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the community as the former head of oakland cease fire, an organization that aims to reduce violence. he retired from the oakland police department in 2019 after 28 years. police are asking anyone with information to contact them. abc 7 news. dan: thank you. we wish him the very best. showers still moving through the bay area. he saw minor flooding in san francisco earlier today.
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another storm is coming in overnight. ama: this tree fell down this morning and landed on some cars. the tree took down some munisers let's get to spencer christian with more on what's happening right now. reporter: couple of days. there's more on the way. it's one of the -- one on the storm impact scale. expected to produce spotty showers tonight. moderate rain in the morning for all areas. we will see a wave ofe a wave of rain sweeping through the bay area which will make for a wet and messy and slow morning commute. most of the rain will be out of here by midmorning. rainfall totals will give us an additional quarter inch of rain
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in the north bay regions. when the weekend arrives, we have another stronger system coming through. it ranks three on the storm impact scale. that will bring us heavy widespread rain. the seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. dan: thank you very much. cornell barnard is in the north bay were some folks have been dealing with some weather-related issues. some of them serious. reporter: yeah dan. it's been a very stressful day for folks in this neighborhood. much of this intersection was underwater for hours this morning due to a clogged storm drain after a lot of rain. it took crews several hours to fix it. now they are bracing for a very fizzy week ahead. a big mess in san rafael's picnic valley neighborhood. >> we are sucking all the water out, putting it into another drain so we can access it with a piece of equipment to clean about. reporter: rain causing that
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clogged storm drain to backup, flooding parts of octavia street with up to two feet of water. public works crews were busy pumping the water out. >> with the leaves and everything, construction right now, anything could have flown in there. people's garbage, bottles, cans. mainly the leaves and stuff. reporter: crews dropped sandbags to divert all the floodwater. >> it was bad. reporter: cookie mcintyre had trouble getting out of her house as the water rose. >> last it was windy for two hours and then it started raining and just kept raining and raining. reporter: tree crews were hustling, trimming branches and limbs and have the storm which could bring strong winds and inches of rain to the north bay. bobby singh owns the minimart next door. >> it's a good thing they are trimming. otherwise the wind would bring it down. reporter: lawrence bishop was on the job making deliveries in the rain.
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>> it's tough with the rain. the commute, traffic, accidents. reporter: rainy weather creating road hazards and likely causing dozens of accidents like this 1.llision wednesday on highway >> we've been busy with crashes. a highway patrol has been busy with crashes. at this point, you have to help us out in slow down. reporter: more rain is on the way. >> they are talking five inches by there's a lo that clogged drains, thereportee very real concern. public works crews placed these sandbags in front of the house in case storm drinks clause again. crews have been busy for the last month clearing catch basins and storm drains. they are ready for any emergency this weekend. cornell bernard, abc 7 news. dan: thank you. keep an eye on the storm with live doppler 7.
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see it on the abc 7 bay area streaming app, available on roku and to write and apple tv. ama: we are an hour away from the start of the warriors home opener. fans are making their way into chase center right now. that's where our sports director is. mast up. reporter: hey. mask up. here we are courtside. a little bit of a concert going on to our right. i'm joined by the warriors assistant general manager mike dunlevy who was concerned about the masks. he did not trust that i wouldn't alter his audio. >> you will be able to hear what i've got to say but we will try to get through it. reporter: absolutely. the whole world changed in march of 2020. 18 months later, here we are. we are expecting 18,000 people tonight. how exciting is that for the organization? >> it's great. we are really excited to get back to some normalcy. we have a dj right here by us.
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fans are courtside. everybody has been waiting for this. we are excited about our team. that helps even more. reporter: the nba released its list of top 75 players today in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the league. steph curry made it. klay thompson did not. he posted something on instagram saying, maybe i'm naive but i think i'm a top 75 player. what is your take on that? >> maybe i'm biased but i think he's a top 75 guy. there is a list of older players that carried over from the original 50. i think he probably called -- probably could've pulled a few off of their. it's a fun list. you can debate things and that's what that's for. reporter: the game is so different. let's talk about your current roster. you picked up some guys in the off-season.
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these guys may not have huge names but these guys helped space the floor the way you want to, much more so than last year's roster. >> we learned a lot last year, not only with the guys that we have, maybe some of the guys that we lost. took a lot of feedback from the coaching staff. i think we built a team that works, they work around staff. we will get clay back. it's all guys that fit. our chemistry is really good. we had a good start the other night. we feel good about where were at. reporter: any opening-night memories for you? >> i was just telling some people, i thought the home opener was tough. it's a different environment. t-shirts on the seats. a lot of times, they do the introductions. it's a different type of game. after that, everything settles in. you get together. i found it tough on opening night. reporter: good luck tonight
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against the clippers. >> appreciate it. reporter: no audio was altered during the making of the at interview. djd schoen. we have our own concert going on three feet away from our interviews. the world is getting back to normal. if this man is doing his thing. courtside. >> i was going to ask if he has any ac/dc but i don't think you do. >> for sure. let's go. let's go. reporter: let's go. back to you. ama: i want to see you dance. [laughter] reporter: that's on my pay-per-view channel. [laughter] ama: pay to not view. thanks. dan: exactly who was paying to view that? worries about low turnout for boosters in the south bay. how officials are trying to get more people to get another shot. ama: it's not what you want to see on a road trip, eight dollar gas.
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us how the company aims to transform the cost of covid testing. feel when the pandemic hit. it came with a plethora of problems. a big one. covid testing. i think everybody was scared, like do i have it? do i it? fo and saa sky oa solution and we really felt that if you could get people the information to know. what's their status? they can make informed decisions, so the duo quit their jobs and created summer bio in may of 2020. at that time, diagnostic testing was limited, expensive and was plagued with slow turnaround times. their mission was to change that. it really wanted to enable surveillance testing through and high volume, low cost and fast turnarounds and ambitious trifecta state records show summer bio was responsible for more labs
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than any other across the state. each test costs around $10, the cheapest on the market. how many tests can each machine process? >> about 37,000 samples per day. >> in august, the company expanded its testing volume from 10,000 per day to 100,000 tests per day, mainly providing testing for students and staff at san jose and los angeles unified school districts. the steps are simple. i tried it. after registering, swab each nostril for 30 seconds and then place your swab in the vial. >> it takes about 40 minutes for the sample to work its way into the system. >> 7 million tests processed the date, the largest call you -- volume in the state. while it is the largest in terms
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of volume, the price point is raising questions about a sizable contract estate signed with another company charging five times more. we will get into that tomorrow night. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >> back to storm watch. abc seven news is live at the alameda county fairgrounds, where preparations are underway. >> rain isn't something you usually see at the alameda county fair. postponed during the pandemic. >> there is so much that goes into planning this.
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dampen too many activities, but if a big downpour happens, they will be ready to make changes. >> we are monitoring and following the weather that's coming down the pipeline. there is a plan in place should we need to pivot. >> all day, crews have been setting up the fair. >> there was a little bit of a warning, so it's on our side. >> one of the food vendors says if heavy rain arrives, they will move most of the booths inside. >> we can always put the registers inside. with hot food, it's a little easier with it raining, because people like hot cold -- hot food when it's cold. >> the fair isn't the only event making changes because of rain. the piedmont street pumpkin patch says people won't come by if the rain is heavy. >> this week, the rain has slowed things down. before that, it was sunny most
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of the time. >> both he and fair officials think the weekend will still be enjoyable. >> we are ready for the community to come together and celebrate with us. >> officials did tell me they have inspectors going around to each ride outside to make sure they are safe and up and running. if there is a heavy downpour, there could be the possibility that some of the rides have to close and some events move inside. they did say that think -- they think the rain should not be that much of a problem this weekend. >> let's find out. >> let's turn to spencer. the forecasting has continued to show the storm getting more intense than expected. >> that's correct. the rainfall storms at a level one on the impact scale. storms coming up will rank three on the impact scale. conditions are quiet after a very wet day earlier.
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a lot of warm air has a company this storm. you see the 24-hour temperature change. 5° to 8° higher than they were at this time yesterday. a lovely view from the rooftop camera. currently 65 across the city. 70 in san jose. 61 at half moon bay. some breaks in the clouds. a little blue showing up. novato, 66. 69 at concord and livermore. a shaky camera looking westward. spotty showers tonight, mainly in the north bay. the next storm arrives overnight. during the morning commute, some heavier rain and stronger storms coming on sunday and monday. the current storm, overnight, ranks one on the storm impact scale. expect spotty showers tonight, mainly in the north bay,
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moderate to heavy rain, locally heavy in the morning. quite messy in the morning. here's the forecast animation. you can see the wave of steady rain arriving during the overnight hours, perhaps around 2:00, 3:00 a.m. perhaps even into the midmorning before it moves out of the bay area. it is expected to leave behind an additional 0.25 inch to 0.5 inches of rain. as we look at the overnight low, it remains mild. low temperatures in the upper 50's tonight, with highs in the 60's at the coast and bay shoreline to upper maybe a couple locations topping out in the 70's. the eheavier rain, three on the impact scale, saturday night into sunday,
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continuing through sunday into monday before tapering off late in the day or early afternoon on monday. it's also going to produce quite a bit of snow in the sierra. the heavy rain coming our way. projected from about 2.5 to 5.5. inches of rain. a flood watch in effect for solano county from 11:00 a.m. saturday to 5:00 a.m. monday. a winter storm watch in effect for the sierra, expecting 8 inches to 14 inches of snow there. here is the seven-day. storms tomorrow. only a one on the storm impact scale. level three storms on sunday and monday, tapering off to maybe one on tuesday. partial clearing next week. >> what a few days we have in store for us. phasing out fossil fuel dependence in california.
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when it comes to moving california away from its dependence on so -- fossil fuels. >> today, we are advancing with more accountability, a cleaner, brighter, greener future. >> specifically by 2024, he wants to curtail all new fracking permits. by 2035, the sale of all new gas powered cars will be prohibited. by 2045, all oil extraction will be phased out in the state. the western states petroleum association says the governor's is to aggressive, especially given the fact that california now has 40 million liquid fuel powered cars. barely one million electric cars. >> these are certainly ambitious goals that the governor has laid out. we think some of them are run nihilistic. they are goingreporter: some ens believe the timeline isn't aggressive enough. >> my concerns is that it will be too late in the game. the crisis is here and we have
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to react with the crisis mentality. reporter: the supervisor says the transition is already underway in his county. >> two of the oil refineries here are applying to convert to processing renewable fuels. i think most experts believe that chevron will probably be the last refinery standing. reporter: newsom has announced a 3200 foot buffer zone around oil drilling facilities, most of them in southern california. abc 7 news. ama: up next, new details on the mysterious death of a california couple and their child on a hiking trail near yosemite. sandhya: a big surge in complaints about quick payment at. what do you need to watch out
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a surge in complaints. michael finney is here with that story. reporter: the u.s. public interest research group. they are sounding an alarm that payments through these apps go through in an instant. they cannot be reversed. if anything goes wrong, consumers are on their own. now scammers are taking advantage. >> $3500 was gone right then. i started to tell myself that i would never get the money back. >>? i kissed the money goodbye. reporter: a spotlight on quick pay apps. some say they make it too easy for criminals to drain your bank account. >> we have seen a lot of scammers using robo calls, robo text. sometimes payment apps scam people. it's a problem. reporter: state director for the
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u.s. public interest research group. he found complaints about payments at -- payment apps had surge. the consumer financial protection bureau received about 9300 complaints since it began taking it back in 2017. more than half, 5200 of them, were filed in just the past year alone. 7 on your side found 500 60 reports of unauthorized transactions using these apps just since september 1. >> it's unacceptable to allow this to happen. reporter: imposters claiming to be from a bank tell victims their accounts are being hacked and then persuade them to send money to a safe account. >> i felt. i got that. reporter: instead, the money goes to the scammer. >> i trusted my day
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>> it was an eye-opener. reporter: federal law protects consumers that are tricked into giving out there cut -- account information. all. reporter: -- >> i thought the bank would take care of that for me. but no. >> they said no, sorry. we were out of luck. >> there's nothing we can do. >> that's always the advice. reporter: they don't offer the same protections as credit or debit cards for problems with a purchase, even if the payment goes to a scam. >> people started using them the way you might use a credit card to buy tickets on craigslist. that's a terrible idea because there's no way to get the money back. reporter: the american bankers association has a campaign to advertise how to spot a scam. it did not respond however when we asked about possible regulations for these payment apps. we will keep reporting.
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dan: thank you very much. ama: new details on the mysterious deaths of a california family near yosemite. authorities have determined the cause of death. our reporter from fresno has the story. reporter: video from above the trail in mariposa county shows the pathways challenging terrain. the sheriff says jonathan gerrish, ellen chong, their one-year-old daughter, and their dog started on the trail at an elevation of 3800 feet and a temperature of about 75 degrees. where they died, 6.5 miles later, they were down to 1800 feet and without much tree canopy since the 2018 ferguson fire. >> the temperatures along the section of the trail were between 107-10 i degrees. from the time of 12:50 pm to 2:50 p.m. reporter: they mapped out the trail on an app but it did not give an indication of the change
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in elevation or the extreme heat in the valley. while they were experienced hikers, the sheriff says the dangers of this journey probably surprised them. >> there was one 85 ounce bladder of water backpack located with the family. this water bladder was empty and no other water containers or filtration systems were located amongst the family. reporter: these are the county's first hypothermia deficit in two decades on the death -- on the job. investigator spent weeks ruling out other causes of deaths, focusing on algae blooms. they found antitoxin a in the river water which can be deadly for animals but rarely for humans. there were no toxins in the family's empty water bladder. their relatives sent a statement praising investigators and saying they are left with the question of why. they promise to keep the victims in their hearts. >> they will remain with us
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wherever we go and whatever we do. in the future, when we sit beneath the trees listening to the wind, we will hear them and we will remember. reporter: the dogs because of death is still undetermined. investigators believe he also died because of the heat. abc 7 i would -- abc 7 news. dan: the city of antioch announced a major partnership with the u.s. department of justice to help reduce the amount of violent crime in the city. the announcement comes as the mayor continues his effort to enact the largest police reform in the city's history. the partnership will help provide best practices for addressing gun violence and the necessary resources for putting those ideas into action. >> by increasing collaboration with our partners, we hope to increase access to justice and support crime victims in the city. dan: antioch pd is one of 10 national public safety sites
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that will be working with the department of justice to reduce violence in areas with high crime rates. ama: san francisco district attorney hosted a rally today urging voters to reject the recall. he was joined by labor unions, the former state senator, and former city supervisors. it's the second attempted recall . the first failed to gather enough signatures. he compared this campaign to the field recall election of governor newsom last month. >> this has nothing to do with the facts or the real challenges our communities are facing. this has everything to do with disrespecting the will of the people. ama: though group organizing the recall is safer sf. they say they are done taking signatures. the deadline to submit is october 25. dan: people across the bay area and state took part in the gray shakeout. that's the annual drill to highlight earthquake preparedness. >> please it drop,
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center after a person fell to their death and two others were injured at a concert. dan: as melanie woodrow explains, inspectors had found no code violations. reporter: to inspectors with the san francisco department of building inspection were at the chase center today after a complaint filed with dbi alleged the guardrails inside are unsafe and the balcony guardrail is not high enough. >> we had two of our most seasoned in sectors go out to the site and they found the area to be fully code compliant. we consider the issue closed. reporter: the san francisco police department says 47-year-old ryan prosser of new york died after he left from an elevated area of the arena and
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fell a snia police spokespersons before he left, he did not appear to have any physical contact with any person. police found no evidence of foul play. officers responded to another man who fell on a patron. both men were taken to the hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. officers did not find evidence of them and -- any criminal violation. the past president and current spokesperson for the structural engineers association of northern california. >> for a building as new as this , all the process that it takes to get a handrail installed, the expectation would absolutely be that this would be a code compliant installation. reporter: findings were released. a spokesperson with the chase center told abc 7 news, as expected, the building is code compliant. safer occupancy and exceeding code requirements. writing in part, we hope this expected outcome will put an end to dubious speculation and reassure the thousands of fans returning to chase center for
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much-needed moisture but according to noah, the precipitation we've experienced the past few days is not what we will have this coming winter. the rainy weather pattern in the bay area is a much needed reprieve after a brutal fire season. san francisco getting more rain in the past 48 hours than we've seen in seven months. after a year of abnormal conditions across the nation, with record-setting heat in the pacific northwest, to extreme flooding in new york which shut down public transportation. changes are in store with a la a niña weather pattern. >> during the winter, we see a warmer time across the southernn tier of the u.s. reporter: here's drew tuma on what it means for the west coast. >> what that does for us in america is increased -- creating a blocking area of high pressure which pushes the storm track to the north. the pacific northwest will be
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wetter than average this winter. southern california will be drier than normal. reporter: the drought will improve in parts of the state and even in the northernmost portion of california around eureka. the bay area will still be in the exceptional drought category. the warning of the driest conditions in the southern part of the state which will likely extend fire season. while seasonal forecasts can't always be precise, the abc 7 news weather team says la niña predictions are usually pretty spit on -- spot on. abc 7 news. ama: on the issue of drought, nasa is showing off a new tool designed to help those who rely on water resources. it's called open et, a platform that puts a wealth of satellite and other data into the hands of farmers, water managers, conservation groups, and others. the goal is to accelerate improvements and innovations in water management. >> it really personifies how nasa seeks to develop these game changing technologies and
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science, all the while engaging with those who really need this information to make important decisions now. ama: nasa hopes open et will help farmers and water managers better understand how much water is used to grow food which is surprisingly a very inexact science at this point. dan: that's really interesting. we will get a lot more rain soon here. ama: spencer is here with the latest. spencer,: let's look at the overnight. you can see that we will have scattered showers in the evening, in the north bay. a wave of heavier rain sweeps through. it will be quite widespread in the early morning hours. it will be a wet and probably slow morning commute. look out for pooling and ponding on the roadways. it will move out of here by midday tomorrow. gusts up to 30 miles per hour at times. for the remainder of the day, after the morning hours, look
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for cloudy skies with breaks of sun here and there. mid-60's around the bay. up her 60's inland. as we look at the accuweather 7 day forecast, you can see we have a much stronger storm coming in on sunday and monday, ranking three on the store impact -- storm impact scale. we can expect rainy conditions sunday and monday, tapering off to scattered showers on tuesday. by midweek next week, clearing and warming up. that three will bring us much-needed rainfall, just to put a little bit of a dent in the drought and perhaps help reduce the risk of wildfires. dan: that's good to see, obviously. ama: it's incredible. dan: it will be a fun night tonight. ama: larry beil has a preview of sports come alive from chase center. larry: h.he basineaie now we are up here in the flow.
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we are up here and. i will tell you who had it flowing. steph curry in warm-ups. had it locked on automatic. we will hear from them coming up. up. bay area products, we talk abo to be a thriver with metastatic breast cancer means. asking for what we want. and need. and we need more time. so, we want kisqali. women are living longer than ever before with kisqali... when taken with an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant in postmenopausal women with hr+, her2- metastatic breast cancer. kisqali is a pill that's significantly more effective at delaying disease progression versus an aromatase inhibitor or fulvestrant alone. kisqali can cause lung problems, or an abnormal heartbeat, which can lead to death. it can cause serious skin reactions, liver problems, and low white blood cell counts that may result in severe infections. tell your doctor right away if you have new or worsening symptoms, including breathing problems, cough, chest pain, a change in your heartbeat, dizziness, yellowing of the skin or eyes,
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beil. larry: we are live at chase center, minutes away from the warriors home opener against the l.a. clippers. today, the nba released its list of top 75 players in conjunction with the leads 75th anniversary celebration. steph curry made the list. klay thompson did not and was a little irritated by it, posting on instagram, maybe i'm naive but i think i'm top 75 of all time. i had a chance to catch up with the warriors forward who grew up in oakland. this is a homecoming and a sense for him tonight. he's been on the team for several years. he's really pumped about the home opener this evening. >> the bay area is still my home. we are all one. it's pretty cool. i grew up watching this team my whole life. i remember when i was playing overseas, i would look on instagram and social media and be like, i want to be part of that someday. it's really clear.
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covid was such a hard time for people. i'm excited to get fans back in the building at full capacity. larry: have you thought about 18,000 people going nuts when staff it's a three or you throw down a dunk? >> that will be exciting. it's so exciting to watch that guy play and to play alongside him. that's all part of the beyond. i really appreciate that sport and what it does for people. it brings people together. it allows them to forget about everyday life. people live stressful lives. it's really humbling to me, that entertainment for people. that allows them to separate from real life. larry: the path that you took to the nba was pretty wild. your level of perseverance, there had to be so many nights where you looked up and thought, am i ever going to make it? now here you are. >> it's exciting. i looked up all the time like, it could happen. nba doesn't happen for everybody.
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preparation, luck, blessings, fate. it has to be the perfect concoction. i don't come into this building without being appreciative of the opportunity that i have. the journey was fun. to be here playing at home with the warriors, alongside some greats, opening up at home in the bay area, you can't beat it. larry: in the opener, you were tasked at times with guarding anthony davis. he's a seven footer. you are listed at 6'6". i don't know. i'm not sure. >> on a good day. larry: you are ready for any matchup at any time? >> yeah. it's the nba. we run into great players every night. i'm not ducking any action. at the end of the day, these guys are amazing at what they do. it's the best league in the world. the best thing you can do is try to slow them down. i do my best. larry: i will start listing myself at six foot six. >> you might as well. who is walking around with a measuring tape? larry: i'll tell you what.
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he is terrific. the sharks in ottawa, going for their first 3-0 start since they made the cup finals in 2016. the captain logan coat chided up -- tied it up. the bank is open. kevin leblanc lasted through traffic. san jose with their fifth power play goal of the season. james reimer with his first start of the year, 30 saves as the sharks win 2-1 and they are now 3-0. earlier, i mentioned a special request when we were courtside with the dj. i asked him if he had any ac/dc. literally 10 seconds after we were off the air, back in black. the place went wild. we will have highlights of warriors and clippers tonight at 11:00. i'm sorry, i have no room to dance here. i'm stuck. can't move. dan: it's cool that he took
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for 2022. ♪ this is "jeopardy!" today's contestants are a writer and editor originally from pittston, pennsylvania... a product manager from redmond, washington... and our returning champion-- an actor originally from coral gables, florida... whose 8-day cash winnings total... and now, here is the host of "jeopardy!"-- mayim bialik! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny. welcome, everyone. recent history might suggest otherwise, but becoming an 8-day champion on "jeopardy!" is still quite a rare achievement.
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and although he was strongly challenged yesterday, jonathan fisher is proving to be a formidable competitor. we welcome our new players, erin and holly, to the game. good luck to all three of you. let's get into the jeopardy! round with these categories... ♪ we'll start with... and... - jonathan, the board is yours. - let's do trios for $200. [beep] dough, ray, me. [laughter] jonathan. let's do this is the way for $200. - erin. - what is sacramento? correct. i'll take sports books for $600.
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