regions of the bay area, through thursday due to continuing build-up of smoke and other pollutants in the atmosphere. we look at the 24 hour temperature change, most locations are significantly cooler than this hour yesterday, except here in san francisco, 6 degrees warmer. here looking under low clouds, 66 in san francisco, 66 in oakland, low 70s in mountain view and san jose, a little warmer inland but not this time of the year. in a few minutes. larry. >> this may help with the haze. containment efforts are slowly

going up in order to contain the state's destructive wildfires. they have burned nearly 400,000 acres, at 79% contained. the car fire in shasta county burned9,0 acres, 88% contained. the ferguson fire in yosemite burned nearly 97,000 acres, at this point, 100% contained. falling tree branches brought down by a fire retardant drop led to the death of a utah fire last week. this from a preliminary fire out today. the fire chief, matthew joine tl services for the captain were held today. ♪ thousands of firefighters from all across utah as well as across the country attended

services. burchett leaves behind a wife and 7-year-old son. holding a fund-raiser to benefit the family of a highway patrol man. officer kirk griess was hit when a truck hit him. the coffee service is donating one dollar for every cup sold today. he left behind a wife and three children. today, a bay area law firm filed a lawsuit against spa chain massage envy accusing dozens of the therapists of sexual assault. they're accusing seven different franchises including the bay area ranging from inappropriate touching to rape during their appointments. >> it creates an atmosphere that allows these predators to continue doing what they're good at, deceiving people into sexually assaulting customers at these locations.

>> massage envy says they have 25,000 massage therapists and estheticians, at 1200 franchised locations nation-wise. the company said we remain committed to our commitment to safety plan which is further strengthening our existing policies. safety is and will always be our priority and we will never stop working on it. a cal architecture professor has been suspended for three years without pay for sexually harassing a graduate student. in a statement released today professor alsayyad engaged in an hostile environment, a complaint filed in 2016s by a uc berkeley. the chancellor, one year into the role, spoke to us about her commitment to face up to the campus housing crisis. >> leslie brinkley is live with a look at what she said today.

leslie. >> reporter: dion, there are he settling into crowded, what are often times crowded expensive, hard to find living units. one bright spot, though, a brand new dorm just opened up. some nice new digs for over 750 incoming fresh american at cal. >> a luxury hotel, something like the hilton. incredible. >> reporter: it's blackwell hall, a new residence getting rave reviews for its ping-pong and pool tables. add to that long term lease apartments and uc berkeley added 836 beds this year on a campus long known for housing shortages. >> i'm committed to doubling the number of beds that we offer our students in the next 10 years. >> reporter: just one year into her tenure here, the new chancellor has successfully slashed the budget deficit and now prioritizing new housing construction on land the university owns, from adding

apartments at albany village to people's park. >> we're in the process of looking for a master developer to help us develop specific plans for all eight of these sites. >> i have lots of conversations with people and they say, don't build on people's park, build on the gateway site. we have to build on all the sites if we're going to meet this goal. it's such a critical goal for us to meet. >> reporter: this vacant field of sunflowers off of oxford will make way for the biggest project, 3,000 new beds in residence halls and apartments. unit 3 will make way for what they're calling densefication, adding 900 new beds to existing complex of buildings. berkeley o start branching out and building now housing because it keeps getting bigger and bigger. >> reporter: right now, cal only

guarantees housing to incoming freshmen for just one year. the goal is to eventually provide housing for them for two years and provide a year of housing to incoming graduate and transfer students. reporting live from the campus, leslie brinkley, abc7 news. >> we appreciate the story. thanks. fare evasion has gotten so out of hand they're looking to replace the orange fare gates. >> according to bart this costs them $28 million in revenue. a look at what bart has in mind exactly. leeann. >> reporter: we interviewed the bart spokesman today. during that nine minute interview right behind her we caught on camera 10 fare invaders. do the math. 10 in about 10 minutes. bart has a problem.

they jump over the fare gates. they push through them and even get stuck trying to evade the fare. bart says it's a costly problem that seems to be getting worse. >> $25 million at least. it's sending the wrong message to riders when one person hops over and the other one doesn't. we need to fast track the replacement of these gates even though they still work. >> reporter: bart is not allowed to modify the existing orange fare gates because the contractor owns the software. the only solution is replace the entire system that could cost between 150 to $200 million. bart will now conduct a study to determine what it would take to replace these gates and look at other cities like new york. >> we will look at how much does it cost? what are benefits and how do>>o spring of 2019. bart acknowledges there is a correlation between this kind of behavior and crimes committed at different stations.

muni ads, b it years it has seen a drop from 9 1/2% in 2009 to 7.9% in 2014. those are the most recent numbers. spokesperson, paul rose, told us those numbers went down after muni installed fare gates much harder to jump over. >> we have new fare gates up in 2010, 2011. >> reporter: bart put up monitors and began having inspectors ask for proof of payment. it seems none of it matters because the evaders seem not to carry anymore. in september next month, the board will get an update on how those deterrents are or are not working. in san francisco, lyanne melendez, abc7 news. >> caught on camera there. change for two bay area cities. the ban on a popular

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we all know it's pricey to buy a house in the bay area and zillow gives us a new analysis to tell us how long it will take to save to put that down payment on a new home. in the bay area, you would needy

longest time for big cities. if you were to buy a home in chicago, you need to save for three years and taxesig rt oron, 13 years and f tancot, i'm glad we don't live in portland. >> for once people are glad they don't live in portland. >> it's interesting, we were talking about portland before on camera. they have a low savings rate why they're estimating it's taking so long. they give us in the bay area a savings rate of $16,000 a year that you're able to live in the bay area and save that much, which i think is a little bit optimistic. it's more of the same, you know. it's tough to get into the market in california real

estate, san francisco, in particular. if you can get your foot in the market, the returns tend toeng e market. >> a 20% down payment on a starter home in the san francisco metro area is just under $160,000. assuming you don't want to spend the next decade living on ram men and spaghettios, what do you recommend? >> people get creative. first of all, no one likes to hear this but loans with less than 20% down payment are back. i do see people doing 10% down loans again. >> then you have pmi with the mortgage? >> generally you have pmi costs making that less attractive. we're back to people doing 80-1010 loans again to get around that issue. you also see folks looking at their 401(k) or retirement funds or the bank of mom and dad and greater family, as it were. folks look anywhere to find a

down payment and get the foot in the door. >> bank of mom and dad has excellent borrowing rates, sometimes, sometimes. at some point -- >> there's other strings attached. >> at some point, there's bound to be a correction in prices, or is there? >> so, yes. there's always a correction. everyone loves to talk about how this time is different and in retrospect this time is never really that different. the question is, when and what does that look like? the fundamentals in the bay area driving this in terms of not building enough housing and having a phenomenal job market, do you really want -- what you want to change is build more housing, right? no one's really rooting for the job market to fall apart. >> sure. in the meantime, it looks like we're having slower growth we interpret as progress. you mentioned the long term

danger in particular in the city of san francisco is becoming a more transient city where people look at it as a pit stop because they know they can't afford to live here long term. >> with real estate at these prices for the foreseeable future it again begs the question, who is san francisco for? who can come here and confidently, you know, put a fork in the ground, a stick in the ground, whatever you have, and say, this is my forever town, i'm here for the next 50 years. a 30 year mortgage makes sense. it's really hard with these prices. needing to save that much, given how much rent is, to take that attitude about san francisco. it does seem to me it's become a manhattanized city, folks come for a few years, have a great time, see the sights and settle down and get serious in the east bay and denver. >> >> or texas, somewhere else. >> exactly.

>> or parts unknown. matt, thanks for coming. hopefully, there's an end to this logical reasonable conclusion it becomes affordable. >> all righty. thank you, matt. >> thanks. bank of mom and dad always closed by the way. in other news, teenage drivers across the country are not heeding warnings about the dangers of texting behind the wheel. researchers have found on average 40% of teens nationwide are texting and driving, happening more often, montana, wyoming, dakotas and nebraska are the highest rates of teens distracted behind the wheel. in california, teens fared better. 32% were found to text and drive below the national average. the study is published in the journal of adolescent health. >> so dangerous. it's rampant. let's go to check on the forecast. >> doppler 7 shows lots of fog on the coastline pushing out on

the bay right now under gusty conditions to 23 miles an hour here and 24 miles an hour gusts at fairfield and around the bay area, pretty breezy. here's a view looking at the iconic tower. low clouds. 66 in oakland. 80 at morgan hill and 59 at half moon bay. here's the view from above those clouds from mt. tam. santa rosa, 74. 68 in napa. 79 at livermore. here's the view looking back towards the western sky. these are our forecast features, low clouds expanding overnight with a chance of spotty drizzle. below average temperatures beginning tomorrow and only minor temperature changes. the forecast shows low clouds expanding over the bay and inland to some extent. we may see spotty coastal

drizzle during the overnight and evening hours and it may be reduced for early morning commuters and low clouds lingers for a while giving us mainly sunny skies over the bay and inland. the low temperatures in the mid to upper 50s, we've been seeing that a lot lately. highs around 62 on the coast. look for upper 60s tomorrow and maybe mid-70s and inland warms up to only low to mid 80s. not a very warm day at all tomorrow. a pleasant one. temperatures may bounce up a couple degrees on wednesday. not much and thursday back to the range we expect tomorrow. over the weekend, still little change until sunday. looks like sunday could bring us slightly mild weather by a few degrees in the upper 80s and 70s around the bay. temperatures bounce -- not bounce but drop back down into

the range we expect all week long. once again, a lot of words to say very little, which is -- >> that's why we give him three minutes. >> you have the gift of the gab. >> basically, there's no meat. >> so disappointing. >> little change is what i mean. little change in the temperature range. that's all. >> oh, boy. california has an official animal, a fossil and flower. now, there's something new. the official sport of the state just ahead. the movie that is taking the box

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>> that's just from dion going to see it over and over. >> i even drove my 12-year-old boy to see it. "crazy rich asians took in $35 million and already a winner. it's proof representation not only matters, it can also pay off. "crazy rich asians" is the first hollywood film to feature and all asian cast in a quarter century. they bought out theaters and gave away tickets to underserved communities and called it gold open. i spoke to a facebook employee nonprofit, they helped drive the movement. >> you do stories on birthday parties and anniversary gatherings and a rallying pointed for powerful.

>> he says african-american groups held buy-out screenings for "crazy rich will do that for another movie. it's the first headline thriller headlined by an asian-american actor. i sat down with john chu, who'd family owns the restaurant in los altos. he says if it succeeds more projects for other minority groups would get the green light and why the romantic comedy has become a movement for diversity in storytelling. >> thank you. the oakland as enlisted star power to promote the ticket plan. this is my first time. i'm a little nervous. i'm a little nervous. >> that is star pitcher, sean sn

mannaya working the phones. i can't imagine him being that nervous. it included discounts and looks like the race to the top of the west is having an impact and already sold more tickets for >> i'd be nervous on the other end of the phone. it is official, governor jerry brown signed a bill making surfing the official sport in california. surfing in california has rich history and culture and attracts people around the world and generates over $6 billion in annual retail sales. as a jury decides paul manafort's fate, the former campaign chairman has another people are taking steps to fight type 2 diabetes... ...with fitness ...food and farxiga, the pill that starts with "f".

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held today. laura anthony. one look at the picture from walnut creek, why we have another air scare day. what does this recycled paper at marin county have to do with the trade war with china? that answer ahead at 5:00 p.m. there is still no verdict in the paul manafort trial. the jury wrapped up its day of deliberations about an hour ago and how president trump could be a factor in deliberations. >> reporter: the prosecution likely feeling nervous right now but the defense is looking forward to tomorrow. day three of jury deliberations in paul manafort's trial ended in no verdict.

jurors taking their time to work through 18 counts of tax and bank fraud to decide if he's guilty or not guilty. >> the jury announced they would continue to deliberate starting tomorrow morning at 9:30. mr. manafort is happy to hear that and thinks it was var good day. >> reporter: the six men and six women spent the day pouring over nearly 400 exhibits showing he defrauded banks out of millions of dollars and failed to pay the irs on millions more. the former 2016 trump campaign chairman is accused of stashing $60 million in offshore bank accounts. robert mueller's team claim manafort allegedly committed the crimes before his work for the president. >> i think it's a very sad day for our country. >> reporter: as the jury deliberated friday, president trump weighed in on the federal trial. >> he happens to be a very good person. i think it's very sad what they've done to paul manafort. >> reporter: the jury was

instructed to only consider what was submitted in court. possible jurors not sequestered over the weekend could have heard the president's support of manafort. his defense hasn't ruled out a potential pardon for the former campaign chairman. nbc7 news. >> the father who confessed to killing his wife and two daughters has just been charged in the case. chris watts charged with first-degree murder, termination of pregnancy and tampering with a body. the associated press reported saying chris watts admitted to killing his pregnant wife but said she is the one that strangled their daughters when he sought a separation. one of the last people to see the mother alive is speaking out. >> it was one of my worst nightmares. i didn't know what to say or do.

>> reporter: nicole atkinson said she didn't want to think something bad happened to her friend, jeanine watts when she couldn't get in touch with her last monday but had a feeling something wasn't right. >> she wasn't there. the girls weren't there. it didn't make sense. if her car was there, where was she? >> reporter: she was the last person to see her alive, dropping her off at her colorado home after a late business trip. >> when we go on a business trip, she blows up my phone the next business day. >> reporter: when she learned the 34-year-old pregnant mother of two also missed a doctor's appointment, she alerted her husband, chris, and called police. >> he kept saying he didn'tnowhy date and couldn't give us the name of the friend. >> reporter: chris water who used to work at a petroleum company, killed his wife at their home and drove the bodies of 3-year-old celeste and 4-year-old bella to a family

property. the wife was found grave and the two girls submerged in oil tanks. she said she wasn't shocked by chris' arrest. the last time i talked to him he said, i want to cry. i said, why aren't you? >> she said she confided in her chris became standoffish. he has been arrested and will be in court on tuesday. abc news, los angeles. new details today in the case of the missing iowa college student who spent part of her childhood in the east bay. mollie tibbetts father says law enforcement asked him to return to their daily lives while they continue searching. he lives in fresno and works in the bay area. it's been over a month. the italian bridge that collapsed last week, residents have been asked to stop retrieving their items under the

bridge because they're hearing creaking noise. officials ruled out the possibility the sound was caused by wind. 43 people were killed last tuesday when the span collapsed. the north bay city banning round-up. >> we certainly hope other cities follow our lead. it's important. >> their plan to put people and the environment first. we see low clouds moving over san francisco and over the bay.

two north bay cities are no longer using the weedkiller, round-up after a jury awarded a verdict. >> a grounds keeper with terminal cancer was awarded $289.2 million. a look at the organic approach. >> reporter: these small faces are a huge motivation for novato's mayor, josh friday. >> there's a saying you put your money behind your values. in our community we value the environment and protecting our children. >> reporter: in an effort to do so the city will no longer use the round-up or product containing the chemical. >> they did declareround-up carcinogenic quite a while ago. >> reporter: it's a victories for sustainable novato that

advocated against it for years. >> you can't put a price tag on your children's health and health of your pets and loved ones. >> reporter: this year, the jury did put a price on one man's terminal cancer, a former groundskeeper, $289 million. he sprayed the weedkiller in bulk 30 time as year. 2 1/2 years into the job a diagnosis of non-lodge kins lymphoma. >> it's way bigger than me. so hopefully this thing will start to get the attention it needs to get right so folks can make a good choice. >> reporter: monsanto, the makers of round-up say they will appeal. >> the verdict today doesn't change the overwhelming scientific evidence and 40 year. >> we wanted to make sure because of the ruling that our community knew we were weeds. novato's hamilton ground station is the perfect example of this type of landscaping.

volunteers do organic gardening here, pulling weeds, putting down mulch and using recycled water. >> if we all do a little bit, it adds up. >> reporter: the city of be of n gone round-up-free. we had low clouds near the coastline and now pushing back over the bay. let me take you through the evening and overnight hours as we see the fog surging over the bay and inland during the overnight hours. there will be fog in many locations and misty near the coastline, maybe spotty drizzle overnight, low temperatures and lows in mid-to upper 50s for the most part. it will be a slow processes pulling back to the coastline. once it pulls back to the coast in the afternoon, mainly sunny skies and a bit hazy over the inland areas and bay and highs range upper 60s to low 70s and

in the warmest inland locations. about 60 degrees or so on the coast. the accuweather 7-day forecast, the next seven days, very little change in the high temperature range. mid 70s on the bay mid-atlantic 60s. expecting possible temperatures sunday and back down again on monday. >> that's okay. >> no extremes. that's a good thing. >> all right. special dedication today in san jose, flag now flying at the airport in honor of the man it's named after. do you still need a travel agent? are they even around? can you find a oh! oh! ♪ ozempic®! ♪ (vo) people with type 2 diabetes are excited about the potential of once-weekly ozempic®. in a study with ozempic®, a majority of adults lowered their blood sugar and reached an a1c of less than seven and maintained it. oh! under seven? (vo) and you may lose weight. in the same one-year study, adults lost on average up to 12 pounds.

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50,000 students went back to school in san francisco today. abc7 news reporter, amy hollyfield met with the superintendent as he toured some schools. >> i'm kind of nervous and also excited because new year, new me. >> reporter: that's how he started his fifth grade year this morning at san francisco's hillcrest elementary school. it's that kind of enthusiastic attitude the superintendent enjoys seeing for himself, so he toured a few schools, like

hillcrest, on this first day. >> i do it throughout the year but definitely on the first day, i want to be out amongst the students. >> reporter: dr. vincent matthews first watched a first grade class approach a math problem with an innovative method. and he went on a tour and jaden was happy to lead the tour but when we asked him what a superintendent does he won't quite sure. >> a superintendent wants to know about stuff. they come to places and ask people what is this place about. >> reporter: when we told him the superintendent is the boss and asked him what he would like for him to change, jaden said he would like to see more play structures. we asked a mom the same question, her focus was on security. >> keeping the school safe. last year, we had a crazy guy come on campus. >> reporter: we asked dr. mahe aut answeri such a wide range of opinions. w ps

backs for the good thi doing, keep those things going and look at the areas we need to improve and try to keep making things better. >> reporter: the superintendent says his goal is that all students are thriving this year. they truly do look at today as new year's day. in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc news. >> how cool is jaden? new year, new me. >> great attitude. kids got encouragement on their way to school today. see it written there on the sidewalk. we were in alameda where the inspiring surprise was discovered just in time for the first day of classes at the alameda schools. the chalk message comes from an anonymous author. it says, you are so loved, all you need to remember today. >> nice for adults to read as well. some young innovators got a

major boost in their work today. to aliviate everything from school bullying to clothing homeless teens and a st. albany teen turned hate into a strong program. >> we realized there was a strong need for education in our upper elementary program. >> past incidents of bullying or hate received towards them and have them really learn how to accept themselves better and also accept and celebrate their diverse peers better. >> i love that. that's so advanced. each winner received a $36,000 prize to help launch their project and continue their work. planning on going on vacation this fall or winter? >> the question is, do you need travel agent? michael finney with a look why they might still be relevant. >> when is the last time you last spoke with a travel agent. if you're under 30 the answer

could be, what is a travel agent. here to help us with that is kevin, with the consumer nonprofit bay area's consumer checkbook. a lot of people consider a travel agent about as useful as a landline phone. they've got their place but not with me. >> a lot of people see them as a thing of the past. there used to be a time you needed to book a hotel or trip you had to rely on these people to book it for you and otherwise, you're on the phone these days looking through the brochures. now, you shop till you drop on the internet. booking airfare from here to l.a. or whatever you probably don't need a travel agent to coordinate that for you. these days, remaining travel agents are travel consultants. let's say you want to go to china or japan or india or safari in africa, you want

somebody's help planning that. they send a lot of customers and you're hiring them to help coordinate and plan your trip opposed to using them to book stuff and uncover the best deal. >> when i think of a travel agent being really useful where you always read is cruises. they are the guys. is that true? >> they may, especially if they book a lot of customers to the destination you want to go, they can be a great destination for that. the these thing about cruises, they probably continent chargeo o u one,laa ngri and can't be bothered planning it, seems like too much work, it's like the work you're trying to get away from on vacation. another reason if you're going overseas, you may be stuck in a country you may not speak the language or dealing with a tour

operator. if there's a problem, booking through a tour agency gives you a single source to complain to if things don't go right. not a matter, who's fault is it. the tour agent or shuttle service or airline? no, the travel agent to fix it because that's who you paid to do that troubleshooting for you. >> if you're going somewhere you've never gone before and you don't speak the language, do they have people on the ground there? >> they should. they should have local fixers, not only scouting out all these operations but somebody you can again go to and say, look, i'm having a problem, i don't know whose problem it is, tour operator or hotel or tour line operator, you need somebody to fix it and if things don't go right, you will be demanding a refund from that single source opposed to figuring out who to complain to. >> one thing i noticed on travel

agents, you rated them on quality but not on price. >> it's really difficult to nail them down for prices. now that they're consultants, sure, they'll charge you a commission, may charge you $25 or $30 to book an airfare for you and another price to book a hotel room. they may not charge at all to arrange a tour because a tour operator may be kicking back. ask what their hourly rate is because that can vary a lot. some places charge less than $100 to arrange your trip and others charge a lot more, what is the cost to plan myrip fro a to z. >> kevin, from consumers' device by subscribing to bay area's consumer checkbook or check it out for free and

checking "7 on your side." mickey mouse turns 90 in just 90 days. disney announced a pop-up exhibit to celebrate, called "mickey the true original exhibition" in new york in november. it will feature short films of everyone's favorite mouth. his official birthday is november 18th, 1928, when he debuted in steamboat willie. the parent company of abc. you're watching the simpsons, their favorite story has come to life in south asrolina. t memorabilia, food drinks and one of a kind items from the show. you know what those are? >> squishy, obviously. >> and lard donuts. a real one. the first full-service kwik-e

mart store in the world. >> that's cool. they're bigger than i remembered. >> i do not know. i did not watch "the simpsons." >> we need to move on. getting an honor from an airport that bears his name. norm mineta. >> up next, the brilliant career of norm mineta and how he stood up for people at capitol hill. new at 5:00, san francisco does a 180 on a costly traffic item. in crisis mode. they can't sell it and have nowhere to store all this plastic. that story coming up. the little owl on

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bears his name and now there's something new. the american flag that fly over the u.s. capitol over the last few days of his service. >> norm mineta's brilliant career is etched forever in united states history. this flag is a testament to his service. >> reporter: grace and her husband, jack, secured that flag. grace's family and the minetas were both sentenced to the internment camp in wyoming during world war ii. >> glad to have the flag i flew on the last day in congress on the wall. >> reporter: norman's public service career spanned 52 years serving in congress and secretary of commerce and transportation. >> so many people gathered to unveil the flag and spoke about how norm mineta influenced their career choice, many entering

public service because of them. >> rorter: among those, the mayor. >> i applied to be an intern. then congressman norm mineta's office kindly took me in. >> reporter: he admits he once thought about going into aeronautical engineering until he took calculus. >> i figured for the safety of the country and my own future i better find another major. >> reporter: the flag can be found at terminal b. abc7 news. norman also participated in a celebration today of 50 years of operating at san jose airport. his wife was a united flight attendant for 35 years. >> calculus gets everybody. the abc news app has video features and customization and push alerts for the news you want in real-time. >> that's it. thanks for joining us. >> abc7 news at 5 starts right

now. >> it gets a little bit worse. we really haven't been able to move anything the last three weeks. >> a trade war with china fueling a recycling nightmare in the bay area. >> have you noticed the air? smoke as far away as canada is making it harder to spend time outside. plus, new accusation as once trusted bay pastor nearly tore apart one woman's marriage. >> a hug nearly 70 years in the making, separated by the korean war. >> live where you live. abc7 news. >> take a look at this. giant mound of paper planned stick in the north bay and going nowhere fast. diplomatic tensions taking a toll. >> a country that once bought our recyclable items put the brakes on the purchases. >> cornell has the fall-out.fal.

>> reporter: marin recycling company calling this a crisis. they never planned to get in the storage business but that's what's happening. check out this tower of plastic because they can't get rid of it and their main buyer isn't buying. this is only the beginning. recycling trucks are unloading paper and plastic by the minute at marin recycling center. finding space for those items has become a giant problem. they're running out of room. >> there's a lot of it and doubles since last week. >> reporter: kimberly isn't joking, 10 feet high stretching as long as a football field. >> no, we can't go one more bale