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to discuss at a town hall meeting at a campaign event downtown. man of the candidates trying to make their voices heard in a pool of more than 20 people deep. >> we're going to rise up, rise up. >> attendees on this second day of the democratic national convention summer meeting were met by more than 200 demonstrators making their presence and position on climate change known. >> they should vote for it. >> yeah. >> the environmental group sunrise movement calling for an official dnc debate surrounding the issue of climate change. their demand even louder than yesterday and larger with a banner for all to see. on the hotel grounds, a flurry of attendees and candidates who spent a great amount of time responding to tweets from the president, including this one. continuing trump's trade war with china calling for american companies to find alternative countries to work with. >> he's not king george iii, although he's acting like crazy king george iii.
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he doesn't get to tweet out orders to american companies. that's not the way our democracy works. just as representative seth moulton announced his withdrawal from the race, the president tweeted this message blaming the representative for massachusetts for the dow being down 573 point. >> look, i'm glad he thinks i have more influence over wall street than he does and the dow is disappointed i'm not in the race. >> new york entrepreneur andrew yang responded to criticism that with a wide field of candidaes, the party needs to focus on unity. >> the voting is months and months away. we're headed to the third debate. i'm not concerned at all about people thinking there are different ideas and visions for the country being presented. that's what you'd expect at this stage. >> reporter: and back out here live, it's been kind of funny, actually. we have hotel guests who areersw had ia at this summer
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meeting was happening. you can see they are a little bit confused as they try and weave in and out the crowds. we should mention that joe biden did not appear today, neither did beto o'rourke. he's meeting with gabby giffords. day three of the summer meeting concludes tomorrow at this same hotel. in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> what's it like attending one of these dnc summer meetings? >> reporter: you know what, i have to be quite honest, it's a little bit like a free for all. there's no set schedule of when the candidates are going to be speaking. you kind of have to run around here and there, trying to catch them and get lucky. i was in an elevator on my way down to the lobby. turns out that i was goingpndob one else but elevatorith me. so you really never know who you're going to meet. >> thanks, dion. >> well, there are now 21
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democrats in the race for president after massachusetts congressman seth moulton announced he is ending his candidacy. the dnc meeting continues tomorrow. stay with abc 7 news for the latest on this weekend's developments and the race for the white house. police have arrested a man after a shooting in south sacramento. happened at a home by golden state warrior willie cauley-stein who does not currently live there. sky 7 was over the area. it happened this morning at 5:30. one of the victims called police to say his roommate shot him and he was wearing body armor and possibly had multiple firearms. there were three gunshot victims. one had life-threatening injuries. the sheriff's deputy say trey devaughn hallman is the suspect. multiple car accident in san jose. 18-year-old alberto he is kwif as lost control of his vehicle and smashed into a row of parked
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cars, sending one person to the hospital. it happened nair saratoga avenue late last night. here's reporter jobina fortson with the story. >> what did it sound like? >> it was like, boom, boom. boom. i thought it was something happening in the apartment. it was so hard. >> reporter: elsa gomez is describing what she heard before walking out to smashed cars in front of her apartment complex on moore park avenue in san jose thursday night. >> police was here really quick. >> reporter: witnesses say the driver of this green truck hit the security guard of the building as she was pulling into the complex. >> she was braking and trying to get in. apparently, what had happened was he was racing with another car and maybe he just didn't see her pulling in. he ended up hitting her in the back which then spun her. >> he was long gone by the time jason rutherford made it downstairs to see what happened. >> they said that the guy had ran away. how someone was able to get out of that truck that flipped and
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runaway was pretty remarkable. >> reporter: as bad as this looks, amazingly, the security guard is going to be okay. reporting in san jose, jobina fortson, abc 7ne. prosecutors a justice delayed but not denied. a judge sentenced 69-year-old kevin lynne to seven years to life in prison for the 1995 kidnapping of a hillsborough girl. prosecutors say lin and two others grabbed christine chu as she walked home from school and demanded $800,000 in ransom. christine was released after 12 hours. no ransom was paid. authorities say lin went into hiding until his arrest in 2017. a jury convicted him last month. >> the judge said that, while the sentence is mandatory, he would have imposed it anyway because he found the kidnapping to be an egregious crime and evil act. >> the victim wasn't in court today. she wants to put the ordeal
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behind her. lin continues to deny any involvement in the kidnapping. cal fire is reporting a good progress in the battle against wildfire burning east of redding in shasta county. the mountain contained. not after destroying seven structures and damaging another. nearly 600 firefighters are working the blaze that has charred around 600 acres since it broke out yesterday afternoon. evacuations are still in effect for residents near the small town of bella vista, about nine miles northeast of redding and not far from lake shasta. oakland is pushing forward with plans to not only solve the housing crunch but to cut down on traffic at the same time. earlier this week, a transit village set to go near the west oakland b.a.r.t. station was granted a planting permit. it created about a thousand apartments. libby schaaf appeared on midday live and we asked her about building more transit villages. >> we need to get people next to great public transportation so they can get to their jobs
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without getting in their cars. one thing oakland has done that's really unique is we'd rather house people than cars. >> the mayor says some of the units will be designated for affordable housing. she add thad any project must have these kinds of unit for pay a fee to the affordable housing fund. u know to helping build a better bay area. after many years of planning and construction, community leaders celebrated the grand opening of san jose's first affordable housing development reserved for the homeless. the second street studios are located on second street, obviously. in the spartan keys neighborhood. abc 7 news reporter chris nguyen explains how this approach could help build a better bay area. >> after being homeless more than a decade. mierk alec heart was one of the first to move into the studios in san jose. >> got self-worth. i feel like i'm a part of the community and not a burden to the community.
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>> reporter: many cities treat homelessness with temporary fixes like short-term shelters or encampments. this provides a permanent home for the most vulnerable residents. deeply affordable rents subsidized by the housing authority are combined with support services including an on-site nurse, harm reduction specialists and case managers. >> this is the first permanent supportive housing project we've been able to get built. we've got 13 others in the pipeline or under construction. we're going to finally be able to tackle this challenge. >> reporter: the nearly $60 million project was developed by first community housing using a housing first philosophy. >> the people that live here are intelligent, resourceful. they represent all walks of life. they just needed the opportunity to be able to recover and come back. >> reporter: destination home also played a key role in the project by bridging public and private resources. >> thousands of people still out on the streets. we need to make sure we're coming together as a community to support more of the housing.
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it's not just good for the people to get into their homes. it's good for all of us as a whole. >> for residents like michael. >> i'm living now, i'm not just surviving. i'm living. i'm out to live my dreams. >> dreams of one day paying it forward. in san jose, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. remember, we want to hear your ideas about building a better bay area. share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. the san jose police department made a little bit of history today. abc 7 news was at police headquarters as the pride flag was raised. this may be one of the first departments in the nation to fly the flag. san jose's police chief serves two purposes. to show greater solidarity with the lgbtq community and to support his own rank and file. trade war, stocks tank as the tariff war escalates with china. what it could mean for the u.s. economy. phone-free. at one bay area high school. how painful was it for the kids.
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a high school in mateo may set trends nationwide with its phone-free policy. >> earlier this week we told but the largest public school in the united states to use a pouch that locks students' phones up for the entire day. >> since then, the school has been getting nonstop feedback. here's abc news reporter chris reyes. >> one teacher said students feel less embarrassed when being silly since no one is taking a picture or video of them. i love seeing large groups of students talking to each other at lunch. students getting better with communication skills with each other and with teachers. >> that's what teachers are saying one week after assistant principal led the implement takes of a phone-free san mateo high school. phones are locked in the pouch from bell to bell. >> the phones and the emails
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have been kind of buzzing all week and we're trying to be as timely as we can to support other schools that might be interested in doing something like this. >> at the district level, superintendent kevin skelly is looking at it closely, too. with an eye on wider implementation. >> this may be the most powerful social emotional health kind of thing that we do as a district, right? it is to get kids off their phones. >> senior student, jalani phillips wasn't sure about giving up his phone at first. even he can't deny the difference. >> the highest screen time i noted was seven hours. yesterday, i was at 30 minutes. >> he's working on finessing gray areas, especially for students who may actually need their phones at all times. he believes the method is working because it's an all-out ban. >> the average bathroom break is two to three minutes, last year it could have been 20, halls with their head down on their phone. >> there's way more annoying. >> because people are talking to each other. people are singing songs. they're doing other fun stuff.
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>> really? >> yeah. >> that was not happening -- with everybody on their phones? >> i mean, yeah. without phones now, you got to find some way to entertain yourself. >> in san mateo, chris reyes for abc 7 news. isn't that fascinating. a bit of a stumbling block for the push to use phones to pay for everything. so-called cashless stores. can't call themselves that anymore. as of today, every store in san francisco has to accept cash. here's abc 7 news reporter amy hollyfield. >> reporter: amazon go is all about speed. >> my husband and i joke about that. they send you a receipt. it tells you how long you were in there. and it will be like 19 seconds. we joke about who was in amazon go the quick quest. customers love it. the city of san francisco worried about the people on the outside of the maybe only have cash. so today, the store has to accept cash.
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so we tried it out and they a come dated us. it's designed for the app on your phone opens the gates for you. then they have to pull o cart with the cash in it and find the key for that. it takes some time. but they do comply with the new law. but is this all even necessary? we asked bill anaya, who has been homeless for 23 years. he has a phone. he showed us how he's using this muni stop to charge it. he says most everyone on the street has options when it comes to paying. >> everybody has their own interest. they phones. >> he's glad to know the law is in place, saying cash feels safer to him because people can steal your information when you use your phone. but he still won't be shopping >> is- things on sale. >> if you find a store in the city that isn't accepting cash, there are consequences. fines ranging anywhere from $100 to $1,000.
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in san francisco, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. rescuers are still hoping for the public's help tonight. three days ago, this cat was plucked from a ledge of the bay bridge hundreds of feet in the air. san francisco animal care and control has been working to find the cat's owner. so far, no luck. >> he's now living on what amounts to the top bunk in the rows of kennels at san francisco animal care and control. but being a few feet off the ground is just cat's play to this black and white mystery man, especially after being plucked off a ledge on the bay bridge earlier this week, 300 feet up. >> he was dangling over the ledge. we had cal trans and highway patrol stop traffic for us so we didn't get squashed. then the officer managed to grab the leash of the cat and another officer could lean over the edge with a net and scoop the cat up. >> the animal care and control has been calming the cat after he reached the top of mt. everest. for the past week, the bay area
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has been captivated by the mystery of how this cat scaled to his own perch on the bridge. the lieutenant says the officers have been blasting his image over social media to locate the owner. one man vacationing in europe called after -- but no match. >> posted the story, trying to get them to come in. we want them to be reunited. >> they've been treating tensing over the past few days say he's in good health and he's not considered abandoned or abused. >> we don't believe there was any mal lis at this point. we're assuming this was an accident that the cat got on to the bridge. we don't know how. we'd love for the owner to come in and be reunited. >> in the meantime, he's enjoying a relaxing and safer home than the one he was rescued from. >> dying to know what happened. if you recognize tensing, the bay bridge cat, call animal care and control.
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the number is on your screen. 415-554-6364. i'm sorry. we'll start with that. missouri woman isn't sleeping very easily these days understandably after being awakened by an 8-leg intruder. suzie torres woke up early tuesday morning to what she says was the sound of swooshing in her left ear. cringe, i know. not knowing what it was, she headed to the doctor to get it checked out. the nurse's reaction, it surprised her. >> ran out and said i'm going to get a couple more people. she said i think you have an insect in there. i didn't panic because i didn't know what it was. until she came back in and they told me it was a spider. they had a few tools and they worked their magic and got it out. >> oh, my gosh. this was not an oert spider but a venomous brown recluse. it can cause fever, chills, increased swelling, nausea and headaches. torres plans to use ear plugs
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now when you sleep. you don't want to think about that. >> i read sometimes that cockroaches will do that, too. >> eeww. >> screaming. >> bad movie. our weather isn't awful. more like what it should be in the bay area. want to show what brought about the air changes. the air mass definitely changed up. the marine layer came in from the south from the monterey bay. we saw that southerly surge this morning. going into this afternoon. and that fog brought back our natural cooler air that we're used to here in the bay area. certainly has dropped the temperatures. 15 degrees cooler in san antonio rosa, compared to 24 hours ago. five degrees in concord. golden gate bridge camera, socked in. we have the fog out there and a nice breeze. 64 in san francisco. 73 in oakland. 80 in redwood city. 82 san jose and 63
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ba ses over e bay. rosa.rom 90 degrees in petaluma. one of the hotspots, fairfield at 94. not as hot as yesterday. san jose camera showing you the shark tank and it is nice and bright over the tank there. coastal fog pushes over the bay tonight. mild to warm saturday. heats up inland on sunday. hgher humidity returning the middle of next week. don't be surprised if it starts to feel muggy again. 7:00 tonight, the fog over the bay. 50s to 70s for your temperatures as we look at the forecast going into midnight. pretty widespread fog except in the valleys. and then tomorrow morning, you start out with 50s, a few 60s. by lunch, it's nice. take your lunch outside or go for a walk. do whatever you want to outdoors. it's pleasant weather at noontime. tomorrow morning, starting you off with temperatures in the mid-50s to the low 60s.
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fog and a few high thin wispy clouds. for the afternoon, a warm one inland. a lot like today. but not going to be excessive heat. 92 in antioch. 92 livermore. 71 in san francisco. 65 in half moon bay. breezy still with lingering fog. 86 in san jose. 76 in oakland. 83 san rafael. mid-80s santa rosa. vallejaccur seven-day forecast will feature our typical weather. fog and sunshine, warming trend for sunday. push being the temperatures into the upper 90s inland. look at this. the summer sizzle is back on monday. trich wi triple digits inland. temperatures going down midweek. notice what's coming up. the humidity. we'll be tracking leftovers from a tropical system in the pacific that will add more cloud cover, increase our humidity and during that time period, may have to watch for an isolated thunderstorm or two around the state as another system interacts with that moisture.
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live. comedian marlon wayans was talking about his new movie. the conversation shifted to age and ended with marlon giving abu >> you are involved in a rse aging i'm ting to be a distinguished gentleman. no i grew it because i was tired of getting carded when i go to clubs. >> it's true. i can't believe it. i don't want to talk about your age. >> i'm 47. >> i'm 47 years old how old are you? >> i'm about to turn 42. >> you took terrible. >> you see what i'm saying. >> ain't going to be here long. let me give you a i hug. >> thank you. >> six seven years left in this body. >> oh, wow. >> i'm joking. >> i'm going to take that -- i'm going to take a liver france plant or whatever it is. >> i got three of them. >> you just never know what's
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going to happen on midday live or who might show up. always be sure to tune in for the full hour at 11:00 a.m. john travolta the other this should give the rolling stones a little satisfaction. the legendary band has a rock on mars named after it. no kidding. the robotic lander spotted the stone rolling along the planet. who better to name it than mick, keith and the boys. the announcement came last night before the band took the stage in the rose bowl in pasadena. the venue is just a stone's throw from nasa's laboratory that manages the robotic lander. fun. >> that's great. the stock market takes another tumble. the tariff troubles and the latest dron. rut uh-oh, looks like someone's still nervous about buying a new house. is it that obvious? yes it is. you know, maybe you'd worry less if you got geico to help with your homeowners insurance. i didn't know geico could helps with homeowners insurance.
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♪ try my $4.99 barbeque bacon double cheeseburger combo. stocks took a tumble today. closing sharply lower after the latest escalation of the u.s./china trade dispute. the dow jones dropped 2.35%. rachel scottin waingt with the vert trade w rachel? >> dan, ama good afternoon. it's a game of who can blink
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first. the president trying to get the upper hand. this boils down to the consumer and the reality is, they're not seeing a hike in tariffs, they'll see new tariffs in about a week. yet, another battle of the ongoing trade war with china. president trump is hoping to use american businesses as his next line of defense. the president dwetweeted, ou gr american companies are hereby ordered to look for an alternative to china, including bringing your companies home. while it's unclear what authority the president has to assert his demand, it comes as china turned the heat back on the u.s. after president trump announced another layer of hikes on chinese goods. china striking back, imposing tariffs on $75 billionthli s ic on september 1st there wake up to an additional pinch. the stock market taking a plunge. the dow sinking more than 600
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points as fears that the u.s. is sinking closer to a recession continue to grow. concerns the president dismisses. >> i don't see a recession. >> but today, meeting with world central bankers in wyoming, federal reserve chairman jerome powell signal signs of a global economic slowdown and suggests that the president's trade wars are playing a part. one economist telling one that it clearly upset the president. >> what jay powell said today was remarkable. all but punching president trump in the face with his remarks. >> and in this latest exchange of digs, the president also taking a jab at his own hand picked fed chair asking who is a bigger enemy, him or the leader of china. the fed dropped interest rates for the first time in a decade last month. the white house says those should be even lower and blame the fed for any sign of weakness in the economy. reporting in washington, rachel scott, abc 7 news. >> rachel, thank you. the global economy is
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expected to be one of the hot topics at the group of seven summit this weekend. president trump left for the summit today in southwestern france. he called for a special meeting on sunday to focus on the economy and as fears of recession loom. it also remains to be seen whether the president will call for russia to be allowed back into the group of seven. russia was kicked out in 2014 after annexing crimea. high fashion is taking on climate change before the g7 summit. 32 companies, including chanel, armani, adidas and nike signed an environmental pact which will be presented at the meeting tomorrow. the initiative was developed by the head of caring, the french luxury group that owns gucci, yeef st. laurent and other brands as well. a u.s. missile launch sparking -- vladimir putin ordered his military to order a ready symmetrical response to the test of a tomahawk cruise missile. this is slow motion video.
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this took place off the coast of los angeles. the pentagon says the missile hit its target after heading 310 miles. that distance would have breached the limits of the treatie treaties. ruth bade ir ginsburg has completed radiation therapy for cncerous tumor on her pancreas. mona kosar abdi has the details. >> supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg completed a three-week course of cancer therapy. the radiation treatment began august 5th to treat a tumor on her pancreas. the supreme court issued a statement saying justice ginsburg tolerated the treatment well and had to cancel her annual summer visit to santa fe, she continued to maintain an active schedule u she dismissed concerns about her health. >> i think it was after the
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pancreatic cancer who allows with great glee that i was going to be dead within six months. that senator, whose name i've forgotten is now dead. i am very much alive. >> according to the court's statement, the tumor was treated and no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. in january 2019, her recovery from surgery to -- forced her to miss oral arguments, she continued to work if home. on social issues like abortion and separation of church and state. she's won the admiration of many conservatives for her grasp of the law and carefully considered opinions. mona kosar abdi. one of the richest men has died. the 79-year-old had been battling prostate cancer. david koch and charles koch were huge forces since the '80s in american politics donating to the republican party. illinois health officials are reporting what could be the nation's first death tied to
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vaping. the unidentified person died after being hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. officials added that the number of people in illinois who have experienced respiratory illness after vaping doubled to 22 in the past week. it comes after the cdc announced 149 cases of severe lung illness nationwide that may be tied to vaping. something unusual was found inside a meal achkera. boxer robert guerrero takes a swing for gilroy. how he's helping out the community after the deadly garlic festival shooting. we'll talk with him. i'm meteorologist sandhya patel. the marine layer is deepening. that means the temperatures went down today. you know when you're at ross and you score the perfect outfit? ooooohhhh! game on! now, that's yes for less. nothing beats getting the latest trends at 20 to 60 percent off specialty store prices. at ross. yes for less.
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this fight, you know, i'm going to dedicate it to them and also a portion of my check is going to them. >> that's nice. you're a native son and they're very proud of youthere. i know your -- some of your family was even at the garlic festival when the shooting happened. they're okay, obviously. >> yes. everybody is okay. i had a lot of friends there also, too. the gilroy garlic festival is a big deal for all of us residents from there. everybody gets excited about it all year long. can't wait until it comes up. then we go and have fun, have food. everybody gets together. it's like a big friend, family reunion. you know for something to happen like that, it kind of really shocks everybody and scares everybody. just too bad it happened in gilroy. >> i love gilroy. they're in such a great community. when you heard the news, your heart sank, i'm sure. tell me about your emotions. >> just hearing about it, i was
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on my way home. you hear there's an active shooter. people are calling saying i seen some of your family, friends on social media that are there. is everybody okay? it just scares you. you don't know who is there at the time. i had three -- i had two nieces and a nephew there. one of my -- >> at the festival. >> while the shooting was going on. just a whole load of friends that were out there. you know, thank god everybody is okay. you know, i really commend gilroy pd. they took care of business and got their job done, man. it was incredible to see. >> quick response. >> how their response was and they took care of business. hats off to them. not also them, but the responders that responded to them to help them out with. one comes to mind is the straw hat pizza. raj, he did a great job on just feeding everybody immediately right after. that's what kind of community we are. >> we always talk about communities being close-knit. this one certainly is. gilroy. everyone there is so proud of this festival.
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like you said, first responders were great, police were great. so were ordinary people who just did what they could to help if that emergency. now you're doing what you can to help which is raise awareness that there's a need out there to help those families and raise some money. i know you'll get a great check for fighting. it's kind of you to donate some of the proceeds. that must be very gratifying. >> it's great to be in the position to also do that. you know, gilroy has given so much to me. they've supported me since i was a kid, through my amateur and professional career. time to give back. we do a lot of stuff for the community, we have our boxing gym there, pound for pound and do things with gilroy pd for kids. that's what we do. the thing with gilroy, we're a tight community and take care of each other. that's what we do. >> we're watching some of you in action there. i love the stare downs. you're such a nice man. you look so mean in the pictures. >> that's all practice. >> that's part of the trade. tell me about your fighting in about, what, a month and a half or so.
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what's the training like for you now? >> right nowoi into until the fight, it's just getting that sparring, putting everything together, putting game plans together. making sure the weight -- the diet. everything is falling into place. my father has a great game plan we'v been working on. i can't wait to execute it. >> do you get nervous before you do it? >> there's a few nervesb you they're good nerves. get you excited and pumped up. >> robert the ghost guerrero. good luck in the fight. we'll be watching. thanks so much. >> thanks for being here. hi there everyone. let's look at live doppler 7 right now. we have fog hugging the entire coastline. it's going to push over the bay later on tonight. it is going to be a nice day tomorrow. 65 in half moon bay. a breeze coming through. fog, 71 in san francisco. 76 degrees in oakland. 84 in napa. getting you up into the low 90s. 80 in palo alto. 86 degrees in san jose.
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a beautiful saturday on tap. if you like hotter weather, sunday is your day out of the weekend because we will notice that the temperatures go up into the upper 90s inland. still comfortable at the coast in the 60s. by monday, triple digits inland. along the beaches, you can expect the microclimate. it will be comfortable. tuesday, hot inland. a look at the ction o and sun with 60s to 90s. turning up the heat to start off the wor up thety. it will get muggy midweek as a system that falls apart in the pacific. it's a tropical storm right now. ivo weakens. it will get sticky again. we have several days to enjoy it. >> not more muggy. >> i know. it's a few days away. >> thanks, sandhya. if you're looking for something to do this weekend before it gets muggy again. how about listening to piano concerts in a civil war era fort
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underneath the golden gate bridge. they place pianos in unexpected locations in the city this weekend. there's one at fort point open to the public to play. there will be concerts from local musicians from 1:30 to 3:30 tomorrow and sunday. an unwelcome discovery in a basket of chicken tenders. what one bay area family found, that's coming up. 7 on side's michael finney. getting ail little angry can getting ail little angry can help you make b o♪ ozempic®! ♪ oh! oh! (announcer) 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 7 and maintained it. oh! under 7? (announcer) and you may lose weight.
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at least one bay area family won't be rushing to neighborhood popeyes. a recent order of chicken tenders was deep fried paper. abc 7 news reporter met with the family. >> 3-year-old max is a big fan of popeye's chicken tenders. they took one home from this location to enjoy. >> almost went through half of our meal. towards the end, we noticed the extremely odd, long piece of tender. >> break it apart, you can see the paper, the folds of the wax paper, parchment paper, of what
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that is. >> he was the only one to swallow a piece of that. he and his wife immediately took the box back. they were given a full refund but were reeling with concern thinking about what could have happened if max had eaten it. >> we don't know what type of health hazards that could have caused. she could have ate it, she could have choked. what kind of bacteria was on that type of stuff. >> they reached out to popeyes corporate, the better business bureau and the san mateo health department. the health department reported back confirming parchment paper is used to separate seasons -- owe. >> most likely it t. had fallen in. >> they're looking for acknowledgment from the company and an apology. >> we've reached out to popeyes for a comment. we'll let you know when we hear back. abc 7 ne a new effort to fight the robo calls. i literally got like ten today. >> michael finney is here with the details. michael? >> they're unbelievable.
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>> they won't stop. >> americans receive almost 5 billion robo calls every month. now a coalition of major telecom companies and attorneys general from all 50 states are teaming up to fight them. the carriers have promised to use anti-robo call technology to block the illegal calls at a network level and provide customers with advanced blocking features for free. now they also promised to share intel on illegal robo callers with law enforcement. when you give a tip, you expect a service worker to get the cash. door dash just got popped pocketing the money. we told you about that. so now the san francisco-based delivery company is changing its ways. starting next month, it says drivers will receive 100% of the tips and customers will have the option to tip either before or after a delivery is made. a new report is raising red flags about items sold on amazon and an investigation by the
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"wall street journal" turned up more than 4,000 banned and unsafe items sold by third parties through the site. we're talking about toys and medication here. amazon took down 57% of the listings or changed the wording after they were informed about the products. want to make good decisions? get ticked off. new researchers find anger hems us make better consumer choices because then we focus on top priorities. in the study, participants who felt anger were more likely to make bold consistent choices and were more satisfied with their choices. the research appears in the journal of the association of consumer research. so actually getting angry can help. >> that's interesting. >> in certain circumstances. >> right. michael. there's a new debate taking over the internet. it's a viral video of an animal that has a lot of people asking, is it a bird or a bunny?
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take a look. dan quintana, a scientist at the university of oslo posted the video along with the caption, rabbits love getting stroked on their nose. it has nine million views and reactions. it's not a bunny but a bird. a raven that lives at a bird sanctuary in missouri. >> i only saw the bird at first. what are people talking about. now i see the bunny. >> you saw the bunny at first and then the bird. >> like that dress. s it gold and white or owe wow. >> pretty wild. >> i can't stop staring at it. it's a bird. it is a bird. moving on. team sports can do more than just get kids in shape. >> it can help their brains. how it makes a difference coming up. kristen is here with what's coming up at 5:00. i see a goat, guys. >> all right. new at 5:00, those fires raging
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all right. we have a good lineup for you tonight. coming up on abc 7 at 8:00. it's american housewife followed by fresh off the boat. that comes on at 8:30. at 9:00, an all new episode of what would you do. at 10:00, catch 2020 and don't miss abc 7 news at 11:00. as students head back to school this month, some kids io. now researchers say playing team sports can actually help improve a child's brain structure and may even help to reduce depression. a reporter with our details. >> kicking around a soccer ball
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is just for fun because 8th grader ian whiply saves his serious moves for water polo. watch him score. >> it's just fun. i can talk with my friends a bit. i can just play. >> physical benefits of participating in youth sports is well-known. now a recent study shows playing team sports can help kids dealing with live effects. >> they didn't get as depressed as often as kids not engaged in group activities or sports. >> good or bad, win or lose, you're with your group, you're in it together. >> coach, runs youth sports programs for elementary school aged kids. on a team, he says kids learn social skills that help them interact with their meforefecte group, being part o experience, you won't fee>> maye at school, i can go to water polo and just play with others. >> playing team sports, kids
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learn how to lead and negotiate with other kids to reach a common goal. >> activities that help build persistence, resilience are very positive influences later on this life. >> hef e team sport is good, then playing multiple sports is even better. >> so many kids are speciaizing at such a young age that i think it leads to burnout. i'm offering classes where they can learn the fundamentaling, play scrimmages with other kids and have fun. >> different types of personalities requires compromise. another skill ian knows will serve him well. >> later in life, i won't get to choose who i work w maybe this will teach me something. >> abc 7 news. that's a nice outlet. you can get the latest news any time with the abc 7 news app. it has enhanced live video features and push alerts. to get more of the news you want delivered to your phone in real-time. you can download it for free in
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the apple or android app store. that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news at 4:00. i'm ama daetz. thanks for joining us. abc 7 news at 5:00 starts now. i've been waiting 20 years for them to get this train. >> now the end is near. the key testing that's about to begin to ease north bay. protests blew up again as democratic candidates meet in san francisco. only some of the political contenders are finding a warm welcome. >> the amazon is burning and california may feel the fallout. we could see a difference as soon as this winter. google is cracking down on employees. it has to do with what they can say inside the company. >> in classrooms across the state, the plan to expand april ban on student suspensions. smart trains will be blowing morns between san rafael and larkspur this weekend as testing of the new rail line extension
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begins and there's a lot of buzz about the changes coming to southern marin county. good evening, i'm dan ashley. >> i'm kristen sze. a few hours from now, they will test the trains. one of six planned stations shown here with gold dots. the green dots show the ten stations that are currently open. >> abc 7 news reporter, cornell barnard is live from the smart station in san rafael. how this is all part of building a better transit system. cornell? >> reporter: yeah. dan, kristen, san rafael been the end of the line for smart train riders for some time now. not for long. after three years of construction, this rail extension in larkspur is done. test runs begin tonight. >> i've been waiting 20 years for them to get this train going, yeah. >> kathleen and others who depend on sonoma marin area rail transit or smart, never thought they'd see it. a train which travels beyond
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