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news, live on abc 7, hulu live, and wherever you stream. 60% of everyone in california is fully vaccinated. the best rate in the state can be found in marin county, 76% of all residents are fully vaccinated. tomorrow, it is opening its first vaccination site specifically for booster shots. she got an exclusive walk-through of that site before tomorrow something and is live in the newsroom with the story. reporter: the vaccination site is inside the northgate mall. they project there are over 70,000 residents who qualify to get the booster shot in that county, for now they're only giving priority to those 75 and older. >> mall, the centre court part of the mall. we will have our clients enter from the hallway down here. reporter: we got an exclusive
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look inside their new operation, equipped to welcome both marin county residents with appointments and walk-ins. how may people are you expecting? >> we hoping to get 1000 people a day and a six hour time slot, tuesday through saturday. reporter: it is divided in half come up one side for registration, the other for vaccination. >> we will have emts here to watch during the observation area. reporter: it doesn't take long to notice this is unlike any other vaccination site. >> we are in an old victoria's secret store. >> it was the one place the mall had open, the fact we needed the extra space for the core door, also not being used. reporter: for marin county, this location was strategic.
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they're prioritizing the 75-year-old population at the site. >> the vast majority of our deaths have -- in marin county have been those above 75. we went to be sure they have a head start. reporter: data showsss efficacy after six months. they believe this will better equip the older population. >> about six months, but is that inflection point, you start seeing more risk of severe in infection, that is often age dependent. reporter: marin county also planning to use their mobile vaccination strategy with this booster phase. next week, they will begin to take boosters to nursing facilities. if you're 65 or older or have underlying health to sit -- underlying health conditions, you can get the biggest or in any pharmacy in the bay area. dan: how long after the booster
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shot are we seeing an increase in protection, what are the experts telling you? reporter: according to the latest data, there is an increase in protection one week after the booster. our immune system is already primed from the previous two shots. dan: you can ask her and our entire vaccine team your questions about the covid-19 vaccines, go to abc7news.com /vaccine. liz: new at 6:00, we are hearing from a man who witnessed a giant light -- fight at six flags discovery kingdom. lay hopefully say it involved a hundred people. we break their wet what happened and with the park is doing to help with safety. reporter: an opening night of fright fest, park attendees raised a scary situation. video shows a large fight in front of the park entrance. >> [indiscernible] reporter: he captured some of
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the fight on video, says it was scary to watch. >> people were running towards there, they were fighting, out of control. even though security was grabbing him, trying to get them out of the according to police, the fight broke out just before the park closed. the incident, many by surprise. he said his family sheltered in the gift shop. >> they were scared, they are not used to seeing anything like that. my six-year-old just wanted out, he wanted to go home. reporter: the cause of the fight is unknown, police radio reveals the broke was late escalated. -- role quickly escalated. >> reporter: please say those above started attacking officers on patrol duty, one cup them off guard was the amount of people involved in the attack. >> we probably got 112 kids on
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our -- pushing out into the parking lot. reporter: discovery kingdom says quote the safety of our guests, employees and animals is our top priority. we maintain the highest standards of safety and community -- and security for guests and employees. their zero-tolerance for unruly behavior. reporter: >> we have a detained? >> there's a bunch of people detained. reporter: while police detained many others, they say when juvenile was placed in custody and later released to their parents with a fine. vallejo police say no one fired a gun and no one was hurt. six flags says they are not making a changes as of now to their fright fest schedule, there park hours remain the same. dan: san francisco sheriff's deputy will be arraigned tomorrow, here for long chair
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urges against them on multiple full felony charges -- violent off-duty confrontation. it happened thursday during a potluck at an apartment in park merced. deputy is accused of groping an 18-year-old woman and using a guitar to rip down curtains, damage a bookcase and shatter a tank that housed a big lizard. the deputy is also accused of showing off his firearms collection and threatening to shoot people at the potluck. investigators say there were signs he was intoxicated. the sheriff says the deputy has been placed on administrative leave as he faces these charges. you've seen the videos, people stealing shelves worth of stuff from san francisco stores. there's new legislation being proposed that would allow deputy sheriffs to work as added security. right now, police officers are the only ones allowed to work overtime at the shops, not sheriff's deputies. explain the goal is to deter organized retail theft.
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reporter: supervisor stood outside the walgreens at 300 ducks street today, where this viral video was taken in june. it is meant leaving the store on a bicycle with a large >> bag of items. > we heard from retai we he that said san francisco is the epicenter of organized retail crime in the united states in their opinion. reporter: his legislation would allow deputy sheriffs to work overtime at these locations, like police officers already do. peers out works at no cost to taxpayers. >> a private entity or event whom would contact the sheriff's department or police department and say they are going to pay for those services, the contract with the city. reporter: soup -- they've been pushing for more accountability. >> we need to have some action
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done. reporter: don'tect a dramatic increase in the amount of rest. >> our intent is not to go out and make a lot of arrests, our intent is to deter people from committing a crime in the first place. reporter: last week, the mayor announced the city's first organized retail crime initiative which will increase the number of investigators and community ambassadors. >> when a crime is committed in this city come up when you cross that line, there will be consequences. reporter: reverend bound -- reverend brown of the naacp said the focus should be on cracking down on the people organizing these rings. >> there is an organized effort to use people for merchandise, minorities, specifically blacks to be their tools, to do their dirt. reporter: the legislation will be voted upon by the full slate of supervisors as early as
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november. liz: today, governor newsom took a historic step toward creating more affordable housing. the governor traveleto oakland, where he signed 27 bills indicating more people into homes they can afford. the legislation runs the gamut from helping students find housing to promoting surplus land across the state to housing develop mints to streamlining accessory housing develop mints. it would create 84,000 new housing units. >> that will pose north of $24 billion in addressing homelessness in california. this is unprecedented in u.s. history. liz: he also expressed hope that more jurisdictions will extend local deadlines on the moratorium eviction. he has approved several bills
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that would ease california's housing crisis, a build aims to protect amazon warehouse workers and build the expense injections for current workers, that is just a fraction of the decisions he still has to make, including whether bad acting cop should be decertified and if ethnic studies should be required in all schools. liz: the deadline is looming for governor newsom to sign or veto hundreds of bills still sitting on his desk, among them, one that would decertified bad acting police search -- officers. california is one of a handful of states does not already have a process to banish officers for misconduct. opponents say the bill is flawed, potentially anti-law enforcement. another bill, one that would require ethnic studies as a graduation requirement for california public schools. opponents say it is important for students, especially those of color, to see themselves
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reflected in their education. roughly 3000 people have signed a petition urging newsom to veto the bill. they claim it is anti-semitic. >> if it students against other students. that is not what i would like to see our public schools or private schools engage in. reporter: two other bills or months -- much less contentious, they were expand outdoor dining options outside -- across california. these bills, there bills that would protect protesters from rubber bullets, make it easier for community college students to transfer to a uc or cal state campus and require large department stores that sell kids products to maintain a general -- gender-neutral section of
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toys. the governor has until october 10 to make his decisions. liz: there's also a bill that would increase family payments, free covid testing an ad dependent parents to health plans. a lot of very consequential decisions newsom must make in the next two weeks. dan: san francisco voters have been waiting on the essentials of weight for almost two decades. tonight, we talk about the delays i want to make a difference. also had. >> the health care system is only good when everybody gets access to it. liz: we view the equity report, a one-of-a-kind tool to give you the hard numbers behind racial inequities. tonight we cover health insurance coverage. sandhya: our weather is brisk and breezy but beautiful. i will show you when that
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dan: san francisco mayor today with sf gym leaders took a test ride on the central subway project. >> it is beautiful, i am so excited that this is the future of our transportation system in san francisco. dan: the central subway is slated to open in 2022, trains will travel underground from the 4th street caltrain station to chinatown, the union metro t third one will be extended through soma, third station, it has turned into a real saga, we started covering it before they dug the first tunnel. >> there's been a lot of
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planning that has gone into this project. dan: this is footage from 2013, when that giant machines to bore the tunnels had just arrived. a few years later, mayor lee toward the project. >> we're on our way to opening this up in 2019, having a concrete solution to the congestion that we already see in the city. dan: at that point, cruise had finished digging, three years later, the next mayor took a tour. >> a quicker, safer transportation system for everyone. dan: the mining was done, but the subway come far from it. >> the project began in fairbury 2010, it is supposed to take passengers from the 4th street caltrain station to write here, the heart of chinatown. this 1.7 mile extension has seen delays. liz: goodness. dan: joining us now is abc n
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insider. liz: your thoughts? reporter: think of it as san francisco and the bayre high-speed rail, a big project with big promise, big delays and big cost overruns. but nonetheless, it is on its way to opening. the mayor did what all politicians do when they are faced with a whale i'm inheriting this, let's make the best of it. she talked about how the project will bring the city together. >> what i love about central subway is does bring people from all over. we are talking about having to stop at miss goni -- where are convention sick place. the connection to the t, in the southeast sector, connecting it to downtown for faster, smoother ride.
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when you think about people who come from airport, stop at the hotels, check-in, hop on the central subway, it chinatown, ride the cable car back. even for folks or getting to and from work or coming to shop in chinatown or downtown, this is going to be a game changer for our city. dan: >> >> it cost enough. the price tag is about $1.6 billion. that comes to about $1 billion a mile. we're only talking about 1.7 miles worth of track. liz: let's have a reality check. do you feel this project is going to make a difference, like the mayor talks about, as it was originally planned, or is it going to be a situation of a little too late, once it opens. reporter: this goes back to 1989, the earthquake knocked on something called the embarcadero
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freeway, seen his the lifeblood into chinatown, this essential subway was supposed to replace that. in that time, the city has changed. we had six mayors, a lot of the people who live in chinatown now live in richmond. is this a new city as well, we have union square and warriors arena south of market. how this will work out remains to be seen, it doesn't hook up directly to bart, you have to have a good walk to get there or other places. dan: crossover inter-delays, as oldest public works projects themselves. how can voters trust san francisco with future infrastructure projects? reporter: that's the big question. another project the -- the bottom line, you cannot. what we do, we get underestimates to sells the project, it is been said by many mayors, then the costs start
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going up and up, once you are involved in it. it is the price of doing business in the bay area, whether it is the bay bridge, bart, the central subway. in the end, we tend to fill them up, then complain about them being overcrowded. let us hope this joins the as we try to cope with our ongoing crowded situations. dan: thanks. liz: coming up next, check out what the weather will bring us this week. this week. your eyes. beautiful on the outside, but if you have diabetes, there can be some not-so-pretty stuff going on, on the inside. it's true, if you have diabetes, you know high blood sugar is the root of the problem. but that excess sugar can cause the blood vessels to be seriously damaged. and when that happens, this could happen, vision loss or even blindness. that's right, diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness for adults in the u.s. but even though you can't see it,
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early detection and treatment of cancer. liz: let's get a check of the weather. it sounds like we are all up in one country this weekend. dan: i was up there with spencer, we had a great time, the weather so spectacular this time of year. sandhya: spencer: it really is, harvest season. the weather is so enjoyable. now, we have a robust onshore flow, as you can see on our satellite radar composite image. wind out of the north, northwest. -- it is pleasant, but raising some concerns about fire, racing down the hills in the north bay where the vegetation is dry. we got dust up to 33 miles an hour -- gusts up to 33 miles an hour. napa, 20 some -- we we we
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some rough surf, beach hazard statement in effect until 11:00 tonight with elevated wave heights, risk of rip currents. we red flag warning and solano county until 8:00 this evening because of the very dry vegetation and strong gusty wind , and fires developed, they can spread rapidly. peers view from emeryville, it is 67 degrees right now 70 in oakland, 72 in san jose, happened bay. here's a view of the golden gate, we see lures guys, some high clouds passing their. it is 76 degrees in santa rosa, napa 74, 80, fairfield, not t f month, nice view looking down into the bank and portions of san francisco. these are the forecast futures, we will see passing high clouds
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overnight, gusty conditions, winds increasing in the hills come out late thursday. elevated concerns about fire. a much warmer pattern on thursday. overnight, we will see those high clouds rushing over the bay area, it will be windy, especially over the hills. going into early morning, so see some high clouds over the region, later in the day, into the evening, we will see the skies getting sunnier. overnight low temperatures will be mainly in the mid 40's imports of the north bay, low 50's everywhere else. so chilly in the far northern part of our viewing area, parts of mendocino and lake counties, we have a frost advisory in effect from midnight until 9:00 tomorrow, temperatures could drop as low as 34 degrees in some areas. back here, the central part of the area, tomorrow, highs will range from mid-60's near the coast to mid 80's. here's the accuweather forecast,
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thursday, the warming begins in high gear, all the way through the weekend, into early next week, inland highs in the load to mid 90's. a much cooler -- low to mid 90's. a much cooler pattern starting next tuesday. dan: coming up next, the launch of new project. the equity report is effort to empower our communities to crate more equitable cities. you're going to see what the journalism team uncovered about health insurance coverage. liz: hate
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building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dan: abc building a better bay area. as part of that, we are committing to connecting diverse communities. we are launching the equity report, and playing housing, health, education, policing and the environment. abc 7 has dedicated weeks to
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exposing the health insurance cap. liz: the pandemic is only highlighted the problem, deep racial inequities when comes to accessing health insurance when it is truly needed most. ri team reporter is here with the story. reporter: when it comes to accessing health insurance, disparities have only gotten worse across the bay area. case in point, here in san francisco metro area, the percentage of latinos uninsured is nearly four times more than white people. experts tell us the projections for next year are even more concerning. uninsured and unprotected. roberto antonio junior was born and raised in the mission district. he works at laundry off mission street, struggling to make ends meet. >> during the pandemic, i lost my job, lost my medical coverage. i was struggling, there was a delay in all the resources,
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unemployment, welfare. reporter: in the months that followed, he became desperate, looking for work so he could pay his bills. >> i landed this job, i'm grateful, i'm making eight dollars less. i had to find insurance, my own route through the covered california. reporter: that is a government program that started offering subsidized obamacare programs back in 2012. it lowered the cost by abo abo 20%. even with reduced rates, he was faced with a tough choice, pay rent or health insurance, he could not afford both. a research and policy associate at uc berkeley labor center it sees it all the time. >> even with the additional subsidies through the american rescue plan for coverage through cover california, there is a lot of folks who cannot find the space in their budget. to pay for those premiums or who
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are worried about deductible and out-of-pocket costs. reporter: she also leads the simulation of insurance markets. her team analysis found 600,000 californians are eligible for medi-cal, but not enrolled. another 500,000 are eligible for coverage through their employer but have not taken advantage of it. why? >> farriers to becoming eligible, jumping through the administrative hurdles can be too much. reporter: our data analysis of u.s. census census bureau records found that out of dining bay area counties, 4.5 percent of people are uninsured. this does not include people in prisons, jails or mental hospitals. if you break it down demographically, the disparities highlight the problem. the percentages of each race that are uninsured across the bay area. 2% -- 2.6% are right -- white, 3% asian, 9.4% latino.
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they are not surprised, process to qualify through her employer became too difficult, working multiple jobs with skyhigh rent. >> the cost is very high. i had to struggle to make family needs as well. reporter: rachel works for health access california, a consumer advocacy group that works to afford health care. >> the health care system is only good when everyone gets access to it, we saw pretty clearly during this pandemic. reporter: in order to address these disparities, loring cost of health care is key. >> there are two ways to lower the cost of care, throw money at it, that is what we been doing, invest more money, put more money into premiums, subsidizing them. there's also systemwide changes. reporter: systemwide changes are already underway, starting in may of next year, undocumented
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people were income eligible, over the age of 50 will be able to access medi-cal. they expect that along with increasing affordability on the individual market will make insurance more affordable for everyone. >> one of the silver linings of the pandemic will be to increase the political will to pass policies that help cover everyone in our state. reporter: he is holding out hope for that. >> you should get those resources to survive and stay healthy. reporter: the analysis also projected about 3 million californians under the age of 65 would be uninsured next year. largest group would be undocumented californians. the hope is that new law going in effect next may, expanding coverage to undocumented families will help reduce that figure. dan: let's hope those are eye-opening and troubling numbers you shared. for more on equity report, go to
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our america abc.com or bribe yourself on and scan the equity report qr code on your screen. i will give you moment to do that. you can find specific data for the 100 largest cities in america. liz: the san jose city council has passed a formal resolution to apologize to chinese immigrants and their descendants . this apology is for fire that was deliberately set to the second market street chinatown in 1887, shortly after it was declared a public nuisance. centuries ago, san jose was home to five chinatown's. in the fire, small businesses and homes were destroyed, 1400 people were displaced. >> this tragic story repeats itself a lot. it is important that every generation step forward. i'm grateful we are doing this now. i think everyone for their support. liz: the ceremony will take place tomorrow to commemorate
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the resolution, the ceremony will be at the circuit of palms -- circle of palms plaza, the original site of the second market street chinatown at noon. in san francisco, the district attorney announced felony charges andcrime algaseven robberies and attemptd robberies against asian women. the cases ran from march until last week. our reporter spoke with the da about the case. reporter: the san francisco district attorney says police were able to locate o'sean garcia after he robbed a woman last week as she was getting out of her car. stolen backpack had a laptop which police tracked. he has been linked to six other robberies or attempted robberies, dating back to march, all the victims were asian american, many monolingual cantonese speakers. some of the women were pulled to the ground or drag. >> we are appreciative that in this case police were able to
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identify a suspect and bring us evidence of what amounts to a string of violent crimes. i am pleased the evidence they brought us is sufficient for us to allege hate crimes. reporter: walk along with the chinese chamber of commerce is the director of the chinese parade. >> i'm sad to hear something like this happen, but i am encouraged that so many of the crimes are being reported. reporter: long says he wants to see people who are responsible for how hate crimes held accountable. >> someone committed a crime multiple times, that person should be prosecuted and locked up. >> we will be asking the judge to hold him in jail. i hope the judge will agree with our request. reporter: the district attorney says covid has created a backlog with courts. >> it is been a massive obstacle. reporter: the da recognizes and
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disputes and oppression that charges -- cases are not being charged. >> mom please make an arrest, we have 48 hours from the time of the arrest make the charging decision. reporter: there been 17 instances this year where his office is filed hate crime allegations and more than 3000 new cases filed. it's out -- one tells the api community to the aware of their surroundings. >> that is the sad reality of our present-day lives. dan: coming, creative visionaries inspiring change. that is one way to describe the macarthur fellows. i know how to bay area residents earns this prestigious honor, next. liz: the new michelin
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created -- committed to making the world a better place. two brilliant people working to build a better bay area are recognized in the macarthur genius grant winners of 2021. >> what this class of fellows are doing in their own field is so important, gives me hope for the future. these are the people making the world a better place. i'm enormously grateful to be counted among them. reporter: they will each receive 600 between $5,000 to continue their work. -- $625,000 $625,000 $625,000 $0 work. as an adaptive researcher for amazon, he enables the blind and visually impaired through adaptive technology. >> a lot of the time, accessibility for blind people means access to information. it is super important to make sure that technologies are easy
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to access, inexpensive, open source and readily achievable. that is why what i do is research, invention and activism. reporter: she works to give parents of children with brain cancer the same hope. the mine will go to her research on malignant brain tumors in children. >> it is the intersection of neuroscience and cancer b b b b how the cancers form in the context of the developing brain and how we might better treat them. reporter: the macarthur foundation expects othello to offer a promise of a bright future through their advances. these doctors are proud to the bill. in the south they come up, abc 7 news. liz: good for them. dan: amazing. the weather is turning less windy and less humid, spencer
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stars for california. a whopping 51 bay area restaurants made the list. we will look at some of the local spots. after pausing for the pandemic, the michelin guide is awarding stars for the first time since 2019. all the three-star michelin restaurants are in the bay area, they include three san francisco staples, atelier crenn, benu, and quince. give three stars to special cuisine worth a journey. up next are those with two stars, birdsong, which got promoted from one star, all -- eight restaurants are in this category. a brillo, california was an camped place about two stars, so did coi, lazy bear and saison two stars represent good cuisine
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worth a detour. 37 bay area restaurants fall into the next category, one star. the shota is is the avery in san francisco is also awarded one star, a promotion from its previous ranking. the menu is a love letter to the career of chef and co-owner project -- rodney wages, was put in some of the city's most elite kitchens. three others are sobering their first star, including sushi shin , others were named as well, continuing their streak of excellence in cuisine and service. we've posted the full list on our website, abc7news.com. dan: i only eat at restaurants with three stars. that is yelp three stars. liz: i was going to say, spencer, our resident foodie. sandhya: i'm actually figure
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--spencer: i'm pickier about wind than food. let's take a look at what's owing on with their weather. we have dry vegetation along the bay area high winds. high fire danger remains in effect until 8:00 in solano county. wind has also picked up some rough surf, brief -- beach hazard area risk of rip currents. high clouds passing over us, pull her than last night, overnight lows in the mid 40's, low 50's just bagger routes. highs ranging from mid 60's in the post to mid 80's and lend, here's the action whether it seven-day forecast, look at our warm-up up, starting thursday through monday will say low 90's inland, upper 70's to low 80's around the bay. all areas much cooler, beginning tuesday. liz, we settle into fall.
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>> abc 7 sparks, sponsored by river rock casino. larry: two up on l.a., they start the final six week -- six games, three with the padres, three with -- it gets them closer to the division title. belt suffering a broken thumb, he was having a monstrous year, the team leading between nine homers, best case scenario, we don't have official prognosis from doctors, best case might be returning to play by the star of the world series, a month from now. this afternoon, they were wearing captains hats in tribute to belts, the self proclaimed caption -- captain.
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it is when those things that's happened, it's been fun to rally around and play with and have fun with. it's been really helping us move forward. >> the entire staircase of brandon's recovery is not going to emerge in the next try for hours, we are not going to be able to pinpoint a date. we will get as much information as we can, it will be fluid, evaluate him every step of the way and work every ounce of our energy into having him return as soon as possible. larry: freshening situation. the 49ers need help in their secondary, richard sherman does not appear to be part of the situation. he was plagued by injuries and his three years with the 49ers, he has a pending domestic abuse case to deal with. the waiting is the hardest part, the warriors waiting to see what
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andrew wiggins will do with his vaccination situation, there also waiting on klay thompson's return of two years of devastating injuries. practice, he has been showing the lights out, he is not allowed live, tact, after acl surgery and an achilles tear, there is light at the end of the tunnel, maybe a january comeback. it is great just having klay thompson around the team. >> part of it is his spirit, his energy, his joy. a big part of it, we've got clay, the confidence level. we are getting him back. that makes us all feel better. that is the sense i have from our guys, it is all of the above. >> lakers held media day today, they expect to be 100%
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vaccinated by opening night. lebron james admitted he was skeptical about the shot, and did some research and decided it was the smart thing to do. >> after doing my research, i felt it was best suited, not only for me but my family and friends. that is why i decide to do it. you guys should know me, anything i talk about, i don't talk about other people and what they should do. i speak for me and my family, that is what it's about. larry: sports on abc 7, sponsored by river rock casino. logan webb is the starting pitcher tonight, he's been great for the giants all season, a little struggle as of late, finding the plate. hopefully he will have a good outing. we do not know, brandon belt is a free agent at the end of the season, he may have played his final game for the giants. presumably the team will want him back, but others might offer a ton of money. have to wait and see how it plays out, terrible timing for brandon and the giants. liz: coming up tonight on abc 7,
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♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!" please welcome today's contestants-- a retired teacher from new braunfels, texas... a tv writer from los angeles, california... and our returning champion-- a phd student from new haven, connecticut... whose 29-day cash winnings total... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!"--mayim bialik. [applause] thank you, johnny gilbert. welcome, everyone.
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only two "jeopardy!" contestants-- james holzhauer and ken jennings-- have won more games, then our champion, matt amodio. he is closing in on james' record of 32, but he's still got a long way to go to match ken with his 74 wins. we welcome stu and lori to the game. let's take a look at the categories in the jeopardy! round. ♪ and... notice the quotation marks. matt, returning champion, you pick first. province, $1,000. matt. what's saskatchewan? yes. uh, poisons, $1,000.
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