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targets. the bay bridge just one where protesters want to make it impossible to ignore their message. >> i'm laura anthony in oakland where today black women spoke out against police violence. >> i'm spencer christian. our next heat wave is only days away along with rising fire danger. i'll give you a closer look. >> i'll wade freeman in sonoma valley, these are petite grapes that will never see a glass. growers are leave them on the vine. that story coming up. this is where the rubber meet the road. protesters target bay area bridges in the latest act to draw attention to racial and social injustice following the lack of charges in the breonna taylor case. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm ama dates. >> and i'm larry beil. building a better bay, it's one of the five core areas where we
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are focus our efforts. >> and tonight protesters held a go slow caravan over three bay area bridges including the bay bridge. you are seeing the end of it right now. we just saw the chp pull over an ambulance and two other vehicles which were part of that protest as we zoom in here. this is on maritime street in west oakland heading east. they were leaving san francisco, and you can see all those officer vehicles there as those three cars including that ambulance are off to the side. you can see they are there. it appears the people may still be in their cars at this point, but officers are standing by. our live sky dot 7 technology showing you exactly where this is happening. so we're keeping an eye on this. earlier officials closed the treasure island exit. the protesters are showing their outrage over the kentucky grand jury's decision not to charge any of the police officers in breonna taylor's death. taylor was an emt shot and killed by louisville police officers in march during a
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botched raid on her apartment. at 5:00 sky 7 was over the golden gate where an officer followed a slow moving white van that you see there. police had closed off the parking lot on both ends of the bridge. and back on the western span of the bay bridge these are three vehicles that were now pulled over in west oakland. sky 7 spotted the vehicles moving slowly across the bridge just about 20 minutes ago. and that's where they were pulled over now live when we took a look, and we saw them with all the officers right there standing by ready to go. now, the fall out from the louisville grand jury decision not to charge the police officers in her death rippled across the bay area. a group of black women gathered to express their outrage and cals for change. abc 7 reporter laura anthony has that story. >> i have no more tears. i can't feel any deeper than what i'm feeling right now. >> reporter: one day after louisville grand jury decided not to charge officers in the death of breonna taylor, black
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women stood shoulder to shoulder in downtown oakland to proclaim their own outrage. >> we've come together to say enough is enough is enough is enough is enough. so i want to be really clear that what happened to breonna taylor was part and parcel and pattern of the war that is daily waged in our lives, and we've got to start talking about it. >> reporter: for these women what happened to taylor is extremely personal, and staying silent is simply not an option. >> i'm not going to tell you our lives matter. you know our lives matter. so what we need to garner is the power to demonstrate that our lives matter. >> reporter: this gathering came after hundreds of people marched through downtown oakland just hours after the grand jury announcement in kentucky. so far the protests around the
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breonna taylor decision have been entirely peaceful. on wednesday night police say there were no arrests and no reports of damage. some demonstrators did walk onto interstate 980 for a time, a tactic that may continue in the days ahead as protesters in car caravans vow to take their message to bail area bridges and even airports. >> it's a time for us to provide safe places and safe spaces for the freedom of speech, for the freedom of movement. >> reporter: oakland police advise residents to subscribe to knicksal alert to get updates on potential impacts from ongoing demonstrations. >> in downtown san jose today crews cleaned up a statue after some protesters covered it with graffiti and set a fire. raising the u.s. flag in san jose. california was still part of mexico at that time. opponents of the statue want it
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removed. they say it's a symbol of oppression. the san jose mayor samlocardo says he wants to ploerks the issue via democratic institution. >> let's take a live look under sky 7. we're taking a look now. we're zooming out, but you can see the three cars total that were involved in this incident which is happening -- it was on the bay bridge there. off of the bay bridge now, though. you can see the three cars. the ambulance was one of the cars that was driving slowly. you see the white car, the maroon burgundy sedan in the middle and the ambulance and officers off to the side. a lot of heavy motorcycle presence from police at this time. they want to make sure traffic keeps going smoothly and that nothing goes wrong here, making sure everyone stays safe. and we will continue to monitor this and anything that might happen on any of the other bridges or elsewhere through the evening with protests. and if you are dealing with racial or social justice issues we really want to help you find an ally.
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all you have to do is go to abc7news.com/take action. there we have a list of local resources that you can take advantage of. and now to the coronavirus. the bay area is nearing 103,000 confirmed cases. of course that includes people who have since recovered. california reported 3,170 more cases just in the last 24 hours bringing the states total to more than 790,000. tonight our special correspondent said we need to be ready for possibly another year of uncertainty. >> i still think we're in this through winter. and we realisticly may not have a vaccine available widespread for people until mid-summer. even if we get one sooner than that it's still going to take time for that to have an effect with the community. >> more than 202,000 people have died so far in the united states, and today the cdc
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forecasted between 3,400 and 7,400 more deaths in the next three weeks. the pac-12 announced this afternoon football will be played this fall. the pac-12 ceo group decided football, basketball and other sports can move forward this year. no fans allowed at any of these events at least through the end of the year. football practice can start immediately as long as universities have the necessary public health approvals. student athletes will be continuously tested, and there will be cardiac monitoring protocols for anybody who does test positive. the ability to test daily, that was the jumping off point to returning. but they also had some other hurdles to clear. >> still the public health authorities that were uncomfortable in ongoing questions about myocarditis and other concerns. it wasn't as simple as just having access to the tests, but that was the start of our ability to reevaluate and have a
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new, fresh discussion with public health officials that we weren't able to have before the testing. >> so pac-12 teams will be eligible for the college football playoff. exciting news for a lot of bay area student athletes as the pac-12 joins the other major conferences in restarting football this fall. more large companies are figuring out how to offer coronavirus testing to employees and customers. united airlines just launched a $250 million near instant test for travelers, but some health advocates are saying yet this is another example of inequities revealed by this pandemic. >> one of the hardest hit by covid-19 in the bay area, organizing testing in the community has been a struggle. >> not having access to rapid response and having to wait two days, three days, and at some points early on we were waiting seven days. >> reporter: and that's why jane garcia wasn't thrilled about the
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news united airlines would be offering their passengers a chance to get rapid ocovid-19 test results for $250 so they can go on vacation. >> it really does have a way of getting under ones skin. it's important to understand that this is a -- we have -- we- truly look at what the disparities look like. >> reporter: also been sounding on the alarm on the inequitieses revealed by the pandemic. his concern -- >> i wish that we could do that nationwide. i know that the administration has tried to scaleup some of these tests but westill far too many people not able to get to test. >> reporter: in july california was reporting testing backlogs. today we went to two drive-thru locations in san jose with no lines. and according to the state's dashboard the current turn around time for tests is now
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down to 1.2 days. color is one of the private company testing kits to united airlines. they say they're not competing for resources. >> the reality of the united work is it's not going to be in any way in conflict with those public health priorities. being able to do these distributed models is going to be very critical to returning us to a sense of normalcy. >> for garcia cases like united airlines is reminder of her mission. >> i can tell you we're going to be fighting tooth and nail to make sure our communities get the same kind of access professional players are getting, the airlines are getting. because of the pandemic the best that most restaurants can do right now is to offer outdoor dining, but some neighborhoods are not all that welcoming. the mayor of san francisco said today this is worst she's ever seen the tenderloin. in an effort to cleanup and improve things there the city is bringing outdoor dining plus law and order.
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abc 7 reporter leanne melendez explains. >> reporter: city hall says more than 400 tents have been removed from the tenderloin in an effort to improve conditions there. now a bold experiment began today to bring people to this neighborhood. several streets including a section of larken will be closed to traffic to allow for a wide open outdoor dining space. will they come? >> these are businesses that have taken a huge hit. it's already hard to operate a business in this neighborhood and definitely during covid. so we are hopeful that people are going to come out and support these businesses and this community. >> reporter: the street closures will begin at 11:00 in the morning to 8:00 p.m. thursday to sunday for the next three months. he owns tender restaurant and praised the efforts of the city to cleanup this neighborhood. >> i mean it's clean today and i'm happy at least i can walk and people can actually feel that we're back to do the business. >> reporter: meanwhile not far from there the city attorney was announcing a different approach
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to cleaning up the tenderloin of drugs. >> last year alone 441 people died from drug overdoses in the city, and the tenderloin had the highest overdose mortality rate of any neighborhood in the city. >> reporter: 28 people identified as drug dealers will be forbidden from entering a 50 square block area of the tenderloin and parts of south of market. now called the protected zone. the 28 identified have been arrested at least twice for selling drugs in the past year. the arrests led to criminal charges for selling fentanyl, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine mean. >> if you come to the tenderloin you'll be arrested and your drugs will be confiscated. >> reporter: city officials akree this has to be coupled with drug treatment options, mental health programs and ways to stop the suppliers. in san francisco, leanne melendez, abc 7 news. we're less than 6 weeks away from election day. do you know how you're going to
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vote on everything that's on the ballot? tonight we're helping you understand prop 22 and what it would change for ride share drivers if voters approve it. >> i can't think of why they'd want to attack a place like this. it's like trying to burn down willy wonka's chocolate factory. why? >> caught in the act of arson and this isn't just one small business that suffered. >> we are streaming this live camera and others around the bay area 24/7 on our new connected tv app on roku, amazon fire, apple tv and android we made usaa insurance for this season. and the veterans that never quit on their team. when being a fan gets tough, and stretching your budget gets even tougher... ...our agents put in the time and legwork for you, ...so saving on auto insurance is easy. because saving a little extra goes a long way. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for.
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. a strick ng of crime minority owned businesses in san francisco including a brazen arson case. and some business owners are now talking about the attacks that happened earlier this month. >> it's like trying to burn down willy wonka's chocolate factory. why? >> what you're looking at is shocking video of a man inside dragon printing on september 9th. you can see he brazenly holds up a lighter to some paper boxes. >> they really went after the heart of the business. they said we don't want you here anymore. >> now all that's left of this 34-year-old family run store is ash and a mission for a albert long, a long time business owner in the neighborhood himself and president of the nature association. to bring to light this crime and three break-ins that happened just one day later at mr. bred and coffee and sugar and water cafe, all owned by people of
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color. >> i can't help but think in the back of my mind this might be racially motivated. >> reporter: i wanted to tell the stories three weeks ago but had a hard time getting people to speak out about what happened, at least until the recent incident here. >> reporter: simon showed this frightening video of a vehicle driving past his shop days ago and suddenly the front window was shattered. he's now urging his fellow asian-american business owners to speak out, too. >> i'm sure a lot of people try to help in the neighborhood but no one standing up is not going to help the community at all. >> reporter: after meeting with community leaders and sfpd albert is now recommending to the 400 businesses in his district take precautions, such as making sure insurance policies cover these crimes and understanding that having these cameras isn't enough. >> clean your lenses and point them in the right direction. these little things matter. >> reporter: as dragon
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precipitating tries to find a way to rebuild and replace thousands of dollars in damaged equipment. one last plea on behalf of all small business owners. >> you know, if you're silent no one's going to help you. if it's an attack on one of us it's an attack all of us. >> reporter: in san francisco, dion lim, abc 7 news. >> a gofundme has been setup for 4 of the 5 businesses impacted. you'll find links to them on our website, abc7news.com. happening today governor newsom kicked off california climate action day with a discussion on the state's aggressive climate agenda. the governor says taking action on climate change will have benefits that go far beyond cleaner air and water. he says with 34 companies making electric vehicles it's now the state's second largest export. in addition taxpayers will save billions in fuel and maintenance costs. if you're into northern california wines mark down 2020 with a question mark. blame the smoke from the fires earlier this month. you've heard about smoke taint. now wine makers are talking
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about vintage. here's abc 7 reporter wade freeman. >> reporter: fall should be the best time of year in sonoma's wine country so what is wrong with these pictures? sonoma square mostly empty and in the tasting room nary a soul except for the staff and owner. have you ever seen a year like this? >> no. >> reporter: fifth generation of the family that first planted grapes in this valley dealing with a fall season he'd rather forget but will need to remember. even now he and other growers are dealing with the aftermath of our smoky september. >> you have to be prepared for the worst. >> reporter: case in point a ride with steve into the vineyards. it's going to be the worst kind of show and tell. we're going to go see grapes you can't pick. >> grapes we cannot pick. >> reporter: what had been a promising crop left on the vines to fall on the ground, ruined. it's all about taste. >> i'm picking up on my palate
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kind of an ashy flavor to it. >> you can't fix that? >> no. >> reporter: everything seems to have conspired against the grapes this year. hot temperatures, then the smoke, then the timing of that smoke. mostly red wines are impacted because they ferment in the barrel with the skin on, the skin has the taste of that smoke. >> in 2020 there will be no wilo peti petite. >> reporter: a vintage unfulfilled in an industry where people pride themselves on working with what nature gives them, this is the rarest of occurrences. in here, what do you >> not good. >> but not all is lost. we will see whites this year because they ferment without the skin and some roses, and steve is hoping for some pinot noir.
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he pulled these grapes this morning from an untainted portion of the vineyard but makes no guarantees about 2020. well, one guarantee actually. >> we don't know what the outcome will be at this stage, but i can assure you it will be a story forever. >> reporter: wade freeman, abc 7 news. hot and dry days ahead. spencer with the seven day
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all right, we're bracing ourselves again larry. >> well, of course, fall is here. so naturally spencer it'll be over 100 this weekend. >> that happens at least once just about every fall. we're going to start with a view from mt. tam looking at almost a cloudless view of ocean beach. and these are our forecast features. you can see we'll have gusty wind, high fire danger this weekend. heat wave intensifies sunday and monday, and smokier skies will develop with record heat likely. so we've got a lot coming our way, and a beach hazard statement in effect until 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. wave heights are elevated. they're going to go even higher. there's a risk of dangerous rip currents, so bear that in mind. this is mainly for our west and northwest facing beaches. and here's our fire danger fire weather watch but also includes the inland east bay, the east
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bay valleys. in effect from 11:00 a.m. saturday to 8:00 a.m. monday and have strong gusty wind, low humidity and increasing heat. meanwhile with all these challenges facing us we're going to have pretty air quality for the next couple of days. it won't be until sunday and monday we'll have moderate air quality at best, but it'll be pretty good tomorrow and saturday. i'll have the complete forecast a little bit later. >> all right, thank you, spencer. are ride share drivers happy as independent contractors, or would they rather be employees? hard to know the answer based on the election ads that are airing. next we break down proposition 22 so you know what you'll be voting on. first message that came in it was like your balance is $50. five minutes it came in like your balance is 30. five minutes later it came my balance was $8.53. >> she witnessed
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from election day. it is coming up fast. in california you can register to vote up until 15 days before the election. that gives you until october 19th. the presidential race obviously especially at this year gets so much attention, but there are a number of statewide issues really worth taking a close look at. >> we have more than a dozen ballot measures to decide on, and you may have seen some of the ads playing outright here on abc 7. tonight eric thomas looks into prop 22. >> by a 4-1 margin drivers want to stay independent contractors. >> reporter: you've probably seen this ad a lot lately, and you're going to see more of it between now and election day. it's an appeal to get around a supreme court decision requiring them to give protections to full employees. uber and lyft argued their workers are independent contractors who want to stay that way. >> we have 100,000 drivers in
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our coalition already supporting the ballot measure. >> reporter: the measure only applies to ride share and other app based workers. the apps say more ostf otheir workers work little hours to earn a little extra cash and earn limited benefits to match their part time status. >> it also guarantees an income and health care and occupational insurance which is similar to workers comp. >> reporter: the main backers of prop 22, uber, lyft and-door dash are spending a lot of money to convince you to vote yes, more than $180 million. >> gigantic corporations like this are happy to invest million in scaring people and exploiting their workers. >> reporter: he's also part of a
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group called gig workers driving. the group says the workers deserve health insurance, disability coverage and reimbursement for their expenses and also accuse the companies of bullying workers and the public by threatening to shutdown in california if prop 22 fails. >> they make a lot of threats. they try to scare the drivers. they try to scare the public. they've done it before in different markets. they're doing it again now with california. >> reporter: the latest polls show the no on 22 campaign currently leading by a slim 32-29 margin. >> and we have a complete guide to all the 2020 ballot measures on our website. you can check out everything you need to know before voting at abc7news.com. >> tomorrow justice ruth bader ginsburg will be the first woman to lie in state at the u.s. capitol. today at the supreme court president trump was greeted with boos and chants of vote him out
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while he paid his mr. trump has said he will announce his nominee for the supreme court on saturday. he's urging for a swift confirmation process. >> i think this will end up in the supreme court. i think it's very important to have a ninth justice. >> if mr. trump's nominee is confirmed there will be six conservative justices and three liberals though there's never any guarantee how anyone's going to vote in any particular case. last night the president refused to say if he'll actually commit to a peaceful transition of power if he loses the election. 7 on your side michael finny has been reporting on all the problems surrounding the edd including con men ripping off the state. tonight he looks at the inner workings of the edd fraud hot line. >> reporter: tonia is having a tough go of it during this
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pandemic. she recently received this e-mail from the edd. >> it said action need said on your unemployment insurance claim. >> reporter: she hadn't made a claim. so she went to the edd websitewe and checked her personal information on account. there the san jose resident finds a los angeles address. >> there's also a cell number listed there, that cell number is not mine either. and i'm like, okay, this is suspicious to me. and then i happen to see your thing that i have on facebook about the edd fraud. and i was like, wow, what timing is this? >> reporter: inmates including convicted murders collected at least a quarter million dollar in benefits this summer. after watching my report she looks up the edd fraud hot line. >> i've tried calling that like three, four times. all it gives is an automated system. there's actually no one you can talk to. >> reporter: here is part of that recording.
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>> the office has limited staff availability and there are no agents to take your call at this time. you may leave a message or fax a report providing any available information and details known. >> reporter: pretty up front. they're not going to talk to you. even if you leave a message they may not talk to you. >> you may not receive a call back unless additional information is required by edd. >> reporter: she knows all about the hot line. a fake unemployment claim stopped her disability payments. she contacted the edd and was directed to the fraud hot line. >> i left a voice mail and i couldn't help but to think if this is happening a lot, how many more vase mails are there? you know, what number am i? when i are they going to get to my message? >> reporter: after she left that message and apparently nothing was done her edd debit card was drained. she watched it happen by a text.
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>> the first text message came in it was like your balance is now $50. five minutes later it came in and it was like your balance is now $30. five minutes it later came in and said my balance was $8.63. >> reporter: 7 on your side contacted the edd for tunisia. all of her state lawmakers too. finally the edd cleared her account, now 7 on your side is working on getting her debit card released. i asked edd for an explanation and it referred me to a press release that did not address the issue. the edd is right now in the middle of a two week reboot. they say once that work is done things will go much more smoothly. i'll check, and i'll report back. mike michael finny, 7 on your side. >> well, michael has been doing such a great job helping people get the money they need and deserve. demand at food banks has soared during the pandemic. tonight meet the team helping to meet the need by getting restaurants and grocery stores
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b.a.r.t. is partnering with berkeley artist tasha stemadge to create mask themed posters. the posters show masks from all around the world. b.a.r.t. hopes that encourages people to wear them. she says masks are associated with illness and death and adds she wants to change the way we think about them. >> this is our reality. this is object we have to use. how can we think about it in a way that makes the experience a little bit easier to have for everyone? >> she also hosted a pop up mask give away today. free pacts included her art printed on postcard, face moosks that can be decorated at home and disfecting wipes. b.a.r.t. says there'll be another give away october 1st at the civic center from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. today crews broke ground on a new housing complex in san francisco aimed to help homeless adults and seniors get off the streets. the new site at 1064 mission street will be the largest permanent supportive housing
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facility in the city. it'll have 256 units including 103 specifically for seniors. it's part of mayor london breed's homelessness recovery program which hopes to add 6,000 units to accommodate the homeless over the next two years. >> we've seen first-hand how much having a safe place indoors is important not just for individuals health but the health of our community. >> the building will also house the city's new homeless services center. construction is expected to wrap up in late 2021. it's going to be warm this weekend, down right hot in some parts of the bay area. spencer will have your seven day forecast coming up next. and a reminder this weekend is the annual more than pink walk for the susan g. coleman foundation to fund raise for breast cancer research. it's virtual this year because of the pandemic, and unfortunately registration has plunged from 1,200 people down to just 200. abc # is a sponsor of this
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about the covid-19 virus. it's real. it's dangerous. and we do know how to keep you and your loved ones safe. wear a mask. wash your hands. stay six feet apart. we can do this. if we do it together. the pandemic has forced the food industry to reinvent itself, that includes agencies that run food kitchens.
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tonight a look at one organization that had to change the way it operates to keep feeding people in need. it's midmorning and calvin arrives at san francisco's street market to pick u pick u u food. >> i've picked up donations from stores, bakeries, restaurants. a lot of extra stuff they have they throw it away. it can go to people who really need it. >> the donations he picks up are perishable foods restaurants rea markets can't sell. >> anybody can call food runners and donate any food. >> food runners was picking up about 18 tons of food a week. it was taken to stores and food
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kitchens where it was converted into meals until covid-19 hit. >> a lot of people are not being fed in the dining room but they're being given individual meals on the sidewalk. >> reporter: food runners had to figure out another way to distribute the food it was given so it started making its own meals. >> we make the menu daily on what we have that day. >> reporter: food runners now prepares 12,000 individually packed food a week. some goes to low income groups like north beach citizens get meals daily that it hands out to the community. >> because they have these professional chefs we've had potato leak soups and bread puddings and beautiful organic salads and, you know, nutritional food that is really the key to ensuring that our individuals that we're servicing stay healthy.
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>> reporter: about 40 san francisco businesses donate excess food including whole foods, trader joe's and molly stone. >> we'll pick up anywhere anytime and take it to places feeding the hungry. there's no good reason to throw any food away in san francisco. >> i love what they're doing. all right, let's turn our attention to the weather. nice for now, larry. >> yes, spencer is here with a look at a steamy seven day forecast. >> it's going to be pretty hot. my intention just a moment ago was on the winds right now it's pretty gusty out there. you have gusts ranging from 23 miles per hour at vackaville, 24 in hayward and all around the bay area. it is quite breezy right now. so let's move along and take a look at -- i may have to back up. there we go. the view from emeriville looking at the setting sun. mid-70s oakland, san jose, gilroy. and here's the view from sutro
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tower. novato, 73, napa 77. 80 at fairfield, 79 at concord, and 76 at livermore. another view of the soon to be setting sun from mt. tam, and gusty winds and high fire danger will be with us this weekend. heat wave also develops this weekend, intensifies sunday and monday. and smokier skies will move into the bay area with chance of record high temperatures during that heat wave. we have a fire weather watch in effect from 11:00 a.m. saturday to 8:00 a.m. monday and monday n the inland valleys. not just the higher elevations will have gusts 35 to 50 myelin as an hour at times, and of course with the heat rising those are the ingredients for high fire danger. overnight tonight look for fog and low clouds to develop at the coast and fupush locally across
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the bay and maybe a few upper 50s right around the bay shoreline, a bit cooler than last night and tomorrow's high will range at mid-60s at the coast to only low and mid-80s inland, so not a very warm day tomorrow, but we've got some hot weather coming our way. after a mild day tomorrow we'll see the wind and the temperatures beginning to rise a bit on saturday. so it's going to be a windy weekend bringing an offshore flow. that's going to cause the winds as they rush down the mountain slopes to dry out, to warm up, and of course those are the ingredients for high fire danger. so going into sunday we'll see high temperatures in our inland areas above 100 degrees, to up about 90 around the bay shoreline. up to about 104, 105 inland on monday with mid-80s around the bay shoreline, and up to 80s or higher on the coast. heat wave continues into
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tuesday, finally temperatures start to moderate just a bit. we get into thursday and temperatures will be in a more seasonal range, upper 70s around the bay shoreline, but during this heat wave just try to limit your exposure to the sun and heat, stay hydrated and stay safe. >> do our best. thank you, spencer. all right, i'm in for dan doing the news. now i'm in for me doing the sports. the pack is back. the pac-12 will play football this fall plus the giants in need of every single win. go to extras today w we made usaa insurance for this season. and the veterans that never quit on their team. when being a fan gets tough, and stretching your budget gets even tougher... ...our agents put in the time and legwork for you, ...so saving on auto insurance is easy. because saving a little extra goes a long way. usaa. what you're made of, we're made for.
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i'm to help california's 19 most vulnerable. over 24,000 homes were destroyed by wildfires in less than two years. too many of those victims are also hit with a sudden tax hike after their forced to move. it's wrong. prop 19 limits taxes on wildfire victims and limits taxes on seniors and severely disabled homeowners. join firefighters and emergency responders in voting 'yes' on 19.
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just visit coveredca.com today. coming down the stretch sure likes like the giants playoff hopes are going to be decided on the final few days of the regular season. giants wrapping up with the rockies at oracle park. 1-0 in the first. brian crawford doubles to right, knocks in a run so the giants take a 1-0 lead. base hit to center, trevor story the go ahead run. 4-3 rocks. next inning the giants respond. brandon bell he's been on fire lately. whatever he's eating i want some. ninth homer of the season, tied at four. onto extras we go. trevor cayhill on for the 11th. rockies on a sack fly take a 5-4 lead. giants last stand austin
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schrader up, runners at the corners, game ending double play. giants fall 5-4. slader was not happy. the pac-12 as we told you earlier in this newscast will play football this fall. the announcement made today as the league joins all the other major conferences in resuming football season. the pac-12 had postponed the football season because of the pandemic, but new rapid testing for covid-19 and heart monitoring for players who test positive allowed the league to restart play. so the games are going to be november 6th. teals will play a seven game schedule assuming schools get the okay from local health officials. the timing gives the pac-12 a shot to get a team into the college football playoff. >> our schools knowing we're going to be able to play a meaningful number of games, high level games with our championship concluding a couple of days before that final cfp
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meeting, we absolutely have the opportunity to have a team in the mix at the playoff. and i know our teams and student athletes are coming back eager to compete for that. >> no doubt about that. all signs mount to nic mulleins, starting quarterback for the 49ers on sunday against the new york giants, and he might, might have george kittle to throw to. jimmy garoppolo didn't play today. he's out with a sprained ankle. kittle was lipped but he did participate at least. they're also out with a variety of knee issues. the nfl and players union inspected the met life field today they're going to play on sunday and did last sunday. the question is do you really want to risk putting george kittle out there, your best player? today kittle met with the media which is rare for injured players, so does that mean he's actually playing sunday? >> i just missed you guys, and i haven't talked to you guys in a week. just really missed all your faces and voices.
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the last few days have gone well, just feel better every single day so that's awesome. being able to go out and there play football. >> the warriors continued their bubble mini camp today at chase center. loony is there. he missed much of this past season with injuries. says right now he's ready to go. >> right after i got it done i was able to really do whatever i wanted on the court. the biggest part for me to stop being scared. i played the last season scared and i was still trying to start and still moving like that right after surgery. but the training staff took me through the rehab and told me to strus t trust the surgery and the work i've been putting in. >> kevon had a neuropathic situation doctors had a hard time dealing with.
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he missed us in the media so he felt like he should come out, i don't think that is at all true, but we love george. the mass media not that much. >> it's different. be sure to join us tonight for abc 7 news at 11:00. i'm amanda del castillo in san jose. thuthe black women owned business came to be under covid-19. that story at 11:00. batons, pepper va, handcuffs. berkeley deploys new armed ambassadors downtown street. all right, that's going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news. thanks for joining us. i'm ama dates. >> ama, why was spencer laughing in the background when i said i thought i was miscible? >> no idea, larry. >> look at the sunset. for spencer and the rest of us, enjoy. see you at 11:00.
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♪ this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are... a writer from pasadena, california... a clinical social worker from pasadena, california... and our returning champion, a copy editor from hacienda heights, california... ...whose 1 day cash winnings total $18,401. and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- alex trebek! thank you, johnny gilbert. thank you, ladies and gentlemen. hi, folks. good to have you with us once again. we've had some excellent games recently but very difficult for champions to repeat more than once.
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robert was a champion on yesterday's program. will he be a champion at the end of this program? sara and sameer will have a great deal to say about that. let's go to work and see what happens. ♪ and now let's reveal the categories. first off, we get to deal with... good subject. next... we'll deal with... hey... ...and finally... an "a" is coming up in each correct response. robert. i played her in the movie for $200. robert. who is meryl streep? she's the one. uh, played her in the movie, $400. sameer. who is anna kendrick? correct. i'll take books & authors for $200. here's an image from the cover of this royal fable.
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