now it is up to voters to decide whether it should become law. >> this mm moment will enshrine in the california state constitution access to safe and legal abortion as well as contraception. >> following a supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade, lawmakers move forward with their plan to solidify abortion rights in california. right now the constitution protects the right to privacy isn't health care decisions which has been interpreted to include abortion rights. the amendment would make it more explicit. it says quote the state shall not deny or interfere with an individual's reproductive freedom in their most intimate decisions which includes their fundamental right to choose to have an abortion and their right to choose or refuse contraceptives. >> it is extreme even for california. >> jonathan keller is the president of the california family council, a faith-based antiabortion rights group that opposes the amendment. he says if it passes in november

they would try to find legal avenues to challenge the law. >> if california wants to have a more liberal abortion regime then the state of texas or florida, that is what we are going to get. that is what we already have. my concern is this constitutional amendment goes far beyond that. reporter: bay area a simply member buffy wicks supports the amendment. she says even if there ever becomes a nationwide ban on abortion and would ensure rights always remain in california. >> as someone who has had to make that decision, i was able to make the decision on my own terms and that is fundamentally what this is about. >> women across the country are coming to california to seek abortions. planned parenthood clinics across the bay area are preparing for the search. stephanie sierra is digging into what areas of the state might be impacted most. reporter: there are 17 planned parenthood health centers across

california. all of them are modifying staffing plans to prepare for a surge of patients. the concern now is resources. which areas could struggle as demand spikes. across the country, women are preparing for battle, a battle threatening their reproductive freedom. northern california planned parenthood ceo gilda gonzales says they are ready. >> we have seen stories of other states where people were told in the waiting room they could not get here. it is complicated. people may have to get on planes to get to us. >> the overturn of roe makes california the nearest abortion provider for 1.4 million women according to a report compiled by -- an influx 30 times higher than before. so where is the impact in california? gonzales expects clinics in southern california will be impacted given proximity to arizona, one of 26 states that

is likely to ban or severely restrict abortion. gonzales says in northern california, san francisco clinics are expected to see the second-highest surge for abortion statewide. followed by walnut creek. in these areas, some projections signal demand for appointments will triple. while the bay area has not seen the impacts quite yet, health care professionals are preparing for another surge. reporter: who is most affected by this? >> not the people who have means, but the people who do not. the people where it is too difficult for them to drive or fly someplace. reporter: laura esserman is a surgeon and oncologist at ucsf. she fears the impact to uninsured women. according to a study conducted within the ucsf speech center for global reproductive health, 7% of u.s. women will self manage their abortion at some point in their lives. only 28% of the attempts were successful. >> there will be deaths because of this.

and the blood is on the hands of the people who pass this law. reporter: according to a planned parenthood policy, after an appointment is made, an employee will call out-of-state patients to arrange travel reimbursements up to $500. -- up to $1200. some will have access to help and others may not. depending on income and access to insurance. >> a san francisco police officer has been arrested on fraud charges. it started when the officer was involved in a crash in the summer of 2019 while off duty. police say he told the victim's vehicle was not insured and took money as compensation. the officer then filed a claim with an insurance company over the damaged vehicle. he now faces grand theft and insurance fraud charges. >> a grass fire lead to a scare for some residence in hercules. people living alongside

interstate 80 got the order to get out just after the fire began around 10:00 this morning. sky 7 spotted crews dousing hotspots along the westbound lanes of that freeway not far from thethe evacuation order wad 20 minutes later. no homes or other buildings were damaged thankfully. the cause of the fire is under investigation. all is well that ends well here. three people died while on their way to a fundraiser for a funeral when a train hit their car in brentwood. it happened yesterday on byron highway. leslie brinkley has new details on this tragedy and the safety concerns that stretch of train track. reporter: amtrak and bnsf trains roar across this farmland kneeled -- near brentwood 24/7. sunday around 1:00 p.m. a cartwright to cross the tracks on this dirt road crossing -- a

car tried to cross the tracks on this dirt road crossing to attend a fundraiser for someone who had died. emergency crews swept in and pronounced three people dead at the scene. two women from dixson, 41-year-old julio and maria. eoplefered mar injum erash a flighted to locals including one child. no one aboard the amtrak train was injured. >> the first thing i thought was wow, another accident. reporter: locals say there have been many collisions. >> this is farmland. you listen for the horn and you can clearly see when a train is coming from a quarter of a mile away. >> according to the federal government there have been four crashes in the same spot as sunday's accident in the last 20 years. one of them also fatal. >> this is not the first time it

has happened. there is a monument right there. someone three or four years ago, a young man got killed. people are not used to going across railroad tracks where there is not a signal. reporter: he owns the adjacent property and said he saw more than 100 cars crossing over the vineyard property where the fundraiser was being held sunday. federal officials and bnsf officers launched a drone along the tracks as part of an ongoing investigation into what happened. >> it meets the regular cross guards coming down. whistles and bells come down. as the place gets more populated it is going to happen more. >> very soon you may qualify for extra cash from the state. governor newsom and state legislators last night signed off on a plan to send stimulus payments to some residence. -- some residents.

payments could start in october. >> for months californians have had to deal with the rising costs of just about everything, whether at the grocery store the gas station. rising prices are forcing residents to make their budgets tighter. >> the prices are impacting us. >> he has taken his truck for a home project, the first time he is driving in a while. >> i am more efficient where i go. i use the other car when i go someplace usually. reporter: the state is planning on helping. governing -- governor newsom announced part of the budget will include money to help middle income californians pay for things like gas. >> everything has gone up. reporter: state senator josh becker speaking with me on the phone about the new plan. the way it works is californians making less than $75,000 would receive -- $200 if making less

than $250,000. more money could come if taxes are filed jointly or if you claim a dependent. the state is also getting rid of the diesel fuel tax. state senator becker says this is what state lawmakers need to do to help right now. >> middle-class families are -- and working-class families in this state are going to benefit. reporter: for people like zaki, he think this will help families, but lawmakers need to take a look at the prices for products themselves. >> if you want to address the need, it is the price of the commodity to begin with rather than somehow coming up with more money to give people. >> one thing that is not part of the budget agreement is money for a so-called bay area black regional housing fund, a coalition of 40 groups voted on plan that calls for a one-time investment of $500 million across the nine bay area counties. supporters want the governor and

lawmakers to change course and include funding in the budget. >> the fund will provide financial support for initiatives such as down payment assistance for low and moderate income black households, preserving black housing in neighborhoods and predevelopment resources for housing development by black lead developers and preserving cultural districts. >> that is the executive director of the bay area regional health and equities initiative. the fund would help address disparities in black health, wealth, and housing stability that has lasted for generations. >> in the north bay, a temporary ban on short-term rentals will continue for nearly two years. the original moratorium was extended from 45 days to 22 months 15 days. our media partner reports that county supervisors are concerned about a shortage of affordable housing in marin county especially on the west side. >> coming up,, he by the state

of california has led to hundreds of new clergy sexual abuse lawsuits. hear from one accusers and an exclusive i team investigation. narcan in schools. a controversial move by a bay area county considering to prevent opioid overdoses. and is it time for closet cleanouts? 7 on your side has ways you can make some cash or at least keep unwanted items out of landfills. >> i have a way you can save some cash. look at this wild swing in temperatures from 10 degrees warmer than average to 10 degrees below average. this is just for our inland east bay neighborhoods. the heatwave is over and i will show you the rest of our cool weather coming up.

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x new lawsuits are flooding into the catholic church now that the supreme court has rejected a challenge to a california state law that allows victims to sue even decades after clergy sexual abuse. dan noyes is here to update his investigations. it started more than 25 years ago with very impactful reporting. >> it has been a while. i spent years investigating these cases exposing how church officials allow known abusers to move from parish to parish. the church is facing new lawsuits because of the actions of the priests i first uncovered in the 1990's.

over the years i have heard stories of abuse at the church's camp saint michael for more than two dozen victims. >> every morning we were supposed to do full or bears. all the boys stripped down to nothing and jump in the river naked. >> he does not want to show his face he is the latest to sue the church over abuse he says he suffered at the hands of father gary timmons in 1978. >> he first put his hand down my shirt and started massaging my chest and from there it just continued and escalated. reporter: he says the abuse had an immediate and lasting impact that made it difficult for him to trust to have a committed relationship. >> the first time i got blackout drunk was i was in the sixth grade, which was the year after the molestation happened. reporter: now his lawsuit is among hundreds streaming into the catholic church after a california state law opened a three year window for victims to

sue. no matter how long ago the abuse occurred. san francisco's archbishop and every bishop in northern california tried to challenge the law but last week the u.s. supreme court rejected that. >> the decision from the supreme court was important, not only for my clients, but for all the survivors across the state of california. >> spencer lucas represents survivors of abuse whose cases can now move forward. >> this rejection gives them some semblance of hope. they can finally get their day in court and seek justice for a lifetime of misery they have endured at the hands of these predator priests. reporter: police arrested timmons after my investigation in 1995. he received an eight year prison sentence. the catholic church paid out settlements then but lucas says several new lawsuits, naming timmons and another priest i investigated, father austin peter keegan.

>> have you ever had physical contact with them? >> the same physical contact i will have with you, something like that reporter: but i talked to his victims and documented how the catholic church how -- heard reports about keegan and still moved him from parish to parish, eventually to this orphanage in mexico. >> we had been trying for a year and a half to find where he was. the church would not tell us. to find him and to find him affiliated with an orphanage obviously was appalling. reporter: the church spent millions settling those cases in the 1990's and now faces more lawsuits because of keegan, timmons, and other priests. >> do you think this is going to make you feel better? >> i don't know what will change but at least i will have done something. i will have stood up for myself. and said this guy really [beep] me up and you did nothing about it.

i'm sure there's a lot of other guys that are worse off than me. reporter: father keegan died last year at the age of 85. i emailed father timmons for a comment. i left a message on his personal cell phone but he has not responded. church officials declined tot os except to say they remain committed to helping survivors heal including through financial support. clearly more to come. >> thank you. tomorrow the santa clara county board of supervisors will vote on a measure to help provide narcan and other fentanyl prevention resources in schools. a plan from supervisor cindy chavez will make funding available for schools to purchase narcan which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. >> while we can make this resource available, every school district, every school board, and every school will have to make the decision for themselves. we are trying to make the resource available to them. >> according to the county,

fentanyl overdose deaths have risen in recent years up from 29 and 2019 to 135 last year. officials say they are unaware of overdose deaths on school campuses in the county. >> let's move to the weather. a hot day but things are changing. >> cooling-off, much needed i think. >> that has been our longest heatwave of the year. especially for our east bay neighborhoods. they have been charging into the 90's for eight straight days and we will probably make it nine tomorrow. a beautiful day in san francisco. the clouds are near the coast. as we look east we are seeing nice, clean air. our inland heatwave lingers through tomorrow. the marine layer is about 1300 feet so it cannot climb across the east bay hills and make it to our inland east bay neighborhoods. that is why they have been so much hotter than the rest of us. look for mist near the coast through tomorrow's morning commute.

the holiday weekend, no heat after tomorrow. maybe a little bit inland wednesday but after that, nothing. eight days so far, nine days total including tomorrow. the hottest was 102 on june 21 in livermore. we had 104 in santa rosa. you have been in the 80's for several days. in june, four degrees warmer than average. that includes day and night. here is a look at the visible satellite. you see cloud cover along the coast mixed with sunshine where it is going to stay the next couple hours before it starts moving in on our sea breeze. it is gusting 35 to 40 miles per hour around san francisco and sfo but notice how much lighter it is in east bay neighborhoods. we are in the 90's to even 100s there. comfortable low 80's in most of the north bay valley. same thing around san jose. low to mid 90's. 62 in san francisco, 71 in oakland.

anywhere but our inland neighborhoods, it will start around 60, 73, 82 at 7:00. the breezes will taper at 9:00. $.50 60's everywhere by 10:00 on our way to free air conditioning -- 50's and 60's everywhere by 10:00 on our way to free air conditioning. extra sunshine may bump us up a degree or two for the cooling trend hits wednesday. tonight, lows in the 50's. 88 in san jose. 83 in redwood city. along the coast we have low to mid 60's. we will make a run at 70 in downtown san francisco. how about low to upper 80's through the north bay valley's? east bay 73 at berkeley to 76 in oakland, 78 in union city. 88 in san ramon, 89 pleasanton. everyone else in the low to mid 90's. we drop about four to six degrees wednesday which will bring us back to average in most neighborhoods and then look at

this. we are barely holding on to degrees thursday, friday, saturday, sunday, and monday inland. most of us will be in the 50's, 60's, and 70's, cooler than we should be this time of year, a nice break for some of us. >> it is going to cost more to cross the golden gate bridge. >> supply glut is leading big chain stores to consider a new way to handle returns. you could hang onto the stuff you don't want. >> are you ready to clean out your closet and make a little cash? i will show you where to start.

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>> tolls are increasing from $.20 to $.35 on the golden gate bridge depending on how you pay. the fast-track rate is going up to $8.40. it will cost eight dollars $.80 if you pay as you go. the carpool rate will increase to $6.40. this begins this friday, july 1. >> want to make a return? you may not have to bother. some u.s. stores are asking customers to keep the items they want to return due to supply-chain backups. places from target and walmart to gap and american eagle say they have too many items in

storage. the cost of taking your returns back is actually too much to be worth it. instead some retailers are handing the money back and letting you keep the item as well. >> need to make extra cash? have some clothes you no longer wear but you do not want them to end up in a landfill? >> if you are cleaning out your closet, michael finney has a long list of options for those old clothes. reporter: look, instead of tossing those threads in the trash, here is some advice on how to sell, donate, or recycle your road close -- your old clothes. after living overseas, she has returned to her childhood home to clear out her closets. >> i am making a pile of sweaters i have not worn in a very long time. >> more than 9 million tons of clothes end up in landfills in a year. bad for the planet and may be a lost opportunity for you to make money. consumer reports says it is

easier than ever to turn your unwanted clothing into cash. >> i'm hoping to get rid of some of these online and sell them for as close to the original value as i can. >> there is a growing number of digital stores and apps tailored to sell anything you want to get rid of. sites like's mark and -- likwe - like poshmark, you send your clothing to the buyer. with others you send them away vintage and consignment shops will take everything. often because of the condition or if it is out of style. if you cannot sell it but it is usable, donate. >> goodwill collect and sells donated items to support education and job placement programs and you might get a tax deduction. anya found a local donation

option for her prom dresses. >> places will say we want dresses for students who cannot afford a prom dress. >> you can also share with people in your local community. use the freecycle network or by nothing facebook groups where members give and get free items. if there is really no hope for your old items, recycle. you can check out earth 911.com to find a textile recycling location near you. before you buy new clothes, some brands like made well, levi's, north face, patagonia, and rei have programs to take back and resell pre-left items at a discount. -- pre-loved items at a discount. >> i have used a couple of those services. the colors of the rainbow returned yesterday to downtown san francisco. >> we will talk live with the woman who played a big role in making this year's pride

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>> building a better bay area. finding solutions. this is abc7news. . >> pride returned after being put on hold for two years by the pandemic. . the familiar colorful and diverse parade down market street was the highlight of what was a festive comeback for one of san francisco's biggest events.

the crowds might not have been as large as they were in the past but there were plenty of rainbows and glitter this weekend and just about every event returned including the celebration at civic center plaza. joining us as the interim executive director of sf pride. gratulation's. >> thank you for having me area -- having me. it was awesome. >> there were so many components. let's start with the parade. there were over 200 contingents involved and it did look like the pride many of us remember. it had people from all walks of life. how did this compared to years past? >> it was a little smaller but i was at the front of the parade, i have been there the last three we have condu op on -- the spectators were super excited. you could see everyone was so

joyous to be out again. i will never forget the rest of my life. it was that great. >> any figures yet as to how many people attended? >> no, i do not have the figure yet. it might have been smaller than 2019, but it was very well attended. we were happy about the attendance. >> also the civic center plaza, talk about that celebration. it looked like a full comeback. >> yes, saturday and sunday, the civic center was packed on sunday. just -- four community stages, the main stage was open from 12 to 6:00, just spectacular. >> organizers did and that part of the celebration because of safety concerns. we saw some videos of fights and the crowd running away from the area. there was a swift police response. will that part of pride be changing at all do you think? >> well i was really -- it was

good that we had so much security. we invested a lot in security to make sure the event was safe. there was a may sing incident and -- macing incident and figh ae stopped a few minutes early, but there were no fatalities, no injuries, and i am super glad we walked out and no one was seriously hurt. that means we had a successful day. >> can you talk about the timeliness of this parade especially in pride events considering the supreme court ruling recently? and whether you think messages were sent via the pride events? >> i think the supreme court ruling tells you we are not finished yet. we have a lot of work to do. we have to reclaim some rights we thought we had won and san francisco pride is essential in the fight for the rights of our people. you saw that all weekend. the women's march marched with

us at the front of the parade with the resistance contingent. we were super glad to have them. we can fight for lgbtq rights and we can also fight for a productive rights at the same time. we have to do that for our community. we have to fight on more than one front at the same time. >> it was empowering to see that and the celebration simultaneously. congratulations and thank you for joining us today. >> thank you, thank you so much. >> if you missed the parade, you can see our full coverage from the sf pride parade and other coverage on our abc 7 bay area news app. you can download it on roku, amazon fire tv, and wherever you stream. >> would you want to smell like this? that's right, it is bacon. >> ok. we explore a new cologne that is no

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>> time for the four at four. the supreme court says separation of church in-state does not prevent school employees from praying aloud on the job and your students. the court ruled a washington state school district violated the first amendment rights of a high school football coach who lost his job after praying at the 50 yard line with his players. in the dissenting opinion justice sonia sotomayor wrote

the majority opinion rejects long-standing concerns surrounding government endorsement of religion. it is a complex controversial emotional issue obviously. let's start with chris because it is sports and you have been to so many games where you see players, coaches, take a knee before games, after games, a lot. >> especially football where it is so dangerous and they are thinking about safety. it personally does not bother me. but with sports there is a lot of things with teammates and religions and all these things combined, the ultimate melting pot. sports and teams have respect for each other, that is what i have always seen from youth to the professionals. like you said it is a complicated issue but i personally do not have a problem with it. >> i do not either. mike, do you want to weigh in on this? it is complex. >> that is the problem, you can look at it from so many sides.

the side the parents are looking at it, if a kid did not participate, would he be benched or not get playing time? you can say that is trying to push it to the extreme, but it happens, things get abused and one some type of power if you will is granted to an adult over someone underneath them, you can have negative effect. i am playing devil advocate looking at the other side in that respect so i can understand that, too. it is complex for someone like me who does attend church on a semiregular basis before -- a semiregular basis. >> if you are in the minority it can be uncomfortable. green day front man and bay area native billy joe armstrong announced he plans to renounce his u.s. citizenship in the aftermath of the supreme court decision to overturn roe v. wade. friday during a shown adm msontold

u..llf he makes the permanent trek across the atlantic. he is probably the most famous person to publicly state that but there are a lot of people on social hinting at the same thing or looking into how to move to australia or canada. mike? >> congratulations to him on having the means and somewhere he may feels more comfortable and more aligns with his way of thinking. i think if a lot of people could do it maybe they would if they feel that strong about one stance or the other. >> some people are questioning is it one thing. few people move for one thing but there is the sense there are other indicators, there are other issues they could not work to fix or help fix. some people do feel that way. i think a lot of people are saying let's fight the good fight however you feel. there's always the opportunity to make change through your

engagement. >> i agree a lot with what you guys said. it is all about peaceful protest as well, maybe that is way of -- that is his way of doing it. but mike said as well, who has the means? that is part of the issue we are dealing with. >> he has the means and the profile to get a lot of attention to make a statement like this. it could get harder for people to lie about their age on instagram. the social media network is testing an age verification feature that will use ai to differentiate between minors and adults. users will send a video selby through a third-party company that can estimate age through facial signals. the technology has been approved for use by the united kingdom government. instagram has been using other automated services to search for underage users since 2009. probably a good thing to protect those younger than of age to see things and experience things

they should not. although on social media -- [laughter] >> that is the thing about technology these days. you still have to be careful. the computer can see one thing but kids can do a lot of different things to trick these systems. there are smart kids out there. it is hard to know if it will actually work because kids are smart and they can do things. i'm not sure it is a failsafe system but we will see. >> it is a moving target. >> i am actually 125 on social media. i went back and picked the earliest century or year you could pick. at 1.i did not want people to know how old i am. now whatever. >> i think facial recognition is notoriously bad at the moment especially when it comes to people of color. it tends to misidentify, not enough inputs to make good determinations. but i will say i applaud them for trying to do something to

curb really young kids from getting on the platform because there's a lot of risk before kids are mature enough to handle it. >> that has been the outcry, we are trying to fix it and make it safer. >> one new perfume is all about pork. yes, a bacon company is celebrating its 100th anniversary by selling bacon scented perfume, gender-neutral, for all bacon lovers. the company calls it the perfect mixture of smoky bacon, applewood, maple syrup, and the family's secret ingredient. the fragrance is available online for $19.22, a nod to the year the company was founded. would you put this on? i think your dog would love you too much. >> i would not. it is a marketing gimmick, i'm not sure it is going to catch on as a popular fragrance. >> the wearer gets a lot of

licks from the animals. >> i love the smell in the household, it is nice, but on a person i do not know. >> get a candle. do not wear it in the sierra near the bears. you went to the nice side with dogs, i went to, a bear is going to mall me if i wear this skiing. >> can you see this? >> i cannot, i will stick with irish spring. >> you are always very fragrant, i know this. >> i like to shower. >> alright, that's going to do it for this four at four. i'm mark and i live in vero beach, florida. my wife and i have three children. ruthann and i like to hike. we eat healthy. we exercise.

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>>'s focus on the environment now in our ongoing efforts to build a better bay area. california forest lands will be close to the public due to extreme drought and risk of wildfires. sierra pacific industries owns over 2 million acres of land across california, oregon, and washington. it allowed public access for hunting, hiking, skiing, and most wildfires are sorted byt people. the closure will be in effect until further notice. >> california may be getting a new national park's honor of cesar chavez. the park would be based 30 miles north of bakersfield. the effort would include a group of landmarks across the state

with significance to the civil rights history of mexican americans. among the possible sites is mcdonald hall in san jose where shabbos and activists family -- chavez and activists famously organized. >> a rescue outside the desert in palm springs. firefighters rescued puppies stuck in an underground den. they were tracked for hours -- trapped for hours in a tortoise then because a 100 pound desert tortoise was blocking the exit. >> come on, you can do it. you can get around now. come on. >> there you go. >> the san bernardino county fire department says the curious five-month-old puppies found their way into the den last week.

they tried to lure the tortoise out with watermelon but the tortoise would not take the bait. eventually cruise dug out the pups -- crews dug out the pups and reunited them with their family. >> never seen anything like it. the weather one more time. >> no oscar the grouch over here. let's talk about what is going on weather-wise. we will start with a beautiful shot of the east bay hills. the latest pollen indicator came in yesterday ancestry pollen is low. it is mainly grass. the uv index is going to be high. you can see it looks clean here from our aae camera in oakland looking up toward the coliseum. today we have the potential of being moderate for the rest of the afternoon into evening hours but we get the onshore breeze and everything is going to be green, good the next couple days. the summer spread not as wide as

today, 42 degrees today, but from 70 in san francisco to 95 in brentwood, we are down 25 degrees. some areas will be warmer while inland areas will be hot once again. here is the look for tuesday. you can see those temperatures now going into wednesday, there is hardly any 90's holding on and by the time we get to thursday, the 90's are gone. we may get rid of 80's for a long time except for a few select areas. it is going to feel like spring and it is going to be breezing with -- breezy thanks to a dry cold front. all the way to monday, the holiday. >> thinking differently about water. teams in california are searching for long buried driving you crazy?

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>> a new book by a bay area author is laying out a new way of thinking about water. spencer christian shows us how it is offering strategies for cultures around the world. reporter: for more than a century, engineers in california have worked to control destructive flooding, but they may be missing an opportunity. in her new book, water always wins, environmental writer erica guys argues we need to start

thinking about water in a different way. >> in western development we look at water as a commodity or a threat. with that lens, we try to control water. >> instead of fighting with water, gies takes a trip around the globe to see how other cultures have developed a better relationship with it, including the marsh dwellers of arak who brought down levees after the death of saddam hussein restoring wetland habitats that have sustained human life for thousands of years. a similar strategy is advocated by environmental groups. for the title marshes of san francisco -- tidal marshes of san francisco bay. in other words, the kind of big water projects that help lirn. everything from the canals that move water up and down the state to the levees and seawalls meant

to secure the shoreline of san francisco bay. but moving forward gies points to a strategy being adapted in many parts of the world she calls slow water. it is a means of letting water behave more naturally in a way that replenishes the supply. currently india is restoring ancient systems dismantled by the british that connect communities and allow water to soak into the aquifer. in peru the government is requiring utilities to help restore upstream ecosystems hi in the andes where water will eventually percolate down to cities along the coast. she says the concept has similarities to a project in california where teams are searching for a buried geological waterways known as paleo valleys that could be used to replenish central valley groundwater with runoff from the sierra and heavy storm cycles. >> if we think about what water does, what water wants to do and how it functions with these different entities, we can see

opportunities for helping to hear the -- heal the water cycle. reporter: coyote valley is one example, allowing creeks and watersheds to flow into the ndtetae. owing the same natural way is a growing number of communities around the globe. >> really interesting idea. to learn more about the slow water concept, we have links to water always wins at abc7news.com. abc7news is streaming 24/7. you can get the abc 7 bay area streaming tv app and join us whenever you want, wherever you are, for all the latest news and more. that is it for abc7news at 4:00. abc7news at 5:00 is coming up next.

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