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raised its benchmark interest rate by three quarters of a point. these are significant changes. in combination, tainted and ominous picture -- paint and ominous picture of our country's economic future. ama: stocks rose sharply, despite the gdp data as of the doubt ended up as the nasdaq and 130 points. in the nasdaq added 48. dan: are we entering a recession or are we already in one? we hear from local business owners on how they're dealing with these uncertain times. reporter: as the cost of ingredients for stones, cookies and brownies sort through inflation, this bakeshop is feeling the pain. >> this looks like recession to me. reporter: she opened her bakery with her dad during the last
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recession. they managed to survive through covid thanks to ppp loans. now they are coming up short. >> we are saying that we are losing money instead of making money. that is including covid. it is getting harder and harder. reporter: they are not alone. over the fear of passing too much of the increasing passes on to their customers -- prices on to their customers, some small business owner said they are absorbing increases. this cream rate says the expenses of gone up by 30%. >> it is difficult to do that. how far you go? more. that would just balance it out. it doesn't put any more money in our pocket. add to that the latest gdp report showing a second straight quarter of decline. >> it is rare likely in a
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recession. reporter: while it may feel like we are in a recession, a director of financial planning says we are not there yet. he says what that means right now for the average consumer is that it is going to cost more to borrow money. as for inflation -- >> if you want to help inflation, do things because you think inflation is going to keep going up. if you think inflation is going to keep going up, you're buying more things today and that is increasing inflation. dan: defining a recession can be complicated. on our 3:00 program, getting answers, we talked with the chief economist for movies analytics hoops helped simplify it. >> if you want to get a quick read on the economy and know if we are going into recession, look at the labor market. if we see the unemployment rate starting to take up, going
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closer to 4%, that is the telltale sign the recession has begun. dan: the labor market is the bellwether here. right now, the national unemployment rate is 3.6%. it has been that low for months. the private sector has recouped all jobs lost during the covid pandemic. ama: some evacuation orders were downgraded and some mornings lifted for people living near the oak fire, not far from yosemite national park. the fire is 39% contained and has burned 19,000 acres in more than a week. more than a hundred 15 homes and structures have been -- 115 homes and structures have been destroyed. air advisory in effect. there is no spare the air alert, though we are seeing that he's out there. you can track wildfires by using our online interactive wildfire tracker. it also shows current air quality. dan: a community activist who
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was beaten by two people in san francisco's dish -- fillmore district rallied the neighborhood to capture one of the suspects when he returned to the scene. james spingola is an executive director at ella hill hutch community center. he was attacked by two men on july 15 after he asked them to leave. one suspect was arrested on the spot. the other returns of the community center yesterday. >> we cornered him in our tennis courts. he ran up to fillmore street, or other community members were there, the community gathered and we got him arrested. dan: spin bullet says he is still dealing with -- spring ola says he is still struggling. ama: federal investigator sandra cryptocurrency scheme is bilking hundreds of millions of dollars from people at's bank accounts.
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the u.s. secret service is a scam known as pig butchering is targeting the bay, specifically the asian-american community. the way it is executed is getting more advanced. stephanie sierra digs into what federal investigators are doing to crackdown. reporter: investigators say the scam is becoming increasingly difficult to track as the tools the suspects are using make the fraud appear legitimate. the fake science the feds are tracking. it is a cryptocurrency scam crippling bank accounts across silicon valley. preying on tech savvy minds and tearing families apart. >> i feel bad for my family, for what i did to them. i lost my job. reporter: this is the voice of the bay software developers, recall -- we are calling her r to protect her identity. it started with a message on
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linkedin. >> this person has an impressive profile. he claimed he graduated from the same school as me in china. reporter: the man claimed to be a technical director for fortune 500 company in the u.s.. their friendly conversation quickly moved to whatsapp. before long, he brought up an opportunity with crypto. >> he started talking about, why don't you do something with me? i can help you to make money. reporter: it sounded easy. r person three payments equaling $65,000 to a trading app he suggested. the app showed she made a 20% profit. he told her to open a new account. she emptied her retirement fund and transferred $900,000 in late october. the applicant legitimate. r had already made a profit.
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she learned the hard way it was a scam. >> was my go in there, it is gone. reporter: crypto is a risky investment. she gambled and lost it all. he promised he could help her make the money back, he said he would didn't $1 million as long as she set more money. feeling desperate, she consulted her money and sold $400,000 of stock to make the final play meant. within minutes, the money was gone. she is us victim of a scam known as pig butchering. >> basically two individuals meeting on a dating website or social media platforms, they develop what is a fake relationship, based on false trust. after that trust is built, usually the suspect convinces the person to invest in a cryptocurrency. reporter: u.s. secret service special agent shawn bradstreet says cases have tripled across california this year, the
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majority targeting victims in silicon valley. what are you doing to crackdown on this crime? >> locally we have created a digital asset -- we are seeing a majority of those cases are pig butchering cases coming in. reporter: the eye team sat down with the person over -- first and only team staffed by the secret service to crackdown on this crime. >> reporter: financial analyst andrew freight showed us how suspects are using new technology to create counterfeit sites that mimic legitimate companies. these are counterfeit apps that claim to be recommended by apple with a 4.9 rating. he says many offer customer service or fraud alert services, to make the site appear legitimate. >> you will be able to see the balance grow in your crypto
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account, giving you the false impression your investments are gaining money. reporter: to prevent falling for this, always research the app or website and check the url for misspellings. like the site, mitigating quinn base. instead of quinn base.com, it is coin based -- instead of coin base.com, it is coin based. net. >> if we click on it, a compelling product, where you've got functioning links that would allow you to buy, sell crypto. in actuality, any of the crypto you're buying here is going straight to these criminal organizations. reporter: once the money is sent, it is hard to get back. >> if you contact us a month later, it is going to be difficult for us to trace and
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get the funds back to the victim. reporter: according to the u.s. secret service, if you report the crime in less than 48 hours, there is a 75% chance they will be able to seize your money. if it has been more than that as of the probability drops to less than 10%. the impacts go beyond the financial loss. in her case, she fell into a deep depression. she not only lost her job as she was about to retire, but lost more than $1.3 million. >> it is very hard on my family. every morning, i wake up, i feel like it is a nightmare. ama: a nightmare for so many across the bayrer a loved one, the most important thing you can do is reported it to the secret service. this is the number on your screen. or you can file a complaint with the fbi online atic3.gov.
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ama: just so awful. think you stephanie. if you have it story for the iteam, call the number on your screen. dan: coming up, we've been dealing with the coronavirus for years now, i daresay we are used to it. dr. say don't be. we explain why. also had. >> where we have to go from here? >> reconnecting with my family, hoping to be a functioning member of society. ama: devoid of tourists, san francisco used empty hotels to house the homeless during the pandemic. tonight, we follow to see how that is working and whether it is helping to build a better bay area. sandhya: cloudy, hazy skies outside, i'll let you know outside, i'll let you know what's ahead when i make decisions as a leader, it's not about me or the folks that are here. it's about the next seven generations coming behind us,
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dan: simple has become the first city in the nation to declare a local public health emergency for monkeypox. >> we have a solution in the vaccines. we want to make sure that everyone who is requesting a vaccine gets one. dan: the declaration will mobilize city resources, accelerate emergency planning, streamline staffing and more. a federal emergency could come next. >> the federal response would allow for national resources to be deployed. a plea to allow for stronger ramp-up of access to testing, treatment and vaccine in the
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country. dan: san francisco board of supervisors must approve the emergency declaration. the order is expected to take effect august 1. san francisco has more cases than any other california county. 281. more than a third of all the state's cases. every bay area county is reporting at least one case. e everything you need to know about monkeypox, a lot of information including vaccines and treatment. go to our website, >> abc7news.com. ama: while monkeypox has been a major issue, a group of bay area doctors is warning people not to forget about covid. basic hospitalization rates and deaths will increase as we get closer to winter. abc7news reported zach fuentes has more. reporter: the world has come along way since the earliest days of the pandemic, when little was known about covid and vaccines were just a possibility.
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local doctors fear we are getting too comfortable. >> part of what we've been told is covid is mild not so it doesn't matter. people are being hospitalized, it is ok to get it. this is wrong. reporter: she says messaging that more treatment puts a set list risk is wrong. that was brought up thursday morning by the white house press secretary. >> you can get a vaccine, booster, a treatment, the same treatment the president had, reporter: but locally it is not that simple. >> is a prescribing provider, i want to say i spent on the first paxlovid prescription, i had to call three pharmacies. that was hard for me, imagine how hard it would beat for the person who actually needs it. reporter: throughout the summer, many of us have gotten used to being without mass mandates. with ba.5 and the possibility of other variants emerging, they say we are setting ourselves up for a dangerous winter. >> we are all going to be
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inside, it is going to be cd,y'n windows or doors. we are going together for the holidays, this is going to go out of control. is it going to be variant that is resistant to vaccines, we don't know. reporter: they feel mass mandates will be effective, because public health officials implement them but cannot enforce them. is it better information from government will be key to keeping communities safe. >> ba.5 doesn't care if you're wearing a cloth or surgical mask , you need to be wearing a kn95. dan: sobering words there today. let's move on, talk about the wicked weather forecast. ama: sandhya patel here with the latest. sandhya: the weekend weather looks fantastic. i want to show you live doppler 7. there are some showers over the sierra, a few thunderstorms. only a couple hundred of an inch
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. we are seeing a report of a 10th of an inch around lobel lake. in the bay area is that we are seeing some of that monsoon flow in the form of high clouds. below, we have fog. that has been keeping the temperature down along the coastline. and the low 60's's low 90's inland. a nice breeze in san francisco right now without westerly winds near surface flow from the oak fire is out of our area. up above, things are different. we have some smoke and haze up there. near the oak fire, it is poor for sensitive groups. it is orange area yosemite. we are going to look at the upper levels of the atmosphere. tonight, that haze continues as we go into tomorrow, still lingering haze. it will thin out a bit late tomorrow night across the bay area. in terms of the near surface smoke, heaviest concentration is going to remain near the fire.
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the lower levels, you don't have to worry about it. up above, you can see the haze from her walnut camera. air quality advisory remains up, good quality expected. it is pretty socked in across parts of san francisco tonight. 59 in the city, 72 san jose, you need a sweater or jacket if you're stepping out along the coastline or the city. here's a view from our mountain cam, you can see the marine layer, and the haze above. mid-70's santa rosa subsists -- 64 in petaluma. beautiful view of the monsoon flow over san jose. cloudy overnight with spotty drizzle, mild to warm with lingering haze tomorrow. slight chance of showers and thunder next week. that is from the monsoon flow. tomorrow morning we will have some drizzle, measurable drizzle this morning, we will do it again during the commute. it is going to be a great start
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-- a gray start. in the afternoon, clouds will leave the coast and come back in. temperatures early in the 50's, 60's. tomorrow afternoon in the south bay of 84 in morgan hill, 80 in san jose. on the peninsulas of mid-seventies from palo alto to redwood city. 60 two half moon bay. 16 daly city, north bay numbers, 65 in san rafael 283 in santa rosa. 77 in vallejo. 69 oakland. 87 concord, 86 in livermore. san rafael should be 75. hazy sunshine tomorrow, low 60's to low 90's. breezy and cooler saturday, bumping up those temperatures. a possibility of a shower or thunderstorm on monday. dan: that would be nice. boy do we have a story for you.
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school baseball team. he has customize prosthetics and their attachment to help them back. a documentary was just released. he is promoting it with a major league baseball stadium tour. >> when i was little, i was two or three, i would get about and play in the yard, everybody does that, not just me. ama: today's baseball clinic also featured former giant picture dave who lost his arm to cancer. sims will throughout the first pitch at tonight's giants game. dan: great to have an town. july is disability pride month, abc7news and kurt had an in-depth conversation with disability advocates about some of the most pressing issues facing the community. here is part of the conversation from our latest allies in action streaming special. reporter: not everyone understands what ableism is. can you give me an example?
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maybe one that has happened to you or someone you know? >> when you acquire a disability, or illness ports of your friends to go stew. it is not that they are able people, it is that they don't know what to say. it develops more compassion and reach out and get to the point where it is no longer awkward, you are educating yourself, knowing what is appropriate or not. we are all better off for it. dan: you can stream the 30 minute special now on demand throughout abc 7 bay streaming app. it is available to anyone who has a roku, amazon fire or apple tv. defined in the new popular sessioama: going inside san francisco's hotels for the homeless. working to build a better bay area. reporter: do you think this is going to be a permanent solution? dan: these hotels hoped the
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>> building a better bay area, moving forward, finding solutions, this is abc 7 news. dan: we remember when the pandemic struck tourists disappeared in san francisco, tulsa,. until the city started to fill those rooms with the homeless, getting them off the streets. reporter: ama: art inside was among the first reporters to go inside one of the shelter-in-place facilities. nearly a year and a half later, many of those facilities are preparing to shut down. he went back to look at how things are going. dan: he joins us live as we continue to look at the problems that plagued the 50 city blocks that we call the tenderloin. reporter: sometimes the way to build a better bay area happens by accident. when the pandemic struck, tourism was decimated. small hotels that were lying empty jumped at the chance of filling the rooms, even with the homeless, rather than go under. that is what the city offered.
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take the homeless off the streets, with them in the hotels, run by nonprofits, we will see what happens. it was a social experiment born out of necessity. like some of these experiments, it has paved the road to real solutions to the city at's homeless crisis. we went back to one of those hotels, and found out things were running smoothly, not all the time, the lessons learned force the city to reevaluate the ways it is getting people off the streets. what have you learned in the last 18 months? what has worked, what hasn't? >> i believe the shelter-in-place hotels are working. if you look at the streets, they are much cleaner. we don't want to go backwards to a time when the streets are filled with tents. we have also learned that mental illness and drug addiction is something that the city -- california is not addressing adequately. reporter: steve goode is ceo of five keys, the nonprofit runs
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this tourist hotel turned homeless shelter. before the pandemic, rooms will go between $200 and $300 a night. when the pandemic hit, tourism dried up. no one stayed here. seeing the need to house homeless people, 20 five small hotel operators jumped at the chance to rent rooms to the city. reporter: they've got the people off the streets, what about the second parts of the mental health and addiction? >> is a huge problem. it still needs to be addressed. five keys, we have re-housed 290 people to permanent housing. san francisco alone has re-housed almost 1200 individuals with permanent housing. these are people that were on the streets i have a permanent place to live. >> but we are talking about thousands still on the streets. let's go upstairs. it is just like any other hotel. >> this is one of our rooms. reporter: still get a tv, your
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own bathroom? i understand that's part of the problems we're having is that the rooms get trashed. >> unfortunately, that is a reality. take somebody that potentially has a pet, suffering from a dual diagnoses of mental illness and substance aseha been vi on the streets for years, not taking care of themselves, put them in a room, and it can be quite challenging. what you and i might perceive as garbage, those of their belongings. reporter: you put them in a room like this, give the meals, did they get services? help? >> everyone is assigned a case manager. one of the main focuses of case management is to stabilize them, rehoused them. reporter: for the residents of the shelter-in-place hotels, this is home for the time being. >> the typical profile of one of our guests, we operate about 60% male, 30% female.
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the average range is a middle-age person, somewhere in their 40's. reporter: really? >> yeah, on the streets many years. reporter: james, nice to meet you, how long have you been living here? >> two months. reporter: for people like james, they protect -- provide a temporary home. how do you spend your days? >> most of the time, looking for jobs. [indiscernible] others, shelter provides stability. daniel has been here since beginning of june. tell me how you like it or don't like it? >> it's a great place. i'm off the streets. ba.5 reporter: what brought you to the street? >> money. i was in financial debt. i lost my car. i ended up coming here by bus. reporter: you're from tennessee?
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>> pittsburgh, pennsylvania. reporter: what brought you here is that the idea they would be able to help you? >> i was trying to get away from my past. just looking for a safe city. reporter: where do you hope to go from here? >> get a job, reconnecting with my family, hoping to be a functioning member of society, contribute. in the best way i can. reporter: this program doesn't come cheap. by the time you add in services and room costs, you're looking at $250 a night per person. do you think this is going to be a permanent solution? >> part of it is. at the height of the pandemics of the city had 25 hotels, approximately 2500 rooms so that they were sheltering almost 4000 individuals. stres.ghow, t books off the city i purchasing or has purchased eight hotels,
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properties that are going to be permanent supportive housing. re the pandemic remind us the pandemic -- homelessness isn't going anywhere. in some of the people who call this hotel home will always need public assistance of some kind. letting people deal with the alternative, life on the streets, is not a solution. >> people have to realize this is going to be a long-term problem. a lifelong commitment for many individuals here. the cities, the state is going to have to reporter: adopt them. >> until we get some sort of mandated treatment, but her approach for mental illness and drug abuse, this is what we are going to have. these folks are going to be with us forever. reporter: just one walked on the block shows there are more people in need of something like this? what is the future? there's been questions about how long the federal funding is going to last. what do you see? >> hotels are winding down.
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most will be closed come next fall. but with bringing on eight new properties for permanent supportive housing, which will be a long-term commitment, it is subsidized housing. that is part of the solution. folks are here as aboveri itoetk at another shelter. there isn't enough housing for the folks living on the streets. and there's not enough services. reporter: like a lot of hotels, this one is scheduled to be turned back to its owners next june. it is going to need a deep leaning before it can become a tourist hotel again. where do these people go? the answer is next generation of hotels turn shelters, permanent supportive housing. this is certainly a step up. >> it's nice, right? if you're going to rehoused somebody exhibit you have to
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rehoused them in a nice place. nobody wants to move into a dump. to get people off the streets, it has to be someplace appealing, pleasing. reporter: this is one of the former tourist hotels the city has bought and used for housing. there is a community kitchen and community dining room, even a place to hang out. everyone gets her own room and bathroom. how are you doing? >> i'm doing fine. >> still unpacking. reporter: david has bounced from the shelter system for years. at 66 he says he is done with drugs and the streets. do you think you're going to stay here? >> stay here as long as i can. reporter: david is the kind of person who would likely succeed here, a case manager will check on him periodically to make sure he stays stable. >> we don't want to see folks returning to the streets. it would be the opposite of what we are trying to accomplish. reporter: where'd you go from here? is this it?
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>> this is it. the ball is to keep providing the support they need to be able to remain here and be successful. reporter: how are we going to pay for all this? it is not going to be easy, it is not going to be cheap. ama: how is it paid for it? reporter: so far were still getting money from the covid funds from federal and the state. at is one thing to buy these hotels, it is another to staff them. that is where san francisco is going to have to make the commitment. the money is no longer available, we are going to have a hefty surplus this year, governor newsom is likely to chip in for the short term. in the long term, it is going to be up to the city, but it is better to have these people off the street been on. dan: the pandemic created perfect storm, tourist disappeared, we went to get the homeless off the street, with
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the solution have happened had the pandemic not happen? reporter: no. for starters, we said shelter-in-place, we wound up with people intense. it became a crisis because we had to shut down existing shelters. we had to find alternatives. we had the hotel saying, we were willing to take them. none of this would've happened. but it has opened the door to the idea of rather than spend a lot of money and time trying to build housing support is available already here that we can convert? that is the change we are seeing it here, and throughout the state dan: bay area. dan:dan: it's creative. thanks, phil. we put together a 30 minute special called 50 blocks, streaming now on our abc 7 area streaming tv app. ama: coming up next, here from residents facing eviction and find out who is trying to help them keep their homes. dan: now it is time for the
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contract. now he is getting evicted. he never stopped paying echo >> reporter: you never stopped paying? >> no. reporter: every item carries decades of memories. this eviction notice representing something he never thought he would face. homelessness. >> i haven't been eating or sleeping. it is like my worst nightmare come true. the aspect of becoming homeless at the age of 61 is frightening. reporter: turns out richard is not alone. his neighbors are coming together to expose what they say is retaliation by the building's board and management against residents who report damages in their units. >> this is a co-op, you buy in. i think the current board needs to look at human beings and their families as just that. reporter: maria's brother is 48 years old. he is disabled and getting evicted. >> the reason she said is
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because she hasn't seen my brother and his unit in 180 days. i said have you ever gone to the door to talk to him? reporter: in the statements of the attorney for the board of directors said, "the actions being taken martin luther king marcus garvey apartments are solely between -- to ensure compliance with federal regulations. reporter: the low housing complexes in the fillmore. supervisor dean preston represents his district and said these evictions have been placed on hold for now. >> this is not, this makes no sense subject to some disputes are certification paperwork, other bureaucratic issues that have come up. reporter: meanwhile, these residents are hoping for the city to fully intervene. >> the people are nice, they don't deserve this. they really don't. it is poor leadership.
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ama: breaking news, masks are now required on bart again. the board of directors just voted to reinstate the mask mandate until october one, it is in effect immediately. dan: let's move back to the weather. sandhya: i want to show you the national picture is of the northwest continues to bake in the extreme heat. tomorrow 99 portland, 94 seattle, still hot. warnings up and down the western u.s., right on through the weekend. you will notice excessive heat warning for match, reading, chico. it is going to be hot. if you're traveling 113 in reading, 116 in death valley. 106 bakersfield, 107 reading, on sunday still hot with triple digits palm springs, 103 degrees. truck situation has not changed from last week. we are still in the severe to exceptional category. locally severe, we do have some fog on live doppler 7.
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it is sticking around. petite -- keeps the dressing check. we are looking at minor ups and downs through the weekend. dan: thanks, cynthia. larry: the 49ers have made it clear, it is trey lance's team now. we have to get him one last
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>> now supports from abc7news. reporter: good evening, jimmy or
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trey, trey or jimmy? trey lance is the guy. jimmy garoppolo is still in camp, albeit out of sight. lance being the former man, could've been awkward, he says jimmy has been amazing. >> i spoke to jimmy yesterday, he was here for tuesday for his physical. it is what it is, nothing weird at all. there's nothing i could say bad about jimmy. he's been a big brother to me since the data came in. he could've made things help for me last year, he didn't. he helped me out for everything. i'm super excited to see them healthy, throwing again, see what he does. reporter: the seattle seahawks have come to terms on a new deal big news for the 49ers. metcalf is the same age as deebo samuel, the market may now be set for samuel to sign. metcalf got 52 point $3 million
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guaranteed -- 54 -- $52.3 million guaranteed. the sharks will retire or jerseys, mr. shark himself, patrick, his number 12 will be retired in february. is the all-time leader in games played and franchise leader angles, points, and everything else. warriors at sign 44th pick rollins to a deal. -- three your deal. they see something. the contract allows him to stash and develop them over time. here's a lesson, don't be so hard on yourself, he dropped -- hated his tee shot dropped his club and discussed, it rolls in for a hole-in-one. he can't even believe it. that is amazing. yesterday, the curry throughout the opening pitch, stefan took
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some heat for that and throw. >> all my friends were teasing me about how bad my pitch was going to be. i wanted to throw some heat. i felt the presence of my right side, i didn't know -- that's why i went a little to the right. i'm glad he picked it up out of the dirt and didn't make me look bad. reporter: anderson was the first to attack, commenting to staff, i never want to hear you say anything about my first pitch. he had first pitches after bouncing the first one so he triedgahe eveuay de ends. roomk. heat at the giants game last year. but he didn't bounce it. that is the one thing you don't want to do. earlier this month, his brother-in-law, delivered a good
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pitch, clocked in at 56 miles an hour. in 2016, kevin durant looked pretty smooth tossing from the mountain san francisco. he would be tough to face with his height. i know we've talked about this in the past, when you are throwing on that mound, you get all messed up. steph curry was thrown off the side of the mound, he was trying to give room for aisha. it looked like she threw to the same catcher he was throwing to. recipe for disaster. that's what happens. dan: dan: a little dan: nervous, for pro athletes, it's an unfamiliar reporter: environment. reporter:reporter: it is good everything -- he submitted everything, it was weird. he evenases with the kids after. dan: that was a great day. thanks casey. ama: coming up tonight on abc seven at 8:00, press your luck, followed by generation gap in
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the con. stay with us for abc7news at 11:00. it is streaming 24 hours -- 20. that will do it for this edition of abc7news. think you for joining us. dan: for all of us, we appreciate your time. enjoy the rest of your evening, join us tonight at 11:00. now you can save big on supersonic wifi from xfinity. can it handle all of my devices? oh, all that. and it comes with a 2-year rate guarantee. what?! ok! no annual contract. no equipment fees. oh, and a free streaming box.
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♪♪♪ from the alex trebek stage at sony pictures studios, this is "jeopardy!" a n-a,irginia... a patent examiner originally from bay city, michigan... and our returning champion, a biology professor from madison, new jersey... whose 1-day cash winnings total... and now, hosting "jeopardy!"-- ken jennings! [cheers and applause] thank you, johnny. welcome, everyone. our returning champion brianne barker shared at the end of yesterday's show that she just came here for a fun adventure. she never expected to leave as a "jeopardy!" champion.
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perhaps her perfect sat score was an early indicator of just how strong a player she would be. today we welcome two new challengers to the game in heidi and katrina. may it be a fun adventure for all three of you. here are the categories you'll be dealing with in the jeopardy! round. first we have... then... we have... each correct response will rhyme with the word "team." and finally... brianne, where would you like to start you call yourself a fan? for $200. - brianne. - what are cheeseheads? that's right. you call yourself a fan? for $400. brianne. who are the new orleans saints? yes, they do. you call yourself a fan? for $600.

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