cars and exploding propane tanks. >> numerous expo -- explosions that at any moment could take the live of one of our firefighters. breathing in very, very dangerous smoke. kristen: chief reginald freeman says his crews have fought fires at this location several times. fortunately, no one was injured. larry: now to the wild fire burning at yosemite national park and the fight to save iconic sequoia trees. some of them thousands of years old are at risk. including one of the most famous trees of -- in all of america. morgan norwood with the latest. >> from above and on the ground, crews battling the washburn fire as the blaze scorches parts of yosemite national park. fire created a firenado -- debris shooting into the air, causing a close call for one plane fight -- flying over the

area. the fire tearing through 2000 acres since igniting last week. the flames threatening the giant grove of yosemite, some trees thousands of years old. >> the crews are doing everything they can to protect the sequoias, including fighting fire with fire. this is a backfire. they are hoping these flames cut off the fires path. >> crews deploying sprinklers to protect the giant, the second-largest sequoia, well over 200 feet tall. >> we are watering the tree in case the fire comes to it. so the fire behavior will drop down in the tree will be ok. >> they say the aggressive firefighting tactics are working. with the fire still burning, there still cause for concern. >> the biggest concern is we still have active fire outside the grove. at heart is a concern coming into this area. also the communities in the area as well. >> the raging fire turning to other parts of the forest and

other popular destinations into a health scape with thick flames turning out smothering smoke. several people saying they were at a nearby campground and were told to evacuate. some chose to wait it out. >> ipo and on staying in the park for a few days. >> fires in this part of the country are normal but conditions linked to climate change make it easier for these fires to start and intensify more quickly. thankfully the wind is not expected to carry this fire any farther and firefighters say that will allow them to get the upper hand in the next couple of days. kristen: let's head straight to mike nicco for a look at conditions right now near the fire. mike: it is hot. how about hundreds? that's how hot it is in yosemite right now. that means the wind is not moving, so you have a trade-off. here's a look from the ground level looking at halftone. you can actually see it, whereas

earlier you could not. you can see half dome now, earlier today we could not. as the temperature rose, admixed out a little bit and allowed some of the smoke to rise but you can see it's a very dangerous situation. here's a look at the visible satellite and you can see all the smoke just sitting right there. good news for us is that it is starting to drift off toward the east more than the west and you can see a flareup in the last few frames of the visible satellite. this sea breeze is coming back, pushing this smoke away from us. it got really close within the last hour but you can see the sea breeze pushing it off to the east and it's going to stay off to the east and is going to be very difficult and dangerous in the sierra next several days because of that smoke. kristen: you can track all wildfires burning right now in california by using our online interactive wildfire tracker. you will find it at abc7news.com. larry: an air quality advisory

is in effect in the bay area because of all the smoke coming from the washburn fire. some parts of the bay area will feel it more than others. >> from the hilltops along pittsburgh looking toward the delta shows just how bad air quality is. >> if you are in pittsburgh and you do smell smoke, know that you are being affected. >> and air quality advisory was issued for the entire bay area for monday. pittsburgh will be bad because the fires that burned along the waterfront over the weekend. but the advisory was issued because of the washburn fire. >> it was issued mainly because of the washburn fire. it was covering parts of northern and eastern parts of the bay area. we saw some of the smoke sitting aloft in those regions. >> the washburn fire has burned through more than 2000 acres.

it has burned so intense it sent debris hundreds of feet in the air. officials say the air quality reached unhealthy levels on sunday in and around yosemite. after further assessment this morning, the air may look bad around the bay area but the air district expects a low-pressure system to clear out the air. >> we are expecting more of the aloft smoke to be clearing out of the area. there may be some exceptions in the pittsburgh area with some isolated pockets of air quality that is not very healthy. >> with improving air quality over the rest of the day, the current air quality advisory will likely expire this evening. kristen: now to a frightening daytime stabbing at a walgreens near union square in san francisco. we've covered a number of issues involving the company-like recent store closures, shoplifting, and assaults on employees. dion lim spoke with the victim. and the das office and brings us

the story you will see only on seven. >> this walgreens in san francisco is in the heart of union square, a store frequented by locals and tourists. it's also the location where security guard was stabbed multiple times with the knife the morning of july 1. crocks -- >> 61-year-old carlos sanders, seen here has a history of causing trouble at that store. when the guard, who declined an interview with abc 7, asked the man to leave, sanders pulled out the kitchen knife. unlike the many high-profile shoplifting incidents, abc 7 has covered in recent years, or security often times looks on, the guard attempted to diffuse the situation using this taser. >> for stealing good, and california, the laws have changed were most shop owners

don't allow security to put hands on anybody. when somebody pulls a knife on a guard, the guard has every right to take himself or herself from bodily injury and that includes pulling a firearm to stop the threat. >> sfpd tells me sanders was arrested a few blocks away and booked on multiple charges, including attempting a felony while on bail. i spoke to a number of walgreens employees at different stores who tell me they are not surprised by the stabbing giving -- given how much crime there is on a daily basis. one employee said he hopes the safety situation will improve with a newly appointed district attorney. >> brooke jenkins addressed cases like this when mayor breed announced her appointment last week. >> as your next district attorney, i will restore accountability and consequences to our criminal justice system here in san francisco. >> i asked walgreens what they were doing to keep employees and guards safe.

this is the statement i received. the safety of our patients, customers and team members is our top priority. we are corroborating with local authorities with their investigation. sanders remains in custody and has his next court appearance july 19. larry: bay area tech executive has been arrested and charged with strangling a woman 30 years ago. 58-year-old john kevin woodward had already been tried twice for the murder of laurie houts in the 1990's but the case was dismissed by a judge for insufficient evidence when the jury could not reach a verdict. this time, please use new dna technology to connect the rope used to kill her to the suspect. woodward was arrested saturday as he entered the u.s. from amsterdam. kristen: president biden is hailing the new bipartisan law meant to reduce gun violence saying it is real progress but more needs to be done. today, mr. biden hosted hundreds

of guests on the south lawn. the group included lawmakers who crafted in support legislation as well as families of mass shooting victims. the father of a teenager killed in the park florida school mass shooting interrupted the president's speech. he said the new law isn't enough and mr. biden agreed more needs to be done. pres. biden: yes, there is a right to bear arms. we also have a right to live freely, without fear for our lives in a grocery store, in a classroom or playground, a house of worship, in a store, a work place, nightclub and festival. kristen: the law toughens requirements for young people to buy guns, denies firearms tomorrow domestic abusers and helps local authorities temporarily take weapons from people judged to be dangerous. larry: coming up, a new variant? covid cases on the rise. what it means for you and possible new mask mandates.

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into. joining us is filled one tear. jenkins held a meeting with her staff and i saw one person describe it as i see. what happened here? >> she called a meeting of the staff to just come in and say hello. brooke jenkins has worked in the district attorney's office for seven years before she exited over disagreements. her disagreements with how he ran the office and his philosophy are about the law and brand of judicial reform is the reason he got recalled. so she is coming in, saying we are going to have a change in this office. a lot of the people in that room with her were hired by bo dean. a lot of people were former public defenders. coming in as prosecutors with a whole different philosophy than she has. she made it clear there's not going to be any mass filings out of the gate but wants to have a review of things and how things are done. some of the room was very

chilly, other was ok. she's coming in, she is the new sheriff and not everyone is happy about it. larry: any time you have an organization, new leadership comes in, some people are going to be happy, some people are not. in this case with jenkins, she has a few tasks because in addition to getting the office straightened out, she has an election to win in a few months. >> she has an election to win but she also has business to take care of. one of the things she told the staff was she wants to see a review of all the high profile plea-bargain's that have been entered into are yet to be accepted. she wants to review to make sure the deals being offered, in line with her ideas of how crime should be handled and punishment and rehabilitation should be handled. she also wants to take a look at the drug cases. one of the biggest problems is open air dealing in san francisco. we see the needles on the

ground, the world sees those needles on the ground. she wants to make sure that people who are repeat offenders on the selling end are not getting off extra lately. so she's already sorted to have some crackdowns there. that's going to cause some controversy. she's coming out in favor of the police using more cameras, not just in the violent areas but for misdemeanor crimes like open-air drug dealing in the city. she wants to have more access for cameras. larry: what is ahead for brooke jenkins this week specifically? >> she is meeting with staff, getting to work, and you will be seeing her in the tenderloin and you will be seeing her in chinatown today, tomorrow, and the next day. she's going to be getting out there. tenderloin has been ground 04 open drug dealing. she's going to show her face there. asian-american community feels like they've been victimized by violent crimes and hate crimes. she's going to put her marker down there.

so you ask about how she's going to get ready to run, this is it. she's going to get out there and show this. if you agree with that, she's going to get your vote. if you think it's too heavy-handed, she's going to try to get more of her votes than yours. larry: phil, thank you. kristen: the battle over car free drive and the great highway and san francisco is back. a group trying to reopen both roads two cars submitted 17,000 signatures to put the issue on the november ballot. the measure would restore car access on weekdays and keep the were -- keep the roads closed to traffic on weekends and holidays for six month of the year. it has caused traffic and opponents say it provides more space for people to enjoy the great outdoors. larry: californians will get the chance to vote to raise the minimum wage after all. a -- an initiative to bump the

minimum wage to $18 now are over three years will appear on the ballot in 2024. an effort to get it on this november's ballot failed to get enough signatures. california's minimum wage is set to increase to $15.15 an hour next january. kristen: it has been really hot this past weekend. you probably loved it. a little warm for me. larry: you get into the mid to upper 90's and it's a little steamy. mike: it is warm and that sunshine was so strong over the weekend. we're going to get a break starting tomorrow and bring temperatures back down. we got some warm weather in the seven-day forecast but not as warm as today and yesterdayou sg place ashe fog is marc widespread clouds and patchy drizzle near the coast and the northern part of the peninsula and parts of the east bay hills. cooler the next couple of

afternoons and a warming trend. the king tides -- the first one starts tonight. higher tides tomorrow and wednesday. the last king tide will be friday. it is around the bay shoreline, the usual areas, manzanita park and ride, parts of the bay shoreline that are going to flood. it starts at 8:00. as it moves through the golden gate, it will spread, ending at about midnight, specifically in san francisco, high tide is 9:53. there's a look at the cloud oozing through the golden gate. you can see the cooling taking place in san francisco and half moon bay. down to 55 degrees, so getting some upwelling. that's going to lead to milder nights and slightly cooler afternoons. concord, two degrees warmer than yesterday. everyone else is starting to feel the breeze which is aroundt

high or faster, from the golden gate all the way to the delta until about 9:00 tonight. you can see the breeze pushing the trees on the embarcadero. increasing clouds, decreasing breezes, 50's and 60's by 10:00. this high-pressure is what has dominated our forecast but will get squeezed and pushed down away from us temporarily and that's going to chase away our chance of heat risk which we still have an hour inland areas. look at the cloud cover and the green on there. mid 50's to 60's, but that would be the exception. low to mid 80's and the south bay. mid 70's to near 80 degrees. low to mid 60's along the coast. 67 in san francisco. in the north bay, upper 70's to low 80's. 68 at berkeley.

as you head inland, you will be able to turn the air conditioners off. my accuweather day forecast, another robust push of cloud cover and other degree or two of warming. less cloud cover thursday, friday and saturday. slightly warmer temperatures before the marine later comes back sunday into monday. it will be hot one day this weekend, comfortable the other. kristen: we want to bring you some sad news now. we are devastated to report a longtime member of our abc 7 family has passed away. mike damage died over the weekend doing what he loved most -- working as a photographer. his latest assignment was in monterey county where he collapsed. you will know his work from the birdseye view he gave us from sky 7 for so long as an employee of helicopters inc.. some of the best areas you have seen in the bay area was courtesy of mike. he was a volunteer with the

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billion deal to buy twitter will be determined in court -- a process that could take a year or longer. larry: the uncertainty is already taking a toll on twitter employees and shareholders. david louis looks at the spillover effect of a megadeal with a most uncertain future. >> the legal battle between elon musk and twitter will be fought by high-powered attorneys, but as that plays out in court, twitter is dealing with additional turmoil. namely, it could end up losing valuable employees to other tech companies eager to poach them. >> i have seen some advertisements on linkedin and messages on linkedin from companies like amazon and microsoft offering employees at twitter by telling them if you are not happy with the situation or have a hybrid option of working, we are happy to get you in. >> twitters employees face uncertainties they cannot control. if muska is forced to go through the with the deal, what they want to work with him?

will he move operations to texas like he did with tesla? long-term projects twitters working on also face disruption. >> either three months, six years -- there's going to be a potential radical shift. >> musk floated the idea that twitter should develop a business model like super app which offers a wider range of bundled services that could weather economic shifts and downturns better than a single purpose app. that concept is popular in asia. the battle over twitter has already hurt investors as its stock price continues to drop. one attorney has already filed a shareholder suit aimed at musk for creating collateral damage for employees and investors whose retirement accounts have taken a beating. >> every day people who are holding shares of twitter,

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it is the dominant covid strain in northern california. 700 70 patients currently hospitalized in the bay area, the highest number since february. kristen: in new york city, officials are recommending masking up indoors once again, with expert saying previous infections do not guarantee protection. larry: european health agencies just recommended a second booster. the fda is hoping to authorize a new booster aversion by the fall. the new strain comes with more problems that will likely impact all of us. the question is why is this strain so much worse than some of the others? stephanie sierra is here to break it down with what doctors are saying. >> bed ba.5 variant is so infectious, doctors say it never been easier to get infected with covid, even if you are vaccinated. everything from heightened transmissibility to more severe symptoms. we are looking into the top five reasons why ba.5 is shaping up to be the worst one yet.

it's not often we hear a california called a red state but when it comes to covid transmission, the cdc could not be more clear. nearly every county across the state with the exception of six is read, signaling high levels of covid community transmission. that includes the entire bay area. it is a new surge coming? >> i think it's at least the second worst surge in terms of numbers. >> the cdc estimates half of new cases stem from omicron news subvariants. >> the real superpower is ray infections. because it is new, if you got infected maybe two or three weeks ago, it was likely not ba.5, so you are susceptible to reinfection. >> here are five reasons why it could be the worst variant yet. preliminary evidence shows false

negatives on rapid antigen test may be higher with ba.5. it could take up to five days to get accurate results. >> some tricks are combining it with throat and nose. repeating the test multiple times, which i know lots of people are doing. >> second, it's the most transmissible variant out there, at least 20% more transmissible than over -- then omicron, tying or surpassing measles over the world's most infectious viral disease. even outside. >> it's even possible and if you are in crowded outdoor spaces, it's very possible. >> symptoms could be more painful. >> people are reporting more sore throats, like your throat is on fire, in particular with ba.5. it would not be so serious that you would go to the hospital but it would be very uncomfortable. >> the fourth and fifth reasons go hand-in-hand.

covid hospitalizations in the bay area are not overwhelming hospitals but have reached the highest point since february. that, paired with a blind spot of covid cases come in the white house cautioning several hundreds of thousands of new covid cases are underreported each day. the question is does this mean more restrictions like mask mandates could come back? >> as we start to enter the inds and schools are back in session, it is on the table. it's always a possibility. >> a good reminder there -- we are not in a surge yet but could be very soon. the doctor described it as a holding pattern. for the next two weeks, we will see any impact to hospitalizations and that will likely drive any decision on additional restrictions like mask mandates. larry: even just saying mask mandates, i can feel the audience going no, we are not doing this again.

what are you hearing about this? some people, you will probably have to hold them down to put a mask on. >> it is very deja vu. we saw alameda county do it and then backpedal. what we know from san francisco is their health department is strongly recommending masks indoors and crowded public settings. that is the case for most bay area counties. we are not hearing any immediate restrictions at but that could change depending on what happens over the next couple of weeks. it has been described as the calm for what could be another big surgeon cases. your chances of getting ba.5 are significantly higher, even if you are vaccinated and boosted. it is an important reminder that we all have to be careful. kristen: a personals rkout is goinge dogshe says he't moves.

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larry: time for the four at four with spencer and mike joining us. if you're thinking about a vacation in new york, now might be the time. -- vacation europe, now might be the time. the exchange rate differs by less than one cent. the euro is down 15% since the start of the year. i remember going to europe probably a decade ago and it seemed like it was two dollars for every euro. it was brutal but now, spencer, you are a sophisticated world

traveler. are you ready to go? spencer: prior to covid, my wife and i had gone to italy for every september and the exchange rate was brutal. now i'm rooting -- not that i'm rooting for the euro to fall but i'm glad the dollar as backup. mike: i hope it's doing it with the pound. maybe if you want to go to great britain, you could have the same. let's go. who's buying the plane tickets? kristen: it's great for americans traveling to europe, but on the flipside, that would mean we are getting fuhrer -- fewer european tourists here. we need their dollars, too. a pregnant woman plans to fight a ticket for driving in an hov lane in texas. when she was pulled over, she argued the reversal of roe v. wade means hurt unborn child counts as a passenger. she will appear in court later this month. she says an officer told her

it's likely the ticket will be dropped. if it isn't, she will have to pay $215. likely the ticket will be dropped? larry: i have to give her credit. the reflex to think about a court ruling and applying it to your own personal situation, whether she wins or loses -- kristen: can you count your fetus as a dependent on taxes? spencer: if you are a strict constructionist and say person as a person at the point of conception, that should apply to all things beyond women's health issues. mike: stimulus checks. kristen: it could get interesting in terms of these challenges. larry: i haven't even thought about the ripple effects of all of the responsibilities. spencer: neither have the people who wrote the laws. [applause] larry: apparently. i think you are right there,

spencer. some controversy surrounding pete's newest menu item. the east bay company introduced its summer of jelly menu, debuting brown sugar jelly but a review in the chronicle is not so bubbly about it. the headline calling it the cultural appropriation approach to double t. that sounds harsh. we reached out but have not heard back. the summer jelly menu, they say, celebrates the refreshing taste of colors and unique customization of bobo-inspired coffee and tea beverages. some of the worked overtime working on that sentence. kristen: i have to say i'm not impressed. i am a bobo connoisseur. boba is a treat from where i was born, taiwan. if you're going to borrow from another culture, which you totally can, you should

acknowledge it. you should say this was popular in tyrol -- in taiwan and here is our version of it. you can acknowledge and appreciate. because they are so big, they had the opportunity to do that which they didn't really. taste is another matter. they marketed it as plant-based jelly. is that a selling point? it's always plant-based. are you marketing to the uninitiated? those are my thoughts. spencer: i'm not commenting specifically on this case but some cries of appropriation are over-the-top like ken michael bolton seeing r&b? can m&m do rap? kristen: but this is not like that new york woman who marketed her restaurant as chinese but cleaner? larry: that's a different situation. i just want to understand -- if anybody sells oboe, do they have to identify it with its

historical beginnings? what are we saying here? kristen: i'm not sure about that, but i think they should acknowledge that it is popular. i'm happy boba is mainstream. who doesn't want their culture to be appreciated by all? i just think they contribute to that. mike: the theme of the article was pretty brutal and the cultural appropriation part. it was comparing it to things it probably shouldn't compare it to. it seemed a little over-the-top. kristen: go taste it. the taste is in the pudding. if you don't come ago to one of the boba guys. mike: california, you put pineapple on a pizza. larry: you are right. kristen: let's debate how well

it tastes. larry: let's do that. spencer: i'm looking forward to that. kristen: now to a personal trainer whose workout has gone viral. he spent the last year running on all fours. videos of this routine have gone viral, some with nearly 21 million views. he is a personal trainer in indiana and says he works out like this 30 to 45 minutes every day and it has improved his body and mobility. larry: how about his dating life? [laughter] spencer: i wonder what he does when he passes a fire hydrant? [laughter] larry: this is obviously -- trying to go viral and did, but the exercises a bear crawl that's pretty common. it's just that you don't do it for miles and miles and on treadmills and in the gym. spencer: but he's in great shape. larry: maybe this is a throwback

-- i don't know. mike: he has unusually long arms. do you remember the crabwalk that we had to do in elementary school? that was horrible. larry: he is winning. mike: he can have

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larry: gas prices are finally starting to go back down. the average price is $4.67 a

gallon. in california, the average is $6.08 a gallon. napa county has the highest average in the bait area. six hours $.27 a gallon. we want to take a deep dive into the still very high gas prices. our i.t. reporter is here. it just feels like we are being ripped off. >> and it looks like they are going back up. i've been pouring over the research, speaking to oil companies and gas stations to come up with a clear picture of how we got here at where we are headed. we have seen gas prices easing. aaa says california average for a regular is down $.35 from a month ago. but it expects it to rise again. >> july is where we see the highest increase in demand as more and more people are taking their summer vacations. any decrease in the price of gasoline may be short-lived. >> that's our first question -- why are gas prices so high? >> is really insane.

>> he's the executive director of it -- of the energy -- atmos. >> the main driver of gas prices being higher is high oil prices by far. >> it is simple supply and demand. when covid hit, people stopped driving, so gas prices fell. when guest -- when covid eased up, gas prices begin to climb. then russia, which produces about 10% of the world's oil invaded ukraine. >> that drove prices highert ws that turn crude oil into gasoline such as these in the east bay -- >> refineries have scaled-back to maintenance during covid and now demand is roaring back for gasoline and refineries are not producing at their full capacity. some have even shut down. >> he represents oil companies

and refineries operating in our region. >> why can't you flip a switch and turn them on and get back to the way it was? >> refineries are incredible chemistry sets. you can't just simply ramp them up. it takes some work to get them ready to go. >> he says companies are reluctant to invest in a state that wants to and sales of gas powered cars by 2035. his clients are making record profits. in the first three months of this year, the top five oil companies brought in more than $35 billion in profits, up 200% from last year. >> why can't companies take a little less profits and pass on some of those profits to the consumer in the form of lower gas prices? >> we all feel the pain at the pump and we'll get it. nobody wants to pay these prices. when you look at the role of companies in this, we need to provide affordable, reliable supply and allow that to hopefully bring down cost as it grows. >> oil company profits have the

attention of the white house. >> my team will be sitting down with the ceos of major oil companies this week and we will try to get an explanation how they justify making $35 billion. >> i wanted to find out do individual gas station owners share in those massive profits. some drivers think you must be doing great. is that the case? >> not really. we would prefer like the drivers to have low prices. >> he owns more than a dozen gas stations and says his profit per gallon stays about the same no matter how much oil companies raise prices. >> if you give me two dollars and i sell it at three and i sell it at three, i make on the dollar. but if you give me six dollars $.50 that i sell it at seven dollars, that i'm only making $.50. my purchase price has gone up significantly. >> he says customers spend less

in his convenience stores when gas prices are high. california drivers a more than any other state. take a look at the latest numbers. six dollars eight cents for us compared to the national average. texas pays just four dollars 20 two cents. i spoke with an economist. wire prices always hiring california? >> california has myriad taxes, it cap and trade program, a special blend of gasoline. they are also somewhat of a petro island. >> we are not connected to other oil-producing states by pipelines, so we pump from the ground 30% of the oil we consume and import 70% from other countries. and that is expensive. >> there's a saying -- the cure to high prices as high prices because that will incentivize oil companies to produce more and refiners to refine more oil into things like gasoline, but

it takes time for those wheels to be put in motion. >> it's not but -- not much consolation, but drivers and dozens of other country -- other countries pay much more than we do. >> get use to prices for a while. keep your eye on the global news. that will tell you when prices are coming down. look to save a few cents per gallon anywhere you can by shopping around. >> here's the bottom line -- we are at the mercy of a global oil market and will companies reaping record profits. i've posted links for some of the sources in the story and an app that can help you find the cheapest gas at abc7news.com. larry: up to hundred percent? >> it's insane. and the coming profit for the second quarter is going to be about the same. more huge profits coming for them and really damaging to our

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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions. this is abc seven news. >> it's a sight many of us have seen on san francisco streets, illegal drug use. >> now a video captured how pervasive it is. it shows children returning home from school, passing people who are shooting up right on the sidewalk in front of them. good evening. i'm larry beil. ama: i'm ama daetz. witnesses recently captured the scene in the midmarket neighborhood where there are seven schools within a mile, includine, including a preschool and elementary school. larry: our reporter went to that site. has anything been done to stop the drug use in that area? it's wide open.