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skies up a little bit. a look at lessening action. >> jagged bolts of lightning lit up the sky in the north bay mountains overnight. calfire says luckily five small vegetation fires were snuffed out. they confirmed 110 lightning strikes in the bay area. another look eastward toward mount diablo, sheets of rain in the distance and huge lashes of lightning. you see the heavy rain advancing. those who were not asleep took notice. >> there was no thunder, the whole sky lit up bright purple for a second. >> it was flashing all over, a great thunderstorm. >> it reminded me of a and west thunderstorm. >> a tree toppled onto a house and two cars in a park and there were nine transformer fires in west contra costa county. the what really rained, does that help the fires
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? >> where it rained, it did help. we dodged a bullet in terms of lightning strikes in contra costa which is fortunate. cracks but as seen via -- but as seen via these cameras, they are still able to fuel fires. . just because we got rain does not mean anyone can be complacent. the national weather service reiterating fire season may go all the way into december. more to come. leslie brinkley, abc 7 news. larry: spencer christian joining us now, it seems like an eternity since we had measurable rain in these parts. spencer: it has been a long time and what we had was barely measurable, did not last long but significant because it had been so long and so dry.
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so dry for so long. here is the morning numbers, for hundreds of an inch in santa rosa, two hundredths here, one hundredth of an inch in napa. early estimates about 110 lightning strikes and later the national weather service said we confirmed somewhere between 125 and 150 lightning strikes, very fortunate we did not have a serious fires breaking out because of strikes. the lineup right now, low pressure that brought us some of that instability and oyster into the atmosphere, drawing closer to the bay area but all of the moisture is pushing to the east. no rain in the forecast this evening, i will show you what is coming later. kirsten: our lake tahoe captured lighting, a bit of relief though for the caldor fire. calfire says luckily lightning
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did not impacted in a significant way. the caldor fire has burned more than 218,000 acres. it is 50% contained. paula her neighbors expressing gratitude to firefighters after a long shift. they also provided water, sports drinks, cookies, candy and snacks. a tough night for cruise battling the dixie fire. the massive blaze burned more than 123,000 acres in the last -- 23,000 acres in the last 24 hours and has burned more than three times the size of los angeles. it is said to become the largest fire in state history surpassing last year's august fire. larry: the latest covid headlines, comparisons from cdc director today. according to rochelle walensky, unvaccinated people are 10 times
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more likely to be hospitalized if they come down with covid and 11 times more likely to die from the virus in patients who are vaccinated. a victory for florida's governor, an appeals court judge ruled in his favor allowing his ban on mask mandates in schools to stand. unvaccinated people can take plans off their itineraries starting on sunday, only vaccinated tourists will be allowed to visit. president biden calling for vaccine mandates in schools. pres. biden: vaccination requirements in schools are nothing new, a work, there supported by educators and unions. larry: the president visited a d.c. area middle school. just after announcing his requirements for businesses, some republican governors threatening to sue. pres. biden: some republican governors have been cavalier with the health of these kids, the health of their communities.
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we are playing for real here. this is not a game. larry: when the president was asked about the threat for legal action, he said quote, have at it. kristen: a new study about long covid is drawing attention to the risk coronavirus is having on kidney function. it is putting doctors on high alert. stephanie sierra is live in the newsroom with the story. stephanie: this study published in the journal of american society of ecology shows how -- rolla g shows how -- shows the decline in kidney function even in those who were not hospitalized. it is a critical assessment on record. covid-19 is not going anywhere and for patients infected with the virus research is giving us a picture of what life may look like with long covid. a study published this week in the journal of the american society of nephrology
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veterans who survived covid a year later. >> even though they survived the experience significant risk for kidney disease. they had double risk for what we call acute kidney injury. stephanie: this doctor is with stanford health scare -- care and there was a twofold higher risk and substantial decline in kidney function. how would you define substantial decline? >> there range of measure to define decline. an important one is about a 50% decline in kidney function. stephanie: the largest risk word people who had been in the icu or hospitalized with covid she highlighted the fact that even people who had not been hospitalized showed abnormal kidney function. >> i would caution say it's not going to hurt -- occur in every
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person with covid, this is an average, a population average. it's probably more likely to occur in people who are older, more frail, could have diabetes or other illnesses. stephanie: since the study is based on research of patients up to a year the doctor made it clear these cases could show some recovery in kidney function has yet to be discovered. important to stress not everyone diagnosed with covid who survives will experience kidney issues, but this study does show there is enough of a pattern to be cognizant of symptoms, especially if you have a compromised immune system. in the newsroom, stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. kristen: moving to the onset of covid, are doctors noticing changes in symptoms during the early stages of diagnosis? stephanie: we spoke with dr. barria raven the chief of emergency medicine at usf and
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she explains -- maria raven and she explains many were exhibiting typical flulike symptoms, g.i. symptoms, but with delta covid patients are struggling only with respiratory systems, having difficulty breathing. kristen: thank you. larry: the second day of the trial of theranos founder elizabeth holmes put on hold because a juror was exposed to someone with covid and while test reserves -- results will determine when hearings resume, there could be delays ahead. david louis explain how this could complicate things. david: canceling of trial could be a harbinger of delays. >> jury was told this would take three months and if you have these kinds of stops and starts you could turn this case into a six-month case. david: the judge assured assured prospective jurors during selection how important their safety wise. he told him about the air
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circulation system, reinforced court rules about mandatory mask wearing, jurors filled out a questionnaire asking about their concerns about being in a room with 20 to 30 people. outside the courtroom controlling exposure is difficult. future delays could hurt the efforts to prove elizabeth holmes defrauded patients, pharmaceutical companies, and investors over the failed lead testing system. as many as 234 when he says could be called to stand including henry kissinger, and robert monitor -- rupert murdoch. larry: -- >> these people can't adjust their trial. david: they will try to process details essential to the prosecution and defense arguments. if delays reoccur the judge can
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pose restrictions to keep the trial on course. >> the judge may decide it's not appropriate to have spectators in the court. it's causing too much danger and too many people in a confined area. the court could theoretically sequester jurors. david: the trial is said to wrap up before christmas but covid has a way of altering plans. david lui, abc 7 news. kristen: governor newsom received two more votes, his and his wife's. they cast their ballots and he encouraged californians to come out so they can quote put this nonsense to rest. what the latest polling could mean for the election. larry: next, not 1120 years later, a remember it's from -- 9/11 20 years later, remembrance from a man who lost his sister. a swing in mental health, the effort to end suicides and effort to end suicides and saving
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your heart is at the heart of everything you do. and if you have heart failure, there's entresto. entresto helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassium. ask your doctor about entresto. kristen:kristen: kristen: as we approach the anniversary of 9/11 we remember lives lost in how the day changed the lives of those in the bay area. larry: we bring you the story of betty, the flight made the first call to american airlines about the chaos repton on the plane
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that first crashed into the world trade center. kristen: dion spoke with her family. dion: we have spoken to them many times of the past years but we came with impactful words coming from the woman who picked up her last phone call before the plane crashed that day. >> it is hard, but i do it because i respect and honor her and miss her so much. dion: he is not a man who seeks attention but muster the strength to meet us at this cemetery. >> this is her i don't restingplace. what we got back of her. dion: the past years have not been easy without his sister.
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>> and has been 20 years of anguish, pain, daily reminders and reminders are me and my family. dion: reminders of american airlines flight 11 on september 11, 2001. when betty and her group left the airport in boston, en route to los angeles, >> i don't know, i think we are getting hijacked. dion: she was the first person to make contact with american airlines, were laying chaos that unraveled when their plane was hijacked. little did she or most on board know the fate as the first plane to crash into the world trade center. >> what strikes me when i listen to that phone call is how calm, how composed, how sure she is that she is going to steer her people in the right direction. >> that's just her.
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she has this composure, she is just different qualities of personality in her life. she shows her kindness and loving this to people because she is very comical, newly friendly, but there is also the other side of her. dion: on the other end of the call more than 700 miles away was vanessa, based in raleigh, north carolina as an american airlines agent. she was the first person on the ground to be alerted to the terror aboard fight -- flight 11. >> this call l into my lap -- fell into my lap. it was an immediate difference about this phone call because, and she did not give me her name, i remember her saying it is ok, we are landing, we are making the turn to land. in the last thing she said on the phone call to me that i remember was please pray for us. and i lost it.
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dion: vanessa sat down with reporter from our sister station in raleigh. it was her first interview since meeting with diane sawyer in 2006. >> 20 years has passed, has any part of the day diminished? >> not at all. >> just that boys you still here in your head. >> yes. you have to understand,and,and,, was the hero. i'm getting emotional, so bear with me. she was the hero, not me. >> that was the first time i have heard those words from vanessa. i last contacted her in 2001 with a letter from her, she was a private person, did not want to be contacted or to discuss anything and to know 20 years later her tribute to betty and all the others, it's very
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meaningful and i appreciate that you were able to get a hold of her and tell us this. kristen: story will be on abc 7 news.com and as a side note i'm greatly grateful to harry for opening up and sharing his metairie -- memories with us. he will speak tomorrow in the bay neighborhood. he told me after so much attention with the 20th anniversary, it has been stressful so he is looking forward to taking some time away very soon. back to you. [loud chiming] kristen: today, a bell rin rin r ceremony at oaklands lake merritt to honor those lost on september 11. in oakland fire captain rang the bail -- spell. -- bell. >> we are honored with his
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uniforms and keep the city safe, and we honor those who made the alternate sacrifice on 9/11. may our prayers with them, with their families, and may our prayers be with our community. >> the memorial concluded with a moment of silence to honor victims. tomorrow several 9/11 events will be held around the area, including a candlelight vigil at 6:30 p.m. in haworth. fairfield police and fire to part that will hold a ceremony at 7:00 a.m. at the police department flagpole. the memorial ceremony at 10:00 a.m. will be at the park in union city. larry: today is world suicide prevention day and mental health advocates and professionals are preaching the message it is ok to not be ok. dustin dorsey spoke with a doctor about how you can be an ally. dustin: with a swing of a bat bt
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may, former san francisco giants minor-league or takes a swing. he works to change the life of others as a mental health advocate of the giants. >> i realize it's not going to go complete the away but i'm doing a better job and i think i'm getting better each time i start to go through some depression faces again. i really rely on my support system. >>'s story shows mental health struggles can impact anyone -- his story shows mental health troubles can impact anyone. in 2021 it is especially important to talk about mental health. >> with the global pandemic no one anticipated in all the stressors in our world, those can be risk factors for worsening mental health. >> a study found an increase in mental illness without history
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-- overall suicide attempts are down but it's a portent to know the warning signs like reckless behavior, sudden mood changes in a feeling of no sense of purpose. if you see the signs, it is time to seek help. >> we know good suicide especially in youth is an important issue. it is one of the number one causes of death in our youth and for adults as well. but it's preventable and one of the best ways to prevent it is by talking to each other and being able to detect until health problems early. >> doctors say to know this, health is -- help is out there for those dealing with the struggle. it is ok to not be ok. larry: if you or someone you know needs help or wants to learn more, go to our website learn more, go to our website abc (“lovely day” instrumental) my heart failure diagnosis changed my priorities. i want time for the people i love.
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don drew brees is pushing those clouds onshore from the coast, and san francisco you can see clouds already. 61 in the city, 68 in oakland, mountain view's in san jose, 82 in morgan hill and 58 in pacifica. a view looking down from mount tam, 80 santa rosa, novato 82 concord and livermore, the view from emeryville, it looks even more threatening now even though there is no threat from these clouds, just a little: an moisture which is a good thing. the clouds will expand overnight it will be cooler overnight, tomorrow we can expect a warming trend on sunday, continued through tuesday and we are not expecting any extreme heat from that warm up. the forecast shows the expanding low clouds along the coastline,
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pushing over the bay. we will begin the day tomorrow with lingering low clouds and bright skies through most of the day though high clouds are expected to move over later in the day into the afternoon and evening. let's talk about overnight conditions, mainly clear skies inland but low clouds at the coast and across the bay. temperatures will generally be in a narrow range, made 50's, tomorrow high temperatures of 63, 65 here in san francisco, oakland 75 in fremont, a hive 79 in san jose expected, 90's and 100s here. 83 at san rafael santa we look at forecast highs for the maximum temperature trend ahead you can see a few low 90's inland on sunday. monday some mid-90's popping up in inland and east bay, not so much the other inland areas. tuesday a similar range. no extremes coming our way.
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we will have good air quality for the next ultra days. their quality forecast, blocks showing up there tuesday, good air quality, breathable air and the seven day forecast. the warm up i talked about begins sunday, we may see mid 90's inland on monday and tuesday but not a hot day and we will have a cool down again wednesday of next week. for the week ahead fairly nice comfortable weather, no rainfall and we could use some. kristen: we can always use more. figure. technology comes to the ocean floor, a man using a 3d pointer -- printer to bring a light form back. larry:
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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. larry: tomorrow will mark 20 years since the terrorist attack of september 11, more than 3000 people killed after hijackers took four planes and over the past 20 years one man who let two of the hijackers on the planes lived with intense regret. a reporter spoke with a former r american airlines ticket taker about that day 20 years ago. >> he walks into dulles international airport with a memory he would rather forget. >> everything brings you back to that morning. >> 20 years ago, two late arriving first class passengers came rushing through the doors. he was at the american airlines ticket counter training two agents. >> we were sitting and two late
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passengers came running in the terminal, stopped in i looked at my agents and said stop, these two are for flight 77. and they were. >> you had about 20 minutes until that flight? >> just under 20 minutes and we did everything according to the book. we checked their ideas, we went to the questions, they were not able to answer the questions in english. >> we now know they were the brothers, two of the five hijackers on white 77 that would crash into the pentagon. here you can see them going through security. >> i knew all of the cabin crew, i worked with them years. what i didn't know until about mid morning when the fbi was talking to me was that those last two passengers i checked in were actually two of the hijackers. >> what did you think? >> i looked at them and i said i did it, did not? and they were like what did i do
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-- you do question mark and i said i put them on the flight. it was devastated, absolutely devastating. >> for years he asked himself what if. >> what was your mind doing in those years? >> i blamed myself. i felt if i had done some the different, not let them on, if i had said to the agents these two guys are late, let them get the next flight. >> 20 years later, do you forgive yourself? >> i realized there is probably nothing i could have done to prevent what happened. >> we should tell you he now works for the tsa. that is the very agency created in response to the 9/11 attacks. he says he is committed to making sure he is doing everything he can to help keep us safe. kristen: york art gallery features never before seen artifacts from the attacks.
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kimberly richards from our sister station in new york has a closer look. ♪ >> often in life it is the smallest things that make the biggest impact. >> nightmare material. i wake up once a week thinking of something i have photographed. >> found in the rubble following the september 11 terrorist attacks, someone's computer keyboard, items that reflect how catastrophic the day was. >> what about this? >> rolodex. >> first time we see part of an engine, part of the wing from one of the hijacked planes. it is part of an exhibit in this gallery in manhattan. this photographer captured these images, some featured in this 22 page spread in national geographic. >> is not art. this is documentary. walk through it and let us pay
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some kind of homage and tribute to the deceased. >> among those killed was a woman who survived the 1993 bombing, went back to work in the towers. this was her wristband found in the debris in 2001. a pair of pants longing to any mta with a note reading do not wash, the ash is the remains of those who died. >> i just hope they can, through those images, educate and share a tragic moment of our history. >> how these photographs are displayed was a deliberate decision, no frames, no captions, no distractions. just the picture, powerful and to the point. >> this is an exhibition at a commercial gallery where nothing is for sale. everything will be donated to the 9/11 memorial museum. >> more than 70,000 objects sit in the museum. >> you are touching and looking at objects that change the world.
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they stirred up controversy and now facebook is giving smart glasses a try, the ray-ban wayfarer frames, with -- come with built-in speakers. you can record a video, the function is to a raise concerns that people can be recorded without their knowledge, -- the function raising concerns people can be recorded without their knowledge. i thought google glass proved this is something we don't need and don't want unless you are tom cruise in mission impossible and then you are going on a spy mission. i don't know, and facebook being involved automatically is a hard no. dan: i think there would be a lot of red flags. it's where technology is, but as we saw with google glass, people want to know if they are potentially being recorded and another issue that occurs to me about this, we are worried about distracted driving, now are people going to be wearing his
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sunglasses and looking at other things and being distracted even more as they drive around? >> see, i have not thought of that, i was thinking along the lines of what larry said about the google glass not having taken off, here is another device that has a similar use [laughter] what's going to make it appealing to consumers? kristen: just going to say less is more. a bizarre twist to the story of several zeros who escaped from a private farm in maryland. washington d.c. congresswoman eleanor hol alibi is rocksolid. she understands why she was accused given she has spent years fighting for statehood for d.c. but she did not clarify what she meant. she is opposed to unnecessary fencing. huh. larry: strange response.
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free the zebras? spencer: -- dan: sounds like her alibi is solid. kristen: goats we would be used to seeing busy brass -- but zebras? larry: we have nothing for that. luxury carmaker atlee is going to the next level with its newest model -- eventually is going to the new level with its newest model. it will be the rarest coupe bentley has produced. all 12 will have one thing in common, no roof. it's not a convertible because a convertible you flip up the top. this car has no roof at all. he does have a huge price tag, $2 million. dan: how much for the roof?
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larry: that's going to cost you a lot more. no, i guess if you are in a climate where networks, it's cool. i have a friend i will not reveal but he almost collects bentleys. i told him have you heard about this and he said tell me more. so that's where we are right now. $2 million, he's like whatever. dan: spencer, this is an opportunity for you because whoever buys this has a lot of money, you could be their personal meteorologist because they can't take this out in the rain so they will have to have updated weather information. spencer: that's a great idea. i will try to get a of these 12 people. larry: you are writing around all day forecasting in a bentley. kristen: today we gave a toast to one of our own. wayne freedman said goodbye to us today. he filed his last reports
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yesterday and is retiring today after 30 years with kgo tv making it wayne freedman day and a proclamation from the city of san francisco. it is wayne freedman day in the city as well. larry: that is big time. he's traveled across the country and bay area to report the news, mostly from his north -- home base in the north bay, dedicating much coverage to wildfires in recovery. he has been awarded more than 50 local news mas for his work -- emmys for his work. he is finally allowed some one else to win an award. >> i heard you were saying about me, i was like, you're talking about me? larry: you should hear what we say about you. when were not on tv. >> and has been a long time in
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this market, 40 years and i think about why my leaving, how could i leave this? i don't have an answer except to say that it is time. i 40 years with the bay area, that's half a century, and what people don't realize about doing the news is it is hard work. you guys make it look easy because you are so good at it but we start every day with a blank page and then we try to fill it up with something that is going to make it worth our time. but it is a lot of stress in the meantime and it is time for me to live a little of my own life. larry: you've been reporting on other lives for so long, it is time for you to settle back into your thing. >> i will but i want to thank everybody who has watched, been in touch, agreed to do a story on short notice when we call them up and say hey, can you do story? yeah, thank you. thank you for the trust everybody, for the feedback, even the people who complained when we got it wrong.
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it is a big job and i think about how difficult it was to get here and how difficult it was to stay here and how much i love this place and everybody in it, and this city. all i ever wanted to do in life is to live in san francisco and be a reporter, and both of those have come true. so it is a bittersweet day for me, but i'm moving on to a different kind of life in a private life. larry: do you want to talk about your moving to a different part of the country -- one thing you should know, he is a passionate golfer and i think he is going to find a new home that will make that even more possible. >> we have a daughter in new york city and we want to be nearer to her in the same time zone, i'm moving to north carolina and we are going to fulfill a white stream of getting her in the home she always really wanted your family and in a slower pace of life, and we will see how that works out and i will adjust. i won't be so wound up every day. larry: i'll believe that when i
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see it. >> i'll be back in a year and put you to sleep. larry: before we go, you are so gifted and talented and have helped so many people in and out of this building get better at this profession, and while yes, there will be another reporter, but you, my friend are irreplaceable and your skills are impeccable. i'm so happy for you but i'm sad for us in the viewers. uncle wayne, you know why i call you uncle wayne, . >> thank you uncle larry. what can i du with less asthma? with dupixent, i can du more....beginners' yoga. namaste...
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kristen: we are feeling the effects of climate change on land but what about underwater? in the last three decades 50% of coral reefs have deteriorated. a journalist spoke to a bay area man using a 3d printer to resort reefs. >> i'm using a 3d printer to create coral out of calcium carbonate. i work on a lot of creative project that are trying to take a fresh perspective toward issues we have today. ♪ >> a lot of thef thef thef the going through a traumatic time. the temperature of the water is rising, it can't simply take the
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heat. a lot of the way in which they create food for themselves and the way in which a take co2 out of the water to make their skeletons, they can't do that well with the temperature has risen so dramatically around them. beyond that, it becomes a more complex or global issue of fixing the problems that are raising this temperature to begin with. ♪ >> i have a lot of i have a lotv and knowledge in computational design. i do work in making complex servicing and modeling objects. -- services and modeling objects. coral reefs were a challenge. i fell into it by accident. i had a friend who said you think you can 3d print coral? it involves a lot of issue with supporting life of an organism of the coral, life of the larger biodiversity of a wreath --
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ralph as well as grappling with issues of climate change, what is going on with our world. the reef objects are made out of calcium carbonate which is a base material. it makes up the hard skeleton of all corals. take that as a fine powder, i can get it from many sources, it appears across the world as limestone, or both, all sorts of stone that then gets ground down and used in different ways. it goes inside the freed -- pretty printer. -- 3d printer. it builds it layer by layer, it is something that is textural, there is a lot of variation, a lot of looks and crannies. i team up with the architectural colleges lab at california college of the arts. we take these units, we get an interesting and diverse amount of things that grow. we have seen baby oysters grow,
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a tiny crab, there are all kinds of organisms there that create the food and environment that support thing like -- things like fish and oysters. i hope this work can find a lot of this in the wild and application. it doesn't just mean me printing things by myself, it means other people printing things, a lot of scientists, people on the ground doing work taking these and putting them out into the wild and actually having coral have a lot of benefit in that it has a home to begin to grow into. i also hope this inspires a lot of other people to think outside of the box. how can i think more critically about what i do and what i put out to the world? kristen: wow. larry: it is amazing. we talk about climate change all
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the time and our only hope maybe two science our way out of the problems we created and that's an example. spencer: there is hope. absolutely. with the weather, the last time we saw all green dots on our air quality index was i don't know how long ago, but we have got good air quality now. we will see mainly clear skies inland, overnight lows in the mid 50's, mainly sunny skies, lingering clouds on the coast, highs from low 50's on the coast to low 70's and inland -- a brief period of warming, sunday and tuesday nothing extreme, not terribly hot but it cools down again it'll of next week. some lovely weather ahead for the next seven days. kristen: that is lovely, thank you. seth -- steph and aisha hitting the links. hitting the links. larry:
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>> it did, it's a passion project we are so excited to get into the community. this bus is going to help us meet people where they are. we will be able to provide 500,000 pounds of produce a year to the community, 50,000 hot meals, 100,000 books at least two kids in the community and we hope this is a small step in the right direction of meeting people where they are. >> you wants a couple of years ago, can you imagine what you guys have become today? >> we had big dreams. what our vision is is one thing but it doesn't happen unless you have like minded people committed to the cause. hopefully the community feels the impact. we are doing everything in our power to provide the time and resources to support this. >> they are and in credible couple. one thing you do not see that piece was -- an incredible couple. phil mickelson hit a trick shot
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