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1:50. that fire quickly burning grass and the cars spread throughout the are. sky 7 overhead as the black smoke billowed visible from the freeway. is road is currently closed causing traffic in the immediate area. it is unclear how it started but a neighbor says they saw it possibly start in the grass and then start moving toward the structure. she called 911. my husband and i were on the patio getting prepared for the 40th birthday party and we had seen smoke. has been went next door to tell the gentleman and his dog to get out of the house. by that time it was inflamed and i called 911. thankfully they were able to get it under control. that neighbor worry that because of the dry brush it could have easily spread to the neighboring home. once again they were able to
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contain it to that yard. matt, thank you so much. we talk about the windy nest today. let's turn to spencer question about the windy condition. >> this is a very gusty when picking the gusts up to 56 miles per hour in s we was in the had guests up to above 25 miles per hour. it is windy all over the region. it will remain that way for a while. have a wind advisory this is virtually for all of the bay area. at times we may seek us from 50 mph. yet sfo. under these conditions virus can spread rapidly. a couple of safety tips with wins so strong. secure outdoor objects so they don't get blown away. avoid parking under trees or underpowered lines. of course, on bridges, there is
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nothing to blunt or reduce the wind speed so be extra cautious when driving on bridges. i will show you the entire accuweather forecast and when these wins may ease up a bit. adding to fire danger is of course the drought. already in the north bay, marin, sonoma and mendocino counties have declared emergencies. most people will worry about their lawns but ranchers and farmers worry about how to keep their livestock watered and how to pay for it. tonight, wayne freedman with a solution born in the last drought. it is the stuff in of an emergency solution. you will find it it locks and a chain-link fence in santa rosa. a piece of equipment untapped for almost 4 decades until now. >> these wells were drilled sometime in the early 80s after the last major drought of 76- 77. we will now in the 2020s they may help assure the survival of dairy farmers. bernardi surveyed an
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pond. >> have you ever seen it like this? >> never have. >> that even and 77? >> not and 77. >> this is the stuff of prolonged nightmares for dairy farmers. since the beginning of the drought he he with no guarantee he will be able to get the water tomorrow until now. the sonoma county board of supervisors will designate the water for livestock. >> there are those places that are bone >> tommy to scone he said it may save businesses. >> this will allow them to stay afloat until we can find long- term solutions. >> right now long-term long-ter
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long time the road. >> we should get some rain and next year. if we don't we are in a lot of trouble. >> near petaluma, abc 7. the mayors of san jose oakland and fresno are going head-to-head to try to prevent blackouts this summer. emails have entered a competition organized by only connects. the have a website that actually pays people to reduce their energy use. the contest is pretty simple. the area that gets the most residence to install smart thermostats wins attend college or job training scholarships paid for pick organizer say the state wins too by keeping the power on when the weather gets hot. >> we all have a role to play in preventing blackouts. we all have a role to play. we all have a job we can do to help keep the great stable and keep the lights on and avoid blackouts. >> that role is to reduce energy consumption especially during heat waves and peak
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hours. they are giving away 25,000 thermostats free of charge. all you have to do is go to their website for more information. a massless customer any south bay may have gone too far when asked to put one on. at 4:00 we have this video showing exact what happened. tiktok video shows this woman spinning across the counter was an employee. this was yesterdaywas yesterdayy restaurant owner says the woman has caused a single there a few times when asked to wear a mask inside it is the first time she has actually spent. police tell us the restaurant is declining to press charges . bay area health officials are throwing their support behind the state's decision to continue with the current masking guidance until june 15. the association of bay area health officials represents 12 local health jurisdictions and that includes eight bay ar counties. solano county is not a part announced it is
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safe for americans to stop wearing masks in most situations. santa clara and santa cruz counties entered the yeyeyeye tier. the move comes with a new set of workplace rules and one requires employers to try to verify the vaccination status. the orders do not require any employees get inoculated for covid-19 that if an employee does not clarify have been vaccinated they will be treated like they aren't and will be required to follow covid protocols. moving into the yellow tier means capacity limits for businesses and bars can allow customers and the yellow tier is the least restrictive. on june 15 the color system goes away. if you want the latest on all things coronavirus and how to make a vaccine appointment had
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to website. learning more about the victims and what police are calling a targeted attack on a party bus in oakland. family and friends states a candlelight vigil in front of the modesto home of a 16. is only and a friend were killed when police say multiple gunmen fired more than 70 bullets at the bus overnight yesterday. our media partner, the east bay times has identified the other victim as a 19-year-old of oakland. seven others were hit by gunshots as the bus was heading east on interstate 580 and then onto city streets. >> she was my best friend. she did everything everything e anything with zoe. >> i hope they catch you did it. i hope he pays. i hope he suffers. like we are also. met christina says she had no idea her daughter on the bus and is demanding the company be
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held accountable for letting a 16-year-old onboard without any identification. safar investigators have not released any suspect information but i $40,000 reward is being offered in this case. nearly 3 years after the murder of and i am a college student molly tibbetts, child began today for accused killer. investigators say christian rivera approached her while she was jogging and killed her in a panic after she threatened to call police. rivera confessed to the crime. >> taking her into the field leaving her there covering her with cornstalks. ladies and gentlemen when you examine this evidence together there can be no other conclusion than that the defendant killed tibbetts. >> she once lived in oakland. rivera was a farm work at the
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time of her murder. the case triggered a massive search and extensive media coverage. he has pleaded not guilty. >> an emotional moment at the dublin school board meeting last night. the husband of a board member who was killed in march this morning as her successor. catherine was hit by an suv while she was loading it into a car at a food giveaway. today amy hollyfield interviewed her husband. >> congratulations. you are now on the dublin unified school district board. >> william was unanimously approved last night to fill his wife's seat on the dublin school board. he said at the meeting that his wife catherine had a profound impact and that is why he decided to fill her seat 8 weeks after losing her. >> it didn't really hit me until i got home. >> he said being on the school board is stepping out of his comfort zone. he is usually the quiet support behind catherine first won her seat in november 2019. >> i knew catherine would want me to do this to carry the work she started with the board
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forward. >> alameda county sheriff's deputies says catherine died when she was pinned between two cars while loading food into a trunk at a food drive in march. investigators concluded her death was a terrible accident. william says he is now pushing through his grace and looking forward to continuing her legacy. >> i raised my hand, and the sense of civic duty was reinforced. i swore to protect the constitution and it was surreal. >> look at this community support in their front yard. each part each heart has a message and represents a hug. william and his kids say the support is really giving him the confidence to do this. his kids are supportive of him taking on this role saying they want their mom's work to ue on absen met ms. talk this week we have been
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for more than a year the coronavirus pandemic has created a collective trauma. in the early days the emptiness was a repeat learned how to cope with it in different ways. not as a bay area begins to reopen more changes creating a new set of fear and anxiety for people. kate larsen spoke to experts about how to overcome the anxiety as we head back to the office in pre-covid activities. this is a part of building a better bay bay bay bay bay bay i teach children on the autism spectrum ageist 3-6. it is a passion. i absolutely love my job. >> going back to work is not easy for liz. she was scared about getting sick and infecting her students were elderly parents.'s the more anxious i began to feel the more resistant i began to feel about going back to school
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-- work. cementless has been back for the entire school year but she experienced what so many americans are now facing as the world begins to reopen. >> you are safe at home. you can control what is happening in your house. when you have to reenter you are no longer have that bubble around you anymore. now you have to go back and relearn your job. ray learn how to interact with people. you are doing it now with a mask on. it is different. >> asked people walking down the street how they feel and they are likely to echo her feelings. >> when i develop a certain set of habits for over a year. we have to get used to it. >> constant adjustment. >> in san francisco and are both expecting to return to their office as soon which has made way for a new point of concern. >> i know my vaccination status but i don't know anyone else's.
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>> i worry about the people not vaccinated and trying to make sure everyone continues to follow protocols. >> why are so many people feeling fear and anxiety? >>: has been like swimming in a pool of unknown. in an ocean of unknown. when there is unknown our brains fill in those oblate blanks. from a self-preservation perspective we oftentimes fill in the blanks with worst-case scenario. >> she's chief psychologist for zuckerberg san francisco general hospital. >> we all had to adapt so much this year. will it be easy to re-adapt to some sort of normal? >> in some i hope it is yes. we start to reengage more socially through those neural pathways we created for all of those years for that it will lighten backup and depending on how covid has impacted you it might be a longer road or a different pathway to that happening. >> generally speaking when we suffer we make the mistake of assuming other people are not
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suffering as well. >> is a clinical faculty member. he is an expert on compassion focused therapy. >> is it possible we all sort of have the power and compassion within ourselves to help our court and friends and community through this transition? >> i think we absolutely to. that is the the the >> the doctor recommends taking small steps toward expressing vulnerabilities to friends and colleagues. >> i am feeling socially awkward. this is a new experience. it hasn't happened right before like this. >> with a get in return is me too. all of a sudden they are lonely disconnected and isolated from others. we get to it mtsaw sociales
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about safety protocol and procedure had a calming affect on her anxiety. >> the more information i was armed with that has empowered me to take control of the situation. now i know how to protect myself and the kids in here so i am not afraid. it feels great to >> tomorrow we will be taking a closer look at mental health issues including easing stress and anxiety people head back to work. it is a bay area conversation. join the conversation on tv, youtube, facebook and abc7news.com. right now we will focus our conversation on whether with spencer christian. it is so windy. >> have been in a windy pattern for quite some time. here is a look at the current wind sed stl 56 mile-per-h sfo and 40 miles an hour at san
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mateo. we have wind speeds and wind gusts between 25-40 miles an hour across much of the bay area. degree a wind-chill factor. here is a live view looking at back at san francisco under sunny skies and course gusty conditions. temperature readings 57. 64 across the bay and oakland. 64 in mountain view. 66 in morgan hill and 55 in bay. here is a view of the golden gate. 74 degrees up more that santa rosa. napa 69. 75 at fairfield. livermore 64. this is how it looks from 10 looking down at the bay. a beautiful view but a bit windy up at the top of the mountain. these are our forecast forecaste sdn: even colder than today. wins will relax friday but temperatures will remain below average until the weekend when
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we get a warmer pattern kicking in. that would take us into next week. here is our wind advisory which goes into effect at 5:00 p.m. today and will remain in effect to 5:00 p.m. tomorrow. there is a chance it may be extended beyond 5:00 p.m. because the wind may not relax enough for this to expire. gusts will range from 30 -- 40- 50 miles per hour. there is the possibility of downed trees, power lines and maybe a you scattered power outages. wind gust animation looks like this. at 6:00 p.m. on the coast we with the gusts over 40 mph and around san francisco going into the overnight hours notice away from the coast they will remain gusty. tomorrow morning into the mid day i was we'll see the gusts increase once again. thus the possibility of the wind advisory being extended. we will not see the wind calming down until ay. overnight t clear sk anbreezy conditions. oswill be
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to mid 40s. tomorrow has will range from 54 at half moon bay to only 59 here in san francisco. many low to mid 60s around the bay shoreline. upper 60s the in and a space upper 60s to low 70s. you can see how much colder than average and only mid 60s in the south bay. looking over in the sierra and winter weather advisory in effect tomorrow from noon until midnight. the system moving in from pacific northwest and may drop around 2-4 inches of snow. that is important to keep in mind. it is the accuweather 7-day forecast. temperatures bounce up maybe 2- format degrees. then warming up to a seasonal range and going into next week we will see in and highs in the mid 80s. mid 70s around the bay shoreline and upper 50s under colmer wins i presume. >> spencer thankfully hopefully. happening tonight the most anticipated game of the season for the golden state warriors. steph curry leading them to a place that they dominated for
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five straight years. the area playoffs technically it is a play in game at a playoff game but we will explained that as we go on. they take on the defending nba champions the lakers with lebron james. chris alvarez is live outside staples center in l.a. with more. all you have to do is say staff versus lebron. that is all you need. to get it right larry? that is all you really need to say but i will go a little more in depth. as you mentioned all of those years lebron played stephanie finals. that is when he was with the cavs. this is the first time they will meet in a western conference plan playoff type of scenario. is go in that plane situation. tonight's game is a part of the game. the winner of tonight's game will automatically advance into the first run of the play all strict they will take on phoenix over the weekend. is a will have a home game against the winner of san antonio and memphis. the plan a little bit. the worriers are underdogs but in a one-game playoff really
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anything can happen. >> i hope it is in our advantage in terms of it being the better team at night. they are at home. that does matter. i feel like we can come in gunslinging ready to start the game off hot and carry momentum we have had over the last 20 or so games. >> i think we are appreciative and grateful we have been playing great basketball. i think our competence shows do or die, when i go home the excitement is out the roof for me. >> you have got to love oakland's own. he is so excited. there playing the best. the game tips off at 7:00 on espn. we have much much much much mu abc 7. i know you have been in l.a. for about 24 hours. you have a sense of how many fans will be in staples center tonight? is there a buzz about this? to get stefan lebron in a play in game it is almost too early
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actually. >> you are exactly right. you know traffic in l.a. is back to pre-pandemic traffic. i am told 8000-10,000 fans will be able to get inside. we will wait to see official attendance. lebron and staff the vibe is there. there are a couple of fans but it is still very early. i am sure we will see more outside of staples and a little bit. it is a little different in the pandemic times we are in. >> there are some people that want you to be renamed hollywood alvarez. we will work on that. we'll see. we'll see. we will check ba jack, toss me the frisbee. i can do you one better... with cheddar. everything's better with cheddar. like my new cheddar biscuit breakfast sandwiches with cheddar baked right in. only at jack in the box.
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will a special celebration took place in santa clara university for the best women's college soccer team in >> the broncos. that is coach smith accepting the trophy on behalf of the staff and players today during a rally. the broncos won the national championship on monday defeating florida state on penalty kicks. it is the program's first national championship in 20 years and the second overall. coach smith crediting his players for defeating their opponents as well as the pandemic. >> this was by far the wildest craziest most unpredictable
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the south bayswater supplier is embarking on its long-awaited project to make its largest storage reservoir. anderson dam will be rebuilt but first a new tunnel needs to be board to prevent low-lying areas from flooding in case of an emergency. tunnel work is about to begin. david louis gives us a look. >> there is a reason the level of anderson dam is down to about 3% of capacity. and have been drained as work begins on a major sized retrofit project that began with building a 17th hundred foot tunnel to allow for faster drainage in case of an emergency. >> it varies from 8 feet all the way to 24 1/2 he. it is a very large tunnel. it is going to take about three years to construct. >> it will not be visible that those living nearby might hear something unusual.
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>> residence may here some muffled explosions. olive it will be underground. it was a large firework type noises but it is definitely a very unique situation. >> the 600 million the $600 million project will take the reservoir out for a few years just as they face another drought and water customers have been asked to cut back the 25% on a voluntary basis. allison gormly collect runoff and water imported from other sources. >> anderson is the largest single dam of 10 dams we have which is aboveground storage. that supply of the low ground which is the aquifer we have is about 70%-80% of capacity which is excellent. >> water will be sourced from state and regional water projects. valley water also has an underground storage facility in kern county. for safety picnic grounds and recreational use have been suspended. >> it is really muddy so kind of a dangerous area. we have folks and we encourage
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people to stay up-to-date in the process and stay away for their own safety. >> valley water has held a number of events to keep the public updated. california's recycling program is broken. everyone agrees with that. how to fix that? michael finney is here with one option under consideration . maxon say what you should do is tweak the current program to make it work better. south bay's state sen. says the current bottle bill is 35 years old and it offers 17 different subsidies and despite that our recycling rate for containers is under 60%. he says scrap the whole system. his senate bill with beverage industry and the hotseat. how? the statements into the position of oversight while the industry is charged with
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collecting. >> how many times have we and government heard private sector can do a better job? sb 38 is an indication for private sectors to say do a better job. you give us 90% recycling. >> it is up for a committee. that will be there will be competition between all of the stakeholders, consumer and environmental groups are watching this. we will let you know how this continues or ends up. thank you. >> thank you, michael. >> thank you, michael. >> jeremy lin may be if you have risk factors like heart disease, diabetes and raised triglycerides,... ...vascepa can give you something to celebrate. ♪ vascepa, when added to your statin,... ...is clinically proven to provide 25% lower risk from heart attack and stroke.
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others i am spending in close proximity to have been vaccinated as well. >> su. don't know about that. how about you michael? we will the airlines are not going to check on that. they do not want to be put in a position find out who has been vaccinated. spencer i want to know i would prefer we had to be vaccinated but i don't think that will be a thing. those are awful long flights. i think i would have to give it some thought. >> since italy came up i heard there was some debate over who should get the vaccines first and capri is getting it because they want to welcome people back to so people are discussing whether tourist places should get the first. >> spencer your like i will go to capri. wouldn't we all?
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we will can the power of perfume get covid patients their sense of smell back? a fragrance expert claims to have been helping patients smell again. people from as far as chicago and florida have been flying to see her. is after sniffing through each in order almost 90% of recent patients say they have recovered. >> i like to say smell nine. there is a vibration and the frequency that goes from here. the olfactory to the limbic system. i can almost see the frequency and i can see the fog lifting. >> one harbor molecular professor says while long-term effects of covid are being researched some are triggered to memories in the brain. >> michael i know how your brain works. >> i am concerned when somebody comes out. i certainly hope it >> spencer? >> if i ever lose my sense of smell i hope someone swirls a glass of fine wine 9news. that may bring me back or maybe
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a glass of --. we'll see. >> i can't even pronounce what he said so i will say this. when i first saw the story i thought this sounds like a scam but we really don't know how our brains work. some of us more than others confused by that. >> how do we know it is the fragrant stuff. maybe it is the horrible smelling stuff like trash that triggers your sense of smell again? >> who knows. whatever triggers that area of the brain to activate, yeah. why not? >> yeah. >> now to what may be the end of a dream for a man who really wants took over basketball and changed what's possible for generations of players to come. jeremy lin says he maybe ending his quest of returning to the nba. he played for the g league santa cruz worriers this past year and tweeted that he realized the nba door is an opening. he put out an
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and wrote to the next generation of asian american bollards, i wish i could have done more to break down barriers on the nba court especially now. don't worry whether anyone else thinks he belong. they never will. when you get the foot in hard because it was a sensation when he was with the next. he was in the league for about a decade. i am puzzled as he is because i looked up his stats. he was averaging 20 points per game six assists shooting 43%. that is what you're looking for with your nba guards these days. the fact that 30 teams all decided we have got our own guys or whatever and wouldn't even give him a 10 day contract others and his frustration but i think he is selling himself short on what has been a really remarkable career. and i you have some thoughts about him. >> it breaks he says i didn't get it done. he did get it done. like you said he got it done. you cannot control what other
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people do whether a team will pick you up. you control what you do. he did everything he could. i think he inspired a whole generation not just a may not think they have the chance. maybe they don't look like what they are looking for but you're putting yourself out there saying i can't compete. >> it was so much fun to watch. anyone who was a basketball fan enjoyed watching him. >> fantastic. as kristin said he inspired all kids. >> i agree with you. he was way too tough on himself. i loved his message. kicked the door open. i am with him on that.'s back in the. it is always an interesting snapshot of the times each year what people are leaving behind in the back of their rideshare. they received # released their best of. even covid tests and vaccination cards. some of the weirder ones passengers asked back a single
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tooth, mice for their pet snake. a specimen cup for the doctor's office and a painting of kate middleton and prince charles. the most forgettable nights? to friday and saturday. that is when people left everything behind. >> excessive behavior causing you to leave the bank portrait behind? >> it makes me scared to get into the back of a rideshare. knowing what was there before me. mise? somebody left mice >> what were they doing before they left the mice? what was happening? what was going on there? maybe they needed the lady with the perfumes to cometheir mice? >> where we go from here?
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that is what was being preached from the pits the entire time. >> he is currently character living with hiv. he says he has been drawn from his own life for the world. we talked about porter with dr. monica gandhi. >> have an internalized stigma. he said it would be true in hollywood as well. as a black man as we grew up with someone in religion this is what we have to be combating. >> experts say people with hiv can go on to live normal and healthy lives as long as they continue proper treatment and medication. , a writer and actor paul mooney died in his home in oakland. he was a writer for the late comedian richard pryor. he appeared on the chapelle
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show and played sam cooke in the buddy holly story. family called him the godfather of comedy. mooney was 79 years old. wildlife officials are on the lookout for the mountain lion roaming around san francisco. people think they have seen it. the supervisor says there were two unconfirmed sightings last night. we have sky 7 on the prowl trying to get a birds eye view of the big cat from above. this was over the bernal heights neighborhood where another viewer sent us some surveillance video early yesterday morning. they were showing the animal strolled right down gavin street. this is south of interstate 280. there are no warning signs for possible sightings. >> we will not go up there. we have been walking this road. especially with inli y stay on this road here and not go up in the hill. we may better to be safe.
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mountain lions typically don't live in city limits but sometimes they end up wandering in from the peninsula what's. >> fire season is here in the napa fire department is channeling talking heads as a part of the prevention efforts. check out. not quite -- but a clever idea. check your smoke detectors, know the proper way to use extension cords and space heaters. don't turn your back on the stove when cooking and make sure coals are completely cold before tossing them. sibling sound advice. especially we have fire danger high and elevated because of the winds. >> that is true. those are very sound tips. keep those in mind. we have windy conditions right now under which fires can easily spread. a wind advisory is in effect or will be in effect until 5:00 tomorrow morning for our ebay area. gusts will range from 40 to 60 mph. tomorrow's highs under windy conditions and sunny skies will
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be in the mid-50s at the coast mid 60s around the bay and upper 60s in the. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast. wins will relax on friday and temperatures will be's upward just a bit. more significant warming over the weekend and continue into the middle of next week. thank you, spencer. coming up at 4:00, a new coming up at 4:00, a new state budg why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate-to-severe eczema or atopic dermatitis under control? hide my skin? not me. by hitting eczema where it counts, dupixent helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of eczema. and that means long-lasting clearer skin... and fast itch relief for adults. hide my skin? not me. by helping to control eczema with dupixent, you can show more with less eczema. don't use if you're allergic to dupixent. serious allergic reactions can occur including anaphylaxis,
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now we continue our special series california dreaming. the series takes a closer look at the issue threatening the california dream an the people working to keep the dream alive. today we take a look at our state parks. they're the best in country but they face threats with climate change and funding. but now there's hope for our state parks. >> state parks tell the history of the story of california. in landscape and in cultural site. it's almost 300 miles of coastline in califthat's state land. there are parts where thwhere th
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giant secoia. >> we're seeing droughts. we're seeing more extreme heat and sea level rise. and all of those things re pose a huge threat to these special places and the plants and animals that call them home. >> this last year we had our worse fire season in california's history. 28 state parks were affected by wildfire. big basin the oldest state park in california was completely burned. i think of big basin as being an opportunity to create the parks that looks like the parks of the future for california. parks that are truly
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sustainable. parks that sustain the resources. parks that allow people to come and enjoy these places. we are looking at a number of the threats that we have state and thinking about not just prevention but adaptation because the world is changing. >> we're at candle stick point state recreation area. in the 70s it became the first urban state park over here we have yosemite. what we've done over here is we've taken away the sea walls and the rip rap and we've we'rthe thousands tide comes in. urban parts like candle stick point are necessary for the health and wellness of our
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community. >> all of these plants which are literally thousands of california native plants we're taking them out in the field and out planting them in new areas. our school programs, all of those are essential to open up doors for people. and historically have been excluded from parks. >> currently the staffing and the use of california state parks doesn't necessarily reflect the diversity of urban communities. >> working with state parks is a very new territory for me. i had no experience being in a state park until i i i working here literacy for environmental justice. i really love working here at candle stick park. i have a soft spot doing all the work we've done here. >> i really love the idea of families when they think of parks for them it's a sense of
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place, it's a place of belonging. >> as many of us found out in 2020, parks were our salvation. it was the only place that we could get outside and escape the stress of being locked down during a pandemic. we have an opportunity to really invest in our parks to help them be resilient for climate change and also to show more people the beauty and benefits of parks. s that for sure. you can stream all of our california dreaming stories on demand including our 30 minute california dreaming special right now on our abc 7 bay area connected tv app, that is for sure. it's available on android tv, fire tv and roku just search wnlot bay area and you can definitely check it out. a lot of great con at the present time. that's it for abc 7 news at
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next at 5:00, a ferocious fire in martinez. one home looks to be destroyed along with multiple cars we're live at the scene with the latest. plus robbed and beaten while riding b.a.r. t. one woman says she's speaking out to prove a point about standing up. and how long these potentially dangerous conditions will last. plus, a sonoma farmer fighting to save his ranch. the rush to reopen emergency wells as water becomes very scarce. and going back to work in santa clara as businesses are now required to track the vaccination status of workers. we look at what this means for everyone else.

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