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bottle to the airport if you choose and refill it once through security. you won't be able to purchase these inside of the terminal any longer. most of the people we spoke with here today don't seem to mind. >> these rows of plastic water bottles at sfo will soon be a thing of the past. on august 20th, plastic water bottles will no longer be for sale in airport vending machines or by retailers. they'll be removed from airline lounges. >> a single plastic bottle takes anywhere from 500 to 1,000 years to biodee grade. tremendous impact on the environment. we're talking a place that sells 10,000 per day. >> it's a good thing. we need to be more environmentally friendly and if airports don't lead the way, who will. >> you'll still be able to purchase water at sfo in recyclable aluminum, glass or compostable packaging. >> i think it's a step in the right direction. it's pretty easy to bring your own bottle and they have
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machines that you can fill them with and why not. >> sfo has approximately 100 refill stations throughout the airport. >> who doesn't have a reusable water bottle nowadays? >> the ban applies to all forms of unflavored water, still water, sparkling water and water infused with electrolytes. it doesn't apply to the flavored waters, teas, juices or sodas but that could change in the future. >> i'm all for the environmental aspect. i bring my own bot with me so it doesn't affect me. it will cause inconvenience for a lot of people. >> i do miss plastic straws. >> the airport still has those if you ask. >> and apparently other cities are now looking to sfo for vice. they may be want to do th same thing. a spokesperson here declined to say which cities that is. melanie woodrow, abc7 news. >> thanks so much. and the plastic water bottle ban is just the next step that sfo is taking in its quest to be
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america's most environmentally conscious airport. in the past decade, it has installed low flow faucets an water saving toilets and working to expand the use of biofuel for airplanes. the next steps include more bike lanes to get people out of cars and on to bikes. it plans to convert the fleet of diesel parking lot bus shuttles to an all electric fleet. >> abc7 news is committed to building a better bay area and devoting a week to the housing crunch looking at the lengths some people go to that they can have a roof over their head. >> we've shared stories of people paying $1200 to rent a closet, yes, a closet. >> it takes all of us working together to find a solution to one of our region's biggest problems. >> right now, we're getting your input as well as some stories how housing crunch is affecting lives every day. news anchor dan ashley is about to host a three-hour town hall.
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dan. >> good to be with you. we're about to start this three-hour town hall in a few moments. i encourage everyone who would like to take part to turn to our facebook page, youtube channel, as well as our website to take part in the town hall. part of our effort to build a better bay area means focusing on the housing issue which is at a bit of a crisis point in the bay area because it's become so expensive and making life very difficult for a lot of people. we're not going to solve the housing problem in the next three hours but we will understand it a great deal better. as we go in depth. i have a terrific panel of experts here with me. i'm very excited to hear what they have to say. they have an incredible depth of knowledge across a broad spectrum whether it's government and different agencies and i'm going to start quickly with you, ken, the planning director association of bay area governments. what do you hope that we can
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deal with in the next three hours that will help people understand exactly how this problem is affecting so many people and what solutions we might realistically be able to be achieve? >> one of the things that folks who have been working on the housing issue and dealing with it day to day have come to realize, there's no one silver bullet solution. we have to produce a lot more housing at all income levels but especially affordable housing for the workforce. we have to preserve some of our existing affordable housing and protect people from display thes displacement. we can't choose one or the other and have to have the region moving forward together. >> i think a key word you used is region. one city can't solve it on its own. thank you very much. we look forward to hearing from all of our experts on television and across all of our platforms. this housing town hall is getting under way. we want to take your questions. if there's something you want asked and want me to direct to
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an expert please go to our facebook page at abc7news.com, with your website as well as our facebook page abc news. let me hear from you. we'll get under way here in the conference room on the second floor but for the moment, back to you in the studio. >> we are indeed all in it together. dan, folks, send in your questions to him. as part of our efforts to build a better bay area, we're spen this week looking into the housing crisis from every angle from the high prices to some of the more innovative ways that people are choosing to live in san francisco but how do we even get to this point to begin with? >> abc news reporter liz kreutz is going back in time and breaking down numbers to show how and why things have changed. >> we all know home prices in the bay area are out of control. but obviously, it wasn't always this way. >> we can't just turn back time. >> thanks for the advice, mark ruffalo. but to understand what it was once like, we're going to do it. let's start in the '90s.
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those were the days, right? and not just for campy television. the internet was dialup. mark zuckerberg was in grade school and compared to now, in san francisco, it was a pretty amazing time to buy a house. >> look at these numbers. in the mid '90s, the median price of a home here was roughly $300,000. yes, that was more than the national median home price but if you tried to get a home for ha price now, here's an example of something you might get. yeah. but from then on, housing prices only went up. thanks to drum roll please, money from tech. around 2000, the first tech bub, home prices in san francisco did go up to a median price of more than $500,000. but fast forward a little over ten years and that's when things really took off. 2012 with the year facebook went public. the next year twitter did. at the same time, housing prices skyrocketed. in the past seven years, the
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median home price in san francisco has more than doubled. the same has happened in cities across the bay area. yep, bottom line, enter the big ipos and the bay area housing market has never been the same since. and we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. a woman, her child and their dog are safe this afternoon after being rescued from a cliff at fort funded. en in san francisco. firefighters pulled them to safety after they became stranded around noon. you can see the dog there. they were okay, but one firefighter had to be taken to the hospital after suffering is nonlife-threatening injuries. cornell bernard will have a live report coming up at 5:00. one of two people still considered missing after last year's camp fire has been located in oroville. a butte county sheriff's detectives spotted wendy carole
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walk down a street last night. she knew she was listed as missing but didn't say she was safe because of unresolved legal issues. the woman is now the seoul person unaccounted for the after the fire. >> i an couple high profile cases. no deliberations today in the ghost ship trial. the jury ended its first full day of discussions yesterday without reaching a verdict. and they'll get back at it on tuesday. ghost ship founder derick almena and creative director max harris are each charged with 36 counts of involuntary manslaughter. as soon as the jury reaches a decision, we'll send an alert via the free abc7 news app. and a plea hearing for a man accused of fatally stabbing nia willson as the macarthur b.a.r.t. station has been postpones. investigators say john lee cowell stabbed her to death last july. willson's sister was also stabbed but survived. his attorney says he has a
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mental history but last month i a judge ruled him competent to stand trial. prosecutors say they need time to go over latest doctor's report. it was rescheduled for august 19th. >> the case of two abandoned horses found in a home depot parking lost last week. they were stolen from a ranch. a possible suspect has been identified. so far no arrests have been made. they were left without food or water up to 24 hours and being treated as a veterinary facility as the investigation continues. >> the city of oakland is poised to honor a journalist. assassinated on this day 12 years ago. chauncey bailey was shot and killed as he walked to his office at the oakland post. the morning of august 2nd, 2007. yesterday, city councilwoman lynn net gibson mcal henne flounced a commemorative plastic in honor of bailey on what would have been his 70th birthday. >> she's taking the step for his
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family and to stand up for free speech at a time when they are under attack. >> san francisco state university is shutting down its chinese language program in reading. the examiner repor the university reports it ended a 14-year-old collaboration with china under federal pressure. china also supported language classes, cultural events, teacher training and summer camps for thousands of bay area students and educators. u.s. officials warn it exposes the u.s. to sabotage. >> a news conference is about to get under way. we're keeping an eye on that and will bring it to you live as soon as someone begins that news conference. >> the reason they're holding this conference we believe is because it has come out that the santa clara county coroner's office is saying the gunman in the mass shooting killed
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himself. that will contradict what police said earlier that the officers fired the fatal shot. they had talked a lot about how immediately one minute after the shooting began they were on gunman and they had gotten to him and killed him is what they said earlier. gilroy police chief scot smithee is expected to clarify and make clear why the contradicts. we are watching it for you. you can see the podium is ready
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natale hoorth who is one of two mill valley teens accused in a police officer's death petitioned the court for his client's release. no word when a tribunal might hear the appeal. >> sympathy for the officer copied to pour in from around the world as abc7's wayne freedman reports that includes here in the bay area. >> this murder is not going to change our love for italy. >> two women on a couch in a neighborhood in punch richmond a world away from rome but after the murder of italian carabinieri they feel right next door emotionally. >> my first reaction was like i was punched in the gut. >> i felt it go all the way to my sole. >> lorraine lombardo and christina olivo low started a movement to raise money for the the mario rega. >> i put it on my facebook page. >> we know the account number in
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rome and so everybody's on their own. go to the bank. and make a donation. >> as of this morning, the post had generated more than 3,000 responses and fewer than 47 hours. we don't know how much money it's brought in nor will we. that remains private. but it does have local significance because the two suspects are from this region. >> super embarrassed. i'm a parent. i have a 20-year-old son who went to the same high school as this finnegan elder. i put myself in the shoes of those parents. i cry for them. but i also put myself in the shoes of the italians and i cry for them. >> reporter: as for lorraine, this case is personal. she's a retired san francisco police officer who spent 30 years on the streets who has friends in the carabinieri. she knows some of them and a third generation italian american and has a genuine carabinieri hat and home. >> what do you want italy to note about the san francisco bay
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area? >> that we love them. we always have, we always will. we stand you. >> reporter: they're doing so with money talking an international language of sympathy. in point richmond, wayne freedman, abc7 news. >> let's get to gilroy for that live press conference happening. > s-k-o-t-only one t in the first name and smithee for the last name. immediately following his comments, we will entertain some questions if you have any of those, and kind of see how things work out. with that, chief smithee. i don't have a whole lot for you today as far as an update but i did have a piece of information that i thought was important that we at least try to push out before the weekend. it came to my attention this afternoon that the coroner's office had released a cause and manner of death of the suspect in this case. when they do that, it doesn't
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mean they have the whole report done. we don't have a lot of detail. they draw a conclusion in their preliminary determination the cause and manner of death is a self-inflicted gunshot wound. and i wanted to address that at least briefly. so when the shooting occurred, and our officers ran to the area the shooting occurred and they engaged the suspect, the suspect immediately changed his fire from the crowd towards the officers. and as they were engaining in gunfire our officers did fire multiple rounds at the suspect. i do know that the suspect was hit multiple times by the rounds that our officers fired which put him down. but it appears now with that ruling on the cause and manner of death that once he was down, he was able to get a round off and he shot himself. it sounds like that round was to
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the head. i don't think that really changes much of anything. but if somebody were to look at just the cause and manner and they started asking a lot of questions and i wanted to make sure it the information remained consistent. we didn't get a different sort of story going out over the weekend. you know, the coroner's office will release a full reportrial include things like that exactly where he was hit, how many times he was hit, all that data but that usually takes quite a length of time before they release that. and then once that gets released of course, that will become public and we'll be able to release that information to you at all, as well. that was really the gist confident additional information that i wanted to put out before we went into the weekend. anybody have any questions? yeah. >> reporter: did the officers see the gunman turn and shoot himself in the head?
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>> you know, i don't know. i don't believe they did. i just don't know. he may have already been down on the ground when it occurred. but until we get the full report -- early indications to me is that they did not realize that that had happened. >> chief, was he down on the ground when he shot himself or once he was down, did the officers hit him multiple times down, he may have already been down. >> square that for me. >> again, i don't -- i'm hesitant to say exactly at what point but we do know that as he was being hit by the rounds being fired by our officers, that he went he initially went down to his knees and then down to the ground. but i don't have enough data to
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suggest at what point during that sequence of events this round from his rifle may have been fired. i just don't know. >> can you say approximately how many times for sure the gun fired from the officers? >> i don't know how many rounds they fired yet. obviously it would be several. you know, i'll wait till the fbi comes up with that. they'll be able to tell us exactly. frankly, i don't know how many times the suspect was struck other than i've gotten at least early reports that it was multiple times. >> follow-up question to that. yesterday you addressed whether -- [ inaudible question ] still appear to be the case by police gunfire? >> we have no evidence to suggest that bystanders were struck by the officers' gunfire. >> do you know how many officers were shooting at the gunman? >> three. >> and those were the three
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officers names i released yesterday. >> were you aware the officers shot the gunman around the body? >> i don't have enough data for that to answer that. that will be part of that full coroner's report. so they'll be able to tell us exactly where and how many times. >> ak he shot himself? >> that's my understanding. >> in your mind, does this change anything about the officers' actions? >> glad you asked that question. in my mind, it changes nothing. you know, the officers still got there fast. they engaged him fast. they drew his fire and they eliminated the threat. whether he fired that final shot or not is in my mind changes nothing.
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>> so what's next? what do you do with this information? >> i think now we just go back to the waiting game until the scene gets processed until the coroner finishes the rest of their report, until the investigation is completed. and once we get all of those things combined together, we'll get a better understanding of all the details of the event that everybody wants to know. >> is there an update on the crime scene in terms of has it been reduced anyway today? yesterday it was reduced by 50%. >> i have not even talked to the fbi today. out there. so i don't know, i'm sorry. those of you just coming in, if you want, we'll do it for you again if you want. >> i would very much appreciate that. >> yeah, you can hang tight and i'll do it again for you guys. >> does this information help towards a motive?
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>> no, i don't think it -- i don't think it helps with any kind of a motive, no. >> [ inaudible question ] >> not that i'm aware of. >> saw them coming and changed -- >> he was very clearly firing at our officers, yes. >> were any officers hit by the gunman? >> none of the officers were hit. >> were you surprised to learn that he died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound? >> well, based on everything that we heard, you know, the preliminary step it's such a chaotic scene, i think i was a little surprised all ho this is not uncommon in these types of situations when somebody realizes you know, that they're not going to be able to do anymore. i think we've seen that happen in a number of other events around the country, as well.
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>> sorry, just to confirm, it was a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, correct. >> that's what the coroner's office preliminary report is saying, yes, yes. okay. i've got two or three of you that just came in. do we want to just switch and i'll -- >> are you guys good that just came in? >> yeah, we're good. >> you are watching the tail end of this news conference in gilroy, the gilroy police chief saying that the gunman actually fired a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head at some point during when the officers were taking him down. >> they had fired shots at him. he was down. at that point, he couldn't go anywhere. he finally fired that shot to his head. but as you heard them say this changes nothing in the sense of the heroic actions of the officers getting to the threat
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and neutralizing the threat and three people are dead, including the children. >> they wait for the coroner's report to come out. we will stay on this. you can find the at at&t we believe in access. the opportunity for everyone to explore a digital world. connecting with the things that matter most. and because nothing keeps us more connected than the internet. we've created access from at&t california households with at least one resident who receives snap or ssi benefits. may qualify for home internet at discounted rate of $10 a month. no commitment, deposit, or installation fee. visit att.com/accessnow, to learn more.
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japanese e-commerce giant rakuten wants to stay in business with the warriors. bloomberg business is reporting the company is looking to extend its sponsorship deal with the team. they paid the team $60 million to place the logo on the team's jerseys. according to company officials it's brand recognition among u.s. basketball fans jumped 300% this year. probably a good deal for them. >> 926 days after breaking ground at the chase center, this was a big day for the warriors. team president rick welds was prenned with a key to the front
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door and abc7's larry beil was there for this exclusive moment. >> this is a big deal. this is the key. this is the key to the chase center. >> we're humble people. pier we are, you being the vip. >> the privately financed arena will be the new home of the warriors starting with the upcoming season 2019-'20. wealths used his new keys for the very first time. >> hang on. >> this is the moment. raymond ritter is inside. it worked. >> it worked. >> awesome. look at that. >> nice. >> awesome. >> this is the ceremonial key. >> not sure that one's going to work. >> a culmination of the organization's efforts. this was a crazy dream of joe and peter's eight years ago. everybody literally pren in the warriors organization has touched this project over those eight years and made a contribution. so i look around here. >> see the accumulated efforts of 200 of our employees, the
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architects, construction workers, it just shows like you can have a dream and make it work even a dream this audacious in san francisco which is a hard place to get something like this done. >> all right. the first public event at the chase center will not be a basketball game. you might have heard it will be a metallica san francisco symphony concert september 6th. >> fitting. >> only give larry the ceremonial one. not the real one. >> don't entrust him with that. >> president trump is upping his trade showdown with china. he says americans won't be feeling the impact of the new round of tariffs but is that really the case? >> this is a live look at our town hall going on right now on the bay area's housing crisis the bay area's housing crisis moderated by dan ashley. oh thaphenomenal!, that's unfair. that's so unfair. c'mon jay-bo. let's go. let's go. woahh! try my $4.99 bbq bacon double cheeseburger combo.
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now news to build a better bay area. from abc7. >> an autopsy was. ed today on the 22-year-old granddaughter of robert f. kennedy. her body was found at the family's compound in massachusetts. she had documented her struggles with depression. >> investigators are looking into whether the young woman may have died from a drug overdose. elizabeth hur tells us how the kennedy family is reacting. >> reporter: new details from officials investigating the latest kennedy family tragedy. >> on the phone with the caller
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now. 21 mar shandon in hyannis port. >> reporter: officials saying it was around thursday afternoon first responders rushed to the kennedy family compound in hyannis port for an unresponsive female later pronounced dead at the hospital. the victim sear shah kennedy hill, the granddaughter of robert f. kennedy. an autopsy revealing to trauma but according to authorities the exact cause and manner of death are pending a toxicology report. hill was 22 years old, just three years ago, she shared her struggles with depression in her high school newspaper writing my depression took root in the beginning of my middle school years and will be with me for the rest of my life. in a statement, the kennedy family confirming sear shah's death saying their hearts are shattereded and her 91-year-old grandmother ethyl kennedy adding the world is a little less beautiful today. >> my heart goes out to the kennedy family.
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i remember when bobby passed and my heart just goes out. >> this is another sad chapter in the kennedy family legacy. most notoriously the assassinations of robert f. kennedy and his brother, then president john f. kennedy and 20 years ago this year an airplane pilots by jfk junior along with his wife and sister-in-law crashed into the atlantic ocean killing everyone on board. sear shah was a member of the class of 2020 at boston college and in a statement the university said she was a gived student who was thoughtful and compassionate. elizabeth hur, abc news, new york. >> to take action logon to our website. there are links to all sorts of resources including some for mental health issues and organizations that can offer help. >> ricardo rossello is officially out as the governor of puerto rico following a political scandal. he issued a statement this
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afternoon announcing his resignation effective 5:00 local tim time. >> sworn in as secretary of state wednesday making him next in line of succession. however, he has not been confirmed for that post yet by puerto rico's senate. president trump is escalating his trade showdown with china announcing a new round of tariffs. he says americans won't be paying for those but is that really the case? abc news reporter serena marshall explains how it could affect your pocketbook. >> the tariff truce are china over. >> we've taken the toughest ever action to stand up to china's trade abuse. >> the president promoting the new 10% tariffs on $300 billion worth of chinese products at his rally in cincinnati last night. >> we're stopping the theft of american jobs. >> he had announced them with a surprise tweet earlier in the day. they're in addition to the previously place the tariffs on
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250 bibens-dirkx in chinese goods announced earlier this year. meaning the trump administration will now impose an import tax on virtually all chinese imports. the president claiming. >> you're not paying for those tariffs. china is paying for those tariffs. >> that's not true as the add the cost often passed on to consumers. american shopper coz now see prices go up on everything from clothing to smartphones, tvs and toys. >> businesses have choice. either they they can eat the cost or pass it off to the consumer. we get all of these items from china and with this additional tariff on these minutes consumers will pay more. >> china has already promised reciprocal actions worrying american soybean farmers. >> i'm preparing for worst. >> before the trade war, china bought 60% of u.s. soybean exports. >> a lot of farmers will have to come up with that's right sour sfrz income. >> the president offering an
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improbable solution. >> make your product in america. >> many businesses agree something needs to be done to combat chinese ip theft and cyber espionage but say the tariffs are not the preferred method. abc news, washington. >> the trade war has been weighing be on the stock market. in fact, this has been the worst week of the year. the dow jones drop otd 98 points and the nasdaq fell 107. the s&p 500 was off by 21 and that is with a rosy july jobs report. >> abc7 news is committed to building a better bay area. this week we started looking at the housing crisis. >> we know we have some of the most expensive real estate in the country and need to find a solution. abc news anchor dan ashley is in the middle of his town hall. dan? >> hi, kristen. we're having an electric discussion for the next few hours on all of our plat fors on line. i hope people will tune in and send me questions because i'd love to give them the chance to have those questions answered.
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we have an absolutely fabulous panel here. and we've been having a very interesting discussion. i'll quickly to turn to judson true, the brand-new director of housing delivery in san francisco, a new position created by the mayor. housing delivery means exactly what the name implies. delivering housing. and you've been tasked with trying to find 5,000 new houses a year, is that correct? >> to try to work through the city process and policy issues and permitting to make sure we can get those units built each year for all the people who need to live here. we hit over 5,000 a few years ago coming out of the -- as the economy recovered after the great recession. we have to do it. we have mo choice. we can't solve the bay area's housing crisis in san francisco but we can show the way what it will mean to get the housing built. we want to make sure at least a third of the housing units are affordable. we're in danger of losing our eaches, our middle class, our
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workers. it's a huge crisis. >> quickly, cynthia parker is the president, ceo of bridge housing a non-profit developer of affordable housing. we were talking online about the challenges that seattle is facing. they passed a levy to subsidize housing. huge job both, huge housing shortage. >> that's right. i think i was commenting that seattle and san francisco are in very similar places. people in seattle say they don't want to be like san francisco. but of course, they're both beautiful cities. and both have enormous job growth that's occurring. and also, not keeping pace with the delivery of housing. > thanks very much. again, getting a sense of this great group of people that have so much knowledge. want to hear your questions. please send them to us on facebook, the town hall continues on line. but ama and kristen sze, back to you. we're not going to solve the crisis but we will understand it
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a great deal better over the next few hours. >> dan, thanks. you can join the conversation anytime just go to abc7 news.com/better bay area. and click on the big image for housing crisis. there you'll find all our stories and an easy way 0 share your own story. here's a question. are you really eating guacamole made with avocados. >> you get did to the texture that is guacamole. >> with avocado prices going up, what some restaurants are substituting and how you can eat whether you're eating phony guac. >> fog is building in emeryville and a hot weekend is on the shopping for backpacks... ...and mom also gets a back-to-school bag? that's yes for less. ross has the brands you want for back to school. and it feels even better when you find them for less. at ross. yes for less.
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okay. it may look like guacamole but it could be squash. >> you're messing with my head. there's a new trend in some restaurants looking to save money as the price of avocado goes up. jay fernandez in los angeles tells us how you can spot a fake. >> the cafe has been in the location more than 60 years. for carlos who called this place home, the price of avocados has been a battle he's waged for a while. >> i would say three months. it's like showed a big change where i mean in may we were at $30 for a case of avocado. now we're at 65, $670 per case. >> nowhere is that more true
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than just for the average shopper. inside the market today, the price of two avocados costs pennies under six bucks. last month it was 2.18. last year at the same time, the average was only $1.26. that's an increase of 72% creating a very large avocado here. but in real life, it means it's hard to pay to keep avocados in house. >> we're known for big portions and serving lots of guacamole. we bite the bullet because we try to keep the customers happy. in previous years, they've gone up to 110 around this time. $110 per case. that's not good for business. the national oceanic or noeya says this year's yield is much lower than normal due to a heat wave in the state last july. between that time and this month, the state experienced the second hottest year in its history. this man says this is all
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leading to something called faux guacamole. >> you make this fake one using the a summer squash that looks almost like zucchini and some people -- and you blend them and you get it to that texture that is quack comy. he's eerily similar in texture. >> he's tried it. >> if we don't like the taste, we're not going to give anything to the customers. >> interesting. >> fauxly moley. >> if they want to save money, cut down on the fat a little bit. just let me know. >> then we can decide if we want to try it. >> if i want to spend 15 bucks on fake guacamole. >> phony moley. known phony about this. sunny skies right now. the warmup has begun. 24-hour temperature change indicates most inland locations are nine, 10, 12 degrees warmer than yesterday. exception is brentwood which is
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cooler. overnight we'll see fog at the coast, overnight lows upper 50s to low 60s. tomorrow the warming continues with inland areas heating up to mid-90s in the warmest spots. low 80s around the bay shoreline. mid to upper 60s on the coast and here is the accuweather seven-day forecast. you can see the heat will hold on on sunday especially in our inland areas. but there will be minor cooling on monday and the cooling will kim till the middle of next week before temperatures bounce back up to about 90 inland next friday. i was talking over you trying to get my phony moley in there. i was the only one laughing. > we give you a little giggle here and there, spencer. >> i appreciate that. >> okay. when you think of wine country, you usually think of the north bay. we'll show you why pass toe robe bless is starting to give it a run for its money. >> i'm 7 on your
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delta is the first u.s. airline to do this. the ceo says it's a small step in the airline's mission to connect the world. >> the consumer financial protection bureau is allowing a provision to expire that made it easier for americans to get mortgages. >> michael finney joins us. >> it's very interesting. closing a loophole in the nation's mortgage rules could make it harder for low income measures to get a loan. but is that a bad thing? the rules put in place after the mortgage meltdown of 2008 require most borrowers to have a debt to income ratio below 43% to get a mortgage. there is a provision allowing lenders to look at other factors even if they're above the 43% threshold. about 3 million loans are outstanding with that. that rule is set to expire year after next. some believe that will make it harder for low income families to get into homes while others believe it will make it harder for low income families to get
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into financial trouble. they're taking comments right now the. >> posh mark has been hacked. user information including names, gender, cities, e mail addresses, size presences, and scrambled passwords were all taken. however, financial data and physical addresses were not compromised. posh mark is believed to have 50 million users and says it is rolling out enhanced security measures in response to this breach. >> up till now, if you were on an airplane watching a movie on your iphone or ipad and wanted to share the experience, you had to hand over one of your air pods. have you done that? have you seen that? you have the tune, you give one to your partner. we do it all the time. not anymore. you don't have to do that because a new air pod connection allows more than one headset to be choirless lili connected to the iphone or ipad at the same time.
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yeah, so now one person can begin playing music or streaming video and allow their partner to join in. we've done it all the time. >> the corded ones. >> yeah. >> you're back in the stone age, kristen. good to know. >> thanks. a mayor in southwestern poland is promising a surprise award for the next couple who has a baby boy in a village where only girls have been born for get this, nearly a decade. authorities in the village of around 300 residents don't know why no boys have been born there since 2010 but beginning to worry about filling farming jobs in the future. according to local fishes, ten girls have been born in the village since 201037 more boys than girls are born in all of poland overall. >> something in the water maybe? >> interesting stuff. beautiful vineyards. great wines. up next, we'll show you an
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emerging alternative to napa and the bay area's wine country just down the coast. >> new at 5:00, we are talking about the bay area's housing crisis and one man's mission is to tackle the big picture by going small. >> plus from, fighting in world war ii to -- to top honors in hayward for a man who helped to dee segregate the military. >> why the oakland a's just added a fan to the roster.
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>> coming up tonight on abc7 at 8:00, get ready for two hours of marvel's agents of shield followed by 2020 at 10:00 and stay tuned for abc7 news at 11:00. >> california's central coast has long been known as a vacation destination but now getting serious recognition as a wine region. >> we go to the city leading the charge paso robles.
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>> if wib gets bettwine gets be age, it seems fair a wine region could do the same. >> it's sweet but not too sweet. >> jim corden is visiting tobin james winery from south carolina. like many are choosing to do skipped napa and other wine regions and headed straight to the central coast. >> napa is so crowds and expensive. some of the winery there are $50 to taste. i can't afford the wine. >> gary effective berle started effective berle wine in 19 2. when he got to paso there were three wineries. now there are over 200. >> it's starting to be seen on a national level, whether it be forbes, the robb report, "sunset" magazine. a lot of publications are saying they're making really good wines. >> it is home to more than 60 varieties of grapes. it's the small town feel that sets pass so apart.
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>> we reroofed the original barn because it looked like somebody shot pigeons with a shotgun around here. >> that feel was evident at victorier to hugo run by victor hugo roberts and his wife and that's it is. >> that's the benefit of staying small and running it by appointment. it guarantees that one of the owners will be here when you come to taste. >> keeping that small town feel will be a balancing act for the booming region. there are about 1400 hotel rooms in the city but that's expected to double in the next five to ten years. restaurants are popping up left and right too, including brian's pasta shop. >> when you drive around town, you quickly realize a lot of this wasn't here 15 years ago. >> whenever you folks are ready, come up. we'll help you at the bar here. >> it all comes back to the wine and that small town experience that make paso unique. >> it's new. more of the down to earth feeling. i feel everybody is grateful to have you into their tasting room and the welcoming part of things
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and people feel at home. >> it's a great destination. >> brandon johansson, abc news. >> all right. you can get the latest news anytime with the abc7 news app with enhanced live video features and personalized push alerts. to get more news you want delivered to your phone in realtime. >> thank you for joining us. abc7 of "news at 5:00" starts right now. >> once he was down, he was able to get a round off and he shot himself. >> a surprise revelation in the garlic festival shooting. police reveal the gunman took his own life. details next in a live report. plus -- >> i'm shocked. you know, i'm shocked. he's a good neighbor. >> that neighbor is now under arrest in a case that police now say wasn't really a hate crime. also. >> this is pretty scary. >> a mother and child walking their dog found themselves stuck on a cliff waiting to be rescued.
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>> from fighting in world war ii to a congressional gold medal. top honors in hayward for a man who helped dee segregate the military. >> now, news to build a better bay area from abc7. >> good evening. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm ama daetz. a major new revelation this afternoon in the garlicestival ooting investigation. >> just a short time ago, authorities announced that the gunman, 19-year-old santino leggen died from a self-inflicted gunshot, a change from earlier police accounts that officers fired the fatal shot. >> unser hassan join us live from gilroy with the latest. ansar? >> yeah, good evening. as you mentioned the chief says that according to coroner's report, the gunman died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound but he was adamant this doesn't change anything in this case. earlier this week, the chief said his officers fatally shot and killed the gunman. he says the gun moon
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