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but the relative humidity is quite low, very dry. the sustained winds down to about 3 miles per hour. but we have occasional gusts that are stronger. and that could keep the fire going. as you look at conditions across the bay area, you can see how windy it is, just about everywhere right now. we have gusts over the fairfield area, up to 23 miles per hour. we had gusts near 40 miles per hour in san francisco just a few minutes ago. around the region, quite windy, and we are definitely at risk for fire spreading under conditions like this. we'll have an update a little later. ama? >> all right, spencer, thank you so much. feti.take another qckoot again, this is in fairfield, started about 90 minutes ago. it has forced evacuations in the nelson hill area. you can see the smoke still being put off from those flames. the good news is we don't see visible flames in this shot. so hopefully firefighters are getting this situation under control. we'll keep you posted throughout this hour along news cast.
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let's talk about the other wildfire near rodeo, burned at least 230 acres and forced the closure of the coming skyway. that's the link between highway 4 in contro costa county. that came dangerously close to some homes. some people said they grabbed whatever they could and evacuated as quickly as possible. one man said the smoke started coming right into his house. >> right away, we got the kids out and got them in our van. i took a look in the back, and sure enough, there was a big fire coming out from the freeway. just in time to get the kids out. >> interstate 880 scorched an area around an oil refinery, but no evacuations have been ordered. around 2:00, a fire erupted on 680 that led to all of the south bound lanes being closed. that fire burned about five acres before it was brought
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under control. in santa clara county, the cruz fire burns near gilroy. 2,000 acres have been destroyed. that fire is 20% containd. some structures have been destroy and evacuations are in place. fires burning near highway 52 and it started yesterday afternoon and grew by hundreds of acres within an hour. so a lot of fires crews are dealing with. with that, we say good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> and i'm larry beil. let's turn to the coronavirus. nothing tells the story better than this graph. it's not the full story, but a good snapshot of the situation right now. each blue bar represents the number of new coronavirus cases diagnosed each day in the bay area. the yellow line is the rolling average of the last seven days of new cases. that line continues to set new records reaching higher than ever before. building a better bay area
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during the pandemic means focusing efforts on key areas. first health. also education. our changing workplaces and the economy. we're going to dig into each area in the next ten minutes. we'll start with the economic turmoil in the biggest county in the bay area. in santa clara county, restaurants are trying to decide if they should continue serving indoors amid confusion on the state's crackdown on local businesses. the county hasn't received a formal permission for outdoor dining. here's the story from san jose. >> reporter: in the capital of silicon valley, the husband and wife team here is in the midst of a waiting game. >> received lots of calls and emails asking when the gym is going to be back open. and it's been tough because we >>eporter: he says they've aying full ren o their faci >> we're just treading water and we're slowly sinking and right
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now we're about up to our neck. >> reporter: as part to have county's slow and steady approach, gyms were among the next set of businesses looking forward to reopening in july. those plans are in limbo. >> we believe that the strategy is the right approach to keep the county safe. >> reporter: deputy executive david compos says officials are talking with the state about their decision that can be blamed on the local coronavirus rate. outdoor dining the state says is a violation of the governor's stay at home order. over the weekend, thousands of restaurants and bars up and down california were visited by agents from the department of alcoholic beverage control and warned about possible citations should they continue to serve food outside. however, county officials say the state order didn't expressly forbid them from authorizing
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outdoor dining. >> we will continue to say that unless and until the state informs us directly that's not the case, and up to today, we have not received any information from any state agency that that in fact is not true. >> reporter: the county says it continues to have talks with the state over what should happen next. in the meantime, local business owners that have yet to reopen are anxiously awaiting the outcome as customers seek ways to support them. >> that's human nature, and that's part of the fabric of our gem is people coming together in our community, and there is a value to that. >> reporter: in san jose, chris nguyen, "abc7 news." you know longer can have a meal inside a restaurant. the county reopened indoor dining a week ago, but announced a reversal last night. since friday, there have been more than 100 new coronavirus cases in marin county, which is now on the state's watch list. the ban on indoor dining is in
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effect for at least three weeksn prison have tested positive for coronavirus. five death row inmates have ded. the governor said today the goal is to reduce the inmate population by 1500 to 3,028. >> i'm going through individual by individual, people with medical needs that are acute. people that are fast tracking, expediting parole review. >> death row inmate brent volverich says he was one of the first to get covid-19. he blames the spread on poor ventilation. >> all these guys around you coughing and disgusting coughs all day, all night. and going upwards, going sideways and being pulled into your cell. if you don't know how to block your cell vents, then it's all there. >> he says frizzer ersays pris
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getting hot meals because no one is working in the kitchen. the plan is to bring in more staff from other prisons. statewide, all of the major metrics continue to indicate that coronavirus is a growing threat. cases, hospitalizations, and the weekly average test positivity rate, they are all on the rise. the percent of coronavirus tests coming back positive has grown to 7.2%. just to give you a comparison. it was less than 5% two weeks ago. close to 5800 people are in the hospital right now. two weeks ago, fewer than 4,000. more than 250,000 people diagnosed with the virus in california, that's up nearly 100,000 in two weeks. these numbers are why some reopening plans are now being reversed. stephanie sierra is live with that story and the economic impact. stephanie? >> reporter: the state is very clear, if a county is on the watch list or monitoring list for three days or longer, reopening will be rolled back.
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now with several bay area counties jumping on and off the watch list, some business owners are struggling to prepare. >> we have counties that come on and counties that are coming off. >> reporter: the governor announced today, there's 23 counties now on the state's watch list, showing worsening coronavirus trends. and several bay area counties are bouncing on and off that list. >> contra costa was on, back off now. >> reporter: these are areas that show concerning covid trends for at least three days. contra costa county joined the list a week ago, when covid cases were rising for more than 6300 on june 29th to over 9700 june 30th. but notice later that week, cases dipped back to around 6500. contra costa off the list, now back on again. all the back and forth being referred as the yo-yo effect. it's taking a toll on business owners like ben. he owns buttercup, a diner in
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concord. >> the problem with the yo-yo effect is, if you keep getting on the list, off the list, and you're open for indoor dining, then not open, and outdoor, to go, patio, you can't plan your business based on these ever-changing variables. you need to know who to -- how many people you need to hire, how much staff you need. >> reporter: he's concerned about how much food to buy for six of his diners located across the bay area. several of which are in counties that have been circulating on and off the watch list. >> the yo-yo effect creates so many different variables. it's just not a situation that is going to create a successful atmosphere for businesses in the long-term. >> reporter: but it will likely become the new reality for many, as the number of covid cases and hospitalizations continue to rise. now the governor shared an update on enforcement today. over the holiday weekend, alcohol beverage control conducted lose to 6,000
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in-person visits and 52 citat n citations were issued. >> so steph, more on enforcement, which just started in earnest. how are other state agencies starting to help out here? >> we know there's ten state agencies that are involved in helping counties with enforcement. for example, osha over the weekend helped contact more than 441,000 business owners just in the past few days. but the governor pointed out a majority of those businesses corrected deficiencies on the spot. so it will be interesting to see how this program evolves. >> stephanie sierra reporting live, thank you. california state capitol closed for the next week, because two people tested positive. they were at the capitol june 26th. both wore face coverings at all time while working. one is assembly member burke. she says she has no symptoms but
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will self-quarantine. are teachers having second thoughts and returning to the classroom? >> a lot of anxiety. >> reporter: we spoke to a few educators about their concerns. this is the intersection where an oakland -- was swarmed by california phones offers free specialized phones... like cordless phones. - ( phone ringing ) - big button, and volume-enhanced phones. get details on this state program. visit right now or call during business hours. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis. an increased risk of infections and lowered ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor about an infection or symptoms, if your inflammatory bowel disease symptoms develop or worsen, or if you've had a vaccine or plan to.
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and accessoriesphones for your mobile phone. like this device to increase volume on your cell phone. - ( phone ringing ) - get details on this state program visit right now or call during business hours. another check of the breaking news. that fire burning in fairfield, which has prompted evacuations. this is the nelson hill area, not far from interstate 880, as you can see with our sky map technology. this is a live shot from sky 7. you can see numerous hot spots there, and homes at the bottom of what looks like a hillside as we zoom on in. the good news is, this looks a lot better than it did earlier in the afternoon. a helicopter there perhaps doing water drops, but we'll keep an eye on this, as,yeah, you can see the bucket at the bottom
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there. looks like somewhat difficult terrain to get to, where some of these hot spots are on the hillside there. but we'll keep you posted as to the situation in fairfield. a lot of fires to talk about unfortunately right now. firefighters made quick work this afternoon near the bay bridge on the san francisco side near bryant and sterling streets. there have been several small fires in this area in the past. the images are stunning. an oakland fire engine caught in the middle of a crowd on the fourth of july on its way to a 911 call, which was a medical emergency. the patient survived, at least this time. but fire, police, and city leaders want to discuss ways to make sure it doesn't happen again. laura anthonyis on the story. >> reporter: this video posted on an oakland fire union's facebook page shows an engine on its way to an emergency medical call, swarmed by a crowd saturday.
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a delay that cost them 14 minutes. >> it was chaotic. >> reporter: the engine company was on its way to treat a young woman slipping in and out of consciousness. but the firefighters they have g -- never got there. >> they had one or two people climb on the rig and then more people decided to climb on top of it. >> the police, we were all out there, we were all on our way when that happened. and then good communication with our fire department partners, they were able to turn the rig around and be able to leave the area safely. >> reporter: this time, a separate ambulance made it to the patient, but there are deep concerns about next time. >> it's unacceptable, inexcusable. when you see those flashing lights, we're attending to a 911 call, and we need to cooperate as citizens, residents, neighbors, visitors. please allow our vehicles to get to the energy, because there's someone suffering. >> reporter: recent crowds around the lake have been huge,
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not just on holiday weekends. and that includes rampant use o. this is the intersection where the fire rig was swarmed by the crowd, it was a complex situation with lots of issues that the city is going to take a hard look at in a meeting on saturday. including greater parking enforcement, a crackdown on fireworks and enhanced education about the importance of masks and social distancing during a pandemic. in oakland, laura anthony, "abc7 news." speaking of education, that's a big part of building a better bay area. and with the fall fast approaching, school districts in the bay area are once again scrambling to hire teachers given the number of vacancies. this year is different, of course, because of the pandemic. getting back into the classroom won't be easy for many teachers. "abc7 news" reporter leeann melendez spoke to some teachers about their concerns. >> reporter: when oakland
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unified announced that 60 employees had retired at the end of june, we weren't too surprised. you see every year at this time, oakland and san francisco unified resort to job fairs to try to lure new educators because every year, there's a shortage. this time, the interviews are conducted online. san francisco unified told us their vacancies are lower this year than in previous years. primarily because of the economy. >> in a recession, people are less likely to take risks, more likely to stay in the job they're in. that certainly is what we have seen in our district. the last time we had a seismic recession, and it seems to be what's happening now. >> reporter: but teachers we spoke to say some educators are having second thoughtsrning, gi the pandemic. marisa ramirezno that she'll be safe once she enters the classroom. >> access to adequate materials that we have testing done for
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every student and every teach and staff member on campus. that we have enough ppe equipment. >> reporter: teachers have been posting their concerns on facebook. michelle wrote, as much as i love my job, i'm not interested in risking my life to baby sit anyone's kids. she's a teacher who has now retired. >> i go back and forth between getting anxious to just shutting everything off and shutting down almost. and so that's -- yeah, sort of a roller coaster. >> reporter: school districts have begun discussing these concerns with their teachers and staff. oakland unified for example, will begin negotiations tomorrow with its unions to come up with a memorandum of understanding specific to covid-19. leeann melendez, "abc7 news." this marks the halfway point for many college students who are doing summer internships. while some were canceled, others were redesigned to be virtual at a example of the
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changing workplace, one of the five areas of our focus here an abc 7 in building a better bay area. david louie gives us a progress report on whether virtual internships are working out. >> reporter: she's working from home in the east bay and doing a virtual internship as a law clerk. she's clerking for the worker's right program at asian law caucus in san francisco. she'll be a second year law student at new york university in the fall. normally, she would be expected to meet with clients in person to prepare cases involving alleged waiting staff or other issues. >> there might be some communication issue where is you might not hear them quite correctly over the phone or you might neat to repeat certain things a few times. but overall, i think it's been okay. >> reporter: at the same time, technology allows her to check in with staff attorneys to provide updates and receive new assignments. 350 interns from 78 universities are working virtually this
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summer. both managers and students took training to make the remote work productive. >> having these chat breakout rooms, video, get comfortable with technology. it's how you'll feel engaged. so that part actually helped elevate their sense of team and their sense of belonging. >> reporter: byron nelson is a sales intern, entering his senior year as a finance major. he was concerned about getting to know others virtually but says the company has addressed that successfully. >> we have different coffee chat meet-ups, which is really cool. we have had scheduled like zoom movie nights which was cool, skel. so i've been able to make friends, which is something i didn't expect. >> reporter: it helps that the interns are digital natives. they grew up connecting with others virtually. david louie, "abc7 news." videos posted on social media showed big crowds in various cities over the fourth
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of july weekend. so the question is, will that translate into a big spike in coronavirus cases? special correspondent dr. patel talked about it at 4:00. [ no audio ] >> people there over the fourth of july weekend enjoying them selves. the point that the doctor made is that some people still are not taking the virus seriously and putting themselves and others at risk. when it comes to contracting the coronavirus, what activities actually do put you most at risk? you can play a game to test your knowledge. it's on abc7news.com. guess the answer and see what the experts, including dr. patel, have to say. coming up next, spencer joins us with a seven-day i'm greg, i'm 68 years old. i do motivational speaking in addition to the substitute teaching. i honestly feel that that's my calling-- to give back to younger people.
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let's get another check of th fire burning in fairfield which has prompted evacuations. the fire started about 4:30 in the nelson hill area, which is not far from 80. sky 7 live overhead. you can see our sky map 7 technology, you see 80, link road, pittman road. right now, the smoke is looking rather white, just kind of puffy smoke coming off of it. not seeing any active flames, so hopefully firefighters have really gotten a handle on this and just some hot spots they are working to get under control at this point. we want to find out about the weather that the firefighters faced today, because it was quite windy. spencer? >> yeah, it's been windy around the bay area, that fire near fairfield. let me show you the current conditions, only 75 degrees, very low relative humidity, so it's very dry all around the bay area. the sustained wind is relatively
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light right now, only 3 miles per hour. gusts up to 18 miles per hour, and they have been even higher from time to time, so we'll just have to keep an eye on the conditions there for you, because it doesn't look like the wind is going to light up significantly. you can see across the bay area right now, we have wind speeds and gusts up to 25 miles per hour. they were up to 40 miles per hour about an hour ago in san francisco. so we've got windy conditions here. thankfully it's cooler than it was yesterday at this hour. we've got anywhere from 5 to 14 degrees drop in temperatures over the last 24 hours. 61 in san francisco. oakland 67. 74 in san jose. 82 gilroy, 58 at pacifica. in the north bay and over to the inland east bay, 88. pet lulaluma 82. and these are the forecast features. we'll see fog near the coast and bay during the overnight and early morning hours. a mild, steady weather pattern
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and warms up rather significantly at the end of the week. and that warming will continue through the weekend. tonight, though, mainly clear skies inland. and around the bay, we might see a patch or two of fog. certainly some fog will develop overnight and into the early morning. overnight lows, mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, breezy at the coast, lingering fog in some coastal spots. highs range from low 60s at the coast to mid 70s around the bay, to mid and up inland highs over the weekend in the mid to upper 90s. mid 80s around the bay shoreline. mid sikts 60s on the coast. it's going to get warmer, but don't expect a heat wave or hot spell. just warmer than it is right now. it's going to remain dry through the week. and looks like we're in a breezy
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pattern for a while. so there will be high fire concerns over the next several days. and it doesn't look like they will go away any time soon, because we're going into a long, dry summer. >> thank you, spencer. coronavirus antibodies. are they the secret to life long protection against covid-19? the experts are not so optimistic about that. that story is next. >> >> i'm michael finney. we just wrapped up our annual 7 on your side tax hotline. this time we did for people with heart failure taking entresto, it may lead to a world of possibilities. entresto helped people stay alive and out of the hospital.
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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is "abc7 news." >> and check this out. the mona lisa has company again. visitors returned to the luvre in paris today after being shutdown because of the coronavirus. and in spain, residents dressed up in whitet should have been t
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start of their festival, which was canceled this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. the festival is perhaps best known for the annual running of the bulls. in australia, for the first time in 100 years, the border between two states has been closed in order to stop the spread of coronavirus. there's no travel between australia's two most populous states, victoria, and new south wa wales. so crazy to think about all these changes we are seeing. and those are just some of the examples of the coronavirus pandemic impact around the world. >> for a look at what's going on around the country here in the u.s., here's abc with more. >> reporter: new video out of nashville shows partiers shoulder to shoulder without masks over the holiday weekend. as a bill board reminds people of the city wide facemask
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requirement. local officials trying to tackle the staggering 15% daily rate of positivity. >> the number of cases continue to rise in many, many parts of the country. so that's an ongoing concern. >> reporter: thousands headed to beaches across the country to celebrate july fourth. in diamond lake, michigan, hundreds partied without face coverings or social distancing. and some in jacksonville, florida even protested the city's mask mandate. with the 26% positive infection rate, miami-dade now closing restaurants and gyms as officials urge young people to be vigilant. >> the age that has the most cases in florida is age 21. just because you're 21 and you may not have significant symp m symptoms, that doesn't mean you can't infect other people. >> reporter: 27 states are seeing an increase in cases. arizona becoming the eighth to surpass 100,000 cases. with icus at 89% capacity. in houston, texas, one hospital reports the icu capacity is at
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98%. this as the country's former epicenter, new york city, makes progress in reopening. the governor warning people to avoid another surge. >> new york city goes into phase three today. it doesn't mean you go out and have a party. >> reporter: as some scientists across the globe urge the w.h.o. to consider that the virus could be airborne, officials are hoping for an effective vaccine. soz we hope, as we go along, that by the end of this year, or the beginning of 2021, we will at least have an answer whether the vaccine or vaccines, plural, are safe and effective. >> reporter: and a new report from "the new york times" based on cdc data highlights the racial disparity of covid, saying black and latino americans are three times as likely to become intefected and twice as likely to die from the virus as white americans. the paper had to sue to get the
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data. reena roy, abc news, new york. atlanta's mayor and her husband have come down with the coronavirus. keisha lance bottoms says she doesn't have any symptoms at this point. she and her husband got tested because he's been sleeping more than normal, and you know, fatigue is one of the symptoms associated with covid-19. bottoms has been mentioned as a possible running mate for democratic presidential nominee joe biden. protecting our health is part of building a better bay area. and the protection many people crave right now are coronavirus antibodies. once you have them, the question is, do they last forever? >> reporter: when 65-year-old dwight came home from a cruise, he became one of the first californians dig notioned with covid-19. >> my doctor contacted the cdc and ventura county health.
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>> reporter: he recovered at home and donated his plasma four times. but during his last donation, his doctor noticed his antibody levelsed a diminished. >> i thought they would stay active for longer. >> over time, you can see how the antibody profile changes. >> reporter: dr. george yu said what he's seeing in his patients coincides with a new study that shows covid-19 antibodies fade around eight weeks after recovery, raising questions whether the illness leads to any lasting immunity. >> there are very few cases of people that have been shown to be reinfected. >> reporter: yet, dr. yu says there's not enough evidence to show that recovered patients are protected. in spain, where there were a lot of outbreaks, only 5% of the population had antibodies. you need 60% to 70% to have herd immunity >> this recent outbreak again,
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i've kind of self-secluded myself in the house again. >> reporter: officials say these findings suggest the only way we'll achieve herd immunity is with a vaccine. until then, we need to follow all the health public protocols, wear masks, wash hands and stay apart. >> the future is bright. we will come up with a way to help everyone. but at the same time, we need to be patient, we need to at least protect one another. >> let's move on and talk taxes. the tax deadline is less than ten days away, taxes are due july 15, delayed this year because of the pandemic. michael finney just wrapped one a tax chat with the irs. he joins us live from home. michael, a little avoid paying?
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>> that's what we don't have. you're going to need to be patient, things are different at your workplace now, and different at the irs, as well. the number one question i'm getting every day, and most certainly the number one question today during the tax chat was, i've sent in my forms, i haven't got my money, will i get my money? let me tell you this, if you sent your form to the irs offices over in fresno, it's probably just sitting there. nothing has happened. >> if you sent your paper return in, and we closed down, it may still be there but not processed because our staff there pretty much left the building per the rules and guidelines of covid-19 and are slowly coming back. as a matter of fact, last monday. >> reporter: so you may be wondering, should you then e-file a second return to try to get your refund faster? or if you owe, should you even
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send in a second check. laura ross of the california society of cpas says that is probably not a good idea. >> we've been asked as cpas if we've sent in a form and had no response, please don't send another one, because we'll increase their back load. sending a check into the irs, if you mailed a paper check, there's a chance that it's taking a while for them to get that open and you should not send another paper check. >> reporter: now, here is something that is really taxpayer friendly, but you really have to be careful. this year, due to the pandemic, you can borrow money from your 401(k), borrow. we're told you would have three years to pay back your retirement plan and not owe a dime and any fines or fees. but use that option with caution. you may be sorry if you don't have that money when you retire. if you missed our tax chat, it's
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going to be posted on all of our social media later tonight. we covered a lot of ground, your tax question may be there. so check it out. back to you two. >> thank you, michael. coming up next, life under water. how sea creatures are getting to live in their own apartments basically, thanks to special cutting edge prototype. i'm wayne freedman in sonoma county with the story of a homeless shelter. it was supposed to be temporary, but the county wants to make it permanent. and ♪ oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! ♪ (announcer) once-weekly ozempic® is helping many people with type 2 diabetes like emily lower their blood sugar. a majority of adults who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. here's your a1c. oh! my a1c is under 7! (announcer) and you may lose weight. adults who took ozempic® lost on average up to 12 pounds. i lost almost 12 pounds! oh! (announcer) for those also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers
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investor optimism that the economy can continue its turn around, despite the challenges ahead of it. the dow soared roughly 460 460 0 points. stock in uber rose 6% today. uber bought the food delivery app post mates, both based in san francisco. a temporary shelter that has not closed, and a community nearby that never wanted it in the first place. wayne freedman has this story. >> reporter: you might never know that the quiet, peaceful trail we see in sonoma county has come a long ways since last winter. >> it's clean here. you know, there's not a bunch of homeless tents or anything out there anymore. >> reporter: based on these shots, homeless advocates can claim a victory, after moving many of those residents eight miles west of santa rosa to a
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temporary emergency shelter that was supposed to close april 30th. >> we never really believed that. >> reporter: and now it's come home to roost just a few hundred yards away in the community of oak mont. many of these people opposed the camp from the very first meeting. >> this is a poor choice in dire circumstances. >> reporter: despite the fact that some people here have moved out because they didn't like the rules and others were kicked out for not following them, roughly 30% of the people here have moved on to better situations. one reason why the county wants to make this shelter permanent. but across the way in oakmont -- >> it seems like most people here think that they got double crossed. >> reporter: so what changed? we asked the supervisor, those homeless along the trail used to be in her district. >> what changed is we are in the midst of an unprecedented pandemic situation. we need to maintain every out of bounds of shelter capacity that we have in the county right now.
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>> reporter: a diminishing capacity. that makes this place more of a lifeline than ever. >> it is the wrong place to deliver services. >> reporter: susan gorin is opposed to the shelter from the beginni beginning, saying it's an impractical issue. >> this is a great model. every supervisor should have this model in his or her district. >> reporter: it's an issue the board will discuss tomorrow undoubtedly at length. another complication, thanks to covid-19. wayne freedman, "abc7 news." the weather will be warming up this week. spencer shows you how people were afraid i was contagious. i felt gross. it was kind of a shock after i started cosentyx. four years clear. real people with psoriasis look and feel better with cosentyx. don't use if you're allergic to cosentyx. before starting, get checked for tuberculosis.
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amazing school district. the hoa has been very involved. these shrubs aren't board approved. you need to break down your cardboard. thank you. violation. violation. i see you've met cynthia. at least geico makes bundling our home and car insurance easy. and it does help us save a bunch of money. two inches over regulation. thanks, cynthia. for bundling made easy, go to geico.com a little known lab in the east bay is beginning to generate data it hopes could have a dramatic effect on our shoreline.
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one of the reasons it's little known could be its location. dan ashley has more. >> reporter: nearly every day, ships from around the world carry goods in and out of the port of oakland. but in their shadow, one tiny vessel is collecting the kind of cargo that could change the ecology of san francisco bay. >> yes, it's an upside down floating reef. >> reporter: design architects recently teamed with the port and marine research groups to launch this, looking something a small ufo that crash landed. it's a platform helping designers learn how to blend biology with architecture. the floating lab has been gathering hangers-on underneath its hull. small sea life that is key to the bay's food chain. >> there's a lot more under the water than one would assume.
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so everything from oysters to crabs to sea urchins. >> reporter: one prototype, developed by students and faculty, employs vertical reefs using materials that might be 3-d printed. >> so we'll be able to test that to see if they will attach itself and start to branch over, column to column, that we might be able to build a sponge-like community. >> reporter: and being architects, the goal is to build from there. to develop structures that can be designed into big ticket projects around the bay, like the major shoreline upgrades. a coming golden age perhaps of what some are calling b bioarchitecture. >> people engaging with the ecology, and the ecology coming closer to people. >> reporter: a powerful
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combination. dan ashley, "abc7 news." well, it was quite the breezy day out on the water today, spencer. >> it certainly was. it's been breezy all around the bay area. still is as a matter of fact. that's one reason we had a fire concern. i'll give you one more quick look at the fairfield fire. it's not very warm, only 74 degrees. it is quite dry with winds gusting up to 19 miles per hour right now. and wind gusts across the entire region between 20 and 25 miles per hour in many locations. overnight, mainly clear skies continue with breezy conditions. lows in the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, another day much like today. perhaps a couple degrees warmer, upper 80s there. mid 70s around the bay. low 60s on the coast. the accuweather seven-day forecast, gradual warming going into the end of the week, and over the weekend, temperatures bounce up to mid 90s, maybe even a couple of upper 90s inland. 60s on the coast and very little
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change from that rather warm pattern going into early next week. larry and ama? >> thank you, spencer. no nfl team will do business with colin kaepernick, at least nobody has offered him a contract we know about. but one of the league's partners will. the walt disney company, which owns abc and espn, announced a deal with cap's producion company, kaepernick will be featured in a docu serery process deuced by espn films that will focus on race, social justice and the quest for equity. chris, the schedule is finally out. baseball, which hope, on the way. >> yes, we hope. still got a couple of weeks. and the mls tournament, one team is already out due to covid-19. and mark your calendars. major league baseball releases the 2020
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major league baseball released their abbreviated 60-game schedule today. the giants open at the dodgers july 23rd. one of two games that day. the rest of baseball opens up on friday the 24th. the a's host the angels to open the season. speaking of oakland, they won 97 games last year, but finished second to houston. 7 of those 10 games against the 'stros will be at the coliseum this year. houston's first trip to oakland will be in august. >> every game is going to really count, even more so this year. so i think it's a little extra motivation to get out there and compete each game and do as best as we can, and, yeah, it's just going to be a challenge for sure.
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>> as i mentioned, the giants open up a four-game series july 23rd. all four games nationally televised. 7 of the 10 games will be in l.a. only three here in san francisco. the giants' ten-game road trip will be in colorado. mad bum will return with the d'backs twice. gabe kapler happy to have a schedule back no matter what it looks like. >> it feels like christmas morning and you open up a present and not sure if you like it or not. the reason the schedule is tough, there's a lot of good teams in our division, and there's a lot of good teams in the american league west. so my definition, no matter how you slice it, we'll come up with a tough schedule. >> there will be six bay bridge series games, the first tee in mid august at oracle park, the second three at the coliseum in mid semt.
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fc dallas has withdrawn, ten players and one staff member testing positive for covid-19. dallas, who was also in group b with san jose, they were set to play september 20. that will not happen. and patrick mahomes just got paid, agreeing to a ten-year extension with kansas city, worth $503 million. mahomes now has the largest contract in american pro sports history, passing the angels' mike trout. time now for abc 7 call my play. you send the video, larry calls the action. i brew for a reason. >> meet brew, who is perfectly named as you're about to see. first, he delivered the six pack. >> where's the cooler? >> now as laura instructs, time
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for his next tax. the cooler is a bit bulky, but this 8-year-old border collie is up to the task. one last thing, brew. >> i still need to open it. >> clearly brew is man's, in this case, woman's best friend. hey, brew, we just called your play on abc 7. >> good job, buddy. >> good job, brew. be sure to use the #abc 7callmyplay to put you or your friendly animal on abc 7. we're still moving towards sports coming back. mls this week. baseball, it is different, but hoping at the end of the month, major league baseball gets started. larry? >> hope is all we have at this point. everybody should have a dog like brew, right, ama? can your dog fetch beer? no. >> no. he doesn't fetch anything. he's just a lump on the carpet most days.
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>> thanks, chris. be sure to join us tonight for "abc7 news" at 11:00. >> i'm kate larson where car and truck clubs are starting to gather. coming up tonight at 11:00, the car caravan and vigil for vanessa guillen, the 20-year-old soldier who was killed. her body found mutilated outside the ft. hood base in texas. and this just in, a north bay county does a major about face on reopening. what will now be closing in napa county? coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, it's "the bachelor, the greatest seasons ever" and stay with us for "abc7 news" at 11:00. >> that's it for this edition of "abc7 news." look for breaking news any time on the "abc7 news" app. thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm larry beil. for all of us here at abc 7, thanks. see you tonight at 11:00.
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♪ here are three former champions-- a university administrator from princeton, new jersey... an instructional design consultant from salt lake city, utah... and a music teacher from aurora, colorado... and how here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. and welcome, everyone, to our most prestigious tournament of the year and in some ways the most popular for you, the fans, because you get to spend some time with players who may have become your favorites in their initial appearance on the program. so right from the get-go,
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you get to cheer for somebody special. gilbert, anneke, and kyle, welcome back. good luck. here we go. now let's take a look at the categories. ...followed by... ...followed by... and finally, i get to do some traveling. a visit to the "harvard lampoon," a college institution that has helped shape american humor. kyle, you get to start us off. homophones, $1,000. [ beep ] what is rood [rude]? r-o-o-d and r-u-d-e. tough when you start with the more expensive clues. you know that, kyle. that's true. uh, yes to the chess, $1,000. all right.

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