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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> we feel like we are not protected. >> concession workers at oracle park vote to strike over pandemic safety concerns and wildfires focus impacting air quality in the bay area. good it is sunday, september 5. i'm kate larsen. we are going to start with the weather with meteorologist lee sergeant. a little foggy when i drove in. lisa: the marine layer is compressed and we have some
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dense falling at our local bridges and it is beginning to create overlapped to the east bay. right now, live doppler 7's the fog up towards sonoma and napa with a quarter mile visibility up toward sonoma, and you can see the rest of the northbay looking clear. four miles in oakland and eight miles down in san jose. air quality is going to be declining throughout the day today. santa clara valley, the wind is a little bit later. we are going to keep that moderate air quality through the holiday of labor day. about 60t 60t 60 we are locked into this high-pressure ridge that is our dominant better future, allowing for a quick warm up to the upper 90's. cool 60's with the sea breeze at the coast and we will track the cooldown coming up. kate: there is some encouraging news from the tahoe area. containment on the calder fire is up to 33%.
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we are going to keep this up throughout fire coverage. you can use your cell phone camera to scan it and take you to the wildfire tracker where you can get details on the major wildfires forming in the state right now. the calder fire has burned more than 214,000 acres but containment fire jumped -- continued jumped from -- some evacuation orders have been lifted on the western flank. on the eastern flank, cal fire credited the weather for allowing firefighters to gain some ground. >> we have been very fortunate the last couple days with some mitigating weather to take some aggressive approach to try to reach our containment objectives. kate: 712 homes homes homes homs destroyed. more than 27,000 structures remain threatened. there's also a battle of the ballpark right now happening off the field. concession workers and oracle park voted by overwhelming margins to authorize a strike.
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this is not expected to impact tonight-dodgers game at the park. tim has this story. tim: amid one of the most intense rivalries and major league baseball between the giants and the dodgers, the hometown team is facing the possibility of a doubleheader in hard-fought battles. >> i'm real concerned about it. tim: nearly 1000 food concession workers voted overwhelmingly to authorize a strike. concession workers say they want things like access to better health insurance, higher wages, and more covid safety protocols. the workers say they haven't gotten a pay raise in three years and many feel unsafe doing their jobs after 20 of their colleagues contracted covid since the start of this season. >> we feel like we are not protected, there is no shield, no nothing. >> the employees are commanding better contracts from their employer, but the union
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president says it is really the giants who hold most of the cards. it is up to them to provide improved working conditions. >> these workers have worked for the ballpark for decades. a responsibility to step up to the plate and says most of what is being asked for is modest free franchise as well off as the mlb team. it is a sentiment that has won support from local politicians since -- such as matt haney. >> i know that this place doesn't operate without workers. they are the ones who make the place run and serve the food. they are really what brings the spirit to the stadium. >> with negotiations beginning this week, he says he is hoping both sides can come to an agreement soon. >> there is an opportunity here for them to come to the table and do right and for the giants to come to the table and address our concerns. tim: in san francisco, tim
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johns, abc 7 news. kelly: kate: the giants responded in a statement reading "bon appetit management company are currently engaged in a collective bargaining negotiations. we encourage both sides to work productively to reach an agreement as soon as possible. the giants make the health and safety of everyone working and visiting the park a top priority. we operate our venue in compliance with local and state health requirements." now to california's recall election which is less than two weeks away if you can believe it. early voting expanded in several bay area counties. officials say voter turnout is already shaping up to be historic. reporter: the drive-through lane is open at san francisco city hall. it is the first weekend you can drop off your ballot for california's recall election. >> tell me why you came down here today. >> for the convenience of doing it on a saturday, and just to
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get my vote in early. it is always top having to go through this. >> i feel it is really important for every vote. reporter: city hall is also open for early, in person voting. >> there is a very strong turnout. reporter: fewer voters are showing up, but mail-in ballots are flooding in. so far, wondered 83,000 ballots have been received at about 5000 ballots mailed to registered voters in the city. >> the turn at right now is only about 2% behind last november, the presidential election. in that election was the biggest election in history. reporter: making it clear just how high interest is in deciding if governor gavin newsom keeps his job in sacramento. early voting has begun. this weekend, there are more days and more ways to vote. there is a lot of activity particularly on the vote by mail side of the equation. elections officials say 100
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67,000 mail-in ballots have been received out of about or hundred 40,000 registered voters. others are choosing to cast their ballot in person. >> i had a ballot in the mail. they took my ballot and they tore it up. my mail-in ballot second vote with the machine. >> he says he doesn't trust the post office. >> i don't know who at the post office, who receives it, whereas here, i think there is more confident -- confidence. reporter: more voting centers will open starting next weekend. >> just get out and vote, it is essential. kate: santa clara county has also open early voting centers. 19 sites opened yesterday and another 17 will be added next saturday. governor newsom is pulling out all the stops to fight the recall. he was joined by masterson senator elizabeth warren for an
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event near los angeles. she went after the top republican candidate, larry elder. >> what i'm concerned about is larry elder because you asked me why i'm here today, larry elder is saying to put him in the governor's office and if he has any chance at all, he will take away the duly elected, democratic majority and he will hand the united states senate over to mitch mcconnell and the republicans. kate: governor newsom is going to be campaigning again in southern california with minnesota senator amy klobuchar. abc 7 news has also learned that kamala harris will campaign for governor newsom this wednesday in the bay area. harris was supposed to hit the trail with news of a couple weeks ago but the attack on the airport in kabul led her to cancel those plans and stay in washington. no details other than the date have been revealed about the upcoming visit. we put together an abc originals documentary called october recall about california's last recall.
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you can find it on the bay area a, appletv[,pp -- app, amazon tv, appletv, and roku. today is the last day of the first of the music festivals and for start of the pandemic. there are a lot of precautions in place right now. proof of vaccination or a negative covid test is required. on friday, bottlerock reported that 96% of visitors were vaccinated with the rest providing a negative test. tonight headliners are megan thee stallion and the foo fighters. lisa is here. how is it looking for wine country whether? lisa: warmer than yesterday despite the low cloud deck. temperatures even in the low 70's in the city. near 90 up and bottlerock. wl lkbout thee barea a pretty t
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kate: labor day holiday travel and the start of the school year are fueling fears of another covid surge, especially among the unvaccinated. it comes as pediatric hospitalizations have gone up to the highest number since the start of the pandemic. christine sloane has the details. >> with nearly 38 million americans expected to travel this holiday weekend, health officials are concerned about the spread of covid-19 among the unvaccinated. after last years labor day weekend, between mid-september and thanksgiving, the country saw its daily case average increase by more than 400%. followed by an influx of hospitalizations and deaths. but hospitals are already
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struggling. >> people are tired. it's not just the numbers, it's the morale. we are in some sense of using a care workers. >> in stillwater, oklahoma, the mayor has declared a state of emergency amid a shortage of medical staff. >> the department of health for setting up some additional resources because of the fact that the hospital is full. reporter: oklahoma city's four largest hospitals have no icu beds available. in california, surge protocols are in effect in the san joaquin valley region after having less than 10% of adult icu beds available for three straight days. meanwhile, pediatric hospitalizations are at the highest point since the pandemic began. in alabama, state officials say 13,000 cases were reported in schools over the last two weeks. in texas, where the governor has banned mass mandates in schools, there were 1200 73 reported cases of covid-19 in the first week of classes.
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last week, there were more than 27,000 new cases among public school students. >> as long as we have widespread coronavirus cases in the community, we are going to see more kids getting infected. missing crewmembers of a military helicopter that crashed off the san diego coast has been declared dead. the navy says search-and-rescue efforts have been shifted to recovery operations. the helicopter crashed last week into the ocean while it was doing routine operations on tuesday. one sailor was rescued after the crash. five others were injured but are effective to recover. mark 20 years since 9/11, president biden and jill biden will travel to all three states of the terror attack. they will join barack obama and michelle obama at the 9/11 memorial in new york city. the bidens will also visit the site of the united 93 crash in shanksville, pennsylvania. that flight was headed to san francisco from new jersey.
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former president george w. bush will give keynote remarks. kamala harris will also be there and travel with the bidens to the pentagon. coming, martha raddatz, pure thomas and charlie gibson will join virg stephanopoulos -- george stephanopoulos and reflect on 9/11. you can watch the full interview at 8:00 this morning right here on abc 7. at least 67 people have been killed across eight states in the aftermath of hurricane ida. it has become the deadliest tropical system to hit the united states in the last four years. in louisiana, cleanup efforts continue a week after ida came ashore as a category or storm. president biden toured some of the damage on friday. he thanked hard-working power company employees were trying to restore electricity. there are still hundreds of thousands of power outages across the state. biden: 25,000 linemen from the
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correctional cause -- across the country have come to help. crews from 32 different states are helping. two of them lost their lives in the process of trying to get power back up. kate: president biden will travel to new york and new jersey tuesday to survey storm damage in those states. mayor bill de blasio announced he is forming a new weather response task force to prepare for future storms that could bring major flooding -- major flooding. a first responder assigned to the dixie fire has died. that individual was suffering from a previous illness. first responder was an assistant fire engine operator. we other first responders battling the fire have also been injured. the dixie fire has burned nearly 890,000 acres and right now, it is 56% contained. a treeplanting event at cal maritime was aimed at replacing hundreds of trees that were lost in the fast-moving wildfire. it has been almost two years since the glencoe fire began
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across interstate 80 and jumped the freeway. flames came dangerously close to several buildings, but firefighters stop the fire before it, stated the campus. 400 trees were lost. yesterday, the campus community got to work planting the first of what will be 600-800 trees to replace those that were lost. participants learned about tree species native to the region and the impact on helping the environment. >> 50 students participated and we planted california native trees. kate: cal maritime hopes to double the tree count on campus. lisa has been tracking our forecast. i remember that fire two years ago. how is the weather looking now? is it cooling-off? lisa: we have been so dry and we are really heating up, but we
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have had that nice sea breeze on the coast. communities along the shoreline or even inside the bay area have certainly warmed up. we have had somewhat of a breeze, so we have been shielded from that extreme heat that we saw yesterday. it has been pretty warm inland in that continues today with temperatures topping out in the mid-90's. live doppler 7 picking up on the low cloud deck to the north of us and also along the san mateo coast. there is the weather system in the pacific northwest. there's also low clouds and fog along the shoreline. we sit in between with this high-pressure in things aren't going to change too quickly. we are going to keep this with us for the next several days, allowing for that summer sizzled to continue inland. it is 52 in oakland, 51 santa rosa. with that fog, dense in
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cooler from san francisco upward nevada. otherwise, a little bit milder, retaining some of that heat from yesterday. you heard about the spare the air alert. as we look at that thin veil of smoke over the bay area today, you can see brighter shades where the fires are. we are going to still be looking at the green, indicating that the air quality is not horrible, but not ideal. that moderate air quality. today, we get into a love sunshine. high to mid-level clouds from the south relate sunday into monday. notice that we've got a thin veil of smoke, some high-level clouds, and still very warm temperatures into labor day,
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tuesday, and even wednesday. here is a look at the week ahead from livermore to concord. mid-90's today. look what happens labor day into tuesday. a little more burst of heat. by the middle of the week, this is all inland and temperatures begin to trail off. closer to the day and the shoreline, we will certainly have the influence of that sea breeze and that low cloud deck that doesn't want to give way until the morning. as a result, temperatures are pretty comfortable. about 81 today in san mateo. upper 80's in san jose. mid-90's. 91 in santa rosa. 78 in oakland with upper 90's. could even see about 100 degrees today. upper 60's, half moon bay. 82 around fremont. little change for labor day.
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still going to be hot on tuesday and little change on wednesday. it is by the end of the week that the easterly edge of it is really heating the heat inland. the rest of us, enjoying a nice warm up as they get through labor day into the first part of september. the end of the week certainly looks cooler. kate: a fitting end to the unofficial end of summer. miniature therapy horses paid a visit to the medical center in walnut creek to support frontline health care workers. staff are able to pet, hug, and take selfies. health care workers say they have had a tough year and the therapy animals have given them a way to cope with pandemic-related stress. one critical care nurse says she is now volunteering with the organization. >> they really helped me a lot through the pandemic.
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i go there and it is really therapeutic and it is stress relieving for me to go. even though i'm still being a caregiver, it's very different with the animals. kate: the families of health-care workers were also invited to come see the horses which clearly turn into a great time for all of the kids. i think we all need a miniature horse right now. cdc studies indicate the percentage of young adults experiencing symptoms of anxiety or depression has actually increased from 36%-40 1% during the pandemic. but artificial intelligence that analyzes your voice could find an earlier diagnosis. david shows us how a san francisco company is trying to build a better bay area. david: you are not alone if the wildfires, health concerns, returning to the office and caregiving have stressed you out. san francisco has been quietly working for three years creating a database that allows artificial intelligence to detect your stress level. >> it is the most complex
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neuromuscular task we can perform. that is really a good reflection. david: by entering some questions, algorithms can deliver a report in about a minute or two. >> based on the speech, the dialogue, they can see if this person is having a sort of mental state of stress, loneliness, depression, anxiety. >> the tool is not meant to replace a doctor but provides an early snapshot leading to a care plan. it can also be used to track progress. major medical researchers and health providers have found people from 18-80 are comfortable with the process. >> what we see is that people open up more when they are talking to their cell phones versus talking to their provider. >> having to get to sleep at night is difficult, boston appetite. -- loss of appetite. >> strict privacy rules are
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followed. the recordings are not stored. this website allows you to try the stress test. however, the complete toolkit would have questions curated by the clinician to detect more serious conditions such as anxiety and depression. the goal is to accelerate the path from initial diagnosis to treatment. an application for fda approval is underway. kate: very interesting. just ahead, two decades ago, they chose the sport of rowing over a life of crime. now, they are inspiring bay area kids to ♪ come on, get your motor running ♪ you just head out on the highway ♪ looking for some tchotchkes
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the west scheid of chicago in the late 90's" was plagued by gun violence and crime. >> is one of those neighborhoods where you hear gunshots when you sleep. >> instead of picking colleges, many young men were wondering which game to join. but that was about to change. >> there was this boat and this lady walked up to me and said would you like to join the crew team? the movie titled "a most beautiful thing" talks about their skepticism. >> you want to take some west side kids over to the lake? >> all these guys from different gangs, sons of drug addicts, sons of drug dealers, sons of prisoners. and i said this is got to be interesting. >> there was something about the water that gave us peace and we all needed that. >> all the team members eventually became susceptible entrepreneurs -- successful entrepreneurs. their stories told over and over again on the west side. right after the book came out and just after the talk of
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making a movie, the team decided it was time to get back to rubbing 20 years later. there was only one person who could get them into shape. >> i have my little megaphone here. >> like if the u.s. olympic rowing coach. >> they called me and i obviously said, sure. next thing i know, they were out here in oakland. >> a partnership was formed. they are helping to train kids from five inner-city neighborhoods, including this one in oakland starting in october. >> we want the sport to reflect the diversity in this country. >> we are getting a lot of kids from inner cities that don't have the means, so to speak, or wouldn't have the means to participate in our sports, so we are going to provide that. >> because we believe that the sport can chakate: what an awes. still to come, a local baker is
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announcer: building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. kate: good sunday morning. we are going to start this second half hour with lee sergeant, who is keeping track of our labor day weekend weather. lisa: -- lisa arjun. lisa: temperatures inland, well above average. once again, you are going to feel the heat as we look live right now. we do have fog. you will notice more of the hayes out there -- haze out
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there. by labor day, no alert, but an advisory. napa, santa rosa, three miles in nevada. it is 55, 55 in berkeley........ as we go through about 9:00, 60's and 70's. by 2:00, we are well into the 90's. upper 60's on tap again. we will talk about temperatures approaching 100 degrees into labor day and beyond in the next few minutes. kate: throughout the pandemic, abc 7 news has been working to build a better bay area by tracking how covid-19 impacting everything economy to your health. this morning, we are learning the virus has caused an award-winning baker to lose her sense of smell and taste. she is talking about her ordeal
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as her wildly popular restaurant just won a prestigious award. >> customers have been lining up since 2018 when handily stop baking bread -- when hannah lee stopped making for friends and set up inia. they helped out local food pantries, but 2021 brought another challenge. >> in january i contracted covid. i completely lost my taste and smell. i've gone from being able to taste if the gm is slightly overdone by two not being able to tell the difference between strawberries and raspberries anymore. it was really heartbreaking. >> as some smell returned, it was all wired wrong. >> apples taste like citrus and pecans taste like pears.
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everything tastes like burning. >> she is trying smell therapy, using roses, lavender, eucalyptus and emmons every day to try to stimulate different parts of her brain. she relies on the taste buds of others on her team to keep her recipes on target, still allowing her customers. >> the fact that she can still come to work and serve people, i can't tell the difference. >> the bakery was recognized as a small business of the year, and she decided to stop publicly hiding her loss of taste. >> i did a post on instagram about it and probably 200 people said they were going through the same thing. other food people in the industry. i'm so g so g s weird balance of being so sad about losing my taste but being so grateful that i'm not on a ventilator and i'm alive.
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kate: what an incredible story. handing out free family passes to visitors if they got vaccinated for covid-19 there has been an enthusiastic response to this program. the pass is good for a one-day admission for two adults and two children, plus free parking for one car. it is valued at $98. the campaign is part of the community outreach program. >> this is our second pop-up vaccination program. we just hope that we can be a resource for the community and help stop the surge. kate: the next vaccination event is september 30. drop ins are welcome, or you can make an appointment. you can use the pass on the day of your shot or on a future date of your choice. police in south lake tahoe are dealing with a rash of bear break-ins. when homes are empty, there is always a risk of break-ins and
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losing it, but the burglar alarms are being set off by errors who have been displaced by the fires, searching for it in abandoned homes. how would you like to wake up to find your grass all ripped up? not so great. a homeowner showed this video after getting a visit from some animals, likely wild boars that decided his lawn was on the dinner menu. laura anthony spoke to the man who is now fighting back to save what is left of his front yard. >> i heard the scream and i came out and i couldn't believe what i saw. >> he told us his wife saw it first. >> you can see the holes in the ground from where they dog up the grass. >> wild pigs had descended, lightly coming down from the nearby hills. it is a phenomenon that has played out in years past. in san ramon, where the wild animals interface with the domestic yard in a way that can leave serious damage. >> the food resources will dry
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out, so they will start to expand their search. sometimes they end up in yards and gardens. >> all the homeowner can do is try to hold off the next attack or remove the grass or garden entirely. some even hire a licensed trapper, but that requires a permit through the california department of fish and wildlife. >> if a wild pig or a group of wild pigs destroys your robbery, you can file a wildlife incident report on our website. someone on our staff will reach out to you to discuss options. . >> for now, he put down this green netting on his lawn, trying to keep those wild boars away. and he will do one more thing. >> cut back on the watering? >> absolutely. >> is a good move. not just because of the drought, but also because there is nothing these animals are than a moist, green lawn.
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kate: still ahead, ahead, averted. michael explains why we are not seeing a wave of foreclosures like people had feared. and you can see the fog is sort of drifting about our skyline same scope. lisa will have the full forecast lisa will have the full forecast in just a few minu (“lovely day” instrumental) my heart failure diagnosis changed my priorities. i want time for the people i love. my heart doesn't pump enough blood so my doctor gave me farxiga. it helps my heart do its job better. farxiga helps keep me living life and out of the hospital for heart failure. do not take if allergic to farxiga. symptoms of a serious allergic reaction include rash, swelling, difficulty breathing or swallowing. stop taking and seek medical help right away. tell your doctor right away if you have red color in urine or pain while you urinate, or a genital area infection since a rare but serious genital infection may be life-threatening. do not take farxiga if you have severe kidney problems or are on dialysis.
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kate: there is some good news on the homefront. concerns about mass evictions and foreclosures despite almost as quickly as coronavirus. but as michael reports, those fears have been eased despite a common complaint about living here. >> the high cost of housing ranks among the biggest complaints from bay area residents. the median price of a home topped $1.3 million. ironically, those high housing prices may be a key reason why
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foreclosure filings are declining. have at least 20% equity. that means many behind on their mortgage payments can take advantage of that equity by selling their home and paying off their mortgage. >> there is a ready and willing market for homeowners who unfortunately have to sell and they are very likely to walk away with money in their pocket. >> foreclosure filing fell 26% in july compared to the previous month in the bay area. an 8% from the year before, when there were virtually no foreclosures. >> those high prices actually become a benefit for homeowners who find themselves in financial distress. >> unfortunately for many, a monthly mortgage payment remains stressful. reginald lost his job as a plumber in september of last he has nearly depleted all his savings and doesn't know how he's going to pay his mortgage
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in the near church. >> we have -- in the near future. >> we have an open mortgage payment. >> program is getting a lot of calls from homeowners worried about keeping up with their payments. >> we see an overrepresentation of african-americans and latinos. > the national foreclosure protection plan gave distressed homeowners temporary payment holiday, even as their debt group. those plans could become due as soon as set timber 30 when that forbearance program is scheduled to end. reginald, who bought his new home right before being laid off, says he has not needed a forbearance so far. >> october, november. i'm going to make some other moves >> it is possible the program
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could be extended as it has been numerous times already. that would be welcome news. >> people who were having it hard time right before the forbearance rules appeared are still having a horrendously difficult time. >> we should be able to avert another mortgage meltdown. reginald says he is confident he will find a solution to his problem. kate: lisa track of our labor day weekend weather. lisa: here is a look at the golden gate bridge where we certainly have some dense fog in spots. elsewhere, we are trending clear. once again, a big range of temperatures. toutr 0 inndstay tuned, that fos coming up.
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kate: in sports this morning, the a's will try to avoid being swept in toronto. the first pitch against the blue jays is at the rogers center. and the dodgers and giants play for the final time of the regular season with winner claiming the nl west lead. first pitch is at 4:05 p.m. last night, the dodgers evened the series and division standings by beating the giants. here's chris alvarez with the details on this morning's sports. chris: within 11 ending win winn over the dodgers, the giants took a lead on saturday. a massive dodgers fans fighting for first place.
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trea three in the first inning. buster posey. kris bryant, and it is 3-1. many happy giants fans. giants still struggling in the fourth. nine left on base. giants lose 6-1, so we are all tied up seasoning series finale later today. the a's are trying to get back on track after a tough loss in toronto. bottom seven, tasker hernandez.
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kate: we will now gete: we will the bay area forecast with lisa argen. lisa: we still have a dense yer right along the shoreline. here is a look at the visibility. quarter of a mile. it does, it is pushing down on the marine layer. moderate air quality right now. a couple pockets, but we are under a spare the air alert today. in the sierra nevada, it is pretty unhealthy. it is going to be a while until
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we see some pretty good conditions statewide. we need a strong cold front, but there isn't one on the horizon. looking at those hazy skies throughout the day tomorrow and heat. in fact, we're going to see that heat linger inland throughout the middle of the upcoming work week. there is a look at the surface smoke under that blue and lighter color of green. it continues the rest of the day-to-day, which is why we have a spare the air alert. labor day, not a lot of change. you will probably need a jacket you the coast. the sea breeze picking up in the afternoon. we haven't seen a lot of change here with upper 70's in santa cruz. it is warmer. look at warm and help at 98. -- mormon hill in 98. a warm day, probably about five degrees compared to yesterday in the upper 80's.
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up in the north bay, cloverdale, 98 degrees. certainly the hottest conditions well to the north. 90 in sonoma. pretty nice with upper 70's enrichment berkeley. 84 in newark. we are talking numbers at 100 degrees in fairfield. upper 90's for you in livermore. in fact, these temperatures are going to stay put inland for the next several days. even as the ridge begins to retreat, it is not going to have a whole lot of luck. inland, each and every day will be well above average with temperatures on the warmer side, but comfortable. cool 60 at the coast. it is not until the end of the week when we get more into the seasonal range that we are feeling like september. kate: thank you so much for
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this is something where we where to see this particular community represented the way we would like to see ourselves represented. kate: disney is the parent company of abc 7. salesforce park in san francisco will transform elevated gardens into an all-out art ecosystem. there will be live dance performers, light and art installations, and it is hosted by contemporary dance company rawdance. they hope to offer a space to process and reflect as a community. no tickets or rsvp are needed to attend. today is the last day of krispy kreme's sweet deal for vaccinated people. customers with proof of vaccination can get two free donuts, one original glazed and one original blaze heart. previously the company said you can get a free donut a day througha baseball battle is
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hi, my name is cherrie. i'm 76 and i live on the oregon coast. my husband, sam, we've been married 53 years. we love to walk on the beach. i have two daughters and then two granddaughters. i noticed that memories were not there like they were when i was much younger. since taking prevagen, my memory has gotten better and it's like the puzzle pieces have all been [click] put together. prevagen. healthier brain. better life. >> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. >> we feel like we are not protected. kumasi: concession workers at
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