the building, that was six weeks ago. now it looks like they will not be able to go home until next year. ama: it turning into an ordeal for the tenants of 33 tehama. abc7news reporter luz pena is here. reporter: after august 17, it will no longer pay for temporary housing for residents. residents will need to move out, which means terminating their lease or wait for the building to get fixed sometime late this year or early 2023. it has been over 46 days since over 600 residents were displaced from 33 tehama after a water main broke on the 33rd floor. the building management placed this woman and many other tenants in this hotel, while the building got fixed. >> i have -- if they do not help us i do not know what will happen. reporter: the real estate

development and management firm that owns the building sent a letter to all tenants letting them know after august 17, they will no longer be responsible for their temporary housing. mungo's residence are 60 though income tenants -- among those residents are 60 low income tenants. she was diagnosed with cancer last year. she says the housing is impacting her health. >> i hope they get stability and a place. so we do not have to go through this anymore. reporter: we spoke to the senior management director who said repairs are taking longer than anticipated. >> the elevators are not occupied able because -- occupied able, because all of the surroundings of the elevator shaft are wet and are growing mold. we have to replace all of the drywall. reporter: supervisor is requesting the city attorney's office investigate what happened to 33 tehama and whether the owownership is meeting its legal

obligations for displacing its tenets. there so many questions circling around, specifically from the supervisor, who is saying that there needs to be a thorough investigation of what actually took place in the building. what took place? >> we don't know. we are analyzing the pieces of equipment and doing a full investigation. we want to understand exactly how this happens so never happens again. we don't know at this point. reporter: they say what they are doing is legal. >> we made sure that we got legal help to make sure we were following the law. reporter: she is hoping they help her with the housing in august 17. >> i need stability. i don't know how long i have to live. i don't. i have cancer in my bones. so, this is really stressful for me. ama: --reporter: according to

records, they had 31 movement -- moveouts and people are scheduled to move out in the upcoming weeks. dan: you feel for everyone involved. luz what is -- what are they going to do about the low income residents that it will lose their housing in a couple of weeks? reporter: they confirmed they will give all residents who terminate their lease of their security deposits back. as for the 60 low income residents, they are working with the city to relocate those tenants. they did not give any specifics on a timeline, saying the goal is as soon as possible. dan: we will continue to follow what happens. thank you. ama: san francisco mayor london breed's promising they will see the homeless situation improve in the next few months. according to the department of homelessness and human services, 2000 people are in shelters on any given day with more than 9000 in supportive housing. moore's on the way, including a newly renovated shelter. here is leanne melendez with the story. >> another one checking people

in, making sure people are ok. reporter: the mayor of san francisco is used to touring homeless shelters but this is the first of its kind in the city. it is who gets to live here and how they will accommodate people that make the old hotel a unique shelter. >> this was a former hostile. it has some quads, triples, some doubles. it has even got single rooms. reporter: the ideas that before people have bonded and formed their own community and tense they will be offered a room with four beds. the shelter is open 20 47 and residents can they indefinitely. the concept is new and being tested because not everyone feels safe in the traditional open space congregate, homeless shelters. to 50 people will be housed -- 250 people will be housed. because it was a youth hostel, some of the amenities were already here. the hope is that they can

eventually move into supportive housing. mayor london breed says san franciscans will begin to see the homeless situation improve after spending millions on services and accommodations. >> we expect to have, within the next three months, an additional thousand units including the 250 here become online come online and be available -- come online and be available. 1800 people have been house permanently. reporter: while it sounds promising, in the case of this new shelter some neighbors worry about people congregating outside, since there is no outdoor space. if you look around, there is a courtyard, by marriott, some restaurants, a café, not everyone is welcoming the shelter with open arms. >> just don't let people sit around and loiter outside. if you want to stay inside that is: find. i will not be for it in a month, i see people hanging out there. reporter: urban alchemy is the

group running the shelter and has workers patrolling the 700 block of post street. today we saw them engaging with small business owners, promising them they will be good neighbors. in san francisco, leanne melendez abc7news. dan: a grass fire putting up smoke is burning in the ultima pass in livermore. it is possible the car crash on 580 espart 580 esparta's fire, about 20 minutes ago. one eastbound lane is blocked. ed a sig alert. we have sky 7 on the way to get a closer look. as you can see, a lot of thick, dark smoke being put up in the livermore area. the i-team has confirmed san francisco's new district attorney has asked the state attorney general to take over a case involving mayor london breed's brother. he is asking for a reduction in his prison sentence for armed robbery in the death of the

getaway car driver. our reporter is here with today's developments. reporter: the mayor appointed brooke jenkins, to even avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, the da called the ag's office to take over the case but questions remain, involving the mayor's office. san francisco mayor, london breed appeared on abc 7's getting answers to talk about crime, covid and monkeypox. she did not have time for my questions about her hand-picked district attorney, brooke jenkins, asking the state attorney general to take over a case involving the mayor's brother. >> good evening everyone. reporter: breeds brother is asking for reduction in his prison sentence. 42 years, four months for armed robbery, carjacking and involuntary manslaughter. with an accomplice, he rubbed $7,200 from the johnny rockets restaurant, the getaway car stopped in the middle of the golden gate, and he pushed the driver to the pavement, where

she was run over and killed by a drunk driver. >> the victim who was struck on the bridge, perhaps was thrown from the vehicle. we do have a strong suspicion that it was an intentional act. >> that she was pushed. >> at the time london breed had an alibi for her brother. she told police when she arrived at her grandmother's house, the time of the robbery, the defendant was asleep on the couch. in 2018, breed used official stationery to write governor brown asking her to commute her brother sentence. for that the ethics commission finder when he $500 saying she violated city law, using city titles for non-city purposes. to avoid an appearance of political favoritism, the mayor's choice for d.a., has recused herself from the napoleon brown case. a move she was considering last week as she told abc 7 news in an expose of interview. >> ethically i would prefer not to handle that case. i think that would be the

appropriate thing, to make sure another agency is handling it. reporter: people demand and their government to be open and transparent. that is the only way to avoid this. reporter: joe elliott is a member of a renowned a san francisco political family. his mother, longtime supervisor and civil rights attorney, his grandfather, mayor san francisco. he tells me he will be filing this week to run for district attorney. the jenkins should recuse yourself from other cases. >> their active criminal investigations currently in the das office. reporter: which involve the mayor's office. >> absolutely. if this d.a. denies that, she will have a mutiny on her hands in her own office. it is known throughout the office. reporter: the team asked brooke jenkins about new investigations involving the mayor's office. >> i'm not aware. if those are brought to light to me, again i will maintain my ethical obligation to make sure i'm not handling any cases where

conflict does exist. reporter: the mayor's office sent and email sing london breed trusts the da take the appropriate steps in her new role. and giving her brother and alibi for a crime he later admitted. mayor breed stands by her participation and involvement in the investigation. by the way, brooke jenkins asked the attorney general to take over a case involving the shooting death of her husband's 18-year-old cousin. that was in the bay area two years ago. dan: we will follow this. ama: from the i-team, food delivery service daily harvest named a plant placed protein -- based protein and its crumbles that sickened and hospitalized hundreds of people who ate it. some had their gallbladders removed. the ceo says it was only used in the french lentil and lick crumbles that the company is no longer sourcing from this producer. the producer does not provide ingredients for any of the companies other menu items.

daily harvest has not name the producer. >> knowing who the supplier of it is does a number of things. it helps the fda, helps consumers, and helps lawyers where the contamination event occurred. ama: daily harvest ceo says the company's investigation team will work with the fda and the flower producer to determine what made people sick. dan: happy and healthy. that is all parents want for their babies. tonight a documentary takes an in-depth look at the dangers of black weather space and what is being done about it. ama: michael finney joins us live tonight. when it comes to robo calls, there is hope on the horizon. >> heat easing today. i will let you know if the trend will continue through the rest of the week. dan: thank you. meet the wildflower guy. hes 94 years young. stay with us.

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the seven-year-old big sister has her hands full. mama, is glad that they are happy and healthy. both kids were born preterm several weeks early. >> kingston, i was 32 weeks, kindle, i was 34 weeks. >> her experience is far from isolated. black women experience higher preterm birth rates and maternal mortality rate than any other group. she believes the quality of care was a factor. >> i was not heard. i wasn't respected. i sat on my doctors -- on the table and i just cried. i was like, why are you not listening to me? no matter how equipped we are, how educated we are, because i show up as a black woman, as i show up as a black mother, it is not safe. >> the new documentary aftershock, streaming on hulu brings a black eternal -- maternal health crisis front center. >> my daughter story is loud,

colorful and artful. she was awake, aware and active. yet she still died. >> the documentary, following two black families as they take on the health-care system to stop more preventable deaths during missy from happening is released at the same time as a new community study by international maternal medicine hud -- hub birthplace lab. people found that people of color were less likely to receive cognitive care and have their doctor or midwife present during childbirth. black women were more likely to desire more decision power during the pregnancy and less likely to receive it. women of color were twice as likely to report being physically violated or have a health care provider refuse help or be shouted out health care providers. >> institutional racism are at the root of this issue. >> alexis is the executive director of the california preterm birth initiative.

the organization is aimed at addressing structural racism to reduce racial disparities in labor the outcomes and -- an issue she knows firsthand. >> my last delivery as asked for payment notification and i was flat refused -- flat refused. >> it advocates for policy changes to address root causes. most recently securing bias training for california natal health care providers, passed in 2019. >> if you listen to the folks who are most impacted we will see the changes that we want to see in our system and see improved care, provided to black babies and families. >> hope is on the preterm birth initiative advisory board. she sees the work being paid off firsthand. she is pregnant with her first -- fourth child. >> this is the first time in 19 years, that i feel safe, giving birth. >> this time she is just a few

weeks away from making it full-t it during fourth -- birth. >> you can guarantee every birth outcome but this proves you can do something. it is not impossible. when you listen to them, they make it. at 43 years old. >> julian glover, abc7news. dan: you can watch aftershock, and original documentary from abc studios, streaming on hulu. ama: factor breaking news. a fire burning in the ultima past. these are live images from sky 7. there's a lot of smoke in the air. one eastbound lane of 580 is closed, near flynn road. we see heavy traffic in the area. you can see some of the flames burning there as well. we believe a car crash sparked the fire around 5:30. cal fire's calling this the flynn fire and say it is about 15 to 20 acres in steep terrain

and winds are factor. you can see the heavy black smoke coming off this and some of the flames burning as well. dan: wind and heat no doubt a factor there, as you continue to see this burning in the livermore area. good news. it looks like it is a remote, no houses threatened. pretty intense fire. sandhya: the winds are a big factor. that tends to be a windy area. let me show you the conditions. 88. it is really dry, ellet of humidity. west of southwesterly winds 27 but gusting to 39. that is going to push the flames. winds will remain gusty through this evening, even going into tomorrow. hopefully the crews can get that went out quickly. onto another fire, the marsh fire, continues to burn. their making progress and flooding the area but they have extended the air-quality advisory that has been going for days for eastern contra costa county, through tomorrow as

smoke impacts will continue. for most of the bay area, good-quality, santa clara county moderate. eastern contra costa county, there are air paint -- impacts. be careful, we have a beach hazard statement through 9:00 p.m. tomorrow is a long period southerly swell is here and bringing a higher risk of stronger rip currents. winds hour in san francisco. onshore winds gusting at 31. that helped take our temperatures down today. it is 11 degrees cooler, five in concord. looking at the temperatures at this hour in the 90's in brentwood, 50's coast wide. our summertime pattern is with us. high temperatures when the low to mid 90's and lend. live views from our thai -- tower cam, shows us the golden gate bridge, is with us. sierra nevada seeing some thunderstorm activity starting

to push off into the nevada area. as we look at live doppler 7, here things are stable. we have the fog layer near the coast. areas of fog overnight, dense patches, rough and dangerous surf through tomorrow. the heat persists inland next few days. first thing in the morning the fog will be pushing across the bay between 5:00 and 8:00 a.m. it will be thick, especially near the coast. there will be missed and drizzle. morning temperatures in the 50's and 60's. your afternoon highs in the south bay, it will be warm, 92 in gilroy, 84 san jose, 75 milpitas. 63 at half moon bay. downtown san francisco, 66. breezy near the coast and lingering clouds. north bay temperatures 85 in san raphael, 87 in santa rosa. getting up into the east, 72 oakland, inland areas will be hot. 94 in concord. 96 in antioch.

the accuweather seven-day forecast featuring the heat hanging around tomorrow with our summer pattern. noticed by friday, dropping those temperatures down into the upper 80's inland. there will be a nice relief from the heat. upper 50's, coast side. if you like the heat, don't worry, we bump up the temperatures in time for the weekend. low 60's to low 90's. dan: thank you very much. we have been a politically polarized lately but there is something democrats and republicans have in common.

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67% of voters survives thing democrats running for congress in their area are not paying close enough attention to the countries most important problems. 65 percent say neither other republican candidates. 81% disapprove of the way current congress people are doing their jobs. disapproval has not been this high for more than five years. ama: when you need help with your health, you go to the doctors. who does the doctor turn to when they need help? plus. >> shocked beyond belief. dan: shock, just one of the reactions to the deadly shooting of an uber driver. the family sharing their feelings. ama: we are leaving you with a live look at the fire burning near the ultima pass, creating slow traffic. the chp has closed one lane. calfire says about 20 acres are burning. you see the smoke there. we continue to monitor the

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the east bay, sky 7 over a brush fire believed to be sparked by a car crash on i-5 80 in the altamont past. it is in a rural area, no structures nearby but the freeway is close by there you see 580 and a lot of smoke coming off this fire. ama: this is 580 in north flynn road in livermore. the crash was on eastbound 580 around 5:40 pm the chp has one lane blocked. dan: alameda county firefighters say this is 50 to 70 acres and could get is biggest 20 acres -- 120 acres. is in steep terrain with high winds fueling the flames. ama: we're zooming in on flames as well. we will continue to keep an eye on this fire and bring you more information here on abc7news. you can watch this livestream on abc7news.com and through the abc7news bay area app. dan: caught in the act,. but still on the loose

surveillance video shows two men involved in the shooting death of a ride-share driver. ama: patrick's family is asking for solutions and justice. dan: the shooting happened at 11:00 a.m. on 13th avenue near oaklands neighborhood. ama: we spoke with the girlfriend and mother -- his girlfriend and mother. >> she is afraid to even leave her house. she cannot sleep. >> pushing through tears, judy who requested we only use her english first name recalls the horror that played out outside her home just before 11:00 a.m. sunday morning. >> the whole incident happened in less than five seconds. in that span of time she lost her boyfriend. >> the surveillance video is disturbing. two people and hoodies, approach her boyfriend's car while he was waiting driving for uber. the suspect was telling her to get out. when she does not, the shot is

fired and the young men run off. oakland police are calling this an attempted robbery. >> even works on sundays. it is because of his job, is hard-working trade that he got killed. >> judy's home is close to little saigon. i was there last month as dozens of business owners spoke out over the crime plaguing their neighborhood and nearby predominantly asian areas. >> she wants to know why. why, us? we are hard-working. we go to work, we pay her bills. but why are we being targeted over and over again? this has to stop. >> it is the same reason why patrick's brother ivan is speaking out too, hoping this is the wake-up call to spark change. >> gun control. way too much gun violence. if the government can put tighter, more restrictions on gun control, it will help our society. >> the oakland china improvement

council is helping with the gofundme to help with funeral expenses. dan: you should know within the past hour oakland police announced a reward in this case, where the $12,000 is available for information leading to this case. ama: lawmakers were arrested outside of the supreme court case, among those arrested were bay area lawmakers at jackie speier and barbara lee. 35 people were arrested for causing a disturbance. they were cited and released. congresswoman speir -- speieer spoke to us about today's events. >> i worry about my daughter because she has less rights than i do at the moment. it is incumbent on me to protest, in a nonviolent way, that is how most great changes in our country have taken place. ama: congresswoman speier says

this was her first ever arrest. she is calling a president biden to declare a public rights emergency on women's rights. dan: let's move on to monkeypox, which is in most of the b area. solano county confirmed its first case and as two other probable cases. this map shows you the number of cases in each county where monkeypox has been detected, solano, marin, san mateo, alameda, santa clara, and santa cruz. you can read up on what it is like to have monkeypox. the symptoms on our website, go to abc7news.com. hundreds of santa clara county health care workers are pleading with county management for help. they say they are short and critically overworked. abc7news reporter zach fuentes spoke with some of them and what they say they need from their leaders. >> how do we go from health care heroes to being treated as zeros? reporter: dozens of physicians came out at santa clara medical county center, and said they

have overcome countless hurdles to do their job well. >> they want us to see more patients with fewer resources and fewer physicians. reporter: the issues they are facing predate the pandemic. it is not just the physician speaking out alongside them at this press conference were nurses and support staff. >> the wait time is anywhere between eight to 14 hours. i don't think anyone wants that for the loved ones. reporter: the valley physicians groups represents hundreds of physicians who work inside occurs public houses -- hospitals and clinics. chronically understaffed and unhealthy patient workloads has been devastating. >> it is a crisis when in may, a beloved physician colleague dies by suicide in his bmc office, right over and that building. another, just last week, attempt suicide. reporter: pediatric doctor tells

me what is happening at county hospitals, is impacting some of the most vulnerable. >> the vast majority of my patients, the pandemic is heard to them. their families are struggling. reporter: in addition to mental health resources and equipment, the main thing the county health system needs is more physicians, she says. >> i need more bodies. that's all i need, just so we can do our job. reporter: we reach out to the county second of office for response to the claims made by its health-care workers and have not heard back. we reach to valley medical center who redirected us back to the county executive's office. dan: now, if you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, there is a new national hotline that you can call anytime. dial 988 and you can find a list of local resources on abc7news.com/take action. are you tired of robo calls? tonight there is hope, even as

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alameda county firefighters say the fire is 50 to 70 acres, spark a car crash on 580 your flynn wrote. the chp has part of the highway shut down. traffic is backing up. as we take a live look from sky 7. we will wring you more information here on tv and you can watch a live -- bring you more information here on tv and through the bay area app. it is slow going in the area. you can see the car, that burned as well right in the center of your screen. dan: you might hardly be able to tell the difference but the number of robo calls in the last year has been cut in half, police according to one consumer group. michael finney is here to look into what has gone right and what is gone wrong in the fight to stop these annoying calls. >> they take up a lot of our day. look the report released today from the public interest in --

research group, blames loopholes in the laws and phone companies that allow these to get through in the seemingly endless ring of aggravation. the report warns of a growing tactic to scam you, that you've probably already experienced. jimmy who recently moved from his longtime home, says he gets up to 40 robo calls per day. >> i get calls at 6:00 a.m. in the morning and at night. >> your memory is full. >> marianna says her voicemail is overcome with robo calls. >> you should have received something in the mail but your cars extended warranty. >> it is irritating. when you get eight calls a day on average. >> a new report says there is hope. the number of monthly spam calls has gone from 2.1 billion last year, to 1.1 billion now. the drop coincides with the new

law that makes phone companies responsible for preventing spam callers from using their service. the problem is, many phone companies are not yet in compliance. cal berg says that could change soon. >> they have started to crack down. we have seen 18 cease-and-desist letters go out. >> this attorney general pledged his office would do all it could to work with the feds to stop the seemingly endless problem. >> these calls are not just annoying. they are not just a source of frustration. robo calls lead to real and devastating financial harm. >> robo calls lead to $10 billion annually in fraud nationwide. even as robo calls decrease, robo texts have increased 12 fold, to 12 billion per month in one year. >> there is definitely a correlation here between when the new law fighting robo calls went into effect. >> a new proposal would expand

the robo call fighting law to include robo texts as well. marianne is trying to remain optimistic. >> there's a lot of people involved that can make changes. they just need to get together and finally do it, before gets much worse. >> now on our website, i have 18 tips for reducing the numbers of robo calls you receive. just go to abc 7. -- abc7news.com/7 on your side. dan: thank you very much. ama: summer warmth will be with us of this week. seven-day forecast is up next. plus. >> i stumbled on the most incredible way to spend your senior years. ama: his senior years are has 90's. he is using them to make the bay he is using them to make the bay area a more beautiful place. people with plaque psoriasis, are rethinking the choices they make. like the shot they take. the memories they create.

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ama: along retired chemist in richmond has found a magnificent way to give the gift of a garden to his neighborhood. the 94-year-old is the inspiration. leslie brinkley spend a few hours with the wildflower guy who sees her taking root in helping build a better bay area.

>> these are wildflowers. they plant themselves. reporter: 90 fair-year-old -- 94-year-old gil patchett is known as the wildflower guy. >> these are the naked ladies. reporter: his brilliant blooms have taken over an abandoned strip of dead grass in the center of the street, starting in 1998. >> i got rid of the weeds, as best i could, and i planted a seed. i bought a $.10 package of wildfire seeds. -- wildflower seeds, that is how i started. every year it grew bigger and bigger. i started with plot eight, b, c, the next year it was de nf. -- d, e, f. i paid no taxes or rent. the city gave me water. reporter: using only hand tools and hours of labor he created this neighborhood garden and another along the scrubby stretch of land along a popular trail. >> when i discovered

wildflowers, guess what? the line -- they live and they die, they return to the earth. i don't need any storage space, like the material world. that appeal to me. if everybody did it, we would not have any pollution. reporter: he doesn't just grow flowers. he gave me a squash. he grows food, tomatoes and squash he delivers to neighbors. >> he is one-of-a-kind. he is a good guy. what he does for the neighborhood and everything that grows here, is just really great. >> this is a major street, people pass by and see this wonderful wildflower garden and they often see gil out here working at all times of the day. it is an uplifting great story. it shows the power that one person can have in making their community a better place. reporter: neighbors are starting to take on the workload as gil

patchett hopes to spread the magic. >> with this magic wand i would like to save the earth and i would like everyone to think that way. reporter: in richmond, i am leslie brinkley abc7news. dan: what an amazing man doing great things. 94 years young. let's go back to breaking news. that grass fire burning in the altamont pass. we are seeing firefighters breaking -- making a progress. there's a lot of smoke in the year and a large traffic backup on 580, a car crash on 580 spark this fire. the chp close one eastbound lane on the freeway. alameda county firefighters say the fires 50 to 70 acres. could end up being as much as 120 acres before it has finally stopped. looks more optimistic than that. they are making good progress. ama: thank goodness. they had to keep track of the winds. dan: sandia -- sandhya is

tracking that. sandhya: the crews really knew that they had to jump on it. they been doing a great job. less smoke out there, 85 degrees, relative humidity 20%, winds out of the southwest 38 miles an hour gusts. it will remain windy in the next few hours, 30 to over 30 miles an hour. some of the smoke is getting picked up on our radar, as we check out the window direction it is pushing it out towards the tracy area in terms of the smoke. fog near the coast. tomorrow afternoon, hot inland, mid 90's, mild near the coast. we don't have anything to complain about. look at the heat across the southern -- south-central u.s., 108 in dallas, 106 oak loma city. triple digits out towards st. louis. look at friday, it is still sweltering, dangerous heat which is why they have a number of

watches and warnings there. accuweather 7 day forecast, or heat hands-on but it is a typical sub -- summer pattern. friday is much cooler. dan: looks good. ama: all right. we have a lot going on. >> steph i don't know how they do it all. they will be at there tomorrow night. which one does he really want to win the most?

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>> now abc 7 sports with larry beil. >> the wars will be represented at the espys lead by the host of the event steph curry. they will roll out the red carpet at the dolby theatre in los angeles. chris alvarez is on the hollywood walk of fame. are you still searching for your own star? >> i found yours. i don't have one yet. but yours is here. it looked really nice. we have stephen curry, we will have a star one day on the walk. tomorrow he will host the espys right here. he has done everything on the basketball court. tomorrow he is in an arena hosting the espys. what a summer it has been for him. nba finals champion for the fourth time. he was the m.v.p., again in the tournament in tahoe and now in southern california, hosting the espys right here on abc7news.

earlier he said he reached out to previous host, peyton manning on how to -- on what to expect. we saw him playing in commercials this hosting gig will be brand-new but will have the authentic steph feel. >> i will be myself and have fun with that and embrace the opportunity and honor to host the espys. is something i've never done and i have the honor to do. the espys that would mean the most to me, best team would be special. but best record-breaking performance, just because that is a lifelong and career long goal for me, to sit atop of the all-time nba three-point list. i respect everybody that came before me. and means a lot to be on top of that list. >> larry, steph is up for four awards tomorrow. you heard him talk about the best record-breaking performance. that was an amazing moment, culmination of all the hard work he is putting. is adding to that list of

three-pointers -- he is adding to the list of three-pointers. it would be nice to see them get one award i predict two or three. >> yeah. the team competition, the warriors, they will all be there. just to wrap it up, that star, that is not mine, that is larry the cable guy. that's not mine. [laughter] >> you're right. >> thank you, chris. you can see steph host the espys tomato 8:00. he is up for four awards. the all-star game is 32 -- 3-2. we will have that in those highlights tonight. dan: thanks. ama: coming up tonight on abc 7 at 8:00, catches celebrity family feud followed by the rookie at 10:00. stay with us for abc 7 is at 11:00. coming up next, on national

geographic short fest festival. shark attack files, for men. each year sharks tech nine times more men than women. download our app to check it out. that is it for us for now. thanks for joining us i am ama daetz. dan: we appreciate your time. let's take a look alive at sky 7 right now, over that fire in the livermore area near 580.

♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, please welcome today's contestants-- a medical humanities professor from chicago, illinois... an attorney from river edge, new jersey... and our returning champion-- a research fellow from austin, texas... ...whose 1-day cash winnings total... [applause] and now hosting "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings. [applause] thank you, johnny. welcome to "jeopardy!" we started the week out with such an exciting game yesterday. all players in a good position heading into the final. three correct responses.

and then it all came down to the tiebreaker round, in which our champion, william, was the first to ring in with the correct response of lyndon johnson. today i'm delighted to welcome matt and catherine to the alex trebek stage. good luck, all. let's see what categories you'll be facing in the jeopardy! round. first we have... ...presented by the nbc 7 news team. then... notice the quotation marks. and then... ...oddly enough. william, you're the champ. where do we begin? let's go with 20th century america for $400, please. - matt. - what is the "challenger"? - right. - 20th century america for $200. - matt. - who are communists?

- yes. - 20th century america, $600.