mean you are kind of hitting on the fact, we are sitting in the makeup store. >> it looks so fun. >> thank you. a lot of girlies, they want to get into it.

>> they do. >> what do you recommend for those who are curious, that maybe shouldn't be going to retinol? >> absolutely. what i recommend is, like i said, gentle mild cleanser you can do twice a day to take care of any sweat, dirt, impurities throughout the day. definitely an oil-free moisturizer if you are dry, and then sun protection spf30 and above every day. it is never too early to start that. and lip balm. what i say, have fun with, you know, the bath bombs, the body lotion, your nails, things that are not going to harm your actual skin. >> i love it. >> no peptides, none of that either. >> don't do too much is what i'm hearing. >> less is more, and nothing expensive. >> thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. thank you for wching. at weyour memory is an amazing thi, but sometimes it can start to slow down. but did you know prevagen can help keep your memory sharp? the secret is the powerful ingredient, apoaequorin, originally discovered in jellyfish and found only in prevagen.

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ban would hurt the ability to produce more fields in the bay area. so fields like this, we pack in 7 to 8 teams a night every hour. we're practicing on these fields. so an exact date has not been set for the vote. but we do know it is set for january. the board says it wants more community outreach and a deeper look at studies before it makes a final decision. more whales are popping up in and around the bay area over the past few months. our cameras captured whales. look at that in pacifica, along the san mateo coast and in monterey bay. we spoke with ted chessman, a marine researcher based in santa cruz. he says this year, between marin and monterey, researchers clocked more than 400 whales. and he says there's a driving factor behind it all. they're going to where the food is. and yes, there's more people out looking because of this news. right? but what's really special is that the whales are coming in closer to shore just because, in particular, anchovies showing up in big numbers. he, by the way, is also the co-founder of happy

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a landmark is hiring. according to the standard, the new owner of juliuss castle is looking for a chef to head up the restaurant. paul scott spent the last 12 years renovating the 102 year old tourist attraction. he faced numerous construction obstacles but is getting closer to reopening the famous doors along montgomery street. scott bought that property in a bankruptcy sale back in 2012, and when it comes to the chef, he tells the paper he is looking for someone with continuity who will pay homage to the past of juliuss castle. right. we do have an update now on the a's move to las vegas. tropicana hotel will soon be demolished to make room for the a's. bally's confirms that it will implode the hotel in two weeks on october 9th. this will mark the end of an era for the hotel that opened back in 1957. this is where the a's new baseball stadium will be located.

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