here. tim johns, abc7news. >> prior to the recall election, in an interview, chesa boudin did not mention her by name but was clearly referencing jenkin'' ambitions. >> getting millions of republican dollars, putting their faces all over tv, trying to get their names on the shortlist for district attorney. if you want to be district attorney and you don't want to run in an open, fair election for the job, this is a window of opportunity to get your name out there and try to get a job you will never win through a fair and square election. >> joining us now is phil matier. they did successfully recall him, so here we are now, but in your view, was the recall about ambition for jenkins or is it just frustration on the way the das office was run?

>> it was -- got jenkins out the door of the das office. as for the running and the recall, that is a blend of the itnto thisthinki she wasoing toa sjust camous one and turned out to be the most popular. it is interesting to note that if chesa boudin wants a rematch, he has the option of going for this november. he has a couple weeks to make up his mind to see if he wants to have a fair election against jenkins. we will see how that develops. that is one of the concerns the mayor has in her selection of jenkins. she wants somebody who can run against chesa boudin or someone else. that is the tricky part for london breed. not only do you have to pick someone who will run the office for the next few months, they have to do enough to win an election that is going to be wide open. there's going to be those that say you are picking somebody from the recall effort, you are

politicizing this and that is going to be controversial. on the other hand, she picked an african-american woman and that's going to be something difficult for chesa boudin to attack. we will see how this works out but it's going to be up to her in the next couple months to thread a very difficult needle. san francisco is already at the forefront of judicial reform. we have. very low incarceration rates. . we use a lot of diversion already. chesa boudin was seen as someone who took it too far and was not necessarily running a very efficient office on top of that. what the new da has to prove is that she can do something about the crime, that she will not overstep and become some hard-line order person, and three, get herself reelected. >> it's going to be challenging given the timeframe here. you are talking about taking over a whole office with a lot of attorneys. >> a lot of attorneys who have left.

you are talking about a team that saw professionals replaced by public defenders, which we have never seen before. >> what can you tell us about brooke jenkins we might not know? >> will she was a homicide prosecutor. born in san francisco. she can be very personable, very easy to talk to. people i have talked to, defense and prosecuting side, they had praise for her saying it was a smart pick. we are going to see. this is going to be washed by the rest of the country as well because san francisco has become the forefront first of judicial reform through, harris and -- kamala harris and george cass cohen. now it will be seen as pulling back. signatures were delivered for the recall of george gas: who is having the same issues chesa

boudin was having. >> the mayor will speak at 5:00 and we will have it here. >> former theranos president sunny balwani was convicted on all 12 charges of fraud. a jury in san jose deliberated for four days and determined sunny balwani defrauded investors and patients. theranos founder elizabeth holmes was tried on the same charges but only found guilty of defrauding investors. the u.s. attorney read a statement outside the courthouse. >> i want to thank the jury dutifully navigating through the complex issues presented by this case. >> knew details out of oakland were a sixth person says they were injured during the fireworks show at the coliseum on monday. according to police they were hit by bullet fragments, likely from celebratory gunfire outside

the ballpark on the fourth of july. none of the injuries were life-threatening but $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to an arrest and this case. . >> 4200 acres have burned in calaveras county. containment is up to 40%. no structures damaged. more than 1000 are still threatened and some evacuation orders remain in place. families out enjoying the holiday weekend were forced to free -- to flee from the fire. one family was forced to shelter in a nearby pg&e plant. >> fourth of july fishing is tradition in john sullivan's family but this year was different. >> i had just cast my fishing line. we had the kids on the beach. reporter: when he noticed a nearby bonfire out of control. >> it was on the side of the hill. >> john and his wife grabbed their eight-year-old daughter, five-year-old son, and ran until

a sheriff's deputy stopped their family and nearly 100 other people trying to escape the fire.

first responders tell cbs 13 they closely monitored the fire and were able to keep the group safe allowing everyone to head home. scary situation, no doubt. let's get to abc 7 news meteorologist. mike nico for an update on conditions at the electra fire mike. what's happening? all right, let's take a look. larry kristen. hi, everybody during the afternoon hours. the winds have picked up just a little bit the temperatures a little bit warmer today in the humidity is also a little bit lower. we're at 83 degrees 39% humidity and 7 to 14 mile per hour winds the temperatures going to remain relatively decent not ideal but better than average at least through sunday and then those how they get. much warmer starting at least monday through thursday and at that same time the air will get much drier now the winds are going to dial down during the overnight hours. but the humidity levels aren't

going to return to the levels. they have the last couple of mornings and that means when the winds pick up again tomorrow, it's going to be even drier in the afternoon hours. this is the way it looked earlier today looking from the southwest right down the gulfs from red carroll road, and this is the way it looked across it from mount zion, but now let's take a look at the visible satellite and you can see in just the last hour to hour and a half something has flared up there and the fire is now increasing larry and krist. we'll keep an eye on. all right. thank you mike. you can see all wildfires in california at a glance by using our interactive wildfire tracker. you'll find that on abc7 news.com as the worst of wildfire season fast approaches bay area residents are bracing for smoke-filled air that might last for many months ahead as abc 7 news reporter tara campbell explains efforts to stay protected from plummeting air quality might be falling short. it's a bay area scene becoming all too familiar first the fire

then the smoked filled skies and plummeting air quality public health officials asking people to protect themselves, but a new study out of stanford suggests. we're not doing a great job using indoor air pollution monitors. we see that people have really bad indoor air quality during wildfire sam. heft neal is a research scholar at stanford part of a team that studied those behavior during wildfire season. we find that people do change their behavior when wildfire smoke is present, but that behavioral changes tend to vary with income using data from in-home air quality monitors internet searches and social media posts. they could see people in low-income communities were less likely to protect themselves from the potential dangers. multiple studies show long-term exposure to wildfire smoke can have detrimental impacts. respiratory health and more higher income groups. look to be more able to

self-protect in the sense that they search for information on air purifiers. they change their movement patterns, and those are changes. we don't see as much in low-income communities and it's a problem the bay area air quality management district is trying to remedy last year launching its clean air filtration program putting purifiers into people's homes. the need is just so great through community health centers and partnering nonprofits. they distributed roughly 1200 units. we have about a million dollars for this year. so we're hoping to at least hit that target and well efforts are well underway in low-income areas. stanford's researchers are quick to point out even in the wealthiest neighborhoods in the bay area. we see that when smoke is bad. a lot of people have terrible indoor air quality of finding he says that was somewhat surprising. we hypothesized that it mostly people's behavioral choices, but

people leaving the doors and windows open for example, or not turning on the air purifiers long enough terror campbell abc 7 news. call for change the demand for accountability from pg&e housing. first the bay area county joining the biden administration's house america initiative and what that means for the community beyond a label the special olympics athlete the special olympics athlete with the heart of a champion when that car hit my motorcycle, the special olympics athlete with the heart of a champion insurance wasn't fair. so i called the barnes firm, it was the best call i could've made. call the barnes firm now, and find out what your case could be worth. ♪ call one eight hundred, eight million

francisco city hall a group of community advocates demanded accountability for pg&e this as a resolution was introduced to get the process started abc 7 news. anchor carina. nova has details as well as pg&e's response karina. well the speakers today asked for support from the san francisco board of supervisors and governor newsom to get rid. of pg&e their goal a public utility company designed and governed by the people of california. they say it wouldthey say it woy cleaner and more accessible. >> today we are dealing with fire after fire. it has become so normalized that you have young people saying it is fire season. wildfire season. let us not forget it was pg&e's gross negligence of directing money we pay in our bills to

upgrading infrastructure and actually moved it into bonuses for the ceo. for the investors of the corporation. >> we heard from jessica lehman, senior disability action. she said some of the most vulnerable people are ignored when pg&e shuts off the power during high wildfire conditions. >> if you need lifesaving medical equipment and especially if you are poor, what plan do you make? i'm suddenly going to not have my power go off. i'm suddenly going to not need oxygen, going to not need a power chair. this is irresponsible and reckless. on top of this they are now raising rates. >> supervisor connie chan introduced a legislation that a resolution urging governor newsom to remove the certificate which allows pg&e to use taxpayer dollars to repair equipment.

pg&e released a statement saying pg&e has a safety certificate issued by the office of energy infrastructure safety and our mitigation plan outlines the bold, comprehensive set of actions we are taking to continue providing safe and reliable energy amid a changing climate and evolving wildfire threat. we reached out to the governor's office about this matter and they told us, quote, the governor does not have a role in determining the issuance of a safety certificate. live in the newsroom, abc7news. >> a major announcement in the fight to end homelessness. santa clara county was named the 100th community to join an initiative created by the biden administration. zach fuentes has reaction from a local homeless advocates. reporter: homelessness continues to be a tragic issue in the bay area. santa clara county is one of the areas hit hardest. the most recent point in time showing it has some of the

highest number of homeless in the bay area, something the government has taken notice of. >> santa clara county has the fourth largest homeless population in the nation. >> the secretary of the u.s. department of housing and urban development announced santa clara county is the 100th community in its house america homeless initiative. >> leaders have plans to use the historic resources of the american rescue plan which provides to address our nation's homelessness crisis. >> the national goal of the initiative is to put 100 thousand homeless individuals or families into stable housing by december 31. it also aims to develop 20,000 units of affordable housing by the same deadline. santa clara county is a partner and has to set its own goals. something the county says it is already doing with its heading home campaign. >> heading home aims to use emergency housing vouchers to house families with young children including pregnant people and is on track to house 1200 families by october of

2022. >> sean cartwright says she is in favor of a housing first approach but the local and federal government have to keep working to provide important tools to people once they are housed. >> i don't know how to do laundry, do groceries, shop, anything. you cannot just eli here is your house and walk away. -- be like here is your house and walk away. reporter: the san jose mayor says more streamlined collaboration with the federal government can help make strides to tackle one of the toughest issues facing our communities. >> as long as we are all pushing together, we will get more people housed faster. >> veterans rights groups held a rally in front of san francisco city hall asking supervisors to do more to provide housing for those who serve in the armed forces. among those who spoke was a veteran who has faced homelessness. >> >> i need a solid foundation. a kitchen, the bathroom, the same thing everyone else needs, but it has to be at an

affordable level. >> today the supervisor introduced legislation for housing for veterans. that includes down payment assistance programs. veterans make up triple the proportion of san francisco's homeless residents. the proposal was provided a supervisors oversight committee. >> steve jobs was among those receiving the medal of freedom from president biden today. biden said he honored jobs because of the vision he had to transform the ways we communicate and entertain ourselves. also receiving metals of freedom today, simone biles, denzel washington, and megan rapinoe. a good group. >> that humidity has been very interesting. >> and thankfully it is starting to go away. but as it does we have heat

coming in the forecast. we will have another bout of humidity, drizzle saturday morning, one of our more comfortable afternoons to follow, but is going to get warm next week. it is mostly clear, sunny just about everywhere. clouds along the peninsula coast even the coast was sunnier than it has been for a couple days. drier and warmer tomorrow as temperatures get back to average. we will have that cooler weather saturday. king tides and hotter afternoons next week. there could be flooding in those usual areas. here is a look at the visible satellite. a few clouds along the peninsula coast. most of us will see a sunny sunset. temperature at the coast, 63. water temperature 58. you see 70's and 80's as we head inland. most of these temperatures are warmer than yesterday except for right along the coast of san francisco because of the faster breeze we talked about back into the 35 mile per hour range for san francisco and also sfo.

that will start to slow down a little bit as we head through the 9:00 hour and the overnight hours. you see the sunshine in san jose. temperatures will drop from 50's, 60's, and 70's into 50's and 60's by 9:00 and 10:00. a little cooler this evening. tomorrow the cloud deck will not be as widespread or as moist. we expected to be drier wit mid to upper 50's. tomorrow afternoon how about 78 to 83 in the south bay? peninsula, low to upper mid-60's along the coast to near 70 downtown and south san francisco with another breezy afternoon coming our way. 75 in sausalito. calistoga northward will have 90's. for the east bay we are looking at mid to upper 70's in most neighborhoods with oakland at 75. richmond and hercules could get 80 to 82 degrees. ttg close to air conditioning weather is and

antioch and fairfield -- air conditioning weather in antioch and fairfield. high winds will be sunny and warmer tomorrow. low winds will be cloudy and cooler. saturday. but eventually the high is going to win out through the majority of our accuweather 7 day forecast. temperatures will drop four degrees saturday after that misty drizzly start. but look at sunday and monday. we are looking at low to moderate risk of heat illness as we hit the mid and upper 90's. low 80's around the bay and mid 60's to 70's along the coast into san francisco. we get a respite tuesday and wednesday and then possibly even hotter air masses thursday and into next weekend. enjoy the weather while we have it. >> some big bucks coming to the south bay.

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>> james con, the oscar-nominated actor known for his work in films like the godfather has died. >> the two-year-old -- the 82-year-old passed away last night. the family did not mention a cause of death. >> i want somebody good and i mean very good to planted that

gun. >> he made a mark as a sunny corleone in the godfather, arguably the most famous of his 100 roles. before godfather turned him into a superstar, we first met caan in 1961 making his television debut in an episode of naked city. >> what do you want to carry on like that for? reporter: a few years later he was back on the big screen in waiting in the cage -- lady in the cage. in 1957 he would appear with john wayne and in 1971 he played brian piccolo in the celebrated tv movie brian's song, based on the true story of the friendship between piccolo and his chicago bears teammate gale sayers.

>> i will see you tomorrow. reporter: caan received an emmy nomination for that performance. caan seemed to know how to pick memorable movies. with kathy bates in misery he played an author terrorized by his biggest fan. >> you better just start showing me more appreciation around here, mr. man. reporter: a year later he was bat midler's leading man, both entertaining the troops in the war drama for the boys. >> singh him a song, he has earned it. reporter: and in a christmas comedy classic you start as dad to will ferrell's -- he starred as dad to will ferrell's elf. >> talk about range, going from the godfather to elf. james caan was 82.

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>> now the latest on the deadly shooting outside of chicago. we are hearing from the father of the suspect, being investigated for sponsoring his son's application to obtain a firearm on his id. more now from highland park. reporter: the father of 21-year-old robert crimo says he is not culpable, though he signed a consent form for his son to apply for gun ownership when he was a minor. >> two days before the fourth my wife asked do you have plans for

the fourth? he said no. reporter: criminal charges could be on the table for robert crimo junior who sponsored his son's application despite a prior suicide attempt and alleged threats to kill his family. he says he does not live with his son and was unaware of the incidents when he signed that paperwork. >> i filled out the consent form. they do background checks, whatever it is. reporter: the weapons purchases, 21st birthday.happenedfter the shooting suspect stared down the scope of his high-powered rifle and the rooftop of the building and began firing on the crowd, killing seven and hurting dozens more. he left that weapon behind and fled. oral police releasing this photo of a -- aurora police releasing this photo of another weapon that was found when the suspect was arrested. >> he contemplated committing another shooting. reporter: flowers, cards, candles lining the street as

community members remember those who were killed. the director of the u.s. marshals service talked with abc news about the epidemic of violent crime in this country. >> if it is causing you not to go shopping, you are a victim of violent crime. >> the fbi is in this community assisting in the investigation. police say they are in touch with federal prosecutors about charges against the suspect. morgan norwood, abc news, highland park illinois. >> alex padilla held a virtual town hall to look at what local communities are doing to address gun violence. padilla heard from community groups, researchers, even a high school student who detailed how gun violence has influenced her. >> there were days i had the choice to sit at home and ponder whether i would go to school so i had the choice, my education

or my life. >> castillo said lockdowns are common at her school because of shootings. padilla said more needs to be done besides the gun safety law passed last month. community groups talked about mental health programs at local measures they are taking to reduce gun violence. >> the federal aviation administration is providing the san jose airport with $10 million to make its terminals more accessible to people with disabilities. the money comes from the bipartisan infrastructure package. airport officials say they have been proactive at promoting accessibility inside and outside the airport. the funding will largely support products -- projects indoors. >> everything from lowering flight information screens so they are easier to see for people who may be visually challenged as well as things like railings at the base of certain objects so that those with, again, sight impairments mobility can more easily navigate. reporter: the work will begin

soon but it is unclear how long the projects will actually take to complete. >> road repairs on highway 101 this weekend are expected to cause a traffic nightmare. caltrans will close two lanes of northbound 101 from the robin williams tunnel to the rodeo avenue offramp in sausalito. the closure starts friday at 10:00 p.m. and goes through friday -- monday at 7:00 a.m. >> the new gadget that could help you give up salt. x we are 10 days from this year's aids walk san francisco. the fundraising walk benefits diverse hiv, aids cobeneficiaries each delivering essential programs to the community. to register call the number on your screen.

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>> time now for the four at 4:0 0. a new survey finds most americans think the worst of the pandemic is passed but they are still not impressed with how the country has dealt with it. 62% of people in the pew research survey say the needs of students were not prioritized. the majority of republicans said enough was not done to back economic activity while democrats said officials should have focused more on vulnerable populations. 40% say they have little

confidence the country could handle another major health threat. i think it is interesting most americans say they are not impressed with how the country has dealt with it. what do we mean by country? is it a collection of individuals? are we not pleased with all of our behavior, how we handled it? is that what it is? >> i would say things got a little bit politicized and we all could not get on the same page in fighting this thing. what has improved are the safety nets. like paxlovid, vaccines. we are not in the dark. >> i was watching a documentary on netflix and there are actually departments that were supposed to prevent what happened to us from happening. or if it did happen, they were supposed to step in and do a better job. they prepare for these events. what happened is what i really want to know. and will there be a congressional oversight to find out what happened? we spend millions, i don't know if it is billions, but millions preparing for these exact events

and we fumbled the ball. >> it got kind of dismantled. just looking at things, if the epa cannot regulate emissions, can the cdc regulate public health in pandemics? >> not only did the united states struggle, we are seeing countries around the world still struggling. it is not like anybody has really figured this out effectively. hopefully things get better and do not get worse. warriors star steph curry teed off at the american celebrity golf tournament. he posted this on twitter, writing a young fellow asked how many push-ups for the autograph? the fan did 30 push-ups and curry signed the fan's jersey since he wears number 30. seems like a fair deal. i am just wondering how many do we have to do to get a curry jersey? i will do 30 right now if that is all it takes. i think it just shows -- steph curry is just fantastic.

he engages with everybody. he is the superstar's superstar. >> more important than the jersey, the social media clout. that guy just got tweeted from steph curry. larry and i used to have a challenge where we would do 100 push-ups a day in the office. we started getting very injured so we stopped. [laughter] >> we stood have -- should've stopped at a more reasonable number. >> nonetheless for your efforts i will sign autographs for you. chopsticks could hold the answer to keeping salt cravings at bay. you can call them shock sticks. researchers have developed electric chopsticks that shock the tongue. they are designed to enhance flavor by imitating saltiness. studies showed it could reduce salt intake by 30% and if you are concerned, researchers say the electricity is so weak it is not enough to electrocute you. better not be. interesting. i will say using chopsticks kind

of helps you just in taking less calories in general because it takes longer. you eat less. i'm not looking at you specifically. >> i do not need to be electrified. i think that is a novel approach but i am not sure a lot of people are going to sign up for that. i mean -- >> is it really an issue? i know we have cut down on our salt intake quite a bit in america. is it still an issue? >> probably. >> for me, no. >> apparently it was a japanese study so it makes a little more sense. they are more accustomed to using chopsticks on a regular basis. >> it definitely does help lose weight. >> you can just put less salt in your food and not have to salt -- shock your tongue. >> sometimes we put nasty stuff

on our fingernails to stop chewing them. >> so much for killing our shark tank appearance. one of the bay area's most popular barbecue restaurants is moving north. they have opened their first restaurant outside the east bay, in sonoma county, joining other classic restaurants at the casino like tony's north beach and boathouse asian eatery. >> they opened their first restaurant in oakland in 1973 and now operate three east bay locations along with the new one in sonoma county. joining us live today, the grandson of the founder. since it is tasty thursday we have some samples. welcome. >> how are you doing? >> we are better now because we have food. >> there was all most a fight that broke out in the force -- the sports office read your food was coming in. it was like, there will be enough for everybody.

>> that is a good thing. >> your food is somewhat addictive. in a good way. >> that is a good thing. that is something my grandmother did a long time ago, so i think her for giving us this good addiction. >> it is such a tradition. i went to uc berkeley, always made the stops in oakland, got your sauce in a jar. but talk about moving to great and casino. that is a different type of location. >> it was just a good opportunity. me and my mother, just an opportunity that we want to spread the love little more, get the food out there and spread the business. we could not pass up the opportunity like this. if you have the opportunity to come to graton casino, you just got to come, you cannot say no. it just makes sense. >> i know you are a regular so

why don't you jump in? >> i have been to the one, the everett & jones near the square so i'm looking forward to going. in 1973, that is when ever it -- everett & jones opened, during an a's dynasty. what do you think would happen if they opened a restaurant near the stadium? >> it would be good for the restaurant. it would bring more people to our restaurant, cannot complain about that. >> get one in the stadium, too. >> personally we would love to be back in the stadium. we will have to see what happens. if they wring it downtown by the waterfront that would be lovely.

>> everett & jones is synonymous with oakland so if they have it there -- >> any new menu items we should be letting people know about specific to graton casino? >> nothing new. we have the old-school barbecue pit like we have out here. all the menu items are the same that you can find in berkeley. the one good thing, on native american land, we get to have the old-school pit. old-school berkeley taste in a new school way. >> thank you for dropping in. i can only imagine what is going on in the newsroom as people are digging through food, in an orderly fashion i hope. >> congratulations. >> enjoy the barbecue. >> thank you.

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>> breaking news in the east bay. interstate 580, another possible freeway shooting in the eastbound lanes. you can see the chp officers moving their vehicles slowly up the freeway as they investigate the scene. traffic has been slowed in that area.

there may have been a shooting according to chp, somebody may have been hit, but police have not confirmed that report. >> are you ok? >> just yesterday we brought you this video of a freeway shooting last month. he much the same location, eastbound interstate 580 near 150th. dash cam video shows a bullet that went through the windshield of a car that was intended for another target. the couple in the car shared the video to help others understand how terrifying these shootings are. they were physically unharmed but shook up, which is understandable. >> it is terrifying. let's shift our attention now to the weather. humidity going away which i'm hearing from a lot of ladies, the hair is getting better. >> the friz factor is much betterz -- the frizz factor is much better.

near the electra fire, looking down, you can see that flareup from this pg&e camera. here is the look on the visible satellite. we are seeing an increase in smoke. if you are heading to tahoe, maybe you want to see celebrities play in the golf tournament, it goes around and filters out. you will have hazy morning then sunshine during the afternoon hours. no watches, warnings, or advisories for poor air quality there, nor here as you can see on our forecast. that marine layer starting to come in but it will not be as fixed tomorrow morning so expect more sunshine and warmer temperatures tomorrow before pullback saturday. >> there is a new action movie streaming on hulu, the princess, starring joey king as a princess who definitely does not need saving. here is rick damigella with a look behind the scenes. >> once upon a time in a magical castle, the king's daughter was locked away in a tower.

>> knights, paladins, and are armored saviors can sit this one out because this princess does not need saving. that is joey king and her own stunts in the princess. >> i started this journey kind of like the princess honestly. i was scared, exhausted, i did not believe in myself that much. through my own perseverance and resilience and just working, afforded me so much. i found so much confidence and got to a place where i craved the exhaustion, those times where i got hurt. >> we are very lucky that joey could do almost all of her stunts. we were surprised about that. the action team and i looked at each other and said look, we are

going to have to shoot this differently. >> do you know how to use this? >> watch your language, you are in the presence of a princess. >> abc 7 news is committed to helping build a better bay area. >> as part of that we highlight inspirational people in our community. just ahead, a man who has succeeded in school and sports even after he was told that would ne

>> coming up at 8:00, press your luck, then the premiere of generation gap. then at 10:00, fatal flaw. stay with us for abc 7 news at 11:00. july's disability pride month and we are highlighting inspirational people in our community. palo alto's justin steinberg was told as a child he would not be able to attend school. with perseverance he earned multiple degrees and succeeded in special olympics. reporter: the sound of a dribbling ball, the swish of a net, sounds that bring peace to the life of justin steinberg. he is legally blind and on the autism spectrum, things that could be considered disabilities , but for him disability as nothing more than a label. >> a label does not define you.

it is how you approach your life and how you go about doing things. without my disabilities i would not have done all these cool opportunities. reporter: he has defied expectations thanks to his heart of a champion, one of many attributes learned while competing in the special olympics for 20 years. >> i made a lot of friends while improving my strength, self-confidence, and hand eye coordination. and i get to do a bunch of different sports. >> steinberg is a 16 sport athlete with special olympics. swimming, track and field, and football. the games have given back in more ways than one. his dedication has allowed him not only to become an athlete of the year for special olympics but helped him earn associate bachelors and masters degrees, leading to his job as a research assistant at stanford university. after doctors told him his iq would not surpass the average six-year-olds, his mother says

she cannot help but be proud. >> there is never a nohe loves . we are incredible proud of him. he is an amazing individual. reporter: justin steinberg has similar pride in himself as well as his disabilities. he says they have opened doors to opportunities he would never have dreamed of having. steinberg hopes others who are differently able to understand anything is possible. >> i do not give up. i tell people i am more than just a label with a disability. i go out, work hard, especially at my job, offer important perspectives on issues, and just because someone tells you you cannot do something doesn't mean you have to prove them right. >> defying the odds one shot at a time. in palo alto, abc 7 news. >> definitely an inspiration. that is it for abc 7 news at 4:00.

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