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home. we wanted to bring him home alive and safe. so to deliver this move this news today is heartbreaking for all of us. >> the corner will need to deliver the news. the body found today was located in the northern part of the pleasanton ridge regional park. we continue to follow that story but for now we say good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> and i am dan ashley. you are watching abc7 . comes to coronavirus in california, mixed messages. the positivity rate held steady at 6.7% today and did not go up but every bay area county except santa clara now has a high transmission rate according to the cdc. the state's total number of coronavirus patients in the icu has topped 1000. that is a number we have not
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seen since march. vaccines are our best protection against coronavirus and that is what we formed the abc7 team. we will be talking with dr. patel in a moment and let's go to kate larsen. a san francisco hospital said it might offer a booster shot and is getting attention nationwide and from the white house. >> reporter: the white house, fda and cbc cdc are all waiting in. sick doubled the san francisco is calling it a supplement, not a booster. by the end of the week, san francisco general hospital said they will get a second mrna shot. pfizer or moderna, to people who got the single dose johnson & johnson vaccine. in response, the fda and cdc issued separate statement saying they do not recommend additional vaccines at this time and use of a covid vaccine outside the current scope would not be authorized. today, during a briefing, white house press secretary responded to our report about san
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francisco's extra dose. >> again, no different, we will not be making decisions but that is not reflective of the guidance. >> reporter: the deputy director of health at dph also spoke this afternoon and said they aligned with cdc guidance and have full confidence in all three vaccines but she acknowledged they are giving extra shots to people who got the j&j vaccine. >> at this time, we are accommodating special requests from individuals who have received the johnson & johnson file vector covid-19 vaccine and in many cases have consulted with their doctor. >> so despite all of this controversy, dr. coldwell who was chief of emergency medicine at sf general stands by his support for the extra vaccine dose for j&j recipients. he also received an email from the you new york city department of health that says
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new york has had similar discussions about boosters and would like to know more about how sf general came up to their decision. i'm kate larsen, >> raising a lot of interest for that decision. thanks, kate. a quick look at the abc7 vaccine tracker says 62% of californians have received at least one dose. more than 21 point:21.3 million people are vaccinated. >> we have a lot to talk about. let's start with your reaction to the story that kate brought us about people getting extra vaccine shots. good or bad idea? >> it's hard to say if it is good or bad. it is a questionable off the top, no one is a fan of when there is discordance between the fda and cdc and i'm not saying i don't trust the science or educated decision behind what is happening at sf general but i worry about how this looks to the audience if they are going back and forth,
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i worry that might lead to distrust in the j&j vaccine. perhaps there is someone out there and that is the vaccine available to them and they may say, i saw a headline that it doesn't work against the delta fire and variant. the message to everyone out there is if you got that j&j shot and if you are concerned or have an underlying condition above the age of 65 or whatever questions you have, talk to your healthcare professional before you run out and get yourself a booster shot. >> dr. patel, it looks like california's vaccination numbers are going up faster. do you think the delta variant is scaring people into getting the shot or summer lawyers some employers are requiring the vaccination? >> i think it there is three things. there is a little bit of fear rightfully because we see increased numbers across the country. the highest case rates are seeing the highest rise of vaccination rates in those states. we studied the science and we
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stand by this and we mandated and we are looking at the same mandate are certain schools and universities but i also think it is because of some of the positive news that has,. there has been incredible data about the ability for these vaccines to protect against hospitalizations and/or deaths. that is what they were designed to do. it is a misconception that the vaccines were designed to prevent all infections. that is not it at all. it is to prevent hospitalizations and deaths. they are doing that in astronomical fashion. there is a 99.99% of individuals vaccinated against covid-19 that are not hospitalized for it. that is incredible. >> it is incredible. this is our first day under a new mask mandate we are back on this again. how long do you think it will last this time and what kind of difference do you think it will make? >> it is, again, and i am seeing signs in the city that say masks are required, again. here we are. i think it will make a difference. we saw the science a year ago
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that it was clear that masks were able to prevent the virus particle containing droplets. i think that is going to last as long as we are still at high transmission rate. a city has to be or county has to be, 10% positivity or 100 per 100,000 or greater and we are towards the letter about 185 per 100,000 so below that you will probably see masks. the important thing to understand is there is a silver lining. mask mandates are coming into play so we can keep businesses open so we can get kids back to in person learning in schools. that is a good thing. we have to do both. layers of mitigation and get people vaccinated. >> well said, dr. patel. thank you. today is the first day of the bay area's new indoor mask mandate. everyone, even those fully vaccinated, must wear a mask indoors in a public place. these highlighted counties that you see it are every bay area county except for napa county and solano county.
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>> it is hard because it is hard to breathe when you're working out. >> reporter: for bay area businesses, what is old is new again. a clear reflection of what life was like two months ago. >> yes, yesterday morning, around 11:00 a.m., we got the notification. >> reporter: at this gym, owner, ralph says he got the word with little notice. >> that puts us back into a shift outside. luckily we still have our tent outside and we have got our structure and we go to plan b which is many selected people and pieces back out to the tent. >> reporter: out without a mask. inside, former employees must go back into the mode of policing members about face coverings. >> we already had one individual that was saying they want not to comply but those are offhanded. those are one-offs. >> i think they are necessary and to keep doing it to keep everyone safe. >> reporter: some members
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soldier on and others say they will stay away. at least a bit longer. >> now that this variant, this delta variant has come on, i'm kind of leery about coming back. i took a year and a half off and i was going to come back next month. right now i'm going to maybe hold off for two or three more months. >> at labels in walnut creek, the mask requirement sign is back up on the front door while inside shoppers and staff adapt to a step back. >> it felt really good to not wear a mask and to be freer, have better conversations, see people's faces and be able to interact with people better but i understand we all have to do our part and this is a change we need to adjust to. >> besides the mask, the county of contra costa is holding vaccine clinics like this one in the neighborhoods trying to reach those people who are still hesitant to get the vaccine. in pittsburgh,
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abc7 news. on midday live today we asked, who should enforce mask mandates. the overwhelming majority, 70% voted for police. 13% think it is a job for employees, 12% said don't enforce. >> we have been expecting a mask mandate in the bay area for some time. ucsf's dr. bob walker addicted last thursday. >> i think it is a matter of days before the bay area goes to a mask mandate. >> he was absolutely right and today, abc7 news reporter, sift stephanie sierra spoke with him again to find out what he predicts now. stephanie, he is sort of grim in his outlook. >> so bring that one of the nation's top covid experts say we may never get to herd immunity. dr. walker says we may need to have 100% of people fully vaccinated due to how infectious delta is and we know that is unrealistic. as he explained, this war we are in will constantly be changing. >> it is possible we will never
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reach herd immunity. >> reporter: reaching herd immunity symbolized control of this pandemic, a step back to normalcy. for san francisco, that was reaching 75% of the population, fully vaccinated. >> we are at about 75% of san francisco immunized probably about 80% with immunity based on either vaccine or prior infection and we are still seeing a heck of a surge. >> ucsf dr. bob walker says our fight in this pandemic will be constantly changing. >> the level of protection without would be associated with herd immunity is no longer high enough so that's a bummer. >> he says the need for rubbing up vaccinations has never been more important as we may always be fighting new variance. >> delta was worse than alpha, alpha was worse than the original. it is not even unlikely that we won't have another entity next year that evades vaccines. >> first a mask mandate. should vaccine mandates be next? new york state is requiring proof of vaccinations for
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workers and customers for things like indoor dining, gyms and concerts. do you think we should consider that here? >> i applaud what new york has done. is probably the right step and we should consider. >> he says it is possible where we might need additional restrictions on bars and restaurants in terms of capacity limits and social distancing requirements. >> there is nothing off the table. this virus is so much better at its job than the original. >> reporter: sf general is offering patients who received the johnson & johnson vaccine a supplemental booster shot of pfizer and moderna. do recommend getting both would you think one is sufficient. >> it is probably overkill but the benefits you get after the first booster after the j&j is so high that i think there is no need to get a second pfizer or second moderna. >> reporter: to add to that, dr. walters says ucsf is also considering supplemental booster shots to staff and
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patients who received the johnson & johnson vaccine but says the hospital system is still waiting for federal guidelines on boosters to be released. first, of course, that is expected to happen within the next few weeks. stephanie sierra, abc7 news. >> so bring things to think about. thank you. >> we are at the beginning of back-to-school season. can you believe it? we are going to walk you through a in san francisco but will these precautions be enough for parents? also i had. >> there were mistakes made. i take full responsibility. >> ethics violations could cost mayor, london breed of san francisco thousands of dollars. find out joint pain, swelling, tenderness.
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our work to build a better bay area during the pandemic focuses on the one of those is education. certainly, it is a given that a lot of parents are concerned and have a lot of questions about kids staying safe in school, understandably. a little more than an hour from now san francisco unified and the health department are hosting a virtual town hall meeting to discuss that very topic. abc7 news education reporter, lijana wallendas has a preview. >> reporter: this morning we were given a tour of a classroom set to welcome san francisco students to in person learning. each desk has wipes and hand sanitizer's. safety reminders are everywhere. the students returning on august 16th are high school students so many are already
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vaccinated. still, everyone must wear a mask and keep a distance in the hallway. >> he has been vaccinated so i'm confident in knowing that as long as he wears his mask and keeps his distance, he should be fun. >> reporter: masks are also required for the younger kids in the classroom or even outdoors in the playground. classrooms throughout the district without enough windows have air purifiers. >> we are working very closely with public health experts to make sure we are constantly ready to respond and to make changes as needed in order to keep students and staff safe. >> i just want to go back to school. >> reporter: samari atkinson says she expects classmates to follow the rules. >> as long as people don't come to school sick and do their part to keep everyone else safe . >> reporter: students will not be allowed in the classroom if they are feeling sick while covid testing will not be done in schools per the recommendation of the health department. >> we found that there were very few cases that came back
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positive and when they did, we traced them to transmission that was out of schools. >> reporter: knowing there are still questions and concerns, parents will be able to join one of three virtual town hall meetings beginning this evening from 7:30 to 8:30. they will be offered in english, spanish and cantonese. two anticipate -- to participate, there is a link on the school webpage or you can steamer stream it live on the youtube channel, facebook page or watch it on sf gop on tv. the san ramon valley unified school board shut down its first in person meeting of the pandemic today after five minutes. this because of shouting from protesters. many of them refused to wear masks. >> let them breathe. let them breathe. >> parents and others showed up at the meeting to ask the board to allow kids to attend school without masks. one parent begged protesters to
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follow the rules so they can have a discussion. >> i will wear a mask under my chin in order to be heard. instead of yelling because now what we look like unfortunately because of 10% of you, we look like lunatics and we are not. >> reporter: but the shouting continued prompting board members to walk up. that returned an hour later after protesters agreed to mask up some parents claimed the most vocal people were not community members but political protesters from outside the community. on our 3:00 p.m. newscast entitled, "getting answers" we spoke with tony thurmond about the issue. he labeled it, "concerning." >> i understand these are tense, complicated matters. i respect that but leaders of our school districts are trying to find ways to keep our kids safe and i would ask if you don't agree, carry yourself with civility.
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>> thurman stressed adults need to remember that kids are watching and learning from their behavior so it is important to model how they behave. >> that is a good point. they are watching how we handle things. let's turn our attention to the weather forecast. spencer always conducts himself with great did core the core. d core decor. >> i'm really happy about the pattern with the weather right now because it means we do have reduced fire risk in the immediate bay area. you can see by this system that we have a cooling on shore breeze or breezes i should say a deepening marine layer and increase humidity. all of these elements add up to reduced fire risk for as long as this pattern lasts which will be a couple of days if not longer. wind speed surface wind speeds from 15 to 21 or 22 miles per hour for most of the bay area and fog is searching out over san francisco in this view, pushing across the bay in the evening and locally inland. 62 in san francisco, oakland,
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67, 73, palouse alto, and 56 at pacifica. here's another view. temperatures right now, 83 at santa rosa and 93 in napa. 77, 99 in vacaville. concord a little board more than 90 degrees. here is the exploratory camera as the clouds portion over san francisco. areas of fog and patchy drizzle overnight. in the early morning, breezy and cooler. more warmer summer-like weather will redevelop in the middle of the week. overnight temperatures in the mid-50s. a couple of locations will drop down to below 50. 49 in santa rosa, 51 at cloverdale and we expect patchy drizzle near the coast and bay as well so there may be a few spots in the roadways to greet commuters.
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60 at half moon bay, 63 in san francisco. north bay, 81, san rafael 80, santa rosa, 78. 68, oakland, and in the south bay, not very warm but a mild day, high of 75, 88, morgan hill and inland east bay will be our warmest region overall with highs there in the mid to upper 80s. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast. we are going to have sunny skies all the way through the seven-day period. the next two days will be a little cooler than average with inland highs in the mid to upper 80s. as we get to friday, it warms up , friday and saturday we expect highs inland in the mid-90s. only mid 70s around the bay and mid 60s on the coast. don't expect a big warm-up near the bay and the coast. closer to average temperatures on sunday, monday and tuesday so this little spike in he won't last very long and won't be very extreme. >> we like it not extreme. thanks. a massive repaving project about to get underway and could make a mess of
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gate bridge. brace were a major headache tomorrow if you driving or through san francisco. sf mta will close the intersection of south venice and mission street for repaving. that is expected to snarl traffic trying to get to 101. that intersection will close to all traffic starting at 6:00 a.m. and will not reopen until monday. abc7 news was at the intersection today and if you are not familiar with the city, you can see by the number of cars going by how busy it usually is. everyone is advised to avoid the area. drivers, bicyclists and even pedestrians. you and i will reroute five -- uni will reroute five bus lines. if they waited it would take two months with a complete shutdown. this is part of the venice improvement project. >> while we are talking about transportation, yesterday just shy of 85,000 people road bart in total. that is only slightly higher
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than the monday the week before. just 19% of the passengers who took part before the pandemic. on an average workday, bart used to carry about 415,000 people every day. ballots were california's recall election will go out in less than two weeks. tonight, a look at what could help and what could hurt governor newsom's chances with voters. >> i'm wayne freedman weather has been a spike in covid
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building a better bay area. moving forward. finding solutions. this is abc7 news. some governors are not willing to do the right thing to beat this pandemic. i say to these governors, please, help. if you are going to help, at least get out of the way. >> reporter: president biden taking aim at the governors of florida and texas during an afternoon news conference. he said some states have passed laws forbidding people to do the right thing. he said seven states not only band mask mandates but banned them in the school districts even for young children who cannot get vaccinated.
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california passed the threshold for high community transmission by the cdc and is one of 33 states to reach the worst category shown in red on this map. 17 states and territories have substantial rates of transmission covered in orange. maine, vermont, michigan are ranked with moderate spread and you see those in yellow. in the bay area, every county except for santa clara and santa cruz is ranked in the red category. marin county health officials have been frustrated by a recent spike in cases in marin city. >> they are wondering why and members of the community are reaching out hoping for more testing and vaccinations. abc7 reporter wayne freedman has a look at the effort. >> reporter: san francisco mayor admitting fault. dressing penalties related to three incidents, financial contributions received which were not can disclosed. -- >> that was the wrong story and hopefully we will be back to
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that in a moment or if you but we will move on at this time. before percent of everyone living in california is fully vaccinated. that is a percentage of everyone in california, even those too young to be vaccinated. on the map, the darker the color, the higher the vaccination rate. you can find the abc7 vaccine tracker on abc7news.com/vaccine. we will get back to report in just a moment. abc7 found that the recall goat vote might not go the governors way. >> reporter: with the recall election just six weeks away, governor newsome is facing a problem. democrats are not energized vote. his team is ramping up, texting voters and stressing the ease of mail-in ballots and they plan to utilize the support of national political figures like
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elizabeth ward who was featured in a new tv ad. >> vote no to protect california and our democracy. >> reporter: despite her popularity among some democrats and a campaign manager for a group in favor of the recall, they believe the add could hurt newsom further. >> his latest bad decision was elizabeth warren. >> reporter: do you believe that will polarize polarize people? >> she did. she does that. >> reporter: latino voters are now supporting the recall by a slim margin. christian is the vice president of policy at the community latino foundation. are you surprised by that? >> i'm not because the latino community has been through a lot over the past year between the public health crisis we experienced with covid and also the economic consequences resulting from that. >> reporter: newsom's teams are reaching out to latino voters and airing spanish tv ads across the state. >> [ speaking non-english ] >> that is fine but understand
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if you produce things in spanish and call that outreach, that is insufficient. the majority of the latino voting population, a lot of us don't speak spanish. >> reporter: what could help newsom, an appearance by vermont demo democrat, sanders. >> there are more latino voters in the state of california then there are people in the state of arizona. that is a huge demonstration of the immense power that latino voters have in the state of california so this election is going to be decided whether or not latinos turn out to vote at all at all and if they decide to keep this governor or go to somebody else. >> liz courts, abc7 news. you can watch the documentary about california's last recall in 2003 called total resolve
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viceaswe. let's back to the we tried to bring you a moment ago about a spike of coronavirus cases in marin city. >> here is a new one. fighting covid with paper and envelopes, enough to fill a wagon and moved through a neighborhood, going door to door. >> we have been pushing out testing, vaccinations. >> reporter: few places need them more than marin city, a community with 3000 people with a large black population. it has been ground zero for a large covid search. marin county has done generally very well with vaccinations. are in city, not so much. they are 25% behind that number and in late july they paid a price for it with 29 new cases. of those, all but two were unvaccinated. what were you afraid of? >> anything could happen. it can go wrong. >> reporter: i think it is here. >> reporter: there is a trust factor according to harold wallace who runs the marin city health and wellness center.
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today they gave covid tests's and vaccinations but most of the clients in the free kalinic free clinic did not come from here. >> this is happening not just here. we are a microcosm of what is happening with people who have been hesitant all over the united states. >> reporter: felicia gaston is everything but hesitant in pushing out the message with her grassroots door to door campaign. >> it's a few so you can put everybody in this category. it's always a few that are hesitant. i even told them they are being inquisitive. >> after they opened their doors, maybe they will be educated. fighting bath with back with paper and pages in the midst of a servant resurgence of the pandemic. now to developing news. san francisco mayor london breed is facing a $23,000 fine
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for a series of ethics violations that happened while she was in office. melanie woodrow has the details of what broke the rules. >> reporter: san francisco mayor, london breed admitted fault today, sunning this stipulation agreeing to pay fines to address penalties related to three incidents. financial contributions received which were not disclosed to pay for a 2015 pride parade float while a member of the board of supervisors. a letter she said with mayor breed letterhead in 2018 to governor jerry brown advocating on behalf of her brother in prison and a car repair for former san francisco public works director which she voluntarily reported. >> there were mistakes made. i take full responsibility for those mistakes. i have learned a lot since becoming mayor and being in office. >> reporter: the proposed find is 22 thousand $792 and wakes down in the following way. $7500 for failing to report contribution for the plight
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pride float. $4500 for over the limit contributions for the flow. $2500 for the letter to governor brown and $8292 for the new route car payment. mayor breed says she did not realize she did anything wrong at the time but understands differently now. >> when you make a mistake, you step up, take responsibility and put it all out there and you hope that people will look at it and realize that you are human just like anybody else and at no time have i ever allowed any of these issues to interfere with the decisions i make in this office. >> reporter: the stipulation house goes to the ethics commission for approval where it will be considered at the next meeting. if approved, the mayor will plate pay the fine. president biden is among those calling on new york governor andrew cuomo to resign. a four month investigation by the new york attorney general's office found cuomo sexually harassed multiple women including current and former state employees. he denies that, saying he never
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author of three books about disney theme parks and when the company, this afternoon unveiled its latest version of the annual pass called "the magic key" he pointed out of major difference from the previous annual passes. all holders must make reservations ahead of time to get into the two disney parks. >> if problems happen because the park starts filling up prematurely and people get frustrated that they are never able to use their pass because it is always full, then there may be some pushback. >> reporter: there are four different pricing tiers. the most expensive, the dream keyed tops out just under $1400 for the year. the least expensive, the imagine key costs $399 and is only available to local residents. the prices are a bit cheaper now. >> in the past, price is actually slightly retreated to 2019 instead of 2020 levels.
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>> reporter: if you are looking to buy a magic key you will wait a few weeks. they go on sale august 25. in los angeles, ryan hayes, abc7 news. a dry hillside in the north bay has been transformed into an enterprising artist office in enormous canvas. you can't miss this. and miguel sosa did not when he shared this photo of a face etched into the dry grass on a property right next to northbound 101 in novato. it is located right past the miller creek exit. drone view 7 gives a nice glimpse of this huge sketch from above we have called around but no word yet on the identity of the mysterious artist behind a remarkable project. we are on the case. it is really nicely done. we will find out. spencer, before we get your forecast, we want to talk about carl. carl the frog is on display. he has been on a bunch of our tower cameras. it is kind of palming, isn't it?
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carl the combing frog? >> is that a figure of fog that comes over the hills? >> it is just rolling in. what about emeryville? how is it in emeryville? oh, it is nice. >> it makes you want to check a map, air conditioners on. >> yes, it is nice. it is on for reason because we have a steady on shore flow of cool marine air. take a look at the wind gusts, 15 to 20 miles per hour and that is pushing the fog over the bay and we might even see some overnight or late might drizzle. temperatures right now generally in the mid 50s at the coast, 60s to about 70 around the bay shoreline. a couple of 90 degree readings in our furthest inland reaches. this will be the pattern overnight. we will see carl pushing across the bay and inviting lots of commuters. as the commute gets underway there will be lingering fog perhaps some areas of reduced visibility and a couple of damp
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spots on the roadways. that won't last wrong long. curled will pull back to along the coastline giving us a sunny dayand t mi50s and highs tomorrow will range from about 60 at the coast to mainly upper 60s around the bay. one or two locations will top out at 70 around the bay. inland east bay, mid to upper 80s and in the south bay look for highs around the mid 70s to mid 80s. here is the accuweather 7-day forecast, two cooler than average days coming our way tomorrow and thursday and friday and saturday a bit of a warm-up and areas will more warm-up to the mid-70s, mid- 90s. maybe submit 60s on the coast. a comfortable range sunday, monday and tuesday. good air quality coming our way. tomorrow, moderate to good and thursday, friday and saturday, it is all green which means all good. breathe that fresh air. >> i know.
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>> thanks, spencer. let's get to sports director, larry beil. don't we all wish? >> spencer was talking about it is good to be green, right? there is a lot of green for mr. kirk carr. as well as a new teammate, steph
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abc7 sports, sponsored by river rock casino. back in 2012, steph curry was nursing a serious ankle injury that we thought at the time might wreck his career. despite that the warriors gave him a four year before million- dollar contract which turned out to be the bargain of a lifetime. no more bargains these days with staff agreed to a four year $250 million extension. steph, as you know, the history, over became ankle problems, leading the warriors to three nba championships. he won a scoring title this past season. steph is 33 years old so the contract gets him closer to being a warrior for life, averaging over $50 million for year. it seems outrageous and obviously it is but if there is anybody that deserves it, you could make case that it is steph. the warriors trying to upgrade the roster around steph curry and today they signed a 6'10"
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center who can shoot threes 39% from deep. the veteran minimum issue for both players has been injury. now to another one that got away, former st. maries star patty mills was a free agent wanted by several teams and including golden state. instead he signed a two year deal worth $12 million with kg and the brooklyn nets. mills had a 10 year stint with the spurs, has proven to be a tremendous shooter and a great add for the upcoming championship. this will mark this 75th anniversary for the warriors. they will throw it back to the philadelphia warriors with the boomboxes. i don't believe they have them at 75 years ago but it is that 75th season of the national basketball association. onto football news, the
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trait lance buzz is building in training camp today. today was the first full day in pads and lance was making plays with his feet an hour according to one report, he completed 14 of 15 passes in team drills. despite coach shanahan saying there was no open competition for quarterback, you can't help but take notice and jimmy garoppolo noticed as well. jimmy g asked if job security is on his mind. >> no. no. you are worried about a lot of things and you can't start worrying about that stuff. offensively we are playing well. i'm happy about where we are at. we've been making someplace and we all have a long way to go. the athleticism and me and josh were joking about it, it pushes us to be better athletes. it is a different style and so it is kind of pick your flavor that you want. >> that will be interesting to watch. sometimes you see something and it makes you wonder what year this is.
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we reflect back in the 50s? 1850s is what i'm talking about. giants reliever jake jackson had a bad night on the mound last night. he gave up three runs in arizona. the giants came back to win but jackson's night got worst after he checked his phones and several racist rants with so many offensive words we had to blur out half the page. the n word, the f word, anything you can think of. one of the quotes was "go back to pick and picking cotton, boy ." jackson posted some of the messages and took it in stride. he said it is funny to see what people say. i want to see them do what i do. obviously, they can't do what he does because he is a gifted athlete. so many anonymous keyboard warriors so you know would never say those things to jackson's face. >> it should never be said to anyone's face. >> this is your abc7 sports
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sponsored by river rock casino. you know most giants fans are not like that. this is a reflection and part of who is out there. a shame to see. thanks. tonight on abc7news.com, the goldbergs at 8:00, home economics, followed by to tell the truth and abc7 news at 11:00. that is it for this edition of abc7 news. i'm team usa is ready for the olympic games, and so is erica! she's got the fastest internet, with wifi speeds faster than a gig. so when all of team usa is going for gold... ...her wifi can power it all, and more.
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♪ this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants-- a writer from los angeles, california... an operations assistant from east hartford, connecticut... and our returning champion-- a ph.d. student from new haven, connecticut... whose 9-day cash winnings total... and now, here is the guest host of "jeopardy!"-- david faber! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny gilbert, and welcome, everybody. with his win yesterday, our champion matt amodio, he became the eighth-highest money winner in "jeopardy!" history. yes, that's right, matt.
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[applause] that doesn't include tournaments. but it is quite an accomplishment. way to go. of course, i know our new players, christina and harry, are eager to start making their own mark on the game. good luck to you all. here are the categories in the "jeopardy!" round. ♪ we start off with... and finally... i'm cynthia erivo with clues about aretha franklin whose genius is captured in a new "national geographic" series. the full season of "national geographic's" "genius: aretha" series is available on hulu. matt, you know the drill. get us started. religion, $1,000. matt. - what's amish? - yes.

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