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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. >> a free speech rally put on supporters by president trump in san francisco came to an abrupt end yesterday. this morning, thousands of people are now donating money to help the organizer. he's recovering from a punch that knocked out his teeth. good morning, everyone. it's sunday, october 18th. i'm liz kreutz. we'll have much more on that rally in just a moment, but first, as always, let's start with a quick check of the weather with meteorologist lisa argen. it was so beautiful yesterday. hot, but beautiful. >> it was pretty warm again and temperatures there are going to come down today. we're looking at not a lot of fog right now. it's along the central coast but it will be forming later on today, it's going to aid in our cooling along with an onshore push. it is 61 in san francisco.
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50 in santa rosa. 63 over in hayward, and a look out towards the east bay, air quality moderate, north bay and our inland east bay as well as the santa clara valley get a little bit better as the onshore shore strengthens into our monday. sunshine and cooler number. by noontime we're in the 70s and low 80s around the bay. staying at the 60s at the shoreline, and as we get into the afternoon, we'll top out around 90 degrees in concord. lower 80s as you head down towards fremont, and 60s half moon bay. look at that early sunset, 6:27. we'll talk about the warmer days ahead, and then a cooler end of the week, so an interesting seven-day outlook in just a few minutes. liz? >> lisa, thank you. some well-known conservative personality agendas were here to speak at the free speech rallies. organizers canceled the event. several people participating in the rally were injured as well
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as three officers when they were sprayed with pepper spray. some of the video you might find disturbing. a witness captured the scene as a proest iter punched rally organizer philip anderson before his speech. abc 7 news reporter cornell barnard has a look at how things quickly escalated. >> no nazis, no kkk, no fascist usa. >> reporter: a large crowd of demonstrators greated at u.n. plaza to protest a free speech rally twitter censorship of some of its concept. >> they have no business being here. they're trying to build a fascist society in this >> reporter: the rally was granted a permit from the city, well-known president trump supporters and conservative right personalities but most never got the chance to be heard. tensions quickly escalated,
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counter demonstrators taunted police. sky 7 was overhead as some kicked barricades. police tried to protect speakers at the crowd, many threw bottles at the stage. the main organizer philip anderson said he was attacked and punched, knocking his front teeth out. >> take a look, you knock a black man's teeth out. >> reporter: minutes later, anderson announced the rally was over. >> too bad it got canceled. it's too bad but this is what happens when you lose free speech. this is what happens, america. this is what our country is turning into. >> reporter: some counter demonstrators felt victorious. >> i think that the fact that they were outnumbered is, you know, is important. >> it's tough, right, because i absolutely believe in free speech but i'm also anti-fascism. >> reporter: rally organizers were escorted away by police. in san francisco, cornell barnard, abc 7 news. >> and police released a statement about the incident saying "demonstrators began throwing glass bottles, plastic
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bottles filled with unknown liquid, metal cans and eggs at free speech rally participants and law enforcement personnel. the rally became so violent in nature it was declared a public safety hassard and was shut down." abc 7 i-team reporter dan noyes talked to philip anderson, recovering at home. >> why did you come here? >> the whole point right here. we don't have the right to peacefully protest obviously. we don't have the right to free speech and that's a fact. we don't have a first amendment right to peacefully protest and we're no longer americans. one of my teeth was knocked out and the other one was dangling and they had to put shots in my mouth and we pulled that tooth. hurt kind of bad, pretty bad, honestly and they told me that the teeth you can't put them back in. you have to get a replacement. >> a go fund me for anderson's medical expenses has raised more than $19,000 at last check.
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an i-team reporter dan noyes was at the rally, we have an extended cut of his footage on facebook and website, abc7news.com. thousands of people marched for women in at least a dozen cities around the bay area. >> we refuse! to accept! a fascist america! >> abc 7 was in san francisco for a woman's march there. participants marched from civic center plaza an mcallister street to the embarcadero center. people held up pro-choice signs and honored the late supreme court justice ruth bader ginsburg. black lives matter and human rights advocates were also marching in solidarity. new developments a federal judge will decide if the undocumented man who shot and killed kate steinly along the san francisco waterfront in 2015 is competent to now stand trial on other charges. jose ines garcia zerati waszeras acquitted on state charges in
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2017. his defense attorneys claimed he fired the gun accidentally. a judge refused to let zerati plead guilty to charges on friday. two doctors have diagnosed zerati with schizophrenia and declared him unfit to stand trial. we're learning more about memorial services for a san francisco firefighter paramedic killed in the line of duty during a training accident. jason cortez died on october 7th and he leaves behind his wife and their two sons, along with his father, mother and stepmother. a private vigil will take place tomorrow afternoon at st. ignatius church on the university of san francisco campus. on tuesday morning, a private celebration of life will begin at 11:00 inside oracle park. and the expiration date for san francisco's businesses shared spaces is coming up. the program has been a big way for restaurants to expand outdoor dining, the financial
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impact on the economy is also something we're focused on as we build a better bay area and now many business owners are asking for the program to become permanent, not just something for the pandemic. abc 7 news report luz pena tells us what the city is planning. ♪ >> we had to have covid to happen to make an experience like this in the city so it's wonderful. it's awesome. >> yes, we've been saying to each other, it feels like we're in europe. >> reporter: david and katherine are talking about the shared spaces platforms, the technical term for these dine-in cubicles. december. 1 31st they have to disappear. over 2,000 businesses will be impacted once the city program ends. >> hanging on until the end of the year. if we make it to 2021. >> reporter: kat anderson and her business partner invested over $5,000 to build outdoor dining. this is what they say is keeping their doors open during this pandemic, even though now they
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can technically open for indoor dining with 25% capacity. >> we need a little bit more uptick in the business to pay for that because we have to pay for staff and all of our food and it's definitely investment. >> reporter: the precedent of the san francisco small business commission says 80% of business owners want to make this outdoor option permanent even after december 31st. >> there's also commercial corridors in neighborhoods that don't have that kind of foot traffic and so i'd like to give them an incentive to help create community in their neighborhoods and to do that, i think we need a longer program. >> reporter: san francisco supervisor rafael mandelman says he'll propose a two-year extension to this program but it won't be easy. >> i mean certainly, there's safety issues, there's financial issues for the city, the displacing of parking which brings revenue to the city and also parking some of the other businesses rely on and need. >> reporter: in san francisco, luz pena, abc 7 news.
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>> all right, lisa, it's going to cool down a little bit tomorrow, you said? >> yes, seems like we've been saying that every day but it is going to cool down today. yesterday we had a lot of 90s out there and today we're seeing signs of a change, short term anyway. i'll explain next. >> it is gorgeous right now, looking out over the city. also ahead, why some neighbors want to turn part of the great highway into a car-free zone permanently. plus, take a look at this big cat. too close for comfort, one peninsula family, and the mountain
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out of plastic bottles now. so why do we choose to make things the way we do? because the better the choices we make in here, the better off we'll all be out there. ikea. make the dream yours. welcome back. united sfo's biggest airline is starting to see signs of recovery despite steep losses within the industry according to a report from "the "san
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francisco chronicle." before the pandemic, it had 300 departure and in april dropped to 50. leisure travel out of sfo is focused on beach locations and destinations with natural attractions. united just furloughed 13,000 employees this month, including around 3,000 here in the bay area. calls are growing in san francisco to make the upper great highway permanently car free as we reach nearly eight months of the coronavirus pandemic. according to "the examiner" plans include a closure to vehicles along with traffic management to reduce impacts in surrounding neighborhoods. it would be between lincoln way and sloat boulevard. it has gotten more than 2,000 signatures since its launch in june, but making it permanent will be difficult. neighbors have complained of increased traffic and dangerous driving. in oakland, paying tribute to a player considered to be baseball's greatest second baseman ever who polished his
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game on the city's fields. flags flew at half staff to honor hall of famer joe morgan. the castle mt. high school grad died monday at the age of 77. morgan starred for the cincinnati reds in 1970s, and the big red machine won four pennants and two world series. morgan played with the giants and athletics at the end of his 22-year career. on the peninsula, a san mateo family captured video of a mountain lion roaming around their backyard more than with us. san mateo police are telling residents to use caution because of another confirmed sighting a few blocks away just last night. the cat was spotted on alameda de las pulgas around 10:20 last night. abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez spoke to neighbors in the area who say they're not surprised. >> reporter: video released by police shows the mountain lion an a deck area around friday at
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10:00 p.m. and again saturday morning at 6:45. officers alerted some neighbors by going door to door off alameda de las pulgaz. saw galloway lives next door to the homeowners that captured the video. he said the creek in their back yards attract deer and other wildlife. >> no, but i was surprised when i saw how big he was. >> reporter: neighbors who lived at that same home had video of a mountain lion. >> he's out there and like i said, he was a big cat. >> reporter: we spoke to another neighbor who said he went jogging here at sugarloaf park and was turned around because of a mountain lion sighting here. >> i was stopped by a park ranger. there's been a mountain lion sight. >> reporter: smallwood said that incident happened two weeks ago. we showed him the surveillance video. last night at 10:00 and this morning around 6:00. >> wow.
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>> reporter: police didn't locate the mountain lion and issued the alert so residents can take precautions. >> we have a dog and young kid. frightening to have mountain lions running around your yard. >> reporter: in san mateo, lauren martinez, abc 7 news. the leemuir stolen from the san francisco zoo is still under quarantine right now. mocky was stolen wednesday and was discovered thursday night at hope lutheran day school in daly city. that same day san rafael police arrested 30-year-old cory mcdw illoway on suspicion of shoplifting and stealing a getaway truck and later found photos of mocky on his cell phone and one of the officers who tried to take his kids to the zoo the day before made the connection. now the best part of this story is that 5-year-old james trinn and his classmates were the first ones to spot the leemumur. >> he jumped over the gate and he was there and then they
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called police animal control. >> they are too cute. hope lutheran received the $2,100 reward, the school did and the trin family, little james who spotted him first, has received a life time membership to the zoo. mcgilloway is booked on burglary, grand theft of an animal, looting during a state of emergency and vandalism. abc 7 stopped by the san francisco zoo to see how visitors felt about the theft. >> i don't like it, because it's not nice to take things without asking. >> i'm pretty sure those punishment charges are, fit well. >> pretty messed up because he could die if he doesn't have the care that he needs, you know. >> no food, in a dungeon. >> the san francisco zoo says mocky was dehydrated and hungry, but they're working to get him back to full health so that he can be back in the exhibit. we are so happy for this happy ending. that's all what we needed. all of us were rooting for mocky to come home and the fact he was found by a 5-year-old was the
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sweetest thing. all right, there's a new way to rent a movie and guaranties you'll get the best seat in the house. amc is offering people the chance to rent out a theater for as little as $99. you can rent out the theater, for some movies the price can go up to $349. popcorn is extra, fyi. people are allowed to invite up to 20 people to the screening. the officer is available in most states, including some theaters here in the bay area. amc is joining other cinemas in the new offering, intended to keep them afloat after record-breaking losses due to the pandemic. lisa, i don't think that's a bad idea. it's sort of fun. you can safely go and have the movie theater experience with your family but know that you're safe because you're in your bubble. >> new business model. >> i know. >> all over the place. thanks to covid. we're looking at not the same old weather pattern, finally getting some changes that will take us to start the beginning of the week but it's all about the winds this time of year, so even though we're going
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in the right direction with cooler weather, we'll have the winds not really cooperate throughout the work week ahead. i'll explain in just a moment. here is a live look, no fog from live doppler 7. later on in the day we'll get some forming and that will make patchy fog here along the san mateo coast, and the marin county coast. look at that 48 degrees half moon bay. 57 in san mateo. 61 degrees in san bruno. so you can tell that all over the place looking at temperatures ranging from very chilly to pretty mild. hayward at 63. 50 in santa rosa and numbers in the upper 50s for you in fremont, also out towards livermore. so as we look at our explo exploratorium cam camera, good visibility here and the cooler day arrives today and for your monday. when that fog comes back, it's going to be shallow. we'll get that stronger onshore push and so you will feel it all around the bay today, but we will warm up again into tuesday and wednesday. that's all due to a wind shift.
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numbers aren't going to get that warm but the direction of the wind seems to dry out the atmosphere. we will cool down into next weekend but once again the winds will be a factor. here is a look at the fog. you can't see anything, right, as we go into 4, 4:30 this afternoon, comes up from the south. we'll get some patchy fog along the coast at our beaches, the winds will be a little bit breezy here and then into your monday looking at the low clouds and fog hugging the coast and once again, as those winds shift, the fog gets swept off the coast and we're looking for that slightly warmer air mass as we get into your tuesday. here's monday with 60s and 70s. temperatures top out towards the delta about 90, and as we get into your tuesday, not noticing a whole lot of change, just slightly warmer. you can still see that the winds here coming from the ocean into your wednesday, winds getting a little faster out of the north but temperatures staying about the same. so we'll continue to watch this, but overall, looking at still
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that dry autumn pattern that allows for longer nights, hopefully recovering with the relative humidity because the afternoon's pretty dry with all that sun. temperatures in the low 80s today, in oakland look for 82 in vallejo, low 90s in livermore. upper 80s in santa rosa, not as warm and 71 half moon bay with patchy fog towards the end of the day, the later afternoon. the accuweather seven-day forecast the onshore breeze helping to cool all of us off. cooler tomorrow for your monday, then slightly warmer tuesday and wednesday, with the light offshore winds and the trend is for cooler, more autumn like weather as we get into later part of october, which you would expect, right? >> absolutely, yes, sounds good, thanks, lisa. just ahead, supermarket sweep returns to your tv tonight. we'll have a preview of the new take on the classic game show and the bay area contestant ready to win some big money.
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new details how investigators broke open an unemployment fraud case that's led to the arrest of 21 people. many were inmates accused of scamming the system from behind bars. cases of fraud,'s michael finney explains an alert investigator is getting the credit for uncovering the scheme. >> eight inmates inside the mcguire correctional facility in redwood city face charges of taking part in a scheme to defraud the state out of a quarter million dollars in
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unemployment benefits. some were awaiting trial. some were serving time on other charges. they are some of the 21 defendants that include three inmates from three jails. >> some of our inspectors who works in our office was working on another case, unrelated case, and was listening to some jail calls. >> reporter: investigator jordan boyd had been monitoring calls made from the jail as part of a completely different investigation. sean gallagher, the san mateo county d.a.'s office, says inmates are warned that their phone conversations are routinely recorded. the inmates discussed social security numbers and other personal identifiable information being passed to the outside to individuals who applied for unemployment benefits on their behalf. >> in order to perpetuate the fraud there has to be a lot of personal identifying information out there, names, addresses, social securitys.
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>> reporter: the search warrant obtained by 7 on your side said investigators reviewed over 200 recorded jail calls, tablet messages and video visits. the investigator began monitoring inmate louis's recorded jail call to lionel jericho mccoy jr. east palo alto and san jose police arrested mccoy in this raid in san jose in 2016 for the murder of christopher puckett in what police described is an ongoing dispute. investigators say mccoy shot puckett on this street in east palo alto in june of that year. mccoy is serving a sentence of 50 years to life for that murder at corcoran state prison. boyd states working with the sheriff's office he obtained photographs of a home med telephone book mariscal kept under his cell mattress. i quickly discovered approximately 200 calls between mariscal and mccoy that spanned
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march 14th 2020 to june 11th, 2020. mccoy is accused of sheereceivi those calls on three cell phones smuggled into his prison cell but he wasn't the only one to get calls. >> there were phone calls between inmates and some people on the outside who were the ones who were making the applications online. >> reporter: i'm michael finney, 7 on your side. hold onto your shopping cart. there's grocery aisle craziness about to come to abc 7. tonight comedian leslie jones is hosting this updated version where teams participate in fast-paced shopping challenges aiming for a chance at the $100,000 in prize money. contestant kelsey singh is originally from cupertino. it combines cold calculation with chaos and requires lightning quick reflexes. >> i think the craziest part is
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running through the aisles. as an audience member, like i know for me, i was taught to kind of be frugal and to see what the cheapest items were but you'll be surprised what items we can grab and how much we grab of it. it's insane. >> if she wins, kelsey wants to donate some of the money to her favorite animal rescue group." supermarket sweep" premieres tonight 8:00 p.m. here on abc 7. still to come on "abc 7 mornings," the fight for battleground states. how the president and former vice president spend their last weeks before the election. 18,000 acres of land donated to the national park service. how this piece of history is protecting wildlife and the memory
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building a better bay area for a safe and secure future, this is abc 7 news. if you vote for me prosperity will serve, normal
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life will fully resume and that's all we want. next year will be one of the greatest years in the history of our country. >> president trump making that statement at a packed rally, where few masks were worn and no social distancing. this is 11 states set a new record in covid cases and two states reach record deaths in a single day. good morning, everybody. we're going to have more on the president's rally in the national covid headlines in a moment but if you're just joining us this half hour, let's start with a quick look at the weather with lisa argen. >> hey liz, starting out with clear skies and temperatures dropping into the upper 40s along our coast but inland we've got some 60s out there. there is fog that will develop throughout the day today allowing for a stronger onshore flow and some cooler numbers. look at mt. diablo at 74. 65 in blackhawk with 50 in no nova novato. 63 for our friends down in san jose. there's a live look outside towards our east bay, air quality pretty good but at times
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a little hazy from the north bay, our inland east bay and the santa clara valley as we go through the day, a lot of sunshine to start out. we will see the fog. see it there offshore, and 80s for most, topping out around 90 inland, that is cooler and by the later afternoon, the fog sets up from san mateo to marin county and that's going to set the stage for a cooler monday, so that's some good news. we'll talk about the wind reversal and the week ahead coming up. liz? >> lisa, thank you. president trump and former vice president joe biden are making their final arguments to voters as the race for the white house enters its final weeks. both the candidates are hitting the road looking to secure votes in those must-win battleground states and this is record numbers cast their ballots for the next president. abc news reporter karina mitchell has the details. >> reporter: with just 16 days until election day, the race for the white house is playing out across several battleground states. president trump carried four years ago. the president will spend today
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with supporters in las vegas, reno, carson city, nevada, and southern california. he held outdoor events in michigan and wisconsin saturday. few masks worn in the crowd but no social distancing. >> and that's during, and we're rounding the corner, we got the vaccines all that, even without t we're rounding the corner. you'll see it, we're rounding the corner and we have unbelievable the vaccines are unbelievable. >> reporter: democratic challenger joe biden was off the trail on saturday slammed trump for holding a rally in wisconsin, a state that is seeing a record number of daily covid cases. in a statement biden said in part "wisconsin is in the grips of one of the worst coronavirus outbreaks in the country. we've lost far too many lives to this pandemic. and the sad fact is, it didn't have to be this way." biden will head to north carolina later today for a rally in durham. his running mate senator kamala harris set to return to campaigning monday after suspending travel last week, after an aide tested positive
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for covid-19. harris tested negative. karina mitchell, abc news, new york. a major exception to the focus on a battleground states president trump will be visiting newport beach today. yes, he's coming to california and might seem strange for him to visit a democratic state this close to the election but it could pay off with republican donors. he could also be coming to boost republican congressional campaigns in orange county which turned blue in 2016. the event will be held at the newport beach home of tech mogul palmer lecky, a long beach native who sold his virtual reality company to facebook. california always the place to get the cash ahead of the election. coming up on "this week" house speaker nancy pelosi will talk about the passage of house democrats updated h.e.r.o.e.s. act and resuming covid relief talks after the president's decision to walk away. watch the full interview on "this week with george stephanopolo stephanopolous" at 8:00 this morning here on abc 7.
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all right, now the united states is the first country to reach 8 million cases of covid-19, marking that grim milestone less than a month after reaching 7 million cases. irene shaw has more. >> reporter: the u.s. reaching a grim milestone, more than 8 million americans have been diagnosed with covid-19. health care workers sounding the alarm. >> the anti-mask sentiment and people still don't believe this is a real disease. >> reporter: president trump with this message. >> if you vote for me, prosperity will surge, normal life will fully resume, and that's all we want. next year will be one of the greatest years in the history of our country. >> reporter: new york governor andrew cuomo taking aim at the administration's handling of the pandemic. >> the worst mistake is still ongoing, and that was the denial of the problem in the first place. the second mistake is dividing the nation. >> reporter: saying his strategy will be focusing on
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microclusters of cases to fight the virus. this week states hitting record high case total. 13 hit record hospitalizations. two hit record deaths, and wisconsin now averaging more than 3,000 cases a day, broke records in all three categories. in new mexico, hospitalizations have jumped 70% this month. as temperatures cool down, and people move indoors, dr. anthony fauci urging everyone to wear masks, practice social distancing, and avoid large holiday gatherings. >> do things to the extent that you can outdo outdo outdo outdo and if it's indoors good ventilation. >> this pandemic is not going to go away until we have a vaccine. >> reporter: pfizer hopes to apply for emergency authorization for its drug assuming it hits the necessary
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milestones by the third week of november. as the country waits for a vaccine, schools continue to struggle with educating kids safely, one administration going totally remote until next year and entire mississippi high school with 600 students now in quarantine. zoreen shah, abc news, los angeles. in the east bay, the national park service is celebrating the purchase of land crucial to saving wildlife and the opening of an historic area to the possibly. the john muir land trust recently bought west hills farm in martinez thanks to a massive donation campaign and it includes 18,000 acres of open space which protect the red legged frog, american badger and golden eagle. governor gavin newsom shared his thanks during a live webcast celebrating the farm's donation. >> thank you to the national park service for being a model to other nations, for all of your stewardship, for your faith and devotion to the cause,
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unites each and every one of us today, the generational cause, sustainable not just situational mindset. >> the land trust also celebrated the opening of almond ranch to the public for the very first time. gorgeous. all right, still ahead on "abc 7 mornings," who wants to be a millionaire returns tonight. we hear from host jimmy kimmel about some of the contestants taking part this season. here is a live look from our exploratorium camera looking out over the san francisco skyline this morning, sunday morning at 5:37. it is 60 degrees in san francisco. we'll chat again with lisa when we get back. more than three decades after the 1989 loma prieta area, preparing for the next big one. we'll show you what's being done in the bay area and how you can help protect your family. please join us for "the earthquake effect: staying safe" tonight at 6:30, here on abc 7.
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the redwood police activities league is asking for toy and book donations for the upcoming holidays. last year they collected more than 12,000 toys for nearly 500 families that needed assistance. you can drop off donations at any redwood city fire station or police department or at one of the dozen participating businesses. due to the current covid-19 restrictions this year, the christmas toy and book drive has been redesigned for social distancing and safety. in the south bay, several generations of neighbors saluted a world war ii veteran who celebrated his 95th birthday. ♪
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boy scouts unfolded an american flag in john atwell's honor. he was drafted into the army when he was only a little bit older than these teens are now, at the age of 19. atwell fought in the battle of the bulge to liberate europe from the nazis. the celebration was quite a surprise. >> overwhelmed. had no idea. i blame my daughter for this and my son. it's been wonderful. >> present arms. ♪ by the dawn's >> members of local american legion and vfw post also joined in the celebration. abc 7 news reporter j.r. stone also posted on facebook asking people to send cards to atwell and hundreds have said they will. that's quite amazing, quite the life we, lisa. >> um-hum, good for him. so inspiring. good morning, everyone. we are looking at clear skies
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this morning, but the fog is going to make a comeback today and that's going to help cool us off. right now a live look outside where it's clear. the fog is well to the south of us. it comes up later on today, sets the stage for a cooler sunday and monday. stay tuned for the rest of the week's forecast next. >> thank you, lisa. also next, two big baseball games to get to the world series, game seven in the american league and could the dodgers force a game seven in their series against the braves? chris alvarez has the highlights coming up in sports. we make it a mission to understand how you live. then, we make choices. ♪ ♪ choices to make beautiful homes smart, which is beautiful. ♪ ♪ we also make beautiful things more affordable. ♪ ♪ we try to make choices to put back what we take out. oh! and we can also make kitchen fronts out of plastic bottles now. so why do we choose to make things the way we do? because the better the choices we make in here, the better off we'll all be out there. ikea.
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let's talk sports now. the 49ers are looking to bounce back from last week's loss against miami. the niners take on the los angeles rams tonight. kickoff is at 5:20. in baseball, we know at least one team who won the
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pennant and getting ready for the world series. chris alvarez has more in this morning's sports. >> good morning opinion could it be destiny? dusty baker looks to have the houston astros coming back from an 0-3 deficit to win. here we go from san diego. bottom one, rays strike first, runner on and he takes the deep to right center, 2-0 tampa bay and he is all kinds of fired up. bottom two, same score. the hanging breaking ball and that one to the seats in left where no one is. 3-0 rays and they're feeling it. top four, morton strikes out correa. top nine, diaz flies out to right and that will to it. the rays win the pennant 4-2, and mr. l play in the world series for the second time in franchise history.
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game nix ssix of the nlcs. two homers in game five, fifth homer of the series, make it 1-0. justin turner makes it back-to-back jacks and the dodgers take a 2-0 lead. walker buehler threw six scoreless innings and mookie betts made a great catch in game five. this is why they pay him all kinds of money, leaps and robs him of extra bases. so nice we show it twice. look at the reaction from betts and jansen gets sandoval to fly tout left. dodgers win -1. another winner-take-all game seven in the national league. college football you saw it here on abc 7, clemson number one in the nation against georgia tech and the quarterback trevor lawrence showing why he's the projected number one pick in the upcoming draft. 59-yard connection. 14-7 tigers. lawrence throws for 404 yards and five scores, career highs. clemson improves to 5-0 with
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73-7 win. alabama hosting georgia. nick saban cleared for the sidelines after his third straight negative covid test. bennett connects with james cook and going 2 yards to the house, that made it 14-7 georgia. the bulldogs led by four at the break. third quarter mack jones finds watta and he's going 90 yards to the house, 27-24 bama. late third harris two yards out and in, 152 yards on the night, roll tide. bama wins 41-24. notre dame hosting louisville, and the fighting irish looking to stay unbeaten. cunningham and 7-6. cardinals late fourth winning time, ian book can't find anybody so he's going to take it in himself. look at this nifty run. 13 yards and in. notre dame survives 12-7, they are 4-0 this season. that's your look at sports.
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back to you. >> let's get a check of the weather with lisa argen. i was up in the north bay, healdsburg and a gorgeous day. >> pretty warm. our warm weather holding on for the first part of the weekend, not so today as we're going to see changes. already seeing some subtle changes. here is live lop derdoppler 7, the fog and to the south coming up later on today, aiding in our onshore flow and allowing for the fog to develop overnight, waking up to a little bit of it tomorrow, so sunday, monday, some cooler days around here. beautiful view outside right now. the sun not coming up until 7:21. it is 60 right now in san francisco. 64 in oakland. 54 mountain view. 63 in san jose with mid-50s in gilroy. 52 half moon bay and a nice view of the golden gate bridge, so you know there is no fog out there, but of course this is the time of year where we don't see too much of it. 50 santa rosa. 52 in novato with mid-50s in napa with 60 in concord and 57 here in livermore.
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so once again, numbers well above average yesterday, but today we're looking at some changes that will last through tomorrow, all due to the fog and the onshore push and as we get into tuesday and wednesday, a wind reversal bringing that offshore flow back and that's going to allow for slightly warmer numbers, not too hot out there and closer to average over the weekend. winds start working in our favor as we get towards the weekend. clear conditions and by about 4:00 san mateo coast you'll feel the sea breeze well before then and as we go through the later evening hours, looking at the fog developing it's shallow, maybe 800 feet, so you'll have to be along the coast to see that, and then waking up to a lot of sunshine on monday, by late monday that's when conditions really switch around again and that onshore flow really quiets down. getting into the offshore flow. here's a look at the peninsula with highs today in the mid 80s, average highs 74 this time of
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year, so we're warmer today, cooling off on monday, and warming up a bit tuesday and wednesday. the cooler weather arrives thursday, friday and saturday, but even so, we're still looking at those winds coming off the land. highs today in the upper 80s so another warm one for you in san jose. 86 in milpitas. sunnyvale checking in about 87. 3:00 this afternoon low to mid 80s, so cooler day for millbrae to san mateo, and that sea breeze kicking in throughout the afternoon. so we've got sun first on the coast, and then getting partly cloudy in the sunset district in the north bay. trimming off at least five to six degrees today here in santa rosa. 89 for you. low 70s at stinson. 83 in hayward. berkeley topping out around 80, and then you'll feel that sea breeze throughout the afternoon. lots of 90s from concord, walnut creek, and the san ramon valley. the accuweather seven day forecast we have a return to the onshore breezes today, then the
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fog develops tonight into your monday. we'll take it away for tuesday and wednesday. warming it back up, and then with the cooling trend thursday, friday and saturday, it's going to feel like fall but we're watching those winds for you into next weekend. liz? >> thank you. jimmy kimmel returns with the new season of "who wants ta be a millionaire?" this time it won't just be celebrities. george pinnacciho explains. >> reporter: tiffany haddish is the first star on "who wants to be a millionaire." >> tony is sitting at the booth with his family before it fades to black. what is he eating? shrimp cocktail, chicken fingers, onion rings or nachos? >> we taped a bunch of episodes of "millionaire." i had a great time doing it and really love doing that show. it's a lot easier than my show. >> reporter: soetimes he's the one in for a surprise. >> damn, jimmy, i don't know, bro. >> whoa! >> reporter: one of several
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stars vying for the million-dollar prize for charity. we do know someone wins it but who? >> it's a combination of celebrities and people who have been affected by this scenario with the covid that we're in. so we're talking about nurses, firefighters, emts, that sort much thing. >> reporter: he's talking about some of our brave modern day heroes, people who risk their lives for the rest of us every day. he is proud to have them on the show. >> the non-celebrities are playing for themselves, so you know, sometimes you're sitting there with somebody who makes $60,000 a year and they're playing for half a million dollars, and you know, that's not something i take lightly. i mean, i am probably as stressed as they are at that moment. >> reporter: george panachio for abc 7 news. >> tonight's premiere will include a special tribute to
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about, an american sign language tutorial to "show yourself" which some are familiar with, so much more. i'll be cooking. it will be so much fun. >> participants will also get an exclusive first look at the trailer for "once upon a snowman" which debuts on disney plus this week, the parent company of abc 7. a lot of kids will be excited about that i think. next on "abc 7 mornings" at 6:00 a.m., a rally about free speech turns violent in san francisco. a look how things escalated quickly. and business owners are asking for an extension for shared spaces. when they're set to expire and how many people will be impacted.
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