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only bay area counties in the yellow or moderate category. larry: the pfizer covid-19 covi9 vaccine officially now authorized for emergency use in children five to 11 years of age, final cz authorization could come as soon as next tuesday. this is a key step towards getting the vaccine distributed to gone kids as soon as next week. reporter: the fda says the the covid-19 vaccine for children five to 11 will be administered as a two does primary series, three weeks apart but will be a lower dose than used for individuals 12 and up. >> as a mother and as a physician, i know parents care that school staff and children have been waiting for today's authorization. reporter: covid-19 cases in children five through 11 make up 39% of cases in individuals younger than 18. >> parents and gardens can rest
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assured that we conduct a rigorous evaluation of the data on the vaccine safety and effectiveness. reporter: a recent poll found that three in 10 parents say they will definitely not get there five to 11-year-old vaccinated. >> some parents are going to be hesitant about vaccinating this age group but that was true for adults at the beginning of the pandemic. reporter: dr. rutherford is a professor of epidemiology. >> i think we will see a more robust uptake in the bay area and in california. reporter: another poll found that long-term effects, serious side effects, and impacts on fertility are among top concerns parents have about vaccinating their five to 11-year-old child. >> there is no evidence that there is an effect on fertility. >> i would encourage people to get their children vaccinated as quickly as they can. i think it will go a long way toward getting to herd immunity and getting lasting disease control. reporter: the initial doses are
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expected to start shipping out within 24 hours. vaccinations will start once the cdc signs off on specific recommendations likely next week. kristen: after taking a hiatus last year, halloween is making a comeback in the castro. that is where we find tim johns who joins us live with what people can expect this weekend. reporter: that is right. you know in years past, the castro's asked people not to come down, but this year, they are inviting everyone again and local businesses they they are ready to pull out all the stops. after a pandemic induced break in 2020, halloween is back in the castro. >> the castro knows how to party. and castro knows how to do halloween. reporter: this is the president of the castro merchants association. he says after a rough 18 months, halloween is a chance to get
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things back to some sense of normal. >> we need the business, we need people to come out. but responsibly and safely. reporter: that invitation comes with some caveats. the neighborhood has been more cautious around halloween with those who don't live nearby. especially in the aftermath of 2006's celebration which ended with violence and shootings. >> we have been working with police departments and other city agencies trying to make preparations for anything that can, wit the castro is once again ready to open up to the world, sharing a key part of its rich history and culture. >> the community counts on certain celebrations like pride, halloween is another explosion of our personality and individuality and it is a lot of what the castro is about. reporter: local businesses say they are ready again. >> extremely busy.
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there is busy and there is maddening busy. i think we are going to have a maddening busy time. reporter: foot traffic is starting to pick up in the castro. if you are looking for something fun to do this weekend, this might be at. -- it. larry: airbnb as restricting halloween bookings this year, the company says it is blocking one and two nights stays in the u.s. and canada. five people were killed during a party at a home that had been booked for halloween night back in 2019. airbnb will make an exception this year if you have a history of positive reviews. the company estimates their efforts resulted in a 49% drop in unauthorized parties last year. kristen:eah officialare issome ws since we are still in a pande ainpeopleutside because the virusdon't substitute costume ms
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for cdc approved face masks. officials suggest making cloth masks part of the possible -- part of the costume if possible. carry hand sanitizer with you and keep six feet of distance between you and people outside of your household. larry: the three-day outside lands fight about -- outside lands festival was canceled last year but now music brothers -- now using lovers ready to rock again. reporter: outside lands is back. the music festival returns after being canceled last year due to the pandemic. >> is amazing to be back. reporter: those attending will be in for a few changes. everyone must show proof of vaccination or a negative test and inside, all vendors will be wearing masks. >> everybody coming to the festival has to be vaccinated or show proof of a covid negative test within 72 hours. reporter: 70,000 people are
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expected to attend the event. that kind of traffic will benefit local businesses recovering from the pandemic. >> we could use a rebound. reporter: this met runs a corner market a few blocks away from the festival. >> we get a lot of foot traffic. before they go in, they will grab food. reporter: normally the event draws an increase in revenue. now he hopes the same happens again. >> any increase in traffic flows , traffic flows is what makes business happens. it is always a good pump. reporter: you can see people starting to file in. a lot of them wearing wristbands that indicates the vaccination status. the tent inside is only available to vaccinated people only. that is csi indoor venue and therefore has to comply with the current health mandate going on in san francisco. a lot of people are happy to see music back outside lands. larry: now the question is what will the weather be like for halloween, outside lands?
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spencer is here with the forecast. spencer: for the remainder of the day, we are going to see some bright spots in the sky, becoming increasingly cloudy, that includes the golden gate park. temperature in the mid to upper 60's now. tomorrow, there will be a little bit of a spotty early morning drizzle and baby isolated showers during the day. not going to be a washout tomorrow. it is not like you are going to be drenched. but there may be times of a speaker or two and on sunday, mostly cloudy but dry, high temperatures in the mid 60's and evening temperatures in the mid-50's. i would call it comfortable weather but may dodge a few raindrops. let's take a look at the halloween forecast. we expect cloudy skies sunday but dry conditions in as we get into the evening when kids are trick-or-treating, is going to remain relatively mild until about 7:00 when the temperatures start dropping. the full a little later. larry: thank you.
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we are following breaking news in west oakland, police investigating a shooting that injured a teenage girl, this is near a high school. a another girl was pistol whipped. the two went into a store to get some help, still waiting to get more details. kristen: the chp asking for help identifying a veteran whose photo was discovered on i-5 80 on the east bay. look at your screen. the chp says officers found the photo along with a folded american flag in a display case on the freeway near isabel avenue in livermore. no one has claimed the property. >> definitely something we want to return to an owner. we find all sorts of weird things for something like this means a lot to somebody and we want to get this back to their hands. kristen: if this is your family member or friend, you are asked to call the chp office or send them a direct office. larry: fifa officials are
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meeting with the bay area world cup host committee, they are pitching their case to be host city for the 2rld cu why those who are involved with the bay area's last world cup things we have a good chance of posting again. reporter: the office of san jose sports authority executive director filled with memories from the biggest sporting events to come to the south bay, but he would love to add a 2026 world cup banner to his collection. >> everything is ready for a world-class experience. this is, to me, the ideal place for fifa to be. reporter: the bay area horse committee is meeting with fifa officials in an attempt to make the south bay the host of soccer or pottery as big as international event. access to hotels and airports, a $1 billion stadium with international soccer experience, a diverse area written soccer tradition makes our area a favorite. >> who else can say they hosted a world cap -- rub cap for men,
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world cup for women's, plus you have a major league soccer team, we had a women's united soccer team that won the championship here. to me, the south bay is the hub for soccer in america. reporter:in rk with brazil andraeen i w latf the 1999 women's world cup. the coach's to 26 will be the year the world cup returns to the bay. >> that world cup in 1999 captivated the world in the men's world cup every four years captivates the world. to be able to do that here in the san francisco bay area at levi's stadium in our city of santa clara would be amazing. reporter: fifa will continue to visit the locations bidding to be one of the lucky nine to 10 u.s. cities to host the 2026 world cup. if all goes well, we will learn
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if levi's stadium makes that cut early this spring. kristen: to get more team members out of afghanistan. breaking through a levee priest, but this was on purpose. the reason behind today's move. some scary films making for amazing tourist attractions. amazing tourist attractions. i saw you toss the kites on high... improved vision coverage. so you can focus on every little detail. one of many cost-saving medicare advantage benefits from scan health plan for 2022. call today or ask your agent about scan health plan. what makes new salonpas arthritis gel so good for arthritis pain?t salonpas contains the most prescribed topical pain relief ingredient. it's clinically proven, reduces inflammation
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larry: an abandoned marshland is up and running, part of an effort to the store a habitat that is becoming increasingly rare in the bay area. our reporter was there when the levee was purposely breached for the first time in nearly a century. >> who wants to see a levy breach? reporter: it is a project two decades in the making to reopen a key east bay marsh that has been dormant for nearly 100 years. >> it is a huge day for us. reporter: in a matter of minutes, giaea the levy, allowing tens of thousands of gallons of bay water to rush in. >> we have lost 85% of our marshland surrounding the bay. this is an opportunity to bring that type of habitat back. reporter: the breach allows the salt water to flow back into the 232 acre marsh.
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a giant step in restoring not just the marsh, but there creek watershed. it is part of a larger effort to restore the san francisco bay shoreline. >> the environmental benefit as we are creating benefits -- environments for a marsh house and we have rare birds like black rails which are around the edge of our site. reporter: the revitalized marsh is designed to be resilient to the sea level rise expected with climate change. now that there is water back in the marsh for the first time in a century, the expectation is birds and other species will soon follow it at some point, this will also be a recreation area for people. >> to be able to enjoy the shoreline which is otherwise inaccessible for miles and other direction and to emphasize the notion of environmental education for generations to come. reporter: the plan includes three miles of walking trails and a visitor center, all set for completion in 2023.
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kristen: despite the recent rain, fires are always a concern, especially in the east bay. the regional parks district just received $3.5 million in funding to help fight and prevent fires. it comes 10 days after the 30 year anniversary of the oakland hills firestorm. the fire chief says the funding will be critical to fight fires and keep them from getting out of hand. >> it increases our capabilities, it allows our helicopters to maneuver better, it increases our water dropping capabilities, and also makes it safer for our aviation crews. kristen: the district managers 125,000 acres of parkland. larry: ski season is officially underway for two popular lake tahoe resorts. mammoth opened this morning. you can see a huge crowd of people, skiers and snowboarders
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ready to attack the hills. palisades tahoe open today after three feet of snow fell during last weekend's storm. it is opening in october for the third time in its 72 year history. the last time able to open with copper but snow was 2004. that is good news. hopefully more rain will be on the way and snow up there. spencer: that is what he wants, like to moderate storms, get pounded by those bomb cyclone's. maybe you do but we don't need that. here is a look at what is going on. the satellite radar dipping image, a little disturbance moving inland to our north. clouds from the system swinging into the bay area but we may get missed by any significant rainfall. we are looking from this angle, looking across san francisco, blue sky but a few clouds increasing. it is 69 degrees in the city, 76 across the bay. morgan hill's, 77.
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we've got some low clouds at the golden gate, traffic seems to be moving fairly well. temperatures in the mid-70's at santa rosa. napa, 77. 79 at livermore. looking toward the golden gate, you see lower clouds -- low clouds become a thinker and a few high clouds as well. we expect some spotty showers that should be light and widely scattered tomorrow. clouds linger on sunday but expected to be a manly dry day going into the evening, trick-or-treating time. we expect several days of much-needed rainfall next week. 7:00 tomorrow morning, spotty sprinkles will be widely scattered and very light and rainfall totals from tomorrow sprinkles will probably add up to three hundredths of an inch of rain. let's look at halloween, trick-or-treating forecast for
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sunday. going into the evening, it will be awesome, son will set at 11. gorgeous weather likely for trick-or-treaters. we resume our forecast animation, early monday morning, first wave of significant rain comes through monday and winds down tuesday. a break on tuesday, although it will not be a completely sunny day. next wave of rain wednesday and continues into thursday. this may be heavier, are companied by occasional dusty conditions and looks like rainfall estimates for the week by next friday range anywhere from three quarters of an inch to over an inch and a half in the wettest area. next week will bring us much-needed rainfall. tonight, though temperatures in thmid-60's around the bay. up or 60's inland. here is a seven day forecast, a little bit of gradual cooling going to the next few days into monday which will be probably the coolest day in the early
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part of the forecast. temperatures bounce a little on tuesday, then the rain returns thursday and wednesday along with cooler conditions. it will be a week of active weather which is what we used to expect this time of year. kristen: thank you. pumpkin carving is not just a halloween harvey. for one woman, it is a job. [ sneeze ] are you ok? oh, it's just a cold. if you have high blood pressure, a cold is not just a cold. unlike other cold medicines, coricidin provides powerful cold relief without raising your blood pressure be there for life's best moments with coricidin. now in sugar free liquid. why hide your skin if dupixent has your moderate-to-severe eczema, or atopic dermatitis under control? hide our skin? not us. because dupixent targets a root cause of eczema, it helps heal your skin from within, keeping you one step ahead of it. and for kids ages 6 and up, that means clearer skin, and noticeably less itch. hide my skin? not me. by helping to control eczema with dupixent,
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larry: for many, having pumpkins
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is a halloween tradition. for one artist, that pastime has become her passion. kristen: she is now a professional cover her turns pumpkins into works of art. ♪ >> a scarf pumpkins. she is my biggest inspiration because most of my memories are of her pumpkins that she carved it. inspired me to do more than just your average jack-o'-lantern. an opportunity that i had to carve as entertainment at an event, opened my eyes to the opportunity of carving professionally and sharing my carvings with people who would love to see them. so it blossomed from that point. i defined my pumpkins in two different ways. the engraved pumpkins are like a surface carving and they are great because they display well during daytime and a preserve
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for a long time. the got it pumpkins are more like a sculpted pumpkins, you've got the whole inside. the drastic effect of having a lantern let effects, so those are great for nighttime events. today, we are doing a pumpkin for my local fire department. we are carving the firefighter badge onto this pumpkin for them and i'm going to drop it off later. we are appreciative of them and they could always use more appreciation. ♪ iiiii to the image which will complement it best. the shape of the pumpkin is the biggest part, making sure the ship complements what the image will be. if i'm supplied to the image, i will print out the image, molded to the pumpkin, then transfer it over with a probe tool. i will take the drawing ofte th the first thing you see is, i like to say it is a mess of
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dots. i will use an x-acto knife and ceramic ribbon tool. the x-acto blade does 90% of the work. it is like a game of connect the dots with your x-acto knife. we pretty much have what looks like a pencil sketch that has been just surface carved into the pumpkin in a first cut straight into the pumpkin and after i have a general outline, i can go through and do angle cuts, and lastly, shave off some of the pieces that will be skin. as far as it being an art form, i think the and result is i love looking at it and know that i transformed a blank surface into something spectacular that otherwise would not have come to be. the reward of giving the pumpkin to the people that ordered it, because it is great to see their faces, a smile is 1000 words, but you can see how they feel in their eyes. it makes me happy. i love to be able to spread creativity to other people and
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children and having that opportunity. i feel like the whole experience is youthful, so i don't anticipate stopping anytime soon. ♪ larry: now for the main the ma abc 7's live crew held their following custom contest. mike nicco was dressed as why from ted lasso, julian glover her companion. the winner was -- he want to say? you, kristen sze. kristen: red light. you moved, i saw it. larry: does that mean you are about to kill me? this doll is from squid game, for those who have not seen it. do you turn around? is this where you turn around and the guns come out? very scary. kristen: i love mike's boy kent, he sprayed a mustache onto his face like that, if a beard onto
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the way home to northern california. cheryl jennings has covered the organization for years and has this update. reporter: this was the late night scene at the airport. a large bus arrived with afghan families. peace founder. >> we are feeling good. i think you so much, you and the roots of peace that helped. >> to see that bus come in, escorted by the police, and be able to see that family that we worked so hard to get them safely. reporter: we cannot show the faces of him and his family because they have relatives in afghanistan who might be at risk. we also changed his name to
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protect him. the family lives in northern california. they were on vacation in afghanistan when their world turned upside down and they became trapped. >> in the last days, we tried our best, but due to the crowd and mismanagement, we were not able to do that. even my children became injured in that crowd. >> multiple times, he attended to go to the airport. one of his children broke his leg due to the stampede that we saw in the horrific situation. >> the state department, they are giving facilities to each and every and taking care of each and every person. reporter: the team has been well and this about evacuating their most at risk employees. she and her husband first flew to turkey to be close to the same time zone in kabul right
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after the taliban came into power. then we came to do her in october with a personal appeal to anyone connected to the rescue effort. slowly, afghan families are getting out. this family has been through so much and they are finally here at the airport, ready to head back home and start their lives all over again with memories they will never forget. and roots of peace is hoping to evacuate more afghan employees who might be at risk. >> many of them are roots of peace women, who have gone out there, started their own businesses, loved to roots of peace as a role model, and hired 80 women. those women are now highly at risk, they are being hunted, they are running from home to home. i'm not going to give up on those 34 additional afghans who are most at risk. >> the culture is the main
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backbone of afghanistan. this is our promise, this is the promise. we will support activities to do our best. >> is time to harvest the fresh foods that we have planted, 6 million fruit trees in all 34 provinces is the legacy that roots of peace leaves behind, 20 years after the war has ended. farming has been cleared of landmines and other war debris, it is another key mission of the organization. you can find out more on abc7news.com. larry: it is great to see shale jennings on the air again and she feels so strongly about the work tha thedo a r pe fst tsee
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that effort.the world climate ss off next week in scotland and the global gathering of leaders will try to work out how to improve the effort to tackle climate change. many other countries have made past pledges to do this, take action, but have they kept their promises? >> president biden's warnings on climate change are blunt. in recent months, the u.s. has experienced devastating natural disasters, wildfires in the west , flooding in the northeast, a heat wave in the pacific northwest, and hurricanes in the south. weather events like these becoming more frequent. >> we have to make the investments that will slow our contributions to climate change today, not tomorrow. reporter: president but insist on with world leakers -- leaders next week for the climate summit, the stakes are high. experts and activists calling this a critical moment in the global effort to address climate change.
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>> they need to show they have understood the signs, listen to their people, and go much further than they had been stating. reporter: the goal is to build on the 2015 paris agreement, a groundbreaking commitment on climate change signed by nearly 200 countries. world leaders pledged to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to limit the warming of the powell -- the warming of the plenitude low two degrees celsius but experts say that commitment are inadequate. >> it has been estimated that very few countries, just a handful, had large enough, ambitious enough pledges to begin with. reporter: a recent analysis found that even if nations meet their current promises, the planet will still be on pace to see an average temperature increase of 2.7 degrees celsius by the end of this century. >> the climate crisis is pummeling the planet. reporter: world leaders rather with a goal of setting new targets of cutting emissions, to limit warming to 1.5 degrees celsius and recommitting to help developing nations tackle
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climate change. >> responsibility rests with each and every country. we must all play our part. reporter: mr. biden has pledged to cut u.s. emissions by half by 2030 but he is seeing his ambitious climate proposals scaled-back or cut during negotiations among fellow democrats in congress. climate activists say the summit needs to produce significant actions and not just rhetoric from world leaders. >> our hopes and dreams drown in their empty words and promises. kristen: gavin newsom has canceled his trip to the united nations climate change conference in scotland citing family obligations. the announcement is a surprise as he has been probed -- he has been preparing to present for weeks. he is planning on participating virtually, focusing on california's climate change policies. he will also urge world leaders to follow in the state's footsteps by taking immediate
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kristen: time for the four at 4:00. i don't know if you have experienced it, but air raids is back on the news. there have been more instances in 2021 down the entire history of aviation. yesterday, there was a report of a person with a gun at lax, it to the evacuation of a terminal. the faa is investigating nearly 1000 cases of in-flight assault, many of them sparked by the mask mandate. the ceo of american airlines is calling it the worst display of unruly passenger behavior he has ever witnessed, there was one where a passenger was pumped by a flight attendant and then he walked back and punched the flight attendant in the face. spencer, you fly a lot. spencer: i have not seen any incidents like that except on the stories we do. in my flights, i have not seen
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that kind of behavior. every time i get ready to fly now, i buy's -- i brace myself because it is happening so often and i don't understand the anger. >> i was just flying this weekend i was looking around like, is anything going to happen? we have come to almost expect it. i feel at the end of the day, life can be hard if you want to make it hard but it is not that hard to wear a mask and just do what you are supposed to do and i think it comes down to the fact that things have become so partisan now in mental health is an issue we have to talk about. the pandemic was hard on a lot of people and we are seeing the impacts. kristen: i worry that we are going to be so many flight attendants because they don't want to put themselves in danger. larry: just put the people who are breaking the rules 5, 10 years on the no-fly list, it will stop. every airline. you cannot fly at all. go greyhound. a consulting architect has resigned over a proposed student housing project at uc santa
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barbara, it is called the monger hall project named after the 97-year-old billionaire investor who donated $200 million to the project, this is an 11 story structure. itould house up to 4500 students, but 94% of them would not have windows. the consulting architect is calling it a social and psychological experiment, he says the evidence shows that brooms with access to natural light improved physical and mental well-being. the building would qualify as the eighth densest neighborhood in the world and the architect goes on to say, this is unsupportable from my perspective as an architect, a parents, and a human being. my kids both went to uc santa barbara. there is a scarcity of housing. this is not the answer. i would say, why don't we get a bunch of berkshire hathaway
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executives and put them in windowless rooms for a year and see how they do? >> i am not down with the no windows part 494% of the rooms, but i understand a little bit the idea that you leave the room small so you sleep there but you are drawn to the beautiful, big, open spaces so we socialize with each other and interact with each other because i think we have noticed gets kind of more and more keeping to themselves. if they had more windows, i would be ok with the tiny bedrooms. liz: i agree, i think that makes sense, but tuition has gotten so expensive for these universities and then ram these poor kids into these tiny spaces, it feels a little bit unfair. but i think it is highlighting the housing crisis. what do you do when you have thousands of students and nowhere for them to go? larry: they also have a large outdoor space facing opposite the beach. opposite the beach. spencer: makes a lot of sense. >> you're in santa barbara,
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hello. take advantage of your natural surroundings. larry: just go back to looking at apple stock. your turn. >> now that halloween is almost here, we can start talking about christmas. how about a christmas movie? elf was a hit but there were not be a sequel, at least not with will ferrell in it. the actress as he turned down $29 million to start an elf 2, 2 thousand three film growth $220 million, it only cost $33 million to make. he says he turned down the sequel because he thought it would be a bomb. >> i will do it for half. spencer: is he afraid it might lower his self-esteem? larry: that one was good -- elf esteem? larry: that was good. >> i looked this up, i was like, what? it turns out he thought it was going to be bad and he does not
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have it in him to live. he thought, i have to promote this movie and i cannot tell people to watch a bad movie. so good for him. i respect that. >> there's a number of other actors that might be wise to do the same thing. we won't name names. halloween, trick-or-treat, but for adults who cannot keep their hands out of the candy bucket, it is a time to try pairing wine with their favorite halloween candy. the expert tasers -- tasters expect hershey kisses and zinfandel, whoppers and cabernet, pixie sticks and sewing on blog, and candy corn with chardonnay. you like that one? >> no, too sweet. larry: one enthusiast says all st aringent and better ande recommend trying lights, fruity,
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unopened, redwine's. spencer: i'm not a candy eater and i agree that eating candy, most candies, makes the wine -- candies are too sugary, then the wine taste astringent. i'm not a big wine and candy person unless it is a dark chocolate and a red wine. larry: you are more of a wine and cheese guy. >> i looked it up, i did not know you would be listing off your own parents because i found different pairings. another list says will chocolate np no. there are differing opinions. spencer: i think that is a good pairing. larry: a good place to stop. larry: a good place to stop. with less moderate-to-severe eczema why hide your skin if you can help heal your skin from within. with dupixent adults saw long-lasting, clearer skin and significantly less itch.
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larry: people during the ground for equality and social justice for generations to come. tiana day inspires youth to take charge and be the positive change that they would like to see in the world. she has this month's abc 7 ally in action. scene on the golden gate bridge. >> i am 19 years old and i'm the founder of youth advocates for change. >> no justice, no peace. >> i decided i was going to the
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this protest across the golden gate bridge. >> black lives matter. >> we are speaking out for each other and fighting for equality and it is a beautiful thing. >> it was a painful and hurtful time for the black community and this is not something new, this is not something that has just happened in 2020, this goes back to systemic oppression and racism. ♪ organizers and we decided to take our voices to the state capital to protest against police brutality. >> tiana day, i look at you and i have to say, i am blah blah blah years old, a professional, and i would not even know where to start to organize, to conduct a march.
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where did you learn to do what you do? >> how did i learn? i'm still learning. i'm still learning to do what i do. [laughter] >> today, i'm going to be blogging with 34 k golden giveaway. >> i realized there are so many students who were wanting to get involved but did not know where to start, and that is exactly where i want to come in to people's lives and be like, join the organization, this is how you get involved. i wish i had someone to do that for me and walk me through the steps. the biggest project my nonprofit is working on is called small business saturday and my idea behind this is to divert the attention from the big black friday event and instead turn it into how do we make this a community event and how do we support our small businesses affected by covid-19 and the pandemic? >> she inspires me with her
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drive and her ability to think outside the box. >> she inspires me to work harder and manage my time better. >> youth are the future. this is my i am making change for because my kids are going to have to therefore the decisions that i make today. >> one piece of advice is just do it. get involved, don't be afraid, because at the end of the day, as long as you follow your heart, you are going to be set on the right path to make some change. >> do you daydream? >>? my a lot. >> so do i. what you dream of? what do you expect? from you? what do want from life? >> i did not have time to prepare for this question. like career-wise? >> what you want to get out of life? >> i just want to be happy. i just want to live with no
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regrets and i don't have any regrets, but really live every day to the fullest and know that i'm going to leave a lasting impact, whether it is on one person or 100 people. ♪ interview. isn't she amazing? abc 7's ally in action recognizing people building a better bay area. if you know someone working to create change, tell us about them at abc7news.com/takeaction. kristen: just ahead, more fights this friday before halloween. larry: from salem to south korea to the overlook hotel, locatio
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larry: the locations youth for scary movies and tv shows can become tourist attractions. some easy to locate, others more obscure. will be has a look at some of the current hotspots. reporter: the popularity of the global phenomenon inspiring halloween costumes and a south korean candy craze has its biggest fans clamoring to find squid game haunts. south korea is the latest destination catching the tourism bug from major screen success.
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>> we fly! reporter: take a ride on a broomstick to salem, massachusetts. >> we are home. reporter: hocus-pocus was filmed entirely in the commonwealth. remember stephen king's classic the shining? the overlook hotel was the real life timberline lodge, located in oregon. but not all locations made to creep us out are available to the public. the campgrounds for friday the 13th belongs to the boy scouts of america and off limits except for a rare tour. and michael myers's childhood home, it is now a space for local businesses. you will have to sneak a peek from across the street. larry: that is going to do it for this edition of abc 7 news. i'm scared.
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moving forward finding solutions. this is abc 7 news. into destruction we're going t'o this on a path of feeling the earth. our global day of action drawing attention to the world's most pressing environmental issues just days before top international leaders meet at the united nations climate summit. good evening. thank you for joining us. i'm dan ashley and i'm liz kreutz. you're watching abc 7 news at five live here on abc 7 hulu live and wherever you stream the united nations climate change conference begins on sunday in scotland governor newsom who has made climate one of his defining issues was supposed to attend. but this morning his office abruptly said he would no longer go citing family obligations still his team says the california delegation will be effective on this global stage.

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