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alternates. >> sfo going green with a ban on bottled water. we will explain what is available to thirsty travelers. no cell phones until the final bell. how one bay area high school is enforcing its phone-free policy. >> good morning on this tuesday, august 20th. >> you are never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. >> once again outside, cool, temperatures in the mid-50s to low 60s. a little drizzle out there also. temperatures by 7:00 in the upper 50s to low 60s. we will hangout in the low to mid-60s from 4:00 to 7:00 at the coast. breezy around the bay today, low to mid-70s and back to low 75 at noon and 82 at 4:00 to 75
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at 7:00. the sun sets at 7:57, and a lot of high clouds so ought to be colorful. enjoy it. in the south bay, 17 there's debris in the lanes. this is a live shot, northbound 280 here and northbound 17 coming out of the santa cruz mountains. we will take you back to the bay bridge toll plaza. there was an earlier problem around the cash paying lanes, and there was a small which has been cleared. it's still light right now. we will show you drive times. 680 southbound, walnut creek, 13 minutes. no problems, santa rosa to san francisco, an easy 48 minutes. highway 17 also happening now, a new thing not to forget when you head for the airport, your
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bottle. >> reporter: reuse your water bottle. that's the message here at sfo starting today. people can no longer buy plastic water bottles at this airport anymore. the water bottles are no longer being sold at sfo. sfo wants to be the first airport in the world with zero waste going to the landfill. this is where they are starting. travelers give it a thumbs up. >> i like it. i always carry plastic water bottle and refill it and wash it every few days and it works out fine. >> how do you think the rest of the world will react? >> i am not really sure. i guess we go through a whole lot of water bottles. i might be an unusual person in that i carry my own with me, but
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hopefully they will get used to the idea. >> you can fill your water bottle at water stations throughout the airport, so be sure and bring your water bottle, but just remember, you here for you, and if you need to you can empty your water bottle before security and the filling stations inside the security area, can you fill your bottle up with water. >> thank you. we will try and get that mic situation fixed. developing news. back to the beginning for the ju ghost ship wa th jud gave no reason for dismissing three jurors yesterday. that means the jury deliberations have to start all over again even
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the four-month long trial. even though it's a new beginning for deliberations, a legal analyst says knowing what happened what happened in the ghost ship fire is nothing knew. >> for the last three weeks, they sat home, going about their day normally under instructions by the judge to be ready to come in and sit in as an alternate if called. that has now happened. >> you can find more stories on our website, abc news.com and on our abc news app. police in southern california are looking for a person that stabbed a cal state. rged theyou him yesterday morning inside of a car bleeding from his head with multiple stab wounds. the suspect left a backpack with
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an induh sepb deairy device underneath the car. he wore a gps device yesterday. he looked much different from his mugshot. investigators think he may be connected to at least two other crimes. in the east bay, a man accused of stabbing wilson will not face the death penalty. >> he is accused of killing wilson and injuring her sister at the bart station in jyf last year. they have been pushing for a conviction for a sentence with life. >> we can live with life without parole, and all we want is closure. >> his attorney claims his client has a history of mental
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health issues. a judge ruled he is competent to stand trial. california's red flag law reduces the chance of mass shootings like the ones we saw in gilroy, el paso and dayton. researchers lookedt 159 gunrests red flag law, officials can remove guns from people considered to be high risk reducing the chances of mass shootings. and then hong kong's leader pledged today to open up a dialogue with demonstrators. >> a fact-finding study will look at the causes of the protests and police response to them. lamb's responses did not meet
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demands. let's take a look at what is going on with your weather. we have 58 in redwood city. 58 in daly city. half moon bay, 59. everybody else in the low to mid-60s. san carlos at 57. palo alto, 53 degrees. you got mid-60s from oakland, hayward, fremont and san jose. upper 50s ith north bay right now. let's take a look at the golden gate bridge. right now, look how clear it is. you can see all the way over to sausalito. i would think that's going to change just a little bit as we head through the morning. i don't think it will be completely covered by cloud cover, but i think more is going to show up as we head through the morning. exercising stronger sunshine this afternoon, but again on t bay. let's talk about neighborhood temperatures for the north bay. we will break free of the clouds by 11:00 but we are still in the
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60s. you can see mid-70s this afternoon. high clouds and sunshine, 69 at 7:00. for the east bay, locked into the mid-60s and a lot of cloud cover through 11:00. sunshine this afternoon, mid-70s. high clouds and sunshine, and 67 at 7:00. for san francisco, a brighter day than yesterday, with temperatures starting in the 50s but ending up in the mid-60s this afternoon, and dropping down from 67 at 3:00 to 64 at 7:00. we'll take a look at the warm weather coming up. here's francis. i have slow drive times for you, tracy to dublin is 41 minutes, and that's usual slow and go. antioch to concord is 26 minutes because of an accident along that stretch. westbound 4, willow pass, a crash is possibly blocking a lane, and you notice traffic is backed up here all thent pittsburg from bailey, and that's where things get heavy. and there's an injury crash on
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the otheenan mateo, eastbound 92 at hillsdale and it could be belong locking one of lanes. ace train is having equipment issues, so there are 12-minute delays for ace number one and possible other delays for ace trains today. transportation officials in san francisco will discuss plans to expand the bay area's ferry system. the coalition and water emergency transportation authority are looking to extend ferry routes and increase service and will be able to do so with bridge polls from a measure passed last year. and then possibly allowing taller buildings in historic
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downtown, and that includes the civic center. the concern the height limit is 40 feet and the new plan calls for enacting a 46-foot limit, and pleasanton is considering building a new town hall. coming up next, seven things you need to know before you start your
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it's 5:12. here are seven things you need to know this morning. jurors will be restarting deliberations in the ghost ship trial this morning, and that follows the judge dismissing three jurors from the panel. a ban on plastic water bottles takes affect today at the sfo airport. and commissioners will work on naming the china neighborhood leaders oppose naming the station after her. the white house is in discussions to push for additional tax cuts to counter a possible looming recession. publicly, though, president trump says he does not believe a recession is on the way. number five, mostly cloudy,
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64 at sfo and expect delays. it's going to be brighter today but the breezes will bring increasing sunshine, so places like napa and oakland and san francisco will be breezy. extra slow from pittsburg to concord because of a crash. john travolta will be here live in the studio, and he's going to be on our show, show, that starts at our 11:30 a.m. half hour. >> looking forward to that. 26 people want to be next year's democratic nominee, and tom steyer is new to the race but not new to president trump. he is building support for
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impeaching the president. he spoke at the commonwealth club in san francisco. he explained to abc7 news why he thinks he stands out in a crowded field of contenders. >> i think the thing that differe differentiates me the most, i am an outsider and that puts me in a completely different category. >> steyer pledged last night, he will declare a climate emergency on his first day of president. a group of students in orange county giving nazi salutes while singing a nazi marching song. it shows ten boys from a guarden grove high pol tomorrow. school administrators the problem with all the students and parents involved.
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students must lock up their devices at san mateo high school. abc7 news reporter, chris reyes, says how the students are reacting. >> it has a magnet on the top. >> the phone slides in and the student keeps the poach auch, ae teacher makes sure it's locked until the bell rings. every student at san mateo high school is assigned the pouch, and like a textbook they are responsible for it year round. the company is on a mission to create phone-free spaces. teachers here say they want the same thing. fearful students are too attached to their phones. >> i likened it to a student who is dealing with tobacco or drug addiction. they need to have this in their hands and feed to be engaging with it or don't feel whole. >> every classroom has an
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unlocking device, in case of an emergency. >> we have all 1,700 students unlocked within a matter of minutes. >> how many messages did you get? how many times did you check social media? how many hours did you spend on your phone? how would you describe these numbers? >> big. >> surprising. >> excessive. >> um, a little too much. >> reporter: despite the initial panic from students, these four admit they like a phone-free school. >> i checked my folders constantly. >> you are definitely comparing yourself to others on your feed. >> teachers already see the difference. >> everybody was talking and socializing and eating lunch together, and that's what i was not seeing enough of when the phone usage was at its worse. >> chris reyes for abc7 news.
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>> my phone died the other day in the middle of the day, and it's a sad violin, right? >> uh-huh. >> it's until you are forced not to look at your phone you how everybody else is on their phone. >> i tkedid it on sunday. it was dead. it was the only reason i had fun at the party i told you about. here's a look at san jose 280 -- actually, that's san rafael. for some reason the graphic did not update. temperatures below average, and you will need sunglasses and hold on to the hats because it's breezy. the heawaur inland neighbooods a leak into but won'take it to the coast. you can see by noon, you can see
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more sunshine. same thing in the afternoon hours, and as we head into the evening, 7:00, clouds march back towards the east but won't be quite as tphaounumerous as yest. high clouds could make for a gorgeous sunset today. low 80s through the south bay. today 78 in cupertino. heading up the peninsula, 75 in. the cool spot, daly city, 62. 79 in san rafael and vallejo. along the east bay shore, we have temperatures in the low to mid-70s, and as we movelow to m. here's my accuweather 7-day forecast. mid-60s for tomorrow morning and then 80s and 90s away from the coast, tomorrow all the way
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through monday. have a good one. here's francis. we are starting off in the south bay this time. there are a couple problems reported, one is northbound 1011 at the right-hand side, and southbound 17 and campbell at hamilton, debris in the lanes. traffic is flowing well in the area, and here's a live shot in san jose, northbound 101, and that's 880 to get by those problem spots. a live shot at the bay bridge toll plaza, and metering lights are on and cash lanes are looking good at this point. there was an earlier stall near the tolls and that has been cleared. we are checking out slow drive times for you, westbound 580, the usual tracy to dublin is 44 minutes. westbound 4 is slow, antioch to concord, slow because of roadwork and an earlier crash. couples planning to start a
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family may want to check out one city in the east bay. there's a new study that ranks the best city to raise kids. and then this morning a tourist is talking about one terrifying encounter. do you know why cheap car policies are so inexpensive? many of the cheaper policies come with a real scaled back service, so for instance you won't be able to call into the company, you have to go online through their website. when there is an accident you will have a deductible to pay, a huge one, $1,000, $2,000, and sometimes more. finally, and this is the serious part, you may have very limited coverage. rather than covering the entire accident we normally suggest you have $500,000 of coverage, and you may end up with $10,000 or $20,000 worth of coverage. if you don't pay for the accident and the insurance company doesn't pay for the
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more about the breezes that will pick up today, especially around noon and going through 9:00, everywhere you see yellow, which is the entire bay into the delta. we will have a west wind that could gust up to 35 miles per hour, so the south bridges and golden gate, definitely have to hold on to the steering wheels and a lot of white caps on the bay if you are out and about this afternoon. in today's "gma" first look a. frightening encounter caught on camera. a rhino chased down a group of tourists on a safari. >> reporter: in this morning's first look, a rhino charging a group in south africa. the animal
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>> thought it would be a short charge and then it would stop. >> the tour group was looking to photographoi nt coming within i of the vehicle. >> the driver took a 90-degree turn into the bush to try and detour the rhino because they have bad eyesight, but he was determined to get to us. he just kept on coming. >> reporter: how does this epic chase end? we will have the answer coming up at 7:00 a.m. >> oh. >> now i want to know what happened. >> does it end okay? >> we have said it many times, rhinos. >> you have bears coming into peoples' homes. they have reason to be mad. >> so watch your back. >> yep. we just got a list of the
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safest cities to raise a child in. >> it's in the east bay. san ramon is the safest city in our state. it comes in at seven, this according to a home security and safety company called save wise. folsom in sacramento county made the list at 24. pleasanton is 30, and sunnyvale is 7. it based its list on and then crime. >> that took a dark turn we were not expecting. back to the rhino chase. >> i don't know. a major turn ofn e gst ship warehouse trial. the jury ten days into the deliberation but will have to start over. why, next.
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and then the arguments made at a meeting last nht. >> liv lutde
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this is "abc7 mornings." making headlines at 5:30, a bombell ial. khre deliberations back to square one. a wild rescue near lake tahoe. a sheriff's deputy saved a group of teens from a bear that broke into their home. we will show you what they did. >> it's a scary situation to be honest. >> yes. you are never more than 7 minutes away from your accuweather 7-day forecast. >> good morning. let's take a look at what is going on outside. we have plenty of cloud cover, and look at the wind bars
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pointing to the east, a stout onshore breeze which will bring us moreunine than yesterday but will pull cool air off the ocean and keep us from getting too warm. patchy drizzle at 7:00. inland, 75 at noon to 82 at 4:00 and 71 at 7:00. at the bay, same times, 71, 75, 70, and not much of a change. we will go from low clouds to a few high clouds by the time the sun sets at 7:56. it will be very corful. there's one accident eastbound 80 at the cbridge, an it's slowing westbound 80 as you make your way through vallejo. westbound four from pittsburg out of willow pass road.
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here's a live shot of the san mateo bridge, and it's looking good from hayward into foster city. east bay traffic light. bay bridge toll plaza is backing up past the 880 over crossing, so you have about a ten-minute wait with metering lights on. ace commuters, equipment issues, train one running 12 minutes late and there could be more delays for the trains this morning. at 5:31. we have big developments in the ghost ship trial. the jury had been deliberating for ten days and now they will have to start from the beginning. >> three jurors were replaced with alternates. jobina joins us and tells us what it means going forward. >> the jury was ten days into deliberations before the judge decided to make that switch yesterday. this means today starting at 9:00 a.m., deliberations will
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start all over. the new jury popanel consists o five men and seven women. a fourth juror has an upcoming scheduling conflict. the reason they are responsible for the fate of the defendants, both men face 36 counts each of involuntary manslaughter for the 36 lives lost in the fire, and prosecutors argue both men were criminally negligent and guilty. one development, really. >> you think it's taking too long? >> i don't know. we're just going with the flow. >> it's not exactly clear why the judge made the change to the jury but apparently it had something to do witivn the stud this morning, jobina fortson, abc7 news.
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a civil lawsuit filed by the families of the ghost ship victims. the landlord was not charged in the criminal trial. she and her family claimed the original lease signed by almena was for original use. you can find more on the ghost ship case by going to our abc7 news app and enable push alerts to get breaking news as it happens. as economists warn of a pending recession, the president says there's nothing to worry t.scsions tousor possible recession. it's his tax cuts along with the trade war with china that has economists expecting the market
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to slide into a recession by 2021. >> i gave a tremendous tax cut and they are loaded up with money. >> we are very worried. we still have time to pull back but donald trump doesn't seem to understand how. >> when it comes to the additional tax cuts, the white house is dismissing reports they are considering a payroll tax cut, and that was last used during the obama years after the great recession. police officers in california will have to follow tough new rules before they use deadly force. a bill signed by governor newsom will only allow lethal force to depend somebody's life. the measure will require officers to de-escalate a situation before shooting. this bill is a compromise. >> it's one thing to sign a piece of paper, to pass legislation, and it's another thing to change the way people conduct themselves, to hold themselves to a higher standard. that's the work that is in front
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of us. >> police say the original stan officers second guessing themselves in life-threatening situations. the eric gardener's death has been fired from the police department. it was based on a recommendation of a department disciplinary judge. he was recorded on video wrestling gardener to the ground with his arm wrapped tightly around his neck. a grand jury did not charge him. a doctor wrote prescriptions for opioid prescriptions. officials temporarily suspended keller's license in 1990 when he was accused of sexually abusing
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ten female patients. and then an investigation for a high-end heist at union square. several people dashed out the door with items into a waiting car. jeffrey ebstein saoeuigned will days before his death, and it was signed two days before ebstein was found dead by suicide in a federal jail. the w lists $577 million in assets, and his brother is believed to be the only heir. battle lines are being drawn over proposed navigations centers in the bay view neighborhood. business owners packed this meeting with city leaders last night. the plan is to open the center in a parking lot, and business
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owners say that theft, drugs, and prostitution is rampant in a location at another center nearby. coming up, you think streaming platforms are slower than others. you are not alone. the culprit may be your wireless carrier. taking a turn off old town road, the new song that threw one hit off the top of the charts. we have sunny side, sunset, at 59. everybody else pretty much 60 until you get to the ferry building at 61 degrees. 61 in richmond, and also in walnut creek. pleasanton, 61. san jose and belmont sharing 62. it's 63 right now in union city. here's a look from south beach. you can see it's quiet over the bay bridge, and maybe a little
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mist and drizzle out there. mass transit, cool to mild and breezy everywhere on the bay this afternoon. in that breeze, we will get to the east bay valleys, and will hold you to the mid-80s this afternoon, and 59 this morning. around lunch, it will be a nice 75. peninsula, we're stuck in the 60s with cloud cover through 11:00. and full sunshine and mid-60s as we head in the afternoon hours, and then in the south bay, we're in the 60s by 11:00 but we are seeing sunshine then. we will hangout in the mid to upper 70s from noon through 5:00, and then a sunny 71, very comfortable, at 7:00. we'll take a look at what is going to happen in tahoe this weekend and the heat wave coming our way next. mike, we will show you very slow drive times, and most of them in the east bay. tracy to dublin, 48 minutes. what is heavy is westbound anocho concord, that's red,
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34 minutes because of an accident on willow pass that has not been cleared. san rafael to san francisco has recovered. there was earlier roadwork in sausalito that has been cleared so traffic is now green. we will show you a live shot in the area. golden gate bridge looking good headed into san francisco, and it's light on 101 as well through san rafael, and this is southbound traffic looking good towar 580 down through the golden gate bridge. this is backed up towards the 880 over crossing at this point, and also expect delays on ace train. right now train number 1 is running 13 minutes late but there are equipment issues so we
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the unified school district heading back to school, mostly cloudy and 69 this morning. 78, breezy and sunny this afternoon. have a great first day of school. the heat is still locked into the d12degree possible in those areas you see. 113 in palm springs. 96 in fresno, so you can see the warmth leak into the central
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valley. 89 at chico. 84 in yosmite today, and 84 just about every day this weekend in tahoe. have fun. mike, thank you. 5:43 now. the jussie smollett case will be back in federal court this morning. the "empire" actor wants the judge to dismiss the lawsuit filed by the city. this upcoming friday the judge could announce who he will appoint as special investigate why the case was dismissed against abbott says the bay area tech companies are being asked to go to texas this week to offer insights in the wake of the el paso shootings.
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the shooter posted racist posts on line before the shooting. as part of abc's effort to build a better bay area, we look at affordable housing. housing prices are falling but the bay area's median purchase price hovered just below $1 million. many home builders might be reluctant to launch construction projects now over fears about rent control being adopted satewide. the housing crisis affects all of us in the bay area, so we dedicated a week to cover that topic, and you can find all of the stories online at abc7news.com/betterbayarea. and then a facial
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recognition program that can detect emotions. amazon sells this service to police agencies. the facial recognition technology is getting better at estimating a person's age. if you enjoy streaming services you may have noticed they may have been slower lately. at&t throttled netflix and youtube, and amazon's streaming was not affected, and at&t is denying that and then the 17-year-old first artist born in the 2000 to top the billboard 100 list. ♪ >> it's a really good song.
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>> this video, though. >> you have a problem with this video? >> it's awful. >> what? >> i am not usually this honest about something like this, but, yeah, i mean -- >> i do all these things i do as soon as i get off work. thank you for criticizing -- >> the images are something i don't want in my mind right now. >> look away from the screen. she is the youngest list. >> she's developing the situation as being hard and weird anquirky, and a few years ago she was a bieber fan, and a few years ago she was the sweetest thing. >> you know what that is? >> what? >> growth. >> right, mike?
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>> sure. >> just go with it. >> i was not watching the video, and i was listening to the music, and then it doesn't match. the video seemed less mature than the sound. >> everybody is a critic today. >> not critical, just didn't match to me. san jose at 87. breezy and brighter this afternoon. cloudy and cool, so sleep well again tonight. building heat comes tomorrow. here's a look at a nice whirl of clouds, and it's going to bring us mixing of the atmosphere and more sunshine, so you definitely need the sunglasses sooner. in some areas where you didn't need them yesterday, you will need them today. get down to gilroy, mid-80s. 84 in sanruz. we end up about 70 in millbrae.
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60s along the coast. upper 60s for downtown, south san francisco and sausalito. the north bay, oakland 71 today. everybody else around 73 to 75. inland, we have upper 70s in san ramon and pleasanton. free air-conditioning once again. temperatures in the mid-50s to 60 degrees with more drizzle confined to the coast. my accuweather 7 day forecast, mid-60s at the coast each and every day, so that's where the relief from the heat is, low to mid-80s are locked in through t. we have a long stretch of traffic, mike. here's a live shot at the bay bridge toll plaza. traffic is backed up to the foot of the maze right now. we will check out the ride from
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the richmond san rafael bridge. no delays out of richmond across the span. delay free across the richmond san rafael bridge. a 14-minute ride, and the dumbarton bridge, nine minutes across. a heads up for ace train commuters, train number 1 is now running 16 minutes late. there are equipment problems, so ace train is saying to explain delays for the rest of the morning trains as well. keep that in mind. lays in the east bay, they are reporting no delays at this point. >> thanks, francis. happening today in san francisco, a vote will will be d for rose pack. she built a legacy as one of san francisco's movers and shakers.
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some oppose honoring her, claiming she did not act in the best interest of everyday citizens. a break-in at a northern california home has a wild twist. >> a sheriff's deputy is credited with saving two teenagers after a bear got into their home in truckee, and one boy called for help while the other tried to hold close the bathroom door that the bear repeatedly tried to break into. the deputy got the bear out of the front door and fired a warning shot and the bear got the hint. >> wanted to hug the sheriff. it was the most relieving moment of our life, and we were so grateful for alison, the sheriff, because she saved our lives. >> we were so excited we didn't die. >> we are so excited we didn't die. >> they are embracing their new life that starts today. >> look at what the bear is doing. it got in the house through an unlocked garage. it went to the fridge and ate taco meat and ice cream, and
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67, that's the first pitch temperature and then dropping down so it will be cool. you can see the mid-90s up in the north bay and also in the east bay, while still the south bay close to average, just a couple degrees warmer than average and then the south bay warms up thursday while the bay and the coast will stay put around 70 and 80. notice the inland areas are going to bake the most and the temperatures are pushing up hayward and redwood city, and san francisco still about 70 degrees. definitely an inland heat wave more than anywhere else. temperatures a little above average around the bay. we will start off with a live shot from the bay bridge toll plaza, and traffic is backed up. ast bay right now, and 680 in walnut creek, this is looking great, southbound as you make your way,
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highway 24. slowest drive times in the east bay at this point. this has been heavy because of an earlier crash, that's red, antioch to concord. and then westbound 580 from tracy to dublin, 48 in an effort to build a better bay area, we are looking into things that matter like homelessness. >> a collaboration between the humane society and the downtown streets team. the program turned one man's life around. he battled alcoholism and later can hel people get off the street, or to help their self-esteem, there's a lot of programs where they can put them in shelters and stuff, it all helps, you know, and they just
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have to want to do it. >> the program is currently funded through the end of the year. san francisco's buena vista cafe is getting a boost from mick jaggar. jagger told fans to stop in for an irish coffee whenever they are in the 70, and the crowd roared in response. you know that buena vista is famous for introducing irish coffee into the u.s. some of the stones fans made that trip yesterday. >> mick is the bomb, whatever he says to do, we do. he name drop gave ae do. business, and it sold about 2,000 irish coffees, and they say that's not bad for a monday afternoon. >> hot coffee, irish whisky,
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sugar stirred topped off with cream. >> i had it one time. >> is it wonderful? sounds like it should be great. >> for some reason, i have not been to buena vista. >> if you think monday afternoon is not the right time, you are us. right now is happy hour, the 6:00 a.m. hour. the safest city to raise kids in the u.s., and one bay area city made
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this is "abc7 mornings." good morning. welcome to tuesday, august 20th. >> right now at 6:00 a.m. and streaming on abc news.com, major shake-up in the ghost ship warehouse trial. if you are headed to the
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airport this morning, a big change at sfo. no more plastic bottles. we're live with what you need to know before your next flight. and why some teachers had no choice but to lock up the students' devices. we will start with live doppler 7, and show how gray it is this morning. we have drizzle in the east bay hills and santa cruz mountains and even in napa valley h

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