future. this is abc7 news. >> i do think people are outraged. i think they are angry, and it's -- sometimes it's displaced. >> angry crowds hit the streets in oakland, setting fires and damaging businesses. crowds saying they've had enough after the latest shooting of an unarmed black man in wisconsin. good afternoon, i'm kristen sze. >> and i'm larry beil. we'll begin with athletes who are taking a stand and there's so much going on with more protests throughout the sports world and reaction to the shooting in wisconsin on sunday. first, nba players decided this morning they will continue playing. there was talk last night of e playofillontinue.he season but social justice and the black lives matter movement. more games postponed today, the as/rangers baseball game, along with three nba playoff game, three wnba games, along with two hodgkins hockey games.

giants outfielder mike yastrzemski discussing the situation. >> we understand the world is a bigger place than the baseball field and when events of the world are overflowing on to the baseball field, we don't have control over that, and that's when we have to adapt and that's when we have to make our choices on how we want to handle situations. >> i think the thing that was most enlightening about yesterday is how many good, high-quality conversations happened around the clubhouse. four of five of them where people were sitting around talking about really important social issues and really looking for ways to make changes and being creative of how to protest. >> talking with a source connected to the nba, the players are going to use their platform now to push owners to make political change, not just donate money and hope for the best. they'll also push for police reform. one item on the agenda that's going to be more immediate, they want nba owners to open up their arenas to use as voting

locations to make it easy for everybody to cast their ballots in november. the warriors tweeted this impactful video today showing what players like steph curry, klay thompson, and damion lee wrote on social media, giving the black lives matter movement their support and saying, enough is enough. former president barack obama sharing his support on twitter, writing, i commend the players on the bucks for standing up for what they believe in. coaches like doc rivers and the nba and wnba for setting an example. it's going to take all our institutions to stand up for our values. well, a lot of people are standing up by demonstrating in the streets and clean-up is dert night'sla protesvee in oakland. >> reporter: more windows at mud lab cafe had to be broken in

order to clean up the windows that were broken during wednesday night's protests. >> no coffee this morning, unfortunately. our machines still work but it's a little hard tocustermiith all glass. >> reporter: co-owner jill holloway says eight windows were smashed during the protests of the shooting of jacob blake. she says she understands the bigger picture, the fight for social justice, but she says such attacks hurt small businesses, many of which are minority owned and operated. this clean-up will cost them several thousand dollars plus lost revenue. >> my business partner is black. all the people that work with us are women. so, you know, we're trying to be a really positive part of the community. actually t through the window. >> reporter: r.j. martin is a financial advisor at edward jones. >> i actually wasn't that upset. if this is what it takes for

everybody in america to love each other, i'm okay with it. i'm okay with it. i just wish they knew who was behind those windows. >> reporter: tina is the office manager. she says the property manager watched security footage, which shows the protest was peaceful except for a few who allegedly trailed behind. >> it was a small segment of people outside of the group that was protesting that came into the damage. >> reporter: after everybody had walked by? >> yes, they separated themselves from the group. that's what they saw on the camer cameras. >> reporter: the staff says these are tough times but they refuse to be distracted from the real issue. >> the cleaning, the repair is a minor inconvenience. the greater conversation needs to be at the protection and what can we do to advance this conversation to make sure that black and brown bodies are safe. >> reporter: in oakland, abc7 news. now, if you're dealing with issues of racial or social injustice, we do want to help you find an ally. go to abc7news.com/takeaction for a list of local resources. now to the fires and we are seeing some improvement thanks

to more favorable weather conditions. the czu complex on the southern end of the peninsula and santa cruz county now at 21% containment. that massive scu lightning complex burning east and south of the bay at 35% containment. that's a 10% improvement, and in the north bay, containment in the lnu lightning complex fire unchanged at 33%. so here's a look at where the czu lightning complex is burning in santa cruz and san mateo counties, more than 81,000 acres so far destroyed. that fire at 21% containment. cal fire warning of trees falling on homes, cars, and roads. they tweeted out these pictures today. some evacuation orders have been lifted, including for scots valley and paradise park, and most evacuated residents in san mateo county are also being allowed back. >> we have doubled up patrol efforts and security checks moving forward. we want to make sure that we have additional personnel in this area to insist with a safe

return home for those neighbors. >> 445 homes have been destroyed, mostly in santa cruz county. officials say damage inspection is at about 60% completion at this point. abc7 news reporter stephanie sierra tracking all the progress for us live in ben lomond. stephanie? >> reporter: we're seeing a lot less smoke in this area and it's making it easier for inspection teams to comb through these neighborhoods and really assess the damage. as you pointed out, that process, 60% complete at this point, and we've seen a lot more activity today than we had the past 48 hours. and several of those crews, in fact, are set up right behind us in front of the ben lomond fire department. they were helping a family who lives just a few miles from here who just learnedhe hrnedown. at the corner of acorn and leafwood in bolder creek, there's very little left. this address was home to mandy

and matt for 17 years. >> i honestly don't want to go through the rubble. but it's something that i'm going to have to do. >> reporter: the two built their life together in this purple tiled house. >> it's a lot of memories. i don't know, it's just raising our kids and having puppies and kittens and jumping on the trampoline and all the, you know, friends of our children coming over and playing and having sleepovers and dinners and all of it. it's just -- it's just a lot. we were just a regular family doing regular now. we just got here. >> yeah, that was our house. >> reporter: only a few tiles remain. their home, destroyed. and this isn't the first time. >> our first home burned down right there, and so that's our rebuild. >> reporter: it's those stories of loss that surround these hazy skies in the santa cruz mountains.

one house gone next to another untouched. >> i'm so sorry. >> reporter: seems unfair. but they don't see it that way. >> even though it's really hard to lose our home, i'm just very grateful that we're safe and that we're together. >> reporter: holding on to each other, embracing. >> i know -- i know from experience that we'll find treasures in there that will mean a lot to us. >> reporter: what memories may be left behind. we're back with you live in ben lomond with a look at how conditions are continuing to improve. there is little to no smoke as we drove through many of these neighborhoods. it's making it tempting for d yon't b a long waitinga. but's safe to do that, cal fire really reinforces that link they have posted online that is an interactive map that allows residents to identify what areas will be reopening next, those neighborhoods are

highlighted in green, and we have that link posted over on our website. we're live in ben lomond, abc7 news. >> stephanie, thank you. the lnu lightning complex is 33% contained at this hour. more than 368,000 acres have burned. some evacuation warnings have been lifted but fire is still raging in other parts of the complex. cal fire said this morning they were focused on areas south and east of middletown in lake county. >> our highest priority operation is a firing operation in this location. key to getting this fire taken care of is getting a very short, very difficult piece of line fired and they're working on that right now and trying to make progress. >> 30,000 structures are still threatened, more than 1,000 have been destroyed. a beloved animal sanctuary in vacaville called the lucky ones ranch was among the properties destroyed by fires in the lnu complex, but rather than focusing on what was lost, the people who own that ranch are

celebrating survival. abc7 news reporter laura anthony has their story from solano county. >> reporter: when you've lost so much, lucky is a relative term. >> somebody put a heart on the bricks. >> reporter: it's been a week since the lnu complex destroyed the beloved animal sanctuary and petting zoo, the lucky ones ranch in vacaville. it was also home to 9 11 dispatcher and her police officer husband, vince. he was away at work when she called him to say the flames were getting way too close. >> i just went into my dispatcher voice and i said, you need to come home, code three now. code three. come on, annie. >> reporter: with the help of a local rescue group they got almost all of their animals out, including three-legged sheep, annie. today, annie and more than 1 00 of her companions are safe and well on a fairfield property a

local teacher offered as a temporary home. >> just to know that we rescued all the animals out of there and got everyone safely out of there with the exception of a cat that is still missing. i believe she's a survivor and we'll find her. it's amazing. >> reporter: here, the couple can tend to their menagerie of animals, many of them disabled or blind, each with its own story, once discarded by someone else, only to be welcomed into this family. >> we've got tom over there. >> reporter: the group includes todd, who was missing for four days until he was discovered wandering alone. >> now a week later with nearly all their animals accounted for, tao and vince are really starting to know they are the lucky ones. >> we're going to rebuild and get even better and we're going to be able to reach out to more animals in need and make sure that we live up to our promise to the ones that we have right

now that, you know, it' >> reporter: in fairfield, laura anthony, abc7 news. >> those animals are adorable and definitely very lucky. the scu lightning complex burning in seven counties to the east and south of the bay has seen some big improvement overnight because of lower temps and light winds. this fire is massive in size, 368,000 acres, as we mentioned, 35% containment. despite that, cal fire says thousands of homes are still threaten threaten threatened and widespread evacuations remain in place. you can follow the fires statewide with our exclusive wildfire tracker updated with the latest information that comes in from cal fire. see where the fires are spreading. you can also get containment info in realtime, have the evacuation info, and a new feature that's really important, especially lately, air quality data at your fingerprints.

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the bay area is close to reporting 84,000 coronavirus cases. that does include people who have recovered. more than 1,100 have died. today, the white house announced the purchase of 150 million rapid tests from abbott laboratories. this comes as case numbers are dropping. abc7 news reports the seven-day average of new cases is down 34% since august 1st. an update on efforts to find an effective treatment for covid-19 and for researchers here in the bay area, it's a case of trying to hit this virus from all sides. abc7 news anchor dion limlimlimm the details. >> reporter: everyone is throwing combinations and hoping for the knockout. >> you can imagine that you kind of really need both, not really one or the other.

>> reporter: dr. peter chin-hong is part of the research team at ucsf. like many centers, they've used a one-two punch of remdesivir along with another agent to both attack the virus and deal with dangerous inflammation it can trigger. >> remdesivir, which is really a virus drug, or >> there's a nationwide trial using another drug class studied in hiv, cancer, and other diseases. it's called interferon and it triggers a different kind of combination effect to go along with remdesivir. >> i love the idea of getting at it from different angles, because i feel like the virus is very smart. >> reporter: this doctor is an infectious disease specialist with stanford and also a believer in the cocktail approach. she says the team is about to take the concept a step further, adding a virus fighter known as a monocolonial antibody to the remdesivir mix, creating a one,

two, three combination. >> direct antiviral plus an s a anti-inpolicem anti-inflammatory plus a monoclonal so my bet is on this triple threat but we'll have to see which cocktail really works. >> reporter: a flurry of punches, all in hopes of knocking out a virus that is so far proved to be an elusive opponent. in san francisco, dion lim, abc7 news. many of the various trials we mentioned are still actively recruiting volunteers, and we have more information on that at abc7news.com. 49 silicon valley leaders, many of them ceos, took out a page right out of our building a better bay area initiative. they created a 73-page action plan called building a better normal after the pandemic. here's abc7 news reporter david louie. >> reporter: empty tech company parking lot make it clear this is the normal for now, employees furloughed, laid off or working from home. in downtown san jose, only 6% of

1,600 businesses are open. 59 ceos and leaders of community, labor, and nonprofit groups have created a 73-page action plan to rebuild the region's economy. key issues they've identified are uniform covid-19 testing to allow companies to reopen, help for laid-off workers, addressing housing needs and help for small businesses. forget the national debate over how much testing to do. testing and contact tracing have to be done by everyone to make return to work safe. >> what we're encouraging is a partnership between the larger businesses and corporations to kind of partner with the medium and small space businesses out there in the community to help them stand up to protocols and procedures. >> reporter: small businesses from restaurants to tech start-ups need capital to get back on their feet and to create jobs. it's recommended a small business investment fund be created by a public-private partnership. >> while the cities cannot themselves necessarily put in money, but they can certainly convene all these entities and

put some sunshine on the effort and say, look, we do need to supply more capital and create opportunities more for public-private partnerships. >> reporter: and help is needed for low income workers, job training because the economy has changed, and renewed efforts to prevent evictions and to build affordable housing. >> the consensus is, work is now changed. and some jobs will not be coming back, so we actually have to be thinking about reskilling displaced workers not just for the next six months, 12 months, but for the long-term. >> reporter: who pays for this and setting long-term and shotter term priorities are left to more discussion. david louie, abc7 news. all right, we're going to turn our attention now to the weather forecast. and yes, we continue to get that marine layer, spencer,elpful ith big picture, kristen. the deeper marine layer yesterday brought us some cooler air and some elevated humidity. the wind has been a little bit unhelpful from time to time but it has served to cleanse the air a little bit.

let's take a look at what's going on right now, give you a view of our air quality, which is improving in the coastal as rt b air quality but poor air quality further inland. let's move south just a bit where you can see lots of green dots, good air quality at napa, fairfield, concord, oakland, san francisco, and san rafael and moderate at santa rosa and vacaville. little bit farther south, lots of green dots around the bay shoreline, redwood city and fremont but down in the south, poorest air quality, unhealthy with red dots in san jose and still could use some help there. this is a look at the wind flow generally on shore, out of the west for the most part or northwest, and we have mainly light wind speeds up in the north bay but brisker wind speeds just about everywhere else. here's a look at current temperature readings, bluer sky than we have seen more much of this week. it is 61 degrees in san francisco. oakland, 69, mid 70s at mountain view, san jose and gilroy at 59

at half moon bay. and it's a nice view from emeryville, also showing what appears to be cleaner air than yesterday at this time and we see a little building marine layer offshore right there. temperature readings, 77 at santa rosa, san rafael, 75, mid 80s at concord, fairfield and livermore. looking toward mt. diablo, these are our forecast features, isolated drizzle during the overnight hours. brief warm-up occurs tomorrow, and we have spare the air alerts through sunday so the air quality is only slowly improving areawide so for the next three days, friday, saturday, sunday, we still have a spare the air alert in effect. poor air quality is expected in the north bay, and the next three days and in the santa clara valley but it will moderate just about everywhere else. overnight, we'll see a little bit of fog near the coast, pushing it locally across the bay and locally inland. 5:00 tomorrow morning, this will be the picture, some lingering low clouds and fog and haze and just a slight chance of some spotty drizzle or isolated

a look at generally range from low 50s at the coast to mid 50s near the bay to upper 50s and low 60s inland. highs tomorrows, mid 60s at the coast, upper 70s to near 80 along the bay shoreline and mid 90 isolated inland tomorrow and here's the accuweather 7 day forecast. after that one-day warm-up, little bit of a cooldown on saturday, temperatures gradually increase again on sunday, and then going into monday, not much change in the temperature range. we get a little bit of a heat-up in our inland areas on tuesday and temperatures moderate to a more seasonal summer-like range on wednesday and thursday. i'll have more a little bit later. larry? >> all right, thank you, spencer. some popular entertainment venues in san francisco closed for months turning the lights back on now b

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one of the longest-serving members of the black panthers is applauding the stand being taken by athletes in the wake of the shooting of jacob blake. emery douglas appeared on a virtual chat today with letter form archive. that is a nonprofit museum, special collections library based in san francisco. douglas says the activism of today's athletes is a powerful statement they're willing to put human life above sports and their careers. he credits former 49ers quarterback colin kaepernick with starting this current movement but says the athletes should now be prepared for what's to come. >> so, what they do is they're going to try to demonize those

who are game changers. >> the 77-year-old served as the black panthers' minister of culture from 1967 until the party disbanded in the '80s. concert venues around the bay area are being lit up in red. the biggest entertainment venues will be lit up with ts. concert promoter another planet put together a coalition to help make people aware of the plight of the live entertainment industry. concerts, the ballet, and symphony, clubs and the performing arts are all hurting. >> we have been severely impacted by the pandemic. when our industry shutowsthing people together, and it will certainly be one of the last things to return. >> they're calling it red alert restart and they're asking people to post on social media

and write to their congressional leaders. it is the final night of the republican convention. what can we expect as president trump gives his big spee

>> announcer: building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc7 news. the damage is just overwhelming, hurricane laura left a destructive and deadly path after coming ashore along the louisiana coast overnight. it sustained winds of 150 miles an hour, the strongest to hit the state in 164 years. is respt least four was h b a fling tree. video now from the lake charles, louisiana, area. more than 700,000 people in

louisiana and texas are without power. good samaritans are now spreading out throughout the region doing whatever they can to help neighbors in the hardest-hit areas. >> tack berry and cameron, we're going to make a rescue trip out there so they're not stranded for as long as they have been in past storms. >> we're from houston, and just wanted to come out and lend a hand where we could. >> and more trouble this afternoon, all eyes on what is being described as a potentially dangerous fire at a chemical plant in west lake, louisiana. look at all that smoke there. those that did not evacuate from the hurricane are being ordered to shelter in place. let's get a quick check on the conditions now with the situation regarding laura with spencer christian. y, la it's as you just pointed out there. let me give you a look at the storm now, it's weakened to a tropical storm but it's dangerous and powerful, packing sustained winds of 50 miles an hour with gusts up to 65 miles per hour and it's producing 4 to 8 inches of rainfall in the areas hardest hit. it's moving out of eastern

arkansas now through northern mississippi and into western tennessee. here's a look at the expected track as the storm will weaken tonight to a tropical depression. it's expected to turn eastward, sharply, and go through western tennessee and kentucky tomorrow and continue eastward toward the virginia coastline and that is just a look at our local weather, which shouldn't butowsky thebe there right now but i'll give you a closer look later. >> spencer, thank you so much. tonight is the final night of the republican national convention. it wraps up with a speech from president trump on the lawn of the white house. abc7 news anchor liz joins us now with a preview. >> hi, kristen. the president's speech comes during a challenging week, of course, for the country with the aftermath of hurricane laura and the racial unrest happening following the police shooting of jacob blake. it's unclear whether the president will specifically mention blake's name tonight but he will call for an end to violence. he will also deliver blistering attacks on his opponent, joe biden, continuing to frame him as the extreme left.

in fact, here's an excerpt from his speech tonight. he'll say, at no time before have voters faced a clearer choice between two parties, go visions, two philosophies or two agendas. at the democratic convention you barely heard a wort abod about agenda but that's not because they don't have one. it's because their agenda is the most extreme set of proposals ever put forward by a major nominee. senator harris delivered a speech this afternoon criticizing the president's response to coronavirus. >> just look around. it's not like this in the rest of the world. >> two other things we're also watching tonight, one a potential protest outside the white house from people hoping to drown out the president's speech, and also masks. the president is expecting 1,500 people at the white house tonight. we've seen pictures already of the set-up. there appears to be little social distancing and no mask requirement. kristen and larry? >> all right, liz, thank you so much. you can catch live coverage of

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saying, we need to continue having the uncomfortable conversations and work towards being a unified force for change. nba players, they have voted to continue the playoffs in the orlando bubble. yester stponed games are likely play weekend. so, dan,hayo and i were on e air during the george floyd protests and we were wondering, is this the moment where change takes place? and certainly more awareness, more of a spotlight, but here we are again, and so i'm wondering, are we in a loop, or are we making progress? >> you know, that's a great question, larry. we did talk about george floyd being what seemed to be a real tipping point, a real turning point. i think this is a continuation of that same tipping point. part of the arc of real change that seems to be happening. and i think it's really courageous and wise and powerful for athletes to do what they did yesterday and pull back from these playoffs to make a statement. i also think it's wise after doing that to then go play wearing black lives matter

t-shirts, doing whatever they have to do because they have a platform with a lot of people watching after making that initial statement to then go play with the backdrop of the movement and the call for social change that they have the power to make on these telecasts. >> you know, one thing that's interesting, spencer, and this was reported by our good friend from espn, mark spears, a bay area native, that of the nba players in the bubble, only 20% of them are actually registered to vote at the same time they're trying to get everybody else to vote, so you know, as mark said, if you're going to be about it, you got to be about it. >> that's a disappointing number. but i agree with dan, though. it's important that these athletes are advancing the conversation, the necessary conversation our society needs to have about race and focus the attention on this very important issue. and you know, for people who question whether it's appropriate for athletes to get involved in a social and political issue, no one's

questioning the many, many years that owners of professional sports franchises have been huge contributors to political campaigns. so, why not the players? >> true. good point. >> sure. >> larry, i just think it's interesting they found a way to make a difference, even while staying in that bubble, right? they have this pull towards helping and social justice causes but they're kind of isolated. so, they've got to put their voices out there in a way that enables them to keep playing. all right. a new survey reinforces what you probably noticed. people have ditched public transportation during the pandemic. a cars.com survey of 3,000 people found 62% of them are now driving to work. some 49% believe it will be at least 3 months before travel on mass transit return to pre-covid levels. some, though, have made a financial commitment to their change in commuting. 21% have bought a car in the last few months. most of them say it was due to the pandemic. >> that's making a difference. >> feels safer to people, right? >> yeah, that's making a commitment.

i'm not surprised that public transportation, mass transit continues to still be affected because you can social distance all you want but you are in a little bit closer proximity of mass transit and i think there's just a hurdle to get over as we begin slowly to get back to normal. it's going to be a while before a lot of people feel comfortable, but eventually, i think the convenience and also the cost of mass transit will compel people to return to -- many of them to their normal habits. >> what he said. no, i -- i think dan is absolutely right about that and eventually because of the cost and the convenience, more people will return to mass transit. personally, though, i'm really enjoying driving my little bubble, my little private bubble until i feel it's safe to take mass transit. >> i just hope the transit systems can survive this. that when people do come back, they won't have been too dismantled due to all the financial losses, so fingers crossed. >> they're publicly funded. they ought to be okay.

>> the cdc is offering some advice to retail and service workers when it comes to people who are refusing to wear masks, and the assistance comes in the agenat gde on workplace violence and how workers should enforce their companies' covid-19 safety procedures. the cdc says if someone doesn't want to wear a mask, don't argue with them, especially if they make threats or become violent. officials suggest that businesses look into conflict resolution training for their workers, security cameras, and establish special areas where employees can go if they do not feel safe. i'll say one thing, you know, i'm not in the station that often, dan and kristen, you're there every day, but one thing that's nice is that everybody that i see is wearing masks, so you don't have to have those uncomfortable workplace conversations. i think when i see you coming down the hall, dan, i'm just petrified, so i'm not -- i'm not going to get anywhere near you. >> you insisted that i wore a mask before the pandemic.

>> that was a different thing, though. that was entirely different. yeah. >> no, i think, you know, i don't think people should -- it gets dicey if you ask people to confront people who aren't wearing a mask but for goodness sake, just wear a mask, be considerate of others when you go out in public. don't put anybody in that situation. if you don't want to wear the mask, just don't go out. >> stay home. >> i don't understand. you know, if you were to go into surgery and your surgeon and all the nurses said, you know, we just don't feel like masking up and wearing the gloves today, are you going to have that surgery? you'd run out of there so fast. it's like, oh, they can wear the ur toix you, but you can't 0 wear them for 10 minutes to go to costco? come on. >> right. >> good point. >> all right, be considerate. a backstreet boy is waltzing his way into the ballroom.

a.j.mclean will be on "dancing with the stars." he follows in the footsteps of nick carter who finished second in the quest for the mirror ball trophy in 2015. the 29th season of "dancing with the stars" premiers in september. who would you like to see on "dancing with the stars"? i can see they're trying to go for a younger audience, that's for sure. >> well, more people -- >> spencer. >> more people want to watch a.j. than sean spicer. >> i want to see anthony fauci on "dancing with the stars." >> anthony fauci, mask or no mask, it doesn't matter. >> that would be interesting. i bet you that would draw some viewers. he's kind of, you know, he's pretty popular. >> he's become a celebrity. >> how about bringing back mc hammer and having him on? >> talk about unfair advantage. he can dance. >> he's a ringer. come on. >> but he's not a kid anymore, right? >> i will text him, we'll ask. >> larry, maybe some athletes that you can suggest who have free time on their hands. athletes usually do pretty well,

i think, on dancing. >> that's true. >> how about jimmy garoppolo? jimmy g. >> hello. >> that's a good one. >> greetings. hello. >> that's a good one. >> yeah. >> all right. that's going to do it for this four at 4:00. >> personal campaign for jimmy g. >> you do hey, my twitter is blowing up! dear jack box, bring back the spicy chicken strips, still waiting for the spicy chicken strips, so many about spicy chicken strips. wow, i hear you. so i'm bringing back my juicy 100% all-white meat spicy chicken strips combo for only $5.99!

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francisco based le tote, announced today it will have to shut down all 38 remaining stores. the high-end retailer was in business for 194 years. lord & taylor filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. all right, time now for consumer news. larry, you've been way too polite. just jump right in. we both want to talk to michael. >> what are the headlines, michael? i know you have some interest rate news. >> i do. this is going to change the way we save, how we invest, and it's amazing. the federal reserve is making a major shift on interest rate policy. today, chairman jerome powell announced that the central bank would not raise interest rates or brace for a rise in inflation, even as employment ngens. histlyhe f has raised interest rates when signs of inflation appear. markets rallied on powell's

announcement. aere's now an app to track vehiclein has roller vicle reca just like it does on safercar.gov, the website. you can also input information for child car seats, trailers, and tires. a warning about hand sanitizers from the fda, specifically sanitizer in packaging that looks like food or drink products, oh, yeah, it's out there. and the fda says sanitizer is packaged the same as beer cans, vodka bottles and children's food pouches can increase the chance of accidental ingestion. you can now get beyond meat delivered to your door. the c lau to s plant-based products directly to conseryou see, a the pandemic decreased consumer spending at restaurants, beyond spent

$6 million repackaging restaurant-bound products for grocery sales. i think this is going to be a huge hit. a lot of the vegetarians and vegans i know are all over this, and they're going to be thrilled when they hear this news. back to you. >> absolutely. >> for sure. >> thank you, michael. northern california has lured snoop dogg for his latest business venture. the rap sper is getting into th wine business. he posted that photo on instagram, revealing a first look at the 19 crimes label. that's the brand. snoop dogg helped craft the brand's first california red, described as a combination of petite sirah and zinfandel with a splash of merlot. spencer christian, are you going to be drinking 19 crimes any time soon? >> well, it's a doggone good wine, i may give it a y, li of the snoop. here's a look an with the weather right now. we expect an increase inndow ti

again. overnight temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, hazy day, high temperatures from mid 60s at the coast to mid and upper 70s around the shoreline, mid 90s inland. little bit warmer in the inland areas. and we still have lingering unhealthful air across much of the bay area, so through sunday, spare the air alert will remain in effect. poorest air quality in the north bay and santa clara valley. accuweather 7 day forecast, once we get through the weekend, looks like a fairly steady pattern of typically warm summer weather. the warmest day will be tuesday in our inland areas with highs in the upper 90s then. larry and kristen? >> all right, thank you, spencer. if you're into stars and "star wars," this is for you. in a galaxy far, far away, there's a, well, a galaxy that looks a lot like darth vader's t. i.e.

awe str astronomers mapped it. the colors correspond to the intensity of radio signals. totally looks like tie fighter. >> interesting. elon musk will take us there some day. all right, coming up, a movement with heart. >> this was really important for my children. in the north bay that brought together artists with a message. right now, dan is here with a look ahead to abc -- larry, thank you so much. the scrutiny of vice president pece over what he said about a federal officer killed in oakland. we'll have that. plus the window is closing to fill out the census. california has a lot riding on this very simple form. the new rollout to get everybody counted. and new video of that shark encounter in the pacific and the coast guard crew that opened fire. those stories and

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coming up on abc 7 at 7:00, the final night of the republican national convention followed by "holy moly" at 8:00, then "to tegt the truth." in pet lumina 16 artists came together to deliver one message, black lives matter. the mural is bringing the unit together during these difficult tim times. >> each individual letter was an

expression of an individual artist. each of these artists has just amazing stories of something that's happened in their life or somebody they love or just how they're dealing with racial injustice, system mick racism. >> i'm very light skinned, but this was really important for my children. they have a lot of adversity already as children, and that shouldn't be so. >> i wanted my design to resonate, that this is not just adults that are affected. >> my son is mixed race, and i wanted to honor him and show his joy that he's mitts just for living. >> my art piece is going to be a woman of color holding a flower skin tones as the petals. i thought of it as a way i could show unit between all races it really is a good opportunity for each artist to bring something new and make their own

ideas and share their message and say what they want to say. >> every time you turn on the tv or your instagram feed or facebook feed you're being inundated about this discussion and different ways to have the discussion and different viewpoints. it was thought it was very important that petaluma figure out a way to be having that dialogue. so members of the community suggested that petaluma do a black lives matter mural. >> it's focused on your nearest community first, what you can do and who you can listen to and learn from. >> this comes from a lot of violent things that have happened and continue to ckommu. to put it in a visual colorful form, it puts it in perspective for some people without it being such a violent way of displaying that idea. >> that's a really good opportunity to be able to

creatively express your opinions and ideas without getting attacked for it or having to blatantly say it with words. >> as soon as i heard about it, i knew i had to get in it, to give back in a way. >> a public voice, a different way to initiate discussion and thought on the issues torques have something available to everybody. >> since it's in front of the library, i feel like a lot of kids will see it, a lot of parents, a lot of families are going to see it. i think it's definitely going to send a good message. >> hopefully bringing a smile or thought or starting a conversation. >> i think it's already doing its job affecting people. >> some people aren't going to like it. that's the sad truth. but you just have to stay know something that means something here today as artists. >> great work together. you can check out more great stories at localish.com.

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finale one day after the giants walk off the field at oracle park. tonight the push for social reform in major league sports. veteran athletes and coaches are weighing in on this moment -- >> also ahead, a couple who built a life -- for them moving on will not be easy. another woman who lost her home and is now living with her parents, the threat of the pandemic feels closer to home. still her optimism remains strong. also tonight, walking down the countdown, the push to save the census in the south bay. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. less than 24 hours after a wildcat strike began across much of the