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experiencing an increase in cases. monkeypox clinics have seen long lines recently in where some people have been turned want. it is the city's lgbtq community on alert, monkeypox is affecting gay and bisexual men. >> this is affecting men having section with men. cornell: stoimses can start within three weeks, including fever, headache and fatigue and rashes on the body. the department of health anticipate hewn services says they ordered 1.2 million. zuckerberg medical hospital will reopen its clinic until 8:00 a.m. dion: thanks if for cop prehe
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saidive information about monkeypox, including information about vaccines and treatment, you can head to our website, abc7news.com. you can find links at our home page. >> to developing news now where two wildfires are burning in mar pose is a south inside of yosemite national park. a a second started near yosemite. the so-called oak fire is spreading rapidly. the oak fire destroyed 10 structures overnight. the fire exploded in size since it ignited yesterday afternoon. governor gavin newsom announced that california has a grant to help f fight the fire. a new evacuate order was issued this morning for the area just north of the town of mariposa. one-third of the county's population is under evacuation
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order. >> it is year after year and to think about this entire state and everywhere else, there has been so many fires and so many homes and pets and people, and the elderly and just thinking about the people who have a hardship through pit . >> we have a lot of personnel who live in the area, grew up in the area and have family, so it is hard when it is in your own backyard. dion: some evac yeah yeah -- evs are staying at a shelter. now to the washburn fire, that is 75% contained. officials were able to reopen highway 79. park reservations are still required. flames have scorched sent and a half miles since the fire
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started six days ago. drew, you have been watching it all. drew: yeah, we're watching these fires. we will take you to satellite imagery. there you can see all of the smoke pouring out of the oak fire as we speak. we will widen out the picture and show you where the fire is in respect to the bay area. here you can see where the oak fire is and the marine level. ournsreers the s ll syoks leo foreseeable future keeping the smoke away from us. right now, air quality near the fire, of course, unhealthy near calistoga pass. we will see unhealthy air quality in the region. the smoke forecast keeps the smoke away from us. what we will watch is the onshore winds as it moves inland.
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it may push the smoke towards lake tahoe. that smoke does stay away from us and the pattern for the week ahead keeps that on shore flow with us. right now, it looks like the smoke stays out of our atmosphere, which is good news. these fires can grow very quickly with a lot of smoke, so something we will be watching. here is the air quality forecast. monday, tuesday, wednesday, we will keep the smoke out of our atmosphere. good air quality, but we will keep you updated as the fire continues to burn. now, we're tracking warmer temperatures for the week. dion: thanks. it has been nearly six months since the gabe family has last seen alexis. today, a possible clue was found in oakley. alexis' family and several combd through the area. pieces of an iphone were found during the search and will be
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taken by police for further investigation. the gabe family has been working to access alexis' phone records and icloud account for more information. >> the police say that apple is very hard to work with, and we need our attorney to help us with that. dion: the gabe family is hopeful the phone is a match to alexis' iphone 11 pro max. another search will be held tomorrow. police believe that her ex-boyfriend killed her, but her body has never been found. >> president biden says he is feeling better after testing positive for covid. he has been able to get work done even though limited to conferences and phone calls. we have more on this story from washington. >> reporter: giving a thumbs up since his covid diagnosis, he is eager to reassure americans that
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he is fine. > >> let me apologize for my voice. >> reporter: a letter from his doctor says he will continue to take the antiviral drug. >> given the fact that he is vaccinated, doubly boosted on a very good antiviral, we fully expect he will do well. >> reporter: biden still has a runny nose, fatigue and loose cough. his oxygen levels are normal. the president did have an evaluated temperature thursday night at 99.4 degrees, which isn't considered a fever. he was given tylenol and his temperature has been normal since then. >> over the last two years, people call me when they get a positive diagnosis and they say i'm sorry, i failed. it is not a failure. it is a very contagious virus. it is widespread. people will get infected. >> reporter: the white house
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says it has identified 17 people determined to be close contacts of the president, but so far none of them have tested positive. >> this is part of his job is to interact with the public, interact with everyday people, so he does not regret that. >> reporter: the biden administration is encouraging americans to get vaccinated or boosted if eligible. 87% of the u.s. population is living in a county with high or medium risk for covid-19. carina mitchell, abc news, new york. dion: when we return, a group of bay area students are learning a lesson about challenges. their trip to prague didn't go as planned. an update on their efforts to return home. >> a block party that is all >> a block party that is all ab
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empress of: you're american. and then you come home and you're honduran. marianne: totally relate to that. it's like a double personality kind of thing. ♪ ♪ dion: new details on efforts to get a group of bay area high school music students home safely from central europe. they have been stranded in prague since thursday when their flight home was canceled by lieu fan is a airlines. they were supposed to fly from prague to frankfurt, germany,
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but the first flight was canceled unexpectedly and they have been stranded the past two days. a charter flight will take the group tomorrow, they are expected to arrive in san francisco tomorrow afternoon. >> quite a turnout for an event to unite two san francisco communitys. this is the second annual summer unity block party. it is a celebration meant to bring together san francisco's chinese and black residents. today's event included several colorful dance numbers and plenty of fun for kids. guest speakers included the mayor and the police chief. >> the pancake party he threw was his last, at least this one is. he is hoping someone will take his place at the griddle. >> we will take a live look
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dion: a san francisco man who has been uniting his neighborhood through pancakes served up his last place. we told you about branson back in february. he cooks pancake parties outside of his home in the mission direct saying it is a great way to get to know your neighbors. he and his family are moving to the east coast, but it looks like the spirit behind the events will live on with other neighbors. >> i went to a pancake party a couple of weeks ago that was two blocks that way. so, they are carrying it on. then there is a couple they have -- they will be here later, they have happy hour on fridays on the front stoop people come and hang out. dion: branson is looking for a neighbor to give one of his griddles to, to make sure the
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pancake party continues. >> an astro mom call jackpot got bigger. the lottery prize on tuesday soared to $790 million after no one got all of the numbers in last night's drawing. no one has matched all six numbers since april and now the jackpot is approaching historic territory. lottery officials say only three other lottery jackpots have ever been bigger. people across the country did win smaller prizes. winning numbers are on your screen, 14, 40, 60, 64, and 66. the mega ball number is 16. it is race weekend in san francisco. the 45th san francisco mar rational on this starts tomorrow morning at 5:330 at mission street. a 5k fun run was held today along san francisco's waterfront. yesterday, thousand of runners picked up their race packets at
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the fort festival pavilion, including a team that will make their tandem debut this weekend. >> all eyes are on the weather for all of those runners. drew: i have ran it several times in years past and it is cloudy and cool and that is the best weather. you don't want to be sweating and you don't want the sunshine in your face. you will find the fog and the coastal drizzle. the fog will retreat back to the coast for afternoon sunshine. here is a live look. the fog is on the move. it has been hugging the coast all day. so, the fog will search inland tonight. we will find drizzle along the coastline even in parts of the city. nothing but sunshine except for the coastline again tomorrow giving us a wide range of temperatures. our air quality does remain good over the next 24 hours. right now, it is 58 in the city, but you hop over into the inland
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bay, 62 in oakland with the breeze and fog moving in. 76 in san jose. santa rosa at 80 degrees. the story we're tracking, this trough is going to sit over the west coast for the next 24 hours. supplying that marine layer along the immediate coastline, but also giving us the wide range of temperatures once again. surging through the delta and the south bay, north bay seeing the fog as well. as the morning goes on, you see it pull back for afternoon sunshine. it will be another day where temperatures cool along the coast, but hot inland. breezy as well tomorrow. again, the onshore flow is helping to keep the smoke from the oak fire away from us. it turns gusty, 20 to 25 miles an hour. overnight, we will track that fog surging back in. i think some sheltered valleys of the north bay will drop into
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the upper 40's. there is a chill in the a.m. in the north bay. our warmest spots like antioch holding in the 40's. 70's and 80's. 82 in san jose.79 in cooper tin. only the 50's for half moon bay and pacifica. 76, mountain view. 62, pretty cloudy in richmond holding in the upper 50's tomorrow. 85 in santa rosa. look at the lake. pretty hot. east bay, afternoon sun, 70 in oakland. 77 in fremont and inland, we're pretty hot. 94, brentwood. 90, concord. if you're running the marathon tomorrow, here is your forecast. a lot of cloud cover, comfortable temperatures in the 50's. good luck to all of those
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runners. says tomorrow in the afternoon, except along the coast. it is breezy. we will see the pattern continue for must have of the week ahead. we take a dip in the temperatures before bouncing back at the end of the week. >> now, abc7 sports with chris alvarez. chris: feels like it disappeared after two heartbreaking losses against the dodgers. mookie betts a three-run blast breakingal 6-0 tie to take the lead. last night, cody bell engineer, an eighth inning, webb knows the giants have to be at their best at all time against the dodgers. >> it is an all-star team over there, so it is always good games we play here and we just
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got to be more crisp with what we do, everything we do. it is the little things to win ball game, especially these guys and get back to the basics of playing good baseball and just doing the little things right. chris: cole irvin has been the a's best pitcher. he is 3-1 after last night's win against texas. he allowing just one earned run the manager is not surprised by king cole's success. >> i brought his name up as a possibility for an all-star selection for him. he doesn't beat himself, which is big. any timal starting pitcher can go out and attack hitters and force them to swing the bats generally, it is a positive outcome. chris: we are about 362 days away from the 2023 edition of ofthe espys, but let's look back
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at a steph curry. he was humorous and funny. steph on the red carpet. some of the biggest flames in women's sports. cameron brink and so many more. steph a huge supporter of women's athletics and with this being the 50 year anniversary of title ix, i asked about steph's impact in women's sports. >> everybody was sad for a lot of reasons when kobe past, but who is going to be the next nba player and promote women athletes and he is one of those. >> he gets it. he knows women are a force to be recognized with. >> as a girl dad, you know, i see him as being a wonderful ally. what we want to do is what steph is doing, which is bringing
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everyone closer to the game, making them feel welcome, showing them the best of the best, and that talent doesn't rest. he loves his sports, but he sees he is more than a basketball player. >> so, we all got a house. many times you have to have keys to the house. we want to govern you the key to the city of little rock. chris: warriors' guard returning home to little rock as part of the champions tour. the mayor handing him the key to the city. moody showing off his half-court range. he can splash and took photos with the kids. pretty good for a kid who just turned 20 years old. he has a key to the city. what were you doing at 20? dion: not doing so well in school, trying to avoid going to school. chris: you turned out just fine,
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dion. dion: that is what happens, you look back and those who were cool and did well in school, no, some of those who did well in school were still successful. never mind, going down a slippery slope. chris, thank you. >> just ahead, before spotify and itunes, there was radio. tune in to the preservation seen this ad? it's not paid for by california tribes. it's paid for by the out of state gambling corporations that wrote prop 27.
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dion: coming up tonight on abc7 news at 11:00, did a flood do the job? an update on a stubborn wildfire burning for weeks in the east bay and if a plan to swamp it out worked. >> a plane crashed shortly after taking off from reid-hillview airport. now, some say it is time for the airport to close. all of that and more coming up on abc7 news at 11:00. >> finally, now a group in the bay area spent the day celebrating the great invention of the radio. california historical society held radio day by the bay. the event included tour of the radio museum initial media, a
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radio play, a live auction of restored radios and a live jazz orchestra. i always love seeing that get played. our very own abc7 anchors dan ashley was one of the auctioneers. they have preserved and restored radios for nearly 50 years. they are hoping to renovate their museum. their museum. the san francisco bay here's why tribal leaders urge you to vote yes on prop 27. the act provides hundreds of millions every year for permanent solutions to homelessness, mental health and addiction in california. prop 27 supports financially disadvantaged tribes
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