injection. >> today the court issued the final ruling creating permanent protections for the sanctuary counties. new at 6:00, new video of a tesla driver asleep at the wheel. people in a passing car got this video on i-5 last saturday. can you believe it? they didn't call police because they saw the driver wake up and regain control of the car. the tesla wasn't moving erratically and traveling about 70, 75 miles an hour. it's not clear if the vehicle was in auto pilot mode. we seen this happen in june. this video was taken between 405 and 5 in los angeles. the person who shot the video says he called 911 when he saw the sleepy driver and then watch this, back in march. >> i think this guy is like passed out in his tesla. >> that witness says the tesla driver appeared to sleep for about ten minutes, woke up once, looked around and went back to sleep. this also happened around los angeles. tesla's website advices drivers

quote auto pilot is intended for use with a fully attentive driver with their hands on the wheel prepared to take over at any time. also new at 6:00, no action will be taken against sacramento kings' head coach luke walton following allegations he sexual assaulted a woman. kelly says walton attacked her at a california hotel while he was an assistant coach. she said he continued to harass her when he became the coach of the lakers and she was a broadcaster for a cable television station. an investigation says more than 20 people were interviewed by declined to take part. abc 7 news is working to build a better bay area and public transit plays a key role. sport is testing the trains that will soon transport passengers to and from the station at the end of the smart line. the green dots show the ten

stations that are currently open. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live from the smart station. hi cornell. >> reporter: san rafael is the end of the long after three long years of construction, the rail extension is done and test runs begin in a few hours. >> you get on the train, you see all those cars bumper to bumper and go bye. >> reporter: kathleen and others who depend on sonoma ma rain area rail transit or smart never thought they would see it. a train which travels beyond san rafael. >> i've been waiting 20 years for them to get this train. >> reporter: a two-mile $55 million extension is now finished. new track, now crossings and a brand-new station, a short walk to the golden gate ferry. >> provides the ferry connection opportunity and the expanse into san francisco so getting the testing started today is the

beginning of the next chapter. >> reporter: smart will start testing trains without passengers friday night. there are signs warning drivers expect possible delays. >> we ask patietiencpatience. >> we need more public transportation. >> reporter: patty hopes the train service will get her out of traffic. >> if i have to go to san francisco for work, i can walk from my office to the train and take smart train to the ferry and take the ferry in, which depending on the time of day, that could be very valuable. >> reporter: for dennis, it means trips to giants' games without his car. >> i've always wanted to take the ferry to the game and it would be nice not having to, you know, drive. >> reporter: he hopes the extended train service will take more cars off the road. >> works toward the environment is better. we have to save the planet one train at a time. >> reporter: the train testing will last for several weeks

during overnight hours. smart says passenger service should begin by the end of the year. in san rafael, cornell bernard, abc 7 news. >> thank you. in the south bay after many years of planning construction, community leaders celebrated the grand opening of the first affordable housing development reserved for the homeless called second street studios. chris web explanguyen explains approach could help build a better bay area. >> reporter: after being homeless for 12 years, ralph was one of the first to move into the brand-new second street studios in san jose. >> the days believing in yourself and man kind and it happened. >> reporter: the marine corps veteran grateful for a second chance. >> sometimes you want to give up but think it might bring a different outcome. >> reporter: funded by the city and state, the nearly $16 million project was developed by first community housing using a housing first philosophy. >> when you start meeting the people that live here, they are

intelligent, resourceful, they represent all walks of life. they just needed the opportunity to be able to recover and come back. >> reporter: many cities treat homelessness with temporary fixes like short term shelters or encampments but this is a permanent home for 150 of the areas most vulnerable residents. housing is combined with support services including a full-time on sight nurse, harm reduction specialist and counselors. >> this is the first project we've been able to get built. we have 13 others in the pipeline and will be able to start to tackle this challenge. >> reporter: destination home 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 because it not just good for the people that get into their homes, it's good for all of us has a whole. >> reporter: good for residents like michael ekhes art.

>> i have dignity back and self-worth. i feel like i'm a part of the community and not a burden to the community. >> reporter: in san jose, chris nguyen, a brks krrbc 7 news. >> oakland mayor libby shaft joined us with newly approved transit village built near the west oakland bart station. >> we'd rather house people than cars. this project has very few parking spaces. the anticipation is that residents won't necessarily own cars when they live that close to a bart station. this is good for our housing crisis and it's really good for climate change. >> moakland's mid century monstr is need of repairs.

you can see patches where the green paint is peeling. the art sculpture had been fenced off for four years because of deterioration. a community group raised money to repair it and hosted a party to celebrate the restoration. the city of oakland tells abc 7 news the cost to fix that peeling paint will be covered in the project budget. adhesive and new paint will be applied. in the meantime, what do you see in your neighborhood that needs improvement? we want to hear your ideas, share them by joining our better bay area group on facebook. new at 6:00, an exclusive update from the abc 7 news i-team. >> about a woman who calls herself a virtual travel counselor but clients tell the i-team she ruined their vacations and owes them money. >> melanie wood droe joro joins >> they say she ruined more than

their family vacation, their wedding. i uncovered information who else is working with wendy? >> as long as love goes, they took their time. >> yeah, took me a year to actually ask her for her number. >> describing their eight-year romance slow and steady. >> what i love the host most is patience. >> after mikey proposed at christmas in 2017, they decided on a long engagement with plenty of time to plan and for their family to save up. the destination a no-brainer, hawaii where mikey took rachel on their first vacation together as a couple and she discovered the aloha life. >> a very hospitable culture without strings attached. >> reporter: a friend recommended hiring wendy wong to book the entire wedding. >> a to z everything. >> reporter: three months before the wedding, no confirmed

bookings, no flight itineraries and always an excuse. >> it was almost like we were still almost a year and a half out. >> reporter: rachel says far from the aloha life. >> it's the exact opposite. >> reporter: on august 6th an email from wen. >> everything is under water. >> reporter: those issues including a lawsuit out of new york filed july 23rd by cash flow funding which bought house of aloha's and her future receivables for $50,000. less than 24 hours after she received that money, cash flow fundings attorney say wen defaulted on the first payment of $600. >> my client was just bewilder d bewildered. >> reporter: cash flow funding is suing her for more than $100,000 and attorneys fees. the police department says they have interviewed 13 victims that paid her and discovered their

vacations were never booked. they referred the case to the santa clara d.a.'s office. this week dozens more victims contacted me many mentioning jamie rodriguez. rachel says jamie continues to down play the situation. >> it sounded like she was trying to cover for wendy, as well. >> reporter: i learned jamie works in the civil division records department clara county superior court. court policy requires to disclose outside work but not clear if jamie did. the same spokesperson says it does not comment on personal issues. with two months before the big day, the couple and their family are out $27,000. rachel and mike ky still need a place to stay the night before their wedding. even though, the couple says their love is stronger than ever. >> reporter: jamie rodriguez has not responded to my request for comment, wen who had been

emailing me has stopped. her parents however are speaking with me. her father and stepmother tell me that wen owes them nearly $20,000. they estimate she owes her family closer to $200,000. in an emailed statement her father in part writes quote, your investigation journalism will provide releaf for some of the victims and perhaps more importantly prevent future victims. the tenedora family grieves over the devastating loses to so many. house of aloha is a house of cards, deceit and lies. the d. acht's office created a dedicated address for complaints. we'll put a link to it on our website abc7news.com. in the newsroom for the i-team, melanie woodro. >> just stunning. good work here. thank you. all right. phone free all day, all year, the new rule at san mateo high school and getting attention. >> that after the first week of

school, we'll check back in to see what grade this policy is getting from students and teachers. back to the usual here in the bay area, not the muggy midwest feel. i'm meteorologist sandhya

still no arrests on this shay afterr 6th street. nobody was hit by the flying bullets but you can see the chaos as people ran for safety. this video has been one of the most watched on our website, abc7news.com. share it with your friends, you could help identify and catch this dangerous suspect. also trending on

abc7news.com, san mateo high school going phone free. it the largest public school to do it. abc 7 news reporter kris reyes has this followup report. >> yeah, i was wearing my name tag and somebody i never nuno 'tissed -- noticed it. >> news of san mateo's high school policy of locking phones in pouchs all day, every day all year has been spreading fast and resinating with educators across the country. o cf1 o >> the phones and the emails 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. one teacher stated students feel less embarrassed when being silsil silly since nobody is taking a picture of video. i love seeing large groups of

students talking at lunch. >> reporter: kevin is looking at it with an eye on wider implementation. >> this may be the most powerful, social emotional health thing we do as a district is to get kids off their phone. >> reporter: senior student delany wasn't sure about giving up his phone at first but even he can't deny the difference. >> the highest screen time i noted was seven hours yesterday, i was at 30 minutes. >> reporter: he says he's working on finessing gray areas for students that may actually need their phones at all times but he believes the method is working because it's an all out ban. >> the average bathroom break is two to three minutes, last year 20, 30 and students wondering the halls. >> way more annoying. >> reporter: because people are talking to each other. >> people are talking to each other, people are like singing songs or doing other fun stuff. >> reporter: realreally? that was not happening with everybody on their phone. >> i mean, yeah, without phones now you got to find a way to

entertain yourself. >> reporter: in san mateo, kris reyes. >> imagine that. san jose's police department is one of the first in the nation to fly the pride flag. abc 7 news was at police head quarters this morning to celebrate san jose's pride weekend and the police chief says it's a way to show solidarity with the lgbtq community and officers noted the significance. >> this flag reminds me that i'm loved and appreciated and i'm in the right place serving the right community. so thank you for that. >> pride weekend runs through sunday and includes a festival and parade downtown. the parade is on sunday at 10:00 a.m. >> what will the weather be like for pride weekend? >> yeah, is the mugginess going to be back that soon? >> not that soon. the weekend will be fabulous for pride weekend in san jose. now ama and dan, i want to show you live doppler 7 and the reason for this, cool marine influence back again. it is socked in along the entire

coastline, the sea breeze is stronger across parts of the bay area you'll notice a south wind to 29 in napa, southwest gusting to 21 in fairfield and that wind with the marine layer has helped to take our temperatures down today. the humidity is down in terms of the dew point so it's not that sticky feel we had yesterday. i want to show you what will happen with the wind. it will remain breezy tonight at 7:00 p.m. if you're stepping out, the winds will subside to pick back up again tomorrow afternoon, which means temperatures tomorrow will be like today. if you like today's weather, you'll enjoy the weekend. here is a live look from the camera and you can see the marine layer rushing back in close to 2,000 feet deep. from the explore camera, oakland at 70. still mild in san jose. redwood city in the 70s and 80s. here is a live picture from the roof camera and we're watching

the breeze there blowing. 73 santa rosa and low 80s, fairfield 81 in livermore. this is what we're used to here in the bay area. golden gate bridge sure rounded by fog. coastal fog pushes over the bay tonight. mild to warm saturday. it heats up sunday and if you're missing the humidity that we had yesterday, it's back. the middle of next week. i'm not missing it. here is a look at the hour by hour forecast. 7:00 tomorrow morning foggy along the bay as we head into the afternoon, the fog pulls back but sits there near the beaches while into the afternoon and evening hours. first thing tomorrow morning, watch out for a little drizzle near the coast. otherwise foggy start for most of you. mid 50s to the low 60s as we head into the afternoon, it will be a beautiful day in the south bay. santa clara 85, 92 gilroy and 75 in santa cruz and on the peninsula, 81 mountain view and 80 in redwood city and mid 60s

here near the coast with lingering fog in places like daly city and downtown san francisco 71 and in the north bay quite a variety from 66 to o 96 so our supper micro climate, 86 santa rosa and oakland and hercules and sun will be shining, it will be a warm day but not extreme inland. 87 degrees in san ramon and 89 walnut creek. your accuweather seven-day forecast will turn up the heat a little bit on sunday. mid 60s to the upper 90s feeling the summer size l on monday but the good news is that triple digit sizzle is only going to be around for one day. the temperatures start to slide beginning on tuesday and that's when the humidity comes up as leftovers from a tropical storm head in our direction. stay tuned for now we'll increase the clouds and mugginess. >> thanks. >> all right. let's give you a live look at san francisco international airport because a father

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a family trusted an airline with their child but what happened to her is not what they paid for. >> this story from north carolina. >> you hear your son or daughter

say i'm on my own. >> by myself. >> in san francisco. >> far from what douglas and maria wanted to hear from their 13-year-old daughter especially after paying alaska airlines a $75 unaccompanied minor fee. >> my hear is in my throat like shaking. >> the 13-year-old flying across the country to spokane, washington with her first layover in san francisco. a kind stranger letting the child use his phone. >> i saw your daughter crying, and i have four kids and i know how you feel right now. >> helpless and thousands of miles away, the stranger escorted his daughter to the alaska airlines customer service counter. and then the phone rings, it's the airline. >> she was lost not even stating that she was alone. it was just acting as if there was an issue with the flight and we have to get your permission to put her on another flight. >> alaska airlines told us caring for a child flying alone

is their top priority. they apologized saying they had tabs on the 13-year-old the entire time but understand she may have felt unsupervised in the crowded area. they also said they are working to strengthen processes to make sure young guests feel safe. not a good enough answer for these parents who say they will think twice next time before allowing their kid to fly alone with alaska airlines. >> i do still want my full refund. you were able to refund my $75, admitting to the fact that she was indeed alone, you know, so why can't i have my money back? >> obviously made the parents very nervous. >> the family spoke to an alaska airlines rep who said they received the $75 refund within seven days, for the 13-year-old, she did make it safely to washington. >> she's okay, at least. coming up, hope you didn't check your 401 k balance today. yikes. stocks are down again and trade

tensions are up. we'll explain the international issues that could affect what you buy and when you retire. plus, how the fires ranging throu -- raging through the amazo

markets closed sharply lower after the latest escalation of the u.s. china trade decembdeceb the dow plunged and the nasdaq dropped close to 240 points and the s&p lost 75. china's tariffs could spell trouble for some california businesses. >> higher prices on american goods could lead chinese consumers to buy cheaper products from other countries and cut into the bottom line. >> eric thomas reports. >> china fired the latest shot in the trade war today slappin , even whisky. most economists hate trade wars

and prefer free trade. >> it's the best thing. it's going to lead to the fastest growth. it's going to allow the economy as productive as it can be and lead to the most high-paying jobs. >> instead china will add a five to 10% tax on goods shipped from america to china. one bach in september, another in december. >> economics there is a principle that taxes are always paid by both sides by the producers and the consumers. >> president trump has been using tariffs on chinese goods sold in the u.s. to pressure china ending unfair trade practices dating back decades in retaliation, china slapped tariffs on the agriculture industry, especially farmers who grow pa stash oistachios and aia california wines with more than $185 million in sales. whatever the product, grain, spirit or automobiles, chances

are they will have to go through the port of oakland to get to china. >> this can't go on indefinitely. how do you run a business? >> shipments to china may slow but exports to other asian countries like south korea and japan more than made up the slack, for now. >> that's why the port of oakland and leading industries in the u.s. are calling for an end to this trade war. >> instead, just the opposite is happening. president trump this afternoon announced the u.s. will raise tariffs another $250 billion in chinese goods. in oakland, eric thomas, abc 7 news. ruth bader ginsburg has been treated for pant yac pancreatic again. there is no evidence of disease elsewhere. she was treated for prank yacru cancer and last year a lung was removed. this recent tumor was detected after a routine blood test.

ginsburg's spokesperson said the justice will continueic blood td david cokekoch has died. his brother charles confirmed the passing saying he was battling prostate cancer for the past 27 years. the koch brothers have been huge forces in american politics since the '80s. david koch's network was $50 billion, making him the 11th richest person in the world according to forbes. illinois health officials are reporting what could be the nation's first death tied to vaping. the unidentified person who had recently vaped died after being hospitalized with severe respiratory illness. the number of people in illinois that experienced respiratory illness after vaping doubled to 22. the report comes two days after the cdc announced 149 cases of

severe lung illness nationwide. video of the amazon rain forest fires is adding fuel to the world climate debate. a local environmentalists and fire officials say the fires are likely to have a direct impact on california. here is abc 7 news reporter leslie brinkley to explain why. >> reporter: french president macron tweeted our house is burning, literally. the lungs that produce 20% of the planet's oxygen is on fire. so far this year there is an 84% surge in amazon rain forest fires, 70,000 so far sparked by human activity. some blame brazil's far-right president. >> amazon may be reaching a tipping point, which means that it has been degraded or deforested so much that it -- the echo system can no longer sustain itself. it might be a savannah, a much

drier echo system. >> reporter: non-profit amazon watch says the rain forest doesn't just absorb carbon dioxi dioxide, it feeds moisture into the gulf stream that could reduce the remafall we get in california as soon as this winter. >> we here in north america have benefitted from the ways the rain forest can help regulate our rainfall even up here to california. >> reporter: as for the fires. >> here is the commonality. it can happen here. >> reporter: fire officials say hour fires are triggered by human activity and can explode as we get into the peak fire season. >> standing here today, we have 150 to 200% of the fuel, what we call fuel load. the things that can burn out there, that can feed a grass fire. >> more than the last couple years. >> more than the 150 or 200% more than last year. >> reporter: this global climate crisis is expected to zoom to the top of the agenda at this

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one of these is not like the others. look at this. a fuzzy pink pig was spotted next to several dogs at an animal shelter. turns out this little piggy is a regular at the shelter because he has a habit of escaping. the pig did get reunited and return to his family. >> cute. rescuers are still hoping for the public's help tonight. three days ago a cat was plucked from a ledge of the bay bridge hundreds of feet up in the air. >> san francisco animal care and control is working to find the cat's owner but so far, no luck. >> reporter: he's living on what amounts to the top bunk at the animal care and control. a few feet off the ground is cat's play to this black and white mystery man after being plucked off a ledge this week. 300 feet up.

>> dangling over the ledge. we had caltrans and highway patrol stop so we didn't get squashed. one office managed to grab the leash and another could lean over the edge with a net and scoop the cats up. >> reporter: handlers have been calling the cat tennings after the sherpa and for the past week, the bay yar area is captivated. they have been blasting his image over social media trying to locate the owner. one man made contact after hearing his cat escaped from home here in the bay area but no match. >> so all of us approached trying to get the owner to come in and be reunited. >> reporter: vets treating him over the past three days say he's no good health and investigators don't consider him abandoned or abused. >> we don't believe it was any

mall laice at this point. it was seeming an accident that somehow the cat got onto the bridge. we don't know how. we would love for the owner to come in and bereunited with the cat. >> reporter: he's enjoying a relaxing and safer home than the one he was rescued from. >> if you recognize the bay bridge cat, call animal care and control. >> 415-554-6463 and have it posted online on our website abc7news.com. >> who is droid fready for the ? >> right. >> it will be beach weather and you may not have to go t

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lines can be time consuming and frustrating. >> big time. so what about the services that can help you fast track that process? >> 7 on your side michael finney is here with a buyer's guide. >> you can stand in line and take it. [ laughter ] >> or sign up for one of the services and leave many of the hassles in your rearview mirror. by now, most of us know the routine. >> passport, cell phone. >> all in your bag. >> around sirport security mean lines and pulling out your toiletries or you can get tsa prechecked, go to the usual shorter line, keep your shoes on, computer packed and toilet tristowed away. the coast, $85 for five years. that's only $17 a year. now if you want to step it up and make things go even quicker, you can get clear. available at all bay area airports clear offers a vip experience.

once signed up, you skip most of the security line by going to the clear electronic kiosk. there your ticket is scanned along with your eyes or fingertips and a clear representati representative walks you up to the choeck point. you go past the passengers waiting in line up directly to the tsa agent where this traveler is waved through. the only part of the line clear subscribers have to deal with is the physical check. >> you get certainty. the airport is a place where sometimes there is no lines, other times the lines can be out the door but with clear, you know when you're going to the airport, you're going to have certainty as to your time going through the screening process. >> clear costs you a bit. $179 a year. but if you know the secrets, you can drop the price substantiay.av a fre flier or aount wh e delta or united, the price drops to either $119 or $109. kids can be added for free,

adult family members $50 each. now let's talk about coming home from an overseas trip. yikes. look at that line. you can skip that line completely if you have global entry. >> usually someone who comes to you with global entry is processed really quickly through the kiosk and done. >> reporter: do people like it? >> they love it. >> reporter: rather than go through the long like and to a border protection agent for clearance, you go to an electric kiosk and scan your fingertip and go. $100 for five years but tsa precheck is included. that's a bargain. >> this is just fast and easy and not a lot of people that have it so there is never a line. i get through in less than 15 minutes every time. >> now, one final point, many credit cards will pay for your global entry or tsa, i want you to check the fine print or give them a call.

i have all the information you need on our website just go to abc7news.com, look for 7 on your side. >> some options. >> thanks, michael. well join us tonight for first we want to update the forecast. >> look at live doppler 7. fog a bigger player tonight. that helped to take our temperatures down. it's advancing across the bay. tomorrow afternoon we'll hang on to fog near the beaches. it will be breezy here along the coast and in our inland areas we'll see sunshine and warm weather. so we'll go with the temperatures in the mid 60s to the low 90s for saturday keeping an eye an tropical storm in the pacific. moving northward and eventually when it falls apart, we'll get clouds of this, the middle of next week will lead to higher humidity. the forecast is back to our

typical summertime pattern high n my ni minus humidity. it will get a little bit on the humid side tuesday and wednesday. >> again. >> yes. >> thanks, sandhya. raiders, kind of a weird game. >> chris alvarez is here. >> really weird game. i like michael's report because the raiders are a global team with the traveling. raiders battle the packers and a field in canada last night. we'll talk about that. find out how robert

the raiders are 3-0 this preseason and showed a lot of resolve in last night's 22-21 win over green bay in canada. last night's game played on 80 yard field due to a count for damage after the goalposts were moved to accommodate for rules. with the field issue, the packers pulled starters including aaron rogers did not play but jon gruden didn't have as big of a problem with the conditions. >> we like the field. we thought the field was perfectly ready to roll. didn't impact our play calling or evaluations. we just adapted as they did to the new dimensions of the field. >> we certainly have all played on much worse surfaces in our life, but it was one of the deals where they weren't playing their starters and so we just decided to sit them.

>> baseball schedule, no friday games for the giants or the a's tonight because both teams are preparing for this weekend's two game series in oakland. the two teams split their series last week at oracle park. the giants match on a four-game losing streak. oakland won six of the last seen and now the top spot they hold in the al wild card race. things are good for oakland. >> playing great. you know, knew coming in it would be a tough home stand. got another one coming behind. got to continue to focus and play, ride the momentum we've had the home stand. >> this is a tough series for us because it was a very important series. the only thing you can do now is put this behind us and see if we get back on a roll. >> with damarcus cousins out for the season, the lakers found a replacement in the form of dwight howard.

howard reached a contract buy outwi out with memphis. he's entering the 16th season and returned for a second time after playing one year 2012, 2013 in l.a. native ghost will be in l.a. on september 28th. he stopped by to tape an upcoming episode and talked about the personal connection to the tragedy at the gilroy garlic festival. >> i have two nieces and a nephew, one of my older brothers and they are pretty shooken up and freaked out about it. thank god none of them got injured. if you have family friends and stuff like that got hit and stuff like that with bullets and it's tough, it's tough but it's my turn to give back and to be able to be in that position to donate a portion of my portion to what is going on and help people, i mean, it's what we do.

>> doing great. good luck to him. second round the tour championship is rory mcilroy. third hole and this is as close as you can get. what a chip shot, second round 12 under. he's tied for second place with justin thomas. your leader brooks 18th hole and great approach shot from 224 and he would make birdie and finish at 13 under. couple more rounds of golf left in the playoffs. that's it for sports. >> robert the ghost was also on the news at 4:00. what a nice guy. >> couldn't be any nicer but those fists can fly. >> yeah. >> you watch out. >> he's a very nice man. >> no reporter participation. [ laughter ] >> we're not trying that. >> nice of them to give back. >> really nice. >> hometown hero. >> join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00 just ahead of a perfect weekend for hiking. sand sandhya talked about the great weather. several trails are closed.

you'll hear about the mountain lion and its family. >> wow. a man finds a 100-year-old ring on the floor of a california grocery store. how he fended off scammers to find the rightful owner. coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00 it's american housewife followed by fresh off the boat and a new episode of what would you do. at 10:00 catch 20/20. stick around, jimmy kimmel live comes on at 11:35. finally tonight a few thoughts what really matters. i don't know about you but i'm awfully connected to this thing, much more than i would like to be which is why i watched with great interest on what was happening at san mateo high school this week. it kids just finished the first week without cell phones at school. five straight days untethered to their mobile device. kids have to lock them away in pouchs controlled by their teachers. san mateo high is the largest public school in the country to try it and so far, so good

mostly as kids will always do, they are finding work arounds. some are bringing a second phone to surrenderer keeping theirs and others are bringing a magnate to unlock the pouch. without phones, there is a noticeable change in class. students with their eyes on the teacher, not their phones and in the hallways and cafeteria, too, more talking to one another with their voices, not with their fingers tapping out texts and posts. what really matters is helping our children succeed in school and in life and it will be very interesting to see if other schools around the country and the bay area follow san mateo high's lead. i always love to hear from you. follow me @danashley. >> look for breaking news any time on the abc 7 news >> we'll see you at 11:00.

"jeopardy!" and amazon alexa have been working together now for three years, providing users a way to play extra "jeopardy!" clues every day. and during this teachers tournament, later in the show today, alexa will be helping me with final jeopardy! so stay tuned for us both. ♪ this is the "jeopardy!" teachers tournament, presented by amazon alexa. for the deciding game, here are the three finalists-- a middle school instrumental music teacher from lanham, maryland... ...whose cash winnings yesterday total... an 11th-grade physics teacher from new paltz, new york... ...whose cash winnings total...

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