we want to be cognitive and respectful to what jason deserves and what his family deserves and what this community deserve deserves. >> a firefighter dies during a training exercise. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze. >> i'm dan ashley. jason cortez, a beloved 13-year veteran of the san francisco fire department was killed in that accident yesterday as we reported. it happened at a department training facility in the city and abc 7 news reporter stephanie sierra is live and such a tragedy. everyone is still trying to come to terms with it. >> reporter: oh, it certainly is, dan. a small memorial is grong h jason cortez and you can see some flowers and letters thanking him for his service. we seen people stop by throughout the day to pay respect the.

notice the american flag at half staff while our community continues to mourn hoping for clarity what led up to this tragic accident. a 13-year veteran of the san francisco fire department. a loving father, a dedicated husband and a fearless firefighter. that's just a few details we know about the beloved jason cortez. what remains in question is what led up to his accident where he fell three stories from this high rise during a training accident at 19th and shot well. >> the risk is always there and always evident and unfortunately, accidents do happen. >> justin moore is a california firefighter andouerst in safety, an organization that studies safety protocols for first responders and consults with fire agencies across the country. >> instructors and training facilities are very well designed and engineered with safety precaution and barriers. there is always a certain of

error and risk. >> reporter: moore and plains th resul iirefighter injuries or f trngr evotis involve them coming out of a window head first a lot of timing coming on to a ladder and escaping through a window on a ladder. >> reporter: according to the national fire protection association, 48 firefighters have died so far this year. three of those deaths were due to falls. as a preventive measure, cal osha requires a safety officer should be assigned in certain cases involving dangerous hazards. what hazards would have to be present in order to require having a safety officer be in a reasonable proximity to the scene of the accident? >> if we're producing an atmosphere due to smoke and fire that meets that requirement, then we are at that time going to have a safety officer on scene. >> reporter: it unclear whether a safety officer was present

during cortez' accident. cal osha could only confirm a comprehensive investigation is underway. i do want to point out under statutory guidelines, cal osha does have up to six months to complete this investigation. we're live in san francisco tonight, stephanie sierra, abcn as firefighters continue to battle the glass fire, they took a moment this morning to remember the lives lost in the tubs fire. we started on this day three years ago. >> we would lick to cloke to cl with a 30-second moment of silence for the 22 souls that lost their lives on october 8th and 9th. >> the tubs fire burned more than 36,000 acres and destroyed more than 5600 buildings. the glass fire is now 66%irsaysl 6340 acres burned and 700

homes have been destroyed and despite the higher containment, 13,000 structures are still threatened. >> and although it a devastating fire season, at least now we're into fall the weather is turning into our favor. >> it cooler, spend cer. how much longer will this last? >> one more day. cooler than average weather and will warm up over the weekend and more promising news. we have a system moving our way that might bring a little rainfall. we'll start the forecast at midnight tonight it will be a rain producer mainly for the pacific northwest but look at the overnight conditions or at least the projections going through tomorrow, you see little waves of rain and we just might get enough of it pushing southward far enough to produce light showers in the north bay on saturday but the models, computer models are not predicting much in the models. maybe .2 in san francisco. i'll give you a closer look

later. >> okay. dan and kristen. >> spencer, thanks very much. >> the san francisco man charged with two violent attacks on women in their 70s is still being held in jail pending trial. the district attorney made that announcement today at an event condemning a tax on the asian community. 34-year-old michael turner has been charged with attacking a 71-year-old woman and a 78-year-old woman last month in the tender loin. >> i'm really upset and appalled by the incident and the attack. i've lived and worked in this neighborhood for 40 years and never seen this increase in violence. >> there is nothing that should be protected any stronger than the right of a person to walk safely down the street in their community. >> city and community leaders are calling for inkreelscreased support and protection to prevent future targeted attacks of violence like these. developing news, the latest

on the coronavirus pandemic. the u.s. is closing in on 7.6 million cases. in california we're close to 835,000 cases. across the bay area's nine counties, there have been almost 107,000 cases. that includes all cases since tracking first began. the u.s. secretary of health and u mhuman services says a co vaccine will be available for all americans in the next six months. alex aczar gave a speech. >> the good news, we're doing everything we can to have supplies manufactured. pending fda authorizations, we believe we may have up to 100 million doses by the end of the year. enough to cover especially vulnerable populations. and we project having enough for every american who wants a vaccine by march to april 2021. >> several vaccines are currently in development but of course, any vaccine would have to get fda authorization before

it's widely distributed. >>. a study released today found 86% of people infected with covid-19 didn't show main symptoms on the day tested. among those who tested positive, most didn't have a cough, fever or even a loss of taste or smell. the study suggests many may be spreading the virus while completely asymptomatic. preliminary results on the largest study ever on the effects of covid-19 on pregnant women. researchers found that half of the 600 participants had symptoms after three weeks. while 25% had symptoms after eight. cases, only 12% of participants reported fever as their first symptom. >> one of the main takeouts is we want pregnant people and their families and their providers to recognize that you don't need to wait until a fever to consir covid-19 in

pregnancy. the most common symptom is again, cough and sore throat. >> once the study is finished, researchers have data on more than 1300 participants which will give them a much better idea of the virus effect on elections officials are not the only ones preparing for a november 3rd. the associated press reports law enforcement nationwide are ready for unrest at the polls and conducting drills and setting up command centers. in on an line forum, alex pa deiah says there is a hot line. >> the intent for those to confuse or intimidate , than tory and get us not to vote. >> all california registered voters will get a mail ballot this election if you haven't gotten it yet but you can report harassment by any political solis sisters at your home. >> if you live in san carlos, you can put your ballot in this

secure drop box on san carlos avenue in front of the dog park rarn around the corner from city hall. a santa rosa man is lucky to be alive after being attacked by a shark in florida. 31-year-old mark was bitten in the leg while body surfing in miami beach yesterday. he says someone on the beach warned him to get out of the water but he and another swimmer looked around for 15 minutes and only saw big fish. well, moments later, after getting back in, he says he felt a force like getting sucker punched in the leg. he suffered six bites, one of which took off a big chunk of skin as you can see but he was surprisingly cool when recounting the experience. >> luckily, it didn't hurt. it didn't hurt at all. you know, i've heard shark teeth are like surgeons blades, it so sharp. it was a mix of that and adrenaline. i didn't feel any pain. >> bowden owes the organic tea shop based in santa rosa.

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likely have to pay more for homeowners insurance, we're talking a lot more. 54 different companies submitted requests for rate hikes. michael finney tells us they range from under 7% to as high as 40%. >> these insurers are asking for doesn't tell the whole story. if you live in a wildfire high risk designated area, you could pay a whole lot more. the notice elaine received from aaa left her stunned. the premium went from $3800 in 2018 to almost $5,000 in 2020. >> i remember looking at it going, you know, wow, what happened here? >> elaine says she's never seen such a huge rate hike not even after the oakland hills fire when her home escaped damage. mike from los gatos has been through such sticker shock before. he's asked to remain anonymous but said his premium lastatsta h

went from $1500 to $2100 and received an increase this year. his home sustained significant damage during the lexington fire in 1985 but he says the rate increases after that fire were relatively minor compared to what he's experiencing now. the reason for all these rate hikes shouldn't be a surprise. insurance companies saw a record $25 billion in losses in 2017 and '18 from the california wildfires. michael is with the department of insurance. >> the department has received many increases, many requests from insurance companies to increase rates, and hope owners are feeling that impact right now. >> in 2016 insurance actually dropped $149 million but rates have risen sharply over the last three years. this year's increase of 4 14 million has already surpassed

last year's total with three months to go in the year. eileen says there is no way to fight it. she feels trapped. >> i've been up against a wall because the only way out of it really is to move. >> among those increases approved this year is a 15% rate hike for the fire insurance of last resort when nobody else will insure you. that's the average rate hike spread out among all policy holders. some could pay as much as 40% more depending on their fire risk score. the score could greatly impact the rates anyone pays yet most homeowners know little about it. >> the scores need to be open to the public. they need to be transparent. because often you don't as a business or homeowner even know what your score is. >> there is very little consumers can do to lower their score but insurers commissioner laura thinks that should change. he wants homeowners to be rewarded with lower premiums for

reducing their fire risk by doing things like clearing brush or replacing a wood shaped roof. he's holding a an investigative hearing on october 19th on home insurance t lkotr issues. >> really, the goal of this is to say there are things we can do to bring down risk to homes, to bring down risks to communities and it's not going to be an overnight fix. >> joel just retired this month from the department of insurance. he says homeowners need to shop around. >> try to avoid the fair plan at all cost. don't give up because one agent or two. >> we have a link to a complete list of everyone selling homeowners insurance in the state of california. we also have information posted about that upcoming hearing. i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. >> today the oakland fire department received a $1.2 million grant from fema. the grant came from the assistance to firefighters program with the money the

department will buy 180 self-contained breathing apparatuses that recirculating breathing air and purr ffies it and will purchase 259 face pieces. a shortage of supply and increase in failures and repairs prompted them to apply for the grant. >> all right. if you lived in the bay area for very long, you know carl the fog. a twitter account that's gone silent for the last ten months or so. well, now there is carla the fog whose account claims it's the unofficial replacement to pick up the void left by carl the fog and carla has good taste. the twitter account retweeted our own sandhya patel many times. we are pleased to introduce carla the fog out there today. >> yeah, carla or carl, we're happy to see ya, spencer. >> they were both with us today hanging around for quite sometime and finally some parts

of the bay area saw bright sky in the afternoon hours. right now clouds are beginning increase again. let's take a look at the current surface wind. pttyreyut there n the coast and around the bay. up to about 15 miles per hour. we don't have any powerful gusts but the breeze is there and you can feel it if you're out for a walk. the 24-hour temperature change is pretty impressive especially in the north bay and inland east bay where it's ten to 13 degrees or nine to 13 degrees cooler in many locations right now than it was at this time yesterday. right around the bay and on the peninsula, not much change at all. on we go. a live view from the rooftop camera looking across the embarcadero. it 61 in san francisco. we have mid to upper 60s at oakland, mountain view, san jose, gilroy, 59 half moon bay. from the golden gate bridge, we present this view. it 68 in santa rosa and napa 69 and 70 novato and concord 74ng

other the bay again from the explore tocamera. it will get cloudy overnight with morning mist and drizzle and mix of clouds and sun through the day tomorrow and a slight chance of showers but really very slight on saturday and if they do occur, mainly we expect them in the north bay. air quality is still not great. in fact, it going to be poor in the north bay tomorrow and saturday and moderate in other locations so spare the air alert has been extended through saturday. we expect some modest improvement across the board on sunday and monday. here is our forecast animation overnight starting at 7:00 p.m. notice how the clouds, low clouds and fog increase and high clouds in some areas and lots of drizzle offshore, patchy drizzle is likely not only near the coast but perhaps around the bay during the overnight and early morning hours. tomorrow we might get clearing up in the north bay, clouds look like they will linger in some

other parts of the abare bay ar lows in the mid 50s. a little cooler in the north bay, farther north where we'll see upper 40s and tomorrow's highs will range from 63 at half moon bay to 66 san francisco. mainly upper 60s to about 70 around the bay shoreline and mid to upp inland. here is the accuweather se seven-day forecast. it will be cooler on saturday and once again, it's a slight chance of some light showers mainly in the north bay. most of the bay area is expected to be dry on saturday. it gets sunnier and warmer on sunday and that warming continues through most of next week. we'll see inland highs in the upper 80s to near 90 in many locations next week and around 80 bay shoreline and upper to mid 60s around the coast. a taste of summer-like warmth into mid autumn next week. dan and kristen. >> thank you, spencer. the usual office meeting seems like a thing of the past but is it really? the workplace shift and why it

might not be different after all. take a live look at the pier 39 camera in san francisco. carla or carl in full effect there as the sea lions are loving it because it's nice and cool. we're streaming this live cam and others from around the bay area 24/7. am son fire, apple tv and android tv. download the app to check it out along with o they do one of the most deven in normal times.s, our frontline health care workers. and when these heroes lack the resources they need, that risky job gets ten times harder. prop fifteen makes corporations pay their fair share. to invest in our communities, in our clinics, in the essential workers who treat everyone- rich, poor, and in-between.

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has unfortunately come to an end. they were defeated by the houston astros in game four 11-6. six home runs were set today that set a division series record with 24. the a's will beginhe off season while the astros will face the yankees or tampa bay rays in the american league championship. >> as more people work remotely, companies are reducing office space but it appears occasional meetings are not actually dead, the problem is where to hold them. as part of building a better bay area. david louie looks at a solution for our changing workplace. >> the shift to remote work tripled the amount of office space companies are seeking to sublease in san francisco. with new found freedom to work far away, eloyeesll want connected. san francisco's peer space did a survey. >> 70% of employees feel it's important for them to get together in person at least once a month for them to maintain cohesion. >> reporter: the bay area

company created an inventory of 20,000 spaces locally and across the u.s. that companies can rent by the hour to hold meetings acce sanitidistancing can indoor and outdoor venues are available. peer space lets people calculate it's more cost effective to rent meeting space. >> the calculator shows it's far cheap near most cases to have flights and these meeting spaces versus a long-term lease. >> reporter: they have partnered with united airlines to bundle flights and venues in a one-stop shopping solution. business travel is not expected to return until there is a vaccine. united can bunld bundle perks. >> it's upgrades and day passes to the mileage plus lounges. everything we have, we will mix and match according to what the customers' needs are. >> reporter: another example of the changing workplace. david louie, abc 7 news. well, a big surprise today

for some lucky folks picking up meals at oakland unified grab and go food program. the district hid golden tickets inside the bags. each one entitling the recipient to a prize. one won a football and others got school supplies, gift cards, bicycles and frying pans. the district distributed 100 tickets to celebrate national school lunch week. >> that's great. as we continue, dinner outlooks different right now but what about when the rainy season starts? will restaurants and diners do? we'll have a look at the future of eating out. plus, how one san jose movie theater is changing thi

restaurants and bars had to endure so much and weather changing and mixed messaging with local and statement health officials about guidelines about reopening they could be in for more challenges. here is chris nguyen. >> reporter: nearly seven months into the pandemic, many restaurants and bars are struggling to survive if they haven't already closed up shop. >> i've seen a lot of friends i got in the industry who are still not working. >> reporter: at henry's world famous hi life, sales are down 60% compared to this time a year ago. employees are preparing for a turn in the weather in the midst of an outdoor dining season hampered by wildfire smoke. >> lighting outside and we bought heater lamps, we'll invest in some canapes, as well for when the colder weather

starts which is around the corner. >> we can train south bay residents to eateinter because have actually be in paris and amsterdam and places that have a lot colder, wetter weather than we do have here. >> reporter: adding to the operational challenges, the governor's office recently suggested that diners keep their masks on in between bites. >> i'm going to be touching my food, touching my drink, touching stuff and touching my face so that's the challenge for doing mask on, mask off. >> reporter: business owners say it's another example of mixed messaging with no regard to what is happening at the ground level. at the bar and restaurant, sales are roughly a third of normal. >> we've been trying to deal with ever changing regulations, guidelines from the tastate fro local. it been confusing but i think things kind of stabilize a little bit. we're excited to get indoor dining back up and running. >> indoor dining in santa clara could resume next week at reduced capacity but not all are

planning to participate. 55 south bar and lounge will stay outside for now. >> this year is a ship wreck year for us. we decided what better way to showcase than put a literally ship wreck on the street? now that we do have it and the street closed down, we're doing better. >> reporter: with winter on the way, the businesses will be tested once again. chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >> joining me is laurie thomas, executive director of the golden gate restaurant. thanks for coming on. >> thanks for having me. >> how are restaurants fairing now that indoor dining is allowed in some locations? >> well, san francisco just made it available at 25% of your posted occupancy, posted capacity on the 30th of november. so we are just now a week in so people are gradually starting to add this to their offering. >> restaurant owners must be concerned what will happen with winter and the rainy season

coming when outdoor dining is uncomfortable and maybe inpractical. >> yeah, we -- i also own two of my own restaurants and it's a struggle. with the outdoor dining, which was a lifeline with the shared spaces program in san francisco, it's still only getting you to 50 or 60% of what you would normally take in revenues. we're very concerned what will happen and if we have to lay people off again, we are lucky we're not chicago. i grew up in northern wisconsin and our weather is a lot better but still, it will get cold and dark pretty quick here. we think we have three to six weeks of potentially descent weather to try to make as much money as we can. >> try to tie you over. outdoor dining not an option in chicago in february. that's for sure. give us a snapshot of how many restaurant havs have closed in bay area in the last 17 months. >> we estimate about 50% of

those are completely closed or at least temporarily closed. some people are opting not to open for 25% capacity. >> sadly, laurie, many of those will never reopen iright? >> that's a concern and more stressful with conflicting signals out of washington d.c. >> let's talk a little bit about governor newso m's tweets saying keep your masks on in between bites and drinks. maybe that's a good idea in theory but seems really clumsy and difficult to do. >> right. well, i understand that there ere are inconveniences right now. what the city of san francisco has done and there is a new mask poster that everybody should have on their tables going forward now that's available from the city that says when any service staff approaches the table, that's when you for sure

want to make sure you have your mask on. when you're entering the facility, getting up to use the restroom but for sure if anybody approaches the table, everybody needs to put their mask on. i don't know about the between bites thing. i haven't heard that. but for sure let's protect all of our workers and make sure that we get the case load to continue to move in the right direction. >> absolutely. that's what i've tried to do the hand full of times i've eaten out, when the server comes to the table put it on and when they leave take it off. >> it not just the server. that is regulated in san francisco. some servers, they won't approach the table now because that is what we are asking of them. so don't get mad at the server, it's not their fault. this is what the department of health regulated. it's servers, bussers, runners, host. whenever anybody from the staff approaches the table, we ask everybody puts their mask on when dining outside and inside. >> absolutely. anybody coming to your table

that works there. >> anybody coming to the table. >> just be considerate and do the best we can to allow these businesses to stay open and protect everybody. >> it occurs to me and i'm on a fishing expedition, it appears there is a coming wave of restaurants going out of business or bankrupt because many negotiated with their landlords to reduce rent while they weren't having any income but once they have to pay that back in many instances and that is sort of a coming financial s tsunami, isn't it? >> i was on a two-hour real estate webinar on that issue. they let cities and counties extend the commercial eviction moratorium through march 31st of next year. san francisco extended it now through the end of november and we'll be looking to move that every 60 days up to that date to provide protection. we're really recommending that

without any federal no question. laurie thomas doing a great job with the golden gate restaurant association. thanks for coming on today. >> see you soon. the giant observation at golden gate park is one step closer to opening. san francisco rec and parks said the wheel will open october 21st. tickets will be $10 for the first few days purchased in advance and riders must wear masks and practice social distancing. distancing. how about santa in

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when it's made with love, it's made to be shared. all right. time for the four at 4:00. uncertainty over the last two presidential debates when president trump backed out of next week's town style debate to hold it virtually due to pl trump's battle with covid-19. the biden camp was okay but since the president bailed, they urged to use a town hall forment. the trump campaign called for two more debates on october 22nd and the 29th. the idea of holding the last debate so close to the election didn't fly so everything at this moment isn hd spencer, i'll start w caid usually don't want to

do something like have a debate too close to the election because if there is a disaster, they need time to recover but also, if we have another debate like the one we had last week, i'm not sure that they're beneficial at all. >> you know, i agree with you, dan. maybe if they can't control the debaters and get them to conform to the rules, you're right. another debate would be useless. what is wrong with the virtual debate? the president has covid-19, right? so why not do it virtually? i think viewers -- viewers, voters would gain something from that. >> sure. ama, what do you think? >> i think everything is different these days and we have to adjust. i don't see why we can't do it virtually. come to an agreement and do something. who cares if it's different than standard. how many times can we hear your time is up, your time is up, we need to michael vick ove on. i feel bad for the moderatrs. >> as it stands now, biden will

do that town hall with the abc and george stephanopoulos on his own no trump and i wouldn't be surprised if mr. trump does hold a rally. going separate ways here. speaking of flies, the biden campaign is having a lot of fun with what unfolded during last night's presidential debate. here you go. we'll zoom in so you can see that fly that landed on mike pence's head without his knowledge and stayed there for a couple minutes captivating debate watchers and prompting a huge buzz on social media that is for you, spencer. the biden campaign acted quickly offering up fly sweaters on the website for $10 with swats away flies and lies. the campaign says all 35,000 of them are now sold out. >> wish we'd thought ofthat. we idea. >> right? >> funny stuff. >> the only thing we've had to laugh at in this campaign season. we had to laugh at.

so let's enjoy it while we can because we may not have much to laugh at after that it was a funny moment. >> that's exactly what i was going to say. >> that's true, ama. we can relate on television we had flies in the studio occasionally and i hope it doesn't land on my nose while i'm talking. cruises to nowhere may be the next big thing. singapore has pleasure cruises that don't visit any ports. ships will depart from and return to the same spot with no port of calls in between. apologies to travel stars. these nowhere cruises are for singapore residents for the time being. nowhere travel is big business. tickets for the switeven-hour destinationless flights sold out in ten minutes. ama, we're a little cabin fever and stir crazy because of covid but i'm not sure i want to go nowhere on a trip. how about you? >> first of all, you're not getting me on a seven-hour

flight going to nowhere. it's hard enough to get me on a seven-hour flight to paradise. >> right. >> and a cruise to nowhere? maybe if it's a couple hours. but i need to know that we're going to be stopping somewhere in case things get a little rocky. you know? i don't know. >> i just want a trip. >> yeah. >> i know. the way i look at it, you don't get the benefit of going to an awesome destination, yet, you're putting yourself in close approxima proximity of thousands of people. we have to think about that. >> we had a couple discussions here that went nowhere. [ laughter ] >> good point. hopefully, it was a good ride. don't count on sitting on santa's lap at the mall. they will offer a touchless experience with santas at 135 malls including stone's town galleria in san francisco and southland mall in hayward. you will be able to see santa

behind flplexiglass and he'll b wearing a mask in san francisco and other states that require them. if you don't want to go to the mall, they will offer virtual visits with santa starting next month. ama, i'm thinking how you fit that mask over the beard and if that beard itself is a mask. >> maybe they make special ones with a hole at the bottom so the beard fits through. i like the picture frame one. i thought that looked pretty cool and then the kids aren't as anxious about seeing him up close in person. you know, it could be -- really, come on, everything else we're doing is with masks these days so this will be the year we all had masks for the santa picture. it fine. >> yeah, we have to be creative. that's not a bad idea. kids can see santa, just a little differently. >> that's true. why not? everything is changing. everything is different. even i couldn't have forecast how covid-19 would change the

way we celebrate holidays. >> yeah, so true. thanks, guys. that's

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today all regal cinemas closed t again but one local theater is going the opposite way opening way up. abc 7 jus just jus justus just

>> reporter: several stories up, entertainment is coming to a rooftop in downtown san jose. >> we worked hard to come up with a way to meet the covid-19 requirements. it's very safe, when you come, you're in your own bubble. >> reporter: scott, president of the entertainment company bearing his last name never thought he'd be showing movies on the rooftop parking lot of his theater trying to stay afloat on the day the second largest movie chain in the country regal sin mcinemas isoe closing. >> the opportunity to get back to what it is we do is very exciting. >> reporter: planning has been in the works since july after the theater known for live entertainment closed in march. partnerships with the local credit union and downtown association are helping cover part of the cost. here on the roof, parties will be placed in their own social bubble. you'll see theater seats spaced at u'll he mansanitizer.equired.

movies range from "coco" to to o "star trek" to meet the moment. >> it been kerruated with the idea of promoting change. >> when you see something that is not right. >> reporter: three below on the roof opens with good company thursday night. the documentary on the life of john lewis followed by "selma." it includes a $10 meal voucher to be used down stairs, a key piece to the puzzle allowing them to skirt the restrictions on live entertainment and open for business. >> after switch, eight montevenm being closed, give the community an opportunity to come out. >> reporter: hoping to welcome customers back before rain returns to the bay area. julian glover.

>> that's a fun idea. i guess we have to move fast because the weather is changing. >> that fog, our friend, spencer. >> yes, carl and carla the nag will be with us for sure tonight with low clouds and drizzle. more than patchy drizzle. overnight lows will be in the low to mid 50s and some damp spots on the pavement tomorrow morning for the morning commuters. visibility may be reduced but by afternoon, bright spots and highs tomorrow well below average for this time of the year. low 60s on the coast and upper 60s around the bay shoreline and low to mid 70s inland. here is the switceven-day forec. the warmup begins on sunday and next week will feel like summer in the inland areas with highs in the upper 80s to near 90. >> thank you. while struggling to overcome depression a teenager became intrigued by slime videos. she loved slime so much she started creating her own recipes

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couldn't tell the difference between the water and the sky. and i was getting stung in the face by jelly fish because i couldn't see them. so, those ones, i got all over my arms and legs. but 55 stings is pretty good. you know, when i felt myself slowing down, i would just dig in deeper. i wanted to see if it was possible. what really pushed me to keep going was knowing that i had the chance to get this record, as well i knew i could use it to aqtics, which is somethieay rig w reallyin to be done. i worked so hard. getting the record was a cherry on top. the highlight's the journey. i broke the overall record by about 18 minutes in 12 hours, 42 minutes, and 14 seconds. in doing this swim, i just hope

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