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yemtd election year set against the back drop of the coronavirus. >> thank you for yoing us. . joe biden and kamala harris held their first joined event unlike anything we've witness in the politics. there were no cheering crowds, no crowds at all because of coronavirus and the pandemic is political. >> the pandemic really has given a whole new look to political campaigns, has not it? it was biden's first campaign event in five months. the official start of this official campaign included a shout out to oakland. >> reporter: wearing matching black masts in a crowded high school gymnasium, they appeared together for the first time as democratic running mates.
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>> let me introduce to you for the first time your next vice president of the united states, kamala harris. >> i'm so proud to stand with you. and i do so mindful of all the heroic and ambitious women before me. >> biden and harris both outlined their vision for the future, drawing sharp contrasts between their ticket and president trump and attacking his response to covid-19. >> when other countries are following the science, trump pushed miracle cures he saw on fox news. >> biden also acknowledged the historic name of their campaign. >> this morning, all across the nation, little girls woke up, especially little black and brown girls, who so often feel their communities. but today, today just maybe, they're seeing themselves for the first time in a new way. >> harris's vice presidential
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candidacy putting a spotlight on california. governor newsom reflected on what the harris pick means to him as a bay area native. >> as a point of pride, not just being a californian. growing up in san francisco, it doesn't surprise me at all that so many of our nation's great leaders, nancy pelosi being top among them, emanate from that extraordinary city. >> harris often called the daughter of oakland. her immigrant parents, her mother from india, her father from jamaica. >> that's how they met as students in the streets of oakland, marching and shouting for the thing called justice. my mother shyamala raised my sister maya and me to believe it was up to us and every generation of americans to keep on marching. >> and republicans are on the attack as well. president trump is labeling senator harris as phony and extreme. vice president mike pence said
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biden has been taken over by the radical left. he also said he will see her on the debate stage in utah. >> there's been a lot of speculation about who governor newsom might choose to replace as the junior senator from california if she does become vice president. newsom was asked about it today. what did he say? >> the speculation seemed to start before she was announced. today newsom completely brushed it off. he said he's not focused on it. he's just focused on the pandemic but he said that the reporter may be the only one who hasn't been and he was only slightly exaggerating. no surprise that a lot of people are interested in that high profile position. >> thank you. >> the biggest p draw crowds like usual because of the coronavirus. we take a look at the pros and the cons of the virtual convention that's start in less
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than a week. >> we're working to build a better bay area. during the coronavirus pandemic that means looking out for our health. the backlog should be resolved in the next few days. in the meantime, it complicates the number of cases reported each day. today, governor newsom helped explain it. >> the actual numbers today that we are putting out, the 11,645, includes 6212 backlogged cases and the actual number today is 5433. >> that's a lot of numbers to look at. keep in mind that we've averaged nearly 8,000 new cases a day recently so 5,400 new cases is below average. here's more perspective. hospitalizations are down 19% in the past two weeks. icu admissions are down 16% in that same time period. cyrus has claimed another 180 lives. that number is above average. and could a recent deadly
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outbreak of covid-19 have been prevented at san quentin prison? new information from marin county health officials and prison advocates warnings about the transfer of inmates from southern california was largely ignored by prison officials. cornell bernard has the details. >> reporter: during the past week we've seen an outbreak develop at san quentin prison. >> reporter: the top doctor gave that news on june 11th following the transfer of prisoners from chino state prison. at the time, a coronavirus hot spot. >> und unfortunately because they had been exposed prior to transfer, has the higher risk for creating a second outbreak which appears to have occurred here. >> reporter: since june, 25 inmates have died from covid-19-related illness. in a letter obtained by abc7 news, willis tales marin county judge he tried to warn prison officials, such an outbreak could happen. and incoming visitors should be separated and tested for covid.
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he writes, instead, they were toads june 1st and second and placed in a large shared unit with existing san quentin inmates prior to the return of testing results. this placed all inmates and staff at risk. in response, prison officials told willis, local health officers lacked the authority to mandate measures in state-run prisons. >> we can only hope the 26 lives lost there are not in vain, though we know the deaths were completely preventible. >> reporter: on sunday, the long time corrections sergeant became the 26th casualty after a long battle with covid-19. his daughter told us over the weekend that san quenin needs to do more to protect everyone inside. >> san quentin is being more reactive than they were proactive. i hope that they continue to get their stuff together. >> reporter: the california department of corrections is that rehabilitation says it is now taking safety measures to
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control the virus, to continue to protect all incarcerated staff and covid-19, they're offering testing every seven days to the incarceration. abc7 news. researchers at ucsf believe they have a potent new weapon against covid-19 and could it fit in your pocket like nasal spray. while it is not a traditional vaccine, they believe one spray daily could protect from you the virus. here's kate larsen. >> reporter: if you've never run across this, you may soon be inhaling one. >> because it is so stable, we can put in it one of these. this is a little nebulizer. >> reporter: it could be a potent line of defense against covid-19 in humans. the origins trace back to a tiny molecule first discovered in camels called a nano body.
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they can be ma anymore-related to perform specific tasks such as attaching themselves to the proteins on the coronavirus. >> this is effectively a really amazing mousetrap. >> reporter: they poured through roughly 2 billion nano bodies before they found best candidate. then they reengineered it to be even more potent. knowing the coronavirus uses its spikes to attach itself to a specific part of the lung cell, they work to stop the invasion in its tracks. a process illustrated. >> when they bind to the spike protein, the virus can't attach to ace 2 and it loses its ability to infect cells. >> reporter: the main challenge left, how to best get it into the body. they're stable enough to be turned into an effective arrow sol. a powerful medication patients could inhale to protect themselves from infection.
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>> the ability of it, to be delivered to the airways and to attack virus directly, it gives us this incredible power. >> they are now in talks to ramp up production of clinical trials. if successful, it could be used as a super 92 formula to keep healthy patients from being infected or treat potentially an oral infection all by inhaling a simple mist. abc7 news. >> one more note here. once they find a production partner, the ucsf team believes they could work through clinical trials in a matter of months. when it comes to the economy, a knew report shows it will take a while for the bay area tourism industry to rebound from the impact of covid-19. according to projections by san francisco trial, overall regional spending is down 52% from last year. overnight spending down an incredible 82% and analysts say it will be a few years before it
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returns to normal. >> any spending to recover in 2023, we're expecting it to be only around 90, 96%. that's because of the international travel bngess than 100% still. as far as the business lucrative model, they expect to see small and medium size meetings with large events returning in the second quarter. this is all tied to the performance against the virus. in addition to the economy, education is a big part of building a better bay area. it is the first day of school for san jose students but this is as close as they got to a classroom. see how remote learning went on day one. that's next. anaheim marin county in what looks like a beautiful place to camp until you look closer and realize, it is a reflection of our times. that's coming up. i'm spencer christian. a rather severe heat wave is
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breaking news from southern california. here's a live look at a massive fire that quickly spread to sufficient,000 acres in two hours. the fire is burning near lake hughes in the angeles national forest. there is no containment right now. evacuations are underway. it is not known how this fire started but spreading fast. temperatures are in the 90s with low humidity. as coronavirus rages on, it leaves all kinds of victims. sometimes instead of lives, it takes livelihoods. it seems no county is immune, even the richest ones. we sent wayne to a homeless camp that is a refuge in more ways than one. >> there is a krookt yellow mine separates the haves from the ve in a setting that would seem so
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idyllic. >> i camp here overnight. >> reporter: in this circumstance, he has been camping here for at least 18 months. >> how did you find this place? >> nobody came around it. >> reporter: now they do. along binford road between highway 101 and a wildlife sanctuary, he has all kinds of company. >> he had to go someplace. >> i had nowhere to go. just, you know, i have nowhere to go. >> reporter: locals say the first of the rvs began to appear a couple years ago. first one, two, a dozen. coronavirus did not help. >> nobody wants anyone inside their homes. >> reporter: we met him a half mile to the north. he is a former electrical contractor. he calls this g. heasutffectiore sriff's restriction keeping people from parking here. >> legally, you can't camp out
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here. that's what i've done. they've come by and asked if there's anything they can bring me. very kind. >> we have fire, open flames. they can light up this whole area. >> it's depressing for me. very depressing. >> even more so on the other side of this wavy yellow line. a sign of the times. with coronavirus killing incomes, he expects he won't be getting lonely on binford road for a long, long time. >> where else can i go? >> abc7 news. education is among the core areas where we focus our efforts to build a better bay area and it is ill pair i have the. bay area students are going back to school as we speak. dirng school campuses throughout the bay area will be strangely empty of students and it will be that way for some time. we're getting a look at the
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quiet campuses around the bay area earlier today. imagine every single resident being online at the same time to take classes. 30,000 people. that's how many students in san jose's unified school district had to be connected online for the first dave classes today. how they accomplished it and what problems they had. >> this was far from a normal day for nearly 30,000 students in san jose's largest school district. 10,000 chrome books and ipads had to be distributed ahead of time so distance learning can start today. fear of glitches or technical problems brought anxiety. >> it is the first day jitters. we're all excited but we're all nervous. we know it will becu >> reporter: parents requested over 5,000 hot spots to boot wireless connections. in some homes, two or more students will be online at the same time. >> this has been an incredible day and the students are glad to be back.
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>> scott is the orchestra teacher. technical glitches were resolved. he had 80 students in his first class. >> did we learn to play the cello today? no. what we did learn was how to manage ourselves in an online environment. i'm teaching middle school. what are best practices. also, empowering they will to ask questions. >> keeping students engaged is a challenge even when they were in the classroom. they've spent about $3 million for professional development teachers and staff to teach online and to provide social and emotional support. close to 5 million has been invest in the ipads, chrome books and hot spots. >> i think families generally feel comfortable telling us what their needs are so that has been a wonderful piece of this process as we really have been able to see how our school staff and families interact well to figure out what the needs are. >> reporter: david louie, abc7 news.
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today oakland teachers and the school district reached a tentative deal. they had to start the school year without one. they say it is a quality learning experience for students with consistent live interaction. we spoke with mayor libby schaaf about it. >> i'm so happy about it. school just started this week. it is the most bizarre first day of school i've ever gone through. not just as the mayor but as a parent. i've got a couple of distance learners here in my house. i'm just relieved that we are all moving forward. >> union members and the board of education will vote on the tentative deal over the next week or so. we'll keep you up to date. and returning to in-person learning is certainly intimidating, maybe even frightening for some. but ucsf released a
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mayh help ease minds about transmission. >> reporter: we've known children get covid-19 less frequently and have less severe symptoms than adults. why? inside my nose i have ace two rekrer receptors that bind perfectly with covid-19. but children don't produce ace 2 receptors as frequently as i do. >> here she is during her zoom. >> there is to door for the disease to get in, then there is no or limited disease for element age students. >> reporter: they also have smaller lungs. so when they squeeze or cough, they don't spread the particles as far as high school students or adults do. interesting interesting fact is that size does matter. kids are shorter and their viral particles drop to the floor which means they can't spread upwards toward the adults in the room. perhaps the most important point
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they want to make is that masks, physical distancing and ventilation are key to curbing the spread of the virus. take for example this virus in israel. as seen in this picture, they were wearing masks but were not sitting apart from each other. then for two days, there was a heat wave and every student was allowed to take their masks off. >> the air conditioning was. on the windows were closed. and it led to over 150 people in the school getting infected. >> reporter: ucsf researchers now say a mask will protect others as much as it protects you because it can control how much virus actually comes into your body. >> it's not that you can't get it. it is just that the severity of the illness is lower which means that anybody including teachers would be less likely to have a bad illness with it. >> reporter: abc 7 news. >> we spent a week focusing on education issues as students go back to school. all those reports are available on abc7 news zpok on our
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factors are working against the fire containment right now. it is quite warm. not terribly hot but 88 degrees there. look at the relative humidity. only 16% in the area of the fire. gusts to 19 right now. moments ago, they were 20 miles an hour. the wind is working against fire containment. let's get back to local conditions here in the bay area. a live look from our camera, looking back at a little shallow marine layer beginning to push into san francisco. 61 degrees right now. 72 in oakland. 79 in both mountain view and gilroy. san jose, 80, and 55 at half moon bay. looking down at the shallow marine layer. other temperature readings, 79 in santa rosa, 78 in petaluma and napa. 89, concord, 92 at livermore. from emeryville, looking back at san francisco.
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these are our forecast features. dangerous heat will be with us. friday through sunday with increasing humidity over the next couple days. there's a slight chance of thunderstorms with that increase in humidity and with the heating action of the sun. let's talk about the heating action right now. an excessive heat watch for the inland east bay from noon friday until 9:00 p.m. sunday. high temperatures from 95 to 108 degrees. an excessive heat watch for lake and mendocino counties. high temperatures there will range from 100 to 110 degrees over that three-day period. the forecast animation shows not much of a marine layer. it will be mainly at the coastline but notice the arrival of the high clouds. that's the moisture coming from our south. the temperatures will be to around 60 degrees.
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highs tomorrow ranging from 70 at the coast to low to mid 80s. maybe even a couple lower 80s and upper 90s to about 100 degrees in the warmest inland spots tomorrow. i should say hottest. and looking at the accuweather seven-day forecast. you can see just an uncomfortable period of weather. high temperatures up to 106 degrees inland friday. up to 104 on saturday. not much change on sunday. back to about 104 on monday. finally on wednesday, next week, the highs reach only 100 degrees inland. we're saying heat moderates. it's got to be terribly hot when that's moderate. the bay will be around 90 degrees for the highs. temperatures at the coast, maybe even upper 70s. some really hot weather is coming our way and it will be persistent. it won't break for at least a week.
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>> goodness. all right. thank you. only abc7 news walked the the former chief scientist at the fda about the coronavirus vaccine. this will be an interesting test case to see what a virtual convention looks like. >> a test case for the nontraditional. the pros and cons going viral. because of today's live coverage of joe biden and kamala harris's event, today's episode of general hospital can be seen overnight at 2:37
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vaccine. arguably the most important one is already in question tonight. >> we're talking about the food and drug administation's vaccine monitoring system. will it be trans apparently enough is the question. >> yes. stephanie sierra spoke with the fda's former chief scientist in a story you'll see only on abc7. >> the race for a covid vaccine is unlike any other pandemic in recent history. it took eight years for an effective ebola vaccine. six months for a safe h1n1 vaccine. and it is possible a covid vaccine won't be much longer. we're not comparing apples to apples. decades of research made the hnlhan possible. a luxury scientists don't have now. >> one thing i say is expect the unexpected. when you're starting something new in vaccine development, things will occur. >> dr. jesse goodman is an infectious disease professor at georgetown university. he formally served as the chief
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scientist where he led. >> this is a bigger challenge than we had in 2009. we could build on proven vaccines where we had pretty high confidence in manufacturing quality and in their safety and in their performance. >> yet there isn't high confidence in vaccine development for the coronavirus family. scientists have struggled to produce quality antibodies for other strains. in fact animal models showed it made the disease worse. >> that's a potential safety concern. that these vaccines protect and don't have this theoretical risk of making the disease worse. >> since you've been through this before, what are you most concerned about? >> even though there hasn't been a hint of it yet. could there be much rarer, more serious side effects. >> it is those questions that point to the fda's vaccine
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monitoring process. a team goodman led for five years. >> the public is rehighing on that process not only being thorough but transparent. from your perspective, what should be public? >> so i think the data on safety and effectiveness that comes out of these trials should be, you know, fully available. everything you want to know about averse events. where we don't have all the data in yet, if there was an emergency, it should be clear what the gaps are. >> if there are gaps, americans deserve to know there were no shortcuts to compromised safety. >> once a covid vaccine is approved and in use across the country, the fda and cdc will continue to monitor safety and any potential side effects through a federal reporting system. stephanie sierra. abc7 news. >> now, join us all week for a special series of reports and
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guest interviews, exploring the bay area's role in the development, the latest on recent studies, and much more. when it comes to a vaccine, the race to a vaccine airs all this week on our app and our website as well. former vice president joe biden and senator kamala harris kicked off their campaign today appearing for the first time since biden's announcement that harris is his running mate. >> now we need to get to work. pulling this nation out of the crises we finds ourselves in. getting our economy back on track. uniting this nation, and yes, winning the battle for the soul of america. >> they dove into aumrf issues. harris spoke about her experiences as a step mother, her close relationship with the bidens. >> joe likes to say that character is on the ballot and it is true. we need more than a victory on november 3rd. we need a mandate that proves the past few years do not
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>> her parents are jamaican and indian. harris's first name is often mispronounced. today on our 3:00 p.m. newscast, kristin sze asked former mayor willie brown if he thinks it is by accident or that you recall. >> kamala is kamala. that's her name. not kamala or any of those fu y ny corruptions of the spelling of the name. >> do you think those are accidents or intentional slights? >> i think it is intentional. i think it is intentional. i think they think she will react to that. i'll hoping she doesn't. i hope she ignores it and asign to it their ignorance. >> we are just days away from the democratic national convention that starts next week. the republican convention is the week after that. but both events will look very different than previous years, as you know. liz has this look at what you
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can expect as they go viral, or virtual, i should say, and how one bay area trump delgado believes the changes could ultimately help the biden ticket. >> once again, the strength was demonstrated in the united states. >> every four years, thousands of the country's most politically active gather at the republican and democratic national convention to formally nominate their party's candidate. >> humbly and cratefully semiyour nomination for the presidency of the united states. >> but this image of this many people crammed into one convention hall space is clearly not 2020 safe. like. so else this year, the pandemic will give a whole new look to the political tradition. >> this will be an interesting test case to see what a virtual convention looks like. >> speakers will no longer travel to milwaukee. instead, joining remotely. even vice president joe biden will semihis party's nomination
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from his home state delaware. all delegates are also being asked to stay home for safety reasons. the rnc has also dramatically downsized. planning to have some events in jacksonville, florida, have been skramd and trump will no longer semithe nomination in north carolina. >> we're looking at gettysburg and the white house. we have other sites, too, but i think these are beautiful sites. >> the rnc is asking six delegates from every state and territory to travel as proxies. they say each person will wear a mask and have temperature checks. >> personally, a little relieved that we didn't go. >> some things will remain the same lying seeing the who's who of politics. the speakers will include former president barack obama, michelle obama, hillary clinton, senators bernie sanders and elizabeth warren, and california governo gachbl newsom.
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the focus from both parties will likely hit a similar note. >> the entire shape of the campaign has shifted dramatically because of the situation we're in. the focus will be on economy. how do we recover. how do we support people right now in the short term. >> the latest poll shows biden ahead of trump by 12 points. dennis worries the scaled down plans will give more of an advantage. >> one of the opportunities that the president asked is to put on a really big show. burst out of the convention andl now that is all gone necessary fact the leader, the polls are right, then it is a big advantage for the challenger. >> whatever happens, it will be unconventional. abc7 news. now, there are fewer than 12
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weeks to election day. you can find political stories on our website. you can read and share with your friends. coronavirus has triggered changes the big and small. that includes a major shift for an east bay economy that will make it a major player in the renewable fuels industry. >> reporter: in oakland, the battle over an aggressive turkey continues. that story coming up. and we leave with you a live look at a wildfire. starting three hours ago, it has now grown to 10,000
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california. the fire you're looking at is now 10,000 acres. it started just three hours ago near lake hughes in the angeles national forest. several structures are threatened and evacuation orders are in place. firefighters do not have any containment on this fire yet. covid-19 has brought big east bay oil refinery to a fork in the road and it has chosen a path that will no longer involve processing crude oil into gasoline. instead, it will home to convert it into a major player in the renewable fuels industry. a big change. eric thomas has the story. >> reporter: our story starts here in the kitchen, of all places, with one of the raw materials at the phillips 66 rodeo refinery will be converted to process. cooking on it. >> what we're using is fats, greases, other types of vegetable oils, and we'll turn it into our pots and pans.
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>> that includes biodiesel, gasoline, and jet fuel. the plant shutdowns due to covid-19 have forced local refineries into three modes. indefinite closure like the marathon refinery with more than 700 layoffs pending, or try to resume business as usual when this is over, or use the unexpected shutdown as an opportunity to shift to something completely new. >> we are producing more than 800 million gallons per year of renewable transportation fuels. >> reporter: phillips says that would make this plan the largest renewable fuels facility of its kind in the world. if everything goes its way, the energy company will hire 400 to 500 construction workers to finish by late 2023, or early 2024. after that, 400 green jobs will be created with the goal of reducing green house gas emissions by 50%. that's music to the ears of the agency that monitors the air
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quality. >> this represents a new path forward toward healthier air and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. >> reporter: the biodiesel conversion is a proven concept with plants around the world. but phillips still has a lot of bureaucratic work to do. the coil needs approvals from the district, the approval of could notra costa county, and the acceptance of an environmental impact report since the refinalory is located very near the bay. eric thomas, abc7 news. we are heading right into a
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pandemic. kumasi introduced mayor london breed. >> events like the bring women together from different sectors and backgrounds. it empowers us to make a difference in our communities, and opens doors for future generations to succeed. >> abc7 is the media partner of the event that features more than 18 seminars, all with a goal helping build skills and inspirg women to be the best they can be. breed is among 60 conference speakers, including lisa ling and academy award winning actress cate blanchett. there's some turkey trouble in oakland. a long time resident. rose garden near lake merritt, gerald the turkey has been kicking up a fuss lately. now there is a battle between residents and state and local officials about the next move. >> we would watch gerald up there in the tree. he would sing his song really loudly for the whole neighborhood to hear. >> reporter: gerald is a turkey and a moody one, at least
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lately. he is in a park that was recently close think for a time because gerald was too aggressive. >> my daughter once said that a friends had visited her and gone to the street to a car and gerald attacked car. >> reporter: his behavior only turned sour reasonly. they had a plan to have him relocated. >> right now the city of oakland is trying to catch gerald. and if they do catch him, then my department, the department of fish and wildlife, has permission from a property owner in the east bay hills, to relocate gerald over there. >> reporter: the move is not good enough for gerald's many supporters. >> he's been part of this community for a long time and people signed a petition to keep him. >> there is even a man to take him to animal place in grass valley. >> you can have a soft release. that means that he is kept in an
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enclosed area safe from predators. he's familiarizing himself with the area. >> reporter: but they say it isn't permitted for a turkey and he would have to be captured and transported nearly 140 markets. in reason weeks, gerald has kept a low profile. his behavior has improved and that may be because mating season is over. and they haven't yet tracked down the elusive gerald. >> where is gerald? breaking news, the southern california wildfire that we've been reporting tonight continues to rage. in three hours, it has burned 10,000 acres near lake hughes in the angeles national forest. evacuation orders are in place and the weather conditions on the fire lines down there, not particularly favorable. >> no.
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let's get right to spencer christian with the latest. >> okay. you're right. the weather conditions are working against firefighting and fire containment. the temperatures, 88 degrees, the nearest reporting tags to the fire. the relative humidity is dangerously low. only 16%. the wind is gusting to 20-miles-per-hour or higher from time to time. so not good firefighting conditions. we'll keep watching and monitoring it and reporting any changes that we see. meanwhile, the excessive heat coming our way has prompted an excessive heat watch for the south bay and solano county from noon friday to 9:00 p.m. sunday. the high temperatures from 95 to 108 during that period of time and of course, the risk of heat-related illness. the same thing for mendocino and headac lake counties. here in the bay area, we'll see low temperatures may notally in the upper 50s to around 60, and
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look at this accuweather seven-day forecast. we have seven consecutive days of triple digit heat in our inland areas coming our way. the peak of the heat may be on friday. but the difference between 102 and 104, or 104 and 106, is not something you might not feel when you walk out the door. it will just be uncomfortably and dangerously hot over the weekend. >> just ride it out. thank you. let's turn things over to larry biel and some a's baseball. >> i'm still shaking off the 106 on friday. man! the a's were not sure ifra moenl laureano would be able to play today. today. they are thankful that he did. (birds chirping) (woman chattering) - [narrator] ordering dinner for the family? (family gasps) rewarded with a side of quiet. (baby murmuring) grubhub rewards you, (scooter horn honking) get a free delivery perk when you order. (doorbell rings) - [group] grubhub.
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♪ i got it all from you ♪ i'm always pushing through ♪ i know we'll make it to the finish line ♪ ♪ i know you're waiting on the other side ♪ ♪ i'm like you on-demand glucose monitoring. because they're always on. another life-changing technology from abbott. so you don't wait for life. you live it. good evening. manager bob melvin had to fill out two cards as they await the results of ramon laureano's
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appeal. formerly, they got to use the line with him in it. the a's pitching staff, wa see baseball get obliterated? they clubbed the hole 454 feet. exit velocity, 154 miles an hour. launch angle, 30 degrees. in other words, aloha! stephen piscotty making pleasanton proud. the a's go back up 4-3. to the seventh. brian good win deep to central. have no fear. he's here. you need him on that wall. snatching what would have been a home run and doing it in nonchalant fashion. this time at the plate. the a's avoid the sweep in anaheim. 8, did 4 is your final. giants trying to take the series in houston. someone has to drive the train.
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mike yastrzemski doing some diving of his own. the lead-off triple. and alex dickerson wastes no time. the giants take the early 1-0 lead against zach greinke. fast forward to the sixth. bases loaded. barringer really needs to minimize the damage but here's where it goes terribly wrong. martin maldonado. three-run blast to left and the astros break this game open. right now they're in the seventh inning. and the giants are trailing the 'stros. a lot of chatter on twitter over report that tight end george kittle will be signed by friday to a deal worth about $95 million. to which heed my, quote, you all believe everything you read on the internet, huh? well, kind of. not really.
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look. whether it's final or 16 or 15 million the nine letters pay him because they don't have a choice. he's the best player on the team. they won't watch him leave in a year. with the salary cap uncertainty, this deal is going to get done simply because it has to. all right. we found a little break because of. so baseball and the nba is back now. but we're back tonight with another edition of call my may. your video with my voice. check out lilittle isabella. it is a seamlessocrball. this is 15-month-old isabella in san jose actually using bot the park. kind of slowing down at the finish here. and we've lost it. >> kick it! >> hey, it's a start for this
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mia hamm of the future. isabella, we just called your play! so cute. remember to send me your video using the hash, call my play so we can put out tv. apologies. we've had a lot of people sending in their videos but we had so many actual real sports taking place, professional sports is back so we haven't been able to squeeze them in. we'll try. so many are frustrated. please send your tweets dan ashley. his account is out there and he'll take care of any xhanlts that you have. he's the abc7 the abc7 the abc77 department. >> i'll personally come to your house. >> all right. join us tonight. the city of san jose is opening its public parks, lots and plazas for personal care services, restaurants and gyms. at 11:00, the push to save even
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more businesses during the pandemic. >> do you depend on youb or lyft to get around? you might have to find a different form of transportation soon. that will do it for the abc7 news. thanks for joining us. >> from all of us here, we appreciate your time. enjoy the rest evening and we'll see you tonight at 11:00.
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for your health insurance. hello, everyone. today's episode from the "jeopardy!" vault features the last semifinal match of the million dollar masters. chuck forrest, chuck verini, claudia perry. one of them will qualify for the million dollar finals, which begin tomorrow. from new york city, this is the... ...tournament. here are our third group of semifinalists-- a sports copy editor from jersey city, new jersey... a film journalist and test prep teacher from los angeles, california... a lawyer and ceo from london, england... and now, from radio city music hall, here is the host of "jeopardy!"--
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alex trebek! all right, thank you, johnny. hello, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the third and last of our semifinal matches. so far, in these semifinals in this $1,000,000 "jeopardy!" masters invitational, youth has been served. eric newhouse and brad rutter, two young men in their 20s waiting in the wings, waiting to come back next week to play for $1 million. today someone who is a little bit older than 20 will join them. will it be claudia, bob, or chuck? here we go. jeopardy! round. categories for this first round of play today are... [ audience laughs ]
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