to. our record setting streak of spare the air days could last for an entire month. i'm spencer christian. after 28 consecutive spare the air days, we see signs of improving air quality. i'll have details. >> it is self-evident that climate change is real. >> governor newsom and president trump face to face and going head to head on climate change and the wildfires. building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is "abc7 news." >> from the beach to our local bridges, there are no clear views. and you don't need us to tell you, you can see it is bad and the effects are starting to add up. >> we've never had a situation where there's close to a month straight spare the air days. and now we're seeing an accumulation of that toll. >> it is just bad. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> it sure is. and i'm dan ashley. let's get right to weather

anchor spencer christian to find out how much longer these dangerous air conditions are going to last, spencer. >> you're right, the conditions are dangerous. let me give you a look at air quality a rnld the bay area. you can see these red dots indicating unhealthy air. a few yellows near the north coast there, to the central part of the bay area, san francisco, free month, concord, livermore, san jose to the south bay all have poor air quality, including locations in the santa cruz mountains. now, we have surface wind right now that's blowing on shore. that will slowly push some of the smoke and the pollutants eastward. it's not going to happen overnight. as we look at the smoke forecast, you can see over the next two days tomorrow and into wednesday, we'll see the reds and purples pushing to the east and some cleaner air coming in. there will be some improvement. the problem is, working offshore, there's another plume of smoke-filled air coming our way. two more xiconsecutive spare th

air days. wednesday, looking at some improvement and we'll have to monitor conditions to find out what happens. dan and ama? >> spencer, thank you. today marks an unprecedented 28th straight spare the air day in the region due to the moek from the wildfires. cornell bernard shows us how people in the east bay are coping with more bad air and how some are suffering the effects. >> reporter: the sun made another attempt to shine monday through a thick layer of smoke. the bay bridge, barely visible through the haze. air quality reached unhealthy levels for most of the bay area. >> it's horrible. it's just uncomfortable. >> reporter: despite the bad air, mel had to get out of the house to meet her friend for breakfast in berkeley. >> you try to keep moving the best you can, try toets fresh air, you know, as you can. >> it has been heartbreaking.

i hope that it clears up really soon. we get blue skies and we can start breathing again. >> some cafes posted signs they were closing early due to the poor air quality. but the gorilla cafe was open. >> today is the first day we have slightly opened the windows a little bit to get some air. but yeah, we know it's pretty bad. >> reporter: the bad air taking its toll. the e.r. here in oakland has been busy treating patients. >> in the last week, we have begun to notice that many more coughs, chest pains, throat burning, shortness of breath. >> reporter: for now, he urges everyone to keep safe and stay indoors and avoid outdoor exercise. in arenda, the air wasn't any better. she an her daughter kayla are coping. >> it's been terrible being we're stuck in the house, especially coming from a pandemic, and then directly into the fire season. >> reporter: the good news, cleaner air could make a comeback later this week. and a quick reminder, this is

what blue sky looks like, in case you forgot. cornell bernard, "abc7 news." it has been while, cornell. well, the air quality issues extend beyond our neighborhoods. check out this drone footage shot in portland, oregon. wildfires are burning there, as well. wildfires in the bay area are almost fully contained, but the august complex is the largest fire in california history at more than 755,000 acres, 30% contained. the north complex is 20% contained, and the creek fire is just 10% contained. this map on abc7news.com shows how wide fred these fires are up and down the state. governor newsom and leaders from cal fire gave president trump an update on the fires during his brief visit today. the president repeated less argument that poor forest

management was to blame for the wildfires. but he sounded a note of bipartisanship praising the governor for his leadership. >> i want to thank the governor for the job he's done. we've had great coordination. i know we come from different sides of the planet, but we have a very good relationship. >> after the meeting, the president awarded the distinguished flying cross to seven members of the california air national guard who rescued some 200 people from the creek fire. joe biden today blamed the fires in the west on climate change and accused the president of failing to address the crisis. >> we know he has no interest in meet thing moment. we know he won't listen to the experts. or treat this disaster with the urgency it demands. the west is literally on fire. and he blames the people whose homes and communities are burning. if you give a climate arsonist four more years in the white

house, why would anyone be surprised if we have more america ablaze? >> biden cast the crisis as an economic opportunity, saying millions of good-paying jobs can be created fwi effort to fight it. we are monitoring wildfires statewide with this tracker, which you can find on abc7news.com. it also lets you keep track of the air quality levels where you live. we are seeing an encouraging trend with california's fight against the coronavirus. being healthy is part of building a better bay area. more than 2800 diagnosed cases were reported today. that's about 1,000 below the 14-day average. there were 56 deaths from covid-19. that number is also well below the two-week average which is 104. the quarantine positivity rate is at 3.7%. this is an important number, because it shows the spread of the virus. there are a little more than 2800 people hospitalized, another encouraging sign. a few weeks ago, we routinely saw the daily total above 5,000.

and in the south bay, business and faith leaders are calling on the county to find more ways to safely reopen the economy. they say the county needs to provide more support and clearer evidence based guidelines for businesses. >> the state and county have two different goal posts for safely reopening our economy. and our small businesses are caught in the cross hairs, suffering as a result. >> the county is in the state's red tier, but officials say restrictions on indoor dining and gatherings will remain for the time being. officials say science will continue to guide their reopening decisions. in the east bay, there's more outdoor space to do some shopping in oakland. four new streets are part of the flex street's initiativears inc oakland. telegraph avenue, and a stretch of webster street in uptown, oakland. the program allows businesses to use parking lanes, lots, and sidewalks in order to serve their customers. and today, across the bay in san

francisco, indoor gyms and salons could reopen for the first time. leeann melendez spoke with some business owners who say they have a lot of work ahead of them trying to make up for lost time. >> reporter: we found the owner of eye candy sf crossing union street with sign in hand, thrilled to reopen her salon. >> so happy to be back and able to open. i'm really excited and looking forward to everyone coming back and i have just missed everyone so much. it's been a trying year. >> reporter: chavez had to move in with family. the salon is now set up to keep the recommended number of customers at a distance, and she's following the requirements by wearing a mask, a face shield, and specialized clothing. >> any way, best of luck to you. >> reporter: well wishes from another salon. >> it's been stressful, but we're all happy. it's just a relief for our

clients, too. >> reporter: stan wick us in wr served. >> i'm so happy to be here. >> reporter: all of them told us the city waited too long to reopen. danielle, owner of cross fit golden gate, agrees. >> we were watching san diego and los angeles counties reopen, but san francisco, which had much better metrics, was staying closed. that was stuff to see. >> reporter: gyms are only allowed to open at 10% capacity. she says the majority of her clients, young tech professionals, have moved away from the city. >> i don't know that i'll be able to recover from six months of closure, but i'm going to fight like hell. >> reporter: hotels were allowed to bring in tourists for the first time today. still, some hotels decided to wait a few days, knowing few people would be willing to visit san francisco under these conditions. coming up next, we'll get chronicle insider phil matier to

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this exclusive video obtained by the "abc7 news" i-team shows activists sneaking into a closed national park earlier this month to provide

water to california's native tuli elk after half a dozen of these animals died during drought conditions. now, we want to warn you, some of the pictures in this next report are disturbing of the controversy over the elk is really heating up now with a demonstration yesterday. dan noyes was there and joins us now. dan? >> reporter: dan, a serious drought five years ago killed after of the tuli elk here, and activists don't want it to happen again. 50 people gathered sunday here, calling for the park service to tear down the fence that runs from the bay to the ocean. it keeps the tuli elk away from the cattle ranches that are allowed to operate on the national parkland. >> get this fence down. cows have no place in a national park. these burgers and cheese are not worth more than the lives of native wild animals. >> reporter: the national park service says their mission is to

preserve and protect the resources found within the boundaries of the national seashore. that includes the tuli elk and the cattle ranches. >> the natural resources in this case are tuli elk and cultural resources being the historic ranching operations out here. and it's a delicate management balance. >> reporter: but the fence also prevents the elk from searching for new sources of water, and with severe drought conditions, most of the ponds here have dried up. and photographers have spotted seven elk they believe died of thirst. the park service the elk still have water available and took me in search of water. >> up into the bank here, it's all wet. >> reporter: christine beakman pointed out this seep on the edge of a dry pond. tiny pools of water an inch deep or less what would happen if those higher elevation springs dry up? >> it hasn't yet happened, but our plan is if those were to dry

up, would be to bring in sup mental water sources, with troughs. >> monitoring the situation. >> reporter: just two weeks ago, jack and other activists brought troughs and lugged 150 gallons of water into the park, but rangers have removed the troughs. >> oh we don't trust them any more frankly from the top. the rangers on the ground are fine people, they real why are. but the park service's stance is there's plenty of water, there's a seep here, but not for hundreds of elk. ma elk sipping from that one seep. that water supply should not last long. the drought is also making it harder for the elk to forage or food. both sides of this controversy are posting new information online and i have links on abc7news.com. for the i-team, dan noyes, "abc7 news." >> thank you, dan.

after six months of coronavirus induced restrictions, some san francisco businesses finally got the green light to reopen today, including indoor gyms and salons. >> we are joined now by chronicle insider phil matier. is the city moving at the right pace? >> not for the businesses affected. it's one thing to say we're reopening, but another thing to say we're reopening at 10% capacity. independent gym owners sll operators, 10% occupancy, they can do that. one person, one trainer, they can make the rent and survive. bigger gyms, not so lucky. the story is the same with restaurants, as well. they're allowed to open but outside. no indoor dining. hotels, they're allowed to open, but right now no activities in the lobby and no place for tourists to go either.

so about half of them oped to stay closed until more people start showing up. the underlying of this is a need or a feeling that city hall isn't plays it straight with them. there are no defined guidelines that what the state says, what the city says are two different things and they want the city, and they went there earlier this week and last week and said we might not like the news we get, but we have to plan for it. >> now, phil, let's go back to the hotels for a moment. we talked a lot about this over the past several months. they're now allowed to reopen to tourists. how is that working? >> so far it's not. the tourists aren't showing up. there's not a lot to do in san francisco. the restaurants aren't open and probably won't be conventions for the rest of the year. so the big number of tourists aren't coming. hotels need to operate at about 50% capacity to make a go of it. and they're below it.

so people are saying, let's wait. by the way, the homeless hotels that have contracts with the city, that's a lifeline, they're holding on to. those are smaller hotels. they don't have the financial backing. they're going to continue to house the homeless for as long as needed until the rest to have industry picks up. >> they're on a razor thin margin. let's talk about the devastating wildfires. today, president trump met with governor newsom who pointedly but politely, we have to say, insisted that climate change is the cause. listen. >> we obviously feel very strongly that the hots are getting hotter, the drys are getting drier. when we're having heat domes the likes we've never seen in our history, the hottest august ever in the history of the state, the frosty of the fires, losing 163 million trees to the drought, something has happened to the plumbing of the world. and we come from a perspective, humbly, where we submit the science is in and observed

evidence is self-evident, that climate change is real. and that is exacerbating this. >> that put directly to the president today by the governor. phil, you know something about the relationship between these two men. what is your take on today's interaction? >> well, first of all, how about president trump himself. he's actually got a couple of personalities that we see. one is the small meeting donald trump that we saw today, who listens, nods, throws in a comment who says no, i have questions about that and moves on. then there's the one that stands in front of 10,000 or more of his supporters and starts with the wisecracks and the finger pointing. that's the president trump we may see later on the campaign trail. we sue two gavin newsoms, who said i humbly respesubmit then makes videos that takes aim at the president. they have a personal relationship that's gone on for years. they do get along on the phone,

they're both businessmen. neither is shy. they both have huge egos. and gavin's ex-wife is dating his son. so there is a semi familiar relationship and let's be happy about that, because they do across with the aid when needed. and behind the scenes, the state and the feds signed an agreement to start cleaning up about 1 million acres a year of california's forest to try to make it safer from fires, whatever the cause may be. >> they definitely have an interesting, if not complex relationship. >> we can get a psychiatrist couch for that one, dan. >> thank you very much. you can real phil's columns every wednesday and sunday in the san francisco kr

i feel like i finally saw a little bit of sky today, but it's just disheartening, because it's still so awful out there, dan. >> ama, i felt the same way. i saw a glimmer of what looked like blue, spencer. i couldn't quite be sure. >> yeah, there's a little blue out there. hard to recognize these days, isn't it? there's also some minimal improvement developing in air quality, but i underscore minimal. here's a look at our surface winds right now. we have a fairly vigorous on shore flow, and it is helping, again, minimally push some of

the pollutants and some of the smoke eastward. but it's still over much of the bay area, as you have seen on those live camera shots. air quality will be very poor tomorrow and poor again on wednesday. so we have two more consecutive spare the air days coming our way, at least two more. spare the air days by the time we get through wednesday. here's a live through here, you can see how smoky the sky is over the bay. current temperature readings, 62 degrees in san francisco. upper 60s right now in oakland and mountain view 70. gilroy, 77. 61 at half moon bay. here's a view at the golden gate bridge looking northward. and current temperature readings 75 at santa rosa. 73 at napa and novoto. 77 at livermore. and check out this view of the soon-to-be setting sun. these are the forecast features. smoky air lingers into midweek. stronger sea breeze later in the

week. thursday, friday, and it may bring with it some drizzle or light rain and will bring cooler air and probably some cleaner air. here's the forecast animation for the overnight hours tonight. by 5:00 tomorrow morning, as the commute gets under way, low clouds and fog, smoke and haze. pulling back to the coastline by mid morning and lingering there for much of the day. and another day much like today. overnight, temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow's highs, 65 half moon bay, 70 in san francisco, mid 70s around the bay shoreline, and mid to upper 80s in the warmest inland locations. as for that rain later in the week, this is the rainfall potential, the outlook right now from tuesday into saturday, we'll see a chance of some rain far to the north, up in the pacific northwest and northern most corner of california. but then by thursday, friday, we might see some of that light rain moving down into our area, but only in the north bay.

we don't think it will get any further south than that. here's the accuweather seven-day forecast. two more days, tomorrow, wednesday, much like today, except maybe a little warmer. mid 70s around the bay. two more spare the air days again. i'll emphasize that. thursday, friday, gets breezier, cloudier, and cooler. and we do believe that's likely to bring us some cleaner air, improved air quality. we might see sprinkles late thursday into friday. over the weekend, we get a warmup under sunnier and bluer skies, going into the weekend. and that pattern should carry us into next week. rmember blue? >> fingers crossed. >> i'm wearing blue in honor of blue skies. >> perfect. tonight, the i-team digs into the data on traffic stops. is the difference and experiences for black and white drivers getting better or worse?

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>> reporter: bob pelley didn't want to be a statistic. i met him painting along fulsome street a few blocks from where he was recently stopped by san francisco police. >> the officer asked me where is my front license plate? i told him it's on the front of the car. he walks to the front, sees the plate there, walks back over to me and says oh, you were speeding. >> reporter: he told me, since he's black, he didn't have a chance. >> i've got license, registration and insurance. but somehow he finds a way to get my car towed. >> reporter: abc 7's analysis of traffic stop data from 2014 to 2020, black drivers were 4.4 times more likely to be stopped by police than white drivers. this is up from three times as likely between 2014 and 2017. >> i'm used to it. >> reporter: jerry was stopped in front of his driveway for

seeming suspicious. louis thompson says that story is all too familiar. >> sometimes i think they just stop me because of my color. >> reporter: and reese is tired of it. >> it started happening a lot. >> reporter: he says he's been stopped dozens of times based on a hunch. >> if you're born dark, you're going to have dark days. until we flip it. keep the knee off of our neck. >> reporter: following the death of george floyd, there's been a hunger for change. but the problem of systemic race imcontinues to divide our country, and the data shows it. in the first quarter of 2019, black men and women made up 25% of police stops in san francisco, despite making up roughly 6% of the population. and the first quarter of 2020, that figure went down slightly to 23%. whereas might men and women made up 35% of traffic spots both years, but account for roughly 48% of the population.

>> we're not there yet. we have a lot of work to do in that regard. >> reporter: here's what needs to improve. according to a data analysis, despaisparities are getting wor with search and arrest rates. from 2018 to 2020. black men were nearly five times more likely to be searched than white men. and black women were nearly four times as likely to be searched than white women. >> a lot of innocent african-americans have been stopped down through the years on a hunch or for no reason at all. mainly because they're black. >> reporter: civil rights attorney john burris says the data suspect getting better. black hand hispanic men and womn are twice as likely to be stopped even when they didn't commit a crime. >> i was filling up my gas tank and a cop pulled me up and asked if i had any pistolas or drugs.

i felt racially profiled. i never spoke spanish once. >> the statistics are alarming. >> reporter: chief bill scott says the department is working on improving training for officers. >> we tired an attorney to dig into the training and the legalities of our stops and make sure we are up to date on the training and the like. >> reporter: according to a public records request, in 2019, there were more than 700 complaints whiled against san francisco police officers. 86 of those complaints were sustain, meaning an investigation found them to be valid. of those 86 complaints, more than 120 officers were cited for improper conduct. yet abc 7 found a dozen of those officers already had a history of citations. yet faced no permanent discipline. >> in order for any of this to work, the other officers have to know if you engage in this type of conduct, you are going to be punished. >> how do you go about the discipline process?

at what point do you say are these too many complaints? >> we have to respect the process. if we don't, what happens is the very officers that need to go, we end up hiring them back because we did not follow the due process of the law. >> reporter: but some could argue the entire system isn't following due process. it's what happened in these stories doesn't stop. >> everybody else look at us like we're a bad guy. >> i think you have to pull me over because you have to meet a quota and because of my race. >> i'm not playing the race game. that's just how it is. >> reporter: stephanie sierra, "abc7 news." >> and "abc7 news" will have more stories like this one this week focused on race and social justice as we build a better bay area together. tomorrow's topic is minorities and policing. tune in the rest of the week for stories on topics ranging fre im latino heritage work and to watch all of our reporting from

this week on demand, make sure to download our "abc7 news" app. it's available right now. developing news out of southern california. two los angeles county sheriff deputies remain in stable conas the search goes on for the gunman that ambushed them in compton. video captured the attack. because it is disturbing, we are not showing the moment when the shooter opened fire on the deputies who were sitting in their patrol car. more video shows one deputy applying a tourniquet to her partner despite multiple gunshots of her own. a $100,000 reward is being offered to information leading to the gunman. the sheriff wants lebron james to match it. >> i put out a change over the radio to lebron james to double that. let's see what he does. >> james has been highly vocal when it comes to police shootings and called for reform after jacob blake was shot in the back seven times by an officer in wisconsin.

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with everything we're going through right now, there is concern tonight that homeowners throughout the bay area may have increasing difficulty finding a company willing to actually insure their homes. and michael finney reports at least two insurers have put a pause on writing new policies. michael, this will worry a lot of homeowners. >> reporter: dan, look, we see these concerns every fire season. but this one is a little different. we have new laws in place. but the question is, are they working? >> family. >> reporter: denise shows off a

family photo she found at the home she grew up in more than 50 years ago. the ben lomond resident evacuated to her mom's house after being chased out of her home by a fire. she's much more relaxed after learning her home escaped any damage. >> so we know how lucky we are, but so many in our community, and all up and down the state of california have been affected. >> reporter: her insurer, aaa, informed her in july it would not be renews her homeowner's policy because she lived in a fire zone. on august 5th, state farm offered her a policy writing in this email, you have two options of when you can start the policy. but after the fires broke out, it had changed its mind, saying on august 24, now with the fires, we are in what's called a moratorium, which means right now we are unable to write policies in certain zip codes and ben lomond is in that zip code. denise says emeka also offered

her a policy but withdrew when the fire broke out. she feels let down. >> i would like to see the state insurance commissioner, the insurance companies, i would like to see the governor's office sit down and come up with a plan that everybody can succeed. >> reporter: last month, the insurance commissioner reminded insurers a bill authored by him in 2018 and signed into law forbids the cancellation of polies within a year of the state of emergency. unfortunately for denise, the department of insurance told her it doesn't apply to her because aaa sent its cancellation notice before the fires. carman balmer is executive director of consumer watch dog. >> we think it's fundamentally unfair for insurance companies to only pick the most favored homeowners and leave everybody else out in the cold. >> reporter: aaa has offered to

sell her homeowner's insurance, but without the fire insurance. for that, they'll have to go to the state's fair plan. that's a more expensive plan, because they're insuring only high risk homeowners and the cost tend to be high. a lot of people will be looking at that this year. >> it's really upending a lot of things. thank you very much. all right. dan, let's get back to checking on the weather. >> spencer christian is back and promising the potential of blue skies. >> the potential, that's right. let's underscore potential as opposed to the promise. here's a look at what we expect overnight. we'll have fog and smoke mixing in as we have for days. overnight lows in the mid to upper 50s. tomorrow, under hazy sunshine. highs ranging from mid 60s at the coast to mainly mid 70s around the bay shoreline, to mid and upper 80s in the warmest inland spots.

tomorrow and wednesday will both be spare the air days. expect very poor or unhealthy air quality tomorrow. and just poor on wednesday. that would be 30 consecutive spare the air days for the bay area, as that record extends. tursday and friday, better air quality. and perhaps bluer skies. here's the seven-day forecast. thursday and friday, breeziliy, cloudy, cooler. chance of drizle in the north bay. whatever happens, we expect the air to be a little cleaner as a result. over the weekend, a nice warmup. not a heat wave, just a warmup. hope it all pans out. >> spencer, thank you very much. all right. we have plenty of sports to talk about. larry beil is here with that. larry? yeah. ama, dan, the 49ers, what went wrong yesterday? the latest on george kittle's knee. and plus coach shanahan on two

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now abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> good evening. after just one game, 49ers head coach kyle shanahan has a laundry list of issues he has to deal with. jimmy g.'s accuracy, a receiving core missing big play potential and george kittle's banged up knee. kittle with a sprained knee, how he came back for the second half is beyond human, because this looked bad.

but kittle will be re-evaluated on wednesday to see if he can play sunday. jimmy g., felt like a super owl flashback, 4th and 5, through to trent taylor. kendrick born had his man beaten. >> the ball was underthrown a little bit. you don't always hit guys perfectly in stride. you underthrow a ball, the receiver has to make a play and they didn't. but there's nothing more to it. guys still had chances, but it would have been a real good play if they made it. the las vegas raiders, 1-0. jon gruden says yes, he needs to do a better job of wearing his mask. but josh jacobs, three touchdowns against the panthers, include the game winner. gruden thought it was too quiet in carolina, so quiet it could hear derek carr's audibles,

which included his wife's name. >> derek used my wife's name in one of his audibles. still trying to figure out why cindy gruden came up during the game. got to look into that. >> yes, we do. you can catch the raiders' home debut in vegas against the saints next monday night right here on abc 7. the kickoff is at 5:00 followed by after the game. the air quality is bad up and down the coast. some question whether the a's/mariners doubleheader could be played in seattle tonight because of so much smoke from the forest fires up there. but they played and jesus sardo said he was gasping for air. this is a three-run homer to left, somewhere in the haze there. makes it 5-0 in the 4th. e mariners come back. this is a two-run homer that

making it 5-4. then the mariners tie it at 5-5. in the 6th, lewis is walked on four pitches, with the bases loaded to force in a run. that proves to be the game winning run. a's lose 6-5. they're in game two now, after five. 6-0, athletics. well, the blur is back. the warriors have hired leandro barbossa to serve as a player, mentor and coach. sounds like three different jobs. but the idea is for barbossa to use his ability to help the younger warriors drive. >> i'm very happy for the opportunity. i'm a little nervous, but i think i'm going to do okay. i'm retiring to play basketball, but having this opportunity is great for me. >> he's got a great sense of humor, great smile, great energy about him. and so i'm excited to add him to the staff and to see him help mentor our young players. >> everybody is going to remember the warriors in 2015

when he uttered, we're going to be championship in his broken english and they were champions that year. and he's bringing a special green drink from brazil made from south american shrubs. it's supposed to taste terrible but keep you healthy and help you with injuries. it's designed for horses to consume. but apparently works on leandro. so if you're up for that, guys, i'll get you the special green drink. >> that's not much of a sales pitch. >> well, yeah. >> thanks, larry. all right. join us tonight for "abc7 news" at 11:00. >> i'm amanda del castillo in san jose. city leaders are asking for a $3 million boost this their battle against blight. at 11:00, we explore those resources and responsibilities. and with the bay area still shrouded in smoke tonight, a look at the long-term impact on your child's health.

coming up tonight at 8:00, the season premiere of "dancing with the stars" and then at 10:00, catch vomo, vote or miss out. and then "abc7 news" at 11:00. >> that is it for this edition of "abc7 news." look for the news any time on the "abc7 news" app. thanks for joining us tonight. im ama daetz. >> and i'm dan ashley. for spencer christian, larry beil, all of us, appreciate your time. see you again tonight at 11:00. explore floor and decor your way, and comfortably shop over a million square feet of in- stock flooring! our expansive store is fully equipped with safe distancing guides, so you can browse our wide aisles and be amazed with our even wider selection. or easily order online, and pick up all the products you need for your flooring project curbside! so come discover the perfect floor at the perfect price in whatever way is perfect for you. all in one stop! visit floor and decor in person or online.

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